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The Department of the Navy may enter into certain advanced procurement contracts for equipment and subsystems associated with the Virginia class submarines."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 124) This section authorizes the Department of the Navy to procure up to six Auxiliary Personnel Lighter class vessels and associated material."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 125) DOD shall upgrade not fewer than 24 V-22 aircraft under the V-22 nacelle improvement program."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 126) This section allows solicitation for government-operated dry docks in the Department of the Navy’s award of a contract for private sector non-nuclear surface ship maintenance in San Diego, California, only if there is insufficient capacity at privately operated dry docks."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 127) This section requires the Department of the Navy to periodically report to Congress on the use of government docks for ship repair and maintenance."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle D--Air Force Programs"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 131) The Department of the Air Force may not retire more than 68 F-15E aircraft or reduce their associated personnel and weapons system activities through FY2029."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 132) This section prohibits through FY2028 the Department of the Air Force from retiring RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles or reducing the fleet below 10 aircraft."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 133) This section provides for a temporary exception to statutory minimum numbers of Air Force fighter aircraft during FY2024."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 134) This section extends through FY2024 (1) a requirement for the Department of the Air Force to maintain a minimum of 271 C-130 aircraft, and (2) a prohibition on reducing the total number of C-130 aircraft assigned to the National Guard."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 135) This section extends through 2033 a requirement for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics to report to Congress annually on the acquisition of the T-7A Advanced Pilot Training System and requires the report to include a schedule risk assessment."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 136) This section extends a prohibition on reducing the number of B-1 bomber aircraft through FY2026. The Department of the Air Force may retire a certain B-1 bomber as an exception due to damage sustained by that individual aircraft."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 137) The minimum required number of A-10 aircraft that the Department of the Air Force must maintain in its inventory is reduced from 153 to 135."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 138) The Department of the Air Force must procure up to six over-the-horizon radar systems that meet the requirements of U.S. Northern Command."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 139) This section prohibits the use of FY2024 funds to retire any KC-135 aircraft."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 140) This section prohibits the use of FY2024 funds to reduce the number of KC-135 aircraft in the reserve components."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 141) The Department of the Air Force may not issue an acquisition strategy for the KC-135 recapitalization program until it submits to Congress an updated tanker roadmap timeline to include procurement of the Next Generation Air Refueling System and a business case analysis for the program."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 142) This section prohibits the use of FY2024 funds to retire E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft to a fleet size below 16 until the Department of the Air Force (1) submits a plan to Congress for maintaining mission readiness with a reduced fleet, or (2) procures sufficient numbers of E-7 Wedgetail aircraft to accomplish the required mission load."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 143) This section prohibits the use of FY2024 funds to terminate production lines for HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopters."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 144) The Department of the Air Force may not retire any F-16C/D aircraft until 180 days after submitting a report to Congress on long-term fighter force structure."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 145) This section limits the Department of the Air Force from procuring more than six KC-47A aircraft under its current contract unless certain conditions are met."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 146) The Department of the Air Force may not incorporate version 2.0 of the KC-47A aircraft remote vision system until it identifies a solution to all major deficiencies with the system."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 147) This section limits the Department of the Air Force from retiring T-1A training aircraft until the department certifies the implementation of the Undergraduate Pilot Training 2.5 curriculum."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 148) The Department of the Air Force shall develop a long-term tactical fighter force structure, recapitalization, training, and sustainment plan for the active and reserve components of the Air Force."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle E--Defense-wide, Joint, and Multiservice Matters"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 151) DOD must report to Congress each fiscal year regarding any major weapon systems proposed to be divested, re-prioritized, or retired."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 152) This section authorizes DOD to enter into multiyear contracts for the procurement of critical minerals that are processed in the United States by domestic sources."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 153) DOD may not include in a solicitation for a tactical tracked vehicle or a tactical wheeled vehicle a requirement to use proprietary armor."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 154) Beginning FY2027, DOD may not procure batteries produced by specified Chinese-owned entities."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION"},{"k":"p","t":"This title authorizes appropriations for research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) and sets policy for certain RDT&E activities, such as microelectronics and artificial intelligence."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 201) This section authorizes FY2024 appropriations for DOD RDT&E."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 211) DOD must submit an annual report to Congress on unfunded priorities for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E))."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 212) This section authorizes the delegation of authority for waiving the informed consent requirement for research involving a human being as an experimental subject to advance development of medical products necessary to the Armed Forces to the OUSD(R&E)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 213) This section expands certain DOD incentives to attract experts in science and engineering by allowing the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to hire more managers and administrative personnel without regard to Title 5 restrictions and to offer appointees under the program travel, transportation, and relocation benefits upon separation."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 214) This section expands the definition of a partnership intermediary for purposes of supporting cooperative or joint activities of DOD Centers for Science, Technology, and Engineering activities with industry or academic institutions to include entities that (1) facilitate technology transfer from industry or academic institutions to centers; or (2) assist and facilitate workforce development in critical technology areas to fulfill unmet needs of a center."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 215) This section establishes a Naval Air Warfare Rapid Capabilities Office in the Department of the Navy to contribute to the rapid experimentation, development, testing, and fielding of new naval aviation weapons and airborne electronic warfare capabilities."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 216) This section expands the activities which DOD shall support for the development of a network of bioindustrial manufacturing facilities to include research on pharmaceutical biologics and associated precursor materials."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 217) This section removes the Navy as the resource sponsor of the Advanced Sensors Application Program and establishes the Air Force Concepts, Development and Management Office as resource sponsor."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 218) DOD must update its hypersonics testing strategy not less than every two years through 2030 and shall conduct a study to evaluate at least two potential hypersonic test ranges in the United States."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 219) DOD may (1) carry out a program of fellowships in quantum information science and technology research and development, and (2) partner with universities as part of DOD’s quantum information science and technology research and development program."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 220) DOD must seek to establish public-private talent exchange programs with private sector entities working on quantum information sciences and technology research applications."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 221) The OUSD(R&E) may contract with eligible entities to assist institutions of higher education in protecting sensitive research performed on behalf of DOD."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 222) This section authorizes DOD to provide funds to sustain U.S. participation in the NATO Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) Initiative."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 223) DOD shall establish a consortium to facilitate the use of additive manufacturing in developing capabilities for DOD."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 224) The Departments of the Air Force and the Navy must submit to Congress and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) certain program accountability matrices related to the Next Generation Air Dominance family of systems."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 225) This section designates all Block 4 and Technical Refresh-3 elements of the F-35 aircraft acquisition program to be a single major subprogram. Additionally, two F-35A aircraft, two F-35B aircraft, and two F-35C aircraft are to be manufactured to support future F-35 developmental testing activities."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 226) The Departments of the Air Force and the Navy must establish requirements for the propulsion, power and cooling, thermal management, and electrical power systems of F-35 aircraft to support the F-35’s planned service life and upgrades."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 227) DOD shall assess the feasibility and advisability of establishing a new University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) or expanding an existing UARC for critical materials and submit a recommendation and implementation plan to Congress."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 228) DOD must develop and implement policies to adapt Link 16 system management and certification to align with agile development practices. Link 16 is a communication protocol used for military tactical data by the U.S. and NATO."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 229) DOD or a military department may use rapid acquisition and funding authorities for up to one year to (1) leverage an emergent technological advancement of value to address a military service need, or (2) provide a rapid response to an emerging threat identified by a military service."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 230) The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics shall carry out a pilot program to (1) identify prototypes under development that have the potential to be developed into commercial products, and (2) provide support to qualified entities on projects to commercialize such prototypes."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 231) DOD may carry out a pilot program to test and evaluate how quantum and quantum-hybrid applications may be used to solve near-term challenges and provide capabilities. DOD must periodically report to Congress on the program."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 232) The Department of the Army shall carry out a pilot program to facilitate a contract between the Ground Vehicle Systems Center of the Army and a nonprofit research institute in order to improve the center’s ability to access advanced technology developed by a small business."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 233) The Office of the Secretary of the Army may not spend more than 70% of funds authorized for travel of persons until it submits to Congress an analysis of alternatives for the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle C--Energetics and Other Munitions Matters"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 241) DOD shall establish a Joint Energetics Transition Office. (Energetic materials are chemicals used as propellants and explosives in munitions.) The office shall develop and periodically update an energetic materials strategic plan and investment strategy for both legacy and new energetic materials."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 242) This section requires DOD to ensure that lethality is considered in any analysis of alternatives conducted prior to issuing a capability development document for procuring new munitions or modifying existing munitions."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 243) This section requires DOD to carry out a pilot program incorporating the CL20 compound as the energetic material for the main fill in the warheads or propellants of three weapon systems under development. The purpose of the pilot program is to determine cost, schedule, and lethality performance parameters for such systems."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 244) DOD may not procure chemical materials for munitions from China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 245) The Office of the Under Secretary for Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordination with the military departments, may establish a reserve of long-lead items and components to accelerate the delivery of munitions and may enter into certain advance procurement contracts."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle D--Plans, Reports, and Other Matters"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 251) This section requires DOD to brief Congress after making modifications to department directives relating to autonomy in weapons systems."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 252) The DOD Office of Inspector General must conduct a study and report to Congress on the amount of federal funds awarded by DOD that (1) directly or indirectly went to certain Chinese entities, or (2) was used for research or experiments that could have resulted in the enhancement of any pathogen of pandemic potential."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 253) DOD shall, at least annually, report to Congress on the status of an implementation plan (required in current law) for DOD to promote and maintain digital expertise and software development as core competencies of its workforce."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE"},{"k":"p","t":"This title authorizes appropriations for operation and maintenance (O&M) and sets policy for certain O&M programs, such as environmental restoration programs and the treatment of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 301) This section authorizes appropriations for FY2024 for DOD O&M."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle B--Energy and Environment"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 311) This section modifies the Sentinel Landscapes Partnership, a program in which government agencies work with private entities and landowners to advance sustainable land management practices around military installations and ranges, including to allow additional federal agencies to participate as full partners."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 312) This section expands the scope of DOD’s environmental restoration program to include all National Guard facilities, regardless of ownership or whether the facility is under the jurisdiction of DOD or a military department."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 313) This section modifies DOD authority for installation commanders to obtain technical assistance for environmental restoration activities, including to allow such assistance to be sought at the request of communities or individuals. It also authorizes installation commanders to obtain certain services, such as interpreting site-related documents and health information, as part of such technical assistance."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 314) This section authorizes DOD or the military departments to coordinate with other federal departments, the Army National Guard, or the Air National Guard when entering into agreements or undertaking projects to address the use or development of real property in the vicinity of, or ecologically related to, a military installation."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 315) This section grants the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment authority, not to be delegated, to waive fuel efficiency as a key performance parameter for certain systems."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 316) This section adds hydrogen creation, storage, and power generation technologies using natural gas or renewable energy to eligible prototype and demonstration projects for energy resilience at certain military installations."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 317) The Department of the Navy shall transfer certain funds to the Hazardous Substance Superfund and to California for a penalty assessed by the Environmental Protection Agency regarding Naval Air Station Moffett Field, California."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 318) This section prohibits DOD from requiring nontraditional defense contractors to disclose greenhouse gas emissions unless necessary to verify a voluntary disclosure. DOD may not require other defense contractors to disclose greenhouse gas emissions for one year."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 319) DOD and the military services may not deploy nontactical electric, hydrogen-powered, or advanced biofuel-powered vehicles to a military installation until sufficient support infrastructure is in place."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 320) This section prohibits DOD from providing funds made available for any operational energy program to any entity owned or with ties to Russia or the Chinese Communist Party."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 321) DOD must submit periodic reports to Congress through 2029 on the schedule and cost estimates of testing and remediation efforts for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at military installations."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle C--Treatment of Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 331) This section establishes 2029 as the end of the requirement in current law for DOD to submit periodic reports to Congress on the activities of the PFAS task force."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 332) DOD must submit a budget justification document, concurrent with the annual budget submission, consolidating all information related to PFAS activities."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 333) This section authorizes a transfer of funds from DOD to the Department of Health and Human Services to pay for a study on the health implications of PFAS in the drinking water."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 334) This section authorizes DOD to award cash prizes and other types of prizes to recognize outstanding achievements in developing technology to thermally destroy PFAS materials."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 335) This section authorizes DOD to treat materials contaminated with PFAS through any remediation or disposal technology approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) until the EPA publishes a final rule on destruction and disposal of such materials."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 336) This section requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report on DOD's efforts to test and remediate PFAS contamination on current or former military installations."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle D--Logistics and Sustainment"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 341) The military departments may use O&M funds for the Innovative Readiness Training program to assist in demolition, clearing of roads, infrastructure improvements, and military construction to restore an area after a natural disaster."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 342) This section repeals a requirement for GAO to review DOD’s biennial report to Congress on core logistics capabilities."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 343) This section expands the membership and modifies the meeting requirements of DOD’s contested logistics working group."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 344) The Department of the Navy must add a risk analysis to its required briefing to Congress before the start of any project under its Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program. The department must also provide a briefing to Congress on the status of the overall program."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 345) This section excludes proceeds from any foreign military sale in calculating workload carryover (work ordered from maintenance depots that cannot be completed by the end of the fiscal year) for Army depots and arsenals."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 346) This section requires DOD to establish a pilot program to use advanced digital technologies and artificial intelligence to optimize aerial refueling logistics and fuel management in the context of contested logistics environments."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 347) This section prohibits expansion of leased facilities for the Joint Military Information Support Operations Web Operations Center until DOD submits a validated manpower study for such center to Congress."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 348) The Department of the Navy must submit with its FY2025 budget request materials a 30-year shipbuilding plan that meets the statutory requirement to maintain 31 amphibious warships. No more than 50% of Navy O&M may be spent in FY2024 until the department submits the shipbuilding plan."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 349) The Department of the Army must develop and implement a plan to improve required inspection procedures for prepositioned Army stockpiles and provide briefings to Congress on the plan and stockpiles."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 350) The Department of the Navy must (1) develop and implement a strategy to leverage commercial best practices used in shipyards to improve efficiency, and (2) demonstrate a digital platform that uses artificial intelligence to analyze data on the maintenance and condition of shipboard assets at shipyards."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 351) DOD must conduct an assessment of the air and missile defense capabilities at certain military installations in the Middle East with respect to defense against potential attacks from Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and develop a strategy to expedite the hardening of those installations. DOD must report the results to Congress."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 352) The Department of the Navy must provide semiannual briefings to Congress through FY2026 on the operational status of the amphibious warship fleet."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle E--Other Matters"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 361) This section requires DOD’s Military Aviation and Installation Assurance Siting Clearinghouse to ensure that, when the clearinghouse determines that a project will have an adverse impact on military operations and readiness, the state where the project is located has at least 30 days after notification to provide comments and gather information."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 362) This section modifies the authority of DOD’s Military Aviation and Installation Assurance Siting Clearinghouse to include (1) reviewing applications for antenna structure projects, and (2) reviewing applications for energy projects and antenna structure projects within two miles of an active intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch facility or control center."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 363) This section modifies the responsibilities of DOD’s Joint Safety Council to ensure that each military department has in place (1) an implementation plan for safety management systems for vehicles, and (2) a resolution plan that identifies specific corrective and preventative actions to address the causes of mishaps."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 364) DOD must designate an official to coordinate DOD-wide efforts and represent DOD in the renegotiation of land leases in Hawaii expiring between 2029 and 2031."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 365) This section extends the designation of the Department of the Navy as executive agent for the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School through FY2024."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 366) This section provides statutory authority for the Army’s Caisson Platoon, assigned to the 3rd Infantry Regiment, which supports military and state funerals. The Department of the Army may not disband this unit."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 367) DOD must establish policies and procedures to identify end-of-life equipment that contains strategic and critical materials and recover those materials from such equipment for reuse."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE IV--MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS"},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle A--Active Forces"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 401) This section authorizes the maximum number of active duty personnel as of September 30, 2024, for each of the armed forces as follows:"},{"k":"li","t":"Army - 445,000;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"Navy - 337,800;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"Marine Corps - 172,300;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"Air Force - 320,000; and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"Space Force - 9,400.","d":1},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 402) This section increases from 2% to 3% the amount DOD may vary the maximum number of certain active duty and full-time National Guard duty personnel who are paid from reserve personnel appropriations and authorizes the military departments to vary strengths of such personnel by 2% for their respective forces. This section also increases from 1% to 2% the amount the military departments may vary the maximum number of Selected Reserve personnel in their respective reserve components."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle B--Reserve Forces"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 411) This section authorizes the maximum number of Selected Reserve personnel as of September 30, 2024, for each of the reserve components:"},{"k":"li","t":"Army National Guard - 325,000;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"Army Reserve - 174,800;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"Navy Reserve - 57,200;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"Marine Corps Reserve - 32,000;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"Air National Guard - 105,000;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"Air Force Reserve - 69,600; and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"Coast Guard Reserve - 7,000.","d":1},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 412) This section authorizes the maximum number of reserves to serve on full-time active duty or full-time National Guard duty as of September 30, 2024, for the purposes of organizing, administering, instructing, or training the reserve components:"},{"k":"li","t":"Army National Guard – 30,845;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"Army Reserve – 16,511;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"Navy Reserve – 10,327;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"Marine Corps Reserve – 2,355;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"Air National Guard – 25,333; and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"Air Force Reserve – 6,003.","d":1},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 413) This section specifies the minimum number of dual status military technicians as of September 30, 2024:"},{"k":"li","t":"Army National Guard – 22,294;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"Army Reserve – 7,990;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"Air National Guard – 10,994; and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"Air Force Reserve – 6,882.","d":1},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 414) This section authorizes the maximum number of reserves who may be serving at any time on full-time operational support duty:"},{"k":"li","t":"Army National Guard – 17,000;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"Army Reserve – 13.000;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"Navy Reserve – 6,200;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"Marine Corps Reserve – 3,000;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"Air National Guard – 16,000; and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"Air Force Reserve – 14,000.","d":1},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle C--Authorization of Appropriations"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 421) This section authorizes FY2024 appropriations for military personnel."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE V--MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY"},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle A--Officer Policy"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 501) This section eliminates a statute, specifying the maximum number of general and flag officers on active duty, that has been superseded. This section also increases the maximum number of general and flag officers on active duty by five."},{"k":"p","t":"The section also repeals a provision that excluded general or flag officers serving as lead special trial counsel from counting towards the end strength maximum."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 502) This section requires the incumbent Attending Physician of the U.S. Capitol (a Navy medical officer) to be continued on active duty until six years after this bill’s enactment."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 503) This section authorizes military departments to add certain active duty officers (including warrant officers) who have been selected for promotion but then transfer to a reserve component to the appropriate reserve component promotion list."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 504) This section allows DOD to vary the duration of appointments for seven senior military officers (the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and each of the Service Chiefs) by up to six months in the interests of national defense or to ensure appropriate staggering of terms."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 505) This section increases the number of Navy officers who may be temporarily promoted to lieutenant commander for positions with a critical shortage of skilled personnel."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 506) This section authorizes the military departments to increase the number of medical and dental officers recommended for promotion to major or lieutenant commander if needed to maintain or improve medical readiness."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 507) This section specifies that officers subject to a special selection review board (i.e., a board to review officers recommended for promotion to a grade at or below major general or rear admiral and for whom there is credible adverse information not furnished to the promotion board) shall not have their names forwarded for appointment or nomination."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 508) This section changes the procedural action that begins the separation process for certain officers who have failed to be selected for promotion for the second time."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 509) This section allows DOD to reduce the initial service obligation (normally six to eight years) for cyberspace officers. This section also requires an eight-year service obligation for those who are direct accessions to the Marine Corps cyber operations officer specialty."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 509A) This section specifies that Marine Corps Marine Gunner warrant officers in paygrade W-5 must be retired within 60 days of completing 33 years of active service."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 509B) This section establishes a legislative liaison for the Space Force."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 509C) This section extends to December 31, 2024, the authority of the Department of the Air Force to recommend for promotion to major general in the Space Force up to 95% of the number of brigadier generals eligible for consideration by the promotion board."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 509D) This section requires DOD to submit a briefing to Congress regarding the number of Space Force general officers on active duty, including an evaluation of whether the current number of such officers is sufficient to meet Space Force, joint duty, and combatant command requirements."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle B--Reserve Component Management"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 511) This section eliminates the requirement that the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve members of the Air Force Reserve Forces Policy Committee, as well as the Chairman of the Committee, not be serving on active duty."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 512) This section specifies that the Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall hold the grade of general. (This position currently carries the grade of lieutenant general, as set by executive branch determination.)"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 513) This section allows the military departments to submit certain information to Congress, related to reserve activations in support of preplanned missions supporting the combatant commands, via a separate notice when the President’s budget is delivered later than April 1st in the year prior to activation. (Current law requires that this information to be submitted with the President’s budget.)"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 514) This section provides the military departments with an alternative promotion authority for military officers on the reserve active-status list, similar to the existing alternative promotion authority for military officers on the active-status list. Aspects of this alternative promotion authority include (1) no time-in-grade requirements for promotion consideration, and (2) up to five considerations within a promotion zone before an officer is subject to involuntary separation or selective continuation."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 515) This section provides statutory authority for DOD to use National Guard personnel to detect and monitor wildfires by analyzing remote sensing information (e.g., satellite imagery) and to support emergency response to such wildfires. This program is called the FireGuard program."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 516) This section requires DOD to ensure that at least one Marine Corps Reserve general officer is a joint qualified officer."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle C--General Service Authorities and Prohibitions"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 521) This section makes permanent the authority of the military departments to order military retirees to active duty if they agree to serve in certain high-demand or critical positions."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 522) This section bars DOD from requiring or prohibiting members of the armed forces or DOD civilian employees from indicating their gender or personal pronouns on official correspondence."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 523) This section generally prohibits those who have retired or separated from the armed forces from accepting employment or providing representation, advice, or services related to national security to certain governments (specifically, China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Syria, and any other country that DOD determines acts as a proxy or passthrough for services for them) or entities or individuals controlled or subsidized by those governments. DOD may temporarily waive this prohibition for an individual to advance U.S. national security interests."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 524) This section specifies that the military departments and DHS (with respect to the Coast Guard) must (1) provide financial services counseling for members of the armed forces only through individuals who agree to submit annual financial disclosures, and (2) review such financial disclosures and prevent any individual with a conflict of interest from providing financial services counseling."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 525) This section specifies that employment and compensation by foreign governments for uniformed services retirees and certain other individuals may only be approved after a determination that such activity is not contrary to U.S. national interests. This section also specifies that a military department may only delegate the authority to make this determination to an Assistant Secretary or someone performing the duties of an Assistant Secretary."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 526) This section requires the military departments and DHS (with respect to the Coast Guard) to consider requests for reinstatement made by individuals who (1) during a specified period of time, submitted a request for religious, administrative, or medical exemption from receiving a COVID-19 vaccine; (2) were involuntarily separated from the armed forces solely on the basis of failure to receive such vaccine; and (3) apply for reinstatement within two years of separation."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 527) This section requires the discharge review boards of the military departments and DHS (with respect to the Coast Guard) to grant requests to review the characterization of the discharge or dismissal of a former member of the armed forces if the discharge or dismissal was solely based on the failure of such former member to obey a lawful order to receive a COVID-19 vaccine."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 528) This section requires DOD to communicate to individuals discharged or dismissed from one of the armed forces on the sole basis of failure to obey a lawful order to receive a COVID-19 vaccine the current process by which such individuals may be reinstated in such armed force."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 529) This section requires DOD to prescribe regulations authorizing the military departments to permit certain military personnel eligible for disability retirement to continue serving in the armed forces."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 529A) This section expands the circumstances under which DOD may provide physical security and personal protection to certain individuals, allowing it when there is a serious and credible threat (rather than an imminent and credible threat). This section also removes a two-year post-separation limit for providing security to former or retired officials facing such threats and authorizes DOD to reimburse these individuals for personally procured security services and equipment."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 529B) This section prohibits DOD from establishing new positions or filling vacant positions with responsibility for matters related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) until GAO completes a specified report on DOD’s DEI workforce."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 529C) This section requires that military accessions and promotions within DOD must be based on individual merit and demonstrated performance."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle D--Military Justice and Other Legal Matters"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 531) This section makes various changes to the Uniform Code of Military Justice including (1) revising statutes covering domestic violence and stalking to encompass actions against dating partners, and (2) changing terms in certain statutes to be gender neutral."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 532) This section staggers the terms of the 13 members of the Military Justice Review Panel (which conducts independent reviews and assessments of the operation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice) starting in 2030 so that approximately a quarter of its members are replaced every two years."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 533) This section authorizes the U.S. Supreme Court to review by writ of certiorari certain cases in which the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (1) refused to grant a petition for review, or (2) refused to grant relief."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 534) This section expands a required DOD initiative related to enhancing the capability of military criminal investigative organizations to prevent and combat child sexual exploitation. This section requires DOD to (1) seek to enter into partnerships with functional experts to identify, investigate, and prosecute individuals engaged in online child sexual exploitation; (2) establish mandatory training for DOD criminal investigative organizations and other appropriate personnel at military installations; and (3) annually submit to Congress a report on the progress of the initiative."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 535) This section bars funds authorized to be appropriated under this act or otherwise made available to the Army for FY2024 to be obligated or expended to relocate an Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) special agent training course until the Department of the Army submits a report to Congress on any such relocation plan and provides a briefing on the report’s content."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 536) This section requires DOD to conduct a study with regards to general and special courts-martial to determine the feasibility and advisability of requiring unanimous votes for findings of guilty, not guilty, or not guilty only by reason of lack of mental responsibility."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 537) This section requires DOD to conduct a study to determine (1) the feasibility and advisability of requiring that a Sexual Assault Victim Advocate assigned to a victim be from outside the chain of command of a victim, and (2) the potential effects of such a requirement on the implementation of military sexual assault prevention and response programs."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle E--Accession Standards and Recruitment"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 541) This section requires local educational agencies (LEAs) receiving certain federal assistance to provide military recruiters access to career fairs and other similar events. This section also amends an existing statute requiring such LEAs to provide access to certain secondary student information (names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses) to specify that such information must be provided within 60 days of a request by military recruiters."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 542) This section reduces from 20% to 4% the maximum proportion of individuals with Armed Forces Qualification Test scores in the 10th through 30th percentile that may be newly enlisted or inducted to serve on active duty in each of the armed forces. DOD may authorize a proportion up to 20% but must notify Congress of such action."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 543) This section amends an existing statute that bars certain federal funds (including contract or grant funds from the Departments of Defense, Labor, Homeland Security, Transportation, or Education) to institutions of higher education that prohibit or prevent access by military recruiters to certain student information (names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses) to specify that such information must be provided within 60 days of a request by military recruiters."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 544) This section increases from $20,000 to $40,000 the maximum accession bonus for nurse officer candidates."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 545) This section requires DOD to assess the medical standards and screening process for new members of the armed forces under its jurisdiction every four years and to revise such standards and processes on the basis of that assessment, if needed."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 546) This section requires a military department to establish a future servicemember preparatory course for an armed force under its jurisdiction if the number of active duty non-prior service enlistees in a given fiscal year that score in the 10th through 30th percentiles on the Armed Forces Qualification Test is more than 10% of that armed forces’ total original enlistments. (A future servicemember preparatory course is a course designed to improve the physical and aptitude qualifications of military recruits.)"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 547) This section requires DOD to carry out a pilot program to provide an electrocardiogram to individuals undergoing military accession screening."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 548) This section requires each military department to establish an Enlisted Training Corps demonstration program through FY2030 at a community or junior college to prepare selected students for enlisted military service. The military departments may provide financial assistance to individuals enrolled in the program who agree to enlist in the active component upon graduation or disenrollment from the college."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 549) This section requires DOD to provide an annual briefing to Congress through 2028 on military recruitment practices carried out in public secondary schools and community colleges during the preceding calendar year, to include identifying the number of recruits obtained from such schools and colleges."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle F--Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 551) This section requires DOD to establish and support between 3,400 and 4,000 Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) units except in specified circumstances. (There were 3,499 JROTC units in FY2023.) This section also eliminates the requirement that there be a fair and equitable distribution of JROTC units throughout the nation."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 552) This section requires that the host institution of a JROTC unit must enter into a memorandum of understanding with the appropriate military department concerning various subjects, including requiring the host institution to notify the military department of allegations of instructor misconduct (for example, sexual misconduct)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 553) This section aligns all JROTC instructor compensation with the JROTC Standardized Instructor Pay Scale."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 554) This section prohibits JROTC units from being established or maintained at an institution that is owned, operated, or controlled by China or by certain Chinese individuals or entities (such as a member of the Chinese Communist Party or a designated Chinese military company)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 555) This section authorizes DOD to suspend or place on probation JROTC units that fail to comply with statutory requirements."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 556) This section requires DOD to annually submit a report to Congress on allegations of sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, and sex discrimination in JROTC programs during the preceding year."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle G--Member Education"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 561) This section increases from 10 to 15 the number of individuals each Senator, Representative, or Delegate may nominate to each of the military service academies (i.e., U.S. Military Academy, Naval Academy, and Air Force Academy) for each vacancy available to that Senator, Representative, or Delegate. This section also increases from 150 to 200 the number of cadets each military department may select for its academy from qualified alternates nominated by Senators, Representatives, and Delegates."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 562) This section increases from four to five the number of cadets or midshipmen from Guam for each of the military service academies."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 563) This section requires the U.S. Military Academy, Naval Academy, and Air Force Academy to require the submission and consideration of standardized test scores as part of the application process."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 564) This section requires DOD to submit a legislative proposal to Congress by March 1, 2024, to update the framework for military service academy graduates to pursue employment as professional athletes prior to serving at least five years on active duty while also retaining the existing requirement that such graduates must serve at least two years on active duty prior to pursuing employment as a professional athlete."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 565) This section requires that certain institutions of professional military education (such as the National Defense University and the Naval War College) each provide a briefing to Congress on (1) certain aspects of advanced research programs at the institution, and (2) the feasibility and advisability of establishing a permanent advanced research program at the institution."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle H--Member Training and Transition"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 571) This section expands the factors to be considered in developing individualized pre-separation counseling for members of the armed forces prior to discharge or release from active duty, specifying that potential disability and potential character of discharge (e.g., discharge under conditions other than honorable) be considered in addition to the existing factors of confirmed disability and confirmed character of discharge."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 572) This section makes mandatory the carrying out of employment skills training (known collectively as Skillbridge) by the military departments to help prepare separating members of the armed forces for employment in the civilian sector. In carrying out the programs, this section also requires the military departments and DHS (with regards to the Coast Guard) to take certain actions, such as assigning at least two full-time equivalent positions to the programs and developing a funding plan for each fiscal year."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 573) This section expands the Troops-to-Teachers program to include Job Corps centers as eligible schools for participant employment. (The Troops-to-Teachers program helps service members and veterans become teachers in K-12 schools.)"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 574) This section extends selection of new participants in the Troop-to-Teachers program through July 1, 2027. This section also expands eligibility for the Troops-to-Teachers program to include qualified members of the armed forces who are seeking to become JROTC administrators or instructors."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 575) This section revises an existing statute to require (rather than permit) DOD to establish and maintain language training centers at institutions of higher education to improve expertise in certain languages and regions for members of the armed forces. This section also authorizes DOD to enter into contracts with certain private organizations to establish and maintain such centers."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 576) This section prohibits funds authorized to be appropriated under this act from being used to endorse critical race theory in DOD academic institutions, in military training, or in professional military education. The section defines critical race theory as the theory that individuals, by virtue of race, ethnicity, color, or national origin, bear collective guilt and are inherently responsible for actions committed in the past by other individuals of such race, ethnicity, color, or national origin."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 577) This section requires the Department of the Army to implement increased minimum fitness standards as part of the Army Combat Fitness Test for all soldiers in specified occupations (such as infantryman and combat engineer)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 578) This section requires DOD to publish online all materials created by the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute for the purposes of training members of the armed forces."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 579) This section prohibits funds authorized to be appropriated under this act from being used for the DOD Countering Extremism Working Group."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle I--Family Programs, Child Care, and Dependent Education"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 581) This section authorizes the Office of Military Family Readiness Policy to allow certain mental health professionals recognized by DOD to provide non-medical counseling services (i.e., mental health services that are non-clinical, short-term and solution focused, and address topics related to personal growth, development, and positive functioning) under the Military and Family Life Counseling Program."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 582) This section revises a statement of congressional policy to specify that the amount of appropriated funds for the operating expenses of military child care development centers and programs during a fiscal year shall be at least 115% of the amount of child care receipts for that fiscal year."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 583) This section narrows eligibility for DOD assistance for LEAs with increases in military dependent students by eliminating assistance for LEAs projected to have an increase in such students (assistance is maintained for LEAs that experience such an increase). This section also eliminates a provision specifying how LEAs may spend such assistance."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 584) This section authorizes the use of specified amounts of defense-wide operation and maintenance funds to provide assistance to LEAs in which at least 20% of students in the previous school year were dependent children of military members or which serve dependent children of military members with severe disabilities."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 585) This section requires DOD to conduct outreach campaigns every six months to inform individuals eligible for child care services of various topics related to waiting lists for such services."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 586) This section requires DOD to provide a biannual briefing to Congress on implementation of a pilot program for hiring special needs inclusion coordinators for DOD child development centers."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 587) This section requires DOD to submit quarterly briefings to Congress on implementing universal pre-kindergarten programs in schools operated by the DOD Education Activity (DODEA)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 588) This section requires DOD to submit a report to Congress on programs and policies to support mental health and wellness among students in school operated by DODEA."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 589) This section provides certain rights to parents of children attending schools operated by DODEA, including the right to (1) review the curriculum, (2) meet with teachers of their children at least twice a year, and (3) review all instructional materials used by their students. This section also requires DODEA schools to publicly post certain information and notify parents of certain plans and events, such as any plans to eliminate gifted and talented programs."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle J--Decorations and Awards and Other Personnel Matters, Reports, and Briefings"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 591) This section requires that DOD’s Armed Forces Workplace and Gender Relations Surveys solicit information on indicators that a victim of gender-based assault (including unwanted sexual contact) was targeted or discriminated against due to a status in a group."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 592) This section extends to September 30, 2024, the due date for a required report on the Department of the Navy’s efforts to prevent and respond to suicide, suicide attempts, and suicidal ideation among Navy personnel."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 593) This section extends to December 31, 2028, the deadline for the military departments to review the service records of certain World War I veterans to determine if any should be awarded the Medal of Honor."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 594) This section directs the Department of the Navy to cease all activities of its digital ambassador program and prohibits the program from being restarted until 60 days after the department provides Congress with a report containing certain information."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE VI--COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS"},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle A--Basic Pay, Retired Pay, and Leave"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 601) This section provides paid parental leave for certain members of the reserve component not serving on active duty. The leave must generally occur within one year of the birth or adoption of a child of the member, or the placement of a minor child with the member for adoption or long-term foster care. Eligible members shall receive leave for up to 12 periods of inactive duty training, and receive pay and retirement credit for those periods."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 602) This section requires the military departments to pay certain members of the reserve component receiving aviation incentive pay and not serving on active duty for such periods of inactive duty training as are needed each month to obtain or maintain an aeronautical rating or designation."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 603) This section authorizes the Secretary of Defense to pay a member of the armed forces who is absent without leave or over leave. Such pay must be reported to Congress."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle B--Bonus and Incentive Pays"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 611) This section reduces from eight to seven the years of service required for eligible members of the uniformed services to receive continuation pay."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 612) This section expands a requirement that the military departments provide incentive pay to members of the reserve component in the same monthly amount as that paid to members of the regular component performing comparable work to include special pay as well. This section also specifies that requirement applies when the military department is providing special or incentive pay to members of the reserve components for the purpose of (1) maintaining a skill certification or proficiency identical to that required of members of the regular component, or (2) exposure to hazards or risks identical to those of regular component members."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 613) This section extends by one year (through December 31, 2024) a variety of compensation authorities for the uniformed services, including bonuses for enlisted and officer personnel, hazardous duty pay, special duty pay, and skill incentive pay."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 614) This section authorizes a monthly bonus to a member of the uniformed services below the grade of E-6 upon determination by the appropriate department that prevailing economic conditions may adversely affect such member."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 615) This section specifies that for the purposes of special duty pay, the military departments shall designate a duty station as a cold weather location if the temperature is expected to drop below -20 degrees Fahrenheit according to the 2012 Plant Hardiness Zone Map published by the Department of Agriculture."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 616) This section requires the Department of the Air Force to submit a report to Congress on the feasibility and advisability of paying assignment incentive pay to Air Force personnel assigned to remotely piloted aircraft, including at Creech Air Force Base."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle C--Allowances"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 621) This section allows DOD, in cases of demonstrated need, to exclude a servicemember's Basic Allowance for Housing from the calculation of gross household income used to determine eligibility for the Basic Needs Allowance. (The Basic Needs Allowance is provided to servicemembers with dependents and typically having a gross household income less than or equal to 150% of federal poverty guidelines. Currently, amounts received as a Basic Allowance for Housing are typically included when calculating a servicemember's gross household income.)"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 622) This section eliminates a requirement that specifies the types of civilian housing (i.e., two-bedroom apartment and two-bedroom townhouse) that must be used to calculate Basic Allowance for Housing for junior enlisted personnel."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 623) This section authorizes the military departments to pay a Basic Allowance for Housing to certain enlisted personnel of the uniformed services assigned to a naval vessel during a shipyard availability or maintenance period."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 624) This section authorizes certain members of the reserve components who are ordered to active duty for training to receive two housing allowances, one for their duty location and one for the location of their primary residence, even when the member is authorized transportation of household goods to their duty location. This authority applies to reservists who (1) have no dependents, (2) are ordered to active duty for training purposes for a period of 140 to 364 days, and (3) either own or are responsible for rental payments on their primary residence."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 625) This section lowers the minimum threshold for high cost area used to determine locations eligible for the Continental United States Cost-of-Living Allowance (CONUS COLA) from 8% above the average cost of living in the continental United States to 5%."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 626) This section authorizes an increase in the Family Separation Allowance from the current amount of $250 per month to an amount between $250 and $400 per month. The President must review this allowance every four years, during the quadrennial review of military compensation, and recommend whether to increase the allowance."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 627) This section limits the amount by which DOD may reduce the cost-of-living allowance for members of the armed forces assigned to duty outside the United States (known as an OCONUS COLA), with the exception of reductions based on changes in foreign currency exchange rates or a member’s permanent change of station."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 628) This section extends through September 30, 2025, authority for the Department of the Air Force to provide an allowance to officers who transfer into the Space Force to assist with the purchase of required uniforms and equipment."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle D--Family and Survivor Benefits"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 631) This section expands authority for a transitional compensation program for dependents or former dependents of a member of the armed forces who has been separated by the military for dependent abuse. Under this provision, transitional compensation may also be paid to dependents of former dependents of a member who has been (1) convicted of a dependent-abuse offense in U.S. district court or a state court, and (2) separated from the armed forces for an offense other than dependent abuse."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 632) This section expands the transitional compensation program to include lodging expenses for up to 30 days for eligible dependents or former dependents."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 633) This section provides that a surviving spouse of a deceased member of the armed forces who has remarried is entitled to use commissary stores and certain retail facilities (e.g., exchange stores) to the same extent as a surviving spouse who has not remarried."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 634) This section expands an existing authority to assist military spouses in achieving education, training, licenses, and credentials that expand their employment and portable career opportunities by requiring DOD to include obtaining certification by certain organizations as a doula or lactation consultant."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 635) This section expands an existing authority to reimburse members of the uniformed services for certain costs of the member’s spouse due to relocation by specifying that (1) both relicensing costs and qualified business costs are eligible for reimbursement, and (2) a wider range of relocation actions (such as transfers from the regular component to the reserve component or placement on the temporary disability retirement list) qualify for this type of reimbursement."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE VII--HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS"},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle A--TRICARE and Other Health Care Benefits"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 701) This section authorizes DOD to waive cost-sharing requirements for the first three outpatient mental health visit per year by certain beneficiaries of the TRICARE Prime and TRICARE Select health care programs."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 702) This section extends TRICARE Reserve Select coverage for surviving family members from six months to three years after the death of an enrolled reserve component member."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 703) This section expands eligibility for hearing aids under the TRICARE Prime program to include children of certain military retirees."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 704) This section permits dependents enrolled in the TRICARE dental program and located in an area with inadequate or insufficiently available civilian dental care to receive space-available dental care at a uniformed services dental treatment facility on a reimbursable basis."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 705) This section specifies that an existing provision of law concerning self-referral for mental health evaluations by members of the armed forces applies to (1) members on active duty for a period of more than 30 days, and (2) members of the Selected Reserve in a duty status."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 706) This section requires DOD to (1) ensure naloxone is available for members of the armed forces, and (2) establish a tracking system for naloxone distribution and the illegal use of fentanyl and other controlled substances."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 707) This section requires DOD to seek to expand the TRICARE Competitive Plans Demonstration Project (which allows local, regional, and national health plans to participate in the competition for managed care support functions under the TRICARE program) to not fewer than five locations."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle B--Health Care Administration"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 711) This section extends until September 30, 2024, a deadline for DOD to transfer certain medical research and public health functions to the Defense Health Agency. This section also provides an exception to the transfer requirement, allowing a function to remain within a military department if the function addresses a unique need of the military department, is in direct support of operating forces, and is necessary to execute national security related strategies."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 712) This section increases from $30,000 to $50,000 the maximum annual stipend for participants in the military departments’ health professions scholarship and financial assistance program."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 713) This section requires DOD, when denying a medical malpractice claim by a member of the uniformed services, to provide the claimant with a detailed explanation of the reasons for denial."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 714) This section prohibits DOD from moving beyond the first phase of a plan concerning networks for the management of military medical treatment facilities until GAO completes a study of the plan."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 715) This section requires DOD to enter into an agreement with DHS to allow Coast Guard access to certain TRICARE data to optimize health care services."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 716) This section requires DOD to establish a military pharmaceutical and medical device vulnerability working group whose duties shall include identifying vulnerabilities (such as supply chain issues and cyber threats) that may disrupt DOD operations."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle C--Studies, Briefings, Reports, and Other Matters"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 721) This program expands an existing authority for DOD to establish a joint military trauma care and research program with Ukraine, specifying that such a program shall include providing training and support to Ukraine for the treatment of certain injuries (including amputations, post-traumatic stress disorder, and traumatic brain injuries)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 722) This section requires DOD to conduct a study in military treatment facilities on the efficacy of opioid alternatives (including cryotherapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and sensory deprivation) for pain management."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 723) This section requires DOD to establish a process for funding eligible entities to conduct research on the treatment of armed forces personnel with post-traumatic stress or traumatic brain injury using designated psychedelic substances (including MDMA and psilocybin)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 724) This section requires DOD to annually submit a report to Congress on overdoses among members of the armed forces under DOD jurisdiction."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 725) This section requires DOD to conduct a study to assess and evaluate any health conditions arising in members of the armed forces on active duty one year after receiving the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 726) This section requires GAO to conduct a study on the adequacy of health care services available to certain individuals supporting the mission of U.S. Forces Japan or Joint Region Marianas."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS"},{"k":"p","t":"This title sets policy regarding acquisitions and acquisition management, including contracting authorities and small businesses."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle A--Acquisition Policy and Management"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 801) This section requires contracting offices in DOD to provide, upon request of the contractor offering a product or service, a memorandum with a justification for why the product or service was determined to be commercial or noncommercial."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 802) This section requires DOD to make portions of a report (required in current law) available to the offerors identified in the report as having denied multiple requests for uncertified cost or pricing data. DOD must also develop a framework for revising what constitutes a denial of uncertified cost or pricing data."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 803) This section requires DOD to include a provision in each contract prohibiting the sale, licensing, or transfer of individually identifiable DOD employee data to any individual or entity other than the federal government."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 804) DOD may not enter into procurement contracts with Russia, fossil fuel companies that operate in Russia, or any entity that conducts certain fossil fuel business with an entity 50% or more owned by Russia or a fossil fuel company that operates in Russia. The prohibition does not apply to contracts for humanitarian assistance, for disaster relief, or vital to the U.S. military or national security interests."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 805) DOD may not enter into procurement contracts with Chinese military companies or contract to obtain goods or services produced or developed by such companies."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 806) Each military department’s service acquisition executive must designate a Principal Technology Transition Advisor to advise on the transition of technologies (e.g., from DOD science and technology programs) to fulfill identified and potential warfighter requirements for the military department."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 807) The Strategic Capabilities Office in DOD must include a senior contracting officer with the authority to enter into and administer contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and other transactions."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 808) DOD shall establish a pilot program for the use of innovative intellectual property strategies to acquire the necessary technical data rights for certain acquisition programs designated by the military departments and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 809) DOD shall establish a pilot program to explore the use of consumption-based solutions to address any defense need, called anything-as-a-service, that is feasible to provide users on-demand access, quickly add newly released capabilities, and bill based on actual usage at fixed price units."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 810) DOD must revise its program guidance for major defense acquisition programs and acquisition programs and projects using rapid fielding or rapid prototyping to integrate planning for exportability features."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 811) DOD must develop and implement a streamlined requirements development process, to include revising the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System, in order to improve alignment between modern warfare concepts, technologies, and system development and reduce the time to deliver needed capabilities to warfighters."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 812) This section requires DOD to amend its acquisition regulations to require providers of management, scientific, and technical consulting services to certify that either (1) the provider and its subsidiaries do not have contracts with covered foreign entities, or (2) the provider has a conflict-of-interest mitigation plan. The covered foreign entities include China, Russia, and any country that has repeatedly provided support for international terrorism, among other entities."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 813) DOD must exercise its authority to acquire innovative commercial products or commercial services using general solicitation competitive procedures to address the mission needs of a geographic combatant command at least four times per fiscal year through FY2027."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle B--Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 820) This section expands DOD authorities to enter into multiyear contracts to include when the use of a multiyear contract provides necessary defense industrial base stability not otherwise achievable through annual contracts."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 821) This section modifies DOD authorities for certain follow-on production transactions for prototype projects. Specifically, transactions for follow-on production do not need to meet certain conditions related to participation of small business and nontraditional defense contractors if (1) the prototype project transaction met those conditions, and (2) the other conditions for follow-on transactions will be met."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 822) This section expands DOD authorities for a pilot program to carry out prototype projects directly relevant to enhancing the ability of DOD to prototype the design, development, or demonstration of new construction techniques or technologies to improve military installations or facilities. Specifically, the section (1) excludes projects for repairing facilities from the limit on the number of projects that may begin each fiscal year, (2) increases the limit for aggregate amount spent on projects, and (3) permits the program to carry out prototype projects using military construction, RDT&E, or O&M funds."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 823) This section modifies DOD authorities allowing certain contracting agencies to cancel, refuse, or terminate contracts with foreign entities engaged in or supporting activities against U.S. forces. The entities that may have such contracts refused or terminated is expanded to any firm attempting to provide contract work for DOD that engages in or supports (1) acts of violence against the United States, (2) intelligence activities against the United States, or (3) transnational crime. The section removes the limitation on this authority to only contracts in excess of a specified value."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 824) This section extends DOD authority to modify certain contracts based on the impacts of inflation through December 31, 2024."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 825) DOD may not enter into a contract with an entity that provides data to transportation logistics information platforms provided or sponsored by certain Chinese entities, specifically including the platform LOGINK. Also, U.S. ports, port authorities, and maritime terminal operators may not use such logistics information platforms. Additionally, the Department of State shall urge governments of ally and partner countries to require entities in their jurisdictions to terminate the use of such platforms."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 826) DOD may modify the terms and conditions of a contract or option to provide an economic price adjustment consistent with federal acquisition regulations."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 827) DOD must revise certain policies related to Earned Value Management (EVM), a program management tool used to assess cost, schedule, and technical progress on programs. Specifically, the policies must (1) exempt all software contracts and subcontracts from EVM requirements, (2) impose EVM requirements for cost contracts or incentive contracts with a value from $20 million to less than $50 million, and (3) require defense contractors to use an EVM system for contracts with a value from $50 million to less than $100 million."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle C--Domestic Sourcing Requirements"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 831) This section requires DOD to prescribe procedures for the urgent acquisition and deployment of military capabilities to replenish stocks of U.S. defense articles provided through presidential drawdown authority to a partner or allied country responding to an armed attack."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 832) DOD may not use appropriated funds to obtain flags of the United States that are not produced in the United States. Purchases of flags for amounts less than $10,000 are excepted."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 833) This section requires specialty metals purchased by DOD or prime contractors for DOD under an exception for agreements with foreign governments to be melted or produced (1) in the United States, (2) in the country from which the mill product or component is procured, or (3) in furtherance of certain agreements to remove barriers to such purchases. DOD must require contractors providing items with aerospace-grade metals to report if such metals were processed in China, Iran, North Korea, or Russia."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 834) This section further restricts DOD from obtaining either material or end items containing certain magnets, tungsten metal powder, tungsten heavy alloy, or tantalum metals or alloys from North Korea, China, Russia, or Iran. DOD may not obtain such material or items unless DOD (1) identifies the end item for which the material cannot be procured as and when needed at a reasonable price, and (2) waives the general prohibition for such specific material for no more than 36 months."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 835) This section requires articles, materials, and supplies procured for major defense programs to be manufactured with certain portions of such items produced in the United States. The required cost percentage of the domestically produced portion increases from 60% to 75% over a five-year period."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle D--Provisions Relating to Programs for Accelerating Acquisition"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 841) This section modifies and extends a DOD pilot program to reform and accelerate the contracting and pricing processes associated with contracts in excess of $50 million. The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSD(A&S)) shall ensure that (1) the pilot program does not include any preferences for contract type or specific contract requirements, and (2) each military department has minimal reporting requirements to OUSD(A&S) with respect to the program."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 842) DOD must establish a contested logistics demonstration and prototyping program to identify, develop, demonstrate, and field capabilities for product support in order to reduce or mitigate the risks associated with operations in a contested logistics environment."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 843) Combatant commands may request DOD senior contracting officials for special authorities to rapidly respond to certain time-sensitive or unplanned emergency situations. These special authorities include procedures applicable to micro-purchases, simplified acquisition procedures, and treating the property or service being procured as a commercial product or service."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle E--Industrial Base Matters"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 851) This section modifies the scope of DOD’s national security strategy for the National Technology and Industrial Base, requiring the objectives of the strategy to include (1) ensuring reliable sources of services and supplies, and (2) reducing reliance on potential adversaries for such services and supplies to the maximum extent practicable."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 852) This section specifies the types of allowed agreements under the DOD Mentor-Protégé Program, which provides assistance to disadvantaged small businesses contracting with DOD. Agreements in this program may be contracts, cooperative agreements, or partnership intermediary agreements."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 853) This section modifies DOD’s Procurement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program, allowing non-private entities to provide technical assistance, authorizing DOD to waive or modify certain cost-share requirements for entities providing technical assistance, and authorizing such entities to provide education on certain federal contracting requirements. The program provides assistance to businesses on how to compete for and obtain DOD contracts."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 854) This section delays the effective date on a prohibition for DOD to acquire certain magnets and tantalum from North Korea, China, Russia, or Iran by one year."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 855) This section extends by one year DOD’s pilot program for providing storage and distribution services to contractors executing certain DOD contracts."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 856) OUSD(A&S) must establish and carry out a pilot program to analyze, map, and monitor supply chains for up to five weapons systems. The program shall (1) identify impediments to production and opportunities for expansion, (2) identify potential risks to and vulnerabilities of weapons system providers, and (3) identify critical suppliers."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 857) Parties to a proposed merger or acquisition requiring DOD review and submission of supplementary information to the Department of Justice or Federal Trade Commission shall concurrently provide such information to DOD during the statutory waiting period."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle F--Small Business Matters"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 860) This section modifies DOD’s Defense Research and Development Rapid Innovation Program. Among other modifications, the section limits the program to small businesses and makes the goal of the program commercialization of technology rather than fielding of technology."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 861) This section extends through FY2028 a requirement for DOD to submit annual reports on the department’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 862) This section requires DOD prime contractors to cooperate with the contracting officer to correct or mitigate any unjustified failure to make full or timely payments to certain small business subcontractors."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 863) This section increases the governmentwide goal for participation in procurement contracts by small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans to 5% of the total value of all prime contract and subcontract awards for each fiscal year."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 864) Small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans must obtain certification from the Small Business Administration to be awarded federal contracts for such small businesses. The requirement is phased in over a one-year period for such businesses that previously self-certified as a small business owned and controlled by a service-disabled veteran."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 865) DOD must amend its supplement to federal acquisition regulations to require the past performance evaluation and source selection processes to consider relevant past performance information of affiliate companies of a small business bidder."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle G--Other Matters"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 871) This section extends through FY2028 and modifies DOD’s Mission Management Pilot Program, which uses a coordinated and iterative approach to develop, evaluate, and transition cross-service missions conducted by combatant commands. Among other modifications, the section authorizes the Deputy Secretary of Defense to delegate mission oversight to one or mission managers and requires mission managers to assist the Deputy Secretary of Defense in identifying funding for their missions."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 872) This section extends and modifies DOD’s pilot program to incentivize contracting with employee-owned businesses. Participating businesses may now pay more than 50% of the contract to subcontractors, provided that (1) the amounts to subcontractors exceeding 50% are subcontracted to other qualified businesses wholly owned through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan, or (2) for products, subcontract amounts exceeding 50% are for materials not available from another qualified business wholly owned through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 873) This section modifies DOD processes related to Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and security cooperation. Each geographic combatant command may use amounts from the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account to hire advisors to advise the combatant command on such processes. DOD shall conduct an annual industry day to raise awareness among foreign officials and representatives of the defense industrial base in implementing FMS cases and potential foreign industry partnering opportunities. DOD and the military departments must designate an individual as a point of contact to coordinate information on FMS and to respond to domestic and foreign industry representatives. Additionally, DOD shall establish a senior-level industry advisory group to advise on the role of DOD in FMS and security cooperation."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 874) The OUSD(A&S) shall establish and implement a pilot program to incentivize contractor performance by paying contractors eligible for progress payments a progress payment rate that is up to 10% higher than the customary rate."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 875) DOD must conduct a study and report to Congress on the feasibility and advisability of (1) establishing a default determination that products and services acquired by DOD are commercial and do not need an individual commercial determination, and (2) mandating the use of commercial procedures unless a non-commercial determination is justified."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT"},{"k":"p","t":"This title sets policy regarding the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and DOD organization and management."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Defense and Related Matters"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 901) This section removes references in law to the Chief Management Officer of DOD, a position that was eliminated by Sec. 901 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 902) This section changes the duties of the Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE), eliminating a requirement to assess the effect of DOD spending on the U.S. economy and adding a requirement to lead the standardization of analytical methodologies and establish a centralized knowledge repository of data for modeling and simulation."},{"k":"p","t":"This section also requires DOD to establish an analytical team, reporting directly to the Secretary of Defense, which shall critically assess methodologies, assumptions, and data used in certain analyses conducted by CAPE."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 903) DOD must establish an Office of Strategic Capital within OSD, with duties that include (1) developing and integrating capital investment strategies proven in the commercial sector; (2) identifying and prioritizing promising critical technologies and assets in need of capital assistance, such as certain loans or equity investments; and (3) funding investments in such technologies and assets."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 904) DOD must establish and assign to appropriate components of the OSD roles and responsibilities related to the development and delivery of combined joint all-domain command and control (commonly known as CJADC2) capabilities."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 905) This section authorizes DOD to appoint two principal deputy assistant secretaries in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict. One position is concerned with the organization, training, and equipping of special operations forces, and the other position is concerned with irregular warfare, combatting terrorism, and special operations activities."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle B--Other Department of Defense Organization and Management Matters"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 911) This section requires DOD to conduct requirements determination, planning, programming, and budgeting in a way that considers the active and reserve components of the total force, the civilian workforce, and contract support in a holistic manner to (1) avoid duplication of efforts and waste of resources; and (2) to ensure that risk, cost, and mission validation considerations are consistent with the national defense strategy."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 912) This section provides statutory authority for the College of International Security Affairs in the National Defense University."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 913) This section provides statutory authority for the Defense Innovation Unit within DOD. The unit's duties include identifying and supporting the development of commercial technologies that could potentially be implemented within DOD."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 914) This section repeals the authority for the Navy’s Naval Research Advisory Committee."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 915) This section provides statutory authority for members of the Space Force to attend the Naval Postgraduate School."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 916) This section adds four nonvoting members to the Air Force Reserve Forces Policy Committee, all of whom are noncommissioned officers. The nonvoting members are the Chief Master Sergeants of the Air Force, the Air Force Reserve, the Air National Guard, and the Space Force."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 917) This section modifies the authority for DOD’s cross-functional team to address emerging threats relating to anomalous health incidents. The team’s duties under this section include (1) identifying anomalous health incidents, (2) determining the causes and sources of such incidents, (3) understanding incident mitigation and treatment, and (4) addressing challenges posed by anomalous health incidents."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 918) DOD must carry out an initiative to reform and improve the policies, processes, and procedures applicable to technology release and foreign disclosure decisions in DOD."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 919) This section requires DOD to seek to develop and implement a software-based capability to facilitate the mutual scheduling of engagements between DOD and the congressional defense committees."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 920) DOD shall develop a set of metrics that reflect the department’s audit remediation goals and metrics to measure progress made by the military departments with respect to such goals. DOD may enter into contracts with a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) or a university-affiliated research center to support the development of such metrics."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 921) This section requires DOD to develop an updated set of business health metrics to inform decision-making by senior leaders in the department."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 922) DOD shall seek to enter into a contract with an FFRDC or a university-affiliated research center to conduct an independent assessment of the defense business enterprise architecture."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 923) The Department of the Air Force (comprising the Air Force and the Space Force) must develop a force design for the Air Force and Space Force projected through 2050."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 924) DOD must conduct a study to assess the feasibility and advisability of transferring the space functions of the National Guard to the Space Force."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE X--GENERAL PROVISIONS"},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle A--Financial Matters"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1001) This section authorizes DOD to transfer up to $6 billion of authorizations made available to DOD between accounts within this division, subject to certain exceptions and limitations, if such action is necessary in the national interest."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1002) This section requires DOD to submit an annual report to Congress on RDT&E, procurement, and military construction programs, projects, and activities for which the total obligation authority was changed in the current year budget proposal compared to the projection made the year prior."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1003) This section adds new subjects to required annual reports about the unfunded priorities of each of the armed forces under DOD jurisdiction, the combatant commands, and the National Guard. New subjects include the requirement to be addressed by the unfunded priority and the reason why funding for the priority was not included in the President’s budget."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1004) This section requires each component of DOD to be subject to an independent audit for FY2024 and each of the nine subsequent fiscal years. Any component failing to undergo such an audit shall have 1.5% of the unobligated amounts available to the component cancelled, excepting military personnel and defense health program accounts."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1005) This section requires DOD to receive an unqualified opinion on DOD’s financial statements no later than December 31, 2028."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle B--Counterdrug Activities"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1010) This section adds planning services to the types of support DOD can provide for the counterdrug activities or counter transnational organized crime activities of other federal agencies and state, local, or tribal law enforcement agencies."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1011) This section increases the maximum cost of small-scale construction projects (from $750,000 to $1,000,000) that DOD may fund to support the activities of foreign law enforcement agencies to counter transnational organized crime and drug-related activities."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1012) This section modifies a DOD program that provides funding assistance for procuring equipment for National Guard drug interdiction and counterdrug activities. Specifically, the section increases the maximum amount of assistance available for each item procured without advance DOD approval from $5,000 to $15,000."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1013) This section requires DOD to develop a strategy to address threats to national security caused by fentanyl trafficking. This section also requires DOD to seek enhanced cooperation with Mexican defense officials to target, disrupt, and degrade transnational crime organizations in Mexico that traffic fentanyl."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle C--Naval Vessels and Shipyards"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1015) This section requires that the views of the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Marine Corps be included in a Navy certification that its budget submission and future years defense plan provide sufficient funding for the annual naval vessel construction plan and that those officers provide an assessment of such plan."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1016) This section adds new items (such as bearings, hydraulic valves, decks and superstructures) to the list of critical components that the Department of the Navy may procure for certain types of vessels using multiyear procurement contracts funded from the National Sea-Based Deterrence Fund."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1017) This section authorizes the Department of the Navy to make grants to specified entities for capital improvement projects or maritime training programs that improve U.S. Navy ship repair or alteration capability."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1018) This section repeals a provision of law related to the naming of battleships after states, cities, places, or persons."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1019) This section modifies how a Navy battle force ship assessment and requirement report is prepared by assigning to the Marine Corps responsibility for developing requirements related to naval vessels with the primary mission of transporting Marines."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1020) This section expands an existing statement of policy to affirm that it is the policy of the United States that the U.S. shipbuilding defense industrial base is fundamental to achieving the shipbuilding requirements of the Navy and constitutes a unique national security imperative that requires sustainment and support by the Navy and Congress."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1021) This section bars funds authorized to be appropriated under this bill for FY2024 to be obligated or expended to retire, prepare to retire, or place in storage the following naval vessels: USS Germantown (LSD 42), USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), USS Tortuga (LSD 46) or USS Shiloh (CG 67)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1022) This section authorizes the Department of the Navy to use certain funds to enter into an incrementally funded contract for the advance procurement and construction of a San Antonio-class amphibious ship."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1023) This section authorizes the Department of the Navy to use certain funds to enter into an incrementally funded contract for the advance procurement and construction of a submarine tender (a ship for servicing and repairing submarines)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1024) This section requires the Department of the Navy to provide biannual briefings to Congress on submarine maintenance and readiness."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle D--Counterterrorism"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1031) This section extends through December 31, 2024, an existing prohibition on the use of DOD funds for the transfer or release of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1032) This section extends through December 31, 2024, an existing prohibition on the use of DOD funds to construct or modify any facility in the United States, including U.S. territories or possessions, to house individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the purposes of detention or imprisonment under the control of DOD."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1033) This section extends through December 31, 2024, an existing prohibition on the use of DOD funds to transfer or release individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody of Libya, Somalia, Syria, or Yemen."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1034) This section extends through December 31, 2024, an existing prohibition on the use of DOD funds to close, abandon, or relinquish control of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle E--Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1041) This section limits the use of certain FY2024 funds for travel expenses until DOD submits to Congress a required risk assessment and risk mitigation plan associated with the National Military Strategy."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1042) This section increases from $1 million to $5 million the cap on assistance that may be provided to foreign nations to assist DOD in recovering and accounting for missing U.S. government personnel, allows DOD to waive this cap in certain circumstances, authorizes providing funds to foreign nations as a type of assistance, and bars assistance to nations that have repeatedly provided support to international terrorism."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1043) This section authorizes the use of operation and maintenance funds for travel expenses associated with meetings and demonstrations hosted by DOD for implementation of the Vienna Document 2011 on Confidence and Security Building Measures (an Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe document designed to increase openness and transparency concerning certain military activities of participating states)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1044) This section harmonizes the definition of Confucius Institute in two laws that limit the provision of DOD funds to Confucius Institutes for language instruction and institutions of higher education that host Confucius Institutes. (The section defines Confucius Institute in both laws to mean any cultural institute funded by China or any program that receives funding or support from the Chinese International Education Foundation or the Center for Language Cooperation of China’s Ministry of Education.)"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1045) This section prohibits DOD after October 1, 2026, from waiving a prohibition on providing funds to an institute of higher education that hosts a Confucius Institute."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1046) This section authorizes DOD to waive a requirement to vet certain foreign and other individuals attending training or education at DOD facilities in the United States, as well as certain family members accompanying such individuals, before authorizing unescorted physical access to DOD installations."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1047) This section authorizes chemical and biological defense program funding requests to be included in the budget accounts of the military departments (previously, this was prohibited by law)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1048) This section limits the use of FY2024 funds for U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) procurement of next generation tactical communications until USSOCOM and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict submit to Congress a joint report on special operations forces tactical communications requirements and plans."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1049) This section requires DOD to prescribe regulations establishing procedures for complaints or requests made by private individuals or entities (excluding members of the armed forces, DOD civilians, and DOD contractors) regarding public display or public expression of religion on DOD property."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1050) This section limits the use of DOD funds for the destruction of anti-personnel land mines (except for safety purposes) until DOD submits to Congress a report on certain aspects of such mines, including DOD’s policy on their use."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1051) This section limits the use of certain FY2024 funds for travel expenses until DOD submits to Congress (1) a plan for establishing a joint force headquarters in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility, and (2) a plan relating to strategic competition in the U.S. Southern Command and the U.S. Africa Command areas of responsibility."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1052) This section prohibits the display of flags in DOD work places, common access areas, or public areas, unless they are approved flags (which includes the U.S. flag and state flags) or are covered by exemptions for museum exhibits or specified residential spaces."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1053) This section adds new required topics to DOD’s operational energy strategy, such as identifying U.S., allied, and partner country efforts to develop complementary energy security and energy reliance measures."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1054) This section specifies that spouses of active duty military personnel are eligible for 180 days of deferment on certain student loans if the spouse loses employment due to a permanent change of station move."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle F--Studies and Reports"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1061) This section modifies various aspects (such as frequency and content) of certain required reports and briefings by DOD. For example, it makes a required DOD report to Congress on national technology and industrial base a biennial report rather than an annual report and it eliminates a requirement for quarterly briefings to Congress on the industrial base supporting DOD."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1062) This section extends through December 31, 2025, a requirement for annual reports to Congress (1) from DOD on assistance provided to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for border security the during the preceding fiscal year, and (2) from DHS on its efforts to reduce the demand for such DOD assistance."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1063) This section (1) authorizes DOD to enter in agreements with universities or research organizations to provide additional capabilities for specialized missions related to expanding accounting for persons missing from designated past conflicts, and (2) requires DOD to annually brief Congress on the capabilities required to expand accounting of persons missing from such conflicts."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1064) This section requires the Department of the Air Force to report to Congress a plan to designate, equip, and train the number of combat air forces aviation units required to maintain proficient aircrew skills of such units in the following mission areas: close air support, forward air controller-airborne, combat search and rescue, and airborne battle management."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1065) This section requires (1) the Department of the Navy to seek to enter into an agreement with an FFRDC to conduct an independent study of the Navy’s mine warfare capabilities, and (2) DOD to submit an unaltered copy of such study to Congress."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1066) This section requires the Marine Corps to brief Congress and submit a report on the programmatic choices made to implement Force Design 2030 (a framework for redesigning the Marine Corps focused on strategically competing with China and Russia)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1067) This section requires GAO to report on the extent to which DOD has evaluated the feasibility and advisability of equipping all tactical vehicles of the armed forces with black box data recorders."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1068) This section requires DOD to (1) submit a report to Congress on a plan for coordinating with defense partners in North and South America and relevant federal agencies to counter human trafficking operations, and (2) brief Congress on DOD authorities, programs, and activities to counter human trafficking operations."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1069) This section requires DOD to update the strategic plan for DOD’s combating trafficking in persons program and to brief Congress on the updated plan."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1070) This section requires DOD to report to Congress on the use of tactical fighter aircraft for deployments, including homeland defense missions."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1071) This section requires DOD to submit a report to Congress on equipping platoon-sized ground combat formations with certain types of unmanned aerial systems."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1072) This section requires DOD to provide biannual briefings to Congress on efforts to bolster homeland defense."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1073) This section requires DOD to submit a report to Congress on the extent to which the U.S. naval station at Guantanamo Bay is being used effectively to defend U.S. national security interests."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1074) This section requires DOD to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the capabilities, limitations, and anticipated future training constraints on the use of military lands, marine areas, and airspace facilities for training of the armed forces under DOD jurisdiction, report the results of the assessment to Congress, and provide annual reports to Congress on certain proposals to enhance training range capabilities and mitigate shortfalls or encroachment."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1075) This section requires DOD to notify Congress before making any reductions of more than 1,000 special operations personnel, unless DOD certifies that such reduction needs to be implemented expeditiously for reasons of military urgency."},{"k":"p","t":"This section also requires DOD to submit a report to Congress assessing the optimal force structure for special operations forces."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1076) This section requires DOD to (1) seek to enter into an agreement with an FFRDC to conduct an independent review, assessment, and analysis of the Marine Corps’ modernization initiatives; and (2) submit the results of this study to Congress."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1077) This section requires DOD to (1) assess the infrastructure, capacity, resource, and personnel requirements for Guam during FY2024-FY2029 to meet U.S. strategic objectives; and (2) submit the results of the assessment to Congress."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1078) This section requires DOD to submit to Congress a feasibility study on converting Joint Task Force North (a DOD organization that supports federal law enforcement agencies in identifying and interdicting criminal activities near the approaches to the continental United States) into a joint interagency task force (an organization staffed and led by personnel from multiple agencies under a single commander or director)."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle G--Other Matters"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1080) This section expands, for the purposes of Title III of the Defense Production Act (DPA), the definition of domestic sources to include businesses in Australia and the United Kingdom, thereby expanding the number of entities eligible for DPA Title III activities. (The President can use such Title III authorities to provide financial incentives to develop, maintain, modernize, restore, and expand the production capacity of domestic sources for critical components, critical technology items, materials, and industrial resources essential for the execution of the national security strategy of the United States.)"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1081) This section requires DOD, to the extent feasible, to integrate access tokens provided to certain congressional staff with DOD Parking Management Office software to enable validation of parking requests."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1082) This section specifies that federal employees who are members of the Afghanistan War Commission may be compensated for periods of time the member is engaged in commission duties outside of ordinary working hours."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1083) This section provides permanent authority for the Senate National Security Working Group effective December 31, 2022. (Composed of 20 Senators and supported by staff, this working group serves as a forum for bipartisan discussion of current national security issues relating to the jurisdictions of multiple committees of the Senate.)"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1084) This section requires DOD to ensure there is a tribal liaison at each military installation under the jurisdiction of a military department with an Indian tribe, Native Hawaiian organization, or tribal interest in the area surrounding the installation."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1085) This section requires the commanders of certain combatant commands (e.g., U.S. European Command) to each develop a plan that includes the potential establishment within the command of (1) a chief technology officer position, and (2) a commercial integration cell to integrate public and private entities with capabilities relevant to the command’s area of operation."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1086) This section requires DOD to issue updated guidance concerning the use of unmanned aircraft systems by the National Guard for certain activities such as search and rescue operations."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1087) This section requires DOD to publicly disclose all relevant unclassified DOD records relating to the war in Afghanistan in a manner that protects intelligence sources and methods."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1088) This section requires the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to submit to Congress an implementation plan for the Joint Concept of Competing (which seeks to enable success in long-term struggle with adversaries without necessarily engaging in armed conflict) and to periodically brief Congress on updates to the plan’s status."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1089) This section requires DOD to notify Congress within seven days after ceasing operations for safety or security reasons at any DOD laboratory or facility rated at biosafety level-3 or higher. (Biosafety levels are used to identify the protective measures needed in a laboratory setting to protect workers, the environment, and the public. There are four biosafety levels, with biosafety-level 4 requiring the highest level of containment.)"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1090) This section authorizes an Air Force Reserve reconnaissance squadron and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to use aircraft, personnel, and equipment to meet the mission requirements of the National Hurricane Operations Plan and the National Winter Seasons Operation Plan. This section also authorizes the Department of the Air Force to transfer funds to NOAA for certain activities related to Air Force missions."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1091) This section states it is the sense of Congress that DOD has the authority to conduct irregular warfare operations, including clandestine irregular warfare operations, to defend the United States, U.S. allies, and U.S. interests when such operations have been appropriately authorized."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1092) This section requires DOD to annually report to Congress certain information related to the Red Hill Incident (i.e., the November 20, 2021, release of fuel from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility that contaminated the water system at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii), including health and exposure analyses for those who lived or worked in the area served by the water system. This section also requires DOD to submit to Congress the results of a feasibility assessment to determine the necessity of an epidemiological health outcomes study."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE XI--CIVILIAN PERSONNEL"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1101) This section prohibits the military departments from employing civilian personnel paid at a rate that exceeds the GS-10 rate in a position with certain diversity, equity, and inclusion duties as primary duties. If any personnel in such positions are currently paid at a rate above the GS-10 level they must be reassigned to another position."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1102) This section authorizes the Department of the Navy to provide a living quarters allowance and reimbursement of extraordinary expenses to certain Navy civilians in Guam if government-owned or -rented quarters are not provided without charge."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1103) This section consolidates a direct hiring authority (i.e., appointments to positions in the competitive service without applying certain competitive procedures) for certain DOD laboratories, combining the maximum number of direct appointments to scientific and engineering positions for those who have bachelor’s degrees and those who have advanced degrees."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1104) This section expands a DOD direct hiring authority to apply to DOD positions in support of aircraft operations, safety of the public, law enforcement, or first response for which there is a critical hiring need or shortage of candidates."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1105) This section extends by one year the authority of agency heads to waive premium pay and aggregate pay limitations for employees who work in overseas locations in direct support of military operations or operations in response to a national emergency."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1106) This section extends through December 19, 2024, eligibility for competitive status for appointment in the competitive service to certain persons employed by a lead Inspector General for an overseas contingency operation."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1107) This section extends through FY2028 DOD’s direct hire authority for qualified candidates at defense industrial base facilities or in the Major Range and Test Facilities Base."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1108) This section excludes certain positions from a provision that generally prohibits individuals from being employed at more than one federal position for a total of more than 40 hours a week. Specifically, this section excludes from this prohibition employment with a nonappropriated fund instrumentality under the jurisdiction of an armed force (for example, a military Morale, Welfare, and Recreation program)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1109) This section extends through FY2025 the authority for agency heads to provide employees assigned to a combat zone with allowances, benefits, and gratuities comparable to those provided to certain members of the Foreign Service (such as a certain travel expenses)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1110) This section increases accrual of shore leave for DOD officers, crewmembers, or other employees serving aboard an oceangoing vessel on an extended voyage from 2 days of leave per 30 days of service to 2 days of leave per 7 days of service."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1111) This section requires DOD and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness to each assess the personnel requirements of the office. DOD must determine whether there is any conflict between the assessments and what personnel actions DOD will take to eliminate such conflict. DOD must provide a briefing and report to Congress on the assessments."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1112) This section expands a noncompetitive hiring authority for spouses of active duty, disabled, or deceased members of the armed forces to include remote work."},{"k":"p","t":"This section also requires GAO to conduct a study on the use of remote work by federal agencies."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1113) This section modifies various aspects of the John S. McCain Strategic Defense Fellows Program (a fellowship program for civilians designed to provide leadership development and commencement of a career track towards senior leadership in DOD), including the geographic distribution of selectees, placement opportunities, term, and compensation."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1114) This section provides that federal employees, congressional employees, and certain other individuals may establish eligibility for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act with 12 months of honorable active service in a military service under DOD jurisdiction."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1115) This section specifies that the cap on the number of DOD Senior Executive Service positions shall exclude those positions which are fully funded through amounts appropriated to an agency other than DOD."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1116) This section extends through FY2030 DOD’s direct hire authority for qualified recent graduates and current post-secondary students in professional and administrative occupations."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1117) This section expands the Department of the Air Force's authority to hire civilians as instructors at the Air University to include hiring for the Space Delta 13, the U.S. Space Force organization for developing and educating its leaders. (The Department of the Air Force includes both the Air Force and the Space Force.)"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1118) This section extends through FY2025 the authority of DOD to appoint individuals for service in the Senior Executive Service without such individuals being subject to certification of executive qualifications by the Office of Personnel Management and requires DOD to submit a report to Congress and GAO on the use of this authority."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1119) This section expands a noncompetitive hiring authority to include the spouses of certain DOD civilian employees who are transferred from one official station to another for permanent duty."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1120) This section repeals a requirement for GAO to review certain modifications of DOD’s civilian performance management and workforce incentive system and personnel appointment flexibilities."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE XII--MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS"},{"k":"p","t":"This title sets policy for various matters related to DOD interactions with foreign nations, including security cooperation initiatives. It includes subtitles related to (1) security assistance and training; (2) Syria, Iraq, and Iran; and (3) Europe and Russia."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle A--Assistance and Training"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1201) This section authorizes the Secretary of Defense to provide support to foreign forces or irregular forces engaged in supporting or facilitating ongoing and authorized irregular warfare operations by U.S. special forces."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1202) This section expands the authorized activities that may be funded by the Combatant Commander Initiative Fund to include certain expenses related to DOD security cooperation programs and activities and specifies that funding these expenses for U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Southern Command should be a priority for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (The Combatant Commanders Initiative Fund allows the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to provide funding to combatant commanders in certain circumstances to solve emergent challenges and unforeseen contingency requirements.)"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1203) This section increases the maximum cost for small-scale construction projects in DOD security cooperation programs. DOD may enter into international agreements allowing a foreign country to provide sole-source direction for assistance to projects intended to build the capacity of the foreign country’s national security forces to conduct a variety of operations."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1204) This section establishes additional requirements for the DOD Security Cooperation Workforce Development Program. Specifically, the section requires the program to provide comprehensive personnel tracking and accounting for all DOD employees engaged in the security cooperation enterprise. Through the program, DOD must also ensure that all DOD security cooperation personnel are trained to an established level of proficiency."},{"k":"p","t":"This section also establishes a Foreign Military Sales Center of Excellence and a Defense Security Cooperation University."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1205) This section extends through 2024 the authority for DOD to reimburse key cooperating nations for logistical support for Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1206) This section extends through 2029 the authority for DOD to enter into cross-servicing agreements to loan military coalition partners personnel protection and personnel survivability equipment."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1207) This section authorizes DOD to support, on a reimbursement basis, border security operations conducted by Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan on their borders with Afghanistan."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1208) This section extends through 2028 the authority for DOD to continue an initiative of legal institutional capacity building with the defense ministries of foreign countries."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1209) This section modifies DOD’s reporting requirements to Congress on ex gratia payments made for damage, personal injury, or death incident to U.S. use of military force. The report must include the status of all pending or denied ex gratia payments or requests."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1210) DOD is authorized to provide friendly foreign militaries with persistent advanced networked training and exercise activities (also known as mission training through distributed simulation)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1211) DOD must require the U.S. Central Command to conduct military exercises twice a year to enhance the interoperability and effectiveness of U.S. forces, Israeli forces, and forces of allies and partners. Israel must be invited to participate in the exercises and other allies and partners may be invited."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle B--Matters Relating to Other Authorities of the Department of Defense"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1221) This section expands a DOD authorization to use certain funds for clandestine activities for operational preparation of the environment to allow the funds to be used to establish, develop, and maintain nonconventional assisted recovery capabilities to facilitate the recovery of U.S. military and civilian personnel, or other individuals, who become isolated or separated."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1222) This section authorizes DOD, as part of the Five Eyes Air Force Interoperability Council, to enter into agreements with the other participating countries (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1223) This section modifies the purpose of DOD’s initiative to support protection of national security academic researchers from undue influence and other security threats to include limiting academic institutions of China, Russia, and other countries who pose a serious risk for improper technology transfer or espionage from benefitting from DOD funding to U.S. academic institutions. The DOD Office of Inspector General must report to Congress on the implementation of this initiative."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1224) This section requires DOD’s initiative to support protection of national security academic researchers from undue influence and other security threats to (1) incorporate policies to limit or prohibit DOD funding for institutions or individual researchers who knowingly contact or make financial arrangements with academic institutions of China, Russia, and other countries who pose a serious risk for improper technology transfer or espionage; and (2) develop and report measures of effectiveness and performance to assess and track the department’s progress across the initiative."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1225) This section extends through 2025 the authority for DOD to continue to provide logistical support for stabilization activities in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and Somalia."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1226) This section modifies the authority for DOD’s Defense Operational Resilience International Cooperation Pilot Program that supports engagement with partner countries on defense-related environmental and operational energy issues. The section allows the program to engage with national security forces (instead of solely military forces) and provide sustainment and non-lethal assistance, including, training, defense services, and supplies."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec 1227) This section extends by one year a prohibition on DOD providing in-flight refueling for non-U.S. aircraft that engage in hostilities in the ongoing civil war in Yemen unless a declaration of war or specific statutory authorization has been enacted."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1228) This section prohibits DOD from obligating or expending more than 85% of FY2024 funding available for the International Security Cooperation Program until DOD submits a security cooperation strategy for each combatant command as required by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1229) DOD must review (1) the legal protections afforded by bilateral agreements in certain countries where U.S. military personnel are permanently based, and (2) how the rights and privileges afforded under such agreements may differ from U.S. law. DOD shall brief Congress on its findings."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1230) Not later than 48 hours after any incident in which U.S. armed forces are involved in an attack or hostilities, whether in an offensive or defensive capacity, the President must transmit to Congress a report on the incident, unless the President (1) otherwise reports within 48 hours pursuant to the War Powers Resolution, or (2) has determined prior to the incident that U.S. armed forces would be operating under specific statutory authorization."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1231) DOD must report to Congress after making funds or personnel available to the Global Engagement Center. The center’s purpose is to direct federal efforts to recognize and counter foreign propaganda and disinformation efforts aimed at undermining or influencing the policies, security, or stability of the United States and U.S. allies and partner nations."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle C--Matters Relating to Ukraine, Russia, and NATO"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1241) This section extends through 2026 the authority for DOD to continue the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which (among other authorizations) provides security assistance to Ukraine."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1242) This section expands the authority for DOD to enter into contracts for defense articles and services for Ukraine-related activities to include activities related to Taiwan or Israel. The section also extends the authority through FY2028. The authorization is further modified to include defense articles and services obtained for replenishing stocks of critical munitions and other defense articles. DOD may also use multiyear procurement for certain additional missiles and munitions contracted under this section."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1243) DOD must report to Congress on all military contributions to Ukraine made by allied and partner countries."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1244) This section extends a prohibition through FY2024 on DOD using any funds to implement any activity that recognizes the sovereignty of Russia over territory internationally recognized to be the sovereign territory of Ukraine, including Crimea and the territory Russia claims to have annexed in Kherson Oblast, Zaporizhzia Oblast, Donetsk Oblast, and Luhansk Oblast."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1245) DOD must contract with an FFRDC or an independent, nongovernmental institute to conduct a study on lessons learned from information operations conducted by the United States, Ukraine, Russia, and NATO members during the lead-up to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and throughout the conflict. DOD shall submit the report to Congress."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1246) DOD may not use FY2024 funds to provide Russia with notifications required by the New START Treaty. (New START is a treaty with Russia on limiting strategic nuclear weapons and capabilities.) The prohibition may be waived if Russia is providing similar information to the United States as required by the treaty."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1247) The National Security Council shall develop an interagency strategy with regard to the Black Sea region to (1) increase coordination with NATO and the European Union, (2) deepen economic ties, (3) strengthen energy security, (4) support efforts to bolster Black Sea states’ democratic resilience, and (5) enhance security assistance with regional partners. The President shall submit the strategy to Congress."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1248) This section revives authority for the Department of the Navy to accept assignment of NATO member naval personnel to facilitate the development, standardization, and interoperability of submarine vessel safety and rescue systems and procedures."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1249) This section extends through 2026 the authority for DOD to continue to provide assistance for training certain eastern European national security forces in multilateral exercises and adds Kosovo as an eligible country."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1250) DOD must consider if a NATO member country has achieved defense spending of not less than 2% of gross domestic product in decisions related to U.S. military basing, training, and exercises."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1250A) The President may not suspend, terminate, denounce, or withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO membership) except with the advice and consent of the Senate. Prior to notifying the Senate of an intention to withdraw from NATO, the President must consult with both chambers of Congress."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1250B) The Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) must maintain the position of Lead Inspector General for Operation Atlantic Resolve, which is redesignated as Special Inspector General for Operation Atlantic Resolve. The Special Inspector General must report periodically to Congress on U.S. programs assisting Ukraine."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle D--Matters Relating to Israel"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1251) DOD must report to Congress on the feasibility and advisability of including Israel in observer status in the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1252) This section extends through 2026 authorization for DOD to carry out research, development, test, and evaluation, on a joint basis with Israel, to establish anti-tunnel capabilities to detect, map, and neutralize underground tunnels that threaten the United States or Israel."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1253) This section increases the amount of funds authorized for research, development, test, and evaluation activities, on a joint basis with Israel, to counter unmanned aerial systems that threaten the United States or Israel."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1254) The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) must submit to Congress an assessment detailing the most promising directed energy missile defense technologies available for co-development with Israel, including a risk assessment and funding requirements."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1255) This section extends authorities for DOD to provide stockpiles of U.S. defense articles to Israel through 2026. The section (1) extends the authority for DOD to transfer to Israel armor, artillery, automatic weapons ammunition, missiles, and other munitions that are obsolete or surplus items, are in the inventory of the Department of Defense, and are intended for use as reserve stocks for Israel; (2) extends the authority for DOD to transfer precision-guided munitions (PGMs) from U.S. stocks; and (3) requires DOD to assess the current stockpiles of U.S. PGMs, the quantity and type of PGMs necessary for Israel to counter Hezbollah, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or any other armed group, and report to Congress actions DOD is taking to pre-position such munitions in Israel."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1256) This section requires the Department of the Air Force to train Israeli Air Force personnel to operate the KC-46 aerial refueling aircraft and to establish a military personnel exchange program with Israel for training on the KC-46 aircraft. DOD must consult with Israel to determine the advisability and practicality of Israel hosting rotational deployments of U.S. KC-46 aircraft."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1257) DOD may transfer one or more U.S. aerial refueling tanker aircraft to Israel if it is in the interest of U.S. national security and does not affect U.S. combat readiness or commitments to other allies."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1258) DOD must report to Congress on whether any products sold at commissary or exchange stores were produced under contract by a company that participated in a boycott against Israel."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle E--Matters Relating to Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1261) DOD shall develop a Middle East integrated maritime domain awareness and interdiction capability in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility to protect countries in the region from (1) Iranian manned and unmanned naval systems, undersea warfare capabilities, and anti-ship missiles; and (2) violent extremist organizations and pirates threatening lawful commerce. DOD shall develop and submit to Congress a strategy for cooperation to achieve such a capability."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1262) This section renews and modifies a requirement for an executive branch official to coordinate the U.S. government response to issues related to Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) members in the custody of Syrian Democratic Forces. The section modifies aspects of this coordinator position, such as by expanding the scope to include issues concerning relevant displaced individuals who are not ISIS members. The section renews the requirement to have this coordinator position through January 31, 2025. Under current law, this requirement expired on January 31, 2021."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1263) This section extends through 2024 and modifies the authority for DOD to provide assistance to Iraq, including training, equipment, and logistics support. DOD may also adjust certain costs of projects subsequent to a presidential waiver of statutory dollar amount limitations."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1264) The section extends the authority for DOD to provide training and equipment to vetted Syrian groups and individuals through 2024. DOD may also adjust certain costs of projects subsequent to a presidential waiver of statutory dollar amount limitations."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1265) This section extends the authority for DOD to operate the Office of Security Cooperation-Iraq through FY2024 and reduces the amount of authorized funds."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1266) DOD shall develop and implement a plan to equip and train Iraqi security forces and Kurdish Peshmerga forces to defend against missiles, rockets, and unmanned systems and provide a briefing on the plan to Congress."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1267) DOD may not make funds available to the Badr Organization. The Badr Organization, originally organized in Iran, has political and military groups active in Iraq and Syria."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1268) This section modifies requirements for DOD’s annual report on the military power of Iran. Among other requirements, the report must include (1) considerations of Iran’s missile launch and storage sites; (2) an assessment of the Iranian threat of using ballistic missiles, unmanned aircraft systems, and loitering munitions; and (3) an assessment of foreign terrorist organizations supported by Iran."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1269) This section modifies a requirement for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to report to Congress on the military capabilities of Iran and requires ODNI to provide an updated report. The report shall include instances of cruise missile launches and Iranian involvement in the regional narcotics trade."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1270) DOD may not make funds available, directly or indirectly, to Iran, persons or entities owned or controlled by Iran, sanctioned persons or entities, or certain organizations linked to Iran."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1271) DOD may not make funds available for any DOD aircraft to transport currency to the Taliban or the government of Afghanistan."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1272) DOD may not make FY2024 funds available to provide any form of U.S. assistance to the Taliban."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE XIII--OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS"},{"k":"p","t":"This title sets policy for various matters related to DOD interactions with foreign nations, including security cooperation initiatives. It includes subtitles related to (1) the Indo-Pacific region; and (2) the security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States (AUKUS)."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle A--Matters Relating to the Indo-Pacific Region"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1301) This section expresses the sense that DOD should continue efforts to strengthen defense alliances and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region to further the comparative advantage of the United States in strategic competition with China."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1302) This section extends DOD’s Pacific Deterrence Initiative through FY2024. The Pacific Deterrence Initiative carries out activities to enhance the U.S. deterrence and defense posture in the Indo-Pacific region, including by providing assistance to allied and partner countries in the region to build defense and security capabilities."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1303) This section modifies DOD’s pilot program to develop young civilian defense leaders in the Indo-Pacific region. Specifically, eligibility to participate in the program expands from young civilians in defense ministries to include young civilians in ministries with a defense-related national security mission."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1304) This section establishes the Indo-Pacific Campaigning Initiative, seeking to ensure the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command conducts logically linked military activities to achieve strategy-aligned objectives. The initiative's goals shall include (1) strengthening U.S. military alliances and partnerships in the region, (2) deterring military aggression by potential adversaries, and (3) shaping the perception of potential adversaries with respect to U.S. military capabilities."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1305) DOD shall seek to establish the Indo-Pacific Maritime Domain Awareness Initiative with allies and partners to bolster maritime domain awareness in the Indo-Pacific region."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1306) This section prohibits the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition from spending more than 85% of its FY2024 funds until the office reports to Congress on the feasibility and advisability of accelerating the provision of Harpoon missiles to foreign partners."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1307) This section expresses the sense that the United States should continue to support the development of capable, ready, and modern defense forces necessary for Taiwan to maintain sufficient defensive capabilities."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1308) This section modifies a requirement for the State Department and DOD to annually report to Congress on advancing the defense of Taiwan. The section requires the report to include a description of (1) actions taken to establish or expand a comprehensive training program with Taiwan, (2) actions taken to establish a joint consultative mechanism with Taiwanese officials and a multi-year plan for Taiwan’s military acquisition, and (3) a list of defense articles for Taiwan fast-tracked for sale under FMS."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1309) This section requires DOD to establish a comprehensive training, advising, and institutional capacity-building program for Taiwan's military forces."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1310) This section prohibits DOD from using any funds authorized by this act to provide direct support to any film, television, or entertainment project if DOD has evidence that the project has complied, or is likely to comply, with a demand from China or Chinese officials to censor the content of the project."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1311) DOD shall determine if available information indicates that China assisted in or approved transportation of fentanyl or related materials to one or more Mexican drug cartels. If the determination is affirmative, DOD must report its findings to Congress."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1312) DOD shall conduct an analysis to determine if any biotechnology entity should be identified as a Chinese military company or a military-civil fusion contributor and be included on the list maintained by DOD."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1313) This section requires DOD to submit to Congress a study on China’s defense budget and a comparison of the Chinese and U.S. defense budgets."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1314) This section extends through FY2024 the authority for DOD to transfer funds to the State Department for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to use for the cleanup of dioxin at Bien Hoa in Vietnam."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1315) This section extends through 2027 and expands a DOD program to improve cyber cooperation with foreign military partners in southeast Asia. The section adds the Philippines and Malaysia to the program."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1316) This section requires DOD to seek to ensure that India is appropriately considered for security cooperation benefits as a major defense partner of the United States."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1317) DOD shall submit to Congress a report on enhancing U.S. security cooperation with Japan."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1318) DOD shall submit to Congress a report on the transfer of operational control of U.S. and South Korean forces to South Korea in wartime."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1319) DOD shall seek to commission a study with an FFRDC to conduct an independent study of the organizational structure and force posture of U.S. armed forces in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle B--Matters Relating to the AUKUS Partnership"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1321) This section defines terms used in this subtitle."},{"k":"p","t":"Part 1--Administrative Provisions"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1331) This section requires the State Department to designate a senior advisor to oversee the AUKUS partnership."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1332) This section requires DOD to designate a senior civilian official to oversee DOD activities in AUKUS."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1333) This section requires reporting to Congress on AUKUS. Specifically, (1) the President shall submit to Congress the text of signed instruments related to the AUKUS partnership, and (2) the State Department shall submit a report on the strategy for and implementation of the AUKUS partnership."},{"k":"p","t":"Part 2--Streamlining and Protecting Transfers of United States Military Technology from Compromise"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1341) This section requires the President to establish policies and procedures for Foreign Military Sales (FMS) that give Australia and the United Kingdom expedited consideration and processing relative to other letters of request except for those from Taiwan and Ukraine. The State Department shall create an anticipatory release policy for certain technology transfer to Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada for FMS and Direct Commercial Sales (DCS)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1342) The President must periodically submit a report to Congress that includes a list of advanced military platforms, technologies, and equipment that are pre-cleared and authorized for sale and release to Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada through FMS and DCS."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1343) This section requires the President to determine and report to Congress on whether Australia or the United Kingdom have (1) implemented a system of export controls on U.S.-origin defense articles and services that meet standards of current law on bilateral agreements for arms transfers, and (2) implemented exemptions to their export controls for the United States comparable to those granted to Australia and the United Kingdom."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1344) This section requires the State Department to establish an expedited decision-making process for certain commercial, advanced-technology defense articles or services to export to Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1345) This section allows the President to exempt Australia or the United Kingdom from licensing requirements for the export of defense items without notifying Congress."},{"k":"p","t":"Part 3--AUKUS Submarine Transfer Authorization Act"},{"k":"p","t":"AUKUS Submarine Transfer Authorization Act"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1352) The President is authorized to transfer up to two Virginia Class submarines from the Navy to Australia on a sale basis, with sale of an additional Virginia class submarine to Australia during the 20-year period following enactment."},{"k":"p","t":"The President shall also determine the appropriate public or private shipyard in the United States, Australia, or the United Kingdom to perform repair or refurbishment of any U.S. submarine involved in submarine security activities between the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1353) The President may accept funds from Australia for DOD use in support of non-nuclear related aspects of submarine security activities in the AUKUS partnership."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE XIV--OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS"},{"k":"p","t":"This title authorizes appropriations for specified working capital and revolving funds and for other programs, including chemical agents and munitions destruction, drug interdiction and counterdrug activities, and the Defense Health Program. It also sets policy regarding national defense stockpile requirements."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle A--Military Programs"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1401) This section authorizes appropriations for FY2024 for DOD working capital and revolving funds."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1402) This section authorizes appropriations for FY2024 for DOD chemical agents and munitions destruction programs."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1403) This section authorizes appropriations for FY2024 for defense-wide drug interdiction and counter-drug activities."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1404) This section authorizes appropriations for FY2024 for the Office of Inspector General for DOD."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1405) This section authorizes appropriations for FY2024 for the Defense Health Program."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle B--National Defense Stockpiles"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1411) This section requires the National Defense Stockpile program to seek to achieve positive cash flows from the recovery of strategic and critical materials from other federal agencies. The program shall establish a pilot program to use commercial best practices in the acquisition and disposal of strategic and critical materials for the stockpile. (The National Defense Stockpile was established by Congress in 1939 to acquire and retain strategic and critical materials to decrease or prevent the potential dependence of the United States on foreign sources for supplies of these materials in times of national emergency.)"},{"k":"p","t":"The section also expands a requirement to encourage the development of domestic production of strategic and critical materials to include encouraging development of certain non-domestic sources of such materials."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1412) This section authorizes the National Defense Stockpile program to dispose of certain amounts of beryllium, manganese ore, germanium, and carbon fibers."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1413) This section prescribes beginning balances for an audit of the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1414) The OUSD(A&S) must submit a strategy to Congress to develop supply chains that are not dependent on mining or processing of critical materials in China, North Korea, Russia, Iran, or any other strategic competitor or adversary of the United States."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle C--Other Matters"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1421) This section authorizes the Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH) to lease certain real or personal property controlled by AFRH for a period of exclusivity, access, or study. Proceeds must be deposited in the AFRH Trust Fund."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1422) DOD may transfer funds from the Defense Health Program to the Joint DOD-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund for operation of the Captain James A. Lovell Health Care Center, Illinois."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1423) This section authorizes appropriations for the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE XV--CYBERSPACE-RELATED MATTERS"},{"k":"p","t":"This title sets policy for various matters related to U.S. military cyber activities, DOD's cyber workforce, and cyber acquisition."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle A--Cyber Operations"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1501) This section requires DOD to maintain performance metrics to track the results of a pilot program for sharing cyber capabilities and related information with foreign operational partners."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1502) This section provides statutory authority for DOD’s Strategic Cybersecurity Program, which is to harmonize cybersecurity to ensure that DOD is able to conduct the most critical military missions."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1503) This section extends through FY2028 and modifies DOD authority to use O&M funds for cyber operations-peculiar capability projects. The section removes the authority of the military departments to carry out such projects."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1504) This section extends through FY2028 the requirement for DOD to provide periodic briefings to Congress on the progress of the Joint All Domain Command and Control (commonly called JADC2) effort. The section requires the briefings to include funding information and a summary of the lessons learned from large-scale exercises and experiments relevant to the JADC2 effort."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1505) This section authorizes DOD to conduct cyber operations to detect and monitor Mexican transnational criminal organizations engaged in illegal activities such as drug smuggling, human trafficking, or weapons trafficking."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1506) Each geographic combatant command shall develop a cyber support mechanism to support the operations of that command."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1507) This section requires DOD to improve the capacity of its cyber red teams with a focus on resources required to meet current and future demands on a DOD-wide basis."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle B--Cybersecurity"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1511) This section modifies the requirement for DOD to designate a Principal Cyber Advisor to instead require DOD to designate a principal staff assistant within OSD to carry out the same functions."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1512) This section requires DOD to establish a cross-functional team to develop and direct the implementation of a threat-driven cyber defense construct for systems and networks supporting the nuclear command, control, and communications mission."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1513) This section requires DOD to establish a pilot program for the Cybersecurity Collaboration Center of the National Security Agency to collaborate with U.S. semiconductor manufacturers on improving the cybersecurity of the semiconductor supply chain."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1514) DOD may transfer to certain private entities in the civil electricity sector certain data and technology under the More Situational Awareness for Industrial Control Systems Joint Capabilities Technology Demonstration program (commonly called the MOSAICS Program). MOSAICS is a DOD effort to develop and demonstrate an operational capability for enhanced situational awareness and defense of certain industrial control systems from non-kinetic attacks."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1515) This section requires DOD to carry out a modernization program for network boundary and cross-domain defense against cyberattacks, expanding on an FY2023 pilot program."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1516) This section establishes the Identity, Credential, and Access Management initiative as a DOD program of record. This would require DOD to list this program in the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) and to abide by certain federal and DOD regulations for acquisition."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1517) DOD must establish a pilot program known as the Assuring Critical Infrastructure Support for Military Contingencies Pilot Program. This program shall conduct cyber resiliency and reconstitution stress test scenarios for at least four geographically diverse military installations that DOD determines are key components of multiple contingency plans or operational plans, with priority given to the USINDOPACOM or USEUCOM areas of responsibility."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1518) This section requires DOD, with the concurrence of the State Department, to seek to cooperate with Taiwan's Ministry of Defense on defensive cybersecurity activities such as defending military networks, countering malicious cyber activity, and conducting cybersecurity training."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1519) DOD must issue department-wide guidance regarding methods and procedures to secure laboratories of the armed forces from (1) unauthorized access and intrusion; (2) damage, destruction, manipulation, or theft of physical or digital laboratory assets; (3) accidental or intentional release or disclosure of sensitive information; and (4) cyber sabotage."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle C--Information Technology and Data Management"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1521) This section (1) authorizes the DOD’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office to access and control any data collected, acquired, accessed, or used by a DOD component; and (2) requires DOD to establish a Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Governing Council to ensure the responsible, coordinated, and ethical employment of data and artificial intelligence capabilities across DOD."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1522) This section modifies a requirement for DOD to designate a program for enterprise-wide procurement of cyber data products and services. Specifically, the section makes the program office responsible for evaluating emerging cyber technologies, such as artificial intelligence-enabled security tools, for efficacy and applicability to DOD requirements."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1523) This section requires the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office to provide the digital infrastructure and procurement vehicles necessary to manage data assets and data analytics capabilities for certain strategic cyber purposes."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1524) This section requires the Defense Media Activity to establish a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of implementing industry open technical standards for digital content provenance of publicly-released DOD photographic and video content."},{"k":"p","t":"This section also requires the Defense Media Activity to establish a course at the Defense Information School to teach practical concepts and skills related to issues related to digital content provenance, including the challenges posed to DOD operations by digital content forgery."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1525) This section requires DOD to establish one or more prize competitions to support DOD’s business systems modernization goals. DOD must structure the prize competitions to complement and accelerate the delivery of business systems capabilities sought by the military departments that are in operation, in development, or belong to a certain broad class of systems."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1526) This section requires DOD to create a process for enabling public network service providers of fifth generation (5G) information and communications capabilities to provide commercial subscriber services to government and contractor personnel at military facilities. DOD must also develop and implement a strategy for deploying 5G private wireless networks at military facilities."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1527) DOD shall develop and implement policies to establish a unified datalink strategy across the department."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle D--Personnel"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1531) This section requires DOD to establish an office to maintain and oversee the activities of DOD related to its relationship with academia concerning cyber activities."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1532) This section authorizes DOD to activate certain reserve component personnel to active duty to augment the active force for response to a significant cyber incident."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1533) This section authorizes certain recipients of DOD Cyber Service Academy scholarship grants to meet the obligations of their post-award employment through employment in the intelligence community, including in elements that are not part of DOD. To satisfy these obligations, the employment must be with an element of the intelligence community that has entered into an agreement with DOD concerning such post-award employment."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1534) DOD shall award not fewer than 1,000 scholarships to the DOD Cyber Service Academy each year."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1535) This section requires DOD take specified actions related to the critical workforce of the U.S. Cyber Command, including standardizing periods of obligated service for cyber personnel across the military departments."},{"k":"p","t":"The U.S. Cyber Command must commence a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of acquiring the services of skilled personnel in critical work roles of the Cyber Mission Force."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1536) This section authorizes the Department of the Army to conduct a pilot program to establish a Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1537) DOD must require each component in the department to fully implement each directive, policy, and program requirement for user activity monitoring and least privilege access controls for the personnel of that component, to include federal employees and contractors. Components must also implement automated controls to detect and prohibit privileged user accounts from performing general user activities not requiring privileged access."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1538) This section requires DOD to conduct a study on the personnel and resources required to enhance and support the occupational resiliency of the Cyber Mission Force and report the results to Congress. Occupational resiliency is the ability of personnel to mitigate the unique psychological factors that contribute to the degradation of mental health and job performance."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle E--Artificial Intelligence"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1541) This section extends through FY2029 the acquisition authority of the office coordinating the efforts of DOD to acquire, develop, mature, and transition artificial intelligence (AI) technologies into operational use. In addition, DOD must (1) submit to Congress a plan to exercise such acquisition authority, and (2) provide an operational capability demonstration that shows how DOD will use such acquisition authority to further the data and AI objectives of the department."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1542) DOD shall develop a bug bounty program for foundational AI models being integrated into DOD missions and operations. A bug bounty program is an initiative that rewards those who find bugs or vulnerabilities in software."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1543) This section requires DOD to establish a prize competition designed to evaluate technology for generative AI detection and watermarking."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1544) This section establishes various requirements related to AI policies and strategies, including requirements for DOD to (1) establish and document procedures for the periodic review of the 2018 DOD AI Strategy; (2) issue DOD-wide guidance that defines outcomes of strategies for AI; (3) issue DOD-wide guidance regarding accountability for AI-related activity; (4) develop a plan for the development, use, and cybersecurity of generative AI; (5) assess technical workforce needs; and (6) develop a process for the ethical and responsible use of AI."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1545) DOD must report to Congress on the functionality of AI-enabled military applications, research and development needs related to such applications, and vulnerabilities to the privacy, security, and accuracy of such applications."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle F--Reports and Other Matters"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1551) This section requires DOD to develop a strategy to modernize or replace the Defense Travel System."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1552) DOD shall evaluate and implement the recommendations of the DOD Office of Inspector General with respect to managing mobile applications."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1553) DOD shall submit to Congress a report on using cybersecurity capabilities to protect assets and networks across the department."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1554) The Department of the Army shall submit to Congress a report on its Human Resources Command 2030 Transformation Plan."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1555) DOD must require entities placing recruiting advertisements on behalf of DOD to certify that they do not place recruiting advertisements in news sources based on personal or institutional political preferences or biases or determinations of misinformation."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE XVI--SPACE ACTIVITIES, STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, AND INTELLIGENCE MATTERS"},{"k":"p","t":"This title sets policy for various matters related to space activities, nuclear forces, missile defense, and intelligence."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle A--Space Activities"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1601) This section delegates responsibilities related to explosive safety for military space launch vehicles from DOD’s Explosive Safety Board to the Department of the Air Force and the Space Force. Additionally, DOD, the Department of Transportation, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shall jointly establish a process through which scientifically valid yield determinations can be assessed for space launch vehicles while in flight."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1602) DOD must review the classification guidance for a space major defense acquisition program before the program achieves Milestone B approval. The classification of a program determines the level of oversight required for the program. Milestone B is a point in the acquisition process for major military equipment programs that seeks to determine if a program meets all requirements related to technology maturation and risk reduction and is ready to proceed into the engineering and manufacturing stage."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1603) This section authorizes the military services to provide space launch support services to civil and commercial space entities."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1604) The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration shall have a Principal Military Deputy for Space Acquisition and Integration, who is an active duty Space Force officer."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1605) This section modifies the timing of DOD’s annual report to Congress on updates to the assessments, analyses, and evaluations for the Space Policy Review so that submission of the report occurs concurrently with the submission of the National Defense Strategy."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1606) This section authorizes the Department of the Air Force to establish the National Space Intelligence Center as a field operating agency of the Space Force."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1607) This section requires the Department of the Air Force to designate a date for the initial operating capability of the Advanced Tracking and Launch Analysis System (ATLAS) and to terminate the program if it does not achieve initial operating capability by that date."},{"k":"p","t":"The Department of the Air Force must also enter a contract with an FFRDC to review the space command and control software acquisition program."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1608) This section requires the Space Development Agency to use the middle tier of acquisition authority (typically used to rapidly develop fieldable prototypes to demonstrate new capabilities or rapidly field production quantities of systems that require minimal development) for the rapid fielding of satellites and associated systems for the first three tranches of the agency's proliferated warfighter space architecture."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1609) The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration shall (1) establish a process to regularly identify and evaluate commercial space situational awareness capabilities, and (2) develop and implement a plan to integrate the unified data library into the operational systems of the Space Force."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1610) The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration shall development and implement a plan to expand threat-sharing arrangements with commercial space operators under contract with DOD."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1611) The Department of the Air Force shall (1) consider options for the integration of resilient military tactical satellite communications capabilities as part of the force design process for the Space Force, (2) develop a plan for integrating such capabilities into the Space Force, and (3) ensure that a geostationary small satellite communications constellation is evaluated for inclusion."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle B--Defense Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1621) The Defense Intelligence Agency may accept and expend funds from one or more foreign partners to share the expenses of joint and combined military intelligence collection and analysis activities."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle C--Nuclear Forces"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1631) This section requires DOD to establish a unified major force program for nuclear command, control, and communications programs."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1632) This section extends a requirement for the President to report on plans to modernize or replace strategic nuclear weapon delivery systems that are not fully funded."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1633) U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) shall complete an independent annual assessment of the sufficiency of the nuclear acquisition, construction, and recapitalization programs conducted by DOD and the National Nuclear Security Administration. USSTRATCOM shall submit the assessment to the Nuclear Weapons Council and Congress."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1634) This section specifies requirements related to the Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) system. Specifically (1) the head of the Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Site Activation Task Force shall report to the commander of the Air Force Global Strike Command; and (2) the Department of the Air Force shall conduct an assessment and report to Congress on whether any existing, modified, or new acquisition authorities could be used in future years to ensure the program meets deadlines and the defense industrial base can deliver components in a timely manner."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1635) This section requires DOD to delegate to the commander of the Air Force Global Strike Command tasking and oversight authority with respect to other DOD components participating in the Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Site Activation Task Force."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1636) This section extends through FY2024 a limitation on DOD or the Department of Energy (DOE) deactivating, dismantling, or retiring more than 25% of the B83-1 nuclear gravity bombs in the active stockpile until DOD submits a study to Congress on options to hold at risk hard and deeply buried targets."},{"k":"p","t":"DOE is authorized to carry out activities related to the development and modification of a nuclear weapon to provide near-term capabilities for hard and deeply buried targets using amounts authorized and appropriated for the sustainment of the B83-1 nuclear gravity bomb."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1637) This section repeals a requirement for DOD to contract for a study of nuclear deterrence postures with FFRDCs."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1638) This section expands requirements for the Department of the Air Force to retain a capability to deploy multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs) to include Sentinel ICBMs."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1639) This section authorizes the Air Force Global Strike Command to use a partnership intermediary to (1) carry out technology transition, digital engineering projects, and other innovation activities supporting the Air Force nuclear enterprise; and (2) identify capabilities for the Air Force nuclear enterprise to potentially generate life-cycle cost savings and provide data-driven approaches to resource allocation."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1640) This section requires DOD to establish a nuclear sea-launched cruise missile (SLCM-N) program and to designate it as a major defense acquisition program. DOD and National Nuclear Security Administration shall take actions to ensure that the SLCM-N achieves initial operating capacity by the end of FY2034."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1641) This section requires DOD to refurbish at least 150 silos at each of three locations for use by the Sentinel ICBM program."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1642) Prior to issuing a Milestone C decision for the Sentinel ICBM program, DOD must certify to Congress that there is a long-term capability in place to maintain and modernize the Sentinel’s guidance system over the missile’s full life cycle. Milestone C is a point in the acquisition process for major military equipment programs where the decision is made whether or not to enter the production and deployment phase."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1643) DOD shall provide to Congress an approved integrated master schedule for the Sentinel missile program."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1644) This section requires the Department of the Air Force to develop a replacement for the Strategic Automated Command and Control System (SACCS) by the time the Sentinel ICBM reaches initial operational capability."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1645) This section authorizes the Department of the Air Force to carry out a pilot program called the Reentry Vehicle Flight Test Bed Program to assess the feasibility of providing regular flight test opportunities to facilitate technology upgrades in reentry vehicles."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1646) This section prohibits DOD from reducing the responsiveness or alert level of U.S. ICBMs or the number of deployed ICBMs to below 400."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1647) This section limits DOD’s use of funds available for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy until it fully complies with information requests from the GAO regarding a study on DOD strategic nuclear weapons capabilities, force structure, employment policy, and targeting requirements."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1648) This section requires DOD to notify Congress of decisions to delay scheduled test events for strategic delivery systems."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1649) Upon determining that militarily significant cooperation between Russia and China related to nuclear or strategic capabilities is likely to occur or has occurred, USSTRATCOM shall notify Congress."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1650) The Department of the Air Force shall develop and submit to Congress a plan to decrease the amount of time required to upload additional warheads to the ICBM force in the event presidential direction is given."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle D--Missile Defense Programs"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1661) This section requires that the Director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) be a military general or flag officer and provides statutory authority for the position of Deputy Director of MDA, also a military general or flag officer. The Director and Deputy Director may not be from the same military service."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1662) This section modifies a requirement for MDA to submit program accountability matrices for next-generation interceptors for missile defense by expanding the matrices to include the product development phase."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1663) This section revises a statement of policy regarding maintaining a layered missile defense capability."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1664) This section extends until FY2030 and modifies a GAO requirement to review and report to Congress on DOD Missile Defense Acquisition programs. The assessment must include DOD missile defense acquisition efforts related to emerging missile threats."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1665) This section authorizes MDA funds to be provided to Israel for the coproduction with the United States of components for the Iron Dome, David’s Sling, and Arrow 3 systems."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1666) This section requires the MDA to carry out a program to achieve initial operational capacity for the Glide Phase Interceptor by the end of 2029 and full operational capacity by the end of 2032."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1667) DOD must rescind its current directive-type memorandum Missile Defense System Policies and Governance and replace it with governance documents, policies, and procedures that balance (1) providing MDA with greater flexibility and agility, and (2) the need for continued oversight to ensure integration into joint force air and missile defense capabilities."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1668) This section limits DOD in using operation and maintenance funds for the Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation in OSD until it submits to Congress a report (required in current law) on missile defense roles and responsibilities."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1669) This section requires U.S. Indo-Pacific Command to develop a comprehensive strategy to acquire and establish an integrated air and missile defense architecture for the command's area of responsibility."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1670) DOD shall submit to Congress a report on potential enhancements to U.S. and allied air and missile defense capabilities that could contribute to the integrated air and missile defense capability of NATO."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1671) The MDA shall seek to enter into an arrangement with an FFRDC to update a previous study conducted by the Institute for Defense Analyses examining the feasibility and advisability of developing a space-based missile defense capability."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle E--Other Matters"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1681) This section extends through 2026 authority for DOD to take actions necessary to mitigate the threat that an unmanned aircraft system places on certain DOD-related sites in the United States."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1682) This section requires DOD to establish an electromagnetic spectrum operations executive committee to inform, coordinate, and evaluate matters of electromagnetic warfare."},{"k":"p","t":"The section also requires DOD to establish (1) processes and procedures for joint electromagnetic spectrum operations across DOD, and (2) an Electromagnetic Spectrum Enterprise Operational Lead for Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations at the U.S. Strategic Command."},{"k":"p","t":"DOD must also report to Congress annually on various issues, including (1) DOD's electromagnetic spectrum strategy, (2) an evaluation of whether sufficient funds exist in the President's annual budget submission for electromagnetic spectrum battle management and joint electromagnetic spectrum operations cells, and (3) an electromagnetic spectrum superiority implementation plan."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1683) This section specifies amounts that may be obligated for various activities of the DOD Cooperative Threat Reduction Program."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1684) This section designates the Department of the Air Force as responsible for presenting space-based ground and airborne moving target indication systems to the combatant commands."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1685) This section requires the Council on Oversight of the DOD Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Enterprise to brief Congress periodically on the status of implementation of M-Code compliant GPS receivers through the Military GPS User Equipment program."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1686) This section requires DOD to establish requirements for protecting sensor, navigation, and communications systems against jamming, spoofing, and unintended interference from military systems. DOD must also require the military departments and combat support agencies to take actions to ensure that certain radar, signals intelligence, navigation, and communications systems are able to withstand jamming, spoofing, and unintended interference. Such actions shall include periodically testing each system and retrofitting as necessary."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1687) This section limits DOD spending in support of activities involving unidentified anomalous phenomena protected under any form of restricted or special access unless DOD has provided the details of the activity to Congress."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1688) DOD must submit to Congress a strategy for ground-based theatre-range conventional missiles in the Indo-Pacific region."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1689) The Joint Chiefs of Staff shall enter into an agreement with an FFRDC to conduct a study on the future of the Integrated Tactical Warning Attack Assessment System."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1690) DOD shall enter into an agreement with a university-affiliated research center with expertise in strategic deterrence to conduct research and analysis on multipolar deterrence and escalation dynamics."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE XVII--SPACE FORCE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"},{"k":"p","t":"Space Force Personnel Management Act"},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle A--Space Force Military Personnel System Without Component"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1711) This section specifies that all members of the Space Force shall be managed through a single personnel management system without component (i.e., there will not be separate personnel systems for a full-time regular component and a mostly part-time reserve component)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1712) This section eliminates the Regular Space Force from a statute describing the composition of the Space Force, thereby eliminating a distinction between active component and reserve component personnel that is found in other military services. This section becomes effective on the date the Department of the Air Force certifies to Congress that there are no longer any members of the Regular Space Force (see also sections 1732 and 1735)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1713) This section establishes definitions related to the status of Space Force personnel, such as a definition for sustained duty (a type of active duty available only for Space Force personnel and analogous to how regular component personnel of the other military branches serve on active duty)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1714) This section specifies that each member of the Space Force will be assigned to one of three duty statuses: (1) active status, (2) inactive status, or (3) retired status. This section also addresses how the minimum service requirement for new members of the armed forces will be applied to members of the Space Force."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1715) This section establishes authorities and requirements related to the duty status and participation of Space Force personnel. For example, it provides various authorities for the Department of the Air Force to order Space Force personnel to active duty."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1716) This section establishes authorities and requirements related to Space Force officer appointments, promotions, failure of selection for promotion, and other topics."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1717) This section establishes authorities and requirements related to Space Force enlistments."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1718) This section establishes authorities and requirements related to Space Force retention and separation."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1719) This section establishes authorities and requirements related to separation of Space Force officers for substandard performance and certain other reasons."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1719A) This section establishes authorities and requirements related to voluntary retirement of Space Force personnel for length of service."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle B--Conforming Amendments Related to Space Force Military Personnel System"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1721) This section amends various sections of law related to the Air Force and Space Force for conformity with the terminology and provisions of the Space Force Personnel Management Act."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1722) This section amends various sections of general military law for conformity with the terminology and provisions of the Space Force Personnel Management Act."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1723) This section amends various sections of veterans’ benefits law for conformity with the terminology and provisions of the Space Force Personnel Management Act."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle C--Transition Provisions"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1731) This section defines transition period in this subtitle to mean the period beginning on the date of enactment of this act and ending on the last day of the fourth fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this act."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1732) This section requires the Department of the Air Force to change the duty status of each member of the Regular Space Force to Space Force active status and order such member to sustained duty no later than the end of the transition period."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1733) During the transition period, this section authorizes (1) DOD to transfer certain officers in an Air Force reserve component to the Space Force, with the consent of the officer; and (2) the Department of the Air Force to transfer certain enlisted members in an Air Force reserve component to the Space Force, with the consent of the enlisted member. This section also authorizes the Department of the Air Force to provide retraining and reassignment in a reserve component of the Air Force to those who do not agree to such transfer."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1734) This section specifies placement on the Space Force officer list for those officers whose duty status changed under section 1732 or who transferred to the Space Force under section 1733."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1735) This section requires the Department of the Air Force to disestablish the Regular Space Force once all Regular Space Force personnel are converted to Space Force active status and ordered to sustained duty (but no later than the end of the transition period)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1736) This section authorizes the Department of the Air Force to vary the end strength of active duty Space Force personnel by up to 5% above and 10% below the congressionally authorized level in certain circumstances during the transition period."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1737) This section authorizes the Department of the Air Force to convene boards for the promotion of Space Force officers during the transition period using any of three separate authorities (i.e., the existing authority for promotion of officers on the active duty list, the existing authority for promotion of officers on the reserve active status list, and the new promotion authority added by section 1716), except that once the new promotion authority is used for a particular grade and competitive category the department may no longer use the other authorities for that grade and competitive category."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle D--Other Amendments Related to the Space Force"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1741) This section amends various provisions of law related to military personnel to include Space Force personnel (for example, specifying that the commissioned officer grades for the Space Force are the same as those for the Air Force)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1742) This section amends various provisions of law providing benefits or protections to military personnel to include Space Force personnel (for example, specifying that the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act covers Space Force personnel)."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE XVIII--OTHER DEFENSE MATTERS"},{"k":"p","t":"This title sets policy on various defense-related matters."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle A--Other Defense Matters"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1801) This section contains various technical and conforming amendments to Title 10, U.S. Code."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1802) This section extends through 2024 the authority for DOD to conduct commercial activities necessary to provide security for authorized DOD intelligence collection activities abroad."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1803) This section modifies a goal for DOD to reduce its dependence on Russian energy sources for operating bases in Europe to include all bases. Currently, the goal only applies to main operating bases."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1804) This section designates March 9 as U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day and designates a Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Flag."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1805) This section modifies the Department of Veterans Affairs-DOD Joint Executive Committee by (1) adding officials from the Department of Labor and other executive branch agency officials as DOD and the Veterans Administration may determine, and (2) adding considerations of transition from life in the armed forces to civilian life in its programs."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1806) This section requires DOD to authorize U.S. citizens who are employed by NATO and perform functions in support of U.S. armed forces to use overseas military post offices."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1807) This section extends through 2029 admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain individuals who are nonimmigrant H-2B workers with employment related to military realignment or health care."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1808) DOD may provide assistance to the Coast Guard to execute certain existing maritime law enforcement agreements between the United States and friendly African countries."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1809) This section designates the museum located at Blytheville/Eaker Air Force Base in Arkansas as a National Cold War Center."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1810) The Department of Homeland Security shall transfer, without reimbursement, seven HC-130H aircraft to the State of California for wildfire suppression."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1811) This section prohibits DOD FY2024 funds from being made available to the Wuhan Institute of Virology or from being used for work performed in China by EcoHealth Alliance, Inc."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle B--Drone Security"},{"k":"p","t":"American Security Drone Act of 2023"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1823) This section bans the procurement by the federal government of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that are manufactured or assembled by certain foreign entities, including entities subject to influence or control by China, with exceptions."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1824) This section bans, two years after enactment, the use by the federal government of UAS that are manufactured or assembled by certain foreign entities, including entities subject to influence or control by China, with exceptions. The ban includes associated elements that enable the operator to operate the aircraft in the national airspace system."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1825) This section bans, two years after enactment, the use of federal funds by contractors to procure or operate any UAS manufactured or assembled by certain foreign entities, including entities subject to influence or control by China, with exceptions."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1826) Government-issued purchase cards may not be used to procure any UAS manufactured or assembled by certain foreign entities, including entities subject to influence or control by China."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1827) All executive agencies must account for, in their personal property accounting systems, existing inventories of UAS manufactured or assembled by certain foreign entities, including entities subject to influence or control by China."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1828) GAO must submit to Congress a report on the amount of commercial off-the-shelf drones and covered UAS procured by federal departments and agencies from certain foreign entities, including entities subject to influence or control by China."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1829) The Office of Management and Budget shall establish a government-wide policy for the procurement of UAS, excluding DOD and the intelligence community. The policy must take into account information security. The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council and entities not subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulation must revise their regulations as necessary to implement the policy."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1830) Federal entities may continue to support state, local, or territorial law enforcement or emergency service agencies using UAS if the federal entity has a waiver for UAS use."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1831) The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment must report to Congress on the supply chain for certain UAS."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1832) Federal wildfire management operations, federal search and rescue operations, authorized intelligence activities, tribal law enforcement agencies, and tribal emergency service agencies are excepted from the provisions of this subtitle to the extent that procurement or operation of UAS is necessary for such operations."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1833) Sections 1823, 1824, and 1825 terminate five years after enactment."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle C--Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1841) This section requires the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to establish an Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records Collection. Copies of all records shall be included in the collection and available to the public both in person and digitally."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1842) Each federal office shall identify and organize records relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena and prepare such records for transmissions to NARA. Each office shall also review whether each record is covered by the standards for postponement of public disclosure."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1843) Public release may be postponed if the original classification authority determines that there is clear and convincing evidence that (1) the threat to military defense, intelligence operations, or foreign relations is of such gravity that it outweighs the public interest in disclosure and impacts current intelligence or military operations; (2) public disclosure would violate the Privacy Act; (3) public disclosure would be an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy and outweighs the public interest; or (4) public disclosure would compromise an understanding of confidentiality and outweighs the public interest."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle D--World Trade Center Health Program"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1851) This section modifies the World Trade Center Health Program (a Department of Health and Human Services program that provides medical monitoring and treatment benefits to certain emergency responders and recovery workers, as well as to certain New York City residents exposed to health risks after the terrorist attacks on September 9, 2001, commonly called 9/11) to extend eligibility in the program to DOD and other federal employees involved in rescue, demolition, debris cleanup, or other related services after 9/11 for the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, sites."},{"k":"p","t":"This section also establishes and provides funding for (1) a World Trade Center Health Program Special Fund; and (2) a World Trade Center Health Program Fund for Certain WTC Responders at the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1852) This section modifies requirements for sequestration related to Medicare in FY2032 in current law, extending the full percentage of sequestration for Medicare direct payments for an additional month."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 1853) This section authorizes an increase in the Medicare Improvement Fund."},{"k":"p","t":"DIVISION B--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS"},{"k":"p","t":"Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2002) This section specifies that the authorizations for military construction projects, land acquisition, family housing projects and facilities, and contributions to NATO contained in Titles XXI through XXVII shall expire on the later of (1) October 1, 2026, or (2) the date of enactment of an act authorizing funds for military construction for FY2027."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2003) This section specifies that Titles XXI through XXVII shall take effect on the later of (1) October 1, 2023, or (2) the date of enactment of this act."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE XXI--ARMY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2101) This section authorizes various Army land acquisition and military construction projects including projects at Fort Liberty, North Carolina; Fort Eisenhower, Georgia; and Hohenfels, Germany."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2102) This section authorizes (1) various Army family housing projects including projects in Baumholder, Germany, and Kwajalein Atoll, Kwajalein; (2) improvements to Army family housing units; and (3) planning and design for the construction or improvement of Army family housing units."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2103) This section authorizes appropriations for Army military construction, land acquisition, and family housing."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2104) This section extends through FY2027 the authority of the Department of the Army to use cash payments from the sale of certain parcels of land at Army Natick Soldier Systems Center in Massachusetts for certain housing demolition, construction, and rehabilitation projects at that location."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2105) This section extends an FY2018 project authorization for an unmanned aerial vehicle hangar at Kunsan Air Base, Korea."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2106) This section extends FY2019 project authorizations for (1) a command and control facility at Camp Tango, Korea; (2) cantonment area roads at Fort Meade, Maryland; (3) an ammunition holding area at Nevo Selo forward operating site, Bulgaria; and (4) an explosives and ammo load/unload apron at Mihail Kogalniceanu forward operating site, Romania."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2107) This section extends FY2021 project authorizations for (1) a ready building at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona; (2) a forensic lab at Fort Gillem, Georgia; (3) an information systems facility at Fort Johnson, Louisiana; and (4) a child development center at Fort Eisenhower, Georgia."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE XXII--NAVY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2201) This section authorizes various Navy land acquisition and military construction projects, including projects at Naval Base Guam, Guam; Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; and Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2202) This section authorizes (1) a Navy family housing project at Joint Region Marianas, Guam; (2) improvements to Navy family housing units; and (3) planning and design for the construction or improvement of Navy family housing units."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2203) This section authorizes appropriations for Navy military construction, land acquisition, and family housing."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2204) This section extends specified FY2019 project authorizations, including (1) a pier and maintenance facility in Bangor, Washington; (2) a fire station at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina; and (3) a joint mobility processing center at Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Greece."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2205) This section extends specified FY2021 project authorizations, including (1) a joint communication upgrade at Joint Region Marianas, Guam; and (2) a waste water treatment plan at Twentynine Palms, California."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE XXIII--AIR FORCE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2301) This section authorizes various Air Force land acquisition and military construction projects, including projects at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida; Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota; and Rygge Air Station, Norway."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2302) This section authorizes (1) an Air Force family housing project at Yokota Air Base, Japan; (2) improvements to Air Force family housing units; and (3) planning and design for the construction or improvement of Air Force family housing units."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2303) This section authorizes appropriations for Air Force military construction, land acquisition, and family housing."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2304) This section extends specified FY2017 project authorizations, including (1) a C-130J corrosion control hangar at Yokota Air Base, Japan; and (2) an F/A-22 low observable/composite repair facility at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2305) This section extends specified FY2018 project authorizations, including (1) a fire station at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida; (2) a parallel taxi-way at Kecskemet Air Base, Hungary; and (3) airfield upgrades at Malacky, Slovakia."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2306) This section extends specified FY2019 project authorizations, including (1) a child development center at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland; (2) a composite aircraft antenna calibration facility at Hill Air Force Base, Utah; and (3) a munitions holding area at Royal Air Force Fairford station, United Kingdom."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2307) This section extends FY2021 project authorizations for (1) an access control point at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia; (2) a rapid airfield damage repair storage facility at Ramstein Air Base, Germany; and (3) a rapid airfield damage repair storage facility at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE XXIV--DEFENSE AGENCIES MILITARY CONSTRUCTION"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2401) This section authorizes specified DOD agency land acquisition and military construction projects, including projects at Fort Meade, Maryland; Redstone Arsenal, Alabama; and Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2402) This section authorizes specified energy resilience and conservation investment program (ERCIP) projects, including projects at Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, Missouri; Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia; and Camp Buehring, Kuwait."},{"k":"p","t":"This section also authorizes contracts for construction projects to improve certain utility systems that only provide services to a military installation, including projects at Fort Cavazos, Texas, and Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2403) This section authorizes appropriations for DOD agency military construction and energy resilience and conservation investment program projects."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2404) This section extends FY2018 project authorizations for bulk storage tanks in Iwakuni, Japan, and school replacement in Punta Borinquen, Puerto Rico."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2405) This section extends FY2019 project authorizations for (1) a special operations forces joint parachute rigging facility in Baumholder, Germany; (2) an elementary school at Camp McTureous, Japan; and (3) a fuel pier at Iwakuni, Japan. This section also modifies the authorization for the parachute rigging facility to increase the authorized amount from $11.5 million to $23 million."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2406) This section extends an FY2021 project authorization for a fuel wharf at Defense Fuel Support Point Tsurumi, Japan."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2407) This section extends specified FY2021 ERCIP projects, including (1) central standby generators at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada; (2) 10 megawatts of battery energy storage at Marine Corps Air Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California; and (3) a smart grid project at Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2408) This section authorizes contracts for certain FY2022 utility system improvement projects, including (1) construction of a 10-megawatt generation plant and microgrid for Fort Stewart, Georgia, and (2) construction of a 10-megawatt microgrid utilizing existing and new generators for Fort Liberty, North Carolina."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2409) This section authorizes contracts for FY2023 utility system improvement projects involving power generation and microgrids at Fort Stewart, Georgia; Fort Riley, Kansas; and Fort Cavazos, Texas."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE XXV--INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS"},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle A--North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2501) This section authorizes DOD to make contributions for authorized NATO military construction projects under the NATO Security Investment Program (NSIP)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2502) This section authorizes appropriations for the contributions authorized in Section 2501."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle B--Host Country In-Kind Contributions"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2511) This section authorizes DOD to accept specified military construction projects in South Korea as in-kind contributions from the South Korean government, including (1) a humidity-controlled warehouse at Camp Carroll, (2) a consolidated fire and military police station at Camp Walker, and (3) a water supply treatment facility at Osan Air Base."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2512) This section authorizes DOD to accept specified military construction projects in Poland as in-kind contributions from the Polish government, including (1) a barracks and dining facility at Powidz, (2) bulk fuel storage at Swietoszow, and (3) an aerial port of debarkation ramp at Wroclaw."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE XXVI--GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2601) This section authorizes specified Army National Guard land acquisition and military construction projects, including projects at Lexington Avenue Armory, New York; Quonset Point, Rhode Island; and Southaven Readiness Center, Mississippi."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2602) This section authorizes Army Reserve land acquisition and military construction projects at San Tan Valley, Arizona; Fort Hunter Liggett, California; Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Georgia; and Birmingham, Alabama."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2603) This section authorizes Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve land acquisition and military construction projects at Naval Reserve Center Battle Creek, Michigan, and Marine Forces Reserve Dam Neck Virginia Beach, Virginia."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2604) This section authorizes specified Air National Guard land acquisition and military construction projects, including projects at Portland International Airport, Oregon; Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Arkansas; and Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2605) This section authorizes specified Air Force Reserve land acquisition and military construction projects, including projects at March Air Reserve Base, California; Joint Region Marianas, Guam; and Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2606) This section authorizes appropriations for National Guard and Reserve land acquisition and military construction projects."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2607) This section extends an FY2018 project authorization for construction of a small arms range at Hulman Regional Airport, Indiana."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2608) This section extends an FY2019 project authorization for a training facility at Francis S. Gabreski Airport, New York."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2609) This section extends specified FY2021 project authorizations, including (1) a National Guard readiness center at Fort Allen, Puerto Rico; (2) an Army aviation support facility in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands; and (3) an F-16 mission training center at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2610) This section modifies an FY2023 project authorization to allow construction of a 15,000 square foot area maintenance support facility."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2611) This section authorizes restoration and modernization projects at the First City Troop Readiness Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, under certain conditions."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE XXVII--BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVITIES"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2701) This section authorizes appropriations for base realignment and closure activities as authorized by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2702) This section specifies that nothing in the bill shall be construed to authorize an additional base realignment and closure round."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE XXVIII--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION GENERAL PROVISIONS"},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle A--Military Construction Programs"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2801) This section makes permanent the Defense Community Infrastructure Program, which allows DOD to provide assistance to state and local governments to address deficiencies in community infrastructure supporting a military installation."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2802) This section makes permanent certain increased maximum amounts a military department can spend on unspecified minor military construction projects, increases the amount of operations and maintenance funds a military department can spend on such projects, and expands the definition of such projects to include demolition."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2803) This section expands an authority providing increased maximum amounts for unspecified minor military construction projects based on construction costs at the project location to include areas outside the United States."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2804) This section increases the maximum aggregate amount of operations and maintenance funds a military department can spend on military construction projects for military installation resilience."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2805) This section authorizes DOD to use operations and maintenance funds, within specified limits, for construction projects in friendly foreign countries (but not on a military installation) to support vital U.S. military requirements at an aerial port of debarkation, sea port of debarkation, or rail or other logistics support location."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2806) This section increases from $4 million to $8 million the maximum cost of a repair project for which a military department may use turn-key selection procedures (i.e., procedures used for the selection of a contractor on the basis of price and other evaluation criteria to perform, in accordance with the provisions of a firm fixed-price contract, both the design and construction of a facility using performance specifications supplied by the military service) for five years after enactment."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2807) This section authorizes DOD to use cost-plus incentive-fee contracting for certain military construction projects associated with the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program for one low-rate initial production lot at each of three specified Air Force bases."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2808) This section requires DOD and the military departments to provide information to Congress on whether certain construction materials and methods were considered in the design of those military construction projects with an estimated cost in excess of $9 million."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2809) This section requires DOD to incorporate cybersecurity supply chain management tools and solutions into projects that (1) are connected to a Department of Defense Information Network; and (2) receive funds under a specified authority related to military construction projects for energy resilience, energy security, and energy conservation."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2810) This section authorizes U.S. Indo-Pacific Command through March 31, 2029, to carry out unspecified minor military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law, with the cost of any such project not to exceed $15 million, to (1) support the rotational deployment of the armed forces, (2) enhance facility preparedness and installation resilience in support of defense activities, or (3) provide for prepositioning and storage of equipment and supplies."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2811) This section specifies that when DOD or a military department conveys a utility system that only services a military installation to a utility company or other entity, the department is authorized to (1) use a sole source contract with the conveyee to carry out certain military construction projects to improve the infrastructure of that utility system, and (2) convey such infrastructure improvements to the utility company or entity. This section also authorizes DOD or a military department to utilize existing areawide contracts to procure utility services for certain purposes."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle B--Military Housing Reforms"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2821) This section establishes a Military Family Readiness Working Group for Military Housing within the DOD Military Family Readiness Council to make policy recommendations related to privatized military housing."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2822) This section prohibits military departments from making certain payments to lessors that DOD determines are not in compliance with the Military Housing Privatization Initiative Tenant Bill of Rights. This section also (1) transfers responsibility for investigating reports of reprisals against those who report issues related to privatized military housing units to the DOD Inspector General, and (2) expands investigation of such reports from those made by members of the armed forces to all tenants of such housing."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2823) This section requires a party presenting a proposed nondisclosure agreement to a tenant of privatized military housing to provide notification that the tenant has 10 business days to seek legal counsel regarding the terms and implications of the agreement and specifies that the tenant may not be required to sign the agreement before the end of that 10-day period."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2824) This section requires DOD to include certain questions about military housing satisfaction in its status of forces surveys."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2825) This section requires DOD to implement each of the recommendations contained in the GAO report entitled DOD Can Further Strengthen Oversight of Its Privatized Housing Program or, if DOD does not implement all of the recommendations, to submit a report to Congress explaining the reasons for not implementing those recommendations."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle C--Covered Military Unaccompanied Housing Reforms"},{"k":"p","t":"This subtitle addresses various issues related to covered military unaccompanied housing, defined as government-owned military housing intended to be occupied by members of the armed forces serving a tour of duty unaccompanied by dependents, and referred to in the section summaries for this subtitle as military unaccompanied housing."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2831) This section requires DOD to establish uniform design standards for military unaccompanied housing that provide a minimum area of floor space per individual occupying a unit, ensure that not more than two individuals may occupy such a unit, and provide certain definitions and measures (such as quality of construction material to be used). This section also requires the military departments to ensure that all military unaccompanied housing located on installations under a department’s jurisdiction complies with these standards within two years of this bill’s enactment."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2832) This section requires DOD to establish certain minimum standards for military unaccompanied housing, including standards related to safety, security, environmental comfort, and health."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2833) This section requires that any waiver of privacy and configuration standards for military unaccompanied housing may only be approved at the military department level and only after all options to provide housing that meets such standards (for example, providing affected servicemembers with a housing allowance to offset the cost of renting accommodation in the civilian economy) have been exhausted. Such waivers are only valid for nine months and may not be renewed."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2834) This section requires DOD to include, in conjunction with the President’s budget submission to Congress, a certification from each military department that the cost for all needed repairs and improvements for each occupied military unaccompanied housing facility under the department’s jurisdiction does not exceed 20 percent of the replacement cost of such facility."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2835) This section establishes a five-year pilot program authorizing each military department to replace military unaccompanied housing facilities (1) that are not in compliance with uniform standards for such housing, and (2) for which the cost of repairing a facility to bring it into compliance with the standards exceeds 75% of the replacement cost."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2836) This section requires DOD to issue regulations directing the military departments to place a civilian employee at each military installation’s housing office to oversee military unaccompanied housing at that installation, except that military personnel with certain occupational specialties (e.g., barracks manager) may serve in such positions. This section also prohibits military members being assigned collateral duty as a barracks manager or supervisor overseeing maintenance records for unaccompanied housing."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2837) This section requires DOD to establish for each military department a maintenance work order management process for military unaccompanied housing under the department’s jurisdiction."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2838) This section requires DOD to establish a uniform index for evaluating the condition of military unaccompanied housing facilities. The military departments must use the index to evaluate the condition of each of their facilities."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2839) This section requires each military department to submit an annual report to Congress through FY2029 on the condition of military unaccompanied housing using the index described in Section 2838."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2840) This section requires that whenever DOD signs a memorandum of agreement with another federal agency to provide a vacant facility for purposes of temporary housing support and certifies to Congress that this action shall not negatively affect military requirements, as required by current law, DOD shall also notify each Member of Congress representing the area in which the facility is located."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2841) This section requires DOD and the military departments to modify all issuances and guidance (such as directives, instructions, and regulations) to eliminate any flexibilities to the construction standards of new military unaccompanied housing."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle D--Real Property and Facilities Administration"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2851) This section requires DOD to issue guidance for determining the fitness of individuals for access to military installations."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2852) This section allows DOD to make a grant or enter into a cooperative agreement to assist the State of Arkansas with security services and fire protection services at a property previously occupied by the Army and Navy General Hospital."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2853) This section requires DOD to submit to Congress a plan for a standardized system to measure and report on the condition, performance, and other aspects of critical infrastructure systems (including transportation and utilities infrastructure) owned by the federal government and located on military installations."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2854) This section requires the Department of the Army to close the Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado within one year after the chemical demilitarization mission in that location is completed in accordance with the Chemical Weapons Convention Treaty."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2855) This section prohibits the Department of the Navy from modifying or restricting public access to the Greenbury Point Conservation Area at Naval Support Activity Annapolis in Maryland. The prohibition does not apply to certain temporary restrictions or to the terms of lease or transfer to another public entity."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2856) This section authorizes the Department of the Navy to enter into an agreement with the State of Hawaii or a third party for the purposes of resolving issues related to transferring customers off the Navy’s electrical utility system at the former Naval Air Station Barbers Point."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2857) This section requires DOD to (1) update certain issuances related to real property management and installation master planning to include certain requirements and information related to military installation resilience, and (2) direct each military department to incorporate these requirements and information into their handbooks."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2858) This section eases limitations on an existing DOD authority to relocate the Joint Spectrum Center from Annapolis, Maryland, to Fort Meade, Maryland, or another appropriate location."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle E--Land Conveyances"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2861) This section extends the authority for the Department of the Army to convey Sharpe Army Depot to the Port of Stockton, California, by two additional years."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2862) This section revises the purposes for which the Department of the Air Force may use the Nevada Test and Training Range, located within the Desert National Wildlife Refuge, to include (1) emergency response, (2) the establishment and use of electronic tracking and communications sites along existing roads, and (3) the use and maintenance of existing roads to allow access to threat emitters and repeaters."},{"k":"p","t":"This section also revises the responsibilities of an interagency committee to include assessing whether specified Air Force activities may be conducted in the joint operating areas of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge that are under the primary jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2863) This section modifies the land withdrawal for the Barry M. Goldwater Range in Arizona to include additional land in Maricopa County, Arizona, and extends the withdrawal through October 5, 2049."},{"k":"p","t":"The section also transfers a patented mining claim from the Department of the Air Force to the Department of the Interior for inclusion in the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge and the Cabeza Prieta Wilderness."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2864) This section authorizes the Department of the Navy to purchase or lease from the State of Virginia a designated parcel of property at Westmoreland State Park, Virginia, to support research and development activities for national security purposes."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2865) This section authorizes the Department of the Navy to convey, for fair market value, a designated parcel of property to Colts Neck Township, New Jersey."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2866) This section authorizes the Department of the Air Force to convey, for fair market value, three designated parcels of property to Snohomish County, Washington."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2867) This section authorizes the Department of the Army to convey a parcel of property (the former Wetzel County Memorial Army Reserve Center) to the City of New Martinsville, West Virginia, for the purpose of providing emergency management response or law enforcement services. The United States maintains a reversionary interest in the parcel."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2868) This section authorizes the Department of the Army to convey a parcel of property (the former BG J Sumner Jones Army Reserve Center) to the City of Wheeling, West Virginia, for the purpose of providing emergency management response or law enforcement services. The United States maintains a reversionary interest in the parcel."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle F--Pilot Programs and Reports"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2871) This section extends the authorization of a sustainable building materials pilot program through FY2025 and revises the program to require each military department to carry out one military construction project for mass timber and one for low carbon concrete."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2872) This section extends the authorization of a pilot program for reimbursing the use of Air Force test facilities through December 1, 2027. This section also revises the program by (1) limiting it to Major Range and Test Facility Bases (such bases are part of the core set of DOD test and evaluation infrastructure and associated workforce that must be preserved as a national asset to provide test and evaluation capabilities to support the DOD acquisition system), and (2) giving installation commanders greater control over designating certain costs to be reimbursed by users and greater control over expending reimbursements."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2873) This section authorizes DOD to carry out a pilot program to provide air purification and mold detection sensors to landlords of certain military housing units and to monitor the effects of such sensors on the environmental health and public health of tenants."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2874) This section requires DOD to conduct a joint housing requirements and market analysis for military installations in Hawaii for which such an analysis has not been conducted in the previous three years. (Such an analysis assesses the suitability and availability of the private sector rental housing market using standards related to affordability, location, features, physical condition, and the housing requirements of the total military population of such installation.)"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2875) This section requires the Department of the Air Force to provide Congress with quarterly briefings on contracts for below-ground military construction projects and other infrastructure projects related to the development and fielding of the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile system program."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle G--Other Matters"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2881) This section increases the maximum amount that the military departments may spend on fees for architectural and engineering services for certain projects (such as public works and utility projects) from 6% to 10% of the estimated project cost."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2882) This section provides statutory authority for the Department of the Navy to enter into a joint venture with the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation for the operation of the Marine Corps Heritage Center and the National Museum of the Marine Corps."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2883) This section makes technical corrections to two provisions of law related to federal lands in Nevada, specifically the Numu Newe Special Management Area and the Fallon Range Training Complex."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2884) This section authorizes the Department of the Army to enter into a cooperative agreement with nonfederal government entities, the Department of the Air Force, or both to provide for management, maintenance, and repair of the Air Force Memorial located at the Arlington Naval Annex site."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2885) This section designates the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force in Pooler, Georgia, as the official National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force of the United States."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2886) This section requires the Naval Facilities Systems Engineering Command and the Army Corps of Engineers to establish a joint continuing education curriculum for certain individuals responsible for managing military construction projects and planning and design projects, such as program managers and contracting officers."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2887) This section requires each military department to issue guidance with regards to identifying and mitigating activities conducted within close proximity to military installations or U.S. government property that may pose national security risks, affect the mission of the installation, or be incompatible with the installation master plan."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2888) This section extends through March 31, 2030, a required annual report from the Department of the Army to Congress concerning the master plan and investment strategy for each ammunition production facility under the Army’s jurisdiction. This section also revises the required content of the report to include a description of any changes to a master plan made in response to global events, such as pandemics and armed conflict."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2889) This section bars funds authorized to be appropriated under this act or otherwise made available to DOD for FY2024 to be obligated or expended to acquire, construct, plan, or design a new headquarters for the U.S. Space Command until June 30, 2024."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 2890) This section requires DOD to submit to Congress a plan to use, transfer, or donate certain construction materials in the possession of the federal government to states on the U.S.-Mexico border for uses including refurbishing and maintaining ports of entry and stopping illicit human and vehicle traffic along the border."},{"k":"p","t":"DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS"},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE XXXI--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS"},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle A--National Security Programs and Authorizations"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3101) This section authorizes FY2024 appropriations for the activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). This section also authorizes five new plant projects."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3102) This section authorizes FY2024 appropriations for Department of Energy (DOE) defense environmental cleanup activities. This section also authorizes a new plant project."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3103) This section authorizes FY2024 appropriations for DOE’s other defense activities."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3104) This section authorizes FY2024 appropriations for DOE’s nuclear energy activities."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle B--Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3111) This section reassigns responsibility for NNSA’s cybersecurity from NNSA’s Office of Defense Nuclear Security to NNSA."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3112) This section reassigns responsibility for responding to nuclear weapons and materials incidents from NNSA’s Office of Defense Programs to NNSA."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3113) This section establishes within NNSA the Cybersecurity Risk Inventory, Assessment, and Mitigation Working Group which shall submit to Congress a comprehensive strategy for assessing and mitigating certain risks to NNSA systems."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3114) This section increases from 800 to 1,200 the maximum number of contracting, program management, scientific, engineering, and technical positions that may be established within NNSA."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3115) This section establishes criminal penalties for those who knowingly and willfully impede the passage of a vehicle of a nuclear materials courier engaged in the transport of specified nuclear materials or data."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3116) This section prohibits NNSA from expanding spaces at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) occupied by the Advanced Recovery and Integrated Extraction System (ARIES), which converts plutonium pits (spheres of plutonium used as the central core of nuclear weapons) into plutonium oxide (which cannot be used for nuclear weapons), until NNSA certifies to Congress that LANL has the capability to produce not less than 30 war reserve plutonium pits per year."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3117) This section requires NNSA to ensure that the plutonium modernization program, or any subsequent program that seeks to increase production of war reserve plutonium pits to required levels, is managed in accordance with GAO’s best practices for schedule development and cost estimating."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3118) This section makes permanent a provision allowing DOE to enter into agreements with any person (including a foreign government, international organization, or multinational entity) under which the person contributes funds for purposes of any programs within NNSA’s Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3119) This section extends through FY2032 a requirement for NNSA to provide briefings and reports to Congress on costs and benefits associated with competition for contracts to manage and operate NNSA facilities."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3120) This section makes permanent a provision allowing for inflation adjustment of the dollar threshold for certain minor construction projects (i.e., any plant project not specifically authorized by law for which the approved total estimated cost does not exceed the minor construction threshold)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3121) This section specifically includes in NNSA’s annual unfunded priorities report to Congress programs, activities, and mission requirements that mitigate risk."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3122) This section limits NNSA from broadening the role of NNSA in national biodefense."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3123) This section requires NNSA to annually report to Congress and GAO certain information (such as technology maturity, cost, and schedule) of the Uranium Capabilities Replacement Project at Oak Ridge, Tennessee."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3124) This section specifies that no funds made available to NNSA may be used to conduct research or development related to an advanced naval nuclear fuel system based on low-enriched uranium."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3125) This section specifies that no funds made available to NNSA for FY2024 may be used to reconvert or retire a W76-2 warhead (a low-yield nuclear warhead for a submarine-launched ballistic missile), although NNSA may waive the prohibition under certain circumstances."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3126) This section limits funds made available to the Office of the Administrator for Nuclear Security for FY2024 until the NNSA submits to Congress the spend plan for the warhead associated with a nuclear-capable sea-launched cruise missile."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3127) This section requires (1) the High Explosive Synthesis, Formulation, and Production Facility to begin operations by December 31, 2034; and (2) the Tritium Finishing Facility to begin operations by December 31, 2036."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3128) This section requires NNSA to develop and maintain a milestone schedule document for certain construction projects. The schedule document must be included in the future-years nuclear security program for FY2025 and subsequent fiscal years."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle C--Other Matters"},{"k":"p","t":"Nuclear Fuel Security Act of 2023"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3131) This section establishes new programs and expands existing programs to increase domestic supplies of certain types of low-enriched uranium (LEU). For example, this section requires DOE to (1) establish a program to increase the production of high-assay LEU (HALEU), and, if needed, LEU, by U.S. nuclear energy companies; (2) expand the existing American Assured Fuel Supply Program to ensure the availability of certain types of uranium from domestic sources or allies in the event of a supply disruption; and (3) establish a demonstration program to make HALEU available from DOE inventories and stockpiles for up to 10 years to meet the needs and schedules of advanced nuclear reactor developers."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3132) This section requires NNSA to issue an updated financial integration policy that includes updated responsibilities for NNSA offices and guidance for how NNNSA offices should use common financial data."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3133) This section requires NNSA to submit to Congress a plan for establishing a domestic enrichment capability sufficient to meet defense requirements for enriched uranium and to annually certify to Congress whether the NNSA is in compliance with this plan."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3134) This section requires the NNSA to provide a briefing to Congress on the status of implementing recommendations set forth in a 2022 report from NNSA."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE XXXII--DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3201) This section authorizes FY2024 appropriations for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE XXXIV--NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3401) This section authorizes FY2024 appropriations for the naval petroleum reserves."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE XXXV--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION"},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle A--Maritime Administration"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3501) This section authorizes FY2024 appropriations for the Department of Transportation (DOT) for programs associated with maintaining the United States Merchant Marine, including the Merchant Marine Academy, state maritime academies, and Maritime Administration (MARAD) operations and programs."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle B--Maritime Infrastructure"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3511) This section expands a DOT grant program to include projects to improve port and port-related infrastructure that support seafood and seafood-related business."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3512) This section revises a grant program for ports with less than 8 million short tons of annual cargo tonnage to require DOT to use independent audit data provided by the applicant if DOT determines such data is a reasonable substitute for Army Corps of Engineer data."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3513) This section requires DOT in FY2024 to treat projects that provide shore power at a port that services both passenger and cargo vessels as eligible for port infrastructure development grants."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3514) This section transfers two provisions of law from previous National Defense Authorization Acts (concerning the port infrastructure development program and certain vessel charters, respectively) to Title 46 of the U.S. Code and makes various technical amendments to provisions in Titles 33 and 46 of the U.S. Code."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle C--Reports"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3521) This section requires reports to Congress on (1) compliance with cargo preference laws, (2) U.S. shipbuilding and repair facilities, (3) port preferences for U.S.-flag vessels, (4) increasing the effectiveness of marine highways, and (5) the availability of federal financial aid for mariner training."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3522) This section requires (1) the United States Transportation Command to submit a report to Congress on the availability of used sealift vessels that may be purchased within five years to meet military requirements, and (2) MARAD and the Department of Labor to jointly report to Congress on domestic U.S. ship scrapping capability and capacity."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3523) This section requires DOT to seek to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center to evaluate how the involvement of foreign state-owned enterprises at the 15 largest U.S. container ports may affect U.S. national and economic security and to report to Congress on the results of this evaluation."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3524) This section requires DOD to report to Congress on the implementation of modifications to a provision generally requiring (1) the use of U.S. vessels in the transport of military supplies by sea, and (2) that certain types of repair and maintenance work on vessels so contracted be performed in the United States."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle D--Other Matters"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3531) This section designates MARAD as the authority to determine the nonavailability of qualified U.S.-flag capacity at fair and reasonable rates needed to justify the waiver of certain cargo preference laws. This section also specifies that such waivers may only be granted for up to 60 days with the possibility of an extension for up to 30 days and the aggregate duration of waivers and extensions with respect to any one set of events may not exceed three months per fiscal year. The section also modifies which vessels qualify as U.S. vessels."},{"k":"p","t":"This section prohibits the Coast Guard from enforcing a requirement for two independent escape routes on an overnight fishing charter until April 1, 2024."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3532) This section transfers from DOT to the Department of the Navy responsibility for (1) completion of design of a sealift vessel for the National Defense Reserve Fleet to allow construction of the vessel beginning in FY2025, and (2) seeking to enter into an agreement that would lead to the construction of up to 10 such vessels. This section also limits the expenditure of certain travel funds until the Department of the Navy submits a report to Congress detailing the acquisition strategy for these vessels."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3533) This section requires DOT to develop a training course on the workings of Congress and offer it at least annually to certain MARAD officials and employees."},{"k":"p","t":"This section also requires (1) GAO to submit a report to Congress analyzing MARAD staffing, and (2) the Coast Guard to brief Congress on certain housing issues at the Coast Guard Academy."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3534) This section requires MARAD to convene a working group to assess the size of the pool of mariners with the credentials (such as a merchant mariner credential) needed to support the U.S.-flag fleet. This section also provides DOT with authority to withdraw an institution’s designation as a center of excellence for domestic maritime workforce training and education upon discovery of adverse information."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3535) This section requires DOT, when acquiring and procuring vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, to consider life-cycle cost estimates of vessels during the design and evaluation processes."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3536) This section expands a loan guarantee program to cover financing for reconstruction, reconditioning, retrofitting, repair, reconfiguration, or similar work on a vessel in a shipyard located in the United States."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 3537) This section requires MARAD to brief Congress twice a year on the status of the national maritime strategy required by law."},{"k":"p","t":"DIVISION D--FUNDING TABLES"},{"k":"p","t":"This division sets forth funding tables that authorize amounts for various projects, programs, and activities."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 4001) This section states that the amount specified for a project, program, or activity in a funding table of this division constitutes an authorization to obligate and expend that amount for such project, program, or activity, subject to the availability of appropriations. This section also states that the specified amounts may be transferred or reprogrammed as provided by law."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE XLI--PROCUREMENT"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 4101) This section sets forth amounts requested and authorized for procurement."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE XLII--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 4201) This section sets forth amounts requested and authorized for research, development, test, and evaluation."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE XLIII--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 4301) This section sets forth amounts requested and authorized for operation and maintenance."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE XLIV--MILITARY PERSONNEL"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 4401) This section sets forth amounts requested and authorized for military personnel."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE XLV--OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 4501) This section sets forth amounts requested and authorized for the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund, various working capital funds, chemical agents and munitions destruction, drug interdiction and counterdrug activities, the Office of Inspector General, and the Defense Health Program."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE XLVI--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 4601) This section sets forth amounts requested and authorized for military construction."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE XLVII--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 4701) This section sets forth amounts requested and authorized for Department of Energy national security programs."},{"k":"p","t":"DIVISION E--OTHER MATTERS"},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE L--VETERANS AFFAIRS MATTERS"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 5001) This section raises the threshold above which a project for the construction, alteration, or acquisition of a medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is considered a major medical facility project. Under existing law, each major medical facility project must be specifically authorized by law. The section increases the threshold from $20 million to $30 million and authorizes the VA to annually adjust the amount to account for increased construction costs. If there is no percentage increase in construction costs for a calendar year, the VA may not adjust the amount."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec 5002) This section repeals the authority of the VA to provide flat grave markers at Santa Fe National Cemetery and requires the VA to report on the cost of replacing the previously authorized flat grave markers with upright grave markers."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 5003) This section requires the VA to establish a formal process to annually analyze, based on identified processing error trends, the training needs of VA employees who review claims for disability compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The VA must also establish, to help guide the training analysis process, a formal process to conduct annual studies on military PTSD stressors and decision-making claims for claims processors."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE LI--JUDICIARY MATTERS"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 5101) This section establishes a new federal criminal offense for foreign officials who demand bribes."},{"k":"p","t":"Preventing Child Sex Abuse Act of 2023"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 5102) This section makes changes to the federal law prohibiting child sexual tourism. Among the changes, it revises the specific intent required for certain offenses involving interstate or foreign travel to engage in or facilitate illicit sexual conduct; establishes new criminal offenses for acts in furtherance of illicit sexual conduct by an officer, director, employee, or agent of an organization through that individual's connection to or affiliation with the organization; and specifies that the term sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense does not require interpersonal physical contact."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 5103) This section grants a federal charter to the National American Indian Veterans Inc., which is a nonprofit corporation organized in the United States."},{"k":"p","t":"The section sets forth provisions regarding the membership, powers, duties, and reporting requirements of the corporation."},{"k":"p","t":"The section also includes restrictions related to issuance of stock or dividends, distribution of income or assets, and distribution of loans."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 5104) This section creates an exception to the numerical cap that otherwise applies to special immigrant visas designated for current or former U.S. government employees abroad (including employees of the American Institute in Taiwan). Instead, in FY2024 up to 3,500 such visas may be issued to such current or former U.S. government employees abroad and 3,000 in each subsequent year."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE LII--OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY MATTERS"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 5201) This section authorizes an additional 50% overtime payment for overtime hours worked by Border Patrol agents who are at grade GS-12 of the General Schedule. (Currently, Border Patrol agents receive an overtime supplement for scheduled overtime, but certain overtime hours worked, such as unscheduled overtime hours, are compensated exclusively with compensatory time off.)"},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE LIII--FEDERAL DATA AND INFORMATION SECURITY"},{"k":"p","t":"Federal Data Center Enhancement Act of 2023"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 5302) This section modifies requirements relating to federal agency data centers. Specifically, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) must establish minimum requirements for new data centers, including regarding (1) the availability and use of new data centers; (2) uptime percentage; (3) protections against power failures, physical intrusions, and natural disasters; and (4) information security protections."},{"k":"p","t":"OMB must issue guidance to ensure that covered agencies incorporate the minimum requirements into current data centers."},{"k":"p","t":"In determining whether to establish a new data center or continue to operate an existing data center, an agency must (1) ensure that each at-risk legacy application is updated, replaced, or modernized; and (2) prioritize and leverage commercial data center solutions, including cloud environments."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE LIV--FOREIGN AFFAIRS MATTERS"},{"k":"p","t":"This title sets policy for various matters related to relations with foreign countries. This includes (1) global corruption; (2) human rights abuses related to the mining of critical materials; (3) national security cooperation with Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau; (4) development level designations in international organizations; and (5) permits for international bridges in Texas."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle A--Combating Global Corruption"},{"k":"p","t":"Combating Global Corruption Act"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 5403) This section requires the State Department to evaluate and annually publish a list of countries that are sustaining or making good progress on anti-corruption efforts. The State Department must also submit to Congress a classified list of countries that are failing to combat corruption."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 5404) This section specifies the minimum standards for the elimination of corruption. These include (1) enacting and implementing laws and practices that prohibit corruption, (2) enforcing anti-corruption laws, (3) prescribing punishment for significant corruption, and (4) making serious and sustained efforts to address corruption."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 5405) This section states that the State Department should evaluate, for the purpose of potential imposition of sanctions, whether there are certain foreign persons engaged in significant corruption. The State Department shall submit periodic reports to Congress on such persons."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 5406) The State Department shall designate an anti-corruption point of contact at each U.S. diplomatic post in each country identified as having failed to meet anti-corruption standards."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle B--Other Matters"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 5411) The State Department shall seek to convene a meeting of foreign leaders to establish a multilateral framework to end human rights abuses related to the mining and sourcing of critical materials."},{"k":"p","t":"Connecting Oceania’s Nations with Vanguard Exercises and National Empowerment Act of 2023 or the CONVENE Act of 2023"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 5412) This section authorizes the State Department to consult and engage with national security councils in Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau."},{"k":"p","t":"The consultation and engagement activities shall include (1) prosecution and investigation of transnational criminal enterprises; (2) responses to national emergencies, such as natural disasters; (3) counterintelligence and countercoercion responses to foreign threats; and (4) efforts to combat illegal fishing."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 5413) This section requires the State Department to (1) pursue changing China's status from developing nation to developed nation in international organizations if a mechanism exists to make such a change, or (2) propose a new mechanism to make such a change. (Generally, international organizations provide developing nations certain rights and beneficial treatment.) World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements are exempt from this requirement."},{"k":"p","t":"The State Department must also report to Congress on (1) current treaty negotiations where China is participating that concern various development status designations, and (2) international organizations with U.S. membership that provide different treatment or standards based on respective development status. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative shall report to Congress on WTO agreements that provide for special and differential treatment based on self-declared development status."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 5414) This section provides statutory authority for the process of permitting certain international bridges in Texas. The President shall grant or deny the permit within 60 days of a required State Department recommendation on the application. Applicants are not required to have completed an environmental review prior to submission of an application."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE LV--EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE MATTERS"},{"k":"p","t":"Beryllium Testing Fairness Act"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 5501) This section modifies the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program, which provides compensation and medical benefits to atomic weapons employees who were diagnosed with specified medical conditions related to exposure to toxic substances at certain nuclear facilities. Specifically, the section expands the type of test results that may be used to establish beryllium sensitivity for purposes of the program to include three borderline beryllium lymphocyte proliferation tests performed on blood cells over a period of three years."},{"k":"p","t":"It also extends the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health by five years so that it terminates on December 19, 2029."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE LVI--TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE MATTERS"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 5601) This section extends until September 30, 2024, prohibitions on providing certain airport improvement grant funds to entities that (1) are owned, directed, or subsidized by China; and (2) have violated intellectual property rights."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 5602) This section establishes requirements to address wastewater from the International Outfall Interceptor (IOI), which is a pipeline that carries wastewater from the United States-Mexico border to the Nogales International Wastewater Treatment Plant. The plant, which is located in Rio Rico, Arizona, treats sewage and wastewater originating from Nogales, Mexico, and Nogales, Arizona."},{"k":"p","t":"The section transfers the ownership, operations, and maintenance of the pipeline from the city of Nogales, Arizona, to the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC). IBWC must construct, operate, and maintain a debris screen at the pipeline's Manhole One for intercepting debris and drugs coming into the United States from Nogales, Mexico. The section also limits tort claims arising from the IBWC's activities, including any claim arising from damages that result from overflow of the IOI due to excess inflow originating from Nogales, Mexico."},{"k":"p","t":"IBWC must also seek to negotiate with Mexico for a new or modified Treaty Minute 227 to address"},{"k":"li","t":"the IOI's joint operation and maintenance responsibilities;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"capacity usage of wastewater flows from the United States and Mexico through the IOI;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"payment for excess wastewater flows through the IOI from the Nogales, Sonora, Mexico area; and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"any terms and conditions considered necessary to support proportional use and maintenance of the IOI.","d":1},{"k":"p","t":"The section also directs IBWC to report on certain issues concerning the Nogales sanitation project."},{"k":"p","t":"It also limits the portion of the costs that the city of Nogales, Arizona, must pay for the Nogales sanitation project."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 5603) This section prohibits the Coast Guard from cooperating with a state sponsor of terrorism or foreign terrorist organization when assessing anti-terrorism security measures at a foreign port. It also requires the Coast Guard to apply sanctions to a port controlled by a state sponsor of terrorism."},{"k":"p","t":"In addition, the section specifies that the Coast Guard may not (1) adopt a port security assessment conducted by a state sponsor of terrorism, or (2) enter into an agreement with a state sponsor of terrorism or foreign terrorist organization to assess a port's security measures or share information related to such an assessment."},{"k":"p","t":"If a port is under the jurisdiction of a state sponsor of terrorism, then the Coast Guard must deem the port to not have effective anti-terrorism measures and apply certain sanctions, such as requiring vessels arriving from the port to meet certain conditions for entry into the United States."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE LVII--ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL APPOINTMENT ACT OF 2023"},{"k":"p","t":"Architect of the Capitol Appointment Act of 2023"},{"k":"p","t":"This title modifies procedures for appointing and removing the Architect of the Capitol (who is responsible for the operation and care of the Capitol grounds, facilities, and art)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 5702) This section establishes a bipartisan congressional commission to, by majority vote, appoint, reappoint, or remove the Architect. (Currently, the Architect is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.)"},{"k":"p","t":"The Architect shall be appointed for a 10-year term and may be reappointed for additional 10-year terms."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 5703) This section specifies procedures related to the appointment of the Deputy Architect of the Capitol. Specifically, the Architect must appoint a deputy within 120 days of that Architect's appointment or a vacancy in the deputy position. If the Architect fails to appoint a deputy within that time, the commission must appoint one. The Architect must also immediately notify the commission if the deputy position is vacant."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 5704) This section provides that the Deputy Architect must serve as acting Architect in the event the Architect is absent, disabled, or otherwise unavailable. The section also requires the commission to appoint an acting Architect if there are vacancies in both the Architect and Deputy Architect positions."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE LVIII--FINANCIAL SERVICES MATTERS"},{"k":"p","t":"Sec. 5801 requires the Department of the Treasury to submit to specified congressional committees an assessment of gifts and grants (e.g., financial contributions, scholarships, and contracts) to U.S. institutions of higher education (IHEs) from entities on the Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control. This assessment must include an estimate of (1) a list and description of each of the gifts and grants provided to U.S. IHEs by these entities, and (2) the monetary value of each of those gifts and grants."},{"k":"p","t":"DIVISION F--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2023"},{"k":"p","t":"Department of State Authorization Act of 2023"},{"k":"p","t":"This division authorizes FY2024 appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of State programs and activities."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE LXI--DIPLOMATIC SECURITY AND CONSULAR AFFAIRS"},{"k":"p","t":"This title sets policy for U.S. passports, certain aspects of State Department personnel assignments, and diplomatic security programs."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6101) This section authorizes the State Department, in the three years after this bill’s enactment, to directly appoint up to 80 candidates under a special hiring authority to positions in the competitive (civil) service for passport and visa examining."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6102) The State Department must periodically report to Congress on passport wait times and efforts to reduce those wait times."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6103) This section requires the State Department to place certain travel advisory information on the first three pages of U.S. regular passports, such as a reminder that many countries deny entry to travelers during the last six months of their passport validity period."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6104) The State Department must submit to Congress a strategy on reducing passport processing time and providing urgent in-person passport services."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6105) The GAO must review National Passport Information Center operations and customer service."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6106) This section states that the State Department should modernize the online passport application tool, including to provide step by step updates on the status of passport applications."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6107) The State Department must annually report to Congress on the number of incoming authentication requests and the time taken to authenticate documents."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6108) The State Department shall publish and update quarterly the estimated time for processing passport applications on the department’s relevant websites."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6109) The State Department may designate certain individuals to serve as passport acceptance agents."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6110) The State Department must take steps to ensure that each individual holding a valid U.S. passport is notified of passport expiration at least one year in advance."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6111) This section requires the State Department to compare and use the best commercially available technology from the private sector to develop the department’s online passport renewal program."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6112) The State Department shall develop a process to accept electronic payment for fees associated with passport applications."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6113) This section requires the State Department to seek to reach agreements with foreign countries to accept U.S. passports that are within six months of expiration."},{"k":"p","t":"First Responders Passport Act"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6114) This section authorizes the State Department to waive passport fees for an individual operating under a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with the U.S. government, including a volunteer, to travel abroad after a natural disaster to aid a foreign country suffering from the natural disaster."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6115) This section establishes a right for State Department employees to appeal assignment-related decisions, including denials of an assignment based on a restriction or preclusion. This right to appeal shall be the same as the right of an employee to appeal a denial or revocation of a security clearance."},{"k":"p","t":"The section also establishes various requirements related to assignments and denials, such as requiring the State Department to (1) notify its personnel of assignment request denials due to assignment restrictions, (2) establish reasonable time lines to complete adjudications of ongoing assignment reviews, and (3) establish a security appeal panel for those denied an assignment due to an assignment restriction."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6116) This section requires the State Department to ensure that all foreign language instructors at the Foreign Service Institute are subject to suitability reviews and background investigations. The section also requires the State Department to conduct continuous vetting or reinvestigations for those personnel."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6117) This section authorizes the State Department to establish diplomatic security fellowship programs to provide grants to post-secondary school students who commit to pursuing a career in diplomatic security."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE LXII--PERSONNEL MATTERS"},{"k":"p","t":"This title sets policy for personnel hiring, promotion practices, and pay and benefits for employees of the State Department."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle A--Hiring, Promotion, and Development"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6201) This section modifies the precepts for State Department selection boards for promotion to include, for example (1) experience with multilateral institutions, (2) willingness to serve in hardship posts, (3) experience regarding emerging technologies, and (4) willingness to participate in and encourage subordinates to participate in professional development opportunities."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6202) This section authorizes the State Department, in the three years after this bill's enactment, to directly appoint up to 80 candidates under a special hiring authority to positions in the competitive civil service relating to (1) data science, (2) information technology, and (3) human resources management."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6203) The State Department may appoint up to 25 paid student interns directly to positions in the competitive civil service up to two years after completion of the internship."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6204) This section extends the duration of the State Department Lateral Entry Pilot Program, a program targeting midcareer individuals from the civil service and private sector with valuable skills and experience for appointment to the Foreign Service for two years. The section also requires the State Department to include no fewer than 30 participants in the program each year and not to use Foreign Service-limited or other noncareer Foreign Service hiring authorities in the program."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6205) This section authorizes the State Department to establish a midcareer mentoring program for certain members of the Foreign Service."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6206) The State Department shall submit a report to Congress on certain aspects of the Foreign Service Institute’s Language Program."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6207) This section requires the State Department to provide an annual list to the President of 5-10 career civil servants serving at the State Department or the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) who are qualified to serve as chiefs of mission."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6208) This section requires the State Department to establish a program to provide qualified civil servants at the State Department opportunities to serve at a U.S. embassy."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6209) The State Department shall submit a report to Congress quarterly listing each chief of mission (or equivalent) who was granted approval to be outside their country of assignment for purposes other than official business."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6210) The State Department shall report periodically to Congress on the Foreign Service cone of each current chief of mission and deputy chief of mission in the Foreign Service."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6211) This section requires the State Department to take a number of actions regarding the reporting and resolution of allegations of discrimination and harassment, such as conducting various surveys relating to such issues."},{"k":"p","t":"Furthermore, if an employee has made allegations of discrimination or harassment against the superior responsible for reviewing the performance of the employee, the employee shall instead be reviewed by the superior's supervisor or another department employee."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6212) The State Department shall submit a strategy to Congress that assesses the potential benefits and costs of a national advertising campaign to improve State Department civil service and foreign service recruitment."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6213) This section authorizes the State Department and USAID to increase the number of diplomats in the Diplomats in Residence Program."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle B--Pay, Benefits, and Workforce Matters"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6221) State Department employees on leave to perform uniformed service may receive an education allowance if the employee would be eligible for an allowance if not for such service."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6222) This section requires the State Department to seek to increase the number of personnel in the Bureau of Medical Services to address mental health needs."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6223) This authorizes the State Department and USAID to provide for unanticipated nonmedical care, including childcare, eldercare, and essential services directly related to caring for an acute injury or illness for employees and their family members."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6224) The State Department is authorized to pay for air transportation for department personnel by foreign air carriers if (1) no domestic carrier is willing and able to transport up to three domestic animals (dogs or cats), and (2) at least one of the departure or arrival locations is outside the United States."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6225) This section authorizes the State Department to pay for internet service in U.S. government owned or leased residences in foreign countries for use by department personnel where the post hardship differential is equivalent to 30% or more above basic compensation."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6226) This section requires the State Department to establish and implement a prevailing wage rates goal for local compensation positions every three years. Current law requires the update periodically."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6227) This section requires the State Department to adopt policies and procedures to facilitate the assignment of tandem Foreign Service personnel (generally, couples where both spouses are career or career-candidate Foreign Service employees) to the same diplomatic post or country."},{"k":"p","t":"The section also requires the State Department to update anti-nepotism policies so that such rules apply only when an employee and a relative are placed in positions where they jointly and exclusively control government resources or establish government policy."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6228) The State Department shall submit a report to Congress on efforts to make U.S. diplomatic missions accessible to individuals with disabilities."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6229) The State Department shall submit a report to Congress on efforts to equip 100% of U.S. embassies and consulates with lactation spaces."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6230) The State Department must assess the effectiveness of knowledge transfers between arriving and departing Foreign Service officers at overseas posts, make recommendations for improvement, and report results to Congress."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6231) State Department employees located in a U.S. territory where available schools are unable to adequately provide education for dependents are eligible for a cost-of-living allowance for the education of their dependents."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6232) Employees of the Diplomatic Security Service conducting protective services may receive premium pay in excess of the currently applicable limit for official overtime ordered or approved."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE LXIII--INFORMATION SECURITY AND CYBER DIPLOMACY"},{"k":"p","t":"This title sets policy regarding State Department information technology, information security, and data fluency."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6301) This section expresses the sense that readily available data is key to informed decision making and diplomacy and should be considered a strategic asset. The State Department should prioritize hiring top data science talent and strengthen data fluency among its workforce."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6302) This section requires the State Department to establish a bureau chief data officer program. The program's goals shall include promoting data fluency across the State Department and increasing the use of data analytics in critical decision-making areas."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6303) This section establishes in the State Department a Senior Executive Service position for Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6304) The State Department’s Chief Information Officer shall be consulted on all decisions to approve or disapprove significant new unclassified information technology expenditures, including software, of the department in order to enhance efficiency, among other goals. The Chief Information Officer must develop a strategy to implement such goals and develop policies to improve information technology services."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6305) This section expresses the sense that enterprise-wide governance regarding budget and finance, information technology, and data management across the State Department is necessary to better align resources to strategy."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6306) This section authorizes the State Department to establish a Digital Connectivity and Cybersecurity Partnership program with foreign countries. The program's duties shall include helping foreign countries (1) expand and increase secure internet access and digital infrastructure in emerging markets; (2) adopt policies that foster open, interoperable, and secure internet; and (3) access U.S. exports of information and communications technology products and services."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6307) This section authorizes the State Department to establish a fund and provide assistance to foreign governments and organizations for cyberspace activities, cyber protection, and the development of technology standards that reinforce human rights and democratic values."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6308) This section requires the State Department to offer cyber protection support for personal technology devices and personal accounts of at-risk personnel."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6309) The State Department shall implement the GAO’s High Risk List recommendations as applicable to the department for (1) improving the management of information technology acquisitions and operations, (2) improving strategic human capital management, (3) managing federal real property, (4) ensuring the cybersecurity of the nation, and (5) managing the government-wide personnel security clearance process."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE LXIV--ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS"},{"k":"p","t":"This title sets policy on State Department organization, special envoys, and funding of travel for families of wrongfully detained U.S. citizens."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6401) This section authorizes the State Department to enter into contracts for up to 100 personal services contractors at any given time to respond to exigent circumstances and urgent crises abroad."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6402) The State Department shall report to Congress on (1) efforts to develop new incentives for hard-to-fill positions at diplomatic missions, and (2) a study on the feasibility of allowing first-tour Foreign Service generalists in non-consular cones who are directed for a consular tour to volunteer for reassignment at hard-to-fill posts in understaffed regions."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6403) The State Department shall report to Congress with recommendations on the long-term structure and management of the Office of Civil Rights."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6404) The State Department’s Crisis Management and Strategy Office shall (1) conduct, maintain, and update contingency plans for posts and regions experiencing or vulnerable to conflict or emergency conditions, and (2) conduct crisis response efforts led by an individual with significant experience responding to prior crises."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6405) This section requires the President to appoint a special envoy to the Pacific Islands Forum."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6406) This section requires the President to appoint a special envoy for Belarus."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6407) This section requires the President to appoint a Special Presidential Envoy for the Abraham Accords, Negev Forum, and Related Integration and Normalization Fora and Agreements."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6408) The State Department shall report to Congress on current special appointment positions that do not exercise significant authority and certain excepted service positions at U.S. diplomatic missions."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6409) This section requires the State Department to fund travel to and from Washington, DC, through 2027 for family members of U.S. nationals unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad and certain others to facilitate meetings with officials. The section also requires the State Department to make available support, including mental health services, to individuals unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad and their family members."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6410) This section requires the State Department to establish an annual departmental award for any exemplary employee who recommends, identifies, or adopts significant cost-saving measures."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE LXV--ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY"},{"k":"p","t":"This title sets policy for State Department activities in support of U.S. economic interests abroad."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6401) This section requires the State Department to report to Congress on the recruitment, retention, and promotion of economic officers in the Foreign Service."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6402) This section requires the State Department, as part of its regularly scheduled review on metrics and performance measures, to include revisions of performance measures for economic and commercial diplomacy by identifying outcome-oriented rather than process-oriented performance metrics."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6503) This section establishes policies regarding deal teams in U.S. embassies and consulates."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6504) The State Department shall establish a Deal Team of the Year Award to recognize outstanding achievements in supporting U.S. companies pursuing commercial deals abroad."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE LXVI--PUBLIC DIPLOMACY"},{"k":"p","t":"This title sets policy for the U.S. Agency for Global Media and for State Department and USAID public diplomacy activities."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6601) This section requires public affairs sections at U.S. embassies and USAID mission program officers abroad to coordinate and prioritize resources for public diplomacy campaigns, including through new media technology and comprehensive community outreach."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6602) This section rescinds certain restrictions on the use of grant funds by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. For example, the section rescinds restrictions on (1) salary and compensation in excess of the rates paid to comparable federal positions, (2) severance payments for voluntary separation, and (3) compensation of freelance contractors without the approval of the U.S. Agency for Global Media."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6603) The U.S. Agency for Global Media shall report to Congress on the resources required to establish a Radio Free Africa and a Radio Free Americas."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6604) This section establishes the John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship Program within the J. William Fulbright Educational Exchange Program (commonly referred to as the Fulbright Program). The fellowship program shall honor the legacy of Representative John Lewis and advance U.S. foreign policy priorities by promoting studies, research, and international exchange on the subject of nonviolent civil rights movements around the world."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6605) The State Department shall develop a strategy to explain to the American people the value of the work of the department and the importance that U.S. foreign policy plays in advancing the national security of the United States."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6606) The State Department shall submit a strategy to Congress for (1) modernizing and increasing the operational and programming capacity of American Spaces and American Corners, (2) providing salaries to locally employed staff of American Spaces and American Corners, and (3) providing opportunities for American businesses and nongovernmental organizations to better utilize American Spaces."},{"k":"p","t":"American Spaces are the U.S. government’s primary public cultural and information centers abroad that provide free and open access for communities worldwide interested in learning more about the United States. American Corners are partner locations, often in national libraries or on university campuses."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE LXVII--OTHER MATTERS"},{"k":"p","t":"This title sets policy for various State Department activities, such as grant programs, human rights reports, and interaction with certain Southeast Asian and European multilateral organizations."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6701) This section authorizes the State Department to bolster efforts to increase the number of higher education students and recent graduates occupying positions in international organizations, including by awarding grants to educational institutions or students."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6702) This section requires the State Department to establish training courses on (1) diplomacy at international and multilateral institutions, and (2) broad-based multilateral negotiations."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6703) The State Department must submit to Congress a report regarding the opportunities and costs of infrastructure projects in Middle East, African, Latin American, and Caribbean countries. The report must describe U.S. infrastructure investments in these regions and Chinese infrastructure investments."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6704) The State Department shall conduct a review and report to Congress on all special envoy positions."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6705) This section authorizes the State Department to enter into a public-private partnership to establish a U.S.-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) center to support U.S. economic and cultural engagement with Southeast Asia."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6706) This section expresses the sense that the State Department should provide regular updates to Congress on the deliverables and policy initiatives announced at United States-European Union Trade and Technology Council ministerial meetings."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6707) This section requires the State Department to review the production of country reports on human rights practices and requires information on transnational repression to be included in those reports. The section also eliminates the requirements for certain obsolete reports."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6708) This section extends, for two years, a limitation on the amount the State Department may pay from appropriated funds for a piece of art to be displayed in an embassy, consulate, or foreign mission."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6709) This section authorizes the State Department to establish the Institute for Transatlantic Engagement. Its purpose shall be to strengthen national security by highlighting, to a geographically diverse set of populations from the United States, Canada, and European nations, the importance of the transatlantic relationship and the threats posed by adversarial countries, such as Russia and China, to democracy, free-market economic principles, and human rights."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 6710) The State Department must notify Congress when the State Department suspends or revokes the security clearance of an individual holding (1) the position of Assistant Secretary or higher, (2) the position of chief of mission or principal officer at any diplomatic or consular post, (3) the rank and status of ambassador, or (4) a position that reports directly to the Secretary of State."},{"k":"p","t":"DIVISION G--INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024"},{"k":"p","t":"Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7002) This section provides definitions of congressional intelligence committees and intelligence community."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7003) This section specifies that the explanatory statement printed in the Congressional Record regarding this division shall have the same effect with respect to implementation as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE I--INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7101) This section authorizes FY2024 appropriations for intelligence and intelligence-related activities."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7102) This section specifies that amounts authorized to be appropriated for intelligence activities are specified in a classified schedule of authorizations and that this schedule shall be made available to the Committees on Appropriations and the President."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7103) This section authorizes FY2024 appropriations for the Intelligence Community Management Account."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7104) This section authorizes increases in FY2024 appropriations as necessary to pay for increases in federal employee compensation and benefits authorized by law."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7105) This section specifies that this division’s authorization of appropriations does not constitute authority for the conduct of intelligence activities not otherwise authorized by law or the Constitution."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE II--CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7201) This section authorizes appropriations for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE III--INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MATTERS"},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle A--General Intelligence Community Matters"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7301) This section requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to submit to Congress a plan to recruit, train and retain personnel with skills and experience in financial intelligence and emerging technologies for the intelligence community (IC). (There are 18 component organizations within the IC.)"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7302) This section requires ODNI to implement a policy and performance framework (including processes related to human resources, medical reviews, and determinations of suitability or eligibility for access to classified information) to ensure the timely and effective mobility of federal employees and contractors who transfer employment between elements of the IC."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7303) This section revises the functions of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center to specify that one function is the development of standards and criteria for counterintelligence risk assessments and surveys of U.S. vulnerability to intelligence threats, including with respect to critical infrastructure and critical technologies."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7304) This section requires the elements of the IC to provide written notice regarding post-employment restrictions and reporting requirements at the time an individual occupies certain intelligence positions involving exceptionally sensitive matters."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7305) This section specifies that the mission of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center shall include organizing and leading strategic planning for U.S. government counterintelligence activities by integrating instruments of national power as needed to counter foreign intelligence activities."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7306) This section requires the head of each element of the IC to provide a cost estimate for the implementation of Executive Order 13556 (which concerns managing unclassified information that requires safeguarding or dissemination controls)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7307) This section requires ODNI to prescribe binding personnel policies and programs that (1) require rotation of personnel to national intelligence centers and between elements of the IC during their careers, and (2) ensure compliance with the requirement that service in more than one element of the IC is a condition for promotion to certain positions."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7308) This section requires ODNI to perform various actions (such as conducting assessments, providing guidance, and identifying gaps and resource needs) related to countering insider threats."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7309) This section moves the day by which ODNI must submit a copy of the most recently updated National Intelligence Priorities Framework to Congress from October 1 to March 1 of each year."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7310) This section prohibits the IC Chief Information Officer or a chief information officer of any IC element from concurrently serving as the IC Chief Data Officer and as chief data officer of any IC element."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7311) This section expands a special pay authority for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics positions to include positions requiring banking or financial services expertise (including expertise relating to critical financial infrastructure operations, capital markets, banking compliance programs, or international investments). The section limits the number of individuals who may receive this special pay in each IC element."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7312) This section specifies that the head of each IC element must prepare the annual report to the ODNI and to Congress about the unfunded priorities of that element."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7313) This section requires any legislative provisions ODNI proposes to include as part of the annual intelligence authorization act to be submitted to Congress no later than 45 days after submission of the President’s budget request."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7314) This section requires ODNI to annually submit to Congress a report detailing all congressionally mandated reporting requirements applicable to ODNI for the upcoming fiscal year."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7315) This section requires ODNI to notify Congress of actual or potential significant disclosure or compromise of classified national security intelligence. In the event of an actual compromise or disclosure, this section also requires ODNI or the IC element from which the compromise or disclosure originated to initiate a damage assessment and periodically report certain information to Congress."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7316) This section expands eligibility to receive in-state tuition rates at public institutions of higher education to IC officers and employees in the state where they are domiciled or permanently stationed. Such individuals must serve in a position of employment for more than 30 days to be eligible. Their spouses and dependent children are also eligible for in-state tuition rates."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7317) This section repeals a law requiring a study of the skills, recruitment, and retention of personnel at the national laboratories who carry out projects under the Strategic Intelligence Partnership Program (a mechanism by which DOE provides highly specialized scientific and technical services and products to non-DOE elements of the IC and other agencies for intelligence and intelligence-related activities)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7318) This section requires ODNI to seek to enter into an agreement with the Department of Agriculture to establish an Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office within the department’s headquarters. The responsibilities of this office include ensuring that counterintelligence threat information is provided to appropriate departmental personnel. This section also repeals a law requiring the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to establish a counterintelligence unit at the Department of Agriculture."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7319) This section changes the termination date for the Climate Security Advisory Council from December 31, 2025, to December 31, 2024."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7320) This section requires that the budget justification books for the National Intelligence Program for FY2025 through FY2027 include as a special topic the aggregate amount of funding requested for counternarcotics as well as certain specified information."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7321) This section requires ODNI to (1) submit a plan to Congress to make unclassified open-source intelligence products developed by the IC available to certain federal employees who are not part of the IC, and (2) update an IC directive to address the production and dissemination of unclassified open-source intelligence products."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7322) This section requires ODNI to issue and submit to Congress an IC-wide policy regarding prepublication review."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7323) This section requires the Office of the IC Inspector General (IC IG) to review the policies and procedures governing the confidential human sources program of the FBI and the FBI’s compliance with such policies and procedures."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7324) This section prohibits the funds authorized to be appropriated by this division being made available to DHS’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis to conduct certain activities under the Overt Human Intelligence Collection Program or the Open Source Intelligence Collection Program, such as any collection targeting journalists in the performance of journalistic functions. This section also requires the IC IG to conduct an assessment of these two programs, including whether they are legally authorized and whether they have provided valuable insights on national and DHS intelligence priorities."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7325) This section states it is the sense of Congress that the trafficking of illicit fentanyl (including precursor chemicals, manufacturing equipment, and organizations involved in such trafficking) originating in China or Mexico should be among the highest priorities of the National Intelligence Priorities Framework."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7326) This section requires ODNI to submit a report to Congress annually for three years on civilian casualties caused by operations of foreign governments, involving the use of force, and in which intelligence shared by an IC element played a significant role."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7327) This section repeals or modifies several reporting and other statutory requirements. For example, this section (1) repeals a requirement for the National Intelligence University to notify Congress of any modification or redesignation of existing degree granting authority, and (2) terminates a requirement for ODNI to publish on its website a list of logos and other markings of foreign terrorist organizations."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle B--Central Intelligence Agency"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7331) This section modifies the penalties the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) may impose for violations of certain rules or regulations that occur within CIA installations and protected property. This section replaces a maximum penalty of a fine or up to 30 days imprisonment, or both, with the maximum penalty of up to six months imprisonment."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7332) This section revises a statute concerning procurement authorities that the CIA is authorized to use to account for the repeal or renumbering of the provisions referenced in the statute."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7333) This section requires the CIA Office of Inspector General (OIG) to submit to Congress quarterly summaries through FY2027 of engagements between CIA employees and the OIG during that quarter, including identifying allegations made about harassment, questionable intelligence activities, and other topics."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7334) This section requires the CIA to maintain the Benjamin Tallmadge Institute as the primary CIA entity for education and training related to counterintelligence. This section also specifies certain courses the institute must develop and provide."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7335) This section requires the CIA to submit to Congress an intelligence assessment on the Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels, including descriptions of key leaders, organizational structures, and practices used to smuggle synthetic drugs into the United States."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7336) This section requires the CIA to submit to Congress an intelligence assessment on China’s efforts to increase its influence in specified Middle Eastern and North African countries in ways that are detrimental to U.S. national security interests, including a description of the relationship between China and Iran."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7337) This section requires the CIA to assess the availability to CIA employees of mental health professionals and chaplains with appropriate security clearance."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7338) This section requires the CIA to assess the current effects on the IC of the Abraham Accords (U.S.-brokered agreements in 2020 and 2021 to normalize or improve Israel’s relations with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan) and the potential effects on the IC if the Abraham Accords were expanded to include additional countries."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7339) This section addresses sexual harassment and sexual assault within the CIA, including through (1) training, standards, policies and procedures; (2) reporting and investigation; and (3) appointment of a special victim investigator, whose duties include conducting internal inquiries, investigations, and other fact-finding activities related to allegations of sexual harassment or sexual assault."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle C--Matters Relating to Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7341) This section specifies that an annual report to Congress on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) shall be submitted by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office rather than jointly by ODNI and DOD."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7342) This section requires the Defense Intelligence Agency to submit an assessment to Congress on the level of intelligence and defense cooperation between each of the countries of the Caribbean and Latin America and Russia and China."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7343) This section bars the funds authorized or otherwise made available by this division from being used to support any activity involving UAP and protected by special access or restricted access limitation unless ODNI has provided the details of such activity to Congress."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle D--Matters Relating to National Security Agency, Cyber, and Commercial Cloud Enterprise"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7351) This section requires the National Security Agency to notify Congress within 30 days of intelligence collection adjustments, which include U.S. government policy changes related to intelligence collection or prioritization that result in a significant loss of intelligence."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7352) This section requires each IC element that owns or operates a national security system (certain information systems, including those used for intelligence activities, cryptologic activities related to national security, and command and control of military forces) to submit a plan to Congress detailing the costs and schedule requirements necessary to meet all of the cybersecurity requirements for national security systems by the end of FY2026."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7353) This section requires IC elements, upon request by the cross-functional team established to address issues related to anomalous health incidents (i.e., unusual cognitive and neurological impairments incurred by government personnel while on assignment, particularly abroad, the source of which is currently under investigation), to provide access to any information potentially relevant to the duties of the team including intelligence reporting, analysis, and finished intelligence products. This section also requires specified IC elements to detail or assign personnel to the team."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7354) This section requires the CIA to submit quarterly notifications to Congress with specified information regarding the November 2020 contract for commercial cloud services for the intelligence community."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7355) This section requires each IC element to semiannually submit specified information to Congress for any sole source task order awarded by such element under the November 2020 contract for commercial cloud services for the intelligence community."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7356) This section requires ODNI to (1) conduct a comprehensive analysis of the commercial cloud initiatives of the IC relating to the November 2020 contract for commercial cloud services, and (2) provide a briefing to Congress on the analysis."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE IV--MATTERS CONCERNING FOREIGN COUNTRIES"},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle A--People's Republic of China"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7401) This section requires ODNI to designate a senior official to serve as the intelligence community coordinator for accountability of China's atrocities (i.e., crimes against humanity, genocide, or war crimes committed by certain persons affiliated with China’s government, military, security services or the Chinese Communist Party)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7402) This section requires ODNI to establish an interagency working group within the IC to analyze China's tactics and capabilities in Africa, including China’s efforts to (1) exploit mining and reprocessing operations, and (2) provide or fund telecommunications and energy technologies."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7403) This section expands an existing reporting requirement for an IC working group on China's economic and technological capabilities. Specifically, the working group's annual report to Congress must provide an unclassified list of all known Chinese entities that engage in certain activities (such as developing, producing, or exporting technologies that are strategically important to China), instead of the top 200 such entities."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7404) This section requires the State Department to submit to Congress an assessment of critical areas in various spheres (e.g., security, scientific, and commercial spheres) in which the United States does not enjoy a reciprocal relationship with China and how such lack of reciprocity provides advantages to China."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7405) This section requires ODNI to assess the threat posed to U.S. ports by cranes manufactured by countries of concern (such as China, Russia, and Iran) and commercial entities in those countries, including Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7406) This section requires the State Department to submit to Congress an assessment of Chinese influence operations towards Pacific Islands countries (such as Micronesia, Palau, and Solomon Islands), including an identification of Pacific Islands countries in which China has established, or is seeking to establish, an intelligence presence or intelligence partnership."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7407) This section requires ODNI to seek to enter into a contract with an eligible entity (i.e., an FFRDC or nongovernmental entity with relevant experience and capabilities) to conduct a comprehensive study on the global economic impact of a military invasion of Taiwan by China or coercive actions against Taiwan by China (such as a blockade)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7408) This section requires ODNI to submit to Congress a report on the Uyghur genocide (including matters such as forced sterilization, forced abortion, forced transfer of children from their families, forced labor, and torture against Uyghurs)."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle B--Other Foreign Countries"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7411) This section requires ODNI to report to Congress on efforts by the Maduro regime of Venezuela to detain U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7412) This section requires ODNI to submit to Congress an IC assessment regarding Haiti, including a description of opportunities to improve or stabilize the security, political, and economic situation in that country. This section also requires ODNI to review certain intelligence products pertaining to Haiti written between January 1, 2021, and July 7, 2021, and submit to Congress an assessment, including an analysis of whether the IC provided policymakers with adequate warning of the assassination of Haitian President Jovenal Moise."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7413) This section specifies that if ODNI assesses that Iran possesses any amount of uranium-235 enriched to more than 60% purity or has engaged in other significant enrichment activity (such as enriching more than 10 kilograms of uranium-235), ODNI must submit such assessment to Congress within 48 hours."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE V--MATTERS PERTAINING TO UNITED STATES ECONOMIC AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGY COMPETITION WITH UNITED STATES ADVERSARIES"},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle A--General Matters"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7501) This section authorizes ODNI, through the Intelligence Community Civilian Joint Duty Program, to detail or facilitate the detail of members from across the IC to the Bureau of Industry and Security at the Department of Commerce."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7502) This section requires ODNI to submit a plan to Congress to implement an Intelligence Community Innovation Unit to identify and evaluate commercial emerging technologies for prototyping and potential adoption by the IC for critical mission needs. To the extent that appropriations are provided in advance, ODNI shall establish such a unit within 180 days of submission of the plan."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7503) This section establishes within ODNI an Office of Engagement to ensure coordination across the IC of outreach and relationship development with non-U.S. government entities (such as private sector companies, institutions of higher education, trade associations, think tanks, and foreign allies)."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7504) This section requires six specified elements of the IC (CIA, Defense Intelligence Agency, FBI, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency, and National Reconnaissance Office) to each designate a senior official to serve as the chief technology officer of that element."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7505) This section requires ODNI to establish a program under which entities that enter into certain contracts or agreements with an element of the IC may designate a limited number of additional employees or contractors to apply for security clearances, provided the IC element does not incur any costs for granting or maintaining such clearances."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7506) This section establishes an Intelligence Innovation Board within the executive branch to provide ODNI and other elements of the IC with advice and recommendations on changes to the culture, organizational structures, processes, and functions of the IC needed for the adoption of emerging technologies."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7507) This section requires ODNI to establish or otherwise oversee a program to advance microelectronics research. The focus of the research carried out under this program shall include specified areas to enable the advancement of artificial intelligence and machine learning."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7508) This section authorizes ODNI to initiate a research and development program related to sixth generation wireless networks and successor technologies for potential applications to the IC and other national security purposes."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7509) This section requires ODNI and DOD to jointly develop guidance requiring the Commercial Strategy Board, or other appropriate entities within the IC or DOD, to perform certain functions related to commercial remote sensing, including developing commercial remote sensing requirements documents that are unclassified and releasable to U.S. commercial industry."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7510) This section requires ODNI to brief Congress on whether IC directives furnish IC analysts with sufficient guidance and direction with respect to the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning tools in intelligence products."},{"k":"p","t":"Subtitle B--Next-Generation Energy, Biotechnology, and Artificial Intelligence"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7511) This section expands an existing reporting requirement for an IC working group on China's economic and technological capabilities. Specifically, the working group's annual report to Congress must include an assessment of China's investments in certain technologies, such as artificial intelligence, next-generation energy technologies, and biotechnology. This section also requires ODNI to brief Congress on certain aspects of the working group."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7512) This section requires ODNI to provide Congress with an assessment of certain IC capabilities (related to continuity of government and continuity of operations during emergencies) that have unique energy needs and (1) ascertain the feasibility and advisability of using civil nuclear reactors to meet such needs; and (2) identify technologies, infrastructure, authorities, and potential obstacles to using such reactors."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7513) This section requires ODNI to establish certain policies related to the acquisition, adoption, development, use, coordination, and maintenance of artificial intelligence capabilities. (For example, policies that set minimum guidelines for evaluating the performance of models developed or acquired by elements of the IC.)"},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE VI--CLASSIFICATION REFORM"},{"k":"p","t":"Sensible Classification Act of 2023"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7602) This section generally requires executive branch agencies to review and process records for declassification and release, in accordance with relevant existing processes to protect national security, if the records are over 25 years old and responsive to certain requests for information (such as a request under the Freedom of Information Act). An exception to this requirement occurs if the head of the relevant agency certifies and explains to Congress that the declassification of certain components within a record would be harmful to the protection of sources and methods or national security."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7603) This section requires executive branch agencies to conduct training for employees with classification authority to promote classification at the minimum level sufficient to protect U.S. national security and hold employees accountable for overclassification."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7604) This section authorizes the Public Interest Declassification Board (which advises the President and other executive branch officials on topics such as the review for declassification of records and materials of archival value) to hire up to 12 staff members. This section also allows a member of the board whose term has expired to serve for up to one additional year if a successor has not yet been appointed."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7605) This section requires the Office of Electronic Government within OMB to (1) research technology-based solutions to support efficient and effective classification and declassification systems that can be implemented across the federal government, and (2) submit recommendations to Congress on such technology-based solutions."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7606) This section requires each agency that grants security clearances to conduct a study on the necessity of such clearances and submit to Congress a report on the study’s findings, including a description of how the agency will ensure that the number of security clearances granted is kept to the minimum needed for agency functions."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE VII--SECURITY CLEARANCE AND TRUSTED WORKFORCE"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7701) This section requires ODNI to submit a review to Congress on the extent to which the IC can use information technology services shared among the IC for personnel vetting, including with respect to human resources, suitability, and security."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7702) This section requires the Security Executive Agent (i.e., ODNI) and the Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent (i.e., OPM) to establish timeliness performance standards for processing personnel vetting trust determinations. (Trust determinations include determinations about suitability, fitness, and eligibility for access to classified information). The section also authorizes ODNI to establish complementary standards for the IC."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7703) This section requires ODNI and OPM to jointly and annually publish a public report on the number and types of personnel vetting trust determinations (i.e., determinations as to whether an individual can be trusted to perform job functions or to be granted access necessary for a position) made during the previous fiscal year. The section eliminates a reporting requirement regarding the time to complete the vetting process."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7704) This section requires GAO to periodically administer a survey to a sample of federal agencies, federal contractors, and other persons requiring security clearances to assess (1) the strengths and weaknesses of Trusted Workforce 2.0 initiatives, and (2) the effectiveness of vetting federal personnel while managing risk during onboarding of such personnel. (Trusted Workforce 2.0, begun in 2018, changed the federal government’s personnel vetting system.)"},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE VIII--ANOMALOUS HEALTH INCIDENTS"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7801) This section permits certain reprogrammed funds to be used to make disability payments for certain brain injuries sustained by certain individuals associated with the CIA (including CIA officers, employees, and their dependents), along with funds appropriated for that purpose."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7802) This section specifies that eligibility for a special payment for certain brain injuries incurred by CIA officers and employees is not contingent on the claimant first applying for federal workers compensation benefits."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7803) This section requires each element of the IC to implement two statutory authorities related to compensation for certain brain injuries or to provide a report to Congress explaining why those authorities are not relevant to a given element."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7804) This section requires the CIA to report to Congress on the handling of anomalous health incidents (i.e., unusual cognitive and neurological impairments incurred by government personnel while on assignment, particularly abroad, the source of which is currently under investigation), including any such injuries potentially resulting from an external stimulus or the actions of a foreign actor."},{"k":"p","t":"TITLE IX--OTHER MATTERS"},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7901) This section makes technical corrections to various provisions of law."},{"k":"p","t":"(Sec. 7902) This section reauthorizes Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) through April 19, 2024. (Title VII of FISA addresses surveillance of targets outside the United States.)"}],"words":43088},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Authorizes fiscal year 2024 appropriations and sets personnel strengths and policy for Department of Defense military activities, military construction and Department of Energy defense programs, and also contains a Department of State authorization and an intelligence authorization.","cites":[{"label":"Division A","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HC988D38B2E554EC79D77752E792EDD71"},{"label":"Division B","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HA5BC23BFE799413FAE0A24DB907192FC"},{"label":"Division C","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H58FB72B1E52644AEBE866501128D67F5"},{"label":"Division D","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H18EF6ED48F184288A102891449C2E5C9"},{"label":"Division F","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HCDD3DF2D25C9484FB8A76E0D3D895513"},{"label":"Division G","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H223F5151FBE34FF9AD202F3495FE1327"}]},"core_areas":["Defense procurement, research and development, and operation and maintenance authorizations, including funding tables","Military personnel end strengths, pay, benefits and personnel policy","Acquisition policy and defense industrial base requirements","Military health care and TRICARE","Security cooperation and matters relating to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, the Middle East and Indo-Pacific","AUKUS partnership and Virginia class submarine transfers to Australia","Cyber, artificial intelligence and space programs, including Space Force personnel management","Military construction 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squadron and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to use aircraft and personnel for hurricane and winter-season weather reconnaissance, requires reports, and lets the Air Force transfer funds to that agency.","amount":null,"quote":"The Secretary of the Air Force may transfer funds to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for additional hurricane monitoring and response activities that fulfill the mission of the Air Force","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1114","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H905F3977475C454BAED0821004EB7051:~:text=1114.%20Including%20military%20service%20in%20determining%20family"},"heading":"Including military service in determining family and medical leave eligibility for Federal employees","effect":"Counts honorable active military service toward the 12-month service requirement for family and medical leave for Federal employees, including certain legislative, executive office, and District of Columbia court employees, and directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conform its leave program.","amount":null,"quote":"Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall modify the family and medical leave program"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1310","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H33C492E2AEED48B6BBBC1FA6693C125B:~:text=1310.%20Prohibition%20on%20use%20of%20funds%20to"},"heading":"Prohibition on use of funds to support entertainment projects with ties to the Government of the People's Republic of China","effect":"Bars use of Department of Defense funds authorized by this Act to support film, television, or other entertainment projects where the Secretary has evidence the project has complied or is likely to comply with a Chinese government or party demand to censor content; the Secretary may waive.","amount":null,"quote":"None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act for the Department of Defense may be used to knowingly provide active and direct support to any film, television, or other entertainment project"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1311","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HE64CEB8AC9304D30AD32B224928E3C57:~:text=1311.%20Determination%20on%20involvement%20of%20the%20People"},"heading":"Determination on involvement of the People’s Republic of China in the Mexican fentanyl trade","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to determine within one year whether available information indicates the Government of the People's Republic of China assisted in or approved of transporting pill presses, fentanyl products, or precursors to Mexican drug cartels, and to report an affirmative finding to the Armed Services Committees.","amount":null,"quote":"the Government of the People’s Republic of China assisted in or approved of the transportation of pill presses, fentanyl products, or fentanyl precursors to one or more Mexican drug cartels"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1555","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HA6B89878E9F84037B453F15747F3329E:~:text=1555.%20Certification%20requirement%20regarding%20contracting%20for%20military"},"heading":"Certification requirement regarding contracting for military recruiting","effect":"Requires entities that place military recruitment advertisements for the Department of Defense to certify they do not place ads in news sources based on political preferences, biases, or misinformation determinations, and requires notification of contracts with two named entities or similar ones.","amount":null,"quote":"does not place advertisements in news sources based on personal or institutional political preferences or biases, or determinations of misinformation"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1687","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H9997C16807E245F3B8051AD79F28ACB5:~:text=1687.%20Limitation%20on%20use%20of%20funds%20for"},"heading":"Limitation on use of funds for certain unreported programs","effect":"Bars use of funds authorized by the Act for special-access activities involving unidentified anomalous phenomena unless details are given to congressional committees and leadership, and bars independent research and development costs on the topic as indirect expenses unless disclosed.","amount":null,"quote":"None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be obligated or expended in support of any activities involving unidentified anomalous phenomena","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1804","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HAFF5D57D49A247F1A61FFA4A65A274B0"},"heading":"U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day Act of 2023","effect":"Designates March 9 as U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day, designates a flag championed by a named campaign as a symbol, and requires the flag to be displayed at specified locations on specified days.","amount":null,"quote":"The Hostage and Wrongful Detainee flag championed by the Bring Our Families Home Campaign is designated as the symbol of the commitment of the United States","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1807","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H7907B9B694FF46D0A6768722742054AB:~:text=1807.%20Extension%20of%20admission%20to%20Guam%20or"},"heading":"Extension of admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H–2B workers","effect":"Extends from December 31, 2024 to December 31, 2029 the date relating to admission of certain H-2B nonimmigrant workers to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.","amount":null,"quote":"striking “December 31, 2024” and inserting “December 31, 2029”","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1809","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HA056ADA0D7DE4CF584B948DEE9103EA2:~:text=1809.%20National%20Cold%20War%20Center%20designation"},"heading":"National Cold War Center designation","effect":"Designates the museum at Blytheville/Eaker Air Force Base in Blytheville, Arkansas as a \"National Cold War Center\" and states that the designation does not require or permit Federal funds to be spent.","amount":null,"quote":"The museum located at Blytheville/Eaker Air Force Base in Blytheville, Arkansas, is designated as a “National Cold War Center”."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1810","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H7736E4BD148C4884B9279C5D10AE13F5:~:text=1810.%20Revision%20of%20requirement%20for%20transfer%20of"},"heading":"Revision of requirement for transfer of certain aircraft to State of California for wildfire suppression purposes","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to transfer seven Coast Guard HC-130H aircraft, identified by serial number, with spares and ground support equipment, to the State of California without reimbursement for wildfire suppression use, and repeals prior transfer provisions.","amount":null,"quote":"The Secretary of Homeland Security shall transfer to the State of California without reimbursement"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1829","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H9B5FB61E344B48E39465D2675F044926"},"heading":"Government-wide policy for procurement of unmanned aircraft systems","effect":"Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to set a government-wide policy for procuring unmanned aircraft systems for non-Department of Defense and non-intelligence community operations, including through grants and cooperative agreements with non-Federal entities.","amount":null,"quote":"for non-Department of Defense and non-intelligence community operations","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1841","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H80AE13348155422E8346D50258D46707:~:text=1841.%20Unidentified%20anomalous%20phenomena%20records%20collection%20at"},"heading":"Unidentified anomalous phenomena records collection at the National Archives and Records Administration","effect":"Requires the Archivist to begin establishing an Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records Collection at the National Archives within 60 days, covering Government records on unidentified anomalous phenomena, technologies of unknown origin, and non-human intelligence, with public inspection and copying.","amount":null,"quote":"the Archivist shall commence establishment of a collection of unidentified anomalous phenomena","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1842","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HC2FE0E110430469CAF99C32AB7C234A1"},"heading":"Review, identification, transmission to the National Archives, and public disclosure of unidentified anomalous phenomena records by government offices","effect":"Requires heads of Government offices to identify, review, and transmit unidentified anomalous phenomena records to the National Archives within 300 days, bars their destruction, and sets periodic review and a 25-year full-disclosure deadline unless the President certifies otherwise.","amount":null,"quote":"No unidentified anomalous phenomena record shall be destroyed, altered, or mutilated in any way."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1843","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HDE98F54BD83F482DB3FE52CDF3B1067D:~:text=1843.%20Grounds%20for%20postponement%20of%20public%20disclosure"},"heading":"Grounds for postponement of public disclosure of unidentified anomalous phenomena records","effect":"Sets the grounds on which public disclosure of unidentified anomalous phenomena records may be postponed, allows withdrawal of unrelated classified records, and requires congressional notification of postponements.","amount":null,"quote":"disclosure of unidentified anomalous phenomena records or particular information in unidentified anomalous phenomena records to the public may be postponed","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1851","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H81C2D6279592493686A2DDD92C809255:~:text=1851.%20Flexibility%20and%20funding%20for%20the%20World"},"heading":"Flexibility and funding for the World Trade Center Health Program","effect":"Adds Department of Defense and other federal agency employees, contractors and uniformed-services members who worked at the Pentagon and Shanksville sites to World Trade Center Health Program eligibility (capped at 500 enrollees). Appropriates $444,000,000 and $232,000,000 for two program funds through fiscal year 2033.","amount":null,"quote":"there is appropriated for fiscal year 2024 $444,000,000 for deposit into the Special Fund, which amounts shall remain available in such Fund through fiscal year 2033","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1852","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H4A94AF094E304D2984857D1929ED1435:~:text=1852.%20Extension%20of%20certain%20direct%20spending%20reductions"},"heading":"Extension of certain direct spending reductions","effect":"Amends section 251A(6)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, changing \"6\" to \"7\" in clause (i) and \"second 6 months\" to \"last 5 months\" in clause (ii).","amount":null,"quote":"in clause (i), by striking “6” and inserting “7”; and (2) in clause (ii), by striking “second 6 months” and inserting “last 5 months”.","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1853","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H9AEDEC23FD7E4EF0A836CF29CC5AF771:~:text=1853.%20Medicare%20improvement%20fund"},"heading":"Medicare improvement fund","effect":"Changes the amount in section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act from $466,795,056 to $2,250,795,056.","amount":"$2,250,795,056","quote":"Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395iii(b)(1)) is amended by striking “$466,795,056” and inserting “$2,250,795,056”.","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2885","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HB2D55AC77992483E8827466EEB3781EE:~:text=2885.%20Designation%20of%20National%20Museum%20of%20the"},"heading":"Designation of National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force","effect":"Designates the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force at 175 Bourne Avenue, Pooler, Georgia, as the official National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force; it is not a National Park System unit and the section appropriates no Federal funds.","amount":null,"quote":"is designated as the official National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force of the United States"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2890","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HA689BFAB3AEA41FFB4D455EBC10EDA11:~:text=2890.%20Plan%20for%20use%20of%20excess%20construction"},"heading":"Plan for use of excess construction materials on southwest border","effect":"Requires a plan to use, transfer, or donate remaining construction materials bought under sections 2808 and 284 of title 10 in fiscal years 2017 through 2021 to States on the southern border, and requires a report on how those materials are being stored.","amount":null,"quote":"a plan to use, transfer, or donate to States on the southern border of the United States all covered materials"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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Maritime Administration requirements","effect":"Among Maritime Administration provisions, requires the Commandant of the Coast Guard to brief committees within 30 days on plans, timelines and cost estimates for remediation and housing changes at Chase Hall of the Coast Guard Academy.","amount":null,"quote":"remediate asbestos, lead, and mold from the Chase Hall of the Coast Guard Academy","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5001","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H646468748D9943DC89AA0245B005421A:~:text=5001.%20Adjustment%20of%20threshold%20amount%20for%20minor"},"heading":"Adjustment of threshold amount for minor medical facility projects of Department of Veterans Affairs","effect":"Amends title 38 so the threshold for minor medical facility projects of the Department of Veterans Affairs is $30,000,000 instead of $20,000,000, with annual adjustment for construction costs allowed.","amount":"$30,000,000","quote":"The amount specified in this paragraph is $30,000,000, as adjusted pursuant to this paragraph.","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5002","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HBB815C29615746FA9A3D21FBBECD58FB:~:text=5002.%20Grave%20markers%20at%20Santa%20Fe%20National"},"heading":"Grave markers at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico","effect":"Repeals section 612 of the Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act, which authorized flat grave markers, and requires a Department of Veterans Affairs report on the cost of replacing flat markers at one named national cemetery with upright markers.","amount":null,"quote":"a report on the cost of replacing the flat grave markers that were provided under such section 612 at the Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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5101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HE843BDFE7B374C68807132BEC0A572D9:~:text=5101.%20Prohibition%20of%20demand%20for%20bribe"},"heading":"Prohibition of demand for bribe","effect":"Amends federal criminal law to make it unlawful for a foreign official to demand or accept a bribe, with a fine of up to $250,000 or 3 times the value of the thing, up to 15 years in prison, or both, and requires annual Department of Justice reports.","amount":"$250,000","quote":"Any person who violates paragraph (1) shall be fined not more than $250,000 or 3 times the monetary equivalent of the thing of value, imprisoned for not more than 15 years, or both.","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5102","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H77C73C9AF45D480BBA5CFC038C98F01A:~:text=5102.%20Preventing%20child%20sex%20abuse"},"heading":"Preventing child sex abuse","effect":"Amends federal criminal law on interstate travel for illicit sexual conduct, creates an offense (up to 30 years) for officers, directors, employees or agents of organizations who commit acts in furtherance of illicit sexual conduct, and clarifies the definition of sexual activity involving minors.","amount":null,"quote":"commits an act in furtherance of illicit sexual conduct through the connection or affiliation of the person with such organization","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5103","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H360615FC29DE4E459AACCC89839D091F:~:text=5103.%20Recognition%20as%20corporation%20and%20grant%20of"},"heading":"Recognition as corporation and grant of Federal charter for National American Indian Veterans, Incorporated","effect":"Grants a federal charter to National American Indian Veterans, Incorporated, and sets its purposes, powers, restrictions and reporting duties.","amount":null,"quote":"The National American Indian Veterans, Incorporated, a nonprofit corporation organized in the United States (referred to in this chapter as the corporation), is a federally chartered corporation.","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5104","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H3C3B7CBDB7E54A74B7B146C568C1B90E:~:text=5104.%20Visa%20availability%20for%20government%20employee%20immigrant"},"heading":"Visa availability for government employee immigrant visa program","effect":"Makes immigrant visas available to a category of special immigrants when a visa is not otherwise immediately available, capped at 3,500 for fiscal year 2024 and 3,000 for later years, and temporarily reduces diversity visas to offset them.","amount":null,"quote":"For fiscal year 2024, not more than 3,500 visas shall be made available under subsection (a).","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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decision timeline for international bridge permits, treats a permit as granted if no action is taken, and excuses certain applicants from submitting or completing environmental review before the permit is granted.","amount":null,"quote":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall not require an eligible applicant for a Presidential permit","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5501","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H1B8352B4368A4232B937C6DAD35D477A:~:text=5501.%20Amendments%20to%20the%20Energy%20Employees%20Occupational"},"heading":"Amendments to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000","effect":"Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act to let three borderline beryllium lymphocyte proliferation tests over 3 years establish beryllium sensitivity, and extends an advisory board from 10 to 15 years.","amount":null,"quote":"three borderline beryllium 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improvement","effect":"Directs the International Boundary and Water Commission to take over the Nogales International Outfall Interceptor and build a debris screen, authorizes $12,500,000 for operation and maintenance and $8,000,000 for the screen in fiscal year 2025, and exempts related claims from the Federal Tort Claims Act.","amount":null,"quote":"The Commission shall construct, operate, and maintain a debris screen, in coordination with other relevant Federal agencies, at manhole 1 of the International Outfall Interceptor","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5603","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HE3E9B63527554980AE68EBBFF747B0D9:~:text=5603.%20International%20Port%20Security%20Enforcement%20Act"},"heading":"International Port Security Enforcement Act","effect":"Amends Coast Guard port security law so foreign port assessments are accepted only if certain conditions are met, bars agreements with state sponsors of terrorism and designated terrorist organizations, and requires sanctions on their ports.","amount":null,"quote":"deem any port that is under the jurisdiction of a foreign government that is a state sponsor of terrorism as not having effective antiterrorism measures","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5702","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H4DA595E7E273491BB710E623201171EE:~:text=5702.%20Appointment%20and%20term%20of%20service%20of"},"heading":"Appointment and term of service of Architect of the Capitol","effect":"Changes the appointment of the Architect of the Capitol from Presidential appointment to a majority vote of a congressional commission, sets a 10-year renewable term, and allows removal by commission vote.","amount":null,"quote":"The Architect of the Capitol shall be appointed for a term of 10 years and, upon a majority vote of the members of the commission, may be reappointed for additional 10-year 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Military-Industrial Complex Companies List, including each gift's monetary value.","amount":null,"quote":"the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an assessment of gifts and grants to United States institutions of higher education from entities on the Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7316","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H7983253F9DAD428197EE8F7D9715329E"},"heading":"In-state tuition rates for certain members of intelligence community","effect":"Amends the Higher Education Act so that officers and employees of intelligence community elements who serve in a position for more than 30 days are covered by its in-state tuition provision, effective for enrollment periods beginning after July 1, 2024.","amount":null,"quote":"an officer or employee of an element of the intelligence community (as such term is defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1805","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H4C9AEA9921534FF1A2D11A175CD4E533:~:text=1805.%20Improvements%20to%20Department%20of%20Veterans%20Affairs"},"heading":"Improvements to Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense Joint Executive Committee","effect":"Amends the membership, co-chairs, and duties of the Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense Joint Executive Committee, adds Department of Labor officials, and renames a subcommittee.","amount":null,"quote":"The co-chairs of the Committee are the Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1806","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H9DEB006E459A4CD39A47BD2CB72762DE:~:text=1806.%20Access%20to%20and%20use%20of%20military"},"heading":"Access to and use of military post offices by United States citizens employed overseas by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization who perform functions in support of military operations of the Armed Forces","effect":"Changes section 406 of title 39 from \"may authorize\" to \"shall authorize\" use of military post offices by U.S. citizens employed overseas by NATO in support of military operations, and requires a briefing by March 1, 2024.","amount":null,"quote":"Section 406 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking “may authorize the use” and inserting “shall authorize the use”.","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2855","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H89D84124BDD144A393C0626CEB11EE80:~:text=2855.%20Limitation%20on%20authority%20to%20modify%20or"},"heading":"Limitation on authority to modify or restrict public access to Greenbury Point Conservation Area at Naval Support Activity Annapolis, Maryland","effect":"Bars the Secretary of the Navy from modifying or 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Liberty","effect":"Amends the provision on use of funds for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty by striking three of its subparagraphs and renumbering the remaining two.","amount":null,"quote":"(1) by striking subparagraphs (1), (3), and (5); and","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2864","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H1E8C57DA30F745FF928F8B2111646E71:~:text=2864.%20Land%20acquisition"},"heading":"Land acquisition, Westmoreland State Park, Virginia","effect":"Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to buy or lease about 225 square feet of land at Westmoreland State Park, Virginia, at fair market value, and states that the Land and Water Conservation Fund chapter of title 54 does not apply to the acquisition.","amount":null,"quote":"The Secretary of the Navy may acquire, by purchase or lease from the Commonwealth of Virginia (in this section referred to as the “Commonwealth”), a real property interest in approximately 225 square feet of land"}]},{"category":"place_specific_amount","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 553","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H3A81ACB1AA9F467FB24FCA6CF6B641B2:~:text=553.%20Junior%20Reserve%20Officers"},"heading":"Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps administrator and instructor compensation","effect":"Sets Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps instructor pay at one-half of the Department's pay scale amount, and lets the Secretary pay more than one-half to institutions in an educationally and economically deprived area.","amount":null,"quote":"The Secretary concerned may pay to the institution more than one-half of the amount paid to the member by the institution if (as determined by the Secretary)—"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 562","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HC66C361A404D48C3A515E37686BF5B9B:~:text=562.%20Increase%20in%20the%20number%20of%20nominees"},"heading":"Increase in the number of nominees from Guam to the Service Academies","effect":"Raises the number of nominees from Guam to the Military, Naval and Air Force Academies from four to five.","amount":null,"quote":"in subsection (a)(8), by striking “Four” and inserting “Five”"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HF4BD01C15A5A419FBBD6E47EF5682D60"},"heading":"Diversity, equity, and inclusion personnel grade cap","effect":"Bars the Secretary concerned from employing civilians in positions with diversity, equity, and inclusion duties at pay above the GS–10 rate, and requires current employees above that rate to be reassigned within 180 days.","amount":null,"quote":"may not appoint to, or otherwise employ in, any position with primary duties as described in subsection (b) a civilian employee paid annual pay at a rate that exceeds the equivalent of the rate payable for GS–10, not adjusted for locality"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1641","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HA25024A8574A44FE81CAE1D703177EAA:~:text=1641.%20Requirements%20relating%20to%20operational%20silos%20for"},"heading":"Requirements relating to operational silos for the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile","effect":"Requires the Air Force to refurbish and make operable at least 150 Sentinel missile silos at each of three named Air Force bases.","amount":null,"quote":"shall refurbish and make operable not fewer than 150 silos for the LGM–35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile at each of the following locations","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2810","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H224F7BF894DF413987AAA55B36E4F59D:~:text=2810.%20Authority%20for%20Indo"},"heading":"Authority for Indo-Pacific posture unspecified minor military construction projects","effect":"Lets the Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command carry out unspecified minor military construction projects with an approved cost less than $15,000,000 within that command's area of responsibility, through March 31, 2029.","amount":"$15,000,000","quote":"may carry out unspecified minor military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law with an approved cost less than $15,000,000.","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1110","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H56F347955D9C4586A59B4694597DE050:~:text=1110.%20Modification%20to%20shore%20leave%20accrual%20for"},"heading":"Modification to shore leave accrual for crews of vessels to support crew rotations and improve retention of civilian mariners","effect":"For Department of Defense crew serving aboard an oceangoing vessel on an extended voyage, substitutes 7 calendar days for 30 calendar days in the shore leave accrual rule.","amount":null,"quote":"serving aboard an oceangoing vessel on an extended voyage, the first sentence in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of this section shall be applied by substituting “7 calendar days” for “30 calendar days”"}]},{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 126","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H7871D59C59AA40E1BCFE597ED1CABCA0:~:text=126.%20Limitation%20on%20consideration%20of%20Government"},"heading":"Limitation on consideration of Government-operated dry docks in certain contract solicitations","effect":"Requires that Navy solicitations for private-sector non-nuclear surface ship maintenance in San Diego, California include Government-operated dry docks only if private dry docks lack sufficient capacity; the restriction ends five years after enactment.","amount":null,"quote":"a solicitation of the Secretary of the Navy for the award of a contract for private sector non-nuclear surface ship maintenance in San Diego, California"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 133","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H59F7DE225C964D528180AB25EB72658B:~:text=133.%20Temporary%20exception%20to%20minimum%20inventory%20requirement"},"heading":"Temporary exception to minimum inventory requirement for fighter aircraft of the Air Force","effect":"Temporarily lets the Air Force reduce its primary mission fighter aircraft inventory to not fewer than 1,112 aircraft, despite the statutory minimum, from enactment until October 1, 2024.","amount":null,"quote":"during the covered period, the Secretary of the Air Force may decrease the total quantity of fighter aircraft in the primary mission aircraft inventory of the Air Force to not fewer than 1,112 aircraft.","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 136","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HD77B9BE56E994B9BA0E8A275E48B7702:~:text=136.%20Modification%20to%20prohibition%20on%20certain%20reductions"},"heading":"Modification to prohibition on certain reductions to B–1 bomber aircraft squadrons","effect":"Changes the exceptions to the B-1 bomber squadron reduction prohibition to cover bomb wings being replaced with B-21 aircraft and one individual B-1 aircraft designated 85-0089, and extends the prohibition period to September 30, 2026.","amount":null,"quote":"so as to prohibit the retirement of the individual B–1 aircraft designated 85–0089, which has been determined by Secretary of the Air Force to be no longer mission capable"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 318","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H12CC31605D2342E9937D9ED49BF1F5EA:~:text=318.%20Prohibition%20on%20required%20disclosure%20by%20Department"},"heading":"Prohibition on required disclosure by Department of Defense contractors of information relating to greenhouse gas emissions","effect":"Bars the Secretary of Defense from requiring greenhouse gas disclosure as a contract condition: with no end date for nontraditional defense contractors, and for one year for all other contractors.","amount":null,"quote":"During the one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense may not require that any individual or entity other than a nontraditional defense contractor"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 624","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HCB8FEF7B9C1C4833A39F1E46CDA45505:~:text=624.%20Dual%20basic%20allowance%20for%20housing%20for"},"heading":"Dual basic allowance for housing for training","effect":"Removes the existing limit on dual basic allowance for housing for reserve component members without dependents who are ordered to active duty for training of at least 140 days but fewer than 365 days.","amount":null,"quote":"Except in the case of a member of a reserve component without dependents who is called or ordered to active duty to attend training for at least 140 days but fewer than 365 days, paragraphs"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1046","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H45ACCDE52415409C97A0D180B5AED098:~:text=1046.%20Vetting%20procedures%20and%20monitoring%20requirements%20for"},"heading":"Vetting procedures and monitoring requirements for allies and partners participating in education or training activities in the United States","effect":"Adds waiver authority to the vetting requirement for foreign nationals in training in the United States, and excludes from the covered group nationals of four named countries who hold a clearance issued by their own country and have provided certification.","amount":null,"quote":"does not include a foreign national or other appropriate person of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, or the United Kingdom who holds a security clearance issued by the country of the foreign national"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1115","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HEE00108086234CD3B59EBD2A88EA7927:~:text=1115.%20Exception%20to%20limitation%20on%20number%20of"},"heading":"Exception to limitation on number of Senior Executive Service positions for the Department of Defense","effect":"Exempts Senior Executive Service positions fully funded by amounts appropriated to an agency other than the Department of Defense from the Department's limit on the number of such positions.","amount":null,"quote":"The limitation under this subsection shall not apply to positions described in this subsection that are fully funded through amounts appropriated to an agency other than the Department of Defense."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1202","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H45247753BB6E47FD96FB38D257538C00:~:text=1202.%20Modification%20of%20combatant%20commander%20initiative%20fund"},"heading":"Modification of combatant commander initiative fund","effect":"Adds incremental expenses for security cooperation programs as an authorized use of the Combatant Commander Initiative Fund and authorizes appropriations for that use for two named combatant commands only.","amount":null,"quote":"incremental expenses related to security cooperation programs and activities of the Department of Defense, as authorized by subsection (b)(11), for United States Africa Command and United States Southern Command."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1242","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H1D9BD7FCF03C4CADBC372F28CBB53BAF:~:text=1242.%20Extension%20and%20modification%20of%20certain%20temporary"},"heading":"Extension and modification of certain temporary authorizations related to munitions replacement","effect":"Lets the Secretary of Defense, at his or her discretion, exempt covered agreements and their subcontracts from the certified cost or pricing data requirements, and extends related munitions authorities to Ukraine, Taiwan, and Israel.","amount":null,"quote":"At the discretion of the Secretary of Defense, the requirements under section 3702 of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply to a covered agreement.","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1343","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H487ED268A7314B88AA715F12F1FCD425:~:text=1343.%20Export%20control%20exemptions%20and%20standards"},"heading":"Export control exemptions and standards","effect":"Amends the Arms Export Control Act so that, once the President certifies comparable export controls, exports and transfers of defense articles and services involving the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia are exempt from licensing and other approval requirements, with limits, suspension authority, and a 15-year sunset.","amount":null,"quote":"the President shall immediately exempt from the licensing or other approval requirements of this section exports and transfers (including reexports, transfers, temporary imports, and brokering activities) of defense articles and defense services","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1345","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HF115576035B0499C986276F394F841DC:~:text=1345.%20United%20States%20Munitions%20List"},"heading":"United States Munitions List","effect":"Adds the United Kingdom and Australia to an existing Arms Export Control Act provision that exempts transfers to the named country from certain certification and congressional notification requirements; also requires United States Munitions List reviews at least every 3 years.","amount":null,"quote":"Section 38(f)(3) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(f)(3)) is amended by inserting “, the United Kingdom, or Australia” after “Canada”.","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1830","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H638AD54D27BB4762A21CC4774A6D5C2F"},"heading":"State, local, and territorial law enforcement and emergency service exemption","effect":"States that the subtitle does not prevent State, local, or territorial law enforcement or emergency service agencies from buying or operating covered drones with non-Federal dollars, and allows continued Federal funding arrangements with agencies that have approval or a waiver.","amount":null,"quote":"Nothing in this subtitle shall prevent a State, local, or territorial law enforcement or emergency service agency from procuring or operating a covered unmanned aircraft system purchased with non-Federal dollars.","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1832","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HE3832056B66243229CD468822DB8E9EC"},"heading":"Exceptions","effect":"Exempts agencies supporting wildfire management and search and rescue, intelligence activities, and Tribal law enforcement or emergency service agencies from the drone procurement, operation, and purchase restrictions in sections 1823, 1824, and 1825.","amount":null,"quote":"Tribal law enforcement or Tribal emergency service agencies, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, are exempt from the procurement, operation, and purchase restrictions under sections 1823, 1824, and 1825","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2807","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H580CA3190F3E433AA86BAD88E792AFA3:~:text=2807.%20Authorization%20of%20cost"},"heading":"Authorization of cost-plus incentive-fee contracting for military construction projects to mitigate risk to the Sentinel program schedule and cost","effect":"Lets the Secretary of Defense use cost-plus incentive-fee contracting, notwithstanding section 3323 of title 10, for Sentinel ICBM program military construction, for not more than one low-rate initial production lot at each of three listed Air Force bases.","amount":null,"quote":"Notwithstanding section 3323 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense may authorize the use of contracts using cost-plus incentive-fee contracting for military construction projects associated with launch facilities"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2854","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HF07972685806484D9A52E56320D56F13:~:text=2854.%20Closure%20and%20disposal%20of%20the%20Pueblo"},"heading":"Closure and disposal of the Pueblo Chemical Depot, Pueblo County, Colorado","effect":"Directs closure of the Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado and provides that its land and Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant property are deemed unsuitable for homeless-assistance use and not subject to the homeless-assistance procedures of the base closure law.","amount":null,"quote":"not subject to the procedures relating to the use to assist the homeless of buildings and property at military installations"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3513","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H94B1C0F55BBC4AB8BAFEAD1FFAEA0AFF:~:text=3513.%20Port%20infrastructure%20development%20program"},"heading":"Port infrastructure development program: eligibility of shore power projects; selection criteria","effect":"Directs that, for fiscal year 2024, certain shore power projects at ports serving both passenger vessels and cargo vessels be treated as meeting port grant requirements, and exempts projects in noncontiguous States and territories from two selection criteria.","amount":null,"quote":"The requirements under subparagraphs (A)(ii) and (B)(ii) shall not apply in the case of a project described in paragraph (3) in a noncontiguous State or territory."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3531","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HA32AD3FE3C9E43B7899EB214800CC5B8:~:text=3531.%20Cargoes%20procured"},"heading":"Cargoes procured, furnished, or financed by the United States Government","effect":"Bars the Coast Guard from enforcing a vessel egress safety requirement against overnight fishing charter operators before April 1, 2024, and allows extensions of that non-enforcement period up to January 1, 2026 for operators that file compliance plans.","amount":null,"quote":"The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall not enforce the requirements of section 3306(n)(3)(A)(v) of title 46, United States Code, against an operator of an overnight fishing charter before April 1, 2024."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6114","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H73F255ACE30444D89912DC4AC533C7FB:~:text=6114.%20Passport%20fee%20exception%20for%20search"},"heading":"Passport fee exception for search, rescue, and other related disaster relief operations","effect":"Amends the Passport Act so that, at the Secretary's discretion, no passport fee is collected from individuals working under a United States Government contract, grant or cooperative agreement for search, rescue and related disaster relief operations abroad.","amount":null,"quote":"is operating under a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with the United States Government to participate in search, rescue, and other related disaster relief operations within a foreign country following a natural disaster","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6224","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HE9F74FB500624B62B75D99A75E1FEDCF:~:text=6224.%20Exception%20for%20government"},"heading":"Exception for government-financed air transportation","effect":"Lets the Department pay for foreign air carrier transportation of its personnel, notwithstanding the existing air carrier rules, when no certificated U.S. carrier is willing to carry up to 3 dogs or cats accompanying them.","amount":null,"quote":"Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c) of section 40118 of title 49, United States Code, the Department is authorized to pay for the transportation by a foreign air carrier of Department personnel","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6232","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HA394B7CCAAAF46F9A81C60D6719E0B91:~:text=6232.%20Overtime%20pay%20exception%20for%20protective%20services"},"heading":"Overtime pay exception for protective services","effect":"Lets Diplomatic Security Service employees conducting protective services receive overtime premium pay above the usual annual limit, up to the Executive Schedule level II rate; effective as if enacted Jan 1, 2023, and ends December 31, 2025.","amount":null,"quote":"Notwithstanding the restrictions contained in section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, any covered employee may receive premium pay for overtime officially ordered or approved and performed","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 362","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H070F639873AD401D912A03996759D99A:~:text=362.%20Modifications%20to%20military%20aviation%20and%20installation"},"heading":"Modifications to military aviation and installation assurance clearinghouse for review of mission obstructions","effect":"Requires a finding of unacceptable risk for energy and antenna structure projects over 200 feet within two nautical miles of active ICBM facilities unless structures are removed, and exempts structures approved before enactment or re-powered in the same location.","amount":null,"quote":"Clause (i) does not apply to structures approved before the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 589","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HA0A0DC3D02CF4CB68466BAB4697ED47D:~:text=589.%20Rights%20of%20parents%20of%20children%20attending"},"heading":"Rights of parents of children attending schools operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity","effect":"Adds parental rights and school disclosure duties for Department of Defense Education Activity schools, and delays two of the requirements (medical screening notice in subsection (a)(5) and the library catalog in (b)(3)) for two years.","amount":null,"quote":"Paragraph (5) of subsection (a) and paragraph (3) of subsection (b) shall not be effective until the day that is two years after the date of the enactment"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 723","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H6FB6FC4CEEB543B2AE868EFA67B7551C:~:text=723.%20Program%20of%20the%20Department%20of%20Defense"},"heading":"Program of the Department of Defense to study treatment of certain conditions using certain psychedelic substances","effect":"Sets up funding for research on treating post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury with listed psychedelic substances, and lets the Secretary authorize active-duty participants in funded clinical trials without regard to controlled-substance scheduling or the Uniform Code of Military Justice drug article.","amount":null,"quote":"section 912a of title 10, United States Code (article 112a of the Uniform Code of Military Justice)"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1108","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H0078AF2C2E944E9D80DA709094DEDF32:~:text=1108.%20Exclusion%20of%20nonappropriated%20fund%20employees%20from"},"heading":"Exclusion of nonappropriated fund employees from limitations on dual pay","effect":"Amends 5 U.S.C. 5531(2) so that, per its heading, nonappropriated fund employees are excluded from the limitations on dual pay.","amount":null,"quote":"by striking “Government corporation and” and inserting “Government corporation, but excluding”"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1823","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H51B6BF8F7E2B4EC28162F0367867C3AC:~:text=1823.%20Prohibition%20on%20procurement%20of%20covered%20unmanned"},"heading":"Prohibition on procurement of covered unmanned aircraft systems from covered foreign entities","effect":"Bars executive agencies from procuring unmanned aircraft systems made by covered foreign entities, but exempts the Departments of Homeland Security, Defense, and State and the Attorney General for listed purposes, and separately exempts the Transportation Secretary, the NTSB, and NOAA.","amount":null,"quote":"are exempt from the restriction under subsection (a) if the procurement is required in the national interest of the United States","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1824","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H2BCA891056264E37AC930C2B07E90D84:~:text=1824.%20Prohibition%20on%20operation%20of%20covered%20unmanned"},"heading":"Prohibition on operation of covered unmanned aircraft systems from covered foreign entities","effect":"Bars Federal agencies from operating covered unmanned aircraft systems from covered foreign entities starting two years after enactment, with exemptions for named officials and agencies and a case-by-case waiver.","amount":null,"quote":"are exempt from the restriction under subsection (a) if the operation is required in the national interest of the United States","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1825","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HBA84A055A2E642A38CB11DD77CDF2B9A:~:text=1825.%20Prohibition%20on%20use%20of%20Federal%20funds"},"heading":"Prohibition on use of Federal funds for procurement and operation of covered unmanned aircraft systems from covered foreign entities","effect":"Bars use of Federal funds to procure or operate covered unmanned aircraft systems from covered foreign entities starting two years after enactment, with exemptions for named officials and agencies and a waiver.","amount":null,"quote":"are exempt from the restriction under subsection (a) if the procurement or operation is required in the national interest of the United States","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1827","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H934C3E2A656A489387DCF15C88EB9DE0:~:text=1827.%20Management%20of%20existing%20inventories%20of%20covered"},"heading":"Management of existing inventories of covered unmanned aircraft systems from covered foreign entities","effect":"Requires executive agencies to account for existing covered drone inventories within one year, but lets named departments exclude expendable or one-time-use drones and exempts the intelligence community entirely.","amount":null,"quote":"may exclude from the full inventory process, covered unmanned aircraft systems that are deemed expendable due to mission risk","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 131","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HD604604F41284CB89160FD1324942960:~:text=131.%20Limitation%20on%20retirement%20of%20F"},"heading":"Limitation on retirement of F–15 aircraft and modification of related reporting requirement","effect":"Bars the Air Force from retiring more than 68 F–15E aircraft through September 30, 2029, but exempts individual aircraft the Secretary determines are no longer mission capable and uneconomical to repair.","amount":null,"quote":"shall not apply to individual F–15E aircraft that the Secretary of the Air Force determines, on a case-by-case basis, to be no longer mission capable","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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aircraft","effect":"Bars use of fiscal year 2024 Air Force funds to retire KC–135 aircraft, but exempts individual aircraft the Secretary determines are no longer mission capable and uneconomical to repair.","amount":null,"quote":"shall not apply to individual KC–135 aircraft that the Secretary of the Air Force determines, on a case-by-case basis, to be no longer mission capable"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 142","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HC26442980AF042C0B10B041E07B90840:~:text=142.%20Prohibition%20on%20certain%20reductions%20to%20inventory"},"heading":"Prohibition on certain reductions to inventory of E–3 airborne warning and control system aircraft","effect":"Bars use of fiscal year 2024 Air Force funds to reduce E–3 aircraft below 16, but lifts the bar once a readiness plan is submitted or once enough E–7 Wedgetail aircraft are procured and delivered.","amount":null,"quote":"If the Secretary of the Air Force procures enough E–7 Wedgetail aircraft to accomplish the required mission load, the prohibition under subsection (a) shall not apply","added_after":true},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 144","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HBAC6BD852BE848B28A12DC7CF7354377:~:text=144.%20Limitation%20on%20retirement%20of%20F"},"heading":"Limitation on retirement of F–16C/D aircraft","effect":"Bars retiring or storing F–16C/D aircraft until 180 days after a required report, but exempts individual aircraft the Secretary determines are no longer mission capable and uneconomical to repair.","amount":null,"quote":"The limitation under subsection (a) shall not apply to individual F–16C/D aircraft that the Secretary of the Air Force determines, on a case-by-case basis"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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exchange rate changes or a permanent change of station.","amount":null,"quote":"Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply to a reduction on the basis of— (A) a change in the rate of exchange of foreign currencies; or (B) a permanent change of station for a covered member."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 804","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H3673A6F54D774C21954E52138B89154D:~:text=804.%20Prohibition%20on%20contracting%20with%20persons%20that"},"heading":"Prohibition on contracting with persons that have fossil fuel operations with the Government of the Russian Federation or the Russian energy sector","effect":"Bars Department of Defense contracts with persons having fossil fuel business operations with certain Russian-owned entities, with exceptions for humanitarian or vital-interest contracts, holders of Office of Foreign Assets Control licenses, and diplomatic post operations.","amount":null,"quote":"The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not 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809","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H96B8B5B6064A43FFB1E5361E1F184DCC:~:text=809.%20Pilot%20program%20for%20anything"},"heading":"Pilot program for anything-as-a-service","effect":"Creates a pilot program for consumption-based \"anything-as-a-service\" contracts and exempts those contracts from section 3702 of title 10 and from full and open competition for certain modifications.","amount":null,"quote":"A contract or other agreement entered into under this section shall be exempt from the following:"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 832","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H3AA42FCBD9FF4B32B85E64F6F099F514:~:text=832.%20Requirement%20for%20full%20domestic%20production%20of"},"heading":"Requirement for full domestic production of flags of the United States acquired by the Department of Defense","effect":"Requires full domestic production of U.S. flags the Department of Defense buys, but exempts purchases of $10,000 or less and lets the Secretary waive the requirement for larger purchases.","amount":"$10,000","quote":"subsection (a) does not apply to purchases of flags of the United States for amounts not greater than $10,000."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 835","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HBAAF62988FF54480B6B81FC22A48F61E:~:text=835.%20Enhanced%20domestic%20content%20requirement%20for%20major"},"heading":"Enhanced domestic content requirement for major defense acquisition programs","effect":"Sets domestic content thresholds for items bought for major defense acquisition programs, but excludes articles made mostly of iron or steel, articles from countries with a reciprocal defense procurement agreement, and national technology and industrial base members.","amount":null,"quote":"shall not apply to articles manufactured in countries that have executed a reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of understanding with the United 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submarines to Australia","effect":"Authorizes sale of up to two Virginia Class submarines, plus one more, to Australia, and states the transfer is not subject to section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act or section 8677 of title 10, and waives the Chief of Naval Operations certification.","amount":null,"quote":"The transfer of a vessel authorized under subsection (a) shall not be subject to the requirements of"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1411","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H15B426BD98F04DD9B6C6799546DE507B:~:text=1411.%20Improvements%20to%20Strategic%20and%20Critical%20Materials"},"heading":"Improvements to Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act","effect":"Revises National Defense Stockpile management, including a pilot program, and states that section 1013(a) of title 5 (Federal advisory committee provisions) does not apply to the Strategic and Critical Materials Board of Directors.","amount":null,"quote":"Section 1013(a) of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to the Board."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1716","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H4ADF71278C8F41C08BD4D6DBD027C17E"},"heading":"Officers","effect":"Adds Space Force officer appointment, selection board and promotion rules, and exempts officers who transfer from a reserve component in the grades of major, lieutenant colonel or colonel from the joint qualified officer requirement for brigadier general.","amount":null,"quote":"Subsection (a) shall not apply to an officer who transfers to the Space Force from a reserve component before the first day of the sixth fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this section"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1736","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HCF63714AF1B542198B91DE7087D2D2F9:~:text=1736.%20End%20strength%20flexibility"},"heading":"End strength flexibility","effect":"Lets the Secretary of the Air Force raise Space Force end strength by up to 5 percent or lower it by up to 10 percent, and exempts the Space Force from the grade restrictions in sections 517 and 523 of title 10 during the transition period.","amount":null,"quote":"Sections 517 and 523 of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply to the Space Force during the transition period."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2836","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H977CFCDFE2494542BC7B27DA9C329C26:~:text=2836.%20Establishment%20of%20civilian%20employees%20for%20oversight"},"heading":"Establishment of civilian employees for oversight of covered military unaccompanied housing","effect":"Requires a civilian employee at each installation housing office to oversee military unaccompanied housing, but the requirement does not apply at installations where a member of the Armed Forces whose primary duty is barracks manager does that oversight.","amount":null,"quote":"shall not apply with respect 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smart concrete materials and reduces Defense-wide operation and maintenance (line 490) by $2,600,000.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 269","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H39E871D52CF44926BF5877ED0C38E7BD"},"heading":"Assessment and strategy for use of open-architecture additive manufacturing for certain items and components","effect":"Directs the Secretary of Defense to assess the Department's capacity to use additive fabrication for maintenance parts and to submit within 180 days a strategy on using community-based fabrication facilities.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 270","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H9B6305CEA2C74E8DAA06594F6FCDA0E9"},"heading":"Sense of Congress on the continuing need for innovation in the Armed Forces","effect":"Expresses the sense of Congress that the Armed Forces should keep innovating with artificial intelligence, quantum 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maintenance (line 530) by $5,000,000.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 273","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HCC666CB8428C495F8DF212C26D9EB6C8"},"heading":"Updates to national biodefense strategy","effect":"Requires the Secretaries of Defense and of Health and Human Services to revise and update the national biodefense strategy and implementation plan and jointly submit them within one year of enactment.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 275","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H6657E7ECBF9243C1B2587119ACCDB441"},"heading":"Sense of Congress on the Army Artificial Intelligence Integration Center","effect":"Expresses the sense of Congress that the Army Artificial Intelligence Integration Center has accelerated deployment of capabilities, that the effort should continue, and that the Army should scale it up.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 276","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HA99A2A2F43114FAEBA96003D5800AC9F"},"heading":"Report on research relating to lightweight advanced carbon materials","effect":"Expresses the sense of Congress that the Department should support research on lightweight advanced carbon materials, and requires a report by March 1, 2024 on related research, including coal-derived carbon foam.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 277","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HFE8B9D7985304BF585F57D41B6E48504"},"heading":"Funding for Department of Defense software factories","effect":"Increases the Air Force research, development, test, and evaluation line 115 (PE 0605829F) by $10,000,000 for Department of Defense software factories and reduces Navy operation and maintenance line 450 by $10,000,000.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 302","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HE969DB0544D0416C818EBBACDAC65308"},"heading":"Air Force Professional Development Education","effect":"Increases Operation and Maintenance, Air Force, Training and Recruiting, line 330 (Professional Development Education) by $2,000,000 and reduces Operation and Maintenance, Navy, Administration, line 450 by $2,000,000.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 312","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H14032A34749D45A9BA584A441A61EA42"},"heading":"Modifications to pilot program on use of sustainable aviation fuel","effect":"Amends section 324(g) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 to define applicable material, biomass, lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions reduction percentage, and sustainable aviation fuel for the pilot program.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 316","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H49877B430E7444119D26050002A70546"},"heading":"Requirement for Secretary of Defense to develop plan for transition of Joint Task Force Red Hill","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to develop a plan for ending Joint Task Force Red Hill, including community engagement and defueling elements, to make it public, and bars termination until 30 days after the plan is submitted.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 319","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H71732ABFFB7142DF87619A91561BFBFE"},"heading":"Analysis of alternatives for battlefield storage and distribution of electric power","effect":"Requires the Secretary of the Army to analyze alternatives for storing and distributing electric power on the battlefield or in austere environments and to report the results to the congressional defense committees.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 331","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H4B5D9FF9F60D4DC38E9B240F3CF7A0C8"},"heading":"Improvements relating to exposures to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances","effect":"Adds perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substance exposure evaluations to periodic health and deployment assessments, provides blood testing after a positive determination, and establishes a registry of exposed members.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 333","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H4D5619CEE4AE408A9B45E96D39953C43"},"heading":"Restriction on Department of Defense acquisition of covered items containing or produced using certain substances","effect":"Rewrites section 333 of the Fiscal Year 2021 Act to bar Department of Defense acquisition of covered items containing or made with listed perfluoroalkyl substances, in stages from April 1, 2023 and April 1, 2025, and requires annual reports.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 342","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H9D6280EFBAF04A9585B5712652EF0CD5"},"heading":"Disaggregation of certain information in annual report relating to performance of depot-level maintenance","effect":"Amends section 2466(d)(1) of title 10, United States Code, to add to the annual depot-level maintenance report an analysis of the information disaggregated by depot.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 347","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HDB419BDD17D84167A579EC3F17DB94B7"},"heading":"Requirement for Secretary of Navy to complete common readiness models","effect":"Requires the Secretary of the Navy to complete common readiness models for each maritime or aviation major weapon system by December 31, 2025, and to report by March 1, 2024 on the metrics and models used.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 349","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HC76CFB88E70E4FDABBDD4389E7981EAD"},"heading":"Responsiveness testing of Defense Logistics Agency pharmaceutical contracts","effect":"Directs the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency to modify two agency instructions so that annual responsiveness testing of pharmaceutical contingency contracts occurs and its results appear in Warstopper Program reports.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 350","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H33BE25BC0E1C45489798FED16A2E24B5"},"heading":"Certification and Comptroller General report relating to prepositioned stocks of Department of Defense","effect":"Requires a written certification by March 15, 2024 on whether Department of Defense prepositioned stocks meet operations plans, and a Comptroller General report by the same date on their sufficiency.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 362","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H5B923B1AEF4046A28113D603B113E292"},"heading":"Recognition of service of military working dogs","effect":"Amends section 1125 of title 10, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Defense to create a decoration or other recognition for military working dogs killed in action or performing exceptionally meritorious or courageous acts.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 366","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HD249393C9C4D45E1A4CD284FF0F27768"},"heading":"Assessment on use of certain areas in southeastern United States for testing and training in support of Pacific Deterrence Initiative","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to assess the capacity to train, test and qualify theater-level operations for the Pacific Deterrence Initiative using test or training areas in the southeastern United States, and to report within 180 days.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1074","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HDE70303ED230430CABC09F758C03DE5E:~:text=1074.%20Holistic%20training%20range%20assessment"},"part":"Directs an assessment focused on test and training areas in the southeastern United States, including at least one tabletop exercise per fiscal quarter and an analysis of cost savings or time savings from using those areas."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 370","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H6818283D8AC6482EB08557FA01B09610"},"heading":"Requirement for realistic training exercises under contested and austere conditions","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to increase theater-wide and component-level training exercises under contested and austere conditions, including tier 1 exercises, and to improve infrastructure at the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 371","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H05BAF380D1D14E59A48AB16FED9EFE0A"},"heading":"Department of Defense priority for domestically sourced bovine heparin","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense, when selecting heparin for acquisition, to give priority to domestically sourced, fully traceable, bovine heparin approved by the Food and Drug Administration when available.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 373","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H86E7331066E541A6B2327475437DB558"},"heading":"Report on costs associated with decommissioning of Tactical Air Control Party units","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the costs of any planned decommissioning, reduction, or termination of an Air Force Tactical Air Control Party unit over the three fiscal years after enactment.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 501","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H5B52FD34F464431FA3105DB9043C39CD"},"heading":"Removal of exemption relating to Attending Physician to the Congress for certain distribution and grade limitations","effect":"Amends section 525 of title 10, United States Code, by striking subsection (f) and redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f), which removes the Attending Physician to the Congress exemption from the distribution and grade limitations.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 502","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HF3C635D892B444C7BEF81E60D5EE0247"},"heading":"Number of general officers and flag officers on active duty","effect":"Raises the Space Force general officer limit in section 526a of title 10 from 21 to 25, raises its joint duty exclusion from 6 to 10, and changes the temporary joint pool allocation in the FY2017 NDAA from 30 to 22.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 504","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HF6B86CD9F2C244969C12E619C67ED328"},"heading":"Modification to grade of Attending Physician to the Congress","effect":"Rewrites section 715 of title 10, United States Code, so that an officer serving as Attending Physician to the Congress holds the grade of O-6 while serving.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 506","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HD20F735D7BFE4EA992EC22E0B8F19C10"},"heading":"Retired grade for the Director of Admissions of a Service Academy","effect":"Extends the long-and-distinguished-service retirement grade authority for permanent professors at the Military Academy, Naval Academy, and Air Force Academy to each Academy's Director of Admissions.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 509","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H0A46658905594A9CB709E31FE5EE4FFA"},"heading":"Prohibitions on certain adverse actions regarding a cadet, midshipman, or applicant to a Service Academy, who refuses to receive a vaccination against COVID–19","effect":"Bars adverse action against a Service Academy cadet or midshipman, and refusal of enrollment to an applicant, solely because of refusal to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 510","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H31ED20122608411B9835A8E373082124"},"heading":"Increases to monthly rates of basic pay for certain enlisted members of the uniformed services","effect":"Sets minimum monthly basic pay rates beginning January 1, 2024 for enlisted members in grades E-1 through E-6 by years of service, from $2,600.60 for E-1 up to $3,260.30 for E-4 with eight years, and applies later adjustments to those rates.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 511","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H56C821D4767F4ACF80E834769EA92B0E"},"heading":"Grades of certain chiefs of reserve components","effect":"Sets the grade of the Chief of Army Reserve, Chief of Navy Reserve, Commander of Marine Forces Reserve, and Chief of Air Force Reserve at lieutenant general or vice admiral, for appointments made one year after enactment.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 515","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HF1770AD4E07A49DF8B99D80452B671BA"},"heading":"Transfers of officers between the active and inactive National Guard","effect":"Amends section 303 of title 32 to allow Army National Guard officers and warrant officers, and Air National Guard officers, to move between active and inactive status when filling vacancies in federally recognized units.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 518","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H9F8B927685EB448294DF1B853A787126"},"heading":"Report on foreign disclosure officer and foreign military sales officer billets","effect":"Expresses the sense of Congress on AUKUS staffing and technology transfer, and requires the Secretary of Defense to report within 90 days on staffing gaps for AUKUS efforts, with assessments, plans and any other matters.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1332","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HDF50375269DF4A17AD4EFEBC160094AD:~:text=1332.%20Designation%20of%20senior%20official%20for%20Department"},"part":"Includes a sense of Congress on AUKUS staffing and requires a report on foreign military sales officer staffing gaps, with a prioritized hiring and retention plan."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 519","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H2D63CA1EC63B4BDDADD9390E4A24742D"},"heading":"Sense of Congress relating to measures to address suicide among former National Guard and Reserve components","effect":"States the sense of Congress that National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Reports since 2020 omit former Guard and Reserve members not activated, and encourages the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to monitor suicide-reduction measures.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 521","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H7EBADE7BB54B4802A46A7EEFE10B14D4"},"heading":"Requirement to classify certain persons as unaccounted for from World War II under certain conditions","effect":"Amends section 1509 of title 10 to require the designated Agency Director to reclassify as unaccounted for certain World War II persons whose remains were identified with discrepancies, and to exhume and re-examine remains on request of next of kin.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 522","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H3BE7D4F1B285481791201B1E70850F6C"},"heading":"Authority to designate certain separated members of the Air Force as honorary separated members of the Space Force","effect":"Adds section 9254 to title 10, letting the Secretary of the Air Force prescribe regulations to designate eligible separated Air Force members who served in support of space operations as honorary separated members of the Space Force, called \"Legacy Guardians\".","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 523","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HB1523CE6D3B04EA881605787B82A5B95"},"heading":"Military personnel: recruiting; merit-based determinations","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to issue regulations by September 30, 2024 barring race or gender in recruiting, and requiring merit-based accession, assignment, selection and promotion decisions with no favoritism, nepotism or quotas.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 529C","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H27F7863068634D1E80EC06DC5D0695B5:~:text=529C.%20Requirement%20to%20base%20military%20accessions%20and"},"part":"Bars taking race or gender into account in recruiting, and bars favoritism, nepotism and quotas in accession, assignment, selection and promotion determinations."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 531","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H1098990E6AC84A589D22CC5061056F7F"},"heading":"Prohibition on certain communications regarding courts-martial","effect":"Amends article 37 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice to bar a convening authority or commanding officer from briefing potential court-martial members on a pending court-martial or allegations that may lead to one, except briefings within the proceeding.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 533","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HB70F047C6BA147E5A913CDB6DF6F9EB7"},"heading":"Treatment of certain records of criminal investigations","effect":"Directs the Secretary of Defense to issue guidance for removing records of criminal investigations from titling and indexing systems when a member is cleared of wrongdoing, sets 60-day and 30-day deadlines, and bars involuntary separation for cleared offenses.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 535","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HD9676B0C046B46B9938EAB5C54510B0E"},"heading":"Votes required for conviction, sentencing, and other matters in general and special courts-martial","effect":"Amends article 52 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice to require unanimous concurrence of all members present instead of three-fourths, applying to courts-martial convened on or after enactment.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 536","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H53C9E917631544AABEF9F1B69C7D5E1C:~:text=536.%20Study%20on%20requirement%20for%20unanimous%20votes"},"part":"Amends article 52 to require unanimous concurrence of all members present, effective for courts-martial convened on or after enactment, instead of only requiring a study and draft legislative text."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 541","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HB419097EEA5D4CEDAA72A325611490B6"},"heading":"Clarifications of procedure in investigations of personnel actions taken against members of the Armed Forces in retaliation for protected communications","effect":"Rewrites section 1034(c)(4)(D) and (E) of title 10 on Inspector General investigations of retaliation for protected communications, allowing circumstantial evidence, setting a presumption, and requiring notice of hardship, plus technical corrections.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 551","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HCBE1DB8CFEAA485B89B633EFAA3C725C"},"heading":"Military education for special operations forces","effect":"Amends section 167 of title 10 to add education of special operations forces at degree-granting institutions of higher military education, including tuition payment, and lets the Commander of the United States Special Operations Command spend Major Force Program 11 funds on it.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 555","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HB0BE318CC8D7483DA232C7495C8004B3"},"heading":"Pilot program for enlisted members of the Army and the Navy to attend the Naval Postgraduate School","effect":"Requires the Secretaries of the Army and the Navy to each run a pilot program during fiscal year 2024 sending enlisted members to earn master's degrees at the Naval Postgraduate School, ends each pilot six years after it starts, and requires a report after completion.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 564","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H6D7463BFC5674AB8B9EB7032809CE016"},"heading":"Exemption of cadet or midshipman who refuses to receive a vaccination against COVID–19 from requirement to repay tuition at military service academy","effect":"Amends the Military, Naval and Air Force Academy tuition repayment rules so they do not apply to a cadet or midshipman not appointed as an officer solely for refusing a COVID-19 vaccination, applying retroactively to January 1, 2020.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 565","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HADF5B657B3E24B6B888BCAA719228533"},"heading":"Training on the National Defense Strategy for members of certain Armed Forces","effect":"Requires each military department to develop an unclassified training overview of the National Defense Strategy, given at set points including initial entry and yearly, and adds a status of forces survey on awareness of it, with results reported to Congress.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 568","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HFF62D422DF3B49469339C9B31A5A7482"},"heading":"Costs of training on critical race theory","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress by May 1, 2024, and each year after, on hours spent and total costs of training on critical race theory, and defines that term by two stated premises.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 570","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HBB1FDF6A7A404461B161D844CA9A403C"},"heading":"Funding for Skillbridge","effect":"Increases the Office of Secretary of Defense line 440 authorization by $5,000,000 for the Skillbridge program and reduces the Washington Headquarters Services line 500 Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide amount by $5,000,000.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 570A","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HEAD337DAF50C450CB41062991E2BF858"},"heading":"Access to Army Training Requirements and Resources System on a personal internet-enabled device","effect":"Requires the Secretary of the Army, within one year, to let reserve component members access the Army Training Requirements and Resources System on a personal internet-enabled device, with an exception for information security.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 570B","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H58D175D9EB99496E8CEC3501511504CC"},"heading":"Military vehicle operator training program","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to set up a standardized military vehicle operations training curriculum and a certification program, with deadlines, delivery methods, incident data collection and evaluations.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 570C","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H82FA15F4017946C0AA13F82CA0177FA5"},"heading":"Military training and competency database","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to set up a Military Training and Competency Database of members' training, make it available to States and employers, give each member a competency report, and report to Congress within two years.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 570D","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HD9E0450D998247D992F6312D3AAA2C03"},"heading":"Outreach about military service academies and nomination process","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense, within 180 days, to establish a program of Department of Defense outreach in each congressional district about the military service academies and the nomination process, and to provide resources for it.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 570F","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H330CE43C8A02480E94D9A3E6E52BA39A"},"heading":"Elimination of offices of diversity, equity, and inclusion and personnel of such offices","effect":"Eliminates every office of the Armed Forces and the Department of Defense established to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, and terminates the employment of all personnel of those offices.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 572","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H729F850D10F94BBB804AC1BF22982D98"},"heading":"Transition Assistance Program contents to include preparation for agriculture","effect":"Amends section 1144(f)(1)(D) of title 10, United States Code, to add \"Preparation for agriculture\" as a new clause (v) among the contents of the Transition Assistance Program, and redesignates clause (v) as clause (vi).","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 575","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H1914762AA66B454B9C3653219188F635"},"heading":"Report on the Transition Assistance Program","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to the Armed Services Committees by April 1, 2024 on the effectiveness, timeliness, and execution of the Transition Assistance Program, covering eight listed elements including preseparation counseling timing and pilot program feasibility.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 576","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H3289BD3A8808420884B1EFEC32E05237"},"heading":"Skillbridge: apprenticeship programs","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to study private entities in Skillbridge offering registered apprenticeship positions by September 30, 2024, and to consult Department of Labor officials to recruit entities where few such positions are available.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 572","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H2C689009A87E4EDA904148E627920FD0"},"part":"Requires a study by September 30, 2024 of private Skillbridge entities offering registered apprenticeship positions, and consultation with Department of Labor officials to enter agreements with apprenticeship entities where few positions exist."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 579","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H4D31F4D69DF745A09040B2AD50FD5BEE"},"heading":"Notification by Secretary concerned to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs regarding a member with a history of opioid abuse","effect":"Amends section 1142(d) of title 10, United States Code, to require the Secretary concerned to notify the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, before separation, retirement, or discharge, of a member known to have a history of opioid abuse.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 580A","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HE44409B822F94D128F49940EE7E028A2"},"heading":"Provision of medical information regarding a separating member","effect":"Amends section 1142(d) of title 10, United States Code, to retitle it, cover all separating or retiring members, add the member as a recipient of medical information with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and change the deadline from within 60 days to not later than 12 days after.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 580B","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HE9A4BCC5BA0E493CBCC12C6B44E8F668"},"heading":"Training and education for transitioning members through community colleges","effect":"Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to conduct outreach to community colleges for Skillbridge training and internship agreements, and to assist community colleges in creating centers where eligible members and veterans may receive job training.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 572","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H2C689009A87E4EDA904148E627920FD0"},"part":"Authorizes outreach to community colleges for Skillbridge agreements and assistance to community colleges in creating centers where members and veterans may receive job training."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 581","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HB3DE06112CB841638D8E19AC7D7B81DF"},"heading":"Authorization for Last Member Standing medal","effect":"Adds section 1135 to title 10, United States Code, authorizing the Secretary concerned to issue a \"Last Member Standing medal\" to eligible members, with eligibility criteria, one medal per person, next-of-kin issuance, and regulations, plus a sense of Congress on expediting design.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 582","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HE4008FDB32E34BA3B6FCEC5EEA88D26C"},"heading":"Authorization for award of the Medal of Honor to Marcelino Serna for acts of valor during World War I","effect":"Authorizes the President to posthumously award the Medal of Honor to Marcelino Serna for his actions as an Army private in World War I, notwithstanding time limitations in section 7274 of title 10, United States Code.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 583","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H12741C8AA0DE4139B5EDD6DF6DECAF80"},"heading":"Award of certain decorations to certain members of the Armed Forces who served in Afghanistan","effect":"Requires the Secretary concerned to award the Afghanistan campaign medal, the combat action ribbon, and the humanitarian service medal to members who served in Afghanistan between July 14, 2021 and August 30, 2021 in support of Operation Allies Refuge.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 584","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H9F5FA15D434E4849B0C3BE071E856ED1"},"heading":"Eligibility of veterans of Operation End Sweep for Vietnam Service Medal","effect":"Allows the Secretary of the military department concerned, on application, to award the Vietnam Service Medal to a veteran who participated in Operation End Sweep.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 585","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H4D1BF0B548F348C8815D3E7E060C0D9E"},"heading":"Authorization for award of Medal of Honor to E. Royce Williams for acts of valor during the Korean War","effect":"Waives time limits so the President may award the Medal of Honor to E. Royce Williams for his actions as a Navy lieutenant on November 18, 1952.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 586","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H45E8FAF135B44F4F905BB8850A32E0E5"},"heading":"Authorization for award of Medal of Honor to James Capers, Jr. for acts of valor as a member of the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War","effect":"Waives time limits so the President may award the Medal of Honor to James Capers, Jr. for his actions as a Marine Corps member from March 31 through April 3, 1967.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 587","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HE8BAE011FE0E4264850DD3CADBD87A30"},"heading":"Authorization for award of the Medal of Honor to Thomas H. Griffin for acts of valor as a member of the Army during the Vietnam War","effect":"Sets out acts of valor and findings regarding Thomas Helmut Griffin and waives time limits so the President may award him the Medal of Honor for his actions from March 1 through March 3, 1969.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 592","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H9C2E995D50A040C4AD3390363536CF3B"},"heading":"Electronic notarization for members of the Armed Forces","effect":"Amends section 1044a of title 10 to let persons named there perform notarial acts by electronic means without the signer being physically present, and treats such acts and electronic logs as valid.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 594","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H2302A955E8CE4008A69563725BBB7D0A"},"heading":"Posting of promotional materials for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at military installations","effect":"Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned to post 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline promotional materials at each military installation, in listed places and on webpages, social media and newsletters.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 597","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HB787F71434214C42A9AC1A1E47269041"},"heading":"Force structure and personnel requirements of special operations forces: review; briefing; report","effect":"Requires a coordinated review of special operations forces force structure and personnel requirements within one year, with a briefing and report, and bars reductions until the report is submitted.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1075","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H664E05FED36F47E395588122B8CA1884:~:text=1075.%20Special%20operations%20force%20structure"},"part":"Requires a coordinated review by the Service Secretaries, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict and the SOCOM Commander, and bars any reduction until the report is submitted."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 599A","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H865383D3FFDE4A35A9D37E83C3B0B67F"},"heading":"Report on Military OneSource","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to the Armed Services Committees, within 180 days and annually, on the Military OneSource program, including its history, costs for fiscal years 2019 through 2023, use, services and records.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 599B","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H934E29C4C06B4CFFA35C41160D205D7B"},"heading":"Study on service by neurodivergent individuals in the Department of Defense","effect":"Directs the Secretary of Defense to seek an agreement with a federally funded research and development center for a study on service by neurodivergent individuals in the Department of Defense, with a report within 12 months.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 599E","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H828B13E918BD44828CB34B40938C5245"},"heading":"Study and report on reforms to certain grace periods under Transition Assistance Program of the Department of Defense","effect":"Directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness to study grace period reforms and unit tasking during the Transition Assistance Program, and to report to the Armed Services Committees with findings and an action plan.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 599F","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H99E152A435214FA08A8D7084D551988B"},"heading":"Sense of Congress regarding military service by individuals with amputations","effect":"States the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should issue medical waivers to individuals seeking to serve who are precluded from serving solely because of a non-service-connected amputation.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 599G","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HC30B24B20EBB4891A93D565F6A241096"},"heading":"Feasibility study and report on portability of certain professional credentials held by servicemembers","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense, with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to study whether servicemembers' professional credentials can stay valid with state licensing authorities after discharge, and to report findings and recommendations to Congress.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 604","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H336FD30E1FF648DF8EED29954087E781"},"heading":"Program to assist service members at risk of suicide","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to develop and implement, within 90 days, a centralized program to monitor and assist members of the Armed Forces at risk of suicide who were recently discharged from health care, with specified follow-up procedures.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 605","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H496E78DDD83E4FFDA014FC5B80348C81"},"heading":"Elimination of cap on additional retired pay for extraordinary heroism for members of the Army and Air Force who served during the Vietnam Era","effect":"Amends sections 1402(f)(2), 7361(a)(2) and 9361(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, to exempt members who served during the Vietnam Era from the cap on additional retired pay for extraordinary heroism.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 621","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H551E55DC34FF4401A0E36C3C25F58A1A"},"heading":"Basic needs allowance: exclusion of basic allowance for housing from the calculation of gross household income of an eligible member of the Armed Forces","effect":"Amends section 402b(k)(1)(B) of title 37, United States Code, to change the basic needs allowance calculation so the basic allowance for housing paid to the member is excluded from gross household income.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 621","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H526F3A7B6FD8453FAA1DCE28EBE75A1B:~:text=621.%20Modification%20of%20calculation%20of%20gross%20household"},"part":"Strikes the language limiting the exclusion to the portion of the basic allowance for housing the Secretary concerned elects to exclude, so the housing allowance paid to the member is excluded."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 623","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H0FF51BA138574B3190D61278C55CF324"},"heading":"Expansion of authority of a commanding officer to authorize a basic allowance for housing for a member performing initial field or sea duty","effect":"Amends section 403(f) of title 37, United States Code, to let a commanding officer authorize a basic allowance for housing for members below pay grade E-6 on initial field or sea duty, and to add a determination that quarters are inadequate.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 623","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HEECF3F3997514C0FA2A8AC9FA9F38566:~:text=623.%20Basic%20allowance%20for%20housing%20for%20members"},"part":"Adds a basis for the allowance where quarters are found inadequate or an impediment to morale, good order, or discipline, and gives commanding officers, not the Secretary, the authority to authorize the allowance."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 626","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H2A3F7CAD3E1A464FA1E6C106D86AFC90"},"heading":"Independent assessment of housing for military personnel in Guam","effect":"Directs the Secretary of Defense to seek an agreement with a federally funded research and development center for an independent assessment of housing for military personnel in Guam, with a report due December 31, 2024.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 629","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H54A7C49F095D4EB58513C3DA528E0AA5"},"heading":"Sense of Congress relating to equal basic allowance for housing for Staten Island and New York City","effect":"States the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should prescribe the same basic allowance for housing for the military housing area including Staten Island, New York, as for the area including New York City.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 634","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H335DB018D6B34D53B171B0BA91C2A199"},"heading":"Authority for peer mentoring program for military dependents","effect":"Adds section 1788b to title 10, letting the Secretary of Defense run a peer mentoring program for dependents of members, with mentors seeking to meet mentees monthly and receiving training from a mental health care provider.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 637","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HA8167723E9BA430081537009CADBF010"},"heading":"Grants to assist caregivers in military families","effect":"Directs the Secretary of Defense, subject to appropriations, to award grants of up to $1,500,000 over three years to eligible nonprofit organizations for demonstration projects supporting caregivers in military families.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 638","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HFDA355AC3F5E4992850B02F381AC5AA2"},"heading":"MySTeP: provision online and in multiple languages","effect":"Allows the Secretary concerned to provide all services of the Military Spouse Transition Program (MySTeP) online and in English, Spanish, Tagalog, and the rest of the 10 most commonly spoken languages in the United States.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 639","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HB7D45CEA6CF94256A19A0D8DBF7C05C5"},"heading":"Exceptional Family Member Program: modification of the responsibilities of the Office of Special Needs","effect":"Amends section 1781c(c) of title 10 to add health care and educational services to paragraph (3) and to add determining the market capacity, usage, and availability of resources to paragraph (4).","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 640A","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HE5F81A6FC81A4E6685287BF089571D19"},"heading":"Guide for survivors to claim the personal effects of a deceased member of the Armed Forces","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to publish on the Military OneSource website by September 30, 2024 a guide on how a survivor of a deceased member may receive the member's personal effects and file a claim if they were disposed of incorrectly.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 640B","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H652E88185A8049C38F6F5FC5EBE227A2"},"heading":"Implementation of Comptroller General recommendations relating to military foster and adoptive families","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to centralize and promote information on foster and adoption policies and support, have Air Force instruction AFI 36-3026 revised, and promote awareness of enrollment guidance for foster and pre-adoptive children.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 640C","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H07B8FE646F6E40E59E99E273AD662054"},"heading":"Prohibitions on provision of gender transition services through an Exceptional Family Member Program of the Armed Forces","effect":"Bars gender transition procedures, referrals for them, and changes of duty station for that purpose for a minor dependent child through the Exceptional Family Member Program.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 642","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HD502F68091D54C9E80460FB7AE78FB8F"},"heading":"Recurring review and revision of pay for military child care employees","effect":"Amends section 1792(c) of title 10 to require the Secretary of Defense to review and revise the child care employee pay scale at least every five years, sets factors, requires the first review within 60 days, and requires a report after the second review.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 643","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HF37A68C3F97D4AAFB8D03886B489DC11"},"heading":"Discounted child care for child care employees of the Department of Defense","effect":"Amends section 1793(d) of title 10 to set child care fees for Department of Defense child care employees: no fee for the first child under 13, up to 50 percent for the second, and a reduced fee for each later child.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 645","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H879BA68DDAA844269B78ABFA0323A06D"},"heading":"Wait times for child care services provided through military child development centers: publication; feasibility of certain improvement","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to publish waiting lists for military child development centers on a Department website, publish a wait-time estimating tool, and report by March 30, 2024 on using the Air Force's business management system for all departments.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 585","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HEC8239C6A35447E0A2B0051BD622781A:~:text=585.%20Outreach%20campaign%20relating%20to%20waiting%20lists"},"part":"Requires publishing waiting lists and a wait-time estimate tool on a website, and a report on the feasibility of using the Air Force child and youth programs business management system across all military departments."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 646","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H9E31343950E644E9A0FD0F8056ADE010"},"heading":"Study on effects of child care on readiness and retention","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to seek an agreement with a federally funded research and development center to study the effects of child care on readiness and retention, with an interim report at six months and a final report at 15 months.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 647","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H78B29CD880464AD7AE644BA16416E874"},"heading":"Provision of temporary child care services","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to provide temporary child care services at military child development centers for children of members during a permanent change of station, temporary duty, or similar deployment.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 649","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H839F37AE6016480E90BE2E8FA12DBE09"},"heading":"Report on at-home child care programs of the Department of Defense; feasibility study","effect":"Requires a report on at-home child care programs offered by each military department, including openings, closings, and effects on military spouses, and a feasibility study on standardizing licensing and removing barriers, with a follow-up report.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 653","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H7D01DF919D3D4AE58315430D66B5C9BB"},"heading":"Verification of reporting of eligible federally connected children for purposes of Federal impact aid programs","effect":"Requires each installation commander to certify annually whether impact aid source check forms from local educational agencies have been confirmed, and each military department Secretary to report by June 30 each year which installations have confirmed them.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 655","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H2A17AF624ACA4A9FB26797E1A81296BA"},"heading":"Pilot program for routine mental health check-ups in schools operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity","effect":"Establishes a two-academic-year pilot program of routine mental health check-ups in at least five Department of Defense Education Activity schools, with referral processes, parental opt-out and consent protections, evaluations, and a final report.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 588","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H13CFB5CD52C04DB2A749BA89ABD2B565:~:text=588.%20Report%20on%20mental%20health%20and%20wellness"},"part":"Establishes a two-year pilot of routine mental health check-ups in at least five schools, with training, referral to community clinics, parental notice, opt-out and consent protections, and evaluations every 180 days."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 658","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H12002226F9084CF6A1EF833283057D98"},"heading":"Process to ensure interstate reciprocity in educational accommodations for military dependent students","effect":"Directs the Secretary of Education to set up a process so that educational accommodations (an individualized education program or gifted and talented approval) of a military dependent student are recognized by the destination State after a move, without reapplying.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 660","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H87DD153BCD024F90B124A587DBDB4F02"},"heading":"Prohibition on authorizing Federal funds for DODEA for race-based theories","effect":"Bars authorizing Federal funds for the Department of Defense Education Activity to promote six listed race-based theories or compel beliefs in violation of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, with rules of construction and a definition of promote.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 576","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H7BB5A676C1934C9599E2D8566E3977FB:~:text=576.%20Prohibition%20on%20use%20of%20Federal%20funds"},"part":"Bars compelling teachers or students to adopt beliefs in violation of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and defines promoting a theory to include hiring advocates for it and segregating students or others by race."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 662","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H5BF41ED8F5954B7EA946D82BBCF80120"},"heading":"Prohibition on sale of Chinese goods in commissary stores and military exchanges","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to prohibit the sale at a commissary store or military exchange of goods manufactured in China, assembled in China, or imported into the United States from China.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 701","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H3E170204B3C045579FE7F0382C57BCBD"},"heading":"TRICARE dental plan for the Selected Reserve","effect":"Amends section 1076a of title 10 to create a separate TRICARE dental plan for the Selected Reserve that charges no premium and no copayment for covered dental care.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 706","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H23006040EEE640F59929540D36FECBAD"},"heading":"Medical testing and related services for firefighters of Department of Defense","effect":"Requires the Secretary to provide Department of Defense firefighters, at no cost, cancer screenings (breast, colon, prostate and others) at set ages and intervals, with opt-out, documentation, privacy and data-sharing provisions.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 707","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H6C5D179ED5344A91B70BA0199D867682"},"heading":"Temporary requirement for contraception coverage parity under the TRICARE program","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to bar cost-sharing for prescription contraceptives and covered contraception services under TRICARE pharmacy, TRICARE Select and TRICARE Prime for one year beginning 30 days after enactment.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 709","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H8E210A751FED4E058993F4476DD9A6ED"},"heading":"Rates of reimbursement for providers of applied behavior analysis","effect":"Requires that TRICARE reimbursement rates for applied behavior analysis providers, from enactment through December 31, 2024, be not less than the rates in effect on May 1, 2023, for members, former members and dependents.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 710","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HD7B821AB7E1341CAA53A4B81675F9F4E"},"heading":"Department of Defense pilot program on health effects of medical marijuana use by veterans","effect":"Directs the Secretary of Defense, with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to begin a pilot program within 90 days to study the effect of marijuana use on the health outcomes of members and veterans with certain conditions.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 711","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H60249ABBEE9941E59F040B1A1ACC4158"},"heading":"Pilot program on cryopreservation and storage of gametes of certain members of the Armed Forces","effect":"Directs the Secretary of Defense to set up a pilot program reimbursing up to 200 covered members, up to $500 for preserving sperm and $7,500 for preserving eggs, for gamete testing, cryopreservation, shipping and storage, with a report and a one-year end date.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 712","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H7F397180B07F47C6898C7953B14C4095"},"heading":"Psychological evaluations for certain members of the Armed Forces who served in Kabul","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to give an initial psychological evaluation, then evaluations at two and five years, to members who served at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul between August 15 and August 29, 2021, and to report on the numbers.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 715","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HCD42BD27BEFD4DC5976F58920D440C80"},"heading":"Expansion of Wounded Warrior Service Dog Program","effect":"Amends section 745 of the FY2021 defense authorization act to have the Secretary of Defense award competitive grants of up to $2,000,000 to nonprofit organizations that raise, train and furnish assistance dogs for covered members and veterans.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 716","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H53E5FAEBA14E41D79A1C7358AE8FE617"},"heading":"Prohibition on payment and reimbursement by Department of Defense of expenses relating to abortion services","effect":"States a sense of Congress on Department of Defense funds for abortions, ends the force of the October 20, 2022 memorandum, bars funds to carry it out, and amends 10 U.S.C. 1093 to bar paying fees or expenses for health-care professionals to gain a license to provide abortion services.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 717","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H2E848646D6564488B1D52FF1C4F8FFF9"},"heading":"Prohibition on coverage of certain sex reassignment surgeries and related services under TRICARE program","effect":"Adds 10 U.S.C. 1076g, excluding from TRICARE coverage, and barring the Secretary of Defense from furnishing, sex reassignment surgeries and hormone treatments furnished for the gender alteration of a transgender individual.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 722","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HCB9CEB64E2DA4625B6DF308D677A93BD"},"heading":"Clarification of responsibilities regarding the integrated disability evaluation system","effect":"Amends 10 U.S.C. 1073c(h) so military department Secretaries keep personnel authority over members in the disability evaluation system, gives commanders authority to pause or withdraw a member's case, creates an appeal within 90 days, and requires regulations and a briefing.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 725","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H1ABA944BDC17414EB65E009F1F54D899"},"heading":"Mandatory training on health effects of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to give each Department of Defense medical provider mandatory training on the potential health effects of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 727","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HF9AC3BF2C0BA439FB49C7BC91FE50C62"},"heading":"Establishment of medical and surgical consumables standardization working group","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense, by March 1, 2024, to establish a working group to standardize medical and surgical consumable supplies, with listed duties, briefings in 2024 and 2025, and termination two years after enactment.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 728","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H712C78F197794A778BC85F12FB43E69E"},"heading":"Pilot program on remote health monitoring technologies","effect":"Directs the Secretary of Defense to run a pilot program giving certain service members facial-detection technologies that report heart rate, blood pressure, blood oxygen saturation and respiratory rate, with a briefing and a five-year end date.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 729","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H1D6D44F615FB4EF78A4B07360E65C385"},"heading":"Task force of Department of Defense on mental health","effect":"Directs the Secretary of Defense to set up a task force of up to 15 appointees to assess and recommend improvements to mental health services for service members, with reports, a plan, annual briefings and a termination date.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 730","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HD18BE23E2F6C4A9F8558F57D21E1FF63"},"heading":"Disclosures by entities receiving grants the Secretary of Defense for biomedical research","effect":"Requires any entity receiving a Department of Defense biomedical research grant to disclose its corporate parents, affiliates and subsidiaries and to certify it receives no funding from the Chinese Communist Party or listed entities.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 733","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H55D660CB5F454F5B898D1AFD8CB05DAD"},"heading":"Improvements to TRICARE provider directories","effect":"Requires TRICARE managed support contractors to verify and update provider directories at least every 90 days and databases within two days of new information, and requires the Defense Health Agency Director to review directories yearly.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 734","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HDB31B5F2F3FA4866BB80CDBEF6EA88B2"},"heading":"Waiver of certain requirements to facilitate urgent access to mental health care services by members of the Armed Forces","effect":"Requires the Defense Health Agency Director to waive the military-facility intake screening before a member sees a TRICARE-authorized civilian provider for mental health care when care is unavailable within 48 hours and circumstances are urgent.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 735","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H583B0C635DC2427C96108C02AD9867E4"},"heading":"Policy of Defense Health Agency on expanded recognition of board certifications for physicians","effect":"Requires the Defense Health Agency Director, within 180 days, to revise credentialing and privileging policy to recognize more physician board certifications, and sets baseline standards for certifying bodies.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 736","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H4710B9C5E7F048B492D4D16EA328494D"},"heading":"Prohibition of mask mandate to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on a military installation in the United States","effect":"Bars the Secretary of Defense from requiring any individual to wear a mask to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on a military installation in the United States.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 741","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HDFCE652547AA4A37AA12D0558D450027"},"heading":"Amendments to report on behavioral health workforce of the Department of Defense","effect":"Amends section 737 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 to add five items to the behavioral health workforce report and to define \"behavioral health provider\".","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 742","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HDF35B3A02EDB4B118D90AF155A34CE42"},"heading":"Comprehensive strategy on force resilience of the Department of Defense","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit and publish a comprehensive force resilience strategy within 270 days, implement it within 90 days after publishing, report on progress each year, and defines related terms.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 743","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H3BD056F1C6F843E28BB7BDC4FEB19439"},"heading":"Study on non-clinical mental health services of the Department of Defense","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to study non-clinical mental health programs, including the Military and Family Life Counseling Program, and to report the results by June 1, 2024.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 747","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HF93F3C9866964CC291F85F0994E0F6AD"},"heading":"Feasibility report regarding DHA employment of certain mental health providers awaiting licensure","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to report by September 30, 2024 on the feasibility of aligning Defense Health Agency supervision of unlicensed mental health employees with VHA Directive 1027.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 749","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H9FC6077ACA6342A892CD5C82512B8BB3"},"heading":"United States-Israel PTSD Collaborative Research","effect":"Establishes a grant program, run by the Secretary of Defense, for joint United States-Israel research on post-traumatic stress disorder, with gift authority, reports, and a termination seven years after the first grant.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 750","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H891B95053A8247F595786D50AA0ED298"},"heading":"Feasibility study on creation of centers of excellence in Ukraine for treatment of traumatic brain injuries and traumatic extremity injuries","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to conduct a feasibility study on collaborating with Ukraine to establish centers of excellence for treating traumatic extremity injury and traumatic brain injury.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 751","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H028D425E869E473DA6A57E61AC728C95"},"heading":"Testosterone levels among members of special forces of the Army: study; report","effect":"Requires the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness to conduct a five-year study of testosterone levels among Army special forces members, with an interim report after one year and a final report after the study.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 755","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HFC10ADDAA10D452A8D9D2C809A97895A"},"heading":"Study and report on mental health care for pilots and aviators","effect":"Directs the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study barriers to mental health care for military pilots and aviators, develop recommendations, and report to Congress within one year of enactment.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 756","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HB91A16C03C3842CFA0AC1CC01A622228"},"heading":"Medical research and development strategy for combined traumatic injuries sustained in combat operations","effect":"Requires the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to develop, by May 31, 2024, a strategy on medical research and development gaps for combined traumatic and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear injuries, and to brief the congressional defense committees.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 757","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HAAE8F8DF7C494E8A92983053809A141C"},"heading":"Report on plan for coverage of certain devices capable of preventing and treating migraines for military personnel","effect":"Requires a report by February 1, 2024 on the plan to cover FDA-approved non-pharmacological neuromodulation devices that prevent and treat migraines for military personnel.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 758","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H022E5CCF3268419692D49882BEAB8B87"},"heading":"Study on unintended consequences of reduction relating to 6th Medical Group at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to study the unintended consequences of the Defense Health Agency Director's reductions to the 6th Medical Group at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 760","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HFCD15646B9D845FCA8CCA03760F24497"},"heading":"Comptroller General report on Exceptional Family Member Program","effect":"Requires the Comptroller General to study and report on how the Exceptional Family Member Program supports service members and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, its resource limits, and ways to improve outcomes and integrate mental health services.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 761","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H3A2AE87D9F6E43479173AA3484874876"},"heading":"Periodic reports on TRICARE coverage of Narcan","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit periodic reports to Congress on how the Department ensures adequate full TRICARE coverage of Narcan (Naloxone) for service members and their families.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 763","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H41AF35B530DF4D1C89F5C8D03D2C550A"},"heading":"Study on effect of cancer drug shortages","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study on the effect of the cancer drug shortage on veterans and members of the Armed Forces.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 764","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HAB6168D912CF4423BF90E0707F5BCD38"},"heading":"Housing accommodations for military families on housing waitlists","effect":"Requires temporary accommodations, at a rate up to the basic allowance for housing, for service members and dependents on an on-base housing waitlist over 10 days after a permanent change of station, and a report within 180 days.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 765","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H30D41568DADC43A89AEC77C78AD99F5F"},"heading":"Report on access of TRICARE beneficiaries to network retail pharmacies","effect":"Requires a report within 180 days evaluating beneficiary access to TRICARE network pharmacies under the TPharm5 contract compared with TPharm4, including rural access, pharmacy capabilities, compliance rates, and non-network pharmacy use.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 766","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H1CA19B63B20B4E308FCEEB15B504FF1B"},"heading":"Study and report on feasibility of lifting outpatient rehabilitation therapy maximums for certain members of the Armed Forces with traumatic brain injury","effect":"Requires a study on the feasibility of lifting outpatient rehabilitation therapy maximums for active-duty TRICARE beneficiaries with a brain injury, and a report to Congress within twelve months.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 767","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H055F4EAA0486478DBCB89FC9F03EE805"},"heading":"Study on approval of non-governmental accreditation bodies for transitional and residential brain injury treatment programs","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to study the feasibility of recognizing approval by non-governmental accreditation bodies of transitional and residential brain injury treatment programs for service members with brain injuries sustained on active duty.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 768","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HC185D4C10DC041CFB3B5865446FDABA2"},"heading":"Strategy to sustain medical support during operations of Armed Forces in Arctic region","effect":"Requires the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to develop, by May 3, 2024, a strategy to sustain medical support for Armed Forces operations in the Arctic region, and to brief the congressional defense committees on it.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 771","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H2C27E66B85C1427EAF93D2BA7EA0FBAB"},"heading":"Sense of Congress on maintaining in-patient military medical treatment facilities","effect":"States the sense of Congress that in-patient military Medical Treatment Facilities are critical to a medically ready force and that the military departments should support enough of them to ensure readiness.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 773","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H5C42D83784294359A1792E2B28B166C3"},"heading":"Study on blood work of members of the Armed Forces regarding COVID–19","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to study blood tests of service members relating to COVID–19 by September 30, 2024, covering antibody and T-cell testing, vaccine efficacy and adverse events, and to report on the study.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 725","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H257CE982B2A64F9A9CCB39E79333C121:~:text=725.%20Study%20and%20report%20on%20health%20conditions"},"part":"Requires blood testing of service members for nucleocapsid protein antibodies and T-cell immune response, and an assessment of each COVID–19 vaccine's efficacy compared with the others and with infection-acquired immunity."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 804","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H36FF76C48E1D4B6682486368CD372366"},"heading":"Pilot program on payment of costs for denied Government Accountability Office bid protests","effect":"Creates a pilot program, running from two to five years after enactment, requiring contractors with revenues over $250,000,000 to reimburse the Department of Defense for costs of processing denied Government Accountability Office bid protests.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 806","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HA733AEB2C4C84CAB8D08CFFC7D1FAAFF"},"heading":"Low-methane intensity natural gas pilot program","effect":"Allows the Defense Logistics Agency to run a pilot program in which at least 5 continental United States installations buy certified low-methane intensity natural gas, lasting two to five years after enactment.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 809","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H8C1ED5E63E25457F933AB11BEA8E290B"},"heading":"Research, development, testing, and evaluation contract cost sharing","effect":"Requires that, for contracts awarded under this Act for research, development, testing, or evaluation, at least 25 percent of the cost of those activities be provided by a non-Federal 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system.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 822","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H507D809EDE4046A1ABC39E1F82FDDC4D"},"heading":"Competition requirements for purchases from Federal Prison Industries","effect":"Amends section 3905 of title 10 to require market research before buying Federal Prison Industries products and competitive procedures when those products are not comparable or best-fit, effective February 1, 2024.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 831","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HAC6F4DCCD70F46EFB409C4A5F46EAE11"},"heading":"Pilot program on the use of acquisition authority for Office of Naval Research to aid in technology transition","effect":"Directs the Secretary of the Navy to delegate to the Chief of Naval Research authority to enter into contracts or agreements to commercialize Navy prototypes, capped at $10,000,000 each, with a briefing and a five-year termination.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 832","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HF140B9E13216469FA7FE850A2E5386ED"},"heading":"Prohibition on computers or printers acquisitions involving entities owned or controlled by China","effect":"Bars the Secretary of Defense from acquiring any computer or printer whose manufacturer, bidder, or offeror is a covered Chinese entity, applies to contracts entered into, renewed, or extended after enactment, and defines key terms.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 833","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H3878C1400351433A844171898CBB75CB"},"heading":"Modifications to data, policy, and reporting on the use of other transactions","effect":"Amends section 8739 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 to move the reporting dates to December 31, 2024 through December 31, 2028, and adds a Comptroller General report on other transaction authority.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 834","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H7FF98B1A01934C4EBBBF87E120721C7C"},"heading":"Strengthening truthful cost or pricing data requirements","effect":"Amends sections 3702 and 3703 of title 10 and section 3503 of title 41, United States Code, so cost or pricing data is required for single-offeror or cost-reimbursement awards, and exceptions require at least two responsive offerors.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 842","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H74AF8D718B8644E5AAC06FA5AB6E616A"},"heading":"Inclusion of titanium powder in definition of specialty metals exempted from certain domestic sourcing requirements","effect":"Amends section 4863(l)(3) of title 10, United States Code, by inserting \"titanium powder\" after \"titanium\".","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 844","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H7ECF430217F14057A32E3497BA46D6B9"},"heading":"Modification to miscellaneous limitations on the procurement of goods other than United States goods","effect":"Amends section 4864(a)(3) of title 10, United States Code, to list three covered components: large medium-speed diesel engines, propulsion system components, and components used to generate electricity for vessel systems.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 845","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H7289171868244F46AC2092754E122A2E"},"heading":"Procurement of covered hearing protection devices","effect":"Allows the Secretary of Defense to contract for covered hearing protection devices for all members of the Armed Forces, prioritizing offerors headquartered in the continental United States and majority owned by United States citizens.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 846","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HBBE2708D135C46E6B474D9CE35DD54AC"},"heading":"Sense of Congress relating to rubber supply","effect":"Expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense should reduce dependence on adversarial nations for strategic materials, and directs the Secretary to act, including research and development, to increase the domestic supply of natural rubber.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 851","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H4F87D67C52BA4947A741051BF887B635"},"heading":"Pilot program for recurring awards for production, investment, and deployment through competitions","effect":"Directs the Secretary of Defense to set up a pilot program that acquires attritable systems through repeated competitions for urgent operational needs, with awards of at least $50,000,000 unless a lesser amount is approved, and up to $200,000,000 in covered funds per fiscal year.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 229","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H95F27C68DF3C44F6933274617A3F6248:~:text=229.%20Rapid%20response%20to%20emergent%20technology%20advancements"},"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 853","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HCBE553F7567E41ACB1B3493205A84934"},"heading":"Defense industrial base advanced capabilities pilot program","effect":"Directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to run a public-private partnership pilot program with equity investment in domestic small or nontraditional businesses and an up to 80 percent loan guarantee, ending five years after enactment.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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and assembled, adds definitions, and makes two technical changes.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 868","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H7D6EDD05F96C47BEA92030405F92739F"},"heading":"Study and report on country of origin of end items and components procured by Department of Defense","effect":"Directs the Comptroller General to study how far the Department of Defense depends on foreign entities for certain end items and components, and to report findings and recommendations to the Armed Services Committees within 6 months.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 870","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H7103B883DF994D8B846E409D291EBEBF"},"heading":"Report on competition and equipment repair","effect":"States a sense of Congress that the military be able to fix its own equipment, and requires the Secretary of Defense to submit to the Chair of the White House Competition Council the report required under section 5(s)(iii) of Executive Order 14036.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 872","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HBE06557E8FEE4090AD1DC69B8D7FFF93"},"heading":"Office of Strategic Capital Chinese company investment prohibition","effect":"Bars the Office of Strategic Capital from investing in, guaranteeing or facilitating investment in any entity incorporated in the People's Republic of China or more than 50 percent owned by Chinese citizens or entities.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 873","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H27F58E9A6533483DA31AA898FF3CB9E3"},"heading":"Report on defense industrial base competition","effect":"Requires the Comptroller General to report within two years on consolidation, competition and anticompetitive behavior in the defense industrial base, including contractor sizes and market shares.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 881","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H7D2B27EF085A403C92CA6E943DB2571B"},"heading":"Entrepreneurial Innovation Project designations","effect":"Adds section 4068 to title 10, requiring each Secretary concerned to designate at least five programs yearly as Entrepreneurial Innovation Projects, sets up advisory panels with membership and terms, sets designation benefits, revocation and annual reporting, and a 120-day panel deadline.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 882","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H74286646F8FF40DE8FDC7F27A8742BD1"},"heading":"Extension and modification of Domestic Investment Pilot Program","effect":"Amends section 884 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 to change a deadline to October 1, 2023, add a requirement that the program comply with a due diligence program, and move an end date to September 30, 2027.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 883","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H29F09D98912C4E768C7C5F23D2D42DAD"},"heading":"Study and report on the expansion of the Strategic Funding Increase program of the Air Force","effect":"Directs the Secretary of Defense to have the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps SBIR offices study a program like the Air Force STRATFI program, and to report the results to the congressional defense committees within 180 days.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 885","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H7571179C757C4307934D351A1F6EEB03"},"heading":"Report on the Air Force First Look Program and the Army First Stop Program","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report by March 1, 2024 analyzing the Air Force First Look Program and the Army First Stop Program, with listed elements including objectives, costs, spending, and participation rates.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 886","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H4D9C1D036F394BD3AA43AEE94955522F"},"heading":"Modification to pilot program to accelerate Department of Defense SBIR and STTR awards","effect":"Amends section 9(hh)(2) of the Small Business Act by adding each Secretary of a military department to those who shall establish the pilot program to accelerate SBIR and STTR awards.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 887","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H72258AACFB6648A582FC34086BB1AEFB"},"heading":"Briefing on the implementation of category management memorandum","effect":"Requires a briefing to congressional committees within 120 days, and annually after, on implementing the January 27, 2023 memorandum \"Achieving Small Business Goals through Category Management Practices\", with eight listed contents.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 892","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H7072A0A5C74E4FBFAC1726097B5E0C5E"},"heading":"Pilot program on the use of budget transfer authority for Army research to aid in technology transition","effect":"Lets the Secretary of Defense transfer authorizations in Research and Development, Army, line 090A, among covered Army authorizations to transition new technologies, up to $10,000,000 for each procurement or transition activity.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 893","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H04AA9AE6FD0F4AC1ADF044CBBE146EE5"},"heading":"Seaplane procurement and employment","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit to the congressional defense committees, within 270 days, an analysis of the utility and feasibility of the Department of Defense procuring seaplanes and amphibious aircraft.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 894","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H70B8D27CCF704770A46A767ADAA0E7C6"},"heading":"Limitation on availability of funds relating to contracts with contract managers and auditors","effect":"Requires an annual review of contracts with contract managers and auditors, a certification if spending is 1 percent or more of total contract value, and a 1 percent reduction in fiscal year 2024 funds for the Deputy Secretary of Defense's nonemergency travel for each 0.1 percent above 1 percent.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 895","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HB29ADCAACE924660BE1BD9A835215164"},"heading":"Inspector General report on Department of Defense acquisition and contract administration","effect":"Requires the Department of Defense Inspector General to report to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 31, 2024 on its oversight of Department-wide acquisition and contract management, including cost and pricing matters.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 896","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H92D7CBF376E04ADF94D400302FFF7741"},"heading":"Study on the electric vehicle supply chain","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense, within 180 days, to study how China's influence on the electric vehicle supply chain affects U.S. national security, covering critical mineral sourcing, Belt and Road countries, and Department of Defense electric vehicle fleet vulnerabilities.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 897","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H51F6E7431D904ECE81F988F6E9179E02"},"heading":"Joint light tactical vehicle funding increase","effect":"Increases Army joint light tactical vehicle procurement by $14,000,000 and Marine Corps by $1,000,000 for vehicle safety data recorders, and reduces Office of the Secretary of Defense administration funds by $15,000,000.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 898","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H175D65C40D334446B2D1686A6B34D92B"},"heading":"Report on gallium and germanium","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense, within 90 days, to report to the congressional defense committees on gallium and germanium supply chains, supply shortfalls, and project priorities after China's export ban.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 899A","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HFDD041A4CA814395838C6868B17C581D"},"heading":"Sense of Congress regarding explosion welding","effect":"States congressional findings on explosion welding of dissimilar metals and expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense should ensure a reliable domestic source for explosion welding.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 899C","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H7980CE6ED7024BDBA3A9432FB920247C"},"heading":"Prohibition on contracting with certain entities","effect":"Bars the Department of Defense from entering, renewing or extending procurement contracts with entities engaged in a boycott of the State of Israel, with exceptions, waivers, regulation revisions and remedies for false information.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 901","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H066C8585BB4C4E01804DD90418E65484"},"heading":"Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Innovation Integration","effect":"Renames the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering as the Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Innovation Integration, sets qualifications and duties, updates references in law, and takes effect one year after enactment.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 902","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H447BAFA227F54EB9AC9EAEEDE0AC2947"},"heading":"Repeal of position of Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation","effect":"Repeals section 139a of title 10, which sets up the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, makes many conforming repeals and amendments, and requires the Secretary of Defense to transfer the remaining duties within one year.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 921","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H8C9F20EA52A74A9BA2D2938AA9E165C3"},"heading":"Modification of analysis required for reductions to civilian workforce under general policy for total force management","effect":"Requires the analysis behind civilian workforce reductions under section 129a(b) of title 10 to be documented in writing, and directs the Comptroller General to review that analysis and report by March 1, 2024.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 922","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H7546FABAEDFB4F44A4982E3AF9CCCB96"},"heading":"Additional requirements under general policy for total force management","effect":"Amends section 129a of title 10 to require written data analytics on civilian workforce sizing and composition, an annual briefing on them, and planning, programming and budgeting reviews that weigh all components of the total force.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 911","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HB11442C4D5FF442AA227FE3F71CB28B8:~:text=911.%20Additional%20requirements%20under%20general%20policy%20for"},"part":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to develop written data analytics on the sizing and composition of the civilian workforce and to brief the congressional defense committees on them by March 31 each 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enactment.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 930","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H462EE0345722421DB078571C61765ED9"},"heading":"Framework for classification of autonomous capabilities","effect":"Requires the Department of Defense's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer to set up a Department-wide classification framework for autonomous capabilities within 180 days, reassess it every two years, and develop a plan to integrate autonomy software.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 932","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HFF647EB105E54560858C7CB8159CE6E4"},"heading":"Enhancing Department of Defense coordination of geoeconomic affairs","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to review the Department's planning, resourcing and contributions to interagency geoeconomic efforts, assess gaps, make a plan to address them, and report to the congressional defense committees within 180 days.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 951","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H418C1A0BFEB9480FBA766B84611DE20A"},"heading":"Establishment of Space National Guard","effect":"Establishes a Space National Guard as part of the organized militia of the States, Territories, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, and a Space National Guard of the United States as the reserve component of the Space Force.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 952","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HE5D0D7420F59415BAD3D269E354679F0"},"heading":"No effect on military installations","effect":"States that the subtitle and its amendments are not to be construed to authorize or require relocating any facility, infrastructure or military installation of the Space National Guard or Air National Guard.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 953","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H0C23A4239376417FABA6C392D58B1AC5"},"heading":"Implementation of Space National Guard","effect":"Requires the Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to implement the Space National Guard subtitle within 18 months, with a briefing to the congressional defense committees within 90 days and annually for five more years.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 954","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H71F63D5712F24F4EBCDB5B455BC3346C"},"heading":"Conforming amendments and clarification of authorities","effect":"Amends titles 10 and 32 of the United States Code to define the Space National Guard and the Space National Guard of the United States, and adds sections 10115 to 10117 on its composition and status.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1002","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H1FE98018D27C43449CF01F3E75B5FA3B"},"heading":"Requirement for a covered Armed Force to submit posture statements in support of congressional budget process","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense, each military department Secretary and the chief of each covered Armed Force to submit a written posture statement on budget priorities before the annual budget hearings, starting with fiscal year 2025.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1003","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H90A20712A18741799A57E69FAF13869E"},"heading":"Establishment of a Blockchain-Distributed Ledger Technologies-Smart Contracts Defense Applications Working Group","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to establish a Blockchain-Distributed Ledger Technologies-Smart Contracts Defense Applications Working Group within 180 days to identify defense uses of blockchain, issue policies by April 1, 2024, and sunset it on December 31, 2028.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1005","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H2289BC0CE3A14806909CE9731BC40CB9"},"heading":"Report on progress and challenges to achieving an unqualified audit opinion","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to report within 180 days on the progress and challenges of Department of Defense components without an unqualified audit opinion, including a ranking, resource needs, investments, GAO recommendation status and workforce strategy.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1005B","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HAA60B85B9FDC4ABB84649B89CF7BAE4E"},"heading":"Department of Defense spending reductions in absence of submitted financial statements or failure to achieve unqualified or qualified independent audit opinion","effect":"Reduces discretionary budget authority of the Department of Defense by .5 percent each fiscal year if it lacks a submitted financial statement or an unqualified or qualified audit opinion, excluding certain accounts, with a presidential waiver and an OMB report.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1004","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H485B4D38E4B54389824B214B11A7A8B4:~:text=1004.%20Audit%20requirement%20for%20Department%20of%20Defense"},"part":"Applies a .5 percent reduction when no financial statement is submitted or no audit opinion is received, allows a presidential waiver, and requires an OMB report on each adjustment within 60 days."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1007","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HFD60323DE8EF403F9778D5832ABA2187"},"heading":"Threat analysis regarding fentanyl crisis","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to conduct a threat analysis of the illicit fentanyl drug trade to defense interests and report it to the congressional defense committees by March 31, 2024, with recommendations and actions taken.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1008","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H70453DC1DC5F44129DD8C37F7EA6F20E"},"heading":"Report on role of Department of Defense in supporting National Emergency Declaration combating fentanyl crisis","effect":"States a sense of Congress on the national emergency declared in Executive Order No. 14059 and Department of Defense counternarcotics roles, and requires a report within 180 days on Department activities and resources to support that effort.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1022","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H2E3BBF8245F34690816312E380089439"},"heading":"Plan for extended prohibition on retirement of ships","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to include, with fiscal year 2025 budget materials, a plan to resource and retain ships covered by funding limits until the end of fiscal year 2027 or the end of their expected service life.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1023","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HA5F054FD35994FB9B9E4F0D320F690F8"},"heading":"Congressional notification regarding pending retirement of naval vessels viable for artificial reefing","effect":"States a sense of Congress that the Navy should explore artificial reefing for retiring vessels, and requires notice to the Armed Services Committees 90 days before retiring any vessel viable for artificial reefing.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1025","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H116BEA9F7C0143809ACC709BF1230CA4"},"heading":"Sense of Congress regarding naming a naval vessel after William B. Gould","effect":"States a sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy should name a commissioned naval vessel after William B. Gould, a formerly enslaved sailor and Civil War veteran.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1027","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HC8FECC11833C46A8ACB79C7621F74A42"},"heading":"Sense of Congress regarding naming of naval vessel after Major James Capers, Jr.","effect":"States a sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy should name a vessel the \"U.S.S. Major James Capers Jr.\" in honor of his acts of valor in the Marine Corps from March 31 through April 3, 1967.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1046","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H665F528BB5744A95A21B8DC6FFC70AD3"},"heading":"Prohibition on use of funds for advisory committees related to environmental, social, and governance aspects","effect":"Bars use of fiscal year 2024 Department of Defense funds to establish advisory committees related to environmental, social, and governance aspects or for the Defense Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, and defines those terms.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1047","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H22FD761948EF4DBC9C7E84DBDB4DB63C"},"heading":"Security clearance reinstatement for recently separated members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to waive reinstatement reviews and deem security clearances valid for one year after separation for former service members and civilian employees, then complete reviews within 180 days, with listed exceptions.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1050","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H6DA34F42BC2F45E38E6D2880ADE6E0A8"},"heading":"Prohibition on use of funds to implement certain executive orders","effect":"Bars use of funds authorized by this Act or otherwise available to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2024 to implement seven listed executive orders, including Nos. 13990, 14008, 14030, 14057, 14082 and 14096, and Section 6 of No. 14013.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1065","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HFD79D49E5D1C4C109F32BD75BF933153"},"heading":"Assessment and strategy relating to range capability and capacity for Joint All-Domain Operations","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to report on Department of Defense range capability and capacity in Florida, submit a Joint All-Domain Operations range strategy by November 1, 2024, and give an interim briefing within 90 days.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1066","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H3C5EA5B14AC34221BF46E1A57A685891"},"heading":"Report on defense of Department of Defense facilities and forces in European and Indo-Pacific regions from missile and air attack","effect":"Requires a study of whether the Department of Defense can defend its facilities and forces in the European and Indo-Pacific regions from missile and air attack, and a report with a plan through 2030 by June 30, 2024.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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adversaries.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1078","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HC5B6CE9A21E9454FAF4824506DB0B21F"},"heading":"Annual report on oversight of fraud, waste, and abuse","effect":"Requires the Department of Defense Inspector General to submit a detailed annual report to Congress on oversight investigations into fraud, waste, and abuse, including statistical tables and recommendations, and requires that each report be made publicly available.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1079","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H5DB0D59048634C28A7A6432ACEA5D8D7"},"heading":"Assessment of the effectiveness of low-cost anti-ship weapons in the Indo-Pacific","effect":"Directs the Commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command to assess the feasibility, effectiveness, and value of developing low-cost anti-ship weapons within 180 days, and requires a briefing to the congressional defense committees.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1080B","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HE528FB577BEB432F9223F1B899561808"},"heading":"Report on private military companies that are a concern to United States national security","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to report within one year to the congressional defense committees on private military companies the Secretary determines are a national security concern, including personnel, locations, funding sources, illicit conduct, and conflicts with the Armed Forces.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1080F","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HBB9AFDDD04314595ACAA3C33C304A118"},"heading":"Annual reports on activities relating to unmanned aerial systems","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit annual reports to the congressional defense committees on incidents involving unmanned aerial systems and on training exercises to defend against them, including an evaluation of how the exercises are designed and conducted.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1080G","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HE18F961B23A64F6782BB97A325287D3F"},"heading":"GAO Review and Report on Biological Weapons Experiments on and in relation to ticks, tick-borne disease","effect":"Directs the Comptroller General to review Department of Defense research from 1945 through 1970 on using ticks as delivery mechanisms for biological warfare agents, and to report to Congress within 18 months on the scope of the research, tick releases, and destroyed records.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1080H","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HC6B10A2303104F99B0FDA7455DCE041F"},"heading":"Report on Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training program","effect":"Requires the Secretary of the Navy to report within 180 days on the Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training program, covering standards, medical care, instructors, candidate deaths and serious injuries, and corrective actions, with accompanying documents.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1080K","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H697F0629986C49E191FDBCDDBC1F6723"},"heading":"Report and transmission of documents on withdrawal of United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report within one year on Department of Defense actions during the Afghanistan withdrawal and evacuation, and requires the Secretaries of Defense and State to transmit related documents to committees within 180 days.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1081","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H3CCDBC27A3B0496DB5E53A88A228CBFD"},"heading":"Navy consideration of Coast Guard views on matters directly concerning Coast Guard capabilities","effect":"Adds a section to title 10 requiring the Secretary of the Navy to ensure the Commandant of the Coast Guard's views are given appropriate consideration before major Navy Department decisions on matters directly concerning Coast Guard capabilities in support of national defense.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1086","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H9558A840AAC84FB698F2063E4EDC5D56"},"heading":"Sense of Congress regarding defense presence in the Indo-Pacific region","effect":"States the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense should maintain sufficient force posture and capabilities in the Indo-Pacific Command area and that the Indo-Pacific is a joint theater requiring joint coordination among all service branches.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1087","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H97DEF5F6A91B430EB7B743C00459927E"},"heading":"Compliance with GAO recommendations on artificial intelligence","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to certify within one year that guidance and agreements have been issued to improve collaboration among entities involved in artificial intelligence across the Department, as recommended in GAO Report 23-106089.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1088","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H91B48BC32A674E4187EB0290CB8281E7"},"heading":"Process for carrying out demilitarization and disposition of major end items","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to certify within one year that a process exists to reconcile inconsistent demilitarization codes and that guidance has been developed for the disposition of major end items.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1091","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H50C534D0634E4AB58CDFB94AB1D2E647"},"heading":"Authorization to use nonelectric vehicles at Yuma Proving Ground","effect":"Directs the Secretary of Defense to ensure that members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees assigned to the Yuma Proving Ground are authorized to use nonelectric vehicles in their duties.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1092","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HB2EA4A56500345278D3336F55193B6C7"},"heading":"Sense of Congress regarding support for Energy Functional Specialist Civil Affairs Officer program","effect":"States findings on the Energy Functional Specialist Civil Affairs Officer program and expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should continue to support and fully fund it and assess expanding it.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1093","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H16D005DB05EA4EDBAC503DD4D5003252"},"heading":"Smart sleepers and bassinets at military exchanges","effect":"Adds section 2486 to title 10, United States Code, requiring the Secretary of Defense to sell or rent sleepers and bassinets with up-to-date sleep technology through military exchanges.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1094","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H282F895E786E46C881CE1C098A3BA2EF"},"heading":"Sense of Congress regarding removal of priests from Walter Reed Medical Hospital","effect":"Expresses the sense of Congress that pastoral care is vital to military personnel and families, and that the Department of Defense should investigate the removal of priests from Walter Reed Medical Hospital and ensure uninterrupted pastoral care access.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1095","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HF88DF9A6ABB542D1AE9B9106CCA28FAD"},"heading":"Sense of Congress on rare earth magnet supply chain","effect":"Expresses the sense of Congress that a domestic supply of rare earth elements supports national defense, and encourages the Secretary of Defense to keep supporting projects for the domestic rare earth permanent magnet supply chain.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1096","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H54B13B54C53E489AB7ED86FDE114C5B6"},"heading":"Sense of Congress regarding use of MQ-9 Reaper in area of operations of United States Indo-Pacific Command","effect":"Expresses the sense of Congress that the MQ-9 Reaper should be used to the greatest extent possible in the area of operations of the United States Indo-Pacific Command.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1099","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HB911249E4F9B4B3790DEC711D6F4AE9C"},"heading":"Report on military requirements in the event of a Chinese attack of Taiwan","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a classified report to the congressional defense committees on military posture, logistics, maintenance and sustainment requirements to resist a Chinese attack and attempted invasion of Taiwan.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1099A","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H438F8D273EB84163A673B3F5150A124D"},"heading":"Report on obstacles to mission of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency","effect":"Requires the Director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency to report to Congress on the most significant obstacles to the agency's mission of recovering and identifying missing remains, with recommendations to resolve them.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1099B","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H4E2333A3364049A9A97F2B818FD1669D"},"heading":"Protection of ideological freedom","effect":"Amends section 2001 of title 10 to bar Department of Defense employees from compelling, teaching or training members of the armed forces to believe listed politically-based concepts, or requiring such belief as a condition of personnel actions.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 576","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H7BB5A676C1934C9599E2D8566E3977FB:~:text=576.%20Prohibition%20on%20use%20of%20Federal%20funds"},"part":"Bars compelling or training belief in listed concepts, bars conditioning personnel actions on such belief, and bars promoting race-based differential treatment, all through an amendment to title 10."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HB40B355A86474E9680FE91F52E804E87"},"heading":"Authority to establish excepted service positions for army law enforcement activities","effect":"Adds 10 U.S.C. 7378, letting the Secretary of Defense create excepted service positions for Army law enforcement activities, appoint and set pay for them, require an implementation plan and regulations, and set a one-year probationary period.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1108","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HCE23B817D4FB432A96AD9ACBD6BF78FF"},"heading":"Waiver of limitation on appointment of recently retired members of armed forces to DOD competitive service positions","effect":"Amends section 3326 of title 5, United States Code, by adding \"certain\" to its heading, replacing \"the civil service\" with \"the excepted service or the Senior Executive Service\", and striking text in paragraph (1) of subsection (b).","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1111","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HC6A96CB0AF454978BB6071BE323E9851"},"heading":"Support United States Strategic Command and United States Space Command enterprises","effect":"Adds 10 U.S.C. 1599k, letting the Secretary of Defense apply the section 1762 acquisition demonstration project to Air Force employees assigned to support U.S. Strategic Command or U.S. Space Command.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1113","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HD5B9F1A2E99840E9A69B1ABEA36F6506"},"heading":"GAO report on civilian support positions at remote military installations","effect":"Requires the Comptroller General, within 2 years, to report to the Secretary of Defense on vacancies, time to fill positions, and hiring incentive recommendations for civilian support services positions at remote or isolated military installations.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1121","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H36609504ED654C91BE9E45AA880CE5DF"},"heading":"Expand Department of Defense civilian employment","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense, within 5 years and to the extent practicable, to ensure each commercial position in the Department of Defense is filled by a civilian employee or performed by a contractor.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1122","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H6373851045144652B170BF4B6224CFC5"},"heading":"National digital reserve corps","effect":"Establishes a National Digital Reserve Corps in the General Services Administration, covering reservist standards, a 3-year service agreement, pay up to $10,000 per year, assignments to agencies, training, reports, and $30,000,000 in authorized appropriations.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1536","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H57ED41AA172A4DAEAFE34C6F0AD565AC:~:text=1536.%20Authority%20to%20conduct%20pilot%20program%20on"},"part":"Establishes a permanent General Services Administration program serving civilian Executive agencies, with up to $10,000 annual pay, a 3-year service obligation, penalties, and $30,000,000 authorized."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1210A","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HA44FC09A36EC42AA8FB650426164B9F5"},"heading":"General Thaddeus Kosciuszko memorial exchange program for Polish-American defense cooperation","effect":"Directs the Commander of United States Army Special Operations Command to seek a training program under section 322 of title 10 with Polish Army special forces, names it the General Thaddeus Kosciuszko Memorial Exchange Program, and requires a progress report within 120 days.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1210B","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H3A46C785EB78428A944B9737B6ADFA43"},"heading":"Report on coordination in the State Partnership Program","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on the feasibility of coordinating with private entities and State governments to supply resources and personnel for technical exchanges under the State Partnership Program.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1220","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H7137240181544799BE0170FCA630CE51"},"heading":"Modifications to the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction","effect":"Amends section 1229(m)(1)(B) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 by replacing “the reconstruction of Afghanistan” with “assistance for the benefit of the Afghan people”.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1220E","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HCA950C6C7A9341BAADE1AA52048A0B86"},"heading":"Sense of Congress regarding Israel","effect":"States the sense of Congress that Israel has been a strong ally of the United States since 1948, that continued security assistance to Israel is essential to United States strategic interest, and that such support is vital given current challenges including threats from Iran.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1220G","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HD3616615A7D440A89063ACF1060201DF"},"heading":"Improvements relating to United States-Israel cooperation to counter unmanned aerial systems","effect":"Amends section 1278 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 to raise a limit from $40,000,000 to $55,000,000, require a Department of Defense report on cooperation with Israel and the Iranian unmanned aerial system threat, and define unmanned aerial system.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1253","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HF593B77D4470439BBB1A1D9B50ADA304:~:text=1253.%20Improvements%20relating%20to%20United%20States"},"part":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to report within 180 days on the status of United States-Israel counter-unmanned aerial system cooperation and on the Iranian threat, and defines “unmanned aerial system” to include loitering munitions."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1220J","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H47B608858B954E2CB6E2FFF2188353A1"},"heading":"Report on United States force capabilities in the CENTCOM area of responsibility","effect":"States the sense of Congress that the United States should maintain robust capabilities in the Central Command area, and requires the Commander of Central Command to report within 180 days assessing capabilities and identifying gaps with recommendations.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1220K","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H19CDB5017C984832AE3CDD4696E2B80C"},"heading":"Prohibition on funding for and removal of sanctions against the Taliban","effect":"Bars fiscal year 2024 Department of Defense funds from supporting the Taliban or its affiliates, bars waiving or mitigating sanctions imposed on or before August 18, 2021 without a new law, and defines affiliate.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1272","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HDE114355C2934B71AFB6AA4410D5EC55:~:text=1272.%20Prohibition%20on%20funding%20for%20the%20Taliban"},"part":"Bars waiving or mitigating United States sanctions on the Taliban or its affiliates imposed on or before August 18, 2021, except by a later law specifically providing for it."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1220L","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HA4333D9B97F0452C92135C4AD0C74960"},"heading":"Report on agreements made by the United States with the Taliban","effect":"Requires the Secretary of State to submit to congressional committees agreements between the United States or third parties and the Taliban, before entry or within set days after custody, plus prior agreements since August 1, 2021 within 90 days.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1221","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H7323787C580D435BA812F346B5552911"},"heading":"Direct hire authority for certain personnel of the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense","effect":"Lets the Department of Defense Inspector General hire candidates for Ukraine oversight positions outside the usual competitive hiring rules, and gives the State Department and USAID Inspectors General temporary, annuitant and direct-hire authorities, with sunset dates.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1250B","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H95EABF2256EC46BEB58D1A484ACBB771:~:text=1250B.%20Oversight%20of%20programs%20and%20operations%20funded"},"part":"Gives the State Department and USAID Inspectors General temporary appointment, annuitant reemployment and direct-hire authority for Ukraine oversight, capped at 45 direct-hire positions per office per year."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1222","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HD90B945CBB564FBE93B6F63E4842D482"},"heading":"Special Inspector General for Ukraine Assistance","effect":"Establishes the Office of the Special Inspector General for Ukraine Assistance to audit and investigate military and nonmilitary support for Ukraine, and sets its appointment, duties, staffing, contracting authority and quarterly reports.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1250B","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H95EABF2256EC46BEB58D1A484ACBB771:~:text=1250B.%20Oversight%20of%20programs%20and%20operations%20funded"},"part":"Creates a new Office headed by a Senate-confirmed Special Inspector General for Ukraine Assistance, with independence to issue subpoenas, a required presence in Ukraine, and its own contracting and employment authorities."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1224","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H2E7316B2ECBA41DCA051668E9D9C9437"},"heading":"Extension of lend-lease authority to Ukraine","effect":"Extends the lend-lease authority under the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 from fiscal years 2022 and 2023 to fiscal years 2022 through 2024, and requires a Secretary of Defense report within 90 days.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1225","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H585A53AA217540AE82F5A20BBB8272EF"},"heading":"Plan and report relating to allied and partner support to Ukraine","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a plan to increase allied and partner contributions for Ukraine, then reports every 90 days on contributions by country and on the plan, ending on a set sunset date.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1243","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H51D9B85812244C4DB2D88CFF83F44CFE:~:text=1243.%20Report%20relating%20to%20allied%20and%20partner"},"part":"Requires a plan to encourage increased allied and partner contributions to match United States military contributions, with 90-day updates on efforts under that plan."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1230","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H4CE6BCD1E6C84B3B8A15C07510558A85"},"heading":"Report on allied contributions to the common defense","effect":"States the sense of Congress on allied contributions to the common defense and requires an annual March 1 report on defense spending and contributions of NATO, Gulf Cooperation Council, Rio Treaty and other listed countries.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1231","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H90FCCF62E0AC4922B7ABBD8CD2A990FF"},"heading":"Statement of policy relating to NATO-Russia Founding Act","effect":"Declares it United States policy that the 1997 NATO-Russia Founding Act does not prohibit a permanent presence of United States Armed Forces in Europe or constrain deployment of United States or NATO forces.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1232","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H147D125A54024280AF6836B714323236"},"heading":"Strategy to delay, disrupt, and degrade Rosatom’s proliferation activities and other revenue streams","effect":"Sets out findings about Rosatom and China's reactors, and requires the Secretary of Defense, within 90 days, to submit to congressional committees a strategy to delay, disrupt, and degrade Rosatom's proliferation activities and other revenue streams that fund Russia's military.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1233","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HC3389CFE0686415E8959FA3AF3A635FC"},"heading":"Baltic Security Initiative","effect":"States the sense of Congress on Baltic security and requires the Secretary of Defense, with the Secretary of State's concurrence, to submit within one year a strategy to deepen security cooperation with Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1235","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HD1A36CE58EC54D15AAC9D73169C2E49D"},"heading":"Sense of Congress on defense by NATO member states","effect":"States the sense of Congress that each NATO member state should commit to providing at least 2 percent of its Gross Domestic Product to defense to continue to ensure NATO's military readiness.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1250","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H5E1DC8353CEC4FC796CA33D12E5A29CF"},"part":"States the sense of Congress that each NATO member state should commit to at least 2 percent of GDP for defense to ensure NATO's military readiness."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1244","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H0A60CB5B791E4E5FA0C3AAFB4191253D"},"heading":"Determination of location for McCain Irregular Warfare Center","effect":"Requires the John S. McCain III Center for Security Studies in Irregular Warfare to be established at a location chosen by the Secretary, and lists criteria such as academic focus, partner networks, facility space, and support capacity.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1245","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H25D57C66755E417E9ED34E42C2F28219"},"heading":"Designation of priority theaters of operation and combatant commands; priority for sales of defense articles and services","effect":"Amends section 22 of the Arms Export Control Act to require the Secretary of Defense to designate priority theaters and combatant commands by October 31 each fiscal year, and to give priority to foreign sales to countries in them.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1246","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H8C68705DB0DD4AA08899C052136254BC"},"heading":"Report on how to protect United States defense technology sold to foreign partners","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense, within 180 days, to report to House committees on how unauthorized users will be prevented from accessing sensitive information about U.S. defense technology sold to foreign partners, with specified elements.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1247","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HDACD028EBB4F4DB69E6674DE7F0E6F28"},"heading":"Inclusion of special operations forces in planning and strategy relating to the Arctic region","effect":"Requires the Commander of the United States Special Operations Command to develop a Special Operations Forces Arctic Security Strategy within one year, with set elements, replacement Arctic readiness terms, and annual progress reports to the Armed Services Committees.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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content conditions, and requires annual reports to Congress."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1302","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HAE3531AF6E21418EBEB5BDAA5FBC8CF5"},"heading":"Independent assessment and report on the progress made under the Pacific Deterrence Initiative","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to enter an agreement with an independent research entity to assess Department of Defense activities under the Pacific Deterrence Initiative, with a report to the congressional defense committees within 270 days.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1307","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H1AB0A9475DB24B07AB947BA4602A66BE"},"heading":"Modifications to initiative to support protection of national security academic researchers from undue influence and other security threats","effect":"Amends section 1286 of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act to add measures of effectiveness and performance for the research security initiative, add report content, and require research security programs at institutions receiving over $50,000,000.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1224","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H43A43C1D092C486AA5E255ECCE72AD2D:~:text=1224.%20Second%20modification%20of%20initiative%20to%20support"},"part":"Requires each institution of higher education receiving more than $50,000,000 a year from the Department of Defense for defense research to maintain a research security program and certify it annually."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1309","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H9A34CE8D78504969A480A52409854098"},"heading":"Expansion of international technology focused partnerships and experimentation activities in the Indo-Pacific","effect":"Directs the Secretary of Defense to develop, within 180 days, a plan and roadmap to expand technology-focused partnerships and experimentation in the Indo-Pacific, including capabilities to improve Taiwan's self-defense, with a briefing within 270 days.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1310A","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H93CDA39ABD494915A29DAB722C0AA484"},"heading":"Report on reestablishment of civic action teams in Pacific Island countries","effect":"Requires a report within 180 days assessing whether to reestablish civic action teams in the Marshall Islands and Micronesia, and the benefits and challenges of establishing them in eleven other Pacific Island countries.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1310D","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HEC6703C8DEF24C08A94C4BDC6A2FEB7C"},"heading":"United States-Taiwan Combined Planning Group Study and Report","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense, within 180 days, to study whether establishing a United States-Taiwan Combined Planning Group or an alternative mechanism is feasible and advisable, and to report the results to Congress.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1310E","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H77C55AA46C834C9DAEC70C398D47A3E1"},"heading":"Sense of Congress on liaisons with Taiwan","effect":"States the sense of Congress that working-level communication and coordination between United States and Taiwanese elements should be strengthened, and that the Secretary of Defense should use existing authorities to facilitate it.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1310H","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HFE3163CBE1474E5CA7CC93151FFE569C"},"heading":"Study on determination of defense needs of Taiwan","effect":"Requires a study on the defense needs of Taiwan and the potential loan and lease of defense articles to Taiwan, with an unclassified report to Congress within 90 days that may include a classified annex.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1310I","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H56F130FBAD0B4C24AA7CEE8180D2D317"},"heading":"Limitation on certain maps","effect":"Bars the use of funds authorized by this Act to create, procure, or display any map that depicts Taiwan, Kinmen, Matsu, Penghu, Wuciou, Green Island, or Orchid Island as part of the territory of the People's Republic of China.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1310N","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H441B1D07F49748A3A57010C8AB431009"},"heading":"Report on defense support for Taiwan","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense, within 180 days, to report on Foreign Military Sales processes and timelines for defense articles, services, and training provided to Taiwan, and on military training activities with Taiwan.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1311","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HD7B149BDA4C14D26A3679E6DDDDD2DAB"},"heading":"Modifications to public reporting of Chinese military companies operating in the United States","effect":"Amends section 1260H of the FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act so the Secretary of Defense considers information from the chair and ranking member of a congressional defense committee, and adds related items to the annual report.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1312","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H5058DD4CA13A4FE5B49617FCDF7041F4"},"heading":"Modification to annual report on military and security developments involving the People's Republic of China","effect":"Rewrites section 1202(b)(3)(C) of the FY2000 National Defense Authorization Act so the annual China military report covers China's relations with Russia, including support for the invasion of Ukraine, and with Iran.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1314","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HCFBB4991149F4AE78BFF4EB7C1D13268"},"heading":"Study and report on implementation of naval blockades of shipments of fossil fuels to China in event of armed conflict","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense, within 180 days, to report on a study of the feasibility of naval blockades of fossil fuel shipments to China in an armed conflict, covering named waterways and China's alternatives.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1317","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H2227756FB9C14ABCA2D7F2DCF43AE306"},"heading":"Inclusion of information on emerging technological developments in annual China Military Power report","effect":"Requires the annual China Military Power report to include a component identifying and assessing at least five critical or emerging technology fields and at least 10 People's Republic of China entities involved in each.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1318","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H7D5A54F8141549C48F021AD5F0FA65EB"},"heading":"Report on relationships between the PRC and Iran","effect":"Amends section 1202(b) of the FY2000 National Defense Authorization Act to add developments in the relationship between the People's Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Iran to the annual China military report.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1319","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HF2476AE772A04A7185DFED3518F2F4E3"},"heading":"Report on military activities of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China in the Arctic region","effect":"Amends section 1238 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 to add four report elements on Russia's and China's Arctic activity after the February 24, 2022 invasion of Ukraine, and defines \"Arctic region\".","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1320","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H9D66C774103842C09FE3F787DC903AD3"},"heading":"Report on activity of the People’s Liberation Army, the Chinese Communist Party and Government of the People’s Republic of China in Cambodia","effect":"Requires the President to submit a report within 180 days assessing PRC, Chinese Communist Party and People's Liberation Army involvement at Ream Naval Base and Dara Sakor Airport in Cambodia, and related matters.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1411","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HBC3F91C8C0814CC4B4EBD945431A5113"},"heading":"Expansion of National Defense Stockpile requirements for era of great power competition","effect":"Amends the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act to set stockpile quantity targets of two years, then three years from January 1, 2028, for a global war scenario, and to base national emergency planning assumptions on it.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1411","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H15B426BD98F04DD9B6C6799546DE507B:~:text=1411.%20Improvements%20to%20Strategic%20and%20Critical%20Materials"},"part":"Sets stockpile sufficiency targets of two years and then three years for a sustained conventional global war, and requires planning assumptions based on such a scenario."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1412","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HF381DF218C8F4859B2B95E217856C83C"},"heading":"Membership of Coast Guard on Strategic Materials Protection Board","effect":"Amends section 10(b) of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act to add a senior Coast Guard official to the Strategic Materials Protection Board, only for matters relating to the Coast Guard.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1504","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HDD732241DF63423588D2D99CBAD966EE"},"heading":"Authority to establish program of United States Cyber Command on dark web and deep web analysis tools","effect":"Allows the Commander of United States Cyber Command to establish or augment a program integrating dark web and deep web analysis tools into packages distributed to combatant commands, under the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1521","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HEB21D771095F46E694B1F9F910A67617"},"heading":"Authority to accept voluntary and uncompensated services from cybersecurity experts","effect":"Lets the Commander of the United States Cyber Command accept voluntary and uncompensated services from cybersecurity experts despite section 1342 of title 31, and renames the command in section 167b of title 10.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1523","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H677322881BBE4AEDB88C14CE63CA72D6"},"heading":"Modifications to rates of pay for certain cyber-related positions of Department of Defense","effect":"Amends section 1599f of title 10 to cover the Department of Defense cyber mission and sets basic and special pay rates for cyber positions, with caps up to Executive Schedule level II and Vice President pay, and a limit of 1000 individuals.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1531","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HC1ECF66C001244CE949F54EBC7A5FA71"},"heading":"Oversight for Command Post Computing Environment contract award","effect":"Requires the Secretary of the Army to notify the congressional defense committees in writing within 14 days after awarding a contract for the Command Post Computing Environment program, including the selection criteria used.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1533","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HC5AED9A3590E4BAFBFF2332DE5455001"},"heading":"GAO review of cyberspace operations management","effect":"Directs the Comptroller General to review, within 150 days, how the Secretary of Defense manages cyberspace operations, with listed elements and components, interim briefings every 45 days, and a final submission to the congressional defense committees.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1606","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HFD1B864CD4CE43568D0DB5036DAEC33B"},"heading":"Limitation on use of funds pending submission of certain reports on space policy","effect":"States findings and a sense of Congress on space policy, limits fiscal year 2024 travel funds of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy to 90 percent pending two reports, and rewrites the updates requirement in section 1611(c)(2) of the FY2022 NDAA.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1605","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H17BD5C9F3B6449C383E51C7ED3ED65E9:~:text=1605.%20Modification%20to%20updates%20of%20space%20policy"},"part":"Limits obligation of fiscal year 2024 travel funds for the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy to 90 percent until the reports under sections 1609(c) and 1611(c)(1) of the FY2022 NDAA are submitted, and states findings and a sense of Congress."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1607","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H41E21C1F3FCF4EAC9C4C51DA09F2B91F"},"heading":"National security space launch program phase three acquisition","effect":"Sets a sense of Congress and requirements for the phase three national security space launch acquisition strategy, including competition in lanes 1 and 2, mission assignment rules for fiscal years 2025 through 2029, and a notification when a mission goes to lane 2.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1608","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H0CF9C2EB099F487C8FD547D3AEA585AA"},"heading":"Application of TNT equivalency to launch vehicles and components using methane propellant","effect":"Sets an interim TNT equivalency limit of 25 percent for launch vehicles using methane propellant at federal facilities, requires an in-flight yield process, requires a certification and report, and sets a sunset.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1601","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H0C8694E0881E41D78E8C799550E6E8A7:~:text=1601.%20Delegation%20of%20certain%20authority%20of%20explosive"},"part":"Caps the interim TNT equivalency for methane-propellant launch vehicles at 25 percent at federal facilities, and requires a certification of a new TNT equivalency determination, with a sunset on the cap."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1613","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H12A5D34F6982448CBDED764CDD92B19F"},"heading":"Report on Space Force use of nuclear thermal propulsion and nuclear electric propulsion space vehicles","effect":"Requires the Chief of the Space Force to submit to Congress a report on Space Force use of nuclear thermal propulsion and nuclear electric propulsion space vehicles, covering current use, planned use, and potential national security benefits.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1669","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H1A28336E56254F1B97964E3FAE85B1D9"},"heading":"Policy and report on North Atlantic Treaty Organization effective integrated air and missile defense capabilities in Europe","effect":"States a policy of contributing integrated air and missile defense capabilities to NATO, requires a report of options to NATO within 270 days, and requires a congressional briefing 14 days after that report.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1670","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HC827FD875E1E44D49B01800CDFED3EF8:~:text=1670.%20Report%20on%20potential%20enhancements%20to%20integrated"},"part":"States a policy of contributing integrated air and missile defense capabilities, such as AN/TPY-2 radars and Aegis Ashore sites, to NATO, and requires a report of options to the NATO Conference of National Armaments Directors."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1671","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HD4DE0ACD38A74827B3A706F31C0144CD"},"heading":"Strategy on production capacity and schedule for the Precision Strike Missile","effect":"Expresses the sense of Congress on the Precision Strike Missile and requires the Secretary of Defense to submit, within 180 days, a strategy on its production capacity and schedule.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1686","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H9BF0076CBF224F4B9415B8DBE5920FEB"},"heading":"Reporting mechanism on use of consultants, informants, and other human sources to acquire intelligence information","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to establish, within 180 days, a mechanism for documenting and reporting to the congressional defense committees on Department of Defense use of consultants, informants, or other human sources to acquire intelligence information.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1689","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HAD8AE6832690414A98477DD138F085DE"},"heading":"Exclusive means for the Secretary of Defense to acquire location information, web browsing history, internet search history, and Fourth Amendment-protected information","effect":"Makes Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act provisions (foreign intelligence) and a probable-cause warrant (law enforcement) the exclusive means for the Secretary of Defense to acquire location, web browsing, search and Fourth Amendment-protected information.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1802","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H03FC23B836524E6EB1E8D7B22EEDAF5E"},"heading":"Modification of defense sensitive support notification requirement","effect":"Amends section 1055(b)(3) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 to add extraordinary security protections to the defense sensitive support notification requirement and to cover notifications after the supported activity concludes.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1805","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HCAB1FD9643564FBF9A135A496EDB7160"},"heading":"Clarification of waiver authority for organizational and consultant conflicts of interest under the Federal Acquisition Regulation","effect":"Requires Federal Acquisition Regulation section 9.503 to be revised so a conflict of interest waiver request includes a written justification and the agency head cannot delegate waiver authority below the deputy head.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 812","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HC8C3ACCD2696488EBD639374B1B62CFE:~:text=812.%20Preventing%20conflicts%20of%20interest%20for%20entities"},"part":"Requires Federal Acquisition Regulation section 9.503 waiver requests to include a written justification, and bars agency heads from delegating waiver authority below the level of deputy head, across all Federal agencies."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1806","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HEA0F5CBB09704E79B56D9A7280D5A5D6"},"heading":"Genealogy collection of family members of servicemembers killed at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941","effect":"Allows the Secretary of Defense, through the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, to contract for genealogy of U.S.S. Arizona servicemembers, to identify family members and solicit genetic samples, and requires an initial and a final report.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1807","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HD88C84FD38AA4CE9BC4F4139A19EE7CD"},"heading":"Limitation on display of cut flowers or greens not produced in the United States","effect":"Bars the official display of cut flowers or cut greens not produced in the United States in public areas of buildings of the Executive Office of the President, the Department of State and the Department of Defense, effective one year after enactment.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1808","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HD35DE7D55ED745F4AAD53CCA08FC568C"},"heading":"Modification to agreements to limit encroachments and other constraints on military training, testing, and operations","effect":"Amends section 2684a of title 10 to add regionally associated installations to those covered by agreements limiting encroachments, defines that term, and applies the change to amounts appropriated for such agreements on or after enactment.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1810","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HAED55F17BCDB42F2BE31635E0729017A"},"heading":"Report on China benefitting from United States taxpayer-funded research","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense, with other officials, to report to the Armed Services Committees within 1 year on the extent to which China has benefitted from United States taxpayer-funded research, with listed contents.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1823","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H9E2C743992F04D0BB0309D4B7739D9F3"},"heading":"Study and report on damage to infrastructure in Guam resulting from Typhoon Mawar","effect":"Directs the Secretary of Defense to study damage to infrastructure in Guam from Typhoon Mawar and to report within 180 days on the findings, damaged civilian infrastructure, existing recovery authorities, and coordination with Guam municipal governments.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1825","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HF17139088992466E889BF5B8F13FC1E1"},"heading":"Report on Iran-Russia nuclear-related cooperation","effect":"Requires the President to report within 120 days on trade in nuclear-related goods, services, and technology between Russia and Iran, Russian diplomatic support for Iran at the IAEA, and possible weapons uses, in unclassified form with an optional classified annex.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1826","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HBFA1932D2AD2499A8EA7437F01F04E90"},"heading":"Report on Expediting Fighter Aircraft Sales to Israel","effect":"States the sense of Congress on Israel's defense capabilities and requires a report within 180 days on the sale and delivery schedule of F-15s and F-35s to Israel and on measures to expedite production or delivery.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1827","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H705CF8151CF44A459B938BD8C1A0038D"},"heading":"Report on system dependencies, uptime, and key factors of electronic health record system","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to report within 180 days on electronic health record system dependencies, downtime, outages, uptime goals, and governance shared with the Department of Veterans Affairs, and on plans to modernize related identity and registration systems.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1829","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HE9038DCE7BDC46FBB63E592AC55F84AB"},"heading":"Reports on Harpoon missile deliveries to Taiwan","effect":"Sets out findings and a sense of Congress on Harpoon missile deliveries to Taiwan, requires a joint report within 180 days on contracting delays and lessons from Ukraine, and a Comptroller General report assessing that report.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1306","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H4876B8007E4A4EBB851267431782A014:~:text=1306.%20Limitation%20on%20availability%20of%20funds%20pending"},"part":"Requires a report on measures to address contracting delays and lessons learned from Harpoon Coastal Defense System deliveries to Ukraine, followed by a Comptroller General assessment of that report."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1853","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H07EA7FC73A804E13A9C1AF0B3EDDF8CC"},"heading":"Exemption under Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 for certain activities that may result in incidental take of Rice’s whale","effect":"Directs the Secretaries of Commerce, the Interior, and Defense to begin the process to exempt Air Force training and testing on the Eglin Gulf Test and Training Range from the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 for incidental take of Rice's whale.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1855","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HF7EF68F082A047ABA80DC8389098F2EC"},"heading":"Restrictive housing reform","effect":"Sets rules for restrictive housing in military correctional facilities, including limits on confinement, 15-day reviews, staff training, gradual return to general population, out-of-cell time, published statistics, body cameras, and penalties for violations.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1856","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HC5BC77C9101446AB9093CC89F9475CEB"},"heading":"Sense of Congress regarding unmanned aerial, surface, and underwater vehicles","effect":"States the sense of Congress that unmanned aerial, surface, and underwater vessels play a critical role in modern warfare, that continued investment will advance the military, and that allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific should be encouraged to invest in them.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1857","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H0A3C1F8D3224477B90C933300FA8102A"},"heading":"Sense of Congress regarding naming of vessel for Battle of Dai Do","effect":"States the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy should name an amphibious or expeditionary class vessel for the Battle of Dai Do.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1858","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H6E056C406A224D9BBFE5D694ECD03863"},"heading":"Risk framework for foreign phone applications of concern","effect":"Directs the Secretary of Defense to define categories of foreign phone applications of concern, build a risk framework assessing them, issue guidance to personnel, update the framework annually, and prescribe regulations prohibiting applications on certain devices.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1859","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H632034FE1BA44D4FB51CB0834421EC94"},"heading":"Sense of Congress supporting Project Pele","effect":"States the sense of Congress that Congress supports Project Pele, an advanced portable nuclear microreactor at Idaho National Laboratory targeted for 2025, and that the project will be critical to national security by powering military bases.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1861","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H56F810BA14084C56B25961246B5A047A"},"heading":"Waiver process for certain humanitarian aid","effect":"Amends section 402(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, to require inspection of supplies before acceptance for transport and a process to waive a prohibition on shipping certain items upon request from a destination country.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1863","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H791D59B2FDF14084B6B3A792689A4F0B"},"heading":"Expanded eligibility for bereavement leave for members of the Armed Forces","effect":"Amends section 701(l) of title 10 to extend bereavement leave to a spouse, son or daughter, or parent of a member, and defines \"son or daughter\" and \"parent\" to include adoptive, step, foster, ward and in loco parentis relationships.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1864","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H67F0BCC597CF448CBB073C8E0B7BC604"},"heading":"Sense of Congress on cooperation over space exploration","effect":"Expresses the sense of Congress that United States-Israel space cooperation is in the best interest of the United States and should be supported in research, development, test, and evaluation, including between NASA and the Israel Space Agency.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1866","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HDC1434D6A91745BFB27B00390B58DC01"},"heading":"Annual review and update of online information relating to suicide prevention","effect":"Requires each Secretary of a military department, by September 30, 2023 and annually after, to review and update installation-level website information on suicide prevention and behavioral health and certify to the congressional defense committees that it is up-to-date.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1867","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HA88BA74DADFA47E2B9DD6F376BF3939A"},"heading":"Prohibition on certain exports","effect":"Adds section 164 to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act: the Secretary must prohibit export or sale of Strategic Petroleum Reserve petroleum products to China, North Korea, Russia, Iran, other sanctioned countries and their entities, subject to a waiver and a 60-day rule.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1868","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H747D5FE8B5F44C2B92D4CB4CF6D8C049"},"heading":"Report on national security threats of foreign-owned agricultural land near military installments","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense, with the Secretary of Agriculture, to report to Congress within one year on foreign-owned agricultural land within 50 miles of a military installation, including owners, citizenship, legal descriptions, acreage, and an assessment of threats.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1872","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H949B69CAEB2E4A5CBFC431EC53C8A6DA"},"heading":"Improving outreach related to cybersecurity job preparation","effect":"Directs the Secretary of Defense to improve outreach informing departing servicemembers of cybersecurity credentialing opportunities, including better searchability of online career training resources and a notice in Skillbridge for members interested in cybersecurity jobs.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 572","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H2C689009A87E4EDA904148E627920FD0"},"part":"Directs outreach to departing servicemembers on cybersecurity credentialing, improved searchability of online career training resources, and a cybersecurity notice in Skillbridge."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1873","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H42B4BC533ABD40D2BF3B8022B3EA2B8C"},"heading":"Report on Port Authority of Guam capacity","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress by March 1, 2024 on the reliability and capacity of the Port Authority of Guam, including the feasibility, costs, coral relocation, environmental studies, and timelines of dredging at its wharf.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1874","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H4431BC2111624867BA656FA626FA789D"},"heading":"Report on utility requirements in Guam","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress by March 1, 2024 on Guam utility requirements, assessing power utility pole reliability, underground power costs, and water and wastewater infrastructure reliability and improvement costs.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1077","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H68C1E3AD8647489A9673D57B451D17EE:~:text=1077.%20Assessment%20and%20recommendations%20relating%20to%20infrastructure"},"part":"Requires assessment of power utility pole reliability, the feasibility and costs of underground power supplies, and the feasibility and costs of improving water and wastewater infrastructure in Guam."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1875","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HA389BAEA8E4C4B349E781B3B81122F89"},"heading":"Disclosure requirements for persons performing research or development projects for Department of Defense","effect":"Amends sections 4001 and 4026 of title 10 to require persons performing certain Department of Defense research or development projects to state the Federal funding percentage and dollar amount and nongovernmental shares in project documents, and adds a sense of Congress.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1876","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HE28AF53972BF497A81BBD528BD2A7AF0"},"heading":"Promoting the MilTax program and tax preparation services","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to give each member of an Armed Force a written notice each year by March 1 about the MilTax program and other tax preparation help, and to report to Congress on participation rates within 6 months.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1877","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H1CA8F35EBE3A443B9061443A01D043C8"},"heading":"Study on construction of child development centers","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit to the congressional defense committees a recommended strategy for military construction of enough child development centers to eliminate wait lists for childcare.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1878","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H9303422894FC4E5F99B4F8D9030A9C3E"},"heading":"Geosynthetics performance testing","effect":"Increases Army research, development, test, and evaluation funding (PE 0602144A, line 012) by $3,300,000 for the Geosynthetics Reinforced Performance pavement test, and reduces Office of the Secretary of Defense operation and maintenance funding (line 490) by $3,300,000.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1879","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H819AA7800F564B0EBF6238D1741AFDBF"},"heading":"Prohibition on funding research in China","effect":"Bars the named Federal agency heads and any other Federal agency from directly or indirectly conducting or funding research carried out by the Government of the People's Republic of China, the Chinese Communist Party, or entities they own or control.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1880","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H0D8E857356EC46FB91F08DE50AE8C492"},"heading":"Prohibition on contracting with certain biotechnology providers","effect":"Bars executive agencies from procuring or contracting for covered biotechnology equipment or services, or contracting with entities that use them, with an effective date, waivers, exceptions, a Department of Defense evaluation of named biotechnology entities, and regulations.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1312","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H8638AD33DB234F03861DE0C26FDD79CF:~:text=1312.%20Analysis%20of%20certain%20biotechnology%20entities"},"part":"Prohibits executive agencies from procuring covered biotechnology equipment or services or contracting with entities that use them, with waivers, exceptions, loan and grant fund limits, and implementing regulations."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1884","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H53BE2A9E8B0B4854952AA039FED7530C"},"heading":"Prior notification of housing migrants on military bases","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to notify local, State, and Federal elected officials at least 90 days before the Department of Defense uses, creates, or repurposes a military base to house migrants.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1885","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HA4A2074536EC45D9A311514E8B7AF4AF"},"heading":"Authority for remembrance of Congressman Don Young with a memorial marker or niche cover and ceremony in Arlington National Cemetery","effect":"Provides, notwithstanding section 2409 of title 38, United States Code, that Congressman Don Young is to be honored with a memorial marker or niche cover and a ceremony in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2803","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H0FE7A4955FB54B5792B3421F724D2ECF"},"heading":"Modification of authority to carry out defense laboratory modernization program","effect":"Amends section 2805(g)(1)(D) of title 10, United States Code, to add \"or development, production, and sustainment of combat capabilities\" to the defense laboratory modernization program authority.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2804","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HD2647222EBA4435C8A59EAB69693BF5F"},"heading":"Expansion of maximum amount of funds available for certain defense laboratory improvement projects","effect":"Amends section 2805(g)(5) of title 10, United States Code, changing the limit on certain defense laboratory improvement project funds from $150,000,000 to $250,000,000.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2807","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H6BE74DEE690D4CF8BB5A5AF5A9D9E4BF"},"heading":"Certification of consideration of certain methods of construction for military construction projects; annual report","effect":"Adds a title 10 section barring covered officials from advancing a covered project past design or soliciting construction bids until they certify consideration of UFC 1–200–01 methods, with a Form 1391 change and a report.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 2808","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HBD0526585EF04171A9974C4AA5BDAC7E:~:text=2808.%20Inclusion%20on%20Department%20of%20Defense%20Form"},"part":"Bars covered officials from moving a project past design or soliciting construction bids before certifying, and requires a report to the congressional defense committees on the processes developed."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2809","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H06D53A78635D4AFF8786F28829F23AD7"},"heading":"Reporting requirements and congressional notification for certain military construction projects","effect":"Amends section 2851 of title 10 on construction project reporting and adds section 2851b, requiring the Secretary concerned to notify Members of Congress of awards of covered military construction contracts of $9,000,000 or more.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2821","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H812E625E916143B79D5149C84D6D2D35"},"heading":"Authority to operate certain transient housing of the Department of Defense transferred to Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment","effect":"Assigns responsibility for lodging for members on temporary duty or permanent change of station to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment, with a transfer within 90 days, a certification, and coordination duties.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2822","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HD19FC558A6C04A989DB3E04387EDC8C8"},"heading":"Department of Defense Military Housing Readiness Council","effect":"Creates the Department of Defense Military Housing Readiness Council with set membership, two meetings a year, duties on privatized housing policy, public records, annual reports from March 1, 2024, and a briefing.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 2821","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H481F0D2C36BF4EB19CEDADBF9F091D77:~:text=2821.%20Establishment%20of%20the%20Military%20Family%20Readiness"},"part":"Requires the council's records, reports and meeting minutes to be posted publicly on a Department of Defense website, and requires a March 1, 2024 briefing to the congressional defense committees."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2824","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HA6DEA31976B04A96820B8CAA1D03372E"},"heading":"Establishing additional requirements for a military housing complaint database","effect":"Amends section 2894a of title 10 so the military housing complaint database covers complaints by tenants about covered dwelling units, and adds an annual report with complaints sorted by listed types and installation.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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2847","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H0FB104BC05304F80986718F33F721D0B"},"heading":"Nonapplicability of certain Navy instruction to Johnson Valley, San Bernardino County, California","effect":"Amends section 2945(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 so it applies notwithstanding Navy instruction 11011.47D (or a similar later instruction) for Johnson Valley, California.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2856","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HC29DFB35FBDA4C828B0EE88144899C3C"},"heading":"Report relating to the Child Development Center at Scott Air Force Base in St. Clair County, Illinois","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to the congressional defense committees on fiscal year 2023 expenditures for the Scott Air Force Base Child Development Center and its needs for fiscal year 2024 and 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2861","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H08A9621102144B2D95FF1C9BBE9530BE"},"heading":"Expansion of certain exemption relating to funding requirement for certain defense community infrastructure projects","effect":"Amends section 2391(d)(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code, to add \"or an insular area\" after \"a rural area\" in an exemption from a funding requirement for defense community infrastructure projects.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2865","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HFF380EB8107745CB897B419D81B7CE11"},"heading":"Recognition of Memorial, Memorial Garden, and K9 Memorial of the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Florida, as a national memorial, memorial garden, and K9 memorial, respectively, of Navy SEALs and their predecessors","effect":"Recognizes the Memorial, Memorial Garden, and K9 Memorial of the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Florida, as a national memorial, memorial garden, and K9 memorial of Navy SEALs and their predecessors.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2867","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HF47524CC87A6413D95AF4427A6607691"},"heading":"Limitation on use of funds for closure of combat readiness training centers","effect":"Bars use of fiscal year 2024 Air Force funds to close or prepare to close any combat readiness training center, unless the Secretary of the Air Force waives it within 180 days with a certification and a report.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2872","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H9FE437A13B104DEBB07E37A21543D544"},"heading":"Sense of Congress relating to feasibility study for Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, Richmond, Kentucky","effect":"States findings on a missed deadline for a feasibility study on the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in Richmond, Kentucky, and expresses the sense of Congress that the findings be submitted by September 1, 2023.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2873","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H83AD9EBE8C854FBAB457B67F19B66654"},"heading":"Study and report on certain easements and leases owned by the Department of Defense in Hawaii","effect":"Requires a study and report within 90 days on Department of Defense leases and easements of five or more acres in Hawaii expiring by January 1, 2030, including locations, uses, renewal timelines, risks and legislative recommendations.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 364","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H1B1FF3F653184391A7E80C1580081D8B:~:text=364.%20Designation%20of%20official%20responsible%20for%20coordination"},"part":"Requires a study and report to the congressional defense committees describing each covered lease and easement in Hawaii, its renewal risks, and recommended legislative actions, including financial assistance to Hawaii."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2874","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H7789A072A6B64BE4879A73C7E32C94EA"},"heading":"Requirement to maintain access to category 3 subterranean training facility","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to keep Department of Defense access to a covered category 3 subterranean training facility, and allows a short-term lease with its provider for that purpose.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2875","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HEBE6749FBD8449DE9ADEA54AA2029D19"},"heading":"Limitation on use of funds for preparation for renewal of certain project of the Department of the Air Force","effect":"Bars use of fiscal year 2024 funds to prepare for renewal of the Air Force HVAC chiller replacement standardization project until the Secretary of the Air Force submits a certification on cost methodology, metrics and savings data.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2876","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HA74124092B7C4D7D84C4CB429CE40FBB"},"heading":"Incorporation of cyber supply chain risk management tools and methods in the energy performance master plan","effect":"Amends section 2911 of title 10 to add cyber supply chain risk management tools and methods to the energy performance master plan, and requires a report within 12 months on implementation.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 2809","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H5AE578E4BE2C4DC385D0B7877C075860:~:text=2809.%20Incorporation%20of%20cybersecurity%20supply%20chain%20risk"},"part":"Requires a report within 12 months to the congressional defense committees on progress, analysis of executive order implementation, and recommendations for cyber supply chain 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vehicle strategy, with required contents, and to brief the congressional defense committees.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 113","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H67949AE13A4F488FBDB7AE42FA0837A9:~:text=113.%20Report%20on%20acquisition%20strategies%20for%20the"},"heading":"Report on acquisition strategies for the logistics augmentation program of the Army","effect":"Requires the Secretary of the Army to review the proposed recompete of geographic combatant command task orders under the LOGCAP V contract and to report the results to the Armed Services Committees within 90 days.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 121","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H440B3F6A466E4B81B6A35113434704D2:~:text=121.%20Modification%20of%20requirements%20for%20minimum%20number"},"heading":"Modification of requirements for minimum number of carrier air wings of the Navy","effect":"Amends section 8062(e) of title 10 to require the Navy to maintain a minimum of 9 carrier air wings, each with a dedicated, fully staffed headquarters, and requires an analysis and report on manning a 10th carrier and air wing.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 125","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H62211E073C6245C7AD857E0B04FC4D15:~:text=125.%20Limitation%20on%20reductions%20to%20V"},"heading":"Limitation on reductions to V–22 aircraft nacelle improvement program","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to upgrade at least 24 V–22 aircraft under the V–22 nacelle improvement program, unless the Secretary certifies to the congressional defense committees that a lower number is in the interests of national security.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 134","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H9CD7A47214C547C8998D5952BE407BC3"},"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 131","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HD604604F41284CB89160FD1324942960:~:text=131.%20Limitation%20on%20retirement%20of%20F"},"heading":"Limitation on retirement of F–15 aircraft and modification of related reporting requirement","effect":"Bars the Air Force from retiring more than 68 F–15E aircraft through September 30, 2029, adds F–15E details to a divestment report with annual updates through 2029, and ties retirement authority to compliance with that report.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 132","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HD3AAFEFFA16042B38F57B2ADC1266B45:~:text=132.%20Limitations%20and%20minimum%20inventory%20requirement%20relating"},"heading":"Limitations and minimum inventory requirement relating to RQ–4 aircraft","effect":"Bars the Air Force from retiring RQ–4 aircraft, reducing their funding, or keeping them in excess status through September 30, 2028, and requires an inventory of at least 10, with a case-by-case exception for unrepairable aircraft.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 133","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H59F7DE225C964D528180AB25EB72658B:~:text=133.%20Temporary%20exception%20to%20minimum%20inventory%20requirement"},"heading":"Temporary exception to minimum inventory requirement for fighter aircraft of the Air Force","effect":"Lets the Secretary of the Air Force reduce the fighter aircraft primary mission aircraft inventory to as few as 1,112 aircraft from enactment until October 1, 2024, after which the standard minimum requirements apply again.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 142","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HC26442980AF042C0B10B041E07B90840:~:text=142.%20Prohibition%20on%20certain%20reductions%20to%20inventory"},"heading":"Prohibition on certain reductions to inventory of E–3 airborne warning and control system aircraft","effect":"Bars use of fiscal year 2024 Air Force funds to retire, store or move to backup inventory E–3 aircraft if the inventory would fall below 16, with exceptions for a submitted readiness plan or delivery of enough E–7 Wedgetail aircraft.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 144","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HBAC6BD852BE848B28A12DC7CF7354377:~:text=144.%20Limitation%20on%20retirement%20of%20F"},"heading":"Limitation on retirement of F–16C/D aircraft","effect":"Bars the Air Force from retiring, storing or moving to backup status F–16C/D aircraft until 180 days after a report is submitted, excepts unrepairable aircraft, and requires upgrade, cost and service-life details with the budget materials.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 160","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H10837630D84B4BFD9F8B5B7544D38F7F"},"part":"Excepts individual F–16C/D aircraft found no longer mission capable and uneconomical to repair, and requires budget materials to describe upgrades, costs and remaining service life of each aircraft proposed for retirement."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 147","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HBE5866BD5F56473DA4DDF49B207AFDCE:~:text=147.%20Limitation%20on%20retirement%20of%20T"},"heading":"Limitation on retirement of T–1A training aircraft","effect":"Bars the Air Force from retiring, storing or moving to backup status any T–1A training aircraft until the Secretary certifies full implementation of the Undergraduate Pilot Training curriculum and submits a written assessment to the congressional defense committees.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 148","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H387CC72D3EBB41439D0F4E01DB58249A:~:text=148.%20Plan%20for%20long"},"heading":"Plan for long-term Air Force fighter 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strike a limit of 5 management positions and to allow payment of travel and relocation expenses for up to 15 newly appointed and up to 15 previously appointed individuals each fiscal year.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 217","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HBB12722338164131B0B6C1C7254DE8FC:~:text=217.%20Modification%20to%20administration%20of%20the%20Advanced"},"heading":"Modification to administration of the Advanced Sensors Application Program","effect":"Amends section 218 of the FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act to name the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security and an Air Force office director as resource sponsor of the Advanced Sensors Application Program, in consultation with the Commander of Naval Air Systems Command.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 219","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HAB48D20A458C422F826E54CD6096CEA7:~:text=219.%20Improvements%20to%20defense%20quantum%20information%20science"},"heading":"Improvements to defense quantum information science and technology research and development program","effect":"Amends section 234 of the FY2019 National Defense Authorization Act to allow the Secretary to run fellowships in quantum information science for people with graduate degrees and to form partnerships with universities for multidisciplinary study.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 220","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HC152CA9C683946058256B381C1F54F92:~:text=220.%20Application%20of%20public"},"heading":"Application of public-private talent exchange programs in the Department of Defense to quantum information sciences and technology research","effect":"Directs the Secretary of Defense to seek public-private talent exchange programs on quantum information sciences and technology research, with no more than 10 participants in each program.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 222","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H96209940084F458597F8465E5E0DD6EC:~:text=222.%20Support%20to%20the%20Defence%20Innovation%20Accelerator"},"heading":"Support to the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic","effect":"Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make available not more than $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2029 to NATO's joint fund for the DIANA initiative, with notices, a strategy and annual reports to Congress.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 217","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HB50E35EA635A479DA0713E500C7FA777"},"part":"Caps funds at $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2029, requires written notice within 15 days of each payment, and requires a strategy for participation in the initiative by July 1, 2024."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 227","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HEB5563A6C0D644BDA455ABE3B4C1A897:~:text=227.%20Establishment%20or%20expansion%20of%20University%20Affiliated"},"heading":"Establishment or expansion of University Affiliated Research Centers for critical materials","effect":"Directs the Secretary of Defense to assess whether to establish or expand a University Affiliated Research Center for critical materials at a covered educational institution, to submit a plan and report, and allows a competitive support program for such institutions.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 229","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H95F27C68DF3C44F6933274617A3F6248:~:text=229.%20Rapid%20response%20to%20emergent%20technology%20advancements"},"heading":"Rapid response to emergent technology advancements or threats","effect":"Lets a military department Secretary, with approval of the Secretary of Defense, use rapid acquisition and funding authorities for up to one year to start development on an emergent technology or emerging threat, with funding capped at $100,000,000 per fiscal year.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 851","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H4F87D67C52BA4947A741051BF887B635"},"part":"Lets a military department Secretary start urgent development activity for up to one year on a written determination, with transition to an acquisition pathway within one year, and requires notice to the congressional defense committees within 15 days."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 253","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H665B6159191243828F657DFF2DC7DCD6:~:text=253.%20Annual%20review%20of%20status%20of%20implementation"},"heading":"Annual review of status of implementation plan for digital engineering career tracks","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense, at least once a year until December 31, 2029, to review the implementation plan for digital engineering career tracks and to report the findings and future personnel plans to the congressional defense committees.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 311","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H9F9662248A4F4C26AD8A1701C9833FEC:~:text=311.%20Improvement%20and%20codification%20of%20Sentinel%20Landscapes"},"heading":"Improvement and codification of Sentinel Landscapes Partnership program authority","effect":"Moves the Sentinel Landscapes Partnership program from section 317 of the Fiscal Year 2018 defense authorization into chapter 159 of title 10 as section 2693, adds other federal agencies as partners, and makes related amendments.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 313","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H5AB9770C2E694321BB751553429F57D0:~:text=313.%20Modification%20to%20technical%20assistance%20authority%20for"},"heading":"Modification to technical assistance authority for environmental restoration activities","effect":"Amends section 2705(e) of title 10 so that communities and individual community members, as well as review committees and advisory boards, can request technical assistance on environmental restoration at an installation, and lists the services covered.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 314","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H52AD22CFB7B348D0A25F4C56F388478D:~:text=314.%20Coordination%20on%20agreements%20to%20limit%20encroachments"},"heading":"Coordination on agreements to limit encroachments and other constraints on military training, testing, and operations","effect":"Amends section 2684a of title 10 to let the Secretary of Defense or a military department Secretary coordinate with any covered official on agreements to limit encroachments, and defines covered official as a Secretary concerned or the Director of the Army or Air National Guard.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 315","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HAE508DCBFFCC44CCAEBB43749BF021BF:~:text=315.%20Requirement%20for%20approval%20by%20Under%20Secretary"},"heading":"Requirement for approval by Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment of waiver for systems not meeting fuel efficiency key performance parameter","effect":"Allows the fuel efficiency key performance parameter to be waived for a system only with approval of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, for fuel consuming systems needing sustainment, and bars delegating that approval.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 319","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HE652B3E0B0324934B9216EF209901D39:~:text=319.%20Required%20infrastructure%20plan%20prior%20to%20deployment"},"heading":"Required infrastructure plan prior to deployment of certain non-tactical vehicles at military installations","effect":"Bars a Secretary concerned from deploying electric, hydrogen-powered, or advanced biofuel-powered non-tactical vehicles to an installation until an infrastructure plan is completed and found sufficient, followed by a 180-day wait for the first deployment and 60 days for later ones.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 313","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H5FD964CA7EB24DAABEAFA328D1A84B99"},"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 321","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HED4E5BD2C5704527BD978DF7C2C8D75B:~:text=321.%20Report%20on%20schedule%20and%20cost%20estimates"},"heading":"Report on schedule and cost estimates for completion of testing and remediation of contaminated sites; publication of cleanup information","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to report every two years until December 31, 2029 on schedules and cost estimates for testing and remediation of contaminated sites, and to publish cleanup status information on a public website.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 372","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H944A10B9BEA8408E8B587867A1D6D76E"},"part":"Requires a report every two years through December 31, 2029 with a proposed schedule, detailed cost estimates, and investigation timelines for testing and remediation at sites funded in fiscal year 2022."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 331","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H3C69A4BE006746188DD5AE804A48E2A3:~:text=331.%20Modification%20of%20timing%20of%20report%20on"},"heading":"Modification of timing of report on activities of PFAS Task Force","effect":"Amends section 2714(f) of title 10 to change the PFAS Task Force report timing from quarterly to annually through 2029.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 332","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HB534BD5EF5C94D6B91F0BB490F38066C:~:text=332.%20Budget%20justification%20document%20for%20funding%20relating"},"heading":"Budget justification document for funding relating to perfluoroalkyl substances and polyfluoroalkyl substances","effect":"Adds section 2716 to title 10 requiring the Secretary of Defense to submit with each annual budget a separate document consolidating Department of Defense PFAS activities, including research, testing, remediation, disposal, and community outreach.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 333","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HD4DD7C08481343DC8202354B87C1A333:~:text=333.%20Increase%20of%20transfer%20authority%20for%20funding"},"heading":"Increase of transfer authority for funding of study and assessment on health implications of perfluoroalkyl substances and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination in drinking water by Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry","effect":"Lets the Secretary of Defense transfer up to $5,000,000 during fiscal year 2024 to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to pay for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry study on PFAS in drinking water, without regard to section 2215.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 335","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H5DACE63E80DE482AAC205B87AF893D16:~:text=335.%20Treatment%20of%20certain%20materials%20contaminated%20with"},"heading":"Treatment of certain materials contaminated with perfluoroalkyl substances or polyfluoroalkyl substances","effect":"Amends section 343 of the Fiscal Year 2022 Act so that, until a final rule is adopted, the Secretary may treat PFAS-contaminated materials, including soils, with any remediation or disposal technology approved by the EPA Administrator.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 341","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H51232051319C477CA56734625B7B2343:~:text=341.%20Modification%20of%20rule%20of%20construction%20regarding"},"heading":"Modification of rule of construction regarding provision of support and services to non-Department of Defense organizations and activities","effect":"Amends section 2012(i) of title 10 to allow Innovative Readiness Training operation and maintenance funds, with approval of the Secretary concerned, to assist with demolition, road clearing, infrastructure improvements, and military construction to restore an area after a natural disaster.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 343","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H17A2382E65F24C27B715A865AF1F15FF:~:text=343.%20Modifications%20to%20Contested%20Logistics%20Working%20Group"},"heading":"Modifications to Contested Logistics Working Group of Department of Defense","effect":"Amends 10 U.S.C. 2926(d) to add Defense Logistics Agency, research and engineering, acquisition and sustainment officials to the Contested Logistics Working Group, require quarterly meetings, and require an annual report by February 1.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 347","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H30A33322CA054145814B9375D7946E25:~:text=347.%20Limitation%20on%20availability%20of%20funds%20to"},"heading":"Limitation on availability of funds to expand leased facilities for Joint Military Information Support Operations Web Operations Center","effect":"Bars obligation or expenditure of fiscal year 2024 Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide funds to expand leased facilities for the Joint Military Information Support Operations Web Operations Center until a validated manpower study is submitted to the congressional defense committees.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 348","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H90854D4225D04DD5B70C02A4D8F8414F:~:text=348.%20Limitation%20on%20availability%20of%20funds%20pending"},"heading":"Limitation on availability of funds pending submission of certain 30-year shipbuilding plan by the Secretary of the Navy","effect":"Requires the Secretary of the Navy to include a 30-year shipbuilding plan meeting the 31 amphibious warship requirement with fiscal year 2025 budget materials, and limits fiscal year 2024 Operation and Maintenance, Navy funds to 50 percent until it is submitted.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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projects to clearinghouse reviews and to require a finding of unacceptable risk for projects with structures over 200 feet within two nautical miles of a missile launch facility unless the structures are removed.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 365","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H6767211348EE4F34A9F1B3C1DC52A3B1:~:text=365.%20Continued%20designation%20of%20Secretary%20of%20the"},"heading":"Continued designation of Secretary of the Navy as executive agent for Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School","effect":"Requires the Secretary of the Navy to continue through fiscal year 2024 as Department of Defense executive agent for the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School and, with Special Operations Command, to provide support for its operation.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 502","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H9D924770D312401783F1E657C06E1B92:~:text=502.%20Extension%20of%20active%20duty%20term%20for"},"heading":"Extension of active duty term for Attending Physician at United States Capitol","effect":"Continues the present Attending Physician at the United States Capitol on active duty until six years after the date of enactment of the Act.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 504","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HCA891378BBD647CC8CDA4BCC7DDB6406:~:text=504.%20Flexibility%20in%20determining%20terms%20of%20appointment"},"heading":"Flexibility in determining terms of appointment for certain senior officer positions","effect":"Adds section 602 to title 10, letting the Secretary of Defense extend or reduce the term of certain senior officer appointments by up to six months for national defense or to stagger terms, and adds the matching table of sections item.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 506","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H6D83406C68374D3E8EF65AE26F6623E1:~:text=506.%20Authority%20to%20increase%20the%20number%20of"},"heading":"Authority to increase the number of medical and dental officers recommended for promotion to certain grades","effect":"Amends section 616(d) of title 10 so the Secretary concerned may authorize a greater number of medical and dental officers recommended for promotion to major or lieutenant commander, if needed to maintain or improve medical readiness.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 507","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H30084D174CF94E3B80C290786CC063C0:~:text=507.%20Prohibition%20on%20appointment%20or%20nomination%20of"},"heading":"Prohibition on appointment or nomination of certain officers who are subject to special selection review boards","effect":"Amends sections 628a(a)(2)(B) and 14502a(a)(2)(B) of title 10 to provide that certain officers shall not be forwarded for appointment or nomination to the Secretary of Defense, the President, or the Senate, as applicable.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 509A","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H22EA1736956644E9BB3AA604D1D7340B:~:text=509A.%20Time%20in%20grade%20requirements"},"heading":"Time in grade requirements","effect":"Amends section 1305 of title 10 to add Marine Corps Marine Gunner warrant officers to subsection (a)(3) and to replace the word \"he\" with gender-neutral wording in subsections (b) and (c).","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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than April 1st in the year before a mobilization of units, the Secretary concerned may submit the required information to Congress in a separate notice.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 521","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HD69F40BA86834FEF8E506620264ACED7:~:text=521.%20Permanent%20authority%20to%20order%20retired%20members"},"heading":"Permanent authority to order retired members to active duty in high-demand, low-density appointments","effect":"Amends section 688a of title 10 to strike the word \"temporary\" from the heading and remove subsection (f), making the authority to order retired members to active duty in high-demand, low-density assignments permanent.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 522","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HFB91782CF6084BF3946428F374546354:~:text=522.%20Prohibition%20on%20policy%20of%20the%20Department"},"heading":"Prohibition on policy of the Department of Defense regarding identification of gender or personal pronouns in official correspondence","effect":"Adds section 986 to title 10, providing that the Secretary of Defense may not require or prohibit a member of the armed forces or a Department of Defense civilian employee to identify gender or personal pronouns in official correspondence.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 523","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HA8B6ABCC015B4534BB6645E734664034:~:text=523.%20Prohibition%20on%20former%20members%20of%20the"},"heading":"Prohibition on former members of the Armed Forces accepting post-service employment with certain foreign governments","effect":"Adds section 989 to title 10, barring retired or separated armed forces members from certain post-service positions with specified foreign governments, with temporary waivers of up to 5 years, penalties, and annual reports starting March 31, 2024.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 525","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HEF5413D0BAC34E6AA06CED1BF53DCB2B:~:text=525.%20Modification%20of%20requirements%20for%20approval%20of"},"heading":"Modification of requirements for approval of foreign employment by retired and reserve members of uniformed services","effect":"Amends section 908 of title 37 so approval of foreign employment follows a determination that it is not contrary to national interests, limits who may make that determination, changes report contents, and requires public posting within 60 days.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 529A","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HC1516812E2B644B090BE5366AAAD63AD"},"heading":"Threat-based security services and equipment for certain former or retired Department of Defense personnel","effect":"Amends section 714 of title 10 to change the threat standard to “serious and credible,” remove the two-year limit on security protection, require reviews every six months, and allow reimbursement up to $15,000,000 per fiscal year.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1112","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HBCE0B5514EA247989E6642D2C9A11A83"},"part":"Changes the threat standard to “serious and credible,” requires protection reviews at least every six months, and allows reimbursement of up to $15,000,000 per fiscal year for security services and equipment bought by former officials."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 532","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H6507D93A20544A6B9F26B4F99C094838:~:text=532.%20Establishment%20of%20staggered%20terms%20for%20members"},"heading":"Establishment of staggered terms for members of the Military Justice Review Panel","effect":"Amends section 946 of title 10 to set staggered terms of two, four, six and eight years for Military Justice Review 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the Secretary of Defense, not the President, promulgates the program regulations, and requires the Secretary to establish and support not fewer than 3,400 and not more than 4,000 Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps units, with two exceptions.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 552","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HC6A6B02C3F71487689E2ACD240BDB83C:~:text=552.%20Requirement%20for%20memoranda%20of%20understanding%20addressing"},"heading":"Requirement for memoranda of understanding addressing certain matters pertaining to units of the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps","effect":"Amends 10 U.S.C. 2031(b) to require the Secretary of Defense to prescribe a standardized memorandum of understanding for each Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps institution, covering misconduct notification, instructor certification, inspections and student-rights certifications.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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implementation; GAO study","effect":"Bars the Secretary of Defense from advancing past phase one of the plan for nine Defense Health Agency networks until a GAO report, requires a GAO study, and makes wording corrections to section 712 of Public Law 115–232.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 724","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HDB2581A27DD74B05A1D3FEE22F4E2C80"},"part":"Bars advancing beyond phase one of the plan for nine Defense Health Agency networks until the GAO report is submitted, and requires a GAO study with a briefing to the Armed Services Committees by May 1, 2024."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 721","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H64946393345C45779685560E83652316:~:text=721.%20Modification%20of%20partnership%20program%20for%20military"},"heading":"Modification of partnership program for military trauma care and research","effect":"Amends section 736 of Public Law 117–263 to add training and support to Ukraine for treating extremity trauma, amputations, post-traumatic stress disorder, and traumatic brain injuries to the military trauma care partnership program.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 802","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H92209B53BB4848918BA04818F47D0CEB:~:text=802.%20Modification%20of%20truthful%20cost%20or%20pricing"},"heading":"Modification of truthful cost or pricing data submissions and report","effect":"Amends section 3705(b)(2) of title 10 to require portions of the report be made available to the leadership of named offerors, and to require a framework for revising what counts as a denial of uncertified cost or pricing data.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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projects to use military construction, operation and maintenance, or research funds.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 824","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H2BB14747CE0843049F009D4C6D04F31E"},"part":"Exempts facility repair projects from a limit, raises a figure in section 4022(i)(2)(B) from $200,000,000 to $300,000,000, and allows use of these funds notwithstanding subchapters I and III of chapter 169 and chapters 221 and 223."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 831","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H4BC6F234B9C14D1D9D6D60F232FA0E71:~:text=831.%20Emergency%20acquisition%20authority%20for%20purposes%20of"},"heading":"Emergency acquisition authority for purposes of replenishing United States stockpiles","effect":"Amends section 3601(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, to add emergency acquisition authority for replenishing U.S. stockpiles of defense articles, and contracting for their delivery, after an 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defense committees every 180 days until September 30, 2026 on submarine maintenance and readiness, covering schedules, delays, costs, infrastructure efforts, lessons learned and recommended legislative changes.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1024","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H4B4F90C92CAF40DA96BCD43B652A545A"},"part":"Covers ballistic and guided missile submarines as well as attack submarines, and requires discussion of submarine cannibalization for parts, the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program, and lessons learned from other Navy programs."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1041","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H99B53DF2AB434BC79ED3410077ED5CCA:~:text=1041.%20Limitation%20on%20availability%20of%20certain%20funds"},"heading":"Limitation on availability of certain funds until submission of Chairman’s Risk Assessment; briefing requirement","effect":"Limits to 80 percent the fiscal year 2024 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the Joint Concept for Competing, with specified elements, and to brief the congressional defense committees every 180 days thereafter through March 1, 2026.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1089","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H1E949D34819144A6813D1319014644D5:~:text=1089.%20Notification%20of%20safety%20and%20security%20concerns"},"heading":"Notification of safety and security concerns at certain Department of Defense laboratories","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to notify the congressional defense committees within 7 days after ceasing operations for safety or security reasons at a Department of Defense laboratory or facility rated biosafety level-3 or higher, and lists what the notice must include.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1090","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HA5564A48FF1A48759CD8B1F11BB870F8:~:text=1090.%20Conduct%20of%20weather%20reconnaissance%20in%20the"},"heading":"Conduct of weather reconnaissance in the United States","effect":"Allows the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron and NOAA to use aircraft, personnel and equipment for weather reconnaissance missions, requires resource reports from the Air Force and Commerce within 90 days, and lets the Secretary of the Air Force transfer funds to NOAA.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1091","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H81A8D8CFC15545D5A7029B647738B16F:~:text=1091.%20Sense%20of%20Congress%20regarding%20authority%20of"},"heading":"Sense of Congress regarding authority of Secretary of Defense with respect to irregular warfare","effect":"States the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense has authority to conduct irregular warfare operations, including clandestine ones, when authorized, and provides that the section is not a specific statutory authorization for covert action or for introducing forces into hostilities.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1092","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H53D4DEDCEA7841A4927573CA155E9B51:~:text=1092.%20Red%20Hill%20health%20impacts"},"heading":"Red Hill health impacts","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to review federal programs and research on petroleum exposure, report annually, and assess the feasibility of an epidemiological health outcomes study for individuals affected by the November 20, 2021 Red Hill fuel release.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1116","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H91846CFCA473430C94BFA8C98F4EAB6D:~:text=1116.%20Extension%20of%20direct%20hire%20authority%20for"},"heading":"Extension of direct hire authority 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transferred Department of Defense employees, requires OPM monitoring and reports on those appointments, and sunsets the authority on December 31, 2028."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1120","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HB7A7B960A7D045119CE3C51FEF877897:~:text=1120.%20Elimination%20of%20Government%20Accountability%20Office%20review"},"heading":"Elimination of Government Accountability Office review requirement relating to Department of Defense personnel authorities","effect":"Amends 5 U.S.C. 9902(h) to strike the Comptroller General from paragraph (1)(B), strike paragraph (2), and redesignate paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1205","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HE78D9D04EEDB4295A0B9CF1D24F35C30:~:text=1205.%20Extension%20and%20modification%20of%20authority%20for"},"heading":"Extension and modification of authority for reimbursement of certain coalition nations for support provided to United States military operations","effect":"Changes the period of section 1233 of the FY2008 NDAA reimbursement authority for coalition nations to October 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024, and reduces the limitation from $30,000,000 to $15,000,000.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1207","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H97A63193F66643B8A4F3F481A53B4C7C:~:text=1207.%20Modification%20of%20authority%20to%20provide%20support"},"heading":"Modification of authority to provide support to certain governments for border security operations","effect":"Amends section 1226(a)(1) of the FY2016 NDAA to add border security support to the governments of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan along their borders with Afghanistan.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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undue influence and other security threats","effect":"Amends section 1286 of the FY2019 Act to require Defense Department policies limiting funding to researchers with ties to listed entities, and measures of effectiveness and performance, with the policies due by June 1, 2024.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1307","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H1AB0A9475DB24B07AB947BA4602A66BE"},"part":"Requires Department of Defense policies to limit or prohibit funding to institutions or researchers with contracts or financial arrangements with listed entities, including proposer questions, 30-day remedy notice, appeals, awardee disclosure and annual certification, due by June 1, 2024."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1226","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HC2C5C4FFB2724E259CF0E5D02C98C9BA:~:text=1226.%20Modification%20of%20Defense%20Operational%20Resilience%20International"},"heading":"Modification of Defense 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Secretary of Defense to seek a contract for an independent study of lessons learned from information operations around the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, with a report to the Armed Services Committees within one year, in unclassified form with a possible classified annex.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1247","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H2B6EFE95C4CD43C4BDCAE470D90EB968:~:text=1247.%20Black%20Sea%20security%20and%20development%20strategy"},"heading":"Black Sea security and development strategy","effect":"Directs the President to have the National Security Council develop an interagency strategy for the Black Sea region and Black Sea states, with security, economic and democratic resilience elements, a resource assessment, and submission deadlines of 180 and 360 days.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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member country has reached defense spending of at least 2 percent of its gross domestic product.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1235","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HD1A36CE58EC54D15AAC9D73169C2E49D"},"part":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to weigh a NATO member's 2 percent defense spending in decisions on United States basing, training, and exercises."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1250A","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H8AC496436C5E4CADB32CEB7D14D57555:~:text=1250A.%20Limitation%20on%20withdrawal%20from%20the%20North"},"heading":"Limitation on withdrawal from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization","effect":"Bars the President from suspending, terminating, denouncing, or withdrawing from the North Atlantic Treaty without Senate consent by two-thirds or an Act of Congress, bars use of funds for that purpose, and requires consultation and 180 days' written notice to 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to fiscal year 2024 and the amount from $25,000,000 to $18,000,000, and changing the source-of-funds year to fiscal year 2024, for the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1304","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H05E1882D382D4FBE9B17C429B7FA5CDB"},"heading":"Indo-Pacific campaigning initiative","effect":"Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish an Indo-Pacific Campaigning Initiative carried out by the Commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command, with stated purposes, a briefing by March 1, 2024, a report by December 1, 2024, and a definition of campaigning.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1305","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H50BB3BE5CB444909B2CD96A6A2846470"},"heading":"Indo-Pacific Maritime Domain Awareness Initiative","effect":"Directs the Secretary of Defense, with the Secretary of State, to seek within 90 days to establish an Indo-Pacific Maritime Domain Awareness Initiative with allies and partners including Australia, Japan, and India, and sets its authorities and purposes.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1306","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H4876B8007E4A4EBB851267431782A014:~:text=1306.%20Limitation%20on%20availability%20of%20funds%20pending"},"heading":"Limitation on availability of funds pending feasibility study regarding delivery of harpoon missiles to foreign security partners","effect":"Bars obligating more than 85 percent of certain Navy research and acquisition funds until a Harpoon missile feasibility study is submitted, requires that study, and requires briefings every 180 days through December 31, 2027 on security assistance to Taiwan.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1250","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H5AE20E2996CF47AD93190D24F51BC6B2"},"part":"Requires the Secretaries of Defense and State to brief congressional committees every 180 days through December 31, 2027 on the status of United States security assistance to Taiwan."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1309","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H6439570C5E7D41A9B47B2691FC470828"},"heading":"Training, advising, and institutional capacity-building program for military forces of Taiwan","effect":"Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a training, advising, and institutional capacity-building program for Taiwan's military forces, and adds a program update to the reporting list in section 1248(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1315","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H24740BA6F42040159465FE631BA94F0B:~:text=1315.%20Extension%20and%20modification%20of%20pilot%20program"},"heading":"Extension and modification of pilot 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the Secretary of State to designate a senior advisor for the AUKUS partnership, establish a Task Force on AUKUS, and submit a report, annual reports and a notification to Congress, with the position ending after 7 years unless renewed.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1870","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HE820A52C770742C798A7F4DBBAD29DE0"},"part":"Designates a senior advisor at the Department of State and establishes a Task Force on AUKUS, with a personnel notification, annual reports, and a sunset 7 years after enactment that may be renewed once for 4 years."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1332","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HDF50375269DF4A17AD4EFEBC160094AD:~:text=1332.%20Designation%20of%20senior%20official%20for%20Department"},"heading":"Designation of senior official for Department of Defense activities relating to, and implementation plan for, the AUKUS partnership","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to designate a senior civilian official for Department of Defense AUKUS activities and submit an implementation plan within 90 days, with semiannual briefings through 2029.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 518","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H9F8B927685EB448294DF1B853A787126"},"part":"Requires designation of a senior civilian Department of Defense official for AUKUS, and a plan with milestones, industrial base, information-sharing and intellectual property elements, plus semiannual briefings through 2029."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1333","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H46F5871EA58343B182FFD32CDA245B3D:~:text=1333.%20Reporting%20related%20to%20the%20AUKUS%20partnership"},"heading":"Reporting related to the AUKUS partnership","effect":"Requires the President to submit the text of any non-binding AUKUS instrument to Congress within 30 days, and requires the Secretary of State to 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use, transfers, investment, notification and reporting.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1412","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H8564D57542934A14B628B5DEF4A34D84:~:text=1412.%20Authority%20to%20dispose%20of%20materials%20from"},"heading":"Authority to dispose of materials from the National Defense Stockpile","effect":"Authorizes the National Defense Stockpile Manager to dispose of listed materials, including 8 short tons of beryllium, 154,043 short dry tons of manganese ore and 5,000 kilograms of germanium, under section 5(b) of the Stock Piling Act.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1413","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H0CD167A74D4645A985583FAA057EF9A0:~:text=1413.%20Beginning%20balances%20of%20the%20National%20Defense"},"heading":"Beginning balances of the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund for audit purposes","effect":"Sets beginning balances of the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund for audit purposes, including a Fund Balance with Treasury ending balance of $313,633,491.15 on September 30, 2021.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1421","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HF78F2FE419ED42FCB760C8DE9AAC52E6:~:text=1421.%20Modification%20of%20leasing%20authority%20of%20Armed"},"heading":"Modification of leasing authority of Armed Forces Retirement Home","effect":"Lets the Armed Forces Retirement Home's Chief Operating Officer enter agreements with potential lessees before a lease, waives approval and notice for conforming subleases, directs proceeds to the Trust Fund, and ends on September 30, 2026.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1501","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HAD29ED20EC344EF6B82254AA7723CB81:~:text=1501.%20Performance%20metrics%20for%20pilot%20program%20on"},"heading":"Performance metrics for pilot program on sharing cyber capabilities and related information with foreign operational partners","effect":"Redesignates the second section 398 of title 10 as section 398a and adds a subsection requiring the Secretary of Defense to maintain performance metrics for sharing cyber capabilities with foreign operational partners.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1504","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H29E15EAF747C424C8C9BCE330E7E9CC2:~:text=1504.%20Quarterly%20briefings%20on%20joint%20all%20domain"},"heading":"Quarterly briefings on joint all domain command and control effort","effect":"Amends section 1076 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 so quarterly JADC2 briefings to the congressional defense committees run through October 1, 2028, names the briefing officials, and adds combatant command participation and two briefing items.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1062","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HDDEDBF6837C94C8AB82D6BE9D33FEF0A"},"part":"Requires senior representatives of three combatant commands to join one quarterly briefing each fiscal year, and adds a JADC2 funding table and a lessons-learned summary to the briefing contents."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1505","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H453065BB4FF0457A8EC4037ADB6651C1:~:text=1505.%20Authority%20for%20countering%20illegal%20trafficking%20by"},"heading":"Authority for countering illegal trafficking by Mexican transnational criminal organizations in cyberspace","effect":"Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to conduct detection, monitoring, and other operations in cyberspace against Mexican transnational criminal organizations engaged in smuggling, human trafficking, weapons trafficking, or other illegal activities across the southern border.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1506","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H2E00F03C5CC24FCB9D7684C957518E2A:~:text=1506.%20Development%20of%20cyber%20support%20mechanisms%20for"},"heading":"Development of cyber support mechanisms for geographic combatant commands","effect":"Requires each geographic combatant commander, in coordination with the Commander of United States Cyber Command, to develop a cyber support mechanism within 270 days, with five listed elements.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1507","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HC97F1EF8CECA4D54A5EC85B3D21702AD:~:text=1507.%20Review%20and%20plan%20relating%20to%20cyber"},"heading":"Review and plan relating to cyber red teams of Department of 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1513","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H4B1035DAD8904EE48B10BB5B55847BB8:~:text=1513.%20Pilot%20program%20relating%20to%20semiconductor%20supply"},"heading":"Pilot program relating to semiconductor supply chain and Cybersecurity Collaboration Center","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to start a pilot program within 90 days in which the National Security Agency's Cybersecurity Collaboration Center works with eligible persons to improve the cybersecurity of the semiconductor supply chain, with briefings and a four-year termination.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1515","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HFAB1F8AEC7FE4CE1AA68CF73E61E3E8A:~:text=1515.%20Modernization%20program%20for%20network%20boundary%20and"},"heading":"Modernization program for network boundary and cross-domain defense","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to carry out a phased modernization program for network boundary and cross-domain defense against cyber attacks, to be completed by October 1, 2028, and to submit an implementation plan within 90 days.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1516","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HBDD78FCCABE342CAAA059FC97666A7F9:~:text=1516.%20Establishment%20of%20certain%20identity"},"heading":"Establishment of certain identity, credential, and access management activities as program of record","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to establish a program of record for identity, credential, and access management activities within 120 days, with a waiver authority, designation of Tier 1 data attributes, and briefings.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1517","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HF504C0812DAA42969761E383497CD5BE:~:text=1517.%20Pilot%20program%20on%20assuring%20critical%20infrastructure"},"heading":"Pilot program on assuring critical infrastructure support for military contingencies","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program at not fewer than four military installations to test cyber resiliency and recovery of power, water, and telecommunications, with coordination requirements and a report within one year.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1519","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HE95B7CF5E28149F884AFBD4C3E0F2442:~:text=1519.%20Guidance%20regarding%20securing%20laboratories%20of%20the"},"heading":"Guidance regarding securing laboratories of the Armed Forces","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to issue Department-wide guidance within 180 days on methods and processes to secure laboratories of the Armed Forces from unauthorized access, damage, release of sensitive information, and cyber sabotage.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1521","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HBC1D590EA5444FF38F765156135DEF47:~:text=1521.%20Control%20and%20management%20of%20Department%20of"},"heading":"Control and management of Department of Defense data; establishment of Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Governing Council","effect":"Lets the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer access and control Department of Defense data, and rewrites section 238(d)(3) of the FY2019 NDAA to set up a Governing Council with membership, duties, twice-yearly meetings and periodic reports.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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1526","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H1330A02D3E0E432CA093901372FA759B:~:text=1526.%20Requirements%20for%20deployment%20of%20fifth%20generation"},"heading":"Requirements for deployment of fifth generation information and communications capabilities to military installations and other Department facilities","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to develop a strategy for private fifth generation wireless networks at military installations, set up a process for public wireless providers to gain installation access, decide on neutral hosting or separate networks, and brief Congress.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1527","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H97112EF9FC324A4F8A27F3BE55AAE778:~:text=1527.%20Required%20policies%20to%20establish%20datalink%20strategy"},"heading":"Required policies to establish datalink strategy of Department of Defense","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to develop and implement policies for a unified Department of Defense datalink strategy, including a lead coordinator, common network protocols and waveforms, and a briefing and submissions to Congress by June 1, 2024.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1532","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H30A3D3D2859C44CEA78F8843A05AC9F9:~:text=1532.%20Selected%20Reserve%20order%20to%20active%20duty"},"heading":"Selected Reserve order to active duty to respond to a significant cyber incident","effect":"Amends section 12304 of title 10, United States Code, to let the Secretary of Defense or the Coast Guard's department Secretary order Selected Reserve units and members to active duty for up to 365 consecutive days to respond to a covered cyber incident, and defines that term.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1533","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HC3C1200ABFC14BD6AD8A6CE4634EA3C5"},"heading":"Post-graduate employment of Department of Defense Cyber Service Academy scholarship recipients in intelligence community","effect":"Amends section 1535 of the FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act so scholarship recipients may work in intelligence community elements, subject to agreements, cost reimbursement, and a 10 percent cap per graduating class.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1534","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HE4B2482DFBC24D95B947D76D8DB49670:~:text=1534.%20Minimum%20number%20of%20scholarships%20to%20be"},"heading":"Minimum number of scholarships to be awarded annually through Department of Defense Cyber Service Academy","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to award at least 1,000 Cyber Service Academy scholarships in fiscal year 2026 and each year after, with a 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of the Army to conduct a pilot program creating a Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve for United States Cyber Command, with conditions, briefings, a Comptroller General evaluation, and a sunset four years after the program commences.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1122","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H6373851045144652B170BF4B6224CFC5"},"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1542","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H70C34A1AD5944B709309930204441B03:~:text=1542.%20Artificial%20intelligence%20bug%20bounty%20programs"},"heading":"Artificial intelligence bug bounty programs","effect":"Directs the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer to develop a bug bounty program for foundational artificial intelligence models within 180 days, subject to appropriations, and requires a briefing within one year.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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noncompliant AI technology, with a 120-day deadline and a briefing at 150 days.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 220","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H3F82661634C7438093FBBEE93A737A57"},"part":"Requires periodic review of the 2018 AI Strategy, guidance on AI adoption, ethics, bias and accountability metrics, a generative AI plan, workforce and training assessments, a large language model plan, and human-oversight guidance."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1545","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H6F0B3C782AC049DE90E71EE370C26C0D:~:text=1545.%20Study%20to%20analyze%20vulnerability%20for%20artificial"},"heading":"Study to analyze vulnerability for artificial intelligence-enabled military applications","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to complete a study within one year on the functionality, research needs, and privacy, security and accuracy vulnerabilities of AI-enabled military applications, with an interim briefing and a final report.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1551","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H99558CB2522747108EAD646AD82408AD:~:text=1551.%20Limitation%20on%20availability%20of%20funds%20for"},"heading":"Limitation on availability of funds for travel for Office of Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness pending strategy relating to Defense Travel System","effect":"Requires a strategy to modernize or replace the Defense Travel System and limits fiscal year 2024 travel funds of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness to 93 percent until the strategy is certified.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 363","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HF9D88647EEB24E85A92E3993D864B5C2"},"part":"Requires a strategy with a business case analysis, implementation plan and risk identification, and limits Personnel and Readiness travel funds to 93 percent until the Chief Information Officer certifies the strategy."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1552","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HB49197ED5E7849AD9D01646124A1E1E3:~:text=1552.%20Management%20by%20Department%20of%20Defense%20of"},"heading":"Management by Department of Defense of mobile applications","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to implement Inspector General recommendations on managing mobile applications (Report No. DODIG–2023–041) and to brief Congress within 120 days on enforcing the policy against TikTok on federal and personal devices.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1553","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H8A306D29313946CB976354BD7835FFF3:~:text=1553.%20Report%20on%20Department%20of%20Defense%20Enterprise"},"heading":"Report on Department of Defense Enterprise capabilities for cybersecurity","effect":"Requires the Department of Defense 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ALT warhead project, with an initial operational capability date of September 30, 2034, briefings, a Navy assessment and report, and a travel funds limitation.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1641","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H8E24D82FCD714ADCA3552890E2522FC8"},"part":"Bars approval of full rate or full scale production for the W80–4 ALT project until Congress authorizes it, requires twice-yearly briefings, a Navy deployment assessment and report, and limits Navy Secretary travel funds to 90 percent pending a report."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1641","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HA25024A8574A44FE81CAE1D703177EAA:~:text=1641.%20Requirements%20relating%20to%20operational%20silos%20for"},"heading":"Requirements relating to operational silos for the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile","effect":"Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to refurbish and make operable not fewer than 150 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Warren, Malmstrom and Minot Air Force Bases.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1642","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H9624965C05824182A40AB8DA73D2EFEA"},"heading":"Long-term sustainment of Sentinel ICBM guidance system","effect":"Requires the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to certify, before a Milestone C decision for the Sentinel, that a long-term capability exists to maintain and modernize its guidance system, listing specified components.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1644","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H05C1C52946BE43D18085E0981E4DE59A:~:text=1644.%20Operational%20timeline%20for%20Strategic%20Automated%20Command"},"heading":"Operational timeline for Strategic Automated Command and Control System","effect":"Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to develop a replacement for the Strategic Automated Command and Control System by the date the Sentinel program reaches initial operational capability, covering processors and connectivity.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1650","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H46EDF121EAD24C21B3C32D795695A8B5:~:text=1650.%20Plan%20for%20decreasing%20the%20time%20to"},"heading":"Plan for decreasing the time to upload additional warheads to the intercontinental ballistic missile fleet","effect":"Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to develop and submit a plan within 90 days to decrease the time needed to upload additional warheads to the intercontinental ballistic missile force, with a briefing and a defined list of covered bases.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1661","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HEEC8A871EC5645AEA1E3B45E0A16C38A:~:text=1661.%20Deputy%20Director%20of%20Office%20of%20Missile"},"heading":"Deputy Director of Office of Missile Defense Agency","effect":"Amends section 205 of title 10 to require the Missile Defense Agency Director to be a general or flag officer and creates a Deputy Director position appointed by the Secretary of Defense for a term of two to four years.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1661","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H96D6194F03594FD0B9C73612F1171CE0"},"part":"Creates a Deputy Director of the Missile Defense Agency, appointed for two to four years from a different armed force than the Director, who acts as director during absences or vacancies."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1662","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H75EADFF37B7849969E531D1F92898520:~:text=1662.%20Modification%20of%20program%20accountability%20matrices%20requirements"},"heading":"Modification of program accountability matrices requirements for next generation interceptors for missile defense","effect":"Amends section 1668(f) of the FY2022 NDAA to add \"and the product development phase\" after \"technology development phase\" and to change \"enter the product development phase\" to \"enter the production phase\" in paragraph (7).","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1664","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HB59BE2A216364CF8A50C57FFE0F72364:~:text=1664.%20Modification%20of%20requirement%20for%20Comptroller%20General"},"heading":"Modification of requirement for Comptroller General to review and assess missile defense acquisition programs","effect":"Amends section 232(a) of the FY2012 NDAA to change \"through 2025\" to \"through 2030\" and \"through 2026\" to \"through 2031\", and to revise paragraph (3) on missile defense acquisition efforts and a mutually agreed date.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1667","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HFA06F293987643D39F51E83B4036B937:~:text=1667.%20Rescission%20of%20memorandum%20on%20missile%20defense"},"heading":"Rescission of memorandum on missile defense governance","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense, by May 31, 2024, to rescind Directive-type Memorandum 20-002 and replace it with governance documents, policies and procedures under section 205(b) of title 10.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1668","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H4CED1C95FD23447D98BA4245ECFC3680"},"part":"Requires replacing the memorandum with governance documents balancing Missile Defense Agency flexibility and agility in milestone A acquisition decisions against continued oversight for joint-force air and missile defense integration."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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1670","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HC827FD875E1E44D49B01800CDFED3EF8:~:text=1670.%20Report%20on%20potential%20enhancements%20to%20integrated"},"heading":"Report on potential enhancements to integrated air and missile defense capabilities in Europe","effect":"Requires a report within 240 days on potential enhancements to U.S. and allied air and missile defense capabilities that could contribute to NATO integrated air and missile defense, including a funding profile, in unclassified form with an optional classified annex.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 1669","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-H1A28336E56254F1B97964E3FAE85B1D9"},"part":"Requires an assessment of feasibility of enhancing sensors, interceptors, passive defense and command and control, a description of NATO efforts and challenges, and a yearly funding profile of costs to the United States."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1681","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HE1A8D3B7402C4A979F3F3928B7EBB837:~:text=1681.%20Extension%20of%20authorization%20for%20protection%20of"},"heading":"Extension of authorization for protection of certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft","effect":"Amends section 130i(i) of title 10, United States Code, by striking “2023” both places it appears and inserting “2026”.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1682","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H6DF68FC177E44C31AD65E218E0BF57F5:~:text=1682.%20Electromagnetic%20warfare"},"heading":"Electromagnetic warfare","effect":"Adds chapter 25 to title 10, United States Code, creating a Department of Defense Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Executive Committee with set membership and duties, and adds spectrum operations guidance, annual reports and budget assessments.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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activities involving unidentified anomalous phenomena unless details were given to named congressional committees and leaders, and bars treating related independent research funding as an allowable indirect expense.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1689","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H3E08406A2C01448EAF0D450F75D3BD6B:~:text=1689.%20Study%20on%20the%20future%20of%20the"},"heading":"Study on the future of the Integrated Tactical Warning Attack Assessment System","effect":"Directs the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to enter an agreement with a federally funded research and development center for a study on the future of the Integrated Tactical Warning Attack Assessment System, with a report to the congressional defense committees within 270 days.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1804","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HAFF5D57D49A247F1A61FFA4A65A274B0"},"heading":"U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day Act of 2023","effect":"Designates March 9 as U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day, requests an annual presidential proclamation, and designates a Hostage and Wrongful Detainee flag to be displayed on specified days at the Capitol, the White House and two department buildings.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1805","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H4C9AEA9921534FF1A2D11A175CD4E533:~:text=1805.%20Improvements%20to%20Department%20of%20Veterans%20Affairs"},"heading":"Improvements to Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense Joint Executive Committee","effect":"Amends section 320 of title 38 to add Department of Labor and other agency officials to the VA-DOD Joint Executive Committee, name its co-chairs, rename the Job Training and Post-Service Placement Executive Committee the Transition Executive Committee, and add a catch-all joint-action duty.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1806","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H9DEB006E459A4CD39A47BD2CB72762DE:~:text=1806.%20Access%20to%20and%20use%20of%20military"},"heading":"Access to and use of military post offices by United States citizens employed overseas by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization who perform functions in support of military operations of the Armed Forces","effect":"Changes section 406 of title 39 from \"may authorize\" to \"shall authorize\" use of military post offices, and requires a briefing by March 1, 2024 on revising the Financial Management Regulation for NATO-employed U.S. citizens.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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congressional notification.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1824","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H2BCA891056264E37AC930C2B07E90D84:~:text=1824.%20Prohibition%20on%20operation%20of%20covered%20unmanned"},"heading":"Prohibition on operation of covered unmanned aircraft systems from covered foreign entities","effect":"Bars Federal departments and agencies from operating a covered unmanned aircraft system made or assembled by a covered foreign entity beginning two years after enactment, with listed exemptions, a case-by-case waiver, and a 180-day deadline for regulations or guidance.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1825","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HBA84A055A2E642A38CB11DD77CDF2B9A:~:text=1825.%20Prohibition%20on%20use%20of%20Federal%20funds"},"heading":"Prohibition on use of Federal funds for procurement and operation of covered unmanned aircraft systems from covered foreign entities","effect":"Bars use of Federal funds, beginning two years after enactment, to procure or operate a covered unmanned aircraft system made or assembled by a covered foreign entity, with listed exemptions, a waiver, and regulations by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council within 180 days.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1826","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H6DAACEF37B9445198740034592B3E76F:~:text=1826.%20Prohibition%20on%20use%20of%20Government"},"heading":"Prohibition on use of Government-issued purchase cards to purchase covered unmanned aircraft systems from covered foreign entities","effect":"Bars use of Government-issued Purchase Cards, effective immediately, to procure any covered unmanned aircraft system from a covered foreign entity.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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emergency service agencies from the procurement and operation restrictions in sections 1823, 1824, and 1825.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1841","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H80AE13348155422E8346D50258D46707:~:text=1841.%20Unidentified%20anomalous%20phenomena%20records%20collection%20at"},"heading":"Unidentified anomalous phenomena records collection at the National Archives and Records Administration","effect":"Directs the Archivist to establish an Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records Collection at the National Archives, sets public access and copying fees, requires a records security program, and assigns oversight to congressional committees.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1842","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HC2FE0E110430469CAF99C32AB7C234A1"},"heading":"Review, identification, transmission to the National Archives, and public 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require at least one mass timber project and one low carbon concrete project, adds a January 1, 2025 construction start deadline, and moves two dates from 2024 to 2025.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2872","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H1D3C32412C9446E280ACE2224C426CD3:~:text=2872.%20Modification%20of%20pilot%20program%20on%20establishment"},"heading":"Modification of pilot program on establishment of account for reimbursement for use of testing facilities at installations of the Department of the Air Force","effect":"Amends section 2862 of the Fiscal Year 2022 Military Construction Authorization Act to cover Major Range and Test Facility Base facilities, rewrite commander oversight of reimbursed funds, and extend the date from December 1, 2026 to December 1, 2027.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 2851","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HF1A7A269980448F98AAF06261C4FA821"},"part":"Applies the pilot program to Major Range and Test Facility Base facilities, bars reducing other funds because of reimbursements, lets commanders designate maintenance cost reimbursements, and extends the date from December 1, 2026 to December 1, 2027."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2881","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H4A49F9E6DCF44C2A93961C5C60CC55FF:~:text=2881.%20Increase%20of%20limitation%20on%20fee%20for"},"heading":"Increase of limitation on fee for architectural and engineering services procured by military departments","effect":"Raises from 6 percent to 10 percent the limit on the fee for architectural and engineering services in sections 7540(b), 8612(b) and 9540(b) of title 10, United States Code, for the Army, Navy and Air Force.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2883","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H1E76B95583C54B048FC0601DB5955A9E:~:text=2883.%20Technical%20corrections"},"heading":"Technical corrections","effect":"Corrects two earlier laws: changes \"217,845\" to \"209,181\" in section 2902(c) of the Fiscal Year 2023 Military Construction Authorization Act, and inserts \"Gas\" after \"Basin\" in section 2995(a)(3)(A) of the Military Land Withdrawals Act of 2013.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2884","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H96AC53057BE54EE6BE98B612CC705826:~:text=2884.%20Modification%20of%20authority%20of%20Secretary%20of"},"heading":"Modification of authority of Secretary of the Army to enter into cooperative agreements relating to access and management of Air Force Memorial","effect":"Amends section 2863(e) of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 by striking \"the Foundation\" and 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Administrator for Nuclear Security to issue an updated financial integration policy within 180 days of enactment, covering office responsibilities, use of common financial data, and Government Accountability Office-recommended processes.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3134","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H80A66D365C1A47BC9E34CA5E5625A35F:~:text=3134.%20Briefings%20on%20implementation%20of%20enhanced%20mission"},"heading":"Briefings on implementation of enhanced mission delivery initiative","effect":"Requires the Administrator for Nuclear Security to brief the congressional defense committees with each budget submission for fiscal years 2025 through 2029 on implementing 18 recommendations from the September 2022 Enhanced Mission Delivery Initiative report.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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Sex Abuse Act of 2023: changes the intent standard in section 2423 of title 18, adds an offense for illicit sexual conduct by officers or agents of organizations affecting commerce with up to 30 years in prison, and amends section 2427 on sexual activity.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5103","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H360615FC29DE4E459AACCC89839D091F:~:text=5103.%20Recognition%20as%20corporation%20and%20grant%20of"},"heading":"Recognition as corporation and grant of Federal charter for National American Indian Veterans, Incorporated","effect":"Adds chapter 1504 to title 36, United States Code, granting a Federal charter to National American Indian Veterans, Incorporated, and sets its purposes, membership, powers, restrictions, tax-exempt duty, records and annual report.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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Magnitsky sanctions, requires a report every year, and ends the Nord Stream 2 requirements 5 years after enactment.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5406","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H134E81E7FCF949C79F3BD5146EDB5471:~:text=5406.%20Designation%20of%20embassy%20anti"},"heading":"Designation of embassy anti-corruption points of contact","effect":"Requires the Secretary of State to designate an anti-corruption point of contact each year at certain U.S. diplomatic posts, assigns that person coordination duties, and requires training for these points of contact.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5411","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H7E672BA6A546406DBCE4B24117E20614:~:text=5411.%20Global%20cooperative%20framework%20to%20end%20human"},"heading":"Global cooperative framework to end human rights abuses in sourcing critical minerals","effect":"Directs the Secretary of State to seek a meeting of foreign leaders to set up a multilateral framework against human rights abuses in critical mineral mining, with an annual global report and consultations.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5412","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H6E502ACB50984BD6AC1F5222CF1D477B:~:text=5412.%20Connecting%20Oceania"},"heading":"Connecting Oceania’s Nations with Vanguard Exercises and National Empowerment","effect":"Allows the Secretary of State to assist Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Palau with national security councils or similar bodies, sets equipment standards, and requires annual implementation reports for 2 years.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5413","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H3EAC18FB330F48E8A2E2A719ADC2C18C:~:text=5413.%20Ending%20China"},"heading":"Ending China’s developing nation status","effect":"States a U.S. policy to oppose developing-nation status for China, requires State Department and Trade Representative reports on development status in treaties and the WTO, and directs efforts to change China's status.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5414","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H5C27C25E0A3248FF821F5190E74F06BA:~:text=5414.%20Permitting%20for%20international%20bridges"},"heading":"Permitting for international bridges","effect":"Amends the International Bridge Act of 1972 to set Presidential permit procedures for certain international bridges in Webb, Cameron and Maverick Counties, Texas, with 60-day deadlines, deemed grant if no action, and environmental document rules.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5501","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H1B8352B4368A4232B937C6DAD35D477A:~:text=5501.%20Amendments%20to%20the%20Energy%20Employees%20Occupational"},"heading":"Amendments to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000","effect":"Names the Beryllium Testing Fairness Act, adds three borderline beryllium lymphocyte proliferation tests over 3 years as a way to show beryllium sensitivity, and extends the advisory board's term from 10 years to 15 years.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5602","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H295C4010A4E64A788D1C27BE0C76C704:~:text=5602.%20Nogales%20wastewater%20improvement"},"heading":"Nogales wastewater improvement","effect":"Limits the costs the City of Nogales bears, has the Commission take ownership of the International Outfall Interceptor, authorizes $12,500,000 for its operation and maintenance, requires a debris screen, and directs treaty talks with Mexico and annual reports.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5603","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HE3E9B63527554980AE68EBBFF747B0D9:~:text=5603.%20International%20Port%20Security%20Enforcement%20Act"},"heading":"International Port Security Enforcement Act","effect":"Amends section 70108 of title 46 to condition recognition of foreign port assessments on Secretary certification and non-state-sponsor status, and bars agreements with, and applies sanctions to ports of, state sponsors of terrorism.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5702","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H4DA595E7E273491BB710E623201171EE:~:text=5702.%20Appointment%20and%20term%20of%20service%20of"},"heading":"Appointment and term of service of Architect of the Capitol","effect":"Provides that the Architect of the Capitol is appointed by majority vote of a congressional commission for a 10-year renewable term, removable by majority vote, and repeals the Presidential appointment provisions.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5703","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H95E13BA4EBCA493B9E0E1AC67B4E3B08:~:text=5703.%20Appointment%20of%20Deputy%20Architect%20of%20the"},"heading":"Appointment of Deputy Architect of the Capitol; vacancy in Architect or Deputy Architect","effect":"Amends section 1203 of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003 to require the Architect to appoint a Deputy Architect within 120 days, with the congressional commission appointing one if not, and to notify the commission of vacancies.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5704","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H025BCFFF0A584F7AA6947E4FD92BB8F3:~:text=5704.%20Deputy%20Architect%20of%20the%20Capitol%20to"},"heading":"Deputy Architect of the Capitol to serve as acting in case of absence, disability, or vacancy","effect":"Makes the Deputy Architect the acting Architect when the Architect is absent, disabled or absent from office, and has the congressional commission designate an acting Architect when both positions are unavailable.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6001","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HC2038C55FE6E4CE5ADF7D644EBF7D9E1:~:text=6001.%20Short%20title"},"heading":"Short title; table of contents","effect":"Names Division F the \"Department of State Authorization Act of 2023\" and sets out the table of contents for the division.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H893BE0BD726D4A4580C772B728D7A7DF:~:text=6101.%20Special%20hiring%20authority%20for%20passport%20services"},"heading":"Special hiring authority for passport services","effect":"Allows the Secretary, for 3 years after enactment, to directly appoint up to 80 candidates to competitive service positions in the Passport and Visa Examining Series 0967 at the Department, without regard to sections 3309 through 3318 of title 5.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6102","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H4C96F7B328FB4871A09A80D9CF6B3C31:~:text=6102.%20Quarterly%20report%20on%20passport%20wait%20times"},"heading":"Quarterly report on passport wait times","effect":"Requires the Secretary to submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees within 30 days of enactment and quarterly for the following 3 years, covering passport wait times, steps to reduce them, online renewal, and urgent services.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6103","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H17D8F9E4285E46A292F402B7747F82D0:~:text=6103.%20Passport%20travel%20advisories"},"heading":"Passport travel advisories","effect":"States that within 180 days of enactment the Department should place on the first three pages of regular passports advisories on travel warnings, overseas registration, and the 6-month validity and 1-year renewal timing.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6104","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HC361F9BE74D5466AA2897436D5B9CA85:~:text=6104.%20Strategy%20to%20ensure%20access%20to%20passport"},"heading":"Strategy to ensure access to passport services for all Americans","effect":"Requires the Secretary to submit, within 180 days of enactment, a strategy for reasonable access to passport services for all Americans, covering processing times, in-person urgent services for distant population centers, and needed resources.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6105","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H63E85CBFA15C42C39BEFB0689BBDF4C1:~:text=6105.%20Strengthening%20the%20National%20Passport%20Information%20Center"},"heading":"Strengthening the National Passport Information Center","effect":"Expresses the sense of Congress on passport wait times since 2021, says the Department should develop an online chat tool, and directs the Comptroller General to review National Passport Information Center operations within 90 days of enactment.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6106","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HCD8C86C3F1AF4725872AB6FA285C8A55:~:text=6106.%20Strengthening%20passport%20customer%20visibility%20and%20transparency"},"heading":"Strengthening passport customer visibility and transparency","effect":"Says the Department should modernize the online passport status tool within 2 years with step-by-step stages, received date and estimated wait time, and requires a public outreach plan report within 90 days of enactment.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6107","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HCF57012E0E1947CEA74E7C186BE38BCB:~:text=6107.%20Annual%20Office%20of%20Authentications%20report"},"heading":"Annual Office of Authentications report","effect":"Requires an annual report for 5 years on Office of Authentications request volumes, processing times, staff details, and effects of added staff, and authorizes the Secretary to hire additional permanent dedicated staff for that Office.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6108","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H3E0F0090C3CD45D991D916A3163EDF76:~:text=6108.%20Publication%20and%20updates%20of%20estimated%20time"},"heading":"Publication and updates of estimated time for processing of passport applications","effect":"Requires the Secretary to publish and update quarterly, on relevant Department websites, the estimated time for processing passport applications.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6110","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H4D7867B29DA1409DB85FF0EC627E9F65:~:text=6110.%20Notification%20of%20passport%20expiration"},"heading":"Notification of passport expiration","effect":"Requires the Secretary to take steps to ensure each holder of a valid United States passport is notified of its upcoming expiration at least one year before the expiration date.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6111","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HAE8B5CD307844185BF9E7193E8E8BA24:~:text=6111.%20Use%20of%20commercially%20available%20technology%20in"},"heading":"Use of commercially available technology in online passport renewal program","effect":"Requires the Secretary to take steps to compare and use the best commercially available private sector technology, as determined by the Secretary, in developing the Department's online passport renewal program or any successor.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6112","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HDBA1DA2FF2DA4E9E947C6C0F4404CE0C:~:text=6112.%20Electronic%20payment%20for%20passport%20application%20fees"},"heading":"Electronic payment for passport application fees","effect":"Requires the Secretary to develop a process to accept electronic payment for all fees associated with processing passport applications, including applications submitted by regular mail.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6113","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H0916CDE704434F3CABE6B1D3DEA08D30:~:text=6113.%20Agreements%20with%20foreign%20countries%20regarding%20passports"},"heading":"Agreements with foreign countries regarding passports nearing expiration","effect":"Directs the President, acting through the Secretary, to seek agreements with foreign governments that do not accept United States passports at or within 6 months of expiration, to allow use of those passports.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6114","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H73F255ACE30444D89912DC4AC533C7FB:~:text=6114.%20Passport%20fee%20exception%20for%20search"},"heading":"Passport fee exception for search, rescue, and other related disaster relief operations","effect":"Amends the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 to restructure the passport fee exemptions and, at the Secretary's discretion, exempt individuals under U.S. Government contracts for search, rescue, and related disaster relief operations abroad.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6115","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HC7CEBFA3D9914A529EEC672CE0E29900:~:text=6115.%20Increased%20accountability%20in%20assignment%20restrictions%20and"},"heading":"Increased accountability in assignment restrictions and reviews","effect":"Requires Department status updates, time limits, appeal panels and a right of appeal for personnel under assignment restrictions, reviews, or preclusions, and directs updates to the Foreign Affairs Manual within 120 days.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6116","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HB8ADAC53ED3D4702B6AB6CCCEEE3FCD4:~:text=6116.%20Suitability%20reviews%20for%20Foreign%20Service%20Institute"},"heading":"Suitability reviews for Foreign Service Institute instructors","effect":"Requires the Secretary to take reasonable steps to subject Foreign Service Institute language instructors, including direct hires and contractors, to suitability reviews, background investigations, and periodic background checks or reinvestigations.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6117","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HE631ED718FBC48B2BACA222BD680BB41:~:text=6117.%20Diplomatic%20security%20fellowship%20programs"},"heading":"Diplomatic security fellowship programs","effect":"Authorizes the Secretary of State to establish Diplomatic Security fellowship programs giving grants to U.S. nationals in post-secondary studies, allows regulations for them, and authorizes $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6201","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H225BCEC9C3AC41569193A4E3488D66BA:~:text=6201.%20Adjustment%20to%20promotion%20precepts"},"heading":"Adjustment to promotion precepts","effect":"Amends section 603(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to add five promotion precept criteria, including international organization experience, hardship post willingness, and critical technology experience, and renumbers existing paragraphs.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6202","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H3F0E2DF0BF3F42C2AD0CF3CCF2818A16:~:text=6202.%20Hiring%20authorities"},"heading":"Hiring authorities","effect":"States a sense of Congress on Department hiring authorities, requires a report within 180 days, and lets the Secretary appoint up to 80 candidates directly to competitive service positions in three occupational series for up to 3 years.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6203","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H414FF10DF9F649A39EC976F5490DA1A6:~:text=6203.%20Extending%20paths%20to%20service%20for%20paid"},"heading":"Extending paths to service for paid student interns","effect":"Lets the Department offer employment to up to 25 former compensated interns for up to 2 years after the internship, appointing them directly to competitive service positions, and requires annual reports on the institutions the interns attended.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6204","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HE617C7CF33C244C9A368C24342EDDA46:~:text=6204.%20Lateral%20Entry%20Program"},"heading":"Lateral Entry Program","effect":"Amends the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017, to extend the lateral entry pilot program from 3 years to 5 years, require at least 30 participants a year, and require a certification report if the program has not begun within 180 days.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6205","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HCF4B40581D93488B8EF1DEC40F6BA4E0"},"heading":"Mid-Career Mentoring Program","effect":"Authorizes the Secretary to establish a Mid-Career Mentoring Program with semiannual nominations, selection of participants, 3 to 4 training sessions a year, optional mentoring pairings, and an annual report.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6206","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H357C212DE31848C79E0BEC282FCF2C94:~:text=6206.%20Report%20on%20the%20Foreign%20Service%20Institute"},"heading":"Report on the Foreign Service Institute’s language program","effect":"Requires a report within 60 days of enactment on Foreign Service Institute language programs, covering pass and fail rates, instructor numbers and salaries, recruitment and retention plans, and outside entities used to hire instructors.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6208","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H08EDD027D4DF4D19B05008C3A4F4771D:~:text=6208.%20Civil%20service%20rotational%20program"},"heading":"Civil service rotational 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findings, and retaliation prevention measures including review by a supervisor and written guidance.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6212","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H6C479D1AEE1D45B7AA04426D5F5D86E6:~:text=6212.%20National%20advertising%20campaign"},"heading":"National advertising campaign","effect":"Requires the Secretary to submit, within 270 days, a strategy assessing the potential benefits and costs of a national advertising campaign to improve recruitment to the Civil Service and the Foreign Service.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6213","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H20626CD265A84A7AB5C1A10F34AAF764:~:text=6213.%20Expansion%20of%20diplomats%20in%20residence%20programs"},"heading":"Expansion of diplomats in residence programs","effect":"Authorizes increasing the Diplomats in Residence Program from 17 to at least 20 diplomats and USAID development diplomats from 1 to at least 3, and requires annual reports for three years on whether and where more were established.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6221","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HCE974EF396FF4285B9A0FBFF792BF8FF:~:text=6221.%20Education%20allowance"},"heading":"Education allowance","effect":"Adds section 908 to the Foreign Service Act of 1980 allowing a Department employee on leave for uniformed service to receive an education allowance they would otherwise be eligible for, and updates the table of contents.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6222","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HD2648F9F9C9349F0931FB5808C444D92:~:text=6222.%20Improving%20mental%20health%20services%20for%20foreign"},"heading":"Improving mental health services for foreign and civil servants","effect":"Directs the Secretary to seek to add at least 10 Bureau of Medical Services personnel for mental health needs, and to study and report within 180 days on mental health care accessibility for Department personnel.","partly":{"label":"Sec. 754","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/eh#toc-HA76AEAFCB1164749B4559CA907DF6511"},"part":"Directs the Secretary to seek to increase Bureau of Medical Services personnel for mental health needs, aiming for at least 10 additional personnel within 180 days."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6223","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H4A5087AC22B1429AAF1E7B1FBFD75B36:~:text=6223.%20Emergency%20back"},"heading":"Emergency back-up care","effect":"Authorizes the Secretary and the USAID Administrator to provide unanticipated non-medical care, including dependent child and eldercare, for employees and their families, limited to $2,000,000 per fiscal year.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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more.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6226","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HA1DF450BAA394FFC9B7D2A2564757908:~:text=6226.%20Competitive%20local%20compensation%20plan"},"heading":"Competitive local compensation plan","effect":"Changes the required frequency of the prevailing wage rate goal under the Department of State Authorities Act, fiscal year 2017, from periodically to every 3 years, and requires a report on locally employed staff compensation plans and a 50th-to-75th percentile assessment.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6227","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H0522180A964D48C58629127B305F0B87:~:text=6227.%20Supporting%20tandem%20spouses%20in%20the%20Foreign"},"heading":"Supporting tandem spouses in the Foreign Service","effect":"Sets definitions and requires the Department to update assignment, antinepotism and supervision policies for tandem Foreign Service spouses within 90 days, and to submit a report on tandem spouses annually for two years.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6229","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H0CCD3DD21F83423CA3FD80AC5B357A00:~:text=6229.%20Report%20on%20breastfeeding%20accommodations%20overseas"},"heading":"Report on breastfeeding accommodations overseas","effect":"Requires the Secretary to report within 180 days on efforts to equip all United States embassies and consulates with dedicated lactation spaces, and on the costs and resources needed to provide them.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6230","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HECBA827F3D8D49B586C3DF58EE03A8B7:~:text=6230.%20Determining%20the%20effectiveness%20of%20knowledge%20transfers"},"heading":"Determining the effectiveness of knowledge transfers between Foreign Service Officers","effect":"Requires the Secretary to survey Foreign Service Officers in overseas assignments within 90 days on knowledge transfers between departing and arriving officers, and to report the results with recommendations within 120 days.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6231","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HEB1DB014861C4492864E2D4B335AE4FD:~:text=6231.%20Education%20allowance%20for%20dependents%20of%20Department"},"heading":"Education allowance for dependents of Department of State employees located in United States territories","effect":"Makes Department employees at certain United States territory locations eligible for a cost-of-living education allowance for dependents, capped at the educational allowance the Secretary of Defense authorizes for that location.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6232","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HA394B7CCAAAF46F9A81C60D6719E0B91:~:text=6232.%20Overtime%20pay%20exception%20for%20protective%20services"},"heading":"Overtime pay exception for protective services","effect":"Lets Diplomatic Security Service employees on protective services receive overtime premium pay above the section 5547 limit, capped at Executive Schedule level II, with leave and aggregate-pay rules, a report in 180 days, and a sunset on December 31, 2025.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6301","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HE2F4F191E27042D1ABDCDD00D45543CA"},"heading":"Data-informed diplomacy","effect":"States congressional findings on the value of data to diplomacy at the Department, and a sense of Congress that the Department should recruit data science talent and strengthen data fluency, collaboration and oversight.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6302","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H5A96EB06FCDC44DC80F61B147382FC81:~:text=6302.%20Establishment%20and%20expansion%20of%20the%20Bureau"},"heading":"Establishment and expansion of the Bureau Chief Data Officer Program","effect":"Establishes a Bureau Chief Data Officer Program overseen by the Department's Chief Data Officer, requires an implementation plan within 180 days, bars dual-hatting current staff, and requires annual status reports for 3 years.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6303","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H7170969BF37D43ECBCF49D4310CC7602:~:text=6303.%20Establishment%20of%20the%20Chief%20Artificial%20Intelligence"},"heading":"Establishment of the Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department of State","effect":"Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to create a Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer within the Department of State, sets its duties and qualifications, and requires consultation with the Chief Information Officer.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6304","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H45BDD32D4C9C4DF88CB822FF69DCC210:~:text=6304.%20Strengthening%20the%20Chief%20Information%20Officer%20of"},"heading":"Strengthening the Chief Information Officer of the Department of State","effect":"Requires the Department's Chief Information Officer to be consulted on significant new unclassified IT expenditures over $250,000, and requires a 5-year strategy, an improvement plan with annual client surveys, and a rule of construction.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6305","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HD77B6CF3A18C4CAAA2006905D0425DB3:~:text=6305.%20Sense%20of%20Congress%20on%20strengthening%20enterprise"},"heading":"Sense of Congress on strengthening enterprise governance","effect":"States a sense of Congress that enterprise-wide governance of budget and finance, information technology, and data across the Department is necessary to modernize it and to align resources to strategy.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6306","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HB91BDE108DBF47979229F3F060E0C747:~:text=6306.%20Digital%20connectivity%20and%20cybersecurity%20partnership"},"heading":"Digital connectivity and cybersecurity partnership","effect":"Authorizes a Digital Connectivity and Cybersecurity Partnership to help foreign countries with internet access, cybersecurity and ICT policy, sets use of funds, an implementation plan within 180 days, consultation, and funds available until expended.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6307","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H543505D30D7C40B78A1746A2706EBA79:~:text=6307.%20Establishment%20of%20a%20cyberspace"},"heading":"Establishment of a cyberspace, digital connectivity, and related technologies (CDT) fund","effect":"Adds a chapter to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 authorizing the Secretary of State to give cyberspace and digital connectivity capacity-building assistance, calling for an emergency assistance review, and authorizing $150,000,000 over 5 years from October 1, 2023.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6308","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HD9E613B6ED8C429B8D58D39211A3306B:~:text=6308.%20Cyber%20protection%20support%20for%20personnel%20of"},"heading":"Cyber protection support for personnel of the Department of State in positions highly vulnerable to cyber attack","effect":"Requires the Secretary of State to offer cyber protection support for the personal devices and accounts of Department personnel highly vulnerable to cyber attack, bars access to those devices and accounts without explicit consent each time, and requires a report within 180 days.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6309","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H98B79FBB5AA74133B0DB54B2D204737B:~:text=6309.%20Implementation%20of%20GAO%20High%20Risk%20List"},"heading":"Implementation of GAO High Risk List recommendations","effect":"Requires the Secretary to implement the Government Accountability Office's High Risk List recommendations applicable to the Department in five named areas, and to report on progress within 90 days of enactment.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6401","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H245D8141898440798E1959F5D5C31C97:~:text=6401.%20Personal%20services%20contractors"},"heading":"Personal services contractors","effect":"Authorizes the Department to employ up to 100 personal services contractors at a time in each of fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026, with up to 20 per bureau and employment of at most two calendar years, and requires notification and annual reports to Congress.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6402","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HB285A06B6ECA4D2AB1662553F053347D"},"heading":"Hard-to-fill posts","effect":"Expresses the sense of Congress on hard-to-fill diplomatic posts, requires a report on incentives within 180 days, and requires a study and report on letting first-tour non-Consular officers volunteer for hard-to-fill posts.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6403","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HCEF76A8DA4CC438F8A2ECB5CB0FC36F7:~:text=6403.%20Enhanced%20oversight%20of%20the%20Office%20of"},"heading":"Enhanced oversight of the Office of Civil Rights","effect":"Requires the Secretary to report within 270 days on the long-term structure and management of the Office of Civil Rights, including its investigative processes, changes made, and recommendations.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6404","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HCBCEC142F86441AB9D3F3D5320EF1A8B:~:text=6404.%20Crisis%20response%20operations"},"heading":"Crisis response operations","effect":"Requires the Secretary within 120 days to put crisis response changes in place, including contingency plans, a designated experienced lead and quarterly updates, and to send updates to Congress every 180 days for five years.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6405","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HE3CC83F73D4E41F19B85F194E1E4B7C3:~:text=6405.%20Special%20Envoy%20to%20the%20Pacific%20Islands"},"heading":"Special Envoy to the Pacific Islands Forum","effect":"Expresses the sense of Congress on Pacific diplomacy, adds a Senate-confirmed Special Envoy to the Pacific Islands Forum to the State Department Basic Authorities Act, and requires a report on recruiting senior personnel for Pacific posts.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6407","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H32F2B9A695DF49C39D5778F9ADFBD064:~:text=6407.%20Presidential%20Envoy%20for%20the%20Abraham%20Accords"},"heading":"Presidential Envoy for the Abraham Accords, Negev Forum, and Related Integration and Normalization Fora and Agreements","effect":"Establishes in the Department of State an Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for the Abraham Accords, Negev Forum, and related agreements, headed by an Senate-confirmed envoy with ambassador rank, and sets duties, annual reports, a strategy, a 6-year termination and definitions.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6408","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HBAA5C7A390C74328A1FFDD4C41C193C2:~:text=6408.%20Overseas%20placement%20of%20special%20appointment%20positions"},"heading":"Overseas placement of special appointment positions","effect":"Requires the Secretary to report to the appropriate congressional committees within 90 days on special appointment positions at United States diplomatic missions, including each position's title, responsibilities, expected duration, appointee name and hiring authority.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6409","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H638F79B77A814B668B6EB132321BF841:~:text=6409.%20Resources%20for%20United%20States%20nationals%20unlawfully"},"heading":"Resources for United States nationals unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad","effect":"Amends the Robert Levinson Act to require travel financial assistance for family members of nationals detained abroad, offer health and other support, require notification above $250,000 and annual reports, and end these authorities on December 31, 2027.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6410","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HD54F021ED2FF45C3B7BF5D0BF1AD8477:~:text=6410.%20Establishment%20of%20fiscal%20responsibility%20award"},"heading":"Establishment of fiscal responsibility award","effect":"Directs the Under Secretary of State for Management to establish an annual departmental award for an employee who recommends, identifies, or adopts significant cost-saving measures for program implementation or through reallocation of resources.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6501","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HF081C8668AAA411495DF206D5987470C:~:text=6501.%20Report%20on%20recruitment"},"heading":"Report on recruitment, retention, and promotion of Foreign Service economic officers","effect":"Requires the Secretary to submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees within 180 days on the recruitment, retention, and promotion of economic officers in the Foreign Service, covering seven listed elements.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6502","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H7F45BD4C61794D6983FF5593179F7651:~:text=6502.%20Mandate%20to%20revise%20Department%20of%20State"},"heading":"Mandate to revise Department of State metrics for successful economic and commercial diplomacy","effect":"Requires the Secretary to revise Department of State performance measures for economic and commercial diplomacy in its next metrics review, to include a data plan and a report on private sector surveys, and to submit them within 90 days of the review.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6503","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H7291A3C928E841FE82DCF47A51E04CCF:~:text=6503.%20Direction%20to%20embassy%20deal%20teams"},"heading":"Direction to embassy deal teams","effect":"Sets the purposes of deal teams at United States embassies and consulates, restricts the governments and persons they may support, makes the chief of mission their leader, requires a guidance cable, protects proprietary information, and sunsets subsections (f) through (h) after 5 years.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6504","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H64A7878809034022BE23513B42CEED37:~:text=6504.%20Establishment%20of%20a%20Deal%20Team%20of"},"heading":"Establishment of a Deal Team of the Year award","effect":"Requires the Secretary to create a \"Deal Team of the Year Award\" presented annually to a deal team at one United States mission in each region, sets the certificate and eligibility terms, and requires a report on recipients.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6601","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H06F26577AAAB4601AA6233763E633133:~:text=6601.%20Public%20diplomacy%20outreach"},"heading":"Public diplomacy outreach","effect":"Directs embassy public affairs sections and USAID mission program officers to coordinate public diplomacy campaigns, states USAID should prioritize hiring more Development Outreach and Coordination officers, and requires identifying 10 countries to develop best practices.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6602","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H967081FE75694820AA8E2B18E6228BB4:~:text=6602.%20Modification%20on%20use%20of%20funds%20for"},"heading":"Modification on use of funds for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty","effect":"Amends section 308(h) of the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 by striking subparagraphs (1), (3), and (5) and redesignating paragraphs (2) and (4) as paragraphs (1) and (2).","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6603","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H866E17006DBC40CE813FF231AFDE39A3:~:text=6603.%20Report%20on%20Radio%20Free%20Africa%20and"},"heading":"Report on Radio Free Africa and Radio Free Americas","effect":"Requires the Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media to report within 180 days on the resources needed to establish 2 nonprofit organizations, Radio Free Africa and Radio Free Americas, modeled after Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio Free Asia.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6604","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HBCC9412F82444466B49B3725D992017D:~:text=6604.%20John%20Lewis%20Civil%20Rights%20Fellowship%20program"},"heading":"John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship program","effect":"Establishes the John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship Program within the Fulbright Educational Exchange Program, sets selection, structure, award and annual report rules, amends section 112(a) of the 1961 Act, and ends the authority 10 years after enactment.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6605","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H822D7716F5FF4BC2B26A21D1C2C9C7E2:~:text=6605.%20Domestic%20engagement%20and%20public%20affairs"},"heading":"Domestic engagement and public affairs","effect":"Requires the Secretary to develop, within 180 days of enactment, a strategy explaining the Department's work and the role of United States foreign policy to the American people, including outreach tools, audience reach, and staffing and resource needs.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6606","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H800ECAEF7B9B43B2ADED6BFF82C1FD47:~:text=6606.%20Modernization%20and%20enhancement%20strategy"},"heading":"Modernization and enhancement strategy","effect":"Requires the Secretary to submit a strategy within 180 days of enactment on modernizing American Spaces and American Corners, paying their locally employed staff, and opening opportunities for United States businesses and nongovernmental organizations.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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infrastructure projects in Middle East, African, and Latin American and Caribbean countries, covering United States and People’s Republic of China investments, security threats, and regional priorities.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6704","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H22AF3FE303C44BE9ABD596E40442D06B:~:text=6704.%20Special%20envoys"},"heading":"Special envoys","effect":"Requires the Secretary to review all special envoy positions within 180 days and then report to congressional committees on which are needed, which could be absorbed into existing bureaus, and which were created by statute or without it.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6705","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H73F1CE8FC6B5443DB6906AA51C339EEC"},"heading":"US-ASEAN Center","effect":"Authorizes the Secretary to enter a public-private partnership to establish a US-ASEAN Center in the United States, lists its permitted functions, and requires that its activities not duplicate current United States Government efforts.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6706","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H494FB7A9C4CD4AA8AF86B996AAFE8BCA:~:text=6706.%20Briefings%20on%20the%20United%20States"},"heading":"Briefings on the United States-European Union Trade and Technology Council","effect":"States the sense of Congress that the United States-European Union Trade and Technology Council is an important forum and that the Department should regularly update congressional committees on its ministerial deliverables and initiatives.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6707","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HE889E6A6B3134934900FFCAE938B763F:~:text=6707.%20Modification%20and%20repeal%20of%20reports"},"heading":"Modification and repeal of reports","effect":"Directs the Secretary to examine production of the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, adds a transnational repression paragraph to those reports, and eliminates or repeals several obsolete annual reports.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6708","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H37C0E476CDE1469FBFE93B2BE0E6F746:~:text=6708.%20Art%20in%20embassies"},"heading":"Art in embassies","effect":"Amends section 5112(c) of the Department of State Authorization Act of 2021 by striking “2 years after” and inserting “4 years after”.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6709","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H00C658444F11420DB296FB02B413B03B:~:text=6709.%20Institute%20for%20Transatlantic%20Engagement"},"heading":"Institute for Transatlantic Engagement","effect":"Authorizes the Secretary of State to establish an Institute for Transatlantic Engagement with a Director, set participant eligibility and selection, and authorizes up to $750,000 for fiscal years 2024 and 2025, ending December 31, 2025.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6710","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HCB2D5CCDB7AD44669C1523D76CDAEDBB:~:text=6710.%20Notification%20of%20revocation%20of%20clearances"},"heading":"Notification of revocation of clearances","effect":"Requires the Secretary to notify congressional leaders within 15 days, and brief them within 30 days, when the security clearance of a covered State Department official is suspended or revoked; ends three years after enactment.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7001","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H62E0B3FC5B234C078382E3811169BACA:~:text=7001.%20Short%20title"},"heading":"Short title","effect":"Provides that Division G may be cited as the “Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 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President, and limits on public disclosure.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7103","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H515BBC3FF55E429B8BE4AD3083C4B9A0:~:text=7103.%20Intelligence%20Community%20Management%20Account"},"heading":"Intelligence Community Management Account","effect":"Authorizes $645,900,000 for fiscal year 2024 for the Intelligence Community Management Account of the Director of National Intelligence, plus additional amounts specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7104","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HEBA617A77D0A4E149568B387961D57EA:~:text=7104.%20Increase%20in%20employee%20compensation%20and%20benefits"},"heading":"Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law","effect":"Allows appropriations authorized by this division for Federal employee salary, pay, retirement and other benefits to be increased by amounts necessary for increases in compensation or benefits authorized by law.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7105","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H9662878EA8CC4FF7A8473E14F11643A9:~:text=7105.%20Restriction%20on%20conduct%20of%20intelligence%20activities"},"heading":"Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities","effect":"Provides that the authorization of appropriations by this division is not authority for any intelligence activity not otherwise authorized by the Constitution or the laws of the United States.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7201","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H396F9B52B93346519E40CA6E1A9B13BD:~:text=7201.%20Authorization%20of%20appropriations"},"heading":"Authorization of appropriations","effect":"Authorizes $514,000,000 to be appropriated for fiscal year 2024 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7301","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H8DF3801B52D44CAA84415198F967D16A:~:text=7301.%20Plan%20to%20recruit"},"heading":"Plan to recruit, train, and retain personnel with experience in financial intelligence and emerging technologies","effect":"Requires the Director of National Intelligence to submit, within 180 days, a plan to recruit, train and retain intelligence community personnel with financial intelligence and emerging technologies skills, with five listed elements.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7302","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HB5F78E30666D43FF9493069740931128:~:text=7302.%20Policy%20and%20performance%20framework%20for%20mobility"},"heading":"Policy and performance framework for mobility of intelligence community workforce","effect":"Requires the Director of National 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Counterintelligence and Security Center, redesignates subsections, and makes conforming amendments to cross-references.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7306","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H7158CB7B4660460B9A09D5F2688BEA89:~:text=7306.%20Budget%20transparency%20on%20costs%20of%20implementation"},"heading":"Budget transparency on costs of implementation of Executive Order 13556","effect":"Requires the head of each intelligence community element to give the congressional intelligence committees a cost estimate for implementing Executive Order 13556 over the future years intelligence plan, within 30 days after the fiscal year 2025 budget is submitted.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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oversee automated records checks, evaluate counterintelligence programs and study background investigation data.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7309","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H7A9440B692C94EF4825066C3E073B4AA:~:text=7309.%20Modification%20of%20deadline%20for%20annual%20submission"},"heading":"Modification of deadline for annual submission of National Intelligence Priorities Framework","effect":"Amends section 102A(p)(3) of the National Security Act of 1947 to change the annual deadline for the National Intelligence Priorities Framework submission from October 1 to March 1.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7310","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H885F36144FDC44F4B5565D90A7870179:~:text=7310.%20Matters%20relating%20to%20chief%20data%20officers"},"heading":"Matters relating to chief data officers of intelligence community","effect":"Bars the intelligence community chief information officers from also serving as chief data officers, limits the Intelligence Community Chief Data Officer to data-related duties, and requires a reorganization, a briefing and reports from each element within 90 days.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7311","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H6049E0B7DC204625860A660339C0527A:~:text=7311.%20Modification%20to%20special%20pay%20authority%20for"},"heading":"Modification to special pay authority for science, technology, engineering, or mathematics positions","effect":"Amends section 113B of the National Security Act of 1947 to extend special pay authority to banking or financial services positions, caps recipients at 50 individuals or 5 percent of positions per element, and requires annual reports through September 1, 2025.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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description, citation, type and recommendation for each.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7315","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H5556E89A41D04475AC7E926D29A44658:~:text=7315.%20Notice%20and%20damage%20assessment%20with%20respect"},"heading":"Notice and damage assessment with respect to significant unauthorized disclosure or compromise of classified national intelligence","effect":"Adds section 1105A to the National Security Act of 1947 requiring the Director of National Intelligence to notify the congressional intelligence committees within 7 days of a significant unauthorized disclosure of classified intelligence, start a damage assessment, and report on it.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7317","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H9BC13923ACCF41248449B8C42D958367:~:text=7317.%20Repeal%20of%20study%20on%20personnel%20under"},"heading":"Repeal of study on personnel under Strategic Intelligence Partnership Program","effect":"Repeals section 6435 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, which concerned a study on personnel under the Strategic Intelligence Partnership Program, and conforms the table of contents.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7318","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HABC18AD46C494E058BEEE7E373A1F3CD:~:text=7318.%20Intelligence%20Community%20Counterintelligence%20Office%20at%20the"},"heading":"Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office at the Department of Agriculture","effect":"Repeals section 415 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 and directs the Director of National Intelligence to seek to establish an Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office within the Department of Agriculture by January 1, 2025.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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congressional committees within 90 days of completion.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7325","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H6ED54996EB5C4F0ABEC82492B44981FF:~:text=7325.%20Sense%20of%20Congress%20on%20priority%20of"},"heading":"Sense of Congress on priority of fentanyl in National Intelligence Priorities Framework","effect":"States the sense of Congress that trafficking of illicit fentanyl, including precursor chemicals, equipment and trafficking organizations, from China and Mexico should be among the highest priorities in the National Intelligence Priorities Framework.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7326","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HF07B911281374EA8ACDD5ECE7C9E65CB:~:text=7326.%20Reports%20on%20civilian%20casualties%20caused%20by"},"heading":"Reports on civilian casualties caused by certain operations of foreign 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NSA Director to notify congressional committees within 30 days after determining that an intelligence collection adjustment has occurred.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7353","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H139DDC0B6AE54C218985DDBA2B43F6CD:~:text=7353.%20Support%20by%20intelligence%20community%20for%20certain"},"heading":"Support by intelligence community for certain cross-functional team of Department of Defense","effect":"Requires intelligence community elements to give the Department of Defense cross-functional team access to relevant information, sets rules for detailing or assigning intelligence personnel to that team, and defines covered elements.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7354","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H8FB1DF4305C34FCF97128AEDB23C2D71:~:text=7354.%20Commercial%20Cloud%20Enterprise%20notification"},"heading":"Commercial Cloud 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submit to Congress, within 1 year, two assessments of areas where the United States lacks a reciprocal relationship with the People's Republic of China and how that lack gives it advantages.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7406","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HE19CA026377C4308B5AD75762D23B16C:~:text=7406.%20Intelligence%20assessment%20of%20influence%20operations%20by"},"heading":"Intelligence assessment of influence operations by People’s Republic of China toward Pacific Islands countries","effect":"Requires an intelligence assessment, within 180 days, of influence operations by the People's Republic of China toward Pacific Islands countries, covering its ties, coercion, intelligence presence and opportunities to counter it, and sets its form and definitions.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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covering forced sterilization, child transfer, forced labor, torture, surveillance and companies employing forced Uyghur laborers.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7411","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H8328868DA7FB429F90F1A06A62F69383:~:text=7411.%20Report%20on%20efforts%20to%20capture%20and"},"heading":"Report on efforts to capture and detain United States citizens as hostages","effect":"Requires the Director of National Intelligence to report within 120 days on efforts by the Maduro regime in Venezuela to detain United States citizens and lawful permanent residents, including who is responsible, motives and the number detained.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7412","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H5C0E30A145A0438F973C38067B399909:~:text=7412.%20Intelligence%20assessments%20regarding%20Haiti"},"heading":"Intelligence assessments regarding 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officer within certain elements of the intelligence community","effect":"Requires the heads of the CIA, DIA, FBI, NGA, NSA and NRO each to designate a senior official as chief technology officer, who helps identify and adopt technology and may not also serve as chief information, chief data, or principal science officer.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7505","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H1B3479D8B7A447D0AF3B0256BCBCC1B5:~:text=7505.%20Requirement%20to%20authorize%20additional%20security%20clearances"},"heading":"Requirement to authorize additional security clearances for certain contractors","effect":"Directs the Director of National Intelligence to study and plan, by April 1, 2024, a program letting intelligence contractors designate additional employees for security clearances, capped at 10 percent or 1 person per contract and per entity, with no cost borne by intelligence 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microelectronics research program for artificial intelligence, with consultation duties, National Intelligence Program funding, and committee briefings.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7508","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HF6CC95F2313346D5AF12BE8FBD1DA970:~:text=7508.%20Program%20for%20Beyond%205G"},"heading":"Program for Beyond 5G","effect":"Authorizes the Director of National Intelligence, through the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, to carry out a research and development program on 6G technology and successors for intelligence community or national security uses, with required consultation.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7509","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HA40DD2AB7DAC44E3A3E59A48517BD698:~:text=7509.%20Intelligence%20community%20commercial%20remote%20sensing%20requirements"},"heading":"Intelligence community commercial 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Director of National Intelligence to assess whether civil nuclear reactors could meet the unique energy needs of certain intelligence community capabilities, and to report on the findings within 180 days.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7513","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H04ACEC9E35BA4ACEBD045B45A5BD32A9:~:text=7513.%20Policies%20established%20by%20Director%20of%20National"},"heading":"Policies established by Director of National Intelligence for artificial intelligence capabilities","effect":"Amends section 6702 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 to require the Director of National Intelligence to establish, within 1 year, policies for intelligence community artificial intelligence capabilities, and to review them annually.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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classification authority to be accountable for over-classification and to promote sensible classification.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7604","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H60F80EA1AC7C41A4B8EBAA9C16522059:~:text=7604.%20Improvements%20to%20Public%20Interest%20Declassification%20Board"},"heading":"Improvements to Public Interest Declassification Board","effect":"Amends section 703 of the Public Interest Declassification Act of 2000 so a Board member with an expired term may serve up to 1 year or until a successor is sworn in, requires a successor plan within 30 days, and allows the Board to hire not more than 12 staff members.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7605","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H540419D3DE324361A616201716E7A640:~:text=7605.%20Implementation%20of%20technology%20for%20classification%20and"},"heading":"Implementation of technology 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March 30, 2024 for 5 years on such determinations disaggregated by category, and strikes subsection (h) of section 3001 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7704","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H5647500552A44BA382B2D55386FEF43F:~:text=7704.%20Survey%20to%20assess%20strengths%20and%20weaknesses"},"heading":"Survey to assess strengths and weaknesses of Trusted Workforce 2.0","effect":"Requires the Comptroller General, within 1 year and every 2 years until 2029, to survey agencies, contractors and others requiring clearances on the strengths and weaknesses of the Trusted Workforce 2.0 initiative and the effectiveness of vetting Federal personnel.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7801","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HFD206B4563E245A0BBC56AFCBFE0EAE4:~:text=7801.%20Improved%20funding%20flexibility%20for%20payments%20made"},"heading":"Improved funding flexibility for payments made by the Central Intelligence Agency for qualifying injuries to the brain","effect":"Amends section 19A(d) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 so payments for qualifying brain injuries may use funds appropriated for them or reprogrammed under section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947, and requires a yearly budget estimate.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7802","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-HDA72FABC68B947A6862F0F4540B724E9:~:text=7802.%20Clarification%20of%20requirements%20to%20seek%20certain"},"heading":"Clarification of requirements to seek certain benefits relating to injuries to the brain","effect":"Amends section 19A(d)(5) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 so covered employees need not first seek chapter 81 of title 5 benefits to be eligible solely for the payment, and requires revised regulations within 90 days.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7803","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H8AB2441CF1EE4378B86D1ECDAFD02AD1:~:text=7803.%20Intelligence%20community%20implementation%20of%20HAVANA%20Act"},"heading":"Intelligence community implementation of HAVANA Act of 2021 authorities","effect":"Requires each intelligence community element head to issue regulations within 180 days to implement HAVANA Act payment authorities, report within 210 days on eligible individuals and expected fiscal year 2025 obligations, or submit a written justification.","partly":null,"part":null},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7902","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text/enr#toc-H2EAE5DF8536E4A24BDE68ABBBBFF226E:~:text=7902.%20Extension%20of%20title%20VII%20of%20FISA"},"heading":"Extension of title VII of FISA","effect":"Changes the date \"December 31, 2023\" to \"April 19, 2024\" in section 403(b) and the heading of section 404(b)(1) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008, extending the title VII provisions.","partly":null,"part":null}],"added_count":468,"approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-2670.png","v":"68a1ac5c163c","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 2670, 118th Congress: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. House: 310 Yea, 118 Nay. Senate: 87 Yea, 13 Nay. Outcome: Became law, 22 Dec 2023."}}