DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2019 ... - …

1 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICEWASHINGTON : 1 30 477 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES " ! 115 THCONGRESS 2d Session REPORT 2018 115 769 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2019 R E P O R T OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS together with ADDITIONAL VIEWS [TO ACCOMPANY 6157] JUNE20, 2018. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 10:11 Jun 21, 2018 Jkt 030477 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4012 Sfmt 4012 E:\HR\OC\ HR769E:\Seals\Congress.#13 VerDate Sep 11 2014 10:11 Jun 21, 2018 Jkt 030477 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4012 Sfmt 4012 E:\HR\OC\ HR769(III) C O N T E N T S Page Bill Totals.

2 1 Committee Budget Review Process ..3 Introduction ..3 Definition of Program, Project, and Activity ..5 Reprogramming Guidance ..5 Funding Increases ..6 Congressional Special Interest Items ..6 Classified Annex ..6 Committee Recommendations by Major Category ..6 Active, Reserve, and National Guard Military Personnel ..6 Operation and Maintenance ..6 Procurement ..6 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation ..7 DEFENSE Health Program ..8 Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism Requirements ..8 Compliance with Congressional Direction ..8 Army Out-Of-Cycle Program Decisions ..9 Cloud Computing ..9 Other Transaction Authority for Follow-On Production ..10 Quarterly Cyber Operations Briefing ..10 Cyberspace Activities Budget Exhibits ..10 TITLE I. MILITARY PERSONNEL.

3 13 Military Personnel Overview ..15 Summary of End Strength ..15 Overall Active End Strength ..15 Overall Selected Reserve End Strength ..15 Reprogramming Guidance for Military Personnel Accounts ..16 Military Personnel Special Interest Items ..16 Minority Outreach and Officer Accessions ..16 Cultural Sensitivity Training ..17 Trauma Training Program ..17 Military Personnel, Army ..17 Budget Justification ..21 Military Personnel, Navy ..21 Military Personnel, Marine Corps ..25 Military Personnel, Air Force ..29 Reserve Personnel, Army ..33 Reserve Personnel, Navy ..36 Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps ..39 Reserve Personnel, Air Force ..42 National Guard Personnel, Army ..45 Suicide Prevention and Outreach ..48 National Guard Personnel, Air Force ..48 TITLE II. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.

4 51 Reprogramming Guidance for Operation and Maintenance Accounts ..53 Reprogramming Guidance for Special Operations Command ..54 VerDate Sep 11 2014 10:10 Jun 21, 2018 Jkt 030477 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 0483 E:\HR\OC\ HR769 PageIV Operation and Maintenance Special Interest Items ..54 Operation and Maintenance Quarterly Updates ..54 Restoring Readiness ..55 DEFENSE Foreign Language and Cultural Immersion Training ..55 Pilot Shortages ..55 Small Business Innovation Research Program ..55 Vieques and Culebra ..56 National Security Education Program ..56 Indian Financing Act ..57 Facility Demolition ..57 Real Property ..57 Storm Water Conveyance Systems ..57 Child Care Programs ..58 Operation and Maintenance, Army ..58 Physical Fitness ..64 Operation and Maintenance, Navy.

5 64 Navy Training Flights ..71 Submarine Maintenance Shortfalls ..71 Additive Technology for Sustainment of Navy Assets ..71 Public Shipyards ..71 Aegis Ashore Poland ..71 Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps ..72 Operation and Maintenance, Air Force ..76 Air Education and Training Command ..82 Operation and Maintenance, DEFENSE -Wide ..82 PFOS/PFOA Exposure Assessment ..88 DEFENSE Commissary Agency ..88 Autism Spectrum Disorder ..88 Meals Ready-To-Eat War Reserve ..88 Youth Serving Organizations ..88 Joint Regional Security Stacks ..89 Quality Assurance ..89 Educational Opportunities on the Cotentin Peninsula ..89 Sexual Assault and Juvenile Justice ..89 DEFENSE Logistics Agency ..90 Special Operations Command Pre-Deployment Training ..90 Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve.

6 90 Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve ..93 Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve ..96 Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve ..99 Bird Strike Incidents .. 102 Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard .. 102 Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard .. 105 United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces .. 108 Environmental Restoration, Army .. 108 Environmental Restoration, Navy .. 108 Environmental Restoration, Air Force .. 108 Granular Activated Carbon .. 108 Environmental Restoration, DEFENSE -Wide .. 108 Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used DEFENSE Sites .. 109 Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid .. 109 Cooperative Threat Reduction Account .. 109 DEPARTMENT of DEFENSE Acquisition Workforce Development Fund.

7 109 TITLE III. PROCUREMENT .. 111 Reprogramming Guidance for Acquisition Accounts .. 113 VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:22 Jun 21, 2018 Jkt 030477 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 0483 E:\HR\OC\ HR769 PageV Funding Increases .. 113 Procurement Special Interest Items .. 113 Aircraft Procurement, Army .. 113 AH 64 Apache .. 117 Apache Upgrades .. 117 UH 60M Black Hawk .. 117 Missile Procurement, Army .. 117 Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army .. 121 Stryker .. 125 Procurement of Ammunition, Army .. 126 Other Procurement, Army .. 130 Land Mobile Radios for United States Army Europe .. 143 Aircraft Procurement, Navy .. 143 Navy Reserve Combat Aircraft .. 150 Weapons Procurement, Navy .. 150 Tomahawk Production.

8 154 Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps .. 154 Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy .. 158 Steam Turbine Production .. 162 Other Procurement, Navy .. 162 Electro-Optical Infrared Surveillance Sensors .. 174 Procurement, Marine Corps .. 174 Aircraft Procurement, Air Force .. 180 MQ 9 .. 187 C 135B .. 187 Battlefield Airborne Communication Node .. 187 Compass Call .. 188 Light Attack .. 188 F 22 .. 189 Missile Procurement, Air Force .. 189 Space Procurement, Air Force .. 192 Wideband Gapfiller Satellites .. 195 Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force .. 195 Other Procurement, Air Force .. 198 Procurement, DEFENSE -Wide .. 204 National Guard and Reserve Equipment .. 209 DEFENSE Production Act.

9 209 Rare Earth Elements .. 210 Joint Urgent Operational Needs Fund .. 210 TITLE IV. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION .. 211 Reprogramming Guidance for Acquisition Accounts .. 213 Funding Increases .. 213 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Special Interest Items .. 213 F 35 Joint Strike Fighter Developmental Test Fleet .. 213 Cost Estimates for Agile Software Development .. 214 Hypoxia and Physiological Episode Research .. 214 Satellite Communications .. 215 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army .. 215 Materials in Extreme Dynamic Environments Program .. 232 Burn Patient Transfer System .. 232 Army Lethality Improvements .. 232 Advanced Development of Asset Protection Technologies .. 232 Domestic Supply of Novel Lightweight Transparent Armor Materials.

10 233 Transformative Technologies for Propulsion Manufacturing Processes .. 233 Army Network Readiness .. 233 VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:22 Jun 21, 2018 Jkt 030477 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 0483 E:\HR\OC\ HR769 PageVI Metal Matrix Composite .. 233 Cybersecurity and Supply Chain Risk Management .. 233 Industrial Base Resiliency .. 234 Precision Gun Launched Projectiles .. 234 Lightweight Protective Armor .. 234 Batteries for Austere Locations .. 234 Improved Turbine Engine Program .. 234 Joint Multi-Role Program .. 235 Mobile Camouflage Systems .. 235 Hercules Tow Vehicle/M88A2E1 .. 235 Army Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratories .. 236 Long-Range Precision Fire Missile .. 236 Integration of Iron Dome for Air and Missile DEFENSE .