National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024

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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 2226 Printed as Passed (PAP)] DOC July 27, 2023 Ordered to be printed as passed 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2226 _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents. Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees. Sec. 4. Budgetary effects of this Act. DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE I--PROCUREMENT Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. Subtitle B--Army Programs Sec. 111. Report on Army requirements and acquisition strategy for night vision devices. Sec. 112. Army plan for ensuring sources of cannon tubes. Sec. 113. Strategy for Army tactical wheeled vehicle program. Sec. 114. Extension and modification of annual updates to master plans and investment strategies for Army ammunition plants. Sec. 115. Report on acquisition strategies of the logistics augmentation program of the Army. Subtitle C--Navy Programs Sec. 121. Reduction in the minimum number of Navy carrier air wings and carrier air wing headquarters required to be maintained. Sec. 122. Extension of prohibition on availability of funds for Navy port waterborne security barriers. Sec. 123. Multiyear procurement authority for Virginia class submarine program. Sec. 124. Sense of Senate on procurement of outstanding F/A-18 Super Hornet platforms. Subtitle D--Air Force Programs Sec. 131. Limitations and minimum inventory requirement relating to RQ- 4 aircraft. Sec. 132. Limitation on divestiture of T-1A training aircraft. Sec. 133. Modification to minimum inventory requirement for A-10 aircraft. Sec. 134. Modification to minimum requirement for total primary mission aircraft inventory of Air Force fighter aircraft. Sec. 135. Modification of limitation on divestment of F-15 aircraft. Sec. 136. Report on Air Force executive aircraft. Sec. 137. Prohibition on certain reductions to inventory of E-3 airborne warning and control system aircraft. Subtitle E--Defense-wide, Joint, and Multiservice Matters Sec. 141. Pilot program to accelerate the procurement and fielding of innovative technologies. Sec. 142. Requirement to develop and implement policies to establish the datalink strategy of the Department of Defense. Sec. 143. Report on contract for cybersecurity capabilities and briefing. 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. Updated guidance on planning for exportability features for future programs. Sec. 212. Support to the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic. Sec. 213. Modification to personnel management authority to attract experts in science and engineering. Sec. 214. Administration of the Advanced Sensors Application Program. Sec. 215. Delegation of responsibility for certain research programs. Sec. 216. Program of standards and requirements for microelectronics. Sec. 217. Clarifying role of partnership intermediaries to promote defense research and education. Sec. 218. Competition for technology that detects and watermarks the use of generative artificial intelligence. Subtitle C--Plans, Reports, and Other Matters Sec. 221. Department of Defense prize competitions for business systems modernization. Sec. 222. Update to plans and strategies for artificial intelligence. Sec. 223. Western regional range complex demonstration. Sec. 224. Report on feasibility and advisability of establishing a quantum computing innovation center. Sec. 225. Briefing on the impediments to the transition of the Semantic Forensics program to operational use. Sec. 226. Annual report on Department of Defense hypersonic capability funding and investment. Sec. 227. Limitation on availability of funds for travel for office of Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness pending a plan for modernizing Defense Travel System. Sec. 228. Annual report on unfunded priorities for research, development, test, and evaluation activities. Sec. 229. Establishment of technology transition program for strategic nuclear deterrence. Sec. 230. Review of artificial intelligence investment. TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE S…