DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2022 R E …

1 1 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES " ! 117 THCONGRESS 1st Session REPORT 117 88 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2022 R E P O R T OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS together with MINORITY VIEWS [TO ACCOMPANY 4432] JULY15, 2021. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:39 Jul 16, 2021 Jkt 045102 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6012 Sfmt 6012 E:\HR\OC\ HR088E:\Seals\Congress.#13 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2022 VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:39 Jul 16, 2021 Jkt 045102 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6019 Sfmt 6019 E:\HR\OC\ GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICEWASHINGTON : 1 45 102 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES " !

2 117 THCONGRESS 1st Session REPORT 2021 117 88 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2022 R E P O R T OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS together with MINORITY VIEWS [TO ACCOMPANY 4432] JULY15, 2021. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:56 Jul 16, 2021 Jkt 045102 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4012 Sfmt 4012 E:\HR\OC\ HR088E:\Seals\Congress.#13 VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:39 Jul 16, 2021 Jkt 045102 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4012 Sfmt 4012 E:\HR\OC\ HR088(III) C O N T E N T S Page Bill Totals ..1 Committee Budget Review Process ..3 Introduction ..3 Definition of Program, Project, and Activity.

3 4 Reprogramming Guidance ..4 Funding Increases ..5 Congressional Special Interest Items ..5 Classified Annex ..5 Committee Recommendations by Major Category ..5 Active, Reserve, and National Guard Military Personnel ..5 Operation and Maintenance ..5 Procurement ..6 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation ..6 DEFENSE Health Program ..7 Designated Congressional Special Interest Items ..7 Law Enforcement Training ..8 Littoral Combat Ships ..8 Overseas Contingency Operations ..8 Missile DEFENSE of Guam ..8 Anomalous Health Incidents/Havana Syndrome ..9 Shipyard Domestic Industrial Base ..9 TITLE I. MILITARY PERSONNEL ..11 Military Personnel Overview ..13 Summary of End Strength ..13 Overall Active End Strength ..13 Overall Selected Reserve End Strength ..13 Reprogramming Guidance for Military Personnel Accounts.

4 14 Military Personnel Special Interest Items ..14 Skilibridge Programs ..14 Minority Outreach and Officer Accessions ..15 Cultural Sensitivity Training ..15 Trauma Training Program ..15 Extremism in the Military ..15 Sexual Assault Prevention and Response ..17 Military Families and Food Insecurity ..17 Military Personnel, Army ..18 Military Personnel, Navy ..22 Military Personnel, Marine Corps ..26 Military Personnel, Air Force ..30 Reserve Personnel, Army ..34 Reserve Personnel, Navy ..37 Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps ..40 Reserve Personnel, Air Force ..43 National Guard Personnel, Army ..46 National Guard Personnel, Air Force ..49 TITLE II. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ..53 Reprogramming Guidance for Operation and Maintenance Accounts ..55 Reprogramming Guidance for Special Operations Command ..56 Operation and Maintenance Special Interest Items.

5 56 Quarterly Operation and Maintenance Updates ..56 Restoring Readiness ..57 Tuition Assistance Program ..57 Military Criminal Investigative Organizations ..57 Pilot Shortages ..58 Minority and Women-Owned Businesses ..58 Military Food Transformation ..58 Meals Ready-To-Eat War Reserve ..59 VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:39 Jul 16, 2021 Jkt 045102 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\ HR088 PageIV Geo-Economics, Innovation, and National Security ..59 Hard-To-Fill Positions ..59 Recruiting and Retention for Hard-To-Fill Positions ..60 Advertising ..61 Language Flagship Program ..61 Close Air Support ..62 Unplanned Exercises ..62 Childcare ..63 Aligning Civilian and Military Education for Workforce Development ..63 Vieques and Culebra ..63 Indian Financing Act ..64 PFOS/PFOA Exposure Assessment.

6 64 Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Cleanup Cost Reporting ..65 Perfluorinated Chemicals Contamination and First Responder Exposure ..65 Minimum Wage ..65 Housing ..66 Operation and Maintenance, Army ..66 Small Businesses and Army Futures Command ..72 United States Military Academy ..72 Equipment and Facilities Sustainment ..72 African Continent Security and Natural Resources Management ..72 Camouflage Equipment ..73 Operation and Maintenance, Navy ..73 Submarine Maintenance ..79 Airframe Maintenance ..79 MK VI Patrol Boats ..79 Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps ..80 RQ 21A System ..84 Operation and Maintenance, Air Force ..84 Air Force Pilot Shortfall ..90 Pilot Training Safety ..90 Aircraft Protection ..90 Operation and Maintenance, Space Force ..91 Operation and Maintenance, DEFENSE -Wide ..94 Helicopter and Tiltrotor Noise Mitigation Study.

7 100 Fossil Fuels .. 100 Civilian Cyber Workforce .. 100 Cyber Education Collaboratives .. 101 Foreign Language and Cultural Competency Education and Workforce Pipeline Strategy .. 101 Programs for Military Spouses .. 102 Impact Aid .. 102 Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Program .. 103 Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility .. 103 Military Bases of the People s Republic of China .. 103 Report on Hostilities .. 104 Western Hemisphere .. 104 Assistant Secretary of DEFENSE for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict .. 104 Information Operations .. 104 Joint Spectrum Center .. 104 Wartime Operational Control Authority .. 105 Theater Special Operations Command Activities .. 105 Climate Change Report and Adaptation Roadmap .. 105 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report.

8 105 Energy Resilience and Conservation .. 106 Support for Tribal Consultation and Nation-To-Nation Relationships .. 106 Audit Oversight .. 106 Voting .. 107 National Guard Youth Challenge .. 107 DEFENSE Security Cooperation Agency Programs .. 108 Digital Protection .. 110 Office of Special Needs .. 110 Afghanistan Security Forces Fund .. 111 Afghanistan Security Forces Fund .. 111 Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund .. 113 Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund .. 114 VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:39 Jul 16, 2021 Jkt 045102 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\ HR088 PageV Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve .. 114 Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve .. 118 Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve .. 121 Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve.

9 124 Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard .. 127 Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard .. 131 United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces .. 134 Environmental Restoration, Army .. 134 Environmental Restoration, Navy .. 134 Environmental Restoration, Air Force .. 134 Environmental Restoration, DEFENSE -Wide .. 134 Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used DEFENSE Sites .. 134 Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid .. 134 Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid .. 135 Cooperative Threat Reduction Account .. 135 Cooperative Threat Reduction Program .. 136 DEPARTMENT of DEFENSE Acquisition Workforce Development Account .. 136 TITLE III. PROCUREMENT .. 137 Reprogramming Guidance for Acquisition Accounts .. 139 Funding Increases .. 139 Procurement Special Interest Items.

10 139 Aircraft Procurement, Army .. 139 Missile Procurement, Army .. 143 Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army .. 147 MK93 Machine Gun Mount .. 151 Procurement of Ammunition, Army .. 151 Other Procurement, Army .. 155 General Fund Enterprise Business System .. 165 Active Hearing Protection .. 165 Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Acquisition .. 165 Aircraft Procurement, Navy .. 166 Advanced Helicopter Training System .. 174 Navy Adversary Aircraft for Training Purposes .. 174 Weapons Procurement, Navy .. 174 Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps .. 179 Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy .. 182 DDG 51 Flight III Destroyer .. 186 Icebreakers .. 186 CVN 81 Electromagnetic Aircraft Launching System and Advanced Ar-resting Gear Acquisition Strategy.