Text of US HB 4016 (2025)

IB Union Calendar No. 129 119TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4016 [Report No. 119–162] Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 16, 2025 Mr. CALVERT, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 3 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 4 Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending Sep- 5 tember 30, 2026, and for other purposes, namely: 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 4016 RH TITLE I 1 MILITARY PERSONNEL 2 MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY 3 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 4 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta- 5 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza- 6 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 7 between permanent duty stations, for members of the 8 Army on active duty (except members of reserve compo- 9 nents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; 10 for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and 11 for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97– 12 377, and to the Department of Defense Military Retire- 13 ment Fund, $52,502,044,000. 14 MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY 15 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 16 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta- 17 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza- 18 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 19 between permanent duty stations, for members of the 20 Navy on active duty (except members of the Reserve pro- 21 vided for elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation cadets; for 22 members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and for 23 payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 4016 RH and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 1 Fund, $40,053,124,000. 2 MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 3 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 4 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta- 5 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza- 6 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 7 between permanent duty stations, for members of the Ma- 8 rine Corps on active duty (except members of the Reserve 9 provided for elsewhere); and for payments pursuant to sec- 10 tion 156 of Public Law 97–377, and to the Department 11 of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $16,631,053,000. 12 MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 13 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 14 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta- 15 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza- 16 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 17 between permanent duty stations, for members of the Air 18 Force on active duty (except members of reserve compo- 19 nents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; 20 for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and 21 for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97– 22 377, and to the Department of Defense Military Retire- 23 ment Fund, $38,141,269,000. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 4016 RH MILITARY PERSONNEL, SPACE FORCE 1 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 2 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta- 3 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza- 4 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 5 between permanent duty stations, for members of the 6 Space Force on active duty and cadets; for members of 7 the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and for payments 8 pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, and to 9 the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 10 $1,349,349,000. 11 RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY 12 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 13 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Re- 14 serve on active duty under sections 10211, 10302, and 15 7038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 16 active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United 17 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 18 in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 19 while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 20 drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses au- 21 thorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; 22 and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 23 Retirement Fund, $5,672,023,000. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 4016 RH RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY 1 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 2 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Navy Re- 3 serve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, 4 United States Code, or while serving on active duty under 5 section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in con- 6 nection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) 7 of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing re- 8 serve training, or while performing drills or equivalent 9 duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Depart- 11 ment of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 12 $2,672,520,000. 13 RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 14 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 15 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine 16 Corps Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title 17 10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty 18 under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, 19 in connection with performing duty specified in section 20 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under- 21 going reserve training, or while performing drills or equiv- 22 alent duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon 23 leaders class, and expenses authorized by section 16131 24 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 4016 RH Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 1 $965,831,000. 2 RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 3 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 4 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Force 5 Reserve on active duty under sections 10211, 10305, and 6 9038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 7 active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United 8 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 9 in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 10 while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 11 drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses au- 12 thorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; 13 and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 14 Retirement Fund, $2,625,741,000. 15 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 16 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 17 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Na- 18 tional Guard while on duty under sections 10211, 10302, 19 or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United 20 States Code, or while serving on duty under section 21 12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United 22 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 23 in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 24 while undergoing training, or while performing drills or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 4016 RH equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by 1 section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for pay- 2 ments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 3 Fund, $10,206,305,000. 4 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 5 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 6 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Na- 7 tional Guard on duty under sections 10211, 10305, or 8 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States 9 Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of 10 title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, 11 in connection with performing duty specified in section 12 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under- 13 going training, or while performing drills or equivalent 14 duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 15 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 16 to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 17 $5,351,895,000. 18 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 4016 RH TITLE II 1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 2 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 3 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 4 for the operation and maintenance of the Army, as author- 5 ized by law, $55,683,266,000: Provided, That not to ex- 6 ceed $12,478,000 may be used for emergencies and ex- 7 traordinary expenses, to be expended upon the approval 8 or authority of the Secretary of the Army, and payments 9 may be made upon the Secretary’s certificate of necessity 10 for confidential military purposes. 11 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 12 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 13 for the operation and maintenance of the Navy and the 14 Marine Corps, as authorized by law, $71,739,379,000: 15 Provided, That not to exceed $15,055,000 may be used 16 for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be ex- 17 pended upon the approval or authority of the Secretary 18 of the Navy, and payments may be made upon the Sec- 19 retary’s certificate of necessity for confidential military 20 purposes. 21 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 22 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 23 for the operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, 24 as authorized by law, $9,937,283,000. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 4016 RH OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 1 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 2 for the operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as 3 authorized by law, $61,628,846,000: Provided, That not 4 to exceed $8,238,000 may be used for emergencies and 5 extraordinary expenses, to be expended upon the approval 6 or authority of the Secretary of the Air Force, and pay- 7 ments may be made upon the Secretary’s certificate of ne- 8 cessity for confidential military purposes. 9 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SPACE FORCE 10 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 11 for the operation and maintenance of the Space Force, as 12 authorized by law, $4,859,883,000. 13 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 15 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 16 for the operation and maintenance of activities and agen- 17 cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 18 departments), as authorized by law, $53,498,039,000: 19 Provided, That not more than $2,981,000 may be used 20 for the Combatant Commander Initiative Fund authorized 21 under section 166a of title 10, United States Code: Pro- 22 vided further, That not to exceed $36,000,000 may be 23 used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be ex- 24 pended upon the approval or authority of the Secretary 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 4016 RH of Defense, and payments may be made upon the Sec- 1 retary’s certificate of necessity for confidential military 2 purposes: Provided further, That of the funds provided 3 under this heading, not less than $70,000,000 shall be 4 made available for APEX Accelerators, of which not less 5 than $5,000,000 shall be available for centers with eligible 6 entities defined in 10 U.S.C. 4951(1)(D): Provided fur- 7 ther, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 8 made available by this Act may be used to plan or imple- 9 ment the consolidation or elimination of a budget or ap- 10 propriations liaison office of the Office of the Secretary 11 of Defense, the office of the Secretary of a military depart- 12 ment, or the service headquarters of one of the Armed 13 Forces into a legislative affairs or legislative liaison office: 14 Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 15 heading, $3,000,000, to remain available until September 16 30, 2027, shall be available only for expenses relating to 17 certain classified activities: Provided further, That of the 18 funds provided under this heading, $500,000,000, to re- 19 main available until September 30, 2027, shall be avail- 20 able only to conduct risk reduction and modification of 21 National Security Systems: Provided further, That the 22 amounts provided in the previous proviso may be trans- 23 ferred to accounts under the headings ‘‘Operation and 24 Maintenance’’, ‘‘Procurement’’, and ‘‘Research, Develop- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 11 •HR 4016 RH ment, Test and Evaluation’’: Provided further, That funds 1 transferred pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be 2 merged with and available for the same purpose and for 3 the same period as the appropriations to which the funds 4 are transferred: Provided further, That any transfer au- 5 thority provided in the preceding proviso is in addition to 6 any other transfer authority provided by law: Provided fur- 7 ther, That of the funds provided under this heading, not 8 less than $86,500,000 shall be made available for fourth 9 estate network optimization and transition costs: Provided 10 further, That of the funds provided under this heading, 11 $27,693,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 12 available only for expenses relating to certain classified ac- 13 tivities, and may be transferred as necessary by the Sec- 14 retary of Defense to operation and maintenance appro- 15 priations or research, development, test and evaluation ap- 16 propriations, to be merged with and to be available for 17 the same time period as the appropriations to which trans- 18 ferred: Provided further, That any ceiling on the invest- 19 ment item unit cost of items that may be purchased with 20 operation and maintenance funds not apply to the funds 21 described in the preceding proviso: Provided further, That 22 of the funds provided under this heading, $2,371,949,000, 23 of which $1,274,174,000, to remain available until Sep- 24 tember 30, 2027, shall be available to provide support and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 12 •HR 4016 RH assistance to foreign security forces or other groups or in- 1 dividuals to conduct, support or facilitate counterter- 2 rorism, crisis response, or other Department of Defense 3 security cooperation programs: Provided further, That the 4 Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the 5 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 6 atives and the Senate on the use and status of funds made 7 available in this paragraph: Provided further, That the 8 transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi- 9 tion to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in 10 this Act. 11 COUNTER-ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND 12 For the ‘‘Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria 13 Train and Equip Fund’’, $357,516,000, to remain avail- 14 able until September 30, 2027: Provided, That such funds 15 shall be available to the Secretary of Defense in coordina- 16 tion with the Secretary of State, to provide assistance, in- 17 cluding training; equipment; logistics support, supplies, 18 and services; stipends; infrastructure repair and renova- 19 tion; construction for facility fortification and humane 20 treatment; and sustainment, to foreign security forces, ir- 21 regular forces, groups, or individuals participating, or pre- 22 paring to participate in activities to counter the Islamic 23 State of Iraq and Syria, and their affiliated or associated 24 groups: Provided further, That amounts made available 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 13 •HR 4016 RH under this heading shall be available to provide assistance 1 only for activities in a country designated by the Secretary 2 of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, 3 as having a security mission to counter the Islamic State 4 of Iraq and Syria, and following written notification to the 5 congressional defense committees of such designation: 6 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall en- 7 sure that prior to providing assistance to elements of any 8 forces or individuals, such elements or individuals are ap- 9 propriately vetted, including at a minimum, assessing such 10 elements for associations with terrorist groups or groups 11 associated with the Government of Iran; and receiving 12 commitments from such elements to promote respect for 13 human rights and the rule of law: Provided further, That 14 the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 15 days 15 prior to obligating from this appropriation account, notify 16 the congressional defense committees in writing of the de- 17 tails of any such obligation: Provided further, That the 18 Secretary of Defense may accept and retain contributions, 19 including assistance in-kind, from foreign governments, 20 including the Government of Iraq and other entities, to 21 carry out assistance authorized under this heading: Pro- 22 vided further, That contributions of funds for the purposes 23 provided herein from any foreign government or other en- 24 tity may be credited to this Fund, to remain available until 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 14 •HR 4016 RH expended, and used for such purposes: Provided further, 1 That the Secretary of Defense shall prioritize such con- 2 tributions when providing any assistance for construction 3 for facility fortification: Provided further, That the Sec- 4 retary of Defense may waive a provision of law relating 5 to the acquisition of items and support services or sections 6 40 and 40A of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 7 2780 and 2785) if the Secretary determines that such pro- 8 vision of law would prohibit, restrict, delay or otherwise 9 limit the provision of such assistance and a notice of and 10 justification for such waiver is submitted to the congres- 11 sional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Af- 12 fairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 13 on Foreign Relations of the Senate: Provided further, That 14 the United States may accept equipment procured using 15 funds provided under this heading that was transferred 16 to security forces, irregular forces, or groups participating, 17 or preparing to participate in activities to counter the Is- 18 lamic State of Iraq and Syria and returned by such forces 19 or groups to the United States, and such equipment may 20 be treated as stocks of the Department of Defense upon 21 written notification to the congressional defense commit- 22 tees: Provided further, That equipment procured using 23 funds provided under this heading, or under the heading, 24 ‘‘Iraq Train and Equip Fund’’ in prior Acts, and not yet 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 15 •HR 4016 RH transferred to security forces, irregular forces, or groups 1 participating, or preparing to participate in activities to 2 counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria may be treated 3 as stocks of the Department of Defense when determined 4 by the Secretary to no longer be required for transfer to 5 such forces or groups and upon written notification to the 6 congressional defense committees: Provided further, That 7 stipend support for the Kurdish Peshmerga may only be 8 reduced commensurate with support provided from other 9 sources, including Iraqi national funds: Provided further, 10 That none of the funds made available under this heading 11 may be used to procure or transfer man-portable air de- 12 fense systems: Provided further, That the Secretary of De- 13 fense shall provide quarterly reports to the congressional 14 defense committees on the use of funds provided under 15 this heading, including, but not limited to, the number of 16 individuals trained, the nature and scope of support and 17 sustainment provided to each group or individual, the area 18 of operations for each group, and the contributions of 19 other countries, groups, or individuals. 20 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE 21 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 22 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or- 23 ganization, and administration, of the Army Reserve; re- 24 pair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 16 •HR 4016 RH vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re- 1 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip- 2 ment; and communications, $3,169,603,000. 3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE 4 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 5 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or- 6 ganization, and administration, of the Navy Reserve; re- 7 pair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 8 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re- 9 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip- 10 ment; and communications, $1,291,205,000. 11 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 12 RESERVE 13 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 14 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or- 15 ganization, and administration, of the Marine Corps Re- 16 serve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger 17 motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; 18 recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip- 19 ment; and communications, $330,276,000. 20 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE 21 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 22 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or- 23 ganization, and administration, of the Air Force Reserve; 24 repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 17 •HR 4016 RH vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re- 1 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip- 2 ment; and communications, $3,906,202,000. 3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL 4 GUARD 5 For expenses of training, organizing, and admin- 6 istering the Army National Guard, including medical and 7 hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal 8 hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to struc- 9 tures and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; per- 10 sonnel services in the National Guard Bureau; travel ex- 11 penses (other than mileage), as authorized by law for 12 Army personnel on active duty, for Army National Guard 13 division, regimental, and battalion commanders while in- 14 specting units in compliance with National Guard Bureau 15 regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, Na- 16 tional Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army 17 National Guard as authorized by law; and expenses of re- 18 pair, modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 19 equipment (including aircraft), $8,209,300,000. 20 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 21 For expenses of training, organizing, and admin- 22 istering the Air National Guard, including medical and 23 hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal 24 hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to struc- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 18 •HR 4016 RH tures and facilities; transportation of things, hire of pas- 1 senger motor vehicles; supplying and equipping the Air 2 National Guard, as authorized by law; expenses for repair, 3 modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 4 equipment, including those furnished from stocks under 5 the control of agencies of the Department of Defense; 6 travel expenses (other than mileage) on the same basis as 7 authorized by law for Air National Guard personnel on 8 active Federal duty, for Air National Guard commanders 9 while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard 10 Bureau regulations when specifically authorized by the 11 Chief, National Guard Bureau, $7,152,065,000. 12 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED 13 FORCES 14 For salaries and expenses necessary for the United 15 States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 16 $21,243,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 may be used 17 for official representation purposes. 18 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY 19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 20 For the Department of the Army, $148,070,000, to 21 remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec- 22 retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such 23 funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc- 24 tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 19 •HR 4016 RH buildings and debris of the Department of the Army, or 1 for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by 2 this appropriation to other appropriations made available 3 to the Department of the Army, to be merged with and 4 to be available for the same purposes and for the same 5 time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 6 Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 7 part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 8 not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 9 amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation, 10 to be merged with and to be available for the same pur- 11 poses and for the same time period as this appropriation: 12 Provided further, That amounts transferred back under 13 the preceding proviso, and amounts credited to appropria- 14 tions made under this heading pursuant to section 2703(e) 15 of title 10, United States Code, are available until trans- 16 ferred under conditions set forth in the preceding provisos: 17 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 18 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au- 19 thority provided elsewhere in this Act. 20 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY 21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 22 For the Department of the Navy, $357,949,000, to 23 remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec- 24 retary of the Navy shall, upon determining that such 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 20 •HR 4016 RH funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc- 1 tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 2 buildings and debris of the Department of the Navy, or 3 for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by 4 this appropriation to other appropriations made available 5 to the Department of the Navy, to be merged with and 6 to be available for the same purposes and for the same 7 time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 8 Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 9 part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 10 not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 11 amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation, 12 to be merged with and to be available for the same pur- 13 poses and for the same time period as this appropriation: 14 Provided further, That amounts transferred back under 15 the preceding proviso, and amounts credited to appropria- 16 tions made under this heading pursuant to section 2703(e) 17 of title 10, United States Code, are available until trans- 18 ferred under conditions set forth in the preceding provisos: 19 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 20 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au- 21 thority provided elsewhere in this Act. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 21 •HR 4016 RH ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE 1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 2 For the Department of the Air Force, $342,149,000, 3 to remain available until transferred: Provided, That the 4 Secretary of the Air Force shall, upon determining that 5 such funds are required for environmental restoration, re- 6 duction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of un- 7 safe buildings and debris of the Department of the Air 8 Force, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made 9 available by this appropriation to other appropriations 10 made available to the Department of the Air Force, to be 11 merged with and to be available for the same purposes 12 and for the same time period as the appropriations to 13 which transferred: Provided further, That upon a deter- 14 mination that all or part of the funds transferred from 15 this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes pro- 16 vided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to 17 this appropriation, to be merged with and to be available 18 for the same purposes and for the same time period as 19 this appropriation: Provided further, That amounts trans- 20 ferred back under the preceding proviso, and amounts 21 credited to appropriations made under this heading pursu- 22 ant to section 2703(e) of title 10, United States Code, are 23 available until transferred under conditions set forth in 24 the preceding provisos: Provided further, That the transfer 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 22 •HR 4016 RH authority provided under this heading is in addition to any 1 other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 2 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE 3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 4 For the Department of Defense, $8,885,000, to re- 5 main available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec- 6 retary of Defense shall, upon determining that such funds 7 are required for environmental restoration, reduction and 8 recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings 9 and debris of the Department of Defense, or for similar 10 purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appro- 11 priation to other appropriations made available to the De- 12 partment of Defense, to be merged with and to be avail- 13 able for the same purposes and for the same time period 14 as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided fur- 15 ther, That upon a determination that all or part of the 16 funds transferred from this appropriation are not nec- 17 essary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 18 may be transferred back to this appropriation, to be 19 merged with and to be available for the same purposes 20 and for the same time period as this appropriation: Pro- 21 vided further, That amounts transferred back under the 22 preceding proviso, and amounts credited to appropriations 23 made under this heading pursuant to section 2703(e) of 24 title 10, United States Code, are available until trans- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 23 •HR 4016 RH ferred under conditions set forth in the preceding provisos: 1 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 2 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au- 3 thority provided elsewhere in this Act. 4 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED 5 DEFENSE SITES 6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 7 For the Department of the Army, $235,156,000, to 8 remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec- 9 retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such 10 funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc- 11 tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 12 buildings and debris at sites formerly used by the Depart- 13 ment of Defense, transfer the funds made available by this 14 appropriation to other appropriations made available to 15 the Department of the Army, to be merged with and to 16 be available for the same purposes and for the same time 17 period as the appropriations to which transferred: Pro- 18 vided further, That upon a determination that all or part 19 of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not 20 necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 21 may be transferred back to this appropriation, to be 22 merged with and to be available for the same purposes 23 and for the same time period as this appropriation: Pro- 24 vided further, That amounts transferred back under the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 24 •HR 4016 RH preceding proviso, and amounts credited to appropriations 1 made under this heading pursuant to section 2703(e) of 2 title 10, United States Code, are available until trans- 3 ferred under conditions set forth in the preceding provisos: 4 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 5 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au- 6 thority provided elsewhere in this Act. 7 OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID 8 For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian, 9 Disaster, and Civic Aid programs of the Department of 10 Defense (consisting of the programs provided under sec- 11 tions 401, 402, 404, 407, 2557, and 2561 of title 10, 12 United States Code), $117,988,000, to remain available 13 until September 30, 2027. 14 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT 15 For assistance, including assistance provided by con- 16 tract or by grants, under programs and activities of the 17 Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction 18 Program authorized under the Department of Defense Co- 19 operative Threat Reduction Act, $282,830,000, to remain 20 available until September 30, 2028. 21 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE 22 DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT 23 For the Department of Defense Acquisition Work- 24 force Development Account, $61,776,000: Provided, That 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 25 •HR 4016 RH no other amounts may be otherwise credited or transferred 1 to the Account, or deposited into the Account, in fiscal 2 year 2026 pursuant to section 1705(d) of title 10, United 3 States Code. 4 TITLE III 5 PROCUREMENT 6 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY 7 For construction, procurement, production, modifica- 8 tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including 9 ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and 10 accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 11 devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 12 the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, 13 and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 14 and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 15 title; and procurement and installation of equipment, ap- 16 pliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; 17 reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 18 equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 19 foregoing purposes, $2,980,039,000, to remain available 20 for obligation until September 30, 2028. 21 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY 22 For construction, procurement, production, modifica- 23 tion, and modernization of missiles, equipment, including 24 ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 26 •HR 4016 RH accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 1 devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 2 the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, 3 and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 4 and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 5 title; and procurement and installation of equipment, ap- 6 pliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; 7 reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 8 equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 9 foregoing purposes, $6,667,478,000, to remain available 10 for obligation until September 30, 2028. 11 PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT 12 VEHICLES, ARMY 13 For construction, procurement, production, and 14 modification of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, 15 equipment, including ordnance, spare parts, and acces- 16 sories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; 17 expansion of public and private plants, including the land 18 necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 19 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con- 20 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 21 procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 22 and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 23 plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 24 layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 27 •HR 4016 RH purposes, $3,254,797,000, to remain available for obliga- 1 tion until September 30, 2028. 2 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY 3 For construction, procurement, production, and 4 modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe- 5 cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub- 6 lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au- 7 thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 8 and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur- 9 poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac- 10 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap- 11 proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip- 12 ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 13 plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor- 14 owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 15 for the foregoing purposes, $2,877,887,000, to remain 16 available for obligation until September 30, 2028. 17 OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY 18 For construction, procurement, production, and 19 modification of vehicles, including tactical, support, and 20 non-tracked combat vehicles; the purchase of passenger 21 motor vehicles for replacement only; communications and 22 electronic equipment; other support equipment; spare 23 parts, ordnance, and accessories therefor; specialized 24 equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 28 •HR 4016 RH private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for 1 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 2 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 3 thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 4 installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 5 in public and private plants; reserve plant and Govern- 6 ment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 7 expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 8 $7,676,155,000, to remain available for obligation until 9 September 30, 2028. 10 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY 11 For construction, procurement, production, modifica- 12 tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including 13 ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 14 equipment; expansion of public and private plants, includ- 15 ing the land necessary therefor, and such lands and inter- 16 ests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 17 thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 18 installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 19 in public and private plants; reserve plant and Govern- 20 ment and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 21 $17,989,351,000, to remain available for obligation until 22 September 30, 2028. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 29 •HR 4016 RH WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY 1 For construction, procurement, production, modifica- 2 tion, and modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weap- 3 ons, and related support equipment including spare parts, 4 and accessories therefor; expansion of public and private 5 plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such 6 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con- 7 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 8 procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 9 and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 10 plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 11 layaway, $7,374,268,000, to remain available for obliga- 12 tion until September 30, 2028. 13 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE 14 CORPS 15 For construction, procurement, production, and 16 modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe- 17 cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub- 18 lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au- 19 thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 20 and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur- 21 poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac- 22 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap- 23 proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip- 24 ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 30 •HR 4016 RH plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor- 1 owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 2 for the foregoing purposes, $1,104,072,000, to remain 3 available for obligation until September 30, 2028. 4 SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY 5 For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisi- 6 tion, or conversion of vessels as authorized by law, includ- 7 ing armor and armament thereof, plant equipment, appli- 8 ances, and machine tools and installation thereof in public 9 and private plants; reserve plant and Government and con- 10 tractor-owned equipment layaway; procurement of critical, 11 long lead time components and designs for vessels to be 12 constructed or converted in the future; and expansion of 13 public and private plants, including land necessary there- 14 for, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 15 and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 16 title, as follows: 17 Columbia Class Submarine, $5,274,513,000; 18 Columbia Class Submarine (AP), 19 $5,215,766,000; 20 Carrier Replacement Program (CVN–80), 21 $1,658,738,000; 22 Carrier Replacement Program (CVN–81), 23 $1,622,935,000; 24 Virginia Class Submarine, $6,238,305,000; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 31 •HR 4016 RH Virginia Class Submarine (AP), 1 $5,158,976,000; 2 CVN Refueling Overhauls, $1,821,655,000; 3 DDG–1000 Program, $52,358,000; 4 DDG–51 Destroyer, $5,069,403,000; 5 FFG–Frigate, $100,000,000; 6 Medium Landing Ship, $225,000,000; 7 TAO Fleet Oiler, $1,657,391,000; 8 Towing, Salvage, and Rescue Ship, 9 $141,500,000; 10 T–AGOS Surtass Ship, $424,945,000; 11 LCU 1700, $48,194,000; 12 Ship to Shore Connector, $320,000,000; 13 Service Craft, $210,355,000; 14 LCAC SLEP, $56,109,000; 15 Auxiliary Vessels, $206,019,000; 16 For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and 17 first destination transportation, $733,864,000; and 18 Completion of Prior Year Shipbuilding Pro- 19 grams, $699,210,000. 20 In all: $36,935,236,000, to remain available for obli- 21 gation until September 30, 2030: Provided, That addi- 22 tional obligations may be incurred after September 30, 23 2030, for engineering services, tests, evaluations, and 24 other such budgeted work that must be performed in the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 32 •HR 4016 RH final stage of ship construction: Provided further, That 1 none of the funds provided under this heading for the con- 2 struction or conversion of any naval vessel to be con- 3 structed in shipyards in the United States shall be ex- 4 pended in foreign facilities for the construction of major 5 components of such vessel: Provided further, That none of 6 the funds provided under this heading shall be used for 7 the construction of any naval vessel in foreign shipyards: 8 Provided further, That funds appropriated or otherwise 9 made available by this Act for Columbia Class Submarine 10 (AP) may be available for the purposes authorized by sub- 11 sections (f), (g), (h) or (i) of section 2218a of title 10, 12 United States Code, only in accordance with the provisions 13 of the applicable subsection. 14 OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY 15 For procurement, production, and modernization of 16 support equipment and materials not otherwise provided 17 for, Navy ordnance (except ordnance for new aircraft, new 18 ships, and ships authorized for conversion); the purchase 19 of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; expan- 20 sion of public and private plants, including the land nec- 21 essary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may 22 be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to 23 approval of title; and procurement and installation of 24 equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 33 •HR 4016 RH private plants; reserve plant and Government and con- 1 tractor-owned equipment layaway, $14,932,187,000, to 2 remain available for obligation until September 30, 2028: 3 Provided, That such funds are also available for the main- 4 tenance, repair, and modernization of ships under a pilot 5 program established for such purposes. 6 PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 7 For expenses necessary for the procurement, manu- 8 facture, and modification of missiles, armament, military 9 equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant 10 equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation 11 thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and 12 Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; ve- 13 hicles for the Marine Corps, including the purchase of pas- 14 senger motor vehicles for replacement only; and expansion 15 of public and private plants, including land necessary 16 therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac- 17 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap- 18 proval of title, $4,047,138,000, to remain available for ob- 19 ligation until September 30, 2028. 20 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 21 For construction, procurement, and modification of 22 aircraft and equipment, including armor and armament, 23 specialized ground handling equipment, and training de- 24 vices, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 34 •HR 4016 RH equipment; expansion of public and private plants, Gov- 1 ernment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such 2 plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for 3 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 4 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 5 thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov- 6 ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and 7 other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes in- 8 cluding rents and transportation of things, 9 $21,414,080,000, to remain available for obligation until 10 September 30, 2028. 11 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 12 For construction, procurement, and modification of 13 missiles, rockets, and related equipment, including spare 14 parts and accessories therefor; ground handling equip- 15 ment, and training devices; expansion of public and pri- 16 vate plants, Government-owned equipment and installa- 17 tion thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and ac- 18 quisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such 19 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con- 20 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; re- 21 serve plant and Government and contractor-owned equip- 22 ment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the fore- 23 going purposes including rents and transportation of 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 35 •HR 4016 RH things, $4,282,581,000, to remain available for obligation 1 until September 30, 2028. 2 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE 3 For construction, procurement, production, and 4 modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe- 5 cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub- 6 lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au- 7 thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 8 and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur- 9 poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac- 10 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap- 11 proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip- 12 ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 13 plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor- 14 owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 15 for the foregoing purposes, $706,389,000, to remain avail- 16 able for obligation until September 30, 2028. 17 OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 18 For procurement and modification of equipment (in- 19 cluding ground guidance and electronic control equipment, 20 and ground electronic and communication equipment), 21 and supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not oth- 22 erwise provided for; the purchase of passenger motor vehi- 23 cles for replacement only; lease of passenger motor vehi- 24 cles; and expansion of public and private plants, Govern- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 36 •HR 4016 RH ment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such 1 plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for 2 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 3 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 4 thereon, prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov- 5 ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 6 $31,313,050,000, to remain available for obligation until 7 September 30, 2028. 8 PROCUREMENT, SPACE FORCE 9 For construction, procurement, and modification of 10 spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, including 11 spare parts and accessories therefor; ground handling 12 equipment, and training devices; expansion of public and 13 private plants, Government-owned equipment and installa- 14 tion thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and ac- 15 quisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such 16 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con- 17 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; re- 18 serve plant and Government and contractor-owned equip- 19 ment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the fore- 20 going purposes including rents and transportation of 21 things, $3,721,695,000, to remain available for obligation 22 until September 30, 2028. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 37 •HR 4016 RH PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE 1 For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart- 2 ment of Defense (other than the military departments) 3 necessary for procurement, production, and modification 4 of equipment, supplies, materials, and spare parts there- 5 for, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of passenger 6 motor vehicles for replacement only; expansion of public 7 and private plants, equipment, and installation thereof in 8 such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land 9 for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 10 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 11 thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov- 12 ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 13 $5,626,275,000, to remain available for obligation until 14 September 30, 2028. 15 DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES 16 For activities by the Department of Defense pursuant 17 to sections 108, 301, 302, and 303 of the Defense Produc- 18 tion Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4518, 4531, 4532, and 4533), 19 $321,923,000, to remain available for obligation until ex- 20 pended, which shall be obligated and expended by the Sec- 21 retary of Defense as if delegated the necessary authorities 22 conferred by the Defense Production Act of 1950: Pro- 23 vided, That of the amounts appropriated under this head- 24 ing $150,000,000 shall be for biomanufacturing. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 38 •HR 4016 RH NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT 1 For procurement of rotary-wing aircraft; combat, tac- 2 tical, and support vehicles; other weapons; and other pro- 3 curement items for the Reserve components of the Armed 4 Forces, $800,000,000, to remain available for obligation 5 until September 30, 2028: Provided, That the Chiefs of 6 National Guard and Reserve components shall, not later 7 than 30 days after enactment of this Act, individually sub- 8 mit to the congressional defense committees the mod- 9 ernization priority assessment for their respective Na- 10 tional Guard or Reserve component: Provided further, 11 That none of the funds made available by this paragraph 12 may be used to procure manned fixed wing aircraft, or 13 procure or modify missiles, munitions, or ammunition. 14 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 39 •HR 4016 RH TITLE IV 1 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 2 EVALUATION 3 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 4 ARMY 5 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci- 6 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ- 7 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa- 8 cilities and equipment, $13,561,058,000, to remain avail- 9 able for obligation until September 30, 2027. 10 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 11 NAVY 12 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci- 13 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ- 14 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa- 15 cilities and equipment, $27,038,433,000, to remain avail- 16 able for obligation until September 30, 2027: Provided, 17 That funds appropriated in this paragraph which are 18 available for the V–22 may be used to meet unique oper- 19 ational requirements of the Special Operations Forces. 20 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 21 AIR FORCE 22 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci- 23 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ- 24 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 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operation of facilities and equipment, 18 $36,491,467,000, to remain available for obligation until 19 September 30, 2027. 20 OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE 21 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 22 for the independent activities of the Director, Operational 23 Test and Evaluation, in the direction and supervision of 24 operational test and evaluation, including initial oper- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 41 •HR 4016 RH ational test and evaluation which is conducted prior to, 1 and in support of, production decisions; joint operational 2 testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in 3 connection therewith, $348,709,000, to remain available 4 for obligation until September 30, 2027: Provided, That 5 of the amounts appropriated under this heading, not less 6 than $15,000,000 shall be for cyber assessments. 7 TITLE V 8 REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 9 DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS 10 For the Defense Working Capital Funds, 11 $1,682,921,000. 12 NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE TRANSACTION FUND 13 For the National Defense Stockpile Transaction 14 Fund, $5,700,000, for activities pursuant to the Strategic 15 and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98 et 16 seq.). 17 TITLE VI 18 OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 19 DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM 20 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical 21 and health care programs of the Department of Defense 22 as authorized by law, $40,917,184,000; of which 23 $38,766,742,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, 24 of which not to exceed one percent shall remain available 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 42 •HR 4016 RH for obligation until September 30, 2027, and of which up 1 to $21,023,765,000 may be available for contracts entered 2 into under the TRICARE program; of which 3 $354,821,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep- 4 tember 30, 2028, shall be for procurement; and of which 5 $1,795,621,000, to remain available for obligation until 6 September 30, 2027, shall be for research, development, 7 test and evaluation: Provided, That of the funds provided 8 under this heading for research, development, test and 9 evaluation, not less than $700,000,000 shall be made 10 available to the Defense Health Agency to carry out the 11 congressionally directed medical research programs: Pro- 12 vided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 13 of law, of the amount made available under this heading 14 for research, development, test and evaluation, not less 15 than $15,000,000 shall be available for HIV prevention 16 educational activities undertaken in connection with 17 United States military training, exercises, and humani- 18 tarian assistance activities conducted primarily in African 19 nations: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 20 shall submit to the congressional defense committees quar- 21 terly reports on the current status of the electronic health 22 record program: Provided further, That the Comptroller 23 General of the United States shall perform quarterly per- 24 formance reviews of the electronic health record program. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 43 •HR 4016 RH CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, 1 DEFENSE 2 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 3 for the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal 4 chemical agents and munitions in accordance with the pro- 5 visions of section 1412 of the Department of Defense Au- 6 thorization Act, 1986, (Public Law 99-145; 50 U.S.C. 7 1521), $213,282,000, of which $3,243,000 shall be for op- 8 eration and maintenance for the Chemical Stockpile 9 Emergency Preparedness Program, consisting of 10 $2,340,000 for activities on military installations and 11 $903,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, 12 to assist State and local governments; and $210,039,000, 13 to remain available until September 30, 2027, shall be for 14 research, development, test and evaluation. 15 DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 16 DEFENSE 17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 18 For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of 19 the Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations 20 available to the Department of Defense for military per- 21 sonnel of the reserve components serving under the provi- 22 sions of title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for oper- 23 ation and maintenance; for procurement; and for research, 24 development, test and evaluation, $1,149,304,000, of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 44 •HR 4016 RH which $678,737,000 shall be for counter-narcotics sup- 1 port; $135,567,000 shall be for the drug demand reduc- 2 tion program; $305,000,000 shall be for the National 3 Guard counter-drug program; and $30,000,000 shall be 4 for the National Guard counter-drug schools program: 5 Provided, That the funds appropriated under this heading 6 shall be available for obligation for the same time period 7 and for the same purpose as the appropriation to which 8 transferred: Provided further, That upon a determination 9 that all or part of the funds transferred from this appro- 10 priation are not necessary for the purposes provided here- 11 in, such amounts may be transferred back to this appro- 12 priation: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro- 13 vided under this heading is in addition to any other trans- 14 fer authority provided elsewhere in this Act: Provided fur- 15 ther, That funds appropriated under this heading may be 16 used to support a new start program or project only after 17 written prior notification to the Committees on Appropria- 18 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 19 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 20 For expenses and activities of the Office of the In- 21 spector General in carrying out the provisions of chapter 22 4 of title 5, United States Code, $517,599,000, of which 23 $511,895,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of 24 which not to exceed $700,000 is available for emergencies 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 45 •HR 4016 RH and extraordinary expenses to be expended upon the ap- 1 proval or authority of the Inspector General, and pay- 2 ments may be made upon the Inspector General’s certifi- 3 cate of necessity for confidential military purposes; of 4 which $1,079,000, to remain available for obligation until 5 September 30, 2028, shall be for procurement; and of 6 which $4,625,000, to remain available until September 30, 7 2027, shall be for research, development, test and evalua- 8 tion. 9 TITLE VII 10 RELATED AGENCIES 11 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND 12 DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND 13 For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Re- 14 tirement and Disability System Fund, to maintain the 15 proper funding level for continuing the operation of the 16 Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 17 System, $514,000,000. 18 INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT 19 For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Commu- 20 nity Management Account, $642,000,000. 21 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 46 •HR 4016 RH TITLE VIII 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS 2 SEC. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained 3 in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur- 4 poses not authorized by the Congress. 5 SEC. 8002. During the current fiscal year, provisions 6 of law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or em- 7 ployment of, any person not a citizen of the United States 8 shall not apply to personnel of the Department of Defense: 9 Provided, That salary increases granted to direct and indi- 10 rect hire foreign national employees of the Department of 11 Defense funded by this Act may not be at a rate in excess 12 of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian 13 employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is 14 computed under the provisions of section 5332 of title 5, 15 United States Code, or at a rate in excess of the percent- 16 age increase provided by the appropriate host nation to 17 its own employees, whichever is higher: Provided further, 18 That this section shall not apply to Department of De- 19 fense foreign service national employees serving at United 20 States diplomatic missions whose pay is set by the Depart- 21 ment of State under the Foreign Service Act of 1980: Pro- 22 vided further, That the limitations of this provision shall 23 not apply to foreign national employees of the Department 24 of Defense in the Republic of Turkey. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 47 •HR 4016 RH SEC. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained 1 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 2 the current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided herein. 3 SEC. 8004. No more than 20 percent of the appro- 4 priations in this Act which are limited for obligation dur- 5 ing the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the 6 last 2 months of the fiscal year: Provided, That this sec- 7 tion shall not apply to obligations for support of active 8 duty training of reserve components or summer camp 9 training of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. 10 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 11 SEC. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of 12 Defense that such action is necessary in the national inter- 13 est, the Secretary may, with the approval of the Director 14 of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer not to 15 exceed $6,000,000,000 of working capital funds of the De- 16 partment of Defense or funds made available by this Act 17 to the Department of Defense for military functions (ex- 18 cept military construction) between such appropriations or 19 funds or any subdivision thereof, to be merged with and 20 to be available for the same purposes, and for the same 21 time period, as the appropriation or fund to which trans- 22 ferred: Provided, That such authority to transfer may not 23 be used unless for higher priority items, based on unfore- 24 seen military requirements, than those for which originally 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 48 •HR 4016 RH appropriated and in no case where the item for which 1 funds are requested has been denied by the Congress: Pro- 2 vided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify 3 the Congress promptly of all transfers made pursuant to 4 this authority or any other authority in this Act: Provided 5 further, That no part of the funds in this Act shall be 6 available to prepare or present a request to the Commit- 7 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 8 and the Senate for reprogramming of funds, unless for 9 higher priority items, based on unforeseen military re- 10 quirements, than those for which originally appropriated 11 and in no case where the item for which reprogramming 12 is requested has been denied by the Congress: Provided 13 further, That a request for multiple reprogrammings of 14 funds using authority provided in this section shall be 15 made prior to June 30, 2026: Provided further, That 16 transfers among military personnel appropriations shall 17 not be taken into account for purposes of the limitation 18 on the amount of funds that may be transferred under 19 this section. 20 SEC. 8006. (a) With regard to the list of specific pro- 21 grams, projects, and activities (and the dollar amounts 22 and adjustments to budget activities corresponding to 23 such programs, projects, and activities) contained in the 24 tables titled Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 49 •HR 4016 RH the explanatory statement regarding this Act and the ta- 1 bles contained in the classified annex accompanying this 2 Act, the obligation and expenditure of amounts appro- 3 priated or otherwise made available by this Act for those 4 programs, projects, and activities are hereby required by 5 law to be carried out in the manner provided by such ta- 6 bles to the same extent as if the tables were included in 7 the text of this Act. 8 (b) Amounts specified in the referenced tables de- 9 scribed in subsection (a) may not be treated as subdivi- 10 sions of appropriations for purposes of section 8005 of this 11 Act: Provided, That section 8005 of this Act shall apply 12 when transfers of the amounts described in subsection (a) 13 occur between appropriation accounts, subject to the limi- 14 tation in subsection (c): Provided further, That the trans- 15 fer amount limitation provided in section 8005 of this Act 16 shall not apply to transfers of amounts described in sub- 17 section (a) if such transfers are necessary for the proper 18 execution of such funds. 19 (c) During the current fiscal year, amounts specified 20 in the referenced tables in titles III and IV of this Act 21 described in subsection (a) may not be transferred pursu- 22 ant to section 8005 of this Act other than for proper exe- 23 cution of such amounts, as provided in subsection (b). 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 50 •HR 4016 RH SEC. 8007. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date 1 of the enactment of this Act, the Department of Defense 2 shall submit a report to the congressional defense commit- 3 tees to establish the baseline for application of reprogram- 4 ming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 2026: Pro- 5 vided, That the report shall include— 6 (1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa- 7 rate column to display the President’s budget re- 8 quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 9 due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 10 fiscal year enacted level; 11 (2) a delineation in the table for each appro- 12 priation both by budget activity and program, 13 project, and activity as detailed in the Budget Ap- 14 pendix; and 15 (3) an identification of items of special congres- 16 sional interest. 17 (b) Notwithstanding section 8005 of this Act, none 18 of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for 19 reprogramming or transfer until the report identified in 20 subsection (a) is submitted to the congressional defense 21 committees, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies in 22 writing to the congressional defense committees that such 23 reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 51 •HR 4016 RH requirement: Provided,That this subsection shall not apply 1 to transfers from the following appropriations accounts: 2 (1) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Army’’; 3 (2) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Navy’’; 4 (3) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Air Force’’; 5 (4) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Defense- 6 Wide’’; 7 (5) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Formerly 8 Used Defense Sites’’; and 9 (6) ‘‘Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug Ac- 10 tivities, Defense’’. 11 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 12 SEC. 8008. During the current fiscal year, cash bal- 13 ances in working capital funds of the Department of De- 14 fense established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, 15 United States Code, may be maintained in only such 16 amounts as are necessary at any time for cash disburse- 17 ments to be made from such funds: Provided, That trans- 18 fers may be made between such funds: Provided further, 19 That transfers may be made between working capital 20 funds and the ‘‘Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense’’ 21 appropriation and the ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ ap- 22 propriation accounts in such amounts as may be deter- 23 mined by the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of 24 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, ex- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 52 •HR 4016 RH cept that such transfers may not be made unless the Sec- 1 retary of Defense has notified the Congress of the pro- 2 posed transfer: Provided further, That except in amounts 3 equal to the amounts appropriated to working capital 4 funds in this Act, no obligations may be made against a 5 working capital fund to procure or increase the value of 6 war reserve material inventory, unless the Secretary of 7 Defense has notified the Congress prior to any such obli- 8 gation. 9 SEC. 8009. Funds appropriated by this Act may not 10 be used to initiate a special access program without prior 11 notification 30 calendar days in advance to the congres- 12 sional defense committees. 13 SEC. 8010. None of the funds provided by this Act 14 shall be available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that 15 employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of 16 $20,000,000 in any one year of the contract or that in- 17 cludes an unfunded contingent liability in excess of 18 $20,000,000; or (2) a contract for advance procurement 19 leading to a multiyear contract that employs economic 20 order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in 21 any one year, unless the congressional defense committees 22 have been notified at least 30 days in advance of the pro- 23 posed contract award: Provided, That no part of any ap- 24 propriation contained in this Act shall be available to ini- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 53 •HR 4016 RH tiate a multiyear contract for which the economic order 1 quantity advance procurement is not funded at least to 2 the limits of the Government’s liability: Provided further, 3 That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act 4 shall be available to initiate multiyear procurement con- 5 tracts for any systems or component thereof if the value 6 of the multiyear contract would exceed $500,000,000 un- 7 less specifically provided in this Act: Provided further, 8 That no multiyear procurement contract can be termi- 9 nated without 30-day prior notification to the congres- 10 sional defense committees: Provided further, That the exe- 11 cution of multiyear authority shall require the use of a 12 present value analysis to determine lowest cost compared 13 to an annual procurement: Provided further, That none of 14 the funds provided by this Act may be used for a multiyear 15 contract executed after the date of the enactment of this 16 Act unless in the case of any such contract— 17 (1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to 18 Congress a budget request for full funding of units 19 to be procured through the contract and, in the case 20 of a contract for procurement of aircraft, that in- 21 cludes, for any aircraft unit to be procured through 22 the contract for which procurement funds are re- 23 quested in that budget request for production be- 24 yond advance procurement activities in the fiscal 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 54 •HR 4016 RH year covered by the budget, full funding of procure- 1 ment of such unit in that fiscal year; 2 (2) cancellation provisions in the contract do 3 not include consideration of recurring manufacturing 4 costs of the contractor associated with the produc- 5 tion of unfunded units to be delivered under the con- 6 tract; 7 (3) the contract provides that payments to the 8 contractor under the contract may not be made in 9 advance of incurred costs on funded units; and 10 (4) the contract does not provide for a price ad- 11 justment based on a failure to award a follow-on 12 contract. 13 SEC. 8011. Within the funds appropriated for the op- 14 eration and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are 15 hereby appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, 16 United States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance 17 costs under chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code: 18 Provided, That such funds may also be obligated for hu- 19 manitarian and civic assistance costs incidental to author- 20 ized operations and pursuant to authority granted in sec- 21 tion 401 of title 10, United States Code, and these obliga- 22 tions shall be reported as required by section 401(d) of 23 title 10, United States Code: Provided further, That funds 24 available for operation and maintenance shall be available 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 55 •HR 4016 RH for providing humanitarian and similar assistance by 1 using Civic Action Teams in the Trust Territories of the 2 Pacific Islands and freely associated states of Micronesia, 3 pursuant to the Compact of Free Association as author- 4 ized by Public Law 99–239: Provided further, That upon 5 a determination by the Secretary of the Army that such 6 action is beneficial for graduate medical education pro- 7 grams conducted at Army medical facilities located in Ha- 8 waii, the Secretary of the Army may authorize the provi- 9 sion of medical services at such facilities and transpor- 10 tation to such facilities, on a nonreimbursable basis, for 11 civilian patients from American Samoa, the Common- 12 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Is- 13 lands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and 14 Guam. 15 SEC. 8012. None of the funds made available by this 16 Act shall be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to in- 17 fluence congressional action on any legislation or appro- 18 priation matters pending before the Congress. 19 SEC. 8013. None of the funds available in this Act 20 to the Department of Defense, other than appropriations 21 made for necessary or routine refurbishments, upgrades, 22 or maintenance activities, shall be used to reduce or to 23 prepare to reduce the number of deployed and non-de- 24 ployed strategic delivery vehicles and launchers below the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 56 •HR 4016 RH levels set forth in the report submitted to Congress in ac- 1 cordance with section 1042 of the National Defense Au- 2 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. 3 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 4 SEC. 8014. (a) Funds appropriated in title III of this 5 Act for the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Prote´ge´ 6 Program may be transferred to any other appropriation 7 contained in this Act solely for the purpose of imple- 8 menting a Mentor-Prote´ge´ Program developmental assist- 9 ance agreement pursuant to section 4902 of title 10, 10 United States Code, under the authority of this provision 11 or any other transfer authority contained in this Act. 12 (b) The Secretary of Defense shall include with the 13 budget justification documents in support of the budget 14 for fiscal year 2026 (as submitted to Congress pursuant 15 to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code) a descrip- 16 tion of each transfer under this section that occurred dur- 17 ing the last fiscal year before the fiscal year in which such 18 budget is submitted. 19 SEC. 8015. None of the funds appropriated or other- 20 wise made available by this Act may be available for the 21 purchase by the Department of Defense (and its depart- 22 ments and agencies) of welded shipboard anchor and 23 mooring chain unless the anchor and mooring chain are 24 manufactured in the United States from components 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 57 •HR 4016 RH which are substantially manufactured in the United 1 States: Provided, That for the purpose of this section, the 2 term ‘‘manufactured’’ shall include cutting, heat treating, 3 quality control, and testing of chain and welding (includ- 4 ing the forging and shot blasting process): Provided fur- 5 ther, That for the purpose of this section substantially all 6 of the components of anchor and mooring chain shall be 7 considered to be produced or manufactured in the United 8 States if the aggregate cost of the components produced 9 or manufactured in the United States exceeds the aggre- 10 gate cost of the components produced or manufactured 11 outside the United States: Provided further, That when 12 adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet De- 13 partment of Defense requirements on a timely basis, the 14 Secretary of the Service responsible for the procurement 15 may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certi- 16 fying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of 17 the House of Representatives and the Senate that such 18 an acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability 19 for national security purposes. 20 SEC. 8016. None of the funds appropriated by this 21 Act shall be used for the support of any nonappropriated 22 funds activity of the Department of Defense that procures 23 malt beverages and wine with nonappropriated funds for 24 resale (including such alcoholic beverages sold by the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 58 •HR 4016 RH drink) on a military installation located in the United 1 States unless such malt beverages and wine are procured 2 within that State, or in the case of the District of Colum- 3 bia, within the District of Columbia, in which the military 4 installation is located: Provided, That, in a case in which 5 the military installation is located in more than one State, 6 purchases may be made in any State in which the installa- 7 tion is located: Provided further, That such local procure- 8 ment requirements for malt beverages and wine shall 9 apply to all alcoholic beverages only for military installa- 10 tions in States which are not contiguous with another 11 State: Provided further, That alcoholic beverages other 12 than wine and malt beverages, in contiguous States and 13 the District of Columbia shall be procured from the most 14 competitive source, price and other factors considered. 15 SEC. 8017. None of the funds available to the De- 16 partment of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dis- 17 pose of M–1 Carbines, M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles, 18 .22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M–1911 pistols, or 19 to demilitarize or destroy small arms ammunition or am- 20 munition components that are not otherwise prohibited 21 from commercial sale under Federal law, unless the small 22 arms ammunition or ammunition components are certified 23 by the Secretary of the Army or designee as unserviceable 24 or unsafe for further use. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 59 •HR 4016 RH SEC. 8018. No more than $500,000 of the funds ap- 1 propriated or made available by this Act shall be used dur- 2 ing a single fiscal year for any single relocation of an orga- 3 nization, unit, activity or function of the Department of 4 Defense into or within the National Capital Region: Pro- 5 vided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this re- 6 striction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 7 to the congressional defense committees that such a relo- 8 cation is required in the best interest of the Government. 9 SEC. 8019. Of the funds made available by this Act 10 under the heading ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’, 11 $35,169,000 shall be available only for incentive payments 12 authorized by section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 13 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544): Provided, That a prime contractor 14 or a subcontractor at any tier that makes a subcontract 15 award to any subcontractor or supplier as defined in sec- 16 tion 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small busi- 17 ness owned and controlled by an individual or individuals 18 defined under section 4221(9) of title 25, United States 19 Code, shall be considered a contractor for the purposes 20 of being allowed additional compensation under section 21 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 22 1544) whenever the prime contract or subcontract amount 23 is over $500,000 and involves the expenditure of funds 24 appropriated by an Act making appropriations for the De- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 60 •HR 4016 RH partment of Defense with respect to any fiscal year: Pro- 1 vided further, That notwithstanding section 1906 of title 2 41, United States Code, this section shall be applicable 3 to any Department of Defense acquisition of supplies or 4 services, including any contract and any subcontract at 5 any tier for acquisition of commercial items produced or 6 manufactured, in whole or in part, by any subcontractor 7 or supplier defined in section 1544 of title 25, United 8 States Code, or a small business owned and controlled by 9 an individual or individuals defined under section 4221(9) 10 of title 25, United States Code. 11 SEC. 8020. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 12 of law, the Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no 13 cost to the Air Force, without consideration, to Indian 14 tribes located in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Da- 15 kota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and 16 Washington relocatable military housing units located at 17 Grand Forks Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, 18 Mountain Home Air Force Base, Ellsworth Air Force 19 Base, and Minot Air Force Base that are excess to the 20 needs of the Air Force. 21 (b) The Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, at 22 no cost to the Air Force, military housing units under sub- 23 section (a) in accordance with the request for such units 24 that are submitted to the Secretary by the Operation 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 61 •HR 4016 RH Walking Shield Program on behalf of Indian tribes located 1 in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Da- 2 kota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington. Any 3 such conveyance shall be subject to the condition that the 4 housing units shall be removed within a reasonable period 5 of time, as determined by the Secretary. 6 (c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall re- 7 solve any conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for 8 housing units under subsection (a) before submitting re- 9 quests to the Secretary of the Air Force under subsection 10 (b). 11 (d) In this section, the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means 12 any recognized Indian tribe included on the current list 13 published by the Secretary of the Interior under section 14 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 15 (Public Law 103–454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 5131). 16 SEC. 8021. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart- 17 ment of Defense under the heading ‘‘Operation and Main- 18 tenance, Defense-Wide’’, not less than $19,861,000 may 19 be made available only for the mitigation of environmental 20 impacts, including training and technical assistance to 21 tribes, related administrative support, the gathering of in- 22 formation, documenting of environmental damage, and de- 23 veloping a system for prioritization of mitigation and cost 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 62 •HR 4016 RH to complete estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands re- 1 sulting from Department of Defense activities. 2 SEC. 8022. Funds appropriated by this Act for the 3 Defense Media Activity may not be used for any national 4 or international political or psychological activities. 5 SEC. 8023. (a) Of the funds made available in this 6 Act, not less than $79,000,000 shall be available for the 7 Civil Air Patrol Corporation, of which— 8 (1) $57,900,000 shall be available from ‘‘Oper- 9 ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ to support Civil 10 Air Patrol Corporation operation and maintenance, 11 readiness, counter-drug activities, and drug demand 12 reduction activities involving youth programs; 13 (2) $17,800,000 shall be available from ‘‘Air- 14 craft Procurement, Air Force’’; and 15 (3) $3,300,000 shall be available from ‘‘Other 16 Procurement, Air Force’’ for vehicle procurement. 17 (b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reim- 18 bursement for any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for 19 counter-drug activities in support of Federal, State, and 20 local government agencies. 21 SEC. 8024. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 22 otherwise made available by this Act may be used to estab- 23 lish a new Department of Defense (department) federally 24 funded research and development center (FFRDC), either 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 63 •HR 4016 RH as a new entity, or as a separate entity administrated by 1 an organization managing another FFRDC, or as a non- 2 profit membership corporation consisting of a consortium 3 of other FFRDCs and other nonprofit entities. 4 (b) Except when acting in a technical advisory capac- 5 ity, no member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Over- 6 seers, Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Com- 7 mittee, or any similar entity of a defense FFRDC, or any 8 entity that contracts with the Federal government to man- 9 age or operate one or more FFRDCs, or any paid consult- 10 ant to a defense FFRDC shall receive funds appropriated 11 by this Act as compensation for services as a member of 12 such entity: Provided, That a member of any such entity 13 shall be allowed travel expenses and per diem as author- 14 ized under the Federal Joint Travel Regulations, when en- 15 gaged in the performance of membership duties: Provided 16 further, That except when acting in a technical advisory 17 capacity, no paid consultant shall receive funds appro- 18 priated by this Act as compensation by more than one 19 FFRDC in a calendar year. 20 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 21 of the funds available to the department from any source 22 during the current fiscal year may be used by a defense 23 FFRDC, through a fee or other payment mechanism, for 24 construction of new buildings not located on a military in- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 64 •HR 4016 RH stallation, for payment of cost sharing for projects funded 1 by Government grants, for absorption of contract over- 2 runs, or for certain charitable contributions, not to include 3 employee participation in community service and/or devel- 4 opment. 5 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of 6 the funds appropriated in this Act, not more than 7 $2,886,300,000 may be funded for professional technical 8 staff-related costs of the defense FFRDCs: Provided, That 9 within such funds, not more than $461,300,000 shall be 10 available for the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs: 11 Provided further, That this subsection shall not apply to 12 staff years funded in the National Intelligence Program 13 and the Military Intelligence Program: Provided further, 14 That the Secretary of Defense shall, with the submission 15 of the department’s fiscal year 2027 budget request, sub- 16 mit a report presenting the specific amounts of staff years 17 of technical effort to be allocated for each defense FFRDC 18 by program during that fiscal year and the associated 19 budget estimates, by appropriation account and program. 20 SEC. 8025. For the purposes of this Act, the term 21 ‘‘congressional defense committees’’ means the Armed 22 Services Committee of the House of Representatives, the 23 Armed Services Committee of the Senate, the Sub- 24 committee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 65 •HR 4016 RH of the House of Representatives, and the Subcommittee 1 on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the 2 Senate. 3 SEC. 8026. For the purposes of this Act, the term 4 ‘‘congressional intelligence committees’’ means the Perma- 5 nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 6 Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of 7 the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Com- 8 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 9 and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on 10 Appropriations of the Senate. 11 SEC. 8027. During the current fiscal year, the De- 12 partment of Defense may acquire the modification, depot 13 maintenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels 14 as well as the production of components and other De- 15 fense-related articles, through competition between De- 16 partment of Defense depot maintenance activities and pri- 17 vate firms: Provided, That the Senior Acquisition Execu- 18 tive of the military department or Defense Agency con- 19 cerned, with power of delegation, shall certify that success- 20 ful bids include comparable estimates of all direct and in- 21 direct costs for both public and private bids: Provided fur- 22 ther, That Office of Management and Budget Circular A– 23 76 shall not apply to competitions conducted under this 24 section. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 66 •HR 4016 RH SEC. 8028. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 1 Act may be expended by an entity of the Department of 2 Defense unless the entity, in expending the funds, com- 3 plies with the Buy American Act. For purposes of this 4 subsection, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ means chapter 5 83 of title 41, United States Code. 6 (b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a per- 7 son has been convicted of intentionally affixing a label 8 bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription to any product 9 sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made 10 in America, the Secretary shall determine, in accordance 11 with section 4658 of title 10, United States Code, whether 12 the person should be debarred from contracting with the 13 Department of Defense. 14 (c) In the case of any equipment or products pur- 15 chased with appropriations provided under this Act, it is 16 the sense of the Congress that any entity of the Depart- 17 ment of Defense, in expending the appropriation, purchase 18 only American-made equipment and products, provided 19 that American-made equipment and products are cost- 20 competitive, quality competitive, and available in a timely 21 fashion. 22 SEC. 8029. None of the funds appropriated in this 23 Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy, or armor steel 24 plate for use in any Government-owned facility or property 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 67 •HR 4016 RH under the control of the Department of Defense which 1 were not melted and rolled in the United States or Can- 2 ada: Provided, That these procurement restrictions shall 3 apply to any and all Federal Supply Class 9515, American 4 Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) or American 5 Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications of carbon, 6 alloy or armor steel plate: Provided further, That the Sec- 7 retary of the military department responsible for the pro- 8 curement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case 9 basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appro- 10 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 11 that adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet 12 Department of Defense requirements on a timely basis 13 and that such an acquisition must be made in order to 14 acquire capability for national security purposes: Provided 15 further, That these restrictions shall not apply to contracts 16 which are in being as of the date of the enactment of this 17 Act. 18 SEC. 8030. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after 19 consultation with the United States Trade Representative, 20 determines that a foreign country which is party to an 21 agreement described in paragraph (2) has violated the 22 terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain 23 types of products produced in the United States that are 24 covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 68 •HR 4016 RH rescind the Secretary’s blanket waiver of the Buy Amer- 1 ican Act with respect to such types of products produced 2 in that foreign country. 3 (2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any 4 reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of under- 5 standing, between the United States and a foreign country 6 pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense has prospec- 7 tively waived the Buy American Act for certain products 8 in that country. 9 (b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Con- 10 gress a report on the amount of Department of Defense 11 purchases from foreign entities in fiscal year 2026. Such 12 report shall separately indicate the dollar value of items 13 for which the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to 14 any agreement described in subsection (a)(2), the Trade 15 Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or any 16 international agreement to which the United States is a 17 party. 18 (c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Buy 19 American Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 41, United 20 States Code. 21 SEC. 8031. None of the funds appropriated by this 22 Act may be used for the procurement of ball and roller 23 bearings other than those produced by a domestic source 24 and of domestic origin: Provided, That the Secretary of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 69 •HR 4016 RH the military department responsible for such procurement 1 may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certi- 2 fying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of 3 the House of Representatives and the Senate, that ade- 4 quate domestic supplies are not available to meet Depart- 5 ment of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that 6 such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire ca- 7 pability for national security purposes: Provided further, 8 That this restriction shall not apply to the purchase of 9 ‘‘commercial products’’, as defined by section 103 of title 10 41, United States Code, except that the restriction shall 11 apply to ball or roller bearings purchased as end items. 12 SEC. 8032. None of the funds in this Act may be 13 used to purchase any supercomputer which is not manu- 14 factured in the United States, unless the Secretary of De- 15 fense certifies to the congressional defense committees 16 that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire 17 capability for national security purposes that is not avail- 18 able from United States manufacturers. 19 SEC. 8033. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a 20 case-by-case basis, waive with respect to a foreign country 21 each limitation on the procurement of defense items from 22 foreign sources provided in law if the Secretary determines 23 that the application of the limitation with respect to that 24 country would invalidate cooperative programs entered 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 70 •HR 4016 RH into between the Department of Defense and the foreign 1 country, or would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements 2 for the procurement of defense items entered into under 3 section 4851 of title 10, United States Code, and the 4 country does not discriminate against the same or similar 5 defense items produced in the United States for that coun- 6 try. 7 (b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to— 8 (1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on 9 or after the date of the enactment of this Act; and 10 (2) options for the procurement of items that 11 are exercised after such date under contracts that 12 are entered into before such date if the option prices 13 are adjusted for any reason other than the applica- 14 tion of a waiver granted under subsection (a). 15 (c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation re- 16 garding construction of public vessels, ball and roller bear- 17 ings, food, and clothing or textile materials as defined by 18 section XI (chapters 50–65) of the Harmonized Tariff 19 Schedule of the United States and products classified 20 under headings 4010, 4202, 4203, 6401 through 6406, 21 6505, 7019, 7218 through 7229, 7304.41 through 22 7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 through 7508, 8105, 8108, 8109, 23 8211, 8215, and 9404. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 71 •HR 4016 RH SEC. 8034. None of the funds made available in this 1 Act, or any subsequent Act making appropriations for the 2 Department of Defense, may be used for the purchase or 3 manufacture of a flag of the United States unless such 4 flags are treated as covered items under section 4862(b) 5 of title 10, United States Code. 6 SEC. 8035. During the current fiscal year, amounts 7 contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military 8 Facility Investment Recovery Account shall be available 9 until expended for the payments specified by section 10 2687a(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code. 11 SEC. 8036. During the current fiscal year, appropria- 12 tions which are available to the Department of Defense 13 for operation and maintenance may be used to purchase 14 items having an investment item unit cost of not more 15 than $350,000: Provided, That upon determination by the 16 Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary to meet 17 the operational requirements of a Commander of a Com- 18 batant Command engaged in a named contingency oper- 19 ation overseas, such funds may be used to purchase items 20 having an investment item unit cost of not more than 21 $500,000. 22 SEC. 8037. Up to $8,132,000 of the funds appro- 23 priated under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 24 Navy’’ may be made available for the Asia Pacific Re- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 72 •HR 4016 RH gional Initiative Program for the purpose of enabling the 1 United States Indo-Pacific Command to execute Theater 2 Security Cooperation activities such as humanitarian as- 3 sistance, and payment of incremental and personnel costs 4 of training and exercising with foreign security forces: 5 Provided, That funds made available for this purpose may 6 be used, notwithstanding any other funding authorities for 7 humanitarian assistance, security assistance or combined 8 exercise expenses: Provided further, That funds may not 9 be obligated to provide assistance to any foreign country 10 that is otherwise prohibited from receiving such type of 11 assistance under any other provision of law. 12 SEC. 8038. The Secretary of Defense shall issue reg- 13 ulations to prohibit the sale of any tobacco or tobacco- 14 related products in military resale outlets in the United 15 States, its territories and possessions at a price below the 16 most competitive price in the local community: Provided, 17 That such regulations shall direct that the prices of to- 18 bacco or tobacco-related products in overseas military re- 19 tail outlets shall be within the range of prices established 20 for military retail system stores located in the United 21 States. 22 SEC. 8039. (a) During the current fiscal year, none 23 of the appropriations or funds available to the Department 24 of Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 73 •HR 4016 RH purchase of an investment item for the purpose of acquir- 1 ing a new inventory item for sale or anticipated sale dur- 2 ing the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to 3 customers of the Department of Defense Working Capital 4 Funds if such an item would not have been chargeable 5 to the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund 6 during fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of such an 7 investment item would be chargeable during the current 8 fiscal year to appropriations made to the Department of 9 Defense for procurement. 10 (b) The fiscal year 2026 budget request for the De- 11 partment of Defense as well as all justification material 12 and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2026 13 Department of Defense budget shall be prepared and sub- 14 mitted to the Congress on the basis that any equipment 15 which was classified as an end item and funded in a pro- 16 curement appropriation contained in this Act shall be 17 budgeted for in a proposed fiscal year 2026 procurement 18 appropriation and not in the supply management business 19 area or any other area or category of the Department of 20 Defense Working Capital Funds. 21 SEC. 8040. None of the funds appropriated by this 22 Act for programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall 23 remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 24 year, except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00073 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 74 •HR 4016 RH Contingencies, which shall remain available until Sep- 1 tember 30, 2027: Provided, That funds appropriated, 2 transferred, or otherwise credited to the Central Intel- 3 ligence Agency Central Services Working Capital Fund 4 during this or any prior fiscal year shall remain available 5 until expended: Provided further, That any funds appro- 6 priated or transferred to the Central Intelligence Agency 7 for advanced research and development acquisition, for 8 agent operations, and for covert action programs author- 9 ized by the President under section 503 of the National 10 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093) shall remain avail- 11 able until September 30, 2027: Provided further, That any 12 funds appropriated or transferred to the Central Intel- 13 ligence Agency for the construction, improvement, or al- 14 teration of facilities, including leased facilities, to be used 15 primarily by personnel of the intelligence community, shall 16 remain available until September 30, 2028. 17 SEC. 8041. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) 18 and (c), none of the funds made available by this Act may 19 be used— 20 (1) to establish a field operating agency; or 21 (2) to pay the basic pay of a member of the 22 Armed Forces or civilian employee of the Depart- 23 ment of Defense who is transferred or reassigned 24 from a headquarters activity if the member or em- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 75 •HR 4016 RH ployee’s place of duty remains at the location of that 1 headquarters. 2 (b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a mili- 3 tary department may waive the limitations in subsection 4 (a), on a case-by-case basis, if the Secretary determines, 5 and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations of the 6 House of Representatives and the Senate that the grant- 7 ing of the waiver will reduce the personnel requirements 8 or the financial requirements of the department. 9 (c) This section does not apply to— 10 (1) field operating agencies funded within the 11 National Intelligence Program; 12 (2) an Army field operating agency established 13 to eliminate, mitigate, or counter the effects of im- 14 provised explosive devices, and, as determined by the 15 Secretary of the Army, other similar threats; 16 (3) an Army field operating agency established 17 to improve the effectiveness and efficiencies of bio- 18 metric activities and to integrate common biometric 19 technologies throughout the Department of Defense; 20 or 21 (4) an Air Force field operating agency estab- 22 lished to administer the Air Force Mortuary Affairs 23 Program and Mortuary Operations for the Depart- 24 ment of Defense and authorized Federal entities. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 76 •HR 4016 RH SEC. 8042. (a) None of the funds appropriated by 1 this Act shall be available to convert to contractor per- 2 formance an activity or function of the Department of De- 3 fense that, on or after the date of the enactment of this 4 Act, is performed by Department of Defense civilian em- 5 ployees unless— 6 (1) the conversion is based on the result of a 7 public-private competition that includes a most effi- 8 cient and cost effective organization plan developed 9 by such activity or function; 10 (2) the Competitive Sourcing Official deter- 11 mines that, over all performance periods stated in 12 the solicitation of offers for performance of the ac- 13 tivity or function, the cost of performance of the ac- 14 tivity or function by a contractor would be less costly 15 to the Department of Defense by an amount that 16 equals or exceeds the lesser of— 17 (A) 10 percent of the most efficient organi- 18 zation’s personnel-related costs for performance 19 of that activity or function by Federal employ- 20 ees; or 21 (B) $10,000,000; and 22 (3) the contractor does not receive an advan- 23 tage for a proposal that would reduce costs for the 24 Department of Defense by— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 77 •HR 4016 RH (A) not making an employer-sponsored 1 health insurance plan available to the workers 2 who are to be employed in the performance of 3 that activity or function under the contract; or 4 (B) offering to such workers an employer- 5 sponsored health benefits plan that requires the 6 employer to contribute less towards the pre- 7 mium or subscription share than the amount 8 that is paid by the Department of Defense for 9 health benefits for civilian employees under 10 chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 11 (b)(1) The Department of Defense, without regard 12 to subsection (a) of this section or subsection (a), (b), or 13 (c) of section 2461 of title 10, United States Code, and 14 notwithstanding any administrative regulation, require- 15 ment, or policy to the contrary shall have full authority 16 to enter into a contract for the performance of any com- 17 mercial or industrial type function of the Department of 18 Defense that— 19 (A) is included on the procurement list estab- 20 lished pursuant to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner- 21 O’Day Act (section 8503 of title 41, United States 22 Code); 23 (B) is planned to be converted to performance 24 by a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or by 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 78 •HR 4016 RH a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handi- 1 capped individuals in accordance with that Act; or 2 (C) is planned to be converted to performance 3 by a qualified firm under at least 51 percent owner- 4 ship by an Indian tribe, as defined in section 4(e) 5 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education As- 6 sistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), or a Native Ha- 7 waiian Organization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) 8 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15)). 9 (2) This section shall not apply to depot con- 10 tracts or contracts for depot maintenance as pro- 11 vided in sections 2469 and 2474 of title 10, United 12 States Code. 13 (c) The conversion of any activity or function of the 14 Department of Defense under the authority provided by 15 this section shall be credited toward any competitive or 16 outsourcing goal, target, or measurement that may be es- 17 tablished by statute, regulation, or policy and is deemed 18 to be awarded under the authority of, and in compliance 19 with, subsection (h) of section 2304 of title 10, United 20 States Code, for the competition or outsourcing of com- 21 mercial activities. 22 SEC. 8043. None of the funds available in this Act 23 may be used to reduce the authorized positions for mili- 24 tary technicians (dual status) of the Army National 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 79 •HR 4016 RH Guard, Air National Guard, Army Reserve and Air Force 1 Reserve for the purpose of applying any administratively 2 imposed civilian personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on 3 military technicians (dual status), unless such reductions 4 are a direct result of a reduction in military force struc- 5 ture. 6 SEC. 8044. None of the funds appropriated or other- 7 wise made available by this Act may be obligated or ex- 8 pended for assistance to the Democratic People’s Republic 9 of Korea unless specifically appropriated for that purpose: 10 Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to any ac- 11 tivities incidental to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting 12 Agency mission to recover and identify the remains of 13 United States Armed Forces personnel from the Demo- 14 cratic People’s Republic of Korea. 15 SEC. 8045. In this fiscal year and each fiscal year 16 thereafter, funds appropriated for operation and mainte- 17 nance of the Military Departments, Combatant Com- 18 mands and Defense Agencies shall be available for reim- 19 bursement of pay, allowances and other expenses which 20 would otherwise be incurred against appropriations for the 21 National Guard and Reserve when members of the Na- 22 tional Guard and Reserve provide intelligence or counter- 23 intelligence support to Combatant Commands, Defense 24 Agencies and Joint Intelligence Activities, including the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00079 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 80 •HR 4016 RH activities and programs included within the National Intel- 1 ligence Program and the Military Intelligence Program: 2 Provided, That nothing in this section authorizes deviation 3 from established Reserve and National Guard personnel 4 and training procedures. 5 SEC. 8046. (a) None of the funds available to the 6 Department of Defense for any fiscal year for drug inter- 7 diction or counter-drug activities may be transferred to 8 any other department or agency of the United States ex- 9 cept as specifically provided in an appropriations law. 10 (b) None of the funds available to the Central Intel- 11 ligence Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or 12 counter-drug activities may be transferred to any other de- 13 partment or agency of the United States except as specifi- 14 cally provided in an appropriations law. 15 SEC. 8047. In addition to the amounts appropriated 16 or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, 17 $49,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of 18 Defense: Provided, That upon the determination of the 19 Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national inter- 20 est, the Secretary shall make grants in the amounts speci- 21 fied as follows: $24,000,000 to the United Service Organi- 22 zations and $25,000,000 to the Red Cross. 23 SEC. 8048. Notwithstanding any other provision in 24 this Act, the Small Business Innovation Research program 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00080 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 81 •HR 4016 RH and the Small Business Technology Transfer program set- 1 asides shall be taken proportionally from all programs, 2 projects, or activities to the extent they contribute to the 3 extramural budget. The Secretary of each military depart- 4 ment, the Director of each Defense Agency, and the head 5 of each other relevant component of the Department of 6 Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit- 7 tees, concurrent with submission of the budget justifica- 8 tion documents to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of 9 title 31, United States Code, a report with a detailed ac- 10 counting of the Small Business Innovation Research pro- 11 gram and the Small Business Technology Transfer pro- 12 gram set-asides taken from programs, projects, or activi- 13 ties within such department, agency, or component during 14 the most recently completed fiscal year. 15 SEC. 8049. None of the funds available to the De- 16 partment of Defense under this Act may be obligated or 17 expended to pay a contractor under a contract with the 18 Department of Defense for costs of any amount paid by 19 the contractor to an employee when— 20 (1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in 21 excess of the normal salary paid by the contractor 22 to the employee; and 23 (2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs as- 24 sociated with a business combination. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 82 •HR 4016 RH (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 1 SEC. 8050. During the current fiscal year, no more 2 than $30,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act 3 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 4 Wide’’ may be transferred to appropriations available for 5 the pay of military personnel, to be merged with, and to 6 be available for the same time period as the appropriations 7 to which transferred, to be used in support of such per- 8 sonnel in connection with support and services for eligible 9 organizations and activities outside the Department of De- 10 fense pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United States 11 Code. 12 SEC. 8051. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 13 of law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may per- 14 mit the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance 15 Learning Project by any person or entity on a space-avail- 16 able, reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard 17 Bureau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for 18 such use on a case-by-case basis. 19 (b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be 20 credited to funds available for the National Guard Dis- 21 tance Learning Project and be available to defray the costs 22 associated with the use of equipment of the project under 23 that subsection. Such funds shall be available for such 24 purposes without fiscal year limitation. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00082 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 83 •HR 4016 RH SEC. 8052. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 1 otherwise made available by this or prior Acts may be obli- 2 gated or expended to retire, prepare to retire, or place in 3 storage or on backup aircraft inventory status any C–40 4 aircraft. 5 (b) The limitation under subsection (a) shall not 6 apply to an individual C–40 aircraft that the Secretary 7 of the Air Force determines, on a case-by-case basis, to 8 be no longer mission capable due to a Class A mishap. 9 (c) If the Secretary determines under subsection (b) 10 that an aircraft is no longer mission capable, the Secretary 11 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 12 certification in writing that the status of such aircraft is 13 due to a Class A mishap and not due to lack of mainte- 14 nance, repairs, or other reasons. 15 (d) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact- 16 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 17 to the congressional defense committees a report on the 18 necessary steps taken by the Department of Defense to 19 meet the travel requirements for official or representa- 20 tional duties of members of Congress and the Cabinet in 21 fiscal years 2026 and 2027. 22 SEC. 8053. (a) None of the funds appropriated in 23 title IV of this Act may be used to procure end-items for 24 delivery to military forces for operational training, oper- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 84 •HR 4016 RH ational use, or inventory requirements: Provided, That this 1 restriction does not apply to end-items used in develop- 2 ment, prototyping in accordance with an approved test 3 strategy, and test activities preceding and leading to ac- 4 ceptance for operational use. 5 (b) If the number of end-items budgeted with funds 6 appropriated in title IV of this Act exceeds the number 7 required in an approved test strategy, the Under Secretary 8 of Defense (Research and Engineering) and the Under 9 Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment), in 10 coordination with the responsible Service Acquisition Ex- 11 ecutive, shall certify in writing to the congressional de- 12 fense committees that there is a bonafide need for the ad- 13 ditional end-items at the time of submittal to Congress 14 of the budget of the President for fiscal year 2027 pursu- 15 ant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code: Pro- 16 vided, That this restriction does not apply to programs 17 funded within the National Intelligence Program. 18 (c) The Secretary of Defense shall, at the time of the 19 submittal to Congress of the budget of the President for 20 fiscal year 2027 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 21 United States Code, submit to the congressional defense 22 committees a report detailing the use of funds requested 23 in research, development, test and evaluation accounts for 24 end-items used in development, prototyping and test ac- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00084 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 85 •HR 4016 RH tivities preceding and leading to acceptance for operational 1 use: Provided, That the report shall set forth, for each 2 end item covered by the preceding proviso, a detailed list 3 of the statutory authorities under which amounts in the 4 accounts described in that proviso were used for such item: 5 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, at 6 the time of the submittal to Congress of the budget of 7 the President for fiscal year 2027 pursuant to section 8 1105 of title 31, United States Code, submit to the con- 9 gressional defense committees a certification that funds 10 requested for fiscal year 2027 in research, development, 11 test and evaluation accounts are in compliance with this 12 section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 13 may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certi- 14 fying in writing to the Subcommittees on Defense of the 15 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 16 atives and the Senate that it is in the national security 17 interest to do so. 18 SEC. 8054. None of the funds appropriated or other- 19 wise made available by this or other Department of De- 20 fense Appropriations Acts may be obligated or expended 21 for the purpose of performing repairs or maintenance to 22 military family housing units of the Department of De- 23 fense, including areas in such military family housing 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00085 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 86 •HR 4016 RH units that may be used for the purpose of conducting offi- 1 cial Department of Defense business. 2 SEC. 8055. Notwithstanding any other provision of 3 law, funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 4 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense- 5 Wide’’ for any new start Defense Innovation Acceleration 6 (PE 0603838D8Z) or Rapid Prototyping Program (PE 7 0604331D8Z) demonstration project with a value of more 8 than $5,000,000 may only be obligated 15 days after a 9 report, including a description of the project, the planned 10 acquisition and transition strategy and its estimated an- 11 nual and total cost, has been provided in writing to the 12 congressional defense committees: Provided, That the Sec- 13 retary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case- 14 by-case basis by certifying to the congressional defense 15 committees that it is in the national interest to do so. 16 SEC. 8056. The Secretary of Defense shall continue 17 to provide a classified quarterly report to the Committees 18 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 19 Senate, Subcommittees on Defense on certain matters as 20 directed in the classified annex accompanying this Act. 21 SEC. 8057. Notwithstanding section 12310(b) of title 22 10, United States Code, a servicemember who is a member 23 of the National Guard serving on full-time National Guard 24 duty under section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 87 •HR 4016 RH may perform duties in support of the ground-based ele- 1 ments of the National Ballistic Missile Defense System. 2 SEC. 8058. None of the funds provided in this Act 3 may be used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity 4 ammunition held by the Department of Defense that has 5 a center-fire cartridge and a United States military no- 6 menclature designation of ‘‘armor penetrator’’, ‘‘armor 7 piercing (AP)’’, ‘‘armor piercing incendiary (API)’’, or 8 ‘‘armor-piercing incendiary tracer (API–T)’’, except to an 9 entity performing demilitarization services for the Depart- 10 ment of Defense under a contract that requires the entity 11 to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Department of 12 Defense that armor piercing projectiles are either: (1) ren- 13 dered incapable of reuse by the demilitarization process; 14 or (2) used to manufacture ammunition pursuant to a con- 15 tract with the Department of Defense or the manufacture 16 of ammunition for export pursuant to a License for Per- 17 manent Export of Unclassified Military Articles issued by 18 the Department of State. 19 SEC. 8059. Notwithstanding any other provision of 20 law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or their des- 21 ignee, may waive payment of all or part of the consider- 22 ation that otherwise would be required under section 2667 23 of title 10, United States Code, in the case of a lease of 24 personal property for a period not in excess of 1 year to 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 88 •HR 4016 RH any organization specified in section 508(d) of title 32, 1 United States Code, or any other youth, social, or fra- 2 ternal nonprofit organization as may be approved by the 3 Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or their designee, 4 on a case-by-case basis. 5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 6 SEC. 8060. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 7 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 8 $194,452,598 shall remain available until expended: Pro- 9 vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 10 the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer such 11 funds to other activities of the Federal Government: Pro- 12 vided further, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized 13 to enter into and carry out contracts for the acquisition 14 of real property, construction, personal services, and oper- 15 ations related to projects carrying out the purposes of this 16 section: Provided further, That contracts entered into 17 under the authority of this section may provide for such 18 indemnification as the Secretary determines to be nec- 19 essary: Provided further, That projects authorized by this 20 section shall comply with applicable Federal, State, and 21 local law to the maximum extent consistent with the na- 22 tional security, as determined by the Secretary of Defense. 23 SEC. 8061. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 24 or any other Act may be used to implement a change to— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00088 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 89 •HR 4016 RH (1) the appropriations account structure for the 1 National Intelligence Program budget, including 2 through the creation of a new appropriation or new 3 appropriation account; or 4 (2) how the National Intelligence Program 5 budget request is presented in the unclassified P–1, 6 R–1, and O–1 documents supporting the Depart- 7 ment of Defense budget request. 8 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to 9 prohibit the merger of programs or changes to the Na- 10 tional Intelligence Program budget at or below the Ex- 11 penditure Center level, provided such change is otherwise 12 in accordance with subsection (a). 13 (c) The Director of National Intelligence and the Sec- 14 retary of Defense may jointly study and develop detailed 15 proposals for alternative budget presentation and appro- 16 priation accounts. Such study shall include a comprehen- 17 sive counterintelligence risk assessment to ensure that 18 none of the alternative processes will adversely affect 19 counterintelligence. 20 (d) Upon development of the detailed proposals de- 21 fined under subsection (c), the Director of National Intel- 22 ligence and the Secretary of Defense shall— 23 (1) provide the proposed alternatives to all af- 24 fected agencies; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 90 •HR 4016 RH (2) receive certification from all affected agen- 1 cies attesting that the proposed alternatives will not 2 adversely affect counterintelligence; and 3 (3) not later than 30 days after receiving all 4 necessary certifications under paragraph (2), present 5 the proposed alternatives and certifications to the 6 congressional defense and intelligence committees. 7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 8 SEC. 8062. During the current fiscal year, not to ex- 9 ceed $11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made 10 in title II of this Act for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 11 Army’’, ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, and ‘‘Oper- 12 ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ may be transferred by 13 the military department concerned to its central fund es- 14 tablished for Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant to sec- 15 tion 2493(d) of title 10, United States Code. 16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 17 SEC. 8063. In addition to amounts provided else- 18 where in this Act, $5,000,000 is hereby appropriated to 19 the Department of Defense, to remain available for obliga- 20 tion until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any 21 other provision of law, that upon the determination of the 22 Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national inter- 23 est, these funds shall be available only for a grant to the 24 Fisher House Foundation, Inc., only for the construction 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 91 •HR 4016 RH and furnishing of additional Fisher Houses to meet the 1 needs of military family members when confronted with 2 the illness or hospitalization of an eligible military bene- 3 ficiary. 4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 5 SEC. 8064. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Oper- 6 ation and Maintenance, Navy’’, up to $1,000,000 shall be 7 available for transfer to the John C. Stennis Center for 8 Public Service Development Trust Fund established under 9 section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv- 10 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105). 11 SEC. 8065. None of the funds available to the De- 12 partment of Defense may be obligated to modify command 13 and control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command 14 operational and administrative control of United States 15 Navy forces assigned to the Pacific fleet: Provided, That 16 the command and control relationships which existed on 17 October 1, 2004, shall remain in force until a written 18 modification has been proposed to the Committees on Ap- 19 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen- 20 ate: Provided further, That the proposed modification may 21 be implemented 30 days after the notification unless an 22 objection is received from either the House or Senate Ap- 23 propriations Committees: Provided further, That any pro- 24 posed modification may not preclude the ability of the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 92 •HR 4016 RH commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command to 1 meet operational requirements. 2 SEC. 8066. Any notice that is required to be sub- 3 mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 4 of Representatives and the Senate under section 3601 of 5 title 10, United States Code, as added by section 804(a) 6 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization 7 Act for Fiscal Year 2023 shall be submitted pursuant to 8 that requirement concurrently to the Subcommittees on 9 Defense of the Committees on Appropriations of the 10 House of Representatives and the Senate. 11 SEC. 8067. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 12 under the headings ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’ and 13 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense- 14 Wide’’, $500,000,000 shall be for the Israeli Cooperative 15 Programs: Provided, That of this amount, $60,000,000 16 shall be for the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Gov- 17 ernment of Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome 18 defense system to counter short-range rocket threats, sub- 19 ject to the U.S.-Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agree- 20 ment; $127,000,000 shall be for the Short Range Ballistic 21 Missile Defense (SRBMD) program, including cruise mis- 22 sile defense research and development under the SRBMD 23 program; $40,000,000 shall be for co-production activities 24 of SRBMD systems in the United States and in Israel 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00092 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 93 •HR 4016 RH to meet Israel’s defense requirements consistent with each 1 nation’s laws, regulations, and procedures, subject to the 2 U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement for SRBMD; 3 $100,000,000 shall be for an upper-tier component to the 4 Israeli Missile Defense Architecture, of which 5 $100,000,000 shall be for co-production activities of 6 Arrow 3 Upper Tier systems in the United States and in 7 Israel to meet Israel’s defense requirements consistent 8 with each nation’s laws, regulations, and procedures, sub- 9 ject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement for Arrow 10 3 Upper Tier; and $173,000,000 shall be for the Arrow 11 System Improvement Program including development of 12 a long range, ground and airborne, detection suite. 13 SEC. 8068. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 14 under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, 15 $699,210,000 shall be available until September 30, 2026, 16 to fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases. 17 SEC. 8069. Funds appropriated by this Act for intel- 18 ligence and intelligence-related activities are deemed to be 19 specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of sec- 20 tion 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 21 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)) until the enactment of the Intelligence 22 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026. 23 SEC. 8070. None of the funds provided in this Act 24 shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00093 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 94 •HR 4016 RH reprogramming of funds that creates or initiates a new 1 program, project, or activity unless such program, project, 2 or activity must be undertaken immediately in the interest 3 of national security and only after written prior notifica- 4 tion to the congressional defense committees. 5 SEC. 8071. None of the funds in this Act may be 6 used for research, development, test, evaluation, procure- 7 ment or deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a 8 missile defense system. 9 SEC. 8072. None of the funds appropriated or other- 10 wise made available by this Act may be obligated or ex- 11 pended for the purpose of decommissioning any Littoral 12 Combat Ship. 13 SEC. 8073. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 14 31, United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations 15 made in this Act under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and 16 Conversion, Navy’’ shall be considered to be for the same 17 purpose as any subdivision under the heading ‘‘Ship- 18 building and Conversion, Navy’’ appropriations in any 19 prior fiscal year, and the 1 percent limitation shall apply 20 to the total amount of the appropriation. 21 SEC. 8074. None of the funds appropriated or made 22 available by this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish 23 the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squad- 24 ron of the Air Force Reserve, if such action would reduce 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00094 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 95 •HR 4016 RH the WC–130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the 1 levels funded in this Act: Provided, That the Air Force 2 shall allow the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron to 3 perform other missions in support of national defense re- 4 quirements during the non-hurricane season. 5 SEC. 8075. None of the funds provided in this Act 6 shall be available for integration of foreign intelligence in- 7 formation unless the information has been lawfully col- 8 lected and processed during the conduct of authorized for- 9 eign intelligence activities: Provided, That information 10 pertaining to United States persons shall only be handled 11 in accordance with protections provided in the Fourth 12 Amendment of the United States Constitution as imple- 13 mented through Executive Order No. 12333. 14 SEC. 8076. None of the funds appropriated by this 15 Act for programs of the Office of the Director of National 16 Intelligence shall remain available for obligation beyond 17 the current fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for 18 research and technology, which shall remain available until 19 September 30, 2027. 20 SEC. 8077. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date 21 of enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel- 22 ligence shall submit a report to the congressional intel- 23 ligence committees to establish the baseline for application 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00095 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 96 •HR 4016 RH of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 1 2026: Provided, That the report shall include— 2 (1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa- 3 rate column to display the President’s budget re- 4 quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 5 due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 6 fiscal year enacted level; 7 (2) a delineation in the table for each appro- 8 priation by Expenditure Center and project; and 9 (3) an identification of items of special congres- 10 sional interest. 11 (b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel- 12 ligence Program in this Act shall be available for re- 13 programming or transfer until the report identified in sub- 14 section (a) is submitted to the congressional intelligence 15 committees, unless the Director of National Intelligence 16 certifies in writing to the congressional intelligence com- 17 mittees that such reprogramming or transfer is necessary 18 as an emergency requirement. 19 SEC. 8078. Any transfer of amounts appropriated to 20 the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Devel- 21 opment Account in or for fiscal year 2026 to a military 22 department or Defense Agency pursuant to section 23 1705(e)(1) of title 10, United States Code, shall be cov- 24 ered by and subject to section 8005 of this Act. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00096 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 97 •HR 4016 RH SEC. 8079. (a) None of the funds provided for the 1 National Intelligence Program in this or any prior appro- 2 priations Act shall be available for obligation or expendi- 3 ture through a reprogramming or transfer of funds in ac- 4 cordance with section 102A(d) of the National Security 5 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that— 6 (1) creates a new start effort; 7 (2) terminates a program with appropriated 8 funding of $10,000,000 or more; 9 (3) transfers funding into or out of the Na- 10 tional Intelligence Program; or 11 (4) transfers funding between appropriations, 12 unless the congressional intelligence committees are 13 notified 30 days in advance of such reprogramming 14 of funds; this notification period may be reduced for 15 urgent national security requirements. 16 (b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel- 17 ligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act 18 shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 19 reprogramming or transfer of funds in accordance with 20 section 102A(d) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 21 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that results in a cumulative increase or 22 decrease of the levels specified in the classified annex ac- 23 companying the Act unless the congressional intelligence 24 committees are notified 30 days in advance of such re- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00097 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 98 •HR 4016 RH programming of funds; this notification period may be re- 1 duced for urgent national security requirements. 2 SEC. 8080. (a) Any agency receiving funds made 3 available in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and 4 (c), post on the public website of that agency any report 5 required to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 6 other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen- 7 cy that it shall serve the national interest. 8 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 9 (1) the public posting of the report com- 10 promises national security; or 11 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 12 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 13 do so only after such report has been made available to 14 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 15 no less than 45 days. 16 SEC. 8081. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 17 otherwise made available by this Act may be expended for 18 any Federal contract for an amount in excess of 19 $1,000,000, unless the contractor agrees not to— 20 (1) enter into any agreement with any of its 21 employees or independent contractors that requires, 22 as a condition of employment, that the employee or 23 independent contractor agree to resolve through ar- 24 bitration any claim under title VII of the Civil 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00098 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 99 •HR 4016 RH Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising 1 out of sexual assault or harassment, including as- 2 sault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional 3 distress, false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, su- 4 pervision, or retention; or 5 (2) take any action to enforce any provision of 6 an existing agreement with an employee or inde- 7 pendent contractor that mandates that the employee 8 or independent contractor resolve through arbitra- 9 tion any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act 10 of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sex- 11 ual assault or harassment, including assault and 12 battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, 13 false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, 14 or retention. 15 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 16 made available by this Act may be expended for any Fed- 17 eral contract unless the contractor certifies that it requires 18 each covered subcontractor to agree not to enter into, and 19 not to take any action to enforce any provision of, any 20 agreement as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub- 21 section (a), with respect to any employee or independent 22 contractor performing work related to such subcontract. 23 For purposes of this subsection, a ‘‘covered subcon- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00099 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 100 •HR 4016 RH tractor’’ is an entity that has a subcontract in excess of 1 $1,000,000 on a contract subject to subsection (a). 2 (c) The prohibitions in this section do not apply with 3 respect to a contractor’s or subcontractor’s agreements 4 with employees or independent contractors that may not 5 be enforced in a court of the United States. 6 (d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the applica- 7 tion of subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or 8 subcontractor for the purposes of a particular contract or 9 subcontract if the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary per- 10 sonally determines that the waiver is necessary to avoid 11 harm to national security interests of the United States, 12 and that the term of the contract or subcontract is not 13 longer than necessary to avoid such harm. The determina- 14 tion shall set forth with specificity the grounds for the 15 waiver and for the contract or subcontract term selected, 16 and shall state any alternatives considered in lieu of a 17 waiver and the reasons each such alternative would not 18 avoid harm to national security interests of the United 19 States. The Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Con- 20 gress, and simultaneously make public, any determination 21 under this subsection not less than 15 business days be- 22 fore the contract or subcontract addressed in the deter- 23 mination may be awarded. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00100 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 101 •HR 4016 RH (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 1 SEC. 8082. From within the funds appropriated for 2 operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Pro- 3 gram in this Act, up to $165,000,000, shall be available 4 for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense-Depart- 5 ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 6 Fund in accordance with the provisions of section 1704 7 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 8 2010 (Public Law 111–84): Provided, That for purposes 9 of section 1704(b), the facility operations funded are oper- 10 ations of the integrated Captain James A. Lovell Federal 11 Health Care Center, consisting of the North Chicago Vet- 12 erans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy Ambulatory Care 13 Center, and supporting facilities designated as a combined 14 Federal medical facility as described by section 706 of 15 Public Law 110–417: Provided further, That additional 16 funds may be transferred from funds appropriated for op- 17 eration and maintenance for the Defense Health Program 18 to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Vet- 19 erans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon 20 written notification by the Secretary of Defense to the 21 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 22 atives and the Senate. 23 SEC. 8083. None of the funds appropriated by this 24 Act or otherwise made available may be used by the De- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00101 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 102 •HR 4016 RH partment of Defense or a component thereof in contraven- 1 tion of the provisions of section 130h of title 10, United 2 States Code. 3 SEC. 8084. Notwithstanding price or other limita- 4 tions applicable to the purchase of passenger carrying ve- 5 hicles, appropriations available to the Department of De- 6 fense may be used for the purchase of: (1) heavy and light 7 armored vehicles for the physical security of personnel or 8 for force protection purposes up to a limit of $450,000 9 per vehicle; and (2) passenger motor vehicles up to a limit 10 of $75,000 per vehicle for use by military and civilian em- 11 ployees of the Department of Defense in the United States 12 Central Command area of responsibility. 13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 14 SEC. 8085. Upon a determination by the Director of 15 National Intelligence that such action is necessary and in 16 the national interest, the Director may, with the approval 17 of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 18 transfer not to exceed $1,500,000,000 of the funds made 19 available in this Act for the National Intelligence Pro- 20 gram: Provided, That such authority to transfer may not 21 be used unless for higher priority items, based on unfore- 22 seen intelligence requirements, than those for which origi- 23 nally appropriated and in no case where the item for which 24 funds are requested has been denied by the Congress: Pro- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00102 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 103 •HR 4016 RH vided further, That a request for multiple reprogrammings 1 of funds using authority provided in this section shall be 2 made prior to June 30, 2026. 3 SEC. 8086. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 4 for ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, $206,019,000, 5 to remain available for obligation until September 30, 6 2030, may be used for the purchase of two used sealift 7 vessels for the National Defense Reserve Fleet, established 8 under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 9 (46 U.S.C. 57100): Provided, That such amounts are 10 available for reimbursements to the Ready Reserve Force, 11 Maritime Administration account of the United States De- 12 partment of Transportation for programs, projects, activi- 13 ties, and expenses related to the National Defense Reserve 14 Fleet: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 15 2218 of title 10, United States Code, none of these funds 16 shall be transferred to the National Defense Sealift Fund 17 for execution. 18 SEC. 8087. The Secretary of Defense shall post grant 19 awards on a public website in a searchable format. 20 SEC. 8088. None of the funds made available by this 21 Act may be used by the National Security Agency to— 22 (1) conduct an acquisition pursuant to section 23 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00103 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 104 •HR 4016 RH 1978 for the purpose of targeting a United States 1 person; or 2 (2) acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as 3 such term is defined in section 2510(8) of title 18, 4 United States Code) of any electronic communica- 5 tion of a United States person from a provider of 6 electronic communication services to the public pur- 7 suant to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Sur- 8 veillance Act of 1978. 9 SEC. 8089. None of the funds made available in this 10 or any other Act may be used to pay the salary of any 11 officer or employee of any agency funded by this Act who 12 approves or implements the transfer of administrative re- 13 sponsibilities or budgetary resources of any program, 14 project, or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction 15 of another Federal agency not financed by this Act with- 16 out the express authorization of Congress: Provided, That 17 this limitation shall not apply to transfers of funds ex- 18 pressly provided for in Department of Defense Appropria- 19 tions Acts, or provisions of Acts providing supplemental 20 appropriations for the Department of Defense. 21 SEC. 8090. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 22 for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, $785,052,000, 23 to remain available until expended, may be used for any 24 purposes related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00104 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 105 •HR 4016 RH established under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales 1 Act of 1946 (46 U.S.C. 57100): Provided, That such 2 amounts are available for reimbursements to the Ready 3 Reserve Force, Maritime Administration account of the 4 United States Department of Transportation for pro- 5 grams, projects, activities, and expenses related to the Na- 6 tional Defense Reserve Fleet. 7 SEC. 8091. (a) None of the funds provided in this 8 Act for the TAO Fleet Oiler program shall be used to 9 award a new contract that provides for the acquisition of 10 the following components unless those components are 11 manufactured in the United States: Auxiliary equipment 12 (including pumps) for shipboard services; propulsion 13 equipment (including engines, reduction gears, and propel- 14 lers); shipboard cranes; spreaders for shipboard cranes; 15 and anchor chains, specifically for the seventh and subse- 16 quent ships of the fleet. 17 (b) None of the funds provided in this Act for the 18 FFG–Frigate program shall be used to award a new con- 19 tract that provides for the acquisition of the following 20 components unless those components are manufactured in 21 the United States: Air circuit breakers; gyrocompasses; 22 electronic navigation chart systems; steering controls; 23 pumps; propulsion and machinery control systems; totally 24 enclosed lifeboats; auxiliary equipment pumps; shipboard 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00105 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 106 •HR 4016 RH cranes; auxiliary chill water systems; and propulsion pro- 1 pellers: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy shall in- 2 corporate United States manufactured propulsion engines 3 and propulsion reduction gears into the FFG–Frigate pro- 4 gram beginning not later than with the eleventh ship of 5 the program. 6 SEC. 8092. None of the funds provided in this Act 7 for requirements development, performance specification 8 development, concept design and development, ship con- 9 figuration development, systems engineering, naval archi- 10 tecture, marine engineering, operations research analysis, 11 industry studies, preliminary design, development of the 12 Detailed Design and Construction Request for Proposals 13 solicitation package, or related activities for the T– 14 ARC(X) Cable Laying and Repair Ship or the T– 15 AGOS(X) Oceanographic Surveillance Ship may be used 16 to award a new contract for such activities unless these 17 contracts include specifications that all auxiliary equip- 18 ment, including pumps and propulsion shafts, are manu- 19 factured in the United States. 20 SEC. 8093. No amounts credited or otherwise made 21 available in this or any other Act to the Department of 22 Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account may 23 be transferred to: 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00106 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 107 •HR 4016 RH (1) the Rapid Prototyping Fund established 1 under section 804(d) of the National Defense Au- 2 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 3 2302 note); or 4 (2) credited to a military-department specific 5 fund established under section 804(d)(2) of the Na- 6 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 7 2016. 8 SEC. 8094. None of the funds made available by this 9 Act may be used for Government Travel Charge Card ex- 10 penses by military or civilian personnel of the Department 11 of Defense for gaming, or for entertainment that includes 12 topless or nude entertainers or participants, as prohibited 13 by Department of Defense Instruction 1015.10 (enclo- 14 sures 3 and 14b). 15 SEC. 8095. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 16 otherwise made available by this Act may be used to main- 17 tain or establish a computer network unless such network 18 is designed to block access to pornography websites. 19 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 20 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 21 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi- 22 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities, 23 or for any activity necessary for the national defense, in- 24 cluding intelligence activities. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00107 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 108 •HR 4016 RH SEC. 8096. None of the funds provided for, or other- 1 wise made available, in this or any other Act, may be obli- 2 gated or expended by the Secretary of Defense to provide 3 motorized vehicles, aviation platforms, munitions other 4 than small arms and munitions appropriate for customary 5 ceremonial honors, operational military units, or oper- 6 ational military platforms if the Secretary determines that 7 providing such units, platforms, or equipment would un- 8 dermine the readiness of such units, platforms, or equip- 9 ment. 10 SEC. 8097. (a) None of the funds made available by 11 this or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 12 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 13 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 14 to any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil- 15 ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad- 16 ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 17 and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant 18 to an agreement with the authority responsible for col- 19 lecting such tax liability, provided that the applicable Fed- 20 eral agency is aware of the unpaid Federal tax liability. 21 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the applicable 22 Federal agency has considered suspension or debarment 23 of the corporation described in such subsection and has 24 made a determination that such suspension or debarment 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00108 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 109 •HR 4016 RH is not necessary to protect the interests of the Federal 1 Government. 2 SEC. 8098. (a) Amounts appropriated under title IV 3 of this Act, as detailed in budget activity eight in the ta- 4 bles titled Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in 5 the explanatory statement regarding this Act, may be used 6 for expenses for the agile research, development, test and 7 evaluation, procurement, production, modification, and op- 8 eration and maintenance, only for the following Software 9 and Digital Technology Pilot programs— 10 (1) Defensive CYBER (PE 0608041A); 11 (2) Risk Management Information (PE 12 0608013N); 13 (3) Maritime Tactical Command and Control 14 (PE 0608231N); 15 (4) Space Domain Awareness/Planning/Tasking 16 SW (PE 1208248SF); 17 (5) Global Command and Control System (PE 18 0303150K); and 19 (6) Acquisition Visibility (PE 0608648D8Z). 20 (b) None of the funds appropriated by this or prior 21 Department of Defense Appropriations Acts may be obli- 22 gated or expended to initiate additional Software and Dig- 23 ital Technology Pilot Programs in fiscal year 2026. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00109 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 110 •HR 4016 RH SEC. 8099. None of the funds appropriated or other- 1 wise made available by this Act may be used to transfer 2 the National Reconnaissance Office to the Space Force: 3 Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to 4 limit or prohibit cooperation, collaboration, and coordina- 5 tion between the National Reconnaissance Office and the 6 Space Force or any other elements of the Department of 7 Defense. 8 SEC. 8100. None of the funds made available in this 9 Act may be used in contravention of the following laws 10 enacted or regulations promulgated to implement the 11 United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other 12 Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 13 (done at New York on December 10, 1984): 14 (1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States 15 Code. 16 (2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform 17 and Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public 18 Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 19 note) and regulations prescribed thereto, including 20 regulations under part 208 of title 8, Code of Fed- 21 eral Regulations, and part 95 of title 22, Code of 22 Federal Regulations. 23 (3) Sections 1002 and 1003 of Public Law 24 109–148. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00110 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 111 •HR 4016 RH SEC. 8101. None of the funds appropriated or other- 1 wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 2 arms, training, intelligence, or other assistance to the Azov 3 Battalion, the Third Separate Assault Brigade, or any 4 successor organization. 5 SEC. 8102. During the current fiscal year, the De- 6 partment of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of 7 not to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in sec- 8 tion 2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipa- 9 tion of receipt of contributions, only from the Government 10 of Kuwait, under that section: Provided, That, such con- 11 tributions shall, upon receipt, be credited to the appropria- 12 tions or fund which incurred such obligations. 13 SEC. 8103. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 14 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 15 Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 16 $1,274,174,000, to remain available until September 30, 17 2027, shall be available for International Security Co- 18 operation Programs and other programs to provide sup- 19 port and assistance to foreign security forces or other 20 groups or individuals to conduct, support or facilitate 21 counterterrorism, crisis response, or building partner ca- 22 pacity programs: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense 23 shall, not less than 15 days prior to obligating funds made 24 available in this section, notify the congressional defense 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00111 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 112 •HR 4016 RH committees in writing of the details of any planned obliga- 1 tion: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall 2 provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropria- 3 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate on 4 the use and status of funds made available in this section. 5 SEC. 8104. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 6 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 7 Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 8 $267,298,000, to remain available until September 30, 9 2027, shall be available to reimburse countries other than 10 Pakistan under section 1226 of the National Defense Au- 11 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (22 U.S.C. 2151 12 note), of which not less than $150,000,000 shall be for 13 Jordan: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not 14 less than 15 days prior to obligating funds made available 15 in this section, notify the congressional defense commit- 16 tees in writing of the details of any planned obligation and 17 the nature of the expenses incurred: Provided further, 18 That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly re- 19 ports to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 20 of Representatives and the Senate on the use and status 21 of funds made available in this section. 22 SEC. 8105. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 23 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 24 Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00112 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 113 •HR 4016 RH $500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1 2027, shall be for the Taiwan Security Cooperation Initia- 2 tive: Provided, That such funds shall be available to the 3 Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Sec- 4 retary of State, to provide assistance, including new pro- 5 curement of defense articles, services, and military edu- 6 cation and training to Taiwan: Provided further, That the 7 Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the 8 congressional defense committees on the use and status 9 of funds made available in this section. 10 SEC. 8106. None of the funds appropriated or other- 11 wise made available by this Act may be used in contraven- 12 tion of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et 13 seq.). 14 SEC. 8107. None of the funds appropriated or other- 15 wise made available by this Act for excess defense articles, 16 assistance under section 333 of title 10, United States 17 Code, or peacekeeping operations for the countries des- 18 ignated annually to be in violation of the standards of the 19 Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 20 457; 22 U.S.C. 2370c–1) may be used to support any mili- 21 tary training or operation that includes child soldiers, as 22 defined by the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008, un- 23 less such assistance is otherwise permitted under section 24 404 of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00113 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 114 •HR 4016 RH SEC. 8108. None of the funds appropriated or other- 1 wise made available by this Act may be made available 2 for any member of Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, or the 3 Taliban. 4 SEC. 8109. None of the funds appropriated or other- 5 wise made available by this Act may be made available 6 for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. 7 SEC. 8110. Notwithstanding any other provision of 8 law, any transfer of funds, appropriated or otherwise made 9 available by this Act, for support to friendly foreign coun- 10 tries in connection with the conduct of operations in which 11 the United States is not participating, pursuant to section 12 331(d) of title 10, United States Code, shall be made in 13 accordance with section 8005 of this Act. 14 SEC. 8111. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 15 otherwise made available by this or any other Act may 16 be used by the Secretary of Defense, or any other official 17 or officer of the Department of Defense, to enter into a 18 contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative 19 agreement with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan 20 or loan guarantee to Rosoboronexport or any subsidiary 21 of Rosoboronexport. 22 (b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limita- 23 tion in subsection (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with 24 the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intel- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00114 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 115 •HR 4016 RH ligence, determines that it is in the vital national security 1 interest of the United States to do so, and certifies in writ- 2 ing to the congressional defense committees that— 3 (1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of 4 lethal military equipment to, and the maintenance of 5 existing lethal military equipment for, the Govern- 6 ment of the Syrian Arab Republic; 7 (2) the armed forces of the Russian Federation 8 have withdrawn from Ukraine; and 9 (3) agents of the Russian Federation have 10 ceased taking active measures to destabilize the con- 11 trol of the Government of Ukraine over eastern 12 Ukraine. 13 (c) The Inspector General of the Department of De- 14 fense shall conduct a review of any action involving 15 Rosoboronexport with respect to a waiver issued by the 16 Secretary of Defense pursuant to subsection (b), and not 17 later than 90 days after the date on which such a waiver 18 is issued by the Secretary of Defense, the Inspector Gen- 19 eral shall submit to the congressional defense committees 20 a report containing the results of the review conducted 21 with respect to such waiver. 22 SEC. 8112. The Secretary of Defense shall notify the 23 congressional defense committees in writing not more than 24 30 days after the receipt of any contribution of funds re- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00115 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 116 •HR 4016 RH ceived from the government of a foreign country for any 1 purpose relating to the stationing or operations of the 2 United States Armed Forces: Provided, That such notifi- 3 cation shall include the amount of the contribution; the 4 purpose for which such contribution was made; and the 5 authority under which such contribution was accepted by 6 the Secretary of Defense: Provided further, That not fewer 7 than 15 days prior to obligating such funds, the Secretary 8 of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com- 9 mittees in writing a notification of the planned use of such 10 contributions, including whether such contributions would 11 support existing or new stationing or operations of the 12 United States Armed Forces. 13 SEC. 8113. (a) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, 14 in coordination with the Secretaries of the military depart- 15 ments and the Chiefs of the Armed Forces, shall submit 16 to the congressional defense committees, not later than 30 17 days after the last day of each quarter of the fiscal year, 18 a report on the use of operation and maintenance funds 19 for activities or exercises in excess of $5,000,000 that have 20 been designated by the Secretary of Defense as unplanned 21 activities for fiscal year 2026. 22 (b) Each report required by subsection (a) shall also 23 include— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00116 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 117 •HR 4016 RH (1) the title, date, and location, of each activity 1 and exercise covered by the report; 2 (2) an identification of the military department 3 and units that participated in each such activity or 4 exercise (including an estimate of the number of 5 participants); 6 (3) the total cost of the activity or exercise, by 7 budget line item (with a breakdown by cost element 8 such as transportation); and 9 (4) a short explanation of the objective of the 10 activity or exercise. 11 (c) The report required by subsection (a) shall be 12 submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi- 13 fied annex. 14 SEC. 8114. Concurrent with any exercise of the draw- 15 down authority provided by Section 506 of the Foreign 16 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2318), the Secretary 17 of Defense shall submit a written report to the Commit- 18 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 19 and the Senate that contains a description of the defense 20 articles and defense services to be furnished, including the 21 quantity, approximate value, and a timeline for the deliv- 22 ery of such defense articles and defense services, as well 23 as an estimate of the cost to replace such article or an 24 equivalent capability. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00117 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 118 •HR 4016 RH SEC. 8115. Not later than 15 days after the date on 1 which any foreign base that involves the stationing or op- 2 erations of the United States Armed Forces, including a 3 temporary base, permanent base, or base owned and oper- 4 ated by a foreign country, is opened or closed, the Sec- 5 retary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense 6 committees in writing of the opening or closing of such 7 base: Provided, That such notification shall also include 8 information on any personnel changes, costs, and savings 9 associated with the opening or closing of such base. 10 SEC. 8116. None of the funds appropriated or other- 11 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be obli- 12 gated or expended by the United States Government for 13 any of the following purposes: 14 (1) To establish any military installation or 15 base for the purpose of providing for the permanent 16 stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq. 17 (2) To exercise United States control over any 18 oil resource of Iraq or Syria. 19 SEC. 8117. Up to $500,000,000 of the funds appro- 20 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Operation and 21 Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ for the Defense Security Co- 22 operation Agency may be used to support the armed forces 23 of Jordan. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00118 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 119 •HR 4016 RH SEC. 8118. Beginning on the date that is 180 days 1 after the date of the enactment of this Act, none of the 2 funds appropriated by this Act or otherwise made avail- 3 able for the United States Northern Command may be 4 used to carry out any activity with respect to Mexico, ex- 5 cept for activities directly related to the planning and 6 operational requirements established under Executive 7 Order 14167 (90 Fed. Reg. 8613; relating to Clarifying 8 the Military’s Role in Protecting the Territorial Integrity 9 of the United States) or a successor directive: Provided, 10 That any such funds that are unobligated as of such date 11 and that were previously made available to the United 12 States Northern Command for activities with respect to 13 Mexico (other than the activities to which the exception 14 in the preceding provision of this section applies) shall in- 15 stead be made available to the United States Southern 16 Command to carry out activities with respect to Mexico 17 in a manner consistent with applicable law and subject to 18 approval of a revised Unified Command Plan by the Presi- 19 dent: Provided further, That the preceding provisions of 20 this section shall not apply if the President determines 21 that reassignment of responsibility for Mexico from the 22 United States Northern Command to the United States 23 Southern Command is not necessary or appropriate and 24 the Secretary of Defense, not later than 30 days after such 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00119 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 120 •HR 4016 RH determination is made, submits a report to the Commit- 1 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 2 and the Senate detailing the rationale for keeping Mexico 3 in the area of responsibility of the United States Northern 4 Command, including operational, strategic, and diplomatic 5 considerations: Provided further, That nothing in this sec- 6 tion shall be construed to limit the President’s authority 7 as Commander in Chief to assign command responsibil- 8 ities or direct military operations. 9 SEC. 8119. In addition to amounts appropriated in 10 title II or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, 11 $1,500,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department 12 of Defense and made available for transfer to the oper- 13 ation and maintenance accounts of the Army, Navy, Ma- 14 rine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force (including Na- 15 tional Guard and Reserve) for purposes of improving mili- 16 tary readiness: Provided, That the transfer authority pro- 17 vided under this section is in addition to any other trans- 18 fer authority provided elsewhere in this Act: Provided fur- 19 ther, That none of the funds provided under this section 20 may be obligated or expended until 30 days after the Sec- 21 retary of Defense provides the Committees on Appropria- 22 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 23 detailed execution plan for such funds. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00120 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 121 •HR 4016 RH SEC. 8120. The amounts appropriated in title II of 1 this Act are hereby reduced by $750,000,000 to reflect 2 excess cash balances in Department of Defense Working 3 Capital Funds, as follows: 4 (1) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 5 $100,000,000; 6 (2) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, 7 $450,000,000; and 8 (3) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air 9 Force’’, $200,000,000. 10 SEC. 8121. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this 11 Act, the Secretary of Defense shall allocate amounts made 12 available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce 13 Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Defense Fund for 14 fiscal year 2026 pursuant to the transfer authority in sec- 15 tion 102(b)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of 16 Public Law 117–167), to the account specified, in the 17 amounts specified, and for the projects and activities spec- 18 ified, in the table titled ‘‘Department of Defense Alloca- 19 tion of Funds: CHIPS and Science Act Fiscal Year 2026’’ 20 in the explanatory statement regarding this Act. 21 (b) Neither the President nor his designee may allo- 22 cate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal 23 year under section 102(b)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 24 if there is in effect an Act making or continuing appro- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00121 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 122 •HR 4016 RH priations for part of a fiscal year for the Department of 1 Defense: Provided, That in any fiscal year, the matter pre- 2 ceding this proviso shall not apply to the allocation, appor- 3 tionment, or allotment of amounts for continuing adminis- 4 tration of programs allocated using funds transferred from 5 the CHIPS for America Defense Fund, which may be allo- 6 cated pursuant to the transfer authority in section 7 102(b)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 only in amounts that 8 are no more than the allocation for such purposes in sub- 9 section (a) of this section. 10 (c) The Secretary of Defense may reallocate funds 11 allocated by subsection (a) of this section, subject to the 12 terms and conditions contained in the provisos in section 13 8005 of this Act: Provided, That amounts may be reallo- 14 cated pursuant to this subsection only for those require- 15 ments necessary to carry out section 9903(b) of the Wil- 16 liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza- 17 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283). 18 (d) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of 19 the President for fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of De- 20 fense shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 21 of the House of Representatives and the Senate proposed 22 allocations by account and by program, project, or activity, 23 with detailed justifications, for amounts made available 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00122 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 123 •HR 4016 RH under section 102(b)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 for 1 fiscal year 2027. 2 (e) The Department of Defense shall provide the 3 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 4 atives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of bal- 5 ances of projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for 6 America Defense Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to 7 subsection (a) of this section, including all uncommitted, 8 committed, and unobligated funds. 9 SEC. 8122. In carrying out the program described in 10 the memorandum on the subject of ‘‘Policy for Assisted 11 Reproductive Services for the Benefit of Seriously or Se- 12 verely Ill/Injured (Category II or III) Active Duty Service 13 Members’’ issued by the Assistant Secretary of Defense 14 for Health Affairs on April 3, 2012, and the guidance 15 issued to implement such memorandum, the Secretary of 16 Defense shall apply such policy and guidance, except 17 that— 18 (1) the limitation on periods regarding embryo 19 cryopreservation and storage set forth in part III(G) 20 and in part IV(H) of such memorandum shall not 21 apply; and 22 (2) the term ‘‘assisted reproductive technology’’ 23 shall include embryo cryopreservation and storage 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00123 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 124 •HR 4016 RH without limitation on the duration of such 1 cryopreservation and storage. 2 SEC. 8123. The Secretary of Defense may obligate 3 funds made available by this Act for procurement or for 4 research, development, test and evaluation for the F–35 5 Joint Strike Fighter to modify not fewer than nine F– 6 35 aircraft, including at least three F–35 aircraft of each 7 variant, for any test configuration: Provided, That the 8 Secretary of Defense shall, with the concurrence of the 9 Secretary of the Air Force and the Secretary of the Navy, 10 notify the congressional defense committees not fewer 11 than 30 days prior to obligating funds under this section: 12 Provided further, That any transfer of funds pursuant to 13 the authority provided in this section shall be made in ac- 14 cordance with section 8005 of this Act. 15 SEC. 8124. None of the funds appropriated or other- 16 wise made available by this or any other Act may be obli- 17 gated to integrate an alternative engine on any F–35 air- 18 craft. 19 SEC. 8125. The Secretary of Defense may use up to 20 $650,000,000 of the amounts appropriated or otherwise 21 made available by this Act to the Department of Defense 22 for the rapid acquisition and deployment of supplies and 23 associated support services pursuant to section 3601 of 24 title 10, United States Code, but only for the purposes 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00124 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 125 •HR 4016 RH specified in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of subsection 1 (c)(3)(B) of such section and subject to the applicable lim- 2 its specified in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of such subsection 3 and, in the case of clause (iv) of such subsection, subject 4 to a limit of $50,000,000, or for the purposes specified 5 in section 229 of the National Defense Authorization Act 6 for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31) and subject 7 to a limit of $100,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary 8 of Defense shall notify the congressional defense commit- 9 tees promptly of all uses of this authority. 10 SEC. 8126. There is appropriated to the ‘‘Depart- 11 ment of Defense Credit Program Account’’ established 12 pursuant to section 149(e)(5) of title 10, United States 13 Code, $97,770,000, to remain available until expended, to 14 carry out a pilot program on capital assistance to support 15 defense investment in the industrial base as authorized by 16 section 149(e) of such title, of which up to $32,566,000 17 may be used for administrative expenses and project-spe- 18 cific transaction costs: Provided, That costs of loans and 19 loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying such 20 loans and loan guarantees, shall be as defined in section 21 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 22 further, That such amounts are available to subsidize gross 23 obligations for the principal amount of loans, and total 24 loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00125 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 126 •HR 4016 RH to exceed $4,390,000,000: Provided further, That, for the 1 purposes of carrying out the Congressional Budget Act of 2 1974, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office 3 may request, and the Secretary shall promptly provide 4 documentation and information relating to a project re- 5 ceiving capital assistance as authorized under section 6 149(e) of such title. 7 SEC. 8127. Notwithstanding section 8053 of this Act, 8 amounts appropriated under the heading ‘‘Research, De- 9 velopment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’ of this 10 Act, as detailed in budget activity eight in the tables titled 11 Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in the report 12 accompanying this Act for ‘‘Defense Innovation Unit 13 (DIU) Fielding’’ line 294A, may be used for expenses for 14 agile research, development, test and evaluation, procure- 15 ment, production, modification, and operation and mainte- 16 nance requirements, including the initial acquisition of 17 end-items for operational use: Provided, That none of 18 these funds may be obligated or expended until 15 days 19 after the Secretary of Defense provides the Committees 20 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 21 Senate a detailed execution plan for such funds. 22 SEC. 8128. Amounts appropriated under the heading 23 ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’ of this Act, as detailed in 24 budget activity one in the tables titled Explanation of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00126 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 127 •HR 4016 RH Project Level Adjustments in the explanatory statement 1 regarding this Act for ‘‘Major Equipment, OSD’’ line 2 2 for ‘‘Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innova- 3 tive Technologies (APFIT)’’, that exceed the amounts re- 4 quested may, in addition to such uses as are otherwise 5 authorized by law, be used for the procurement of software 6 (including software-only solutions), the research, develop- 7 ment, test, and evaluation of software (including software- 8 only solutions), and operation and maintenance of soft- 9 ware (including software-only solutions): Provided, That 10 not less frequently than biannually through September 30, 11 2028, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the con- 12 gressional defense committees a briefing on transition out- 13 comes for APFIT acquisition awards made using amounts 14 appropriated in this Act and previous Acts. 15 SEC. 8129. None of the funds appropriated by this 16 Act or otherwise made available may be used to support, 17 directly or indirectly, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, or 18 any laboratory owned or controlled by the governments of 19 the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, the 20 Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People’s Repub- 21 lic of Korea, the Russian Federation, the Bolivarian Re- 22 public of Venezuela under the Maduro regime, or any 23 other country determined by the Secretary of Defense, 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00127 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 128 •HR 4016 RH with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to be a 1 foreign adversary. 2 SEC. 8130. None of the funds appropriated or other- 3 wise made available by this Act may be used to fund any 4 work to be performed by EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. 5 SEC. 8131. None of the funds appropriated or other- 6 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 7 to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 8 or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 9 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 10 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 11 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 12 (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 13 at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 14 Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 15 SEC. 8132. None of the funds appropriated or other- 16 wise made available by this Act may be used to transfer 17 any individual detained at United States Naval Station 18 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control of the 19 individual’s country of origin, any other foreign country, 20 or any other foreign entity except in accordance with sec- 21 tion 1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 22 Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92) and section 1035 23 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization 24 Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232). 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00128 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 129 •HR 4016 RH SEC. 8133. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 1 otherwise made available in this or any other Act may be 2 used to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the 3 United States, its territories, or possessions to house any 4 individual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of 5 detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the ef- 6 fective control of the Department of Defense. 7 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 8 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 9 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 10 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 11 individual who, is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 12 at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 13 and who— 14 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 15 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 16 and 17 (2) is— 18 (A) in the custody or under the effective 19 control of the Department of Defense; or 20 (B) otherwise under detention at United 21 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 22 SEC. 8134. None of the funds made available by this 23 Act may be used to carry out the closure or realignment 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00129 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 130 •HR 4016 RH of the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 1 Cuba. 2 SEC. 8135. None of the funds appropriated or other- 3 wise made available by this Act may be used to enforce 4 any COVID-19 mask mandates. 5 SEC. 8136. None of the funds appropriated or other- 6 wise made available by this Act may be used to require 7 a member of the Armed Forces or a civilian employee of 8 the Department of Defense to receive a vaccination 9 against COVID-19. 10 SEC. 8137. None of the funds appropriated or other- 11 wise made available by this Act may be used to require 12 vaccination against COVID-19 as a prerequisite for stu- 13 dent attendance at a Department of Defense Education 14 Activity school. 15 SEC. 8138. None of the funds appropriated or other- 16 wise made available by this Act may be used, with regards 17 to a member of the Armed Forces with a minor dependent 18 child enrolled in an Exceptional Family Member Program 19 (EFMP)— 20 (1) to provide gender transition procedures, in- 21 cluding surgery or medication, to such child through 22 such EFMP; 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00130 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 131 •HR 4016 RH (2) to provide a referral for a procedure de- 1 scribed in paragraph (1) to such child through such 2 EFMP; or 3 (3) to approve a change of duty station for such 4 member through such EFMP for the purpose of pro- 5 viding such child with access to procedures described 6 in paragraph (1). 7 SEC. 8139. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec- 8 tion 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of 9 title 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 10 none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro- 11 priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 12 any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par- 13 tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 14 accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 15 conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 16 a union of one man and one woman. 17 (b) DISCRIMINATORY ACTION DEFINED.—As used in 18 subsection (a), a discriminatory action means any action 19 taken by the Federal Government to— 20 (1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 21 of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as- 22 sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp- 23 tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00131 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 132 •HR 4016 RH nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 1 in subsection (a); 2 (2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur- 3 poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 4 such person; 5 (3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 6 exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 7 deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co- 8 operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li- 9 cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 10 other similar position or status from or to such per- 11 son; 12 (4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth- 13 erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 14 benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 15 admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 16 degree from an educational program, from or to 17 such person; or 18 (5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth- 19 erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle- 20 ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in- 21 stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 22 and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam- 23 paigns from or to such person. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00132 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 133 •HR 4016 RH (c) ACCREDITATION; LICENSURE; CERTIFICATION.— 1 The Federal Government shall consider accredited, li- 2 censed, or certified for purposes of Federal law any person 3 that would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respec- 4 tively, for such purposes but for a determination against 5 such person wholly or partially on the basis that the per- 6 son speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held 7 religious belief or moral conviction described in subsection 8 (a). 9 SEC. 8140. None of the funds appropriated or other- 10 wise made available by this Act may be used to— 11 (1) classify or facilitate the classification of any 12 communications by a United States person as mis- 13 , dis-, or mal- information; or 14 (2) partner with or fund nonprofit or other or- 15 ganizations that pressure or recommend private 16 companies to censor lawful and constitutionally pro- 17 tected speech of United States persons, including 18 recommending the censoring or removal of content 19 on social media platforms. 20 SEC. 8141. None of the funds appropriated or other- 21 wise made available by this Act may be used to carry out 22 any program, project, or activity that promotes or ad- 23 vances Critical Race Theory, any concept associated with 24 Critical Race Theory, or that teaches or trains any idea 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00133 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 134 •HR 4016 RH or concept that condones an individual being discriminated 1 against or receiving adverse or beneficial treatment based 2 on race or sex, that condones an individual feeling discom- 3 fort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological dis- 4 tress on account of that individual’s race or sex, as well 5 as any idea or concept that regards one race as inherently 6 superior to another race, the United States or its institu- 7 tions as being systemically racist or sexist, an individual 8 as being inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive by virtue 9 of that individual’s race or sex, an individual’s moral char- 10 acter as being necessarily determined by race or sex, an 11 individual as bearing responsibility for actions committed 12 in the past by other members of the same race or sex, 13 or meritocracy being racist, sexist, or having been created 14 by a particular race to oppress another race. 15 SEC. 8142. None of the funds appropriated or other- 16 wise made available by this Act shall be used to imple- 17 ment, administer, or otherwise carry out the Department 18 of Defense memorandum dated October 20, 2022, or any 19 successor to such memorandum, or to propose, promul- 20 gate, or implement any substantially similar rule or policy. 21 SEC. 8143. None of the funds appropriated or other- 22 wise made available by this Act may be used or transferred 23 to another Federal agency, board, or commission to re- 24 cruit, hire, or promote any person who has been convicted 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00134 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 135 •HR 4016 RH of a Federal or State child pornography charge, has been 1 convicted of any other Federal or State sexual assault 2 charge, or has been formally disciplined for using Federal 3 resources to access, use, or sell child pornography. 4 SEC. 8144. None of the funds appropriated or other- 5 wise made available by this Act may be used to promote, 6 host, facilitate, or support events on United States mili- 7 tary installations or as part of military recruiting pro- 8 grams that violate the Department of Defense Joint Eth- 9 ics Regulation or bring discredit upon the military, such 10 as a drag queen story hour for children or the use of drag 11 queens as military recruiters. 12 SEC. 8145. None of the funds appropriated or other- 13 wise made available by this Act may be used for surgical 14 procedures or hormone therapies for the purposes of gen- 15 der affirming care. 16 SEC. 8146. None of the funds appropriated or other- 17 wise made available by this Act may be used to carry out 18 section 147 of title 10, United States Code, or section 19 554(a) or 913(b) of the National Defense Authorization 20 Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283). 21 SEC. 8147. None of the funds appropriated or other- 22 wise made available by this Act may be used to implement, 23 administer, apply, enforce, or carry out the Diversity, Eq- 24 uity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Strategic Plan of the De- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00135 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 136 •HR 4016 RH partment of Defense, or Executive Order 13985 of Janu- 1 ary 20, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 7009, relating to advancing 2 racial equity and support for under-served communities 3 through the Federal Government), Executive Order 14035 4 of June 25, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 34593, relating to diver- 5 sity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the Federal 6 workforce), Executive Order 14091 of February 16, 2023 7 (88 Fed. Reg. 10825, relating to further advancing racial 8 equity and support for underserved communities through 9 the Federal government), or shall be used to execute ac- 10 tivities that promote or perpetuate divisive concepts re- 11 lated to race or sex, such as the concepts that one race 12 or sex is inherently superior to another, or that an individ- 13 ual’s moral character or worth is determined by their race 14 or sex. 15 SEC. 8148. None of the funds appropriated or other- 16 wise made available by this Act may be used for any office 17 of diversity, equity, or inclusion. 18 SEC. 8149. None of the funds appropriated or other- 19 wise made available by this Act may be made available 20 to NewsGuard Technologies Inc. 21 SEC. 8150. None of the funds appropriated or other- 22 wise made available by this Act may be used in contraven- 23 tion of Department of Defense Instruction 3216.01, ‘‘Use 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00136 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 137 •HR 4016 RH of Animals in DoD Conducted and Supported Research 1 and Training’’, dated March 20, 2019. 2 SEC. 8151. None of the funds appropriated or other- 3 wise made available by this Act may be used to divest or 4 prepare to divest more than eight U-2 aircraft. 5 SEC. 8152. None of the funds appropriated or other- 6 wise made available by this Act may be used to divest or 7 prepare to divest any F-15 aircraft unless the Secretary 8 of Defense certifies to the Committees on Appropriations 9 of the House of Representatives and the Senate that such 10 aircraft will be replaced in a manner that maintains the 11 current total aircraft assigned at a given unit and the 12 readiness of such unit. 13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 14 SEC. 8153. The Secretary of Defense may transfer 15 funds from any available Department of the Navy appro- 16 priation (except military construction) to any available 17 Navy ship construction appropriation for the purpose of 18 liquidating necessary changes resulting from inflation, 19 market fluctuations, or rate adjustments for any ship con- 20 struction program appropriated in law: Provided, That the 21 Secretary may transfer not to exceed $40,000,000 under 22 the authority provided by this section: Provided further, 23 That the Secretary shall, not less than 30 days prior to 24 the transfer of any funds, notify the Committees on Ap- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00137 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 138 •HR 4016 RH propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen- 1 ate in writing of the details of any proposed transfer: Pro- 2 vided further, That any funds transferred pursuant to this 3 section shall retain the same period of availability as when 4 originally appropriated: Provided further, That the trans- 5 fer authority provided under this section is in addition to 6 any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this 7 Act. 8 SEC. 8154. The total amount appropriated or other- 9 wise made available by this Act is hereby reduced by 10 $3,000,000,000 to reflect savings and efficiencies attrib- 11 utable to proposed appropriations set forth in title II of 12 H.R. 1 (as engrossed in the House of Representatives on 13 May 22, 2025): Provided, That such reduction may not 14 be derived from amounts appropriated by this Act for the 15 National Intelligence Program or the Military Intelligence 16 Program. 17 SEC. 8155. The total amount appropriated or other- 18 wise made available in title II of this Act is hereby reduced 19 by $1,000,000,000 to reflect savings due to favorable bulk 20 fuel rates: Provided, That such reduction may not be de- 21 rived from amounts appropriated by this Act for the Na- 22 tional Intelligence Program or the Military Intelligence 23 Program. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00138 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 139 •HR 4016 RH SEC. 8156. The total amount appropriated or other- 1 wise made available by this Act is hereby reduced by 2 $3,750,000,000 to reflect savings resulting from Depart- 3 ment of Defense cooperation with the Department of Gov- 4 ernment Efficiency: Provided, That such reduction may 5 not be derived from amounts appropriated by this Act for 6 the National Intelligence Program or the Military Intel- 7 ligence Program. 8 SEC. 8157. The total amount appropriated or other- 9 wise made available by this Act is hereby reduced by 10 $1,000,000,000 to reflect savings attributable to effi- 11 ciencies, streamlining of functions, and management im- 12 provements in the Department of Defense: Provided, That 13 such reduction may not be derived from amounts appro- 14 priated by this Act for the National Intelligence Program 15 or the Military Intelligence Program. 16 SEC. 8158. (a) In the event a law affecting the budg- 17 et of the Department of Defense is enacted through the 18 reconciliation process under section 310 of the Congres- 19 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 pur- 20 suant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, the concurrent resolu- 21 tion on the budget for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of 22 Defense shall, not later than 45 days after the enactment 23 of such law and at the time of the submittal to Congress 24 of the budget of the President for fiscal year 2027 and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00139 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 140 •HR 4016 RH each fiscal year thereafter pursuant to section 1105(a) of 1 title 31, United States Code, submit to the Committees 2 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 3 Senate the following with respect to amounts made avail- 4 able by such law: 5 (1) Proposed allocations by account and by pro- 6 gram, project, or activity, with detailed justifica- 7 tions. 8 (2) P-1 and R-1 budget justification documents, 9 which shall identify the allocation of funds by pro- 10 gram, project, and activity. 11 (3) Budget justification documents, to be 12 known as M-1 and O-1, which shall identify the allo- 13 cation of funds by budget activity, activity group, 14 and sub-activity group. 15 (b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 16 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 17 atives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of bal- 18 ances of projects and activities funded using amounts de- 19 scribed in subsection (a), including all uncommitted, com- 20 mitted, and unobligated funds. 21 SEC. 8159. (a) The total amount appropriated or oth- 22 erwise made available by this Act may not be used for 23 the salary or expenses of more than 75 full-time equivalent 24 personnel, including Government employees and employees 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00140 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 141 •HR 4016 RH of Federal contractors, for Cost Assessment and Program 1 Evaluation. 2 (b) Any reduction in full-time equivalent personnel by 3 operation of subsection (a) shall not apply to any per- 4 sonnel— 5 (1) performing cost assessment functions; or 6 (2) capability enabling functions, including de- 7 fense industrial base, economic, and manpower anal- 8 ysis. 9 SEC. 8160. The Secretary of Defense shall obligate 10 funds made available by this Act and prior appropriations 11 Acts under the heading ‘‘Research, Development, Test, 12 and Evaluation, Navy’’ for the Next Generation Fighter 13 program in a manner that achieves accelerated Initial 14 Operational Capability for the Next Generation Fighter 15 aircraft: Provided, That not later than 30 days after the 16 date of the enactment of this Act, and on a quarterly basis 17 thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 18 congressional defense committees reports on the status of 19 such program. 20 SEC. 8161. Amounts appropriated in this Act under 21 the heading ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evalua- 22 tion, Defense-Wide’’ for the Defense Advanced Research 23 Projects Agency shall remain available until September 24 30, 2027, as detailed in the tables titled Explanation of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00141 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 142 •HR 4016 RH Project Level Adjustments in the explanatory statement 1 accompanying this Act: Provided, That the Secretary of 2 Defense shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 3 of the House of Representatives and the Senate quarterly 4 reports on the execution of such funds, detailed at the 5 project level. 6 SEC. 8162. In addition to any other funds made 7 available for such purposes, there is appropriated 8 $90,000,000, for an additional amount for the ‘‘National 9 Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund’’, to remain available 10 until September 30, 2028, for activities pursuant to the 11 Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 12 U.S.C. 98 et seq.): Provided, That of the amounts appro- 13 priated under this section $10,000,000 shall be for tita- 14 nium requirements: Provided further, That none of the 15 funds provided under this section may be obligated or ex- 16 pended until 30 days after the Secretary of Defense pro- 17 vides the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 18 Representatives and the Senate a detailed execution plan 19 for such funds. 20 SEC. 8163. Of the funds provided under the heading 21 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, not less than 22 $80,000,000 shall be made available for the establishment 23 of a Platform Supply Vessel Pilot Program (in this section 24 referred to as the ‘‘Program’’) for the purpose of vali- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00142 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 143 •HR 4016 RH dating Service requirements necessary to meet at-sea and 1 in-shore logistics operations: Provided, That the Program 2 shall evaluate options to time charter no less than six, and 3 enter into a contractual agreement for no less than two 4 time charters: Provided further, That the condition of the 5 time charter should consider existing United States-built 6 platform supply vessels that are documented under the 7 laws of the United States, owned by a citizen of the United 8 States under 46 U.S.C. 50501, configured for logistics 9 support in the Indo-Pacific region that can meet the regu- 10 latory and physical requirements to transport nearly 11 500,000 gallons of various standard fuels, and provide up 12 to 10,000 square feet of combined deck space for trans- 13 port of military equipment and personnel for delivery in 14 and out of shallow draft ports in the Indo-Pacific region: 15 Provided further, The Secretary of the Navy shall provide 16 a briefing within 180 days after the enactment of this Act 17 to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on 18 the status of the Program and the effectiveness of using 19 PSVs to fill this critical need. 20 SEC. 8164. None of the funds appropriated or other- 21 wise made available by this Act may be used— 22 (1) to transfer the headquarters functions of 23 the United States Southern Command from Miami, 24 Florida to another location; or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00143 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 144 •HR 4016 RH (2) in the event the United States Southern 1 Command is merged with another combatant com- 2 mand, to transfer the headquarters functions admin- 3 istered by the United States Southern Command 4 prior to such merger from Miami, Florida to another 5 location. 6 SEC. 8165. Funds made available for the UH-60 7 Blackhawk aircraft program under this Act and prior ap- 8 propriations Acts under the headings ‘‘Aircraft Procure- 9 ment, Army’’ and ‘‘Research, Development, Test and 10 Evaluation, Army’’ shall be obligated only for the purposes 11 for which such funds were appropriated and such funds 12 may not be reprogrammed or transferred for other pur- 13 poses: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated or 14 otherwise made available by this Act or prior appropria- 15 tions Acts may be used to pause, cancel, or terminate the 16 UH-60 Blackhawk aircraft program or to prepare to 17 pause, cancel, or terminate such program. 18 SEC. 8166. Funds made available for the E–7 19 Wedgetail aircraft program under this Act and prior ap- 20 propriations Acts under the headings ‘‘Aircraft Procure- 21 ment, Air Force’’ and ‘‘Research, Development, Test and 22 Evaluation, Air Force’’ shall be obligated only for the pur- 23 poses for which such funds were appropriated and such 24 funds may not be reprogrammed or transferred for other 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00144 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 145 •HR 4016 RH purposes: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 1 or otherwise made available by this Act or prior appropria- 2 tions Acts may be used to pause, cancel, or terminate the 3 E–7 Wedgetail aircraft program or to prepare to pause, 4 cancel, or terminate such program. 5 SEC. 8167. None of the funds appropriated by this 6 Act shall be used in contravention to the Posse Comitatus 7 Act of 1878. 8 SEC. 8168. None of the funds in this Act may be 9 used to discontinue or restrict access to sexual assault fo- 10 rensic examinations that were available to civilian per- 11 sonnel as of January 20, 2025. 12 SEC. 8169. None of the funds made available by this 13 Act may be used for the transmittal of classified informa- 14 tion or war or operational plans over unsecured networks. 15 SEC. 8170. Not later than 180 days after the date 16 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 17 publish on the public website of the Department of De- 18 fense a report itemizing all expenses and contracts associ- 19 ated with the planning and execution of the military pa- 20 rade in Washington, D.C. on President Trump’s 79th 21 birthday, including but not limited to post-event cleaning 22 and repairs. 23 SEC. 8171. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 24 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00145 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 146 •HR 4016 RH Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 1 $12,000,000 shall be for the Irregular Warfare Center. 2 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 3 SEC. 8172. $0. 4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 5 Appropriations Act, 2026’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00146 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00147 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS Union Calendar No. 129 119TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4016 [Report No. 119–162] A BILL Making appropriations for the Department of De- fense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes. JUNE 16, 2025 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:32 Jun 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00148 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H4016.RH H4016 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS