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 G N RI A E H with D O R P N1 V T P V rfrederick on DSK6VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:14 May 26, 2012 Jkt 074226 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6012 Sfmt 6012 E:\HR\OC\HR493.XXX HR493 E:\Seals\Congress.#13 D E P A R T M E N T O F D E F E N S E A P P R O P R I A T I O N S B I L L , 2 0 1 3 G N RI A E H with D O R P N1 V T P V K6 S D rfrederick on VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:14 May 26, 2012 Jkt 074226 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6019 Sfmt 6019 E:\HR\OC\HR493.XXX HR493 1 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 G N RI EA U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE H with 74–226 WASHINGTON : 2012 D O R P N1 V T P V rfrederick on DSK6VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:14 May 26, 2012 Jkt 074226 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4012 Sfmt 4012 E:\HR\OC\HR493.XXX HR493 E:\Seals\Congress.#13 G N RI A E H with D O R P N1 V T P V K6 S D rfrederick on VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:14 May 26, 2012 Jkt 074226 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4012 Sfmt 4012 E:\HR\OC\HR493.XXX HR493 C O N T E N T S Page 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 N RI Reserve Personnel, Army ................................................................................. 37 A E with H (III) D O R P N1 V T P V K6 S D rfrederick on VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:46 May 26, 2012 Jkt 074226 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 0483 E:\HR\OC\HR493.XXX HR493 IV Page 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 RI A Reprogramming Reporting Requirements ............................................... 112 E with H Funding Increases ..................................................................................... 112 D O R P N1 V T P V K6 S D rfrederick on VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:46 May 26, 2012 Jkt 074226 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 0483 E:\HR\OC\HR493.XXX HR493 V Page 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 RI A Classified Annex ........................................................................................ 209 E with H Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army .................................... 209 D O R P N1 V T P V K6 S D rfrederick on VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:46 May 26, 2012 Jkt 074226 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 0483 E:\HR\OC\HR493.XXX HR493 VI Page 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 E with H Tethered Aerostat Radar System Program ............................................. 271 D O R P N1 V T P V K6 S D rfrederick on VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:59 May 26, 2012 Jkt 074226 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 0483 E:\HR\OC\HR493.XXX HR493 VII Page 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 G N RI A E H with D O R P N1 V T P V K6 S D rfrederick on VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:46 May 26, 2012 Jkt 074226 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 0483 E:\HR\OC\HR493.XXX HR493 G N RI A E H with D O R P N1 V T P V K6 S D rfrederick on VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:46 May 26, 2012 Jkt 074226 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 0483 E:\HR\OC\HR493.XXX HR493