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The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Division A—Department of Defense authorizations Title I—Procurement Subtitle A—Authorization of appropriations Sec. 101. Army. Sec. 102. Navy and Marine Corps. Sec. 103. Air Force. Sec. 104. Defense-wide activities. Sec. 105. Defense Production Act purchases. Subtitle B—Defense-Wide, joint, and multiservice matters Sec. 111. Economic order quantity contracting authority F–35 joint strike fighter program.
Title II—Research, development, test, and evaluation Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. Title III—Operation and maintenance Subtitle A—Authorization of appropriations Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding. Subtitle B—Energy and environment Sec. 311. Expediting Federal agency environmental reviews. Sec. 312. Native American lands environmental mitigation program. Sec. 313. Inclusion of over-the-horizon radars in early outreach procedures and voluntary contributions.
Subtitle C—Logistics and sustainment Sec. 321. Inclusion of product support providers in public-private partnerships with respect to Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence. Sec. 322. Inclusion of depot services as eligible for sales by industrial facilities. Sec. 323. Logistics support and services for weapon systems contractors. Subtitle D—Other matters Sec. 331. Updating and modernizing the Department of Defense explosives safety board. Sec. 332. Officers authorized to command Army dental units.
Sec. 333. Expanded transfer and adoption of military animals. Sec. 334. Repeal of statutory requirement for Commander of the Defense Logistics Agency to be notified three years prior to implementing changes to any uniform or uniform component. Sec. 335. Transition from service-specific Defense Readiness Reporting Systems. Title IV—Military personnel authorizations Subtitle A—Active forces Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces. Subtitle B—Reserve forces Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve.
Sec. 412. End strengths for reserves on active duty in support of the reserves. Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status). Sec. 414. Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active duty for operational support. Sec. 415. Authorized strengths for Marine Corps Reserves on active duty. Sec. 416. Authorized strength: exclusion of certain reserve component general and flag officers on active duty. Subtitle C—Authorization of appropriations Sec. 421.
Military personnel. Subtitle D—Other matters Sec. 431. Authorities of Secretary of Defense and Service Secretaries to vary personnel end strengths. Title V—Military personnel policy Subtitle A—Officer personnel policy Sec. 501. Revision to management policies for joint qualified officers. Sec. 502. Repeal of report on end-of-quarter strength levels. Sec. 503. Original appointment authority. Subtitle B—Reserve component management Sec. 511. Repeal of requirement for review of certain Army reserve officer unit vacancy promotions by commanders of associated active duty units.
Subtitle C—General service authorities and correction military records Sec. 521. Reduction in required number of members of discharge review boards. Sec. 522. Privacy Act exclusion for courts-martial to allow for public access to dockets, filings, and court records. Subtitle D—Military justice Sec. 531. Revisions to requirements relating to Department of Defense policy on evidence retention to reflect the length of time a sexual assault forensic examination
(SAFE)kit must be retained. Sec. 532. Command influence under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Subtitle E—Member education, training, resilience, and transition Sec. 541. Enhancing joint professional military education. Sec. 542. Eligibility of additional enlisted members for associate degree programs of the Community College of the Air Force. Sec. 543. Degree granting authority for United States Army Armament Graduate School. Sec. 544. Authority for the military departments’ accredited institutions to accept research grants. Sec. 545. Preparation of budget requests for operation of professional military education schools. Subtitle F—Decorations and awards Sec. 551. Expansion of Gold Star Lapel Button eligibility to stepbrothers and stepsisters. Sec. 552. Authority to award or present a decoration following a congressionally requested review. Subtitle G—Other Matters Sec. 561. Expansion of personal property tax relief for servicemembers. Sec. 562. Clarification regarding military orders required for termination of leases pursuant to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. Sec. 563. Clarification of requirements for residence and domicile tax relief under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. Sec. 564. Determination of residence or domicile for tax purposes of spouses of military personnel. Sec. 565. Extension of protections for servicemembers against default judgments. Title VI—Compensation and other personnel benefits Sec. 601. Inclusion of active duty service for a preplanned mission as eligible service for reduction of eligibility age for a non-regular retirement. Sec. 602. Authority to waive recoupment of separation pay, severance pay, or readjustment pay for involuntary discharge for members who subsequently become entitled to retired or retainer pay. Sec. 603. Authority for payment of death gratuity to trusts. Sec. 604. Payment of transitional compensation for certain dependents. Sec. 605. Treatment of commissary user fees. Sec. 606. One-year extension of certain expiring bonus and special pay authorities. Title VII—Health care provisions Sec. 701. Reauthorization of demonstration project for health care coverage through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. Sec. 702. Revision of authority for sole source contracts with designated providers. Sec. 703. Five-year extension of authority to continue the DOD–VA health care incentive fund. Sec. 704. Clarification of Office of Special Needs policy for individualized services plans. Sec. 705. Military health system fraud and abuse prevention program. Sec. 706. Extension and clarification of authority for the joint Department of Defense–Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility demonstration project. Sec. 707. Strengthening the Department of Defense Academic Health System in the National Capital Region. Sec. 708. Endowments at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Sec. 709. Authority to plan, design, and construct, or lease, shared medical facilities with Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 710. TRICARE payment options for retirees. Sec. 711. Modification of eligibility for TRICARE Reserve Select and TRICARE Retired Reserve of certain members of the reserve components. Title VIII—Acquisition policy, acquisition management, and related matters Subtitle A—Acquisition policy and management Sec. 801. Senior Military Acquisition Advisor eligibility. Sec. 802. Reestablishment of authority for Joint Urgent Operational Needs Fund. Sec. 803. Authority for life-of-type buys to prevent materiel shortages associated with diminishing manufacturing sources and obsolescence. Subtitle B—Amendments to general contracting authorities, procedures, and limitations Sec. 811. Use of technical data during challenges. Sec. 812. Codification and permanent authorization of the Mentor-Protégé Program. Sec. 813. Removal of prohibition on delegation of determinations for improved conventional defense capabilities in cooperative research and development agreements. Sec. 814. Authority to cease selected acquisition reporting on certain major defense acquisition programs. Sec. 815. Pilot program to accelerate contracting and pricing processes. Sec. 816. Extension of authority to acquire products and services produced in countries along a major route of supply to Afghanistan. Sec. 817. Extension and revision of direct hire authority for technical experts into the defense acquisition workforce. Sec. 818. Amendments to research project transaction authorities to eliminate cost-sharing requirements and reduce burdens on use. Sec. 819. Defense Modernization Account. Subtitle C—Matters relating to small business Sec. 821. Change of basis for calculating required expenditure amount for SBIR and STTR. Sec. 822. Phase flexibility permanency for Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs. Sec. 823. Permanency of administrative funds pilot program. Sec. 824. Clarification of eligibility for sequential phase II awards. Sec. 825. Partnership intermediary pilot program. Subtitle D—Other matters Sec. 831. Timeliness rules for filing bid protests at the United States Court of Federal Claims. Sec. 832. Removing barriers to, and extension of, the Defense Production Act. Sec. 833. Authority to enter into contracts for contracted adversary air and contracted close air support. Title IX—Department of Defense organization and management Sec. 901. Update of authorities relating to nuclear command, control, and communications. Sec. 902. Codification and permanent extension of Government lodging program. Title X—General provisions Sec. 1001. Refueling and complex overhaul of USS John C. Stennis. Sec. 1002. Reduction in the minimum number of Navy carrier air wings and carrier air wing headquarters required to be maintained. Sec. 1003. Ensuring operational readiness of littoral combat ships on extended deployments. Sec. 1004. Regulation of discharges incidental to the normal operations of a vessel of the Armed Forces under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Sec. 1005. Providing protection to the National Museum of the Marine Corps and the National Museum of the United States Army. Sec. 1006. Revisions to working-capital funds statute. Sec. 1007. Access to and use of military postal service by U.S. citizens employed overseas by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization who perform functions in support of military operations of the Armed Forces of the United States. Sec. 1008. Permanent authority of Secretary of Transportation to issue non-premium aviation insurance. Sec. 1009. Extension of authority for Secretary of Defense to use Department of Defense reimbursement rate for transportation services provided to certain non-Department of Defense entities. Sec. 1010. Increase of minimum dollar threshold for Department of Defense interest penalty payments. Sec. 1011. Technical and grammatical corrections and repeal of obsolete provisions relating to energy. Sec. 1012. Inclusion of veterans on temporary disability or permanent disabled retirement lists in military adaptive sports programs. Sec. 1013. Revision to authorities relating to mail service for members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilians overseas. Sec. 1014. Clarification of inspector general authorities concerning overseas contingency operations. Sec. 1015. Licensure requirements for Department of Defense veterinary professionals: emergencies and disasters. Sec. 1016. Elimination of requirement to submit reports to Congress in paper format. Sec. 1017. Clarification of the authority of military commissions established under chapter 47A to punish contempt. Sec. 1018. Tariffs on aircraft traveling through channel routes. Sec. 1019. Transfer of administrative jurisdiction and control over public lands located in Arlington, Virginia. Title XI—Civilian personnel matters Sec. 1101. Enhancement of capabilities to manage civilian faculty at Army and Navy educational institutions. Sec. 1102. Employment authority for civilian faculty at certain military department schools. Sec. 1103. One-year extension of authority to waive annual limitation on premium pay and aggregate limitation on pay for Federal civilian employees working overseas. Sec. 1104. One-year extension of temporary authority to grant allowances, benefits, and gratuities to civilian personnel on official duty in a combat zone. Sec. 1105. Revision to certain overseas contingency operations-related inspector general authorities: hiring authorities. Title XII—Matters relating to foreign nations Sec. 1201. Extension of cross-servicing agreements for loan of personnel protection and survivability equipment in coalition operations. Sec. 1202. Extension of Commanders’ Emergency Response Program. Sec. 1203. Authority to reimburse National Guard and reserve salaries for certain activities in support of the Department of State. Sec. 1204. Department of Defense support to stabilization activities in the national security interest of the United States. Sec. 1205. Extension of authority for support of special operations for irregular warfare. Sec. 1206. Extension of authority for reimbursement of certain coalition nations for support provided to United States military operations. Sec. 1207. Extension of Afghan Special Immigrant Program. Sec. 1208. NATO special operations headquarters. Sec. 1209. Afghanistan Security Forces Fund. Sec. 1210. Extension of authority to support operations and activities of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq. Sec. 1211. Extension of authority to provide assistance to the vetted Syrian opposition. Sec. 1212. Extension of authority to provide assistance to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Sec. 1213. Provision of goods and services at Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands. Sec. 1214. Availability of appropriations for Ri’katak Guest Student Program at United States Army Garrison–Kwajalein Atoll. Sec. 1215. Two-year extension of program authority for the Global Security Contingency Fund. Title XIII—Cooperative threat reduction Sec. 1301. Authority to carry out Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. Sec. 1302. Use of contributions to Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. Title XIV—Other authorizations Subtitle A—Military programs Sec. 1401. Working capital funds. Sec. 1402. Joint Urgent Operational Needs Fund. Sec. 1403. Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense. Sec. 1404. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide. Sec. 1405. Defense Inspector General. Sec. 1406. Defense Health Program. Subtitle B—Other matters Sec. 1411. Authority for transfer of funds to joint Department of Defense–Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund for Captain James A. Lovell Health Care Center, Illinois. Sec. 1412. Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement Home. Title XV—Authorization of additional appropriations for overseas contingency operations Sec. 1501. Purpose. Sec. 1502. Army procurement. Sec. 1503. Navy and Marine Corps procurement. Sec. 1504. Air Force procurement. Sec. 1505. Defense-wide activities procurement. Sec. 1506. Research, development, test, and evaluation. Sec. 1507. Operation and maintenance. Sec. 1508. Military personnel. Sec. 1509. Working capital funds. Sec. 1510. Defense Health Program. Sec. 1511. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide. Sec. 1512. Defense Inspector General. Title XVI—Strategic programs, cyber, and intelligence matters Subtitle A—Space activities Sec. 1601. Demonstration of backup and complementary positioning, navigation, and timing capabilities of global positioning system. Subtitle B—Defense intelligence and intelligence-Related activities Sec. 1611. Authority to provide additional allowances and benefits for Defense Clandestine Service employees. Sec. 1612. Modification of integration of Department of Defense intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. Sec. 1613. Renaming the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence to Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security. Sec. 1614. Expenditure of funds for Department of Defense intelligence and counterintelligence activities. Subtitle C—Cyberspace-Related matters Sec. 1621. Authority to use operation and maintenance funds for cyber operations-peculiar capability development projects. Sec. 1622. Expansion of authority for access and information relating to cyberattacks on Department of Defense operationally critical contractors. Subtitle D—Other matters Sec. 1631. Additional protection of certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft threats. Title XVII—Space Force Subtitle A—United States Space Force Sec. 1701. Establishment of United States Space Force in the Department of the Air Force. Sec. 1702. Under Secretary of the Air Force for Space. Sec. 1703. Inclusion of the Space Force on the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Joint Staff. Sec. 1704. Civilian personnel supporting the Space Force. Sec. 1705. Decorations and awards. Sec. 1706. Repeal of provision related to Air Force Space Command. Sec. 1707. Transfer of personnel, property, and resources and other transition matters. Subtitle B—Conforming amendments Sec. 1711. Department of the Air Force provisions in title 10, United States Code. Sec. 1712. Other provisions of title 10, United States Code. Sec. 1713. Title 5, United States Code. Sec. 1714. Title 14, United States Code. Sec. 1715. Title 18, United States Code. Sec. 1716. Title 31, United States Code. Sec. 1717. Title 37, United States Code. Sec. 1718. Title 38, United States Code. Sec. 1719. Title 41, United States Code. Sec. 1720. Title 51, United States Code. Sec. 1721. Other provisions of law. Division B—Military construction authorizations Sec. 2001. Short title. Sec. 2002. Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified by law. Sec. 2003. Effective date. Title XXI—Army military construction Sec. 2101. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2102. Family housing. Sec. 2103. Authorization of appropriations, Army. Sec. 2104. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019 project. Title XXII—Navy military construction Sec. 2201. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2202. Family housing. Sec. 2203. Improvements to military family housing units. Sec. 2204. Authorization of appropriations, Navy. Title XXIII—Air Force military construction Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2302. Family housing. Sec. 2303. Improvements to military family housing units. Sec. 2304. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force. Sec. 2305. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2015 project. Sec. 2306. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2016 project. Sec. 2307. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2017 project. Sec. 2308. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2018 projects. Sec. 2309. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019 projects. Title XXIV—DEFENSE AGENCIES MILITARY CONSTRUCTION Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2402. Authorized energy conservation projects. Sec. 2403. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies. Title XXV—International programs Subtitle A—North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program Sec. 2501. Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2502. Authorization of appropriations, NATO. Subtitle B—Host country in-Kind contributions Sec. 2511. Republic of Korea funded construction projects. Title XXVI—Guard and Reserve Forces facilities Sec. 2601. Authorized Army National Guard construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2602. Authorized Army Reserve construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2603. Authorized Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2604. Authorized Air National Guard construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2605. Authorized Air Force Reserve construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2606. Authorization of appropriations, National Guard and Reserve. Title XXVII—Base realignment and closure activities Sec. 2701. Authorization of appropriations for base realignment and closure activities funded through Department of Defense Base Closure Account. Title XXVIII—Military construction general provisions Sec. 2801. Revision to architectural and engineering services and construction design authority. Sec. 2802. Expansion of temporary authority for acceptance and use of contributions for certain construction, maintenance, and repair projects mutually beneficial to the Department of Defense and the military forces of Kuwait and the Republic of Korea. Sec. 2803. Authorized cost variations for unspecified minor military construction. Sec. 2804. Modification of alternative authority for acquisition and improvement of military housing. Title XXIX—Overseas contingency operations military construction Sec. 2901. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2902. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2903. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2904. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2905. Authorization of appropriations. Title XXX—Military construction funding Sec. 3001. Authorization of amounts in funding tables. Sec. 3002. Military construction table. Sec. 3003. Military construction table for overseas contingency operations. Sec. 3004. Military construction table for emergency funding.