1 115TH CONGRESS " ! REPORT 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 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 H.R. 2810 together with ADDITIONAL VIEWS [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] JULY 6, 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\HR200.XXX HR200 congress.#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\HR200.XXX HR200 1 115TH CONGRESS " ! REPORT 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 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 H.R. 2810 together with ADDITIONAL VIEWS [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] JULY 6, 2017.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 26–108 WASHINGTON : 2017 VerDate Sep 11 2014 10:45 Jul 07, 2017 Jkt 026108 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4012 Sfmt 4012 E:\HR\OC\HR200.XXX HR200 congress.#13 COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS WILLIAM M. ‘‘MAC’’ THORNBERRY, Texas, Chairman WALTER B. JONES, North Carolina ADAM SMITH, Washington JOE WILSON, South Carolina ROBERT A. BRADY, Pennsylvania FRANK A. LOBIONDO, New Jersey SUSAN A. DAVIS, California ROB BISHOP, Utah JAMES R. LANGEVIN, Rhode Island MICHAEL R. TURNER, Ohio RICK LARSEN, Washington MIKE ROGERS, Alabama JIM COOPER, Tennessee TRENT FRANKS, Arizona MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO, Guam BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania JOE COURTNEY, Connecticut K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, Texas NIKI TSONGAS, Massachusetts DOUG LAMBORN, Colorado JOHN GARAMENDI, California ROBERT J. WITTMAN, Virginia JACKIE SPEIER, California DUNCAN HUNTER, California MARC A. VEASEY, Texas MIKE COFFMAN, Colorado TULSI GABBARD, Hawaii VICKY HARTZLER, Missouri BETO O’ROURKE, Texas AUSTIN SCOTT, Georgia DONALD NORCROSS, New Jersey MO BROOKS, Alabama RUBEN GALLEGO, Arizona PAUL COOK, California SETH MOULTON, Massachusetts JIM BRIDENSTINE, Oklahoma COLLEEN HANABUSA, Hawaii BRAD R. WENSTRUP, Ohio CAROL SHEA–PORTER, New Hampshire BRADLEY BYRNE, Alabama JACKY ROSEN, Nevada SAM GRAVES, Missouri A. DONALD MCEACHIN, Virginia ELISE M. STEFANIK, New York SALUD O. CARBAJAL, California MARTHA MCSALLY, Arizona ANTHONY G. BROWN, Maryland STEPHEN KNIGHT, California STEPHANIE N. MURPHY, Florida STEVE RUSSELL, Oklahoma RO KHANNA, California SCOTT DESJARLAIS, Tennessee TOM O’HALLERAN, Arizona RALPH LEE ABRAHAM, Louisiana THOMAS R. SUOZZI, New York TRENT KELLY, Mississippi TIMOTHY J. WALZ, Minnesota MIKE GALLAGHER, Wisconsin MATT GAETZ, Florida DON BACON, Nebraska JIM BANKS, Indiana LIZ CHENEY, Wyoming JENNESS B. SIMLER, Staff Director (II) VerDate Sep 11 2014 10:45 Jul 07, 2017 Jkt 026108 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR200.XXX HR200 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 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 ............................................................ 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 ............................................................................ 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 ................................................. 21 Columbia-class submarine program ........................................................ 21 (III) VerDate Sep 11 2014 11:15 Jul 07, 2017 Jkt 026108 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 6646 E:\HR\OC\HR200.XXX HR200 IV Page Guided missile patrol boats ...................................................................... 22 High-pressure Cold Spray repair ............................................................. 22 Increased standardization and commonality for U.S. 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 ................................... 24 A–10 wing replacement program ............................................................