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1 Calendar No. 439 115TH CONGRESS " ! REPORT 2d Session SENATE 115–262 THE JOHN S. McCAIN NATIONAL DE- FENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FIS- CAL YEAR 2019 R E P O R T [TO ACCOMPANY S. 2987] ON TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, TO PRESCRIBE MILITARY PER- SONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES UNITED STATES SENATE JUNE 5, 2018.—Ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:42 Jun 07, 2018 Jkt 030285 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6012 Sfmt 6012 E:\HR\OC\SR262.XXX SR262 E:\Seals\Congress.#13 JOHN S. McCAIN NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:42 Jun 07, 2018 Jkt 030285 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6019 Sfmt 6019 E:\HR\OC\SR262.XXX SR262 Calendar No. 439 115TH CONGRESS " ! REPORT 2d Session SENATE 115–262 THE JOHN S. McCAIN NATIONAL DE- FENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FIS- CAL YEAR 2019 R E P O R T [TO ACCOMPANY S. 2987] ON TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, TO PRESCRIBE MILITARY PER- SONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES UNITED STATES SENATE JUNE 5, 2018.—Ordered to be printed U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 30–285 WASHINGTON : 2018 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:42 Jun 07, 2018 Jkt 030285 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4012 Sfmt 4012 E:\HR\OC\SR262.XXX SR262 E:\Seals\Congress.#13 COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES JOHN MCCAIN, Arizona, Chairman JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma JACK REED, Rhode Island ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi BILL NELSON, Florida DEB FISCHER, Nebraska CLAIRE MCCASKILL, Missouri TOM COTTON, Arkansas JEANNE SHAHEEN, New Hampshire MIKE ROUNDS, South Dakota KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND, New York JONI ERNST, Iowa RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, Connecticut THOM TILLIS, North Carolina JOE DONNELLY, Indiana DAN SULLIVAN, Alaska MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii DAVID PERDUE, Georgia TIM KAINE, Virginia TED CRUZ, Texas ANGUS S. KING, JR., Maine LINDSEY GRAHAM, South Carolina MARTIN HEINRICH, New Mexico BEN SASSE, Nebraska ELIZABETH WARREN, Massachusetts TIM SCOTT, South Carolina GARY C. PETERS, Michigan CHRISTIAN BROSE, Staff Director ELIZABETH L. KING, Minority Staff Director (II) VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:42 Jun 07, 2018 Jkt 030285 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\SR262.XXX SR262 C O N T E N T S Purpose of the Bill ................................................................................................... 1 Committee Overview ............................................................................................... 2 Preamble to the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 ................................................................................................... 3 Summary of Discretionary Authorizations and Budget Authority Implication .. 6 Budgetary Effects of This Act (Sec. 4) ................................................................... 6 DIVISION A—Department of Defense Authorizations ........................................ 7 TITLE I—PROCUREMENT ................................................................................... 7 Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations ................................................. 7 Authorization of appropriations (sec. 101) .............................................. 7 Subtitle B—Army Programs ............................................................................ 7 Deployment by the Army of an interim cruise missile defense capa- bility (sec. 111) ....................................................................................... 7 Subtitle C—Navy Programs ............................................................................ 8 Multiyear procurement authority for F/A–18E/F Super Hornet and EA–18G aircraft program (sec. 121) ..................................................... 8 Multiyear procurement authority for E–2D Advanced Hawkeye (AHE) aircraft program (sec. 122) ........................................................ 8 Extension of limitation on use of sole-source shipbuilding contracts for certain vessels (sec. 123) ................................................................. 8 Prohibition on availability of funds for Navy port waterborne security barriers (sec. 124) .................................................................................. 9 Multiyear procurement authority for Standard Missile-6 (sec. 125) ..... 9 Limitation on availability of funds for the Littoral Combat Ship (sec. 126) ................................................................................................. 10 Nuclear refueling of aircraft carriers (sec. 127) ...................................... 10 Limitation on funding for Amphibious Assault Vehicle Product Im- provement Program (sec. 128) .............................................................. 10 Subtitle D—Air Force Programs ..................................................................... 11 Prohibition on availability of funds for retirement of E–8 JSTARS aircraft (sec. 141) ................................................................................... 11 B–52H aircraft system modernization report (sec. 142) ........................ 11 Repeal of funding restriction for EC–130H Compass Call Recapital- ization Program and review of program acceleration opportunities (sec. 143) ................................................................................................. 12 Subtitle E—Defense-Wide, Joint, and Multiservice Matters ........................ 12 Multiyear procurement authority for C–130J aircraft program (sec. 151) ......................................................................................................... 12 Quarterly updates on the F–35 Joint Strike Fighter program (sec. 152) ......................................................................................................... 12 Authority to procure additional polar-class icebreakers (sec. 153) ....... 14 Budget Items ..................................................................................................... 14 Army ........................................................................................................... 14 Interim cruise missile defense capability for the Army .................. 14 Army Tactical Missile System ........................................................... 14 Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle ........................................................ 14 Stryker modification .......................................................................... 15 Stryker upgrade ................................................................................. 15 Bradley Program (Modifications) ...................................................... 15 Paladin Integrated Management ...................................................... 15 Small caliber reduction ...................................................................... 15 Army ammunition reduction ............................................................. 15 Joint Light Tactical Vehicle .............................................................. 16 U.S. Southern Command unfunded priorities increase .................. 16 Army automated data processing equipment .................................. 16 (III) VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:42 Jun 07, 2018 Jkt 030285 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\SR262.XXX SR262 IV Page TITLE I—PROCUREMENT —Continued Budget Items —Continued Navy ........................................................................................................... 17 F–35C Joint Strike Fighter ............................................................... 17 E–2D Advanced Hawkeye ................................................................. 17 USMC OA–X light attack procurement ............................................ 17 C–40 aircraft ....................................................................................... 18 USMC Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft System procurement ....................................................................... 19 EA–18G cognitive electronic warfare ............................................... 19 Adaptive Radar Countermeasure ..................................................... 20 F–35B modifications .......................................................................... 20 F–35C modifications .......................................................................... 20 F–35 spares and repair parts ............................................................ 21 Sidewinder .......................................................................................... 21 Long range anti-ship missile ............................................................. 22 Harpoon block II ................................................................................. 22 Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile ........................................ 22 MK48 torpedoes .................................................................................. 23 LCS module weapons ......................................................................... 23 Advanced low-cost munitions ordnance ............................................ 23 Virginia-class submarine advance procurement .............................. 23 DDG–1000 ........................................................................................... 24 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers 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