Text of US HB 9495 (2026)

IB Union Calendar No. 621 119TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 9495 [Report No. 119–715] Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 26, 2026 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, 2027, and for other purposes. VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 9495 RH 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, 2027, and for other purposes, namely: 6 TITLE I 7 MILITARY PERSONNEL 8 MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY 9 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 10 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta- 11 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza- 12 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 13 between permanent duty stations, for members of the 14 Army on active duty (except members of reserve compo- 15 nents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; 16 for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and 17 for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97– 18 377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Depart- 19 ment of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 20 $56,363,343,000. 21 MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY 22 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 23 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta- 24 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 9495 RH tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 1 between permanent duty stations, for members of the 2 Navy on active duty (except members of the Reserve pro- 3 vided for elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation cadets; for 4 members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and for 5 payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, 6 as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department 7 of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $43,292,981,000. 8 MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 9 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 10 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta- 11 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza- 12 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 13 between permanent duty stations, for members of the Ma- 14 rine Corps on active duty (except members of the Reserve 15 provided for elsewhere); and for payments pursuant to sec- 16 tion 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 17 402 note), and to the Department of Defense Military Re- 18 tirement Fund, $17,815,905,000. 19 MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 20 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 21 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta- 22 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza- 23 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 24 between permanent duty stations, for members of the Air 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 9495 RH Force on active duty (except members of reserve compo- 1 nents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; 2 for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and 3 for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97– 4 377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Depart- 5 ment of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 6 $40,610,059,000. 7 MILITARY PERSONNEL, SPACE FORCE 8 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 9 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta- 10 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza- 11 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 12 between permanent duty stations, for members of the 13 Space Force on duty as described in section 20108 of title 14 10, United States Code and cadets; for members of the 15 Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; for expenses authorized 16 by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for 17 payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, 18 as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department 19 of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $1,780,331,000. 20 RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY 21 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 22 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Re- 23 serve on active duty under sections 10211, 10302, and 24 7038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 9495 RH active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United 1 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 2 in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 3 while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 4 drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses au- 5 thorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; 6 and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 7 Retirement Fund, $5,932,241,000. 8 RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY 9 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 10 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Navy Re- 11 serve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, 12 United States Code, or while serving on active duty under 13 section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in con- 14 nection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) 15 of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing re- 16 serve training, or while performing drills or equivalent 17 duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 18 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Depart- 19 ment of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 20 $2,795,728,000. 21 RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 22 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 23 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine 24 Corps Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 9495 RH 10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty 1 under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, 2 in connection with performing duty specified in section 3 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under- 4 going reserve training, or while performing drills or equiv- 5 alent duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon 6 leaders class, and expenses authorized by section 16131 7 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the 8 Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 9 $1,058,142,000. 10 RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 11 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 12 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Force 13 Reserve on active duty under sections 10211, 10305, and 14 9038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 15 active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United 16 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 17 in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 18 while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 19 drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses au- 20 thorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; 21 and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 22 Retirement Fund, $2,805,321,000. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 9495 RH NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 1 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 2 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Na- 3 tional Guard while on duty under sections 10211, 10302, 4 or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United 5 States Code, or while serving on duty under section 6 12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United 7 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 8 in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 9 while undergoing training, or while performing drills or 10 equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by 11 section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for pay- 12 ments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 13 Fund, $11,492,865,000. 14 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 15 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 16 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Na- 17 tional Guard on duty under sections 10211, 10305, or 18 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States 19 Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of 20 title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, 21 in connection with performing duty specified in section 22 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under- 23 going training, or while performing drills or equivalent 24 duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 9495 RH 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 1 to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 2 $5,856,705,000. 3 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 9495 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, $63,994,579,000: 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, $81,673,408,000: 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, $15,728,097,000. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 9495 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, $73,679,124,000: 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, $8,800,801,000. 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, $64,165,575,000: 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 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 11 •HR 9495 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 $65,000,000 shall be 4 made available for the APEX Accelerators, of which not 5 less than $6,000,000 shall be available for centers with 6 eligible entities defined in 10 U.S.C. 4951(1)(D): Provided 7 further, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 8 made available by this Act may be used, to: (1) plan or 9 implement the consolidation or elimination of a budget or 10 appropriations 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 (2) take any action to impede the independence or author- 15 ity of a budget or appropriations liaison office; (3) sub- 16 jugate the intended role of such an office to a legislative 17 affairs or legislative liaison office; or (4) interfere with the 18 ability of a Department of Defense office to interact with 19 or respond to the Committees on Appropriations of the 20 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur- 21 ther, That of the funds provided under this heading, 22 $3,183,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028, 23 shall be available only for expenses relating to certain clas- 24 sified activities: Provided further, That of the funds pro- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 12 •HR 9495 RH vided under this heading, $28,515,000, to remain avail- 1 able until expended, shall be available only for expenses 2 relating to certain classified activities, and may be trans- 3 ferred as necessary by the Secretary of Defense to oper- 4 ation and maintenance appropriations or research, devel- 5 opment, test and evaluation appropriations, to be merged 6 with and to be available for the same time period as the 7 appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, 8 That any ceiling on the investment item unit cost of items 9 that may be purchased with operation and maintenance 10 funds shall not apply to the funds described in the pre- 11 ceding proviso: Provided further, That of the funds pro- 12 vided under this heading, $4,022,325,000, of which 13 $1,448,173,000, to remain available until September 30, 14 2028, shall be available to provide support and assistance 15 to foreign security forces or other groups or individuals 16 to conduct, support or facilitate counterterrorism, crisis 17 response, or other Department of Defense security co- 18 operation programs: Provided further, That the Secretary 19 of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the Commit- 20 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 21 and the Senate on the use and status of funds made avail- 22 able in this paragraph: Provided further, That the transfer 23 authority provided under this heading is in addition to any 24 other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 13 •HR 9495 RH COUNTER-ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND 1 For the ‘‘Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria 2 Train and Equip Fund’’, $303,099,000, to remain avail- 3 able until September 30, 2028: Provided, That such funds 4 shall be available to the Secretary of Defense in coordina- 5 tion with the Secretary of State, to provide assistance, in- 6 cluding training; equipment; logistics support, supplies, 7 and services; stipends; infrastructure repair and renova- 8 tion; construction for facility fortification and humane 9 treatment; and sustainment, to foreign security forces, ir- 10 regular forces, groups, or individuals participating, or pre- 11 paring to participate in activities to counter the Islamic 12 State of Iraq and Syria, and their affiliated or associated 13 groups: Provided further, That amounts made available 14 under this heading shall be available to provide assistance 15 only for activities in a country designated by the Secretary 16 of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, 17 as having a security mission to counter the Islamic State 18 of Iraq and Syria, and following written notification to the 19 congressional defense committees of such designation: 20 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall en- 21 sure that prior to providing assistance to elements of any 22 forces or individuals, such elements or individuals are ap- 23 propriately vetted, including at a minimum, assessing such 24 elements for associations with terrorist groups or groups 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 14 •HR 9495 RH associated with the Government of Iran; and receiving 1 commitments from such elements to promote respect for 2 human rights and the rule of law: Provided further, That 3 the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 15 days 4 prior to obligating from this appropriation account, notify 5 the congressional defense committees in writing of the de- 6 tails of any such obligation: Provided further, That the 7 Secretary of Defense may accept and retain contributions, 8 including assistance in-kind, from foreign governments, 9 including the Government of Iraq and other entities, to 10 carry out assistance authorized under this heading: Pro- 11 vided further, That contributions of funds for the purposes 12 provided herein from any foreign government or other en- 13 tity may be credited to this Fund, to remain available until 14 expended, and used for such purposes: Provided further, 15 That the Secretary of Defense shall prioritize such con- 16 tributions when providing any assistance for construction 17 for facility fortification: Provided further, That the Sec- 18 retary of Defense may waive a provision of law relating 19 to the acquisition of items and support services or sections 20 40 and 40A of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 21 2780 and 2785) if the Secretary determines that such pro- 22 vision of law would prohibit, restrict, delay or otherwise 23 limit the provision of such assistance and a notice of and 24 justification for such waiver is submitted to the congres- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 15 •HR 9495 RH sional defense committees, the Committees on Appropria- 1 tions and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Com- 2 mittees on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs of the 3 House of Representatives: Provided further, That the 4 United States may accept equipment procured using funds 5 provided under this heading, or under the heading, ‘‘Iraq 6 Train and Equip Fund’’ in prior Acts, that was trans- 7 ferred to security forces, irregular forces, or groups par- 8 ticipating, or preparing to participate in activities to 9 counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and returned 10 by such forces or groups to the United States, and such 11 equipment may be treated as stocks of the Department 12 of Defense upon written notification to the congressional 13 defense committees: Provided further, That equipment 14 procured using funds provided under this heading, or 15 under the heading, ‘‘Iraq Train and Equip Fund’’ in prior 16 Acts, and not yet transferred to security forces, irregular 17 forces, or groups participating, or preparing to participate 18 in activities to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria 19 may be treated as stocks of the Department of Defense 20 when determined by the Secretary to no longer be required 21 for transfer to such forces or groups and upon written 22 notification to the congressional defense committees: Pro- 23 vided further, That none of the funds made available under 24 this heading may be used to procure or transfer man-port- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 16 •HR 9495 RH able air defense systems: Provided further, That the Sec- 1 retary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the 2 congressional defense committees on the use of funds pro- 3 vided under this heading, including, but not limited to, 4 the number of individuals trained, the nature and scope 5 of support and sustainment provided to each group or in- 6 dividual, the area of operations for each group, and the 7 contributions of other countries, groups, or individuals. 8 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE 9 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 10 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or- 11 ganization, and administration, of the Army Reserve; re- 12 pair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 13 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re- 14 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip- 15 ment; and communications, $3,091,135,000. 16 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE 17 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 18 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or- 19 ganization, and administration, of the Navy Reserve; re- 20 pair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 21 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re- 22 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip- 23 ment; and communications, $1,468,610,000. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 17 •HR 9495 RH OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 1 RESERVE 2 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 3 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or- 4 ganization, and administration, of the Marine Corps Re- 5 serve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger 6 motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; 7 recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip- 8 ment; and communications, $399,974,000. 9 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE 10 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 11 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or- 12 ganization, and administration, of the Air Force Reserve; 13 repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 14 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re- 15 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip- 16 ment; and communications, $4,675,843,000. 17 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL 18 GUARD 19 For expenses of training, organizing, and admin- 20 istering the Army National Guard, including medical and 21 hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal 22 hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to struc- 23 tures and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; per- 24 sonnel services in the National Guard Bureau; travel ex- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 18 •HR 9495 RH penses (other than mileage), as authorized by law for 1 Army personnel on active duty, for Army National Guard 2 division, regimental, and battalion commanders while in- 3 specting units in compliance with National Guard Bureau 4 regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, Na- 5 tional Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army 6 National Guard as authorized by law; and expenses of re- 7 pair, modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 8 equipment (including aircraft), $8,657,460,000. 9 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 10 For expenses of training, organizing, and admin- 11 istering the Air National Guard, including medical and 12 hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal 13 hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to struc- 14 tures and facilities; transportation of things, hire of pas- 15 senger motor vehicles; supplying and equipping the Air 16 National Guard, as authorized by law; expenses for repair, 17 modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 18 equipment, including those furnished from stocks under 19 the control of agencies of the Department of Defense; 20 travel expenses (other than mileage) on the same basis as 21 authorized by law for Air National Guard personnel on 22 active Federal duty, for Air National Guard commanders 23 while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 19 •HR 9495 RH Bureau regulations when specifically authorized by the 1 Chief, National Guard Bureau, $7,981,154,000. 2 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED 3 FORCES 4 For salaries and expenses necessary for the United 5 States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 6 $21,698,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 may be used 7 for official representation purposes. 8 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY 9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 10 For the Department of the Army, $282,444,000, to 11 remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec- 12 retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such 13 funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc- 14 tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 15 buildings and debris of the Department of the Army, or 16 for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by 17 this appropriation to other appropriations made available 18 to the Department of the Army, to be merged with and 19 to be available for the same purposes and for the same 20 time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 21 Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 22 part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 23 not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 24 amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 20 •HR 9495 RH Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 1 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au- 2 thority provided elsewhere in this Act. 3 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY 4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 5 For the Department of the Navy, $308,496,000, to 6 remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec- 7 retary of the Navy shall, upon determining that such 8 funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc- 9 tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 10 buildings and debris of the Department of the Navy, or 11 for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by 12 this appropriation to other appropriations made available 13 to the Department of the Navy, to be merged with and 14 to be available for the same purposes and for the same 15 time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 16 Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 17 part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 18 not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 19 amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 20 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 21 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au- 22 thority provided elsewhere in this Act. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 21 •HR 9495 RH ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE 1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 2 For the Department of the Air Force, $320,060,000, 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: Provided further, That the transfer au- 18 thority provided under this heading is in addition to any 19 other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 20 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE 21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 22 For the Department of Defense, $8,957,000, to re- 23 main available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec- 24 retary of Defense shall, upon determining that such funds 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 22 •HR 9495 RH are required for environmental restoration, reduction and 1 recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings 2 and debris of the Department of Defense, or for similar 3 purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appro- 4 priation to other appropriations made available to the De- 5 partment of Defense, to be merged with and to be avail- 6 able for the same purposes and for the same time period 7 as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided fur- 8 ther, That upon a determination that all or part of the 9 funds transferred from this appropriation are not nec- 10 essary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 11 may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 12 further, That the transfer authority provided under this 13 heading is in addition to any other transfer authority pro- 14 vided elsewhere in this Act. 15 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED 16 DEFENSE SITES 17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 18 For the Department of the Army, $238,927,000, to 19 remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec- 20 retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such 21 funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc- 22 tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 23 buildings and debris at sites formerly used by the Depart- 24 ment of Defense, transfer the funds made available by this 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 23 •HR 9495 RH appropriation to other appropriations made available to 1 the Department of the Army, to be merged with and to 2 be available for the same purposes and for the same time 3 period as the appropriations to which transferred: Pro- 4 vided further, That upon a determination that all or part 5 of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not 6 necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 7 may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 8 further, That the transfer authority provided under this 9 heading is in addition to any other transfer authority pro- 10 vided elsewhere in this Act. 11 OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID 12 For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian, 13 Disaster, and Civic Aid programs of the Department of 14 Defense (consisting of the programs provided under sec- 15 tions 401, 402, 404, 407, 2557, and 2561 of title 10, 16 United States Code), $78,187,000, to remain available 17 until September 30, 2028. 18 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT 19 For assistance, including assistance provided by con- 20 tract or by grants, under programs and activities of the 21 Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction 22 Program authorized under the Department of Defense Co- 23 operative Threat Reduction Act, $221,332,000, to remain 24 available until September 30, 2029. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 24 •HR 9495 RH DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE 1 DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT 2 For the Department of Defense Acquisition Work- 3 force Development Account, $37,478,000: Provided, That 4 no other amounts may be otherwise credited or transferred 5 to the Account, or deposited into the Account, in fiscal 6 year 2027 pursuant to section 1705(d) of title 10, United 7 States Code. 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 25 •HR 9495 RH TITLE III 1 PROCUREMENT 2 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY 3 For construction, procurement, production, modifica- 4 tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including 5 ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and 6 accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 7 devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 8 the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, 9 and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 10 and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 11 title; and procurement and installation of equipment, ap- 12 pliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; 13 reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 14 equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 15 foregoing purposes, $2,837,225,000, to remain available 16 for obligation until September 30, 2029. 17 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY 18 For construction, procurement, production, modifica- 19 tion, and modernization of missiles, equipment, including 20 ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and 21 accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 22 devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 23 the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, 24 and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 26 •HR 9495 RH and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 1 title; and procurement and installation of equipment, ap- 2 pliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; 3 reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 4 equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 5 foregoing purposes, $11,421,617,000, to remain available 6 for obligation until September 30, 2029. 7 PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT 8 VEHICLES, ARMY 9 For construction, procurement, production, and 10 modification of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, 11 equipment, including ordnance, spare parts, and acces- 12 sories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; 13 expansion of public and private plants, including the land 14 necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 15 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con- 16 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 17 procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 18 and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 19 plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 20 layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing 21 purposes, $3,707,509,000, to remain available for obliga- 22 tion until September 30, 2029. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 27 •HR 9495 RH PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY 1 For construction, procurement, production, and 2 modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe- 3 cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub- 4 lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au- 5 thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 6 and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur- 7 poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac- 8 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap- 9 proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip- 10 ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 11 plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor- 12 owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 13 for the foregoing purposes, $5,376,381,000, to remain 14 available for obligation until September 30, 2029. 15 OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY 16 For construction, procurement, production, and 17 modification of vehicles, including tactical, support, and 18 non-tracked combat vehicles; the purchase of passenger 19 motor vehicles for replacement only; communications and 20 electronic equipment; other support equipment; spare 21 parts, ordnance, and accessories therefor; specialized 22 equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 23 private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for 24 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 28 •HR 9495 RH therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 1 thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 2 installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 3 in public and private plants; reserve plant and Govern- 4 ment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 5 expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 6 $11,836,525,000, to remain available for obligation until 7 September 30, 2029. 8 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY 9 For construction, procurement, production, modifica- 10 tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including 11 ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 12 equipment; expansion of public and private plants, includ- 13 ing the land necessary therefor, and such lands and inter- 14 ests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 15 thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 16 installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 17 in public and private plants; reserve plant and Govern- 18 ment and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 19 $24,777,133,000, to remain available for obligation until 20 September 30, 2029. 21 WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY 22 For construction, procurement, production, modifica- 23 tion, and modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weap- 24 ons, and related support equipment including spare parts, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 29 •HR 9495 RH and accessories therefor; expansion of public and private 1 plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such 2 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con- 3 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 4 procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 5 and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 6 plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 7 layaway, $11,424,510,000, to remain available for obliga- 8 tion until September 30, 2029. 9 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE 10 CORPS 11 For construction, procurement, production, and 12 modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe- 13 cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub- 14 lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au- 15 thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 16 and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur- 17 poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac- 18 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap- 19 proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip- 20 ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 21 plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor- 22 owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 23 for the foregoing purposes, $1,768,663,000, to remain 24 available for obligation until September 30, 2029. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 30 •HR 9495 RH SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY 1 For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisi- 2 tion, or conversion of vessels as authorized by law, includ- 3 ing armor and armament thereof, plant equipment, appli- 4 ances, and machine tools and installation thereof in public 5 and private plants; reserve plant and Government and con- 6 tractor-owned equipment layaway; procurement of critical, 7 long lead time components and designs for vessels to be 8 constructed or converted in the future; and expansion of 9 public and private plants, including land necessary there 10 for, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 11 and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 12 title, as follows: 13 Columbia Class Submarine, $10,233,832,000; 14 Columbia Class Submarine (AP), 15 $4,838,342,000; 16 Carrier Replacement Program (CVN–80), 17 $641,907,000; 18 Carrier Replacement Program (AP), 19 $1,916,346,000; 20 Carrier Replacement Program (CVN–81), 21 $1,202,824,000; 22 Virginia Class Submarine, $8,402,316,000; 23 Virginia Class Submarine (AP), 24 $4,143,618,000; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 31 •HR 9495 RH BBG(X) (AP), $1,000,000,000; 1 CVN Refueling Overhauls, $4,046,374,000; 2 CVN Refueling Overhauls (AP), $53,070,000; 3 DDG–1000 Program, $66,516,000; 4 DDG–51 Destroyer, $2,954,238,000; 5 FF(X)–Frigate, $1,334,917,000; 6 LPD Flight II, $2,116,215,000; 7 LPD Flight II (AP), $355,950,000; 8 LHA Replacement, $3,662,914,000; 9 AS Submarine Tender, $2,222,000,000; 10 TAO Fleet Oiler, $1,946,063,000; 11 TAGOS Surtass Ships, $377,021,000; 12 Strategic Sealift, $350,000,000; 13 Ship to Shore Connector, $733,895,000; 14 Service Craft, $251,079,000; 15 Auxiliary Personnel Lighter, $83,000,000; 16 Bulk Fuel Vessel, $350,000,000; 17 LCAC SLEP, $37,998,000; 18 For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and 19 first destination transportation, $741,270,000; and 20 Completion of Prior Year Shipbuilding Pro- 21 grams, $2,611,990,000. 22 In all: $56,673,695,000, to remain available for obli- 23 gation until September 30, 2031: Provided, That addi- 24 tional obligations may be incurred after September 30, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 32 •HR 9495 RH 2031, for engineering services, tests, evaluations, and 1 other such budgeted work that must be performed in the 2 final stage of ship construction: Provided further, That 3 none of the funds provided under this heading for the con- 4 struction or conversion of any covered ship as defined in 5 section 8227 (e)(1) of title 10, United States Code, to be 6 constructed in shipyards in the United States shall be ex- 7 pended in foreign facilities for the construction of major 8 components of such vessel: Provided further, That none of 9 the funds provided under this heading shall be used for 10 the construction of any covered ship as defined in section 11 8227 (e)(1) of title 10, United States Code, in foreign 12 shipyards: Provided further, That funds appropriated or 13 otherwise made available by this Act for Columbia Class 14 Submarine (AP) may be available for the purposes author- 15 ized by subsections (f), (g), (h), or (i) of section 2218a 16 of title 10, United States Code, only in accordance with 17 the provisions of the applicable subsection. 18 OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY 19 For procurement, production, and modernization of 20 support equipment and materials not otherwise provided 21 for, Navy ordnance (except ordnance for new aircraft, new 22 ships, and ships authorized for conversion); the purchase 23 of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; expan- 24 sion of public and private plants, including the land nec- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 33 •HR 9495 RH essary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may 1 be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to 2 approval of title; and procurement and installation of 3 equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and 4 private plants; reserve plant and Government and con- 5 tractor-owned equipment layaway, $17,486,518,000, to 6 remain available for obligation until September 30, 2029: 7 Provided, That such funds are also available for the main- 8 tenance, repair, and modernization of ships under a pilot 9 program established for such purposes. 10 PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 11 For expenses necessary for the procurement, manu- 12 facture, and modification of missiles, armament, military 13 equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant 14 equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation 15 thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and 16 Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; ve- 17 hicles for the Marine Corps, including the purchase of pas- 18 senger motor vehicles for replacement only; and expansion 19 of public and private plants, including land necessary 20 therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac- 21 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap- 22 proval of title, $5,356,462,000, to remain available for ob- 23 ligation until September 30, 2029. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 34 •HR 9495 RH AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 1 For construction, procurement, and modification of 2 aircraft and equipment, including armor and armament, 3 specialized ground handling equipment, and training de- 4 vices, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 5 equipment; expansion of public and private plants, Gov- 6 ernment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such 7 plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for 8 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 9 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 10 thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov- 11 ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and 12 other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes in- 13 cluding rents and transportation of things, 14 $27,449,748,000, to remain available for obligation until 15 September 30, 2029. 16 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 17 For construction, procurement, and modification of 18 missiles, rockets, and related equipment, including spare 19 parts and accessories therefor; ground handling equip- 20 ment, and training devices; expansion of public and pri- 21 vate plants, Government-owned equipment and installa- 22 tion thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and ac- 23 quisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such 24 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 35 •HR 9495 RH struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; re- 1 serve plant and Government and contractor-owned equip- 2 ment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the fore- 3 going purposes including rents and transportation of 4 things, $6,762,886,000, to remain available for obligation 5 until September 30, 2029. 6 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE 7 For construction, procurement, production, and 8 modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe- 9 cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub- 10 lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au- 11 thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 12 and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur- 13 poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac- 14 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap- 15 proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip- 16 ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 17 plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor- 18 owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 19 for the foregoing purposes, $878,565,000, to remain avail- 20 able for obligation until September 30, 2029. 21 OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 22 For procurement and modification of equipment (in- 23 cluding ground guidance and electronic control equipment, 24 and ground electronic and communication equipment), 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 36 •HR 9495 RH and supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not oth- 1 erwise provided for; the purchase of passenger motor vehi- 2 cles for replacement only; lease of passenger motor vehi- 3 cles; and expansion of public and private plants, Govern- 4 ment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such 5 plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for 6 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 7 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 8 thereon, prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov- 9 ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 10 $37,277,255,000, to remain available for obligation until 11 September 30, 2029. 12 PROCUREMENT, SPACE FORCE 13 For construction, procurement, and modification of 14 spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, including 15 spare parts and accessories therefor; ground handling 16 equipment, and training devices; expansion of public and 17 private plants, Government-owned equipment and installa- 18 tion thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and ac- 19 quisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such 20 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con- 21 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; re- 22 serve plant and Government and contractor-owned equip- 23 ment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the fore- 24 going purposes including rents and transportation of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 37 •HR 9495 RH things, $9,619,753,000, to remain available for obligation 1 until September 30, 2029. 2 PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE 3 For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart- 4 ment of Defense (other than the military departments) 5 necessary for procurement, production, and modification 6 of equipment, supplies, materials, and spare parts there- 7 for, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of passenger 8 motor vehicles for replacement only; expansion of public 9 and private plants, equipment, and installation thereof in 10 such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land 11 for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 12 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 13 thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov- 14 ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 15 $11,129,485,000, to remain available for obligation until 16 September 30, 2029. 17 DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES 18 For activities by the Department of Defense pursuant 19 to sections 108, 301, 302, and 303 of the Defense Produc- 20 tion Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4518, 4531, 4532, and 4533), 21 $552,787,000, to remain available for obligation until ex- 22 pended, which shall be obligated and expended by the Sec- 23 retary of Defense as if delegated the necessary authorities 24 conferred by the Defense Production Act of 1950. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 38 •HR 9495 RH DEFENSE STRATEGIC CAPITAL CREDIT PROGRAM 1 For the Department of Defense Credit Program Ac- 2 count, $216,000,000, to remain available until expended, 3 to carry out the capital assistance program, including 4 loans, loan guarantees, and technical assistance, estab- 5 lished under section 149(e) of title 10, United States 6 Code: Provided, That such amounts are available to sub- 7 sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of loans, 8 and total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaran- 9 teed, not to exceed $2,160,000,000: Provided further, That 10 such amounts are available to cover all costs and expendi- 11 tures as provided under section 149(e)(5)(B) of such title. 12 NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT 13 For procurement of rotary-wing aircraft; combat, tac- 14 tical and support vehicles; other weapons; and other pro- 15 curement items for the reserve components of the Armed 16 Forces, $1,000,000,000, to remain available for obligation 17 until September 30, 2029: Provided, That the Chiefs of 18 National Guard and Reserve components shall, not later 19 than 30 days after enactment of this Act, individually sub- 20 mit to the congressional defense committees the mod- 21 ernization priority assessment for their respective Na- 22 tional Guard or Reserve component: Provided further, 23 That none of the funds made available by this paragraph 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 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rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa- 15 cilities and equipment, $34,570,694,000, to remain avail- 16 able for obligation until September 30, 2028: 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 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 41 •HR 9495 RH cilities and equipment, $74,820,382,000, to remain avail- 1 able for obligation until September 30, 2028. 2 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 3 SPACE FORCE 4 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci- 5 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ- 6 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa- 7 cilities and equipment, $35,319,886,000, to remain avail- 8 able until September 30, 2028. 9 GOLDEN DOME FOR AMERICA FUND 10 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 11 to counter the threat of attack by ballistic, hypersonic, and 12 cruise missiles, and other advanced aerial attacks, 13 $397,971,000, to remain available until September 30, 14 2029. 15 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 16 DEFENSE-WIDE 17 For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart- 18 ment of Defense (other than the military departments), 19 necessary for basic and applied scientific research, devel- 20 opment, test and evaluation; advanced research projects 21 as may be designated and determined by the Secretary 22 of Defense, pursuant to law; maintenance, rehabilitation, 23 lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 42 •HR 9495 RH $54,747,835,000, to remain available for obligation until 1 September 30, 2028. 2 OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE 3 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 4 for the independent activities of the Director, Operational 5 Test and Evaluation, in the direction and supervision of 6 operational test and evaluation, including initial oper- 7 ational test and evaluation which is conducted prior to, 8 and in support of, production decisions; joint operational 9 testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in 10 connection therewith, $127,365,000, to remain available 11 for obligation until September 30, 2028. 12 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 43 •HR 9495 RH TITLE V 1 REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 2 DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS 3 For the Defense Working Capital Funds, 4 $4,756,693,000. 5 NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE TRANSACTION FUND 6 For the National Defense Stockpile Transaction 7 Fund, $5,700,000, for activities pursuant to the Strategic 8 and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98 et 9 seq.). 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 44 •HR 9495 RH TITLE VI 1 OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 2 COMBAT AND OPERATIONAL MEDICINE PROGRAM 3 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical 4 and health care programs of the Department of Defense 5 as authorized by law, $21,404,240,000; of which 6 $18,944,650,000 shall be for operation and maintenance; 7 of which not to exceed one percent shall remain available 8 for obligation until September 30, 2028; and of which 9 $371,728,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep- 10 tember 30, 2029, shall be for procurement; of which 11 $2,087,862,000, to remain available for obligation until 12 September 30, 2028, shall be for research, development, 13 test and evaluation: Provided, That of the funds provided 14 under this heading for research, development, test and 15 evaluation, not less than $916,500,000 shall be made 16 available to the Defense Health Agency to carry out the 17 congressionally directed medical research programs: Pro- 18 vided further, That, not-withstanding any other provision 19 of law, of the amount made available under this heading 20 for research, development, test and evaluation, not less 21 than $15,000,000 shall be available for HIV prevention 22 educational activities undertaken in connection with the 23 United States military training, exercises, and humani- 24 tarian assistance activities conducted primarily in African 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 45 •HR 9495 RH nations: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 1 shall submit to the congressional defense committees quar- 2 terly reports on the current status of the electronic health 3 record program: Provided further, That the Comptroller 4 General of the United States shall perform quarterly per- 5 formance reviews of the electronic health record program. 6 PRIVATE SECTOR CARE PROGRAM 7 For operation and maintenance expenses of the De- 8 partment of Defense for contracts entered into under the 9 TRICARE program, $21,993,389,000; of which not to ex- 10 ceed one percent shall remain available for obligation until 11 September 30, 2028. 12 CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, 13 DEFENSE 14 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 15 for the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal 16 chemical agents and munitions in accordance with the pro- 17 visions of section 1412 of the Department of Defense Au- 18 thorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), $55,972,000, to 19 remain available until September 30, 2028, shall be for 20 research, development, test and evaluation. 21 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 46 •HR 9495 RH DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 1 DEFENSE 2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3 For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of 4 the Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations 5 available to the Department of Defense for military per- 6 sonnel of the reserve components serving under the provi- 7 sions of title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for oper- 8 ation and maintenance; for procurement; and for research, 9 development, test and evaluation, $1,158,745,000, of 10 which $680,000,000 shall be for counter-narcotics sup- 11 port; $143,745,000 shall be for the drug demand reduc- 12 tion program; $305,000,000 shall be for the National 13 Guard counter-drug program; and $30,000,000 shall be 14 for the National Guard counter-drug schools program: 15 Provided, That the funds appropriated under this heading 16 shall be available for obligation for the same time period 17 and for the same purpose as the appropriation to which 18 transferred: Provided further, That upon a determination 19 that all or part of the funds transferred from this appro- 20 priation are not necessary for the purposes provided here- 21 in, such amounts may be transferred back to this appro- 22 priation: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro- 23 vided under this heading is in addition to any other trans- 24 fer authority contained elsewhere in this Act. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 47 •HR 9495 RH OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 1 For expenses and activities of the Office of the In- 2 spector General in carrying out the provisions of the In- 3 spector General Act of 1978, as amended, $506,343,000, 4 of which $503,444,000 shall be for operation and mainte- 5 nance, of which not to exceed $700,000 is available for 6 emergencies and extraordinary expenses to be expended 7 upon the approval or authority of the Inspector General, 8 and payments may be made upon the Inspector General’s 9 certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes; 10 of which $1,393,000, to remain available for obligation 11 until September 30, 2029, shall be for procurement; and 12 of which $1,506,000, to remain available until September 13 30, 2028, shall be for research, development, test and eval- 14 uation. 15 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 48 •HR 9495 RH TITLE VII 1 RELATED AGENCIES 2 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND 3 DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND 4 For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Re- 5 tirement and Disability System Fund, to maintain the 6 proper funding level for continuing the operation of the 7 Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 8 System, $514,000,000. 9 INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT 10 For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Commu- 11 nity Management Account, $575,350,000. 12 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 49 •HR 9495 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 shall 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 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 50 •HR 9495 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 $3,000,000,000 of working capital funds of the De- 16 partment of Defense or funds made available in 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 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 51 •HR 9495 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, 2027: 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 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 52 •HR 9495 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) shall 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 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 53 •HR 9495 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 2027: 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 requirement: Provided, That this subsection shall not 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 54 •HR 9495 RH apply to transfers from the following appropriations ac- 1 counts: 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 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 55 •HR 9495 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, or materially modify the scope of, a 11 special access program without prior notification 30 cal- 12 endar days in advance to the congressional defense com- 13 mittees. 14 SEC. 8010. (a) None of the funds made available to 15 the Department of Defense for this fiscal year or any prior 16 fiscal year shall be available to initiate: (1) a multiyear 17 contract that employs economic order quantity procure- 18 ment in excess of $20,000,000 in any one year of the con- 19 tract or that includes an unfunded contingent liability in 20 excess of $20,000,000; or (2) a contract for advance pro- 21 curement leading to a multiyear contract that employs 22 economic order quantity procurement in excess of 23 $20,000,000 in any one year, unless the congressional de- 24 fense committees have been notified at least 30 days in 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 56 •HR 9495 RH advance of the proposed contract award: Provided, That 1 no part of any appropriation made available to the Depart- 2 ment of Defense for this fiscal year or any prior fiscal 3 year shall be available to initiate a multiyear contract for 4 which the economic order quantity advance procurement 5 is not funded at least to the limits of the Government’s 6 liability: Provided further, That no part of any appropria- 7 tion made available to the Department of Defense for this 8 fiscal year or any prior fiscal year shall be available to 9 initiate multiyear procurement contracts for any systems 10 or component thereof if the value of the multiyear contract 11 would exceed $500,000,000 unless specifically provided in 12 this Act: Provided further, That no multiyear procurement 13 contract can be terminated without 30-day prior notifica- 14 tion to the congressional defense committees: Provided 15 further, That the execution of multiyear authority shall re- 16 quire the use of a present value analysis to determine low- 17 est cost compared to an annual procurement. 18 (b) None of the funds made available to the Depart- 19 ment of Defense for this fiscal year or any prior fiscal 20 year may be used for a multiyear contract executed after 21 the date of the enactment of this Act unless in the case 22 of any such contract— 23 (1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to 24 Congress a budget request for full funding of units 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 57 •HR 9495 RH to be procured through the contract and, in the case 1 of a contract for procurement of aircraft, that in- 2 cludes, for any aircraft unit to be procured through 3 the contract for which procurement funds are re- 4 quested in that budget request for production be- 5 yond advance procurement activities in the fiscal 6 year covered by the budget, full funding of procure- 7 ment of such unit in that fiscal year; 8 (2) cancellation provisions in the contract do 9 not include consideration of recurring manufacturing 10 costs of the contractor associated with the produc- 11 tion of unfunded units to be delivered under the con- 12 tract; 13 (3) the contract provides that payments to the 14 contractor under the contract shall not be made in 15 advance of incurred costs on funded units; and 16 (4) the contract does not provide for a price ad- 17 justment based on a failure. 18 (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b)(4)(B) of section 19 804 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 20 Year 2026 (Public Law 119–60), funds appropriated to 21 the Department of Defense in title III of this Act or in 22 any other provision of law may be used for multiyear pro- 23 curement contracts as follows: John Lewis class Oilers; for 24 a period of not more than five years, as follows: Standard 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 58 •HR 9495 RH Missile–6; Long Range Anti-Ship Missile; Joint Air-to- 1 Surface Standoff Missile Extended Range; Advanced Me- 2 dium-Range Air-to-Air Missile; and Standard Missile–3 3 Block 1B; Joint Advanced Tactical Missile; Precision 4 Strike Missile; Standard Missile–3 IIA; for a period of not 5 more than seven years, as follows: PATRIOT Advanced 6 Capability–3 Missile Segment Enhancement; Terminal 7 High Altitude Area Defense; and Tomahawk Cruise Mis- 8 sile Systems; and for a period of not more than three 9 years, as follows: Family of Affordable Mass Missiles 10 (FAMM), Ground-Launched Low-Cost Cruise Missile Sys- 11 tems, and Low-cost hypersonic strike systems; Provided, 12 That for FAMM, Ground-Launched Low-Cost Cruise Mis- 13 sile, or Low-cost hypersonic strike systems, a multiyear 14 contract may not be initiated unless the Secretary of De- 15 fense has submitted a notification to the Committees on 16 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 17 Senate certifying completion of qualification and oper- 18 ational test and evaluation of such system at least 30 days 19 in advance of a contract award. 20 SEC. 8011. Within the funds appropriated for the op- 21 eration and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are 22 hereby appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, 23 United States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance 24 costs under chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code: 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 59 •HR 9495 RH Provided, That such funds may also be obligated for hu- 1 manitarian and civic assistance costs incidental to author- 2 ized operations and pursuant to authority granted in sec- 3 tion 401 of title 10, United States Code, and these obliga- 4 tions shall be reported as required by section 401(d) of 5 title 10, United States Code: Provided further, That funds 6 available for operation and maintenance shall be available 7 for providing humanitarian and similar assistance by 8 using Civic Action Teams in the Trust Territories of the 9 Pacific Islands and freely associated states of Micronesia, 10 pursuant to the Compact of Free Association as author- 11 ized by Public Law 99–239: Provided further, That upon 12 a determination by the Secretary of Defense that such ac- 13 tion is beneficial for graduate medical education programs 14 conducted at Defense Health Agency medical facilities lo- 15 cated in Hawaii, the Secretary of Defense may authorize 16 the provision of medical services at such facilities and 17 transportation to such facilities, on a nonreimbursable 18 basis, for civilian patients from American Samoa, the 19 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Mar- 20 shall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, 21 and Guam. 22 SEC. 8012. None of the funds appropriated by this 23 or any other Act, including prior year Acts, may be used 24 to obligate and expend funds in the Defense Moderniza- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 60 •HR 9495 RH tion Account made available in accordance with subsection 1 (c) of section 3136 of title 10, United States Code, except 2 for the purposes described in paragraphs (d)(1) through 3 (d)(4): Provided, That any program increases, as detailed 4 in the tables titled Explanation of Project Level Adjust- 5 ments in the report accompanying this Act, may not be 6 transferred to the Defense Modernization Account pursu- 7 ant to subsection (c) of section 3136 of title 10, United 8 States Code. 9 SEC. 8013. None of the funds made available by this 10 Act shall be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to in- 11 fluence congressional action on any legislation or appro- 12 priation matters pending before the Congress. 13 SEC. 8014. None of the funds available in this Act 14 to the Department of Defense, other than appropriations 15 made for necessary or routine refurbishments, upgrades, 16 or maintenance activities, shall be used to reduce or to 17 prepare to reduce the number of deployed and non-de- 18 ployed strategic delivery vehicles and launchers below the 19 levels set forth in the report submitted to Congress in ac- 20 cordance with section 1042 of the National Defense Au- 21 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. 22 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 23 SEC. 8015. (a) Funds appropriated in title III of this 24 Act for the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Prote´ge´ 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 61 •HR 9495 RH Program may be transferred to any other appropriation 1 contained in this Act solely for the purpose of imple- 2 menting a Mentor-Prote´ge´ Program developmental assist- 3 ance agreement pursuant to section 4902 of title 10, 4 United States Code, under the authority of this provision 5 or any other transfer authority contained in this Act. 6 (b) The Secretary of Defense shall include with the 7 budget justification documents in support of the budget 8 for fiscal year 2028 (as submitted to Congress pursuant 9 to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code) a descrip- 10 tion of each transfer under this section that occurred dur- 11 ing the last fiscal year before the fiscal year in which such 12 budget is submitted. 13 SEC. 8016. None of the funds in this Act may be 14 available for the purchase by the Department of Defense 15 (and its departments and agencies) of welded shipboard 16 anchor and mooring chain unless the anchor and mooring 17 chain are manufactured in the United States from compo- 18 nents which are substantially manufactured in the United 19 States: Provided, That for the purpose of this section, the 20 term ‘‘manufactured’’ shall include cutting, heat treating, 21 quality control, testing of chain and welding (including the 22 forging and shot blasting process): Provided further, That 23 for the purpose of this section substantially all of the com- 24 ponents of anchor and mooring chain shall be considered 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 62 •HR 9495 RH to be produced or manufactured in the United States if 1 the aggregate cost of the components produced or manu- 2 factured in the United States exceeds the aggregate cost 3 of the components produced or manufactured outside the 4 United States: Provided further, That when adequate do- 5 mestic supplies are not available to meet Department of 6 Defense requirements on a timely basis, the Secretary of 7 the Service responsible for the procurement may waive this 8 restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 9 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 10 resentatives and the Senate that such an acquisition must 11 be made in order to acquire capability for national security 12 purposes. 13 SEC. 8017. None of the funds appropriated by this 14 Act shall be used for the support of any nonappropriated 15 funds activity of the Department of Defense that procures 16 malt beverages and wine with nonappropriated funds for 17 resale (including such alcoholic beverages sold by the 18 drink) on a military installation located in the United 19 States unless such malt beverages and wine are procured 20 within that State, or in the case of the District of Colum- 21 bia, within the District of Columbia, in which the military 22 installation is located: Provided, That, in a case in which 23 the military installation is located in more than one State, 24 purchases may be made in any State in which the installa- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 63 •HR 9495 RH tion is located: Provided further, That such local procure- 1 ment requirements for malt beverages and wine shall 2 apply to all alcoholic beverages only for military installa- 3 tions in States which are not contiguous with another 4 State: Provided further, That alcoholic beverages other 5 than wine and malt beverages, in contiguous States and 6 the District of Columbia shall be procured from the most 7 competitive source, price and other factors considered. 8 SEC. 8018. None of the funds available to the De- 9 partment of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dis- 10 pose of M–1 Carbines, M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles, 11 .22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M–1911 pistols, or 12 to demilitarize or destroy small arms ammunition or am- 13 munition components that are not otherwise prohibited 14 from commercial sale under Federal law, unless the small 15 arms ammunition or ammunition components are certified 16 by the Secretary of the Army or designee as unserviceable 17 or unsafe for further use. 18 SEC. 8019. No more than $500,000 of the funds ap- 19 propriated or made available in this Act shall be used dur- 20 ing a single fiscal year for any single relocation of an orga- 21 nization, unit, activity or function of the Department of 22 Defense into or within the National Capital Region: Pro- 23 vided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this re- 24 striction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 64 •HR 9495 RH to the congressional defense committees that such a relo- 1 cation is required in the best interest of the Government. 2 SEC. 8020. Of the funds made available in this Act 3 under the heading ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’, 4 $41,821,000 shall be available only for incentive payments 5 authorized by section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 6 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544): Provided, That a prime contractor 7 or a subcontractor at any tier that makes a subcontract 8 award to any subcontractor or supplier as defined in sec- 9 tion 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small busi- 10 ness owned and controlled by an individual or individuals 11 defined under section 4221(9) of title 25, United States 12 Code, shall be considered a contractor for the purposes 13 of being allowed additional compensation under section 14 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 15 1544) whenever the prime contract or subcontract amount 16 is over $500,000 and involves the expenditure of funds 17 appropriated by an Act making appropriations for the De- 18 partment of Defense with respect to any fiscal year: Pro- 19 vided further, That notwithstanding section 1906 of title 20 41, United States Code, this section shall be applicable 21 to any Department of Defense acquisition of supplies or 22 services, including any contract and any subcontract at 23 any tier for acquisition of commercial items produced or 24 manufactured, in whole or in part, by any subcontractor 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 65 •HR 9495 RH or supplier defined in section 1544 of title 25, United 1 States Code, or a small business owned and controlled by 2 an individual or individuals defined under section 4221(9) 3 of title 25, United States Code. 4 SEC. 8021. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 5 of law, the Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no 6 cost to the Air Force, without consideration, to Indian 7 tribes located in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Da- 8 kota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and 9 Washington relocatable military housing units located at 10 Grand Forks Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, 11 Mountain Home Air Force Base, Ellsworth Air Force 12 Base, and Minot Air Force Base that are excess to the 13 needs of the Air Force. 14 (b) The Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, at 15 no cost to the Air Force, military housing units under sub- 16 section (a) in accordance with the request for such units 17 that are submitted to the Secretary by the Operation 18 Walking Shield Program on behalf of Indian tribes located 19 in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Da- 20 kota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington. Any 21 such conveyance shall be subject to the condition that the 22 housing units shall be removed within a reasonable period 23 of time, as determined by the Secretary. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 66 •HR 9495 RH (c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall re- 1 solve any conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for 2 housing units under subsection (a) before submitting re- 3 quests to the Secretary of the Air Force under subsection 4 (b). 5 (d) In this section, the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means 6 any recognized Indian tribe included on the current list 7 published by the Secretary of the Interior under section 8 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 9 (Public Law 103–454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 5131). 10 SEC. 8022. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart- 11 ment of Defense under the heading ‘‘Operation and Main- 12 tenance, Defense-Wide’’, not less than $12,000,000 may 13 be made available only for the mitigation of environmental 14 impacts, including training and technical assistance to 15 tribes, related administrative support, the gathering of in- 16 formation, documenting of environmental damage, and de- 17 veloping a system for prioritization of mitigation and cost 18 to complete estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands re- 19 sulting from Department of Defense activities. 20 SEC. 8023. Funds appropriated by this Act for the 21 Defense Media Activity shall not be used for any national 22 or international political or psychological activities. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 67 •HR 9495 RH SEC. 8024. (a) Of the funds made available in this 1 Act, not less than $87,100,000 shall be available for the 2 Civil Air Patrol Corporation, of which— 3 (1) $62,200,000 shall be available from ‘‘Oper- 4 ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ to support Civil 5 Air Patrol Corporation operation and maintenance, 6 readiness, counter-drug activities, and drug demand 7 reduction activities involving youth programs; 8 (2) $21,500,000 shall be available from ‘‘Air- 9 craft Procurement, Air Force’’; and 10 (3) $3,400,000 shall be available from ‘‘Other 11 Procurement, Air Force’’ for vehicle procurement. 12 (b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reim- 13 bursement for any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for 14 counter-drug activities in support of Federal, State, and 15 local government agencies. 16 SEC. 8025. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 17 Act are available to establish a new Department of De- 18 fense (department) federally funded research and develop- 19 ment center (FFRDC), either as a new entity, or as a 20 separate entity administrated by an organization man- 21 aging another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership cor- 22 poration consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and 23 other nonprofit entities. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 68 •HR 9495 RH (b) Except when acting in a technical advisory capac- 1 ity, no member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Over- 2 seers, Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Com- 3 mittee, or any similar entity of a defense FFRDC, or any 4 entity that contracts with the Federal government to man- 5 age or operate one or more FFRDCs, or any paid consult- 6 ant to a defense FFRDC shall receive funds appropriated 7 by this Act as compensation for services as a member of 8 such entity: Provided, That a member of any such entity 9 shall be allowed travel expenses and per diem as author- 10 ized under the Federal Joint Travel Regulations, when en- 11 gaged in the performance of membership duties: Provided 12 further, That except when acting in a technical advisory 13 capacity, no paid consultant shall receive funds appro- 14 priated by this Act as compensation by more than one 15 FFRDC in a calendar year. 16 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 17 of the funds available to the department from any source 18 during the current fiscal year may be used by a defense 19 FFRDC, through a fee or other payment mechanism, for 20 construction of new buildings not located on a military in- 21 stallation, for payment of cost sharing for projects funded 22 by Government grants, for absorption of contract over- 23 runs, or for certain charitable contributions, not to include 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 69 •HR 9495 RH employee participation in community service and/or devel- 1 opment. 2 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of 3 the funds appropriated in this Act, not more than 4 $3,030,615,000 may be funded for professional technical 5 staff-related costs of the defense FFRDCs: Provided, That 6 within such funds, not more than $484,365,000 shall be 7 available for the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs: 8 Provided further, That this subsection shall not apply to 9 staff years funded in the National Intelligence Program 10 and the Military Intelligence Program: Provided further, 11 That the Secretary of Defense shall, with the submission 12 of the department’s fiscal year 2028 budget request, sub- 13 mit a report presenting the specific amounts of staff years 14 of technical effort to be allocated for each defense FFRDC 15 by program during that fiscal year and the associated 16 budget estimates, by appropriation account and program. 17 SEC. 8026. For the purposes of this Act, the term 18 ‘‘congressional defense committees’’ means the Armed 19 Services Committee of the House of Representatives, the 20 Armed Services Committee of the Senate, the Sub- 21 committee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations 22 of the House of Representatives, and the Subcommittee 23 on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the 24 Senate. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 70 •HR 9495 RH SEC. 8027. For the purposes of this Act, the term 1 ‘‘congressional intelligence committees’’ means the Perma- 2 nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 3 Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of 4 the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Com- 5 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 6 and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on 7 Appropriations of the Senate. 8 SEC. 8028. During the current fiscal year, the De- 9 partment of Defense may acquire the modification, depot 10 maintenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels 11 as well as the production of components and other De- 12 fense-related articles, through competition between De- 13 partment of Defense depot maintenance activities and pri- 14 vate firms: Provided, That the Senior Acquisition Execu- 15 tive of the military department or Defense Agency con- 16 cerned, with power of delegation, shall certify that success- 17 ful bids include comparable estimates of all direct and in- 18 direct costs for both public and private bids: Provided fur- 19 ther, That Office of Management and Budget Circular A– 20 76 shall not apply to competitions conducted under this 21 section. 22 SEC. 8029. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 23 Act may be expended by an entity of the Department of 24 Defense unless the entity, in expending the funds, com- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 71 •HR 9495 RH plies with the Buy American Act. For purposes of this 1 subsection, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ means chapter 2 83 of title 41, United States Code. 3 (b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a per- 4 son has been convicted of intentionally affixing a label 5 bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription to any product 6 sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made 7 in America, the Secretary shall determine, in accordance 8 with section 4658 of title 10, United States Code, whether 9 the person should be debarred from contracting with the 10 Department of Defense. 11 (c) In the case of any equipment or products pur- 12 chased with appropriations provided under this Act, it is 13 the sense of the Congress that any entity of the Depart- 14 ment of Defense, in expending the appropriation, purchase 15 only American-made equipment and products, provided 16 that American-made equipment and products are cost- 17 competitive, quality competitive, and available in a timely 18 fashion. 19 SEC. 8030. None of the funds appropriated or made 20 available in this Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy, 21 or armor steel plate for use in any Government-owned fa- 22 cility or property under the control of the Department of 23 Defense which were not melted and rolled in the United 24 States or Canada: Provided, That these procurement re- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 72 •HR 9495 RH strictions shall apply to any and all Federal Supply Class 1 9515, American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) 2 or American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications 3 of carbon, alloy or armor steel plate: Provided further, 4 That the Secretary of the military department responsible 5 for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case- 6 by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees 7 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 8 Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not available 9 to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely 10 basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order 11 to acquire capability for national security purposes: Pro- 12 vided further, That these restrictions shall not apply to 13 contracts which are in being as of the date of the enact- 14 ment of this Act. 15 SEC. 8031. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after 16 consultation with the United States Trade Representative, 17 determines that a foreign country which is party to an 18 agreement described in paragraph (2) has violated the 19 terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain 20 types of products produced in the United States that are 21 covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall 22 rescind the Secretary’s blanket waiver of the Buy Amer- 23 ican Act with respect to such types of products produced 24 in that foreign country. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 73 •HR 9495 RH (2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any 1 reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of under- 2 standing, between the United States and a foreign country 3 pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense has prospec- 4 tively waived the Buy American Act for certain products 5 in that country. 6 (b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Con- 7 gress a report on the amount of Department of Defense 8 purchases from foreign entities in fiscal year 2027. Such 9 report shall separately indicate the dollar value of items 10 for which the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to 11 any agreement described in subsection (a)(2), the Trade 12 Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or any 13 international agreement to which the United States is a 14 party. 15 (c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Buy 16 American Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 41, United 17 States Code. 18 SEC. 8032. None of the funds appropriated by this 19 Act may be used for the procurement of ball and roller 20 bearings other than those produced by a domestic source 21 and of domestic origin: Provided, That the Secretary of 22 the military department responsible for such procurement 23 may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certi- 24 fying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00073 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 74 •HR 9495 RH the House of Representatives and the Senate, that ade- 1 quate domestic supplies are not available to meet Depart- 2 ment of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that 3 such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire ca- 4 pability for national security purposes: Provided further, 5 That this restriction shall not apply to the purchase of 6 ‘‘commercial products’’, as defined by section 103 of title 7 41, United States Code, except that the restriction shall 8 apply to ball or roller bearings purchased as end items. 9 SEC. 8033. None of the funds in this Act may be 10 used to purchase any supercomputer which is not manu- 11 factured in the United States, unless the Secretary of De- 12 fense certifies to the congressional defense committees 13 that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire 14 capability for national security purposes that is not avail- 15 able from United States manufacturers. 16 SEC. 8034. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a 17 case-by-case basis, waive with respect to a foreign country 18 each limitation on the procurement of defense items from 19 foreign sources provided in law if the Secretary determines 20 that the application of the limitation with respect to that 21 country would invalidate cooperative programs entered 22 into between the Department of Defense and the foreign 23 country, or would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements 24 for the procurement of defense items entered into under 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 75 •HR 9495 RH section 4851 of title 10, United States Code, and the 1 country does not discriminate against the same or similar 2 defense items produced in the United States for that coun- 3 try. 4 (b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to— 5 (1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on 6 or after the date of the enactment of this Act; and 7 (2) options for the procurement of items that 8 are exercised after such date under contracts that 9 are entered into before such date if the option prices 10 are adjusted for any reason other than the applica- 11 tion of a waiver granted under subsection (a). 12 (c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation re- 13 garding construction of public vessels, ball and roller bear- 14 ings, food, and clothing or textile materials as defined by 15 section XI (chapters 50–65) of the Harmonized Tariff 16 Schedule of the United States and products classified 17 under headings 4010, 4202, 4203, 6401 through 6406, 18 6505, 7019, 7218 through 7229, 7304.41 through 19 7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 through 7508, 8105, 8108, 8109, 20 8211, 8215, and 9404. 21 SEC. 8035. None of the funds made available in this 22 Act, or any subsequent Act making appropriations for the 23 Department of Defense, may be used for the purchase or 24 manufacture of a flag of the United States unless such 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 76 •HR 9495 RH flags are treated as covered items under section 4862(b) 1 of title 10, United States Code. 2 SEC. 8036. During the current fiscal year, amounts 3 contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military 4 Facility Investment Recovery Account shall be available 5 until expended for the payments specified by section 6 2687a(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code. 7 SEC. 8037. During the current fiscal year, appropria- 8 tions which are available to the Department of Defense 9 for operation and maintenance may be used to purchase 10 items having an investment item unit cost of not more 11 than $350,000: Provided, That upon determination by the 12 Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary to meet 13 the operational requirements of a Commander of a Com- 14 batant Command engaged in a named contingency oper- 15 ation overseas, such funds may be used to purchase items 16 having an investment item unit cost of not more than 17 $500,000. 18 SEC. 8038. Up to $18,000,000 of the funds appro- 19 priated under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 20 Navy’’ may be made available for the Asia Pacific Re- 21 gional Initiative Program for the purpose of enabling the 22 United States Indo-Pacific Command to execute Theater 23 Security Cooperation activities such as humanitarian as- 24 sistance, and payment of incremental and personnel costs 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 77 •HR 9495 RH of training and exercising with foreign security forces: 1 Provided, That funds made available for this purpose may 2 be used, notwithstanding any other funding authorities for 3 humanitarian assistance, security assistance or combined 4 exercise expenses: Provided further, That funds may not 5 be obligated to provide assistance to any foreign country 6 that is otherwise prohibited from receiving such type of 7 assistance under any other provision of law. 8 SEC. 8039. The Secretary of Defense shall issue reg- 9 ulations to prohibit the sale of any tobacco or tobacco- 10 related products in military resale outlets in the United 11 States, its territories and possessions at a price below the 12 most competitive price in the local community: Provided, 13 That such regulations shall direct that the prices of to- 14 bacco or tobacco-related products in overseas military re- 15 tail outlets shall be within the range of prices established 16 for military retail system stores located in the United 17 States. 18 SEC. 8040. (a) During the current fiscal year, none 19 of the appropriations or funds available to the Department 20 of Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the 21 purchase of an investment item for the purpose of acquir- 22 ing a new inventory item for sale or anticipated sale dur- 23 ing the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to 24 customers of the Department of Defense Working Capital 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 78 •HR 9495 RH Funds if such an item would not have been chargeable 1 to the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund 2 during fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of such an 3 investment item would be chargeable during the current 4 fiscal year to appropriations made to the Department of 5 Defense for procurement. 6 (b) The fiscal year 2028 budget request for the De- 7 partment of Defense as well as all justification material 8 and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2028 9 Department of Defense budget shall be prepared and sub- 10 mitted to the Congress on the basis that any equipment 11 which was classified as an end item and funded in a pro- 12 curement appropriation contained in this Act shall be 13 budgeted for in a proposed fiscal year 2028 procurement 14 appropriation and not in the supply management business 15 area or any other area or category of the Department of 16 Defense Working Capital Funds. 17 SEC. 8041. None of the funds appropriated by this 18 Act for programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall 19 remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 20 year, except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for 21 Contingencies, which shall remain available until Sep- 22 tember 30, 2028: Provided, That funds appropriated, 23 transferred, or otherwise credited to the Central Intel- 24 ligence Agency Central Services Working Capital Fund 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 79 •HR 9495 RH during this or any prior fiscal year shall remain available 1 until expended: Provided further, That any funds appro- 2 priated or transferred to the Central Intelligence Agency 3 for advanced research and development acquisition, for 4 agent operations, and for covert action programs author- 5 ized by the President under section 503 of the National 6 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093) shall remain avail- 7 able until September 30, 2028: Provided further, That any 8 funds appropriated or transferred to the Central Intel- 9 ligence Agency for the construction, improvement, or al- 10 teration of facilities, including leased facilities, to be used 11 primarily by personnel of the intelligence community, shall 12 remain available until September 30, 2029. 13 SEC. 8042. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) 14 and (c), none of the funds made available by this Act may 15 be used— 16 (1) to establish a field operating agency; or 17 (2) to pay the basic pay of a member of the 18 Armed Forces or civilian employee of the Depart- 19 ment of Defense who is transferred or reassigned 20 from a headquarters activity if the member or em- 21 ployee’s place of duty remains at the location of that 22 headquarters. 23 (b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a mili- 24 tary department may waive the limitations in subsection 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00079 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 80 •HR 9495 RH (a), on a case-by-case basis, if the Secretary determines, 1 and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations of the 2 House of Representatives and the Senate that the grant- 3 ing of the waiver will reduce the personnel requirements 4 or the financial requirements of the department. 5 (c) This section does not apply to— 6 (1) field operating agencies funded within the 7 National Intelligence Program; 8 (2) an Army field operating agency established 9 to eliminate, mitigate, or counter the effects of im- 10 provised explosive devices, and, as determined by the 11 Secretary of the Army, other similar threats; 12 (3) an Army field operating agency established 13 to improve the effectiveness and efficiencies of bio- 14 metric activities and to integrate common biometric 15 technologies throughout the Department of Defense; 16 or 17 (4) an Air Force field operating agency estab- 18 lished to administer the Air Force Mortuary Affairs 19 Program and Mortuary Operations for the Depart- 20 ment of Defense and authorized Federal entities. 21 SEC. 8043. (a) None of the funds appropriated by 22 this Act shall be available to convert to contractor per- 23 formance an activity or function of the Department of De- 24 fense that, on or after the date of the enactment of this 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00080 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 81 •HR 9495 RH Act, is performed by Department of Defense civilian em- 1 ployees unless— 2 (1) the conversion is based on the result of a 3 public-private competition that includes a most effi- 4 cient and cost effective organization plan developed 5 by such activity or function; 6 (2) the Competitive Sourcing Official deter- 7 mines that, over all performance periods stated in 8 the solicitation of offers for performance of the ac- 9 tivity or function, the cost of performance of the ac- 10 tivity or function by a contractor would be less costly 11 to the Department of Defense by an amount that 12 equals or exceeds the lesser of— 13 (A) 10 percent of the most efficient organi- 14 zation’s personnel-related costs for performance 15 of that activity or function by Federal employ- 16 ees; or 17 (B) $10,000,000; and 18 (3) the contractor does not receive an advan- 19 tage for a proposal that would reduce costs for the 20 Department of Defense by— 21 (A) not making an employer-sponsored 22 health insurance plan available to the workers 23 who are to be employed in the performance of 24 that activity or function under the contract; or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 82 •HR 9495 RH (B) offering to such workers an employer- 1 sponsored health benefits plan that requires the 2 employer to contribute less towards the pre- 3 mium or subscription share than the amount 4 that is paid by the Department of Defense for 5 health benefits for civilian employees under 6 chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 7 (b)(1) The Department of Defense, without regard 8 to subsection (a) of this section or subsection (a), (b), or 9 (c) of section 2461 of title 10, United States Code, and 10 notwithstanding any administrative regulation, require- 11 ment, or policy to the contrary shall have full authority 12 to enter into a contract for the performance of any com- 13 mercial or industrial type function of the Department of 14 Defense that— 15 (A) is included on the procurement list estab- 16 lished pursuant to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner- 17 O’Day Act (section 8503 of title 41, United States 18 Code); 19 (B) is planned to be converted to performance 20 by a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or by 21 a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handi- 22 capped individuals in accordance with that Act; or 23 (C) is planned to be converted to performance 24 by a qualified firm under at least 51 percent owner- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00082 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 83 •HR 9495 RH ship by an Indian tribe, as defined in section 4(e) 1 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education As- 2 sistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), or a Native Ha- 3 waiian Organization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) 4 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15)). 5 (2) This section shall not apply to depot contracts 6 or contracts for depot maintenance as provided in sections 7 2469 and 2474 of title 10, United States Code. 8 (c) The conversion of any activity or function of the 9 Department of Defense under the authority provided by 10 this section shall be credited toward any competitive or 11 outsourcing goal, target, or measurement that may be es- 12 tablished by statute, regulation, or policy and is deemed 13 to be awarded under the authority of, and in compliance 14 with, subsection (h) of section 2304 of title 10, United 15 States Code, for the competition or outsourcing of com- 16 mercial activities. 17 (RESCISSIONS) 18 SEC. 8044. Of the funds appropriated in Department 19 of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are 20 hereby rescinded from the following accounts and pro- 21 grams in the specified amounts: Provided, That no 22 amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des- 23 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 24 pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 84 •HR 9495 RH Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1 1985: 2 ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Army’’, 2025/ 3 2027, $19,165,000; 4 ‘‘Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Train 5 and Equip Fund’’, 2026/2027, $20,000,000; 6 ‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 2026/2028, 7 $45,000,000; 8 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 9 Army’’, 2026/2027, $84,000,000; 10 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 11 Navy’’, 2026/2027, $94,200,000; 12 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 13 Defense-Wide’’, 2026/2027, $142,800,000. 14 SEC. 8045. None of the funds available in this Act 15 may be used to reduce the authorized positions for mili- 16 tary technicians (dual status) of the Army National 17 Guard, Air National Guard, Army Reserve and Air Force 18 Reserve for the purpose of applying any administratively 19 imposed civilian personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on 20 military technicians (dual status), unless such reductions 21 are a direct result of a reduction in military force struc- 22 ture. 23 SEC. 8046. None of the funds appropriated or other- 24 wise made available in this Act may be obligated or ex- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00084 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 85 •HR 9495 RH pended for assistance to the Democratic People’s Republic 1 of Korea unless specifically appropriated for that purpose: 2 Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to any ac- 3 tivities incidental to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting 4 Agency mission to recover and identify the remains of 5 United States Armed Forces personnel from the Demo- 6 cratic People’s Republic of Korea. 7 SEC. 8047. (a) None of the funds available to the 8 Department of Defense for any fiscal year for drug inter- 9 diction or counter-drug activities may be transferred to 10 any other department or agency of the United States ex- 11 cept as specifically provided in an appropriations law. 12 (b) None of the funds available to the Central Intel- 13 ligence Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or 14 counter-drug activities may be transferred to any other de- 15 partment or agency of the United States except as specifi- 16 cally provided in an appropriations law. 17 SEC. 8048. In addition to the amounts appropriated 18 or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, 19 $60,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of 20 Defense: Provided, That upon the determination of the 21 Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national inter- 22 est, the Secretary shall make grants in the amounts speci- 23 fied as follows: $30,000,000 to the United Service Organi- 24 zations and $30,000,000 to the Red Cross. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00085 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 86 •HR 9495 RH SEC. 8049. Notwithstanding any other provision in 1 this Act, the Small Business Innovation Research program 2 and the Small Business Technology Transfer program set- 3 asides shall be taken proportionally from all programs, 4 projects, or activities to the extent they contribute to the 5 extramural budget. The Secretary of each military depart- 6 ment, the Director of each Defense Agency, and the head 7 of each other relevant component of the Department of 8 Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit- 9 tees, concurrent with submission of the budget justifica- 10 tion documents to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of 11 title 31, United States Code, a report with a detailed ac- 12 counting of the Small Business Innovation Research pro- 13 gram and the Small Business Technology Transfer pro- 14 gram set-asides taken from programs, projects, or activi- 15 ties within such department, agency, or component during 16 the most recently completed fiscal year. 17 SEC. 8050. None of the funds available to the De- 18 partment of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or 19 expended to pay a contractor under a contract with the 20 Department of Defense for costs of any amount paid by 21 the contractor to an employee when— 22 (1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in 23 excess of the normal salary paid by the contractor 24 to the employee; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 87 •HR 9495 RH (2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs as- 1 sociated with a business combination. 2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3 SEC. 8051. During the current fiscal year, no more 4 than $30,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act 5 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 6 Wide’’ may be transferred to appropriations available for 7 the pay of military personnel, to be merged with, and to 8 be available for the same time period as the appropriations 9 to which transferred, to be used in support of such per- 10 sonnel in connection with support and services for eligible 11 organizations and activities outside the Department of De- 12 fense pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United States 13 Code. 14 SEC. 8052. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 15 of law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may per- 16 mit the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance 17 Learning Project by any person or entity on a space-avail- 18 able, reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard 19 Bureau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for 20 such use on a case-by-case basis. 21 (b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be 22 credited to funds available for the National Guard Dis- 23 tance Learning Project and be available to defray the costs 24 associated with the use of equipment of the project under 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 88 •HR 9495 RH that subsection. Such funds shall be available for such 1 purposes without fiscal year limitation. 2 SEC. 8053. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 3 otherwise made available by this or prior Acts may be obli- 4 gated or expended to retire, prepare to retire, or place in 5 storage or on backup aircraft inventory status any C–40 6 aircraft. 7 (b) The limitation under subsection (a) shall not 8 apply to an individual C–40 aircraft that the Secretary 9 of the Air Force determines, on a case-by-case basis, to 10 be no longer mission capable due to a Class A mishap. 11 (c) If the Secretary determines under subsection (b) 12 that an aircraft is no longer mission capable, the Secretary 13 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 14 certification in writing that the status of such aircraft is 15 due to a Class A mishap and not due to lack of mainte- 16 nance, repairs, or other reasons. 17 (d) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact- 18 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 19 to the congressional defense committees a report on the 20 necessary steps taken by the Department of Defense to 21 meet the travel requirements for official or representa- 22 tional duties of members of Congress and the Cabinet in 23 fiscal years 2027 and 2028. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00088 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 89 •HR 9495 RH SEC. 8054. (a) None of the funds appropriated in 1 title IV of this Act may be used to procure end-items for 2 delivery to military forces for operational training, oper- 3 ational use, or inventory requirements: Provided, That this 4 restriction does not apply to end-items used in develop- 5 ment, prototyping in accordance with an approved test 6 strategy, and test activities preceding and leading to ac- 7 ceptance for operational use. 8 (b) If the number of end-items budgeted with funds 9 appropriated in title IV of this Act exceeds the number 10 required in an approved test strategy, the Under Secretary 11 of Defense (Research and Engineering) and the Under 12 Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment), in 13 coordination with the responsible Service Acquisition Ex- 14 ecutive, shall certify in writing to the congressional de- 15 fense committees that there is a bonafide need for the ad- 16 ditional end-items at the time of submittal to Congress 17 of the budget of the President for fiscal year 2028 pursu- 18 ant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code: Pro- 19 vided, That this restriction does not apply to programs 20 funded within the National Intelligence Program. 21 (c) The Secretary of Defense shall, at the time of the 22 submittal to Congress of the budget of the President for 23 fiscal year 2028 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 24 United States Code, submit to the congressional defense 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 90 •HR 9495 RH committees a report detailing the use of funds requested 1 in research, development, test and evaluation accounts for 2 end-items used in development, prototyping and test ac- 3 tivities preceding and leading to acceptance for operational 4 use: Provided, That the report shall set forth, for each 5 end item covered by the preceding proviso, a detailed list 6 of the statutory authorities under which amounts in the 7 accounts described in that proviso were used for such item: 8 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, at 9 the time of the submittal to Congress of the budget of 10 the President for fiscal year 2028 pursuant to section 11 1105 of title 31, United States Code, submit to the con- 12 gressional defense committees a certification that funds 13 requested for fiscal year 2028 in research, development, 14 test and evaluation accounts are in compliance with this 15 section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 16 may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certi- 17 fying in writing to the Subcommittees on Defense of the 18 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 19 atives and the Senate that it is in the national security 20 interest to do so. 21 SEC. 8055. None of the funds appropriated or other- 22 wise made available by this or other Department of De- 23 fense Appropriations Acts may be obligated or expended 24 for the purpose of performing repairs or maintenance to 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 91 •HR 9495 RH military family housing units of the Department of De- 1 fense, including areas in such military family housing 2 units that may be used for the purpose of conducting offi- 3 cial Department of Defense business. 4 SEC. 8056. Notwithstanding any other provision of 5 law, funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 6 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense- 7 Wide’’ for any new start Defense Innovation Acceleration 8 (PE 0603838D8Z) or Rapid Prototyping Program (PE 9 0604331D8Z) demonstration project with a value of more 10 than $5,000,000 may only be obligated 15 days after a 11 report, including a description of the project, the planned 12 acquisition and transition strategy and its estimated an- 13 nual and total cost, has been provided in writing to the 14 congressional defense committees: Provided, That the Sec- 15 retary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case- 16 by-case basis by certifying to the congressional defense 17 committees that it is in the national interest to do so. 18 SEC. 8057. The Secretary of Defense shall continue 19 to provide a classified quarterly report to the Committees 20 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 21 Senate, Subcommittees on Defense on certain matters as 22 directed in the classified annex accompanying this Act. 23 SEC. 8058. Notwithstanding section 12310(b) of title 24 10, United States Code, a servicemember who is a member 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 92 •HR 9495 RH of the National Guard serving on full-time National Guard 1 duty under section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, 2 may perform duties in support of the ground-based ele- 3 ments of the National Ballistic Missile Defense System. 4 SEC. 8059. None of the funds provided in this Act 5 may be used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity 6 ammunition held by the Department of Defense that has 7 a center-fire cartridge and a United States military no- 8 menclature designation of ‘‘armor penetrator’’, ‘‘armor 9 piercing (AP)’’, ‘‘armor piercing incendiary (API)’’, 10 ‘‘armor-piercing incendiary tracer (API–T)’’, ‘‘general 11 purpose (GP)’’, ‘‘special purpose (SP)’’ except 9mm, or 12 ‘‘enhanced performance round (EPR)’’, except to an entity 13 performing demilitarization services for the Department of 14 Defense under a contract that requires the entity to dem- 15 onstrate to the satisfaction of the Department of Defense 16 that the above listed projectiles are either: (1) rendered 17 incapable of reuse by the demilitarization process; or (2) 18 used to manufacture ammunition pursuant to a contract 19 with the Department of Defense or the manufacture of 20 ammunition for export pursuant to a License for Perma- 21 nent Export of Unclassified Military Articles issued by the 22 Department of State. 23 SEC. 8060. Notwithstanding any other provision of 24 law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or their des- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00092 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 93 •HR 9495 RH ignee, may waive payment of all or part of the consider- 1 ation that otherwise would be required under section 2667 2 of title 10, United States Code, in the case of a lease of 3 personal property for a period not in excess of 1 year to 4 any organization specified in section 508(d) of title 32, 5 United States Code, or any other youth, social, or fra- 6 ternal nonprofit organization as may be approved by the 7 Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or their designee, 8 on a case-by-case basis. 9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 10 SEC. 8061. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 11 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 12 $389,742,819 shall remain available until expended: Pro- 13 vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 14 the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer such 15 funds to other activities of the Federal Government: Pro- 16 vided further, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized 17 to enter into and carry out contracts for the acquisition 18 of real property, construction, personal services, and oper- 19 ations related to projects carrying out the purposes of this 20 section: Provided further, That contracts entered into 21 under the authority of this section may provide for such 22 indemnification as the Secretary determines to be nec- 23 essary: Provided further, That projects authorized by this 24 section shall comply with applicable Federal, State, and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00093 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 94 •HR 9495 RH local law to the maximum extent consistent with the na- 1 tional security, as determined by the Secretary of Defense. 2 SEC. 8062. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 3 or any other Act, including prior year Acts, may be used 4 to implement a change to— 5 (1) the appropriations account structure for the 6 National Intelligence Program budget, including 7 through the creation of a new appropriation or new 8 appropriation account; 9 (2) how the National Intelligence Program 10 budget request is presented in the unclassified P–1, 11 R–1, and O–1 documents supporting the Depart- 12 ment of Defense budget request; 13 (3) the process by which the National Intel- 14 ligence Program appropriations are apportioned to 15 the executing agencies; or 16 (4) the process by which the National Intel- 17 ligence Program appropriations are allotted, obli- 18 gated and disbursed. 19 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to 20 prohibit the merger of programs or changes to the Na- 21 tional Intelligence Program budget at or below the Ex- 22 penditure Center level, provided such change is otherwise 23 in accordance with subsection (a). 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00094 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 95 •HR 9495 RH (c) The Director of National Intelligence and the Sec- 1 retary of Defense may jointly study and develop detailed 2 proposals for alternative budget presentation and appro- 3 priation accounts. Such study shall include a comprehen- 4 sive counterintelligence risk assessment to ensure that 5 none of the alternative processes will adversely affect 6 counterintelligence. 7 (d) Upon development of the detailed proposals de- 8 fined under subsection (c), the Director of National Intel- 9 ligence and the Secretary of Defense shall— 10 (1) provide the proposed alternatives to all af- 11 fected agencies; 12 (2) receive certification from all affected agen- 13 cies attesting that the proposed alternatives will not 14 adversely affect counterintelligence; and 15 (3) not later than 30 days after receiving all 16 necessary certifications under paragraph (2), present 17 the proposed alternatives and certifications to the 18 congressional defense and intelligence committees. 19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 20 SEC. 8063. During the current fiscal year, not to ex- 21 ceed $11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made 22 in title II of this Act for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 23 Army’’, ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, and ‘‘Oper- 24 ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ may be transferred by 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00095 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 96 •HR 9495 RH the military department concerned to its central fund es- 1 tablished for Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant to sec- 2 tion 2493(d) of title 10, United States Code. 3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 4 SEC. 8064. In addition to amounts provided else- 5 where in this Act, $5,000,000 is hereby appropriated to 6 the Department of Defense, to remain available for obliga- 7 tion until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any 8 other provision of law, that upon the determination of the 9 Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national inter- 10 est, these funds shall be available only for a grant to the 11 Fisher House Foundation, Inc., only for the construction 12 and furnishing of additional Fisher Houses to meet the 13 needs of military family members when confronted with 14 the illness or hospitalization of an eligible military bene- 15 ficiary. 16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 17 SEC. 8065. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Oper- 18 ation and Maintenance, Navy’’, up to $1,000,000 shall be 19 available for transfer to the John C. Stennis Center for 20 Public Service Development Trust Fund established under 21 section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv- 22 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105). 23 SEC. 8066. None of the funds available to the De- 24 partment of Defense may be obligated to modify command 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00096 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 97 •HR 9495 RH and control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command 1 operational and administrative control of United States 2 Navy forces assigned to the Pacific fleet: Provided, That 3 the command and control relationships which existed on 4 October 1, 2004, shall remain in force until a written 5 modification has been proposed to the Committees on Ap- 6 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen- 7 ate: Provided further, That the proposed modification may 8 be implemented 30 days after the notification unless an 9 objection is received from either the House or Senate Ap- 10 propriations Committees: Provided further, That any pro- 11 posed modification shall not preclude the ability of the 12 commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command to 13 meet operational requirements. 14 SEC. 8067. Any notice that is required to be sub- 15 mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 16 of Representatives and the Senate under section 3601 of 17 title 10, United States Code, as added by section 804(a) 18 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization 19 Act for Fiscal Year 2023 shall be submitted pursuant to 20 that requirement concurrently to the Subcommittees on 21 Defense of the Committees on Appropriations of the 22 House of Representatives and the Senate. 23 SEC. 8068. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 24 under the headings ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’ and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00097 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 98 •HR 9495 RH ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense- 1 Wide’’, $500,000,000 shall be for the Israeli Cooperative 2 Programs: Provided, That of this amount, $20,000,000 3 shall be for the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Gov- 4 ernment of Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome 5 defense system to counter short-range rocket threats, sub- 6 ject to the U.S.-Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agree- 7 ment, as amended; $127,000,000 shall be for the Short 8 Range Ballistic Missile Defense (SRBMD) program, in- 9 cluding cruise missile defense research and development 10 under the SRBMD program; $30,000,000 shall be for co- 11 production activities of SRBMD systems in the United 12 States and in Israel to meet Israel’s defense requirements 13 consistent with each nation’s laws, regulations, and proce- 14 dures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement 15 for SRBMD, as amended; $150,000,000 shall be for an 16 upper-tier component to the Israeli Missile Defense Archi- 17 tecture, of which $150,000,000 shall be for co-production 18 activities of Arrow 3 Upper Tier systems in the United 19 States and in Israel to meet Israel’s defense requirements 20 consistent with each nation’s laws, regulations, and proce- 21 dures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement 22 for Arrow 3 Upper Tier, as amended; and $173,000,000 23 shall be for the Arrow System Improvement Program in- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00098 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 99 •HR 9495 RH cluding development of a long range, ground and airborne, 1 detection suite. 2 SEC. 8069. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 3 under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, 4 $2,611,990,000 shall be available until September 30, 5 2027, to fund prior year shipbuilding costs increases for 6 the following programs: 7 (1) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 8 version, Navy’’, 2013/2027: Carrier Replacement 9 Program, $324,000,000; 10 (2) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 11 version, Navy’’, 2017/2027: DDG 51 Program, 12 $24,503,000; 13 (3) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 14 version, Navy’’, 2017/2027: LHA Replacement Pro- 15 gram, $164,300,000; 16 (4) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 17 version, Navy’’, 2018/2027: Virginia Class Sub- 18 marine Program, $44,244,000; 19 (5) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 20 version, Navy’’, 2018/2027: DDG 51 Program, 21 $69,919,000; 22 (6) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 23 version, Navy’’, 2018/2027: LPD 17 (Flight II) Am- 24 phibious Transport Dock Program, $58,800,000; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00099 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 100 •HR 9495 RH (7) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 1 version, Navy’’, 2019/2027: Virginia Class Sub- 2 marine Program, $561,131,000; 3 (8) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 4 version, Navy’’, 2019/2027: DDG 51 Program, 5 $83,802,000; 6 (9) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 7 version, Navy’’, 2019/2027: Littoral Combat Ship 8 Program, $9,450,000; 9 (10) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 10 version, Navy’’, 2020/2027: CVN Refueling Over- 11 hauls, $379,200,000; 12 (11) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 13 version, Navy’’, 2020/2027: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro- 14 gram, $16,020,000; 15 (12) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 16 version, Navy’’, 2021/2027: Columbia Class Sub- 17 marine Program, $566,542,000; 18 (13) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 19 version, Navy’’, 2021/2027: LPD 17 (Flight II) Am- 20 phibious Transport Dock Program, $44,689,000; 21 (14) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 22 version, Navy’’, 2022/2027: Expeditionary Sea Base 23 Program, $12,100,000; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00100 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 101 •HR 9495 RH (15) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 1 version, Navy’’, 2022/2027: Expeditionary Fast 2 Transport Program, $8,423,000; 3 (16) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 4 version, Navy’’, 2022/2027: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro- 5 gram, $127,000,000; 6 (17) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 7 version, Navy’’, 2023/2027: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro- 8 gram, $23,100,000; 9 (18) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 10 version, Navy’’, 2024/2027: Columbia Class Sub- 11 marine Program, $19,386,000; 12 (19) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 13 version, Navy’’, 2024/2027: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro- 14 gram, $1,181,000; and 15 (20) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con- 16 version, Navy’’, 2026/2027: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro- 17 gram, $74,200,000. 18 SEC. 8070. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 19 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel- 20 ligence activities and intelligence-related activities are 21 deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for 22 purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 23 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) until the enactment of the Intel- 24 ligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00101 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 102 •HR 9495 RH SEC. 8071. None of the funds provided in this Act 1 shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 2 reprogramming of funds that creates or initiates a new 3 program, project, or activity unless such program, project, 4 or activity must be undertaken immediately in the interest 5 of national security and only after written prior notifica- 6 tion to the congressional defense committees. 7 SEC. 8072. None of the funds in this Act may be 8 used for research, development, test, evaluation, procure- 9 ment or deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a 10 missile defense system. 11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 12 SEC. 8073. The Secretary of Defense may transfer 13 funds from any available Department of the Navy appro- 14 priation (except military construction) to any available 15 Navy ship construction appropriation for the purpose of 16 liquidating necessary changes resulting from inflation, 17 market fluctuations, or rate adjustments for any ship con- 18 struction program appropriated in law: Provided, That the 19 Secretary may transfer not to exceed $40,000,000 under 20 the authority provided by this section: Provided further, 21 That the Secretary may not transfer any funds until 30 22 days after the proposed transfer has been reported to the 23 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 24 atives and the Senate, unless a response from the Commit- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00102 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 103 •HR 9495 RH tees is received sooner: Provided further, That any funds 1 transferred pursuant to this section shall retain the same 2 period of availability as when originally appropriated: Pro- 3 vided further, That the transfer authority provided under 4 this section is in addition to any other transfer authority 5 contained elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That the 6 transfer authority provided by this section expires on Sep- 7 tember 30, 2031. 8 SEC. 8074. None of the funds appropriated or made 9 available in this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish 10 the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squad- 11 ron of the Air Force Reserve, if such action would reduce 12 the WC–130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the 13 levels funded in this Act: Provided, That the Air Force 14 shall allow the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron to 15 perform other missions in support of national defense re- 16 quirements during the non-hurricane season. 17 SEC. 8075. None of the funds provided in this Act 18 shall be available for integration of foreign intelligence in- 19 formation unless the information has been lawfully col- 20 lected and processed during the conduct of authorized for- 21 eign intelligence activities: Provided, That information 22 pertaining to United States persons shall only be handled 23 in accordance with protections provided in the Fourth 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00103 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 104 •HR 9495 RH Amendment of the United States Constitution as imple- 1 mented through Executive Order No. 12333. 2 SEC. 8076. None of the funds appropriated by this 3 Act for programs of the Office of the Director of National 4 Intelligence shall remain available for obligation beyond 5 the current fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for 6 research and technology, which shall remain available until 7 September 30, 2028. 8 SEC. 8077. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 9 31, United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations 10 made in this Act under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and 11 Conversion, Navy’’ shall be considered to be for the same 12 purpose as any subdivision under the heading ‘‘Ship- 13 building and Conversion, Navy’’ appropriations in any 14 prior fiscal year, and the 1 percent limitation shall apply 15 to the total amount of the appropriation. 16 SEC. 8078. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date 17 of enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel- 18 ligence shall submit a report to the congressional intel- 19 ligence committees to establish the baseline for application 20 of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 21 2027: Provided, That the report shall include— 22 (1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa- 23 rate column to display the President’s budget re- 24 quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00104 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 105 •HR 9495 RH due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 1 fiscal year enacted level; 2 (2) a delineation in the table for each appro- 3 priation by Expenditure Center and project; and 4 (3) an identification of items of special congres- 5 sional interest. 6 (b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel- 7 ligence Program in this Act shall be available for re- 8 programming or transfer until the report identified in sub- 9 section (a) is submitted to the congressional intelligence 10 committees, unless the Director of National Intelligence 11 certifies in writing to the congressional intelligence com- 12 mittees that such reprogramming or transfer is necessary 13 as an emergency requirement. 14 SEC. 8079. (a) None of the funds provided for the 15 National Intelligence Program in this or any prior appro- 16 priations Act shall be available for obligation or expendi- 17 ture through a reprogramming or transfer of funds in ac- 18 cordance with section 102A(d) of the National Security 19 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that— 20 (1) creates a new start effort; 21 (2) terminates a program with appropriated 22 funding of $10,000,000 or more; 23 (3) transfers funding into or out of the Na- 24 tional Intelligence Program; or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00105 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 106 •HR 9495 RH (4) transfers funding between appropriations, 1 unless the congressional intelligence committees are 2 notified 30 days in advance of such reprogramming 3 of funds; this notification period may be reduced for 4 urgent national security requirements. 5 (b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel- 6 ligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act 7 shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 8 reprogramming or transfer of funds in accordance with 9 section 102A(d) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 10 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that results in a cumulative increase or 11 decrease of the levels specified in the classified annex ac- 12 companying the Act unless the congressional intelligence 13 committees are notified 30 days in advance of such re- 14 programming of funds; this notification period may be re- 15 duced for urgent national security requirements. 16 SEC. 8080. (a) Any agency receiving funds made 17 available in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and 18 (c), post on the public website of that agency any report 19 required to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 20 other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen- 21 cy that it shall serve the national interest. 22 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 23 (1) the public posting of the report com- 24 promises national security; or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00106 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 107 •HR 9495 RH (2) the report contains proprietary information. 1 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 2 do so only after such report has been made available to 3 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 4 no less than 45 days. 5 SEC. 8081. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 6 otherwise made available by this Act may be expended for 7 any Federal contract for an amount in excess of 8 $1,000,000, unless the contractor agrees not to— 9 (1) enter into any agreement with any of its 10 employees or independent contractors that requires, 11 as a condition of employment, that the employee or 12 independent contractor agree to resolve through ar- 13 bitration any claim under title VII of the Civil 14 Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising 15 out of sexual assault or harassment, including as- 16 sault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional 17 distress, false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, su- 18 pervision, or retention; or 19 (2) take any action to enforce any provision of 20 an existing agreement with an employee or inde- 21 pendent contractor that mandates that the employee 22 or independent contractor resolve through arbitra- 23 tion any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act 24 of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sex- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00107 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 108 •HR 9495 RH ual assault or harassment, including assault and 1 battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, 2 false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, 3 or retention. 4 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 5 made available by this Act may be expended for any Fed- 6 eral contract unless the contractor certifies that it requires 7 each covered subcontractor to agree not to enter into, and 8 not to take any action to enforce any provision of, any 9 agreement as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub- 10 section (a), with respect to any employee or independent 11 contractor performing work related to such subcontract. 12 For purposes of this subsection, a ‘‘covered subcon- 13 tractor’’ is an entity that has a subcontract in excess of 14 $1,000,000 on a contract subject to subsection (a). 15 (c) The prohibitions in this section do not apply with 16 respect to a contractor’s or subcontractor’s agreements 17 with employees or independent contractors that may not 18 be enforced in a court of the United States. 19 (d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the applica- 20 tion of subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or 21 subcontractor for the purposes of a particular contract or 22 subcontract if the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary per- 23 sonally determines that the waiver is necessary to avoid 24 harm to national security interests of the United States, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00108 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 109 •HR 9495 RH and that the term of the contract or subcontract is not 1 longer than necessary to avoid such harm. The determina- 2 tion shall set forth with specificity the grounds for the 3 waiver and for the contract or subcontract term selected, 4 and shall state any alternatives considered in lieu of a 5 waiver and the reasons each such alternative would not 6 avoid harm to national security interests of the United 7 States. The Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Con- 8 gress, and simultaneously make public, any determination 9 under this subsection not less than 15 business days be- 10 fore the contract or subcontract addressed in the deter- 11 mination may be awarded. 12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 13 SEC. 8082. From within the funds appropriated for 14 operation and maintenance for the Combat and Oper- 15 ational Medicine Program in this Act, up to 16 $174,000,000, shall be available for transfer to the Joint 17 Department of Defense—Department of Veterans Affairs 18 Medical Facility Demonstration Fund in accordance with 19 the provisions of section 1704 of the National Defense Au- 20 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, Public Law 111– 21 84: Provided, That for purposes of section 1704(b), the 22 facility operations funded are operations of the integrated 23 Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, 24 consisting of the North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00109 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 110 •HR 9495 RH Center, the Navy Ambulatory Care Center, and supporting 1 facilities designated as a combined Federal medical facility 2 as described by section 706 of Public Law 110–417: Pro- 3 vided further, That additional funds may be transferred 4 from funds appropriated for operation and maintenance 5 for the Combat and Operational Medicine Program to the 6 Joint Department of Defense—Department of Veterans 7 Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon writ- 8 ten notification by the Secretary of Defense to the Com- 9 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 10 and the Senate. 11 SEC. 8083. Notwithstanding price or other limita- 12 tions applicable to the purchase of passenger carrying ve- 13 hicles, appropriations available to the Department of De- 14 fense may be used for the purchase of: (1) heavy and light 15 armored vehicles for the physical security of personnel or 16 for force protection purposes up to a limit of $700,000 17 per vehicle; and (2) passenger motor vehicles up to a limit 18 of $75,000 per vehicle for use by military and civilian em- 19 ployees of the Department of Defense in the United States 20 Central Command area of responsibility: Provided, That 21 such funds may not be used for such purchases if such 22 vehicles are not produced in the United States, unless the 23 President determines that a waiver of this purchase re- 24 quirement is necessary. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00110 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 111 •HR 9495 RH (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 1 SEC. 8084. Upon a determination by the Director of 2 National Intelligence that such action is necessary and in 3 the national interest, the Director may, with the approval 4 of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 5 transfer not to exceed $1,500,000,000 of the funds made 6 available in this Act for the National Intelligence Pro- 7 gram: Provided, That such authority to transfer may not 8 be used unless for higher priority items, based on unfore- 9 seen intelligence requirements, than those for which origi- 10 nally appropriated and in no case where the item for which 11 funds are requested has been denied by the Congress: Pro- 12 vided further, That a request for multiple reprogrammings 13 of funds using authority provided in this section shall be 14 made prior to June 30, 2027. 15 SEC. 8085. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 16 for ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, $350,000,000, 17 to remain available for obligation until September 30, 18 2031, may be used for the purchase of strategic sealift 19 vessels for the National Defense Reserve Fleet, established 20 under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 21 (46 U.S.C. 57100): Provided, That such amounts are 22 available for reimbursements to the Ready Reserve Force, 23 Maritime Administration account of the United States De- 24 partment of Transportation for programs, projects, activi- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00111 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 112 •HR 9495 RH ties, and expenses related to the National Defense Reserve 1 Fleet: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 2 2218 of title 10, United States Code, none of these funds 3 shall be transferred to the National Defense Sealift Fund 4 for execution. 5 SEC. 8086. The Secretary of Defense shall post grant 6 awards on a public website in a searchable format. 7 SEC. 8087. None of the funds made available by this 8 Act may be used by the National Security Agency to— 9 (1) conduct an acquisition pursuant to section 10 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 11 1978 for the purpose of targeting a United States 12 person; or 13 (2) acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as 14 such term is defined in section 2510(8) of title 18, 15 United States Code) of any electronic communica- 16 tion of a United States person from a provider of 17 electronic communication services to the public pur- 18 suant to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Sur- 19 veillance Act of 1978. 20 SEC. 8088. None of the funds made available in this 21 or any other Act may be used to pay the salary of any 22 officer or employee of any agency funded by this Act who 23 approves or implements the transfer of administrative re- 24 sponsibilities or budgetary resources of any program, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00112 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 113 •HR 9495 RH project, or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction 1 of another Federal agency not financed by this Act with- 2 out the express authorization of Congress: Provided, That 3 this limitation shall not apply to transfers of funds ex- 4 pressly provided for in Department of Defense Appropria- 5 tions Acts, or provisions of Acts providing supplemental 6 appropriations for the Department of Defense. 7 SEC. 8089. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 8 for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, $881,029,000, 9 to remain available until expended, may be used for any 10 purposes related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet 11 established under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales 12 Act of 1946 (46 U.S.C. 57100): Provided, That such 13 amounts are available for reimbursements to the Ready 14 Reserve Force, Maritime Administration account of the 15 United States Department of Transportation for pro- 16 grams, projects, activities, and expenses related to the Na- 17 tional Defense Reserve Fleet. 18 SEC. 8090. (a) None of the funds provided in this 19 Act for the TAO Fleet Oiler program shall be used to 20 award a new contract that provides for the acquisition of 21 the following components unless those components are 22 manufactured in the United States: Auxiliary equipment 23 (including pumps) for shipboard services; propulsion 24 equipment (including engines, reduction gears, and propel- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00113 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 114 •HR 9495 RH lers); shipboard cranes; spreaders for shipboard cranes; 1 and anchor chains, specifically for the seventh and subse- 2 quent ships of the fleet. 3 (b) None of the funds provided in this Act for any 4 Frigate program shall be used to award a new contract 5 that provides for the acquisition of the following compo- 6 nents unless those components are manufactured in the 7 United States: Air circuit breakers; gyrocompasses; elec- 8 tronic navigation chart systems; steering controls; pumps; 9 propulsion and machinery control systems; totally enclosed 10 lifeboats; auxiliary equipment pumps; shipboard cranes; 11 auxiliary chill water systems; and propulsion propellers: 12 Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy shall incorporate 13 United States manufactured propulsion engines and pro- 14 pulsion reduction gears into any Frigate program begin- 15 ning not later than with the eleventh ship of the program. 16 SEC. 8091. None of the funds provided in this Act 17 for requirements development, performance specification 18 development, concept design and development, ship con- 19 figuration development, systems engineering, naval archi- 20 tecture, marine engineering, operations research analysis, 21 industry studies, preliminary design, development of the 22 Detailed Design and Construction Request for Proposals 23 solicitation package, or related activities for the T– 24 ARC(X) Cable Laying and Repair Ship or the T– 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00114 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 115 •HR 9495 RH AGOS(X) Oceanographic Surveillance Ship may be used 1 to award a new contract for such activities unless these 2 contracts include specifications that all auxiliary equip- 3 ment, including pumps and propulsion shafts, are manu- 4 factured in the United States. 5 SEC. 8092. No amounts credited or otherwise made 6 available in this or any other Act to the Department of 7 Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account may 8 be transferred to: 9 (1) the Rapid Prototyping Fund established 10 under section 804(d) of the National Defense Au- 11 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 12 2302 note); or 13 (2) credited to a military-department specific 14 fund established under section 804(d)(2) of the Na- 15 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 16 2016. 17 SEC. 8093. None of the funds made available by this 18 Act may be used for Government Travel Charge Card ex- 19 penses by military or civilian personnel of the Department 20 of Defense for gaming, or for entertainment that includes 21 topless or nude entertainers or participants, as prohibited 22 by Department of Defense FMR, Volume 9, Chapter 3 23 and Department of Defense Instruction 1015.10 (enclo- 24 sure 3, 14a and 14b). 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00115 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 116 •HR 9495 RH SEC. 8094. (a) None of the funds made available in 1 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 2 network unless such network is designed to block access 3 to pornography websites. 4 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 5 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 6 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi- 7 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities, 8 or for any activity necessary for the national defense, in- 9 cluding intelligence activities. 10 SEC. 8095. None of the funds provided for, or other- 11 wise made available, in this or any other Act, may be obli- 12 gated or expended by the Secretary of Defense to provide 13 motorized vehicles, aviation platforms, munitions other 14 than small arms and munitions appropriate for customary 15 ceremonial honors, operational military units, or oper- 16 ational military platforms if the Secretary determines that 17 providing such units, platforms, or equipment would un- 18 dermine the readiness of such units, platforms, or equip- 19 ment. 20 SEC. 8096. (a) None of the funds made available by 21 this or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 22 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 23 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 24 to any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00116 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 117 •HR 9495 RH ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad- 1 ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 2 and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant 3 to an agreement with the authority responsible for col- 4 lecting such tax liability, provided that the applicable Fed- 5 eral agency is aware of the unpaid Federal tax liability. 6 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the applicable 7 Federal agency has considered suspension or debarment 8 of the corporation described in such subsection and has 9 made a determination that such suspension or debarment 10 is not necessary to protect the interests of the Federal 11 Government. 12 SEC. 8097. (a) Any software developed, procured, or 13 operated using covered funds shall adhere to a modular 14 open systems approach as defined in section 4401 of title 15 10, United States Code, with a Government-owned inter- 16 face layer that is separate from vendor-specific application 17 logic. 18 (b) In this section, the term ‘‘covered funds’’ means 19 any Federal funds made available to the Department of 20 Defense for fiscal year 2027 or any prior fiscal year for 21 operation and maintenance, procurement, or research, de- 22 velopment, test and evaluation. 23 SEC. 8098. (a) Amounts appropriated under title IV 24 of this Act, as detailed in budget activity eight in the ta- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00117 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 118 •HR 9495 RH bles titled Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in 1 the explanatory statement regarding this Act, may be used 2 for expenses for the agile research, development, test and 3 evaluation, procurement, production, modification, and op- 4 eration and maintenance, only for the following Software 5 and Digital Technology Pilot programs— 6 (1) Defensive CYBER—Software Prototype 7 Development (PE 0608041A); 8 (2) Risk Management Information (PE 9 0608013N); 10 (3) Maritime Tactical Command and Control 11 (PE 0608231N); 12 (4) Space Domain Awareness/Planning/Tasking 13 SW (PE 1208248SF); 14 (5) Global Command and Control System (PE 15 0303150K); 16 (6) Acquisition Visibility (PE 0608648D8Z); 17 (7) Enterprise Platforms and Capabilities— 18 Software Pilot Program (PE 0608140D8Z); 19 (8) Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of 20 Innovative Technologies (APFIT) (PE 21 0608775D8Z); and 22 (9) Weaponeering Code Sustainment (PE 23 0608500D8Z). 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00118 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 119 •HR 9495 RH (b) None of the funds appropriated by this or prior 1 Department of Defense Appropriations Acts may be obli- 2 gated or expended to initiate additional Software and Dig- 3 ital Technology Pilot Programs in fiscal year 2027. 4 SEC. 8099. None of the funds appropriated or other- 5 wise made available by this Act may be used to transfer 6 the National Reconnaissance Office to the Space Force: 7 Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to 8 limit or prohibit cooperation, collaboration, and coordina- 9 tion between the National Reconnaissance Office and the 10 Space Force or any other elements of the Department of 11 Defense. 12 SEC. 8100. None of the funds made available in this 13 Act may be used in contravention of the following laws 14 enacted or regulations promulgated to implement the 15 United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other 16 Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 17 (done at New York on December 10, 1984): 18 (1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States 19 Code. 20 (2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform 21 and Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public 22 Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 23 note) and regulations prescribed thereto, including 24 regulations under part 208 of title 8, Code of Fed- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00119 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 120 •HR 9495 RH eral Regulations, and part 95 of title 22, Code of 1 Federal Regulations. 2 (3) Sections 1002 and 1003 of the Department 3 of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 4 to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and 5 Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 (Public Law 109– 6 148). 7 SEC. 8101. None of the funds made available by this 8 Act may be used to provide arms, training, or other assist- 9 ance to the Azov Battalion. 10 SEC. 8102. The Secretary of Defense may, in this 11 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, accept and re- 12 tain contributions, including money, personal property, 13 and services, from foreign governments and other entities, 14 to carry out assistance authorized by section 1250 of the 15 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 16 (Public Law 114–92): Provided, That such contributions 17 received shall be available to the Secretary of Defense, 18 with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to provide 19 assistance authorized by such section, for replacement of 20 any weapons or articles provided to entities described in 21 subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(1) of such 22 section from the inventory of the United States, and to 23 recover or dispose of equipment previously provided to 24 such entities: Provided further, That the Secretary of De- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00120 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 121 •HR 9495 RH fense shall consult with the congressional defense commit- 1 tees in advance of the provision of support provided to 2 forces or groups described in subparagraph (B) of such 3 subsection: Provided further, That the Secretary of De- 4 fense shall notify the congressional defense committees in 5 writing upon the receipt and upon the obligation of any 6 contribution, delineating the sources and amounts of the 7 funds received and the specific use of such contributions: 8 Provided further, That any notification of obligation of 9 funds received in this section shall specify an estimated 10 timeline for the delivery of defense articles and defense 11 services provided and shall identify if any equipment pro- 12 vided requires enhanced end-use monitoring: Provided fur- 13 ther, That contributions of money for the purposes pro- 14 vided herein from any foreign government or other entity 15 may be credited to the Operation and Maintenance, De- 16 fense-Wide account, to remain available for the following 17 two fiscal years, and used for such purposes: Provided fur- 18 ther, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly 19 reports to the congressional defense committees on the use 20 and status of funds received pursuant to this section. 21 SEC. 8103. During the current fiscal year, the De- 22 partment of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of 23 not to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in sec- 24 tion 2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipa- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00121 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 122 •HR 9495 RH tion of receipt of contributions, only from the Government 1 of Kuwait, under that section: Provided, That, such con- 2 tributions shall, upon receipt, be credited to the appropria- 3 tions or fund which incurred such obligations. 4 SEC. 8104. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 5 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 6 Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 7 $1,448,173,000, to remain available until September 30, 8 2028, shall be available for International Security Co- 9 operation Programs and other programs to provide sup- 10 port and assistance to foreign security forces or other 11 groups or individuals to conduct, support or facilitate 12 counterterrorism, crisis response, or building partner ca- 13 pacity programs: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense 14 shall, not less than 15 days prior to obligating funds made 15 available in this section, notify the congressional defense 16 committees in writing of the details of any planned obliga- 17 tion: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall 18 provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropria- 19 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate on 20 the use and status of funds made available in this section. 21 SEC. 8105. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 22 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 23 Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 24 $271,336,000, to remain available until September 30, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00122 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 123 •HR 9495 RH 2028, shall be available for support authorized by sub- 1 paragraphs (A) through (E) and (G) through (I) of section 2 1226(a)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 3 Fiscal Year 2016 (22 U.S.C. 2151 note), of which not less 4 than $150,000,000 shall be for Jordan: Provided, That 5 the Secretary of Defense shall, not less than 15 days prior 6 to obligating funds made available under this section, no- 7 tify the congressional defense committees in writing of the 8 details of any planned obligation and the nature of the 9 expenses incurred: Provided further, That the Secretary of 10 Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees 11 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 12 Senate on the use and status of funds made available in 13 this section. 14 SEC. 8106. None of the funds made available by this 15 Act may be used in contravention of the War Powers Res- 16 olution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.). 17 SEC. 8107. None of the funds made available by this 18 Act for excess defense articles, assistance under section 19 333 of title 10, United States Code, or peacekeeping oper- 20 ations for the countries designated annually to be in viola- 21 tion of the standards of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act 22 of 2008 (Public Law 110–457; 22 U.S.C. 2370c–1) may 23 be used to support any military training or operation that 24 includes child soldiers, as defined by the Child Soldiers 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00123 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 124 •HR 9495 RH Prevention Act of 2008, unless such assistance is other- 1 wise permitted under section 404 of the Child Soldiers 2 Prevention Act of 2008. 3 SEC. 8108. None of the funds made available by this 4 Act may be made available for any member of the Taliban. 5 SEC. 8109. Notwithstanding any other provision of 6 law, any transfer of funds, appropriated or otherwise made 7 available by this Act, for support to friendly foreign coun- 8 tries in connection with the conduct of operations in which 9 the United States is not participating, pursuant to section 10 331(d) of title 10, United States Code, shall be made in 11 accordance with section 8005 of this Act. 12 SEC. 8110. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 13 otherwise made available by this or any other Act may 14 be used by the Secretary of Defense, or any other official 15 or officer of the Department of Defense, to enter into a 16 contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative 17 agreement with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan 18 or loan guarantee to Rosoboronexport or any subsidiary 19 of Rosoboronexport. 20 (b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limita- 21 tion in subsection (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with 22 the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intel- 23 ligence, determines that it is in the vital national security 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00124 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 125 •HR 9495 RH interest of the United States to do so, and certifies in writ- 1 ing to the congressional defense committees that— 2 (1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of 3 lethal military equipment to, and the maintenance of 4 existing lethal military equipment for, the Govern- 5 ment of the Syrian Arab Republic; 6 (2) the armed forces of the Russian Federation 7 have withdrawn from Ukraine; and 8 (3) agents of the Russian Federation have 9 ceased taking active measures to destabilize the con- 10 trol of the Government of Ukraine over eastern 11 Ukraine. 12 (c) The Inspector General of the Department of De- 13 fense shall conduct a review of any action involving 14 Rosoboronexport with respect to a waiver issued by the 15 Secretary of Defense pursuant to subsection (b), and not 16 later than 90 days after the date on which such a waiver 17 is issued by the Secretary of Defense, the Inspector Gen- 18 eral shall submit to the congressional defense committees 19 a report containing the results of the review conducted 20 with respect to such waiver. 21 SEC. 8111. The Secretary of Defense shall notify the 22 congressional defense committees in writing not more than 23 30 days after the receipt of any contribution of funds re- 24 ceived from the government of a foreign country for any 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00125 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 126 •HR 9495 RH purpose relating to the stationing or operations of the 1 United States Armed Forces: Provided, That such notifi- 2 cation shall include the amount of the contribution; the 3 purpose for which such contribution was made; and the 4 authority under which such contribution was accepted by 5 the Secretary of Defense: Provided further, That not fewer 6 than 15 days prior to obligating such funds, the Secretary 7 of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com- 8 mittees in writing a notification of the planned use of such 9 contributions, including whether such contributions would 10 support existing or new stationing or operations of the 11 United States Armed Forces. 12 SEC. 8112. (a) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, 13 in coordination with the Secretaries of the military depart- 14 ments and the Chiefs of the Armed Forces, shall submit 15 to the congressional defense committees, not later than 30 16 days after the last day of each quarter of the fiscal year, 17 a report on the use of operation and maintenance funds 18 for activities or exercises in excess of $5,000,000 that have 19 been designated by the Secretary of Defense as unplanned 20 activities for fiscal year 2027. 21 (b) Each report required by subsection (a) shall also 22 include— 23 (1) the title, date, and location, of each activity 24 and exercise covered by the report; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00126 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 127 •HR 9495 RH (2) an identification of the military department 1 and units that participated in each such activity or 2 exercise (including an estimate of the number of 3 participants); 4 (3) the total cost of the activity or exercise, by 5 budget line item (with a breakdown by cost element 6 such as transportation); and 7 (4) a short explanation of the objective of the 8 activity or exercise. 9 (c) The report required by subsection (a) shall be 10 submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi- 11 fied annex. 12 SEC. 8113. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this 13 Act, the Secretary of Defense shall allocate amounts made 14 available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce 15 Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Defense Fund for 16 fiscal year 2027 pursuant to the transfer authority in sec- 17 tion 102(b)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of 18 Public Law 117–167), to the account specified, in the 19 amounts specified, and for the projects and activities spec- 20 ified, in the table titled ‘‘Department of Defense Alloca- 21 tion of Funds: CHIPS and Science Act Fiscal Year 2027’’ 22 in the report accompanying this Act. 23 (b) Neither the President nor his designee may allo- 24 cate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00127 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 128 •HR 9495 RH year under section 102(b)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 1 if there is in effect an Act making or continuing appro- 2 priations for part of a fiscal year for the Department of 3 Defense: Provided, That in any fiscal year, the matter pre- 4 ceding this proviso shall not apply to the allocation, appor- 5 tionment, or allotment of amounts for continuing adminis- 6 tration of programs allocated using funds transferred from 7 the CHIPS for America Defense Fund, which may be allo- 8 cated pursuant to the transfer authority in section 9 102(b)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 only in amounts that 10 are no more than the allocation for such purposes in sub- 11 section (a) of this section. 12 (c) The Secretary of Defense may reallocate funds 13 allocated by subsection (a) of this section, subject to the 14 terms and conditions contained in the provisos in section 15 8005 of this Act: Provided, That amounts may be reallo- 16 cated pursuant to this subsection only for those require- 17 ments necessary to carry out section 9903(b) of the Wil- 18 liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza- 19 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283). 20 (d) The Department of Defense shall provide the 21 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 22 atives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of bal- 23 ances of projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for 24 America Defense Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00128 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 129 •HR 9495 RH subsection (a) of this section, including all uncommitted, 1 committed, and unobligated funds. 2 SEC. 8114. Not later than 15 days after the date on 3 which any foreign base that involves the stationing or op- 4 erations of the United States Armed Forces, including a 5 temporary base, permanent base, or base owned and oper- 6 ated by a foreign country, is opened or closed, the Sec- 7 retary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense 8 committees in writing of the opening or closing of such 9 base: Provided, That such notification shall also include 10 information on any personnel changes, costs, and savings 11 associated with the opening or closing of such base. 12 SEC. 8115. None of the funds appropriated or other- 13 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be obli- 14 gated or expended by the United States Government for 15 any of the following purposes: 16 (1) To establish any military installation or 17 base for the purpose of providing for the permanent 18 stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq. 19 (2) To exercise United States control over any 20 oil resource of Iraq or Syria. 21 SEC. 8116. Up to $500,000,000 of the funds appro- 22 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Operation and 23 Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ for the Defense Security Co- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00129 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 130 •HR 9495 RH operation Agency may be used to support the armed forces 1 of Jordan. 2 SEC. 8117. In carrying out the program described in 3 the memorandum on the subject of ‘‘Policy for Assisted 4 Reproductive Services for the Benefit of Seriously or Se- 5 verely Ill/Injured (Category II or III) Active Duty Service 6 Members’’ issued by the Assistant Secretary of Defense 7 for Health Affairs on April 3, 2012, and the guidance 8 issued to implement such memorandum, the Secretary of 9 Defense shall apply such policy and guidance, except 10 that— 11 (1) the limitation on periods regarding embryo 12 cryopreservation and storage set forth in part III(G) 13 and in part IV(H) of such memorandum shall not 14 apply; and 15 (2) the term ‘‘assisted reproductive technology’’ 16 shall include embryo cryopreservation and storage 17 without limitation on the duration of such 18 cryopreservation and storage. 19 SEC. 8118. The Secretary of Defense may obligate 20 funds made available by this Act for procurement or for 21 research, development, test and evaluation for the F–35 22 Joint Strike Fighter to modify up to nine F–35 aircraft, 23 including up to three F–35 aircraft of each variant, for 24 any test configuration: Provided, That the Secretary of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00130 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 131 •HR 9495 RH Defense shall, with the concurrence of the Secretary of 1 the Air Force and the Secretary of the Navy, notify the 2 congressional defense committees not fewer than 30 days 3 prior to obligating funds under this section: Provided fur- 4 ther, That any transfer of funds pursuant to the authority 5 provided in this section shall be made in accordance with 6 section 8005 of this Act. 7 SEC. 8119. None of the funds appropriated or other- 8 wise made available by this or any other Act may be obli- 9 gated to integrate an alternative engine on any F–35 air- 10 craft. 11 SEC. 8120. The Secretary of Defense may use up to 12 $650,000,000 of the amounts appropriated or otherwise 13 made available in this Act to the Department of Defense 14 for the rapid acquisition and deployment of supplies and 15 associated support services pursuant to section 3601 of 16 title 10, United States Code, but only for the purposes 17 specified in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of subsection 18 (c)(3)(B) of such section and subject to the applicable lim- 19 its specified in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of such subsection 20 and, in the case of clause (iv) of such subsection, subject 21 to a limit of $50,000,000, or for the purposes specified 22 in section 229 of the National Defense Authorization Act 23 for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31) and subject 24 to a limit of $100,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00131 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 132 •HR 9495 RH of Defense shall notify the congressional defense commit- 1 tees promptly of all uses of this authority. 2 SEC. 8121. Notwithstanding section 8054 of this Act, 3 amounts appropriated under the heading ‘‘Research, De- 4 velopment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’ of this 5 Act, as detailed in budget activity eight in the tables titled 6 Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in the explana- 7 tory statement accompanying this Act for ‘‘Defense Inno- 8 vation Unit (DIU) Fielding’’ line 316, may be used for 9 expenses for agile research, development, test and evalua- 10 tion, procurement, production, modification, and operation 11 and maintenance requirements, including the initial acqui- 12 sition of end-items for operational use: Provided, That 13 none of these funds may be obligated or expended until 14 15 days after the Secretary of Defense provides the con- 15 gressional defense committees a detailed execution plan 16 for such funds. 17 SEC. 8122. None of the funds made available by this 18 Act may be used to support any activity conducted by, 19 or associated with, the Wuhan Institute of Virology. 20 SEC. 8123. None of the funds made available by this 21 Act may be used to fund any work to be performed by 22 EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. in China on research supported 23 by the government of China unless the Secretary of De- 24 fense determines that a waiver to such prohibition is in 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00132 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 133 •HR 9495 RH the national security interests of the United States and, 1 not later than 14 days after granting such a waiver, sub- 2 mits to the congressional defense committees a detailed 3 justification for the waiver, including— 4 (1) an identification of the Department of De- 5 fense entity obligating or expending the funds; 6 (2) an identification of the amount of such 7 funds; 8 (3) an identification of the intended purpose of 9 such funds; 10 (4) an identification of the recipient or prospec- 11 tive recipient of such funds (including any third- 12 party entity recipient, as applicable); 13 (5) an explanation for how the waiver is in the 14 national security interests of the United States; and 15 (6) any other information the Secretary deter- 16 mines appropriate. 17 SEC. 8124. None of the funds appropriated or other- 18 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 19 to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 20 or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 21 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 22 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 23 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00133 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 134 •HR 9495 RH (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 1 at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 2 Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 3 SEC. 8125. None of the funds appropriated or other- 4 wise made available in this Act may be used to transfer 5 any individual detained at United States Naval Station 6 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control of the 7 individual’s country of origin, any other foreign country, 8 or any other foreign entity except in accordance with sec- 9 tion 1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 10 Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92) and section 1035 11 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization 12 Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232). 13 SEC. 8126. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 14 otherwise made available in this or any other Act may be 15 used to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the 16 United States, its territories, or possessions to house any 17 individual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of 18 detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the ef- 19 fective control of the Department of Defense. 20 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 21 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 22 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00134 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 135 •HR 9495 RH (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 1 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 2 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 3 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 4 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 5 and 6 (2) is— 7 (A) in the custody or under the effective 8 control of the Department of Defense; or 9 (B) otherwise under detention at United 10 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 11 SEC. 8127. None of the funds made available by this 12 Act may be used to carry out the closure or realignment 13 of the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 14 Cuba. 15 SEC. 8128. None of the funds appropriated or other- 16 wise made available by this Act may be used to divest or 17 prepare to divest more than two U–2 aircraft. 18 SEC. 8129. (a) Concurrent with the annual budget 19 submission of the President for fiscal year 2028, and each 20 fiscal year thereafter, pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 21 31, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense shall 22 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 23 of Representatives and the Senate the following with re- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00135 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 136 •HR 9495 RH spect to amounts made available by Public Law 119–21 1 until all such amounts have been expended: 2 (1) proposed allocations by account, by fiscal 3 year, and by program, project, or activity, with de- 4 tailed justifications; 5 (2) P–1 and R–1 budget justification docu- 6 ments, which shall identify the allocation of funds by 7 program, project, and activity; and 8 (3) budget justification documents, to be known 9 as M–1 and O–1, which shall identify the allocation 10 of funds by budget activity, activity group, and sub- 11 activity group. 12 (b) Subsequent to the submission required in sub- 13 section (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 14 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 15 atives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of bal- 16 ances of projects and activities funded using amounts de- 17 scribed in subsection (a), including all uncommitted, com- 18 mitted, and unobligated funds, until all such amounts have 19 been expended. 20 SEC. 8130. The Secretary of Defense shall obligate 21 funds made available by this or any other Act, including 22 prior year Acts, under the heading ‘‘Research, Develop- 23 ment, Test and Evaluation, Navy’’ for the Next Genera- 24 tion Fighter program for the purpose of executing the en- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00136 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 137 •HR 9495 RH gineering and manufacturing development contract for the 1 Next Generation Fighter aircraft in a manner that 2 achieves accelerated Initial Operational Capability: Pro- 3 vided, That none of the funds made available to the De- 4 partment of Defense for this fiscal year or any prior fiscal 5 year may be used to pause, cancel, or terminate the Next 6 Generation Fighter program. 7 SEC. 8131. Of the funds provided under the heading 8 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, not less than 9 $125,000,000 shall be made available for the continuation 10 and expansion of the Platform (Offshore) Supply Vessel 11 Program established under section 8139 of the Depart- 12 ment of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 (division A of 13 Public Law 119–75): Provided, That of this amount not 14 less than $45,000,000 shall be for the continuation of such 15 Program: Provided further, That such Program shall in- 16 clude vessel time charters for one year with no fewer than 17 four one-year options and no less than two vessel time 18 charters: Provided further, That $80,000,000 of the 19 amount provided shall be used to expand such Program 20 through contractual time charter agreements for addi- 21 tional offshore supply vessels but for no less than two ves- 22 sel time charters: Provided further, That such time char- 23 ters shall use existing United States-built offshore supply 24 vessels that are documented under the laws of the United 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00137 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 138 •HR 9495 RH States, owned by a citizen of the United States (as de- 1 scribed in section 50501 of title 46, United States Code), 2 configured for logistics support in the Indo-Pacific region 3 that can meet the regulatory and physical requirements 4 to transport nearly 500,000 gallons of various standard 5 fuels, and provide up to 10,000 square feet of combined 6 deck space for transport of military equipment and per- 7 sonnel for delivery in and out of shallow draft ports in 8 the Indo-Pacific region. 9 SEC. 8132. Funds made available for the UH–60 10 Blackhawk aircraft program under this or any other Act, 11 including prior year Acts, under the headings ‘‘Aircraft 12 Procurement, Army’’ and ‘‘Research, Development, Test 13 and Evaluation, Army’’ shall be obligated only for the pur- 14 poses for which such funds were appropriated and such 15 funds may not be reprogrammed or transferred for other 16 purposes: Provided, That none of the funds made available 17 to the Department of Defense for this fiscal year or any 18 prior fiscal year may be used to pause, cancel, or termi- 19 nate the UH–60 Blackhawk aircraft program or to pre- 20 pare to pause, cancel, or terminate such program. 21 SEC. 8133. Funds made available for the E–7 22 Wedgetail aircraft program under this or any other Act, 23 including prior year Acts, under the headings ‘‘Aircraft 24 Procurement, Air Force’’ and ‘‘Research, Development, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00138 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 139 •HR 9495 RH Test and Evaluation, Air Force’’ shall be obligated only 1 for the purposes for which such funds were appropriated 2 and such funds may not be reprogrammed or transferred 3 for other purposes: Provided, That none of the funds made 4 available to the Department of Defense for this fiscal year 5 or any prior fiscal year may be used to pause, cancel, or 6 terminate the E–7 Wedgetail aircraft program or to pre- 7 pare to pause, cancel, or terminate such program. 8 SEC. 8134. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 9 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 10 Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 11 $1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 12 2028, shall be for the Taiwan Security Cooperation Initia- 13 tive: Provided, That such funds shall be available to the 14 Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Sec- 15 retary of State, to provide assistance, including new pro- 16 curement of defense articles, services, and military edu- 17 cation and training to Taiwan: Provided further, That 18 equipment procured using funds made available in this 19 section, and not yet transferred to Taiwan, or returned 20 by Taiwan to the United States, may be treated as stocks 21 of the Department of Defense upon written notification 22 to the congressional defense committees: Provided further, 23 That the Secretary of Defense shall, not less than 15 days 24 prior to obligating funds made available in this section, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00139 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 140 •HR 9495 RH notify the congressional defense committees in writing of 1 the details of any such obligation: Provided further, That 2 the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports 3 to the congressional defense committees on the use and 4 status of funds made available in this section. 5 SEC. 8135. Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise 6 made available by title II of this Act under the heading 7 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, the Secretary of De- 8 fense may reimburse the Federated States of Micronesia 9 in an amount not to exceed $140,000,000 for land acquisi- 10 tion costs for defense sites in Yap. 11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 12 SEC. 8136. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 13 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 14 Wide’’, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep- 15 tember 30, 2028, may be used for replacement of defense 16 articles and for reimbursement of defense services pro- 17 vided to or identified for provision to Taiwan: Provided, 18 That such funds may be transferred to appropriations 19 made available under titles II, III, IV, and V of this Act 20 for replacement, through new procurement or repair of ex- 21 isting unserviceable equipment, of defense articles from 22 the stocks of the Department of Defense, and for reim- 23 bursement for defense services of the Department of De- 24 fense and military education and training, provided to the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00140 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 141 •HR 9495 RH government of Taiwan or to foreign countries that have 1 provided support to Taiwan at the request of the United 2 States: Provided further, That funds transferred pursuant 3 to this section shall be merged with and available for the 4 same purposes and for the same time period as the appro- 5 priations to which the funds are transferred: Provided fur- 6 ther, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the con- 7 gressional defense committees of the details of such trans- 8 fers not less than 15 days before any such transfer: Pro- 9 vided further, That upon a determination that all or part 10 of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not 11 necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 12 may be transferred back and merged with this appropria- 13 tion: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro- 14 vided in this section is in addition to any other transfer 15 authority provided in this Act. 16 SEC. 8137. None of the funds made available to the 17 Department of Defense for this fiscal year or any prior 18 fiscal year may be used to pause, cancel, or terminate the 19 Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Geo- 20 synchronous Earth Orbit and the Next-Generation Over- 21 head Persistent Infrared Polar programs. 22 SEC. 8138. Any transactions or follow-on trans- 23 actions entered into pursuant to the authority in section 24 2808a of title 10, United States Code, to carry out repair 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00141 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 142 •HR 9495 RH and construction projects for facilities may only be carried 1 out if, without regard to section 2808a, such projects are 2 otherwise authorized by law and the use of military con- 3 struction, operation and maintenance, or research, devel- 4 opment, test and evaluation funds is otherwise authorized 5 for such projects: Provided, That none of the funds appro- 6 priated or otherwise made available by this or prior Acts, 7 by title I of division D of Public Law 119–37 or by any 8 prior Act making appropriations for Military Construc- 9 tion, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, or by funds 10 made available to the Department of Defense in Public 11 Law 119–21 may be transferred pursuant to the authority 12 in section 2808a of title 10, United States Code. 13 SEC. 8139. None of the funds appropriated or other- 14 wise made available by this Act may be used to divest or 15 prepare to divest any F-15 aircraft unless the Secretary 16 of Defense certifies to the Committees on Appropriations 17 of the House of Representatives and the Senate that such 18 aircraft will be replaced in a manner that maintains the 19 current total aircraft assigned at a given unit and the 20 readiness of such unit. 21 SEC. 8140. None of the funds appropriated or other- 22 wise made available by this Act may be made available 23 to remove a Chinese military company from the list re- 24 quired by section 1260H of the National Defense Author- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00142 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 143 •HR 9495 RH ization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283), 1 except in accordance with subsection (b)(3) of such section 2 and 15 days following written notification to the congres- 3 sional defense committees. 4 SEC. 8141. Notwithstanding section 8054 of this Act, 5 amounts appropriated under the heading ‘‘Research, De- 6 velopment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’ of this 7 Act, as detailed in the fourth and fifth budget activities 8 in the tables titled ‘‘Explanation of Project Level Adjust- 9 ments’’ in the explanatory statement regarding this Act 10 for the Defense Autonomous Warfare Group and the 11 Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (JIATF 401), 12 may be used for expenses for agile research, development, 13 test and evaluation, procurement, production, modifica- 14 tion, and operation and maintenance requirements, includ- 15 ing the initial acquisition of end-items for operational use: 16 Provided, That none of these funds may be obligated or 17 expended until 15 days after the Secretary of Defense pro- 18 vides the congressional defense committees a detailed exe- 19 cution plan for such funds: Provided further, That such 20 funds may be transferred to appropriations made available 21 under titles II, III, and IV of this Act for program of 22 record requirements: Provided further, That funds trans- 23 ferred pursuant to this section shall be merged with and 24 available for the same purposes and for the same time pe- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00143 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 144 •HR 9495 RH riod as the appropriations to which the funds are trans- 1 ferred: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 2 shall notify the congressional defense committees of the 3 details of such transfers not less than 15 days before any 4 such transfer: Provided further, That the transfer author- 5 ity provided in this section is in addition to any other 6 transfer authority provided in this Act. 7 SEC. 8142. Proceeds from the sale by the Secretary 8 of Defense of any equity security, equity warrant, or simi- 9 lar instrument shall be deposited in the general fund of 10 the Treasury. 11 SEC. 8143. Not later than 180 days after the date 12 of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than 13 once every 60 days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense 14 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re- 15 port that includes— 16 (1) for each unclassified procurement account 17 of the Department of Defense, financial manage- 18 ment and contracting details set forth at the budget 19 sub-activity level; and 20 (2) for each unclassified research, development, 21 test and evaluation account of the Department, fi- 22 nancial management and contracting details set 23 forth at the project level. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00144 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 145 •HR 9495 RH SEC. 8144. (a) The total amount appropriated or oth- 1 erwise made available by this Act is hereby reduced by 2 $1,000,000,000 to reflect savings resulting from business 3 process modernization and the deployment of artificial in- 4 telligence. 5 (b) The reduction under subsection (a) shall not 6 apply to any amounts appropriated or otherwise made 7 available by this Act for the salary or expenses of any offi- 8 cer or employee in the civil service (as defined in section 9 2101 of title 5, United States Code). 10 SEC. 8145. Beginning on the date that is 180 days 11 after the date of the enactment of this Act, none of the 12 funds appropriated by this Act or otherwise made avail- 13 able for the United States Northern Command may be 14 used to carry out any activity with respect to Mexico, ex- 15 cept for activities directly related to the planning and 16 operational requirements established under Executive 17 Order 14167 (90 Fed. Reg. 8613; relating to Clarifying 18 the Military’s Role in Protecting the Territorial Integrity 19 of the United States) or a successor directive: Provided, 20 That any such funds that are unobligated as of such date 21 and that were previously made available to the United 22 States Northern Command for activities with respect to 23 Mexico (other than the activities to which the exception 24 in the preceding provision of this section applies) shall in- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00145 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 146 •HR 9495 RH stead be made available to the United States Southern 1 Command to carry out activities with respect to Mexico 2 in a manner consistent with applicable law and subject to 3 approval of a revised Unified Command Plan by the Presi- 4 dent: Provided further, That the preceding provisions of 5 this section shall not apply if the President determines 6 that reassignment of responsibility for Mexico from the 7 United States Northern Command to the United States 8 Southern Command is not necessary or appropriate and 9 the Secretary of Defense, not later than 30 days after such 10 determination is made, submits a report to the Commit- 11 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 12 and the Senate detailing the rationale for keeping Mexico 13 in the area of responsibility of the United States Northern 14 Command, including operational, strategic, and diplomatic 15 considerations: Provided further, That nothing in this sec- 16 tion shall be construed to limit the President’s authority 17 as Commander in Chief to assign command responsibil- 18 ities or direct military operations. 19 SEC. 8146. None of the funds made available by this 20 Act may be made available for the United Nations Relief 21 and Works Agency. 22 SEC. 8147. None of the funds made available by this 23 Act may be used to enter into a contract or other agree- 24 ment that includes a scope of work for the construction 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00146 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 147 •HR 9495 RH of the lead ship of the Guided Missile Battleship program 1 until the date on which the Secretary of the Navy certifies 2 to the congressional defense committees that the weapon 3 systems planned for inclusion in such lead ship are at a 4 sufficiently mature technology readiness level. 5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 6 SEC. 8148. In addition to amounts appropriated in 7 title II or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, 8 $2,950,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department 9 of Defense and made available for transfer to the oper- 10 ation and maintenance accounts of the Army, Navy, Ma- 11 rine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force (including Na- 12 tional Guard and Reserve) for purposes of improving mili- 13 tary readiness: Provided, That the transfer authority pro- 14 vided under this section is in addition to any other trans- 15 fer authority provided elsewhere in this Act: Provided fur- 16 ther, That none of the funds provided under this section 17 may be obligated or expended until 30 days after the Sec- 18 retary of Defense provides the Committees on Appropria- 19 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 20 detailed execution plan for such funds. 21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 22 SEC. 8149. In addition to amounts appropriated in 23 title II or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, 24 $3,250,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00147 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 148 •HR 9495 RH of Defense and made available for transfer to military per- 1 sonnel accounts, operation and maintenance accounts, and 2 the Defense Working Capital Funds for the purposes of 3 a combatant commanders contingency fund to respond to 4 the emergent needs of the combatant commands: Provided, 5 That none of the funds provided under this section may 6 be obligated or expended until 30 days after the date that 7 the Secretary of Defense provides to the congressional de- 8 fense committees an execution plan: Provided further, 9 That not less than 15 days prior to any transfer of funds 10 under this section, the Secretary of Defense shall notify 11 the congressional defense committees of the details of any 12 such transfer: Provided further, That the transfer author- 13 ity provided under this section is in addition to any other 14 transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act: Provided 15 further, That upon transfer, the funds shall be merged 16 with and available for the same purposes, and for the same 17 time period, as the appropriation to which transferred: 18 Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 19 part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 20 not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 21 amounts may be transferred back and merged with this 22 appropriation. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00148 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 149 •HR 9495 RH (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 1 SEC. 8150. In addition to amounts appropriated or 2 otherwise made available by this Act, $2,750,000,000 is 3 hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense for in- 4 novation, expansion, and acceleration of qualification and 5 certification activities and technical data management to 6 enhance competition in defense industrial base; Provided, 7 That none of the funds provided under this section may 8 be obligated or expended until 15 days after the Secretary 9 of Defense provides the Committees on Appropriations of 10 the House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed 11 execution plan for such funds: Provided further, That such 12 funds may be transferred to appropriations made available 13 under titles II, III, and IV, of this Act for program of 14 record requirements: Provided further, That funds trans- 15 ferred pursuant to this section shall be merged with and 16 available for the same purposes and for the same time pe- 17 riod as the appropriations to which the funds are trans- 18 ferred: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 19 shall notify the congressional defense committees of the 20 details of such transfers not less than 15 days before any 21 such transfer: Provided further, That the transfer author- 22 ity provided in this section is in addition to any other 23 transfer authority provided in this Act. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00149 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 150 •HR 9495 RH (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 1 SEC. 8151. In addition to amounts appropriated or 2 otherwise made available by this Act, $5,250,000,000 is 3 hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense for on- 4 premises infrastructure and compute capital expenses for 5 hardware, electronics and network equipment, storage, 6 and resiliency: Provided, That none of the funds provided 7 under this section may be used to purchase covered semi- 8 conductor products or services as defined in subsection (j) 9 of section 5949 of the National Defense Authorization Act 10 for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 41 U.S.C. 11 4713 note), regardless of whether or not a waiver has been 12 issued under subsection (b) of such section: Provided fur- 13 ther, That none of the funds provided under this section 14 may be obligated or expended until 30 days after the Sec- 15 retary of Defense provides the Committees on Appropria- 16 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 17 detailed execution plan for such funds: Provided further, 18 That such funds may be transferred to appropriations 19 made available under titles II, III, and IV, of this Act 20 for program of record requirements: Provided further, 21 That funds transferred pursuant to this section shall be 22 merged with and available for the same purposes and for 23 the same time period as the appropriations to which the 24 funds are transferred: Provided further, That the Sec- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00150 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 151 •HR 9495 RH retary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense 1 committees of the details of such transfers not less than 2 15 days before any such transfer: Provided further, That 3 the transfer authority provided in this section is in addi- 4 tion to any other transfer authority provided in this Act. 5 SEC. 8152. None of the funds made available by this 6 Act or any other Act may be used to carry out the reloca- 7 tion, consolidation, or realignment of any Army Basic 8 Combat Training unit. 9 SEC. 8153. None of the funds provided in this Act 10 may be used to conduct or support research using human 11 fetal tissue if such tissue is obtained pursuant to an in- 12 duced abortion. 13 SEC. 8154. None of the funds appropriated or other- 14 wise made available by this Act may be used for surgical 15 procedures or hormone therapies for the purposes of sex- 16 rejecting procedures. 17 SEC. 8155. None of the funds appropriated or other- 18 wise made available by this Act may be made available 19 for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, training, 20 programs, offices, officers, policies, or any program, 21 project, or activity that promotes or advances Critical 22 Race Theory, or any concept associated with Critical Race 23 Theory. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00151 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 152 •HR 9495 RH SEC. 8156. 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. 8157. 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. 8158. None of the funds appropriated or other- 13 wise made available by this Act shall be used to imple- 14 ment, administer, or otherwise carry out the Department 15 of Defense memorandum dated October 20, 2022, or any 16 successor to such memorandum, or to propose, promul- 17 gate, or implement any substantially similar rule or policy. 18 SEC. 8159. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec- 19 tion 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of 20 title 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 21 none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro- 22 priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 23 any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par- 24 tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00152 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 153 •HR 9495 RH accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 1 conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 2 a union of one man and one woman. 3 (b) DISCRIMINATORY ACTION DEFINED.—As used in 4 subsection (a), a discriminatory action means any action 5 taken by the Federal Government to— 6 (1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 7 of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as- 8 sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp- 9 tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter- 10 nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 11 in subsection (a); 12 (2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur- 13 poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 14 such person; 15 (3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 16 exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 17 deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co- 18 operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li- 19 cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 20 other similar position or status from or to such per- 21 son; 22 (4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth- 23 erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 24 benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00153 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 154 •HR 9495 RH admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 1 degree from an educational program, from or to 2 such person; or 3 (5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth- 4 erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle- 5 ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in- 6 stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 7 and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam- 8 paigns from or to such person. 9 (c) ACCREDITATION; LICENSURE; CERTIFICATION.— 10 The Federal Government shall consider accredited, li- 11 censed, or certified for purposes of Federal law any person 12 that would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respec- 13 tively, for such purposes but for a determination against 14 such person wholly or partially on the basis that the per- 15 son speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held 16 religious belief or moral conviction described in subsection 17 (a). 18 REDESIGNATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AS 19 THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR 20 SEC. 8160. (a) CHANGES TO DEPARTMENTAL AND 21 POSITIONAL TITLES IN POSITIVE LAW TITLES OF 22 UNITED STATES CODE.—Titles 10, 32, and 37, United 23 States Code, are amended, in each case with the matter 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00154 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 155 •HR 9495 RH inserted to be in the same typeface and typestyle as the 1 matter stricken, by— 2 (1) striking ‘‘Department of Defense’’ each 3 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Department of 4 War’’; and 5 (2) striking ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’ each place 6 it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of War’’. 7 (b) CONFORMING CHANGES TO TITLE 10.—Title 10, 8 United States Code, is amended, in each case with the 9 matter inserted to be in the same typeface and typestyle 10 as the matter stricken— 11 (1) in sections 143, 2701(a)(4), 7381(c), 12 8226(c), and 9381(c), by striking ‘‘OSD’’ each place 13 it appears and inserting ‘‘Office of the Secretary of 14 War’’; 15 (2) in sections 148(c)(6), 165(c), 194(f), 16 392(e), 430b(d)(2), 1501(b), 1784(g), 2111b(e), 17 2461(b), 2563(a), 2701(f), 2704(c), 2704(d)(3), 18 7543(a), and 7687(a), by striking ‘‘DoD’’ and 19 ‘‘DOD’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘De- 20 partment of War’’; 21 (3) in section 127e(h), by striking ‘‘ASD’’ and 22 inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary of War’’; 23 (4) in sections 1175a(j)(5), 4022(e)(1), 24 4863(b)(3)(C), and 4872(d)(3), by striking ‘‘Under- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00155 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 156 •HR 9495 RH secretary of Defense’’ each of the places it appears 1 and inserting ‘‘Under Secretary of War’’; 2 (5) in section 2926(f)(5)(D), by striking ‘‘Sec- 3 retary for Defense’’ and insert ‘‘Secretary of War’’; 4 (6) in sections 131(b), 137a, 138, 5 139b(b)(3)(B)(vii), 398a(c), 1142(b)(19), by strik- 6 ing ‘‘Secretaries of Defense’’ each place it appears 7 and inserting ‘‘Secretaries of War’’; 8 (7) in section 2164b, by striking ‘‘DODEA’’ 9 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Department of 10 War Education Activity’’; and 11 (8) in section 4091, by striking ‘‘Defense Test 12 Resource Management Center’’ each place it appears 13 and inserting ‘‘Department of War Test Resource 14 Management Center’’. 15 (c) EXCEPTIONS FOR DATE SPECIFIC ISSUANCES IN 16 TITLE 10.— 17 (1) The amendments in subsections (a)(1) and 18 (b)(2) shall not apply to sections 120(d), 1721(c), 19 2216a(c)(1), 2263(b)(2), 2856a(c), 2856b(c), 20 3138(f)(4), 4505(h)(5), 4506(d)(2)(A), 4506(f)(3), 21 4832(c)(4), and 5502(c)(3)(B) of title 10, United 22 States Code. 23 (2) The amendments in subsection (a)(1) shall 24 not apply to the term ‘‘Department of Defense In- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00156 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 157 •HR 9495 RH terim Guidance dated February 29, 2000’’ in section 1 2475(a) of title 10, United States Code. 2 (3) The amendments in subsection (a)(2) shall 3 not apply to sections 499c(a)(1)(D), 500d(c), 4 2281(d)(2), 3138(f)(4), 5502(c)(3)(A), and 5 5502(c)(3)(B) of title 10, United States Code. 6 (d) OTHER REFERENCES.—Chapter 1 of title 10, 7 United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 8 102 the following new section: 9 ‘‘SEC. 103. REFERENCES TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 10 AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 11 ‘‘Any reference to the Secretary of Defense and De- 12 partment of Defense in any law, regulation, map, docu- 13 ment, record, or other paper of the United States shall 14 be deemed to be a reference to the Secretary of War and 15 Department of War, respectively.’’. 16 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 17 SEC. 8161. $0. 18 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 19 Appropriations Act, 2027’’. 20 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:37 Jun 26, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00157 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9495.RH H9495 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS Union Calendar No. 621 119TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 9495 [Report No. 119–715] A BILL Making appropriations for the Department of De- fense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes. 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