Space Force
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Space Force in the FY2027 NDAA: Space procurement, SATCOM, personnel. 171 sections across Titles I, II, XI, XVI.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2027 for procurement for the Army, the Navy and the Marine Corps, the Air…
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall establish standards to guide the…
Section 8062(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)by inserting (1) before The naval; and(2)by adding at the end the following…
Section 126 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119—60; 139 Stat. 755) is amended—(1)by…
Subject to section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more multiyear contracts for the…
Subject to section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more multiyear contracts for the…
Contract authority(1)Procurement authorizedThe Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more contracts for the procurement of covered…
The Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more contracts for the procurement of not more than two AS(X) submarine tenders.(b)Use of…
Subject to section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more multiyear contracts…
Amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the Navy for Shipbuilding and Conversion for fiscal year…
The Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more contracts, prior to ship authorization, for the advance procurement of components for…
Strategy and inventory requirement(1)In generalNot later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the…
The Secretary of the Navy may not enter into a contract or other agreement that includes a scope of work for the construction of the lead…
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense…
Not later than March 1, 2027, and annually thereafter for four years, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense…
Modification of inventory requirements for Air Force fighter aircraft(1)In generalSubsection (i) of section 9062 of title 10, United…
Section 9062(k)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2027 and inserting September 30, 2032.
Extension and modification of minimum inventory requirementSection 149 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026…
Section 137(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118—31; 137 Stat. 174) is amended—(1)by striking…
Section 146(a)(3)(B) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117—263; 136 Stat. 2455)…
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the Air Force for the…
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of the Air…
The Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with the Commander of the United States Transportation Command, shall conduct an analysis…
The Secretary of the Air Force may carry out activities, prior to fielding the next generation airlift aircraft, to improve the readiness…
The Secretary of the Navy may convey, without consideration, to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center Commission in Huntsville, Alabama (in…
Not later than December 1, 2026, the Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with the Commander of the United States Strategic…
Subject to section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, and except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense may enter into…
Subject to section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, and except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary of Defense may…
Prohibition(1)In generalThe Secretary of Defense may not procure, lease, or otherwise obtain a covered humanoid robotic system that—(A)is…
Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal…
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretaries of the…
Beginning in fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall establish the goal that the total amount of funds obligated for the…
Plan required(1)In generalNot later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to…
Implementation plan(1)In generalThe Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a plan to address recommendation 3 from the report of…
The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Commander of the United States Transportation Command and the Director of the Defense…
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2027 for the use of the Department of Defense for research, development…
Section 133a of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)in subsection (b)—(A)in paragraph (4), by striking and at the end;(B)in…
Section 139 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)by redesignating subsection (l) as subsection (m); and(2)by inserting after…
Section 4022 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (i).
Section 4127(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)by redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph (12); and(2)by inserting after…
Section 4173 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)in subsection (c)(1) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:(G)To…
Section 228 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119—60; 139 Stat. 786; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note) is…
Repeal of requirement to act through specified officialSubsections (a) and (b) of section 222 of the National Defense Authorization Act…
Section 221 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117—81; 135 Stat. 1599) is amended—(1)in the…
The Secretary of Defense shall designate an executive agent, as such term is defined in Department of Defense Directive 5101.01 (relating…
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Commander of the…
The Secretary of Defense shall establish or designate, and operate, one or more test and training corridors for small unmanned aircraft…
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall take such actions as may be…
Not later than two years after the date of the enactment this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering…
Amounts authorized to be appropriated after the date of the enactment of this Act for the Department of Defense for research, development…
It is the sense of Congress that requirements for the future battlefield include dealing with contested logistics that—(1)cannot be…
The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture, may carry out activities…
Program required(1)In generalPursuant to the authority provided under section 4025 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of…
The Director of the Defense Innovation Unit (referred to in this section as the Director) shall carry out a pilot program under which the…
The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, in coordination with the Secretary of the Army, may carry out a pilot…
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall establish and commence implementation…
The Secretary of Defense may carry out a pilot program to evaluate commercially available technologies that strengthen authentication and…
Cloud laboratory pilot program(1)Program required(A)In generalThe Secretary of Defense shall carry out a pilot program to support the…
The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall carry out a pilot program to evaluate…
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, acting through the Commander of the…
A pilot trainee may not operate a T—7 aircraft of the Air Force until the Secretary of the Air Force certifies to the Committees on Armed…
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Defense…
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Defense…
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall issue a policy to guide the…
The Secretary of the Air Force shall develop a plan to carry out competitive experimentation, prototyping, and operational assessment of…
The Secretary of the Army shall develop a plan for establishing and evaluating one or more experimental, battalion-sized formations that…
The Secretary of the Air Force shall develop a plan to regenerate, restore, modify, and use a limited number of covered aircraft for…
Strategy and inventory requirement(1)In generalNot later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the…
Acceleration of formulation-to-system qualification for advanced energetic materials(1)Review and implementationThe Secretary of Defense…
The Secretary of Defense may establish a pilot program on employing expeditionary off-grid power generation capabilities across the Joint…
Section 2641b of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and(2)by inserting after…
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall commence a three-year pilot program…
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that at any Space Force installation with launch and landing facilities—(1)the minimum staffing…
The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active duty personnel as of September 30, 2027, as follows:(1)The Army, 469,000.(2)The Navy…
Section 514 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 118—159; 10 U.S.C. 20001 note) is amended—(1)by…
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure—(1)a covered military chaplain is able to provide pastoral counseling, including emotional, moral…
Section 503(c)(1)(A) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)in clause (ii), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; (2)in…
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe in regulations—(1)a policy…
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretaries of the…
The Secretary of Defense shall establish within the Department of Defense a panel to be known as the Military Service Academy Panel on…
The Secretary of Defense shall establish and implement a policy under which unit level commanders in the covered Armed Forces, in response…
Congress makes the following findings:(1)The United States Armed Forces is the largest, all-volunteer military force in the world, yet…
The Secretary of Defense may carry out a pilot program to refer covered members for employment as teachers in elementary and secondary…
Payment of maximum amount of aviation incentive pay to officers with more than 8 years of aviation serviceSection 334(c) of title 37…
Section 403b of title 37, United States Code, is amended—(1)by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (j); and(2)by inserting after…
Section 908(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended—(1)by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and…
Paragraph (2) of section 1077(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:(2)Dependents who are covered by a dental…
Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1074o the following new section:1074p.Fertility…
The Secretary of Defense may not take any action to carry out a service change described in subsection (c).(b)Reversal and restorationNot…
Beginning not less than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Act, contraceptive supplies of up to 365 days shall be covered for…
Beginning not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense may carry out a one-year pilot…
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall issue guidance to set forth the…
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall commence a five-year pilot program…
Establishment(1)RequirementNot later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through…
The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with each Secretary of a military department and the Director of the Defense Health Agency…
The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Deterrence…
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure the sustained collection and analysis of beneficiary experience data necessary to support the…
The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a comprehensive, longitudinal study to assess the long-term effects of exposure to toxic substances…
Membership on the Joint Chiefs of StaffSection 151(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new…
Section 2566(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:(E)The National Guard…
Congress finds the following:(1)The information environment has emerged as a decisive domain of strategic competition in which adversaries…
Section 185 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (l).(b)Briefings on basic housing allowance for members…
Report required(1)In generalNot later than April 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a…
Section 131 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:(e)(1)Any covered employee who is employed by…
Chapter 81 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:1599k.Skills-based hiring for…
Subchapter II of chapter 88 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1792 the following new…
Section 4093(b)(1)(B) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking is pursuing an associates degree, undergraduate degree, or…
Termination of title 32 authority(1)In generalSection 709 of title 32, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following…
Subsection (a) of section 1101 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110—417), as most…
Paragraph (2) of section 1603(a) of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane…
Section 1102 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118—31) is amended—(1)in subsection (a)(1), by…
Program required(1)In generalThe Secretary of Defense shall carry out a pilot program to integrate the United States Tech Force into the…
The Secretary of Defense may appoint, without regard to the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code…
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a pilot program that…
The planning policies and associated processes, practices, and activities of the financial management civilian workforce within the…
Department-wide family child care guide requiredNot later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense…
Section 1587(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the second sentence.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2027…
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2027…
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Defense…
The Secretary of Defense, through the Secretary of the Air Force, is authorized to carry out a demonstration project, the purpose of which…
The Secretary of Defense, through the Secretary of the Navy, is authorized to carry out a demonstration project, the purpose of which is…
The Secretary of Defense, through the Secretary of the Army, is authorized to carry out a demonstration project, the purpose of which is…
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Defense may be used…
Section 333(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:(10)Space domain awareness..
Section 1202 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended— (1)in subsection (a), by…
Chapter 131 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2224a the following new section:2224b.Artificial…
Elimination of Space Development Agency(1)RepealSection 9087 of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.(2)Conforming amendments(A)Title…
Section 2279b of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.(b)Designation of official(1)RequirementChapter 135 of title 10, United States…
Extension of transition limitations and reporting requirementsSection 2276a(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking…
Section 1608 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119—60; 139 Stat. 1177) is amended by adding at…
Subject to the availability of appropriations for such purpose, the Secretary of the Air Force, acting through the Commercial Space Office…
Requirement to continue, maintain, and execute programSubject to the availability of appropriations made in advance for such purpose, the…
Section 429a of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)in subsection (a), by striking subsections (b) and (c) and inserting…
Section 1621 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118—31; 10 U.S.C. 421 note prec.) is amended—(1)in…
Strategy and plan to implement certain defense intelligence reformsSection 1622 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year…
Section 7377(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking during the four-year period beginning on the date of the…
Chapter 21 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 426 the following new section:426a.Periodic strategy and…
Subchapter I of chapter 21 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:430f.Integration of…
The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security shall assess the capabilities of the Defense Intelligence Enterprise that…
Not later than November 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives…
Chapter 24 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:499d.Transfer authority to support…
National Center for Conventional—Nuclear IntegrationSection 9068 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the…
Section 492a of title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows:(1)In the heading, by striking Biennial and inserting…
Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal…
Funds authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2027 for activities at the Ronald Reagan Space and…
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with the Commander of…
The Secretary of the Air Force may not take any action to reduce or modify the exclusive and priority use of Space Launch Complex 46 by…
Section 491(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting , or a similar evaluation, after made pursuant to a Nuclear…
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and…
Section 5502 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:(d)Prohibition of unauthorized…
Section 5534 of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.
Section 1658(b) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117—263; 136 Stat. 2951) is…
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense…
Independent life-cycle cost estimate(1)RequirementThe Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation shall conduct an independent…
The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of the Missile Defense Agency, shall carry out a program to develop and demonstrate…
Subsection (e) of section 910 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117—81; 10 U.S.C. 111 note) is…
Of the $221,332,000 authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2027 in section 301 and made available by…
Solid Rocket Motor Qualification Working Group(1)EstablishmentNot later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the…
Subsection (d)(2) of section 105 of title 17, United States Code, is amended—(1)by redesignating subparagraphs (M) through (O) as…
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall appoint, through the…
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a process to provide timely…
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2203(a) and available for military construction…
Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (division B of Public Law 118—31; 137…
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2303(a) and available for military construction…
Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (division B of Public Law 117—263; 136…
Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (division B of Public Law 118—31; 137…
Pilot program required(1)EstablishmentThe Secretary of Defense shall establish a pilot program for the development of an online real…
SEC. 4201. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION(In Thousands of Dollars)LineProgramElementItemFY 2027 RequestHouse…
SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE(In Thousands of Dollars)LineItemFY 2027 RequestHouse AuthorizedOPERATION AND MAINTENANCE…
SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION(In Thousands of Dollars)AccountState/Country and InstallationProject TitleFY 2027 RequestHouse…