CARL LEVIN AND HOWARD P. ‘‘BUCK’’ MCKEON NATIONAL …

1 PUBLIC LAW 113 291 DEC. 19, 2014 CARL LEVIN AND HOWARD P. BUCK MCKEON NATIONAL defense authorization ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015 VerDate Mar 15 2010 13:05 Apr 13, 2015 Jkt 049139 PO 00291 Frm 00001 Fmt 6579 Sfmt 6579 E:\PUBLAW\ PUBL291dkrause on DSKHT7 XVN1 PROD with PUBLAWS128 STAT. 3292 PUBLIC LAW 113 291 DEC. 19, 2014 Public Law 113 291 113th Congress An Act To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the Depart-ment of defense , for military construction, and for defense activities of the Depart-ment of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. (a) SHORTTITLE. This Act may be cited as the Carl LEVIN and HOWARD P. Buck MCKEON NATIONAL defense authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015.

2 (b) FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1)(A) Senator Carl LEVIN of Michigan was elected a member of the United States senate on November 7, 1978, for a full term beginning January 3, 1979. He has served continuously in the senate since that date, and was appointed as a member of the Committee on Armed Services in January 1979. He has served on the Committee on Armed Services since that date, a period of nearly 36 years. (B) A graduate of Detroit Central High School, Senator LEVIN went on to Swarthmore College, and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1959, gaining admittance to the Michigan bar. He served his State as assistant attorney general and general counsel of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission from 1964 1967, and later served his hometown of Detroit as a member of the Detroit City Council from 1969 1973, and as the council s president from 1974 1977.

3 (C) Senator LEVIN first served as chairman of the Com-mittee on Armed Services of the United States senate for a period of the 107th Congress, and has remained chairman since the 110th Congress began in 2007. He has exercised extraordinary leadership as either the chairman or ranking minority member of the committee since the start of the 105th Congress in 1997. (D) Each year, for the past 52 years, the Committee on Armed Services has reliably passed an annual defense authorization act, and this will be the 36th that Senator LEVIN has had a role in. In his capacity as member, ranking member, and chairman, he has been an advocate for a strong NATIONAL defense , and has made lasting contributions to the security of our Nation. (E) It is altogether fitting and proper that this Act, the last annual authorization act for the NATIONAL defense that Senator LEVIN manages in and for the United States senate Carl LEVIN and HOWARD P.

4 Buck MCKEON NATIONAL defense authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015. Dec. 19, 2014 [ 3979] VerDate Mar 15 2010 13:05 Apr 13, 2015 Jkt 049139 PO 00291 Frm 00002 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 E:\PUBLAW\ PUBL291dkrause on DSKHT7 XVN1 PROD with PUBLAWS128 STAT. 3293 PUBLIC LAW 113 291 DEC. 19, 2014 as chairman of the Committee on Armed Services, be named in his honor, as provided in subsection (a). (2)(A) Representative HOWARD P. Buck MCKEON was elected to the House of Representatives in 1992 to represent California s 25th Congressional District. (B) Chairman MCKEON was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Tujunga CA. He served a two and a half year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and attended Brigham Young University. Prior to his election to Congress, he was a small business owner, and served both on the William S.

5 Hart Union High School District Board of Trustees and as the first mayor of the City of Santa Clarita. (C) In the 111th Congress, Chairman MCKEON was selected by his peers as the Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee and has served as Chairman since in the 112th and 113th Congresses. Previously Chairman MCKEON had served as the Chairman of the House Committee on Edu-cation and the Workforce. (D) Chairman MCKEON is a champion of a strong NATIONAL defense , the men and women of America s Armed Forces and their families, and returning fiscal discipline to the Department of defense . His priority has been to ensure our troops deployed around the world have the equipment, resources, authorities, training and time they need to successfully complete their missions and return home. (E) For 52 consecutive years, the House Armed Services Committee, in a bipartisan, bicameral tradition, has passed and enacted an annual defense authorization act.

6 Chairman MCKEON had said it has been the privilege of his life to shepherd that tradition under his tenure. (F) It is therefore fitting this Act, the last NATIONAL defense authorization act of his tenure, be named in Chairman MCKEON s honor, as provided in subsection (a). (c) REFERENCES. Any reference in this or any other Act to the NATIONAL defense authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 shall be deemed to refer to the Carl LEVIN and HOWARD P. Buck MCKEON NATIONAL defense authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 . SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) DIVISIONS. This Act is organized into four divisions as follows: (1) Division A Department of defense Authorizations. (2) Division B Military Construction Authorizations. (3) Division C Department of Energy NATIONAL Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations. (4) Division D Funding Tables. (b) TABLE OFCONTENTS.

7 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents. Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees. Sec. 4. Budgetary effects of this Act. Sec. 5. Explanatory statement. DIVISION A DEPARTMENT OF defense AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE I PROCUREMENT Subtitle A authorization of Appropriations Sec. 101. authorization of Appropriations. VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:34 Mar 18, 2015 Jkt 049139 PO 00291 Frm 00003 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6582 E:\PUBLAW\ PUBL291dkrause on DSKHT7 XVN1 PROD with PUBLAWS128 STAT. 3294 PUBLIC LAW 113 291 DEC. 19, 2014 Subtitle B Army Programs Sec. 111. Plan on modernization of UH 60A aircraft of Army NATIONAL Guard. Subtitle C Navy Programs Sec. 121. Construction of San Antonio class amphibious ship. Sec. 122. Limitation on availability of funds for mission modules for Littoral Com-bat Ship. Sec. 123. Extension of limitation on availability of funds for Littoral Combat Ship.

8 Sec. 124. Report on test evaluation master plan for Littoral Combat Ship seaframes and mission modules. Sec. 125. Airborne electronic attack capabilities. Subtitle D Air Force Programs Sec. 131. Prohibition on availability of funds for retirement of MQ 1 Predator air-craft. Sec. 132. Prohibition on availability of funds for retirement of U 2 aircraft. Sec. 133. Prohibition on availability of funds for retirement of A 10 aircraft. Sec. 134. Prohibition on cancellation or modification of avionics modernization pro-gram for C 130 aircraft. Sec. 135. Limitation on availability of funds for retirement of Air Force aircraft. Sec. 136. Limitation on availability of funds for retirement of E 3 airborne warning and control system aircraft. Sec. 137. Limitation on availability of funds for divestment or transfer of KC 10 aircraft. Sec. 138. Limitation on availability of funds for transfer of Air Force C 130H and C 130J aircraft.

9 Sec. 139. Limitation on availability of funds for transfer of Air Force KC 135 tank-ers. Sec. 140. Report on C 130 aircraft. Sec. 141. Report on status of F 16 aircraft. Sec. 142. Report on options to modernize or replace T 1A aircraft. Sec. 143. Report on status of air-launched cruise missile capabilities. Subtitle E defense -Wide, Joint, and Multiservice Matters Sec. 151. Additional oversight requirements for the undersea mobility acquisition program of the United States Special Operations Command. Sec. 152. Plan for modernization or replacement of digital avionic equipment. Sec. 153. Comptroller General report on F 35 aircraft acquisition program. TITLE II RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION Subtitle A authorization of Appropriations Sec. 201. authorization of Appropriations. Subtitle B Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations Sec. 211. Modification of authority for prizes for advanced technology achievements.

10 Sec. 212. Modification of Manufacturing Technology Program. Sec. 213. Revision of requirement for acquisition programs to maintain defense re-search facility records. Sec. 214. Treatment by Department of defense Test Resource Management Center of significant modifications to test and evaluation facilities and re-sources. Sec. 215. Revision to the service requirement under the Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation defense Education Program. Sec. 216. Limitation on availability of funds for armored multi-purpose vehicle pro-gram. Sec. 217. Limitation on availability of funds for unmanned carrier-launched air-borne surveillance and strike system. Sec. 218. Limitation on availability of funds for airborne reconnaissance systems. Sec. 219. Limitation on availability of funds for retirement of Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar Systems aircraft.