Text of US HB 7900 (2022)

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I 117TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7900 To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 27, 2022 Mr. SMITH of Washington (by request) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 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 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Defense Au- 4 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023’’. 5 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 6 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 7 Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. VerDate Sep 11 2014 16:54 Jun 14, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E:\BILLS\H7900.IH H7900 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7900 IH TITLE I—PROCUREMENT Sec. 101. Army. Sec. 102. Navy and Marine Corps. Sec. 103. Air Force and Space Force. TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS Subtitle A—Active Forces Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces. Subtitle B—Reserve Forces Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status). Sec. 414. Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active duty for operational support. Subtitle C—Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 421. Military personnel. TITLE XIV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS Subtitle A—Military Programs Sec. 1401. Working capital funds. Sec. 1402. Chemical agents and munitions destruction, defense. Sec. 1403. Drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense. Sec. 1404. Defense inspector general. Sec. 1405. Defense health program. TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 1 SEC. 101. ARMY. 2 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 3 fiscal year 2023 for procurement for the Army as follows: 4 (1) For aircraft, $2,849,655,000. 5 (2) For missiles, $3,761,915,000. 6 (3) For ammunition, $2,639,051,000. 7 (4) For weapons and tracked combat vehicles, 8 $3,576,030,000. 9 (5) For other procurement, $8,457,509,000. 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 16:54 Jun 14, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7900.IH H7900 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 7900 IH SEC. 102. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS. 1 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 2 fiscal year 2023 for procurement for the Navy and Marine 3 Corps as follows: 4 (1) For aircraft, $16,848,428,000. 5 (2) For shipbuilding and conversion, 6 $27,917,854,000. 7 (3) For ammunition procurement, Navy and 8 Marine Corps, $1,052,292,000. 9 (4) For weapons, $4,738,705,000. 10 (5) For other procurement, $11,746,503,000. 11 (6) For procurement, Marine Corps, 12 $3,681,506,000. 13 SEC. 103. AIR FORCE AND SPACE FORCE. 14 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 15 fiscal year 2023 for procurement for the Air Force and 16 Space Force as follows: 17 (1) For aircraft, $18,517,428,000. 18 (2) For missiles, $2,962,417,000. 19 (3) For ammunition, $903,630,000. 20 (4) For other procurement, $25,691,113,000. 21 VerDate Sep 11 2014 16:54 Jun 14, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7900.IH H7900 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 7900 IH TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOP- 1 MENT, TEST, AND EVALUA- 2 TION 3 SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 4 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 5 fiscal year 2023 for the use of the Department of Defense 6 for research, development, test, and evaluation as follows: 7 (1) For the Army, $13,710,273,000. 8 (2) For the Navy, $24,078,718,000. 9 (3) For the Air Force, $44,134,301,000. 10 (4) For the Space Force, $15,819,372,000. 11 (5) For Defense-wide activities, 12 $32,077,552,000. 13 (6) For the Director of Operational Test and 14 Evaluation, $277,194,000. 15 TITLE IV—MILITARY 16 PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS 17 Subtitle A—Active Forces 18 SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES. 19 The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active 20 duty personnel as of September 30, 2023, as follows: 21 (1) The Army, 473,000. 22 (2) The Navy, 346,300. 23 (3) The Marine Corps, 177,000. 24 (4) The Air Force, 323,400. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 16:54 Jun 14, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7900.IH H7900 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 7900 IH (5) The Space Force, 8,600. 1 Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 2 SEC. 413. END STRENGTHS FOR MILITARY TECHNICIANS 3 (DUAL STATUS). 4 The minimum number of military technicians (dual 5 status) as of the last day of fiscal year 2023 for the re- 6 serve components of the Army and the Air Force (notwith- 7 standing section 129 of title 10, United States Code) shall 8 be the following: 9 (1) For the Army National Guard of the United 10 States, 22,294. 11 (2) For the Army Reserve, 6,492. 12 (3) For the Air National Guard of the United 13 States, 9,892. 14 (4) For the Air Force Reserve, 6,696. 15 SEC. 414. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RESERVE PERSONNEL AU- 16 THORIZED TO BE ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR 17 OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. 18 During fiscal year 2023, the maximum number of 19 members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces 20 who may be serving at any time on full-time operational 21 support duty under section 115(b) of title 10, United 22 States Code, is the following: 23 (1) The Army National Guard of the United 24 States, 17,000. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 16:54 Jun 14, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7900.IH H7900 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 7900 IH (2) The Army Reserve, 13,000. 1 (3) The Navy Reserve, 6,200. 2 (4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 3,000. 3 (5) The Air National Guard of the United 4 States, 16,000. 5 (6) The Air Force Reserve, 14,000. 6 Subtitle C—Authorization of 7 Appropriations 8 SEC. 421. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 9 There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for 10 military personnel for fiscal year 2023 a total of 11 $164,139,628,000. 12 TITLE XIV—OTHER 13 AUTHORIZATIONS 14 Subtitle A—Military Programs 15 SEC. 1401. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 16 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 17 fiscal year 2023 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 18 activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 19 providing capital for working capital and revolving funds 20 in the amount of $1,583,395,000. 21 SEC. 1402. CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUC- 22 TION, DEFENSE. 23 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 24 are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Depart- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 16:54 Jun 14, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7900.IH H7900 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 7900 IH ment of Defense for fiscal year 2023 for expenses, not oth- 1 erwise provided for, for Chemical Agents and Munitions 2 Destruction, Defense, in the amount of $1,059,818,000 3 of which— 4 (1) $84,612,000 is for Operation and Mainte- 5 nance; and 6 (2) $975,206,000 is for Research, Development, 7 Test, and Evaluation. 8 (b) USE.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated 9 under subsection (a) are authorized for— 10 (1) the destruction of lethal chemical agents 11 and munitions in accordance with section 1412 of 12 the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 13 (50 U.S.C. 1521); and 14 (2) the destruction of chemical warfare materiel 15 of the United States that is not covered by section 16 1412 of such Act. 17 SEC. 1403. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG AC- 18 TIVITIES, DEFENSE. 19 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 20 the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2023 for ex- 21 penses, not otherwise provided for, for Drug Interdiction 22 and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense, in the amount of 23 $855,728,000. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 16:54 Jun 14, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7900.IH H7900 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 7900 IH SEC. 1404. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 1 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 2 the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2023 for ex- 3 penses, not otherwise provided for, for the Office of the 4 Inspector General of the Department of Defense, in the 5 amount of $479,359,000 of which— 6 (1) $475,971,000 is for Operation and Mainte- 7 nance; 8 (2) $1,864,000 is for Research, Development, 9 Test and Evaluation; and 10 (3) $1,524,000 is for Procurement. 11 SEC. 1405. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM. 12 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 13 the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2023 for ex- 14 penses, not otherwise provided for, for the Defense Health 15 Program, in the amount of $36,932,174,000 of which— 16 (1) $35,314,750,000 is for Operation and 17 Maintenance; 18 (2) $909,994,000 is for Research, Development, 19 Test, and Evaluation; 20 (3) $570,074,000 is for Procurement; and 21 (4) $137,356,000 is for Software and Digital 22 Technology Pilot Programs. 23 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 16:54 Jun 14, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H7900.IH H7900 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS