Bill > S4638

This bill, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, authorizes appropriations and sets forth policies for the Department of Defense (DOD) for fiscal year 2025. The key provisions of the bill include: - Authorizing funding levels for military personnel, operations and maintenance, procurement, research and development, and other defense activities. - Providing authority for the Secretary of Defense to transfer funding between accounts, with certain limitations. - Requiring revisions to the DOD Financial Management Regulation to update guidance, streamline requirements, and remove outdated provisions. - Establishing a Chief Management Officer position in the DOD to oversee business modernization and performance improvement efforts. - Authorizing a pilot program for the temporary exchange of information technology personnel between the DOD and private sector companies. - Expanding authorities for the Office of Strategic Capital to provide loans, loan guarantees, and technical assistance to support the defense industrial base. - Requiring the development of a roadmap to address research and development needs in biotechnology for the DOD. - Establishing a pilot program to assess the feasibility of producing parts through reverse engineering or re-engineering. - Prohibiting the procurement of certain foreign-made products, such as light detection and ranging (LIDAR) technology from covered foreign countries and seafood from China. - Expanding eligibility for the Selective Service System to include automatic registration of all citizens and other residents between ages 18-26. The bill aims to modernize DOD processes, strengthen the defense industrial base, and ensure the availability of critical capabilities to support the National Defense Strategy.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/4638/all-info