Bill > S2572

This bill makes appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. * **Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative:** $800,000,000 from "Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide" to provide assistance to Ukraine, including lethal aid, training, and sustainment. Funds remain available until September 30, 2027. * **Indo-Pacific Security Assistance Initiative:** $1,500,000,000 from "Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide" for assistance to Taiwan, including new procurement of defense articles, services, and military education and training. Funds remain available until September 30, 2027. * **International Security Cooperation Programs:** $1,298,808,000 from "Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide" for programs to support foreign security forces in counterterrorism, crisis response, and building partner capacity. Funds remain available until September 30, 2027. * **Lebanese Armed Forces Assistance:** $50,000,000 from "Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide" for assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces, including training, equipment, and sustainment. Funds remain available until September 30, 2027. * **Israeli Cooperative Programs:** $500,000,000 for various missile defense systems for Israel, including Iron Dome, Short Range Ballistic Missile Defense, and Arrow System Improvement Program. * **Asia Pacific Regional Initiative Program:** $16,809,000 from "Operation and Maintenance, Navy" for Theater Security Cooperation activities by the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. * **Civil Air Patrol Corporation:** $42,300,000, including $25,506,000 from "Operation and Maintenance, Air Force," $14,669,000 from "Aircraft Procurement, Air Force," and $2,125,000 from "Other Procurement, Air Force." * **United Service Organizations (USO):** $24,000,000 appropriated to the Department of Defense for grants to the USO. * **Department of Defense Working Capital Funds:** $850,000,000 is rescinded from "Operation and Maintenance, Army" ($350,000,000) and "Operation and Maintenance, Air Force" ($500,000,000) to reflect excess cash balances. * **Fuel Cost Savings:** $250,000,000 is reduced from title II appropriations due to lower than anticipated fuel costs. * **Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy:** $1,676,587,000 is available until September 30, 2026, to fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases for various programs. * **National Defense Reserve Fleet:** $335,000,000 from "Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy" and $785,052,000 from "Operation and Maintenance, Navy" are available until September 30, 2030, and until expended, respectively, for the purchase and maintenance of used sealift vessels. * **Defense Innovation Acceleration and Rapid Prototyping Programs:** Funds are available for demonstration projects valued over $5,000,000, with specific reporting requirements. * **CHIPS for America Defense Fund:** Funds are allocated for semiconductor-related projects. * **Sexual Assault Special Victims’ Counsel Program:** $47,000,000 from "Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide" for program expansion. * **Readiness Improvement:** $1,925,311,000 is appropriated to the Department of Defense for transfer to operation and maintenance accounts to improve military readiness. The bill also includes numerous provisions regarding the use of funds, transfer authorities, reporting requirements, and restrictions on certain activities, such as publicity or propaganda, the employment of non-citizens, and the initiation of multiyear contracts. It also contains provisions related to domestic procurement preferences for various goods and services.