H.R. 4365: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024
Bill · 118th Congress (2023–2024). Passed House, 28 Sep 2023. Introduced 27 Jun 2023.
Official title: Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
Vote results
- House, 28 Sep 2023: Passed, 218 Yea, 210 Nay, 0 Present, 5 Not voting. The House’s roll call
- President: Not presented to the President.
How each member voted
House
Yea (218): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Ken Calvert (R-CA-41); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Kay Granger (R-TX-12); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); Michael C. Burgess (R-TX-26); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-48); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC-10); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-5); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3); Tom McClintock (R-CA-5); Bill Posey (R-FL-8); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); David Schweikert (R-AZ-1); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Richard Hudson (R-NC-9); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Brad R. Wenstrup (R-OH-2); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Garret Graves (R-LA-6); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2); Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); David G. Valadao (R-CA-22); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-16); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); James Comer (R-KY-1); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Jim Banks (R-IN-3); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); A. Drew Ferguson IV (R-GA-3); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Mike Johnson (R-LA-4); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-21); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); John R. Curtis (R-UT-3); Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1); Greg Pence (R-IN-6); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24); Dan Bishop (R-NC-8); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Mike Garcia (R-CA-27); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT-1); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Jerry L. Carl (R-AL-1); 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-18); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-28); Bob Good (R-VA-5); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Young Kim (R-CA-40); Jake LaTurner (R-KS-2); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1); Barry Moore (R-AL-2); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT-2); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Michelle Steel (R-CA-45); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Mark Alford (R-MO-4); Aaron Bean (R-FL-4); Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2); Eric Burlison (R-MO-7); Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR-5); Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6); Mike Collins (R-GA-10); Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2); Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY-4); Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15); John S. Duarte (R-CA-13); Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11); Mike Ezell (R-MS-4); Russell Fry (R-SC-7); Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3); Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL); Erin Houchin (R-IN-9); Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38); John James (R-MI-10); Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-7); Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2); Kevin Kiley (R-CA-3); Nick LaLota (R-NY-1); Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23); Michael Lawler (R-NY-17); Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15); Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8); Richard McCormick (R-GA-6); Max L. Miller (R-OH-7); Cory Mills (R-FL-7); Marcus J. Molinaro (R-NY-19); Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1); Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3); Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5); Keith Self (R-TX-3); Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5); Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3); Brandon Williams (R-NY-22); Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-20); Bill Johnson (R-OH-6); Matt Gaetz (R-FL-1); Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8); Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-AL); George Santos (R-NY-3).
Nay (210): Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-16); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18); Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Brad Sherman (D-CA-32); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); Barbara Lee (D-CA-12); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-31); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Mike Thompson (D-CA-4); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2); David Scott (D-GA-13); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Jim Costa (D-CA-21); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Al Green (D-TX-9); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); John P. Sarbanes (D-MD-3); André Carson (D-IN-7); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Judy Chu (D-CA-28); John Garamendi (D-CA-8); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-6); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Tony Cárdenas (D-CA-29); Lois Frankel (D-FL-22); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); Daniel T. Kildee (D-MI-8); Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6); Ann M. Kuster (D-NH-2); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14); Mark Takano (D-CA-39); Juan Vargas (D-CA-52); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-33); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6); Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-3); Ted Lieu (D-CA-36); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Susan Wild (D-PA-7); Colin Z. Allred (D-TX-32); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-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); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Josh Harder (D-CA-9); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Lucy McBath (D-GA-7); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Dean Phillips (D-MN-3); Katie Porter (D-CA-47); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-7); Abigail Davis Spanberger (D-VA-7); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); David J. Trone (D-MD-6); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Kathy E. Manning (D-NC-6); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18); Becca Balint (D-VT-AL); Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13); Yadira Caraveo (D-CO-8); Greg Casar (D-TX-35); Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30); Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1); Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17); Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4); Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10); Robert Garcia (D-CA-42); Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10); Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4); Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4); Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37); Greg Landsman (D-OH-1); Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12); Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2); Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3); Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8); Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23); Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15); Wiley Nickel (D-NC-13); Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7); Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3); Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6); Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3); Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17); Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH-13); Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13); Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2); Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2); Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4); Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18); Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-9); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-30); Brian Higgins (D-NY-26); Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10); Ken Buck (R-CO-4); Andy Kim (D-NJ-3); Jeff Jackson (D-NC-14).
Not voting (5): John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Cori Bush (D-MO-1); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK-AL); Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13).
Not in office (12): Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Gabe Amo (D-RI-1); Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2); Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26); Vince Fong (R-CA-20); Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6); Greg Lopez (R-CO-4); LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10); Erica Lee Carter (D-TX-18); Tony Wied (R-WI-8); David N. Cicilline (D-RI-1); Chris Stewart (R-UT-2).
Summary
Main subject: Provides appropriations for the Department of Defense and related intelligence accounts for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and sets conditions and limits on how the funds may be used. Title I, Title II, Title III, Title IV, Title VII, Title VIII
Its core areas: Military personnel pay and allowances; Operation and maintenance for the armed forces and defense agencies; Procurement of aircraft, ships, missiles, vehicles and ammunition; Research, development, test and evaluation; Defense Health Program; Intelligence community and CIA retirement fund payments; Transfer, reprogramming and reporting rules for defense funds; Restrictions on the use of funds in the general provisions.
Unexpected Items: 67 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 (5)
- Sec. 8020: Allows the Secretary of the Air Force to convey excess relocatable military housing units at five named Air Force bases to Indian tribes in eight named States, at the request of the Operation Walking Shield Program.
- Sec. 8038: Directs the Secretary of Defense to issue regulations barring sale of tobacco products in military resale outlets below the most competitive local price, and setting overseas prices within the range of U.S. outlet prices.
- Sec. 8122: Directs United States Southern Command to assume combatant command responsibility for activities related to Mexico within 180 days of enactment.
- Sec. 8135: Directs the Secretary of Defense to allocate fiscal year 2024 CHIPS for America Defense Fund amounts to the accounts, amounts, and projects in a table in the accompanying report, and sets related limits and reporting.
- Sec. 8150: Bars use of funds from this and prior appropriations Acts for Federal discriminatory actions, including tax, grant, benefit, accreditation, and property decisions, against a person on the basis of a stated belief about marriage.
Applies only to a specific place or group (3)
- Sec. 8041: Bars use of funds to establish field operating agencies, but exempts intelligence-program agencies and three agencies described by function: Army counter-IED, Army biometrics, and Air Force mortuary affairs.
- Sec. 8061: Makes $175,943,968 of Army operation and maintenance funds available until expended, transferable to other federal activities, with contract authority for real property, construction, and operations for projects the section does not describe. ($175,943,968)
- Sec. 8015: Bars use of funds to buy welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain unless manufactured in the United States from substantially domestic components, with a case-by-case waiver.
Policy change made through a dollar amount (2)
- Sec. 8157: Reduces the salary of the named Secretary of Defense to $1. ($1)
- Sec. 8165: Reduces the salary of a named individual to $1. ($1)
Funds a specific named project or event (23)
- Title II, “Operation and maintenance, defense-Wide”: Directs not less than $55,000,000 of the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide appropriation to the Procurement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program, with not less than $5,000,000 of that for certain centers. ($55,000,000)
- Title VI, “Defense health program”: Within the Defense Health Program research funds, sets aside not less than $12,000,000 for HIV prevention educational activities tied to U.S. military training, exercises and humanitarian assistance conducted primarily in African nations. ($12,000,000)
- Sec. 8019: Appropriates an additional $25,000,000 only for incentive payments to contractors that subcontract to businesses defined under the Indian Financing Act of 1974 section 504. ($25,000,000)
- Sec. 8021: Directs not less than $20,000,000 of Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide funds only to mitigating environmental impacts on Indian lands resulting from Department of Defense activities. ($20,000,000)
- Sec. 8023: Directs not less than $68,100,000 to the Civil Air Patrol Corporation, split among Air Force operation and maintenance ($55,100,000), aircraft procurement ($11,000,000) and other procurement ($2,000,000). ($68,100,000)
- Sec. 8037: Makes up to $11,000,000 of Operation and Maintenance, Navy funds available for the Asia Pacific Regional Initiative Program for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Theater Security Cooperation activities. ($11,000,000)
- Sec. 8048: Appropriates $49,000,000 to the Department of Defense and directs grants of $24,000,000 to the United Service Organizations and $25,000,000 to the Red Cross.
- Sec. 8052: Lets the Chief of the National Guard Bureau permit anyone to use National Guard Distance Learning Project equipment for reimbursement, with collected amounts credited to that project without fiscal year limitation.
- Sec. 8063: Allows up to $11,000,000 from each of the Army, Navy, and Air Force operation and maintenance appropriations to be transferred to the central fund for Fisher Houses and Suites. ($11,000,000)
- Sec. 8064: Appropriates $5,000,000 for a grant to the Fisher House Foundation, Inc. for construction and furnishing of additional Fisher Houses. ($5,000,000)
- Sec. 8065: Makes up to $1,000,000 of Operation and Maintenance, Navy funds available for transfer to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development Trust Fund. ($1,000,000)
- Sec. 8068: Designates $500,000,000 of Defense-Wide procurement and research funds for the Israeli Cooperative Programs, with sub-amounts for Iron Dome, Short Range Ballistic Missile Defense, Arrow 3 Upper Tier, and Arrow System Improvement. ($500,000,000)
- Sec. 8069: Makes $1,648,559,000 of Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy funds available through September 30, 2024 for prior-year cost increases on 17 listed ship programs, each with its own amount. ($1,648,559,000)
- Sec. 8073: Bars use of funds in this Act for decommissioning any Littoral Combat Ship, the USS Germantown, or the USS Tortuga.
- Sec. 8075: Bars use of funds to reduce or disestablish the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron if that would cut the WC–130 mission below funded levels, and lets it perform other missions in the non-hurricane season.
- Sec. 8084: Allows up to $172,000,000 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. ($172,000,000)
- Sec. 8087: Makes $142,008,000 of Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy funds available until September 30, 2028 for purchasing two used sealift vessels for the National Defense Reserve Fleet. ($142,008,000)
- Sec. 8092: Makes $667,508,000 of Operation and Maintenance, Navy funds available until expended for purposes related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, including reimbursements to the Ready Reserve Force, Maritime Administration account. ($667,508,000)
- Sec. 8101: Limits use of certain Title IV funds for agile research, procurement, and operations to seven listed Software and Digital Technology Pilot programs.
- Sec. 8131: Directs the Secretary of the Navy to continue pay and allowances for one named Navy lieutenant until a separation determination is made.
- Sec. 8134: Allows title III funds to be used for contracts to procure airframes and engines for the CH-53K heavy lift helicopter program.
- Sec. 8136: Makes $99,000,000 of Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide funds for the Office of Strategic Capital available until September 30, 2028 for the cost of loans and loan guarantees. ($99,000,000)
- Sec. 8139: Bars use of funds for acquiring, building, leasing, or modernizing facilities for United States Space Command until the Secretary of the Air Force selects and announces its permanent headquarters location.
Different amount for specific places or groups (5)
- Sec. 8096: Sets vehicle purchase limits for the United States Central Command area of responsibility: $75,000 per passenger motor vehicle and $450,000 per armored vehicle.
- Sec. 8105: Authorizes the Department of Defense to incur obligations of up to $350,000,000 in anticipation of contributions received only from the Government of Kuwait. ($350,000,000)
- Sec. 8107: Makes $410,000,000 available to reimburse Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, and Oman for enhanced border security, with not less than $150,000,000 of it for Jordan.
- Sec. 8121: Allows up to $500,000,000 of Defense Security Cooperation Agency funds to be used for assistance to the Government of Jordan to support its armed forces and enhance border security. ($500,000,000)
- Sec. 8137: Appropriates $800,000,000 and directs the Secretary of Defense to set monthly basic pay at stated dollar amounts for listed enlisted grades and years-of-service cells, in addition to the 5.2 percent increase for all grades. ($800,000,000)
Exception or delay for a subset (20)
- Sec. 8002: Exempts Department of Defense foreign national employees in the Republic of Turkey from the section's limits on pay increases for foreign national employees.
- Sec. 8007: Bars reprogramming or transfer of funds until a baseline report is submitted, but exempts transfers from the five Environmental Restoration accounts and the Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug Activities account.
- Sec. 8010: Allows title III funds to be used for multiyear procurement contracts for six listed missile and submarine programs, despite the section's limits on initiating multiyear contracts.
- Sec. 8011: Lets the Secretary of the Army provide medical services and transportation at Army medical facilities in Hawaii on a nonreimbursable basis for civilian patients from six named Pacific places.
- Sec. 8016: Requires in-state purchase of malt beverages and wine for resale at military installations, and extends that requirement to all alcoholic beverages only at installations in non-contiguous States.
- Sec. 8042: Sets conditions on converting Department of Defense functions to contractors, but allows contracting without those conditions for functions on the Javits-Wagner-O’Day procurement list or converted to nonprofit agencies for the blind, or to firms at least 51 percent owned by an Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian Organization.
- Sec. 8058: Overrides section 12310(b) of title 10 to allow National Guard members on full-time duty under section 502(f) of title 32 to perform duties supporting the ground-based elements of the National Ballistic Missile Defense System.
- Sec. 8060: Lets the Chief of the National Guard Bureau waive all or part of the payment normally required for leases of personal property of up to 1 year to listed youth, social, or fraternal nonprofit organizations.
- Sec. 8093: Requires certain components in new TAO Fleet Oiler and FFG(X) Frigate contracts to be made in the United States, with the oiler requirement for the seventh and later ships and domestic engines and gears starting with the eleventh frigate.
- Sec. 8004: Limits obligations in the last 2 months of the fiscal year to 20 percent of funds, but exempts obligations for active duty training of reserve components and Reserve Officers' Training Corps summer camp training.
- Sec. 8024: Caps professional technical staff costs of defense FFRDCs at $2,885,000,000 (with $456,803,000 for defense studies and analysis FFRDCs), and exempts staff years funded in the National Intelligence Program and Military Intelligence Program from the cap.
- Sec. 8031: Bars use of funds to procure ball and roller bearings not of domestic source and origin, but exempts purchases of commercial products, except bearings purchased as end items.
- Sec. 8033: Lets the Secretary of Defense waive, country by country, limits on buying defense items from foreign sources, and excludes public vessel construction, ball and roller bearings, food, and clothing and textile items from that waiver authority.
- Sec. 8045: Bars use of funds for assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea unless specifically appropriated, but exempts activities incidental to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency mission to recover remains.
- Sec. 8053: Bars use of funds to retire or store any C-40 aircraft, except an individual aircraft the Secretary of the Air Force finds no longer mission capable due to a Class A mishap; also requires a report on travel requirements for members of Congress and the Cabinet.
- Sec. 8054: Restricts use of title IV funds to procure end-items for operational use, with exceptions for end-items used in development, prototyping and testing, and for programs funded within the National Intelligence Program.
- Sec. 8083: Conditions funds for federal contracts over $1,000,000 on contractors not requiring arbitration of certain employment and sexual assault or harassment claims, with exceptions for agreements not enforceable in U.S. courts and a national security waiver for a particular contractor.
- Sec. 8091: Bars paying salaries of officials who transfer program responsibilities or resources to an agency not funded by this Act without congressional authorization, but exempts transfers expressly provided for in Defense Appropriations Acts or supplemental appropriations for the Department of Defense.
- Sec. 8125: Bars funds for building, acquiring or modifying U.S. facilities to hold certain individuals held at Guantánamo Bay as of June 24, 2009, but exempts any modification of facilities at United States Naval Station, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
- Sec. 8138: Bars use of funds to release certain personal information about current or former service members without consent, with exceptions for Freedom of Information Act requests not exempt from disclosure and for requests from State or local law enforcement agencies.
Delays or blocks a specific regulation (7)
- Sec. 8140: Bars use of funds to carry out sections 554(a) and 913 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021.
- Sec. 8141: Bars use of funds to carry out the Department of Defense Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Strategic Plan and Executive Orders 13985, 14035, and 14091, or activities promoting listed concepts related to race or sex.
- Sec. 8145: Bars use of funds in this Act to implement the Department of Defense memorandum dated October 20, 2022, any successor, or any substantially similar rule or policy.
- Sec. 8146: Bars use of funds to finalize, promulgate, or implement the proposed Federal Acquisition Regulation rule on disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risk, or any substantially similar rule or policy.
- Sec. 8155: Bars use of funds to administer or enforce the Department of the Army proposed action published August 4, 2023, or Naming Commission recommendations regarding any monument in Arlington National Cemetery.
- Sec. 8167: Bars use of funds in this Act to implement seven listed executive orders (or section 6 of one) relating to climate, clean energy, environmental justice, and refugee resettlement planning.
- Sec. 8169: Bars use of funds to enforce listed restrictions on travel to Taiwan and on name, symbols of sovereignty, and correspondence in a June 29, 2021 Department of State memorandum.
Changes a government process (1)
- Sec. 8027: Allows depot maintenance and repair work to be competed between Department of Defense depots and private firms, and provides that OMB Circular A–76 does not apply to those competitions.
Condition defined by a narrow set of criteria (1)
- Sec. 8149: Bars use of funds to grant, renew, or maintain a security clearance for any individual listed as a signatory of a statement dated October 19, 2020.
What it does
- Title I, “Military Personnel, Army”: Provides $50,230,906,000 for pay, allowances and related expenses of Army members on active duty.
- Title II, “Operation and maintenance, army”: Provides funds for the operation and maintenance of the Army, with a cap on the amount usable for emergencies and extraordinary expenses.
- Title III, “Shipbuilding and conversion, navy”: Provides $32,906,812,000 in all for the construction, acquisition or conversion of Navy vessels, available for obligation until September 30, 2028.
- Title IV, “Research, development, test and evaluation, air force”: Provides funds for Air Force research, development, test and evaluation, available for obligation until September 30, 2025.
- Title VI, “Defense health program”: Provides funds for the Department of Defense medical and health care programs, including operation and maintenance, TRICARE contracts, procurement, and research.
- Sec. 8005: Allows the Secretary of Defense, with Office of Management and Budget approval, to transfer up to $6,000,000,000 between defense appropriations for higher priority items based on unforeseen military requirements.
- Sec. 8068: Designates $500,000,000 from Procurement, Defense-Wide and Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide for the Israeli Cooperative Programs, and divides that amount among named programs.
- Sec. 8137: Appropriates an additional $800,000,000 to increase pay for certain enlisted grades and directs the Secretary of Defense to change listed cells in the military monthly basic pay table.
- Sec. 8043: Rescinds funds from listed accounts in earlier Department of Defense Appropriations Acts, excluding amounts designated as an emergency requirement.
- Sec. 8127: Reduces the total amount appropriated in the Act by $950,000,000.
Written automatically from the official text by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model. Written 2 Oct 2026 and published after the automatic checks, without a person reading it first. Every line names the section it came from.