Sec. 1618. Limitation of funds for travel expenses for the Office of the Chief Information Officer

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Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2026 for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, and available for travel expenses for the Office of the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, not more than 85 percent may be obligated or expended until the date on which the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, in coordination with the Chief Information Officers of the military departments, submits to the congressional defense committees the plan required under subsection (b).

The Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, in coordination with the Chief Information Officers of the military departments, shall develop and submit to the congressional defense committees a comprehensive plan to transition from legacy circuits to Internet Protocol-based circuits that comply with Department of Defense security requirements, including— identification of all legacy circuits currently in use across the Department of Defense and the military departments; establishment of timelines for the transition of each identified legacy circuit; detail of resource requirements necessary to execute the transition; identification of any technical, operational, or security challenges that may impact the transition and proposed solutions to address such challenges; specification of associated funding lines for each military department and defense agency participating in the transition; and identification of investments over the Future Years Defense Program required to complete the transition.

In this section: The term Internet Protocol-based circuits means telecommunications circuits or services that utilize the Internet Protocol suite for packet switching and routing to transmit voice, data, and video communications. The term legacy circuits means telecommunications circuits that utilize outdated technology with limited bandwidth, security features, or interoperability capabilities as compared to modern Internet Protocol-based alternatives.