FY18 Omnibus Defense Appropriations Act

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1 Omnibus Defense Appropriations Act As of 30 March 2018 Bill Status Passed in Committee Passed in Chamber Final Passage Signed into Law House June 29, 2017 July 27, 2017 March 22, 2018 March 23, 2018 Senate - - March 22, 2018

2 Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ACCOUNTS OVERVIEW ARMY NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL ARMY NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL (OCO) ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (OCO) AIR NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL AIR NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL (OCO) AIR NATIONAL GUARD OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AIR NATIONAL GUARD OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (OCO) LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS OMNIBUS REPORT LANGUAGE SAC-D COMMITTEE REPORT LANGUAGE HAC-D COMMITTEE REPORT LANGUAGE

3 Executive Summary This guide provides a short summary of the Fiscal Year 2018 Defense Appropriations Act. To obtain a complete understanding of any particular provision, users are encouraged to review the actual legislative language. Bill text and report language can be found on the LL website: Status: On March 21 st, 2018, Congress released the text of the Omnibus Appropriations Act. The defense appropriation funds a base budget of $589.5 billion and $65.2 billion in OCO. The higher funding levels reflect the increase in the Budget Control Act caps provided by the February 2018 Bipartisan Budget Agreement. In total, the Omnibus Appropriations Act provides $61 billion more for defense than was enacted in fiscal Highlights: Funds an end strength of 343,500 for the ARNG and 106,600 for the ANG, both at requested levels Funds a pay raise of 2.4% Provides an additional $8M for State Partnership Program (ARNG Personnel; ARNG O&M; ANG Personnel; ANG O&M) Provides an additional $30M for National Guard Youth ChalleNGe, $10M for innovative readiness training, and $12.9M for STARBASE (Civil Military Programs) Provides $19M for training and operational support on the southwest border (ARNG Personnel; ARNG O&M) Adds $108M for 8 UH-60s for the ARNG (Army Procurement) Provides an additional $100M for ARNG HMMWV modernization and $120M for ambulance modernization (Army Procurement) Adds $480M for 6 C-130J for the ANG (Air Force Procurement) Provides $59.4M for Battlefield airman combat equipment for the ANG (Air Force Procurement) Provides an additional $4M for ground based sense and avoid for the ANG (Air Force Procurement) Provides additional $74M for C-130 engine enhancement; $55M for propulsion; $15M for C- 130H modernization (Air Force Procurement) Appropriates $236.4M for National Guard Counter-Drug Program and $25M for Counterdrug Schools (Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug activities, Defense) Appropriates $429M each for ARNG and ANG in NGREA 1

4 Army National Guard ARNG Personnel ARNG Personnel OCO National Guard Accounts Overview (All Dollars in Thousands) President s Budget HAC-D Mark SAC-D Mark Omnibus $8,379,376 $8,252,426 -$126,950 $8,240,036 -$139,340 $8,264,626 $184,589 $184,589 - $184,589 - $184,589 ARNG O&M $7,307,170 $7,275,820 -$31,350 $7,500,220 +$193,050 $7,284,170 ARNG O&M - $108,111 $108,111 - $108,111 $108,111 OCO NGREA - $330,000 +$330,000 $450,000 +$450,000 $429,000 Air National Guard President s Budget HAC-D Mark SAC-D Mark Omnibus ANG Personnel $3,413,187 3,406,137 -$7,050 $3,406,867 -$6,320 $3,408,817 ANG Personnel $5,004 $5,004 - $5,004 - $5,004 OCO ANG O&M $6,939,968 6,735,930 -$204,038 $7,090,368 +$150,400 $6,900,798 ANG O&M OCO $15,400 $15,400 - $15,400 - $15,400 NGREA - $330,000 $330,000 $450,000 +$450,000 $429,000 2

5 Army National Guard Army National Guard Personnel ARNG Personnel Appropriation (All Dollars in Thousands) President's Budget HAC-D Mark SAC-D Mark Omnibus PAY GROUP A TRAINING (15 DAYS & DRILLS 24/48) $2,623,904 $2,623,904 $2,623,904 $2,623,904 - PAY GROUP F TRAINING (RECRUITS) $589,009 $589,009 $589,009 $589,009 - PAY GROUP P TRAINING (PIPELINE RECRUITS) $46,426 $46,426 $46,426 $46,426 - SCHOOL TRAINING $570,713 $560,713 $570,713 $560, $10,000 SPECIAL TRAINING $697,050 $707,100 $694,050 $707,800 2,3,4,5,6 +$10,750 ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT $3,739,553 $3,739,553 $3,739,553 $3,739,553 - THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS $32,437 $32,437 $32,437 $32,437 - EDUCATION BENEFITS $80,284 $80,284 $80,284 $80,284 - TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 (BAC- 01) $8,379,376 $8,379,426 $8,376,376 $8,380,126 +$750 UNDISTRIBUTED ADJUSTMENT - -$127,000 -$156,440 $135, ,000 TRAUMA TRAINING - - +$1,800 $1,200 +1,200 INCREASED MILITARY PAY RAISE - - +$14,100 $14, ,100 AUTHORIZED END STRENGTH INCREASE - - +$4,200 $4,200 +4,200 TOTAL, ARNG PERSONNEL $8,379,376 $8,252,426 $8,240,036 $8,264,626 -$114,750 Omnibus Items 1. Excess growth -$10, Exercise overestimation -$10, Excess growth -$5, Program increase State Partnership Program +$3, Cyber protection teams +$12, Program increase training and operational support on the southwest border +$10, Historical unobligated balances -$135,000 Army National Guard Personnel (Overseas Contingency Operations) ARNG Personnel (OCO) Appropriation President s Budget HAC-D Mark SAC-D Mark Omnibus PAY GROUP A TRAINING (15 DAYS & DRILLS 24/48) $39,327 $39,327 $39,327 $39,327 - SCHOOL TRAINING $2,881 $2,881 $2,881 $2,881 - SPECIAL TRAINING $132,994 $132,994 $132,994 $132,994 - ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT $9,387 $9,387 $9,387 $9,387 - TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 (BAC- 01) $184,589 $184,589 $184,589 $184,589 - TOTAL ARNG PERSONNEL $184,589 $184,589 $184,589 $184,589-3

6 Army National Guard Operations & Maintenance ARNG O&M Appropriation President s Budget HAC-D Mark SAC-D Mark Omnibus MANEUVER UNITS $777,883 $778,883 $807,883 $765,683 1,2,3 -$12,200 MODULAR SUPPORT BRIGADES $190,639 $190,639 $182,639 $182, $8,000 ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE $807,557 $807,557 $817,557 $811,317 5,6,7 +$3,760 THEATER LEVEL ASSETS $85,476 $90,476 $97,476 $93,636 8,9 +$8,160 LAND FORCES OPERATIONS SUPPORT $36,672 $36,672 $36,672 $36,672 - AVIATION ASSETS $956,381 $944,881 $981,381 $963, $7,280 FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT $777,756 $748,256 $778,956 $779,456 11,12 +$1,700 LAND FORCES SYSTEMS READINESS $51,506 $46,506 $51,506 $51,506 - LAND FORCES DEPOT MAINTENANCE $244,942 $244,942 $244,942 $244,942 - BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT $1,144,726 $1,134,226 $1,133,726 $1,129, $15,000 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION, & MODERNIZATION $781,895 $821,895 $1,012,045 $852,045 14,15,16 +$70,150 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL HQ $999,052 $989,052 $994,052 $994, $5,000 TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY ONE (BAC-01) $6,854,485 $6,833,985 $7,138,835 $6,905,335 +$50,850 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION $7,703 $7,703 $7,703 $7,703 - ADMINISTRATION $79,236 $80,386 $79,236 $80, $1,150 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS $85,160 $85,160 $85,160 $85,160 - MANPOWER MANAGEMENT $8,654 $8,654 $8,654 $8,654 - OTHER PERSONNEL SUPPORT $268,839 $268,839 $268,839 $268,839 - OTHER CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT AND REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT $3,093 $3,093 $3,093 $3,093 - TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY FOUR (BAC- 04) $452,685 $453,835 $452,685 $453,835 +$1,150 RESTORE READINESS - $20,000 - $20,000 +$20,000 OVERSTIMATION OF CIVILIAN FTE TARGETS AND STREAMLINING MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTERS ADJUST FOR PROGRAM REDUCTIONS UNACCOUNTED FOR IN REQUEST - -$9, $23, REMOVE FY17 INCREASE - - -$57,000 -$57,000 -$57,000 OVERESTIMATION OF CIVILIAN FTE TARGETS - - -$38,000 -$38,000 -$38,000 AUTHORIZED END STRENGTH - - +$3, TOTAL, ARNG O&M $7,307,170 $7,275,820 $7,500,220 $7,284, 170 -$23,000 Omnibus Items 1. Remove one-time FY17 increase -$20, Program increase improve training and maintenance readiness +$6, Program increase expanded training environment +$1, Remove one-time FY17 increase -$8, Remove one-time FY17 increase -$5, Program increase improve training and maintenance readiness +$4, Program increase training and operational support of the southwest border +$4, Program increase improve maintenance readiness +$3, Program increase training and operational support of the southwest border +$5, Program increase improve maintenance readiness +$7, Program increase trauma training +$1, Program increase cyber protection teams +$ Unjustified growth -$15, Pine Bluff Reserve Center FSRM transfer from OMAR line 123 +$ Program increase armory lead abatement +$30, Program increase +$40, Program decrease not properly accounted -$5, Program increase State Partnership Program +$1,150 4

7 Army National Guard Operations & Maintenance (Overseas Contingency Operations) ARNG O&M (OCO) Appropriation President s Budget HAC-D Mark SAC-D Mark Omnibus MANEUVER UNITS $41,731 $41,731 $41,731 $41,731 - MODULAR SUPPORT BRIGADES $762 $762 $762 $762 - ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE $11,855 $11,855 $11,855 $11,855 - THEATER LEVEL ASSETS $204 $204 $204 $204 - AVIATION ASSETS $27,583 $27,583 $27,583 $27,583 - FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS $5,792 $5,792 $5,792 $5,792 SUPPORT - BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT $18,507 $18,507 $18,507 $18,507 - MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL $937 $937 $937 $937 - HEADQUARTERS TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY ONE (BAC-01) $107,371 $107,371 $107,371 $107,371 - ADMINISTRATION $740 $740 $740 $740 - TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY FOUR - $740 $740 $740 $740 (BAC-04) TOTAL, ARNG O&M (OCO) $108,111 $108,111 $108,111 $108,111-5

8 Air National Guard Air National Guard Personnel ANG Personnel Appropriation (All Dollars in Thousands) President s Budget HAC-D Mark SAC-D Mark Omnibus PAY GROUP A TRAINING (15 DAYS & DRILLS 24/48) $980,536 $980,536 $980,536 $980,536 - PAY GROUP F TRAINING (RECRUITS) $88,496 $88,496 $88,496 $88,496 - PAY GROUP P TRAINING (PIPELINE $8,684 $8,684 $8,684 $8,684 - RECRUITS) SCHOOL TRAINING $343,710 $343,710 $343,710 $343,710 - SPECIAL TRAINING $175,589 $177,539 $175,589 $177, $50 ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT $1,782,793 $1,782,793 $1,782,793 $1,782, THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS $13,814 $13,814 $13,814 $13,814 - EDUCATION BENEFITS $19,565 $19,565 $19,565 $19,565 - TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 (BAC- 01) $3,413,187 $3,415,137 $3,413,187 $3,415,137 -$50 UNDISTRIBUTED ADJUSTMENT - -$9,000 -$13,520 -$13,520 -$13,520 TRAUMA TRAINING $1,800 +$1,800 INCREASED MILITARY PAY RAISE $5,400 +$5,400 TOTAL, NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE Omnibus Items 1. Program increase State Partnership Program +$1,950 $3,413,187 $3,406,137 $3,406,867 $3,408,817 -$4,370 Air National Guard Personnel (Overseas Contingency Operations) ANG Personnel (OCO) Appropriation President s Budget HAC-D Mark SAC-D Mark Omnibus SPECIAL TRAINING $5,004 $5,004 $5,004 $5,004-6

9 Air National Guard Operations & Maintenance ANG O&M Appropriation President s Budget HAC-D Mark SAC-D Mark Omnibus AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS $3,175,055 $3,046,367 $3,098,555 $3,095, $80,000 MISSION SUPPORT OPERATIONS $746,082 $735,232 $803,282 $746,432 2,3,4,5 +$350 DEPOT MAINTENANCE $867,063 $859,063 $867,063 $867,063 - FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION $325,090 $345,090 $449,090 $345, $20,000 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND SYSTEM SUPPORT $1,100,829 $1,100,829 $1,139,529 $1,104,309 7,8 +$3,480 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT $583,664 $574,664 $583,664 $583,664 - TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY ONE (BAC-01) $6,797,783 $6,661,245 $6,941,183 $6,741,613 -$56,170 ADMINISTRATION $44,855 $44,855 $44,855 $44,855 - RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING $97,230 $97,230 $97,230 $97,230 - TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY FOUR (BAC-04) $142,185 $142,185 $142,185 $142, LOWER THAN BUDGETED AVERAGE SALARY - -$2, RESTORE READINESS - $10,000 - $10,000 +$10,000 ADJUST FOR PROGRAM REDUCTIONS UNACCOUNTED FOR IN REQUEST - -$75, AIR NATIONAL GUARD WILDFIRE TRAINING - - +$7,000 $7,000 +$7,000 TOTAL, AIR NATIONAL GUARD O&M $6,939,968 $6,735,930 $7,090,368 $6,900,798 -$39,170 Omnibus Items 1. Project underexecution -$80, Unjustified growth -$10, Program increase trauma training +$1, Program increase information technology service management for the ANG +$7, Program increase State Partnership Program +$1, Program increase +$20, Program decrease not properly accounted -$20, Program increase increase weapons systems sustainment for the ANG +$23,480 Air National Guard Operations & Maintenance (Overseas Contingency Operations) ANG O&M (OCO) Appropriation President s Budget HAC-D Mark SAC-D Mark Omnibus Delta From MISSION SUPPORT OPERATIONS $3,468 $3,468 $3,468 $3,468 - BASE SUPPORT $11,932 $11,932 $11,932 $11,932 - TOTAL, ANG O&M (OCO) $15,400 $15,400 $15,400 $15,400-7

10 Legislative Provisions SEC No more than 25 percent of the appropriations in this 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. SEC None of the funds available in this Act may be used to 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. SEC Funds appropriated in this Act 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. SEC (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 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. SEC Notwithstanding section 12310(b) of title 10, United States Code, a Reservist 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. SEC Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or his 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 his designee, on a case-by-case basis. SEC The budget of the President for fiscal year 2019 submitted to the Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, shall include separate budget justification documents for costs of United States Armed Forces participation in contingency operations for the Military Personnel accounts, the Operation and Maintenance accounts, the Procurement accounts, and the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation accounts: Provided, That these documents shall include a description of the funding requested for each contingency operation, for each military service, to include all Active and Reserve components, and for each appropriations account: Provided further, That these documents shall include estimated costs for each element of expense or object class, a reconciliation of increases and decreases for each contingency operation, and programmatic data including, but not limited to, troop strength for each Active and Reserve component, and estimates of the major weapons systems deployed in support of each contingency: Provided further, That these documents shall include budget exhibits OP 5 and OP 32 (as defined in the Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation) for all contingency operations for the budget year and the two preceding fiscal years. 8

11 Omnibus Report Language Reprogramming Guidance for Operation and Maintenance Accounts The Secretary of Defense is directed to submit the Base for Reprogramming (DD Form 1414) for each of the fiscal year 2018 appropriation accounts not later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act. The Secretary of Defense is prohibited from executing any reprogramming or transfer of funds for any purpose other than originally appropriated until the aforementioned report is submitted to the House and Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittees. The Secretary of Defense is directed to use the normal prior approval reprogramming procedures to transfer funds in the Services' operation and maintenance accounts between 0-1 budget activities, or between subactivity groups in the case of Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, in, excess of $20,000,000. The agreement establishes new reprogramming rules for transferring funding out of readiness sub-activity groups, which are defined as follows: Army: Maneuver units Modular support brigades Aviation assets Land forces operations support Force readiness operations support Land forces depot maintenance Base operations support Facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization Specialized skill training Navy: Mission and other flight operations Fleet air training Aircraft depot maintenance Mission and other ship operations Ship depot maintenance Facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization Marine Corps: Operational forces Field logistics Depot maintenance Facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization Air Force: Primary combat forces Combat enhancement forces Depot maintenance Facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization Contractor logistics support and system support Flying hour program Air Force Reserve: Depot maintenance Air National Guard: Depot maintenance During fiscal year 2018, the Service Secretaries are directed to submit written notification to the congressional defense committees not later than 30 days prior to implementing transfers in excess of $20,000,000 out of any readiness sub-activity if the funds will be transferred into another readiness sub- 9

12 activity. However, if funding is transferred out of any readiness sub-activity into a non-readiness sub-activity, the Secretary of Defense is directed to use normal prior approval reprogramming procedures. The Service Secretaries are further directed to include an enclosure with each written notification that includes increases and decreases by sub-activity group, a detailed justification' explaining why the sources of funding are available and why the increases are necessary, and an explanation of the impact on resources included in the fiscal year 2019 budget request for each increase and decrease. All transfers may be implemented 30 days after congressional notification unless an objection is received from one of the congressional defense committees. Additionally, the Secretary of Defense is directed to use normal prior approval reprogramming procedures when implementing transfers in excess of $20,000,000 into the following budget sub-activities: Operation and Maintenance, Army: Other personnel support/recruiting and advertising Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard: Other personnel support/recruiting and advertising This language replaces the language included under the heading "Reprogramming Guidance for Operation and Maintenance Accounts" in House Report Restoring Readiness The agreement provides additional readiness funds for the Services within the operation and maintenance accounts. This funding shall be used only to improve military readiness, including increased training, depot maintenance, and base operations support. None of the funding provided may be used for recruiting, marketing, or advertising programs. The readiness funding provided is a congressional special interest item. The Secretary of Defense and the Service Secretaries are directed to submit a detailed spend plan by subactivity group to the House and Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittees not less than 30 days prior to the obligation of these funds. These transfers may be implemented 30 days after congressional notification unless an objection is received from either the House or Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittees. Operation and Maintenance Flexibility The agreement includes two adjustments for fiscal year 2018 to provide more flexibility of funding within the operation and maintenance accounts of this bill. The changes apply to fiscal year 2018 only and address the concerns expressed by senior leadership of the Department of Defense to be able to expend readiness funding within the confines of existing controls, while still ensuring accountability of the disbursement of taxpayer funds. These adjustments are necessary due to the delay of the final passage of this year's appropriation bill, combined with the large funding increase made possible by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, which provides a stable top-line level of funding for fiscal years 2018 and The first adjustment for flexibility is to Section 8004, which restricts obligations in the last two months of the fiscal year to 20 percent. This restriction is also known as the "80/20 rule." The agreement allows for the alleviation of the limitation by increasing the amount from 20 percent to 25 percent. This will allow the Services and the Department more flexibility to obligate annual funds within fiscal year The second adjustment is to reprogramming guidelines for readiness funding. The readiness accounts identified in this agreement under "Reprogramming Guidance for Operation and Maintenance Accounts" will not require prior approval, only notification, for realignments between identified readiness budget lines. It is understood that realignments are required for unforeseen operational requirements or changes due to program cost increases or schedule delays. Commensurate with the lifting of the realignment restrictions, for fiscal year 2018, the funding amount for the below threshold limitation has been increased from $15,000,000 to $20,000,000. Investing in Squadron Innovation Fostering a culture of innovation at the squadron command level to outpace the efforts of competitors in a more complex and dangerous international security environment is a top priority of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force. The vision is to designate specific resources to spur original, creative thinking by airmen to solve unit, wing, and day-to-day issues and readiness challenges. In support of these efforts, the Secretary of the Air Force may spend up to $64,100,000 of fiscal year 2018 operation and maintenance funding to encourage this type of innovation across the active, guard, and reserve components. In order to assess this investment, 1

13 the Secretary of the Air Force is directed to provide a briefing to the House and Senate Defense Appropriations National Guard and Reserve Equipment The agreement provides $1,300,000,000 for National Guard and Reserve Equipment. Of that amount $429,000,000 is designated for the Army National Guard; $429,000,000 for the Air National Guard; $169,000,000 for the Army Reserve; $65,000,000 for the Navy Reserve; $13,000,000 for the Marine Corps Reserve; and $195,000,000 for the Air Force Reserve. This funding will allow the reserve components to procure high priority equipment that may be used for combat and domestic response missions. Current reserve component equipping levels are among the highest in recent history and the funding provided by the agreement will help ensure component interoperability and sustained reserve component modernization. The Secretary of Defense is directed to ensure that the account be executed by the Chiefs of the National Guard and reserve components with priority consideration given to the following items: acoustic hailing devices, active electronically scanned array radars, advanced cargo handling systems for CH-47s, advanced targeting pods, combat uniforms and cold weather protective clothing, crashworthy ballistically tolerant auxiliary internal and external fuel systems, digital radar warning receivers for F-16s, electromagnetic inflight propeller balance systems, joint threat emitters, large aircraft infrared countermeasures, modular container systems for palletized cargo, modular and self-contained ranges, MQ-9 deployable launch and recovery element mission support kits, portable high frequency radios and antennas, radar warning receivers for C- 17s, radiac sets, satellite broadband for aircraft, commercial-off-the-shelf training systems/simulatorsincluding for small arms simulation, sun shades, unmanned systems for rapid emergency search and rescue support, un-stabilized gunnery crew and small arms trainers, and wireless mobile mesh self-healing network systems. SAC-D Committee Report Language Advanced Trauma Training Program for National Guard and Reserve. The Committee recognizes the valuable support universities, hospitals, and other military partners provide by offering civilian-based emergency response trauma training and critical care training including public health, bio-environmental, and biomedical instruction to sustain medics and medical providers capabilities of the National Guard Enhanced Response Forces Packages [CERFP], National Guard Homeland Response Forces [NGHRF], the Army Reserve Consequence Management Response Forces [CCMRF] and other National Guard and Reserves medical conversion/readiness requirements. The Committee encourages the National Guard and Reserves to continue pursuing state-of-the-art trauma training with these civilian partners, thus maintaining unit medical readiness postures at optimum levels as military healthcare providers in CERFPs, NGHRFs, and CCMRFs maintain their individual skills to respond effectively to emergency incidents on the homeland. Furthermore, in order to minimize the civilian-military operational gaps in the event of a catastrophic incident, the Committee also encourages the development of enhanced medical and critical care preparedness medical training programs focusing on public health curriculums and the epidemiology of public health diseases, mass casualty triage, advanced disaster life support, advanced hazardous material life support, emergency dental, and psychological health by increasing civilian-based advanced trauma expertise gained through day-to-day experiences and medical research programs. Air Force Associate Units The Committee recognizes the importance of Total Force Integration within the Air Force and certain Air National Guard units who have a critical role in construction and engineering. This integration ensures crosscomponent interoperability to fill current and future mission requirements. The Committee encourages the Air Force to continue placing an increased focus on actively managing associate units between the Air National Guard and the active duty component and to establish robust memorandum of agreements to ensure units are not left without equipment when the active component deploys. Search and Rescue in the Arctic The Committee notes that increased utilization of the Arctic by commercial air and vessel traffic requires a reexamination of search and rescue requirements in the region. The Alaska Air National Guard 176th Wing is the closest dedicated rescue force with the greatest capability but maintains only a single Arctic Sustainment Package for alerts and a partial package for training. Given the lack of a defined requirement for search and rescue in the Arctic, the Alaska Air National Guard must be prepared to respond without specific funding for equipment, sustainment of operations or logistics. The Secretary of Defense is encouraged to further refine 11

14 requirements for Arctic Search and Rescue during fiscal year 2018 and to report to the congressional defense committees on current requirements for Arctic search and rescue not later than 120 days after the enactment of this act. State Partnership Program The State Partnership Program [SPP] has been successfully building relationships for over 20 years by linking a State s National Guard with the armed forces or equivalent of a partner country in a cooperative, mutually beneficial relationship. It includes 73 unique security partnerships involving 79 nations around the globe. The Committee recognizes the importance of SPP and encourages continued robust support of this important partnership program. Air National Guard Cyber Training The Committee recognizes the success of the Air National Guard in training and developing service members to fulfill cyber mission requirements through the recently launched Cyber Skills Validation Course. The course was created to ease the backlog in the initial skills training pipeline by capitalizing on the cyber experience in the Air National Guard. The Committee encourages expansion of this training program, to include additional course instructors and a virtual training range, to enable participation by civilian and joint service personnel. HMMWV Modernization The Committee notes the critical role that important safety technologies like Antilock Brake Systems [ABS] play on the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle [HMMWV] fleet. The Committee supports the incorporation of ABS into the HMMWV new production process and the HMMWV modernization process for Active, Reserve, and National Guard components. To ensure proper quality control during the ABS installation process for new and enduring Active, Reserve, and National Guard HMMWVs, the Committee directs that installation of ABS on all HMMWVs shall be performed during the HMMWV new production process or the HMMWV modernization process, when the HMMWV produced is new, or returned to a zerohour, zero-mile, like-new condition. HMMWV Ambulances The Committee notes that the average age of ground ambulance fleets within the active and reserve components of the Army is 28 years. At current levels of investment, these fleets will remain less than 25 percent modernized across the Future Years Defense Program, impairing the total Army s ability to execute its Federal and State missions. The Committee recommends $173,000,000 for High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle ambulances, an increase of $120,000,000 over the fiscal year 2018 President s budget request, of which $53,000,000 is intended for Regular Army and $120,000,000 is intended for the Army National Guard and the Army Reserve. Commercial-off-the-Shelf Simulation Devices Simulators allow geographically dispersed Army National Guard and Army Reserve units to conduct training when time and distance prevent traditional military exercises. The Committee commends the Army for acquiring commercially available simulation devices to enable the Reserve Components to provide training at an affordable cost and encourages the Army to establish means of quantifying the impact of simulationbased training on individual and collective training readiness. Active Electronically Scanned Array Radars The Committee recognizes that Active Electronically Scanned Array [AESA] radars significantly improve reliability, maintainability, and supportability as well as operational effectiveness and combat lethality of existing F 16 aircraft. Many of these aircraft are used by the Air National Guard in its Aerospace Control Alert [ACA] mission to defend against and defeat threats to the homeland. The Committee believes that AESA radars bolster the Air National Guard s ability to carry out its ACA mission and supports their continued procurement to address the U.S. Northern Command Joint Emergent Operational Need. Behavioral and Mental Health Care for National Guard and Reserve The Committee recognizes that the men and women of the National Guard and Reserve components need greater access to care if they are to maintain a high state of medical readiness to support regularly occurring deployments. It also recognizes that the suicide rate in the reserve components is consistently higher than the suicide rate for both the active duty military and the civilian population. Therefore, the Committee 12

15 encourages the Department to better ensure that periodic health assessments are followed by medical treatment to address any behavioral or mental health conditions that could impact a service member s ability to deploy, even if such care falls outside of the pre-deployment window. This practice would allow for a more medically ready, deployable force and would expand access to behavioral and mental health care for reserve component service members. National Guard Counter-Drug Program The Committee is concerned that the Department has reduced overall funding for the National Guard Counter-Drug program from the fiscal year 2017 enacted level. Therefore, the Committee recommends $236,353,000 for the National Guard Counter-Drug program, an increase of $120,000,000 above the fiscal year 2018 President s budget request, to provide additional support for National Guard state plans. National Guard Counter-Drug Schools The Committee continues to support the National Guard Counter-Drug schools and notes that the report accompanying the Senate version of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 (Senate Report ) directed the Department of Defense to fund these activities in an individual budget line. The Committee is dismayed that this direction was not followed by the Department in the fiscal year 2018 President s budget request and again directs the Department to include an individual budget line for this program in future budget submissions. High-Priority Items The Committee directs that the National Guard and Reserve Equipment account shall be executed by the Chiefs of the National Guard and reserve components with priority consideration given to the following items: Acoustic Hailing Devices, Advanced Cargo Handling Systems for CH 47, Combat Uniforms and Cold Weather Protective Clothing, Commercial-Off-the-Shelf Simulation Devices, Crashworthy External Fuel Tanks, Digital Radar Warning Receivers for F 16s, Modular Container Systems for Palletized Cargo, Modular Small Arms and Self-Contained Ranges, MQ-9 Deployable Launch & Recovery Element Mission Support Kits, Portable High Frequency Radios and Antennas, Radar Warning Receivers for C 17s, Radiac Sets, Satellite Broadband Upgrades for RC 26, Small Arms Simulation Training Systems, and Sun Shades. HAC-D Committee Report Language Reserve Components Full-Time Support The Committee recognizes the important role performed by full-time support personnel in the National Guard and reserve components. The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, to submit a report to the congressional defense committees not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act that describes how the number of full-time support personnel in the National Guard impacts the readiness of each reserve component. Quarterly Cyber Operations Briefing The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide quarterly briefings to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on all named offensive and significant defensive military operations in cyberspace carried out by the Department of Defense not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter. Cyber Air Force Specialty Code While the Army and the Marine Corps have established cyber-unique military occupational specialties, the Air Force has not created a cyber-unique Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) for officers. The Committee is aware that the Air Force has experienced challenges in its efforts to recruit and retain military personnel for its Cyber Mission Force and believes the establishment of a cyber AFSC could assist those efforts. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to conduct a review of the establishment of a cyber-unique AFSC, including if such a specialty code could help recruit and retain cyber military personnel. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a report to the congressional defense committees on the results of this review and its findings not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act. 13

16 Trauma Training Program The Committee recognizes the valuable support that universities, hospitals, and other military partners provide by offering civilian-based emergency response trauma and critical care training, including public health, bio-environmental, and biomedical instruction to sustain capabilities of the National Guard Enhanced Response Forces Packages, National Guard Homeland Response Forces, and Army Reserve Consequence Management Response Forces. The Committee encourages the Director of the National Guard Bureau and the Chiefs of the reserve components to continue pursuing advanced trauma and public health training with these civilian partners in order to maintain unit readiness. Granular Activated Carbon The Committee is concerned by actual and potential incidents of contaminated drinking water on and around military bases. The Committee understands that in more than one instance, the Services use of firefighting foam during training exercises caused perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) to enter the ground and drinking water supply. The Committee recognizes that using granular activated carbon is an effective way of removing PFCs from ground water and drinking water and encourages the Secretary of the Air Force to explore the use of granular activated carbon for the removal of PFCs that impact environmental and human health standards at all Air Force bases. A 10 Wing Replacement The Committee recommends $103,000,000 above the budget request to restart the A 10 wing replacement program, which was included on the Air Force unfunded priorities list. The Committee notes that the included funds are expected to yield three production wing sets. Since 110 A 10 aircraft require new or overhauled wings and the estimated cost of the program could be as high as $10,000,000 per wing set, completing A 10 wing replacements represents a significant investment over multiple fiscal years. The Committee expects the Secretary of the Air Force to follow through on the inclusion of A 10 wing replacements in the Air Force unfunded priorities list by programming the necessary resources to continue the program in future budget requests beginning with fiscal year Remotely Piloted Aircraft In order to more effectively meet the demand for Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) pilots, the Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a report to the congressional defense committees not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act that describes the feasibility of university-based training for Air Force ROTC cadets as RPA pilots and sensor operators. F 15C and Air Force Fighter Mix The Committee is concerned by indications from the Air Force that it may seek to divest the F 15C fleet before an advanced air superiority capability is fielded. The Committee is further concerned by the removal of funds for F 15C Eagle Passive/Active Warning and Survivability System and wing service life extension from the future years defense plan. The Committee understands that the Air Force is currently studying the future optimal mix of fourth and fifth generation fighter aircraft and that the Department of Defense is engaged in forming a new National Defense Strategy, both of which should inform Air Force proposals for the F 15C fleet. The Committee notes that in recent years the Air Force has proposed, with little success, to trade away current tactical air capacity to create budgetary headroom for other priorities. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to keep the Committee fully informed of all Air Force studies regarding the F 15C fleet (including modification programs) and the composition of the fighter aircraft force, and will carefully review any future proposals regarding the F 15C fleet to ensure that all mission areas can be suitably met. Improved Turbine Engine Program The Committee commends the Army for advancing the research of the Improved Turbine Engine Program and for exploring ways to accelerate the development and fielding of this program. The Improved Turbine Engine Program is intended to develop a more fuel efficient and powerful engine for the current UH 60 Black Hawk and AH 64 Apache helicopter fleets. This new engine will increase operational capabilities in high and hot environments, increase range, and improve fuel efficiency while reducing the Army s logistical footprint, and operational and support costs. Given the positive progress of this program, the Committee recommends fully funding the Improved Turbine Engine Program in fiscal year 2018 and encourages the Secretary of the Army to ensure that the program is robustly funded in future years budget submissions. 14

17 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System The Committee recommendation fully funds the budget request of $417,021,000 for the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) recapitalization program. In order to ensure that the Air Force remains on schedule to contract for development of the new JSTARS platform in fiscal year 2018, the recommendation includes a legislative provision that prohibits the use of funds to continue pre-milestone B activities beyond March 31, 2018, except for source selection and other activities necessary to enter the engineering and manufacturing development phase. The Committee expects that the Air Force will not take steps to prematurely retire existing mission capable E 8 JSTARS aircraft prior to the current estimated initial operational capability (not later than fiscal year 2024) for the new JSTARS platform. The Air Force has indicated that no determination has yet been made regarding the phase-out of the E 8 fleet. The Committee recognizes that the retirement of E 8 aircraft is partially dependent on the progress of the recapitalization program, but is concerned that the Air Force has not programmed funds to modify the E 8 fleet in order to meet air traffic control mandates and has been unable to provide an estimate for such modifications. Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a report to the congressional defense committees on the estimated cost and schedule for integrating, procuring, and installing necessary avionics upgrades for the E 8 fleet in order to meet air traffic control mandates. The report shall be submitted not later than January 31, Air-To-Ground Tactical Weapon Systems The Committee recognizes the future need for an air-to-ground, fighter aircraft-capable tactical weapon system to replace existing systems and enhance capabilities against peer competitors. The Committee encourages the Secretary of the Air Force to study and test multi-mode weapon systems that can be mounted on fighter aircraft and effectively meet identified requirements to engage a range of tactical ground targets, including armor, ships, ground vehicles, and air defense systems. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a report to the congressional defense committees on current and future air-to-ground tactical weapon systems efforts not later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act. Counterterrorism Efforts to Build Partnership Capacity in the United States Southern Command Area of Responsibility The Committee recognizes that the United States Southern Command historically has been engaged in successful counter-drug partnership programs while its counterterrorism building partnership capacity efforts have been limited by a lack of funding and authorities. The Committee notes that Department of Defense officials agree that it is time to expand counterterrorism efforts to build the capacity of nations within the United States Southern Command area of responsibility. These efforts would focus on tactical level training, sensitive site exploitation, biometric assessment, basic mission planning, close quarters battle, and urban movement. Once tactical units of partner nations show an acceptable level of proficiency in these tasks, training focus would shift to more advanced tactical tasks and higher level mission planning efforts including operations and intelligence fusion. To master these tasks, partner nations will likely require equipment, limited small scale construction, and extensive training. The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to expand its counterterrorism efforts to the nations within the United States Southern Command area of responsibility. Building partnership capacity within each partner nation will allow effective host government management of their own counterterrorism strategy. National Guard and Reserve Equipment The Committee recommends $1,000,000,000 for National Guard and Reserve Equipment. Of that amount, $330,000,000 is for the Army National Guard; $330,000,000 is for the Air National Guard; $130,000,000 is for the Army Reserve; $50,000,000 is for the Navy Reserve; $10,000,000 is for the Marine Corps Reserve; and $150,000,000 is for the Air Force Reserve to meet urgent equipment needs that may arise in the coming fiscal year. This funding will allow the National Guard and reserve components to procure high priority equipment that may be used by these units for both their combat missions and their missions in support of state governors. The funding within this account is not to be used to procure equipment that has been designated as high density critical equipment, major weapon systems, aircraft, and other equipment central to a unit s ability to perform its doctrinal mission. The funding within this account is not to be used to procure equipment that should be purchased by the senior Service, to expand or accelerate current Service procurement plans, to purchase expendable items, or to purchase facilities or equipment for any requirement that can be satisfied elsewhere. The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to ensure that the National Guard and Reserve Equipment account shall be executed by the Chiefs of the National Guard and reserve 15

18 components with priority consideration given to the following items: acoustic hailing devices, active electronically scanned array radars, advanced targeting pods, crashworthy ballistically tolerant auxiliary fuel systems, electromagnetic in-flight propeller balance systems, joint threat emitters, large aircraft infrared countermeasures, modular and self-contained ranges, satellite broadband for aircraft, training systems/simulators, unmanned systems for rapid emergency search and rescue support, unstabilized gunnery crew and small arms trainers, and wireless mobile mesh self-healing network systems. 16