Bill > S4784

This bill, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, authorizes appropriations for military activities of the Department of Defense, military construction, and defense activities of the Department of Energy, and prescribes military personnel strengths for that fiscal year. * **Department of Defense Authorizations:** * **Procurement:** Authorizes appropriations for procurement for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force, and Defense-wide activities. Specific provisions include multiyear procurement authority for the Infantry Squad Vehicle, F-35 aircraft, and F-15EX aircraft. It also modifies inventory requirements for Air Force fighter aircraft and limits the divestment of MQ-9 aircraft. * **Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation:** Authorizes appropriations for RDT&E activities. It includes provisions for improving alternative test and evaluation pathways, developing low-cost weapon systems, modifying the advisory role of the JASON scientific advisory group, and streamlining international agreements. * **Operation and Maintenance:** Authorizes appropriations for O&M expenses. It includes provisions related to advanced nuclear transition, prioritization of expeditionary solid waste disposal systems, sustainable aviation fuel procurement, grid resiliency, storage capacity enhancements, and revisions to policies on open-air burn pits. * **Military Personnel Authorizations:** Authorizes end strengths for active and reserve forces, including military technicians (dual status). * **Military Personnel Policy:** Addresses various personnel matters, including officer promotion notification, temporary withholding of nominations, early discharges, retirement determinations, reserve component management, service authorities, military records, member education, training, and transition, military family readiness, dependents' education, child care, and Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) programs. * **Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits:** Modifies reimbursement for travel for inactive-duty training and muster duty, increases military basic pay, and extends certain bonus and special pay authorities. It also addresses commissary and exchange benefits. * **Health Care:** Includes provisions related to TRICARE and other health care benefits, such as digital systems for beneficiary assistance, expansion of dental care for certain dependents, coverage of cranial orthotic devices, and pilot programs for reciprocal access to healthcare facilities between the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs. * **Acquisition Policy, Management, and Related Matters:** Addresses various aspects of acquisition, including multi-year procurement for munitions, software acquisition pathways, supply chain risk management, small business matters, and prohibitions on procurement from certain foreign entities. It also establishes an Economic Defense Unit and modifies the authorities of the Industrial Base Fund. * **Department of Defense Organization and Management:** Includes provisions related to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, combatant commands, and other organizational matters, including the establishment of new unified combatant commands. * **General Provisions:** Covers financial matters, naval vessels, counterterrorism, miscellaneous authorities and limitations, studies and reports, equity investments, and other matters. It also includes prohibitions on the use of funds for certain entertainment projects and for the transfer or release of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay. * **Space Activities, Strategic Programs, and Intelligence Matters:** Addresses space activities, nuclear forces, missile defense, and other related matters. * **Cyberspace-Related Matters:** Includes provisions related to cyber operations, cyber forces, Department of Defense cybersecurity, information technology, data, and artificial intelligence. * **Military Construction Authorizations:** * **Army Military Construction:** Authorizes construction and land acquisition projects for the Army. * **Navy Military Construction:** Authorizes construction and land acquisition projects for the Navy. * **Air Force Military Construction:** Authorizes construction and land acquisition projects for the Air Force. * **Defense Agencies Military Construction:** Authorizes construction and land acquisition projects for Defense Agencies. * **International Programs:** Authorizes construction and land acquisition projects for NATO security investment programs and host country contributions. * **Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities:** Authorizes construction and land acquisition projects for the National Guard and Reserve. * **Base Realignment and Closure Activities:** Authorizes appropriations for BRAC activities. * **Military Construction General Provisions:** Includes provisions related to the military construction program, military housing, and land conveyances. * **Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations:** * **Department of Energy National Security Programs:** Authorizes appropriations for NNSA, defense environmental cleanup, other defense activities, and nuclear energy. * **Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board:** Authorizes appropriations for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. * **Funding Tables:** Division D contains funding tables that specify the authorized amounts for various programs and activities. The bill covers fiscal year 2027 and includes numerous provisions related to procurement, research and development, personnel, health care, acquisition, organization, cyberspace, space activities, nuclear forces, missile defense, international programs, and military construction. It also includes provisions related to the Department of Energy's national security programs and the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.