1 114TH CONGRESS " ! REPORT 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 114–102 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 R E P O R T OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON H.R. 1735 together with DISSENTING VIEWS [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] MAY 5, 2015.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 12:52 May 06, 2015 Jkt 094373 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6012 Sfmt 6012 E:\HR\OC\HR102.XXX HR102 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HEARING E:\Seals\Congress.#13 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 VerDate Sep 11 2014 12:52 May 06, 2015 Jkt 094373 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6019 Sfmt 6019 E:\HR\OC\HR102.XXX HR102 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HEARING with DSK67QTVN1PROD on emcdonald 1 114TH CONGRESS " ! REPORT 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 114–102 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 R E P O R T OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON H.R. 1735 together with DISSENTING VIEWS [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] MAY 5, 2015.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 94–373 WASHINGTON : 2015 VerDate Sep 11 2014 12:52 May 06, 2015 Jkt 094373 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4012 Sfmt 4012 E:\HR\OC\HR102.XXX HR102 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HEARING E:\Seals\Congress.#13 COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS WILLIAM M. ‘‘MAC’’ THORNBERRY, Texas, Chairman WALTER B. JONES, North Carolina ADAM SMITH, Washington J. RANDY FORBES, Virginia LORETTA SANCHEZ, California JEFF MILLER, Florida ROBERT A. BRADY, Pennsylvania JOE WILSON, South Carolina SUSAN A. DAVIS, California FRANK A. LOBIONDO, New Jersey JAMES R. LANGEVIN, Rhode Island ROB BISHOP, Utah RICK LARSEN, Washington MICHAEL R. TURNER, Ohio JIM COOPER, Tennessee JOHN KLINE, Minnesota MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO, Guam MIKE ROGERS, Alabama JOE COURTNEY, Connecticut TRENT FRANKS, Arizona NIKI TSONGAS, Massachusetts BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania JOHN GARAMENDI, California K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, Texas HENRY C. ‘‘HANK’’ JOHNSON, JR., Georgia DOUG LAMBORN, Colorado JACKIE SPEIER, California ROBERT J. WITTMAN, Virginia JOAQUIN CASTRO, Texas DUNCAN HUNTER, California TAMMY DUCKWORTH, Illinois JOHN FLEMING, Louisiana SCOTT H. PETERS, California MIKE COFFMAN, Colorado MARC A. VEASEY, Texas CHRISTOPHER P. GIBSON, New York TULSI GABBARD, Hawaii VICKY HARTZLER, Missouri TIMOTHY J. WALZ, Minnesota JOSEPH J. HECK, Nevada BETO O’ROURKE, Texas AUSTIN SCOTT, Georgia DONALD NORCROSS, New Jersey MO BROOKS, Alabama RUBEN GALLEGO, Arizona RICHARD B. NUGENT, Florida MARK TAKAI, Hawaii PAUL COOK, California GWEN GRAHAM, Florida JIM BRIDENSTINE, Oklahoma BRAD ASHFORD, Nebraska BRAD R. WENSTRUP, Ohio SETH MOULTON, Massachusetts JACKIE WALORSKI, Indiana PETE AGUILAR, California BRADLEY BYRNE, Alabama SAM GRAVES, Missouri RYAN K. ZINKE, Montana ELISE M. STEFANIK, New York MARTHA MCSALLY, Arizona STEPHEN KNIGHT, California THOMAS MACARTHUR, New Jersey STEVE RUSSELL, Oklahoma ROBERT L. SIMMONS II, Staff Director (II) VerDate Sep 11 2014 12:52 May 06, 2015 Jkt 094373 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR102.XXX HR102 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HEARING C O N T E N T S Page Purpose of the Legislation ...................................................................................... 1 Rationale for the Committee Bill ........................................................................... 2 Hearings ................................................................................................................... 8 Committee Position ................................................................................................. 8 Explanation of the Committee Amendments ........................................................ 8 Relationship of Authorization to Appropriations .................................................. 8 Summary of Discretionary Authorizations in the Bill .......................................... 8 Budget Authority Implication ................................................................................. 9 DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS ................. 9 TITLE I—PROCUREMENT ................................................................................... 9 OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................... 9 Aircraft Procurement, Army ............................................................................ 9 Overview ........................................................................................................ 9 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 10 AH–64 Apache helicopter multi-year production contract ..................... 10 Armed aerial scout rotorcraft ................................................................... 10 Army UH–60A to UH–60L conversions for the National Guard ........... 10 Improved MQ–1C Gray Eagle modifications ........................................... 11 Missile Procurement, Army ............................................................................. 11 Overview ........................................................................................................ 11 Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army .................. 11 Overview ........................................................................................................ 11 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 12 Bradley Fighting Vehicles ........................................................................ 12 Combat vehicle industrial base management ......................................... 12 Hercules recovery vehicle ......................................................................... 14 M1 Abrams Tank Fleet Configuration .................................................... 14 M240 production and industrial base sustainment ................................ 15 Modular Handgun System ........................................................................ 15 Small arms production industrial base ................................................... 16 Stryker lethality upgrades ........................................................................ 16 Procurement of Ammunition, Army ................................................................ 17 Overview ........................................................................................................ 17 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 17 Cost assessment of decommissioning lead-based ammunition and as- sociated components .............................................................................. 17 Joint Hydra 70 guided rocket acquisition strategy ................................ 18 M3 Multi-role Anti-Armor Anti-tank Weapon System ........................... 18 Small caliber ammunition industrial base .............................................. 19 Other Procurement, Army ............................................................................... 19 Overview ........................................................................................................ 19 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 19 Army radio modernization ........................................................................ 19 Civil Support Team Information Management System ......................... 20 Mine resistant ambush protected family of vehicles enduring require- ment ........................................................................................................ 20 Personal protective equipment modernization and industrial base sustainment ............................................................................................ 21 Rough Terrain Container Handler recapitalization ............................... 22 U.S. Army Europe garrison communications .......................................... 22 Aircraft Procurement, Navy ............................................................................ 22 Overview ........................................................................................................ 22 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 23 (III) VerDate Sep 11 2014 12:52 May 06, 2015 Jkt 094373 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 6646 E:\HR\OC\HR102.XXX HR102 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HEARING IV Page Airborne electronic attack low band transmitter consolidation ............ 23 MH–60R and MH–60S service life extension plans ............................... 23 MQ–8 Fire Scout ....................................................................................... 23 Reporting of the April 8, 2000, MV–22 mishap at Marana, Arizona .... 24 V–22 for carrier on-board delivery ........................................................... 24 V–22 medical evacuation capability ......................................................... 25 Weapons Procurement, Navy ........................................................................... 25 Overview ........................................................................................................ 25 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................