Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026

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shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by
the Congress.

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prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or employment of, any
person not a citizen of the United States shall not apply to personnel
of the Department of Defense:  Provided, That salary increases granted
to direct and indirect hire foreign national employees of the
Department of Defense funded by this Act may not be at a rate in excess
of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian employees of
the Department of Defense whose pay is computed under the provisions of
section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, or at a rate in excess of
the percentage increase provided by the appropriate host nation to its
own employees, whichever is higher:  Provided further, That this
section shall not apply to Department of Defense foreign service
national employees serving at United States diplomatic missions whose
pay is set by the Department of State under the Foreign Service Act of
1980:  Provided further, That the limitations of this provision shall
not apply to foreign national employees of the Department of Defense in
the Republic of Turkey.

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shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year,
unless expressly so provided herein.

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Act which are limited for obligation during the current fiscal year
shall be obligated during the last 2 months of the fiscal year:
Provided, That this section shall not apply to obligations for support
of active duty training of reserve components or summer camp training
of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
(transfer of funds)

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such action is necessary in the national interest, the Secretary may,
with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget, transfer not to exceed $6,000,000,000 of working capital funds
of the Department of Defense or funds made available by this Act to the
Department of Defense for military functions (except military
construction) between such appropriations or funds or any subdivision
thereof, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes,
and for the same time period, as the appropriation or fund to which
transferred:  Provided, That such authority to transfer may not be used
unless for higher priority items, based on unforeseen military
requirements, than those for which originally appropriated and in no
case where the item for which funds are requested has been denied by
the Congress:  Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall
notify the Congress promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this
authority or any other authority in this Act:  Provided further, That
no part of the funds in this Act shall be available to prepare or
present a request to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate for reprogramming of funds, unless for
higher priority items, based on unforeseen military requirements, than
those for which originally appropriated and in no case where the item
for which reprogramming is requested has been denied by the Congress:
Provided further, That a request for multiple reprogrammings of funds
using authority provided in this section shall be made prior to June
30, 2026:  Provided further, That transfers among military personnel
appropriations shall not be taken into account for purposes of the
limitation on the amount of funds that may be transferred under this
section.

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projects, and activities (and the dollar amounts and adjustments to
budget activities corresponding to such programs, projects, and
activities) contained in the tables titled Explanation of Project Level
Adjustments in the explanatory statement regarding this Act and the
tables contained in the classified annex accompanying this Act, the
obligation and expenditure of amounts appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act for those programs, projects, and activities are
hereby required by law to be carried out in the manner provided by such
tables to the same extent as if the tables were included in the text of
this Act.
(b) Amounts specified in the referenced tables described in
subsection (a) may not be treated as subdivisions of appropriations for
purposes of section 8005 of this Act:  Provided, That section 8005 of
this Act shall apply when transfers of the amounts described in
subsection (a) occur between appropriation accounts, subject to the
limitation in subsection (c):  Provided further, That the transfer
amount limitation provided in section 8005 of this Act shall not apply
to transfers of amounts described in subsection (a) if such transfers
are necessary for the proper execution of such funds.
(c) During the current fiscal year, amounts specified in the
referenced tables in titles III and IV of this Act described in
subsection (a) may not be transferred pursuant to section 8005 of this
Act other than for proper execution of such amounts, as provided in
subsection (b).

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enactment of this Act, the Department of Defense shall submit a report
to the congressional defense committees to establish the baseline for
application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year
2026:  Provided,  That the report shall include--
(1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column
to display the President's budget request, adjustments made by
Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if
appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level;
(2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation both
by budget activity and program, project, and activity as
detailed in the Budget Appendix; and
(3) an identification of items of special congressional
interest.
(b) Notwithstanding section 8005 of this Act, none of the funds
provided in this Act shall be available for reprogramming or transfer
until the report identified in subsection (a) is submitted to the
congressional defense committees, unless the Secretary of Defense
certifies in writing to the congressional defense committees that such
reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency requirement:
Provided,That this subsection shall not apply to transfers from the
following appropriations accounts:
(1) ``Environmental Restoration, Army'';
(2) ``Environmental Restoration, Navy'';
(3) ``Environmental Restoration, Air Force'';
(4) ``Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide'';
(5) ``Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense
Sites''; and
(6) ``Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug Activities,
Defense''.
(transfer of funds)

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working capital funds of the Department of Defense established pursuant
to section 2208 of title 10, United States Code, may be maintained in
only such amounts as are necessary at any time for cash disbursements
to be made from such funds:  Provided, That transfers may be made
between such funds:  Provided further, That transfers may be made
between working capital funds and the ``Foreign Currency Fluctuations,
Defense'' appropriation and the ``Operation and Maintenance''
appropriation accounts in such amounts as may be determined by the
Secretary of Defense, with the approval of the Director of the Office
of Management and Budget, except that such transfers may not be made
unless the Secretary of Defense has notified the Congress of the
proposed transfer:  Provided further, That except in amounts equal to
the amounts appropriated to working capital funds in this Act, no
obligations may be made against a working capital fund to procure or
increase the value of war reserve material inventory, unless the
Secretary of Defense has notified the Congress prior to any such
obligation.

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initiate a special access program without prior notification 30
calendar days in advance to the congressional defense committees.

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available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that employs economic
order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one year of
the contract or that includes an unfunded contingent liability in
excess of $20,000,000; or (2) a contract for advance procurement
leading to a multiyear contract that employs economic order quantity
procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one year, unless the
congressional defense committees have been notified at least 30 days in
advance of the proposed contract award:  Provided, That no part of any
appropriation contained in this Act shall be available to initiate a
multiyear contract for which the economic order quantity advance
procurement is not funded at least to the limits of the Government's
liability:  Provided further, That no part of any appropriation
contained in this Act shall be available to initiate multiyear
procurement contracts for any systems or component thereof if the value
of the multiyear contract would exceed $500,000,000 unless specifically
provided in this Act:  Provided further, That no multiyear procurement
contract can be terminated without 30-day prior notification to the
congressional defense committees:  Provided further, That the execution
of multiyear authority shall require the use of a present value
analysis to determine lowest cost compared to an annual procurement:
Provided further, That none of the funds provided by this Act may be
used for a multiyear contract executed after the date of the enactment
of this Act unless in the case of any such contract--
(1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to Congress a
budget request for full funding of units to be procured through
the contract and, in the case of a contract for procurement of
aircraft, that includes, for any aircraft unit to be procured
through the contract for which procurement funds are requested
in that budget request for production beyond advance
procurement activities in the fiscal year covered by the
budget, full funding of procurement of such unit in that fiscal
year;
(2) cancellation provisions in the contract do not include
consideration of recurring manufacturing costs of the
contractor associated with the production of unfunded units to
be delivered under the contract;
(3) the contract provides that payments to the contractor
under the contract may not be made in advance of incurred costs
on funded units; and
(4) the contract does not provide for a price adjustment
based on a failure to award a follow-on contract.

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maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are hereby appropriated pursuant
to section 401 of title 10, United States Code, for humanitarian and
civic assistance costs under chapter 20 of title 10, United States
Code:  Provided, That such funds may also be obligated for humanitarian
and civic assistance costs incidental to authorized operations and
pursuant to authority granted in section 401 of title 10, United States
Code, and these obligations shall be reported as required by section
401(d) of title 10, United States Code:  Provided further, That funds
available for operation and maintenance shall be available for
providing humanitarian and similar assistance by using Civic Action
Teams in the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands and freely
associated states of Micronesia, pursuant to the Compact of Free
Association as authorized by Public Law 99-239:  Provided further, That
upon a determination by the Secretary of the Army that such action is
beneficial for graduate medical education programs conducted at Army
medical facilities located in Hawaii, the Secretary of the Army may
authorize the provision of medical services at such facilities and
transportation to such facilities, on a nonreimbursable basis, for
civilian patients from American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of
Micronesia, Palau, and Guam.

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used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional
action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before the
Congress.

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Department of Defense, other than appropriations made for necessary or
routine refurbishments, upgrades, or maintenance activities, shall be
used to reduce or to prepare to reduce the number of deployed and non-
deployed strategic delivery vehicles and launchers below the levels set
forth in the report submitted to Congress in accordance with section
1042 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012.
(transfer of funds)

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Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Protege Program may be transferred
to any other appropriation contained in this Act solely for the purpose
of implementing a Mentor-Protege Program developmental assistance
agreement pursuant to section 4902 of title 10, United States Code,
under the authority of this provision or any other transfer authority
contained in this Act.
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall include with the budget
justification documents in support of the budget for fiscal year 2026
(as submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United
States Code) a description of each transfer under this section that
occurred during the last fiscal year before the fiscal year in which
such budget is submitted.

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available by this Act may be available for the purchase by the
Department of Defense (and its departments and agencies) of welded
shipboard anchor and mooring chain unless the anchor and mooring chain
are manufactured in the United States from components which are
substantially manufactured in the United States:  Provided, That for
the purpose of this section, the term ``manufactured'' shall include
cutting, heat treating, quality control, and testing of chain and
welding (including the forging and shot blasting process):  Provided
further, That for the purpose of this section substantially all of the
components of anchor and mooring chain shall be considered to be
produced or manufactured in the United States if the aggregate cost of
the components produced or manufactured in the United States exceeds
the aggregate cost of the components produced or manufactured outside
the United States:  Provided further, That when adequate domestic
supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense requirements
on a timely basis, the Secretary of the Service responsible for the
procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by
certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate that such an acquisition must be made
in order to acquire capability for national security purposes.

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used for the support of any nonappropriated funds activity of the
Department of Defense that procures malt beverages and wine with
nonappropriated funds for resale (including such alcoholic beverages
sold by the drink) on a military installation located in the United
States unless such malt beverages and wine are procured within that
State, or in the case of the District of Columbia, within the District
of Columbia, in which the military installation is located:  Provided,
That, in a case in which the military installation is located in more
than one State, purchases may be made in any State in which the
installation is located:  Provided further, That such local procurement
requirements for malt beverages and wine shall apply to all alcoholic
beverages only for military installations in States which are not
contiguous with another State:  Provided further, That alcoholic
beverages other than wine and malt beverages, in contiguous States and
the District of Columbia shall be procured from the most competitive
source, price and other factors considered.

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Defense may be used to demilitarize or dispose of M-1 Carbines, M-1
Garand rifles, M-14 rifles, .22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or
M-1911 pistols, or to demilitarize or destroy small arms ammunition or
ammunition components that are not otherwise prohibited from commercial
sale under Federal law, unless the small arms ammunition or ammunition
components are certified by the Secretary of the Army or designee as
unserviceable or unsafe for further use.

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available by this Act shall be used during a single fiscal year for any
single relocation of an organization, unit, activity or function of the
Department of Defense into or within the National Capital Region:
Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a
case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the congressional
defense committees that such a relocation is required in the best
interest of the Government.

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heading ``Procurement, Defense-Wide'', $35,169,000 shall be available
only for incentive payments authorized by section 504 of the Indian
Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544):  Provided, That a prime
contractor or a subcontractor at any tier that makes a subcontract
award to any subcontractor or supplier as defined in section 1544 of
title 25, United States Code, or a small business owned and controlled
by an individual or individuals defined under section 4221(9) of title
25, United States Code, shall be considered a contractor for the
purposes of being allowed additional compensation under section 504 of
the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544) whenever the prime
contract or subcontract amount is over $500,000 and involves the
expenditure of funds appropriated by an Act making appropriations for
the Department of Defense with respect to any fiscal year:  Provided
further, That notwithstanding section 1906 of title 41, United States
Code, this section shall be applicable to any Department of Defense
acquisition of supplies or services, including any contract and any
subcontract at any tier for acquisition of commercial items produced or
manufactured, in whole or in part, by any subcontractor or supplier
defined in section 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small
business owned and controlled by an individual or individuals defined
under section 4221(9) of title 25, United States Code.

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Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no cost to the Air Force,
without consideration, to Indian tribes located in the States of
Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota,
and Washington relocatable military housing units located at Grand
Forks Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mountain Home Air Force
Base, Ellsworth Air Force Base, and Minot Air Force Base that are
excess to the needs of the Air Force.
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, at no cost to the
Air Force, military housing units under subsection (a) in accordance
with the request for such units that are submitted to the Secretary by
the Operation Walking Shield Program on behalf of Indian tribes located
in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana,
Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington. Any such conveyance shall be subject
to the condition that the housing units shall be removed within a
reasonable period of time, as determined by the Secretary.
(c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall resolve any
conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for housing units under
subsection (a) before submitting requests to the Secretary of the Air
Force under subsection (b).
(d) In this section, the term ``Indian tribe'' means any recognized
Indian tribe included on the current list published by the Secretary of
the Interior under section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe
Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 5131).

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under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', not less
than $19,861,000 may be made available only for the mitigation of
environmental impacts, including training and technical assistance to
tribes, related administrative support, the gathering of information,
documenting of environmental damage, and developing a system for
prioritization of mitigation and cost to complete estimates for
mitigation, on Indian lands resulting from Department of Defense
activities.

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Activity may not be used for any national or international political or
psychological activities.

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than $79,000,000 shall be available for the Civil Air Patrol
Corporation, of which--
(1) $57,900,000 shall be available from ``Operation and
Maintenance, Air Force'' to support Civil Air Patrol
Corporation operation and maintenance, readiness, counter-drug
activities, and drug demand reduction activities involving
youth programs;
(2) $17,800,000 shall be available from ``Aircraft
Procurement, Air Force''; and
(3) $3,300,000 shall be available from ``Other Procurement,
Air Force'' for vehicle procurement.
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reimbursement for
any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for counter-drug activities in
support of Federal, State, and local government agencies.

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available by this Act may be used to establish a new Department of
Defense (department) federally funded research and development center
(FFRDC), either as a new entity, or as a separate entity administrated
by an organization managing another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership
corporation consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and other
nonprofit entities.
(b) Except when acting in a technical advisory capacity, no member
of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Overseers, Advisory Group, Special
Issues Panel, Visiting Committee, or any similar entity of a defense
FFRDC, or any entity that contracts with the Federal government to
manage or operate one or more FFRDCs, or any paid consultant to a
defense FFRDC shall receive funds appropriated by this Act as
compensation for services as a member of such entity:  Provided, That a
member of any such entity shall be allowed travel expenses and per diem
as authorized under the Federal Joint Travel Regulations, when engaged
in the performance of membership duties:  Provided further, That except
when acting in a technical advisory capacity, no paid consultant shall
receive funds appropriated by this Act as compensation by more than one
FFRDC in a calendar year.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds
available to the department from any source during the current fiscal
year may be used by a defense FFRDC, through a fee or other payment
mechanism, for construction of new buildings not located on a military
installation, for payment of cost sharing for projects funded by
Government grants, for absorption of contract overruns, or for certain
charitable contributions, not to include employee participation in
community service and/or development.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds
appropriated in this Act, not more than $2,886,300,000 may be funded
for professional technical staff-related costs of the defense FFRDCs:
Provided, That within such funds, not more than $461,300,000 shall be
available for the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs:  Provided
further, That this subsection shall not apply to staff years funded in
the National Intelligence Program and the Military Intelligence
Program:  Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, with
the submission of the department's fiscal year 2027 budget request,
submit a report presenting the specific amounts of staff years of
technical effort to be allocated for each defense FFRDC by program
during that fiscal year and the associated budget estimates, by
appropriation account and program.

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defense committees'' means the Armed Services Committee of the House of
Representatives, the Armed Services Committee of the Senate, the
Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate.

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intelligence committees'' means the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives, the Select Committee on
Intelligence of the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the
Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate.

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Defense may acquire the modification, depot maintenance and repair of
aircraft, vehicles and vessels as well as the production of components
and other Defense-related articles, through competition between
Department of Defense depot maintenance activities and private firms:
Provided, That the Senior Acquisition Executive of the military
department or Defense Agency concerned, with power of delegation, shall
certify that successful bids include comparable estimates of all direct
and indirect costs for both public and private bids:  Provided further,
That Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 shall not apply to
competitions conducted under this section.

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expended by an entity of the Department of Defense unless the entity,
in expending the funds, complies with the Buy American Act. For
purposes of this subsection, the term ``Buy American Act'' means
chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code.
(b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a person has been
convicted of intentionally affixing a label bearing a ``Made in
America'' inscription to any product sold in or shipped to the United
States that is not made in America, the Secretary shall determine, in
accordance with section 4658 of title 10, United States Code, whether
the person should be debarred from contracting with the Department of
Defense.
(c) In the case of any equipment or products purchased with
appropriations provided under this Act, it is the sense of the Congress
that any entity of the Department of Defense, in expending the
appropriation, purchase only American-made equipment and products,
provided that American-made equipment and products are cost-
competitive, quality competitive, and available in a timely fashion.

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used to procure carbon, alloy, or armor steel plate for use in any
Government-owned facility or property under the control of the
Department of Defense which were not melted and rolled in the United
States or Canada:  Provided, That these procurement restrictions shall
apply to any and all Federal Supply Class 9515, American Society of
Testing and Materials (ASTM) or American Iron and Steel Institute
(AISI) specifications of carbon, alloy or armor steel plate:  Provided
further, That the Secretary of the military department responsible for
the procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by
certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate that adequate domestic supplies are
not available to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely
basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire
capability for national security purposes:  Provided further, That
these restrictions shall not apply to contracts which are in being as
of the date of the enactment of this Act.

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with the United States Trade Representative, determines that a foreign
country which is party to an agreement described in paragraph (2) has
violated the terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain
types of products produced in the United States that are covered by the
agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall rescind the Secretary's
blanket waiver of the Buy American Act with respect to such types of
products produced in that foreign country.
(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any reciprocal
defense procurement memorandum of understanding, between the United
States and a foreign country pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense
has prospectively waived the Buy American Act for certain products in
that country.
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Congress a report
on the amount of Department of Defense purchases from foreign entities
in fiscal year 2026. Such report shall separately indicate the dollar
value of items for which the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to
any agreement described in subsection (a)(2), the Trade Agreements Act
of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or any international agreement to
which the United States is a party.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ``Buy American Act''
means chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code.

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for the procurement of ball and roller bearings other than those
produced by a domestic source and of domestic origin:  Provided, That
the Secretary of the military department responsible for such
procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by
certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate, that adequate domestic supplies are
not available to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely
basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire
capability for national security purposes:  Provided further, That this
restriction shall not apply to the purchase of ``commercial products'',
as defined by section 103 of title 41, United States Code, except that
the restriction shall apply to ball or roller bearings purchased as end
items.

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any supercomputer which is not manufactured in the United States,
unless the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional defense
committees that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire
capability for national security purposes that is not available from
United States manufacturers.

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basis, waive with respect to a foreign country each limitation on the
procurement of defense items from foreign sources provided in law if
the Secretary determines that the application of the limitation with
respect to that country would invalidate cooperative programs entered
into between the Department of Defense and the foreign country, or
would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements for the procurement of
defense items entered into under section 4851 of title 10, United
States Code, and the country does not discriminate against the same or
similar defense items produced in the United States for that country.
(b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to--
(1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on or after the
date of the enactment of this Act; and
(2) options for the procurement of items that are exercised
after such date under contracts that are entered into before
such date if the option prices are adjusted for any reason
other than the application of a waiver granted under subsection
(a).
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation regarding
construction of public vessels, ball and roller bearings, food, and
clothing or textile materials as defined by section XI (chapters 50-65)
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States and products
classified under headings 4010, 4202, 4203, 6401 through 6406, 6505,
7019, 7218 through 7229, 7304.41 through 7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 through
7508, 8105, 8108, 8109, 8211, 8215, and 9404.

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subsequent Act making appropriations for the Department of Defense, may
be used for the purchase or manufacture of a flag of the United States
unless such flags are treated as covered items under section 4862(b) of
title 10, United States Code.

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the Department of Defense Overseas Military Facility Investment
Recovery Account shall be available until expended for the payments
specified by section 2687a(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code.

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are available to the Department of Defense for operation and
maintenance may be used to purchase items having an investment item
unit cost of not more than $350,000:  Provided, That upon determination
by the Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary to meet the
operational requirements of a Commander of a Combatant Command engaged
in a named contingency operation overseas, such funds may be used to
purchase items having an investment item unit cost of not more than
$500,000.

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heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'' may be made available for
the Asia Pacific Regional Initiative Program for the purpose of
enabling the United States Indo-Pacific Command to execute Theater
Security Cooperation activities such as humanitarian assistance, and
payment of incremental and personnel costs of training and exercising
with foreign security forces:  Provided, That funds made available for
this purpose may be used, notwithstanding any other funding authorities
for humanitarian assistance, security assistance or combined exercise
expenses:  Provided further, That funds may not be obligated to provide
assistance to any foreign country that is otherwise prohibited from
receiving such type of assistance under any other provision of law.

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prohibit the sale of any tobacco or tobacco-related products in
military resale outlets in the United States, its territories and
possessions at a price below the most competitive price in the local
community:  Provided, That such regulations shall direct that the
prices of tobacco or tobacco-related products in overseas military
retail outlets shall be within the range of prices established for
military retail system stores located in the United States.

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appropriations or funds available to the Department of Defense Working
Capital Funds shall be used for the purchase of an investment item for
the purpose of acquiring a new inventory item for sale or anticipated
sale during the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to
customers of the Department of Defense Working Capital Funds if such an
item would not have been chargeable to the Department of Defense
Business Operations Fund during fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of
such an investment item would be chargeable during the current fiscal
year to appropriations made to the Department of Defense for
procurement.
(b) The fiscal year 2026 budget request for the Department of
Defense as well as all justification material and other documentation
supporting the fiscal year 2026 Department of Defense budget shall be
prepared and submitted to the Congress on the basis that any equipment
which was classified as an end item and funded in a procurement
appropriation contained in this Act shall be budgeted for in a proposed
fiscal year 2026 procurement appropriation and not in the supply
management business area or any other area or category of the
Department of Defense Working Capital Funds.

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of the Central Intelligence Agency shall remain available for
obligation beyond the current fiscal year, except for funds
appropriated for the Reserve for Contingencies, which shall remain
available until September 30, 2027:  Provided, That funds appropriated,
transferred, or otherwise credited to the Central Intelligence Agency
Central Services Working Capital Fund during this or any prior fiscal
year shall remain available until expended:  Provided further, That any
funds appropriated or transferred to the Central Intelligence Agency
for advanced research and development acquisition, for agent
operations, and for covert action programs authorized by the President
under section 503 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093)
shall remain available until September 30, 2027:  Provided further,
That any funds appropriated or transferred to the Central Intelligence
Agency for the construction, improvement, or alteration of facilities,
including leased facilities, to be used primarily by personnel of the
intelligence community, shall remain available until September 30,
2028.

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of the funds made available by this Act may be used--
(1) to establish a field operating agency; or
(2) to pay the basic pay of a member of the Armed Forces or
civilian employee of the Department of Defense who is
transferred or reassigned from a headquarters activity if the
member or employee's place of duty remains at the location of
that headquarters.
(b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military department
may waive the limitations in subsection (a), on a case-by-case basis,
if the Secretary determines, and certifies to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the
granting of the waiver will reduce the personnel requirements or the
financial requirements of the department.
(c) This section does not apply to--
(1) field operating agencies funded within the National
Intelligence Program;
(2) an Army field operating agency established to
eliminate, mitigate, or counter the effects of improvised
explosive devices, and, as determined by the Secretary of the
Army, other similar threats;
(3) an Army field operating agency established to improve
the effectiveness and efficiencies of biometric activities and
to integrate common biometric technologies throughout the
Department of Defense; or
(4) an Air Force field operating agency established to
administer the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Program and Mortuary
Operations for the Department of Defense and authorized Federal
entities.

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available to convert to contractor performance an activity or function
of the Department of Defense that, on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act, is performed by Department of Defense civilian
employees unless--
(1) the conversion is based on the result of a public-
private competition that includes a most efficient and cost
effective organization plan developed by such activity or
function;
(2) the Competitive Sourcing Official determines that, over
all performance periods stated in the solicitation of offers
for performance of the activity or function, the cost of
performance of the activity or function by a contractor would
be less costly to the Department of Defense by an amount that
equals or exceeds the lesser of--
(A) 10 percent of the most efficient organization's
personnel-related costs for performance of that
activity or function by Federal employees; or
(B) $10,000,000; and
(3) the contractor does not receive an advantage for a
proposal that would reduce costs for the Department of Defense
by--
(A) not making an employer-sponsored health
insurance plan available to the workers who are to be
employed in the performance of that activity or
function under the contract; or
(B) offering to such workers an employer-sponsored
health benefits plan that requires the employer to
contribute less towards the premium or subscription
share than the amount that is paid by the Department of
Defense for health benefits for civilian employees
under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code.
(b)(1) The Department of Defense, without regard to subsection (a)
of this section or subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 2461 of title
10, United States Code, and notwithstanding any administrative
regulation, requirement, or policy to the contrary shall have full
authority to enter into a contract for the performance of any
commercial or industrial type function of the Department of Defense
that--
(A) is included on the procurement list established
pursuant to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (section
8503 of title 41, United States Code);
(B) is planned to be converted to performance by a
qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or by a qualified
nonprofit agency for other severely handicapped individuals in
accordance with that Act; or
(C) is planned to be converted to performance by a
qualified firm under at least 51 percent ownership by an Indian
tribe, as defined in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)),
or a Native Hawaiian Organization, as defined in section
8(a)(15) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15)).
(2) This section shall not apply to depot contracts or
contracts for depot maintenance as provided in sections 2469
and 2474 of title 10, United States Code.
(c) The conversion of any activity or function of the Department of
Defense under the authority provided by this section shall be credited
toward any competitive or outsourcing goal, target, or measurement that
may be established by statute, regulation, or policy and is deemed to
be awarded under the authority of, and in compliance with, subsection
(h) of section 2304 of title 10, United States Code, for the
competition or outsourcing of commercial activities.

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reduce the authorized positions for military technicians (dual status)
of the Army National Guard, Air National Guard, Army Reserve and Air
Force Reserve for the purpose of applying any administratively imposed
civilian personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on military
technicians (dual status), unless such reductions are a direct result
of a reduction in military force structure.

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available by this Act may be obligated or expended for assistance to
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea unless specifically
appropriated for that purpose:  Provided, That this restriction shall
not apply to any activities incidental to the Defense POW/MIA
Accounting Agency mission to recover and identify the remains of United
States Armed Forces personnel from the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea.

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funds appropriated for operation and maintenance of the Military
Departments, Combatant Commands and Defense Agencies shall be available
for reimbursement of pay, allowances and other expenses which would
otherwise be incurred against appropriations for the National Guard and
Reserve when members of the National Guard and Reserve provide
intelligence or counterintelligence support to Combatant Commands,
Defense Agencies and Joint Intelligence Activities, including the
activities and programs included within the National Intelligence
Program and the Military Intelligence Program:  Provided, That nothing
in this section authorizes deviation from established Reserve and
National Guard personnel and training procedures.

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Defense for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or counter-drug
activities may be transferred to any other department or agency of the
United States except as specifically provided in an appropriations law.
(b) None of the funds available to the Central Intelligence Agency
for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or counter-drug activities
may be transferred to any other department or agency of the United
States except as specifically provided in an appropriations law.

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made available elsewhere in this Act, $49,000,000 is hereby
appropriated to the Department of Defense:  Provided, That upon the
determination of the Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the
national interest, the Secretary shall make grants in the amounts
specified as follows: $24,000,000 to the United Service Organizations
and $25,000,000 to the Red Cross.

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Small Business Innovation Research program and the Small Business
Technology Transfer program set-asides shall be taken proportionally
from all programs, projects, or activities to the extent they
contribute to the extramural budget. The Secretary of each military
department, the Director of each Defense Agency, and the head of each
other relevant component of the Department of Defense shall submit to
the congressional defense committees, concurrent with submission of the
budget justification documents to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of
title 31, United States Code, a report with a detailed accounting of
the Small Business Innovation Research program and the Small Business
Technology Transfer program set-asides taken from programs, projects,
or activities within such department, agency, or component during the
most recently completed fiscal year.

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Defense under this Act may be obligated or expended to pay a contractor
under a contract with the Department of Defense for costs of any amount
paid by the contractor to an employee when--
(1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in excess of
the normal salary paid by the contractor to the employee; and
(2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs associated
with a business combination.
(including transfer of funds)

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$30,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act under the heading
``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' may be transferred to
appropriations available for the pay of military personnel, to be
merged with, and to be available for the same time period as the
appropriations to which transferred, to be used in support of such
personnel in connection with support and services for eligible
organizations and activities outside the Department of Defense pursuant
to section 2012 of title 10, United States Code.

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Chief of the National Guard Bureau may permit the use of equipment of
the National Guard Distance Learning Project by any person or entity on
a space-available, reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard
Bureau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for such use on a
case-by-case basis.
(b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be credited to
funds available for the National Guard Distance Learning Project and be
available to defray the costs associated with the use of equipment of
the project under that subsection. Such funds shall be available for
such purposes without fiscal year limitation.

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available by this or prior Acts may be obligated or expended to retire,
prepare to retire, or place in storage or on backup aircraft inventory
status any C-40 aircraft.
(b) The limitation under subsection (a) shall not apply to an
individual C-40 aircraft that the Secretary of the Air Force
determines, on a case-by-case basis, to be no longer mission capable
due to a Class A mishap.
(c) If the Secretary determines under subsection (b) that an
aircraft is no longer mission capable, the Secretary shall submit to
the congressional defense committees a certification in writing that
the status of such aircraft is due to a Class A mishap and not due to
lack of maintenance, repairs, or other reasons.
(d) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report on the necessary steps taken by the Department of
Defense to meet the travel requirements for official or
representational duties of members of Congress and the Cabinet in
fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

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Act may be used to procure end-items for delivery to military forces
for operational training, operational use, or inventory requirements:
Provided, That this restriction does not apply to end-items used in
development, prototyping in accordance with an approved test strategy,
and test activities preceding and leading to acceptance for operational
use.
(b) If the number of end-items budgeted with funds appropriated in
title IV of this Act exceeds the number required in an approved test
strategy, the Under Secretary of Defense (Research and Engineering) and
the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment), in
coordination with the responsible Service Acquisition Executive, shall
certify in writing to the congressional defense committees that there
is a bonafide need for the additional end-items at the time of
submittal to Congress of the budget of the President for fiscal year
2027 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code:
Provided,  That this restriction does not apply to programs funded
within the National Intelligence Program.
(c) The Secretary of Defense shall, at the time of the submittal to
Congress of the budget of the President for fiscal year 2027 pursuant
to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, submit to the
congressional defense committees a report detailing the use of funds
requested in research, development, test and evaluation accounts for
end-items used in development, prototyping and test activities
preceding and leading to acceptance for operational use:  Provided,
That the report shall set forth, for each end item covered by the
preceding proviso, a detailed list of the statutory authorities under
which amounts in the accounts described in that proviso were used for
such item:  Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, at
the time of the submittal to Congress of the budget of the President
for fiscal year 2027 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United
States Code, submit to the congressional defense committees a
certification that funds requested for fiscal year 2027 in research,
development, test and evaluation accounts are in compliance with this
section:  Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may waive
this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to
the Subcommittees on Defense of the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate that it is in the national
security interest to do so.

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available by this or other Department of Defense Appropriations Acts
may be obligated or expended for the purpose of performing repairs or
maintenance to military family housing units of the Department of
Defense, including areas in such military family housing units that may
be used for the purpose of conducting official Department of Defense
business.

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appropriated in this Act under the heading ``Research, Development,
Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'' for any new start Defense
Innovation Acceleration (PE 0603838D8Z) or Rapid Prototyping Program
(PE 0604331D8Z) demonstration project with a value of more than
$5,000,000 may only be obligated 15 days after a report, including a
description of the project, the planned acquisition and transition
strategy and its estimated annual and total cost, has been provided in
writing to the congressional defense committees:  Provided, That the
Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis
by certifying to the congressional defense committees that it is in the
national interest to do so.

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classified quarterly report to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate, Subcommittees on Defense on
certain matters as directed in the classified annex accompanying this
Act.

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States Code, a servicemember who is a member of the National Guard
serving on full-time National Guard duty under section 502(f) of title
32, United States Code, may perform duties in support of the ground-
based elements of the National Ballistic Missile Defense System.

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transfer to any nongovernmental entity ammunition held by the
Department of Defense that has a center-fire cartridge and a United
States military nomenclature designation of ``armor penetrator'',
``armor piercing (AP)'', ``armor piercing incendiary (API)'', or
``armor-piercing incendiary tracer (API-T)'', except to an entity
performing demilitarization services for the Department of Defense
under a contract that requires the entity to demonstrate to the
satisfaction of the Department of Defense that armor piercing
projectiles are either: (1) rendered incapable of reuse by the
demilitarization process; or (2) used to manufacture ammunition
pursuant to a contract with the Department of Defense or the
manufacture of ammunition for export pursuant to a License for
Permanent Export of Unclassified Military Articles issued by the
Department of State.

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of the National Guard Bureau, or their designee, may waive payment of
all or part of the consideration that otherwise would be required under
section 2667 of title 10, United States Code, in the case of a lease of
personal property for a period not in excess of 1 year to any
organization specified in section 508(d) of title 32, United States
Code, or any other youth, social, or fraternal nonprofit organization
as may be approved by the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or their
designee, on a case-by-case basis.
(including transfer of funds)

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heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $194,452,598 shall remain
available until expended:  Provided, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer
such funds to other activities of the Federal Government:  Provided
further, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized to enter into and
carry out contracts for the acquisition of real property, construction,
personal services, and operations related to projects carrying out the
purposes of this section:  Provided further, That contracts entered
into under the authority of this section may provide for such
indemnification as the Secretary determines to be necessary:  Provided
further, That projects authorized by this section shall comply with
applicable Federal, State, and local law to the maximum extent
consistent with the national security, as determined by the Secretary
of Defense.

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Act may be used to implement a change to--
(1) the appropriations account structure for the National
Intelligence Program budget, including through the creation of
a new appropriation or new appropriation account; or
(2) how the National Intelligence Program budget request is
presented in the unclassified P-1, R-1, and O-1 documents
supporting the Department of Defense budget request.
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to prohibit the
merger of programs or changes to the National Intelligence Program
budget at or below the Expenditure Center level, provided such change
is otherwise in accordance with subsection (a).
(c) The Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of
Defense may jointly study and develop detailed proposals for
alternative budget presentation and appropriation accounts. Such study
shall include a comprehensive counterintelligence risk assessment to
ensure that none of the alternative processes will adversely affect
counterintelligence.
(d) Upon development of the detailed proposals defined under
subsection (c), the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary
of Defense shall--
(1) provide the proposed alternatives to all affected
agencies;
(2) receive certification from all affected agencies
attesting that the proposed alternatives will not adversely
affect counterintelligence; and
(3) not later than 30 days after receiving all necessary
certifications under paragraph (2), present the proposed
alternatives and certifications to the congressional defense
and intelligence committees.
(including transfer of funds)

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$11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made in title II of this
Act for ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', ``Operation and
Maintenance, Navy'', and ``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'' may
be transferred by the military department concerned to its central fund
established for Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant to section 2493(d) of
title 10, United States Code.
(including transfer of funds)

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$5,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense, to
remain available for obligation until expended:  Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, that upon the determination
of the Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national interest,
these funds shall be available only for a grant to the Fisher House
Foundation, Inc., only 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.
(including transfer of funds)

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Maintenance, Navy'', up to $1,000,000 shall be available for transfer
to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development Trust Fund
established under section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public
Service Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105).

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Defense may be obligated to modify command and control relationships to
give Fleet Forces Command operational and administrative control of
United States Navy forces assigned to the Pacific fleet:  Provided,
That the command and control relationships which existed on October 1,
2004, shall remain in force until a written modification has been
proposed to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate:  Provided further, That the proposed
modification may be implemented 30 days after the notification unless
an objection is received from either the House or Senate Appropriations
Committees:  Provided further, That any proposed modification may not
preclude the ability of the commander of United States Indo-Pacific
Command to meet operational requirements.

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Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate under section 3601 of title 10, United States Code, as added by
section 804(a) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2023 shall be submitted pursuant to that
requirement concurrently to the Subcommittees on Defense of the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate.

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headings ``Procurement, Defense-Wide'' and ``Research, Development,
Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'', $500,000,000 shall be for the
Israeli Cooperative Programs:  Provided, That of this amount,
$60,000,000 shall be for the Secretary of Defense to provide to the
Government of Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome defense
system to counter short-range rocket threats, subject to the U.S.-
Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agreement; $127,000,000 shall be for the
Short Range Ballistic Missile Defense (SRBMD) program, including cruise
missile defense research and development under the SRBMD program;
$40,000,000 shall be for co-production activities of SRBMD systems in
the United States and in Israel to meet Israel's defense requirements
consistent with each nation's laws, regulations, and procedures,
subject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement for SRBMD;
$100,000,000 shall be for an upper-tier component to the Israeli
Missile Defense Architecture, of which $100,000,000 shall be for co-
production activities of Arrow 3 Upper Tier systems in the United
States and in Israel to meet Israel's defense requirements consistent
with each nation's laws, regulations, and procedures, subject to the
U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement for Arrow 3 Upper Tier; and
$173,000,000 shall be for the Arrow System Improvement Program
including development of a long range, ground and airborne, detection
suite.

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heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'', $699,210,000 shall be
available until September 30, 2026, to fund prior year shipbuilding
cost increases.

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intelligence-related activities are deemed to be specifically
authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504(a)(1) of the
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)) until the
enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026.

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available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of
funds that creates or initiates a new program, project, or activity
unless such program, project, or activity must be undertaken
immediately in the interest of national security and only after written
prior notification to the congressional defense committees.

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development, test, evaluation, procurement or deployment of nuclear
armed interceptors of a missile defense system.

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available by this Act may be obligated or expended for the purpose of
decommissioning any Littoral Combat Ship.

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States Code, any subdivision of appropriations made in this Act under
the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'' shall be considered
to be for the same purpose as any subdivision under the heading
``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'' appropriations in any prior
fiscal year, and the 1 percent limitation shall apply to the total
amount of the appropriation.

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this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish the operation of the
53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of the Air Force Reserve, if such
action would reduce the WC-130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the
levels funded in this Act:  Provided, That the Air Force shall allow
the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron to perform other missions in
support of national defense requirements during the non-hurricane
season.

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available for integration of foreign intelligence information unless
the information has been lawfully collected and processed during the
conduct of authorized foreign intelligence activities:  Provided, That
information pertaining to United States persons shall only be handled
in accordance with protections provided in the Fourth Amendment of the
United States Constitution as implemented through Executive Order No.
12333.

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of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence shall remain
available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, except for
funds appropriated for research and technology, which shall remain
available until September 30, 2027.

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of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit a
report to the congressional intelligence committees to establish the
baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for
fiscal year 2026:  Provided, That the report shall include--
(1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column
to display the President's budget request, adjustments made by
Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if
appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level;
(2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation by
Expenditure Center and project; and
(3) an identification of items of special congressional
interest.
(b) None of the funds provided for the National Intelligence
Program in this Act shall be available for reprogramming or transfer
until the report identified in subsection (a) is submitted to the
congressional intelligence committees, unless the Director of National
Intelligence certifies in writing to the congressional intelligence
committees that such reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an
emergency requirement.

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of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account in or for fiscal
year 2026 to a military department or Defense Agency pursuant to
section 1705(e)(1) of title 10, United States Code, shall be covered by
and subject to section 8005 of this Act.

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Intelligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act shall 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)) that--
(1) creates a new start effort;
(2) terminates a program with appropriated funding of
$10,000,000 or more;
(3) transfers funding into or out of the National
Intelligence Program; or
(4) transfers funding between appropriations, unless the
congressional intelligence committees are notified 30 days in
advance of such reprogramming of funds; this notification
period may be reduced for urgent national security
requirements.
(b) None of the funds provided for the National Intelligence
Program in this or any prior appropriations Act shall 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)) that results in a cumulative increase or decrease
of the levels specified in the classified annex accompanying the Act
unless the congressional intelligence committees are notified 30 days
in advance of such reprogramming of funds; this notification period may
be reduced for urgent national security requirements.

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Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public
website of that agency any report required to be submitted by the
Congress in this or any other Act, upon the determination by the head
of the agency that it shall serve the national interest.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if--
(1) the public posting of the report compromises national
security; or
(2) the report contains proprietary information.
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so only
after such report has been made available to the requesting Committee
or Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days.

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available by this Act may be expended for any Federal contract for an
amount in excess of $1,000,000, unless the contractor agrees not to--
(1) enter into any agreement with any of its employees or
independent contractors that requires, as a condition of
employment, that the employee or independent contractor agree
to resolve through arbitration any claim under title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out
of sexual assault or harassment, including assault and battery,
intentional infliction of emotional distress, false
imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or retention;
or
(2) take any action to enforce any provision of an existing
agreement with an employee or independent contractor that
mandates that the employee or independent contractor resolve
through arbitration any claim under title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of
sexual assault or harassment, including assault and battery,
intentional infliction of emotional distress, false
imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or retention.
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by
this Act may be expended for any Federal contract unless the contractor
certifies that it requires each covered subcontractor to agree not to
enter into, and not to take any action to enforce any provision of, any
agreement as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a),
with respect to any employee or independent contractor performing work
related to such subcontract. For purposes of this subsection, a
``covered subcontractor'' is an entity that has a subcontract in excess
of $1,000,000 on a contract subject to subsection (a).
(c) The prohibitions in this section do not apply with respect to a
contractor's or subcontractor's agreements with employees or
independent contractors that may not be enforced in a court of the
United States.
(d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the application of
subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or subcontractor for
the purposes of a particular contract or subcontract if the Secretary
or the Deputy Secretary personally determines that the waiver is
necessary to avoid harm to national security interests of the United
States, and that the term of the contract or subcontract is not longer
than necessary to avoid such harm. The determination shall set forth
with specificity the grounds for the waiver and for the contract or
subcontract term selected, and shall state any alternatives considered
in lieu of a waiver and the reasons each such alternative would not
avoid harm to national security interests of the United States. The
Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Congress, and simultaneously
make public, any determination under this subsection not less than 15
business days before the contract or subcontract addressed in the
determination may be awarded.
(including transfer of funds)

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maintenance for the Defense Health Program in this Act, up to
$165,000,000, shall be available for transfer to the Joint Department
of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility
Demonstration Fund in accordance with the provisions of section 1704 of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law
111-84):  Provided, That for purposes of section 1704(b), the facility
operations funded are operations of the integrated Captain James A.
Lovell Federal Health Care Center, consisting of the North Chicago
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy Ambulatory Care Center, and
supporting facilities designated as a combined Federal medical facility
as described by section 706 of Public Law 110-417:  Provided further,
That additional funds may be transferred from 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 upon written notification by the Secretary of
Defense to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate.

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made available may be used by the Department of Defense or a component
thereof in contravention of the provisions of section 130h of title 10,
United States Code.

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to the purchase of passenger carrying vehicles, appropriations
available to the Department of Defense may be used for the purchase of:
(1) heavy and light armored vehicles for the physical security of
personnel or for force protection purposes up to a limit of $450,000
per vehicle; and (2) passenger motor vehicles up to a limit of $75,000
per vehicle for use by military and civilian employees of the
Department of Defense in the United States Central Command area of
responsibility.
(including transfer of funds)

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Intelligence that such action is necessary and in the national
interest, the Director may, with the approval of the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget, transfer not to exceed $1,500,000,000
of the funds made available in this Act for the National Intelligence
Program:  Provided, That such authority to transfer may not be used
unless for higher priority items, based on unforeseen intelligence
requirements, than those for which originally appropriated and in no
case where the item for which funds are requested has been denied by
the Congress:  Provided further, That a request for multiple
reprogrammings of funds using authority provided in this section shall
be made prior to June 30, 2026.

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``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'', $206,019,000, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 2030, may be used for the
purchase of two used sealift vessels for the National Defense Reserve
Fleet, established under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of
1946 (46 U.S.C. 57100):  Provided, That such amounts are available for
reimbursements to the Ready Reserve Force, Maritime Administration
account of the United States Department of Transportation for programs,
projects, activities, and expenses related to the National Defense
Reserve Fleet:  Provided further, That notwithstanding section 2218 of
title 10, United States Code, none of these funds shall be transferred
to the National Defense Sealift Fund for execution.

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used by the National Security Agency to--
(1) conduct an acquisition pursuant to section 702 of the
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 for the purpose
of targeting a United States person; or
(2) acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as such term
is defined in section 2510(8) of title 18, United States Code)
of any electronic communication of a United States person from
a provider of electronic communication services to the public
pursuant to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act of 1978.

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Act may be used to pay the salary of any officer or employee of any
agency funded by this Act who approves or implements the transfer of
administrative responsibilities or budgetary resources of any program,
project, or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction of
another Federal agency not financed by this Act without the express
authorization of Congress:  Provided, That this limitation shall not
apply to transfers of funds expressly provided for in Department of
Defense Appropriations Acts, or provisions of Acts providing
supplemental appropriations for the Department of Defense.

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and Maintenance, Navy'', $785,052,000, to remain available until
expended, may be used for any purposes related to the National Defense
Reserve Fleet established under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales
Act of 1946 (46 U.S.C. 57100):  Provided, That such amounts are
available for reimbursements to the Ready Reserve Force, Maritime
Administration account of the United States Department of
Transportation for programs, projects, activities, and expenses related
to the National Defense Reserve Fleet.

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Fleet Oiler program shall be used to award a new contract that provides
for the acquisition of the following components unless those components
are manufactured in the United States: Auxiliary equipment (including
pumps) for shipboard services; propulsion equipment (including engines,
reduction gears, and propellers); shipboard cranes; spreaders for
shipboard cranes; and anchor chains, specifically for the seventh and
subsequent ships of the fleet.
(b) None of the funds provided in this Act for the FFG-Frigate
program shall be used to award a new contract that provides for the
acquisition of the following components unless those components are
manufactured in the United States: Air circuit breakers; gyrocompasses;
electronic navigation chart systems; steering controls; pumps;
propulsion and machinery control systems; totally enclosed lifeboats;
auxiliary equipment pumps; shipboard cranes; auxiliary chill water
systems; and propulsion propellers:  Provided, That the Secretary of
the Navy shall incorporate United States manufactured propulsion
engines and propulsion reduction gears into the FFG-Frigate program
beginning not later than with the eleventh ship of the program.

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development, performance specification development, concept design and
development, ship configuration development, systems engineering, naval
architecture, marine engineering, operations research analysis,
industry studies, preliminary design, development of the Detailed
Design and Construction Request for Proposals solicitation package, or
related activities for the T-ARC(X) Cable Laying and Repair Ship or the
T-AGOS(X) Oceanographic Surveillance Ship may be used to award a new
contract for such activities unless these contracts include
specifications that all auxiliary equipment, including pumps and
propulsion shafts, are manufactured in the United States.

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or any other Act to the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce
Development Account may be transferred to:
(1) the Rapid Prototyping Fund established under section
804(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 2302 note); or
(2) credited to a military-department specific fund
established under section 804(d)(2) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016.

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used for Government Travel Charge Card expenses by military or civilian
personnel of the Department of Defense for gaming, or for entertainment
that includes topless or nude entertainers or participants, as
prohibited by Department of Defense Instruction 1015.10 (enclosures 3
and 14b).

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available by this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer
network unless such network is designed to block access to pornography
websites.
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations,
prosecution, or adjudication activities, or for any activity necessary
for the national defense, including intelligence activities.

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available, in this or any other Act, may be obligated or expended by
the Secretary of Defense to provide motorized vehicles, aviation
platforms, munitions other than small arms and munitions appropriate
for customary ceremonial honors, operational military units, or
operational military platforms if the Secretary determines that
providing such units, platforms, or equipment would undermine the
readiness of such units, platforms, or equipment.

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other Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of
understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant to, or
provide a loan or loan guarantee to any corporation that has any unpaid
Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial
and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and
that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with
the authority responsible for collecting such tax liability, provided
that the applicable Federal agency is aware of the unpaid Federal tax
liability.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the applicable Federal agency
has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation described in
such subsection and has made a determination that such suspension or
debarment is not necessary to protect the interests of the Federal
Government.

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detailed in budget activity eight in the tables titled Explanation of
Project Level Adjustments in the explanatory statement regarding this
Act, may be used for expenses for the agile research, development, test
and evaluation, procurement, production, modification, and operation
and maintenance, only for the following Software and Digital Technology
Pilot programs--
(1) Defensive CYBER (PE 0608041A);
(2) Risk Management Information (PE 0608013N);
(3) Maritime Tactical Command and Control (PE 0608231N);
(4) Space Domain Awareness/Planning/Tasking SW (PE
1208248SF);
(5) Global Command and Control System (PE 0303150K); and
(6) Acquisition Visibility (PE 0608648D8Z).
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this or prior Department of
Defense Appropriations Acts may be obligated or expended to initiate
additional Software and Digital Technology Pilot Programs in fiscal
year 2026.

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available by this Act may be used to transfer the National
Reconnaissance Office to the Space Force:  Provided, That nothing in
this Act shall be construed to limit or prohibit cooperation,
collaboration, and coordination between the National Reconnaissance
Office and the Space Force or any other elements of the Department of
Defense.

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