Department of Defense Appropriations Bill (2013)

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112THCONGRESS " HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ! REPORT
2d Session 112–493
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2013
R E P O R T
OFTHE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
together with
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[TOACCOMPANYH.R. 5856]
MAY 25, 2012.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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112THCONGRESS " HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ! REPORT
2d Session 112–493
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2013
R E P O R T
OFTHE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
together with
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[TOACCOMPANYH.R. 5856]
MAY 25, 2012.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Bill Totals ................................................................................................................. 1
Committee Budget Review Process ........................................................................ 3
Introduction .............................................................................................................. 3
Fiscal Management ................................................................................................. 3
Competition .............................................................................................................. 5
Conferences .............................................................................................................. 5
Funding Increases ................................................................................................... 5
Committee Recommendations by Major Category ................................................ 5
Active, Reserve and National Guard Military Personnel .............................. 5
Operation and Maintenance ............................................................................ 6
Procurement ...................................................................................................... 6
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation ............................................... 7
Special Operations Command Critical Needs ................................................ 8
Defense Health Program .................................................................................. 8
Overseas Contingency Operations .................................................................. 8
Classified Programs .......................................................................................... 8
Forces to be Supported ............................................................................................ 9
Department of the Army .................................................................................. 9
Department of the Navy .................................................................................. 10
Department of the Air Force ........................................................................... 11
Air Force Reductions in Force Structure & Reserve Component Im-
pacts ........................................................................................................ 11
TITLE I. MILITARY PERSONNEL ....................................................................... 13
Military Personnel Overview ........................................................................... 15
Summary of End Strength ........................................................................ 15
Overall Active End Strength .................................................................... 15
Overall Selected Reserve End Strength .................................................. 15
Full-Time Support Strengths ................................................................... 16
Military Personnel Transfer Authority .................................................... 17
Reduction of Troop End Strength ............................................................ 17
Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay Program ........................................... 18
Suicide Prevention Training and Outreach ............................................. 18
Sexual Assault Prevention and Response ............................................... 19
Hazing in the Armed Forces ..................................................................... 19
Minority Outreach ..................................................................................... 20
Military Personnel, Army ................................................................................ 20
Army Military Personnel Funding Shortfall ........................................... 24
Military Personnel, Navy ................................................................................. 24
Littoral Combat Ship Manning ................................................................ 28
Military Personnel, Marine Corps ................................................................... 28
Military Personnel, Air Force .......................................................................... 32
Creech Air Force Base Incentive Pay ...................................................... 36
G Air Force Base Family Housing Privatization ........................................ 36
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TITLE I. MILITARY PERSONNEL —Continued
Reserve Personnel, Navy ................................................................................. 40
Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps ................................................................... 43
Reserve Personnel, Air Force .......................................................................... 46
National Guard Personnel, Army .................................................................... 49
National Guard Personnel, Air Force ............................................................. 52
TITLE II. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ................................................... 55
Restoration of Funding for Unrealistic Efficiency Savings ........................... 57
Operation and Maintenance Reprogrammings .............................................. 57
Operation and Maintenance Budget Execution Data .................................... 58
Military Information Support Operations ...................................................... 58
STEM Education .............................................................................................. 59
Border Security Equipment ............................................................................. 59
State and Local Partnerships .......................................................................... 60
Middle East Security Dialogues ...................................................................... 60
POW/MIA Accountability Efforts .................................................................... 60
Civil Affairs Center and School ....................................................................... 60
Official Flag Displays ....................................................................................... 60
Operation and Maintenance, Army ................................................................. 61
Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Schools ...................................... 67
Unjustified Program Growth .................................................................... 67
Cemeterial Expenses ................................................................................. 67
Operation and Maintenance, Navy ................................................................. 67
Strategic Dispersal of Aircraft Carriers .................................................. 72
Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps ................................................... 72
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force .......................................................... 75
Visibility of Depot Maintenance Funding ............................................... 81
National Security Requirements for NASA Facilities ............................ 81
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide ................................................... 81
Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve .................................................. 84
Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve ................................................... 87
Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve ..................................... 87
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve ............................................ 94
Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard ..................................... 97
National Guard State Partnership Program ........................................... 101
National Guard Civil Support Teams ...................................................... 101
Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard ......................................... 102
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces .................................. 105
Environmental Restoration, Army .................................................................. 105
Environmental Restoration, Navy ................................................................... 105
Environmental Restoration, Air Force ............................................................ 105
Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide .................................................... 105
Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites .......................... 105
Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid .......................................... 106
Cooperative Threat Reduction Account .......................................................... 106
Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund ............. 106
Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund ............................... 106
TITLE III. PROCUREMENT .................................................................................. 107
Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile ........................................... 109
Global Hawk Block 30 ............................................................................... 109
C–27J Spartan, C–23 Sherpa, and Direct Support ................................ 110
Special Interest Items ............................................................................... 111
NG Reprogramming Guidance for Acquisition Accounts .............................. 111
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TITLE III. PROCUREMENT —Continued
Classified Annex ........................................................................................ 112
Aircraft Procurement, Army ............................................................................ 112
UH–72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopters .............................................. 117
UH–60117ackhawk Helicopters ............................................................... 117
Missile Procurement, Army ............................................................................. 117
Patriot Missiles .......................................................................................... 120
Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army .................. 120
Bradley Fighting Vehicle .......................................................................... 124
M1 Abrams Tank Upgrade Program ....................................................... 124
M88A2 Hercules Improved Recovery Vehicle ......................................... 124
Survivability Enhancements for Combat and Tactical Vehicles ........... 125
Procurement of Ammunition, Army ................................................................ 125
Excalibur M982 ......................................................................................... 129
Other Procurement, Army ............................................................................... 129
Container Handling Equipment ............................................................... 138
Aircraft Procurement, Navy ............................................................................ 138
F/A–18E/F Tactical Aircraft ..................................................................... 146
EA–18G Electronic Attack Aircraft ......................................................... 146
Weapons Procurement, Navy ........................................................................... 147
Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps ................................. 151
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy ................................................................ 155
Shipbuilding ............................................................................................... 158
Other Procurement, Navy ................................................................................ 159
Procurement, Marine Corps ............................................................................. 171
Light Armored Vehicle .............................................................................. 177
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force ...................................................................... 177
F–22 Backup Oxygen System ................................................................... 183
C–130 Avionics Modernization Program ................................................. 183
B–52 Combat Network Communications Technology ............................ 183
C–130J ........................................................................................................ 184
War Readiness Engine Shortfall .............................................................. 184
Missile Procurement, Air Force ....................................................................... 184
Space Launch ............................................................................................. 188
Space Based Infrared System and Advanced Extremely High Fre-
quency Satellite System Procurement ................................................. 188
Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force ......................................................... 188
Other Procurement, Air Force ......................................................................... 190
Procurement, Defense-Wide ............................................................................. 195
Special Operations Command Aviation Foreign Internal Defense Pro-
gram ........................................................................................................ 200
National Guard and Reserve Equipment ....................................................... 200
National Guard and Reserve Equipment ................................................ 202
Defense Production Act Purchases .................................................................. 202
Advanced Drop-In Biofuel Production ..................................................... 203
TITLE IV. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION ........... 205
Systems Engineering ................................................................................ 207
Department of Defense and Service Cyber Activities ............................ 208
Advanced Hypersonic Weapon ................................................................. 208
Special Interest Items ............................................................................... 208
Reprogramming Guidance for Acquisition Accounts .............................. 208
Reprogramming Reporting Requirements ............................................... 209
NG Funding Increases ..................................................................................... 209
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TITLE IV. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION —Con-
tinued
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army —Continued
Medium Extended Air Defense ................................................................ 219
Robotic Development ................................................................................. 219
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy ..................................... 219
Firescout ..................................................................................................... 230
Bone Marrow Registry .............................................................................. 230
Electronic Equipment Maintenance ......................................................... 231
Automated Test and Re-Test .................................................................... 231
Strategic Submarine Replacement ........................................................... 231
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force .............................. 231
Space System Acquisition and System Modernization Initiatives ........ 232
Space Based Infrared System Ground Enhancements ........................... 242
Moving Target Indicator ........................................................................... 242
KC–46A ...................................................................................................... 242
Joint Strike Fighter Decontamination ..................................................... 243
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide ...................... 243
Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institu-
tions ........................................................................................................ 254
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education ........... 254
Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation ............................ 254
Special Operations Command Undersea Mobility Program .................. 254
Defense Personnel Security Research Center ......................................... 255
Advanced Remote Sensor Technology ...................................................... 255
Standard Missile-3 Risk Reduction for the Missile Defense Agency .... 255
Semiconductor Industry ............................................................................ 256
Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense .................................................... 256
TITLE V. REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS ..................................... 259
Defense Working Capital Funds ..................................................................... 259
National Defense Sealift Fund ........................................................................ 259
Afloat Forward Staging Base ................................................................... 259
TITLE VI. OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS ...................... 261
Defense Health Program .................................................................................. 261
Defense Health Program Reprogramming Procedures ........................... 265
Carryover ................................................................................................... 265
TRICARE Fee Increases ........................................................................... 265
Peer-Reviewed Cancer Research Program .............................................. 265
Joint Warfighter Medical Research Program .......................................... 266
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program ............................ 266
Traumatic Brain Injury/Psychological Health Funding ......................... 267
Peer-Reviewed Prostate Cancer Research Program ............................... 267
Joint Task Force National Capital Region Medical ................................ 267
Prescription Drug Abuse ........................................................................... 268
Overseas Medical Laboratories ................................................................ 268
Information Technology Discharge Solutions ......................................... 269
Cooperation Between Military Medical Facilities, Civilian Healthcare
Facilities, and Universities ................................................................... 269
Prosthetic Research ................................................................................... 269
Multi-Disciplinary Brain Research .......................................................... 269
Federal Neuroscience Working Group ..................................................... 270
Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense ................................. 270
NG Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense ............................. 270
ARI National Guard Counter-Drug State Plans ............................................. 271
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TITLE VI. OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS —Continued
Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund ........................................... 271
Joint Urgent Operational Needs Fund ........................................................... 272
Office of the Inspector General ........................................................................ 272
TITLE VII. RELATED AGENCIES ....................................................................... 273
National and Military Intelligence Programs ................................................ 273
Classified Annex ........................................................................................ 273
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund ........ 273
Intelligence Community Management Account ............................................. 273
TITLE VIII. GENERAL PROVISIONS .................................................................. 275
TITLE IX. OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS .................................... 285
Committee Recommendation ........................................................................... 285
Reporting Requirements .................................................................................. 285
Afghan Local Police and Human Rights Abuses ............................................ 285
Military Personnel ............................................................................................ 286
Operation and Maintenance ............................................................................ 292
Commander’s Emergency Response Program ......................................... 298
Coalition Support Funds ........................................................................... 298
C–17 Engine Maintenance ........................................................................ 298
Procurement ...................................................................................................... 298
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation ............................................... 307
Revolving and Management Funds ................................................................. 309
Defense Working Capital Funds .............................................................. 309
Other Department of Defense Programs ........................................................ 309
Defense Health Program .......................................................................... 309
Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense ...................... 311
Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund .................................... 311
Joint Urgent Operational Needs Fund .................................................... 311
Office of the Inspector General ................................................................ 311
General Provisions .................................................................................... 311
TITLE X. ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS ............................................. 313
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ................ 313
Changes in the Application of Existing Law .................................................. 313
Appropriations Not Authorized By Law ......................................................... 313
Transfer of Funds ............................................................................................. 324
Rescissions ........................................................................................................ 326
Transfer of Unexpended Balances .................................................................. 326
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ............................ 326
Constitutional Authority .................................................................................. 327
Compliance with Rule XIII, CL. 3(e) (Ramseyer Rule) ................................. 327
Earmark Disclosure Statement ....................................................................... 327
Comparison with the Budget Resolution ........................................................ 327
Five-Year Outlay Projections ........................................................................... 327
Financial Assistance to State and Local Governments ................................. 328
Full Committee Votes ...................................................................................... 328
Additional Views ............................................................................................... 343
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