Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.

IB Union Calendar No. 59 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2968 [Report No. 116–84] Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 23, 2019 Mr. VISCLOSKY, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:31 May 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H2968.RH H2968 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2968 RH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 3 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 4 fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, for military func- 5 tions administered by the Department of Defense and for 6 other purposes, namely: 7 TITLE I 8 MILITARY PERSONNEL 9 MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY 10 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 11 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta- 12 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza- 13 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 14 between permanent duty stations, for members of the 15 Army on active duty (except members of reserve compo- 16 nents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; 17 for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and 18 for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97– 19 377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Depart- 20 ment of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 21 $42,314,762,000. 22 MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY 23 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 24 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:31 May 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2968.RH H2968 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 2968 RH tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza- 1 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 2 between permanent duty stations, for members of the 3 Navy on active duty (except members of the Reserve pro- 4 vided for elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation cadets; for 5 members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and for 6 payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, 7 as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department 8 of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $31,679,229,000. 9 MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 10 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 11 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta- 12 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza- 13 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 14 between permanent duty stations, for members of the Ma- 15 rine Corps on active duty (except members of the Reserve 16 provided for elsewhere); and for payments pursuant to sec- 17 tion 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 18 402 note), and to the Department of Defense Military Re- 19 tirement Fund, $14,064,751,000. 20 MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 21 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 22 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta- 23 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza- 24 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:31 May 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2968.RH H2968 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 2968 RH between permanent duty stations, for members of the Air 1 Force on active duty (except members of reserve compo- 2 nents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; 3 for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and 4 for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97– 5 377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Depart- 6 ment of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 7 $31,082,769,000. 8 RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY 9 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 10 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Re- 11 serve on active duty under sections 10211, 10302, and 12 7038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 13 active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United 14 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 15 in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 16 while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 17 drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses au- 18 thorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; 19 and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 20 Retirement Fund, $4,847,321,000. 21 RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY 22 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 23 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Navy Re- 24 serve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:31 May 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2968.RH H2968 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 2968 RH United States Code, or while serving on active duty under 1 section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in con- 2 nection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) 3 of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing re- 4 serve training, or while performing drills or equivalent 5 duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 6 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Depart- 7 ment of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 8 $2,113,357,000. 9 RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 10 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 11 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine 12 Corps Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title 13 10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty 14 under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, 15 in connection with performing duty specified in section 16 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under- 17 going reserve training, or while performing drills or equiv- 18 alent duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon 19 leaders class, and expenses authorized by section 16131 20 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the 21 Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 22 $829,124,000. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:31 May 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2968.RH H2968 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 2968 RH RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 1 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 2 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Force 3 Reserve on active duty under sections 10211, 10305, and 4 9038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 5 active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United 6 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 7 in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 8 while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 9 drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses au- 10 thorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; 11 and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 12 Retirement Fund, $1,993,280,000. 13 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 14 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 15 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Na- 16 tional Guard while on duty under sections 10211, 10302, 17 or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United 18 States Code, or while serving on duty under section 19 12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United 20 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 21 in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 22 while undergoing training, or while performing drills or 23 equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by 24 section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for pay- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:31 May 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2968.RH H2968 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 2968 RH ments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 1 Fund, $8,664,535,000. 2 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 3 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 4 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Na- 5 tional Guard on duty under sections 10211, 10305, or 6 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States 7 Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of 8 title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, 9 in connection with performing duty specified in section 10 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under- 11 going training, or while performing drills or equivalent 12 duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 13 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 14 to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 15 $4,032,521,000. 16 TITLE II 17 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 18 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 19 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 20 for the operation and maintenance of the Army, as author- 21 ized by law, $41,449,293,000: Provided, That not to ex- 22 ceed $12,478,000 can be used for emergencies and ex- 23 traordinary expenses, to be expended upon the approval 24 or authority of the Secretary of the Army, and payments 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:31 May 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2968.RH H2968 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 2968 RH may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential 1 military purposes. 2 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 3 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 4 for the operation and maintenance of the Navy and the 5 Marine Corps, as authorized by law, $51,417,389,000: 6 Provided, That not to exceed $15,055,000 can be used for 7 emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended 8 upon the approval or authority of the Secretary of the 9 Navy, and payments may be made on his certificate of 10 necessity for confidential military purposes. 11 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 12 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 13 for the operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, 14 as authorized by law, $7,945,854,000. 15 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 16 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 17 for the operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as 18 authorized by law, $44,662,729,000: Provided, That not 19 to exceed $7,699,000 can be used for emergencies and ex- 20 traordinary expenses, to be expended upon the approval 21 or authority of the Secretary of the Air Force, and pay- 22 ments may be made on his certificate of necessity for con- 23 fidential military purposes. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:31 May 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2968.RH H2968 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 2968 RH OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SPACE FORCE 1 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 2 to study and refine plans for the potential establishment 3 of a Space Force as a branch of the Armed Forces, 4 $15,000,000: Provided, That nothing in this provision 5 shall be construed to authorize the establishment of a 6 Space Force. 7 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 9 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 10 for the operation and maintenance of activities and agen- 11 cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 12 departments), as authorized by law, $37,238,522,000: 13 Provided, That not more than $6,859,000 may be used 14 for the Combatant Commander Initiative Fund authorized 15 under section 166a of title 10, United States Code: Pro- 16 vided further, That not to exceed $36,000,000 can be used 17 for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be ex- 18 pended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of 19 Defense, and payments may be made on his certificate of 20 necessity for confidential military purposes: Provided fur- 21 ther, That of the funds provided under this heading, not 22 less than $44,500,000 shall be made available for the Pro- 23 curement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement 24 Program, of which not less than $4,500,000 shall be avail- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:31 May 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2968.RH H2968 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 2968 RH able for centers defined in 10 U.S.C. 2411(1)(D): Pro- 1 vided further, That none of the funds appropriated or oth- 2 erwise made available by this Act may be used to plan 3 or implement the consolidation of a budget or appropria- 4 tions liaison office of the Office of the Secretary of De- 5 fense, the office of the Secretary of a military department, 6 or the service headquarters of one of the Armed Forces 7 into a legislative affairs or legislative liaison office: Pro- 8 vided further, That $17,732,000, to remain available until 9 expended, is available only for expenses relating to certain 10 classified activities, and may be transferred as necessary 11 by the Secretary of Defense to operation and maintenance 12 appropriations or research, development, test and evalua- 13 tion appropriations, to be merged with and to be available 14 for the same time period as the appropriations to which 15 transferred: Provided further, That any ceiling on the in- 16 vestment item unit cost of items that may be purchased 17 with operation and maintenance funds shall not apply to 18 the funds described in the preceding proviso: Provided fur- 19 ther, That of the funds provided under this heading, 20 $623,073,000, of which $155,768,000, to remain available 21 until September 30, 2021, shall be available to provide 22 support and assistance to foreign security forces or other 23 groups or individuals to conduct, support or facilitate 24 counterterrorism, crisis response, or other Department of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:31 May 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2968.RH H2968 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 11 •HR 2968 RH Defense security cooperation programs: Provided further, 1 That the transfer authority provided under this heading 2 is in addition to any other transfer authority provided else- 3 where in this Act: Provided further, That of the funds 4 made available under this heading for the Office of the 5 Secretary of Defense, Policy, 10 percent shall be withheld 6 from obligation until the Secretary of Defense submits the 7 reports required under the heading ‘‘Counter-ISIS Train 8 and Equip Fund’’ in the Department of Defense Appro- 9 priations Act, [Text truncated for display. 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