[House Report 117-88]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
117th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session } { 117-88
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2022
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R E P O R T
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
TOGETHER WITH
MINORITY VIEWS
[to accompany h.r. 4432]
[GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT]
July 15, 2021.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
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C O N T E N T S
Page
Bill Totals...................................................... 1
Committee Budget Review Process.................................. 3
Introduction..................................................... 3
Definition of Program, Project, and Activity..................... 4
Reprogramming Guidance........................................... 4
Funding Increases................................................ 5
Congressional Special Interest Items............................. 5
Classified Annex................................................. 5
Committee Recommendations by Major Category...................... 5
Active, Reserve, and National Guard Military Personnel......... 5
Operation and Maintenance...................................... 5
Procurement.................................................... 6
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation..................... 6
Defense Health Program......................................... 7
Designated Congressional Special Interest Items.................. 7
Law Enforcement Training......................................... 8
Littoral Combat Ships............................................ 8
Overseas Contingency Operations.................................. 8
Missile Defense of Guam.......................................... 8
Anomalous Health Incidents/Havana Syndrome....................... 9
Shipyard Domestic Industrial Base................................ 9
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
Reprogramming Guidance for Military Personnel Accounts......... 14
Military Personnel Special Interest Items...................... 14
Skilibridge Programs........................................... 14
Minority Outreach and Officer Accessions....................... 15
Cultural Sensitivity Training.................................. 15
Trauma Training Program........................................ 15
Extremism in the Military...................................... 15
Sexual Assault Prevention and Response......................... 17
Military Families and Food Insecurity.......................... 17
Military Personnel, Army....................................... 18
Military Personnel, Navy....................................... 22
Military Personnel, Marine Corps............................... 26
Military Personnel, Air Force.................................. 30
Reserve Personnel, Army........................................ 34
Reserve Personnel, Navy........................................ 37
Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps................................ 40
Reserve Personnel, Air Force................................... 43
National Guard Personnel, Army................................. 46
National Guard Personnel, Air Force............................ 49
TITLE II. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.............................. 53
Reprogramming Guidance for Operation and Maintenance Accounts.. 55
Reprogramming Guidance for Special Operations Command.......... 56
Operation and Maintenance Special Interest Items............... 56
Quarterly Operation and Maintenance Updates.................... 56
Restoring Readiness............................................ 57
Tuition Assistance Program..................................... 57
Military Criminal Investigative Organizations.................. 57
Pilot Shortages................................................ 58
Minority and Women-Owned Businesses............................ 58
Military Food Transformation................................... 58
Meals Ready-To-Eat War Reserve................................. 59
Geo-Economics, Innovation, and National Security............... 59
Hard-To-Fill Positions......................................... 59
Recruiting and Retention for Hard-To-Fill Positions............ 60
Advertising.................................................... 61
Language Flagship Program...................................... 61
Close Air Support.............................................. 62
Unplanned Exercises............................................ 62
Childcare...................................................... 63
Aligning Civilian and Military Education for Workforce
Development.................................................. 63
Vieques and Culebra............................................ 63
Indian Financing Act........................................... 64
PFOS/PFOA Exposure Assessment.................................. 64
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Cleanup Cost Reporting..... 65
Perfluorinated Chemicals Contamination and First Responder
Exposure..................................................... 65
Minimum Wage................................................... 65
Housing........................................................ 66
Operation and Maintenance, Army................................ 66
Small Businesses and Army Futures Command.................... 72
United States Military Academy............................... 72
Equipment and Facilities Sustainment......................... 72
African Continent Security and Natural Resources Management.. 72
Camouflage Equipment......................................... 73
Operation and Maintenance, Navy................................ 73
Submarine Maintenance........................................ 79
Airframe Maintenance......................................... 79
MK VI Patrol Boats........................................... 79
Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps........................ 80
RQ-21A System................................................ 84
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force........................... 84
Air Force Pilot Shortfall.................................... 90
Pilot Training Safety........................................ 90
Aircraft Protection.......................................... 90
Operation and Maintenance, Space Force......................... 91
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide........................ 94
Helicopter and Tiltrotor Noise Mitigation Study.............. 100
Fossil Fuels................................................. 100
Civilian Cyber Workforce..................................... 100
Cyber Education Collaboratives............................... 101
Foreign Language and Cultural Competency Education and
Workforce Pipeline Strategy................................ 101
Programs for Military Spouses................................ 102
Impact Aid................................................... 102
Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Program... 103
Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility............................ 103
Military Bases of the People's Republic of China............. 103
Report on Hostilities........................................ 104
Western Hemisphere........................................... 104
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low
Intensity Conflict......................................... 104
Information Operations....................................... 104
Joint Spectrum Center........................................ 104
Wartime Operational Control Authority........................ 105
Theater Special Operations Command Activities................ 105
Climate Change Report and Adaptation Roadmap................. 105
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report.............................. 105
Energy Resilience and Conservation........................... 106
Support for Tribal Consultation and Nation-To-Nation
Relationships.............................................. 106
Audit Oversight.............................................. 106
Voting....................................................... 107
National Guard Youth Challenge............................... 107
Defense Security Cooperation Agency Programs................. 108
Digital Protection........................................... 110
Office of Special Needs...................................... 110
Afghanistan Security Forces Fund............................... 111
Afghanistan Security Forces Fund............................. 111
Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund.............................. 113
Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund............................ 114
Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve........................ 114
Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve........................ 118
Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve................ 121
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve................... 124
Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard................. 127
Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard.................. 131
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces............ 134
Environmental Restoration, Army................................ 134
Environmental Restoration, Navy................................ 134
Environmental Restoration, Air Force........................... 134
Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide........................ 134
Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites......... 134
Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid................. 134
Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid............... 135
Cooperative Threat Reduction Account........................... 135
Cooperative Threat Reduction Program......................... 136
Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account 136
TITLE III. PROCUREMENT........................................... 137
Reprogramming Guidance for Acquisition Accounts................ 139
Funding Increases.............................................. 139
Procurement Special Interest Items............................. 139
Aircraft Procurement, Army..................................... 139
Missile Procurement, Army...................................... 143
Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army....... 147
MK93 Machine Gun Mount....................................... 151
Procurement of Ammunition, Army................................ 151
Other Procurement, Army........................................ 155
General Fund Enterprise Business System...................... 165
Active Hearing Protection.................................... 165
Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Acquisition......................... 165
Aircraft Procurement, Navy..................................... 166
Advanced Helicopter Training System.......................... 174
Navy Adversary Aircraft for Training Purposes................ 174
Weapons Procurement, Navy...................................... 174
Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps............... 179
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy.............................. 182
DDG-51 Flight III Destroyer.................................. 186
Icebreakers.................................................. 186
CVN-81 Electromagnetic Aircraft Launching System and Advanced
Arresting Gear Acquisition Strategy........................ 186
Retirement of Ohio-Class Guided Missile Submarines........... 187
Amphibious Ships............................................. 187
Other Procurement, Navy........................................ 187
Private Contracted Ship Maintenance.......................... 199
Centrifuge Purifiers......................................... 199
Procurement, Marine Corps...................................... 199
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force................................ 205
C-130J Reserve Component Basing.............................. 211
Missile Procurement, Air Force................................. 212
Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon........................... 216
Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force........................... 216
Other Procurement, Air Force................................... 219
Procurement, Space Force....................................... 224
National Security Space Launch............................... 227
Procurement, Defense-Wide...................................... 227
Defense Production Act Purchases............................... 232
Domestic Low-Cost Titanium Production........................ 232
Rare Earth Supply Chain Activities........................... 232
Recycling of Strategic and Critical Minerals................. 232
National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account................... 233
National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account................. 233
TITLE IV. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION............. 235
Reprogramming Guidance for Acquisition Accounts................ 237
Funding Increases.............................................. 237
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Special Interest
Items........................................................ 237
Other Transaction Authority.................................... 237
Booster Engine for Hypersonic Weapons Programs................. 238
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army............... 238
Enterprise Information Technology as a Service............... 254
Microgrid Reliability and Resiliency Research................ 254
Integrated Photonics......................................... 254
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy............... 254
Small Business Innovation Research Program................... 274
Navy Tech Bridges............................................ 274
Underground Fuel Storage Tank Safety Research................ 274
Talent and Technology for Navy Power and Energy Systems...... 275
Infrared Telescope Technology................................ 275
Ultra-Compact Heat Exchangers................................ 275
Lightweight Anti-Corrosion Nanotechnology Coating Enhancement 275
Stern Tube Seals............................................. 275
Coastal Environmental Research............................... 276
Acoustic Monitoring for the Protection of Marine Mammals..... 276
Oversight of Small Business Innovation Research Projects..... 276
Electromagnetic Railgun Program.............................. 276
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force.......... 277
Hypersonics Prototyping...................................... 292
Ground Based Strategic Deterrent............................. 292
Long Range Standoff Weapon................................... 293
Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul Technologies............... 293
Air Force Special Operations Command Physical Readiness
Programs................................................... 293
Multi-Functional Aerospace Composites........................ 294
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Space Force........ 294
Space Force Acquisition...................................... 300
Space Integration Readiness Report........................... 301
Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared................. 301
On-Orbit Servicing and Upgrade of Strategic Satcom........... 302
Commercial Satellite Communications Systems.................. 302
Space Security and Defense Program........................... 303
Laser Threats to Low-Orbit Satellites........................ 303
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide....... 304
Strategic National Stockpile of Active Pharmaceutical
Ingredients................................................ 318
Next-Generation Neurotechnology.............................. 318
Supply Chain Risk Management................................. 318
Using Technology to Help Small Business Achieve Supply Chain
Certifications............................................. 319
Geospatial Analytics Platform for Enhanced Intelligence,
Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Capabilities.............. 319
Office of Industrial Policy Career and Technical Education
Pilot Program.............................................. 319
Digital Engineering Enabled Workforce Development............ 320
Office of Research and Engineering, Office of Personnel and
Readiness--Utilizing Research and Development Grants for
Recruitment................................................ 320
Commercial Satellite Imagery................................. 320
Domestic Sourcing of Critical Minerals....................... 321
Women and Minorities in STEM Pipeline........................ 321
Bio-Based Chemical for Corrosion Control..................... 321
Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense....................... 321
TITLE V. REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS.......................... 323
Defense Working Capital Funds.................................. 323
TITLE VI. OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS................... 325
Defense Health Program......................................... 325
Reprogramming Guidance for the Defense Health Program........ 329
Carryover.................................................... 329
Peer-Reviewed Cancer Research Programs....................... 329
Joint Warfighter Medical Research Program.................... 330
Combat Readiness Medical Research Program.................... 331
Electronic Health Records.................................... 331
Descoping Military Treatment Facilities...................... 332
Reduction of Military Billets................................ 332
Metastatic Cancer Research................................... 333
Maintaining a Highly-Skilled Workforce in Medical Research... 334
Mental Health Professionals.................................. 334
Rapid Deployable Synthetic Vaccine Development............... 334
Armed Forces Retirement Homes and the Defense Health Agency.. 335
Servicemembers and Veterans with Amyotrophic Lateral
Sclerosis.................................................. 335
Traumatic Injury............................................. 335
Peer-Reviewed Toxic Exposures Research Program............... 335
Brain Injury and Disease Prevention Research................. 336
National Disaster Medical System Pilot....................... 336
Expanded Recovery Services for Servicemembers................ 337
Advanced Orthopedic Surgical Training for Military Orthopedic
Surgeons................................................... 337
Addressing Health Barriers to Military Service............... 338
Performance-Based Maternity Payments for Freestanding Birth
Centers.................................................... 338
Antiviral Development........................................ 338
Collaboration with Minority Serving Health Institutions...... 339
Post-Traumatic Epilepsy...................................... 339
Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense............. 339
Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense......... 339
Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities................ 340
Office of the Inspector General................................ 340
Afghanistan Security Forces Fund Monitoring Program
Assessment................................................. 341
TITLE VII. RELATED AGENCIES...................................... 343
National and Military Intelligence Programs.................... 343
Classified Annex............................................... 343
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System
Fund......................................................... 343
Intelligence Community Management Account...................... 343
United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
Declassification of Significant Decision, Orders, and
Opinions................................................... 344
TITLE VIII. GENERAL PROVISIONS................................... 345
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.................. 355
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives.......... 355
Program Duplication............................................ 355
Transfer of Funds.............................................. 355
Rescissions.................................................... 357
Earmark Disclosure Statement................................... 358
COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING ITEMS.................................. 359
Changes in the Application of Existing Law..................... 360
Appropriations Not Authorized By Law........................... 371
Comparison with the Budget Resolution.......................... 372
Five-Year Outlay Projections................................... 372
Financial Assistance to State and Local Governments............ 372
Committee Hearings............................................. 372
Compliance with Rule XIII, Cl. 3(e) (Ramseyer Rule)............ 375
Full Committee Votes........................................... 378
Minority Views................................................. 398
117th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session } { 117-88
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2022
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July 15, 2021.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, from the Committee on Appropriations,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 4432]
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, 2022.
BILL TOTALS
Appropriations for most military functions of the
Department of Defense are provided for in the accompanying bill
for fiscal year 2022. 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 2022 budget request for
activities funded in the Department of Defense Appropriations
Act totals $706,197,170,000 in new discretionary budget
obligational authority.
COMMITTEE BUDGET REVIEW PROCESS
During its review of the fiscal year 2022 budget request
and execution of appropriations for fiscal year 2021, the
Subcommittee on Defense held 18 hearings and one briefing
during the period of February 2021 to May 2021. 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 total discretionary fiscal
year 2022 Department of Defense funding is $705,939,000,000,
which is an increase of $9,977,500,000 above the fiscal year
2021 enacted level and $258,170,000 below the budget request.
This bill carries out the Committee's constitutional
responsibility to recommend the appropriations necessary to
provide for the common defense of the Nation. The Committee
performed its role in a collegial and bipartisan fashion
consistent with long-standing traditions.
Oversight of the management and expenditure of the
$705,939,000,000 provided to the Department of Defense and the
Intelligence Community is a core function of the Defense
Subcommittee. The Subcommittee performed this responsibility
with a detailed review of the fiscal year 2022 budget request
and held 18 hearings and one briefing.
While the budget request was delayed, as is customary in
the first year of a new presidential administration, the
Subcommittee thoroughly reviewed the budget request and
identified programs where reductions are possible without
adversely affecting the safety and effectiveness of military
personnel. Examples of such reductions include savings from
favorable contract pricing adjustments, contract or schedule
delays resulting in savings, unjustified new programs and cost
increases, funds requested ahead of need for the year of budget
execution, projected or historical underexecution, and
rescissions of unneeded prior year funds.
The fiscal year 2022 request for the Department of Defense
increases funding for modernization, continuing the effort to
reorient the focus of the Department from counterterrorism to
great power competition with well-equipped peer or near-peer
adversaries. The Committee recommendation provides the
resources to maintain the technological advantage which
currently exists for the United States and provides funding in
areas to further these efforts. It is imperative that resources
are directed toward capable platforms and weapons that are
effective in high-end conflicts. Additionally, the Committee
recommendation also reflects the importance placed on the
servicemembers and their families who protect American
freedoms, providing uniformed and civilian personnel with a 2.7
percent pay raise.
The Committee recommendation includes significant
investments to combat climate change, which is an existential
threat to national security. The Department estimates that it
has spent $8,000,000,000 to remedy the impacts of extreme
weather. These events occur with greater frequency, leading to
more instances of personnel being unable to train or facilities
unable to be used at installations that lack resiliency. Not
only does climate change hamper readiness, but it also
increases instability, as rising sea levels, drought, and other
weather events constrain resources and forces the movement of
people.
With regard to Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO)
funding, House Report 116-453 stated, ``The OCO experiment has
been an abject failure and has given the Department a budgetary
relief valve that has allowed it to avoid making difficult
decisions.'' The Committee builds upon that statement by not
providing any funding for OCO in fiscal year 2022. Instead of
separate base and OCO accounts, all activities will be funded
in base accounts, including direct war and enduring
requirements. This change will increase transparency and
accountability, although it necessitates adding amounts in base
and OCO accounts enacted in fiscal year 2021 when comparing to
recommended levels in base accounts in fiscal year 2022.
DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY
For the purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-177), as amended by
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation
Act of 1987 (Public Law 100-119), and by the Budget Enforcement
Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-508), the terms ``program, project,
and activity'' for appropriations contained in this Act shall
be defined as the most specific level of budget items
identified in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act,
2022, the related classified annexes and Committee reports, and
the P-1 and R-1 budget justification documents as subsequently
modified by congressional action.
The following exception to the above definition shall
apply: the military personnel and the operation and maintenance
accounts, for which the term ``program, project, and activity''
is defined as the appropriations accounts contained in the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act.
At the time the President submits the budget request for
fiscal year 2023, the Secretary of Defense is directed to
transmit to the congressional defense committees budget
justification documents to be known as the M-1 and O-1, which
shall identify, at the budget activity, activity group, and
sub-activity group level, the amounts requested by the
President to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for
military personnel and operation and maintenance in any budget
request, or amended budget request, for fiscal year 2023.
REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE
The Secretary of Defense is directed to continue to follow
the reprogramming guidance for acquisition accounts as
specified in the report accompanying the House version of the
Department of Defense Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2008
(House Report 110-279). The dollar threshold for reprogramming
funds shall be $10,000,000 for military personnel; operation
and maintenance; procurement; and research, development, test
and evaluation.
Additionally, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
is directed to continue to provide the congressional defense
committees annual DD Form 1416 reports for titles I and II and
quarterly, spreadsheet-based DD Form 1416 reports for Service
and defense-wide accounts in titles III and IV of this Act.
Reports for titles III and IV shall comply with guidance
specified in the explanatory statement accompanying the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006. The Department
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 military personnel (M-1); an operation and
maintenance (O-1); a procurement (P-1); or a 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 statement.
FUNDING INCREASES
The funding increases outlined in the tables for each
appropriation account shall be provided only for the specific
purposes indicated in the tables.
CONGRESSIONAL SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS
Items for which additional funds have been provided or
items for which funding is specifically reduced as shown in the
project level tables or in paragraphs using the phrase ``only
for'' or ``only to'' in this report are congressional special
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, as specifically addressed in
the Committee report.
CLASSIFIED ANNEX
Adjustments to the classified programs are addressed in the
classified annex accompanying this report.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS BY MAJOR CATEGORY
ACTIVE, RESERVE AND NATIONAL GUARD MILITARY PERSONNEL
In title I of the bill, the Committee recommends a total of
$166,797,135,000 for active, reserve, and National Guard
military personnel, a decrease of $487,960,000 below the budget
request. The Committee recommendation provides full funding
necessary to increase basic pay for all military personnel by
2.7 percent, effective January 1, 2022.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
In title II of the bill, the Committee recommends a total
of $254,320,053,000 for operation and maintenance support to
the military Services and other Department of Defense entities,
an increase of $696,201,000 above the budget request. The
recommended levels will fund robust operational training,
readiness, and facilities needs in fiscal year 2022.
PROCUREMENT
In title III of the bill, the Committee recommends a total
of $134,288,195,000 for procurement, an increase of
$1,742,190,000 above the budget request.
Major initiatives and modifications include:
$841,763,000 for the procurement of 33 UH/HH-60M Blackhawk
helicopters, an increase of nine helicopters designated for the
National Guard;
$494,136,000 for the procurement of 30 remanufactured AH-64
Apache helicopters;
$140,900,000 for an additional five CH-47F Block II Chinook
aircraft;
$100,000,000 for additional modernized Army National Guard
HMMWVs;
$977,161,000 for the procurement of 12 F/A-18E/F Super
Hornet aircraft, an increase of $889,329,000 and 12 aircraft
above the President's request;
$1,481,006,000 for the procurement of 11 CH-53K
helicopters, an increase of two aircraft and $194,742,000 above
the President's request;
$8,535,811,000 for the procurement of 85 F-35 aircraft, an
increase of $2,827,000 and the same number of aircraft as the
President's request: 17 short take-off and vertical landing
variants for the Marine Corps, 20 carrier variants for the Navy
and Marine Corps, and 48 conventional variants for the Air
Force;
$23,486,398,000 for the procurement of eight Navy ships,
including two DDG-51 guided missile destroyers, two SSN-774
attack submarines, one Frigate, one TAO Fleet Oiler, one T-
AGOS(X) auxiliary general ocean surveillance ship; and one
Towing, Salvage, and Rescue Ship; a total increase of
$915,339,000 and one DDG-51 Destroyer above the President's
request;
$1,122,087,000 for the procurement of 12 F-15EX aircraft;
$1,355,512,000 for the procurement of 13 C/MC/KC-130J
aircraft, an increase of $485,780,000 and four C-130J aircraft
above the President's request;
$351,233,000 for the procurement of 12 MQ-9 Reaper unmanned
aerial vehicles, an increase of $114,259,000 and six aircraft
above the President's request;
$2,315,315,000 for the procurement of 14 KC-46 tanker
aircraft;
$792,221,000 for the procurement of 14 combat rescue
helicopters;
$1,337,347,000 for the procurement of five space launch
services;
$601,418,000 for the procurement of two Global Positioning
System satellites; and
$200,000,000 for the Israeli Cooperative Programs under the
Missile Defense Agency.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION
In title IV of the bill, the Committee recommends a total
of $110,368,824,000 for research, development, test and
evaluation, a decrease of $1,595,364,000 below the budget
request.
Major initiatives and modifications include:
$1,275,355,000 for the continued development of the
conventional prompt strike program;
$187,541,000 for the continued development of the Marine
Corps ground-based anti-ship missile and long range fires
programs;
$2,053,316,000 for the continued development of the F-35
Lightning Joint Strike Fighter aircraft;
$2,872,624,000 for the continued development of the B-21
bomber;
$619,065,000 for the development of a Presidential Aircraft
Replacement;
$2,531,602,000 for the development of the Ground Based
Strategic Deterrent;
$630,243,000 for the design, build, and test of prototypes
for the Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft;
$300,928,000 for planning, prototype manufacturing, and
testing of the Army's Long Range Hypersonic Weapon;
$264,265,000 for the Global Positioning System IIIF;
$413,766,000 for the Global Positioning System III
Operational Control Segment;
$2,451,256,000 for the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent
Infrared system;
$3,484,729,000 for the Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency; and
$300,000,000 for the Israeli Cooperative Programs under the
Missile Defense Agency.
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
The Committee recommends a total of $36,658,536,000 for the
Defense Health Program to support worldwide medical and dental
services for active forces and other eligible beneficiaries.
DESIGNATED CONGRESSIONAL SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS
In the explanatory statement accompanying the Department of
Defense Appropriations Act, 2021, the Secretary of Defense was
directed to limit Department overhead costs on all
congressional program increases. The Committee was encouraged
that the Army developed a system for tracking overhead costs on
congressional program increases, and believes that all of the
Services and Defense-Wide agencies should similarly track these
costs to ensure that the overwhelming amount of each
congressional program increase is used to further the intended
program and not simply supplement or supplant established
overhead budgets. The Committee also notes that fiscal year
2022 Community Project Funding (CPF) provides valuable
resources to community projects with established needs.
The Committee again directs the Secretary of Defense to
limit Department overhead and operating costs on congressional
program increases to not more than ten percent of the funding
level provided. In addition, the Committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to ensure that all CPF project funding is
awarded to its intended recipient. The Service Secretaries and
the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
may request a waiver to these requirements by submitting a
prior approval request in writing to the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees.
LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING
The Committee notes that the Commerce, Justice, Science,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022 directs the
Attorney General to implement training programs to cover the
use of force and de-escalation, racial profiling, implicit
bias, and procedural justice, to include training on the duty
of federal law enforcement officers to intervene in cases where
another law enforcement officer is using excessive force, and
make such training a requirement for federal law enforcement
officers. The Committee further notes that each of the
Services, the civilian entities that provide security, and the
Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA) funded by this Act are
considered federal law enforcement officers and Federal Law
Enforcement Training Centers partner organizations. The
Committee directs the Secretary of Defense, the Service
Secretaries, the civilian entities, and the PFPA to adopt and
follow the training programs implemented by the Attorney
General, and to make such training a requirement for its
federal law enforcement officers and any contractors providing
security. The Committee further directs the Secretary of
Defense, the Service Secretaries, and the PFPA to brief the
House and the Senate Appropriations Committees on their efforts
relating to training not later than 90 days after the enactment
of this Act. In addition, the Committee directs the Service
Secretaries, the civilian entities, and the PFPA, to the extent
that each have not already done so, to develop policies and
procedures to submit their use of force data to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI)'s National Use of Force Data
Collection database. The Committee further directs the
Secretary of Defense and the Service Secretaries to brief the
House and the Senate Appropriations Committees not later than
90 days after the enactment of this Act on their current
efforts to tabulate and submit its use of force data to the
FBI.
LITTORAL COMBAT SHIPS
The Committee recommendation includes a general provision
which allows for the decommissioning of only the USS Coronado.
The Committee is disappointed that the Navy has planned to
decommission two ships, the USS Detroit and the USS Little
Rock, that are five and four years old, respectively. The
Committee believes this is a misuse of taxpayer funds and
directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a report to the
congressional defense committees not later than 60 days after
the enactment of this Act on specific plans and missions for
the USS Fort Worth, the USS Detroit, and the USS Little Rock in
the fiscal year 2023 budget request.
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS
The Committee supports the elimination of overseas
contingency operations funding in the Department of Defense
budget, as proposed in the budget request. This change will
increase transparency and accountability for funds appropriated
by Congress.
MISSILE DEFENSE OF GUAM
The fiscal year 2022 budget request includes $118,300,000
for the initial development of survivable and operationally
effective integrated air and missile defenses for Guam. While
supportive of the defense of Guam from ballistic, hypersonic,
and cruise missile threats, the Committee notes that the report
on the defense of Guam from integrated air and missile threats,
required by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2021, has not yet been submitted to the congressional
defense committees. Additionally, the lack of detailed
information on the budget request, especially the request for
$40,000,000 in procurement, is troubling. Therefore, the
Committee has denied funding for procurement and reduced the
amount recommended for research, development, test and
evaluation until the Department submits the required report and
adequate budgetary information for the Committee to make
informed funding decisions on these efforts.
ANOMALOUS HEALTH INCIDENTS/HAVANA SYNDROME
The Committee is concerned by reports of adverse health
incidents and their origins affecting United States government
personnel abroad. Victims should receive prompt and appropriate
medical care and related support without unnecessary delays or
bureaucratic obstacles. The Committee is concerned that the
victims of anomalous health incidents, who serve or have served
across the federal government, have been afforded inconsistent
access to treatment.
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a
report to the congressional defense and intelligence committees
not later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act on the
prompt provision of adequate medical care and related support
to personnel affected by anomalous health incidents, as well as
any affected family members. The report shall include the roles
and responsibilities of the Department of Defense, and those of
the interagency, in evaluating and treating impacted personnel;
the plan for the Department to better manage incidences of care
to more effectively and efficiently treat patients based on
geography and health conditions; and the resources required by
the Department to ensure adequate evaluation and treatment of
impacted personnel, including the most appropriate model by
which interagency partners reimburse the Department for medical
services provided to interagency personnel. The Committee
understands the hesitancy of some personnel to self-report and
urges the Secretary of Defense and interagency leaders to
engage affected populations to ensure care can be provided
expeditiously.
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with appropriate stakeholders across the
interagency, to ensure that all intelligence and health
information related to anomalous health incidents is shared and
appropriately disseminated within proper channels in a timely
manner, and to provide a briefing to the congressional defense
and intelligence committees on a monthly basis on the status of
the executive branch's activities related to treating anomalous
health incidents, including medical treatment, investigation of
their origins, and any new incidents reported across any
agency.
SHIPYARD DOMESTIC INDUSTRIAL BASE
The Committee supports the Navy's efforts to procure
domestically sourced industrial and marine gear drives, motors,
and generators; industrial cranes; and associated maintenance
and installation services for use in Navy public shipyards. The
Committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to conduct a study
examining the economic impact on domestic suppliers and their
supply chains that would arise from the application of a
domestic content requirement to manufactured articles,
materials, supplies, and services. The Secretary of the Navy
shall prioritize critical items, including but not limited to
those previously mentioned, for executing construction at the
four shipyards under the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization
Program. The analysis shall include possible expansion of Buy
America laws to the prioritized procurements. The Committee
further directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a report
on the study's findings to the congressional defense committees
not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act.
TITLE I
MILITARY PERSONNEL
The fiscal year 2022 Department of Defense military
personnel budget request totals $167,285,095,000. The Committee
recommendation provides $166,797,135,000 for the military
personnel accounts. The table below summarizes the Committee
recommendations:
MILITARY PERSONNEL OVERVIEW
The Committee recommendation provides $166,797,135,000 for
the military personnel accounts, which funds military pay and
allowances, recruitment and retention initiatives, and overall
quality of life programs for active duty, National Guard, and
reserve personnel. The recommendation provides increased basic
pay for all military personnel by 2.7 percent, effective
January 1, 2022. The Committee continues to encourage
constructive evaluations of recruitment and retention programs,
bonus and special pay incentives, and personnel benefit
programs for fiscal year 2022. 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 2022 budget request includes a decrease of
1,975 in total end strength for the active forces and a
decrease of 2,500 in total end strength for the Selected
Reserve as compared to the fiscal year 2021 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 2021 authorized........................... 1,348,375
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... 1,346,400
Fiscal year 2022 recommendation....................... 1,346,400
Compared with fiscal year 2021.................... -1,975
Compared with fiscal year 2022 budget request..... - - -
OVERALL SELECTED RESERVE END STRENGTH
Fiscal year 2021 authorized........................... 802,000
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... 799,500
Fiscal year 2022 recommendation....................... 799,500
Compared with fiscal year 2021.................... -2,500
Compared with fiscal year 2022 budget request..... - - -
SUMMARY OF MILITARY PERSONNEL END STRENGTH
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Fiscal year Change from
2021 Budget Committee Change from fiscal year
authorized Request Recommended request 2021
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Active Forces (End Strength)
Army....................................... 485,900 485,000 485,000 - - - -900
Navy....................................... 347,800 346,200 346,200 - - - -1,600
Marine Corps............................... 181,200 178,500 178,500 - - - -2,700
Air Force.................................. 333,475 328,300 328,300 - - - -5,175
Space Force................................ - - - 8,400 8,400 - - - 8,400
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Total, Active Forces................... 1,348,375 1,346,400 1,346,400 - - - -1,975
Guard and Reserve Forces (End Strength)
Army Reserve............................... 189,800 189,500 189,500 - - - -300
Navy Reserve............................... 58,800 58,600 58,600 - - - -200
Marine Corps Reserve....................... 38,500 36,800 36,800 - - - -1,700
Air Force Reserve.......................... 70,300 70,300 70,300 - - - 0
Army National Guard........................ 336,500 336,000 336,000 - - - -500
Air National Guard......................... 108,100 108,300 108,300 - - - 200
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Total, Selected Reserve................ 802,000 799,500 799,500 - - - -2,500
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Total, Military Personnel...................... 2,150,375 2,145,900 2,145,900 0 -4,475
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REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL ACCOUNTS
The Secretary of Defense is directed to submit the Base for
Reprogramming (DD Form 1414) for each of the fiscal year 2022
appropriations 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
Defense Appropriations Subcommittees.
The Secretary of Defense is directed to use the normal
prior approval reprogramming procedures to transfer funds in
the Services' military personnel accounts between budget
activities in excess of $10,000,000.
MILITARY PERSONNEL SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS
Items for which additional funds have been provided or have
been specifically reduced as shown in the project level tables
or in paragraphs using the phrase ``only for'' or ``only to''
in this report are congressional special 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 as specifically addressed in the Committee report. Below
threshold reprogrammings may not be used to either restore or
reduce funding from congressional special interest items as
identified on the DD Form 1414.
SKILLBRIDGE PROGRAMS
The Committee is encouraged by the Department's efforts to
incorporate SkillBridge programs for transitioning
servicemembers and recognizes the positive impact the program
has among veterans. However, the Committee is concerned with
the disproportionate demographics of participants, primarily
the lack of some enlisted servicemembers' participation in the
programs. The Committee directs the Service Secretaries to
review policies that may preclude some enlisted servicemembers
from having the opportunity to attend SkillBridge programs and
to submit a report to the congressional defense committees not
later than 120 days after the enactment of this Act on the
demographics of eligible and participating servicemembers in
the SkillBridge program by Service, rank, and occupation;
barriers to servicemembers' participation in the program; and
recommendations to close the participation gap.
MINORITY OUTREACH AND OFFICER ACCESSIONS
Minorities remain underrepresented in the general officer
ranks across the Services. To build a more diverse
organization, the Committee supports efforts to conduct
effective outreach and recruiting programs focused on
increasing officer accessions in minority communities and
encourages the Secretary of Defense and the Service Secretaries
to support efforts, with both personnel and resources, to
improve diversity in the military.
CULTURAL SENSITIVITY TRAINING
The Committee recognizes that the Department of Defense and
the military Services have multiple cultural sensitivity
training programs for military personnel. The Committee also
believes in the importance of protecting servicemembers' rights
regarding exercise of religion and ethnic heritage. As such,
the Committee supports efforts to identify resource and
personnel gaps that may exist in the Office for Diversity,
Equity, and Inclusion of the Department of Defense as well as
efforts to identify existing gaps in protections for new and
prospective servicemembers.
TRAUMA TRAINING PROGRAM
The Committee recognizes the valuable support that
universities, hospitals, and other military partners provide by
offering civilian based emergency response trauma and critical
care training including public health, bio-environmental, and
biomedical instruction to sustain capabilities of the National
Guard Enhanced Response Forces Packages, National Guard
Homeland Response Forces, and Army Reserve Consequence
Management Response Forces. The Committee encourages the
Director of the National Guard Bureau and the Chiefs of the
reserve components to continue pursuing advanced trauma and
public health training with these civilian partners in order to
maintain unit readiness. The Committee also encourages the
development of enhanced medical and critical care preparedness
programs.
EXTREMISM IN THE MILITARY
In March 2021, the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence released an assessment which found domestic
violent extremists, galvanized by recent political and societal
events in the United States, pose a heightened threat to the
homeland. The assessment found these extremists to be motivated
by a range of ideologies, including white supremacy and anti-
government sentiments. Further, the assessment found that false
narratives such as fraud in the recent general election and
conspiracy theories promoting violence will almost certainly
spur domestic extremists to attempt acts of violence. This is
particularly troubling when coupled with the Department of
Defense's October 2020 assessment that found extremist groups
are actively seeking to recruit military personnel or enlist
their own members in the military to obtain combat and tactical
experience and gain sensitive national security-related
knowledge.
While senior leaders in the Department of Defense and the
Services are speaking candidly about the threat of extremist
ideologies in their ranks, their efforts to make serious
strides are undoubtedly hamstrung by the lack of definition of
``extremism'' and ``extremist activities'' in Department
policy. The Department's efforts to address this threat are
further complicated by an inability to collect and track
extremist activity of servicemembers, gaps in investigative and
record keeping procedures, and the absence of a mechanism to
report extremist behavior or attempts at recruiting military
personnel by extremist groups. Moreover, previous prevention
programs implemented by the Department have yielded mixed
results. Undoubtedly, the programs the Department establishes
in the coming months aimed at preventing and responding to
extremist ideology among servicemembers will be a critical part
of what should be a holistic approach to this complex problem.
As the Department begins to implement the first National
Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism, the Committee
expects the Secretary of Defense to prioritize resources
necessary to execute the strategy. The Committee directs the
Secretary of Defense and the Service Secretaries to provide a
report to the congressional defense committees not later than
90 days after the enactment of this Act on the Department's
progress in implementing the Strategy, including the funding
requirements for each effort. Further, the Committee directs
the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the
congressional defense committees not later than 90 days after
the enactment of this Act on the Department's progress on
implementation of the recommendations set forth in the report
provided in response to section 530 of Public Law 116-92 and
dated October 14, 2020, as well as the Secretary of Defense
memorandum ``Immediate Actions to Counter Extremism in the
Department and Establishment of the Countering Extremism
Working Group'' dated April 9, 2021. The Committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the congressional
defense committees not later than 90 days after the enactment
of this Act on the Department's progress in developing improved
security clearance policies, procedures, and training to ensure
that individuals who adhere to extremist ideologies do not have
security clearances. Finally, the Committee encourages the
Secretary of Defense and the Service Secretaries to study how
counseling and other support services could be leveraged to
prevent and reverse extremist beliefs held by active duty
military personnel who are identified or self-identify as
endorsing white supremacist or violent anti-government
ideologies.
SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE
The Committee believes that sexual assault and sexual
harassment in the military and at the Service academies have
reached crisis proportions. The Fort Hood Independent Review
Committee Report details the failures of senior leaders to
create a safe and professional environment for all
servicemembers and the failure at the command level to prevent
and punish sexual harassment and assault at the most basic
level. While specific to Fort Hood, the report describes
deficiencies in command climate that pervade all the Services.
The report findings are emblematic of the broader culture in
the military where systemic leadership failures have led to a
permissive environment, resulting in higher rates of sexual
assaults and harassment.
The Committee notes the Independent Review Commission on
Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment recently completed its
work and delivered its findings and recommendations to the
Secretary of Defense. The Commission's work focused on holding
perpetrators accountable, preventing sexual assault before it
occurs, improving the military's climate and culture, and
victim care and support. The Committee directs the Secretary of
Defense, in coordination with the Service Secretaries, to
submit a report to the House and Senate Appropriations
Committees not later than 30 days after the enactment of this
Act on its progress in implementing the Commission's
recommendations and provide the funding requirements for each
effort.
The Committee recommendation includes $442,653,000, an
increase of $54,500,000 above the budget request, for sexual
assault prevention and response programs. This recommendation
includes $7,500,000 above the request for the Sexual Assault
Prevention and Response Office and an additional $47,000,000
for the Special Victims' Counsel program for transfer to the
Services, including the National Guard and reserve components.
MILITARY FAMILIES AND FOOD INSECURITY
The Committee is concerned by the alarming rate of food
insecurity faced by military families. While servicemembers and
their families may have access to government food assistance,
their ability to qualify can vary by program and location,
forcing servicemembers to seek charitable food assistance or
limit the ability to eat healthy or nutritious food. The
coronavirus pandemic and its economic repercussions have only
magnified the problem of food insecurity experienced by
military families. For National Guard and reserve personnel,
the past year of near constant deployments to respond to the
pandemic, civil unrest, and natural disasters has exacerbated
the problem of food insecurity. Recent data from the United
States Census Bureau found hunger among guardsmen and
reservists is more than double the national rate. The Committee
notes the Secretary of Defense is required to submit a report
providing an assessment of the current extent of food
insecurity among servicemembers and their dependents as
directed by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2020. The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
provide the report to the House and Senate Appropriations
Committees in conjunction with its submission to the House and
Senate Armed Services Committees and to provide a briefing to
the House and Senate Appropriations Committees not later than
30 days after the submission of the report.
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $47,973,824,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 47,875,354,000
Change from budget request............................ -98,470,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$47,875,354,000 for Military Personnel, Army which will provide
the following program in fiscal year 2022:
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $35,496,879,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 35,458,629,000
Change from budget request............................ -38,250,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$35,458,629,000 for Military Personnel, Navy which will provide
the following program in fiscal year 2022:
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $14,748,337,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 14,595,837,000
Change from budget request............................ -152,500,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$14,595,837,000 for Military Personnel, Marine Corps which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $35,047,901,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 35,016,131,000
Change from budget request............................ -31,770,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$35,016,131,000 for Military Personnel, Air Force which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:
RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $5,229,805,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 5,172,805,000
Change from budget request............................ -57,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,172,805,000
for Reserve Personnel, Army which will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2022:
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $2,316,934,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 2,294,229,000
Change from budget request............................ -22,705,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,294,229,000
for Reserve Personnel, Navy which will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2022:
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $881,909,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 866,219,000
Change from budget request............................ -15,690,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $866,219,000
for Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps which will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2022:
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $2,386,013,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 2,374,433,000
Change from budget request............................ -11,580,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,374,433,000
for Reserve Personnel, Air Force which will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2022:
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $9,051,344,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 8,988,044,000
Change from budget request............................ -63,300,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $8,988,044,000
for National Guard Personnel, Army which will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2022:
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $4,814,974,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 4,818,279,000
Change from budget request............................ +3,305,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,818,279,000
for National Guard Personnel, Air Force which will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2022:
TITLE II
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
The fiscal year 2022 Department of Defense operation and
maintenance budget request totals $253,623,852,000. The
Committee recommendation provides $254,320,053,000 for the
operation and maintenance accounts. The table below summarizes
the Committee recommendations:
REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ACCOUNTS
The Secretary of Defense is directed to submit the Base for
Reprogramming (DD Form 1414) for each of the fiscal year 2022
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 this report is
submitted to the House and Senate Defense Appropriations
Subcommittees.
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, or between sub-activity groups in the case
of Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, in excess of
$10,000,000. In addition, the Secretary of Defense shall follow
prior approval reprogramming procedures for transfers in excess
of $10,000,000 out of the following readiness sub-activity
groups:
Army:
Maneuver units
Modular support brigades
Land forces operations support
Aviation assets
Force readiness operations support
Land forces depot maintenance
Base operations support
Facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization
Specialized skill training
Flight training
Navy:
Mission and other flight operations
Fleet air training
Aircraft depot maintenance
Mission and other ship operations
Ship depot maintenance
Combat support forces
Facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization
Base operating support
Marine Corps:
Operational forces
Field logistics
Depot maintenance
Facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization
Air Force:
Primary combat forces
Combat enhancement forces
Depot purchase equipment maintenance
Facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization
Contractor logistics support and system support
Flying hour program
Base support
Space Force:
Global C3I and early warning
Space operations
Contractor logistics support and system support
Administration
Air National Guard:
Aircraft operations
Additionally, the Secretary of Defense is directed to use
normal prior approval reprogramming procedures when
implementing transfers in excess of $10,000,000 into the
following budget sub-activities:
Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard:
Base operations support
Facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization
Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard:
Aircraft operations
Contractor logistics support and systems support
REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a
baseline report that shows the Special Operations Command's
operation and maintenance funding by sub-activity group for the
fiscal year 2022 appropriation not later than 60 days after the
enactment of this Act. The Secretary of Defense is further
directed to submit quarterly execution reports to the
congressional defense committees not later than 45 days after
the end of each fiscal quarter that addresses the rationale for
the realignment of any funds within and between budget sub-
activities and the movement of any base funds used to support
overseas contingency operations. Finally, the Secretary of
Defense is directed to notify the congressional defense
committees 30 days prior to the realignment of funds in excess
of $10,000,000 between sub-activity groups.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS
Items for which additional funds have been provided or have
been specifically reduced as shown in the project level tables
or in paragraphs using the phrase ``only for'' or ``only to''
in this report are congressional special 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 as specifically addressed in this report. Below
Threshold Reprogrammings may not be used to either restore or
reduce funding from congressional special interest items as
identified on the DD Form 1414.
QUARTERLY OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE UPDATES
Regular interaction with each of the Service's financial
management offices enhances the ability of the Committee to
perform its essential oversight responsibilities. Through these
interactions, the Committee gains a better understanding of the
challenges each of the Services face with the obligation and
execution of their programs and contracts. The Committee notes
the successful quarterly meetings this year with each of the
Services and directs the Director of each of the Service's
Operations Divisions (Financial Management and Budget) to
continue to provide quarterly briefings to the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees on their respective operation and
maintenance execution rates in fiscal year 2022.
RESTORING READINESS
The Committee recommendation includes additional readiness
funds for each of the Services within the operation and
maintenance accounts which shall only be used to improve
military readiness, including providing for increased training
and depot maintenance activities. None of the funding provided
may be used for recruiting, marketing, or advertising programs.
The additional funding is a congressional special interest
item. The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense and the
Service Secretaries to submit a detailed spend plan by sub-
activity group to the House and Senate Appropriations
Committees not less than 30 days prior to the obligation of
these funds.
TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
The Committee recognizes that servicemembers can utilize
the Military Tuition Assistance Programs (TAP) to enroll in
civilian education programs and commends the Marine Corps and
the Air Force for augmenting these programs in their fiscal
year 2022 budget requests. However, the Committee is concerned
that the current academic and career advising programs do not
provide structured guidance that aligns military and civilian
workforce requirements with TAP education programs and courses.
The Committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for
Personnel and Readiness and the Service Secretaries to submit a
report to the congressional defense committees not later than
120 days after the enactment of this Act with recommendations
to augment the Services' academic and career advising programs
to provide servicemembers with structured guidance for TAP
education programs and courses, as if they were to attend a
military education program. The recommendations should also
include guidance for servicemembers who wish to transition to a
hard-to-fill career in their respective Service. The report
should also create an annual survey to align academic and
career counseling and structured guidance with servicemembers'
career goals in the military or civilian workforce.
MILITARY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
The Committee recognizes that Military Criminal
Investigative Organizations (MCIOs), which include the United
States Army Criminal Investigation Division, the Naval Criminal
Investigative Service, and the Air Force Office of Special
Investigations, play a critical role in bringing servicemembers
who commit felonies to justice. As the volume and complexity of
investigations increase, including the doubling of sexual
assault cases over the last decade, the resources made
available to the MCIOs by the Services have not kept pace.
Additional resources and significant reforms to the structure
of each of the MCIOs will help address these shortfalls. The
Committee encourages the Service Secretaries to review the
requirements for their specific MCIOs commensurate with their
increased caseloads; hire, train, and equip digital forensics
examiners capable of downloading and analyzing mobile phone and
laptop data at each large installation; hire more civilian
special agents; and refrain from making mid-year budget
reductions to the MCIOs.
PILOT SHORTAGES
The Committee supports efforts throughout the Department of
Defense to address the shortage of pilots across the Services.
The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to work with
higher education institutions, including Historically Black
Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, and
other Minority Serving Institutions, to develop programs that
will prepare more students to meet the eligibility requirements
for pilot training. In addition, the Committee encourages the
Secretary of the Air Force to examine university-based training
for Air Force ROTC cadets and civilian aviation students as
pilots and sensor operators for remotely piloted aircraft. The
Committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination
with the Service Secretaries, to submit a report to the
congressional defense committees on these efforts not later
than 90 days after the enactment of this Act.
MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES
The Committee is concerned that the Department of Defense
does not take full advantage of the products and services
available to the Department from minority and women-owned small
businesses. The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
submit a report to the House and Senate Appropriations
Committees not later than 60 days after the enactment of this
Act, and quarterly thereafter, on the Department's efforts to
work with minority and women-owned small businesses. The report
shall specify the number and value of Department of Defense
contracts for minority and women-owned small businesses and
include a description of specific outreach programs the
Department uses to reach minority and women-owned small
businesses. The report shall also include disaggregated data,
to include gender and ethnicity.
MILITARY FOOD TRANSFORMATION
The Committee remains concerned about the growing obesity
crisis in the Department of Defense and its impact on military
recruitment, readiness, and retention. To address this
challenge, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
establish a food transformation cell, similar to the office
that led the Healthy Base Initiative, not later than 90 days
after the enactment of this Act. The food transformation cell
shall be composed of subject matter experts in food service
operations who possess knowledge of modern healthy food
delivery systems and an understanding of all aspects of
Department of Defense laws and policies related to food
service.
This cell should develop and execute a plan for improving
on-base accessibility to healthfully prepared and pre-prepared
food. The plan should leverage leading practices from
university and private-sector campus dining, and lessons
learned from previous Department of Defense food service
transformation efforts. The Committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to submit a report to the congressional defense
committees not later than 120 days after the enactment of this
Act which provides an outline of these efforts.
Further, the Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense
to use the Department's proposed plan to conduct demonstration
pilots at two installations per Service. Where appropriate,
pilot sites should partner with the local community to improve
the food environment and encourage smart eating. The goal of
each pilot should be to develop and test appropriate business
models that increase the availability, affordability, and
acceptability of healthy performance foods. Each pilot should
also include expansion of the use of the meal card by
servicemembers at exchange-controlled food locations and
morale, welfare, and recreation-controlled food locations.
MEALS READY-TO-EAT WAR RESERVE
The Committee recommendation fully supports the fiscal year
2022 request for the Defense Logistics Agency for a minimum of
2,500,000 cases of meals ready-to-eat and reaffirms support for
the War Reserve stock objective of 5,000,000 cases.
GEO-ECONOMICS, INNOVATION, AND NATIONAL SECURITY
The Committee recognizes that the long-term national
security challenges for the United States are broad and
encompass not just military preparedness but also the economic,
technological, and political spheres. The Committee is
concerned that professional military education is not keeping
pace with rapid developments in geo-economics, innovation, and
national security, and believes that the education of military
officers and other national security leaders must include all
aspects of great power competition. The Committee encourages
the Secretary of Defense and the Service Secretaries to explore
opportunities, including the establishment of public-private
partnerships, to research, develop, and implement professional
military education course curricula related to geo-economics,
innovation, and national security.
HARD-TO-FILL POSITIONS
The Committee supports improving the coordination of
federal efforts involved in growing and sustaining a robust
defense workforce. To help achieve this for the Department of
Defense, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense and the
Service Secretaries to provide a report to the congressional
defense committees not later than 60 days after the enactment
of this Act which details both civilian and military hard-to-
fill positions in the Department of Defense and the Services.
The report should include how the Department and Services'
modernization strategies may impact these needs and possible
future gaps in the next five to ten years.
The Committee recognizes that the Department and Services'
hiring authorities can generally classify a position as
civilian, contractor, or military. For civilian and contractor
positions, the Department and Services must comply with the
Office of Personnel Management's occupation codes and Federal
Acquisition Regulations for minimal education and work
experience requirements, respectively. The Committee believes
there is an opportunity to leverage the variation in the hiring
authorities' decision making on position classification,
education, and work experience requirements for comparable
positions to assess whether these variable categories are
positively associated with recruitment for hard-to-fill
positions. The Committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense
for Personnel and Readiness and the Service Secretaries to
provide a report to the congressional defense committees not
later than 120 days after the enactment of this Act which
evaluates the effect of these three variables on recruitment
for comparable hard-to-fill positions in the Department and
Services. The report should include an evaluation of the three
variables on recruitment of women, minorities, individuals with
disabilities, and veterans for hard-to-fill positions.
In addition, the Committee is concerned about hiring gaps
relating to Career and Technical Education (CTE) and Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) programs and careers
throughout the Department of Defense. The Committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to coordinate with the Service Secretaries
to provide a report to the congressional defense committees not
later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act that
delineates the programs and funding levels relating to CTE and
STEM programs in the Department of Defense. The report should
clearly identify any programs and funding that promotes
advancement for females, minorities, individuals with
disabilities, military students, or veterans. For each program,
the report should include the award recipients' funding amount,
use, and the effectiveness of the program to recruit students
into CTE or STEM programs or careers in the Department,
Services, or defense industry.
After the above-mentioned report is delivered to Congress,
the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a
Defense CTE and STEM Education and Workforce Pipeline Strategy.
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide an
initial overview of the strategy to the congressional defense
committees not later than 45 days after the delivery of the
above report with a final report to be provided to the
congressional defense committees not later than 270 days after
the enactment of this Act.
The Secretary of Defense should coordinate with the
Secretaries of Education, Energy, Labor, and Veterans Affairs,
and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
on this strategy. The strategy should include an analysis of
currently hard-to-fill positions and those in the next five to
ten years. The strategy should also provide recommendations on
creating and/or modifying all levels of current CTE and STEM
programs and funding to develop a comprehensive group of
programs to address current and possible future defense
workforce gaps in this arena. Within the recommendations,
particular emphasis should be placed on programs that encourage
women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans
to pursue CTE and STEM careers.
RECRUITING AND RETENTION FOR HARD-TO-FILL POSITIONS
The Committee is concerned that Department of Defense
recruiting and retention programs are not as effective as they
could be to employ personnel for the challenging types of
vacancies the Department and the Services have. To address this
need, the Committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for
Personnel and Readiness and the Service Secretaries to provide
an initial overview to the congressional defense committees not
later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act, and
quarterly updates thereafter on the progress of the report,
with a final report due not later than 270 days after the
enactment of this Act. The initial overview and subsequent
report shall align enlisted and officer recruitment incentives,
education and workforce development programs, retention
incentives, and manpower requirements, for hard-to-fill
positions for each Service.
The report should include an annual survey to ensure
requirements are matched to goals to fill these positions. The
report should include desired educational and technical skills,
retention incentives, education or workforce development
programs and enrollment, and recruitment incentives for hard-
to-fill positions. The report should identify all relevant
entities, an overview of their responsibilities, and a formal
means of evaluation between entities. The report should address
how each Service will utilize the survey to incorporate its
modernization priorities into each of the listed constructs.
Finally, the report should include an overview of
modernization-related changes to these incentives and programs
and their estimated costs.
ADVERTISING
The Committee notes that, as the largest advertiser in the
United States, the federal government should work to ensure
fair access to its advertising contracts for small
disadvantaged businesses and businesses owned by minorities and
women. The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
include with the fiscal year 2023 budget submission the total
level of expenditures for fiscal year 2022 and the requested
level of funding for fiscal year 2023 for all contracts for
advertising services; contracts for advertising services by
minority or women owned businesses; and contracts for
advertising services by socially and economically disadvantaged
small businesses (as defined in section 8(a)(4) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(4)).
LANGUAGE FLAGSHIP PROGRAM
The Committee recognizes the National Security Education
Program provides training for servicemembers and civilians in
languages and cultures critical to national security. The
Committee recommendation restores the funding removed in the
budget request for this critical program and includes a total
of $22,000,000 for the program. The Committee encourages the
Secretary of Defense to continue supporting programs that
ensure warfighters receive the language and culture training
needed to effectively complete missions. Additionally, the
Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a spend
plan for this program's funding to the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees not later than 15 days before the
obligation of funds.
The Committee is concerned about the lack of military
personnel with advanced language skills and believes this could
be addressed by promoting foreign language study programs
targeting elementary and secondary students. The National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 authorized the
development of a competitive grant program to provide support
to eligible entities, including Department of Defense Education
Activity schools, for the establishment, improvement, or
expansion of world language study for this population. In
support of this program, the Committee recommendation includes
an additional $15,000,000 for Department of Defense Education
Activity schools. The Committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to provide a detailed spend plan to the House and
Senate Appropriations Committees for the implementation of the
program, which should commence with the 2022-2023 academic
year, not later than 45 days after the enactment of this Act.
Additionally, the Committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to submit a report to the congressional defense
committees not later than October 1, 2022 which lists the
schools that receive funds, in what amount, and how the funds
were executed, as well as how the Department plans to expand
the program to public schools in a local education agency that
hosts a unit of the Junior Reserve Officers Corps Training
Center, in the following academic year.
CLOSE AIR SUPPORT
The Committee notes the January 2021 report released by the
Government Accountability Office entitled ``Close Air Support:
Actions Needed to Enhance Friendly Force Tracking Capabilities
and Fully Evaluate Training'' included recommendations to
prevent friendly fire incidents in this type of operation. The
Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to fully
implement the report's recommendations. Further, the Committee
directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the
congressional defense committees not later than 90 days after
the enactment of this Act on the status of the implementation
of the recommendations.
UNPLANNED EXERCISES
The Committee is aware that the Secretary of Defense, upon
the recommendation of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, may order
impromptu operations for each of the Services for execution in
the different combatant commands. Given the inability of the
Department of Defense to provide prior budgetary information
for such unplanned exercises to the congressional defense
committees due to the ambiguity of the schedule, the Committee
directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a quarterly report
on the use of operation and maintenance funds for activities or
exercises in excess of $5,000,000 that are designated as
unplanned activities for fiscal year 2022. The reports shall
include, but not be limited to the title, date, location, and
which Services and units participated (with an estimated number
of participants); the total cost, by budget line item (with a
breakdown by cost element such as transportation); and a short
explanation of the objective.
The reports may be provided with a classified annex, as
necessary, and shall be submitted to the congressional defense
committees not later than 30 days after the close of each
quarter of the fiscal year.
CHILDCARE
The Committee appreciates the efforts the Services have
made over the past two years to address the readiness
limitations that military personnel face when there is limited
access to appropriate childcare. The Committee encourages each
of the Service Secretaries to investigate expanding access to
childcare for servicemembers during irregular times, such as
evenings and weekends. The Committee directs the Service
Secretaries to provide a report to the congressional defense
committees not later than 90 days after the enactment of this
Act which describes methodologies to meet these demands and the
approximate costs of expanding these opportunities for military
personnel.
ALIGNING CIVILIAN AND MILITARY EDUCATION FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
The Committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for
Personnel and Readiness and the Service Secretaries to provide
a report to the congressional defense committees not later than
120 days after the enactment of this Act that aligns enlisted
and officer military education and workforce development
programs with civilian education and workforce development
programs for each Service. The report should include how each
Service utilizes this information for servicemember recruitment
and retention, and for transitioning servicemembers to
translate their education and work experience into the civilian
education system and workforce. In cases where there is an
incomparable military education or workforce development
program to align with civilian stackable certificates,
associate's degrees, and bachelor's degrees, the Under
Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and the
Service Secretaries must identify and justify the lack of a
comparable military education program on the basis of the
Service's manpower requirements or cost efficiency.
VIEQUES AND CULEBRA
The Committee remains concerned with the pace and scope of
environmental restoration on the island municipalities of
Culebra and Vieques in Puerto Rico. The Committee encourages
the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy to work
closely with the Environmental Protection Agency, the Fish and
Wildlife Service, and the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality
Board to maximize public participation and transparency in the
decontamination process in order to achieve a thorough
decontamination result on both islands.
The Committee also is concerned about public safety on the
northwest peninsula of Culebra due to unexploded ordnance
identified there by the Army. The Committee encourages the
Secretary of the Army to exercise available authorities,
including the authority clarified in the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, to decontaminate the
northwest peninsula. Additionally, the Committee directs the
Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy each to
submit a report to the congressional defense committees not
later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act detailing
all respective decontamination authorities and plans applicable
to Culebra and Vieques, to include particular emphasis on the
decontamination of the northwest peninsula of Culebra.
The Committee also notes that there are gaps in information
about the types and amounts of ordnance used on Vieques and
Culebra, as well as potential links between the ordnance used
and threats to public health. The Committee directs the
Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy to provide
a report to the congressional defense committees not later than
60 days after the enactment of this Act on previously released
information related to the ordnance on the two islands. The
Committee also urges the Secretaries to publish the relevant
documents on the internet in a single location and in a user-
friendly format.
INDIAN FINANCING ACT
The Committee recommendation includes funds for activities
authorized in the Indian Financing Act of 1974 and directs the
Secretary of Defense to obligate such funds not later than 90
days after the enactment of this Act.
PFOS/PFOA EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
authorized a study and assessment of the health implications of
perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid
(PFOA) contamination in drinking water. The Committee
recommendation includes $15,000,000 for the study and
assessment. The Committee also directs the Assistant Secretary
of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment to submit
a report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees not
later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act on the
Department's strategy to execute this funding.
The Committee remains concerned about PFOS/PFOA
contamination on current and former domestic military
installations. As the Department conducts its exposure
assessment on all installations known to have PFOS/PFOA
drinking water contamination, the Committee directs the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and
Environment to publicly release the measured levels of
contamination found at each installation. For all remediation
activities, the Department is directed to achieve a drinking
water cleanup standard no higher than the threshold of the
Environmental Protection Agency health advisory level
(currently 70 parts per trillion) for federally controlled
sites and surrounding communities whose water sources were
contaminated as a result of Department activities. The
Committee urges the Secretary of Defense to focus continued
investments in groundwater remediation technologies that are
both cost effective and efficacious.
Additionally, the Committee directs the Department to
comply with the provisions of section 322 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020. The Committee
notes that today's currently available Aqueous Film Forming
Foams (AFFF) contain Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
and currently, none of the commercially available PFAS-free
foams meet the Department's strict safety standards to rapidly
extinguish dangerous fuel fires. The Committee understands that
a prohibition on the use of current versions of AFFF would
drastically reduce the ability of the Department's firefighters
to fight fuel fires and increase risk to servicemembers and
firefighters. However, due to the significant and salient
public health risks associated with PFOS/PFOA contamination,
the Committee urges the Secretary of Defense to expedite
replacement of fluorinated AFFF throughout all branches of the
military and cease use of AFFF prior to October 1, 2024.
PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES CLEANUP COST REPORTING
The Committee notes the creation of a Per- and
Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Task Force to address the
growing health concerns over releases of these substances and
their effects on military installations and the surrounding
communities. To support the Department's efforts, the Committee
directs the Secretary of Defense to submit to the House and
Senate Appropriations Committees, not later than 90 days after
the enactment of this Act, and semi-annually thereafter, a
report on costs associated with investigating and cleaning up
PFAS at sites with funding provided by either the environmental
restoration or operation and maintenance appropriation
accounts. The report shall provide, for each component and by
installation name, for the investigation and cleanup of PFAS:
the actual obligations through the end of fiscal year 2019; the
actual obligations in fiscal year 2020; the planned and actual
obligations in fiscal year 2021; the planned obligations for
fiscal year 2022; and the estimated cost after fiscal year
2022.
PERFLUORINATED CHEMICALS CONTAMINATION AND FIRST RESPONDER EXPOSURE
The Committee remains concerned with the health
implications of exposure to perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs),
including the increased rate of cancer in Department of Defense
firefighter and first responder personnel. The Committee
understands there are ongoing efforts to develop an alternative
firefighting foam that meets military requirements and is free
from PFCs that have been linked to higher rates of certain
cancers. Given the lack of definitive guidance around exposure
levels, the Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to
accelerate adoption of other forms of foam that meet military
specifications and do not contain PFCs. Further, the Committee
understands that testing for firefighters for exposure to PFCs
has begun and that the Department is developing firefighter
population-level summation statistics for PFCs blood sampling
of firefighters. The Committee is encouraged by these efforts
but believes that additional measures need to be taken. The
Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health
Affairs to provide a report to the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees not later than 180 days after the
enactment of this Act on the Department's ongoing efforts to
test and track potential first responder exposure to these
chemicals as part of their existing, annual medical
surveillance exams.
MINIMUM WAGE
The Committee concurs with Executive Order 14026 which
increases the minimum wage for federal contractors to at least
$15 per hour. The Committee understands that the Department of
Defense did not budget for this level of compensation for its
non-appropriated funded employees for fiscal year 2022. The
Committee requires a better understanding of the scope of the
cost for the Department and the Services for non-appropriated
funded employees. Therefore, the Committee directs the
Secretary of Defense and the Service Secretaries to provide a
report to the congressional defense committees not later than
60 days after the enactment of this Act that includes an
overview of the number of non-appropriated funded personnel
that do not receive at least $15 per hour for their employment;
the cost to provide every non-appropriated funded employee with
a salary of at least $15 per hour; and how those costs could be
addressed in the fiscal year 2023 budget request submission.
HOUSING
The Committee believes that providing quality housing will
improve recruitment, retention, and quality of life for junior
enlisted servicemembers. The Army is currently testing a pilot
program to use commercially available technology to allow
military personnel to request maintenance and improvements to
installation housing via mobile applications, websites, and
other online tools to allow the timely reporting of a
maintenance issue for tracking and repair purposes. The
Committee encourages the Service Secretaries to consider
scaling this program to all government-owned and government-
leased housing on their respective installations.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $54,616,397,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 54,343,965,000
Change from budget request............................ -272,432,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$54,343,965,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Army which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:
SMALL BUSINESS AND ARMY FUTURES COMMAND
The Committee is concerned with the findings of the
Government Accountability Office in its report, ``Army Future
Command Should Take Steps to Improve Small Business Engagement
for Research and Development,'' which notes the lack of
coordination between the Army Futures Command and small
businesses. The Committee recognizes the importance of small
businesses to the Department of Defense and encourages the
Commanding General, Army Futures Command, to develop methods to
improve small business engagement for research and development
and to coordinate with the Army Office of Small Business
Programs in its engagement efforts. The Committee directs the
Secretary of the Army to create performance measures to track
the Army Futures Command's efforts and to submit a report to
the congressional defense committees on these efforts not later
than 90 days after the enactment of this Act.
UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
The Committee understands the United States Military
Academy at West Point and Army Installation Management Command
have developed a Sustainment, Restoration and Modernization
(SRM) Bridge Plan to ensure that facilities at Camp Buckner and
Camp Natural Bridge can sustain cadet training along with
associated training task force housing requirements. The
Committee appreciates this plan, which bridges the gap to
planned military construction investments starting in fiscal
year 2026. The Committee encourages the Secretary of the Army
to robustly fund the SRM Bridge Plan in accordance with
programmed amounts to ensure cadets and the associated training
task force have the facilities necessary to carry out essential
training.
EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT
The Committee notes the shift by the Army to a Holistic
Health and Fitness system and recognizes the importance of
equipment and facilities to a successful system. Given the
ongoing requirement for functional fitness equipment, the
Committee is concerned by the Army's lack of a centralized
purchasing system for the acquisition of new fitness equipment
and the absence of a plan for the sustainment of such
equipment. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Army to
submit a report to the congressional defense committees not
later than 120 days after the enactment of this Act that
details sustainment plans for fielded equipment, refurbished or
re-equipped fitness facilities, containerized strength
equipment, Army combat fitness test lane equipment, and other
commercial fitness equipment.
AFRICAN CONTINENT SECURITY AND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
The Committee is concerned that competition for scarce
strategic resources and the impacts of climate change have led
to increasing instability on the African continent. The
Committee notes that land management and conservation efforts
are an important tool to support security in resource-poor
environments. The Committee recommendation includes an
additional $5,000,000 for the United States Africa Command to
partner with the United States Forest Service in support of
international programs to develop land conservancies, prevent
the trafficking of natural resources and protected animals,
provide disaster assistance, address landscape-level water
security, and develop a Youth Conservation Corps in African
nations.
CAMOUFLAGE EQUIPMENT
The Committee recognizes the need to equip soldiers with
effective camouflage equipment that will enable them to succeed
in combat against near peer adversaries. However, the Committee
notes that inconsistent purchasing for such equipment by the
Army has led to significant challenges for the camouflage
industrial base. Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary
of the Army to submit a report to the congressional defense
committees not later than 90 days after the enactment of this
Act on how the Army will acquire proper camouflage equipment.
The report should include how the Army intends to ensure the
industrial base is robustly maintained, and how cost savings
and operational efficiencies can be achieved while preventing
force readiness issues.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $60,441,228,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 61,086,598,000
Change from budget request............................ +645,370,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$61,086,598,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Navy which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:
SUBMARINE MAINTENANCE
The Committee notes that the Congressional Budget Office
released a report on submarine maintenance activities which
suggested that the Navy's actions are still off course. The
Committee believes that the Navy must increase congressional
confidence that the Service will be able to maintain its
vessels effectively and efficiently. Therefore, the Committee
directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a quarterly report
to the congressional defense committees, beginning not later
than 30 days after the enactment of this Act, on the status of
maintenance and repair work for submarines. The report shall
include the amount of funding budgeted for submarine
maintenance in fiscal year 2022 and the prior three years, the
original estimated amount of time expected for maintenance
activities to be completed, any adjustments to the schedule,
the reasons why any changes were necessary, and the new
expected timeframe for completion and any additional costs
involved. The report shall be broken out by shipyard and/or
private entity (by site), by name, and type of submarine. The
report shall also include any new efforts the Navy has taken to
address the delays it continues to face.
AIRFRAME MAINTENANCE
In addition to submarine maintenance delays, the Committee
notes delays have been reported on airframe repair and
maintenance programs of the Department of the Navy. The
Committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide
quarterly reports to the congressional defense committees,
beginning not later than 30 days after the enactment of this
Act, on the status of maintenance and repair work for each
airframe. The report shall include the amount of funding
budgeted for airframe maintenance in fiscal year 2022 and the
prior three years, the original estimated amount of time
expected for maintenance activities to be completed, any
adjustments to the schedule, the reasons why any changes were
necessary, and the new expected timeframe for completion and
any additional costs involved.
MK VI PATROL BOATS
The Committee is concerned by conflicting announcements
from the Department of the Navy regarding possible divestiture
of Mk VI patrol boats from its inventory. Given these
inconsistencies, the Committee directs the Secretary of the
Navy to conduct a review prior to making any final decision on
the program, and submit a report to the congressional defense
committees not later than 60 days after the enactment of this
Act that includes an assessment of the Mk VI platform's current
and future mission capabilities; any capability gaps that are
not currently fulfilled by the Mk VI fleet; any possible
modifications necessary to ensure identified capability gaps
are filled and the system engineering, testing, and evaluation
data to support such conclusions; the vessel's utility in
foreign partnership building and engagement with allies; and
the Navy's proposal to independently fulfill current and future
patrol boat missions.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $9,024,791,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 9,090,653,000
Change from budget request............................ +65,862,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $9,090,653,000
for Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps which will provide
the following program in fiscal year 2022:
RQ-21A SYSTEM
The Committee recognizes that the RQ-21A system provides
the Marine Corps and Naval Special Warfare operators a
shipboard-capable Intelligence, Surveillance, and
Reconnaissance (ISR) platform capable of delivering
intelligence products directly to the tactical commander in
real time. The Committee understands that the Marine Corps is
implementing a gradual divestment of the current Group 3 RQ-21A
system, adopting the Group 5 MQ-9 for medium altitude/long
endurance surveillance, and developing future requirements for
a new ``Group 3 Light'' long range/long endurance small
unmanned aerial system for Marine Corps units. While the
Committee acknowledges the need for a diversified portfolio, it
is concerned with the omission of the RQ-21A system as a cost-
effective, operationally proven solution for ISR delivery. The
Committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit a report
to the congressional defense committees not later than 60 days
after the enactment of this Act which outlines the basis for
the divestiture decision. Specifically, the report should
explain the requirements driving the change, the RQ-21A's
capacity to meet those requirements, the cost implications
associated with the change, the estimated cost to upgrade the
RQ-21A to satisfy the new requirements, the timeline for the
divesture of the RQ-21A system compared to the timeline for
fielding the new unmanned aerial system concept, and the
strategy for addressing any gap in capability that results from
this transition.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $53,876,475,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 53,756,603,000
Change from budget request............................ -119,872,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$53,756,603,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Air Force which
will provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:
AIR FORCE PILOT SHORTFALL
The Committee remains concerned by the inability of the Air
Force to maintain the requisite number of pilots each year. The
Committee supports new initiatives that the Air Force is
implementing this year, such as Pilot Training Next, and other
efforts to increase training throughput and anticipates seeing
positive results of the programs. However, the Committee notes
that a report required by House Report 116-453, and the
analysis associated with it, has not yet been provided to the
Committee. Therefore, the Committee directs the Commander of
Air Education and Training Command and the Deputy Chief of
Staff of Operations at Air Force Headquarters to brief the
House and Senate Appropriations Committees not later than 30
days after the enactment of this Act on the status of the
report and which initiatives are being considered in fiscal
year 2022 to address the Air Force's chronic pilot shortfall.
The Committee also directs the Commander of Air Education and
Training Command to provide quarterly updates to the House and
Senate Appropriations Committees beginning not later than 45
days after the enactment of this Act.
PILOT TRAINING SAFETY
The Committee is concerned that recent events have
highlighted negligence, equipment issues, and unnecessary risk
at Air Force pilot training centers during F-16 training and
qualification. The Committee believes that the Air Force needs
to prioritize pilot safety and ensure that it follows its own
directives. The Air Force must follow emergency procedures
regarding landing or ejecting, utilize emergency checklists,
and ensure that equipment has received the necessary upgrades
to protect pilots in the event of an ejection. Additionally,
the Air Force should ensure that the flying operation
supervision structure is staffed with individuals possessing
the correct level of experience to successfully address
emergency situations. To ensure these guidelines are followed,
the Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide
a report to the congressional defense committees not later than
90 days after the enactment of this Act which details the
methods used to ensure pilot safety. The report shall include
the efforts the Air Force is taking to implement the use of
reality systems during pilot training to reduce overall
training risk and applications during combat training
scenarios, non-combat training scenarios, and emergency
procedure training scenarios.
AIRCRAFT PROTECTION
The Committee recognizes the adverse impact that sunlight
and hail can have on the readiness and service life of
aircraft. Unprotected aircraft can sustain significant damage
during hailstorms and long-term damage due to extensive sun
exposure, creating additional, yet preventable, maintenance
costs. The Committee encourages the Secretary of the Air Force
to prioritize maintenance that may provide protection for
aircraft to prevent damage caused by weather.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SPACE FORCE
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $3,440,712,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 3,372,212,000
Change from budget request............................ -68,500,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,372,212,000
for Operation and Maintenance, Space Force which will provide
the following program in fiscal year 2022:
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $44,918,366,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 45,306,975,000
Change from budget request............................ +388,609,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$45,306,975,000 for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide
which will provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:
HELICOPTER AND TILTROTOR NOISE MITIGATION STUDY
The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2021,
directed the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation to
begin efforts on the Noise Mitigation Communities Partnership
program which will fund mitigation efforts for communities
affected by jet noise. While helicopter and tiltrotor aircraft
do not generate the same noise level as jets, their accumulated
noise over longer periods of time, as well as their lower
flight profiles, can have similar effects on local communities.
In order to assess which local communities are impacted by
military helicopter and tiltrotor noise, the Committee directs
the Director of the Office of Local Defense Community
Cooperation to conduct a study and submit a report to the
congressional defense committees not later than 360 days after
the enactment of this Act with a list of military installations
and training routes that are in close proximity to local
communities that are used by military helicopters and
tiltrotors; the accumulated day-night average sound level over
a 24 hour period for these locations; noise contour maps of the
defined locations exceeding a 65 decibel threshold; and the
challenges of incorporating any communities affected by
helicopter or tiltrotor noise into the existing Noise
Mitigation Community Partnership.
FOSSIL FUELS
The Committee is concerned with the ongoing effects of
climate change, including extreme weather events, recurring
flooding, and sea level rise, on the Department of Defense and
its operations. The Committee is also concerned that the
Department is contributing to this crisis as a large consumer
of fossil fuels and producer of greenhouse gases. While the
Department must conduct the missions required to carry out the
National Defense Strategy, the Committee believes the
Department can both lower its carbon footprint and defend the
nation. The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
submit a report, with a classified annex if necessary, to the
congressional defense committees not later than 180 days after
the enactment of this Act on the use of fossil fuels across all
defense activities in fiscal year 2021. The report shall be
categorized by Service and major activity, shall include a
summary of efforts by the Department to prioritize missions
which lower the use of fossil fuels, and shall include
technological investments made by the Department to increase
energy efficiency.
CIVILIAN CYBER WORKFORCE
The Committee recognizes the challenge that the Department
of Defense faces in hiring individuals with the necessary
security clearances for the cyber workforce and encourages the
Secretary of Defense to find innovative solutions to increase
the civilian cyber workforce. The Committee believes that the
Department of Defense should collaborate with colleges and
universities to recruit cyber-focused students during their
junior or senior years, with the intent that upon graduation
the student will have a completed security clearance. The
Committee notes the Secretary of Defense is currently required
to submit a report to the congressional defense committees on
efforts to increase the throughput of security clearances and
further directs the Secretary of Defense to provide an update
to the congressional defense committees not later than 60 days
after the enactment of this Act with any changes to the
anticipated date of completion for the report.
CYBER EDUCATION COLLABORATIVES
The Committee remains concerned by widespread shortages in
cybersecurity talent across both the public and private sector.
In accordance with the recommendations of the Cyberspace
Solarium Commission, the Committee encourages the Under
Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to direct
cyber-oriented units to collaborate with local colleges and
universities on research, fellowships, internships, and
cooperative work experiences to expand cyber-oriented education
opportunities and grow the cybersecurity workforce. The
Committee also appreciates that veterans and transitioning
servicemembers could serve as a valuable recruiting pool to
fill gaps in the cybersecurity workforce. Accordingly, the
Committee encourages the Under Secretary of Defense for
Research and Engineering to prioritize collaboration with
colleges and universities near military installations as well
as the veteran population.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL COMPETENCY EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE
PIPELINE STRATEGY
The Committee is concerned that federal foreign language
and cultural competency programs do not adequately invest in
civilian early childhood, K-12, and higher education programs.
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination
with the Director of National Intelligence and the Service
Secretaries, to submit a report to the congressional defense
committees not later than 60 days after the enactment of this
Act that delineates the programs and funding levels relating to
foreign language and cultural competency programs in the
Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. The
report shall clearly identify any programs and funding that
promote advancement particularly for females, minorities,
individuals with disabilities, military students, or veterans.
For each program, the report shall include each recipient's
award amount, use, and effectiveness of the program to recruit
students into foreign language or cultural competency programs
or careers in the Department of Defense or defense industry.
Further, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
establish a Defense Foreign Language and Cultural Competency
Education and Workforce Strategy. The Committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to submit an update to the congressional
defense committees not later than 45 days after the receipt of
the report cited above on initial concepts, and provide the
completed strategy to the congressional defense committees not
later than 270 days after the enactment of the Act. The
Secretary of Defense should coordinate with the Director of
National Intelligence and the Secretaries of Education and
State on this strategy. The strategy should include an analysis
of current civilian and military hard-to-fill positions for
foreign language and cultural competencies and what is
estimated for the next five to ten years. The strategy should
also provide recommendations on creating and/or modifying all
levels of current foreign language and cultural programs and
funding to develop a comprehensive group of programs to address
possible future defense workforce gaps in this arena. Within
the recommendations, particular emphasis should be placed on
programs that encourage women, minorities, individuals with
disabilities, and veterans to pursue foreign language and
cultural competency careers.
PROGRAMS FOR MILITARY SPOUSES
The Committee believes the Department's ``Survey of Active
Duty Spouses'' lacks necessary local data to determine whether
military spouse unemployment and underemployment is consistent
across domestic military installations. The Committee directs
the Director of Military Community Support Programs to submit a
report to the congressional defense committees not later than
120 days after the enactment of this Act which details military
spouse unemployment and underemployment levels from a random
sampling of domestic military installations. The report should
include military spouses' employment statistics by Service and
rank, and should describe possible barriers for spouses to
achieve employment commensurate with their education and work
experience. The report should provide recommendations to
facilitate local or remote military spouse employment,
including hiring opportunities for military spouses in the
Department of Defense or the Services.
Multiple surveys have documented the underemployment of
military spouses. Given this need, the Committee recommendation
includes $5,000,000 for a pilot program, to be executed by the
Director of Military Community Support Programs, for military
spouse apprenticeships and fellowships. Eligibility would be
the same as the requirements included in the My Career
Advancement Account (MyCAA) scholarship program. The Committee
directs the Director of Military Community Support Programs to
provide a report to the congressional defense committees not
later than 270 days after the enactment of this Act which
describes the results of the pilot program, to include spouses
securing full-time employment with the host organization or
another organization in the same sector, and any other
beneficial effects of the pilot program.
Further, the Committee recognizes that military spouses
utilize MyCAA to pursue a variety of licenses or degrees. The
Committee is concerned that current academic and career
advising programs do not provide structured guidance that
aligns civilian workforce requirements with MyCAA education
institutions, programs, and courses. The Committee directs the
Director of the Military Community Support Programs to submit a
report to the congressional defense committees not later than
120 days after the enactment of this Act with recommendations
to augment the MyCAA academic and career advising programs with
structured guidance for recommended education institutions,
programs, and courses. The report should include metrics that
align academic and career counseling and structured guidance
with military spouses' career goals.
IMPACT AID
The Committee supports the Impact Aid and Impact Aid for
Children with Disability programs. However, the Committee is
concerned by possible discrepancies in how local education
agencies eligible for both programs receive funding. The
Committee directs the Director of the Department of Defense
Education Activity to submit a report to the congressional
defense committees not later than 120 days after the enactment
of this Act that addresses any inconsistencies and
recommendations to close any funding gaps.
READINESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INTEGRATION PROGRAM
The Committee recommendation includes $155,000,000 for the
Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI)
program and notes the importance of REPI and Sentinel Landscape
Partnerships to the successful land and wildlife conservation
activities on land buffering military installations, as well as
activities to address the threats of stormwater, riverine, and
storm surge flooding. Additionally, the Committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to use $5,000,000 in funds provided for
REPI to partner with the United States Forest Service in
establishing habitats for the monarch butterfly on land managed
through the REPI program.
GUANTANAMO BAY DETENTION FACILITY
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a
report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees not
later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act, and
quarterly thereafter, on the current number of detainees at the
Guantanamo Bay detention facility; their legal status; a
description of all Department of Defense costs associated with
the facility during the last two fiscal years by program,
account, and activity; the status of funds for the current
fiscal year; and a description of steps taken to close the
facility.
MILITARY BASES OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
According to the 2020 China Military Power Report, the
People's Republic of China is seeking to establish more
overseas logistics and basing infrastructure. The Committee is
concerned that the expected locations of these additional
Chinese bases are in countries where the United States has
strong bilateral defense relationships. These potential basing
locations could also threaten logistics and supply lines in the
event of conflict. The Committee directs the Secretary of
Defense and the Director of National Intelligence to submit a
report to the congressional defense committees not later than
60 days after the enactment of this Act on China's efforts to
establish military bases abroad and United States efforts to
work with partner nations to prevent their establishment. The
report shall describe the potential risks to United States
national security, including in relation to the stationing of
United States troops and the freedom of movement of United
States and allied forces. The report shall also include a
description of any provisioning of United States military
equipment and detail the bilateral intelligence sharing
relationships that exist between the United States and
countries suspected to host Chinese bases.
REPORT ON HOSTILITIES
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a
report to the congressional defense committees not later than
120 days after the enactment of this Act on ongoing activities
considered hostilities under the War Powers Resolution (50
U.S.C. 1541 et seq.).
WESTERN HEMISPHERE
The Committee encourages a thorough assessment of
activities and resources in the preparation of the report
required by section 1265 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2020 and looks forward to reviewing the
final Department of Defense report and recommendations.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS AND LOW INTENSITY
CONFLICT
The fiscal year 2022 budget request includes an additional
$9,420,000 and 19 full-time equivalents (FTE) for the Office of
the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and
Low Intensity Conflict. The Committee recommendation includes a
reduction of $3,664,000 and five FTEs for the Secretariat for
Special Operations and transfers five FTEs to the Information
Operations Directorate within the Office of the Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Defense of Special Operations and
Combatting Terrorism.
INFORMATION OPERATIONS
The Committee recognizes the unique capabilities of United
States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to conduct
operations in the information environment and supports the
Department's efforts to enable special operations forces to
counter Chinese and Russian malign influence. The establishment
of the Information Warfare Center, the maturation of the Joint
Military Information Support Operations WebOps Center and the
regular deployments of Military Information Support Teams from
psychological operations regiments, uniquely position special
operations forces for great power competition. While the
Committee recommendation includes the four requested full-time
equivalents (FTE) for the Principal Information Operations
Advisor and five additional FTEs for the Information Operations
Directorate within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, the
Committee believes special operations forces can be more
impactful in the information environment in support of United
States policy objectives. Additional resources to support new
and novel operations are necessary. Therefore, the
recommendation includes an additional $5,000,000 above the
budget request for USSOCOM Information Operations. The
Committee directs the Commander of USSOCOM to submit a detailed
spend plan to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees
not fewer than 30 days prior to the obligation of the funds.
JOINT SPECTRUM CENTER
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide
the House and Senate Appropriations Committees with an update
on the facility chosen for the Joint Spectrum Center's
relocation and the timeline for execution not later than 120
days after the enactment of this Act.
WARTIME OPERATIONAL CONTROL AUTHORITY
The Committee recognizes the central role the alliance
between the United States and the Republic of Korea plays in
maintaining peace and security on the Korean Peninsula and
across the region. As the Department of Defense and the South
Korean Ministry of National Defense evaluate the conditions-
based Operational Control Transition Plan, the Committee
encourages the Secretary of Defense to continue to incorporate
emerging regional threats into the transition process.
THEATER SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND ACTIVITIES
The Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict, in coordination
with the Commander of United States Special Operations Command,
the Service Secretaries, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, to provide a report on the activities of Theater
Special Operations Commands (TSOCs). The report shall be
provided with the fiscal year 2023 budget request submission
and include a detailed accounting of activities performed by
the TSOCs in the preceding year, current fiscal year, and
current budget request submission at the budget line item level
of detail. The report shall include a detailed accounting of
resources allocated by the military Services, United States
Special Operations Command, and the combatant commands.
CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT AND ADAPTATION ROADMAP
The Committee notes the Secretary of Defense is required to
submit a report which contains a list of the top ten most
climate-vulnerable bases within each Service and provides a
cost estimate to mitigate the risks at each of these bases to
the congressional defense committees as directed in House
Report 116-84. The Committee understands that the Department,
in coordination with the Army Corps of Engineers, has completed
the development of a tool to meet this requirement and better
assess exposure to extreme weather and climate impacts. The
Committee understands the Department is near completion of an
updated report and expects the Secretary of Defense to brief
the congressional defense committees on the updated report upon
release. Further, the Committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to make the report available on the Department's
website not later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act.
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REPORT
The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense, in
cooperation with the Secretary of Transportation and the
Secretary of Energy, to evaluate the risks and national
security implications of United States greenhouse gas emissions
on military bases. The Committee recognizes the urgent
necessity of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate the
impacts of global climate change. The Committee expects the
Department of Defense to integrate considerations of climate
impacts into all aspects of military planning and funding. The
Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report
to the congressional defense committees outlining the
Department's plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on
military bases not later than 180 days after the enactment of
this Act. The report shall be categorized by Service and
include a summary of efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
by installation.
ENERGY RESILIENCE AND CONSERVATION
The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to
capitalize on current growth in the fields of energy
efficiency, management, and resiliency, and explore
opportunities to make significant progress towards reducing
energy costs, increasing the use of renewable energy sources,
and reducing carbon emissions. The Department currently
segregates energy into two categories: installation energy,
which is 30 percent of the Department's portfolio, and
operational energy, which is 70 percent of the Department's
portfolio. Only installation energy, encompassing energy for
fixed installations and non-tactical vehicles, is subject to
federal energy management requirements. The Committee directs
the Secretary of Defense to study the implications of applying
federal energy management requirements to both its installation
energy operations as well as its operational energy operations
and to provide a report to the congressional defense committees
not later than 120 days after the enactment of this Act on the
Department's findings. The report should include a study of the
implication of requiring the Department to establish energy
security and resilience metrics to evaluate the Services' and
the combatant commands' energy consumption, carbon footprints,
and progress towards energy conservation.
SUPPORT FOR TRIBAL CONSULTATION AND NATION-TO-NATION RELATIONSHIPS
In January 2021, the Administration issued a Presidential
Memorandum on Tribal Consultation and Strengthening Nation-to-
Nation Relationships. The Memorandum requires all executive
departments and agencies to create a plan of action to
implement Executive Order 13175, which requires federal
agencies to engage in regular, meaningful, and robust
consultation with tribes when developing policies with tribal
implications. The Committee expects the Department of Defense
to begin tribal consultations as soon as possible for any
project that is likely to impact tribal lands, cultural
properties, or treaty rights. The Committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the congressional
defense committees not later than 60 days after the enactment
of this Act which outlines the Department's progress in
implementing its plan of action to adhere to Executive Order
13175.
AUDIT OVERSIGHT
In 2018, the Department of Defense conducted its first
department-wide audit, which revealed significant
technological, security, and organizational deficiencies in the
Department's financial management systems. These deficiencies
prevent the Department from collecting and reporting financial
and performance information that is accurate, reliable, and
timely. The current estimate for the Department to receive a
clean audit opinion is 2027.
The Committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller) to include with the annual Department of Defense
Agency Financial Report an accompanying report that provides a
summary for each component that has not received an unqualified
opinion, the progress being made, the root cause of identified
deficiencies, and the significant outstanding challenges that
remain. The report shall also include, in consultation with the
Chief Information Officer, which information technology systems
are impeding the ability of the Department to achieve an
unqualified audit opinion. The report shall include a detailed
description of the Department's strategy to improve or replace
its information technology systems and implement business
process reengineering initiatives aimed at producing an
accurate, timely, and reliable audit across all the Services.
Further, the report shall include a plan detailing how the
Department will improve tracking of Department assets. The
report shall be made available publicly, with a classified
annex to the congressional defense committees as necessary, at
the time of publication of the annual Department of Defense
Agency Financial Report. Finally, the Committee directs the
Comptroller General to review the Department's audit efforts
and make recommendations for steps the Department should take
to achieve a clean audit opinion before 2027 and provide a
report to the congressional defense committees on its findings
not later than 270 days after the enactment of this Act.
VOTING
The Committee supports the timely distribution of ballots
to all military personnel, including by electronic means, to
ensure they have the opportunity to vote. The Committee
encourages the Secretary of Defense to execute the provisions
of the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act as
efficiently and effectively as possible to ensure
servicemembers receive timely voting ballots.
NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE
The Committee is disturbed by reports of inconsistent
approaches taken by individual states in the execution of the
National Guard Youth Challenge program. The Committee notes the
last review of the program by the Government Accountability
Office was in 2005. Therefore, the Committee directs the
Comptroller General to provide a report to the congressional
defense committees not later than 180 days after the enactment
of this Act that reviews historical trends of the program; the
consistency of mission execution by each of the states; details
of the guidelines and lesson plans by each of the states;
metrics for what is considered a ``successful'' program and
those used to meet that goal; and what, if any, consistent
oversight is being accomplished by the National Guard Bureau,
the Department of Defense or other department or agency.
DEFENSE SECURITY COOPERATION AGENCY PROGRAMS
The Committee recommendation includes $2,113,146,000 for
programs administered by the Defense Security Cooperation
Agency. Section 8146 of the Act requires the Secretary of
Defense to submit a detailed spend plan for these funds, which
shall include amounts planned for each program listed in the
budget justification documents and, for International Security
Cooperation Programs, amounts provided in the prior two fiscal
years and planned for fiscal year 2022 by combatant command,
country, and authority. Amounts in the plan shall only reflect
amounts requested in the fiscal year 2022 budget justification
materials as modified by this Act. A similar document with
requested amounts shall also be provided to the House and
Senate Appropriations Committees concurrent with the fiscal
year 2023 budget submission.
The Committee recommendation includes $1,138,150,000 for
International Security Cooperation Programs, $87,244,000 above
the budget request. This includes $165,000,000 for programs
with countries in the Africa Command area of responsibility,
$59,571,000 above the request; $90,000,000 for programs with
Jordan, $12,699,000 above the request; and $150,000,000 for the
Baltic Security Initiative, $45,140,000 above the request. The
Committee directs that not less than such amounts be specified
in the spend plan. The recommendation also supports
International Security Cooperation Programs with countries in
the Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility, including for
maritime security programs.
The Committee is concerned by Russia's aggressive actions
this year, including increased deployment of troops in the
border region with Ukraine and the restriction of navigation in
the Black Sea. The Committee continues to support the defense
of Ukraine by providing $275,000,000 for the Ukraine Security
Assistance Initiative, $25,000,000 above the budget request.
The Committee expects the Secretary of Defense to obligate
funds in a timely manner and continues to include legislative
language requiring the Secretary to inform the congressional
defense committees if funds have not been obligated 60 days
after a notification is submitted. The Committee directs that
congressional notifications submitted for International
Security Cooperation Programs and the Ukraine Security
Assistance Initiative specify the fiscal year, whether funds
support ongoing or new programs, and the duration and expected
cost over the life of each program.
The Committee encourages the Government of Ukraine to
continue to adopt reforms in the defense sector, including in
the areas of capability-based planning, defense industry and
procurement, human resources management, democratic civilian
control of the military, and establishing a process to review
foreign direct investments on national security grounds. The
Committee also supports measures to reduce corruption in
Ukraine's security services and directs the Secretary of
Defense to update the report required by House Report 116-84
and to submit it concurrently with the second notification of
funds. The Committee recommendation does not continue an
authority included in prior fiscal years that provides
replacement funds for items provided from the inventory of the
United States as a similar authority is available under the
Economy Act.
The Committee supports increased measures to ensure that
security cooperation programs supported by this Act are
strategic, address clearly defined goals and objectives, and
are integrated with other programs. Accordingly, section 8154
of the Act requires the Secretary of Defense, in cooperation
with the Secretary of State, to submit an integrated security
cooperation strategy for assistance for certain priority
partner countries, including Colombia, Jordan, Mexico, the
Philippines, Tunisia, and Ukraine. Each strategy shall include
an overview of the security relationship between the United
States and the country; a description of the goals, objectives,
and milestones of security cooperation programs and initiatives
supported by the Department of Defense and the Department of
State; a description of how programs complement rather than
duplicate one another; funding by account and program for
fiscal year 2022 and the prior two fiscal years; and a
description of host country capabilities and financial
contributions towards shared security goals. The Secretary
shall consult with the House and Senate Appropriations
Committees not later than 30 days after the enactment of this
Act.
The Committee recommendation includes $6,000,000 for the
Center for Arctic Security Studies, which is in the process of
being established. The Committee believes the work of the
Center should complement and not duplicate the work of other
institutions that focus on arctic issues such as the Woodrow
Wilson's Polar Institute, and expects the Department of Defense
to consider such work as it establishes this Center.
The Committee recommendation does not include funding for
any unit of the Guatemalan Armed Forces that has engaged in a
gross violation of human rights or has misused United States
military assistance, especially by threatening United States or
international personnel in Guatemala. The Committee directs
that any notification for funds for Guatemala include a
description of enhanced end-use agreements and other measures
in place to avoid any misuse of equipment. The Committee
further directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with
the Secretary of State, to submit a report to the House and
Senate Appropriations Committees not later than 45 days after
the enactment of this Act on security cooperation programs with
Guatemala supported by this Act, including a description of the
goals of such programs; how such programs complement those
supported by the Department of State; and information on
measures taken or planned to prevent the misuse of equipment.
The Committee remains interested in Army security force
assistance brigade deployments and directs that any
congressional notification made pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 321 or 10
U.S.C. 333 include a description of the number of individuals
deployed and their training; the amount, type, and purpose of
the training and equipment to be provided to the recipient
country's security forces; the timeline and source of funds;
and how the proposed program fits into the overall security
cooperation goals of the brigade or country.
The Committee is concerned with the recent practice by the
Department of Defense of submitting congressional notifications
for funds that have not been made available by Congress. On
October 8, 2020, the Department submitted a notification for
fiscal year 2021 security cooperation programs totaling
$563,930,000, nearly twice the amount available under the
continuing resolution. A second notification was submitted on
December 9, 2020 for fiscal year 2021 funds totaling
$228,145,000. These notifications also proposed to obligate
funds for new programs during the continuing resolution period.
The Committee expects the Department to discontinue this
practice, which prejudges congressional action on
appropriations.
The Committee notes the significant unobligated balances
from prior year appropriations and the Committee recommendation
includes a rescission of some of these funds. The Committee
directs that such funds are not derived from congressional
priorities, including programs increased by fiscal year 2021
appropriations, and directs the Secretary of Defense to consult
with the House and Senate Appropriations Committees not later
than 30 days after the enactment of this Act.
The Committee appreciates the Department's in-depth
briefings provided to the Committee on certain country
programs, which contribute to congressional oversight, help
clarify congressional intent regarding program execution, and
increases comity between the executive and legislative branches
of government. At the same time, the Committee is concerned
about organizational changes made to the Defense Security
Cooperation Agency without congressional approval or oversight.
In April 2021, the agency informed the Committee that it had
undergone a reorganization, executed outside of the budget
cycle and without consultation with Congress or key
stakeholders. The Committee expects the Director of the Defense
Security Cooperation Agency to consult with the House and
Senate Appropriations Committees prior to making any further
changes.
DIGITAL PROTECTION
The Committee understands that protecting military
personnel from a variety of social media crimes such as fraud,
spoofing, or phishing is critically important as criminals and
other nefarious actors attempt to use social media networks to
try to commit fraud, harm military personnel, or spread
disinformation. The Committee encourages the Under Secretary of
Defense for Intelligence and Security to consider creating a
Digital Persona Protection pilot program to protect military
personnel from these digital scams and the spread of
disinformation.
OFFICE OF SPECIAL NEEDS
The Committee recognizes that military families with
special needs face unique challenges and that, to assist these
families, each Service implements its own program. In 2018, the
Government Accountability Office found that variations in the
support provided to military family members with special
medical and educational needs through the Department of Defense
Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) led to potential gaps
in assistance. The Committee recognizes the value of community
partners to provide vital support and coordination services to
military personnel and their families and urges the Service
Secretaries to continue partnering with leading non-profit
organizations aimed at addressing the broad range of services
required by individuals with special needs. The Committee
encourages the Director of the Department of Defense Office of
Community Support for Families with Special Needs and the
leader of each Service Exceptional Family Member Program to
establish partnerships with nonprofit organizations that offer
coordinated and tracked services for individuals with special
needs that focus on providing comprehensive, integrated
medical, and nonmedical services for individuals with special
needs.
AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $3,327,810,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 3,045,341,000
Change from budget request............................ -282,469,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,045,341,000
for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund which will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2022:
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Budget Committee Change from
Request Recommendation Request
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AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY............................................... 1,110,234 1,108,416 -1,818
Sustainment.................................................... 1,053,668 1,053,668
Infrastructure................................................. 1,818 0
Program decrease........................................... -1,818
Equipment and Transportation................................... 22,911 22,911
Training and Operations........................................ 31,837 31,837
AFGHAN NATIONAL POLICE............................................. 517,331 517,331 0
Sustainment.................................................... 440,628 440,628
Equipment and Transportation................................... 38,551 38,551
Training and Operations........................................ 38,152 38,152
AFGHAN AIR FORCE................................................... 758,340 807,751 49,411
Sustainment.................................................... 562,056 562,056
Equipment and Transportation................................... 26,600 76,011
Program increase--light attack support aircraft replacement 49,411
Training and Operations........................................ 169,684 169,684
AFGHAN SPECIAL SECURITY FORCES..................................... 941,905 941,905 0
Sustainment.................................................... 685,176 685,176
Equipment and Transportation................................... 78,962 78,962
Training and Operations........................................ 177,767 177,767
UNDISTRIBUTED REDUCTION............................................ 0 -330,062 -330,062
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TOTAL, AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND........................ 3,327,810 3,045,341 -282,469
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AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND
The Committee honors the service and sacrifices made by
United States servicemembers over the nearly two decades of war
in Afghanistan. The Committee also expresses its gratitude to
international allies and partners for their important
contributions to Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation
Freedom's Sentinel. Finally, the Committee recognizes the
sacrifices made by the Afghan Security Forces and Afghan
citizens in defense of their country.
The Committee recommendation provides the financial
resources necessary for the Afghan Security Forces to sustain
combat and counterterrorism operations. The Committee continues
to monitor the ongoing conflict and the retrograde of the
United States military and will consider the appropriate level
of resources as the situation on the ground evolves. The
Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide quarterly
briefings on the status of the conflict to the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees.
The United States has a responsibility to Afghans who,
often at great risk, have supported the mission in Afghanistan,
and the Committee supports efforts to ensure that they are
afforded a path to safety, including through the Afghan Special
Immigrant Visa program. However, the Committee is concerned
with the backlog of current applications and urges the
Secretary of Defense to review and improve the Department of
Defense's contribution to this process. Furthermore, and in
light of the Department's unique security and logistical
capabilities, the Committee recommendation provides $25,000,000
to the Department of Defense to provide transport and safe
passage to Afghans who have provided faithful and valuable
service to the United States and who are under serious threat.
The Committee expects the Secretary to use this authority and
funding in relation to the dynamic security environment.
The Committee recommendation continues to include
legislative language that provides that funds appropriated
under this heading may only be obligated if the Secretary of
Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, certifies
in writing to the congressional defense committees that such
forces are controlled by a civilian, representative government
that is committed to protecting human rights and women's rights
and preventing terrorists and terrorist groups from using the
territory of Afghanistan to threaten the security of the United
States and its allies. The Committee directs that the
certification include a written justification and be submitted
prior to the first notification of funds provided under this
heading.
The Committee continues to be concerned with the proper
oversight of funds, particularly given the challenges of
administering programs from over-the-horizon locations.
Accordingly, the Committee recommendation includes new
legislative language requiring that funds may only be obligated
after the Secretary of Defense certifies in writing to the
congressional defense committees that a program is in place to
monitor, evaluate, and oversee such funds. The certification
shall include a detailed description of the program, including
measures to ensure that supplies and equipment are reaching
their intended recipients and used for their intended purposes,
and any other measures to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse.
The Committee recommendation does not include funding for
major capital projects, major upgrades, infrastructure, or the
procurement of new systems. The recommendation includes funding
for Afghanistan Army personnel in line with historical levels
rather than authorized levels. The recommendation does not
include funding requested for the Ministry of Defense Advisors
Program, which is instead funded under Operation and
Maintenance, Defense-Wide, for the Defense Security Cooperation
Agency. The Committee supports ongoing efforts to transition
Afghanistan Security Forces costs from the United States to the
Government of Afghanistan, and the recommendation assumes the
transition of an increasing portion of costs related to fuel
and facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization.
The Committee recommendation fully funds the request for
the Afghanistan Personnel and Pay System and continues to
include legislative language that requires that funding only be
used to pay personnel who are enrolled in the system. The
recommendation also includes funding for items to reduce
Afghanistan Security Forces casualties, including equipment for
explosive ordnance disposal and to counter improvised explosive
devices. The recommendation also provides funding for the
Afghanistan Air Force to replace three light attack support
aircraft.
The Committee recommendation provides not less than
$20,000,000 for the recruitment and retention of women in the
Afghanistan National Security Forces, and the recruitment and
training of female security personnel. The Committee directs
the Secretary of Defense to submit an updated report to the
congressional defense committees describing the proposed use of
such funds, including programmatic details, personnel targets,
and other goals and objectives to be achieved with this
funding. The Committee directs that the report be submitted
concurrently with the submission of the first notification of
funds provided under this heading.
The Administration has stated the intent to continue the
counterterrorism mission in Afghanistan by establishing over-
the-horizon logistics and counterterrorism platforms. The
Department has provided several updates to the Committee, but
they lack clarity on the scope and cost of future operations.
Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
brief the House and Senate Appropriations Committees not later
than 30 days after the enactment of this Act on plans to
establish over-the-horizon platforms, including the number of
United States personnel necessary to carry out these missions;
basing agreements and arrangements with host countries; a
description of the authorities used to conduct these
operations; and costs during the current fiscal year and
requested for fiscal year 2022, by program, account, and
activity.
The Committee notes that the Department of Defense has not
complied with reporting requirements included under this
heading in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2021,
and directs that such reports be submitted not later than 30
days after the enactment of this Act.
COUNTER-ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $522,000,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 500,000,000
Change from budget request............................ -22,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $500,000,000
for the Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund which will provide
the following program in fiscal year 2022:
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Budget Committee Change from
Request Recommended Request
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Iraq Train and Equip............................................... 345,000 345,000 0
Syria Train and Equip.............................................. 177,000 155,000 -22,000
Program decrease............................................... -22,000
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TOTAL, COUNTER-ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND....................... 522,000 500,000 -22,000
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COUNTER-ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND
The Committee recommendation supports the Iraqi Security
Forces, Kurdish Peshmerga, and the Syrian Democratic Forces to
participate in activities to counter the Islamic State of Iraq
and Syria (ISIS). The Committee recommendation includes
$345,000,000 to counter ISIS in Iraq, including stipend support
to the Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs, if necessary, to ensure
the Peshmerga's continued ability to conduct operations against
ISIS. The Committee expects that future budget requests will
provide a glidepath for stipend support while continuing
training, equipment, and sustainment. The Committee also notes
that continued insecurity in northern Iraq has hindered the
return of religious minorities and encourages a focus on
programs that increase security in these areas.
The Committee recommendation includes $155,000,000 to
counter ISIS in Syria. The Committee continues to require that
the Secretary of Defense ensure elements are appropriately
vetted and receiving commitments that they promote respect for
human rights and the rule of law.
The Committee directs that congressional notifications for
funds provided under this heading include a description of the
amount, type, and purpose of assistance to be funded, and the
recipient of the assistance; the budget and implementation
timeline, with anticipated delivery schedule for assistance;
and a description of any material misuse of assistance since
the last notification was submitted, along with a description
of any remedies taken by the Department of Defense. The
Committee also directs the Secretary of Defense to consult with
the House and Senate Appropriations Committees prior to
submitting any notification for construction for facility
fortification.
The Committee supports efforts to normalize the security
relationship with Iraq. In line with expected progress to
normalize security assistance, the Committee recommendation
reduces funding requested under Operation and Maintenance, Air
Force, for the Office of Security Cooperation-Iraq.
No funds were requested for the Badr Organization or for
the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces and none are provided by
this Act.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $3,000,635,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 2,992,135,000
Change from budget request............................ -8,500,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,992,135,000
for Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve which will provide
the following program in fiscal year 2022:
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $1,148,698,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 1,147,698,000
Change from budget request............................ -1,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,147,698,000
for Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve which will provide
the following program in fiscal year 2022:
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $285,050,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 286,550,000
Change from budget request............................ +1,500,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $286,550,000
for Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $3,352,106,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 3,335,606,000
Change from budget request............................ -16,500,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,335,606,000
for Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $7,647,209,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 7,617,209,000
Change from budget request............................ -30,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $7,617,209,000
for Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $6,574,020,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 6,568,750,000
Change from budget request............................ -5,270,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,568,750,000
for Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $15,589,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 15,589,000
Change from budget request............................ - - -
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $15,589,000
for the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $200,806,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 251,008,000
Change from budget request............................ +50,202,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $251,008,000
for Environmental Restoration, Army.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $298,250,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 372,813,000
Change from budget request............................ +74,563,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $372,813,000
for Environmental Restoration, Navy.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $301,768,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 377,210,000
Change from budget request............................ +75,442,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $377,210,000
for Environmental Restoration, Air Force.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $8,783,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 10,979,000
Change from budget request............................ +2,196,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $10,979,000
for Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED DEFENSE SITES
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $218,580,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 292,580,000
Change from budget request............................ +74,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $292,580,000
for Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites. The
Committee expects the Secretary of Defense and the Service
Secretaries to execute the Military Munitions Response Program
in a manner consistent with the budget request.
OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $110,051,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 150,051,000
Change from budget request............................ +40,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $150,051,000
for Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid, which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Budget Committee Change from
Request Recommended Request
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FOREIGN DISASTER RELIEF............................................ 20,000 25,000 5,000
Program increase............................................... 5,000
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE............................................ 75,051 102,551 27,500
Program increase............................................... 27,500
HUMANITARIAN MINE ACTION PROGRAM................................... 15,000 22,500 7,500
Program increase............................................... 7,500
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TOTAL, OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID.......... 110,051 150,051 40,000
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OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a
spend plan to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees
not later than 45 days after the enactment of this Act for the
Humanitarian Assistance and the Humanitarian Mine Action
Program. The plan shall include amounts planned for each
combatant command, country, and program area, as well as a
comparison to funding provided in the previous two fiscal
years. The Committee further directs that such information be
included in the justification materials that accompany the
fiscal year 2023 budget request.
The Committee is concerned that humanitarian assistance
shipping programs have reduced shipments to areas of need,
particularly in Africa and Asia. The Committee directs the
Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees not later than 90 days after the
enactment of this Act on measures to ensure the equitable
distribution of humanitarian assistance across countries in
need, including assistance that supports basic education.
COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $239,849,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 344,849,000
Change from budget request............................ +105,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $344,849,000
for the Cooperative Threat Reduction Account which will provide
the following program in fiscal year 2022:
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Budget Committee Change from
Request Recommended Request
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Strategic Offensive Arms Elimination............................... 2,997 2,997 0
Chemical Weapons Destruction....................................... 13,250 13,250 0
Global Nuclear Security............................................ 17,767 17,767 0
Biological Threat Reduction Program................................ 124,022 229,022 105,000
Program increase--Biological Threat Reduction Program.......... 105,000
Proliferation Prevention Program................................... 58,754 58,754 0
Other Assessments/Admin Costs...................................... 23,059 23,059 0
TOTAL, COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT.................... 239,849 344,849 105,000
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COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAM
The Committee supports the biological threat reduction
program and its crucial role in detecting, preparing for, and
fighting emerging global diseases, including pandemics, as well
as reducing the proliferation of biological weapons and related
technologies and expertise. The Committee recommendation
includes $229,022,000, an increase of $105,000,000 above the
budget request, to expand the program's cooperation with
partner nations to improve biosafety and biosecurity and
surveillance of potentially dangerous disease outbreaks. The
Committee directs the Director of the Defense Threat Reduction
Agency to submit a plan to the congressional defense committees
not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act
detailing specific projects and activities that will be
conducted in fiscal year 2022 and the associated metrics to
evaluate the effectiveness of the program.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $54,679,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 54,679,000
Change from budget request............................ - - -
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $54,679,000
for the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development
Account.
TITLE III
PROCUREMENT
The fiscal year 2022 Department of Defense procurement
budget request totals $132,546,005,000. The Committee
recommendation provides $134,288,195,000 for the procurement
accounts. The table below summarizes the Committee
recommendations:
REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR ACQUISITION ACCOUNTS
The Secretary of Defense is directed to continue to follow
the reprogramming guidance as specified in the report
accompanying the House version of the Department of Defense
Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2008 (House Report 110-
279). Specifically, the dollar threshold for reprogramming
funds shall be $10,000,000 for procurement and research,
development, test and evaluation.
Also, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is
directed 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. Reports for titles III and IV shall comply with the
guidance specified in the explanatory statement accompanying
the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006. The
Department 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.
FUNDING INCREASES
The funding increases outlined in these tables shall be
provided only for the specific purposes indicated in the
tables.
PROCUREMENT SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS
Items for which additional funds have been recommended or
items for which funding is specifically reduced as shown in the
project level tables detailing recommended adjustments or in
paragraphs using the phrase ``only for'' or ``only to'' in this
report are congressional special 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,
as specifically addressed elsewhere in this report.
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $2,806,452,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 3,215,131,000
Change from budget request............................ +408,679,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,215,131,000
for Aircraft Procurement, Army which will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2022:
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $3,556,251,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 3,496,591,000
Change from budget request............................ -59,660,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,496,591,000
for Missile Procurement, Army which will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2022:
PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES, ARMY
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $3,875,893,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 3,811,616,000
Change from budget request............................ -64,277,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,811,616,000
for Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army
which will provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:
MK93 MACHINE GUN MOUNT
The Committee encourages the Secretary of the Army to
include funding for the MK93 machine gun mount upgrade in
future budget requests, as well as details on the Army's plan
to develop and deploy the previously funded soft-mount upgrade.
This capability improves existing systems and supports Army
modernization investments that rely on the performance of the
MK93 mount.
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $2,158,110,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 2,243,933,000
Change from budget request............................ +85,823,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,243,933,000
for Procurement of Ammunition, Army which will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2022:
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $8,873,558,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 8,537,213,000
Change from budget request............................ -336,345,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $8,537,213,000
for Other Procurement, Army which will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2022:
GENERAL FUND ENTERPRISE BUSINESS SYSTEM
The Army financial environment involves multiple financial
systems at various stages of modernization. Only one of the
Army systems currently is auditable and none of the systems can
accomplish the broader Planning, Programming, Budget, and
Execution (PPBE) process that is a fundamental part of the
Department of Defense's financial environment. With the recent
direction to migrate to the cloud to improve performance, it is
prudent to investigate alternative solutions that could offer
both a broader portfolio of capabilities and greater potential
to accomplish the fundamental task of achieving auditability
for the Army.
The Committee directs the Secretary of the Army, in
coordination with the Army Chief Information and Financial
Officers, to provide a report to the congressional defense
committees not later than 90 days after the enactment of this
Act which provides a detailed analysis of alternatives (AoA)
regarding the General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS).
The AoA shall compare GFEBS to other financial systems within
the Department of Defense, including comparisons to audit
compliance; business process support; total ownership cost;
data dominance capability; planning and budgeting; analytics;
support to the PPBE process; and compliance with federal
financial governance requirements. The AoA shall also include a
comparison of Enterprise Resource Planning cloud leaders that
hold existing Department of Defense authorizations, have a
roadmap for required federal financials functionality as a
potential solution, and support a common data model for
finance, personnel, supply chain management, and procurement.
ACTIVE HEARING PROTECTION
The Committee recognizes that military hearing loss and
auditory injuries continue to occur during training events and
combat operations. Active hearing protection can minimize
training and battlefield hearing loss, improve overall
situational awareness, and increase mission effectiveness,
safety, and survivability. The Committee recommendation
includes an increase of $10,000,000 to acquire commercial-off-
the-shelf advanced, active hearing protection products
evaluated to protect the hearing of soldiers.
TACTICAL WHEELED VEHICLE ACQUISITION
The Committee notes that the strategic posture of the
tactical wheeled vehicle (TWV) industrial base is an important
national security priority and encourages the Secretary of the
Army to develop a long-term acquisition strategy that
articulates requirements and resources needed to support multi-
domain operations in future conflicts. The Army's Joint Light
Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) is expected to remain in the inventory
for the next 20 years, and the Committee supports the Army's
decision for a full-and-open competitive process to help
accelerate cost savings, capability upgrades, and lifecycle
sustainment improvements. The Committee encourages the
Secretary of the Army to consider the potential benefits of
alternative competitive acquisition strategies as part of the
JLTV recompete and any future competitive TWV programs to
support the long-term viability for a competitive TWV
industrial base.
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $16,477,178,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 16,998,875,000
Change from budget request............................ +521,697,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$16,998,875,000 for Aircraft Procurement, Navy which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:
ADVANCED HELICOPTER TRAINING SYSTEM
The Committee notes that the Navy is replacing the outdated
TH-57 helicopter training system with the Advanced Helicopter
Training System and believes that the Department of the Navy
must continue to rapidly field modern rotary training platforms
to help ensure that the next generation of naval aviators
remains skilled and proficient in conducting sustained air
support operations while deployed worldwide. The Committee
encourages the Secretary of the Navy to adequately resource the
Advanced Helicopter Training System in future defense budget
submissions.
NAVY ADVERSARY AIRCRAFT FOR TRAINING PURPOSES
The Committee is aware of the growing requirement for near-
peer representative air-to-air training using aggressor
aircraft with capabilities similar to that of advanced
adversaries. Although the Committee is supportive of and
commends recent efforts to increase capabilities of aircraft
assigned to aggressor squadrons, there are remaining concerns
about the continued use of some legacy aircraft to carry out
this mission in the long-term. The Committee directs the
Secretary of the Navy to submit a report to the congressional
defense committees not later than 90 days after the enactment
of this Act which provides a description of the current air
aggressor fleet, an identification of any risk incurred by the
continued use of legacy aircraft, and a plan to complete the
transition of all Navy Reserve aggressor squadrons to a more
capable aircraft fleet over a ten-year period.
WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $4,220,705,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 3,718,711,000
Change from budget request............................ -501,994,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,718,711,000
for Weapons Procurement, Navy which will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2022:
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $988,018,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 879,388,000
Change from budget request............................ -108,630,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $879,388,000
for Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:
SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $22,571,059,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 23,486,398,000
Change from budget request............................ +915,339,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$23,486,398,000 for Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy which
will provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:
DDG-51 FLIGHT III DESTROYER
The Committee is dismayed by the Navy's decision to remove
one DDG-51 Flight III Destroyer from the planned fiscal year
2022 budget request. For the second consecutive fiscal year,
the Navy has chosen to remove a major ship procurement from the
budget request rather than make difficult funding decisions in
a fiscally constrained environment. This represents a troubling
trend of underfunding ship acquisition programs and then
requesting the removed ship as the highest priority on the
unfunded priority list. Furthermore, removing the ship from the
budget request breaks the program's multi-year procurement
contract, which adversely impacts the already fragile domestic
shipbuilding industrial base. Therefore, the Committee
recommendation reduces multiple Navy programs to include an
additional $1,500,000,000 for a second DDG-51 Destroyer.
Further, the Committee notes that the current multi-year
procurement contract for the DDG-51 Flight III destroyer ends
in fiscal year 2022 and that the Navy has already delayed the
detail design and construction schedule of the planned follow-
on program until no earlier than fiscal year 2026. The
Committee believes that a follow-on multi-year procurement
contract beginning in fiscal year 2023 may be a prudent plan to
ensure a smooth shipbuilding manufacturing and design
industrial base transition from the DDG-51 to the follow-on
large surface combatant.
ICEBREAKERS
The Committee understands that the Coast Guard is expanding
its fleet of polar icebreakers but is disappointed that the
Navy has not also considered purchasing either new or used
icebreakers. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to
submit a report to the congressional defense committees not
later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act which
details the Navy's plan to address this capability requirement
in fiscal year 2022 and the future years defense program.
CVN-81 ELECTROMAGNETIC AIRCRAFT LAUNCHING SYSTEM AND ADVANCED ARRESTING
GEAR ACQUISITION STRATEGY
The Committee is concerned by the continued delays in the
Navy's approval of the acquisition strategy for the
Electromagnetic Aircraft Launching System and Advanced
Arresting Gear for CVN-81. The National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2018 authorized a dual-hull buy which
allowed for equipment and shipsets to be procured earlier in
the acquisition of CVN-80 and CVN-81, with a goal of realizing
significant savings. However, the three-year delay in approving
an acquisition strategy and contracting for these main mission
components of the carrier is causing a disruption to the
production and manufacturing processes of these essential
components, impacting the construction and increasing the cost
growth of CVN-81. The Committee encourages the Secretary of the
Navy to prioritize consideration and approval of an acquisition
strategy to procure these components.
RETIREMENT OF OHIO-CLASS GUIDED MISSILE SUBMARINES
The Committee notes the delicate balance of timing between
the retirement of OHIO-class guided missile submarines with the
delivery and fielding of the new COLUMBIA-class submarines and
wants to ensure that undersea capabilities will not be
adversely impacted. The Committee directs the Secretary of the
Navy to submit a report to the congressional defense committees
not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act which
identifies the timeline of OHIO-class guided missile submarine
retirements and how their mission capabilities will be
replaced, including how the COLUMBIA-class submarines will
integrate into existing military installations.
AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS
The Committee understands that the Navy has not yet entered
into a contract for the procurement of three San Antonio-class
amphibious ships and one America-class amphibious ship as
authorized by Section 124 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2021. The Committee encourages the
Secretary of the Navy to expeditiously enter into such a
contract in order to take advantage of cost savings provided by
contracting for more than one ship at a time. The Committee
directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit a report to the
congressional defense committees not later than 60 days after
the enactment of this Act which outlines the Navy's acquisition
plan for these amphibious ships.
OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $10,875,912,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 10,451,162,000
Change from budget request............................ -424,750,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$10,451,162,000 for Other Procurement, Navy which will provide
the following program in fiscal year 2022:
PRIVATE CONTRACTED SHIP MAINTENANCE
The Committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to continue
to provide the quarterly reports regarding private contracted
ship maintenance as directed in House Report 116-453.
CENTRIFUGE PURIFIERS
The Committee is concerned by the dependence on one
manufacturer for centrifuge purifiers in the surface combatant
program, despite the use of multiple suppliers for this same
equipment in non-surface combatant ships. Dependence on a
single manufacturer for critical equipment introduces risk,
potential cost growth, technology obsolescence, and potential
delays for ship construction and maintenance. The Committee
recommendation includes $1,000,000 for the Navy to complete a
final review and approval for additional centrifuge purifier
providers for surface combatant ships. The Committee directs
the Secretary of the Navy to submit a report to the
congressional defense committees not later than 90 days after
the enactment of this Act on the status of final review and
approval of additional suppliers of centrifuge purifiers for
surface combatants.
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $3,043,091,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 2,835,365,000
Change from budget request............................ -207,726,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,835,365,000
for Procurement, Marine Corps which will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2022:
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $15,727,669,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 16,628,047,000
Change from budget request............................ +900,378,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$16,628,047,000 for Aircraft Procurement, Air Force which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:
C-130J RESERVE COMPONENT BASING
The Committee has provided funding in recent fiscal years
to recapitalize Air National Guard (ANG) and Air Force Reserve
(AFR) C-130H aircraft with new C-130J aircraft. The Committee
has provided this funding on the presumption that the Air Force
will utilize its established strategic basing process to
determine which units and locations will receive these new
aircraft as they are made available. This process was described
in a recent report to Congress by the Secretary of the Air
Force as deliberate, repeatable, standardized, and transparent.
The Committee finds that recent basing actions by the Air Force
have weakened the qualities of standardization and transparency
in this process. The Committee has operated with the
understanding that the Air Force would, at minimum, not
announce preferred alternatives for C-130J basing unless all
the aircraft required to equip each unit and location in
question had been funded by enacted appropriations legislation.
However, the November 2020 announcement of the preferred
alternative for the location known as Main Operating Base 6 was
made prior to funds for aircraft to equip that location being
made available. The Air Force has defended that decision as
preparatory based on high confidence that the funds would be
enacted. However, the timing of the announcement was not
necessitated by such considerations and had the effect of
prejudicing congressional deliberations on pending legislation.
The announcement also contradicted other communications to the
Committee regarding the proper timing of C-130J basing
decisions.
In order to restore standardization and transparency to the
C-130J basing process, the Committee directs the Secretary of
the Air Force to submit a report to the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees clarifying when it is appropriate to
initiate or announce each major decision point in the strategic
basing process for C-130J aircraft appropriated for the ANG and
AFR, as well as clarifying which offices hold responsibility
for such decisions within the Department of the Air Force. This
report shall be submitted to the Committees not later than
September 30, 2021.
In addition, the Committee is concerned that the strategic
basing process does not consider unit readiness and performance
metrics for existing Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve
C-130H units in the basing criteria. The Committee understands
that in some cases a unit's performance can be affected by the
age and condition of its C-130H aircraft but can also be
indicative of effective maintenance and management of the
fleet, and believes that the Air Force should take unit
performance metrics such as mission capable rate into account.
Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force
to submit a report on the extent to which unit-controllable
readiness and performance factors are, or could be, factored
into strategic basing criteria for reserve component C-130J
basing. This report shall be submitted to the congressional
defense committees not later than 90 days after the enactment
of this Act.
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $2,669,811,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 2,529,462,000
Change from budget request............................ -140,349,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,529,462,000
for Missile Procurement, Air Force which will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2022:
AIR-LAUNCHED RAPID RESPONSE WEAPON
The budget request includes $160,850,000 to procure the
first twelve Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW)
hypersonic missiles in support of a rapid fielding program.
This rapid fielding initiative overlaps, and presumes the
success of, the ARRW rapid prototyping program. The Committee
fully funds the ARRW rapid prototyping program in the Research,
Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force account. The
Committee notes that the flight test regimen for the rapid
prototyping program has become increasingly delayed and
compressed, increasing the concurrency risk to the first
production lot of weapons funded in this account. The Air Force
plans to address discoveries in the remaining flight tests with
engineering change orders that are funded here. Due to the
increased risk, the Committee recommends a reduction of
$44,000,000, an amount approximately equal to four missiles, to
the request while noting that the rapid prototyping effort
intends to provide up to four all-up round missiles as a
residual early operational capability. Should the prototyping
flight tests result in minimal discoveries, rendering the
budgeted funds for engineering change orders excess to need,
the Committee supports the use of these funds to procure
missiles above the eight funded in this recommendation by
utilizing buy-to-budget authority.
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $795,168,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 672,321,000
Change from budget request............................ -122,847,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $672,321,000
for Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force which will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2022:
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $25,251,137,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 25,292,801,000
Change from budget request............................ +41,664,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$25,292,801,000 for Other Procurement, Air Force which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:
PROCUREMENT, SPACE FORCE
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $2,766,854,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 2,741,708,000
Change from budget request............................ -25,146,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,741,708,000
for Procurement, Space Force which will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2022:
NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense and the
Director of National Intelligence to utilize the Space Force
launch enterprise for National Security Space Launch-class
missions unless the Secretary of Defense and, if appropriate,
the Director of National Intelligence, certify to the
congressional defense and intelligence committees that an
alternative launch procurement approach for a designated
mission is in the national security and financial interest of
the government, and provide a cost analysis and any other
rationale for such a determination.
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE WIDE
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $5,548,212,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 5,413,546,000
Change from budget request............................ -134,666,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,413,546,000
for Procurement, Defense-Wide which will provide the following
program in fiscal year 2022:
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $340,927,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 385,927,000
Change from budget request............................ +45,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $385,927,000
for the Defense Production Act Purchases which will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2022:
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Budget Committee Change from
Request Recommended Request
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DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES 340,927 385,927 45,000
Program increase--rare earth supply chain...................... 40,000
Program increase--manufacturing of shipbuilding components..... 5,000
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TOTAL, DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES.................... 340,927 385,927 45,000
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DOMESTIC LOW-COST TITANIUM PRODUCTION
Titanium is critical to aerospace, ground vehicle, and
weapon system applications because of its relatively high
strength, corrosive resistance, and lightweight properties. The
Committee understands that the availability of domestically
manufactured, low-cost titanium can greatly improve the
performance and capabilities of warfighting assets and United
States competitiveness and reduce commercial reliance on Russia
and China. The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to
support investments through the Defense Production Act to
assist in the creation of an alternative supply chain to
produce non-aerospace titanium using proven low-cost production
methods. Such investments will reduce risk for the defense
industrial base by assisting with production and reducing
supply risk for non-aerospace customers allowing for production
of low-cost, non-aerospace titanium.
RARE EARTH SUPPLY CHAIN ACTIVITIES
The Committee recommendation includes an increase of
$40,000,000 for rare earth supply chain activities and
encourages the Secretary of Defense to adequately fund, and
accelerate, existing commercial light rare earth separation and
processing initiatives. The Committee directs the Secretary of
Defense to submit a report to the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees not later than 30 days after the
enactment of this Act on the plan for executing the additional
funding.
RECYCLING OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS
The Committee notes that the recycling of industrial waste
streams is a promising way to recover rare earth elements and
critical minerals of national security importance. Portions of
industrial waste are exported to China to be reprocessed,
leaving the United States unable to access valuable commodities
of strategic importance. The Committee encourages the Secretary
of Defense to coordinate with the Secretary of Energy, the
Secretary of Commerce, and academic institutions to support the
research and development of recycling of rare earth elements
and critical minerals in industrial waste streams.
NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... - - -
Committee recommendation.............................. $950,000,000
Change from budget request............................ +950,000,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $950,000,000
for the National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account.
NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT
The Committee recommends $950,000,000 for the National
Guard and Reserve Equipment Account. Of that amount,
$285,000,000 is for the Army National Guard; $285,000,000 is
for the Air National Guard; $155,000,000 is for the Army
Reserve; $52,500,000 is for the Navy Reserve; $17,500,000 is
for the Marine Corps Reserve; and $155,000,000 is for the Air
Force Reserve to meet urgent equipment needs in the coming
fiscal year.
This funding will allow the National Guard and reserve
components to procure high priority equipment used by these
components for both their military missions and missions in
support of State governors. The funding within this account is
not to be used to procure equipment designated as high-density
critical equipment, major weapon systems, aircraft, and other
equipment central to a unit's ability to perform its doctrinal
mission. The funding within this account is not to be used to
procure equipment purchased by the senior Service, to expand or
accelerate current Service procurement plans, to purchase
expendable items, or to purchase facilities or equipment for
any requirement able to be satisfied elsewhere.
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to ensure
that the National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account is
executed by the Chiefs of the National Guard and reserve
components with priority consideration given to the following
items: acoustic hailing devices; airborne and ground detect and
avoid systems; containerized ice making systems; aviation
status dashboard; crash-worthy, ballistically tolerant
auxiliary fuel systems; counter-UAS systems; gamma radiation
protection; helmet-mounted display system; hypervisor-based
cross domain access solution; KC-135 aircraft forward area
refueling/defueling stations; mobile solar power units; modular
small arms ranges and small arms training simulators and tools;
radiological screening portals; training systems and
simulators; UH-72A/B S&S mission equipment modernization and
virtual language training systems.
TITLE IV
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION
The fiscal year 2022 Department of Defense research,
development, test and evaluation budget request totals
$111,964,188,000. The Committee recommendation provides
$110,368,824,000 for the research, development, test and
evaluation accounts. The table below summarizes the Committee
recommendations:
REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR ACQUISITION ACCOUNTS
The Secretary of Defense is directed to continue to follow
the reprogramming guidance as specified in the report
accompanying the House version of the Department of Defense
Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2008 (House Report 110-
279). Specifically, the dollar threshold for reprogramming
funds shall be $10,000,000 for procurement and research,
development, test and evaluation.
Also, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is
directed 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. Reports for titles III and IV shall comply with the
guidance specified in the explanatory statement accompanying
the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006. The
Department 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.
FUNDING INCREASES
The funding increases outlined in these tables shall be
provided only for the specific purposes indicated in the
tables.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS
Items for which additional funds have been recommended or
items for which funding is specifically reduced as shown in the
project level tables detailing recommended adjustments or in
paragraphs using the phrase ``only for'' or ``only to'' in this
report are congressional special 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,
as specifically addressed elsewhere in this report.
OTHER TRANSACTION AUTHORITY
The Committee notes the significant increase in use of
Other Transaction Authority (OTA) by the Department of Defense.
In February 2021, the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition and Sustainment reported that the number of OTA
prototype projects more than quadrupled, increasing from 308 in
fiscal year 2016 to 1,434 in fiscal year 2020. Additionally,
the amount of funding obligated using OTAs increased from
$1,400,000,000 to $7,700,000,000, not including an additional
$8,000,000,000 in COVID-related OTAs awarded in fiscal year
2020. While the Committee supports the use of OTA authority
when appropriate, it remains concerned about transparency and
accountability of OTA awards, especially projects carried out
under an OTA consortium model, which accounts for 74 percent of
the obligations in fiscal year 2020. The challenges of using
the consortium model include lack of transparency with
reporting in the Federal Procurement Data System, the presence
of competition for awards by the consortium managers,
accountability of performance, and intellectual property
rights.
The Committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition and Sustainment to submit a report to the
congressional defense committees not later than 120 days after
the enactment of this Act with recommendations to revise
current congressional reporting requirements for OTAs in a
manner that provides greater transparency and accountability
and makes such data available to the public to the maximum
extent practicable.
BOOSTER ENGINE FOR HYPERSONIC WEAPONS PROGRAMS
The Committee notes that a new booster engine, to be used
for both the Navy and Army offensive hypersonic weapons
programs, is being developed as part of the Navy Conventional
Prompt Strike system. The Committee is concerned that the
policy against indemnification for this development may lead to
delays and unanticipated cost increases in both programs. The
Committee encourages the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition and Sustainment to take maximum practicable
advantage of existing statutory authority under Public Law 85-
804 to provide indemnification for large rocket programs
employing ``unusually hazardous'' propulsion systems and to
develop a policy for consistently applying such authority.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... 12,799,645,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 13,381,427,000
Change from budget request............................ +581,782,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$13,381,427,000 for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Army which will provide the following program in fiscal year
2022:
ENTERPRISE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AS A SERVICE
The Army is assessing, evaluating, and deploying commercial
solutions for data transport, end-user device provision, and
cloud services at select installations. The Committee supports
the Army's direction to utilize commercial best practices and
capabilities from multiple vendors and encourages the Secretary
of the Army to expand beyond the current pilot sites to other
Army installations. The Committee directs the Secretary of the
Army to provide a report to the congressional defense
committees not later than 90 days after the enactment of this
Act on the plan for expansion of the Enterprise Information
Technology as a Service (EITaaS) program and efforts to support
a more holistic enterprise approach to take advantage of cost
savings by leveraging a greater number of sites and user
populations. The report shall include a detailed cost model for
the expansion of EITaaS which shall draw comparisons from the
current EITaaS lines of effort to the funding being utilized
from baseline programs.
MICROGRID RELIABILITY AND RESILIENCY RESEARCH
The Committee recognizes the growing need for advanced
microgrid technologies that enhance the reliability and
resiliency of energy systems at Department of Defense
installations and in forward operations environments. The
Committee recommendation includes an additional $10,000,000 to
develop advanced control technologies, maneuverability and
portability innovations for microgrids, and advanced
cybersecurity technologies and protocols.
INTEGRATED PHOTONICS
Integrated photonics provide secured, laser-based
communications, data networking, and weapons system signal
processing capabilities which improve data throughput
performance and reductions in size, weight, and power usage.
The Committee encourages the Secretary of the Army to continue
to invest in this technology which can provide long-term
industrial benefits and improved battlefield communications.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $22,639,362,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 20,694,650,000
Change from budget request............................ -1,944,712,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$20,694,650,000 for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Navy which will provide the following program in fiscal year
2022:
SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM
While the Committee notes that the Navy's Automated Test
and Retest (ATRT) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
Phase III program has made improvements in reducing the time
required to field new capabilities, it remains concerned that
these programs are not properly resourced. The Committee
recommendation includes a total of $37,805,000 for the ATRT
SBIR Phase III program. The Committee supports the use of the
Navy's Digital Integration Support Cell and encourages the
Secretary of the Navy to accelerate the development and
deployment of the Office of Naval Research's Cloud to Edge ATRT
System and Force Level capabilities, to include virtualized
warfare systems and edge analytics on all platforms.
Furthermore, the Committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to
submit a report to the congressional defense committees not
later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act which
outlines an accelerated ATRT program schedule, efficiencies
projected across the enterprise, ATRT demonstrated
technologies, and a SBIR Phase III commercialization plan
compliant with the use of the SBIR awardee when perfecting and
scaling expansions, derivatives, or logical conclusions of
these technologies.
NAVY TECH BRIDGES
The Committee is encouraged by the development and
maintenance of NavalX Tech Bridges which are a connected
network of individuals from industry, academia, and the
Department of Navy that provide access to new technologies
through a variety of existing authorities. The Committee is
encouraged by the collaboration and coordination with non-
traditional defense sector actors as well as continued
partnerships with academia and believe that these partnerships
have the potential to help the Navy transform and innovate.
Open dialogue is critical to ensuring that the Navy meet and
exceed its requirements through innovation and agility. The
Committee encourages the Secretary of the Navy to ensure that
the leadership of the Tech Bridges continue to make acquisition
personnel available at Tech Bridge events so that non-
traditional defense sector companies and higher education
institutions more fully understand the requirements of the
Navy.
UNDERGROUND FUEL STORAGE TANK SAFETY RESEARCH
The Committee remains concerned about the safety of
underground fuel storage tanks commonly used on military
installations by the Department of Defense. The Committee
encourages the Secretary of the Navy to conduct additional
research on the safety of underground fuel storage tanks to
mitigate any risks to drinking water supplies for military
bases and surrounding communities. Research areas should focus
on corrosion evaluation, automated inspection, technical
support for the development and assessment of double-wall
structures and their equivalents, early leak detection, and x-
ray photoelectron spectroscopy to support detailed surface
analysis.
TALENT AND TECHNOLOGY FOR NAVY POWER AND ENERGY SYSTEMS
The Committee supports the Navy's continued investment in
next-generation integrated power and energy systems for future
surface combatant ships. However, technology and workforce gaps
have prevented the Navy from optimally integrating, operating,
and maintaining this important research. The Committee
recommendation includes an increase of $10,500,000 for
workforce talent and technology development efforts in support
of Navy integrated power and energy systems.
INFRARED TELESCOPE TECHNOLOGY
The Committee recognizes the importance of infrared
telescope technology for northern sky surveys in the short-wave
infrared H and K bands, astrophysics observations, Earth
orbital debris, and space traffic management research. The
Committee encourages the Secretary of the Navy to prioritize
research for infrared telescope technology because the
collection of critical stellar data supports future ground- and
space-based defense systems.
ULTRA COMPACT HEAT EXCHANGERS
The Committee believes that the Department of the Navy
would benefit from using ultra-compact heat exchangers in
vehicle fleets and power systems in order to store greater
quantities of heat while using less space and weight compared
to existing technology. The Committee encourages the Secretary
of the Navy to research ultra-compact heat exchangers for use
in future vehicle fleets and power systems.
LIGHTWEIGHT ANTI-CORROSION NANOTECHNOLOGY COATING ENHANCEMENT
The Committee remains concerned about the high cost of
corrosion to Department of Defense assets. The Services,
particularly the Department of the Navy, face complex threats
in the Indo-Pacific region that require military equipment and
infrastructure to be resilient and have maximum operational
availability. The Committee encourages the Secretary of the
Navy to research lightweight, nanotechnology-based technologies
that provide high corrosion resistance which will decrease the
cost of corrosion and increase operational availability of
military equipment and infrastructure.
STERN TUBE SEALS
The Committee remains concerned by data indicating a higher
than desired failure rate of stern tube seals on some classes
of Navy ships. Premature, partial, or complete failure of these
stern tube seals may increase procurement costs, negatively
affect combat readiness, and disrupt the cadence of major
operation and maintenance intervals. The Committee encourages
the Secretary of the Navy to partner with the appropriate
shipyards and industry partners to design, prototype, and test
new seals that are more durable, safe, and cost-effective. New
stern tube seal designs should not require modifications to the
stern tubes of existing classes of ships to ensure a cost-
effective approach to developing and evaluating modernized
seals.
COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
The Committee understands the importance of the littoral
region to Navy operations worldwide and believes that testing
and training must replicate the operational and threat
environments that submarines and unmanned systems are likely to
encounter in these areas. The Committee believes that
additional research of the magnetic, electric, and acoustic
ambient fields in the littoral regions and the development of
predictive techniques to distinguish ships and submarines from
naturally occurring background features would be beneficial for
littoral operations. The Committee encourages the Secretary of
the Navy to conduct additional research in this area.
ACOUSTIC MONITORING FOR THE PROTECTION OF MARINE MAMMALS
The Committee is concerned by the level of incidental takes
of marine mammals in the Navy's Northwest Testing and Training
Activities plan. The Committee encourages the Secretary of the
Navy to use passive acoustic monitoring to detect southern
resident orcas and other marine mammals during all active sonar
training and testing exercises. The Committee also encourages
the Secretary of the Navy to update the Navy's mitigation
measures for testing and training activities to include, but
not be limited to, expanding the no-use range of sonar to 0.5
nautical miles from any orcas or other marine mammals,
incorporate a real-time whale alert system and manned spotter
systems onboard Navy vessels, and establish seasonal
limitations on the use of sonars in traditional whale and other
marine mammal foraging areas.
OVERSIGHT OF SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROJECTS
The Committee is concerned that there may be conflicts of
interest in the oversight of Small Business Innovation Research
(SBIR) projects at Navy Warfare Centers. The Committee directs
the Secretary of the Navy to submit a report to the
congressional defense committees not later than 90 days after
the enactment of this Act that details a plan to mitigate
professional and organizational conflicts of interest in the
oversight of SBIR Projects by Navy Warfare Centers that may
have the same or similar technology development activities or
objectives. The report shall include a plan for the protection
of SBIR awardees' intellectual property and commercialization
opportunities from Warfare Centers that have or may have
competing activities and a plan for establishing partnership
arrangements for Warfare Centers to assist SBIR awardees with
the commercialization of their projects in the defense sector.
ELECTROMAGNETIC RAILGUN PROGRAM
The Committee notes that the fiscal year 2022 budget
request does not include funding for the electromagnetic
railgun program after the Navy has invested in the program for
several years. The Committee recognizes that the development of
a functional railgun has the potential to provide the Navy with
a safe, effective, and significantly less expensive offensive
capability than traditional legacy weapons systems. The
Committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit a report
to the congressional defense committees not later than 90 days
after the enactment of this Act that details the status of the
electromagnetic railgun program. The report shall include, but
not be limited to, the status of the development and testing of
the program, the amount of funding invested to date, the
funding level necessary to achieve a fully functional system in
the future, and the plan to incorporate this program onto Navy
ships.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $39,184,328,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 39,062,352,000
Change from budget request............................ -121,976,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$39,062,352,000 for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Air Force which will provide the following program in fiscal
year 2022:
HYPERSONICS PROTOTYPING
The budget request includes $438,378,000 for hypersonics
prototyping, comprising $238,262,000 for the continuation of
the Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) and $200,116,000
for the new Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM). The
Committee recommendation includes full funding for ARRW and
$190,116,000 for HACM, but also takes action to increase
transparency and oversight. The Committee previously has
expressed concern with the Air Force's budgeting practices for
hypersonics prototyping. The budget request resumes the funding
of simultaneous prototyping efforts within a single budget line
following last year's termination of the Hypersonic
Conventional Strike Weapon (HCSW) effort at the critical design
review. The funds made available by the termination of HCSW
were critical to keeping the ARRW effort on track and
adequately funded. In order to ensure transparency and budget
discipline, the Committee separates the funding for hypersonics
prototyping into two new lines, one for the ARRW effort and one
for the HACM effort. This increases the transparency of funding
and subjects both efforts to normal prior approval
reprogramming requirements.
The ARRW effort will transition to a rapid fielding program
in this budget request. Funding for the rapid fielding of ARRW
is addressed under the heading ``Missile Procurement, Air
Force'' in this report. The Committee understands that the Air
Force intends to decide on proceeding with procurement upon
conclusion of the first of three all-up round flight tests. The
Committee notes and commends the efforts by the Air Force to
keep the Committee informed of the progress of ARRW flight
testing. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force
to notify the congressional defense committees not later than
30 days following the initiation of the first all-up round test
on both the result of that test and whether the result supports
a decision to initiate procurement of the first lot of ARRW
missiles.
GROUND BASED STRATEGIC DETERRENT
The Committee recommendation includes $2,531,602,000 for
the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program, a
reduction of $21,939,000 from the budget request. This
recommendation supports the continuation of GBSD. The
Department of Defense has stressed the ``just in time'' nature
of GBSD to replace the aging Minuteman III weapon system, but
the Committee wishes to stress the equivalent necessity of
controlling costs. The Committee notes that the largest
proportion of not just cost, but cost uncertainty, in the
acquisition of GBSD lies in the procurement phase. Cost growth
beyond affordability targets can drive perturbations in the
schedule as surely as any other facet of the program. Given
that the program has achieved both Milestone B and awarded a
development contract with options for initial lots of
production, the Committee directs the Secretary of the Air
Force to make available to the congressional defense committees
a quarterly brief on the progress of the GBSD program. This
brief shall, at minimum, provide consistent metrics to track
cost and schedule performance by the prime contractor and its
suppliers, the retirement of technical risk, software
development, and progress on efforts to support the
recapitalization of launch facilities, launch control centers,
and other supporting infrastructure. The first such briefing
shall be made available by October 31, 2021, and thereafter
shall be made available not later than 30 days after the close
of each fiscal quarter.
LONG RANGE STANDOFF WEAPON
The Committee recommendation includes $581,042,000 for the
Long Range Standoff Weapon (LRSO) program, a reduction of
$28,000,000 from the budget request. The Committee notes that
the LRSO program achieved a Milestone B decision in May 2021
and is poised to award a contract for the engineering and
manufacturing development phase before the end of fiscal year
2021. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to
make available to the congressional defense committees a
quarterly brief on the progress of the LRSO program. This brief
shall, at minimum, provide consistent metrics to track cost and
schedule performance by the prime contractor and its suppliers,
the retirement of technical risk, and reliability and
maintainability metrics. The first such briefing shall be made
available by October 31, 2021, and thereafter shall be made
available not later than 30 days after the close of each fiscal
quarter.
MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND OVERHAUL TECHNOLOGIES
The Committee is concerned that technologies for advanced
maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) processes are not
keeping pace with the rapid pace of technology development for
weapon systems. As the Air Force increases the development and
procurement of critical platforms, such as the F-35A, the
Committee believes that it should also ensure aircraft and
other systems achieve the highest readiness rates possible. The
Committee encourages the Secretary of the Air Force to make
investment in advanced MRO process technologies and
capabilities a high priority for the manufacturing technology
program.
AIR FORCE SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND PHYSICAL READINESS TRAINING
PROGRAMS
The Committee supports efforts to strengthen the
resiliency, lethality, and readiness of the military and notes
that Special Tactics groups under the Air Force Special
Operations Command have broad mission sets that require unique
physical and mental performance standards. The Committee notes
that previous research has shown that adaption of physical
fitness and human performance programming to the specific
demands of servicemember duties can reduce injury incidence,
optimize physical readiness, and better achieve military
objectives. The Committee believes development of a physical
readiness program aligned with duty-specific tasks is warranted
to improve performance and reduce the likelihood of training-
related injuries. The Committee urges the Secretary of the Air
Force to support research and development of physical readiness
training programs unique to the duty-specific demands of these
Special Tactics groups.
MULTI-FUNCTIONAL AEROSPACE COMPOSITES
The Committee recognizes that the development of scalable
and affordable multi-functional and thermal protection
aerospace composites manufacturing is critical to significant
warfighter capabilities. The Committee encourages the Secretary
of the Air Force to continue partnerships with public
universities to rapidly advance scalable manufacturing of
multi-functional aerospace composites.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, SPACE FORCE
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $11,266,387,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 10,774,318,000
Change from budget request............................ -492,069,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$10,774,318,000 for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Space Force which will provide the following program in fiscal
year 2022:
SPACE FORCE ACQUISITION
The Committee remains concerned that the Air Force has not
taken more aggressive action in addressing longstanding space
acquisition issues and has made little progress in defining
what the Space Force will be doing that is fundamentally
different than when it was a component of the Air Force.
The fiscal year 2022 budget request is the first budget
developed by the Space Force since its establishment, yet it
includes many of the same type of ``big juicy targets'' that
the current Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has
warned against for at least four years. The Space Force lacks a
clear plan which defines its future space architecture and
lacks a strategy for how this architecture will be acquired.
The plans for establishing the new acquisition unit, Space
Systems Command, consist primarily of renaming the Space and
Missile Systems Center and incorporating existing space launch
units. The plan does not resolve the fundamental issues of
overlap and duplication in roles, responsibilities, and
authorities among the various other space acquisition units in
the Department of the Air Force.
The Committee believes the Space Force needs a clear and
concrete vision for its future system architectures, based not
on philosophy but on rigorous technical analysis with
executable plans resourced by realistic budgets. Further, the
Committee believes the current life-cycle based organizational
construct of the Space and Missile Systems Center should be re-
examined and encourages the Secretary of the Air Force to
consider organizing units around mission-based program areas
which correspond to their operational counterparts in Space
Operations Command. The Committee also encourages the Secretary
of the Air Force to simplify the decision chain from program
managers to program executive officers to a service acquisition
executive.
The Committee is aware of the significance of these
challenges and notes the features that differentiate space
acquisition from most other military acquisitions. These
include technical complexity, long development timelines, low
quantities of production, a unique operating environment, and
the degree to which all other military systems fundamentally
rely on space as the integrating utility that enables the joint
force to project power globally and react decisively.
Overseeing and successfully leading an organization
attempting to deliver such technically complex systems is not a
part-time job and should not continue to be so. The Committee
remains concerned that the Department of the Air Force still
does not have a service acquisition executive solely focused on
space programs. The Committee believes the Space Force was
established to bring greater attention and focus to fixing its
acquisition issues because previous attempts to do so did not
produce lasting results. Nevertheless, the Committee remains
hopeful that with strong new leadership and a greater sense of
urgency the Space Force can put its acquisition issues behind
it and deliver the capabilities the nation needs.
Therefore, the Committee urges the Secretary of the Air
Force to seek a space acquisition professional to serve as the
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and
Integration and to accelerate the transition of the service
acquisition executive authority for space programs to this
position at the earliest opportunity. Further, the Committee
directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit to the
congressional defense committees, not later than 60 days after
the enactment of this Act, a report, including a draft mission
directive, which clarifies the roles and responsibilities of
senior civilian and uniformed leaders who have space
responsibilities, a proposed plan for organizing the
acquisition units of the Space Force, and a plan to ensure the
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and
Integration has the resources, responsibilities, and
authorities necessary for success.
SPACE INTEGRATION READINESS REPORT
The Committee notes that the Department of Defense lacks a
comprehensive system for measuring the readiness and extent to
which space-enabled capabilities, such as satellite
communications terminals, Global Positioning System receivers,
and other terminals and user equipment, have actually been
fielded into weapons platforms and systems designed to use such
capabilities. Comprehensive and accurate metrics on the
readiness of space-enabled capabilities actually installed in
the field will help Department leaders make decisions on
priorities for future investment and improve synchronization of
plans between the space segment and the user equipment segment.
Therefore, the Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Space Policy and the Assistant Secretary of the Air
Force for Space Acquisition and Integration to jointly develop,
in consultation with the Service Secretaries, the Under
Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, and the
Director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a recommended approach
to measure and track the readiness of space-capabilities
installed in weapons platforms and other systems fielded. The
draft plan on proposed approaches for a space integration
readiness report shall be provided to the congressional defense
committees not later than 120 days after the enactment of this
Act, with a final plan ready to begin implementation submitted
one year after the enactment of this Act.
NEXT GENERATION OVERHEAD PERSISTENT INFRARED
The Committee remains concerned about the Next Generation
Overhead Persistent Infrared missile warning program. Analysis
by the Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE)
concludes that the schedule to launch the first geosynchronous
satellite by 2025 is unrealistic and that the program's cost
estimate is overly optimistic. In another independent
assessment, the Government Accountability Office (GAO)
concludes that despite early risk reduction activities, the
program faces significant technical and management challenges
that are likely to delay the initial launch by at least a year.
Such delays typically result in cost increases. GAO further
reports that Space Force officials are tracking numerous
schedule risks, while continuing to present stable costs and
on-time schedule estimates in reports to the Committee.
The Committee cautions the Space Force that providing
unrealistic cost and schedule estimates undermines the
credibility of the Space Force's management of this and other
programs. Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of the
Air Force to conduct a thorough review of the program, the
acquisition strategy, the realism of its cost and schedule
estimates, and the adequacy of plans to mitigate program risks.
The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide
a report to the congressional defense committees, not later
than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, summarizing this
review, including any recommendations for corrective actions.
Further, the Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force
to continue to provide quarterly briefings to the congressional
defense committees on the status of the program.
ON-ORBIT SERVICING AND UPGRADE OF STRATEGIC SATCOM
The Committee notes recent advancements in robotic
satellite servicing technology, both in government and
commercial industry, to support extension of spacecraft mission
life, as well as the potential to upgrade and enhance
capabilities of systems currently on-orbit. Such a capability
holds promise to alter the economics of space by providing
options to repair or enhance current capabilities without the
full cost of replacement when a spacecraft degrades, has a
minor failure, or runs out of propellant. Further, the
Committee believes that the ability to upgrade or enhance
systems on-orbit provides a previously unavailable path to
increase resilience and ease the transition to future
capabilities. Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of
the Air Force to conduct a study to define and validate
technical concepts, cost, schedule, risks, and benefits of on-
orbit servicing of current strategic communications satellites
and evaluate the merits of the concept in providing a
transition path for future capabilities. The study shall be
submitted to the congressional defense committees not later
than 120 days after the enactment of this Act, and may include
a classified annex, if necessary.
COMMERCIAL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
The Committee continues to be supportive of integrating
commercial satellite communications capabilities into the
national security space communications architecture. Over the
past several years, the Air Force has carried out various pilot
programs and pathfinder initiatives to explore and assess the
tools and acquisition models to integrate commercial satellite
communications systems more effectively and efficiently into
this architecture. The fiscal year 2022 budget request includes
$23,400,000 for commercial satellite communications. The
Committee recommendation fully funds this request; however, the
Committee requires greater clarity on the goals and strategy
for this funding. Therefore, the recommendation prohibits
obligation of these funds until the Secretary of the Air Force
submits a report to the congressional defense committees, not
later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, which
provides a detailed spend plan that addresses the tools needed
to advance the operational integration of commercial satellite
communications into a hybrid enterprise management system for
space communications, and what acquisition models will be used
to facilitate cost effective and efficient purchase of
commercial satellite communications.
SPACE SECURITY AND DEFENSE PROGRAM
The budget request includes $56,546,000 for the Space
Security and Defense Program (SSDP), which was established in
2013 by the Deputy Secretary of Defense and Principal Deputy
Director for National Intelligence as a joint activity of the
Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. The SSDP
was chartered to develop and assess options and strategies for
a more resilient national security space enterprise. The SSDP
conducts studies, analysis, modeling, warfighter engagements,
and prototype experimentation for more resilient space
architectures as well as new space warfighting and force design
concepts. The Committee supports the work the SSDP is
undertaking across the national security space community to
understand the threats and provide recommendations on how to
best respond.
The budget request also includes $37,000,000 for a new
program to establish a unit within the Space Force, the Space
Warfare Analysis Center, which is chartered, much like the
SSDP, to conduct analysis, modeling, wargaming, and
experimentation to create operational concepts. The Committee
understands that space is a potential warfighting domain and
the scope of work currently conducted may need to be expanded
and tailored to more fully define the requirements, systems,
and operational concepts to meet this specialized mission.
However, the Committee is not persuaded that an additional,
separate analysis unit that overlaps with the SSDP is necessary
or that this work could not be carried out by the existing
SSDP. Therefore, the recommendation provides no funding for the
Space Warfare Analysis Center and provides $66,546,000 for the
SSDP, an increase of $10,000,000, to expand the scope of its
activities to support the space warfighter analysis tasks.
Further, the Committee directs the Director of the SSDP to
brief the congressional defense committees, not later than 90
days after the enactment of this Act, on the proposed workplan
of the SSDP for the next two years, and specifically, its plan
to address the space warfare analysis requirements of the Space
Force.
LASER THREATS TO LOW-ORBIT SATELLITES
The Committee is concerned by the growing threats posed by
ground-based lasers capable of damaging or destroying sensitive
space sensors in low-orbit, and the lack of a coordinated
strategy to understand this threat and develop concepts to
mitigate its risks. The Committee directs the Secretary of
Defense, in coordination with the Director of National
Intelligence and other stakeholders across the national
security community, to provide a plan to collect, consolidate,
and characterize laser threat activity data of potential
adversaries, and to develop strategies to mitigate these
threats. This plan shall be submitted to the congressional
defense committees not later than 120 days after the enactment
of this Act and may include a classified annex, if necessary.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE WIDE
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $25,857,875,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 26,239,486,000
Change from budget request............................ +381,611,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$26,239,486,000 for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Defense-Wide which will provide the following program in fiscal
year 2022:
STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE OF ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENTS
The Committee remains concerned about vulnerabilities in
America's reliance on foreign-sourced supplies of active
pharmaceutical ingredients and their chemical components, and
more generally, the nation's reliance on off-shore drug
production. In the Department of Defense Appropriations Act,
2021, the Committee encouraged the Secretary of Defense, the
Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and
the Director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and
Development Authority to cooperatively research areas of mutual
interest to address public health vulnerabilities, secure a
national stockpile of life-saving drugs, and address
vulnerability points for the military. The Committee directs
the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
to brief the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, not
later than 120 days after the enactment of this Act, on the
status of these efforts, actions taken to date, and plans for
future collaborations.
NEXT-GENERATION NEUROTECHNOLOGY
The Committee notes the success of the Next-Generation
Nonsurgical Neurotechnology program by the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency (DARPA) which aims to develop high-
performance brain-machine interfaces for able-bodied
servicemembers without requiring the implantation of electrodes
directly into the brain. The program also has the opportunity
to help wounded warriors regain independence without invasive
surgery by providing new clinical opportunities in areas such
as controlling their own limbs via muscle stimulation and
rehabilitation, stroke interventions, and overcoming tinnitus.
The Committee believes that continued collaboration between
DARPA and the Department of Veterans Affairs has the potential
to develop and test neurotechnology for veteran movement
rehabilitation and other clinical treatments. The Committee
encourages the Director of DARPA to collaborate with the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to identify and develop
opportunities to improve quality of life for disabled veterans
via DARPA's minutely invasive and noninvasive brain computer
interfaces.
SUPPLY CHAIN RISK MANAGEMENT
The Committee notes that Sections 845 and 847 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 require
the Department of Defense to use technology and analytic tools
to expand efforts to identify, mitigate, and monitor supply
chain risks, including foreign ownership, control, and
influence across the classified and unclassified defense
industrial base. The Defense Counterintelligence and Security
Agency's Critical Technology Protection Directorate supports
the Department's efforts to comply with these new requirements
for protecting supply chains aimed at further reducing defense
industrial base risks.
The Committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for
Intelligence and Security to provide a report to the House and
Senate Appropriations Committees not later than 60 days after
the enactment of this Act that enumerates and discusses the
distinct analytic tools and innovative technological
enhancements in which the DCSA is investing to assess,
mitigate, and continuously monitor foreign ownership, control,
and influence in Department of Defense contracts and
subcontracts.
USING TECHNOLOGY TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES ACHIEVE SUPPLY CHAIN
CERTIFICATIONS
The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to
evaluate whether artificial intelligence technology, in
combination with open-source intelligence, can increase the
Department's visibility into the supply-chain lineage of
software and hardware. The Committee is hopeful that this
evaluation could eventually provide smaller businesses an
affordable option for achieving the supply chain certifications
that are required for contractors and subcontractors in the
defense industrial base.
GEOSPATIAL ANALYTICS PLATFORM FOR ENHANCED INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE,
AND RECONNAISSANCE CAPABILITIES
The Committee supports the efforts made by the Department
of Defense and the Intelligence Community to use innovative
technologies such as those that employ artificial intelligence
and machine learning to maximize and enhance intelligence,
surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. Regardless, the
deluge of data generated by new and existing commercial and
government assets increasingly inundates the analytical cadre
and, by extension, senior leadership within the Department and
Intelligence Community. The Committee is aware of new and
innovative commercial platforms that automate computer vision
applications and data interpretations of satellite and other
imagery for rapid and effective decision-making. The Committee
encourages the Secretary of Defense and the Director of
National Intelligence to explore commercially available custom
computer vision algorithms on commercial, both classified and
unclassified, data sets to minimize analytic burden.
OFFICE OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY--CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PILOT
PROGRAM
The Committee recognizes the need to increase student
enrollment in relevant career and technical education (CTE),
pre-apprenticeship, and apprenticeship programs to address
labor shortages in the defense manufacturing sector. The
Committee recommendation includes $10,000,000 to develop a
pilot program to promote awareness and enhancement of CTE
programs and career pathways in middle schools, high schools,
trade schools, technical schools, community colleges, and four-
year colleges and universities by funding activities that may,
but need not only, complement resources made available to
Perkins, pre-apprenticeship, or apprenticeship grant recipients
specializing in fields relevant to the defense sector. The
Committee directs the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Industrial Policy to submit a report to the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees not later than 120 days after the
enactment of this Act on the priorities for this pilot program
relative to other defense manufacturing education and workforce
development programs. The report shall list current education
and workforce programs and associated funding levels in the
Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program, Industrial
Base Analysis and Sustainment, Manufacturing Innovation
Institutes, and National Defense Education Program.
DIGITAL ENGINEERING ENABLED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
The Committee recognizes the critical need to train and
educate the defense industrial base workforce to ensure a more
resilient and secure supply chain of aircraft systems, decoys,
drones, missiles, and other defense and commercial aerospace
applications. Advanced digital technology, engineering
services, and technical support is essential to meet current
and future workforce demands. The Committee recommendation
includes $7,000,000 above the request to deploy advanced
digital engineering technology, provide engineering support,
and provide workforce education to effectively enable
manufacturing and delivery of such systems and subsystems.
OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING,
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL AND READINESS--UTILIZING
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS FOR RECRUITMENT
The Committee recognizes an opportunity for the Department
of Defense to utilize its investments in research and
development to recruit undergraduate students, graduate
students, post-doctoral researchers, academic faculty and
researchers, and industry researchers for civilian and military
hard-to-fill positions across the Department of Defense. The
Committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Research
and Engineering to submit a report to the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees not later than 120 days after the
enactment of this Act on programs and funding applied to
recruitment of students and researchers for civilian and
military hard-to-fill positions throughout the Department of
Defense; the return on investment from those efforts; the
utilization of grants for such efforts; and plans to increase
or enhance recruitment of students and researchers for
positions identified as hard-to-fill by utilizing grants or
some other means.
COMMERCIAL SATELLITE IMAGERY
The Committee notes the increasing availability and value
of high-quality commercial satellite imagery to support a wide
range of national security applications, including
intelligence, military operations, disaster relief and
response, and scientific research. However, the Committee is
concerned that the federal government is not adequately
leveraging its buying power to ensure the best value and is not
minimizing the redundancy and duplication of purchases across
all departments, agencies, and offices, including government-
sponsored activities at non-profit organizations and academic
institutions.
Therefore, the Committee directs the Comptroller General to
provide a report to the congressional defense committees, not
later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, with an
inventory of contracts for commercial imagery products and
services across the national security community; a
determination of the effectiveness of coordination on
procurements for these products and services; an identification
of any areas where there is duplication or redundant
procurements; and recommendations on actions to improve the
coordination, efficiency, and effectiveness of procurements for
commercial satellite imagery and related services.
DOMESTIC SOURCING OF CRITICAL MINERALS
The Committee recognizes that battery metals are a critical
resource for the domestic defense industrial base and that
other countries, including China, are investing state funds to
grow their own lithium-ion battery supply chains. The Committee
directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and
Sustainment to develop a needs assessment study for the
domestic sourcing of critical battery metals, including
lithium, cobalt, and nickel, and submit a report to the
congressional defense committees on findings from the
assessment not later than 180 days after the enactment of this
Act.
WOMEN AND MINORITIES IN STEM PIPELINE
The Committee believes the Department of Defense faces
challenges recruiting and retaining a workforce skilled in
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). While
this is a nationwide concern, the Committee supports Department
of Defense efforts to grow the STEM workforce pipeline,
particularly for women and minorities. The Committee encourages
the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to
continue these efforts by partnering with Hispanic Serving
Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and
other Minority Serving Institutions on research, fellowships,
internships, and cooperative work experiences at defense
laboratories. Additionally, the Committee encourages the Under
Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to
collaborate with Hispanic Serving Institutions, Historically
Black Colleges and Universities, and other Minority Serving
Institutions to build a pipeline for scientists and engineers
to enter the cyber workforce upon graduation.
BIO-BASED CHEMICALS FOR CORROSION CONTROL
The Committee encourages the Under Secretary of Defense for
Research and Engineering to test and evaluate domestically
manufactured, bio-based chemicals for corrosion control and
mitigation as alternatives to environmentally harmful
phosphate-based chemicals sourced primarily from foreign
entities.
OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $216,591,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 216,591,000
Change from budget request............................ - - -
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $216,591,000
for Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense which will provide
the following program in fiscal year 2022:
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Budget Committee Change from
Request Recommended Request
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OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION.................................... 105,394 105,394 0
LIVE FIRE TESTING.................................................. 68,549 68,549 0
OPERATIONAL TEST ACTIVITIES AND ANALYSIS........................... 42,648 42,648 0
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TOTAL, OPERATIONAL TEST & EVALUATION, DEFENSE.................. 216,591 216,591 0
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TITLE V
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $1,902,000,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 1,902,000,000
Change from budget request............................ - - -
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,902,000,000
for the Defense Working Capital Funds accounts which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Budget Committee Change from
Request Recommended Request
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WORKING CAPITAL FUND, ARMY....... 384,711 384,711 0
Industrial Operations........ 26,935 26,935
Supply Management............ 357,776 357,776
WORKING CAPITAL FUND, NAVY....... 150,000 150,000 0
Supply Management............ 150,000 150,000
WORKING CAPITAL FUND, AIR FORCE.. 77,453 77,453 0
Supply Management............ 77,453 77,453
WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE 127,765 127,765 0
WIDE............................
Energy Management............ 40,000 40,000
Supply Chain Management...... 87,765 87,765
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUND, 1,162,071 1,162,071 0
DECA............................
TOTAL, DEFENSE WORKING 1,902,000 1,902,000 0
CAPITAL FUNDS...............
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TITLE VI
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $35,592,407,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 36,658,536,000
Change from budget request............................ +1,066,129,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$36,658,536,000 for the Defense Health Program which will
provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:
REPROGRAMMING GUIDANCE FOR THE DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
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 should not be
interpreted as limiting the amount of funds that may be
transferred to the In-House Care budget sub-activity from other
budget sub-activities within the Defense Health Program. In
addition, funding for the In-House Care budget sub-activity
continues to be designated as a congressional special interest
item. Any transfer of funds from the In-House Care budget sub-
activity into the Private Sector Care budget sub-activity or
any other budget sub-activity requires the Secretary of Defense
to follow prior approval reprogramming procedures for operation
and maintenance funds.
The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide
written notification to the congressional defense committees of
cumulative transfers in excess of $10,000,000 out of the
Private Sector Care budget sub-activity not later than fifteen
days after such a transfer. Furthermore, the Committee directs
the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the
congressional defense committees not later than 30 days after
the enactment of this Act that delineates transfers of funds,
and the dates any transfers occurred, from the Private Sector
Care budget sub-activity to any other budget sub-activity.
The Committee further directs the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Health Affairs to provide quarterly reports to the
congressional defense committees on budget execution data for
all Defense Health Program budget activities and to adequately
reflect changes to the budget activities requested by the
Services in future budget submissions. These reports should
also be provided to the Government Accountability Office.
CARRYOVER
For fiscal year 2022, 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 for Health Affairs to submit a
detailed spending plan for any fiscal year 2021 designated
carryover funds to the congressional defense committees not
less than 30 days prior to executing the carryover funds.
PEER-REVIEWED CANCER RESEARCH PROGRAMS
The Committee recommends $150,000,000 for the peer-reviewed
breast cancer research program, $110,000,000 for the peer-
reviewed prostate cancer research program, $45,000,000 for the
peer-reviewed ovarian cancer research program, $50,000,000 for
the peer-reviewed kidney cancer research program, $20,000,000
for the peer-reviewed lung cancer research program, $40,000,000
for the peer-reviewed melanoma research program, $15,000,000
for the peer-reviewed pancreatic cancer research program,
$17,500,000 for the peer-reviewed rare cancer research program,
and $115,000,000 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: bladder cancer; blood cancers; brain cancer;
colorectal cancer; endometrial cancer; esophageal cancer; germ
cell cancers; head and neck cancer; liver cancer; lymphoma;
mesothelioma; metastatic cancers; neuroblastoma; pediatric
brain tumors; pediatric, adolescent, and young adult cancers;
sarcoma; stomach cancer; thyroid cancer; and Von Hippel-Lindau
cancer. The inclusion of the individual rare cancer research
program shall not prohibit the peer-reviewed cancer research
program from funding the previously mentioned cancers or cancer
subtypes that may be rare by definition.
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 for 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 shall include the funding amount
awarded, the progress of the research, and the relevance of the
research to servicemembers and their families.
The Committee commends the Department of Defense for
ensuring that projects funded through the various peer-reviewed
cancer research programs maintain a focus on issues of
significance to military populations and the warfighter. This
includes promoting collaborative research proposals between
Department of Defense researchers and non-military research
institutions. These collaborations leverage the knowledge,
infrastructure, and access to clinical populations that the
partners bring to the research effort. Additionally, promoting
these collaborations provides a valuable recruitment and
retention incentive for military medical and research
personnel. The Committee encourages the Commanding General,
United States Army Medical Research and Development Command, to
continue to emphasize the importance of these collaborations
between military and non-military researchers throughout the
peer-review process.
JOINT WARFIGHTER MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAM
The Committee recommendation includes $40,000,000 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 nor
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 for Health Affairs to submit
a report not later than 180 days after the enactment of this
Act to the congressional defense committees that 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.
COMBAT READINESS MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAM
The Committee recommendation includes $10,000,000 for the
Combat Readiness Medical Research program. The program should
focus on medical needs of the warfighter on the battlefield.
Research should address the ``golden hour'' for servicemembers
with life threatening injuries, battlefield diagnostics, and
medical threats and treatments for warfighters deployed around
the world.
The Committee expects the Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Health Affairs to identify current gaps in medical planning
and resources, consider medical capabilities that may mitigate
fatalities, enhance battlefield diagnostics, and find solutions
for life threatening complications after battlefield injury.
The funding in the Combat Readiness Medical Research
program should be used for research and development of rapidly
deployable, all-in-one acute and chronic wound care therapy
engineered to address complex trauma and start tissue
regeneration; repairing or restoring damaged or missing
genitourinary organs and tissue; freeze dried plasma and
platelets; portable neurological devices in support of mild
traumatic brain injury assessment; hand-held detection devices
for traumatic brain injury; head trauma injury; ruggedized
oxygen generation systems; medical simulation technology; sleep
disorders; eating disorders; extracorporeal life support;
myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome;
regenerative medicine; sarcoidosis; valley fever; complementary
health measures to accelerate return to duty; highly infectious
disease treatment and transport; preventing and relieving
service-related arthritis; and telemedicine.
ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS
The Committee continues to support the efforts that the
Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs
are undertaking with regard to electronic health records and
the health record system. It is the Committee's ongoing
expectation that the Departments' electronic health record
systems must be completely and meaningfully interoperable with
seamless compatibility.
The Committee notes that one of the determining factors
setting the timeline for deployment of the electronic health
record is the need to improve informational technology and
related infrastructure at military medical facilities. The
Committee continues to direct the Secretary of Defense to
provide a report to the congressional defense committees not
later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act on the
status of the installation of all remaining information
technology and related infrastructure required to complete the
deployment of the electronic health record system, including
the timeline to complete installation, and costs associated if
the Department accelerated the deployment timeline.
The Committee continues to direct the Comptroller General
to perform quarterly performance reviews of the Department of
Defense electronic health record deployment so that the
Committee can further monitor implementation of the system and
whether it is meeting predicted costs.
Additionally, the Committee directs the Director of the
Interagency Program Office (IPO) to continue to provide
quarterly reports on the progress of interoperability between
the two Departments to the House and Senate Defense
Appropriations Subcommittees and the House and Senate Military
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Subcommittees. The Program Executive Office
(PEO) for Defense Healthcare Management Systems (DHMS), in
conjunction with the Director of the IPO and the Director of
the Defense Health Agency, is directed to provide quarterly
reports to the congressional defense committees on the cost of
the program, including indirect costs being funded outside of
the DHMS Modernization Electronic Health Record program; and
schedule of the program, to include milestones, knowledge
points, and acquisition timelines, as well as quarterly
obligation reports. The Committee directs the PEO DHMS to
continue briefing the House and Senate Defense Appropriations
Subcommittees on a quarterly basis, coinciding with the report
submission.
DESCOPING MILITARY TREATMENT FACILITIES
The Committee notes that the report required by section 703
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017,
submitted to Congress in February 2020, communicated the
Department's plan to reduce or eliminate healthcare services
for dependents and retirees at several military treatment
facilities across the country. The Department is revalidating
its assumptions in light of the coronavirus pandemic. The
Committee questioned the Department's assumptions when the
initial report was released, and is interested in the
forthcoming conclusions related to the quality and
accessibility of private sector care, the cost of changing the
venue of care, and the relationship to other reforms, such as
reducing the number of military medical billets. The Committee
believes that Congress must be a partner in these decisions.
The Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Health Affairs, in coordination with the Director of the
Defense Health Agency and the Service Surgeons General, to
brief the congressional defense committees on the
implementation plan prior to the obligation of funds in fiscal
year 2022 to close or descope any military treatment
facilities, including an update to the market analysis
conducted, cost implications, timeline, impact on providers,
and benefits or risks to the served population.
REDUCTION OF MILITARY BILLETS
As directed by the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2017, the budget requests for fiscal years 2020 and
2021 included proposals to reduce the number of military
medical personnel to increase the number of operational billets
required for lethality.
The Department proposed, and the Committee rejected,
$250,000,000 in the fiscal year 2020 budget request and
$334,613,000 in the fiscal year 2021 budget request to mitigate
potential access to care issues caused by the reduction of
military providers. In both fiscal years the Committee was
willing to continue the dialogue on necessary funding once the
analysis by the Services had been completed, and when
satisfactory and sufficient details on the Department's plan to
mitigate risk and access to care issues were answered. Despite
numerous requests, information was not provided, and the
Committee did not appropriate the requested funds. Given the
continued lack of details regarding the quality and
availability of care for beneficiaries, as well as a negative
impact on readiness that may be caused by an unnecessary or
potentially dangerous shedding of military medical providers,
the Committee once again does not recommend funding the
requested amount of $104,462,000 in fiscal year 2022 for the
same purpose.
The Committee understands that the military medical manning
report required by Section 719 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 is expected to be
delivered to the congressional defense committees during the
summer of 2021. This report should respond to questions
regarding medical manning requirements for all national defense
strategy scenarios, homeland defense mission and pandemic
influenza, along with an identification of affected billets and
a plan to mitigate potential gaps in health care services
caused by realignment or reduction in military medical end
strength. While the Committee is cautiously optimistic about
the details of this report, proposed reductions to military
medical manning is occurring alongside other reforms. As such,
the Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Health Affairs to submit a report to the congressional defense
committees not later than 60 days after the enactment of this
Act on the Department's efforts to respond to disturbing
reports about the quality and availability of civilian
providers, along with other concerns raised in the May 2020
Government Accountability Office evaluation regarding the
restructuring plan of military treatment facilities.
METASTATIC CANCER RESEARCH
Research has revealed that there is a genetic basis for
susceptibility to metastatic cancer or resistance to
metastasis, and the Committee believes that more research is
required to develop a comprehensive understanding of this
complex process. Clinical trials are an important aspect of
that process and a diverse representation of patients in
clinical trials is integral to the development of medications
and therapies that effectively treat the disease. The Committee
encourages the Director, Congressionally Directed Medical
Research Program, to continue to partner with outside experts
and other federal agencies to implement the recommendation from
the April 2018 Task Force Report to Congress on Metastatic
Cancer concerning diverse enrollment in clinical trials. The
Committee also encourages the Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Health Affairs to implement the recommendations to inform
patients about risk factors for metastasis (e.g. compliance,
obesity, smoking, and alcohol use), increase cancer patient
awareness of healthcare resources, and create standardized
survivorship care plans for patients with metastatic cancer
while validating whether their use improves outcomes for these
patients. The Committee is interested in areas where assistance
from other federal agencies is required to fully implement the
recommendations of the Task Force's report and directs the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to provide a
report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees not
later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act on the
progress of implementing the recommendations, including an
identification of any barriers to implementation.
MAINTAINING A HIGHLY SKILLED WORKFORCE IN MEDICAL RESEARCH
The Committee encourages the Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Health Affairs, the Director of the Defense Health Agency,
and the Commander of Army Futures Command to prioritize
maintaining a strong workforce of highly-skilled scientists and
researchers vital to conducting the medical research necessary
to protect warfighters and contribute to the nation-wide
response to current and future pandemics.
MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
The Committee remains concerned about the shortage of
current and prospective mental health care professionals for
servicemembers and their families, including social workers,
clinical psychologists, and psychiatrists. The Committee
directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs,
in coordination with the Service Surgeons General, to brief the
House and Senate Appropriations Committees not later than 180
days after the enactment of this Act on an assessment of
eligible beneficiaries' demand for behavioral health services,
including services provided through telehealth, and funding
required to adequately recruit and retain behavioral health
professionals required to meet such demand. The assessment
shall include a review of tools, such as pay grade increases,
use of special and incentive pays, and the pipeline development
of increasing the number of professionals in this field through
scholarships or programs through the Uniformed Services
University. Additionally, the assessment should include a
review of related regulations to determine what impact a change
in regulations to allow the employment of clinical
psychologists who graduate from schools accredited by the
Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System may have on
the Military Health System.
The Committee is aware of the limited use of contract
providers to provide cognitive and non-cognitive baselines
through end-of-service assessments both individually and for
unit readiness. As part of meeting the mental health needs of
servicemembers, the Committee encourages the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to assess the viability
of expanding this program widely across the Services through
the use of contract and embedded providers.
RAPID DEPLOYABLE SYNTHETIC VACCINE DEVELOPMENT
The Committee notes the significant advancements in vaccine
development and the need to rapidly distribute countermeasures
to combat infectious diseases and virus variants when required
for the protection of military personnel worldwide. The
Committee encourages the Commander, Army Medical Research and
Development Command, and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Health Affairs to research the development of low cost, single
dose, highly scalable synthetic peptide vaccines that allow for
rapid deployment to military personnel against COVID-19, new
virus variants, and infectious disease threats.
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOMES AND THE DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY
The Committee notes the important role that the military
health system plays for the care of the military retiree
population, especially those living in the two Armed Forces
Retirement Homes. As the Defense Health Agency continues to
make recommendations for the rescoping of certain military
treatment facilities, the Committee encourages the Director of
the Defense Health Agency to take necessary steps to ensure in-
patient care is available at a military treatment facility
within 20 miles of each Armed Forces Retirement Home.
SERVICEMEMBERS AND VETERANS WITH AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS
The Committee is aware of promising research underway
through the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Research
Program. The Committee encourages the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Health Affairs to prioritize research that can
bring effective treatments to people living with ALS as soon as
possible.
TRAUMATIC INJURY
The Committee understands the uniqueness of traumatic
injuries and neurological diseases sustained by servicemembers
in combat. Extramural research focused on accelerating
functional recovery and rehabilitation of sensorimotor function
that is also personalized to the needs of the patient would
have value to injured servicemembers and their caregivers. The
Committee is aware of the promising technology of wirelessly
activated implantable biomedical technologies capable of focal
stimulation inside nerves and encourages the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to explore research
into such technologies to offset the effects of limb
amputation, orthopedic injury and disease, and other
neurodegenerative diseases.
PEER-REVIEWED TOXIC EXPOSURES RESEARCH PROGRAM
The Committee is concerned by the number of known and
unknown potentially harmful substances that servicemembers are
exposed to as part of their military service. The Committee has
funded research linked to exposures through various
congressionally directed medical research programs, including
the Peer-Reviewed Neurotoxin Exposure Treatment Parkinson's
Research Program, which started in 1997 with a focus on
dopaminergic neurons that result in Parkinson's disease.
Additionally, since 2006, the Peer-Reviewed Gulf War Illness
Research Program has also received congressionally directed
funding to study the health impacts caused by deployment of
warfighters during the Persian Gulf War. The Committee remains
committed to helping veterans affected by Parkinson's disease,
Gulf War illness, and others exposed to potentially toxic
substances which result in multiple, diverse symptoms and
health abnormalities.
Transitioning related research to a new, broader program
including neurotoxin exposure treatment research, research on
Gulf War illness, exposures to burn pits, and other service-
related exposures to potentially toxic chemicals and materials
will allow the research community to improve scientific
understanding and pathobiology from exposure, more efficiently
assess comorbidities, and speed the development of treatments,
cures, and preventions. Therefore, the Committee recommends
$30,000,000 for a peer-reviewed toxic exposures research
program. The funds provided in this program are directed to be
used to conduct research of clear scientific merit and direct
relevance to neurotoxin exposure; Gulf War illness and its
treatment; airborne hazards and burn pits; as well as toxic
military exposures in general, including prophylactic
medications, pesticides, organophosphates, toxic industrial
chemicals, materials, metals, and minerals. The Committee
directs the Director, Congressionally Directed Medical Research
Programs, to ensure that the program is conducted using
competitive selection and peer-review for the identification of
research with the highest technical merit and military benefit.
Further, the Committee directs that this program be coordinated
with similar activities in the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Collaborations between researchers at military or veteran
institutions and non-military research institutions are
encouraged to leverage the knowledge, infrastructure and access
to military and veteran populations. The inclusion of the toxic
exposures research program shall not prohibit research in any
other congressionally directed research program that may be
associated with conditions or health abnormalities which may
have been the result of toxic exposures.
BRAIN INJURY AND DISEASE PREVENTION RESEARCH
The Committee is supportive of ongoing research and
development efforts focused on the increased risk of certain
conditions after a servicemember experiences traumatic brain
injury. The Committee is aware of research into the
relationship between traumatic brain injury and
neurodegenerative diseases, such as chronic traumatic
encephalopathy and Parkinson's disease. The Committee
recommendation includes $60,000,000 aimed at halting the
neurodegenerative processes that follow traumatic brain injury.
NATIONAL DISASTER MEDICAL SYSTEM PILOT
The Committee continues to be concerned with the fracturing
of the military health system and is concerned that not enough
attention has been placed on medical capabilities and capacity
required for the homeland defense mission.
Section 740 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2020, as amended by Section 741 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, authorized a
pilot program on civilian and military partnerships to enhance
interoperability and medical surge capability and capacity of
the National Disaster Medical System. The Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 2021 included $15,000,000 for the pilot
program but the Committee is disappointed that funding was not
included as part of the fiscal year 2022 budget request. The
Committee recommendation includes $15,000,000 and directs that
sufficient funding be included in the budget request for fiscal
year 2023.
Additionally, as was observed during the response to the
COVID 19 pandemic, the nation lacks medical surge capacity
beyond what is currently available. Therefore, the Committee
recommendation includes $14,000,000 for the Department of
Defense to initiate investment in a joint civilian-military
modular surge facility. This type of modular and/or convertible
medical surge facility should be adjacent to existing medical
facilities and should include laboratories, intensive care
units, x-rays, and be able to use the staffing and services
available in the medical facility. The initial investment in
the Committee recommendation should be used to initiate
facility modifications, prepare for construction, and begin
development of a training curriculum necessary to activate the
surge facility.
EXPANDED RECOVERY SERVICES FOR SERVICEMEMBERS
The Committee recognizes the unique challenges for those
combatting substance use disorders, especially for men and
women serving in the military. As 80 percent of those treated
for substance abuse disorders within the military health system
are active duty, ongoing recovery support is essential for
optimizing outcomes and maximizing readiness. To combat these
issues, the Navy established the My Ongoing Recovery Experience
(MORE) program in 2010 and has since enrolled more than 23,500
servicemembers. The program has reported an 88 percent
abstinence success rate among those who consistently remained
in recovery programming, completed MORE courses, and engaged
with recovery professionals. The Committee commends the success
of the Navy MORE program as a substance abuse rehabilitation
program and encourages the Secretaries of the Army and the Air
Force to establish similar programs for their respective
Services. The Committee also encourages the Secretary of the
Navy to align the Navy MORE program with a peer-based recovery
program to further enable participants to successfully build
and sustain a life in recovery.
ADVANCED ORTHOPEDIC SURGICAL TRAINING FOR MILITARY ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS
The Committee understands that servicemembers and their
families regularly undergo orthopedic procedures and that these
types of musculoskeletal injuries account for a significant
amount of medical separations or retirements from military
service. Delivery of direct training based on best practices
related to orthopedic procedures for injuries to the knee,
shoulder, and other extremities has become an increasingly
important readiness issue. The Committee encourages the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to develop
military-civilian partnerships that ensure that military
orthopedic health professionals are provided with advanced
surgical training in arthroscopic techniques and to partner
with medical professional societies that maintain best
practices related to arthroscopic surgery and techniques.
ADDRESSING HEALTH BARRIERS TO MILITARY SERVICE
The Committee is concerned that 71 percent of Americans
between the ages of 17 to 24 are ineligible for military
service due to obesity, mental and other physical health
conditions, or substance abuse. The Committee directs the
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Service
Secretaries, to submit a report to the congressional defense
committees not later than 180 days after the enactment of this
Act on existing military fitness and nutrition initiatives and
campaigns. The report shall include the metrics used to assess
the effectiveness of these efforts in recruiting or retaining
servicemembers; the resources available to assist applicants
and recruits in meeting physical fitness standards in cases
where potential applicants or recruits may be disqualified due
to a failure of meeting standards; the return on investment
from these efforts; and the anticipated costs of the military
health system for treating obesity-related health conditions
across military, civilian, dependent, and retiree populations.
Additionally, the Committee recognizes that federal support
for childhood nutrition, food security, physical education,
mental and physical health, and substance abuse prevention
benefits all Americans, including those who intend to serve in
the military. The Committee believes that the Department of
Defense has an obligation to both ensure a ready and fit-to-
fight force and to help promote the health of civilians. The
Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to coordinate
with the Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and Human
Services to identify ways that the Department could contribute
to informing physical fitness or nutritional standards for
children and young adults across the nation.
PERFORMANCE BASED MATERNITY PAYMENTS FOR FREESTANDING BIRTH CENTERS
Value-based health care is a health care delivery model in
which providers, including healthcare facilities and care
providers, are paid based on patient health outcomes. The
Committee is aware that the Department of Defense conducted a
pilot study from 2018 to 2021 to collect data on quality of
care measures in maternity hospitals but understands that
maternity care provided in freestanding birth centers was not
studied. The Committee encourages the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Health Affairs to conduct a pilot study to evaluate
the value of maternity care provided in freestanding birth
centers. The pilot study could assess the feasibility of
incorporating episode-based funded payments in the purchased
care component of the TRICARE program by reducing co-payments
or cost shares for low-risk populations of covered
beneficiaries for antepartum, intrapartum, newborn and
postpartum maternity care services provided by certified nurse-
midwives and/or physicians within freestanding birth centers.
ANTIVIRAL DEVELOPMENT
The Committee is concerned that there has been insufficient
focus for the development of host derived broad-spectrum
antivirals as a medical countermeasure. The coronavirus
pandemic demonstrated gaps in therapies available to treat
emerging infectious diseases. The Committee encourages the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to research
host-derived broad-spectrum antivirals that can treat a myriad
of infectious diseases to address national security and public
health threats.
COLLABORATION WITH MINORITY SERVING HEALTH INSTITUTIONS
The Committee encourages the Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Health Affairs to work collaboratively in the health
research field with Hispanic Serving Institutions, Historically
Black Colleges and Universities, and other Minority Serving
Institutions.
POST-TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY
The Committee is encouraged by the progress and results of
the Team Approach to the Prevention and Treatment of Post-
Traumatic Epilepsy Initiative. The Committee encourages the
Director, Congressionally Medical Research Programs to support
innovative research tools and identify definitive biomarkers to
better detect who will develop post-traumatic epilepsy
following a traumatic brain injury event.
CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, DEFENSE
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $1,094,352,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 1,094,352,000
Change from budget request............................ - - -
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,094,352,000
for Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense which
will provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Budget Committee Change from
Request Recommended Request
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.......................................... 93,121 93,121 0
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION......................... 1,001,231 1,001,231 0
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TOTAL, CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, DEFENSE...... 1,094,352 1,094,352 0
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DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $821,908,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 844,996,000
Change from budget request............................ +23,088,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $844,996,000
for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense
which will provide the following program in fiscal year 2022:
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Budget Committee Change from
Request Recommended Request
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COUNTER NARCOTICS SUPPORT.......................................... 593,250 519,097 -74,153
Transfer to National Guard Counter-Drug Program................ -33,696
Project 1387 insufficient budget justification................. -25,457
Reduce duplicative efforts..................................... -15,000
DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION PROGRAM...................................... 126,024 126,024 0
NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER DRUG PROGRAM................................ 96,970 194,211 97,241
Transfer from Counter-Narcotics Support........................ 33,696
Program increase............................................... 63,545
NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER DRUG SCHOOLS................................ 5,664 5,664 0
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TOTAL, DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 821,908 844,996 23,088
DEFENSE...................................................
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DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES
The Committee recommendation includes $519,097,000 for
Counter-Narcotics Support, which supports the counter-narcotics
activities of United States Northern Command and United States
Southern Command, including the operations of the Joint
Interagency Task Force South. The recommendation transfers
$33,696,000 from Counter-Narcotics Support to the National
Guard Counter-Drug Program and reduces funding for
international programs, which are supported elsewhere in this
Act. The Committee notes that the joint explanatory statement
accompanying the Department of Defense Appropriations Act,
2021, directed the Secretary of Defense to ensure that
international programs requested and supported by this account
do not duplicate programs funded under the Defense Security
Cooperation Agency in the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-
Wide account. The Committee directs that any notification for
funds submitted pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 284 indicate whether the
notified program could be carried out pursuant to another
authority or by another federal agency.
The Committee recommendation includes legislative language
requiring the Secretary of Defense to notify the House and
Senate Appropriations Committees not fewer than 15 days prior
to the transfer of funds between projects. Such projects are
those identified in the PB 47 Project Definitions budget
exhibit of the fiscal year 2022 budget justification materials
and other documentation supporting the budget request.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $438,363,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 438,363,000
Change from budget request............................ - - -
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $438,363,000
for the Office of the Inspector General which will provide the
following program in fiscal year 2022:
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Budget Committee Change from
Request Recommended Request
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.......................................... 435,918 435,918 0
PROCUREMENT........................................................ 80 80 0
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION......................... 2,365 2,365 0
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TOTAL, OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL......................... 438,363 438,363 0
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AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND MONITORING PROGRAM ASSESSMENT
The Committee directs the Inspector General to provide an
assessment of the Department of Defense program to monitor,
evaluate, and oversee funds appropriated under the heading
Afghanistan Security Forces Fund, and to submit a report along
with recommendations to strengthen the program to the
congressional defense committees not later than 90 days after
the enactment of this Act.
TITLE VII
RELATED AGENCIES
NATIONAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS
The National Intelligence Program and the Military
Intelligence Program budgets funded in this 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, and Air Force, and the CIA Retirement and
Disability fund.
CLASSIFIED ANNEX
Adjustments to classified programs are addressed in a
separate, detailed, and comprehensive classified annex. The
Intelligence Community, the 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,
2022.
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $514,000,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 514,000,000
Change from budget request............................ - - -
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $514,000,000
for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability
System Fund. This is a mandatory account.
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.
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT
Fiscal year 2022 budget request....................... $634,000,000
Committee recommendation.............................. 562,500,000
Change from budget request............................ -71,500,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $562,500,000
for the Intelligence Community Management Account.
UNITED STATES FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT DECLASSIFICATION
OF SIGNIFICANT DECISION, ORDERS, AND OPINIONS
The Committee directs the Director of National
Intelligence, in consultation with the Attorney General, to
complete, within one year of the enactment of this Act, a one-
time declassification review of decisions, orders, and opinions
of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court or Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review that predate the USA
Freedom Act, and that include a significant construction or
interpretation of any provision of law. Consistent with that
review, each such decision, order, or opinion shall be released
to the public.
Provisions of 50 U.S.C. Sec. 1872 shall apply, including
that the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation
with the Attorney General, may satisfy the review requirement
by making each such decision, order, or opinion publicly
available in redacted form; and that the Director of National
Intelligence, in consultation with the Attorney General, may
waive the requirement to declassify and release a particular
decision, order or opinion if, among other things, such waiver
is necessary to protect either the national security of the
United States or properly classified intelligence sources and
methods.
TITLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Title VIII of the accompanying bill includes 160 general
provisions. A brief 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 the Act.
Section 8004 limits 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 funds to other military functions.
Section 8006 has been amended and provides that the tables
titled ``Explanation of Project Level Adjustments'' in the
Committee report 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 has been amended and 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 provides limitations and
conditions on the use of funds made available in this Act to
initiate multiyear procurement contracts.
Section 8011 provides for the use and obligation of funds
for humanitarian and civic assistance costs.
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 provides that no funds made available in this
Act shall be used for the support of any non-appropriated funds
activity of the Department of Defense that procures malt
beverages and wine except under certain conditions.
Section 8018 prohibits 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 8019 provides a limitation on funds being used for
the relocation of any Department of Defense entity into or
within the National Capital Region.
Section 8020 provides for incentive payments authorized by
section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C.
1544).
Section 8021 provides for the conveyance, without
consideration, of relocatable housing units that are excess to
the needs of the Air Force.
Section 8022 provides for the availability of funds for the
mitigation of environmental impacts on Indian lands resulting
from Department of Defense activities.
Section 8023 provides that no funding for the Defense Media
Activity may be used for national or international political or
psychological activities.
Section 8024 is new and provides the minimum wage for
certain employees.
Section 8025 is new and provides no requirement to submit a
report to Congress in any covered provision of law may be
satisfied by the submission of a report to Congress pursuant to
another provision of law.
Section 8026 has been amended and provides funding for the
Civil Air Patrol Corporation.
Section 8027 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 increases funding provided for FFRDCs.
Section 8028 defines the congressional defense committees
as the Armed Services Committees of the House and Senate and
the Subcommittees on Defense of the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees.
Section 8029 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 8030 provides for competitions between private
firms and Department of Defense depot maintenance activities.
Section 8031 requires the Department of Defense to comply
with the Buy American Act, chapter 83 of title 41, United
States Code.
Section 8032 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 8033 provides for the revocation of blanket waivers
of the Buy American Act.
Section 8034 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 8035 prohibits funding from being used to purchase
supercomputers which are not manufactured in the United States.
Section 8036 provides for a waiver of ``Buy American''
provisions for certain cooperative programs.
Section 8037 prohibits the use of funds for the purchase or
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 8038 provides for the availability of funds
contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military
Facility Investment Recovery Account.
Section 8039 provides authority to use operation and
maintenance appropriations to purchase items having an
investment item unit cost of not more than $250,000.
Section 8040 prohibits the use of funds in contravention of
the First Amendment.
Section 8041 provides authority to use operation and
maintenance appropriations for the Asia Pacific Regional
Initiative Program.
Section 8042 prohibits the sale of tobacco products in
military resale outlets below the most competitive price in the
local community.
Section 8043 prohibits the use of Working Capital Funds to
purchase specified investment items.
Section 8044 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 8045 places certain limitations on the use of funds
made available in this Act to establish field operating
agencies.
Section 8046 places restrictions on converting to
contractor performance an activity or function of the
Department of Defense unless it meets certain guidelines
provided.
(RESCISSIONS)
Section 8047 has been amended and provides for the
rescission of $1,634,954,000 from the following programs:
2015 Appropriations:
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy:
Expeditionary fast transport.................. $4,300,000
2020 Appropriations:
Missile Procurement, Army:
Stinger mods.................................. 5,000,000
Lethal miniature aerial missile system........ 1,953,000
Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat
Vehicles, Army:
M240 medium machine gun mods.................. 4,500,000
Other Procurement, Army:
Bridge supplemental set....................... 13,000,000
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force:
MQ-9 reaper................................... 1,000,000
LAIRCM........................................ 30,000,000
Increment 3.2B................................ 2,000,000
MQ-9 mods..................................... 14,000,000
Missile Procurement, Air Force:
Small diameter bomb........................... 40,000,000
Other Procurement, Air Force:
ATCALS........................................ 3,000,000
Base communication infrastructure............. 20,000,000
Combat training ranges........................ 15,000,000
2021 Appropriations:
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide:
Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation
(previously titled
Office of Economic Adjustment)--noise 50,000,000
mitigation community partnership.............
DSCA International Security Cooperation 75,000,000
Programs.....................................
Coalition support funds....................... 36,000,000
Afghanistan Security Forces Fund:
Afghanistan Security Forces Fund.............. 200,000,000
Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund:
Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund............. 200,000,000
Aircraft Procurement, Army:
AH-64 Apache Block IIIA AP.................... 5,000,000
Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat
Vehicles, Army:
M240 medium machine gun mods.................. 4,533,000
Other Procurement, Army:
Joint information environment................. 3,177,000
Aircraft Procurement, Navy:
V-22 medium lift AP........................... 15,210,000
Weapons Procurement, Navy:
AMRAAM........................................ 50,000,000
Standard missile.............................. 16,148,000
Drones and decoys............................. 19,956,000
Small arms and weapons........................ 931,000
Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps:
Pyrotechnic and demolition.................... 1,744,000
Mortars....................................... 3,450,000
Other Procurement, Navy:
LHA/LHD midlife............................... 3,445,000
LCS MM mission modules........................ 10,246,000
LCS in-service modification................... 35,634,000
AN/SLQ-32..................................... 15,000,000
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force:
MQ-9 reaper................................... 20,000,000
MQ-9 mods..................................... 10,700,000
B-2 post production support................... 20,000,000
F-16 post production support.................. 5,000,000
Target drones................................. 42,000,000
Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force:
JDAM.......................................... 339,289,000
B61 AP........................................ 12,400,000
Other Procurement, Air Force:
Base communication infrastructure............. 80,000,000
MEECN......................................... 15,000,000
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army:
Technology maturation initiatives............. 30,041,000
Brilliant anti-armor submunition.............. 20,175,000
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy:
Advanced arresting gear....................... 4,000,000
JNT standoff weapon system.................... 5,500,000
Cooperative engagement capability............. 7,022,000
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Space
Force:
Next generation OPIR.......................... 67,000,000
Space test and training range development..... 2,000,000
Family of advanced BLOS terminals (FAB-T)..... 15,600,000
Satellite control network..................... 10,000,000
Defense Working Capital Fund:
Defense Counterintelligence and Security 30,000,000
Agency Working Capital Fund..................
Section 8048 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 8049 prohibits funding from being obligated or
expended for assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea unless specifically appropriated for that purpose.
Section 8050 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 8051 prohibits the transfer of Department of
Defense and Central Intelligence Agencies drug interdiction and
counter-drug activities funds to other agencies.
Section 8052 provides funding for Red Cross and United
Services Organization grants.
Section 8053 provides funds for the Small Business
Innovation Research program and the Small Business Technology
Transfer program.
Section 8054 prohibits funding from being used for
contractor bonuses being paid due to business restructuring.
Section 8055 provides transfer authority for the pay of
military personnel in connection with support and services for
eligible organizations and activities outside the Department of
Defense.
Section 8056 provides for the Department of Defense to
dispose of negative unliquidated or unexpended balances for
expired or closed accounts.
Section 8057 provides conditions for the use of equipment
of the National Guard Distance Learning Project on a space-
available, reimbursable basis.
Section 8058 has been amended and provides funding for
Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Programs.
Section 8059 has been amended and 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 8060 prohibits funding in this Act from being used
for repairs or maintenance to military family housing units.
Section 8061 provides obligation authority for new starts
for advanced concept technology demonstration projects only
after notification to the congressional defense committees.
Section 8062 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 8063 provides for the use of National Guard
personnel to support ground-based elements of the National
Ballistic Missile Defense System.
Section 8064 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.
Section 8065 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 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 prohibits funding to separate, or to
consolidate from within, the National Intelligence Program
budget from the Department of Defense budget.
Section 8068 has been amended and 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 8069 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 8070 provides for the transfer of funds made
available in this Act under Operation and Maintenance, Navy to
the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development Trust
Fund.
Section 8071 prohibits the modification of command and
control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command operational
and administrative control of United States Navy forces
assigned to the Pacific fleet.
Section 8072 requires notification for the rapid
acquisition and deployment of supplies and associated support
services.
Section 8073 has been amended and provides funding and
transfer authority for the Israeli Cooperative Programs.
Section 8074 has been amended and provides for the funding
of prior year shipbuilding cost increases.
Section 8075 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 8076 prohibits funding from being used to initiate
a new start program without prior written notification.
Section 8077 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.
Section 8078 prohibits funding from being used for the
research, development, test, evaluation, procurement, or
deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a missile defense
system.
Section 8079 makes funds available for transfer for the
purposes of rapid acquisition and deployment of supplies and
associated support services.
Section 8080 prohibits funding from being used to reduce or
disestablish the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance
Squadron of the Air Force Reserve.
Section 8081 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 8082 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 8083 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 and the purchase of
real property, which shall remain available for the current and
the following fiscal years.
Section 8084 provides limitations on the Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy appropriation.
Section 8085 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 8086 places limitations on the reprogramming of
funds from the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce
Development Account.
Section 8087 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. 3024(d)).
Section 8088 prohibits the use of funds for the purpose of
making remittances to the Department of Defense Acquisition
Workforce Development Account.
Section 8089 provides that any agency receiving funds made
available in this Act shall post on a public website any report
required to be submitted to Congress with certain exceptions.
Section 8090 prohibits the use of funds for federal
contracts in excess of $1,000,000 unless the contractor meets
certain conditions.
Section 8091 provides funds for transfer to the Joint
Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical
Facility Demonstration Fund.
Section 8092 prohibits the use of funds providing certain
missile defense information to certain entities.
Section 8093 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 $450,000 per
vehicle.
Section 8094 has been amended and provides the Director of
National Intelligence with general transfer authority with
certain limitations.
Section 8095 has been amended and authorizes the use of
funds in the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy account to
purchase five used auxiliary vessels for the National Defense
Reserve Fleet.
Section 8096 directs the Secretary of Defense to post grant
awards on a public Web site in a searchable format.
Section 8097 places restrictions on transfer amounts
available in the Rapid Prototyping Fund.
Section 8098 prohibits the use of funds by the National
Security Agency targeting United States persons under
authorities granted in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Act.
Section 8099 prohibits the transfer of administrative or
budgetary resources to the jurisdiction of another Federal
agency not financed by this Act without the express
authorization of Congress.
Section 8100 has been amended and provides that operation
and maintenance funds may be used for any purposes related to
the National Defense Reserve Fleet.
Section 8101 prohibits the use of funds to provide
counterterrorism support to foreign partners unless the
congressional defense committees are notified accordingly.
Section 8102 requires a report related to the National
Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Section 8103 has been amended and prohibits the use of
funds to award a new TAO Fleet Oiler or FFG Frigate program
contract for the acquisition of certain components unless those
components are manufactured in the United States.
Section 8104 prohibits funds for the development and design
of certain future naval ships unless any contract specifies
that all hull, mechanical, and electrical components are
manufactured in the United States.
Section 8105 has been amended and prohibits funds for the
decommissioning of any Littoral Combat Ships.
Section 8106 prohibits certain transfers from the
Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development
Account.
Section 8107 prohibits the use of funds for gaming or
entertainment that involves nude entertainers.
Section 8108 prohibits the use of funding for information
technology systems that do not have pornographic content
filters.
Section 8109 has been amended and makes funds available
through the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation for
transfer to the Secretary of Education, to make grants to
construct, renovate, repair, or expand elementary and secondary
public schools on military installations.
Section 8110 provides guidance on the implementation of the
Policy for Assisted Reproductive Services for the Benefit of
Seriously or Severely Ill/Injured Active Duty Service Members.
Section 8111 has been amended and places restrictions on
the use of funding for military parades.
Section 8112 has been amended and provides for the use of
funds to modify two F-35 Joint Strike Fighters per variant to a
test configuration.
Section 8113 provides for funding available in the Defense
Health Program for death gratuity payments.
Section 8114 prohibits funds in the Act from being used to
enter into a contract or provide a loan to any corporation that
has any unpaid Federal tax liability.
Section 8115 has been amended and provides that any advance
billing for background investigation services and related
services purchased from activities financed using the Defense
Working Capital Fund shall be excluded from the calculation of
cumulative advance billings.
Section 8116 prohibits funds from being used to transfer
the National Reconnaissance Office to the Space Force.
Section 8117 requires the Secretary of Defense to make a
certification prior to the transfer of any element to the Space
Force.
Section 8118 is new and prohibits funds to establish a
field operating agency of the Space Force.
Section 8119 provides funds appropriated under military
personnel may be used for expenses for members of the Space
Force.
Section 8120 is new and provides that the Commander of
United States Cyber Command shall be responsible for resources
for the Cyber Mission Forces.
Section 8121 has been amended and reduces funding due to
favorable fuel costs.
Section 8122 has been amended and provides funds for agile
development, test and evaluation, procurement, production and
modification, and the operation and maintenance for certain
software pilot programs.
Section 8123 has been amended and provides funding for
mitigation of military aircraft noise.
Section 8124 is new and prohibits funds from being used in
a manner that does not comply with the requirements of section
365 of H.R. 1280 as passed by the House of Representatives on
March 3, 2021.
Section 8125 prohibits the use of funding in contravention
of the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Section 8126 provides for the obligation of funds in
anticipation of receipt of contributions from the Government of
Kuwait.
Section 8127 requires notification of the receipt of
contributions from foreign governments.
Section 8128 provides for the procurement of certain
vehicles in the United States Central Command area.
Section 8129 provides for the purchase of items of a
particular investment unit cost from funding made available for
operation and maintenance.
Section 8130 prohibits funding from being used in
contravention of the War Powers Resolution.
Section 8131 prohibits the use of funds with respect to
Iraq in contravention of the War Powers Resolution.
Section 8132 prohibits the use of funds with respect to
Syria in contravention of the War Powers Resolution.
Section 8133 has been amended and provides that nothing in
this Act may be construed as authorizing the use of force
against Iran and North Korea.
Section 8134 prohibits the establishment of permanent bases
in Iraq or Afghanistan or United States control over Iraq or
Syria oil resources.
Section 8135 is new and requires the Secretary to provide a
notification when a foreign base is open or closed.
Section 8136 is new and requires the Secretary of Defense
to provide quarterly reports on the deployment of United States
Armed Forces.
Section 8137 prohibits the use of funding under certain
headings to procure or transfer man-portable air defense
systems.
Section 8138 prohibits funding from being used in violation
the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008.
Section 8139 prohibits the transfer of additional C-130
cargo aircraft to the Afghanistan National Security Forces or
Afghanistan Air Force.
Section 8140 has been amended and prohibits funds for any
member of the Taliban.
Section 8141 limits the obligation of funding for the
Afghanistan Security Forces Fund prior to the approval of a
financial and activity plan by the Afghanistan Resources
Oversight Council.
Section 8142 has been amended and provides that certain
support to friendly foreign countries be made in accordance
with section 8005 of this Act.
Section 8143 has been amended and provides lift and
sustainment to coalition forces.
Section 8144 requires the Secretary of Defense to certify
the use of funds in the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund under
certain conditions.
Section 8145 is new and provides funding to the Department
of Defense to provide transport and safe passage to certain
Afghans.
Section 8146 has been amended and provides funding for
International Security Cooperation Programs.
Section 8147 has been amended and provides funding to
reimburse key cooperating nations for logistical, military, and
other support.
Section 8148 has been amended and provides funding to
reimburse certain countries for border security.
Section 8149 provides security assistance to the Government
of Jordan.
Section 8150 provides security assistance to the Ukraine.
Section 8151 prohibits funds from being used to enter into
a contract with Rosoboronexport.
Section 8152 prohibits the use of funds to provide arms,
training, or other assistance to the Azov Battalion.
Section 8153 is new and prohibits funds to support military
operations conducted by the Saudi-led coalition against the
Houthis in the war in Yemen.
Section 8154 is new and requires an integrated security
cooperation strategy for assistance for certain partner
countries.
Section 8155 is new and prohibits funds to operate the
detention facility at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba.
Section 8156 is new and requires the Secretary of Defense
to provide information and documents regarding the December
1981 massacre in El Mozote.
Section 8157 is new and prohibits funds to procure light-
emitting diode (LED) light bulbs for use in any Government-
owned facility or property under the control of the Department
of Defense which were not made or assembled in the United
States.
Section 8158 is new and prohibits funds to support any
activity conducted by, or associated with, the Wuhan Institute
of Virology.
Section 8159 is new and repeals the 2001 Authorization for
Use of Military Force (P.L. 107-40) 240 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
Section 8160 is new and repeals the Authorization for Use
of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law
107-243).
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
The following items are included in accordance with various
requirements of the Rules of the House of Representatives:
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.
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.
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 ``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 for drug
interdiction and counter-drug activities of the Department of
Defense.
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.
8055'' 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.
8058'' which provides for the transfer of funds from
``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' to the Department
of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of
the Air Force to support the Sexual Assault Special Victims'
Counsel Program.
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.
8069'' 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.
8070'' which provides for the transfer of funds from
``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'' to the John C. Stennis
Center for Public Service Development Trust Fund.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
8073'' 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.
8074'' which provides for the transfer of funds from
``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'' to fund prior year
shipbuilding cost increases.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
8091'' 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.
8094'' which provides for the transfer of funds for the
National Intelligence Program.
Language has been included under ``General Provisions, Sec.
8109'' which provides for the transfer of funds from
``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' for elementary and
secondary public schools on military installations.
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:
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Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy: $4,300,000
Expeditionary Fast Transport, 2015/2023.......
Missile Procurement, Army, 2020/2022........... 6,953,000
Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat 4,500,000
Vehicles, Army, 2020/2022.....................
Other Procurement, Army, 2020/2022............. 13,000,000
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, 2020/2022..... 47,000,000
Missile Procurement, Air Force, 2020/2022...... 40,000,000
Other Procurement, Air Force, 2020/2022........ 38,000,000
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, 2021/ 161,000,000
2022..........................................
Afghanistan Security Forces Fund, 2021/2022.... 200,000,000
Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund, 2021/2022... 200,000,000
Aircraft Procurement, Army, 2021/2023.......... 5,000,000
Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat 4,533,000
Vehicles, Army, 2021/2023.....................
Other Procurement, Army, 2021/2023............. 3,177,000
Aircraft Procurement, Navy, 2021/2023.......... 15,210,000
Weapons Procurement, Navy, 2021/2023........... 87,035,000
Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine 5,194,000
Corps, 2021/2023..............................
Other Procurement, Navy, 2021/2023............. 64,325,000
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, 2021/2023..... 97,700,000
Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force, 2021/2023 351,689,000
Other Procurement, Air Force, 2021/2023........ 95,000,000
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 50,216,000
Army, 2021/2022...............................
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 16,522,000
Navy, 2021/2022...............................
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 94,600,000
Space Force, 2021/2022........................
Defense Working Capital Fund: Defense 30,000,000
Counterintelligence and Security Agency
Working Capital Fund, 2021/20XX...............
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DISCLOSURE OF EARMARKS AND CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING ITEMS
The following table is submitted in compliance with clause
9 of rule XXI, and lists the congressional earmarks (as defined
in paragraph (e) of clause 9) contained in the bill or in this
report. Neither the bill nor the report contain any limited tax
benefits or limited tariff benefits as defined in paragraphs
(f) or (g) of clause 9 of rule XXI.
DEFENSE
[Community Project Funding Items]
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Agency Account Recipient Project Amount Requestor(s)
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Air Force...................... RDTE, AF.......... Texas A&M University--Central Development of Cybersecurity $2,990,000 Carter (TX)
Texas, Killeen, TX. Methodologies.
Air Force...................... RDTE, AF.......... Central New York Defense Skydome: Trusted Smart-X 200,000 Tenney
Alliance, Rome, NY. Experimentation Environment.
Army........................... RDTE, A........... Georgia Southern University, Soldier Athlete Human 1,500,000 Carter (GA)
Statesboro, GA. Performance Optimization.
Army........................... RDTE, A........... Pennington Biomedical Research Center for Excellence in 3,566,666 Graves (LA)
Center, Baton Rouge, LA. Military Health and
Performance Enhancement.
Army........................... RDTE, A........... Coalition for National Trauma National Trauma Research 1,900,000 Ruppersberger
Research, San Antonio , TX. Repository Data Population
Project.
Army........................... RDTE, A........... APG Centennial Celebration The Discovery Center at Water's 250,000 Ruppersberger
Association, Belcamp, MD. Edge.
Defense-Wide................... RDTE, DW.......... Kansas City Kansas Community Automation Engineering 1,981,000 Davids (KS)
College, Kansas City, KS. Technology Program.
Defense-Wide................... RDTE, DW.......... National Center for Defense El Paso Makes Contract Support 964,000 Escobar
Manufacturing and Machining, for El Paso Manufacturers.
El Paso, TX.
Defense-Wide................... RDTE, DW.......... VA Tech University, Blacksburg, Next Generation Explosives and 1,000,000 Griffith
VA. Propellants.
Defense-Wide................... RDTE, DW.......... American Museum of Natural Novel Analytical and Empirical 1,500,000 Nadler
History, New York, NY. Approaches to the Prediction
and Monitoring of Disease
Transmission.
Defense-Wide................... RDTE, DW.......... The University of North Assessing and Tracking Tactical 4,000,000 Price (NC)
Carolina at Chapel Hill, Forces Initiative.
Chapel Hill, NC.
Defense-Wide................... RDTE, DW.......... The University of Texas at San Cybersecurity Manufacturing 1,000,000 Castro (TX)
Antonio, San Antonio, TX. Innovation Park.
Defense-Wide................... RDTE, DW.......... Institute for Digital Systems Engineering Technician 550,000 Aderholt
Enterprise Advancement, Education Initiative.
Huntsville, AL.
Navy........................... RDTE, N........... Georgia Institute of Coastal Equity and Resilience 5,000,000 Carter (GA)
Technology, Atlanta, GA. Hub.
Navy........................... RDTE, N........... Monmouth University, West Long Coastal adaptation research for 450,000 Pallone
Branch, NJ. improved coastal community and
NWS Earle military
installation resilience.
Space Force.................... RDTE, SF.......... The Texas A&M Engineering Development of a Core 1,665,000 Sessions
Experiment Station, College Manipulator Joint.
Station, TX.
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CHANGES IN THE APPLICATION OF EXISTING LAW
Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1)(A) 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 provide for
the transfer of funds 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.
Language is included in various accounts placing a
limitation on funds for emergencies and extraordinary expenses.
Language is included that provides not more than $3,000,000
for the Combatant Commander Initiative Fund.
Language is included that provides not less than
$50,000,000 for the Procurement Technical Assistance
Cooperative Agreement Program, of which not less than
$4,500,000 shall be available for centers.
Language is included that prohibits the consolidation of
certain legislative affairs or liaison offices.
Language is included that makes available $18,000,000 for
certain classified activities, allows such funds to be
transferred between certain accounts, and exempts such funds
from the investment item unit cost ceiling.
Language is included under the heading ``Afghanistan
Security Forces Fund'' that provides for the use of funds for
certain purposes; the management of contributions; and various
notification and certification requirements. Language is also
included that provides not less than $20,000,000 for the
recruitment and retention of women in the Afghanistan National
Security Forces, and the recruitment and training of female
security personnel.
Language is included under the heading ``Counter-ISIS Train
and Equip Fund'' that provides for the use of funds for certain
purposes, compliance with vetting standards, management of
contributions, and the submission of certain reports.
Language is included that limits the use of funds for
official representation purposes under the heading ``United
States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces''.
Language is included that limits funds credited or
transferred to the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce
Development Account.
Language is included that provides for specific
construction, acquisition, or conversion of vessels under the
heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy''.
Language is included that provides for the incurring of
additional obligations for certain activities under the heading
``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy''.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds
provided under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy'' for the construction of any naval vessel, or the
construction of major components for the construction or
conversion of any naval vessel, in foreign facilities or
shipyards.
Language is included under the heading ``Shipbuilding and
Conversion, Navy'' that allows funds to be available for
multiyear procurement of critical components to support the
common missile compartment of nuclear-powered vessels.
Language is included under the heading ``National Guard and
Reserve Equipment Account'' providing for the procurement of
certain items and the submission of modernization priority
assessments.
Language is included under the heading ``Research,
Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy'' that provides funds
for certain activities related to the V-22.
Language is included that specifies the use of certain
funds provided under the heading ``Defense Health Program''.
Language is included that provides that not less than
$10,000,000 of funds provided under the heading ``Defense
Health Program'' shall be available for HIV prevention
educational activities.
Language is included under the heading ``Defense Health
Program'' that provides that not less than $1,104,000,000 shall
be made available to the U.S. Army Medical Research and
Materiel Command to carry out congressionally directed medical
research programs.
Language is included that specifies the use of certain
funds provided under the heading ``Chemical Agents and
Munitions Destruction, Defense''.
Language is included that specifies the use of certain
funds provided under the heading ``Drug-Interdiction and
Counter-Drug Activities, Defense''.
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 expressly provided for a greater period of
availability elsewhere in the Act.
Language is included that limits the obligation of certain
funds provided in this Act during the last two months of the
fiscal year.
Language is included that provides for the general transfer
authority of funds to other military functions.
Language is included that provides that the tables titled
``Explanation of Project Level Adjustments'' in the Committee
report 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.
Language is included that provides for the establishment of
a baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer
authorities for the current fiscal year.
Language is included that provides for limitations on the
use of transfer authority of working capital fund cash
balances.
Language is included that 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.
Language is included that provides limitations and
conditions on the use of funds made available in this Act to
initiate multiyear procurement contracts.
Language is included that provides for the use and
obligation of funds for humanitarian and civic assistance
costs.
Language is included that 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.
Language is included that prohibits funding 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 provides that no funds made
available in this Act shall be used for the support of any non-
appropriated funds activity of the Department of Defense that
procures malt beverages and wine except under certain
conditions.
Language is included that prohibits 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.
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). Section 8021 provides for the conveyance,
without consideration, of relocatable housing units that are
excess to the needs of the Air Force.
Language is included that provides for the availability of
funds for the mitigation of environmental impacts on Indian
lands resulting from Department of Defense activities.
Language is included that provides that no funding for the
Defense Media Activity may be used for national or
international political or psychological activities.
Language is included that provides the minimum wage for
certain employees.
Language is included that provides no requirement to submit
a report to Congress in any covered provision of law may be
satisfied by the submission of a report to Congress pursuant to
another provision of law.
Language is included that provides funding for the Civil
Air Patrol Corporation.
Language is included that prohibits funding from being used
to establish new Department of Defense Federally Funded
Research and Development Centers (FFRDC), with certain
limitations, and increases funding provided for FFRDCs.
Language is included that defines the congressional defense
committees as the Armed Services Committees of the House and
Senate and the Subcommittees on Defense of the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees.
Language is included that 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.
Language is included that provides for competitions between
private firms and Department of Defense depot maintenance
activities.
Language is included that requires the Department of
Defense to comply with the Buy American Act, chapter 83 of
title 41, United States Code.
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 provides for the revocation of
blanket waivers of the Buy American Act.
Language is included that 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.
Language is included that prohibits funding from being used
to purchase supercomputers which are not manufactured in the
United States.
Language is included that provides for a waiver of ``Buy
American'' provisions for certain cooperative programs.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds for
the purchase or manufacture of a United States flag unless such
flags are treated as covered items under section 2533a(b) of
title 10, United States Code.
Language is included that provides for the availability of
funds contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military
Facility Investment Recovery Account.
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 use of funds in
contravention of the First Amendment.
Language is included that provides authority to use
operation and maintenance appropriations for the Asia Pacific
Regional Initiative Program.
Language is included that prohibits the sale of tobacco
products in military resale outlets below the most competitive
price in the local community.
Language is included that prohibits the use of Working
Capital Funds to purchase specified investment items.
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 programs as specified.
Language is included that places certain limitations on the
use of funds made available in this Act to establish field
operating agencies.
Language is included that places restrictions on converting
to contractor performance an activity or function of the
Department of Defense unless it meets certain guidelines
provided.
Language is included that provides for the rescissions
totaling $1,634,954,000.
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 prohibits funding from being
obligated or expended for assistance to the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea unless specifically 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 the transfer of
Department of Defense and Central Intelligence Agencies drug
interdiction and counter-drug activities funds to other
agencies.
Language is included that provides funding for Red Cross
and United Services Organization grants.
Language is included that provides funds for the Small
Business Innovation Research program and the Small Business
Technology Transfer program.
Language is included that prohibits funding from being used
for contractor bonuses being paid due to business
restructuring.
Language is included that provides transfer authority for
the pay of military personnel in connection with support and
services for eligible organizations and activities outside the
Department of Defense.
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 funding for Sexual
Assault Prevention and Response Programs.
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 prohibits funding in this Act
from being used 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 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 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.
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 prohibits funding to separate, or
to consolidate from within, the National Intelligence Program
budget from the Department of Defense budget.
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 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.
Language is included that provides for the transfer of
funds made available in this Act under Operation and
Maintenance, Navy to the John C. Stennis Center for Public
Service Development Trust Fund.
Language is included that prohibits the modification of
command and control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command
operational and administrative control of United States Navy
forces assigned to the Pacific fleet.
Language is included that requires notification for the
rapid acquisition and deployment of supplies and associated
support services.
Language is included that provides funding and transfer
authority for the Israeli Cooperative Programs.
Language is included that provides for the funding of prior
year shipbuilding cost increases.
Language is included that 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.
Language is included that prohibits funding from being used
to initiate a new start program without prior written
notification.
Language is included that 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.
Language is included that prohibits funding 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 makes funds available for
transfer for the purposes of rapid acquisition and deployment
of supplies and associated support services.
Language is included that prohibits funding 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 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.
Language is included that 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.
Language is included that 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 and the purchase of
real property, which shall remain available for the current and
the following fiscal years.
Language is included that provides limitations on the
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy appropriation.
Language is included that 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.
Language is included that places limitations on the
reprogramming of funds from the Department of Defense
Acquisition Workforce Development Account.
Language is included that 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. 3024(d)).
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds for
the purpose of making remittances to the Department of Defense
Acquisition Workforce Development Account.
Language is included that provides that any agency
receiving funds made available in this Act shall post on a
public website any report required to be submitted to Congress
with certain exceptions.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds for
federal contracts in excess of $1,000,000 unless the contractor
meets certain conditions.
Language is included that provides funds for transfer to
the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs
Medical Facility Demonstration Fund.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds
providing certain missile defense information to certain
entities.
Language is included that 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
$450,000 per vehicle.
Language is included that provides the Director of National
Intelligence with general transfer authority with certain
limitations.
Language is included that authorizes the use of funds in
the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy account to purchase five
used auxiliary vessels for the National Defense Reserve Fleet.
Language is included that directs the Secretary of Defense
to post grant awards on a public Web site in a searchable
format.
Language is included that places restrictions on transfer
amounts available in the Rapid Prototyping Fund.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds by the
National Security Agency targeting United States persons under
authorities granted in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Act.
Language is included that prohibits the transfer of
administrative or budgetary resources to the jurisdiction of
another Federal agency not financed by this Act without the
express authorization of Congress.
Language is included that provides that operation and
maintenance funds may be used for any purposes related to the
National Defense Reserve Fleet.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
provide counterterrorism support to foreign partners unless the
congressional defense committees are notified accordingly.
Language is included that requires a report related to the
National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
award a new TAO Fleet Oiler or FFG Frigate program contract for
the acquisition of certain components unless those components
are manufactured in the United States.
Language is included that prohibits funds for the
development and design of certain future naval ships unless any
contract specifies that all hull, mechanical, and electrical
components are manufactured in the United States.
Language is included that prohibits funds for the
decommissioning of any Littoral Combat Ships.
Language is included that prohibits certain transfers from
the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development
Account.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds for
gaming or entertainment that involves nude entertainers.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funding for
information technology systems that do not have pornographic
content filters.
Language is included that makes funds available through the
Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation for transfer to
the Secretary of Education, to make grants to construct,
renovate, repair, or expand elementary and secondary public
schools on military installations.
Language is included that provides guidance on the
implementation of the Policy for Assisted Reproductive Services
for the Benefit of Seriously or Severely Ill/Injured Active
Duty Service Members.
Language is included that places restrictions on the use of
funding for military parades.
Language is included that provides for the use of funds to
modify two F-35 Joint Strike Fighters per variant to a test
configuration.
Language is included that provides for funding available in
the Defense Health Program for death gratuity payments.
Language is included that prohibits funds in the Act from
being used to enter into a contract or provide a loan to any
corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liability.
Language is included that provides that any advance billing
for background investigation services and related services
purchased from activities financed using the Defense Working
Capital Fund shall be excluded from the calculation of
cumulative advance billings.
Language is included that prohibits funds from being used
to transfer the National Reconnaissance Office to the Space
Force.
Language is included that requires the Secretary of Defense
to make a certification prior to the transfer of any element to
the Space Force.
Language is included that prohibits funds to establish a
field operating agency of the Space Force.
Language is included that provides funds appropriated under
military personnel may be used for expenses for members of the
Space Force.
Language is included that provides that the Commander of
United States Cyber Command shall be responsible for resources
for the Cyber Mission Forces.
Language is included that reduces funding due to favorable
fuel costs.
Language is included that provides funds for agile
development, test and evaluation, procurement, production and
modification, and the operation and maintenance for certain
software pilot programs.
Language is included that provides funding for mitigation
of military aircraft noise.
Language is included that prohibits funds from being used
in a manner that does not comply with the requirements of
section 365 of H.R. 1280 as passed by the House of
Representatives on March 3, 2021.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funding in
contravention of the United Nations Convention Against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Language is included that provides for the obligation of
funds in anticipation of receipt of contributions from the
Government of Kuwait.
Language is included that requires notification of the
receipt of contributions from foreign governments.
Language is included that provides for the procurement of
certain vehicles in the United States Central Command area.
Language is included that provides for the purchase of
items of a particular investment unit cost from funding made
available for operation and maintenance.
Language is included that prohibits funding from being used
in contravention of the War Powers Resolution.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds with
respect to Iraq in contravention of the War Powers Resolution.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds with
respect to Syria in contravention of the War Powers Resolution.
Language is included that provides that nothing in this Act
may be construed as authorizing the use of force against Iran
and North Korea.
Language is included that prohibits the establishment of
permanent bases in Iraq or Afghanistan or United States control
over Iraq or Syria oil resources.
Language is included that requires the Secretary to provide
a notification when a foreign base is open or closed.
Language is included that requires the Secretary of Defense
to provide quarterly reports on the deployment of United States
Armed Forces.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funding
under certain headings to procure or transfer man-portable air
defense systems.
Language is included that prohibits funding from being used
in violation the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008.
Language is included that prohibits the transfer of
additional C-130 cargo aircraft to the Afghanistan National
Security Forces or Afghanistan Air Force.
Language is included that prohibits funds for any member of
the Taliban.
Language is included that limits the obligation of funding
for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund prior to the approval
of a financial and activity plan by the Afghanistan Resources
Oversight Council.
Language is included that provides that certain support to
friendly foreign countries be made in accordance with section
8005 of this Act.
Language is included that provides lift and sustainment to
coalition forces.
Language is included that requires the Secretary of Defense
to certify the use of funds in the Afghanistan Security Forces
Fund under certain conditions.
Language is included that provides funding to the
Department of Defense to provide transport and safe passage to
certain Afghans.
Language is included that provides funding for
International Security Cooperation Programs.
Language is included that provides funding to reimburse key
cooperating nations for logistical, military, and other
support.
Language is included that provides funding to reimburse
certain countries for border security.
Language is included that provides security assistance to
the Government of Jordan.
Language is included that provides security assistance to
the Ukraine.
Language is included that prohibits funds from being used
to enter into a contract with Rosoboronexport.
Language is included that prohibits the use of funds to
provide arms, training, or other assistance to the Azov
Battalion.
Language is included that prohibits funds to support
military operations conducted by the Saudi-led coalition
against the Houthis in the war in Yemen.
Language is included that requires an integrated security
cooperation strategy for assistance for certain partner
countries.
Language is included that prohibits funds to operate the
detention facility at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba.
Language is included that requires the Secretary of Defense
to provide information and documents regarding the December
1981 massacre in El Mozote.
Language is included that prohibits funds to procure light-
emitting diode (LED) light bulbs for use in any Government-
owned facility or property under the control of the Department
of Defense which were not made or assembled in the United
States.
Language is included that prohibits funds to support any
activity conducted by, or associated with, the Wuhan Institute
of Virology.
Language is included that repeals the 2001 Authorization
for Use of Military Force (P.L. 107-40) 240 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
Language is included that repeals the Authorization for Use
of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law
107-243).
COMPARISON WITH THE BUDGET RESOLUTION
Pursuant to clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives and section 308(a)(1)(A) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the following table compares
the levels of new budget authority provided in the bill with
the appropriate allocation under section 302(b) of the Budget
Act.
[In millions of dollars]
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302(b) Allocation
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Budget Budget
Authority Outlays Authority Outlays
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Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee
allocations to its subcommittees: Subcommittee on
Defense
Discretionary......................................... 705,939 699,803 705,939 \1\699,149
Mandatory............................................. 514 514 514 \1\514
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\1\Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
FIVE-YEAR OUTLAY PROJECTIONS
In compliance with section 308(a)(1)(B) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the following table contains
five-year projections associated with the budget authority
provided in the accompanying bill.
[In millions of dollars]
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Outlays
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Projection of outlays associated with the recommendation:
2022................................................... \1\430,559
2023................................................... 169,125
2024................................................... 47,401
2025................................................... 26,139
2026 and future years.................................. 20,561
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\1\Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
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.
COMMITTEE HEARINGS
For the purposes of clause 3(c)(6) of rule XIII, the
following hearings were used to develop or consider the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2022:
The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on
February 24, 2021, entitled ``Future Defense Spending.'' The
Subcommittee received testimony from:
Ms. Elizabeth Field, Director of Defense Capabilities and
Management, United States Government Accountability Office
Mr. Todd Harrison, Director of Defense Budget Analysis,
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Dr. Thomas G. Mahnken, President and CEO, Center for
Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on
March 2, 2021, entitled ``U.S. Military Service Academies
Overview.'' The Subcommittee received testimony from:
Vice Admiral Sean Buck, Superintendent, United States Naval
Academy
Lieutenant General Richard M. Clark, Superintendent, United
States Air Force Academy
Lieutenant General Darry A. Williams, Superintendent,
United States Military Academy West Point
The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on
March 17, 2021, entitled ``Climate Change, National Security,
and the Arctic.'' The Subcommittee received testimony from:
Ms. Sherri Goodman, Senior Fellow, Wilson Center
Vice Admiral Dennis V. McGinn, Advisory Board Member,
Center for Climate and Security
The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on
March 23, 2021, entitled ``Future Defense Spending.'' The
Subcommittee received testimony from:
Dr. James Acton, Co-Director of Nuclear Policy Program and
Jessica
T. Mathews Chair, Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace
Ms. Niloofar Razi Howe, Senior Fellow, New America
Ms. Mandy Smithberger, Director of the Center for Defense
Information, Project on Government Oversight
Mr. Roger Zakheim, Director, Ronald Reagan Presidential
Foundation and Institute
The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on
April 15, 2021, entitled ``United States Southern Command.''
The Subcommittee received testimony from:
Admiral Craig S. Faller, Commander, United States Southern
Command
The Subcommittee on Defense held a closed oversight hearing
on April 20, 2021, entitled ``United States European Command.''
The Subcommittee received testimony from:
General Tod D. Walters, Commander, European Command and
NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe
The Subcommittee on Defense held a closed oversight hearing
on April 21, 2021, entitled ``United States Africa Command.''
The Subcommittee received testimony from:
General Stephen J. Townsend, Commander, United States
Africa Command
The Subcommittee on Defense held a closed oversight hearing
on April 21, 2021, entitled ``United States Central Command.''
The Subcommittee received testimony from:
General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., Commander, United States
Central Command
The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on
April 29, 2021, entitled ``Fiscal Year 2022 United States Navy
and Marine Corps Budget.'' The Subcommittee received testimony
from:
General David H. Berger, Commandant of the Marine Corps
Admiral Michael Gilday, Chief of Navy Operations
The Honorable Thomas W. Harker, Acting Secretary of the
Navy
The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on
May 4, 2021, entitled ``Fiscal Year 2022 National Guard and
Reserves.'' The Subcommittee received testimony from:
Lieutenant General David G. Bellon, Commander, Marine
Forces Reserve
Lieutenant General Jody J. Daniels, Chief of the Army
Reserve
General Daniel R. Hokanson, Chief of the National Guard
Bureau
Vice Admiral John B. Mustin, Chief of the Navy Reserve
Lieutenant General Richard W. Scobee, Chief of the Air
Force Reserve
The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on
May 5, 2021, entitled ``Fiscal Year 2022 United States Army
Budget.'' The Subcommittee received testimony from:
General James C. McConville, Chief of Staff of the Army
The Honorable John E. Whitley, Acting Secretary of the Army
The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on
May 7, 2021, entitled ``Fiscal Year 2022 United States Air
Force and Space Force Budget.'' The Subcommittee received
testimony from:
General Charles Q. Brown, Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force
General John W. Raymond, Secretary, U.S. Space Force
The Honorable John P. Roth, Acting Secretary of the Air
Force
The Subcommittee on Defense held a closed oversight hearing
on May 18, 2021, entitled ``National Security Agency and Cyber
Command FY 2022 Posture.'' The Subcommittee received testimony
from:
General Paul M. Nakasone, Director, Commander, National
Security Agency, Cyber Command
The Subcommittee on Defense held a closed oversight hearing
on May 19, 2021, entitled ``Central Intelligence Agency FY 2022
Posture.'' The Subcommittee received testimony from:
The Honorable William J. Burns, Director, Central
Intelligence Agency
The Subcommittee on Defense held a closed oversight hearing
on May 20, 2021, entitled ``World Wide Threat and FY 2022
National Intelligence Program/Military Intelligence Program
Posture with the Director of National Intelligence and Under
Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security.'' The
Subcommittee received testimony from:
The Honorable Avril Haines, Director of National
Intelligence
The Honorable David M. Taylor, Performing Under Secretary
of Defense for Intelligence & Security, Department of Defense
The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on
May 25, 2021, entitled ``Fiscal Year 2022 Defense Health and
Medical Readiness.'' The Subcommittee received testimony from:
Dr. Terry Adirim, Acting Secretary of Defense for Health
Affairs
Lieutenant General R. Scott Dingle, Surgeon General, United
States Army
Rear Admiral Upper Half Bruce L. Gillingham, Surgeon
General, United States Navy
Lieutenant General Dorothy A. Hogg, Surgeon General, United
States Air Force
Lieutenant General Ronald Place, Director, Defense Health
Agency
The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on
May 26, 2021, entitled ``Defense Environmental Restoration.''
The Subcommittee received testimony from:
Ms. Amy Borman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for
Environment, Safety and Occupational Health
Mr. Mark Correll, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air
Force for Environment, Safety and Infrastructure
Mr. Richard Kidd, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Environment and Energy Resilience
Mr. Karnig Ohannessian, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the
Navy for Environment
The Subcommittee on Defense held an oversight hearing on
May 27, 2021, entitled ``Fiscal Year 2022 Department of Defense
Budget.'' The Subcommittee received testimony from:
The Honorable Lloyd J. Austin III, Secretary of Defense
General Mark A. Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff
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):
AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF MILITARY FORCE
(Public Law 107-40)
[SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
[This joint resolution may be cited as the ``Authorization
for Use of Military Force''.]
[SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.
[(a) In General.--That the President is authorized to use all
necessary and appropriate force against those nations,
organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized,
committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on
September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons,
in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism
against the United States by such nations, organizations or
persons.
[(b) War Powers Resolution Requirements.--
[(1) Specific statutory authorization.--Consistent
with section 8(a)(1) of the War Powers Resolution, the
Congress declares that this section is intended to
constitute specific statutory authorization within the
meaning of section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution.
[(2) Applicability of other requirements.--Nothing in
this resolution supercedes any requirement of the War
Powers Resolution.]
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AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF MILITARY FORCE AGAINST IRAQ RESOLUTION OF 2002
(Public Law 107-243)
[SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
[This joint resolution may be cited as the ``Authorization
for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002''.]
[SEC. 2. SUPPORT FOR UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS.
[The Congress of the United States supports the efforts by
the President to--
[(1) strictly enforce through the United Nations
Security Council all relevant Security Council
resolutions regarding Iraq and encourages him in those
efforts; and
[(2) obtain prompt and decisive action by the
Security Council to ensure that Iraq abandons its
strategy of delay, evasion and noncompliance and
promptly and strictly complies with all relevant
Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq.
[SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.
[(a) Authorization.--The President is authorized to use the
Armed Forces of the United States as he determines to be
necessary and appropriate in order to--
[(1) defend the national security of the United
States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq; and
[(2) enforce all relevant United Nations Security
Council resolutions regarding Iraq.
[(b) Presidential Determination.--In connection with the
exercise of the authority granted in subsection (a) to use
force the President shall, prior to such exercise or as soon
thereafter as may be feasible, but no later than 48 hours after
exercising such authority, make available to the Speaker of the
House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the
Senate his determination that--
[(1) reliance by the United States on further
diplomatic or other peaceful means alone either (A)
will not adequately protect the national security of
the United States against the continuing threat posed
by Iraq or (B) is not likely to lead to enforcement of
all relevant United Nations Security Council
resolutions regarding Iraq; and
[(2) acting pursuant to this joint resolution is
consistent with the United States and other countries
continuing to take the necessary actions against
international terrorist and terrorist organizations,
including those nations, organizations, or persons who
planned, authorized, committed or aided the terrorist
attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001.
[(c) War Powers Resolution Requirements.--
[(1) Specific statutory authorization.--Consistent
with section 8(a)(1) of the War Powers Resolution, the
Congress declares that this section is intended to
constitute specific statutory authorization within the
meaning of section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution.
[(2) Applicability of other requirements.--Nothing in
this joint resolution supersedes any requirement of the
War Powers Resolution.
[SEC. 4. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.
[(a) Reports.--The President shall, at least once every 60
days, submit to the Congress a report on matters relevant to
this joint resolution, including actions taken pursuant to the
exercise of authority granted in section 3 and the status of
planning for efforts that are expected to be required after
such actions are completed, including those actions described
in section 7 of the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 (Public Law
105-338).
[(b) Single Consolidated Report.--To the extent that the
submission of any report described in subsection (a) coincides
with the submission of any other report on matters relevant to
this joint resolution otherwise required to be submitted to
Congress pursuant to the reporting requirements of the War
Powers Resolution (Public Law 93-148), all such reports may be
submitted as a single consolidated report to the Congress.
[(c) Rule of Construction.--To the extent that the
information required by section 3 of the Authorization for Use
of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution (Public Law 102-1) is
included in the report required by this section, such report
shall be considered as meeting the requirements of section 3 of
such resolution.]
MINORITY VIEWS
We thank the Chairs of the Full Committee and the
Subcommittee for their efforts in producing a Defense
Appropriations bill that includes many bipartisan priorities
that support our national security and servicemembers.
Unfortunately, the topline funding level proposed in this bill
is inadequate to meet our urgent national defense requirements.
As the Majority proceeds with proposing up to 24 percent
increases for other domestic spending bills, this bill
effectively cuts funding for our national defense. This is
unacceptable at a time when all of our services face
significant modernization and readiness challenges.
Furthermore, this bill includes many harmful, partisan
provisions that prevent us from supporting this bill at this
time.
There are many aspects of the bill of which we are
appreciative, such as the key investments in platforms that are
critical to our warfighters and are supported by many of our
Members. These include, but are not limited to, the F-35 Joint
Strike Fighter, the Columbia-class Submarine, the Arleigh-Burke
Destroyer, and the F/A-18 Super Hornet. We also appreciate the
funds directed toward research and development efforts for
next-generation technologies that are essential to keeping pace
with emerging threats in all warfighting domains.
We are advocates of funding innovative technologies;
however, diverting funds from urgent requirements for a vague
promise of future capabilities is short sighted. Unfortunately,
this is a common theme throughout the bill. For example, this
bill does not adequately address critical Army funding needs,
such as the funding for the Abrams tank, the Paladin artillery
program, and the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle. As a result of
the inadequate funding requested in the President's Budget, the
Chief of Staff of the Army has requested an additional $369
million for the Abrams tank to avoid delaying fielding to the
National Guard, a request that this bill fails to address. This
request is even more important given that the Marine Corps is
divesting its armor to reorient to the Pacific.
Alarmingly, it is clear that the new administration has not
shown a commitment to the Navy's need for at least 355 ships.
In fact, the President's Budget proposes to decommission more
ships than it plans to procure in Fiscal Year 2022. While we
thank Chair McCollum for adding an additional Arleigh Burke-
class destroyer, the reality is that we should be buying at
least 12 to 14 ships this year to keep pace with our
adversaries. This bill only funds 8. The ability to maintain
freedom of navigation, and if necessary, mobilize our forces
around the world depends on a capable and ready Navy. This bill
also cuts in key areas such as jamming, sensors, electronic
warfare, digital deception, and autonomous systems. Due to the
arbitrary topline funding level, this bill takes from today in
the hope that our investments will outpace our adversaries in
the 2030-time frame. This is a risk we cannot afford.
During the Full Committee markup of the bill, we were
pleased to find common ground with the Majority in the
Manager's Amendment to address several issues important to our
Members, such as prohibiting funds to the Wuhan Institute of
Virology (WIV), increasing funds for quantum computing
initiatives, and urging the Navy to enter into agreements to
procure more amphibious ships.
Unfortunately, significant policy differences remain. Some
of the priorities that the Minority tried to address during the
markup that were denied include the following: our opposition
to closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; our
concerns about the partisan manner by which the Department of
Defense is attempting to counter extremism; and our support for
the Defense Logistics Agency's 1033 Program.
Mr. Diaz-Balart offered an amendment that would reinstate
the longstanding, bipartisan provisions to prohibit the closure
of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, prohibit the
transfer of non-citizen detainees at Guantanamo Bay to the
United States, among other policies. Republicans are greatly
concerned that, even though the new administration has no plan
for the remaining detainees at Guantanamo Bay, this bill
proposes closing the facility by the end of Fiscal Year 2022.
This is a poor strategy to ensure the safety of the American
people and our allies. Unfortunately, despite longstanding
bipartisan support for these policies, the amendment was
defeated 26-31.
Mr. Diaz-Balart also offered an amendment to prohibit the
use of funds for the Department of Defense Countering Extremism
Working Group until the Department provides a definition of
``extremism'' that has been approved by the Secretary of
Defense, briefs the Committee on the governance structure that
will be used to apply this definition to military personnel and
recruits, and certifies that these procedures will not violate
the First Amendment rights of our servicemembers. Republican
Members were unified in their support for these common-sense
measures, but this amendment was defeated 24-33.
Finally, Mr. Rutherford offered an amendment to strike
Section 8124 of the bill, which limits what excess property can
be transferred from the Department of Defense to state and
local law enforcement agencies. Despite Republicans providing
relevant examples of how high-grade equipment has been used by
law enforcement to save the lives of innocent citizens, the
amendment was defeated 23-33.
In conclusion, we remain concerned about the insufficient
topline funding level and partisan riders in this bill that
could jeopardize enactment of final legislation. We want to
work with the Majority as we proceed through the legislative
process so that the many bipartisan issues of great national
importance in this bill will receive the support they deserve.
Kay Granger.
Ken Calvert.
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