NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR …

1 1 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES " ! 115 THCONGRESS 1st Session REPORT 115 200 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018 R E P O R T OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON 2810 together with ADDITIONAL VIEWS [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] JULY6, 2017. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 10:45 Jul 07, 2017 Jkt 026108 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6012 Sfmt 6012 E:\HR\OC\ HR200congress.

2 #13 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018 VerDate Sep 11 2014 10:45 Jul 07, 2017 Jkt 026108 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6019 Sfmt 6019 E:\HR\OC\ GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICEWASHINGTON : 1 26 108 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES " ! 115 THCONGRESS 1st Session REPORT 2017 115 200 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018 R E P O R T OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON 2810 together with ADDITIONAL VIEWS [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] JULY6, 2017.

3 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 10:45 Jul 07, 2017 Jkt 026108 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4012 Sfmt 4012 E:\HR\OC\ HR200congress.#13(II) COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES ONEHUNDREDFIFTEENTHCONGRESS WILLIAM M. MAC THORNBERRY, Texas, Chairman WALTER B. JONES, North Carolina JOE WILSON, South Carolina FRANK A. LOBIONDO, New Jersey ROB BISHOP, Utah MICHAEL R. TURNER, Ohio MIKE ROGERS, Alabama TRENT FRANKS, Arizona BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, Texas DOUG LAMBORN, Colorado ROBERT J.

4 WITTMAN, Virginia DUNCAN HUNTER, California MIKE COFFMAN, Colorado VICKY HARTZLER, Missouri AUSTIN SCOTT, Georgia MO BROOKS, Alabama PAUL COOK, California JIM BRIDENSTINE, Oklahoma BRAD R. WENSTRUP, Ohio BRADLEY BYRNE, Alabama SAM GRAVES, Missouri ELISE M. STEFANIK, New York MARTHA MCSALLY, Arizona STEPHEN KNIGHT, California STEVE RUSSELL, Oklahoma SCOTT DESJARLAIS, Tennessee RALPH LEE ABRAHAM, Louisiana TRENT KELLY, Mississippi MIKE GALLAGHER, Wisconsin MATT GAETZ, Florida DON BACON, Nebraska JIM BANKS, Indiana LIZ CHENEY, Wyoming ADAM SMITH, Washington ROBERT A.

5 BRADY, Pennsylvania SUSAN A. DAVIS, California JAMES R. LANGEVIN, Rhode Island RICK LARSEN, Washington JIM COOPER, Tennessee MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO, Guam JOE COURTNEY, Connecticut NIKI TSONGAS, Massachusetts JOHN GARAMENDI, California JACKIE SPEIER, California MARC A. VEASEY, Texas TULSI GABBARD, Hawaii BETO O ROURKE, Texas DONALD NORCROSS, New Jersey RUBEN GALLEGO, Arizona SETH MOULTON, Massachusetts COLLEEN HANABUSA, Hawaii CAROL SHEA PORTER, New Hampshire JACKY ROSEN, Nevada A. DONALD MCEACHIN, Virginia SALUD O. CARBAJAL, California ANTHONY G.

6 BROWN, Maryland STEPHANIE N. MURPHY, Florida RO KHANNA, California TOM O HALLERAN, Arizona THOMAS R. SUOZZI, New York TIMOTHY J. WALZ, Minnesota JENNESSB. SIMLER, Staff Director VerDate Sep 11 2014 10:45 Jul 07, 2017 Jkt 026108 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\ HR200(III) C O N T E N T S Page Purpose of the Legislation ..1 Rationale for the Committee Bill ..2 Hearings ..6 Committee Position ..6 Explanation of the Committee Amendments ..6 Relationship of AUTHORIZATION to Appropriations ..7 Summary of Discretionary Authorizations in the Bill.

7 7 Budget Authority Implication ..7 DIVISION A DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS ..8 TITLE I PROCUREMENT ..8 Aircraft Procurement, Army ..8 Items of Special Interest ..8 Health and Usage Monitoring Systems ..8 Missile Procurement, Army ..8 Items of Special Interest ..8 Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile Systems ..8 Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army ..9 Items of Special Interest ..9 Armored brigade combat team modernization ..9 M240B medium machine gun inventory assessment ..11 Small arms magazine procurement ..11 Small arms production industrial base ..12 Vehicle active protection systems.

8 12 Procurement of Ammunition, Army ..13 Items of Special Interest ..13 Ammunition production base support ..13 Clean disposal of conventional munitions ..13 Other Procurement, Army ..13 Items of Special Interest ..13 Army land mobile radio acquisition ..13 Army personal dosimeters ..14 Heavy Equipment Transport System modernization strategy ..14 Personnel and cargo parachute acquisition and management ..14 Rough Terrain Container Handler recapitalization ..15 Small unit support vehicle recapitalization strategy ..15 Tactical network review ..16 Vehicle medical kits ..16 Aircraft Procurement, Navy.

9 17 Items of Special Interest ..17 EA 18G ALQ 99 tactical jamming system modernization ..17 Implications of a 355-ship Navy on Naval and Marine Corps Aviation force structure requirements ..17 Maritime intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities demonstration ..17 MQ 4C Triton unmanned aircraft system ..18 MV 22 upgrades ..19 Naval aircraft physiological episodes ..19 Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps ..20 Items of Special Interest ..20 Advanced Low Cost Munition Ordnance ..20 Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy ..21 Items of Special Interest ..21 America-class amphibious assault ships.

10 21 Columbia-class submarine program ..21 VerDate Sep 11 2014 11:15 Jul 07, 2017 Jkt 026108 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 6646 E:\HR\OC\ HR200 PageIV Guided missile patrol boats ..22 High-pressure Cold Spray repair ..22 Increased standardization and commonality for Navy shipbuild-ing programs ..22 Littoral Combat Ships capability enhancements ..23 Propeller shafts ..23 Protection of Navy ships against High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse ..24 Aircraft Procurement, Air Force ..24 Items of Special Interest ..24 A 10 to F 16 transition at Fort Wayne, Indiana.