S. 1605: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022

Bill · 117th Congress (2021–2022). Became law, 27 Dec 2021 · Public Law 117-81. Introduced 13 May 2021.

Official title: A bill to designate the National Pulse Memorial located at 1912 South Orange Avenue in Orlando, Florida, and for other purposes.

Vote results

House, 7 Dec 2021: Passed, 363 Yea, 70 Nay, 0 Present, 0 Not voting. The House’s roll call
Senate, 15 Dec 2021: Motion Agreed to, 88 Yea, 11 Nay, 0 Present, 1 Not voting. The Senate’s roll call
President: Signed 27 Dec 2021 · Public Law 117-81

How each member voted

White House

Signed (1): Joseph Biden (D, President).

Not in office (2): Donald Trump (R, President); Mike Pence (R, Vice President).

Senate

Yea (88): Chuck Grassley (R-IA); Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT); Richard C. Shelby (R-AL); Charles E. Schumer (D-NY); Richard J. Durbin (D-IL); Mitch McConnell (R-KY); Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD); James M. Inhofe (R-OK); Thomas R. Carper (D-DE); Jack Reed (D-RI); Dianne Feinstein (D-CA); Sherrod Brown (D-OH); Mike Crapo (R-ID); Patty Murray (D-WA); Robert Menendez (D-NJ); Richard Burr (R-NC); Lindsey Graham (R-SC); Roger F. Wicker (R-MS); Roy Blunt (R-MO); Susan M. Collins (R-ME); Jerry Moran (R-KS); Debbie Stabenow (D-MI); Tammy Baldwin (D-WI); Maria Cantwell (D-WA); John Thune (R-SD); Rob Portman (R-OH); Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV); John Boozman (R-AR); John Cornyn (R-TX); Lisa Murkowski (R-AK); Marsha Blackburn (R-TN); Chris Van Hollen (D-MD); Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA); Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D-PA); Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI); Amy Klobuchar (D-MN); Christopher Murphy (D-CT); Jon Tester (D-MT); Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI); John Barrasso (R-WY); Bill Cassidy (R-LA); Martin Heinrich (D-NM); Ben Ray Luján (D-NM); Gary C. Peters (D-MI); James E. Risch (R-ID); Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH); Mark R. Warner (D-VA); Michael F. Bennet (D-CO); Christopher A. Coons (D-DE); Joe Manchin, III (D-WV); Richard Blumenthal (D-CT); John Hoeven (R-ND); Ron Johnson (R-WI); James Lankford (R-OK); Marco Rubio (R-FL); Tim Scott (R-SC); Todd Young (R-IN); Brian Schatz (D-HI); Tom Cotton (R-AR); Kevin Cramer (R-ND); Ted Cruz (R-TX); Steve Daines (R-MT); Tammy Duckworth (D-IL); Deb Fischer (R-NE); Tim Kaine (D-VA); Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME); Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ); Joni Ernst (R-IA); Mike Rounds (R-SD); Ben Sasse (R-NE); Dan Sullivan (R-AK); Thom Tillis (R-NC); Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV); Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH); John Kennedy (R-LA); Roger Marshall (R-KS); Jacky Rosen (D-NV); Tina Smith (D-MN); Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS); Josh Hawley (R-MO); Mitt Romney (R-UT); Rick Scott (R-FL); Mark Kelly (D-AZ); Bill Hagerty (R-TN); John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO); Tommy Tuberville (R-AL); Jon Ossoff (D-GA); Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA).

Nay (11): Edward J. Markey (D-MA); Ron Wyden (D-OR); Bernard Sanders (I-VT); Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY); Jeff Merkley (D-OR); Mike Lee (R-UT); Rand Paul (R-KY); Elizabeth Warren (D-MA); Cory A. Booker (D-NJ); Mike Braun (R-IN); Alex Padilla (D-CA).

Not voting (1): Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY).

Not in office (2): Kamala D. Harris (D-CA); Kelly Loeffler (R-GA).

House

Yea (363): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Fred Upton (R-MI-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); David E. Price (D-NC-4); Jim Cooper (D-TN-5); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); Ken Calvert (R-CA-42); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-18); Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX-30); Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA-40); Bobby L. Rush (D-IL-1); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-19); Steve Chabot (R-OH-1); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Kevin Brady (R-TX-8); Kay Granger (R-TX-12); Ron Kind (D-WI-3); Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-9); Brad Sherman (D-CA-30); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-32); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Mike Thompson (D-CA-5); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); James R. Langevin (D-RI-2); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-28); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); Michael C. Burgess (R-TX-26); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-25); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-3); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2); Tim Ryan (D-OH-13); David Scott (D-GA-13); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-50); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Jim Costa (D-CA-16); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Brian Higgins (D-NY-26); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC-10); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-23); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-6); Albio Sires (D-NJ-8); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5); Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-23); Jerry McNerney (D-CA-9); Ed Perlmutter (D-CO-7); John P. Sarbanes (D-MD-3); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); John A. Yarmuth (D-KY-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); André Carson (D-IN-7); Jackie Speier (D-CA-14); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-7); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3); Tom McClintock (R-CA-4); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Kurt Schrader (D-OR-5); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); John Garamendi (D-CA-3); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); Karen Bass (D-CA-37); Mo Brooks (R-AL-5); Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8); David N. Cicilline (D-RI-1); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); Bob Gibbs (R-OH-7); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Vicky Hartzler (R-MO-4); Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA-3); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-2); Bill Johnson (R-OH-6); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); Adam Kinzinger (R-IL-16); Billy Long (R-MO-7); David B. McKinley (R-WV-1); Steven M. Palazzo (R-MS-4); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-7); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Cheri Bustos (D-IL-17); Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Tony Cárdenas (D-CA-29); Rodney Davis (R-IL-13); Lois Frankel (D-FL-21); Richard Hudson (R-NC-8); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Daniel T. Kildee (D-MI-5); Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6); Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ-2); Ann M. Kuster (D-NH-2); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY-18); Markwayne Mullin (R-OK-2); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-52); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-36); Chris Stewart (R-UT-2); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-15); Juan Vargas (D-CA-51); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Brad R. Wenstrup (R-OH-2); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-31); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-11); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-12); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-7); Garret Graves (R-LA-6); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); John Katko (R-NY-24); Brenda L. Lawrence (D-MI-14); Ted Lieu (D-CA-33); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-4); Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); Kathleen M. Rice (D-NY-4); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); Lee M. Zeldin (R-NY-1); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); David G. Valadao (R-CA-21); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-18); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); James Comer (R-KY-1); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Jim Banks (R-IN-3); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL); Ted Budd (R-NC-13); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); Liz Cheney (R-WY-AL); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Val Butler Demings (D-FL-10); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); A. Drew Ferguson IV (R-GA-3); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Matt Gaetz (R-FL-1); Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-15); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN-9); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Mike Johnson (R-LA-4); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Al Lawson, Jr. (D-FL-5); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-18); Stephanie N. Murphy (D-FL-7); Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ-1); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-4); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); John R. Curtis (R-UT-3); Conor Lamb (D-PA-17); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Susan Wild (D-PA-7); Colin Z. Allred (D-TX-32); Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-AL); Cynthia Axne (D-IA-3); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH-16); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Josh Harder (D-CA-10); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Andy Kim (D-NJ-3); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Elaine G. Luria (D-VA-2); Lucy McBath (D-GA-6); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-3); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Greg Pence (R-IN-6); Dean Phillips (D-MN-3); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-8); Abigail Davis Spanberger (D-VA-7); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-9); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); Van Taylor (R-TX-3); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); David J. Trone (D-MD-6); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-22); Fred Keller (R-PA-12); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Mike Garcia (R-CA-25); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Chris Jacobs (R-NY-27); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3); Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA-7); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Jerry L. Carl (R-AL-1); Madison Cawthorn (R-NC-11); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Scott Franklin (R-FL-15); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-26); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Yvette Herrell (R-NM-2); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-1); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Kaiali’i Kahele (D-HI-2); Young Kim (R-CA-39); Jake LaTurner (R-KS-2); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Kathy E. Manning (D-NC-6); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-10); Peter Meijer (R-MI-3); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-2); Barry Moore (R-AL-2); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Marie Newman (D-IL-3); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-8); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Michelle Steel (R-CA-48); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Don Young (R-AK-AL); Devin Nunes (R-CA-22); G. K. Butterfield (D-NC-1); Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE-1); Theodore E. Deutch (D-FL-22); Tom Reed (R-NY-23); Jackie Walorski (R-IN-2); Filemon Vela (D-TX-34); A. Donald McEachin (D-VA-4); Charlie Crist (D-FL-13); Antonio Delgado (D-NY-19); Jim Hagedorn (R-MN-1).

Nay (70): Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR-4); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-10); Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY-12); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-35); Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Barbara Lee (D-CA-13); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Louie Gohmert (R-TX-1); Al Green (D-TX-9); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); Peter Welch (D-VT-AL); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); Bill Posey (R-FL-8); Judy Chu (D-CA-27); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-4); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); David Schweikert (R-AZ-6); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Alan S. Lowenthal (D-CA-47); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Tom Rice (R-SC-7); Mark Takano (D-CA-41); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Ken Buck (R-CO-4); Jody B. Hice (R-GA-10); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Anthony G. Brown (D-MD-4); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Andy Levin (D-MI-9); Tom Malinowski (D-NJ-7); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Katie Porter (D-CA-45); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13); Dan Bishop (R-NC-9); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16); Cori Bush (D-MO-1); Bob Good (R-VA-5); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-53); Mondaire Jones (D-NY-17); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT-AL); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Michael F. Doyle (D-PA-18).

Speaker, not listed (1): Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-12).

Not in office (15): Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); Connie Conway (R-CA-22); Mayra Flores (R-TX-34); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK-AL); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-19); Joseph Sempolinski (R-NY-23); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL-20); Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH-11); Steve Stivers (R-OH-15); Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-2); Debra A. Haaland (D-NM-1); Ron Wright (R-TX-6).

Summary

Main subject: Authorizes fiscal year 2022 appropriations and sets policy for the Department of Defense, military construction and Department of Energy national security programs, and also contains funding tables, a Department of State authorization and other non-defense matters. Division A, Division B, Division C, Division D, Division E, Division F

Its core areas: Defense procurement, research and development, and operation and maintenance authorizations; Military personnel end strengths, pay, and benefits; Military justice reform and special trial counsel; Military health care and TRICARE; Defense acquisition policy and industrial base; Cyberspace, space, and nuclear forces matters; Military construction and land conveyances; Department of Energy national security programs and maritime security; Department of State organization, personnel, and embassy construction; Foreign Service family employment and benefits; Department of Homeland Security workforce programs and transportation security; Financial services and foreign affairs matters.

Unexpected Items: 127 provisions

These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.

Not related to the bill’s main subject (35)

Sec. 641: Alexander Lofgren Veterans in Parks program: Amends the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to provide lifetime recreation passes to veterans and Gold Star Family members and annual passes to members of the Armed Forces and their dependents.
Sec. 1077: Study on providing end-to-end electronic voting services for absent uniformed services voters in locations with limited or immature postal service: Directs a study on providing end-to-end electronic voting services (registration, ballot request, completion and return) for absent uniformed services voters in locations with limited or immature postal service.
Sec. 1084: Observance of National Atomic Veterans Day: Requires the President to issue a proclamation each year for National Atomic Veterans Day, calling on the people of the United States to observe it and to honor atomic veterans.
Sec. 1086: National Museum of the Surface Navy: Designates a specific museum in Los Angeles, California as the National Museum of the Surface Navy and states the museum's purposes.
Sec. 1087: Authorization for memorial for members of the Armed Forces killed in attack on Hamid Karzai International Airport: Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish a commemorative work on Department of Defense land in the District of Columbia area for 13 service members who died in an August 26, 2021 attack in Kabul.
Sec. 1683: Establishment of office, organizational structure, and authorities to address unidentified aerial phenomena: Requires the Secretary of Defense, with the Director of National Intelligence, to set up an office on unidentified aerial phenomena within 180 days, replaces the existing task force, and requires annual reports and semiannual briefings through 2026.
Sec. 3141: Sense of Congress regarding compensation of individuals relating to uranium mining and nuclear testing: States findings about the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, which expires July 9, 2022, and expresses the sense of Congress that the government should continue to compensate individuals affected by uranium mining and nuclear testing; it does not set or fund any compensation.
Sec. 3511: Effective period for issuance of documentation for recreational vessels: Lets the owner or operator of a recreational vessel choose a documentation certificate period of 1 to 5 years, replacing the existing subparagraphs on the effective period.
Sec. 5111: Extension of period for reimbursement of fishermen for costs incurred from the illegal seizure and detention of U.S.-flag fishing vessels by foreign governments: Rewrites the Fishermen’s Protective Act subsection so reimbursement payments may be made to the extent provided in appropriation Acts, applies this retroactively, and authorizes agreements and payments for claims that the prior date had cut off.
Sec. 5321: Competitive status for certain employees hired by Inspectors General to support the lead IG mission: Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 so that its competitive-status provision covers employees hired by any of the specified Inspectors General for oversight, instead of only a lead Inspector General.
Sec. 6302: Clarifying amendments to definitions: Replaces the definitions of 'State' and 'eligible person' in the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Act, listing territories and Compact of Free Association states and their citizens.
Sec. 6303: Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Awards: Adds research internships to the Barry Goldwater scholarship and fellowship awards, prioritizes community colleges and minority-serving institutions, and names recipients 'Barry Goldwater Interns'.
Sec. 6304: Stipends: Provides that research interns under the Barry Goldwater scholarship program receive a stipend set by the Board, capped at the maximum stipend for a scholarship or fellowship.
Sec. 6305: Scholarship and research internship conditions: Sets conditions and reporting for research internships under the Barry Goldwater scholarship program and removes the full-time study and gainful employment condition for scholarships.
Sec. 6306: Sustainable investments of funds: Allows the Secretary of the Treasury to invest funds received by the Barry Goldwater foundation in securities other than U.S. public debt securities, if the Board determines it necessary and the securities trade in established U.S. markets.
Sec. 6307: Administrative provisions: Changes staffing and pay provisions for the Barry Goldwater foundation and limits spending on career-support programs and on fundraising activities to 5 percent of the annual operating budget each.
Sec. 6406: National urban security technology laboratory: Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate the laboratory known as the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory as an additional laboratory to test emerging technologies for emergency response providers.
Sec. 6407: Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign enhancement: Expands the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign, adding web-based training for law enforcement and correction personnel and creating a Blue Campaign Advisory Board.
Sec. 6409: Critical domain research and development: Authorizes Department of Homeland Security research and development on critical domains for economic security and authorizes $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. ($1,000,000)
Sec. 6410: CBP Donations Acceptance Program Reauthorization: Reauthorizes the U.S. Customs and Border Protection donations program through December 31, 2026, raising donation value thresholds from $50,000,000 to $75,000,000, adding leased land, and changing reporting from annual to biennial.
Sec. 6416: Comptroller General review of Department of Homeland Security trusted traveler programs: Directs the Comptroller General to review Department of Homeland Security trusted traveler programs, including data tracking and redress and reconsideration procedures.
Sec. 6417: Enrollment redress with respect to Department of Homeland Security trusted traveler programs: Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to extend the active enrollment period of a trusted traveler program by the length of a revocation made in error, upon reenrollment.
Sec. 6601: Eligibility of certain individuals who served with special guerrilla units or irregular forces in Laos for interment in national cemeteries: Makes individuals who served honorably with special guerrilla units or irregular forces operating from a base in Laos between 1961 and 1975 eligible for interment in national cemeteries, effective as if included in a 2018 law.
Sec. 6602: Expansion of scope of Department of Veterans Affairs open burn pit registry to include open burn pits in Egypt and Syria: Adds Egypt and Syria to the locations covered by the Department of Veterans Affairs open burn pit registry.
Sec. 6603: Anomalous health incidents interagency coordinator: Requires the President to designate an Anomalous Health Incidents Interagency Coordinator, requires agency leads, briefings and reporting mechanisms, and authorizes $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 to the Secretary of State for related activities. ($5,000,000)
Sec. 6604: Chief Human Capital Officers Council annual report: Rewrites the annual report requirement for the Chief Human Capital Officers Council, adding a description of employment barriers to hiring and requiring the report to be posted publicly by the Office of Personnel Management.
Sec. 6605: National Global War on Terrorism Memorial: Directs that the National Global War on Terrorism Memorial be located within the Reserve in Washington, notwithstanding the general siting rule in title 40.
Sec. 6606: Establishment of Subcommittee on the Economic and Security Implications of Quantum Information Science: Amends the National Quantum Initiative Act to establish a Subcommittee on the Economic and Security Implications of Quantum Information Science under the National Science and Technology Council.
Sec. 6607: Study and report on the redistribution of COVID–19 vaccine doses that would otherwise expire to foreign countries and economies: Requires a study and report on logistics for collecting unused, unexpired COVID-19 vaccine doses in the United States and distributing them to foreign countries and economies.
Sec. 6609: Property disposition for affordable housing: Rewrites federal transit law on transferring transit assets no longer needed, allowing transfers for transit-oriented development with affordability set-asides of at least 40 percent of units and a 30-year use requirement.
Sec. 6610: Blocking deadly fentanyl imports: Amends foreign assistance and narcotics control laws to identify countries that are significant sources of illicit fentanyl, add reporting items, and set conditions on withholding assistance, with exceptions for certain assistance.
Sec. 1110: Treatment of hours worked under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement: Amends title 5 so that hours worked by a firefighter under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement are disregarded when determining overtime pay eligibility or amount, and lets the Office of Personnel Management set related policies.
Sec. 1111: Parental bereavement leave: Adds a title 5 entitlement for employees to 2 administrative workweeks of paid leave in a 12-month period because of the death of a son or daughter.
Sec. 1116: Increase in allowance based on duty at remote worksites: Directs the Office of Personnel Management to assess the remote site pay allowance under section 5942 of title 5 and propose a new rate, which then becomes the rate of the allowance.
Sec. 1118: Occupational series for digital career fields: Directs the Office of Personnel Management to establish or update occupational series for Federal Government positions in software development, software engineering, data science, and data management.

Applies only to a specific place or group (13)

Sec. 375: Authority to maintain access to category 3 subterranean training facility: Lets the Secretary of Defense keep access to, and enter a short-term lease for, a category 3 subterranean training facility that is operational and deemed safe as of enactment.
Sec. 504: Seaman to Admiral-21 program: credit towards retirement: Requires the Navy to count baccalaureate-program service toward years of service and retired pay for certain participants in the Seaman to Admiral-21 program, and to report how many were credited.
Sec. 813: Office of Corrosion Policy and Oversight employee training requirements: Requires Department of Defense corrosion-prevention contractors to employ a substantial number of people who completed or are enrolled in a qualified training program, defined as one offered or accredited by an organization that sets industry corrosion standards or a registered industrial coatings applicator apprenticeship.
Sec. 816: Limitation on procurement of welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain for naval vessels: Adds welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain to the list of items under the domestic sourcing limitation, and treats a manufacturer of such chain for naval vessels as meeting the requirement if it is part of the national technology and industrial base.
Sec. 904: Implementation of repeal of Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense: Removes the bar on designating an individual who served as Chief Management Officer before enactment to carry out duties assigned under the repeal of that office.
Sec. 1109: Repeal of crediting amounts received against pay of Federal employee or DC employee serving as a member of the National Guard of the District of Columbia: Removes a crediting of certain amounts against the pay of a group of employees identified only by cross-reference to another section of title 5, applying to amounts credited on or after enactment.
Sec. 1115: Assessment of Accelerated Promotion Program suspension: Directs the Department of Defense Inspector General to assess pay differences for employees hired at four public shipyards during a 2016 date range, and to evaluate whether the pay difference and interest can be paid and the employees promoted.
Sec. 1601: National security space launch program: Requires disclosure of National Security Space Launch contract pricing terms to Congress and sets a policy to buy launch services only from providers that can meet phase two reference-orbit requirements.
Sec. 1606: Clarification of domestic services and capabilities in leveraging commercial satellite remote sensing: Defines "domestic" for commercial satellite remote sensing to include companies that operate in the United States and hold active mitigation agreements under the National Industrial Security Program, unless two agency directors determine otherwise.
Sec. 1682: Modification to estimate of damages from Federal Communications Commission Order 20–48: Amends the fiscal year 2021 NDAA so cost estimates tied to an FCC order are shared with licensees under that order, lets the Secretary seek cost recovery from them, and creates a reimbursement process, to the extent provided in appropriation Acts.
Sec. 2862: Pilot program on establishment of account for reimbursement for use of testing facilities at installations of the Department of the Air Force: Creates an Air Force pilot program letting up to two installations set up reimbursable accounts for use of testing facilities, with eligibility limited to installations defined by a funding and organizational description rather than by name.
Sec. 3136: Transfer of building located at 4170 Allium Court, Springfield, Ohio: Directs the National Nuclear Security Administration to release its reversionary rights, without reimbursement, to one building in Springfield, Ohio, and requires transfer of the property's fee simple interest to the Community Improvement Corporation of Clark County.
Sec. 6608: Catawba Indian Nation lands: Sets which gaming laws apply to the Catawba Indian Nation by location, and ratifies the July 10, 2020 placement of about 17 acres in Cleveland County, North Carolina into trust for the Nation.

Funds a specific named project or event (36)

Sec. 318: Inspection of piping and support infrastructure at Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, Hawai‘i: Requires an independent inspection of the pipeline system and supporting infrastructure at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Hawai'i, a life-cycle sustainment plan, an assessment of alternative fuel storage locations, and a report. No dollar amount is stated.
Sec. 515: Continued National Guard support for FireGuard program: Directs the Secretary of Defense to keep supporting the FireGuard program with California National Guard personnel through September 30, 2026.
Sec. 735: Prohibition on availability of funds for certain research connected to China: Bars Department of Defense fiscal year 2022 funds from paying for work by one named organization in China on research supported by the government of China, with a waiver by the Secretary of Defense.
Sec. 1043: Authority to provide space and services to military welfare societies: Adds one named organization, the Coast Guard Mutual Assistance, to the list of military welfare societies that may be provided space and services, and changes who may provide them from a military department to the department concerned.
Sec. 1095: Commission on the National Defense Strategy: Establishes the Commission on the National Defense Strategy and makes up to $5,000,000 of fiscal year 2022 Department of Defense authorized funds available to it, remaining available until expended. ($5,000,000)
Sec. 1205: Temporary authority to pay for travel and subsistence expenses of foreign national security forces participating in the training program of the United States-Colombia Action Plan for Regional Security: For fiscal year 2022, lets the Secretary of Defense pay travel and subsistence expenses of a friendly foreign country's forces in the United States-Colombia Action Plan for Regional Security training program in Colombia, capped at $2,000,000 of operation and maintenance, Defense-wide funds. ($2,000,000)
Sec. 1312: Funding for the European Recapitalization Incentive Program: Expresses that funds for the European Recapitalization Incentive Program should be considered for Greece, and requires a report on all funds distributed under that program.
Sec. 1313: Sense of Congress on loan program: Expresses the sense of Congress that the U.S. Government should provide direct loans to Greece for defense articles, defense services, and design and construction services.
Sec. 1316: Cyprus, Greece, Israel, and the United States 3+1 Interparliamentary Group: Establishes the Cyprus, Greece, Israel, and the United States 3+1 Interparliamentary Group, and authorizes $100,000 for each fiscal year for the expenses of its United States group, until it ends 4 years after enactment. ($100,000)
Sec. 1413: Authority for transfer of funds to joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund for Captain James A. Lovell Health Care Center, Illinois: Allows $137,000,000 of Defense Health Program operation and maintenance funds to be transferred to the Joint DoD-VA Medical Facility Demonstration Fund for operations of the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center. ($137,000,000)
Sec. 1414: Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement Home: Authorizes $75,300,000 for fiscal year 2022 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund for the operation of the Armed Forces Retirement Home. ($75,300,000)
Sec. 1551: United States-Israel cybersecurity cooperation: Creates a Department of Homeland Security grant program for cybersecurity research and technology limited to joint ventures with entities in or the government of Israel, and authorizes not less than $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. ($6,000,000)
Sec. 1636: Procurement authority for certain parts of the ground-based strategic deterrent cryptographic device: Allows life-of-type contracts for parts of the KS–75 cryptographic device and makes $10,900,000 of fiscal year 2022 missile procurement funds available for those parts. ($10,900,000)
Sec. 1665: Guam integrated air and missile defense system: Directs the Missile Defense Agency to identify an air and missile defense architecture for Guam, requires a plan for spending fiscal year 2022 funds on it, and holds back 20 percent of certain office funds until the report is submitted.
Sec. 1666: Missile defense radar in Hawaii: Requires the Missile Defense Agency Director to certify that the future-years defense program funds a discrimination radar planned for Hawaii and that it will be operational by December 31, 2028.
Sec. 1669: Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system and Israeli cooperative missile defense program co-development and co-production: Caps fiscal year 2022 Missile Defense Agency funds that may be provided to the Government of Israel at $108,000,000 for Iron Dome, $30,000,000 for David's Sling, and $62,000,000 for Arrow 3, with certification conditions.
Sec. 1670: Update of study on discrimination capabilities of the ballistic missile defense system: Directs the Secretary of Defense to enter an arrangement with a named private scientific advisory group to update a study on missile defense discrimination capabilities.
Sec. 1687: Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States: Establishes the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States and directs up to $7,000,000 of fiscal year 2022 Department of Defense funds to it, available until expended. ($7,000,000)
Sec. 2104: Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2017 project: Extends until October 1, 2023, or the enactment of a fiscal year 2024 military construction authorization Act if later, the fiscal year 2017 authorization for a hazardous material storage building at Wiesbaden Army Airfield, Germany, originally $2,700,000. ($2,700,000)
Sec. 2105: Additional authority to carry out fiscal year 2018 project at Fort Bliss, Texas: Authorizes a $20,000,000 military construction project to build a defense access road at Fort Bliss, Texas, and allows use of fiscal year 2018 Defense Access Road Program funds for it. ($20,000,000)
Sec. 2106: Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 project: Modifies the fiscal year 2021 Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Unaccompanied Enlisted Personnel Housing project, changing the authorized amount from $114,000,000 to $146,000,000 and the funding table entry from $59,000 to $91,000.
Sec. 2107: Additional authorized funding source for certain fiscal year 2022 project: Allows the Army to use additional funding sources for a $3,600,000 unspecified minor military construction project to build a 6,000 square foot recycling center at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. ($3,600,000)
Sec. 2304: Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2017 projects: Extends until October 1, 2023, or the enactment of a fiscal year 2024 military construction authorization Act if later, ten fiscal year 2017 Air Force project authorizations listed by installation, each with its original authorized amount.
Sec. 2305: Modification of authority to carry out military construction projects at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida: Modifies the scope of previously authorized Air Force construction projects at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, setting maximum sizes for listed facilities, utilities and structures.
Sec. 2404: Extension and modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal years 2017 and 2019 projects: Extends the fiscal year 2017 authorization for the Yokota Air Base hangar project (originally $39,466,000) and lets the Kinnick High School project in Yokosuka, Japan, treat the high school and field house as one facility for defining scope of work. ($39,466,000)
Sec. 2511: Republic of Korea funded construction projects: Authorizes acceptance of six construction projects in the Republic of Korea funded by that country, listed by installation with amounts, and applies section 2350k of title 10 to the Black Hat Intelligence Fusion Center at Camp Humphreys.
Sec. 2512: Republic of Poland funded construction projects: Authorizes acceptance of two Poland-funded construction projects at Poznan, a command and control facility ($30,000,000) and an information systems facility ($7,000,000).
Sec. 2821: Secretary of the Navy authority to support development and operation of National Museum of the United States Navy: Lets the Secretary of the Navy contract with eligible nonprofit organizations to support development and operation of the National Museum of the United States Navy, and sets lease, gift, fund and licensing authorities for it.
Sec. 3101: National Nuclear Security Administration: Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to carry out six listed new National Nuclear Security Administration plant projects at named sites, each with its own dollar amount (for example $13,827,000 for a Sandia National Laboratories project).
Sec. 3102: Defense environmental cleanup: Authorizes four listed new defense environmental cleanup plant projects at named sites in Washington and Idaho, each with its own dollar amount (for example $15,200,000 for a Hanford Site fire station).
Sec. 4101: Procurement: Procurement funding table that includes line items naming specific facilities, such as a demolition line for a named Army ammunition plant listed as [40,000] (in thousands of dollars).
Sec. 4201: Research, development, test, and evaluation: The research, development, test, and evaluation funding table includes line items that name specific organizations, such as Florida Memorial University's Department of Natural Sciences STEM equipment at 400 (in thousands of dollars).
Sec. 5113: International fairs and expositions: Authorizes $20,000,000 for the Department of State for U.S. participation in international fairs and expositions abroad, including construction and operation of U.S. pavilions or other major exhibits. ($20,000,000)
Sec. 1232: Extension of Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative: Amends section 1250 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 to add a fiscal year 2022 funding line of $300,000,000 and extends that program's end date from December 31, 2023 to December 31, 2024. ($300,000,000)
Sec. 1244: Extension of authority to transfer funds for Bien Hoa dioxin cleanup: Extends to fiscal year 2022 the authority to transfer funds under section 1253(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021; the section states no dollar amount.
Sec. 3518: Authorization to purchase duplicate medals: Lets the Maritime Administration use current or prior-year appropriated funds to buy duplicate medals under the Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2020 for eligible World War II merchant mariners who apply.

Different amount for specific places or groups (3)

Sec. 731: Modifications and reports related to military medical manning and medical billets: Requires military departments to assign enough personnel to one named medical center to meet at least 85 percent of its joint table of distribution for fiscal years 2023 through 2027, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies otherwise.
Sec. 1107: Modification of DARPA personnel management authority to attract science and engineering experts: Sets a pay cap of 150 percent of the Level I Executive Schedule maximum for any of 5 designated positions at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and a different cap for other designated positions; also allows relocation expenses for up to 15 new appointees per fiscal year.
Sec. 1315: IMET cooperation with Greece: Authorizes $1,800,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 for International Military Education and Training assistance for Greece. ($1,800,000)

Exception or delay for a subset (32)

Sec. 214: Codification of requirement for Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research: Codifies a Defense research program whose activities are limited to States designated as eligible by a formula based on each State's average Department of Defense research obligations relative to a share of the national average.
Sec. 316: Exemption from prohibition on use of open-air burn pits in contingency operations outside the United States: Allows the Secretary of Defense to exempt individual locations from the prohibition on open-air burn pits in contingency operations outside the United States, with a report to the Armed Services Committees within 30 days of each exemption.
Sec. 354: Pilot program on digital optimization of organic industrial base maintenance and repair operations: Sets up a pilot program to digitize at least one covered depot, and defines covered depots as those under 10 U.S.C. 2476(e) except four listed naval shipyards.
Sec. 516: Enhancement of National Guard Youth Challenge Program: For fiscal year 2022, allows additional assistance to a state's National Guard Youth Challenge Program for start-up costs or workforce development without the usual matching requirement, capped at $5,000,000 total. ($5,000,000)
Sec. 528: Temporary exemption from end strength grade restrictions for the Space Force: Exempts the Space Force from the end strength grade restrictions in sections 517 and 523 of title 10, United States Code, until January 1, 2023, and requires the Air Force Secretary to submit grade numbers by April 1, 2022.
Sec. 717: Exemption from required physical examination and mental health assessment for certain members of the reserve components: Exempts a subset of reserve component members from the required physical examination and mental health assessment unless they are retiring, discharged, or dismissed from the armed forces.
Sec. 861: Exemption of certain contracts from the periodic inflation adjustments to the acquisition-related dollar threshold: Exempts the dollar thresholds in sections 3131 through 3134 of title 40, United States Code, from the periodic inflation adjustments, and keeps in effect any modification made by regulation as of enactment.
Sec. 874: Pilot program to incentivize contracting with employee-owned businesses: Allows the Secretary of Defense to run a pilot program letting follow-on contracts go to S corporations wholly owned through an employee stock ownership plan without competitive procedures, if prior performance was rated satisfactory or better.
Sec. 1521: Enterprise-wide procurement of cyber data products and services: Sets up Department of Defense-wide procurement of cyber data products and services, but says the coordination and independent-purchase limits in subsections (b) and (c) do not apply to the National Security Agency.
Sec. 1545: Strategy: Requires a Homeland Security strategy on the cybersecurity of State, local, Tribal and territorial governments, and exempts actions to implement it from the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Sec. 1662: Limitation on Missile Defense Agency production of satellites and ground systems associated with operation of such satellites: Bars the Missile Defense Agency from funding production programs of record for satellites and ground systems, and allows a waiver of that limit for one named sensor program.
Sec. 2703: Conditions on closure of certain portion of Pueblo Chemical Depot and Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, Colorado: Bars the Army from closing or realigning part of Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colorado, or the Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant until a final decision, allows disposal of pilot plant property only to the Local Redevelopment Authority, and authorizes assistance grants to that authority.
Sec. 2855: Land conveyance, Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina: Exempts the authorized conveyance of the former Fort Macon Housing Area to the City of Havelock from the prior screening by the General Services Administration for additional Federal use otherwise required by 10 U.S.C. 2696(b).
Sec. 3516: Coastwise endorsement: Allows a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement to be issued for one named vessel despite the general coastwise rule in section 12112 of title 46.
Sec. 4001: Authorization of amounts in funding tables: Requires merit-based or competitive selection for spending funding-table amounts on a specific entity, but exempts items in section 4201 marked as Community Project Funding with the abbreviation "CPF".
Sec. 5320: Appointment of employees to the Global Engagement Center: Lets the Secretary appoint employees solely for the Global Engagement Center for 3 years, extendable up to 2 more, outside the title 5 competitive service appointment rules and the usual basic pay-setting rules.
Sec. 5603: Improving research and evaluation of public diplomacy: Exempts Department of State audience research, monitoring, and evaluation information collection under listed laws from the Paperwork Reduction Act, and sets a Privacy Act-related provision for public diplomacy records.
Sec. 133: Prohibition on certain reductions to B–1 bomber aircraft squadrons: Bars reductions to B-1 bomber squadron capabilities and personnel through September 30, 2023, but exempts any unit where the Air Force has begun replacing B-1 aircraft with B-21 aircraft.
Sec. 1522: Legacy information technologies and systems accountability: Requires the Army, Navy and Air Force to identify and eliminate legacy IT, but treats a substantially similar effort already under way and completed within 180 days as meeting the requirement.
Sec. 1524: Protective Domain Name System within the Department of Defense: Requires each Department of Defense component to use a Protective Domain Name System, while letting the Secretary of Defense exempt a component for any reason other than cost or technical application.
Sec. 3501: Authorization of the Maritime Administration: Within the Maritime Administration authorization, it lets the Secretary of Transportation fill up to 20 critical vacancies at the United States Merchant Marine Academy without regard to most competitive hiring provisions of title 5.
Sec. 5301: Defense Base Act insurance waivers: Directs the Secretary of State to apply to the Department of Labor for Defense Base Act insurance waivers for the countries that were waived before January 2017 and have no current waiver.
Sec. 6421: Periods of performance for public transportation security assistance grants: Sets a minimum 36-month availability for public transportation security grant funds, with a 48-month minimum for grants used for two specified uses.
Sec. 134: Prohibition on use of funds for retirement of A–10 aircraft: Bars use of fiscal year 2022 Air Force funds to retire A–10 aircraft, except for individual aircraft the Secretary determines are no longer mission capable because of a Class A mishap.
Sec. 137: Inventory requirements and limitations relating to certain air refueling tanker aircraft: Limits KC–135 retirements to 18 through October 1, 2023, with an exception for individual aircraft found no longer mission capable. It also rewrites the exceptions to the KC–10A minimum inventory requirement.
Sec. 215: Codification of authorities relating to Department of Defense science and technology reinvention laboratories: Codifies Department of Defense science and technology reinvention laboratories and lists 20 designated laboratories. Employees at those laboratories are exempted from statutory and regulatory supervisory-ratio and employee-count limits.
Sec. 720: Department of Defense standards for exemptions from mandatory COVID–19 vaccines: Directs the Secretary of Defense to set uniform standards under which members of the Armed Forces may be exempted from an otherwise mandated COVID–19 vaccine for administrative, medical, or religious reasons.
Sec. 738: Independent review of suicide prevention and response at military installations: Establishes an independent suicide prevention and response review committee and exempts that committee from the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
Sec. 801: Acquisition workforce educational partnerships: Creates an acquisition workforce educational partnerships program at Defense Acquisition University. It exempts the reports required by this section from a law that terminates certain reporting requirements.
Sec. 833: Pilot program on acquisition practices for emerging technologies: Creates a pilot program on acquisition practices for emerging technologies. It lets the Under Secretary waive Department of Defense regulations, directives, or policies for projects awarded agreements under the program, and exempts the program's advisory group from the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
Sec. 1004: Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution Reform: Establishes a 14-member Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution Reform. It exempts the Commission from the Federal Advisory Committee Act and the Government in the Sunshine Act.
Sec. 5105: Special appointment authority: Requires Senate confirmation for Department of State special envoy and similar positions that exercise significant authority. It exempts positions expressly mandated by statute and allows temporary 180-day appointments with notification.

Delays or blocks a specific regulation (1)

Sec. 851: Modifications to printed circuit board acquisition restrictions: Moves the start of the printed circuit board acquisition restriction in section 2533d(a) of title 10 from January 1, 2023 to January 1, 2027 and revises related definitions and rulemaking.

Changes a government process (3)

Sec. 863: Protests and appeals relating to eligibility of business concerns: Amends the Small Business Act to require a business concern, or the Small Business Administration, to update the concern's status in the System for Award Management within 2 days of a final determination that it does not meet its claimed status.
Sec. 864: Authority for the Office of Hearings and Appeals to decide appeals relating to qualified HUBZone small business concerns: Requires the Small Business Administration to issue a rule within 1 year authorizing its Office of Hearings and Appeals to decide all appeals from formal protest determinations on qualified HUBZone small business concern status.
Sec. 5504: Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series and declassification: Changes two time periods in the State Department Basic Authorities Act that govern the Foreign Relations of the United States series and declassification, from 26 to 20 and from 30 to 25.

Program name includes a political figure’s name (4)

Sec. 1082: Modification to Regional Centers for Security Studies: Adds a named Arctic security studies center in Anchorage, Alaska to the list of Regional Centers for Security Studies and adds it to the list of entities that may accept gifts and donations.
Sec. 5306: Sense of Congress regarding certain fellowship programs: States the sense of Congress that Department fellowships for under-represented candidates, including three fellowship programs named in the text, are investments for building the national security workforce.
Sec. 5407: Payne fellowship authorization: Allows the undergraduate and graduate components of the named fellowship program to conduct outreach to attract students with an interest in a Foreign Service career, and directs a review of past programs to increase minority representation.
Sec. 6301: Short title: Gives the short title of Title LXIII, a scholarship and education act whose name is that of a named person.

What it does

Sec. 101: Authorizes fiscal year 2022 appropriations for Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, and Defense-wide procurement, as specified in the funding table in section 4101.
Sec. 401: Authorizes active duty end strengths as of September 30, 2022, including 485,000 for the Army, 346,920 for the Navy, 178,500 for the Marine Corps, 329,220 for the Air Force, and 8,400 for the Space Force.
Sec. 531: Creates special trial counsel under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, with exclusive authority to decide whether a reported offense is a covered offense and to refer, dismiss or plea bargain related charges.
Sec. 539D: Requires the President to prescribe regulations making sexual harassment an offense punishable under Article 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, within 30 days of enactment.
Sec. 601: Adds a basic needs allowance in title 37 for eligible members on active service whose gross household income does not exceed 130 percent of the Federal poverty guidelines.
Sec. 3101: Authorizes fiscal year 2022 appropriations for National Nuclear Security Administration programs and authorizes six new plant projects, as specified in the funding table in section 4701.
Sec. 4001: Authorizes the obligation and expenditure of each dollar amount a funding table in Division D specifies for a project, program, or activity, subject to the availability of appropriations.
Sec. 4101: Sets procurement authorizations by account in a table whose TOTAL PROCUREMENT line shows 146,884,599 in the Conference Authorized column, in thousands of dollars.
Sec. 4201: Sets research, development, test, and evaluation authorizations by service and agency in a table whose TOTAL RDT&E line shows 117,729,317 in the Conference Authorized column, in thousands of dollars.
Sec. 5102: Authorizes an Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs in the Department of State, responsible to the Secretary of State for international narcotics, anti-crime, and law enforcement matters.
Sec. 5201: Authorizes to be appropriated $1,983,149,000 for fiscal year 2022 for Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance.
Sec. 6102: Bars a consumer reporting agency from furnishing a consumer report with an adverse item that resulted from trafficking when the consumer has provided trafficking documentation, and directs the Director to issue implementing rules within 180 days.
Sec. 6503: Prohibits any United States Government department or agency from extraditing an individual based solely on an INTERPOL Red Notice or Diffusion issued by another INTERPOL member country.

Written automatically from the official text by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model. Written 15 Oct 2026 and published after the automatic checks, without a person reading it first. Every line names the section it came from.

Changed after Senate passage

Compares the bill as passed by the Senate, 9 Jun 2021, with the final text passed by both chambers. About 0% of the wording the Senate passed stands in the final text.

Less than a tenth of the final text’s wording was in the text the Senate passed: 886 of its sections were not in it.

Removed before the final vote (1)

Sec. 1: Designation of national pulse memorial: