[House Report 113-113] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] 113th Congress Report 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 113-113 _______________________________________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2014 ---------- R E P O R T of the COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS together with ADDITIONAL VIEWS [TO ACCOMPANY H.R. 2397]June 17, 2013.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 113th Congress Report 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 113-113 _______________________________________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2014 __________ R E P O R T of the COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS together with ADDITIONAL VIEWS [TO ACCOMPANY H.R. 2397]
June 17, 2013.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed _____ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 81-454 WASHINGTON : 2013 C O N T E N T S __________ Page Bill Totals...................................................... 1 Committee Budget Review Process.................................. 3 Introduction..................................................... 3 Funding Increases................................................ 3 Committee Recommendations by Major Category...................... 3 Active, Reserve and National Guard Military Personnel........ 3 Operation and Maintenance.................................... 3 Procurement.................................................. 4 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation................... 5 Defense Health Program....................................... 5 Overseas Contingency Operations.............................. 6 Classified Programs.......................................... 6 Forces to be Supported........................................... 6 Department of the Army....................................... 6 Department of the Navy....................................... 7 Department of the Air Force.................................. 8 TITLE I. MILITARY PERSONNEL...................................... 11 Military Personnel Overview.................................. 13 Summary of End Strength.................................. 13 Overall Active End Strength.............................. 13 Overall Selected Reserve End Strength.................... 13 Full-Time Support Strengths.............................. 14 Operational Reserve...................................... 14 Sexual Assault Prevention and Response................... 15 Military Personnel Account Funding Reductions............ 17 Obligations of Bonuses................................... 17 Carryover Authority...................................... 18 Permanent Change of Station Efficiencies................. 18 Long-Term Temporary Duty Assignments..................... 19 Foreign Language Training and Education.................. 19 Minority Outreach........................................ 20 Hazing in the Armed Forces............................... 20 Military Personnel, Army..................................... 20 Military Personnel, Navy..................................... 25 Littoral Combat Ship Manning............................. 29 Military Personnel, Marine Corps............................. 30 Military Personnel, Air Force................................ 34 Reserve Personnel, Army...................................... 38 Reserve Personnel, Navy...................................... 41 Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps.............................. 44 Reserve Personnel, Air Force................................. 47 National Guard Personnel, Army............................... 50 Cyber Security--Dual Use Cyber Incident Response Teams... 53 National Guard Personnel, Air Force.......................... 53 TITLE II. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.............................. 57 Operation and Maintenance Reprogrammings..................... 59 Operation and Maintenance Budget Execution Data.............. 60 Special Interest Items....................................... 60 Restoration of Funding for Unrealistic Efficiency Savings.... 60 Tuition Assistance........................................... 60 Realistic Fuel Pricing....................................... 61 Military Information Support Operations...................... 61 Defense Personal Property Moves.............................. 62 STEM Education............................................... 62 Telecommunications Expense Management........................ 62 Military Working Dogs........................................ 63 Report on Overseas Infrastructure............................ 63 Operation and Maintenance, Army.............................. 63 Army Training Aids and Devices........................... 68 Cemeterial Expenses...................................... 68 High Resolution 3--Dimensional Terrain Data Collection... 68 Operation and Maintenance, Navy.............................. 69 Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps...................... 74 Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force--Crisis Response............................................... 77 Marine Corps Embassy Security Programs................... 77 Operation and Maintenance, Air Force......................... 77 Cyber Command Funding.................................... 83 U.S. Access to the Azores................................ 83 Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide...................... 83 Suicide Prevention Training and Outreach................. 88 STARBASE................................................. 89 Data Research Tools in Security Clearance Investigations. 89 Meals Ready-To-Eat War Reserve........................... 90 Office of Community Support for Military Families with Special Needs.......................................... 90 Special Operations Command Readiness..................... 90 Use of Major Force Program--11 Funds..................... 90 Special Operations Command Human Psychological Performance and Family Programs........................ 91 Special Operations Command Human Physical Performance Program................................................ 92 Special Operations Command Advanced Education Program.... 93 Special Operations Command National Capital Region....... 93 Special Operations Command Budget Justification.......... 94 Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve...................... 95 Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve...................... 98 Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve.............. 101 Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve................. 104 Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard............... 107 National Guard Civil Support Teams....................... 110 Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard................ 110 Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Account............. 113 United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.......... 113 Environmental Restoration, Army.............................. 113 Environmental Restoration, Navy.............................. 113 Vieques Island Environmental Restoration................. 113 Environmental Restoration, Air Force......................... 114 Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide...................... 114 Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites....... 114 Environmental Restoration Annual Report to Congress...... 114 Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid............... 115 Cooperative Threat Reduction Account......................... 115 Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund. 115 TITLE III. PROCUREMENT........................................... 117 Special Interest Items................................... 119 Reprogramming Guidance for Acquisition Accounts.......... 119 Reprogramming Reporting Requirements..................... 119 Funding Increases........................................ 119 Classified Annex......................................... 119 Aircraft Procurement, Army................................... 120 UH-60 Helicopters for the Army National Guard............ 124 UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopters.................. 124 Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System................................................. 124 MQ-1 Gray Eagle.......................................... 125 Missile Procurement, Army.................................... 125 Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army..... 128 Paladin Integrated Management (Paladin PIM).............. 132 M-88A2 Hercules Improved Recovery Vehicle................ 132 Integrated Airburst Weapons System....................... 132 Carbine.................................................. 132 M1 Abrams Tank Production................................ 133 Procurement of Ammunition, Army.............................. 133 Other Procurement, Army...................................... 137 Joint Tactical Radio System Competition.................. 146 Surge Capacity for Domestic Body Armor................... 146 National Guard HMMWV Modernization Program............... 146 Aircraft Procurement, Navy................................... 146 MH-60S and MH-60R Helicopters............................ 154 Marine Corps Unmanned Airborne Electronic Attack......... 154 Weapons Procurement, Navy.................................... 154 Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps............. 158 Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy............................ 162 Shipbuilding............................................. 165 Joint High Speed Vessel.................................. 166 Ship Decommissionings.................................... 166 Other Procurement, Navy...................................... 166 Procurement, Marine Corps.................................... 176 High Mobility Engineer Excavator......................... 182 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle............... 182 Aircraft Procurement, Air Force.............................. 182 MQ-9 Reaper.............................................. 189 B-52 Internal Weapons Bay Upgrade........................ 189 Missile Procurement, Air Force............................... 190 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Services Acquisition... 194 Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force......................... 194 Other Procurement, Air Force................................. 197 MQ-1/9 Remote Split Operations........................... 202 Procurement, Defense-Wide.................................... 202 Defense Production Act Purchases............................. 207 TITLE IV. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION............. 209 Special Interest Items................................... 211 Reprogramming Guidance for Acquisition Accounts.......... 211 Reprogramming Reporting Requirements..................... 211 Funding Increases........................................ 211 Classified Annex......................................... 211 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army............. 212 Munitions Standardization Effectiveness and Safety....... 221 Weapon and Munitions Technology.......................... 221 Weapon and Munitions Advanced Technology................. 221 Warfighter Information Network--Tactical................. 221 Malaria Vaccine Development.............................. 222 Systems Engineering Research Center...................... 222 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy............. 222 Ocean Energy Technology.................................. 237 Highly Integrated Photonics.............................. 237 Automated Test and Re-Test............................... 237 Bone Marrow Registry..................................... 237 Shipboard Lighting....................................... 238 Coastal Environment Research............................. 238 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force........ 238 Global Hawk Block 30..................................... 250 JSTARS Test Aircraft..................................... 250 Hard Target New Start Efforts............................ 250 Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar/Moving Target Indicator 250 F-22 Open System Architecture............................ 251 KC-46A................................................... 251 Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Survivability.......................................... 251 Strategic and Critical Metals............................ 251 Aircraft Windows......................................... 251 Laser-Driven X-Ray Technology............................ 252 National Security Space Program Planning and Execution... 252 Space Modernization Initiative........................... 252 Space Based Infrared System Ground Enhancements.......... 253 Human Performance Sensing................................ 253 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide..... 253 Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions.......................... 263 Conventional Prompt Global Strike........................ 263 Corrosion Control........................................ 263 Specialty Metals......................................... 264 High Performance Computing Modernization Program......... 264 Manufacturing Experimentation and Outreach............... 264 Common Kill Vehicle Technology Program................... 265 Ground-Based Interceptors................................ 265 Embedded Diagnostics..................................... 265 Semiconductor Industry................................... 265 Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense..................... 266 TITLE V. REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS.......................... 269 Defense Working Capital Funds................................ 269 National Defense Sealift Fund................................ 269 TITLE VI. OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS................... 271 Defense Health Program....................................... 271 Reprogramming Guidance for the Defense Health Program.... 275 Carryover................................................ 275 Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and Fort Belvoir Community Hospital............................. 275 Embedded Mental Health Providers......................... 276 Integrated Electronic Health Record...................... 276 Joint Warfighter Medical Research Program................ 277 Prescription Drug Abuse.................................. 277 Peer-Reviewed Cancer Research Programs................... 277 Peer-Reviewed Autism Research Program.................... 278 Pre-Deployment Resiliency Training....................... 278 Childhood Trauma in Military Dependents.................. 279 Air Force Acuity Model Training Program.................. 279 Cooperation Between Military Medical Facilities, Civilian Healthcare Facilities, and Universities................ 279 Thermal Injury Prevention................................ 279 Mental Health Access for Servicemembers.................. 280 Medical Records of Sexual Victims........................ 280 Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense........... 280 Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense....... 281 National Guard State Plans............................... 281 Support of Counter-Drug Activities in the Caribbean...... 282 Joint Urgent Operational Needs Fund.......................... 282 Office of the Inspector General.............................. 282 Inspector General Vacancy................................ 282 TITLE VII. RELATED AGENCIES...................................... 285 National and Military Intelligence Programs.................. 285 Classified Annex......................................... 285 Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund....................................................... 285 Intelligence Community Management Account.................... 285 TITLE VIII. GENERAL PROVISIONS................................... 287 TITLE IX. OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS........................ 297 Committee Recommendation..................................... 297 Reporting Requirements....................................... 297 Military Personnel........................................... 297 Operation and Maintenance.................................... 302 Limitation on Availability of Funds for Certain Authorities for Afghanistan............................ 308 Equipment Readiness...................................... 308 Women in the Afghanistan National Security Forces........ 308 Procurement.................................................. 309 National Guard and Reserve Equipment..................... 316 Reserve Component Simulation Training Systems............ 316 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation................... 316 Revolving and Management Funds............................... 318 Defense Working Capital Funds............................ 318 Other Department of Defense Programs......................... 318 Defense Health Program................................... 318 Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense... 318 Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund............ 318 Detection of Materials Used in Improvised Explosive Devices............................................ 319 Joint Urgent Operational Needs Fund...................... 319 Office of the Inspector General.......................... 319 General Provisions....................................... 319 TITLE X.......................................................... 321 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.................. 321 Changes in the Application of Existing Law................... 321 Appropriations Not Authorized By Law......................... 332 Transfer of Funds............................................ 333 Rescissions.................................................. 335 Transfer of Unexpended Balances.............................. 336 Directed Rule Making......................................... 336 Program Duplication.......................................... 336 Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives........ 336 Compliance with Rule XIII, CL. 3(e) (Ramseyer Rule).......... 336 Earmark Disclosure Statement................................. 337 Comparison with the Budget Resolution........................ 337 Five-Year Outlay Projections................................. 337 Financial Assistance to State and Local Governments.......... 338 Full Committee Votes......................................... 339 Additional Views............................................. 361 113th Congress Report HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 113-113 ====================================================================== DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2014 _______ June 17, 2013.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed _______ Mr. Young of Florida, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following R E P O R T together with ADDITIONAL VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 2397] The Committee on Appropriations submits the following report in explanation of the accompanying bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014. BILL TOTALS Appropriations for most military functions of the Department of Defense are provided for in the accompanying bill for fiscal year 2014. This bill does not provide appropriations for military construction, military family housing, civil defense, and military nuclear warheads, for which requirements are considered in connection with other appropriations Acts. The President's fiscal year 2014 budget request for activities funded in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act totals $515,911,915,000 in new budget obligational authority for the base military bill.
COMMITTEE BUDGET REVIEW PROCESS During its review of the fiscal year 2014 budget request and execution of appropriations for fiscal year 2013, the Subcommittee on Defense held a total of ten hearings and four formal briefings during the period of February 2013 to May 2013. Testimony received by the Subcommittee totaled 1,063 pages of transcript. Hearings were held in open session, except when the security classification of the material to be discussed presented no alternative but to conduct those hearings in executive or closed session. INTRODUCTION The Committee recommendation for the fiscal year 2014 Department of Defense base budget is $512,521,850,000, which is a decrease of $3,390,065,000 below the request. The Committee recommendation for overseas contingency operations is $85,768,949,000, which is an increase of $5,046,795,000 above the request. To reach the reduced base allocation, the Subcommittee has reviewed in detail the budget request, and found areas and programs where reductions are possible without adversely impacting the warfighter or modernization and readiness efforts. Examples of such reductions include: programs which have been terminated or restructured since the budget was submitted; savings from favorable contract pricing adjustments; contract/schedule delays resulting in fiscal year 2014 savings; unjustified cost increases or funding requested ahead of need; anticipated/historical underexecution; rescissions of unneeded prior year funds; and reductions that are authorized in the pending fiscal year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act. The Committee recommendation also restores unrealistic efficiencies included in the budget request. FUNDING INCREASES The Committee directs that the funding increases outlined in the tables for each appropriation account shall be provided only for the specific purposes indicated in the tables. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS BY MAJOR CATEGORY ACTIVE, RESERVE, AND NATIONAL GUARD MILITARY PERSONNEL In title I of the bill, the Committee recommends a total of $129,649,180,000 for active, reserve, and National Guard military personnel, a decrease of $750,701,000 below the budget request, and an increase of $2,116,107,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level. The Committee recommendation provides funding to increase basic pay for all military personnel by 1.8 percent as authorized by current law, effective January 1, 2014. The Committee recommends full funding to support the requested end strength levels for active duty and Selected Reserve personnel. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE In title II of the bill, the Committee recommends a total of $174,974,024,000 for operation and maintenance support to the military Services and other Department of Defense entities, a decrease of $123,917,000 below the budget request, and an increase of $1,479,466,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level. The Committee recommendation includes increases in funding for operational training and peacetime operations in fiscal year 2014 over the level enacted in fiscal year 2013. The recommended levels will robustly fund operational training programs in fiscal year 2014. Requests for unit and depot level maintenance; facility sustainment, restoration and modernization; and base operations support program funding have been fully supported. PROCUREMENT In title III of the bill, the Committee recommends a total of $98,356,158,000 for procurement. Major initiatives and modifications include: $1,192,976,000 for the procurement of 73 UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters, an increase of $146,000,000 and eight aircraft above the President's request. $801,650,000 for the procurement of 28 CH-47 Chinook helicopters, the same as the President's request. $506,976,000 for the procurement of 15 MQ-1 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, a decrease of $11,484,000 below the President's request. $740,401,000 for the procurement of 96 MSE missiles for the Patriot missile system, an increase of $200,000,000 above the President's request. $231,327,000 for the procurement of 31 UH-72A Lakota helicopters, an increase of $135,100,000 above the President's request. $374,100,000 for conversion of a third brigade set of Strykers to double V-hulls, plus Stryker nuclear, biological, chemical reconnaissance vehicle fielding support, the same as the President's request. $186,031,000 for the procurement of 53 M88A2 Improved Recovery Vehicles, an increase of $75,000,000 above the President's request. $1,870,424,000 for the procurement of 21 EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft, a decrease of $131,363,000 below the President's request. $75,000,000 for F/A-18E/F Super Hornet advance procurement to preserve the option of buying additional aircraft in fiscal year 2015. $3,121,365,000 for the procurement of 16 P-8A Poseidon Multi-mission aircraft, a decrease of $68,624,000 below the President's request. $720,634,000 for the procurement of 25 UH-1Y/AH-1Z Helicopters, a decrease of $29,328,000 below the President's request. $5,140,116,000 for the procurement of 29 F-35 Lightning Aircraft: six short take-off and vertical landing variants for the Marine Corps, four carrier variants for the Navy, and 19 conventional variants for the Air Force. $15,000,704,000 for the procurement of eight Navy ships, including one DDG-51 guided missile destroyer, two fully funded SSN-774 attack submarines, four Littoral Combat Ships, and one Afloat Forward Staging Base. $1,503,449,000 for the procurement of 18 C/HC/MC/KC-130J aircraft. $1,640,371,000 for the procurement of 18 MV-22 and three CV-22 Osprey aircraft, a decrease of $23,000,000 below the President's request. $340,391,000 for the procurement of 20 MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles, an increase of $68,174,000 and eight aircraft above the President's request. $1,842,900,000 for the procurement of five Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles, a decrease of $10,000,000 below the President's request. $220,309,000 for the Israeli Cooperative Program Iron Dome, the same as the President's request. $100,000,000 for HMMWV modernization for the Army Guard, an increase of $100,000,000 above the President's request. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION In title IV of the bill, the Committee recommends a total of $66,409,530,000 for research, development, test and evaluation. Major initiatives and modifications include: $235,384,000 for the development of the Warfighter Information Network--Tactical, a decrease of $37,000,000 below the President's request. $592,201,000 for the development of the Ground Combat Vehicle, the same as the President's request. $784,823,000 for the continuation of the development of the replacement for the Ohio class ballistic missile submarine. $147,041,000 for the continued development of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. $157,937,000 for the continued development of the Next Generation Jammer, a decrease of $99,859,000 below the President's request. $1,829,007,000 for the continued development of the F-35 Lightning Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, a decrease of $67,146,000 below the President's request. $302,358,000 for the continued development of the Multi- mission Maritime Aircraft, a decrease of $15,000,000 below the President's request. $379,437,000 for the development of a new penetrating bomber, the same as the President's request. $1,558,590,000 for the continued development of the Next Generation Aerial Refueling Aircraft, the same as the President's request. $322,832,000 for the continued development of the Space Based Infrared Satellite and associated ground support systems, the same as the President's request. $365,500,000, for the development of the Global Positioning System III operational control segment, a decrease of $18,000,000 below the President's request. $2,867,319,000 for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, an increase of $2,232,000 above the President's request. $268,782,000 for the Israeli Cooperative Programs, an increase of $173,000,000 above the President's request. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM The Committee recommends a total of $33,573,582,000 for the Defense Health Program to support worldwide medical and dental services for active forces and other eligible beneficiaries, an increase of $519,054,000 above the budget request and an increase of $858,278,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level. The Committee recommends funding to augment the request for enduring Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health and Wounded, Ill and Injured requirements. To address these challenges of the Defense Health Program, the Committee recommends the following: Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health Research $125,000,000 Peer-Reviewed Spinal Cord Research...................... 30,000,000 Peer-Reviewed Orthopedic Research....................... 30,000,000 OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS In title IX of the bill, the Committee recommends a total of $85,768,949,000 for overseas contingency operations. Major initiatives and modifications include: Military Personnel: The Committee recommends a total of $9,644,798,000 for military personnel in title IX of the bill. Operation and Maintenance: The Committee recommends a total of $66,146,211,000 for operation and maintenance in title IX of the bill. Procurement: The Committee recommends a total of $7,187,146,000 for procurement in title IX of the bill. Defense Health Program: The Committee recommends a total of $904,201,000 for the Defense Health Program in title IX of the bill. CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS As described elsewhere in this report, the Committee's budget review of classified programs is published in a separate, detailed, and comprehensive classified annex. Adjustments to the classified programs are addressed in the classified annex accompanying this report. FORCES TO BE SUPPORTED DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY The fiscal year 2014 budget request is designed to support current budget guidance and the Army's continuing transformation of its operating forces to meet defense strategy. Current budget guidance directs the Active Component (AC) end strength to 490,000 by the end of fiscal year 2017, the Army National Guard (ARNG) end strength to 350,200 by the end of fiscal year 2017, and the United States Army Reserve (USAR) to maintain an end strength of 205,000. By the end of fiscal year 2014, the AC will include six Army Service Component Command headquarters and one Army Component headquarters assigned to U.S. Forces Korea, three Corps headquarters, ten Division headquarters, 40 Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs), and 37 Multi-Functional Support Brigades. The exact number of BCTs to be inactivated in fiscal year 2014 has not yet been determined and will reflect both decisions on whether to re-organize the Army's BCTs and whether to accelerate the Army's reduction ramp. By the end of fiscal year 2014, the Army Force structure in the ARNG and the USAR will include eight ARNG division headquarters, 28 BCTs, and 60 multi-functional Support Brigades (48 ARNG and 12 USAR). A summary of the major forces follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fiscal year ----------------------------- FY12 FY13 FY14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Active Component Forces: Theater Army HQs...................... 6 6 6 Corps HQs............................. 4 4 3 Division HQs.......................... 10 10 10 Heavy Brigade Combat Team............. 17 17 16 Infantry Brigade Combat Team.......... 20 20 20 Stryker Brigade Combat Team........... 6 8 8 Theater Aviation Group HQ............. 1 1 1 Combat Aviation Brigade............... 12 12 12 Sustainment Brigade HQ................ 13 13 12 Fires Brigade......................... 6 6 7 Transportation Brigade Expeditionary.. 0 0 1 Maneuver Enhancement Brigade HQ....... 2 2 2 Battlefield Surveillance Brigade...... 3 3 3 ----------------------------- Forces Total...................... 94 96 94 Army National Guard Forces: Division HQs.......................... 8 8 8 Heavy Brigade Combat Team............. 7 7 7 Infantry Brigade Combat Team.......... 20 20 20 Stryker Brigade Combat Team........... 1 1 1 Theater Aviation Brigade HQ........... 4 4 4 Theater Aviation Group HQ............. 1 1 1 Sustainment Brigade HQ................ 10 10 10 Fires Brigade......................... 7 7 7 Maneuver Enhancement Brigade HQ....... 16 16 16 Battlefield Surveillance Brigade...... 7 7 7 ----------------------------- Forces Total...................... 71 71 71 United States Army Reserve Forces: Theater Aviation Brigade HQ........... 1 1 1 Sustainment Brigade HQ................ 9 9 9 Maneuver Enhancement Brigade HQ....... 3 3 3 ----------------------------- Forces Total...................... 13 13 13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY The fiscal year 2014 budget request supports battle forces totaling 280 ships at the end of fiscal year 2014, including 14 fleet ballistic missile submarines, ten aircraft carriers, 26 support ships, seven reserve ships, 223 other battle forces ships, 1,691 Navy/Marine Corps tactical/ASW aircraft, 637 undergraduate training aircraft, 502 Fleet Air Training aircraft, 308 Fleet Air Support aircraft, 257 reserve aircraft, and 257 aircraft in the pipeline. A summary of the major forces follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fiscal year -------------------------------------- FY12 FY13 FY14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Strategic Forces................. 14 14 14 Fleet Ballistic Missile 14 14 14 Submarines.................. General Purpose.................. 254 246 233 Aircraft Carriers............ 11 10 10 Surface Combatants........... 110 101 92 Submarines (attack).......... 54 55 55 Guided Missile (SSGN) 4 4 4 Submarines.................. Amphibious Warfare Ships..... 30 31 29 Combat Logistics Ships....... 31 32 31 Mine Warfare................. 14 13 12 Support Forces................... 21 23 26 Support Ships................ 21 23 26 Mobilization Cat. A (Reserve).... 8 8 7 Surface Combatants........... 8 8 7 Mine Warfare................. 0 0 0 -------------------------------------- Total Ships, Battleforce (incl. 297 291 280 Cat. A Reserve)................. Auxiliaries/Sea Lift Forces:. 102 100 94 Coastal Defense (Patrol 10 13 13 Combatants)............. Maritime Preposition..... 18 12 14 MSC Reduced Operating 14 14 14 Status.................. Ready Reserve Force Ships 48 46 46 -------------------------------------- Naval Aircraft: Primary Authorized (plus 3,563 3,555 3,652 pipe)....................... Authorized Pipeline...... 266 251 257 Tactical/ASW Aircraft........ 1,668 1,688 1,691 Fleet Air Training....... 515 514 502 Fleet Air Support........ 222 225 308 Training (Undergraduate). 624 627 637 Reserves................. 262 253 257 -------------------------------------- Naval Personnel: Active: Navy..................... *318,406 322,700 323,600 Marine Corps............. 198,193 197,300 190,200 *Temporary Strength in ........... 15,200 8,100 OCO..................... Reserves Navy: SELRES/Drilling Reserve.. 54,325 52,386 48,941 Fulltime Support......... 10,390 10,114 10,159 Navy Reserves Total.. 64,715 62,500 59,100 -------------------------------------- Reserves Marine Corps: SELRES/Drilling Reserve.. 37,323 37,339 37,339 Fulltime Support......... 2,221 2,261 2,261 Marine Corps Reserves 39,544 39,600 39,600 Total............... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *FY2012 includes 3,836 non-core IA requested for temporary IA OCO missions. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE The fiscal year 2014 Air Force budget request is designed to support active, guard, and reserve forces, including 55 combat coded fighter and attack squadrons and nine combat coded strategic bomber squadrons. The Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile force maintains 495 launch facilities/control centers with 450 Minuteman missiles. The budget also supports the critical airlift mission, including 21 active duty airlift squadrons. To accomplish the Air Force mission, the fiscal year 2014 budget supports a total force end strength of 503,400 (includes Active Duty, Air National Guard, and Air Force Reserve). A summary of the major forces follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fiscal year ----------------------------- FY12 FY13 FY14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Strategic Airlift Squadrons: Active................................ 16 16 15 Guard................................. 6 6 4 Reserve............................... 16 16 15 Tactical Airlift Squadrons: Active................................ 10 10 6 Guard................................. 21 21 19 Reserve............................... 9 9 9 USAF Fighter and Attack Squadrons (Active, 61 61 55 ANG, AFRC)............................... Active................................ 32 32 31 ANG................................... 25 25 21 AFRC.................................. 4 4 3 Strategic Bomber Squadrons (Active)....... 9 9 9 Strategic Bomber Squadrons (AFRC)......... 0 0 0 Flight Test Units (DT and OT Units with 12 12 11 Assigned aircraft)....................... Fighter............................... 9 9 8 Bomber................................ 3 3 3 ICBM Operational Launch Facilities/Control 495 495 495 Centers.................................. ICBM Missile Inventory.................... 450 450 450 USAF Airlift Squadrons (Active) Strategic Airlift Squadrons........... 15 15* 15 Tactical Airlift Squadrons............ 8 8* 6 Total Active Airlift Squadrons........ 23 23 21 Total Air Force Aircraft Inventory 5,587 5,568 5,196 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Numbers of Squadrons above reflect combat coded units only (i.e., no training or test info except where noted). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FY12 FY13 FY14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ End Strength: Active Duty............................... 332,800 329,460 327,600 Reserve Component......................... 178,100 176,580 175,800 ANG................................... 106,700 105,700 105,400 AFR................................... 71,400 70,880 70,400 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TITLE I MILITARY PERSONNEL The fiscal year 2014 budget request for programs funded in title I of the Committee bill, Military Personnel, is $130,399,881,000 in new budget authority. These appropriations finance basic, incentive, and special pays for active, reserve, and National Guard personnel, and Academy cadets and Midshipmen; retired pay accrual; housing, subsistence, and other allowances; recruitment and retention initiatives; permanent change of station costs; and other military personnel costs such as survivor, unemployment, and education benefits. The table below summarizes the Committee recommendations:
MILITARY PERSONNEL OVERVIEW The Committee recommendation provides $129,649,180,000 for the military personnel accounts. Included is funding for military pay and allowances, recruitment and retention initiatives, and overall quality of life programs for active duty, reserve, and National Guard personnel. The recommendation fully supports the resource requirements needed to maintain the authorized end strength levels for fiscal year 2014. The Committee recommendation provides funding to increase basic pay for all military personnel by 1.8 percent as authorized by current law, effective January 1, 2014. The Committee continues to support and encourage constructive evaluations of recruitment and retention programs, bonus and special pay incentives, and benefit programs for military personnel for fiscal year 2014. The Committee remains supportive of programs intended to enhance the morale and quality of life of military personnel and their families. SUMMARY OF END STRENGTH The fiscal year 2014 budget request includes a decrease of 40,160 in total end strength for the active forces and a decrease of 8,180 in end strength for the Selected Reserve as compared to the fiscal year 2013 authorized levels. The following tables summarize the Committee recommendations for end strength levels, both in the aggregate and for each active and Selected Reserve component. OVERALL ACTIVE END STRENGTH Fiscal year 2013 authorized........................... 1,401,560 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 1,361,400 Fiscal year 2014 recommendation....................... 1,361,400 Compared with fiscal year 2013.................... -40,160 Compared with fiscal year 2014 budget request..... - - - OVERALL SELECTED RESERVE END STRENGTH Fiscal year 2013 authorized........................... 841,880 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 833,700 Fiscal year 2014 recommendation....................... 833,700 Compared with fiscal year 2013.................... -8,180 Compared with fiscal year 2014 budget request..... - - - SUMMARY OF MILITARY PERSONNEL END STRENGTH ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fiscal year 2014 ------------------------------------------------ Fiscal year Change 2013 Budget Committee Change from authorized request recommended from fiscal request year 2013 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Active Forces (End Strength): Army*......................................... 552,100 520,000 520,000 - - - -32,100 Navy.......................................... 322,700 323,600 323,600 - - - 900 Marine Corps**................................ 197,300 190,200 190,200 - - - -7,100 Air Force..................................... 329,460 327,600 327,600 - - - -1,860 Total, Active Forces...................... 1,401,560 1,361,400 1,361,400 - - - -40,160 ------------------------------------------------------------- Guard and Reserve Forces (End Strength): Army Reserve.................................. 205,000 205,000 205,000 - - - - - - Navy Reserve.................................. 62,500 59,100 59,100 - - - -3,400 Marine Corps Reserve.......................... 39,600 39,600 39,600 - - - - - - Air Force Reserve............................. 70,880 70,400 70,400 - - - -480 Army National Guard........................... 358,200 354,200 354,200 - - - -4,000 Air National Guard............................ 105,700 105,400 105,400 - - - -300 ------------------------------------------------------------- Total, Selected Reserve................... 841,880 833,700 833,700 - - - -8,180 ============================================================= Total, Military Personnel......................... 2,243,440 2,195,100 2,195,100 - - - -48,340 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *For FY14, Army Active Forces end strength includes 30,000 Army end strength requested in the Overseas Contingency Operations budget. **For FY14, Marine Corps Active Forces end strength includes 8,100 Marine Corps end strength requested in the Overseas Contingency Operations budget. FULL-TIME SUPPORT STRENGTHS There are four categories of full-time support in the Guard and reserve components: military technicians (dual status), Active Guard and Reserve (AGR), non-technician civilians, and active component personnel. Full-time support personnel organize, recruit, train, maintain, and administer the reserve components. Military technicians (dual status) directly support units and are critical to helping units maintain readiness and meet the wartime missions of the Army and Air Force. The following table summarizes Guard and reserve full-time support end strengths: SUMMARY OF GUARD AND RESERVE FULL-TIME SUPPORT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fiscal year 2014 ------------------------------------------------ Fiscal year Change 2013 Budget Committee Change from authorized request recommended from fiscal request year 2013 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Army Reserve: AGR........................................... 16,277 16,261 16,261 - - - -16 Technicians................................... 8,395 8,395 8,395 - - - - - - Navy Reserve: AR............................................ 10,114 10,159 10,159 - - - 45 Marine Corps Reserve: AR............................................ 2,261 2,261 2,261 - - - - - - Air Force Reserve: AGR........................................... 2,888 2,911 2,911 - - - 23 Technicians................................... 10,400 10,429 10,429 - - - 29 Army National Guard: AGR........................................... 32,060 32,060 32,060 - - - - - - Technicians................................... 27,210 27,210 27,210 - - - - - - Air National Guard: AGR........................................... 14,765 14,734 14,734 - - - -31 Technicians................................... 22,180 21,875 21,875 - - - -305 ------------------------------------------------------------- Totals: AGR/AR........................................ 78,365 78,386 78,386 - - - 21 Technicians................................... 68,185 67,909 67,909 - - - -276 ============================================================= Total, Full-Time Support.................. 146,550 146,295 146,295 - - - -255 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPERATIONAL RESERVE Over the last ten years, regular deployments and an increased operations tempo required the National Guard and reserve components to transition from a part-time strategic reserve to an operational reserve. The Guard and reserve components have used the lessons learned over the past decade to identify enduring priorities that will continue to support and enhance active component requirements. Significant taxpayer investments have been made to enable the Guard and reserve to become an integral part of the operational force, and they provide great value to the Armed Forces and for the taxpayer. The Department of Defense estimates that the reserve components comprise approximately 43 percent of the total force but only nine percent of the annual budget. There are signs that active component support for maintaining an operational reserve is diminishing in today's challenging budget climate. Specifically, the Committee is concerned by the Army's recent decision to deploy active component units in place of scheduled reserve component deployments whenever possible. The Committee supports the enduring vision of an operational reserve and encourages the Services to continue to utilize the Guard and reserve components as key members of the operational force. The Committee also recognizes that new authorities, such as U.S. Code title 10, section 12304b Selected Reserve: order to active duty for preplanned mission in support of the combatant commands, provide continued opportunities for reservists to deploy for preplanned missions and to maintain their operational skills even after overseas contingency operations have concluded and encourages their use where appropriate. SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE The Committee is outraged by the pervasive problem of sexual assault in the Armed Forces. Sexual assault is not just an issue in the military; it is an epidemic. To address it, the Committee believes that there must be a culture change at every level of the military, from the most senior leadership to the most junior ranks. The Committee is particularly concerned by the reports of sexual assaults committed by those in key positions of influence and trust, including sexual assault response coordinators (SARCs), victim advocates (VAs), and military recruiters. SARCs and VAs are responsible for providing victim support and helping victims access medical care, counseling, legal assistance, and victim witness assistance. Recent allegations that personnel responsible for providing this assistance and care to victims are committing sexual offenses are shocking and indefensible. Similarly, military recruiters serve as the public face of the military and the entry point for future servicemembers to enlist; thus, allegations of recruiters assaulting young recruits are both disturbing and inexcusable. Further, recent Department of Defense reports showing the persistently high rates of sexual assault at the military academies, where military leaders train the best and brightest students to become the nation's future military leaders, is even more alarming. The Committee believes that more must be done to institute best practices at the military academies, training bases, recruiting commands, and throughout the force to increase prevention efforts as well as to preclude perpetrators from serving in such influential and sensitive occupations. While the Department of Defense must be aggressive in prosecuting and punishing perpetrators of sexual assault, it particularly must focus and increase its efforts to protect servicemembers from the threat of sexual assault and to prevent assaults from occurring in the first place. Commanders are responsible for ensuring good order and discipline in their units and should be held responsible when crimes are committed under their watch. When servicemembers in critical positions, such as SARCs, VAs, recruiters, or basic training instructors, are committing sexual crimes, commanders are also responsible for their failure to establish a command climate of dignity and respect in which there is zero tolerance for sexual harassment or assault. The Committee believes that the Secretary of Defense and Service Chiefs must do more to hold commanders accountable. The Committee is aware that the Director of National Intelligence has issued interim guidance for victims of sexual assault who seek to obtain or renew a security clearance, which would enable victims to seek counseling for such an assault without concern that the counseling must be disclosed and considered as part of their security clearance adjudication. The Committee supports efforts to ensure victims are informed of the guidance as soon as possible, and encourages the Service SARCs and VAs to provide information on the interim guidance to victims and to include information on the guidance in military personnel sexual assault prevention training. The pending fiscal year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act establishes dismissal or dishonorable discharge as the mandatory minimum sentence for a person subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice who is convicted by court-martial of rape, sexual assault, forcible sodomy, or an attempt to commit those offenses. The Committee supports this action and believes that those servicemembers who are convicted of committing such crimes should not receive post-retirement benefits. Accordingly, the Act includes a provision that would prohibit funding from being used in contravention of amendments made to the Uniform Code of Military Justice in the pending fiscal year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act regarding the discharge or dismissal of a member of the Armed Forces convicted of certain sex-related offenses, the required trial of such offenses by general courts-martial, and the limitations imposed on convening authority discretion regarding court-martial findings and sentence. Investigations and prosecutions of sexual assault cases are often slow, obtrusive, and difficult processes for victims to endure, and the Services have reported that many victims stop cooperating before the legal process has been completed. The Air Force recently implemented the Special Victims Counsel (SVC) pilot program to provide a legal representative to give advice and representation to sexual assault victims. The SVC navigates the victim through the legal process and intervenes on the victim's behalf when appropriate. The Committee understands this program has shown success in assisting victims throughout the process. The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to expedite the expansion of a Special Victims Counsel or similar program throughout the Services to provide all victims of sexual assault with specially trained legal assistance throughout the investigation and prosecution process. To assist in this effort, the Committee provides an additional $25,000,000 for the Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO) and the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force for the expansion of a Special Victims Counsel program to every military Service, including the National Guard and reserve components. The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Service Chiefs, to review proposals for implementation of such programs at the military academies as well. In addition, the Committee fully funds the President's request for Sexual Assault Prevention and Response programs at the Service level and at the Department of Defense SAPRO and calls on the Secretary of Defense and the Service Chiefs to stop this destructive epidemic in the military. MILITARY PERSONNEL ACCOUNT FUNDING REDUCTIONS The fiscal year 2014 budget request for title I, Military Personnel, was assembled using execution data and trends dating from fiscal year 2012 or earlier. During the budget review process, the Services provided updated execution data and estimates that refined their funding requirements. The Committee recommends reductions to certain budget activity and sub-activity groups in the military personnel accounts based on the more recent execution data. Funding provided reflects the Committee's most recent estimated fiscal year 2014 funding requirements for programs and activities within the military personnel accounts. OBLIGATIONS OF BONUSES Government agencies are required to properly record their obligations. According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), agencies must obligate funds at the time they enter into a contract to cover the government's maximum potential liability under the contract when the government's requirement to pay the potential maximum amount is beyond its control. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) circular A-11, section 20.5(b) states that for military personnel compensation and benefits, ``amounts generally are recorded as obligations as the amounts are earned during the reporting pay period.'' The Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation Volume 3, Chapter 8, paragraph 080901 states, ``the obligations for the amounts payable to military members and civilian employees are recorded in the month in which they become payable.'' The active duty, Guard, and reserve components offer bonuses to certain recruits and military personnel who sign contracts to serve in the Armed Forces. In the case of bonuses which last multiple years, the Department obligates the initial payment in the fiscal year in which it is paid, irrespective of the date the respective contract was signed, and then obligates recurring payments, or anniversary payments, in the subsequent years in which they become payable. The Committee directs the Comptroller General to issue a legal opinion not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act assessing the obligation of military personnel multi- year bonuses to determine if Department of Defense obligation practices comply with fiscal law. CARRYOVER AUTHORITY The fiscal year 2014 budget request again proposes the inclusion of a new provision that extends the availability of up to two percent of amounts appropriated for the military personnel accounts under title I for two fiscal years, instead of the customary one fiscal year. Since 2001, the Department of Defense has had ten violations of the Anti-deficiency Act (ADA) in the military personnel accounts. The Committee has repeatedly expressed its concern over the Department's failure to adequately budget for military personnel, and the Inspector General of the Department of Defense and the Government Accountability Office have regularly reported deficiencies in the Services' military payroll processes and controls. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, included a provision directing the Inspector General of the Department of Defense to conduct a review of ADA violations in the military personnel accounts and submit recommendations for the implementation of corrective actions. The report found that while the Department of Defense was generally effective in implementing and sustaining most of the ADA violation corrective actions, the Department had not established sufficient controls to ensure that the required corrective actions were properly implemented, sustained, and documented. The report also found that the Army and Navy did not annually assess the adequacy of control procedures established for managing the centrally managed accounts to prevent ADA violations and therefore had limited assurance that controls will prevent future violations. As a result, the report found that failure to follow procedures and inadequate cost controls means the Department remains vulnerable to future ADA violations. While the Committee understands the unique budgeting challenge that the military personnel accounts present to the Department, the Committee believes that implementation of improved control procedures, rather than carryover authority, is needed to improve management of these accounts. Accordingly, the Committee does not provide the carryover authority as requested. The Committee also directs the Secretary of Defense to implement the recommendations of the Inspector General Report, DODIG-2013-027 dated November 30, 2012, regarding ADA violations in the military personnel accounts. PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION EFFICIENCIES The Consolidated and Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013, recommended a total reduction of $146,792,500 in the Permanent Change of Station (PCS) budgets for program efficiencies. The explanatory statement accompanying the Act recognized that potential cost savings could be found in the PCS program and directed the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) to conduct a review of the PCS program to identify potential efficiencies and to submit a report to the congressional defense committees on its findings. While the Committee has not yet received a copy of the report, many of the Services have stated that they have been unable to implement additional efficiencies in fiscal year 2013, particularly those related to time on station goals. The Committee recommends a total reduction of $151,142,000 in the base and overseas contingency operations budgets in fiscal year 2014 in the PCS program for efficiencies. While it recognizes the challenges the Services have faced with meeting the increased time on station requirements, the Committee believes there are potential cost savings in other areas of the PCS program. The Committee directs the Inspector General of the Department of Defense to conduct a review of the PCS program and to determine if potential cost savings and efficiencies can be implemented throughout the program. Based on the findings of the review, the Inspector General shall submit a report examining the Services' PCS programs, reviewing how the Services could implement cost savings and efficiencies within the program, and providing recommendations for implementation of the review's findings. This report should be provided to the congressional defense committees not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act. LONG-TERM TEMPORARY DUTY ASSIGNMENTS The Committee is concerned by reports of the military Services sending personnel on long-term temporary duty assignments (TDY) that do not comply with the regulations as stated in the Department of Defense Joint Federal Travel Regulations (JFTR). The JFTR states that long-term TDY assignments must be temporary in nature; of reasonable time duration; lower in cost than round-trip Permanent Change of Station expenses; and not exceed 180 consecutive days. The Committee believes that the practice of sending personnel on extended TDY that violate the JFTR is a tremendous waste of taxpayer resources and a violation of Department-wide rules and regulations. The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to evaluate the use of extended TDY and submit a report to the congressional defense committees on the practice and its compliance with the JFTR not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act. FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRAINING AND EDUCATION The Committee supports efforts to increase linguistic skills in the Armed Forces. Foreign language fluency is a highly valued skill, but linguists remain a critically undermanned specialty across the Services. Specifically, the Committee is concerned by the low number of officers and Non- commissioned officers with foreign language skills. The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to study the feasibility of requiring and resourcing language and cultural education for uniformed officers in all Services and provide a report to the congressional defense committees on the findings of the study not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act. In addition, the Committee directs the Secretary of the Army to conduct a study on the feasibility of a pilot program for Non-commissioned officers (NCOs) assigned to regionally aligned units as well as NCOs assigned to positions which require foreign area expertise, including a process for selecting NCOs to participate; the role of language education and required proficiency; the role of cultural education; and when in the rotational cycle and NCO's career such training should occur. The Committee understands that the Marine Corps Foreign Area Staff NCO and Regional Affairs NCO programs could provide examples of existing programs that seek to increase capacity to produce and maintain foreign area expertise at all levels. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Army to complete the study and report back to the congressional defense committees not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act. The Committee also understands that the National Security Education Program (NSEP) plays an important role in increasing the pool of cultural and linguistic experts in government, and it supports Department of Defense and national security agencies' efforts to partner with higher education institutions to achieve the goals of the NSEP. The Committee also supports efforts to expand these partnerships to minority serving institutions, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities, to improve diversity in the program and to increase the number of analysts with proficiency in critical languages and cultural studies. The Committee supports continued funding for the NSEP. MINORITY OUTREACH Minorities are underrepresented in the general officer ranks across the Services. To build a more diverse organization, disparities in representation need to be addressed by effective outreach that will expand the pool of well-qualified candidates. The Committee supports efforts to conduct effective outreach and recruiting programs in minority communities and encourages the Secretary of Defense to support efforts to improve diversity in the military, especially in the officer ranks. HAZING IN THE ARMED FORCES The Committee is extremely concerned by reports of hazing in the military. Hazing is inconsistent with the values of the military, and such behavior should not be tolerated within the military. The Committee understands that the Services are taking steps to better report incidents of hazing and to discipline servicemembers involved in such incidents. The Consolidated and Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013, directed the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the congressional defense committees on the rates of incidence of hazing, harassment, and mistreatment of servicemembers, as well as a review of the policies to prevent and respond to alleged hazing incidents. The report also was directed to include recommendations for implementation of a consistent reporting system for the Services and recommendations to implement prevention and education programs related to hazing and its harmful effects. The Committee is currently waiting for the completion and release of the report and looks forward to reviewing its recommendations. MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $40,199,263,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 41,037,790,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 40,908,919,000 Change from budget request............................ -128,871,000 *FY13 Enacted level does not include the Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $40,908,919,000 for Military Personnel, Army. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $26,902,346,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 27,824,444,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 27,671,555,000 Change from budget request............................ -152,889,000 *FY13 Enacted level does not include the Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $27,671,555,000 for Military Personnel, Navy. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP MANNING The Committee remains very concerned with the manning model for the Navy's Littoral Combat Ships (LCS). Although the Navy originally planned for the ship to be minimally manned by small, experienced crews, the Committee has noticed several indicators that call into question the validity of this model. During the recent deployment of the first LCS, the Navy added ten sailors beyond the 40 core crewmembers to the ship's crew to help with maintenance, watch-standing, and training issues. Additionally, the crew of the deployed mission module detachment on board the LCS received a crew augmentation of four sailors. The Committee understands the Navy is working to permanently increase the size of the mission module crew. Most concerning to the Committee is that in addition to the increased crew size of Navy personnel, the LCS has deployed with two civilian contractors (or technical representatives) on board for the duration of the deployment. The Navy has described these contractors as ``ship experts'' who are constantly available to assist the minimally manned crew with problems as they arise. In addition, the Committee is aware that civilian riders have been on board the first LCS almost continuously since the ship was delivered to the Navy four years ago. While technical representatives can provide extremely valuable knowledge and expertise about individual ship systems, and do so for many ships in the fleet, the Committee finds it unusual that the Navy appears to believe that contractors have a greater overall knowledge of the ship than the ship's own crew. It has always been the Committee's understanding that the crew serves as the ``ship experts'' and is puzzled by the LCS's modifications to this practice. Additionally, the Committee is alarmed by the frequency and magnitude of temporary civilian contractors on board. During the transit to the western Pacific alone, in addition to the full-time technical representatives, the LCS had as many as four temporary civilian riders on board at any one time to troubleshoot problems with systems such as air conditioning, propulsion, and the lube oil system. Navy ships are normally deployed in top material condition to ensure the ship can remain underway to accomplish its mission. The Committee is disturbed by the number of problems this ship has experienced on its maiden deployment that appear to be beyond the crew's capability to handle, especially given that the LCS should have been in an extremely high state of readiness. Combined, these incidents imply either that the LCS is experiencing more than its share of maintenance problems, thus overwhelming the crew, or that the crew is unable to handle common problems and has come to rely on the presence and expertise of technical representatives to conduct basic maintenance. The Committee remains concerned that the LCS manning plan as currently designed is unrealistic and unsustainable moving forward. In particular, the Committee believes that a long-term reliance on industry technical representatives to perform regular maintenance requirements during deployments that are typically handled by crewmembers is inefficient and uneconomical. In addition, relying on temporary solutions, including but not limited to assigning additional crewmembers to help with basic duties during deployments, hiring full-time and part-time technical representatives to oversee and conduct maintenance, and utilizing temporary berthing modules to accommodate additional crewmembers is both impractical and detrimental to the efficient operation of the LCS and the quality of life of the entire crew. The Consolidated and Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013, directed the Secretary of the Navy to submit a report to the congressional defense committees on future manning plans for the LCS. The Secretary of the Navy is further directed to incorporate any findings regarding LCS manning discovered thus far during the deployment into the report. The Committee is currently waiting for the completion and release of the report and looks forward to reviewing its recommendations. MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $12,531,549,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 12,905,216,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 12,826,857,000 Change from budget request............................ -78,359,000 *FY13 Enacted level does not include the Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $12,826,857,000 for Military Personnel, Marine Corps. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $28,052,826,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 28,519,877,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 28,382,963,000 Change from budget request............................ -136,914,000 *FY13 Enacted level does not include the Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $28,382,963,000 for Military Personnel, Air Force. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $4,456,823,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 4,565,261,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 4,483,343,000 Change from budget request............................ -81,918,000 *FY13 Enacted level does not include the Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,483,343,000 for Reserve Personnel, Army. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $1,874,023,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 1,891,936,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 1,875,536,000 Change from budget request............................ -16,400,000 *FY13 Enacted level does not include the Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,875,536,000 for Reserve Personnel, Navy. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $658,251,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 677,499,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 665,499,000 Change from budget request............................ -12,000,000 *FY13 Enacted level does not include the Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $665,499,000 for Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $1,722,425,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 1,758,629,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 1,745,579,000 Change from budget request............................ -13,050,000 *FY13 Enacted level does not include the Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,745,579,000 for Reserve Personnel, Air Force. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $7,981,577,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 8,041,268,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 7,958,568,000 Change from budget request............................ -82,700,000 *FY13 Enacted level does not include the Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $7,958,568,000 for National Guard Personnel, Army. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
CYBER SECURITY--DUAL USE CYBER INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAMS Cyber security is an important and growing mission area, and the National Guard has unique access to a wealth of information technology talent within its ranks as well as unique cyber support capabilities associated with both its Federal and State Active Duty statutes. The President's executive order dated February 12, 2013, Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, focuses on enhancing the resiliency and security of the Nation's critical infrastructure. This will be achieved through a ``partnership with the owners and operators of critical infrastructure to improve cybersecurity information sharing and collaboratively develop and implement risk-based standards.'' The Committee recognizes that the National Guard can fill the roles denoted in the President's executive order. As dual use, cyber incident response teams, the Guard would focus on forensic analysis and defensive cyber operations, providing all purpose ``triage'' of local/state network incidents. The Committee recognizes that these Guard teams may provide aid to civil authorities in Title 32, Title 10, and State Active Duty status and should be regionally located near established key infrastructure nodes for the internet to leverage their capabilities. NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $3,153,990,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 3,177,961,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 3,130,361,000 Change from budget request............................ -47,600,000 *FY13 Enacted level does not include the Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,130,361,000 for National Guard Personnel, Air Force. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
TITLE II OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE The fiscal year 2014 budget request for programs funded in title II of the Committee bill, Operation and Maintenance, is $175,097,941,000 in new budget authority. The Committee recommendation provides $174,974,024,000 for the operation and maintenance accounts. These appropriations finance the costs of operating and maintaining the Armed Forces, including the reserve components and related support activities of the Department of Defense. Included is readiness training, services for maintenance of equipment, fuel, supplies, spare parts for weapons and equipment, the day-to-day operations of military bases, facility sustainment and repair, and civilian pay. Financial requirements are influenced by many factors, including force levels, such as the number of aircraft squadrons, Army and Marine Corps divisions, installations, military personnel end strength and deployments, rates of operational activity, and the quantity, complexity, and age of equipment such as aircraft, ships, missiles, and tanks. The Committee does not provide funding for a proposed civilian pay raise in fiscal year 2014. The table below summarizes the Committee recommendations:
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE REPROGRAMMINGS The Secretary of Defense is directed to submit the Base for Reprogramming (DD Form 1414) for each of the fiscal year 2014 appropriation accounts not later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act. The Secretary of Defense is prohibited from executing any reprogramming or transfer of funds for any purpose other than originally appropriated until the aforementioned report is submitted to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. The Secretary of Defense is directed to use the normal prior approval reprogramming procedures to transfer funds in the Services' operation and maintenance accounts between O-1 budget activities in excess of $15,000,000. In addition, the Secretary of Defense should follow prior approval reprogramming procedures for transfers in excess of $15,000,000 out of the following budget sub-activities: Army: Maneuver units Modular support brigades Land forces operations support Force readiness operations support Land forces depot maintenance Base operations support Facilities Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization Navy: Aircraft depot maintenance Ship depot maintenance Facilities Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization Marine Corps: Depot maintenance Facilities Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization Air Force: Primary combat forces Combat enhancement forces Combat communications Facilities Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization Operating forces depot maintenance Mobilization depot maintenance Training and recruiting depot maintenance Administration and service-wide depot maintenance Air Force Reserve: Depot maintenance Air National Guard: Depot maintenance Finally, the Secretary of Defense should follow prior approval reprogramming procedures for transfers in excess of $15,000,000 into the following budget sub-activity: Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard: Other personnel support/recruiting and advertising With respect to Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, proposed transfers of funds to or from the levels specified for defense agencies in excess of $15,000,000 shall be subject to prior approval reprogramming procedures. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE BUDGET EXECUTION DATA The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to continue to provide the congressional defense committees with quarterly budget execution data. Such data should be provided not later than 45 days after the close of each quarter of the fiscal year, and should be provided for each O-1 budget activity, activity group, and sub-activity group for each of the active, defense-wide, reserve, and National Guard components. For each O-1 budget activity, activity group, and sub-activity group, these reports should include the budget request and actual obligation amount; the distribution of unallocated congressional adjustments to the budget request; all adjustments made by the Department in establishing the Base for Reprogramming (DD Form 1414) report; all adjustments resulting from below threshold reprogrammings; and all adjustments resulting from prior approval reprogramming requests. SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS Items for which additional funds have been provided as shown in the project level tables or in paragraphs using the phrase ``only for'' or ``only to'' in this report are congressional interest items for the purpose of the Base for Reprogramming (DD Form 1414). Each of these items must be carried on the DD Form 1414 at the stated amount specifically addressed in the Committee report. These items remain special interest items whether or not they are repeated in a subsequent conference report. RESTORATION OF FUNDING FOR UNREALISTIC EFFICIENCY SAVINGS The report accompanying the House version of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012 included language expressing the Committee's concern over many of the Department of Defense's proposed efficiency savings. In particular, the report stated that ``more troubling were instances in which underfunding valid requirements were claimed as efficiencies,'' including the decision to underfund base facility sustainment requirements and claim the reductions as infrastructure savings. In fiscal year 2013 and again in fiscal year 2014, the Department requests reduced funding for facility sustainment requirements and claims the reduction as infrastructure savings rather than deferral of maintenance. In fiscal year 2014, the Committee once again restores funding to the Facilities Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization programs for the individual Services, the Guard and reserve components, and the Services' medical facilities. TUITION ASSISTANCE Military tuition assistance has been an important benefit available to servicemembers since the late 1940s. Tuition assistance is a benefit paid to eligible members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force for college courses to support a member's professional and personal self-development goals. The courses are to be taken during the member's off-duty hours, and the total cost per member is capped at $4,500 per year. The Committee believes that tuition assistance is a valuable recruiting and retention program and therefore designates it as a congressional special interest item. The Committee sets a funding floor for fiscal year 2014 expenditures as follows: Army.................................................. $195,000,000 Navy.................................................. 90,000,000 Marine Corps.......................................... 44,000,000 Air Force............................................. 116,000,000 Army Reserve.......................................... 40,000,000 Air Force Reserve..................................... 8,000,000 Army National Guard................................... 72,000,000 Air National Guard.................................... 5,000,000 ----------------- Total............................................. 570,000,000 REALISTIC FUEL PRICING The Committee is concerned with the Department's habitual underfunding of fuel costs in its budget requests, which causes the need for significant reprogramming of funds in the year of budget execution. In fiscal year 2012, $1,000,000,000 was reprogrammed to correct for understated fuel costs and in fiscal year 2013, $1,100,000,000 has been requested for the same purpose. It appears that fuel costs are again understated in the fiscal year 2014 budget request. The Government Accountability Office has estimated that the fiscal year 2014 fuel costs are understated by $536,000,000. The Committee believes the Department should reset the fuel rate charged to the customer in fiscal year 2014 in line with expected market rates. The Committee has increased funding in the operation and maintenance customer accounts to pay for the expected market rate recommended by the Government Accountability Office. MILITARY INFORMATION SUPPORT OPERATIONS The Committee appreciates the significant oversight and attention the Department has given to address the Committee's concern that funding for Military Information Support Operations (MISO), activities only be used to fulfill core military activities rather than duplicate programs and activities more appropriately conducted by other departments and agencies. Therefore, the Committee recommends funding for these programs at the levels requested. The allocation of funds by combatant command and funding levels for certain programs is specifically delineated in the classified annex to this report. The delineations shall be considered a congressional special interest item, and any deviations from the allocations are subject to sections 8005, 8006, and 9002 of this Act. The Secretary of Defense is also directed to submit a report not later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act, to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees detailing the proposed execution of the funding provided for these programs. This report shall include the program name, activity, a description of service, target audience, goals/objectives, attribution, measures of effectiveness, prior year obligations and expenditures, and the estimated budget for the year of execution. This report, and the delineation of each program, project, and activity, shall serve as the basis for reprogramming in accordance with section 8006 of this Act. DEFENSE PERSONAL PROPERTY MOVES The Committee has a long-standing interest in the quality of life of military members and their families and understands the tremendous challenges associated with completing frequent defense personal property moves. The Committee is aware that the Department of Defense has successfully shifted from the Transportation Operational Personal Property Standard System to the Defense Personal Property Program and commends the improvements to cost efficiency, to the claims experience, and in family satisfaction. Benefits of the Defense Personal Property Program include full replacement and repair value for damaged or lost household goods at no additional cost; on-line claims filing and direct claims settlement between members/ employees and transportation service providers; best value acquisition of transportation services; improved communications between customers and transportation service providers; and a web-based entitlements counseling option. The Committee commends the improvements that the Department and its transportation service providers have made to reduce costs and improve the quality of each military move. STEM EDUCATION The Committee is concerned about the future of the Nation's workforce, specifically for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines. These skills are vital to the Department of Defense to maintain United States military superiority. While these skills are underrepresented in the available workforce, minorities especially are underrepresented in these skill sets both in the current workforce and at university levels. The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to develop a long-term plan to maintain and grow the STEM workforce and to support the development of STEM skill sets, especially in undergraduate and graduate programs, and to focus on increasing the participation and success of minority students through engaged mentoring, enriched research experiences, and opportunities to publish, present, and network. The Committee also encourages the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence to communicate to the congressional defense committees the resources, incentives, and legal and regulatory flexibility needed to attract and maintain a proficient STEM workforce. These factors, along with peer-to- peer mentoring, have proven to be a successful model for minority education. TELECOMMUNICATIONS EXPENSE MANAGEMENT The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, directed the Secretary of Defense to complete a study and assess the feasibility of using commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) telecommunication expense management solutions to improve enterprise visibility over the Department's telecommunications expenses and identify possible efficiencies in this growing technological area. Since that study was completed, the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer (CIO) promulgated guidance regarding the use of these management solutions. The Committee is concerned that the military Services are not yet in compliance with the CIO's guidance. Therefore, the Committee recommends that the Secretary of Defense defer new large telecommunications contracts until the Department has begun to proactively manage telecommunications usage utilizing competitively awarded COTS expense management solutions in accordance with the CIO guidance. MILITARY WORKING DOGS The use of canines to help locate and clear Improvised Explosive Devices has been highly successful, has saved lives, and has prevented injuries to deployed servicemembers. While military working dog teams have played an important role in national security over the past decade, the Committee is concerned that no widely accepted standards or protocols have been developed to ensure consistency and uniform quality in the breeding, training, conditioning, and deployment of military working dog teams. The Committee therefore urges the Secretary of the Air Force, the executive agent for the military working dog program, to work with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in conjunction with subject matter experts in academia and the private sector, to develop breeding, training, conditioning and deployment standards, and protocols for military working dog teams. REPORT ON OVERSEAS INFRASTRUCTURE The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a report not later than 365 days after the enactment of this Act to the congressional defense committees that inventories United States military installations located overseas. The report should include an assessment of the requirements for overseas military force structure and infrastructure, as well as an inventory of potentially excess infrastructure and any opportunities for consolidation. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $35,409,260,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 35,073,077,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 35,183,796,000 Change from budget request............................ +110,719,000 *FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $35,183,796,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Army. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
ARMY TRAINING AIDS AND DEVICES The Army's fiscal year 2014 budget request reflects refinements in its training strategy to incorporate a 24-month Army Force Generation cycle which leverages more constructive, virtual, and blended training capabilities. The Army has found that the use of virtual training has enhanced its ability to meet training goals at reduced cost. The Committee believes that commercial off-the-shelf simulation training utilizing service contracts rather than traditional acquisition programs of record could further improve the technological relevance of simulation and training devices for a wide range of missions, including regular and irregular warfare against conventional and hybrid threats. The Committee encourages the Army to evaluate the use of these contracts to reduce overall costs for virtual training while enhancing training experiences. CEMETERIAL EXPENSES The Committee notes that the fiscal year 2014 budget request once again proposes $25,000,000 to be provided in the Operation and Maintenance, Army account to assist with the maintenance backlog at Arlington National Cemetery instead of requesting all funds within the Cemeterial Expenses, Army account. The Committee does not support the proposal to fund Arlington National Cemetery through separate accounts contained in two different appropriations bills. Split funding undermines the federal budgeting principles requiring expenditures to be charged against the same account each year, once an account has been identified for such purpose. The Committee rejects the proposal to fund cemeterial expenses in the Operation and Maintenance, Army account and instead provides all funds for the maintenance backlog at Arlington National Cemetery in the Cemeterial Expenses, Army account included in the pending fiscal year 2014 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act. HIGH RESOLUTION 3--DIMENSIONAL TERRAIN DATA COLLECTION The Committee is aware of a validated operational requirement to provide unclassified, shareable, high resolution 3-dimensional terrain and elevation data which enables commanders to conduct the analysis required for mission planning, rehearsal, and execution. This requirement has been fulfilled by the Buckeye ISR system since 2004, which produces data that can provide commanders with the situational awareness for requirements such as helicopter landing zones, optimal ingress and egress routes, cover and conceal sniper, counter- sniper positions, and vertical obstructions. The Committee understands this system fulfills a unique requirement by producing unclassified data, allowing for data sharing with coalition and host nation forces. Additionally, its sensors can operate from various platforms, including fixed wing aircraft, helicopters, and unmanned aircraft. The Committee understands that an error during the formulation of the budget request resulted in a $163,000,000 shortfall to this program for fiscal year 2014 and therefore directs the Secretary of the Army to fully fund this important operational ISR requirement. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $41,614,453,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 39,945,237,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 40,127,402,000 Change from budget request............................ +182,165,000 *FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $40,127,402,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Navy. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $6,034,963,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 6,254,650,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 6,298,757,000 Change from budget request............................ +44,107,000 *FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,298,757,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
SPECIAL PURPOSE MARINE AIR GROUND TASK FORCE--CRISIS RESPONSE The Marine Corps recently activated a new task force, the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force--Crisis Response, to serve as a regionally based, expeditionary Marine Air Ground Task Force that conducts crisis response and limited contingency operations from land-based and maritime platforms in response to Commander, United States Africa Command requirements. This task force is trained to conduct security, serve as a quick reaction force, conduct limited offensive/ defensive operations, provide tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel, provide limited humanitarian assistance, and conduct limited non-combatant evacuation operations missions. This task force was deployed for the first time in April 2013 at the request of the Commander, United States Africa Command. The Committee has added funds for sustainment and follow-on deployments of the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force--Crisis Response in fiscal year 2014. MARINE CORPS EMBASSY SECURITY PROGRAM The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2013 directed the Secretary of Defense to develop and implement a plan to increase the number of members of the Marine Corps assigned to the Marine Corps Embassy Security Group at Quantico, Virginia, Marine Security Group Regional Commands, and Marine Security Group detachments at United States embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic facilities by up to 1,000 Marines. These additional Marines will support enhanced Marine Corps security at United States embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic facilities, particularly at locations identified by the Secretary of State as in need of additional security because of threats to United States personnel and property. The Department of Defense, in concert with the Department of State, is developing plans to add 35 new Marine Security Guard detachments over the next few years, beginning in fiscal year 2014. The Committee recommendation provides increased funding for the additional training, training aids, logistical support, and equipment for the additional Marine Security Guard detachments beginning in fiscal year 2014. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $34,780,406,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 37,270,842,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 37,438,701,000 Change from budget request............................ +167,859,000 *FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $37,438,701,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Air Force. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
CYBER COMMAND FUNDING Funding for the United States Cyber Command, a subordinate unified command under the United States Strategic Command, currently is not discretely visible in the Air Force's budget justification material. With the increased emphasis on cyber activities and related resourcing, the Committee directs that beginning in fiscal year 2015, the Air Force's budget justification material separately report and separately justify funds to support Cyber Command in sub-activity group 015A, ``Combatant Commands Direct Mission Support'' and in sub- activity group 015B, ``Combatant Command Core Operations''. U.S. ACCESS TO THE AZORES The Committee is concerned by the uncertainty of the Department of Defense's intentions regarding use of the long- standing military infrastructure in the Portuguese Azores, as well as reports that China's military is seeking access to Lajes Air Base, currently host to the Air Force's 65th Air Base Wing. The Committee recognizes that Lajes continues to serve an important role as part of the critical en route infrastructure for multiple areas of operation. The Committee therefore urges the Secretary of Defense to ensure that U.S. interests in the Azores are not unduly harmed when considering changes to overseas military posture. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $31,862,980,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 32,997,693,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 32,301,685,000 Change from budget request............................ -696,008,000 *FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $32,301,685,000, for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING AND OUTREACH Suicide remains an issue of concern to the Committee and the Services, especially in the Guard and reserve components. While there was a slight drop in the number of reported suicides from 2010 to 2011, the number of suicides increased significantly from 2011 to 2012. Whereas servicemembers serving on active duty return from deployments to military bases which provide more structured support networks, returning Guardsmen and reservists are frequently geographically isolated from their units and may not have the regular interactions with their peers and chain of command that their active duty counterparts experience. The Committee is aware that suicide remains a problem among servicemembers who have never deployed as well as those who have deployed once or multiple times. The Committee is aware of programs for the reserve components, such as the National Guard Psychological Health Program, to improve access to mental health providers. The National Guard Psychological Health Program provides a Director of Psychological Health for the Army National Guard in each of the 54 states and territories and will fund an additional 24 directors assigned to high-risk states. It also funds a Director of Psychological Health for the Air National Guard in all 89 wings. The directors advise leadership on psychological wellness issues, provide clinical assessments, ensure targeted mental health referrals, and mitigate problems with access to behavioral health care providers in local communities for eligible Guardsmen and their families. The Committee understands that the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2013 authorized a pilot program to improve access to behavioral health care for National Guard and reserve members and their families through a collaboration of federal, state, and community partners. The Committee is aware that the National Guard Bureau is working to utilize existing federal and local partners to provide timely access to qualified and trained mental health counselors and supports efforts to leverage existing infrastructure to facilitate access to mental health care for military servicemembers and their families. The Committee recommendation provides increased funding for the Army National Guard Psychological Health Program to increase the number of providers available to Guardsmen and their families. The Committee recommendation also provides increased funding for suicide prevention in the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide account. In addition, the Committee recognizes the important role that programs such as Yellow Ribbon play in helping Guardsmen and reservists transition to civilian life upon returning from deployment, and fully funds the budget request for Yellow Ribbon. The Committee acknowledges the steps the Services have taken to implement suicide prevention training and outreach efforts and lower the rate of suicide among servicemembers, but it believes that more must be done to identify at-risk servicemembers and to improve prevention and outreach efforts. The Committee urges the Service Secretaries to continue to make suicide prevention a key priority and to regularly update the Committee on actions being taken. STARBASE The Department of Defense STARBASE program is designed to raise the interest and improve the knowledge and skills of students in kindergarten through twelfth grade in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The program currently operates on Air Force, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve, Navy, Navy Reserve, and Marine Corps military installations and facilities at 65 locations. The military volunteers who mentor students apply abstract principles to real world situations by leading tours and giving lectures on the use of STEM in different settings and careers, and they engage students through the inquiry-based curriculum with its ``hands-on, mind-on'' experiential activities in a technologically rich military environment. The program has a proven record of improving student understanding, interest, and ability in math and science and stimulating interest in STEM careers while establishing lasting relationships between community educators and military installations. The STARBASE program seeks to serve students that are historically underrepresented in STEM, including students who live in inner cities or rural locations, are socio-economically disadvantaged, low in academic performance, or disabled. The fiscal year 2014 budget request seeks to reorganize STEM programs throughout the federal government, and all funding for STARBASE was removed from the Department of Defense's fiscal year 2014 budget request. The Committee finds that terminating the STARBASE program is not advisable. STARBASE provides a unique low-cost leveraging of community and military resources that another federal agency will not be able to duplicate. The intangible benefits of solid cooperative community and military relationships stimulate the long-term interest of youth in STEM careers. The Committee recommendation therefore restores funding so the Department's STARBASE program will continue in fiscal year 2014. DATA RESEARCH TOOLS IN SECURITY CLEARANCE INVESTIGATIONS The Committee is concerned about the timeliness of completing security clearance investigations. The Committee understands the Department of Defense and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence have expressed similar concerns. Currently, automated data research tools are available online through the Defense Personnel Security Research Center (PERSEREC). These tools can be used to assist security clearance adjudicators, personnel security investigators, and security managers in implementing personnel security policy. However, military Services and Department of Defense agencies may not be aware that the PERSEREC tools are available. Therefore, the Committee recommends that the Secretary of Defense, through the Office of Defense Human Resources Activity and in coordination with the Office of Personnel Management, reach out to the military Services and Defense agencies to ensure that they are aware of the PERSEREC online tools and how these tools could be used to reduce the time and cost of investigation and adjudication of security clearances. MEALS READY-TO-EAT WAR RESERVE The Committee is concerned with the Defense Logistics Agency's (DLA) potential reduction to the Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MRE) war reserve. The Committee commends the DLA for initiating action to study the MRE war reserve but is concerned that a reduction in MRE war reserve could harm the industrial base and threaten the Department's ``Go to War'' capabilities. The Committee has expressed strong interest in the MRE war reserve program dating back to 2003 when DLA increased its requirement for the war reserve to six million cases. The Committee directs the Director of the DLA, in conjunction with the military Services and industry, to develop a comprehensive plan that addresses the aggregate MRE requirements for each of the military Services that considers war time surge requirements and timely rotation of the MRE war reserve. OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR MILITARY FAMILIES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS The Committee recognizes the stressful conditions and financial burdens experienced by servicemembers with developmentally disabled children. These conditions are often magnified by long separations caused by deployments. The Committee encourages the Director of the Office of Community Support for Military Families with Special Needs to collaborate with non-profit organizations that have expertise in developmental disabilities to establish educational and assistive programs at military bases. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND READINESS The Committee recommendation provides an increase of $269,399,000 above the budget request to restore readiness reductions to the Special Operations Command fiscal year 2014 operation and maintenance base funding. The Committee recommendation restores funding for flying hours, training, equipment replacement, depot maintenance, and enduring operational expenses. The Consolidated and Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 approved a shift of $885,000,000 from overseas contingency operations (OCO) funding to base funding to begin to transition these enduring readiness requirements into the base budget from the OCO accounts. The Committee is disappointed that the fiscal year 2014 budget request proposes to shift $194,641,000 back to the OCO accounts and proposes an additional $74,698,000 in reductions to these readiness activities. Therefore, the Committee recommendation restores these reductions to ensure Special Operations Forces are fully able to meet their long term readiness requirements. USE OF MAJOR FORCE PROGRAM--11 FUNDS In an era of increasing fiscal constraint, the Committee believes it is incumbent on the Department of Defense and the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) to ensure that Major Force Program-11 (MFP-11) funds be reserved for its original purpose, to provide the incremental funding necessary for Special Operations Forces (SOF) unique capabilities and items, rather than to supplement or supplant activities that are or should be provided by the military Services. The Committee is concerned that several funding requests in the fiscal year 2014 budget would establish new precedents for the use of MFP-11 funds. In some cases, funds were requested to establish new programs and activities that duplicated Service-provided or Department of Defense programs. In other cases, SOCOM's request would assume responsibility for activities that previously, and more appropriately, were funded by the Services. The Committee is concerned that MFP-11 funds are now perceived as a mechanism to insulate SOCOM from Service budget reductions or to create separate SOF programs that are the responsibility of the Services. It has come to the Committee's attention that at least one waiver of the use of MFP-11 operation and maintenance funds was granted in fiscal year 2013 in order to establish a new SOF program, a process that the Committee was unaware of prior to this year. Therefore, the Committee directs the Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller), working with the Comptroller, Special Operations for Financial Management (SOFM), to clearly identify and justify in the fiscal year 2015 budget request all MFP-11 operation and maintenance funding for programs and activities for which: (1) the military Services or other Department of Defense elements previously had responsibility for funding, including those related to special operations; or (2) funds would be transferred between the MFP- 11 budget and other Major Force Program budgets, and the justification for such transfers. Further, the Committee directs the Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller), working with the Comptroller, SOFM, to submit a report not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act to the congressional defense committees outlining the guidelines for the use of MFP- 11 operation and maintenance funds, a description of the waiver process to use MFP-11 funds for non-MFP-11 activities, and a list of all waivers granted in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 and the justification for such waivers. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND HUMAN PSYCHOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE AND FAMILY PROGRAMS The Committee understands the tremendous toll exacted on all servicemembers and their families, including those in the special operations community, after more than a decade of war. The Committee has always made the care of servicemembers and their families its highest priority, including special operators. The Committee appreciates the focus of the Commander, Special Operations Command on the psychological health and well-being of special operations forces and their families. The Committee also recognizes the success of the Services' embedded behavioral health programs and fully supports their expansion to the special operations community. However, the Committee believes that the mental health needs of all servicemembers, including special operations servicemembers, are most appropriately addressed within the Defense Health Program to ensure the highest quality continuity of care for all servicemembers. Therefore, the Committee recommendation transfers $21,300,000 requested within the Special Operations Command operation and maintenance budget to the Defense Health Program to address the needs of the special operations community consistent with Service programs. The Committee directs the Service Surgeons General to work with the Commander, Special Operations Command to implement an embedded behavioral health program for special operations units during fiscal year 2014. The budget request also includes $8,786,000 to establish special operations forces (SOF) unique family resiliency programs. The Committee does not recommend funding for this unauthorized program. The Committee recognizes that the deployment cycles of special operations forces may in some limited circumstances make it more difficult for SOF families to fully participate in family support programs. However, the need for the establishment of separate family support programs exclusively for SOF families has not been demonstrated nor is it currently authorized. The Committee believes it is important for the morale of all servicemembers that there not be inequities among families exclusively based on a servicemember's assignment. The Committee understands that the pending fiscal year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act authorizes a limited pilot program to assess the feasibility and benefits of SOF family support activities. Therefore, the Committee recommends $5,000,000 for the pilot program. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND HUMAN PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE PROGRAM The Committee recommendation does not include an increase of $25,305,000 for the Human Physical Performance Program. This request would fund 331 contractors to provide physical training and sports conditioning, sports psychology, and sports nutrition services for special operations forces (SOF), but would not cover the non-salary operational costs or anticipated new facilities associated with this initiative. While military construction funding was requested for new facilities associated with this initiative, the necessary authorization and funding was denied in the pending fiscal year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act, as well as in the pending fiscal year 2014 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act. The Committee has long supported physical training programs to ensure that special operators are in top condition to achieve their mission and to prevent physical injuries. In the past, there has often been a reliance on training programs designed for collegiate or professional athletes, programs which may or may not meet the needs of the special operator. In addition, the physical training requirements vary between special operators based on their mission set. In an attempt to address this challenge, over the last several years at the request of the Special Operations Command (SOCOM), the Committee has funded the Tactical Athlete Program within the Department of Navy to provide the necessary baseline research for each individual type of SOF operator in order to design appropriate physical training programs to meet those specialized needs. This approach was previously used by the Department of the Army to successfully develop a training program for the 101st Airborne Division. The Committee recommendation includes continued funding under the Department of the Navy to complete these assessments. The Committee believes that the investment and corresponding results from this research will enable SOCOM to design physical training programs uniquely tailored to the needs of special operators in the most productive and cost effective manner possible. The Committee is concerned that the new program proposed by SOCOM did not utilize the research investment that has been made in order to develop a program that meets the unique needs of special operators in the most cost effective manner possible. Therefore, the Committee does not provide the requested increase to expand this new program. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND ADVANCED EDUCATION PROGRAM The fiscal year 2014 budget request includes $8,466,000 for a new Advanced Education Program for the Special Operations Command. Of this amount, $3,603,000 was requested to fund a National Defense University (NDU) satellite Masters Degree program at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School established with funding from the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict. The remaining $4,863,000 was requested to establish new programs or expand existing programs. The Committee supports professional military education opportunities for all servicemembers, including those in the special operations forces (SOF) community. While the Committee appreciates the Commander, Special Operations Command's desire to augment the advanced education opportunities for SOF students, it is unclear to the Committee that the proposed programs represent truly SOF-unique requirements and instead may be duplicative of education opportunities provided by the Services. The Committee understands that SOCOM is in the process of working with the Service Secretaries to establish a process to formalize SOF-unique education requirements. The Committee directs the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, in coordination with the Commander, Special Operations Command, to provide a report to the congressional defense committees not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, which outlines all SOF-unique educational requirements, includes recommendations to meet such requirements, and describes how the proposed SOCOM educational initiatives compare to Service-offered educational opportunities. Therefore, the Committee transfers $3,603,000 from SOCOM's operation and maintenance budget to NDU's budget to maintain appropriate program and budget oversight of all NDU programs. Additionally, the Committee recommendation includes a reduction of $3,863,000 for new and expanded programs based on concerns regarding duplication and requirements. The remaining $1,000,000 provided is for existing programs and SOCOM is directed to provide a report to the congressional defense committees not later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act on the use of these funds. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION The Committee recommendation does not include $10,000,000 to establish a Special Operations Command National Capital Region (SOCOM-NCR) entity. This funding request was also denied in the pending fiscal year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act. The budget justification materials indicate that SOCOM plans to implement this proposal in phases. The Committee has requested, but has not received, a detailed plan which lays out the full operating capability and end-state envisioned by this proposal and instead has only received information on the phase-zero and phase-one plans. The Committee remains unclear about the function, purpose, and costs associated with the operations, infrastructure, and facilities for this entity both in the interim phase and the final end-state. Further, the Committee has received conflicting information over the course of the last year as to the purpose of this entity. At times it has been described as an efficiency mechanism to relocate over 300 SOCOM personnel to one consolidated location within the NCR. The Committee is confused by this explanation given that the vast majority of SOCOM personnel assigned to the NCR function as liaison officers and Special Operations Support Teams to other federal agencies and as such should remain resident at such agencies. At other times, some functions of the new SOCOM-NCR appear to duplicate functions already resident at SOCOM headquarters. The Committee is concerned that in a time of declining budget resources, it is incumbent upon SOCOM and the Department to fully delineate the functions, responsibilities, facilities requirements, infrastructure, and operating costs associated with this proposal before moving forward in order to carefully assess whether a statutory waiver of the prohibition on relocations into and within the more expensive National Capital Region area is warranted. Should the Secretary of Defense waive the prohibition in Section 8018 of this Act, the Committee believes such a decision should be based on the full operating capability and final end-state agreed to by the Department of Defense. Therefore, the Commander, Special Operations Command is directed not to obligate or expend funds for the proposed SOCOM-NCR until 30 days after the congressional defense committees receive a copy of the Secretary of Defense's waiver of Section 8018 of this Act and a report which fully describes the anticipated full operating capability and end-state for this entity as follows: (1) a description of the purpose and specific activities to be performed by the SOCOM-NCR; (2) an explanation of the impact of this proposal on existing activities at SOCOM headquarters and components, including the cost differential associated with relocating these functions from their existing locations to the NCR; and (3) a detailed, by fiscal year, breakout of all staffing and costs, including a long-term facilities plan, associated with its establishment over the future years defense plan (fiscal years 2014-2018) and at the full operating capability and planned final end-state. The Committee will consider a prior approval reprogramming in fiscal year 2014 from within available Special Operations Command operation and maintenance funds for the SOCOM-NCR if the Secretary of Defense grants the waiver of Section 8018 and the congressional defense committees have been provided the required comprehensive report. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND BUDGET JUSTIFICATION The Committee is concerned regarding the quality of the operation and maintenance budget justification submitted by the Special Operations Command (SOCOM). As a result, the Committee is unable to conduct meaningful oversight of SOCOM's budget requirements as the current justification does not include the necessary level of detail. Due to the failure of the budget justification to provide such information, the Committee is unable to analyze changes and trends over time in SOCOM's budget requirements, conduct comparative analysis with similar Department of Defense budget requirements, or have any understanding or visibility into changing requirements in the year of execution. The budget structure required by Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation (FMR) would provide the information needed. However, in fiscal year 2006, the Department of Defense took action to exempt SOCOM from these requirements and thereby limited congressional visibility and oversight. Since that time, the SOCOM base operation and maintenance budget has grown by 143 percent. Additionally, due to this exemption, SOCOM does not provide meaningful information that details the changing requirements among activities for overseas contingency operations requests. In a time of declining budget resources, the Committee must have the same level of visibility into SOCOM's funding as is provided by the Services in order to facilitate appropriate oversight. Therefore, the Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller) and the Comptroller, Special Operations for Financial Management (SOFM) are directed to submit the fiscal year 2015 SOCOM base and OCO operation and maintenance budget justification in accordance with Volume 2A, Chapter 3 of the FMR as such requirements apply to the Services. As required by the FMR, the budget justification shall be delineated and detailed by budget activity group, activity group, and sub- activity group with detailed changes within each sub-activity reflected on OP-5 and OP-32 exhibits. The Committee directs the Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller) and the Comptroller, SOFM to consult with the Committee during development of the fiscal year 2015 budget on actions being taken to make the necessary changes not later than October 1, 2013. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $3,182,923,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 3,095,036,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 3,199,151,000 Change from budget request............................ +104,115,000 *FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,199,151,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $1,256,347,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 1,197,752,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 1,200,283,000 Change from budget request............................ +2,531,000 *FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,200,283,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $277,377,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 263,317,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 266,561,000 Change from budget request............................ +3,244,000 *FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $266,561,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $3,261,324,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 3,164,607,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 3,149,046,000 Change from budget request............................ -15,561,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,149,046,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $7,154,161,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 7,054,196,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 7,102,113,000 Change from budget request............................ +47,917,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $7,102,113,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
NATIONAL GUARD CIVIL SUPPORT TEAMS The Army and Air National Guard Weapons of Mass Destruction/Civil Support Teams support civil authorities at a domestic Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High Yield Explosive Enterprise incident site by identifying hazardous agents or substances, assessing current and projected consequences, advising on response measures, and assisting with appropriate requests for state support. There are a total of 57 National Guard teams: one in each state, plus one each in the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and two each in the states of California, New York, and Florida, due to the geographic separation and concentrations of populations in these three states. The Committee is pleased that the fiscal year 2014 budget request includes funding for the 57 teams, including the two teams in New York and Florida that were proposed for elimination in the fiscal year 2013 budget request. The Committee fully funds the budget request for Civil Support Teams and expects the Secretary of Defense to fully fund the two teams in Florida and New York in the fiscal year 2015 budget request. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $6,494,326,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 6,566,004,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 6,675,999,000 Change from budget request............................ +109,995,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,675,999,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS TRANSFER ACCOUNT Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... - - - Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... $5,000,000 Committee recommendation.............................. - - - Change from budget request............................ -5,000,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends no funding for the Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Account. UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $13,516,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 13,606,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 13,606,000 Change from budget request............................ - - -*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $13,606,000 for the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $335,921,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 298,815,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 298,815,000 Change from budget request............................ - - -*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $298,815,000 for Environmental Restoration, Army. ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $310,594,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 316,103,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 316,103,000 Change from budget request............................ - - -*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $316,103,000 for Environmental Restoration, Navy. VIEQUES ISLAND ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION The Navy is conducting environmental restoration at sites on Vieques Island associated with former Navy activities. Investigations for cleanup of the western part of the island have been planned and carried out with the collaboration and approval of the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and the Fish and Wildlife Service, which currently operates the 400 acre site as part of the Vieques National Wildlife Refuge. In response to concerns expressed by the public, the Navy is conducting additional sampling and will develop additional alternatives for the final remedy, which will be included in an addendum to the Feasibility Study for remediation of the site. The Committee understands that the final remedy for the site will be selected by consensus amongst the Navy, the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and the Fish and Wildlife Service, and that it will support public access and use. The Committee is encouraged by these efforts and directs the Secretary of the Navy to inform the congressional defense committees on the progress of the site cleanup. ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $529,263,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 439,820,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 439,820,000 Change from budget request............................ - - -*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $439,820,000 for Environmental Restoration, Air Force. ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $11,133,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 10,757,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 10,757,000 Change from budget request............................ - - -*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $10,757,000 for Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide. ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED DEFENSE SITES Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $287,543,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 237,443,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 262,443,000 Change from budget request............................ +25,000,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $262,443,000 for Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites. ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS The Committee believes that improved oversight and management of the Department of Defense Environmental Restoration program will yield continued benefits. Included as part of the Defense Environmental Program's Annual Report to Congress, the Secretary of Defense is requested to provide the following information for all installations and properties receiving funding in the current fiscal year: the total site- level cost-to-complete (CTC) for all restoration actions included in the report for the fiscal year prior to the year covered by the report; the total amount of environmental restoration funds obligated at the site-level during the fiscal year covered by the report; a breakdown of adjustments made to the CTC, including but not limited to price changes such as inflation factors, accounting adjustments for long-term cleanups, addition of new sites, projected cost growth, and other identified factors; the site-level CTC for all restoration actions included in the report for the fiscal year covered by the report; and the net reduction in CTC between the two fiscal years. If the CTC is not reduced by the corresponding amount of monetary investment, a justification shall be provided. In addition, at those installations in which the cost-to-complete has increased by ten percent or more from the previous fiscal year, the report shall provide a detailed justification and explanation for the cost increase. This should be considered an ongoing annual requirement. OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $108,759,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 109,500,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 109,500,000 Change from budget request............................ - - -*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $109,500,000 for Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid. COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $519,111,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 528,455,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 528,455,000 Change from budget request............................ - - -*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $528,455,000 for the Cooperative Threat Reduction Account. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUND Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $50,198,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 256,031,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 51,031,000 Change from budget request............................ -205,000,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $51,031,000 for the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund. TITLE III PROCUREMENT ESTIMATES AND APPROPRIATIONS SUMMARY The fiscal year 2014 Department of Defense procurement budget request totals $99,106,242,000. The Committee recommendation provides $98,356,158,000 for the procurement accounts. The table below summarizes the Committee recommendations:
SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS Items for which additional funds have been provided as shown in the project level tables or in paragraphs using the phrase ``only for'' or ``only to'' in this report are congressional interest items for the purpose of the Base for Reprogramming (DD Form 1414). Each of these items must be carried on the DD Form 1414 at the stated amount specifically addressed in the Committee report. These items remain special interest items whether or not they are repeated in a subsequent conference report. REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR ACQUISITION ACCOUNTS The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to continue to follow the reprogramming guidance as specified in the report accompanying the House version of the fiscal year 2008 Department of Defense Appropriations bill (House Report 110- 279). Specifically, the dollar threshold for reprogramming funds will remain at $20,000,000 for procurement and $10,000,000 for research, development, test and evaluation. The Secretary shall continue to follow the limitation that prior approval reprogrammings are set at either the specified dollar threshold or 20 percent of the procurement or research, development, test and evaluation line, whichever is less. These thresholds are cumulative from the base for reprogramming value as modified by any adjustments. Therefore, if the combined value of transfers into or out of a procurement (P-1) or research, development, test and evaluation (R-1) line exceeds the identified threshold, the Secretary of Defense must submit a prior approval reprogramming to the congressional defense committees. In addition, guidelines on the application of prior approval reprogramming procedures for congressional special interest items are established elsewhere in this report. REPROGRAMMING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS The Committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) to continue to provide the congressional defense committees quarterly, spreadsheet-based DD Form 1416 reports for Service and defense-wide accounts in titles III and IV of this Act as required in the explanatory statement accompanying the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006. FUNDING INCREASES The Committee directs that the funding increases outlined in these tables shall be provided only for the specific purposes indicated in the tables. CLASSIFIED ANNEX Adjustments to the classified programs are addressed in a classified annex accompanying this report. AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $6,028,754,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 5,024,387,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 5,236,653,000 Change from budget request............................ +212,266,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. This appropriation provides funds for the acquisition of tactical and utility airplanes and helicopters, including associated electronics, electronic warfare equipment for in- service aircraft, ground support equipment, components and parts such as spare engines, transmission gear boxes, and sensor equipment. It also funds related training devices such as combat flight simulators and production base support. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
UH-60 HELICOPTERS FOR THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD The Committee is aware that the Army National Guard operates a fleet of 849 Black Hawk helicopters. Over half of these helicopters are older model, high time UH-60A variants. Under the proposed modernization plan for the total Army, the National Guard fleet will be older, less capable, and less reliable. At the end of fiscal year 2013, it is estimated that the National Guard Black Hawk fleet will be composed of 484 UH- 60A models, 289 UH-60L models with the older analog cockpit, and only 76 of the newest UH/HH-60M models. The UH-60A aircraft need to be modernized or replaced as quickly as possible for the Army National Guard Black Hawk fleet to remain viable and mission capable. The Committee understands that the Army is changing the prioritization and sequence of modernization of UH-60A Black Hawks to divest the active component of their last approximately 300 A-models faster and to delay modernization for the Army National Guard. The Committee recognizes the critical role Black Hawk helicopters serve in the Army National Guard for their war time and homeland security missions. The budget request includes $1,046,976,000 to purchase UH-60M helicopters. The Committee recommendation is $1,192,976,000, an increase of $146,000,000 above the budget request only for the purchase of Black Hawk UH-60M helicopters for the Army National Guard. UH-72A LAKOTA LIGHT UTILITY HELICOPTER The budget request includes $96,227,000 for the procurement of ten Lakota Light Utility helicopters. The Army's helicopter program had called for 31 Lakota aircraft to be funded in fiscal year 2014. The program has consistently achieved cost, schedule, and performance goals. The concept for the Lakota program has worked as the Army had envisioned. The less expensive Lakota, purchased as a commercial aircraft and non- deployable, has been assigned to utility missions that previously had been accomplished by a Black Hawk, thus freeing a Black Hawk for combat duty. The Army still has a Black Hawk shortfall and the concept to substitute Lakotas for Black Hawks in non-combat duty remains valid. The Committee recommendation includes $231,327,000 for the purchase of 31 UH-72A Lakota Light Utility helicopters, an increase of $135,100,000 above the budget request. ENHANCED MEDIUM ALTITUDE RECONNAISSANCE AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM The budget request includes $142,050,000 to purchase four low rate initial production units of the Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System (EMARSS). The Committee is aware that fiscal year 2013 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army funds were planned for the purchase of two developmental aircraft. The division of roles and missions for intelligence gathering capability based on the C- 12 type platform has shifted, and the Army will maintain intelligence gathering structure rather than the Air Force serving as the sole provider. The mission shift based on the revised vision for this mission area has resulted in a schedule slip of one year. Accordingly, the recommendation provides funding of $84,700,000 for EMARSS, a reduction of $57,350,000 below the budget request. MQ-1 GRAY EAGLE The budget request includes $518,460,000 for the procurement of MQ-1 Gray Eagles, which includes 15 unmanned aerial vehicles and ground equipment. The Committee has strongly supported Army control and operation of multi-mission unmanned aerial systems with capabilities for attack, communications relay, support for reconnaissance and surveillance, special operations support, deep fires support, and others. The Committee is aware that the MQ-1 Gray Eagle will align fielding of Universal Ground Control Stations and Satellite Ground Data Terminals with the fielding of Automatic Take-off and Landing Systems. The Committee recommends $506,976,000, a decrease of $11,484,000 below the budget request for Universal Ground Control Stations and Satellite Ground Data Terminals that are ahead of need. MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $1,535,433,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 1,334,083,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 1,628,083,000 Change from budget request............................ +294,000,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. This appropriation provides funds for the acquisition of surface-to-air, surface-to-surface, air-to-surface, and anti- tank/assault missile systems. Also included are major components, modifications, targets, test equipment, and production base support. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES, ARMY Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $1,857,823,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 1,597,267,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 1,545,560,000 Change from budget request............................ -51,707,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. This appropriation provides funds for the acquisition of tanks; personnel and cargo carriers; fighting vehicles; tracked recovery vehicles; self-propelled and towed howitzers; machine guns; mortars; modification of in-service equipment, initial spares; and production base support. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
PALADIN INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT (PALADIN PIM) The budget request includes $260,177,000 for the procurement of 18 sets of Paladin PIM self-propelled howitzers and self-propelled ammunition carriers. However, the Committee is aware that milestone C for Paladin PIM is likely to slip into fiscal year 2014. The Committee understands that the slip is due in part to delays in audit certification of certain major suppliers. The contract award currently scheduled for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013 will likely slip into fiscal year 2014, and funds totaling $161,000,000 would not be executed in fiscal year 2013. However, the Committee is aware of plans to use $97,000,000 of fiscal year 2013 procurement funds from the Paladin PIM program as a reprogramming source, reducing the amount that the program is expected to carry into fiscal year 2014. The Committee recommendation provides $217,177,000, a reduction of $43,000,000 below the budget request. M-88A2 HERCULES IMPROVED RECOVERY VEHICLE The budget request includes $111,031,000 for the procurement of 32 Improved Recovery Vehicles. The Committee is aware of the significant operational and safety advantages of the Hercules. The primary improvement is that the heavier and more powerful Hercules can tow an Abrams tank without the requirement for a brake vehicle. Additionally, the Hercules is faster and better armored. The Committee recommendation is $186,031,000, an increase of $75,000,000 above the budget request which will provide for the procurement of 21 additional Improved Recovery Vehicles. INTEGRATED AIRBURST WEAPONS SYSTEM The budget request includes $69,147,000 to begin production and fielding of the Integrated Air Burst Weapons System Family. The weapon is designed to determine the range to the target and then fire a 25mm projectile which explodes as it passes above the enemy defilade position. However, the weapon system has experienced safety issues that will delay Milestone C for eight to ten months while the Army and the developer design, integrate, and test a solution. Milestone C will slip from the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013 to the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014. The Committee recommendation provides $10,000,000 for the program, a reduction of $59,147,000 below the budget request. CARBINE The budget request includes $70,846,000 for carbines; $49,592,000 to purchase 29,897 new model Individual Carbines, and $21,254,000 to purchase 12,000 M4A1 carbines. The Committee is aware that the Full Rate Production Decision for the Individual Carbines program is scheduled for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014 and will likely slip into fiscal year 2015. The Committee recommends funding of $24,885,000 to purchase 15,000 new Individual Carbines, a reduction of $24,707,000 and 14,897 carbines below the budget request. The Committee supports the purchase of 12,000 M4A1 Carbines as requested. M1 ABRAMS TANK PRODUCTION The Committee is aware of the uncertainty facing the M1 Abrams tank program. Production of M1A2 SEP tanks for the Army is scheduled to be completed by December 2014. Beyond that date, the Army and the contractor will rely to a great degree on foreign military sales to help sustain operation of the tank assembly facility until such time as work on Engineering Change Proposal One begins. The Committee also understands that the results of the Army force structure review will be released in the summer of 2013 and may well have fewer requirements for heavy Army battalions and heavy brigade combat teams. A significant number of M1A2 SEP tanks may be reassigned to Army National Guard Units that are currently equipped with M1A1s. The request includes no funds for the production of M1A2 tanks; however the Committee will continue to monitor Army force structure changes and the resulting impact on the required number of M1A2 tanks. PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $1,641,306,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 1,540,437,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 1,465,937,000 Change from budget request............................ -74,500,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. This appropriation provides funds for the acquisition of ammunition, modification of in-service stock, and related production base support including the maintenance, expansion, and modernization of industrial facilities and equipment. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $5,741,664,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 6,465,218,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 6,467,751,000 Change from budget request............................ +2,533,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. This appropriation provides funds for the acquisition of tactical and commercial vehicles, including trucks, semi- trailers, and trailers of all types to provide mobility and utility support to field forces and the worldwide logistical system; communications and electronic equipment of all types to provide fixed, semi-fixed, and mobile strategic and tactical communications; and other support equipment, generators and power units, material handling equipment, medical support equipment, special equipment for user testing, and non-system training devices. In each of these activities, funds are also included for the modification of in-service equipment, investment spares and repair parts, and production base support. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
JOINT TACTICAL RADIO SYSTEM COMPETITION The budget request includes $323,730,000 for the procurement of 3,123 Joint Tactical Radio System manpack units. The Committee agrees with the guidance from the Undersecretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) directing the Army to conduct a full and open competition, open to non- program of record vendors, during full-rate production of the manpack radio for the remaining inventory. The Committee strongly recommends that the Army drives cost savings and innovation by considering the full range of available contract vehicles at each option point, including the option of re- competing the work. SURGE CAPACITY FOR DOMESTIC BODY ARMOR After twelve years of building domestic capacity, the Committee is aware that the ability to surge production for domestic hard body armor manufacturing may be in jeopardy. This critical capacity should be retained to ensure the Department of Defense can rapidly respond to future body armor surge requirements, to include female body armor. The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to report to the congressional defense committees not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act on the current capabilities of domestic body armor manufacturers to meet future surge requirements, the war reserve objective inventory requirement for body armor, and the steps taken by the Department to ensure the availability of domestic hard armor manufacturers. NATIONAL GUARD HMMWV MODERNIZATION PROGRAM The budget request includes no funding for new HMMWVs for the Army National Guard. The Committee recommendation includes $100,000,000 for that purpose. The committee recognizes that the Army National Guard has consistently included new model HMMWVs among its top funding priorities. This funding will enable new model HMMWVs to be introduced quickly and efficiently into the fleet. The HMMWV will remain the backbone of the Army National Guard's tactical wheeled vehicle fleet. Recent natural disasters such as Hurricane Sandy highlight the need for reliable and capable utility vehicles to enable the Guard to mobilize rapidly to respond immediately to state and national needs. AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $17,382,152,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 17,927,651,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 17,092,784,000 Change from budget request............................ -834,867,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. This appropriation provides funds for the procurement of aircraft and related support equipment and programs; flight simulators; equipment to modify in-service aircraft to extend their service life, eliminate safety hazards and improve aircraft operational effectiveness; and spare parts and ground support equipment for all end items procured by this appropriation. The total amount recommended in this bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
MH-60S AND MH-60R HELICOPTERS The Committee understands that the Navy has identified a number of airframe upgrades for the MH-60R and MH-60S that are not funded in the future years defense program. These upgrades could prove to be valuable investments in the future as capability is added, likely increasing the weight of the aircraft. These helicopters have been in the fleet since 2001 and 2006, respectively, and are expected to remain in service as a critical Battle Group capability until at least 2030. Investing in keeping them current and relevant is important to future operational effectiveness and success. Therefore, the Secretary of the Navy is directed to develop a plan to keep these assets current and relevant for their expected lifetimes and to submit a report to the congressional defense committees that outlines this plan not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act. MARINE CORPS UNMANNED AIRBORNE ELECTRONIC ATTACK The Committee is very encouraged by the addition of EA-18G Growler aircraft to the budget request for fiscal year 2014. Airborne electronic attack remains a high density/low demand asset in the Department of Defense and the Navy and Marine Corps are the sole providers of this capability using both the EA-6B Prowler and the EA-18G Growler aircraft. While the Navy will completely transition to the Growler aircraft, the Marine Corps will continue flying the Prowler aircraft until these aircraft are retired later this decade. The Committee is concerned about the follow-on airborne electronic attack capability of the Marine Corps after the Prowler aircraft are retired. With the rise in capability of unmanned aerial vehicles, the Committee believes these versatile platforms can be used for this critical mission. The Secretary of the Navy is directed to study the use of unmanned systems for organic airborne electronic attack to augment the Marine Corps current airborne electronic attack and electronic exploitation mission in whole or in part. This study should address such items as benefits, drawbacks, acquisition costs, estimated operating costs, limitations, crew safety, and mission effectiveness of unmanned systems compared to manned systems. The Secretary of the Navy is directed to provide a report to the congressional defense committees not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act on the findings of this study. WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $3,036,871,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 3,122,193,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 3,017,646,000 Change from budget request............................ -104,547,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. This appropriation provides funds for the procurement of strategic and tactical missiles, target drones, torpedoes, guns, associated support equipment, and modification of in- service missiles, torpedoes, and guns. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $659,897,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 589,267,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 544,116,000 Change from budget request............................ -45,151,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. This appropriation provides funds for the acquisition of ammunition, ammunition modernization, and ammunition-related material for the Navy and Marine Corps. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $15,584,212,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 14,077,804,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 15,000,704,000 Change from budget request............................ +922,900,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. This appropriation provides funds for the construction of new ships and the purchase and conversion of existing ships, including hull, mechanical and electrical equipment, electronics, guns, torpedo and missile launching systems, and communication systems. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
SHIPBUILDING Despite assurances from the Navy that the shipbuilding account is as healthy as it has ever been, the Committee remains skeptical. The Navy's new stated required fleet size is 306 ships, down from the long stated but never achieved fleet size of 313 ships. The annual 30 year shipbuilding report provided by the Navy shows that the fleet will reach the required fleet size of 306 ships in the year 2037, a full quarter century from now. The Secretary of the Navy testified that the fleet size will reach the 300 ship mark by the end of the decade. While this is encouraging, the Committee is concerned the fleet size remains at 300 ships for a single year, then drops back under 300 until 2024. In fact, of the 30 years that comprise the plan, the fleet size is under 300 ships for 16 of these years. The fleet size is at the required 306 ships or above for only the final seven years (2037 to 2043) that are displayed in the report. The Committee believes a truly healthy shipbuilding program should reach and sustain the required fleet size sooner than the Navy is projecting. Additionally, the Navy requested authority to incrementally fund a Virginia Class Submarine in fiscal year 2014. The Congress has authorized and appropriated funding for 18 fully funded Virginia Class Submarines in the years prior to fiscal year 2014. The Committee does not understand why funding requested for this particular submarine requires violating the Department of Defense's long standing full funding policy. The Committee is puzzled by Navy claims of billions of dollars in savings for the taxpayers as it is the Committee's understanding that these savings come from the fact that the program is conducting a multi-year procurement of ten submarines and not from the fact that one of the submarines is incrementally funded. Quality budget discipline, not funding gimmicks, is called for more than ever in these times of decreasing budgets and budget uncertainty. Contributing to the poor health of the shipbuilding program is sequestration. As a direct result of sequestration, a minimum of seven destroyers and submarines from fiscal year 2013 and prior years are no longer fully funded. The cost to make the funding for these ships whole is just over $1,000,000,000. This funding will be required in the outyears to complete the construction of these ships. When this funding is added to the funding required to complete the incrementally funded submarine, the cost to complete these ships is in excess of $2,000,000,000. This represents funding that will not be available to purchase new equipment or increase readiness in future years, because it will have to pay the debt incurred by the Navy in years past. While sequestration is in statute, the Committee is extremely concerned about the Navy willfully adding to its outyear liabilities by incrementally funding a submarine. Therefore, the recommendation provides an additional $950,000,000 to the Virginia Class Submarine program to fully fund the program. Additionally, the Secretary of the Navy is directed to utilize the fiscal year 2015 funding currently reserved for the completion of the submarine to fully fund the ships and programs that were impacted by the sequestration reductions. JOINT HIGH SPEED VESSEL The Committee encourages the Secretary of the Navy to continue to explore missions and projects that leverage the flexibility of the Joint High Speed Vessel and explore the extension of the current mission envelope beyond in-theater transport, to include such capabilities as unmanned aerial systems and air surveillance. SHIP DECOMMISSIONINGS The Committee is extremely disappointed in the Navy's inaction with respect to the seven cruisers and two amphibious ships that were proposed for decommissioning in the fiscal year 2013 budget. Despite very clear direction from all four congressional defense committees to keep these ships in the fleet, the Navy has taken no steps that would indicate it is moving toward keeping the ships for the long term. The ships have significant life remaining and are less expensive to keep when compared to procuring new ships with similar capabilities. Last year the Congress provided sufficient funding for the operation and modernization of these ships through the end of fiscal year 2014 and that funding has gone largely untouched, indicating an unwillingness to commit to keep these ships in the fleet. The Committee fails to understand why the Navy would choose to decommission these ships when it is having such a difficult time maintaining the required fleet size through new procurements. Therefore, the Committee recommendation rescinds all modernization funding from the fiscal year 2013 Ship Modernization, Operations, and Sustainment Fund and re- appropriates the funding in the Other Procurement, Navy, Weapons Procurement, Navy, and Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy accounts. The Secretary of the Navy is directed to use this funding for the purpose of modernization of these seven cruisers and two amphibious ships and to retain them in the fleet. OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $5,955,078,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 6,310,257,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 6,824,824,000 Change from budget request............................ +514,567,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. This appropriation provides funds for the procurement of major equipment and weapons other than ships, aircraft, missiles, and torpedoes. Such equipment ranges from the latest electronic sensors for updates of naval forces, to trucks, training equipment, and spare parts. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $1,411,411,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 1,343,511,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 1,271,311,000 Change from budget request............................ -72,200,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. This appropriation provides funds for the procurement, production, and modification of equipment, supplies, materials, and spare parts. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
HIGH MOBILITY ENGINEER EXCAVATOR The Committee recognizes the continued need for the Marine Corps to field engineering equipment for specific missions. Therefore, the Committee encourages the Secretary of the Navy to consider procuring the High Mobility Engineer Excavator, currently being used by the Army, to fulfill future engineering requirements for the Marine Corps. HIGH MOBILITY MULTIPURPOSE WHEELED VEHICLE The Committee recommendation includes a reduction of $34,980,000 for the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle Sustainment Modification Initiative. The Committee recognizes the importance of this program and fully supports modifying and maintaining these vehicles. However, given changes to the acquisition strategy, the Committee understands that the fiscal year 2014 funds would not be obligated until the planned fiscal year 2015 low rate initial production contract award. Therefore, the Committee recommendation includes a reduction of the fiscal year 2014 funding because it is ahead of need. AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $11,774,019,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 11,398,901,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 10,860,606,000 Change from budget request............................ -538,295,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. This appropriation provides funds for the procurement of aircraft, and for modification of in-service aircraft to improve safety and enhance operational effectiveness. It also provides for initial spares and other support equipment to include aerospace ground equipment and industrial facilities. In addition, funds are provided for the procurement of flight training simulators to increase combat readiness and to provide for more economical training. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
MQ-9 REAPER The Committee is deeply concerned by the Air Force's course of action on MQ-9 Reaper production in the fiscal year 2014 budget request. Having previously cut MQ-9 production from an annual rate of 48 to 24 in the fiscal year 2013 budget request, the Air Force again proposes to reduce the rate to 12 in fiscal year 2014, which is below the minimum sustaining rate. The Air Force took this action despite no change in the MQ-9 fleet requirement. The Air Force's proposal instead relies on an additional 12 MQ-9 aircraft authorized and appropriated in fiscal year 2013 to backfill its fiscal year 2014 request. This decision represents complete and brazen contradiction of congressional intent, which was to reduce the MQ-9 production rate in a more orderly and less disruptive manner from 48 in fiscal year 2012 to 36 in fiscal year 2013 and finally to a stable rate of 24 from fiscal year 2014 onward to completion. The Committee recommends the addition of eight MQ-9 aircraft to the fiscal year 2014 request with the understanding that non-Department of Defense purchases will help sustain the production line. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to procure MQ-9 aircraft funded in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 at the annual rate authorized and appropriated by the Congress. In addition, the Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a report to the congressional defense committees with the fiscal year 2015 budget request providing a detailed, location-by-location schedule for the basing of MQ-9 Reapers including, where appropriate, the replacement and planned disposition of MQ-1 Predator aircraft to be replaced by the MQ-9. The report shall also include the criteria by which the Air Force determines the order of priority for MQ-9 beddown locations and the impact that MQ-1/MQ-9 transition will have on existing MQ-1 flying training units. B-52 INTERNAL WEAPONS BAY UPGRADE The fiscal year 2014 budget request includes $5,120,000 for the first low rate initial production lot of six units for the B-52 Internal Weapons Bay Upgrade (IWBU) project. The IWBU will provide internal and expanded carrying capacity for such weapon systems as Joint Direct Attack Munitions, the Joint Air-to- Surface Standoff Missile, and the Miniature Air Launched Decoy, thereby increasing the B-52's capability to conduct conventional strike and close air support missions. The IWBU effort recently underwent restructuring due to cost increases, and the Air Force now proposes to deliver IWBU capability in separate phases and increments. The Air Force's budget request and future years defense plan fail to include necessary funding for the procurement effort beyond fiscal year 2014 and pursuantly fails to include necessary information related to the program, such as the total number of units to be procured, the projected cost of these units, the exact phasing of quantities and funding, the phasing of capability to be delivered, and the year of completion--information that is required by Department of Defense Financial Management Regulations and necessary for congressional budget review. The Committee is supportive of the IWBU effort but defers funding of the first low rate initial production lot and directs the Secretary of the Air Force to include a properly scheduled, funded, phased, and justified program in its fiscal year 2015 budget request. MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $4,962,376,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 5,343,286,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 5,267,119,000 Change from budget request............................ -76,167,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. This appropriation provides funds for the procurement, installation, and checkout of strategic ballistic and other missiles, modification of in-service missiles, and initial spares for missile systems. It also provides for operational space systems, boosters, payloads, drones, associated ground equipment, non-recurring maintenance of industrial facilities, machine tool modernization, and special program support. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
EVOLVED EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE SERVICES ACQUISITION The Committee understands that the Air Force is implementing a revised Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) acquisition strategy for launch services and that the Defense Acquisition Executive has approved an award of up to 14 launch vehicle booster cores over three years through competition if a new entrant becomes certified. The Committee strongly supports fair competition as a means of obtaining a reliable, quality product in a cost-effective way. The Committee notes that Congress has invested significant resources into satellites that are critical to national security interests; therefore, the Committee must have confidence in the proper procurement of launch services. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a report to the congressional defense committees not later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act, which addresses the following issues: (1) how the Air Force will evaluate performance and reliability of the entrants, including statistical means of predicting performance; (2) if other contracts with the federal government directly related to launch, such as EELV launch capability or space station services contracts, will be considered in regard to cost or past performance, and, if so, how the cost of such contracts will be mitigated and accounted for in the procurement process; (3) if all entrants will be required to operate under the Federal Acquisition Regulation requirements, including compliance with accounting standards; and (4) the means by which the Air Force will assure openness and transparency in the process. PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $594,694,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 759,442,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 743,442,000 Change from budget request............................ -16,000,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. This appropriation provides funds for the acquisition of ammunition, modifications, spares, weapons, and other ammunition-related items for the Air Force. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $17,082,508,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 16,760,581,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 16,791,497,000 Change from budget request............................ +30,916,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. This appropriation provides funds for the procurement of weapon systems and equipment other than aircraft and missiles. Included are vehicles, electronic and telecommunications systems for command and control of operational forces, and ground support equipment for weapon systems and supporting structure. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
MQ-1/9 REMOTE SPLIT OPERATIONS As a result of Air Force force structure actions, six Air National Guard locations will transition to MQ-1/9 remote split operations by fiscal year 2020. To ensure that these locations are properly equipped for a timely and orderly transition to this new mission, the Committee recommendation includes an additional $50,000,000 for the procurement of equipment associated with this mission. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit an execution plan for these additional funds not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act. PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $4,878,985,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 4,534,083,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 4,522,990,000 Change from budget request............................ -11,093,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. This appropriation provides funds for the procurement, production, and modification of equipment, supplies, materials, and spare parts. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $223,531,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 25,135,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 75,135,000 Change from budget request............................ +50,000,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommendation shall be distributed as follows: EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Budget Committee request request recommended ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NEXT GENERATION STAR TRACKER 4,180 4,180 - - - SYSTEM.......................... READ OUT INTEGRATED CIRCUIT 2,200 2,200 - - - FOUNDRY IMPROVEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY.................. SPACE QUALIFIED SOLAR CELL SUPPLY 920 920 - - - CHAIN........................... CRITICAL SPACE INDUSTRIAL BASE 7,200 7,200 - - - INVESTMENT...................... ADVANCED STRUCTURAL MATERIALS.... 5,209 5,209 - - - ELECTRONIC MATERIALS AND DEVICE 5,426 5,426 - - - PRODUCTION...................... PROGRAM INCREASE................. 50,000 50,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL, DEFENSE PRODUCTION 25,135 75,135 50,000 ACT..................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TITLE IV RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION The fiscal year 2014 Department of Defense research, development, test and evaluation budget request totals $67,520,236,000. The Committee recommendation provides $66,409,530,000 for the research, development, test and evaluation accounts. The table below summarizes the Committee recommendations:
SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS Items for which additional funds have been provided as shown in the project level tables or in paragraphs using the phrase ``only for'' or ``only to'' in this report are congressional interest items for the purpose of the Base for Reprogramming (DD Form 1414). Each of these items must be carried on the DD Form 1414 at the stated amount specifically addressed in the committee report. These items remain special interest items whether or not they are repeated in a subsequent conference report. REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR ACQUISITION ACCOUNTS The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to continue to follow the reprogramming guidance as specified in the report accompanying the House version of the fiscal year 2008 Department of Defense Appropriations bill (House Report 110- 279). Specifically, the dollar threshold for reprogramming funds will remain at $20,000,000 for procurement and $10,000,000 for research, development, test and evaluation. The Secretary shall continue to follow the limitation that prior approval reprogrammings are set at either the specified dollar threshold or 20 percent of the procurement or research, development, test and evaluation line, whichever is less. These thresholds are cumulative from the base for reprogramming value as modified by any adjustments. Therefore, if the combined value of transfers into or out of a procurement (P-1) or research, development, test and evaluation (R-1) line exceeds the identified threshold, the Secretary of Defense must submit a prior approval reprogramming to the congressional defense committees. In addition, guidelines on the application of prior approval reprogramming procedures for congressional special interest items are established elsewhere in this report. REPROGRAMMING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS The Committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) to continue to provide the congressional defense committees quarterly, spreadsheet-based DD Form 1416 reports for Service and defense-wide accounts in titles III and IV of this Act as required in the explanatory statement accompanying the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006. FUNDING INCREASES The Committee directs that the funding increases outlined in these tables shall be provided only for the specific purposes indicated in the tables. CLASSIFIED ANNEX Adjustments to the classified programs are addressed in a classified annex accompanying this report. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $8,676,627,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 7,989,102,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 7,961,486,000 Change from budget request............................ -27,616,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. This appropriation provides funds for the research, development, test and evaluation activities of the Department of the Army. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
MUNITIONS STANDARDIZATION EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY The budget request includes $53,340,000 in the Munitions Standardization Effectiveness and Safety line. The Committee recommendation fully funds the request. The Committee is aware that multiple programs and projects are funded in this program element, including research and development of energetics technologies. The Committee recognizes the benefits of these technologies to the warfighter by creating munitions with greater performance and precision while also reducing adverse environmental impacts. The Committee commends the Army for its continuing work in energetics technology and strongly encourages that funding available in this line be allocated for research in energetics technologies. WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS TECHNOLOGY The budget request includes $37,798,000 for the Weapons and Munitions Technology line. The Committee recommendation includes $52,798,000, an increase of $15,000,000 above the budget request. Under this program element, the Army invests in future technologies while seeking to spiral new technologies to warfighters, including light armament, multi-purpose munitions, specialty explosives and warheads, insensitive munitions, fire control sensors, and seekers for enemy neutralization. The Committee notes that the program funding will support a dedicated effort to mature and update prototypes and deliver armament and munitions technologies that will enhance lethality and survivability, as well as expanded manufacturing technologies for explosives and dual-use. WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY The budget request includes $63,919,000 for the Weapons and Munitions Advanced Technology line. The Committee recommendation provides $73,919,000, an increase of $10,000,000 above the budget request, to support the demonstration of advanced lethal and non-lethal weapons and munitions technologies to increase battlefield lethality and security. The program supports the maturation and demonstration of enabling components and subsystems which provide scalable lethal and non-lethal effects, key subsystems that enable an electromagnetic gun weapons system demonstrator, and a tactical high energy laser weapons system demonstrator. WARFIGHTER INFORMATION NETWORK--TACTICAL The budget request includes $272,384,000 for the continued development of Increment 3 of the Warfighter Information Network--Tactical (WIN--T). The Committee recommendation is $235,384,000, a decrease of $37,000,000 below the budget request. The Committee recommendation will support the Increment 3 effort and maintain the necessary pace in the overall WIN-T program. MALARIA VACCINE DEVELOPMENT The Committee recognizes the importance of finding a vaccine for preventing malaria and commends the Secretary of the Army for continuing to fund this significant research. A malaria vaccine will reduce or eliminate the need for anti- malarial drugs and will protect warfighters in austere, malaria-prone environments. Therefore, the Committee fully funds the request for $9,600,000 for vaccines for the prevention of malaria. SYSTEMS ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER The Committee supports the funding included in the budget request for the Systems Engineering Research Center, a national resource that is a university affiliated research center. It is comprised of 23 collaborating universities, and provides a broad base of talent to conduct vital systems research. By doing so, it helps enhance the Department of Defense's capability for the successful development, integration, testing, and sustainability of completed defense systems, services, and enterprises. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $16,963,398,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 15,974,780,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 15,368,352,000 Change from budget request............................ -606,428,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. This appropriation provides funds for the research, development, test and evaluation activities of the Department of the Navy, which includes the Marine Corps. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
OCEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY The Committee commends the Navy for its efforts in developing ocean energy technologies as defined in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. These efforts will ultimately result in reducing the cost of energy and increasing energy security at Department of Defense facilities. The Committee encourages the Secretary of the Navy to coordinate its development efforts with the Department of Energy and designated National Marine Renewable Energy Centers for ocean renewable energy demonstration activities at or near Department of Defense facilities. HIGHLY INTEGRATED PHOTONICS The Committee is encouraged by the Navy's development of photonic technology to transmit and process information in wired and chip-level electronic components. Photonics can dramatically reduce platform size, weight, power requirements, and sustainment costs. This technology can also be used throughout the Department of Defense in various platforms. The Committee encourages the Secretary of the Navy to continue the development of this technology and looks forward to the incorporation of photonics in an operational platform. AUTOMATED TEST AND RE-TEST The Automated Test and Re-test (ATRT) project continues to achieve results. The reduced labor requirements and cost savings for programs that have utilized the tool are impressive. The Committee is concerned by reports that the Navy may not yet be fully supportive of the effort, may reduce the funding applied to the project in execution as well as in future budget years, and does not seem to have a plan to take full advantage of this tool. Therefore, the Secretary of the Navy is directed to provide a report to the congressional defense committees outlining the plan for the full implementation of ATRT. This report should include a funding plan and timeline for the continued development and technology transition of ATRT. This report shall be submitted not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act. BONE MARROW REGISTRY The Committee recommendation includes $31,500,000 for the Department of the Navy to be administered by the Bone Marrow Registry, also known as and referred to within the Naval Medical Research Center as the C.W. Bill Young Marrow Donor Recruitment and Research Program. Funds appropriated for the Bone Marrow Registry shall remain available only for the purposes for which they are appropriated, and may only be obligated for the Bone Marrow Registry. This Department of Defense donor center has recruited more than 750,000 Department of Defense volunteers, and provides more marrow donors per week than any other donor center in the Nation. More than 5,600 servicemembers and other Department volunteers from this donor center have provided marrow to save the lives of patients. The success of this national and international life-saving program for military and civilian patients, which now includes more than 11,000,000 potential volunteer donors, is admirable. Further, the agencies involved in contingency planning are encouraged to continue to include the Bone Marrow Registry in the development and testing of their contingency plans. The Department of Defense form (DD Form 1414) shall show this as a congressional interest item. The Department is further directed to release all the funds appropriated for this purpose to the Bone Marrow Registry not later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act. SHIPBOARD LIGHTING The Committee is aware that the Navy is extremely active in energy initiatives to reduce the acquisition and operating cost of the fleet. With light emitting diode (LED) lighting technology rapidly advancing, the replacement of existing fluorescent shipboard lighting with LED lights would seem to be an idea well suited for the Navy to explore as an energy initiative. The Committee urges the Secretary of the Navy to study the concept of converting shipboard lighting to LED lights. COASTAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH The Committee understands the importance of the littoral region to the Navy. The Committee believes that additional research regarding the characteristics of the magnetic and electric fields in the coastal ocean regions and the development of predictive techniques to distinguish ships and submarines from naturally occurring background ocean features would pay dividends as the Navy shifts operations to the littoral regions. Therefore, the Committee urges the Secretary of the Navy to conduct additional research in this critical area. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $25,432,738,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 25,702,946,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 24,947,354,000 Change from budget request............................ -755,592,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. This appropriation provides funds for the research, development, test and evaluation activities of the Department of the Air Force. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
GLOBAL HAWK BLOCK 30 The Committee continues to support retention of the Global Hawk Block 30 fleet and includes language in the Act directing the Air Force to execute funds previously appropriated for the procurement of three additional Block 30 aircraft, sensors (including the Enhanced Integrated Sensor Suite and Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload), and accompanying equipment and services. The Air Force recently reported to the Committee that the adoption of U-2 sensors to Block 30 aircraft is feasible and less costly than improvement of Block 30 sensors to the level of ``parity'' with the U-2. The Committee recommendation includes $50,000,000 only for the integration, test, and demonstration of U-2 imagery sensors on a Block 30 aircraft. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit an execution plan for these additional funds to the congressional defense committees not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act. JSTARS TEST AIRCRAFT The Committee is concerned by the Air Force's proposal in the budget request to place the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) T-3 test aircraft in preservation storage. The Committee is concerned by the impact that this proposal will have on current integration and test efforts, especially those required by the National Guard. The Committee therefore recommends an additional $10,000,000 to continue normal operations of the JSTARS test aircraft. HARD TARGET NEW START EFFORTS The budget request includes $14,000,000 for two new starts related to hard targets, including $2,500,000 for the 5,000- pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions (5K JDAM) demonstration under the JDAM program and $11,500,000 for the advanced 2,000- pound penetrator (A2K) demonstration under Armament/Ordnance Development. The Committee notes that an analysis of alternatives (AoA) on hard target munitions is underway and is scheduled to complete in the first quarter of fiscal year 2014. The Committee recommendation includes full funding for these new start efforts but directs that no funds shall be obligated or expended for 5K JDAM or A2K until 15 days after the Secretary of the Air Force reports to the congressional defense committees on the results of the approved hard target munitions AoA and describes how these new start efforts are consistent with those results. AIRBORNE SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR/MOVING TARGET INDICATOR The Committee is concerned by the lack of funding in the budget request for efforts to further the airborne synthetic aperture radar/moving target indicator (SAR/MTI) mission, despite the completion of the airborne SAR/MTI and Joint STARS mission area analysis of alternatives (AoA) in June 2012. The Committee urges the Secretary of the Air Force to include all necessary funding required to initiate any acquisition effort pursuant to a material development decision for airborne SAR/ MTI systems in its fiscal year 2015 budget request. The Committee also notes that $10,000,000 was provided in the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013, to initiate any such effort, and directs the Secretary of the Air Force to notify the congressional defense committees not later than September 30, 2013 of its intentions regarding the use of these funds. F-22 OPEN SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE The Committee is supportive of recent efforts by the Air Force to pursue an open system architecture for F-22 mission systems, which will allow the introduction of greater competition in the acquisition of existing and future upgrades to the only existing operational fifth-generation fighter aircraft possessed by the U.S. Armed Forces. The Committee encourages the Secretary of the Air Force to increase its exploitation of this open systems architecture and to subject a greater number of modernization and modification efforts to competitive procurement. KC-46A The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to continue to submit quarterly reports on any KC-46A contract modifications with a cost greater than or equal to $5,000,000, as directed by the explanatory statement accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012. CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, AND NUCLEAR SURVIVABILITY The Committee continues to direct the Secretary of the Air Force to make high priority investments in technologies and systems that will ensure the safety of pilots in environments contaminated by chemical or biological agents as well as the timely decontamination of aircraft and equipment that may be affected by exposure to such environments, and to ensure that funding for such investments is adequately phased to support chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) survivability for all systems designated as CBRN mission critical. STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL METALS The Committee recognizes the importance of strategic and critical metals such as aluminum, beryllium, nickel-based superalloys, and titanium. As these metals are used in aircraft, jet engines, and other critical weapon systems and defense products, the Committee emphasizes the important role that the availability and cost-efficiency of these metals play in the affordability of weapon systems. The public-private partnership between the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Metals Affordability Initiative Consortium aims to reduce the cost of these metals and the time needed to incorporate such metals into systems. The Committee encourages the Secretary of the Air Force and the Secretary of Defense to pursue both cooperative and competitive efforts to solve challenges related to affordability and implementation. AIRCRAFT WINDOWS As an alternative to replacing polycarbonate and acrylic windows on fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft, the Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to explore and utilize new technologies, where appropriate, that can improve aircrew and passenger survivability while reducing operating costs. LASER-DRIVEN X-RAY TECHNOLOGY The Committee continues to place a high priority on research that addresses the threats of nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism, as well as research that addresses efficient and cost-effective maintenance of heavy equipment and personnel safety. The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to conduct research in new, laser-driven x-ray technologies with a proven capability to detect nuclear weapons and investigate heavy equipment to identify potential equipment failures before they happen. NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE PROGRAM PLANNING AND EXECUTION The Committee continues to monitor the debate within the National Security Space community over how to most cost effectively design and manage space programs. The Committee is concerned that affinity for certain architecture concepts may be affecting program execution and putting at risk operations of some of the Nation's most important and critical national security space capabilities. To help inform the debate and assist in putting the nation's space programs on a sustainable plan for the future, the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation is directed to update the space industrial base study to quantitatively assess the consequences of the various acquisition approaches being advocated within the space community. The approaches reviewed should include, but not be limited to, new architectures of small satellites, evolution of legacy systems, and leveraging of commercial systems. The report should address the complete system, including the space segment, ground segment, and user terminals such that a complete cost to implement is understood. The results shall be provided to the congressional defense committees not later than December 31, 2013. SPACE MODERNIZATION INITIATIVE The Committee is concerned by the inability of the Air Force to define its Space Modernization Initiative (SMI), despite many questions by the Committee. Key to the discussion is the relevance of SMI-funded projects to the programs of record within which they are funded and the ability of those projects to have a significant and cost-effective contribution to those programs. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a report to the congressional defense committees not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, which provides a definition of space modernization initiative (or initiatives, if it differs by program). The report should describe how projects or concepts are proposed; explain how concepts are evaluated for funding, including relevance to the program of record and if certain project types would be excluded from SMI; define who is responsible for decisions, if there is a review board, and if current industry participants or other stakeholders outside the Air Force are involved in proposing or evaluating concepts; and define how effectiveness will be evaluated, both of individual projects and of SMI as a whole. SPACE BASED INFRARED SYSTEM GROUND ENHANCEMENTS In fiscal year 2013, the Air Force was provided $40,000,000 for acceleration of the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) ground segment automated sensor tasking and an additional $40,000,000 for ground enhancements. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide an update to the congressional defense committees not later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act regarding the progress of these SBIRS elements, the status of the funds, and the schedule adjustment for automated sensor tasking that resulted from the funding. HUMAN PERFORMANCE SENSING The Committee recognizes and supports the Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) research into human performance sensing, which is a key element of human-machine interface technology. Advances in nano-biomaterial technology hold the potential to greatly increase human performance sensing capability, thereby improving mission performance and personnel safety. The Committee encourages the AFRL to continue its research into the manufacture of nano-biomaterial sensors capable of detecting biomarkers and other substances which correlate to conditions such as stress, fatigue, and organ damage. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE-WIDE Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $18,631,946,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 17,667,108,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 17,885,538,000 Change from budget request............................ +218,430,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. This appropriation provides funds for the research, development, test and evaluation activities of the Department of Defense for defense-wide activities. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS The Committee is encouraged that the Department of Defense is firmly committed to vigorous efforts with respect to Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority- Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI). The Committee is aware that the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Research and Engineering) issued guidance on December 2, 2011 calling for the reinvigoration of the relationship between the Department of Defense and the HBCU/MIs. Further, the Committee is concerned about the long-term development of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) workforce pipeline for underrepresented minorities, and notes the National Academy of Sciences' recommendation that the federal government increase funding for undergraduate and graduate STEM programs focused on increasing the participation and success of minority students through engaged mentoring, enriching research experiences, and opportunities to publish, present, and network. Consistent with the report of the National Academy of Sciences ``Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America's Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads,'' the Committee encourages the Department to emphasize STEM education improvement within the Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions program. Accordingly, the Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to consider these factors when awarding competitive funding under this program, as well as ensuring that selected programs have a sufficiently large cohort of students to allow for effective peer-to-peer mentoring, which has proven to be an effective model for ensuring the success of underrepresented minority students in the sciences. CONVENTIONAL PROMPT GLOBAL STRIKE The Committee recognizes the significance of having a Prompt Global Strike capability, and is aware of the successful test of the Army's Advanced Hypersonic Weapon conducted on November 17, 2011. Further, the Committee is aware that the planned use of over $200,000,000 of fiscal year 2013 funding is sufficient to conduct an additional test of the Conventional Prompt Global Strike capability. While the Committee understands the desire to have a possible sea-launched option, the Committee is also aware of the growing possibility of near- term threats. Therefore, the Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to follow through on its stated intent regarding the fiscal year 2013 funding by expeditiously scheduling follow-on plans for a second flight test of the Army's Advanced Hypersonic Weapon. CORROSION CONTROL The Committee is encouraged by Department of Defense efforts to advance innovative, joint Service approaches to corrosion prevention and corrosion control, but remains concerned by the continued costs and impact of corrosion on military equipment and infrastructure. The Committee believes the use of a comprehensive, online repository consisting of advanced corrosion technical data, industry findings, and professional corrosion studies would strengthen existing Department of Defense corrosion efforts, prevent unnecessary and duplicative single Service research pursuits, and generate significant cost savings across the military Services. Therefore, the Committee encourages the Director of the Office of Corrosion Policy and Oversight to develop a comprehensive, online corrosion analysis database, in collaboration with leading professional societies with expertise in the effects of corrosion, to support the Department's Corrosion Prevention and Control Program. SPECIALTY METALS The Committee applauds the Department of Defense for its March 2013 Final Rule to revise the definition of ``produce'' as it applies to specialty metals. This rule helps maintain a strong domestic armor steel plate industry and strengthens the defense industrial base, as well as the overall economic strength of the United States. The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to continue to incentivize investment in the manufacturing capacity, process technology, research and development necessary to meet the needs of the U.S. military, thereby reducing the possibility of supply shortages. HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING MODERNIZATION PROGRAM The Committee recognizes the importance of the Department of Defense's ability to apply high performance computing to gain military superiority for the warfighter. The Committee also recognizes the importance of high performance computing in the broader defense scientific and technology community to enable faster and more capable processors designed to save energy and overcome speed barriers. Therefore, the Committee fully funds the fiscal year 2014 request, and recommends a sustained modernization program at a level not less than the amount enacted for fiscal year 2012. MANUFACTURING EXPERIMENTATION AND OUTREACH The Committee is encouraged by the progress of the Manufacturing Experimentation and Outreach program within the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Tactical Technology Office. This program engages high school-age students in a series of collaborative design and distributed manufacturing experiments by deploying up to a thousand computer-numerically-controlled manufacturing machines to high schools nationwide. The goal is to encourage students across clusters of schools to collaborate via social networking media to jointly design and build systems of moderate complexity, such as mobile robots, in response to prize challenges. In order to allow the greatest number of students to receive access to the most advanced manufacturing technology, the Committee urges the Director of DARPA to place a greater emphasis on technology that allows students to remotely access advanced cyber-enabled additive manufacturing equipment. COMMON KILL VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM The Committee recognizes the importance of the Missile Defense Agency's new Common Kill Vehicle Technology program to consolidate the development of kill vehicles and to transition a discriminating kill vehicle to both Ground-based Interceptors and the Standard Missile-3. Although the Committee recognizes that the announcement of this new initiative occurred shortly before the budget submission, it is concerned with the lack of detailed justification materials and future plans and budgets for the program. Therefore, the Committee recommendation includes a transfer of $70,000,000, the amount requested for the program, from the Ballistic Missile Defense Technology line to create a new line specifically for the Common Kill Vehicle Technology program. This will allow for greater visibility and oversight of the program. The Committee also understands the importance of capitalizing on existing industrial base innovations, and urges the Director, Missile Defense Agency to fund risk reduction efforts for components such as the Divert and Attitude Control System. GROUND-BASED INTERCEPTORS The Committee is concerned by the increasing military threat posed by North Korea. Evidence of this threat is present in North Korea's three nuclear tests and, most recently, in the launch of several short range missiles. The Committee is aware that part of the response to this threat is to increase the number of Ground-based Interceptors (GBIs) fielded as part of the Ground-based Midcourse segment of the missile defense architecture. Despite the threat, the Committee is also concerned about the state of development and potential reliability of the GBI missiles. The test record of the GBI and associated sensors has been mixed, including a failed test in December 2010, and a successful test in January 2013. The Committee supports the strategic hedge these missiles provide, but believes that fielded equipment needs to be effective. Accordingly, the Committee directs the Department of Defense Inspector General to provide a report not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act to the congressional defense committees which reviews the planned testing of the GBI program from fiscal year 2014 through fiscal year 2017. The report should comment on the adequacy of testing to ensure that the GBI missiles are reliable and effective. EMBEDDED DIAGNOSTICS The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to fund joint government, university, and industry efforts to advance the technology and use of embedded diagnostics for unmanned aircraft. This improves safety by predicting future failures while simultaneously saving significant costs by eliminating the need for unnecessary overhaul and replacement of components. SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY The Committee remains concerned about the state of defense microelectronics, with regard to both the availability of a trusted supply chain, as well as the long-term health and vitality of the industrial base. The Committee believes that actively engaging all accredited suppliers is important to maintaining this industrial base in the Trusted Foundry Program, which will be important for ensuring dependable, continuous long-term access to trusted mission critical semiconductors. The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to employ measures to ensure competition within the Trusted Foundry Program. OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $223,768,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 186,300,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 246,800,000 Change from budget request............................ +60,500,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. This appropriation provides funds for the research, development, test and evaluation activities of the Department of Defense for defense-wide activities. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
TITLE V REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $1,516,184,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 1,545,827,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 1,545,827,000 Change from budget request............................ - - -*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,545,827,000 for the Defense Working Capital Funds accounts. This funding supports the purchase of $25,158,000 for Army war reserve material, $61,731,000 for Air Force war reserve material, $46,428,000 for Defense Logistics Agency distribution services, and $1,412,510,000 for Defense Commissary Agency operations costs. NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $697,840,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 730,700,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 595,700,000 Change from budget request............................ -135,000,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. This appropriation provides funds for the lease, operation, and supply of pre-positioning ships, operation of the Ready Reserve Force, and acquisition of ships for the Military Sealift Command, the Ready Reserve Force, and the Marine Corps. EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Committee Change from Budget request recommended request ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STRATEGIC SEALIFT ACQUISITION.......................... 178,321 43,321 -135,000 Afloat forward staging base--previously -135,000 - - - appropriated...................................... DoD MOBILIZATION ASSETS................................ 197,296 197,296 - - - SEALIFT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT....................... 56,058 56,058 - - - READY RESERVE FORCE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE......... 299,025 299,025 - - - -------------------------------------------------------- Total, National Defense Sealift Fund........... 30,700 595,700 -135,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE VI OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $32,715,304,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 33,054,528,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 33,573,582,000 Change from budget request............................ +519,054,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. This appropriation provides funds for the Defense Health Program of the Department of Defense. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014:
REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR THE DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM The Committee remains concerned regarding the transfer of funds from Direct (or In-House) Care to pay for contractor- provided medical care. To limit such transfers and improve oversight within the Defense Health Program operation and maintenance account, the Committee includes a provision which caps the funds available for Private Sector Care under the TRICARE program subject to prior approval reprogramming procedures. The provision and accompanying report language included by the Committee should not be interpreted as limiting the amount of funds that may be transferred to the Direct Care System from other budget activities within the Defense Health Program. In addition, the Committee continues to designate the funding for the Direct Care System as a congressional special interest item. Any transfer of funds from the Direct (or In- house) Care budget activity into the Private Sector Care budget activity or any other budget activity will require the Secretary of Defense to follow prior approval reprogramming procedures. The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide written notification to the congressional defense committees of cumulative transfers in excess of $15,000,000 out of the Private Sector Care budget activity. The Committee further directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) to provide quarterly reports to the congressional defense committees on budget execution data for all of the Defense Health Program accounts and to adequately reflect changes to the budget activities requested by the Services in future budget submissions. CARRYOVER For fiscal year 2014, the Committee recommends one percent carryover authority for the operation and maintenance account of the Defense Health Program. The Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) to submit a detailed spending plan for any fiscal year 2013 designated carryover funds to the congressional defense committees not less than 30 days prior to executing the carryover funds. WALTER REED NATIONAL MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER AND FORT BELVOIR COMMUNITY HOSPITAL The military medical treatment facilities provide our servicemembers, retirees, and their families with world class healthcare. Nowhere is that more true than at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and the Fort Belvoir Community Hospital. However, the Committee is aware that for the last few years, the two hospitals in the National Capital Region have been underfunded in the base budget and have only remained solvent with mid-year and end-of-year funds that have become available from within the Defense Health Program appropriation. The Committee believes that the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) is fully committed to solving the underlying funding shortfall and understands that future funding levels will be re-baselined in order to protect the operations of these two flagship institutions. EMBEDDED MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS The Committee understands the tremendous toll exacted on all servicemembers and their families, including those in the special operations and National Guard and reserve communities, after more than a decade of war. The Committee has always made the care of forces and their families its highest priority. The Committee appreciates the focus that the Commander, Special Operations Command, has put on the psychological health and well-being of special operations forces and their families and recognizes the importance of providing support to this vulnerable population. Further, the Committee recognizes the success of the embedded behavioral health program and fully supports its expansion to the special operations community. However, the Committee believes that the mental health needs of all servicemembers, including special operators, are most appropriately addressed within the Defense Health Program by the Service Surgeons General to ensure the highest quality continuity of care for the servicemember. Therefore, the Committee recommendation transfers $21,300,000 requested within the Special Operations Command operation and maintenance budget to the Defense Health Program to address the needs of the special operations community. The Committee directs the Service Surgeons General to work with the Commander, Special Operations Command to implement an embedded behavioral health program for special operations units during fiscal year 2014. The Committee also recognizes that National Guard and reserve personnel in states at high risk for suicide and dangerous behavioral health conditions need convenient access to mental health professionals for proper screening and care. Onsite access to embedded mental health specialists during training assemblies has proven successful in overcoming geographical, stigma, and time barriers that might otherwise bar a member from similar services in an underserved community. The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to work with the Chief, National Guard Bureau and Service Surgeons General to implement an embedded behavioral health program for National Guard and reserve component servicemembers in order to provide reserve component personnel with ready access to screening and treatment during unit training assemblies and urges the Secretary of Defense to robustly fund these programs. INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD The Committee has grown increasingly frustrated with the inability of the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to develop and procure an integrated electronic health record. Despite the mandate for full interoperability included in the fiscal year 2008 National Defense Authorization Act, it was not until 2011 that the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs committed to a plan to create a single integrated health record. Since that time, the two agencies have made halfhearted efforts to achieve that goal; however, earlier this year, the two Secretaries announced that they would no longer seek to create a single, common health record, instead falling back to the as-of-yet unattainable goal of interoperability. The Committee is dismayed at the lack of progress by the two Departments to achieve any kind of interoperability. The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the congressional defense committees not later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act which provides the long-term way ahead for the program, an explanation of the anticipated future role, if any, of the joint Interagency Program Office, and the use of the funds spent to date by that office. JOINT WARFIGHTER MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAM The Committee recommendation includes $45,000,000 for the continuation of the Joint Warfighter Medical Research Program. The funding shall be used to augment and accelerate high priority Department of Defense and Service medical requirements and to continue prior year initiatives that are close to achieving their objectives and yielding a benefit to military medicine. The funding shall not be used for new projects or for basic research, and it shall be awarded at the discretion of the Secretary of Defense following a review of medical research and development gaps as well as unfinanced medical requirements of the Services. Further, the Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) to provide a report not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act to the congressional defense committees which lists the projects that receive funding. The report should include the funding amount awarded to each project, a thorough description of each project's research, and the benefit the research will provide to the Department of Defense. PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE The Committee remains concerned with pain management prescription medication dependency among servicemembers. It is imperative that proper steps are taken to prevent overmedication and that treatment options are available for those facing possible addiction. The Committee recognizes that the Department of Defense currently provides a range of Medication Therapy Management services at military treatment facilities. These services are designed to optimize therapy or the adherence to therapy between providers, pharmacists, and patients. The Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) to provide a report not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act to the congressional defense committees detailing the progress of including pharmacists in the care team provided by the Patient Center Medical Home (PCMH), the success rate of patients in properly adhering to medicine treatment and prescription levels, and whether there have been cases in which the inclusion of a pharmacist in the PCMH has contributed to reducing the level of medication taken by patients who may have been overmedicating. PEER-REVIEWED CANCER RESEARCH PROGRAMS The Committee recommendation includes $120,000,000 for the peer-reviewed breast cancer research program, $80,000,000 for the peer-reviewed prostate cancer research program, $20,000,000 for the peer-reviewed ovarian cancer research program, $10,500,000 for the peer-reviewed lung cancer research program, and $15,000,000 for the peer-reviewed cancer research program that would research cancers not addressed in the aforementioned programs currently executed by the Department of Defense. The funds provided in the peer-reviewed cancer research program are directed to be used to conduct research in the following areas: blood cancer, colorectal cancer, genetic cancer research, kidney cancer, listeria vaccine for cancer, melanoma and other skin cancers, mesothelioma, pancreatic cancer, and pediatric brain tumors. The funds provided under the peer-reviewed cancer research program shall be used only for the purposes listed above. The Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) to provide a report not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act to the congressional defense committees on the status of the peer-reviewed cancer research program. For each research area, the report should include the funding amount awarded, the progress of the research, and the relevance of the research to servicemembers and their families. The Committee also encourages the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) to establish a task force to focus on research for metastasized cancer of all types, with a focus on clinical and translational research aimed at extending the lives of advanced stage and recurrent patients. Further, the Committee also encourages the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) to fund cancer research that combines molecular data on cancer and non-cancer tissues with information regarding demographic and lifestyle factors that could influence treatment response. PEER-REVIEWED AUTISM RESEARCH PROGRAM The Committee recommendation includes $6,000,000 for the peer-reviewed autism research program. The Committee is concerned that the increasing prevalence of autism could have an impact on the pool of potential candidates for military service and believes that a sustained research effort is necessary to find the causal agents of autism. Therefore, the Committee encourages the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) to support research within the peer-reviewed autism research program that seeks to understand possible environmental causes of autism spectrum disorders. PRE-DEPLOYMENT RESILIENCY TRAINING The Committee commends the Army, with the support of the Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, and the Marine Corps, with the support of the Office of Naval Research and Naval Health Research Center, for studying innovative approaches to building mental resiliency and combating post- traumatic stress in servicemembers. The physiologically proven positive effects of skills-based resiliency training before deployment are encouraging in the continued effort to combat the onslaught of post-traumatic stress. The Committee encourages the Secretaries of the Army and the Navy to continue pursuing the implementation of skills-based resiliency training for all soldiers and Marines who are preparing for deployment. CHILDHOOD TRAUMA IN MILITARY DEPENDENTS The Committee is concerned with the rise in outpatient mental health cases among children of active duty and reserve servicemembers. The Committee believes that it is imperative to develop efficient means to identify children at risk of deployment-related mental health issues and to provide tools, education, and guidance to the professionals and families caring for these children. It is also important that the proper steps are taken to prevent predictable mental health problems from manifesting in dependent children. The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to make the prevention of childhood trauma in military dependents a priority. AIR FORCE ACUITY MODEL TRAINING PROGRAM The Committee understands that the Air Force Military Acuity Model has provided benefits such as more efficient and improved access to care. The Committee encourages the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) to consider expanding use of the model throughout the military health system. COOPERATION BETWEEN MILITARY MEDICAL FACILITIES, CIVILIAN HEALTHCARE FACILITIES, AND UNIVERSITIES The Committee recognizes the importance of cooperation between military medical facilities, universities, and other civilian partners to provide valuable medical trauma training to sustain the education of military medical providers. This training and real-life experience contributes to maintaining the capabilities of the National Guard Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Explosives Enhanced Response Force Packages, the National Guard Homeland Response Forces, and the Army Reserve Consequence Management Response Forces. The Committee encourages the Chiefs of the National Guard Bureau and the Army Reserve to continue to pursue trauma training with civilian partners in order to maintain unit medical readiness at optimum levels as military healthcare providers maintain their individual skills to respond effectively to emergency incidents. Additionally, in order to minimize civilian-military operational gaps and maximize interoperability in the event of a catastrophic incident, the Committee encourages the development of enhanced preparedness medical training programs focusing on mass casualty triage, disaster life support, hazardous material life support, and psychological health by maximizing civilian-based advanced trauma expertise gained through day-to-day experiences and medical research programs. THERMAL INJURY PREVENTION The Committee commends the Secretary of Defense for establishing standards to prevent thermal injuries caused by aviation assets. However, recognizing that thermal injuries can also be caused by other equipment, the Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to establish similar requirements for ground platforms. Survivability enhancement efforts such as fire prevention, fire suppression, and fuel containment should continually be addressed in order to provide the best possible protection. The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a report not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act to the congressional defense committees detailing a potential plan for implementation of thermal injury prevention requirements and standards on ground platforms. MENTAL HEALTH ACCESS FOR SERVICEMEMBERS The Committee remains concerned with the ongoing stigma associated with servicemembers seeking assistance for mental and behavioral health issues. The Committee encourages the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) and the Service Surgeons General to leverage all existing resources, within both military and civilian facilities, to provide comprehensive mental and behavioral health services to servicemembers and to continue efforts to reduce this stigma. MEDICAL RECORDS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS The Committee supports actions taken by the Secretary of Defense to implement a policy for the retention of evidence and records relating to sexual assaults. The Committee believes that it is important for the Services to implement policies, procedures, and processes to ensure detailed evidence and records are maintained, as well as transmitted as appropriate, to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Record sharing between the two Departments should include any medical details of sexual assault victims that accurately describe the physical and emotional injuries resulting from a sexual trauma that occurred during active duty service. The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to ensure that these important records are appropriately maintained and transferred, as required, to the Department of Veterans Affairs. CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, DEFENSE Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $1,301,786,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 1,057,123,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 1,057,123,000 Change from budget request............................ - - -*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. This appropriation provides for funds the Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction activities of the Department of Defense. The Committee recommendation includes $1,057,123,000 for the Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense program. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014: EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Budget Committee Request Request Recommended ------------------------------------------------------------------------ OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE........ 451,572 451,572 - - - PROCUREMENT...................... 1,368 1,368 - - - RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 604,183 604,183 - - - EVALUATION...................... -------------------------------------- TOTAL, CHEMICAL AGENTS AND 1,057,123 1,057,123 - - - MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, DEFENSE..................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $1,159,263,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 938,545,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 1,007,762,000 Change from budget request............................ +69,217,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. This appropriation provides funds for military personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; and research, development, test and evaluation for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of the Department of Defense to include activities related to narcoterrorism. EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Budget Committee Request Request Recommended ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER- 938,545 1,007,762 69,217 DRUG ACTIVITIES................. National Guard counter-drug 109,597 239,597 130,000 program..................... Young Marines--drug demand 4,000 - - - reduction................... HQ Support to COCOMs growth.. -1,500 - - - CN--Admin/Program Travel -1,553 - - - growth...................... CN--Commercial Transportation -1,766 - - - growth...................... CN--Supplies and Materials -3,304 - - - growth...................... Previously funded RDTE -6,660 - - - projects.................... Historical underobligation... -50,000 - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NATIONAL GUARD STATE PLANS The Committee recommendation includes $130,000,000 above the fiscal year 2014 request to supplement the National Guard Counter-Drug program. The Committee is dismayed that, for the second year in a row, the budget request woefully underfunds the National Guard Counter-Drug program, which recommends a nearly forty percent reduction from the fiscal year 2012 budget request and a nearly fifty percent reduction from the fiscal year 2012 enacted level. The Committee recognizes the importance of the mission of the National Guard Counter-Drug program as a support organization to combatant commands and federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. Additionally, the National Guard Counter-Drug training centers provide invaluable training tools to soldiers, airmen, law enforcement agencies, and community-based personnel. The Committee designates the funding included in the budget request and the additional $130,000,000 as a congressional special interest item. Further, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to robustly fund the National Guard Counter-Drug program in subsequent budget years. SUPPORT OF COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES IN THE CARIBBEAN The Committee remains concerned over the high level of violent crime in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Committee notes that the homicide rate in each territory is significantly higher than any other U.S. jurisdiction and that many of these homicides are linked to the cross-border trade of illegal narcotics. The Committee further notes that data collected by federal law enforcement agencies appear to confirm that the U.S. territories in the Caribbean have become an increasingly attractive trans-shipment route for drug traffickers seeking to supply the U.S. mainland. The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a report not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act to the congressional defense committees on detection, monitoring, and other counter-drug activities the Department is undertaking, or intends to undertake, to support law enforcement operations in and around Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. JOINT URGENT OPERATIONAL NEEDS FUND Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... - - - Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... $98,800,000 Committee recommendation.............................. - - - Change from budget request............................ -98,800,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommends no funding for the Joint Urgent Operational Needs Fund. OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $350,321,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 312,131,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 347,000,000 Change from budget request............................ +34,869,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommendation includes $347,000,000 for the Office of the Inspector General. The total amount recommended in the bill will provide the following program in fiscal year 2014: EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Budget Committee request request recommended ------------------------------------------------------------------------ OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE........ 311,131 346,000 34,869 Program increase 34,869 - - - PROCUREMENT...................... 1,000 1,000 - - - -------------------------------------- TOTAL, OFFICE OF THE 312,131 347,000 34,869 INSPECTOR GENERAL........... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ INSPECTOR GENERAL VACANCY The Committee is concerned by the ongoing vacancy of the Department of Defense Inspector General position. This position has been vacant since December 2011, and while the position is being filled temporarily by the Acting Inspector General, no successor has been nominated during that time period. The Inspector General is responsible for conducting audits and investigations, informing Congress and the Secretary of Defense on programs and deficiencies, and acting as the principal adviser to the Secretary of Defense for matters relating to the prevention and detection of fraud, waste, and abuse. As the Department faces a climate of reduced budgets and ongoing challenges, a Senate-confirmed Inspector General is critical to providing the oversight needed to reduce waste and ensure taxpayers dollars are spent wisely and efficiently. The Committee urges the Secretary of Defense, in conjunction with the President, to identify and submit a highly qualified nominee to be the Department of Defense Inspector General as soon as possible. TITLE VII RELATED AGENCIES NATIONAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS The National Intelligence Program and the Military Intelligence Program budgets funded in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act consist primarily of resources for the Director of National Intelligence including the Intelligence Community Management Staff, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, the National Security Agency, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the intelligence services of the Departments of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and the CIA Retirement and Disability fund. CLASSIFIED ANNEX The Committee's budget reviews are published in a separate, detailed, and comprehensive classified annex. The intelligence community, Department of Defense, and other organizations are expected to fully comply with the recommendations and directions in the classified annex accompanying the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $514,000,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 514,000,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 514,000,000 Change from budget request............................ - - -*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. This appropriation provides payments of benefits to qualified beneficiaries in accordance with the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964 for Certain Employees (P.L. 88-643), as amended by Public Law 94-522. This statute authorized the establishment of the CIA Retirement and Disability System for certain employees and authorized the establishment and maintenance of a fund from which benefits would be paid to those beneficiaries. The Committee recommends the budget request of $514,000,000 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System fund. This is a mandatory account. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT Fiscal year 2013 appropriation*....................... $534,421,000 Fiscal year 2014 budget request....................... 568,271,000 Committee recommendation.............................. 552,535,000 Change from budget request............................ -15,736,000*FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. The Committee recommendation includes $552,535,000, which is a decrease of $15,736,000 below the budget request for the Intelligence Community Management Account. TITLE VIII GENERAL PROVISIONS The accompanying bill includes 126 general provisions. Most of these provisions were included in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2013 and many have been included in the Defense Appropriations Acts for a number of years. A description of each provision follows. Section 8001 provides that no funds made available in this Act may be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by Congress. Section 8002 provides for conditions and limitations on the payment of compensation to, or employment of, foreign nationals. Section 8003 provides that no funds made available in this Act may be obligated beyond the end of the fiscal year unless expressly provided for a greater period of availability elsewhere in this Act. Section 8004 provides a 20 percent limitation on the obligation of certain funds provided in this Act during the last two months of the fiscal year. Section 8005 has been amended and provides for the general transfer authority of working capital funds to other military functions. Section 8006 provides that the tables titled ``Explanation of Project Level Adjustments'' in the explanatory statement and classified annex shall be carried out in the manner provided by the tables to the same extent as if the tables were included in the text of this Act. Section 8007 provides for the establishment of a baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the current fiscal year. Section 8008 provides for limitations on the use of transfer authority of working capital fund cash balances. Section 8009 provides that none of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to initiate a special access program without prior notification to the congressional defense committees. Section 8010 has been amended and provides limitations and conditions on the use of funds made available in this Act to initiate multi-year contracts. Section 8011 provides for the use and obligation of funds for humanitarian and civic assistance costs under chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code. Section 8012 has been amended and provides that civilian personnel of the Department of Defense may not be managed on the basis of end strength or be subject to end strength limitations. Section 8013 prohibits funding from being used to influence congressional action on any matters pending before the Congress. Section 8014 prohibits compensation from being paid to any member of the Army who is participating as a full-time student and who receives benefits from the Education Benefits Fund when time spent as a full-time student is counted toward that member's service commitment. Section 8015 provides for the transfer of funds appropriated in title III of this Act for the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Protege Program. Section 8016 provides for the Department of Defense to purchase anchor and mooring chains manufactured only in the United States. Section 8017 has been amended and makes permanent the prohibition of funds made available to the Department of Defense from being used to demilitarize or dispose of certain surplus firearms and small arms ammunition or ammunition components. Section 8018 provides a limitation on funds being used for the relocation of any Department of Defense entity into or within the National Capital Region. Section 8019 provides for incentive payments authorized by section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544). Section 8020 provides that no funding for the Defense Media Activity may be used for national or international political or psychological activities. Section 8021 provides for the obligation of funds for purposes specified in section 2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipation of receipt of contributions from the Government of Kuwait. Section 8022 has been amended and provides funding for the Civil Air Patrol Corporation. Section 8023 has been amended and prohibits funding from being used to establish new Department of Defense Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC), with certain limitations and reduces funding provided for FFRDCs. Section 8024 provides for the Department of Defense to procure carbon, alloy, or armor steel plate melted and rolled only in the United States and Canada. Section 8025 defines the congressional defense committees as being the Armed Services Committees of the House and Senate and the Subcommittees on Defense of the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate. Section 8026 provides for competitions between private firms and Department of Defense Depot Maintenance Activities for modification, depot maintenance, and repair of aircraft, vehicles, and vessels as well as the production of components and other Defense-related articles. Section 8027 has been amended and provides for revocation of blanket waivers of the Buy American Act upon a finding that a country has violated a reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of understanding by discriminating against products produced in the United States that are covered by the agreement. Section 8028 provides for the availability of funds contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military Facility Investment Recovery Account for purposes specified in section 2921(c)(2) of the 1991 National Defense Authorization Act. Section 8029 provides for the conveyance, without consideration, of relocatable housing units that are excess to the needs of the Air Force located at Grand Forks Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Ellsworth Air Force Base, and Minot Air Force Base to Indian Tribes located in the states of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington. Section 8030 provides authority to use operation and maintenance appropriations to purchase items having an investment item unit cost of not more than $250,000. Section 8031 has been amended and prohibits the use of working capital funds to purchase specified investment items. Section 8032 has been amended and provides that none of the funds appropriated for the Central Intelligence Agency shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for Contingencies, the working capital fund, or other programs as specified. Section 8033 provides that funds available for the Defense Intelligence Agency may be used for the design, development, and deployment of General Defense Intelligence Program intelligence communications and intelligence information systems. Section 8034 provides for the availability of funds for the mitigation of environmental impacts on Indian lands resulting from Department of Defense activities. Section 8035 requires the Department of Defense to comply with the Buy American Act, chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. Section 8036 provides conditions under which contracts for studies, analyses, or consulting services may be entered into without competition on the basis of an unsolicited proposal. Section 8037 places certain limitations on the use of funds made available in this Act to establish Field Operating Agencies. Section 8038 is a new provision and provides grant authorities for the Department of Defense acting through the Office of Economic Adjustment. Section 8039 places restrictions on converting to contractor performance an activity or function of the Department of Defense unless it meets certain guidelines provided. (RESCISSIONS) Section 8040 has been amended and provides for the rescission of $3,043,571,000 from the following programs: 2011 Appropriations: National Defense Sealift Fund: Strategic sealift acquisition................. $28,000,000 2012 Appropriations: National Defense Sealift Fund: Strategic sealift acquisition................. 14,000,000 Aircraft Procurement, Navy: E-2D.......................................... 30,000,000 Aircraft Procurement, Air Force: C-27J Joint Cargo aircraft.................... 443,000,000 Missile Procurement, Air Force: Classified programs........................... 10,000,000 2013 Appropriations: Aircraft Procurement, Navy: E-2D.......................................... 35,000,000 MH-60R........................................ 50,000,000 Weapons Procurement, Navy: Aerial targets................................ 5,000,000 Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy: Completion of prior year shipbuilding programs 68,000,000 (CVN-71)..................................... Other Procurement, Navy: LCS MCM mission packages (OASIS termination).. 3,553,000 Procurement, Marine Corps: Follow-on to SMAW............................. 12,650,000 Missile Procurement, Air Force: Classified programs........................... 60,000,000 Other Procurement, Air Force: COMSEC equipment.............................. 38,900,000 Procurement, Defense-Wide: Classified programs........................... 10,000,000 SOF U-28...................................... 62,776,000 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army: MEADS......................................... 380,861,000 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy: Airborne mine countermeasures................. 13,028,000 H-1 series.................................... 18,111,000 Manned reconnaissance systems................. 18,192,000 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force: Classified programs........................... 115,000,000 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide: Classified programs........................... 90,000,000 Precision Tracking Space System............... 123,000,000 Ship Modernization, Operations, and Sustainment Fund: Ship Modernization, Operations, and 1,414,500,000 Sustainment Fund............................. Section 8041 prohibits funds made available in this Act from being used to reduce authorized positions for military technicians (dual status) of the Army National Guard, Air National Guard, Army Reserve, and Air Force Reserve unless such reductions are a direct result of a reduction in military force structure. Section 8042 prohibits funding from being obligated or expended for assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea unless specifically appropriated for that purpose. Section 8043 provides for reimbursement to the National Guard and reserve when members of the National Guard and reserve provide intelligence or counterintelligence support to the combatant commands, Defense agencies, and joint intelligence activities. Section 8044 prohibits funds from being used to reduce civilian medical and medical support personnel assigned to military treatment facilities below the September 30, 2003 level unless the Service Surgeons General certify to the congressional defense committees that it is a responsible stewardship of resources to do so. Section 8045 prohibits the transfer of Department of Defense and Central Intelligence Agencies drug interdiction and counter-drug activity funds to other agencies except as specifically provided in an appropriations law. Section 8046 prohibits funding from being used for the procurement of ball and roller bearings other than those produced by a domestic source and of domestic origin. Section 8047 prohibits funding from being used to purchase supercomputers which are not manufactured in the United States. Section 8048 prohibits funding made available in this or any other Act from being used to pay the salary of anyone who approves or implements a transfer of administrative responsibilities or budgetary resources of any program, project, or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction of another federal agency not financed by this Act without express authorization of the Congress. Section 8049 provides for prior Congressional notification of article or service transfers to international peacekeeping organizations. Section 8050 prohibits funding from being used for contractor bonuses being paid due to business restructuring. Section 8051 provides for the transfer of funds to appropriations available for pay of military personnel in connection with support and services for eligible organizations and activities outside the Department of Defense. Section 8052 provides for the Department of Defense to dispose of negative unliquidated or unexpended balances for expired or closed accounts. Section 8053 provides conditions for the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance Learning Project on a space- available, reimbursable basis. Section 8054 provides for the availability of funds to implement cost-effective agreements for required heating facility modernization in the Kaiserslautern Military Community, Landstuhl Army Regional Medical Center, and Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Section 8055 provides for the limitation on the use of funds appropriated in title IV to procure end-items for delivery to military forces for operational training, operational use or inventory requirements. Section 8056 provides for a waiver of ``Buy America'' provisions for certain cooperative programs. Section 8057 prohibits funding from being used to support the training of members of foreign security forces who have engaged in gross violations of human rights. Section 8058 prohibits funding in this Act from being used for repairs or maintenance to military family housing units. Section 8059 provides obligation authority for new starts for advanced concept technology demonstration projects only after notification to the congressional defense committees. Section 8060 provides that the Secretary of Defense shall provide a classified quarterly report on certain matters as directed in the classified annex accompanying this Act. Section 8061 prohibits the use of funds made available to the Department of Defense to provide support to an agency that is more than 90 days in arrears in making payments to the Department of Defense for goods or services provided on a reimbursable basis. Section 8062 provides for the use of National Guard personnel to support ground-based elements of the National Ballistic Missile Defense System. Section 8063 prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to transfer to any non-governmental entity ammunition held by the Department of Defense that has a center-fire cartridge and is designated as ``armor piercing'' except for demilitarization purposes. Section 8064 provides for a waiver by the Chief of the National Guard Bureau or his designee for all or part of consideration in cases of personal property leases of less than one year. Section 8065 provides for a limitation on funding from being used to support non-appropriated funds that purchase alcoholic beverages. Section 8066 has been amended and provides for the transfer of funds made available in this Act under Operation and Maintenance, Army to other activities of the federal government for classified purposes. Section 8067 has been amended and provides for the forced matching of disbursements and obligations made by the Department of Defense in the current fiscal year. Section 8068 provides for the transfer of funds made available in this Act under Operation and Maintenance, Defense- Wide to the Department of State Global Security Contingency Fund. Section 8069 provides grant authority for the construction and furnishing of additional Fisher Houses to meet the needs of military family members when confronted with the illness or hospitalization of an eligible military beneficiary. Section 8070 has been amended and provides funding and transfer authority for the Israeli Cooperative Programs. Section 8071 prohibits funding from being obligated to modify command and control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command operational and administrative control of U.S. Navy forces assigned to the Pacific Fleet or to give United States Transportation Command operational and administrative control of certain aircraft. Section 8072 has been amended and provides for the funding of prior year shipbuilding cost increases. Section 8073 has been amended and provides that funds made available in this Act for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for the current fiscal year. Section 8074 prohibits funding from being used to initiate a new start program without prior written notification. Section 8075 provides that the budget of the President for the subsequent fiscal year shall include separate budget justification documents for costs of the United States Armed Forces' participation in contingency operations for the military personnel, operation and maintenance, and procurement accounts. Section 8076 prohibits funding from being used for the research, development, test, evaluation, procurement, or deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a missile defense system. Section 8077 provides the Secretary of Defense with the authority to make grants in the amounts specified. Section 8078 prohibits funding from being used to reduce or disestablish the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of the Air Force Reserve. Section 8079 prohibits funding from being used for the integration of foreign intelligence information unless the information has been lawfully collected and processed during conduct of authorized foreign intelligence activities. Section 8080 provides that at the time members of reserve components of the Armed Forces are called or ordered to active duty, each member shall be notified in writing of the expected period during which the member will be mobilized. Section 8081 provides that the Secretary of Defense may transfer funds from any available Department of the Navy appropriation under certain conditions to any available Navy ship construction appropriation to liquidate costs caused by rate adjustments or other economic factors. Section 8082 provides for the use of current and expired Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy subdivisions to reimburse the Judgment Fund. Section 8083 prohibits funding from being used to transfer program authority relating to current tactical unmanned aerial vehicles from the Army and requires the Army to retain responsibility for and operational control of the MQ-1C Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Section 8084 provides funding under certain conditions for the Asia Pacific Regional Initiative Program for the purpose of enabling the Pacific Command to execute certain Theater Security Cooperation activities. Section 8085 has been amended and limits the availability of funding provided for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence beyond the current fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for research and technology, which shall remain available for the current and the following fiscal years. Section 8086 provides for the adjustment of obligations within the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy appropriation. Section 8087 has been amended and provides for the establishment of a baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence for the current fiscal year. Section 8088 provides for the transfer of funds by the Director of National Intelligence to other departments and agencies for the purposes of government-wide information sharing activities. Section 8089 provides for limitations on funding provided for the National Intelligence Program to be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming or transfer of funds in accordance with section 102A(d) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403-1(d)). Section 8090 directs the Director of National Intelligence to submit a future-years intelligence program reflecting estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations. Section 8091 defines the congressional intelligence committees as being the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, and the Subcommittees on Defense of the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate. Section 8092 has been amended and directs the Department of Defense to continue to report incremental contingency operations costs for Operation Enduring Freedom or any other named operations in the U.S. Central Command area of operation on a monthly basis in the Cost of War Execution Report as required by Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation. Section 8093 provides the authority to transfer funding from operation and maintenance accounts for the Army, Navy, and Air Force to the central fund for Fisher Houses and Suites. Section 8094 has been amended and provides that funds appropriated in this Act may be available for the purpose of making remittances and transfers to the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund. Section 8095 provides that any agency receiving funds made available in this Act shall post on a public website any report required to be submitted by Congress with certain exceptions. Section 8096 prohibits the use of funds for federal contracts in excess of $1,000,000 unless the contractor agrees not to require, as a condition of employment, that employees or independent contractors agree to resolve through arbitration any claim or tort related to, or arising out of, sexual assault or harassment, including assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or retention, and to certify that each covered subcontractor agrees to do the same. Section 8097 prohibits funding to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidiaries. Section 8098 has been amended and provides funds for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense--Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund. Section 8099 prohibits the Office of the Director of National Intelligence from employing more Senior Executive employees than are specified in the classified annex. Section 8100 prohibits funding from being used to pay a retired general or flag officer to serve as a senior mentor advising the Department of Defense unless such retired officer files a Standard Form 278 or successor form. Section 8101 provides for the purchase of heavy and light armed vehicles for the physical security of personnel or for force protection purposes up to a limit of $250,000 per vehicle. Section 8102 has been amended and provides grants through the Office of Economic Adjustment to support critical existing and enduring military installations on Guam, as well as Department of Defense growth. Section 8103 prohibits the Secretary of Defense from taking beneficial occupancy of more than 2,500 parking spaces to be provided by the BRAC 133 project unless certain conditions are met. Section 8104 has been amended and requires monthly reporting of the civilian personnel end strength by appropriation account to the congressional defense committees. Section 8105 has been amended and prohibits funding to separate the National Intelligence Program budget from, or to consolidate within, the Department of Defense budget. Section 8106 has been amended and provides the Director of National Intelligence with general transfer authority with certain limitations. Section 8107 prohibits funding to transfer or release any individual detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba into the United States, its territories, or possessions. This language is identical to language enacted in Public Law 112-74. Section 8108 has been amended and prohibits funding to transfer any individual detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to a country of origin or other foreign country or entity unless the Secretary of Defense makes certain certifications. This language is similar to language enacted in Public Law 112-239. Section 8109 prohibits funding to modify any United States facility (other than the facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba) to house any individual detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. This language is identical to language enacted in Public Law 112-74. Section 8110 prohibits funding from being used to enter into contracts or agreements with corporations with unpaid tax liabilities. Section 8111 prohibits funding from being used to enter into contracts or agreements with a corporation that was convicted of a federal criminal violation in the past 24 months. Section 8112 prohibits funding from being used to violate the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000. Section 8113 prohibits funding from being used to violate the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008. Section 8114 prohibits funding from being used to violate the War Powers Resolution Act. Section 8115 has been amended and requires the Secretary of the Air Force to obligate and expend funds previously appropriated for the procurement of RQ-4B Global Hawk aircraft. Section 8116 has been amended and reduces the amount available for pay for civilian personnel. Section 8117 prohibits funds from being used to purchase or lease new light duty vehicles except in accordance with the Presidential Memorandum-Federal Fleet Performance. Section 8118 prohibits funds from being used to enter into a contract with a person or entity listed in the Excluded Parties List System/System for Award Management as having been convicted of fraud against the Federal Government. Section 8119 is a new provision and prohibits funds from being used to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to Rosoboronexport, except under certain conditions. Section 8120 is a new provision and strikes paragraph 7 of Section 8159(c) of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2001. Section 8121 is a new provision and prohibits the use of funds for the purchase of manufacture of a United States flag unless such flags are treated as covered items under section 2533a(b) of title 10, United States Code. Section 8122 is a new provision and provides $25 million for purposes of implementation of a Sexual Assault Special Victims Program. Section 8123 is a new provision and prohibits the use of funds in contravention of the amendments made to the Uniform Code of Military Justice in subtitle D of title V of the pending National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 regarding the discharge or dismissal of a member of the Armed Forces convicted of certain sex-related offenses, the required trial of such offenses by general courts-martial, and the limitations imposed on convening authority discretion regarding court-martial findings and sentence. Section 8124 is a new provision and prohibits the use of funds for certain activities in Afghanistan. Section 8125 is a new provision and prohibits terminating certain programs without prior Congressional approval. Section 8126 is a new provision and provides $580,000,000 to fully fund an increase in basic pay for all military personnel by 1.8 percent as authorized by current law, effective January 1, 2014. TITLE IX OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION In title IX the Committee recommends total new appropriations of $85,768,949,000. A detailed review of the Committee recommendation for programs funded in this title is provided in the following pages. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to continue to report incremental contingency operations costs for Operation Enduring Freedom on the monthly basis in the Cost of War Execution report as required by Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation, Chapter 23, Volume 12. Further, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to report the incremental contingency operations costs for any and all new named operations that may have commenced in the Central Command Area of Responsibility on a monthly basis in the Cost of War Execution report as required by Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation, Chapter 23, Volume 12. The Committee further directs the Secretary of Defense to continue providing Cost of War reports to the congressional defense committees that include the following information by appropriation account: funding appropriated, funding allocated, monthly obligations, monthly disbursements, cumulative fiscal year obligations, and cumulative fiscal year disbursements. The Committee expects that in order to meet unanticipated requirements, funds may need to be transferred within these appropriations accounts for purposes other than those specified in this report. The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to follow normal prior approval reprogramming procedures should it be necessary to transfer funding between different appropriations accounts in this title. MILITARY PERSONNEL The Committee recommends an additional appropriation of $9,644,798,000 for Military Personnel. The Committee recommendation for each military personnel account is shown below:
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE The Committee recommends an additional appropriation of $66,146,211,000 for Operation and Maintenance. The Committee recommendation for each operation and maintenance account is shown below:
LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN AUTHORITIES FOR AFGHANISTAN The Committee directs that none of the funds appropriated for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund, totaling $2,615,000,000 for enablers; funds appropriated for the Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund, in whole; and 75 percent of the funds appropriated for the Commander's Emergency Response Program; may be expended or obligated until 15 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, certifies to the congressional defense committees that a bilateral security agreement has been signed and includes the provisions outlined in the pending fiscal year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act. EQUIPMENT READINESS After eleven years of war, in which there has been a steady influx of military equipment into Afghanistan without a corresponding outflow, the Department of Defense now has equipment in Afghanistan valued at $36,000,000,000. When U.S. Forces re-deployed from Iraq, much of the equipment was transported directly to Afghanistan to support the Afghanistan surge. As U.S. Forces re-deploy from Afghanistan, however, equipment will be returned to the United States. Years of war have placed demands on air and ground force equipment far beyond what is typically experienced during training or home station operations. The demands on equipment arise from higher usage rates and from the rigors of extended combat operations in harsh environments. This equipment will be in need of significant repair before it can be returned to units to be used for full spectrum readiness training. During testimony before the Committee, the Army Chief of Staff, General Odierno, emphasized the substantial workload requirement for equipment retrograde, induction, and repair once equipment returns to the United States. General Odierno also noted that sequestration has further compounded mounting equipment reset and repair requirements as the Services were forced to cancel scheduled equipment maintenance and repair in fiscal year 2013 due to lack of funds. As the Services redeploy from Afghanistan, the Committee recommends that the Department expeditiously reset, repair, and return equipment to units for readiness training and to support current and future national military and homeland defense priorities. The Committee has provided increased funding to support the Department's efforts to restore equipment readiness as reflected in the project level tables. WOMEN IN THE AFGHANISTAN NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES The Committee understands that there is no restriction on the enlistment of women in the Afghanistan National Security Forces even though cultural differences remain. The Committee encourages the recruitment, training and retention of women in the Afghanistan National Security Forces and provides funding in this Act for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund for the recruitment of both men and women for the Army, Air Force, and the Afghanistan National Police, and for updating facilities to support both genders. PROCUREMENT The Committee recommends an additional appropriation of $7,187,146,000 for Procurement. The Committee recommendation for each procurement account is shown below:
NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT The recommendation provides $1,500,000,000 for National Guard and Reserve Equipment. Of that amount, $400,000,000 is for the Army National Guard; $500,000,000 for the Air National Guard; $275,000,000 for the Army Reserve; $50,000,000 for the Navy Reserve; $125,000,000 for the Marine Corps Reserve; and $150,000,000 for the Air Force Reserve to meet urgent equipment needs that may arise this fiscal year. This funding will allow the Guard and reserve components to procure high priority equipment that may be used by these components for both combat missions and for missions in support of state governors. The conferees direct that the National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account shall be executed by the Chiefs of the National Guard and reserve components with priority consideration given to the following items: Internal and external crashworthy, ballistically self-sealing auxiliary fuel systems for helicopters; high-density storage cabinets; Air National Guard missile warning system; Generation 4 advanced targeting pods; In-flight propeller balancing system; and ultra-light tactical vehicles. RESERVE COMPONENT SIMULATION TRAINING SYSTEMS The use of simulation training systems has yielded a military that is better trained, more capable, and more confident as compared to units that do not have access to modern simulation training devices. Simulation training is a cost-effective means by which reserve units can improve tactical decision-making skills and ultimately save lives. It is anticipated that a portion of funds provided for National Guard and Reserve Equipment will be used to procure a variety of simulation training systems. To ensure the most efficient and effective training programs, these systems should be a combination of both government owned and operated simulators and simulation support from a dedicated commercial activity capable of providing frequent hardware and software updates. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION The Committee recommends an additional appropriation of $116,634,000 for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation. The Committee recommendation for each research, development, test and evaluation account is shown below:
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS The Committee recommends an additional appropriation of $264,910,000 for the Defense Working Capital Fund accounts. This funding supports purchase of $44,732,000 of Army secondary items for war reserves, $10,000,000 to the United States Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) for the transportation of Fallen Heroes, $78,500,000 for the repair of TRANSCOM C-17 aircraft, and $46,678,000 for Defense Logistics Agency distribution and material disposition services in Afghanistan. OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM The Committee recommends an additional appropriation of $904,201,000 for the Defense Health Program. The Committee's recommendations for operation and maintenance, procurement and research, development, test and evaluation are shown below: EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS [In thousands of dollars] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change from Budget Committee request request recommended ------------------------------------------------------------------------ OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE........ 904,201 904,201 - - - IN-HOUSE CARE................ 375,958 375,958 - - - PRIVATE SECTOR CARE.......... 382,560 382,560 - - - CONSOLIDATED HEALTH SUPPORT.. 132,749 132,749 - - - INFORMATION MANAGEMENT....... 2,238 2,238 - - - MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES........ 460 460 - - - EDUCATION AND TRAINING....... 10,236 10,236 - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE The Committee recommends an additional appropriation of $376,305,000 for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities. JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT FUND The Committee recommends an additional appropriation of $1,000,000,000 for the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund. The Committee's recommendations for the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund are shown below: EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS [In thousands of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Committee Change from Budget request recommended request ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 ATTACK THE NETWORK..................................... 417,700,000 417,700,000 - - - 2 DEFEAT THE DEVICE...................................... 248,886,000 248,886,000 - - - 3 TRAIN THE FORCE........................................ 106,000,000 106,000,000 - - - 4 STAFF AND INFRASTRUCTURE............................... 227,414,000 227,414,000 - - - ----------------------------------------------------- TOTAL, JOINT IED DEFEAT FUND.......................... 1,000,000,000 1,000,000,000 - - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DETECTION OF MATERIALS USED IN IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES Raw materials, such as nitrate fertilizers and chlorates, are inexpensive, readily available, and easy to manufacture into Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). These materials are smuggled into Afghanistan in bulk, often hidden in cement, flour, or sugar bags. Bulk detection becomes critical in countering the IED networks, and can allow for a more proactive response, rather than a reactive response after an IED detonation. Efforts are currently underway to assist with training and equipping the Afghanistan National Security Forces (ANSF) to strengthen its ability to identify and counter the IED threat. The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to work with the Minster of Defense of Afghanistan, and leadership of the Coalition Force, to explore the feasibility of equipping and training the ANSF with a simple, fast, and effective bulk detection capability for nitrate fertilizers and chlorates. JOINT URGENT OPERATIONAL NEEDS FUND The Committee recommends no funding for the Joint Urgent Operational Needs Fund. OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL The Committee recommends an additional appropriation of $10,766,000 for the Office of the Inspector General. GENERAL PROVISIONS Title IX contains several general provisions, many of which extend or modify war-related authorities included in previous Acts. A brief description of the recommended provisions follows: Section 9001 has been amended and provides that funds made available in this title are in addition to funds appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for the current fiscal year. Section 9002 has been amended and provides for general transfer authority within Title IX. Section 9003 has been amended and provides that supervision and administration costs associated with a construction project funded with appropriations available for operation and maintenance, Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund or the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund may be obligated at the time a construction contract is awarded. Section 9004 provides for the procurement of passenger motor vehicles and heavy and light armored vehicles for use by military and civilian employees of the Department of Defense in the U.S. Central Command area. Section 9005 has been amended and provides funding for the Commander's Emergency Response Program, within certain limitations. Section 9006 provides lift and sustainment to coalition forces supporting military and stability operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Section 9007 prohibits the establishment of permanent bases in Iraq or Afghanistan or United States control over Iraq oil resources. Section 9008 prohibits the use of funding in contravention of the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Section 9009 limits the obligation of funding for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund until certain conditions have been met. Section 9010 provides for the purchase of items of a particular investment unit cost from funding made available for operation and maintenance. Section 9011 has been amended and provides funding for the Task Force for Business and Stability Operations in Afghanistan. Section 9012 has been amended and provides funding for the operations and activities of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq and security assistance teams. Section 9013 has been amended and provides for the rescission of $46,022,000 from the following programs: 2009 Appropriations: General Provisions: Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay Program..... $46,022,000 Section 9014 has been amended and restricts funds provided under the heading Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide for payments under Coalition Support Funds for reimbursement to the Government of Pakistan until certain conditions are met. TITLE X Title X contains one new general provision. A brief description of the recommended provision follows: Section 10001 is a new provision stating that the applicable allocation of new budget authority made by the Committee on Appropriations does not exceed the amount of proposed new budget authority. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORTING REQUIREMENTS The following items are included in accordance with various requirements of the Rules of the House of Representatives: CHANGES IN THE APPLICATION OF EXISTING LAW Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the following statements are submitted describing the effect of provisions in the accompanying bill which directly or indirectly change the application of existing law. Language is included in various parts of the bill to continue ongoing activities which require annual authorization or additional legislation, which to date has not been enacted. The bill includes a number of provisions which place limitations on the use of funds in the bill or change existing limitations and which might, under some circumstances, be construed as changing the application of law. The bill includes a number of provisions, which have been virtually unchanged for many years that are technically considered legislation. The bill provides that appropriations shall remain available for more than one year for some programs for which the basic authorizing legislation does not presently authorize each extended availability. In various places in the bill, the Committee has allocated funds within appropriation accounts in order to fund specific programs. Changes in the application of existing law found within appropriations headings: Language is included in various accounts placing a limitation on funds for emergencies and extraordinary expenses. Language is included that provides not more than $25,000,000 for the Combatant Commander Initiative Fund. Language is included that provides not more than $36,000,000 for emergencies and extraordinary expenses. Language is included that provides not less than $36,262,000 for the Procurement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program, of which not less than $3,600,000 shall be available for centers. Language is included that makes available $8,721,000 for certain classified activities, allows such funds to be transferred between certain accounts, and exempts such funds from the investment item unit cost of items ceiling. Language is included that provides that any transfer authority provided under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' shall be in addition to any other transfer authority provided in this Act. Language is included under the various Environmental Restoration accounts that provides that the Service Secretaries may transfer such funds for the purposes of the funds provided under such appropriations headings. Language is included that provides for specific construction, acquisition, or conversion of vessels under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy''. Language is included under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy'' that provides funds for certain activities. Language is included under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'' that provides $250,000,000 for the Defense Rapid Innovation Program and provides for the transfer of funds. Language is included that provides for the transfer of funds within the ``National Defense Sealift Fund''. Language is included that prohibits the use of funds provided under ``National Defense Sealift Fund'' to award new contracts that provide for the acquisition of major components unless such components are made in the United States. Language is included that provides that the exercise of an option in a contract award through the obligation of previously appropriated funds shall not be considered to be the award of a new contract. Language is included that provides waiver authority of the Buy America provisions under ``National Defense Sealift Fund'' under certain circumstances. Language is included that provides that not less than $8,000,000 of funds provided under ``Defense Health Program'' shall be available for HIV/AIDS prevention education activities. Language is included that provides for the carry-over of one percent of the Operation and Maintenance account under the ``Defense Health Program''. Language is included that limits obligation of funds provided under the ``Defense Health Program'' for the development or procurement of an electronic health record to a health record as set forth in the Joint Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2013-2015. Language is included that specifics the use of certain funds provided under ``Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction''. Language is included that provides for the transfer of funds under ``Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities''. Such transfer authority shall be in addition to other transfer authority provided elsewhere in the Act. Language is included that provides that no funds made available in this Act may be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by Congress. Language is included that provides for conditions and limitations on the payment of compensation to, or employment of, foreign nationals. Language is included that provides that no funds made available in this Act may be obligated beyond the end of the fiscal year unless express provision for a greater period of availability is provided elsewhere in this Act. Language is included that provides a 20 percent limitation on the obligation of funds provided in this Act during the last two months of the fiscal year with certain exceptions. Language is included that provides for general transfer authority. Language is included that provides for incorporation of project level tables. Language is included that provides for the establishment of a baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 2014 and prohibits certain reprogrammings until after submission of a report. Language is included that provides for limitations on the use and transfer authority of working capital fund cash balances. Language is included that provides that prohibits funds appropriated in this Act to initiate a special access program without prior notification to the congressional defense committees. Language is included that provides limitations and conditions on the use of funds made available in this Act to initiate multi-year contracts. Language is included that provides for the use and obligation of funds for humanitarian and civic assistance costs under Chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code. Language is included that provides that civilian personnel of the Department may not be managed on the basis of end strength or be subject to end strength limitations. Language is included that prohibits funds made available in this Act from being used to influence congressional action on any matters pending before the Congress. Language is included that prohibits compensation from being paid to any member of the Army who is participating as a full- time student and who receives benefits from the Education Benefits Fund when time spent as a full-time student is counted toward that member's service commitment. Language is included that provides for the transfer of funds appropriated in title III of this Act for the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Protege Program. Language is included that provides for the Department of Defense to purchase anchor and mooring chains manufactured only in the United States. Language is included that prohibits funds made available to the Department of Defense from being used to demilitarize or dispose of surplus firearms. Language is included that provides a limitation on funds being used for the relocation of any Department of Defense entity into or within the National Capital Region. Language is included that provides for incentive payments authorized by section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544). Language is included that provides that no funds made available in this Act for the Defense Media Activity may be used for national or international political or psychological activities. Language is included that provides for the obligation of funds for purposes specified in section 2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code. Language is included that provides funding for the Civil Air Patrol Corporation. Language is included that provides for the number of staff years of technical effort that may be funded for defense Federally Funded Research and Development Centers. Language is included that provides for the Department of Defense to procure carbon, alloy, or armor steel plate melted and rolled only in the United States and Canada. Language is included that defines congressional defense committees as being the Armed Services Committees and the Subcommittees on Defense of the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate. Language is included that provides for competitions between private firms and Department of Defense Depot Maintenance Activities for modification, depot maintenance, and repair of aircraft, vehicles, and vessels, as well as the production of components and other Defense-related articles. Language is included that provides for revocation of blanket waivers of the Buy America Act upon a finding that a country has violated a reciprocal trade agreement by discriminating against products produced in the United States that are covered by the agreement. Language is included that provides for the availability of funds for purposes specified in section 2921(c)(2) of the 1991 National Defense Authorization Act, namely facility maintenance and repair and environmental restoration at military installations in the United States. Language is included that provides for the conveyance, without consideration, of relocatable housing units located at Grand Forks, Malmstrom, Mountain Home, Ellsworth, and Minot Air Force Bases to Indian Tribes that are excess to Air Force needs. Language is included that provides authority to use operation and maintenance appropriations to purchase items having an investment item unit cost of not more than $250,000. Language is included that prohibits the purchase of specified investment items within Working Capital Fund. Language is included that provides that none of the funds appropriated for the Central Intelligence Agency shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for Contingencies, the Working Capital Fund, or other certain programs authorized under section 503 of the National Security Act. Language is included that provides that funds available for the Defense Intelligence Agency may be used for intelligence communications and intelligence information systems for the Services, the Unified and Specified Commands, and the component commends. Language is included that provides that not less than $12,000,000 within ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' shall be for mitigation of environmental impacts on Indian lands. Language is included that provides for the Department of Defense to comply with the Buy American Act (chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code). Language is included that provides conditions under which contracts for studies, analyses, or consulting services may be entered into without competition on the basis of an unsolicited proposal. Language is included that provides for the limitations of funds made available in this Act to establish Field Operating Agencies. Language is included that provides grant authorities for the Department of Defense acting through the Office of Economic Adjustment. Language is included that provides for the limitations on the conversion of an activity or function of the Department of Defense to contractor performance. Language is included that provides for the rescission of previously appropriated funds. Language is included that prohibits funds made available in this Act from being used to reduce authorized positions for military technicians (dual status) of the Army National Guard, Air National Guard, Army Reserve, and Air Force Reserve unless such reductions are a direct result of a reduction in military force structure. Language is included that provides that none of the funds made available in this Act may be obligated or expended for assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea unless appropriated for that purpose. Language is included that provides for reimbursement to the National Guard and reserve when members of the National Guard and reserve provide intelligence or counterintelligence support to the Combatant Commands, Defense Agencies, and Joint Intelligence Activities. Language is included that prohibits funds made available in this Act from being used to reduce civilian medical and medical support personnel assigned to military treatment facilities below the September 30, 2003, level unless the Service Surgeons General certify to the congressional defense committees that it is a responsible stewardship of resources to do so. Language is included that provides that Defense and Central Intelligence Agencies' drug interdiction and counter-drug activity funds may not be transferred to other agencies unless specifically provided in an appropriations law. Language is included that prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act for the procurement of ball and roller bearings other than those produced by a domestic source and of domestic origin. Language is included that provides for the Department of Defense to purchase supercomputers manufactured only in the United States unless the Secretary certifies such acquisition must be made for national security purposes. Language is included that prohibits the use of funds made available in this or any other Act to transfer administrative responsibilities or budgetary resources of any program, project, or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction of another Federal agency not financed by this Act without expressed authorization of the Congress. Language is included that provides for prior congressional notification of article transfers to international peacekeeping organizations. Language is included that prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act for contractor bonuses from being paid due to business restructuring. Language is included that provides for the transfer of funds to be used to support personnel supporting approved non- traditional defense activities. Language is included that provides for the Department of Defense to dispose of negative unliquidated or unexpended balances for expired or closed accounts. Language is included that provides conditions for the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance Learning Project on a space-available, reimbursable basis. Language is included that provides for the availability of funds provided by this Act to implement cost-effective agreements for required heating facility modernization in the Kaiserslautern Military Community, Germany. Language is included that provides for the limitation on the use of funds appropriated in title IV to procure end-items for delivery to military forces for operational training, operational use, or inventory requirements. Language is included that provides for a waiver of the ``Buy America'' provisions for certain cooperative programs. Language is included that prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to support the training of members of foreign security forces who have engaged in gross violations of human rights. Language is included that prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act for repairs or maintenance to military family housing units. Language is included that provides obligation authority for new starts for advanced concept technology demonstration projects only after notification to the congressional defense committees. Language is included that provides that the Secretary of Defense shall provide a classified quarterly report on certain matters as directed in the classified annex accompanying this Act. Language is included that prohibits the use of funds made available to the Department of Defense to provide support to an agency that is more than 90 days in arrears in making payments to the Department of Defense for goods or services provided on a reimbursable basis. Language is included that provides for the use of National Guard personnel to support ground-based elements of the National Ballistic Missile Defense System. Language is included that prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to transfer to any nongovernmental entity ammunition held by the Department of Defense that has a center--fire cartridge and is designated as ``armor piercing'' except for demilitarization purposes. Language is included that provides for a waiver by the Chief, National Guard Bureau or his designee for all or part of consideration in cases of personal property leases of less than one year. Language is included that prohibits funds made available in this Act from being used to purchase alcoholic beverages. Language is included that provides for the transfer of funds made available in this Act under ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'' to other activities of the Federal Government for classified purposes. Language is included that provides for the forced matching of disbursement and obligations made by the Department of Defense in fiscal year 2014. Language is included that provides a limitation of $200,000,000 for transfer to the Department of State Global Security Contingency Fund, and set forth certain reporting requirements prior to such transfer. Language is included that provides grant authority for the construction and furnishing of additional Fisher Houses to meet the needs of military family members when confronted with the illness or hospitalization of an eligible military beneficiary. Language is included that provides funding and transfer authority for the Israeli Cooperative missile defense programs. Language is included that prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to be obligated to modify the command and control relationship to give the Fleet Forces Command administration and operations control of U.S. Naval Forces assigned to the Pacific Fleet. Language is included that provides for the transfer of funds to properly complete prior year shipbuilding programs. Language is included that provides that funds made available in this Act are deemed to be specifically authorized by Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947. Language is included that prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to initiate a new start program without prior written notification. Language is included that provides that the budget of the President for fiscal year 2014 shall include separate budget justification documents for costs of the United States Armed Forces' participation in contingency operations that contain certain budget exhibits as defined in the Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation. Language is included that prohibits funds made available in this Act from being used for the research, development, test, evaluation, procurement, or deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a missile defense system. Language is included that provides the Secretary of Defense discretionary authority to make grants to the United Service Organizations and the Red Cross if he determines it to be in the national interest. Language is included that prohibits funds made available in this Act from being used to reduce or disestablish the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of the Air Force Reserve. Language is included that prohibits funds made available in this Act from being used for the integration of foreign intelligence information unless the information has been lawfully collected and processed during conduct of authorized foreign intelligence activities. Language is included that provides that at the time members of reserve components of the Armed Forces are called or ordered to active duty, each member shall be notified in writing of the expected period during which the member will be mobilized. Language is included that provides that the Secretary of Defense may transfer funds from any available Department of the Navy appropriation to any available Navy ship construction appropriation to liquidate costs caused by rate adjustments or other economic factors. Language is included that provides for the use of current and expired ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'' subdivisions to reimburse the Judgment Fund. Language is included that prohibits the transfer of program authorities related to tactical unmanned aerial vehicles from the Army. Language is included that provides funding and authority for the Asia Pacific Regional Initiative program. Language is included that limits the obligation authority of funds provided for the Director of National Intelligence to the current fiscal year except for research and technology which shall remain available for the current and the following fiscal years. Language is included that provides for the adjustment of obligations within the ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'' appropriation. Language is included that prohibits transfers of funds until the Director of National Intelligence submits a baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities. Language is included that provides for the transfer of up to $20,000,000 of funds available for the Program Manager for Information Sharing Environment to be transferred to other departments and agencies for certain purposes. Language is included that sets forth reprogramming and transfer procedures for the National Intelligence Program. Language is included that provides that the Director of National Intelligence shall provide budget exhibits identifying the five year future-years intelligence program. Language is included that defines the congressional intelligence committees. Language is included that directs the Department of Defense to report on the Cost of War Execution Report on a monthly basis. Language is included that provides that funds from certain operation and maintenance accounts may be transferred to a central fund established pursuant to section 2493(d) of title 10, United States Code. Language is included that provides that funds may be used for the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund. Language is included that provides that agencies post congressionally directed reports on a public website. Language is included that provides limitations on the award of contracts to contractors that require mandatory arbitration for certain claims as a condition of employment or a contractual relationship. The Secretary is authorized to waive the applicability of these limitations for national security interests. Language is included that provides funds and transfer authority for the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund. Language is included that provides a limitation on the number of senior executives employed by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Language is included that provides a limitation on certain senior mentors unless such mentors make certain financial disclosures. Language is included that provides authority to purchase heavy and light armored vehicles notwithstanding price or other limitations on the purchase of passenger carrying vehicles. Language is included that provides availability of funds appropriated under ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' for activities related to the military buildup of Guam. Language is included that places limitations on the number of parking spaces provided by the BRAC 133 project, with certain waiver authorities. Language is included that requires the Secretary of Defense to provide quarterly reports on civilian personnel end strength. Language is included that provides transfer authority for the Director of National Intelligence for the National Intelligence Program. Language is included that provides funding for construction, renovation, repair, and expansion of public schools on military installations. Language is included that prohibits funds to transfer or release certain individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba into the United States, its territories, or possessions. Language is included that places limitations on the transfer or release of certain individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to the custody or control of a foreign country unless certain certifications are provided. Language is included that prohibits funds to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United States, its territories, or possessions to house individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Language is included that places limitations on the provision of funds to any corporation with an unpaid Federal tax liability. Language is included that places limitations on the provision of funds to any corporation convicted of a felony criminal violation within the preceding 24 months. Language is included that directs the Secretary of the Air Force to obligate and expend funds previously appropriated for the purposes for which such funds were originally provided. Language is included that prohibits the Department of Defense from entering into certain agreements with Rosoboronexport with certain waiver authorities. Language is included that repeals a reporting requirement in division A of Public Law 107-117. Language is included that prohibits the purchase or manufacture of a United States flag uncles such flag is treated as a covered item under section 2533a(b). Language is included that provides an additional appropriation and transfer authority to the Services for purposes of implementing a Sexual Assault Special Victims Program. Language is included that prohibits reduction or elimination in funding for a program, project, or activity until such reduction or elimination is enacted in an appropriations Act, or pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provisions in this Act. Language is included that provides an additional appropriation and transfer authority for pay for military personnel. Language is included that provides for the transfer of funds to the Coast Guard. Language is included that places limitations and requirements on the use of funds for reimbursements to key cooperating nations for logistical, military, and other support. Language is included that requires $35,000,000 to be made available for support for foreign forces participation in Counter Lord's Resistance Army efforts. Language is included that provides funds and transfer authority for overseas contingency operations. Language is included that provides authority for infrastructure projects in Afghanistan subject to certain conditions and reporting requirements. Language is included that provides authority for the provision of assistance to Afghanistan Security Forces subject to certain notification requirements. Language is included that requires the Chiefs of National Guard and Reserve components to submit the modernization priority assessment for their respective components to the congressional defense committees. Language is included that allows the Director of the Joint Improvised Explosive Defeat Organization to undertake certain activities, and allows funds to be transferred to other appropriations accounts elsewhere in this Act subject to prior written notification to the congressional defense committees. Language is included that provides that funds made available in title IX are in addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2014. Language is included that provides for transfer authority between appropriations made available in title IX. Language is included that provides for supervision and administration costs associated with overseas contingency operations. Language is included that provides authority to purchase passenger, heavy, and light armored vehicles notwithstanding price or other limitations on the purchase of passenger carrying vehicles for use in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. Language is included that provides funds and authority for the Commander's Emergency Response Program and establishes certain reporting requirements. Language is included that authorizes the use of funds to provide certain assistance to coalition forces supporting military and stability operations in Afghanistan and establishes certain reporting requirements. Language is included that places limitations on the use of Afghanistan Security Forces Funds and requires certain certifications. Language is included that authorizes funds in title IX for the purchase of items having an investment unit cost of up to $500,000, subject to certain conditions. Language is included that authorizes up to $63,800,000 under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'' for the Task Force for Business and Stability Operations in Afghanistan, subject to certain reporting requirements. Language is included that authorizes up to $209,000,000 under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'' for the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq and security assistance teams, and operations and activities authorized in the fiscal year 2014 National Defense Authorization, subject to written notice requirements. Language is included that provides for the rescission of previously appropriated funds. Language is included that places limitations on the use of Coalition Support Funds for the Government of Pakistan.
TRANSFER OF FUNDS Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the following is submitted describing the transfer of funds provided in the accompanying bill. Language has been included under ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' which provides for the transfer of funds for certain classified activities. Language has been included under ``Environmental Restoration, Army'' which provides for the transfer of funds for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris, or for similar purposes. Language has been included under ``Environmental Restoration, Navy'' which provides for the transfer of funds for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris, or for similar purposes. Language has been included under ``Environmental Restoration, Air Force'' which provides for the transfer of funds for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris, or for similar purposes. Language has been included under ``Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide'' which provides for the transfer of funds for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris, or for similar purposes. Language has been included under ``Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites'' which provides for the transfer of funds for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris, or for similar purposes. Language has been included under ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense Wide'' which provides for the transfer of funds for the Defense Rapid Innovation Program to appropriations for research, development, test and evaluation for specific purposes. Language has been included under ``Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense'' which provides for the transfer of funds to appropriations available to the Department of Defense for military personnel of the reserve components; for operation and maintenance; for procurement; and for research, development, test and evaluation. Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec. 8005'' which provides for the transfer of working capital funds to other appropriations accounts of the Department of Defense for military functions. Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec. 8008'' which provides for the transfer of funds between working capital funds and the ``Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense'' appropriation and the ``Operation and Maintenance'' appropriation accounts. Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec. 8015'' which provides for the transfer of funds from the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Protege Program to any other appropriation for the purposes of implementing a Mentor-Protege Program development assistance agreement. Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec. 8051'' which provides for the transfer of funds from ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' to appropriations available for the pay of military personnel in connection with support and services of eligible organizations and activities outside the Department of Defense. Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec. 8066'' which provides for the transfer of funds from ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'' to other activities of the federal government. Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec. 8068'' which provides for the transfer of funds available under ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' to the Department of State ``Global Security Contingency Fund''. Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec. 8070'' which provides for the transfer of funds from ``Procurement, Defense-Wide'' and ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'' for the Israeli Cooperative Programs. Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec. 8072'' which provides for the transfer of funds under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'' to fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases. Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec. 8081'' which provides for the transfer of funds from any available Department of the Navy appropriations to any available Navy ship construction appropriation for the purpose of liquidating necessary changes resulting from inflation, market fluctuations, or rate adjustments. Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec. 8088'' which provides for the transfer of funds appropriated in the Intelligence Community Management Account for the Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment to other departments and agencies for the purposes of Government-wide information sharing activities. Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec. 8093'' which provides for the transfer of funds from ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', and ``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'' to the central fund established for Fisher Houses and Suites. Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec. 8094'' which provides that funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for the purpose of making remittances to the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund. Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec. 8098'' which provides for the transfer of funds appropriated for operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Program to the Joint Department of Defense--Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund. Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec. 8106'' which provides for the transfer of funds for the National Intelligence Program. Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec. 8122'' which provides for the transfer of funds from the Department of Defense to the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, for purposes of implementation of a Sexual Assault Special Victims Program. Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec. 8126'' which provides for the transfer of funds for pay for military personnel for purposes of fully funding the authorized military pay raise. Language has been included under title IX ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'' which provides for the transfer of funds to the Coast Guard ``Operating Expenses'' account. Language has been included under title IX ``Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund'' which provides for the transfer of funds to military personnel accounts; operation and maintenance accounts; procurement accounts; and working capital fund accounts for expenses directly related to overseas contingency operations by United States military forces. Language has been included under title IX ``Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund'' which provides for the transfer of funds to the Department of State for purposes of undertaking infrastructure projects in Afghanistan. Language has been included under title IX ``Afghanistan Security Forces Fund'' for the purposes of allowing the Commander, Combined Security Transition Command--Afghanistan, or the Secretary's designee, to provide assistance, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to the security forces of Afghanistan. Language has been included under title IX ``Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund'' which provides for the transfer of funds to appropriations for military personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; research, development, test and evaluation; and defense working capital funds to assist United States forces in the defeat of improvised explosive devices. Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec. 9002'' which provides for the authority to transfer funds between the appropriations or funds made available to the Department of Defense in title IX, subject to certain conditions. RESCISSIONS Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House or Representatives, the following table is submitted describing the rescissions recommended in the accompanying bill: General Provisions, 2009................................ $46,022,000 National Defense Sealift Fund, 2011/XXXX................ 28,000,000 National Defense Sealift Fund, 2012/XXXX................ 14,000,000 Aircraft Procurement, Navy, 2012/2014................... 30,000,000 Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, 2012/2014.............. 443,000,000 Missile Procurement, Air Force, 2012/2014............... 10,000,000 Aircraft Procurement, Navy, 2013/2015................... 85,000,000 Weapons Procurement, Navy, 2013/2015.................... 5,000,000 Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 2013/2017............ 68,000,000 Other Procurement, Navy, 2013/2015...................... 3,553,000 Procurement, Marine Corps, 2013/2015.................... 12,650,000 Missile Procurement, Air Force, 2013/2015............... 60,000,000 Other Procurement, Air Force, 2013/2015................. 38,900,000 Procurement, Defense-Wide, 2013/2015.................... 72,776,000 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army, 2013/ 2014................................................ 380,861,000 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy, 2013/ 2014................................................ 49,331,000 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force, 2013/2014........................................... 115,000,000 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense- Wide, 2013/2014..................................... 213,000,000 Ship Modernization, Operations, and Sustainment Fund, 2013/2014........................................... 1,414,500,000 TRANSFER OF UNEXPENDED BALANCES Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the bill contains a general provision which allows for the transfer of unexpended balances from the Operation and Maintenance and Military Personnel accounts to the ``Foreign Currency Fluctuation, Defense'' account to address shortfalls due to foreign currency fluctuation. DIRECTED RULE MAKING This bill does not contain any provision that specifically directs the promulgation or completion of a rule. PROGRAM DUPLICATION No provision of this bill establishes or reauthorizes a program of the Federal Government known to be duplicative of another Federal program, a program that was included in any report from the Government Accountability Office to Congress pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 111-139, or a program related to a program identified in the most recent Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. STATEMENT OF GENERAL PERFORMANCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES Pursuant to clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the following is a statement of general performance goals and objectives for which this measure authorizes funding: The Committee on Appropriations considers program performance, including a program's success in developing and attaining outcome-related goals and objectives, in developing funding recommendations. COMPLIANCE WITH RULE XIII, CL. 3(E) (RAMSEYER RULE) In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets and existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman): SECTION 8159 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2002 (Division A of Public Law 107-117) SEC. 8159. MULTI-YEAR AIRCRAFT LEASE PILOT PROGRAM. (a) * * * (c) Under the aircraft lease Pilot Program authorized by this section: (1)* * * * * * * * * * [(7) Not later than 1 year after the date on which the first aircraft is delivered under this Pilot Program, and yearly thereafter on the anniversary of the first delivery, the Secretary shall submit a report to the congressional defense committees describing the status of the Pilot Program. The Report will be based on at least 6 months of experience in operating the Pilot Program.] * * * * * * * EARMARK DISCLOSURE STATEMENT Neither the bill nor the report contains any congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined in Clause 9 of rule XXI. COMPARISON WITH THE BUDGET RESOLUTION Clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives requires an explanation of compliance with section 308(a)(1)(A) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), as amended, which requires that the report accompanying a bill providing new budget authority contain a statement detailing how that authority compares with the reports submitted under section 302 of the Act for the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year from the Committee's section 302(a) allocation. This information follows: (in millions of dollar) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 302(b) Allocation This bill --------------------------------------------------- Budget Budget authority Outlays authority Outlays ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee allocations to its subcommittees: Subcommittee on Defense Discretionary: General Purpose..................................... 512,522 543,698 512,522 \1\543,685 Overseas Contingency Operations\2\.................. 85,769 46,707 85,769 42.994 Mandatory............................................... 514 514 514 514 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority. \2\Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism. FIVE-YEAR OUTLAY PROJECTIONS In compliance with section 308(a)(1)(B) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), as amended, the following table contains five-year projections associated with the budget authority provided in the accompanying bill. (In millions of dollars) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Non-OCO OCO ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Projection of outlays associated with the recommendation: 2014...................................... \1\333,314 \1\42,994 2015...................................... 106,060 27,195 2016...................................... 38,197 9,871 2017...................................... 17,580 3,534 2018 and future years..................... 12,477 1,311 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority. Note: OCO is Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS In accordance with section 308(a)(1)(C) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), as amended, no new budget or outlays are provided by the accompanying bill for financial assistance to State and local governments.
ADDITIONAL VIEWS--FY 2014 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL With this bill, the Committee has carried out its Constitutional responsibility to recommend the appropriations necessary to provide for the common defense of our Nation. The Committee carried out its work in a collegial and bipartisan fashion consistent with longstanding traditions of the Committee. The bill provides $512.5 billion in new budget authority covering all Department of Defense and Intelligence Community functions except for Military Construction and Family Housing. This is $3.4 billion below the President's request, and $5.2 billion below last year's enacted level. This level of funding is sufficient for the security of the Nation and is responsive to the needs of the troops. However, this funding level is inconsistent with the underlying assumption behind the overall appropriations 302(b) allocation. The majority allocated only $967 billion, instead of $1.058 trillion, for all the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 appropriation bills; under the Budget Control Act (BCA), the lower level assumes the sequester remains in place. Yet this bill ignores the BCA's sequester cap on defense funding, exceeding that firewall by almost $50 billion. Even if we enacted the $512.5 billion level in this bill, it would be cut back down to the cap level absent an agreement to end the sequester. The bill makes the best resource decisions allowable under the given allocation necessary to address the readiness of U.S. forces and minimize the problems that began due to late enactment of the FY 2013 bill, shortfalls that emerged in Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO), and the initial effects of sequestration. This is evident in Committee recommended increases related to shortfalls in facility maintenance, equipment reset, and due to the price of fuel. The bill also begins to address the epidemic of sexual assault in the military. In addition to the budget request, the bill adds $25 million for a Sexual Assault Special Victims Advocate program and reinforces the recommendations included in the FY 2014 House-passed National Defense Authorization Act. While the need for prevention is recognized by the Defense Department's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office's (SAPRO) focus on training, results to date, including an estimated 26,000 unwanted sexual contacts in FY 2012, clearly show that more must be done. The prevalence of sexual assaults at the military academies indicates the SAPRO's training regimen has not influenced a culture that must be changed. The Department of Defense must reach beyond internal resources and better screen both personnel who recruit and train service members and those charged with preventing and responding to sexual assault. This bill includes language and funding to respond to sexual assault in the military. While essential, these words and dollars must be matched by the leadership of our military officials to change the culture that is enabling such outrageous behavior. Another shortcoming in this bill, especially in light of the President's speech at the National Defense University on May 23, 2013, is the absence of a new approach for the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. It is increasingly clear that the Committee and the Congress in general must find a way to break the stalemate that keeps the facility operating in its present capacity. The status quo has produced an untenable result: a form of purgatory where these individuals may be detained indefinitely. The original premise for opening Guantanamo, that detainees would not be able to challenge their detention, was found unconstitutional five years ago. In the meantime, the Guantanamo detention facility has stained U.S. standing around the globe and become a symbol that America selectively observes the rule of law. In addition, it is a recruitment tool for extremists and hurts cooperation with other nations. Today, the facility still holds 166 detainees without charge. Some have been held for as long as a decade. Over half of the detainee population has been cleared for release, but remain in custody due to the constraints imposed by current law. In contrast, transfers were once a regular occurrence. During the previous administration, 530 detainees were transferred from Guantanamo with congressional support. In addition to transfers, both the current and previous administrations have relied on U.S. courts to convict hundreds of people for terrorism or terrorism-related offenses. This record of success, together with the prospect for military tribunals in the most egregious cases, as suggested in the Attorney General's Northwestern University speech in 2012, clearly indicate the U.S. has the means to handle detainees in a manner that is not contradictory to our fundamental legal principles. It is possible, in this bill, to take a significant step toward this objective. This bill also lacks an end to the sequester. According to the June 2013 DoD Report on the Joint Committee Sequestration for FY 2013, during the remainder of FY 2013, $36.2 billion will be sequestered from the accounts in the DoD Appropriations bill and an additional $1 billion will be sequestered from Military Construction and Family Housing. The majority of the reduction, $20.3 billion, will come from the operation and maintenance accounts. These reductions will continue to diminish the readiness of U.S. forces. Should sequestration apply in FY 2014, approximately $52 billion would be cut from the Defense Department. Based on the practice adopted in FY 2013, it seems likely that OCO will be spared from sequestration to ensure full support of deployed forces. As a result, the full burden of sequestration will fall on the DoD's base budget of $512.5 billion. Two fundamental problems stem from this. First, for the remainder of FY 2013, DoD will have to defer and curtail other activities such as readiness related training that, in time, will hurt the forces next to deploy. Second, in FY 2014, DoD will be further constrained with opportunities to defer activities being exhausted, leading to greater impacts on readiness and modernization programs. Sequestration in FY 2014 will counteract the many beneficial resourcing decisions included in this bill. With respect to the appropriations process, these wounds are self-inflicted and correctable. On each FY 2014 Appropriations bill reported out of Full Committee to date, amendments have been proposed, but rejected, to replace sequestration. Since the passage of the BCA in August 2011, sequestration has been universally regarded as destructive and poor public policy. It hurts the effective operations of government including military training and readiness as well as the modernization programs that support both current operations and maintain the industrial base needed to respond to future contingencies. Given the opportunities at hand, the Committee should take the corrective action needed to address this problem. Although the bill leaves several significant, long-term issues waiting for solutions, it is necessary and timely. The recommendations in this bill, viewed in isolation from the allocation issues noted above, were prepared in a thoughtful manner that represents the best traditions of the Committee. Nita M. Lowey. Peter J. Visclosky. Additional Views of the Honorable Rosa L. DeLauro I want to acknowledge the work Chairmen Rogers and Young and Ranking Members Lowey and Visclosky have put in to produce a bipartisan defense appropriations bill. I support a defense bill, but we are operating in an environment where what is done on the defense bill has a direct effect on programs that benefit children, families and the sick. I believe the committee missed the chance to show real leadership for American families when it rejected my amendment to add the bipartisan-backed Labor-HHS appropriation measure enacted for FY 2012 to the defense appropriations bill. When this Labor-H measure was enacted in 2011, an overwhelming majority of this Committee--41 of 51 Members, including 23 Republicans and 18 Democrats--voted for it. The deficit then was almost $1.1 trillion. Now, it is projected to be $642 billion. In other words, if we could afford this bipartisan-agreed-upon funding level then, we can definitely afford it now that the deficit has been reduced by over 40%. There is a clear precedent for this action under the current Majority. When the Labor-H bill was enacted for FY 2012, the defense bill was coupled with it as part of a larger omnibus appropriations package. The amendment I offered in Committee would have simply repeated that process up front, in order to ensure that the fundamental education, health and labor priorities get a vote. Otherwise, I am not assured they will ever be brought before this committee. They never have under this Majority, and the Chairman has deftly avoided my questions on his intentions for this year. Some in the House Majority argued that this amendment violates the 302(b)s. It did. But these caps set by the House Majority can easily be changed. And it seems beside the point to argue about the 302(b)s when the Defense bill reported by the committee is in violation of the Budget Control Act (BCA), which is the law of the land. The BCA, after sequestration, caps defense spending at $498 billion and non-defense spending at $469 billion. This defense bill provides $14.2 billion above the defense cap on this bill alone--and is almost $26 billion over if you count defense spending already approved in the MilCon/VA and Homeland Security bills passed by the House. That is before we even consider Energy and Water, which includes substantial defense funding. Now I am a supporter of defense funding and of the funding levels in this particular defense appropriations bill. However, I am not a supporter of making defense whole, so to speak, while shredding our domestic programs. I think we should work together to repeal the indiscriminate across-the-board sequester cuts and pass a budget that funds all of our fundamental priorities adequately. Some also made the argument that my amendment would have killed the defense bill. But my amendment did nothing to the defense bill. Instead, it provided an opportunity to put a Labor-HHS bill on the floor again. The amendment I offered made no changes to what Congress passed for Labor-HHS-Education, in an overwhelming bipartisan fashion in 2011. If I had my way, I would change some funding levels and riders in the Labor-HHS bill for FY2012, but I put forward this amendment because it represented a previously- agreed-to bipartisan compromise on spending for Labor, Health, and Education programs, all of which are too important to continue being ignored by this Committee. We do not live in a world of defense and security only. We need to fund the critical programs that protect the public health and safety, promote and develop our workforce, and educate the next generation of Americans just as much as we need to provide sufficient funding for defense. And we should debate them with the same vigor that we debate defense funding. Indeed, it is our responsibility as members of Congress to do so. My amendment represented a bipartisan agreement that the Majority already agreed to for funding of labor, health and education programs. It seems that these days we cannot even agree to do today what we had agreed to do yesterday.