FY2027 NDAA

Title V — MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY

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Title V of the FY2027 NDAA (MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY) contains 82 sections. Open any section for a TL;DR, the statutory text, and linked funding tables.

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Flexibility in requirements of selection boards: composition; convening

Consideration of temporary appointments of officers of the Department of the Navy designated for limited dutySection 612(a)(2) of title 10, United States…

acquisition-reform, cyber

Requirements for removal of certain general and flag officers

Chapter 49 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 974 the following new section:975.Notice of removal of certain general and…

acquisition-reform, cyber

Ranks of Judge Advocates General

Section 7037(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: The Judge Advocate General, while so serving, has the grade of…

Grades of certain chiefs of reserve components

(1)Chief of Army ReserveSection 7038(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following new paragraph:(4)The…

Grade of Chief of the Veterinary Corps of the Army

Section 7084 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)by striking The Chief and inserting (a) Appointment.—The Chief; and(2)by adding at the end the…

Limitation on the transfer to the Space Force of certain functions of the Air National Guard

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 redesignating…

space-force, cyber

Inclusion of Judge Advocates in Global Force Management processes

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that Global Force Management plans and…

Role of military chaplains

The Secretary of Defense shall ensure—(1)a covered military chaplain is able to provide pastoral counseling, including emotional, moral, or behavioral…

space-force, cyber

Recruitment: improvements relating to secondary schools

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 clause (iii)—(A)by…

space-force, cyber

Prohibition on reduction in personnel assigned to duty with a service review agency; report on reviews of certain discharges related to PTSD

Prohibition on reduction in personnel assigned to duty with a service review agencySection 1559(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking…

Selective Service System: omission of deceased persons from registration

Section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3802), as amended by section 535 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026…

Requirement of equal opportunity, racial neutrality, and exclusive use of merit in military personnel actions

Any Department of Defense military personnel action related to accessions, promotions, nominative assignments, command selection, and military and civil…

Prohibition of hate symbols: regulations; guidance; training

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 of the Department of…

space-force, cyber

Timely resolution of career-impacting administrative investigations

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe a policy applicable to covered administrative…

acquisition-reform, cyber

Prohibition on use of prediction markets by personnel of the Department of Defense

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 military…

space-force, cyber

Pilot program on modernization of drug testing using voice-based risk assessment

The Secretary of Defense may carry out a pilot program to evaluate the use of automated, voice-based risk assessment technology to support targeted drug…

Soldier Digital Lifecycle Modernization Initiative

The Secretary of the Army shall carry out a pilot program to design, develop, and implement an initiative to be known as the Soldier Digital Lifecycle…

Authority to study the propensity of certain students to serve in the Armed Forces

Study(1)AgreementThe Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into an agreement—(A)with an entity described in paragraph (2) pursuant to which such entity…

Ineligibility of a national of a non-allied foreign nation to attend a Service Academy

Section 347 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and(2)by inserting, after subsection (c), the…

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics program for Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps

Chapter 102 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:2037.Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics…

Additional nominees to the Service Academies from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Section 7442 of title 10 is amended, in subsection (a)(10), by striking Three and inserting Four.(b)United States Naval AcademySection 8454 of title 10…

Elimination of cap on the number of cadets or midshipmen who may receive alternative service obligations to become professional athletes

Section 7448(b)(4) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking not more than five cadets, who obtain and inserting a cadet who obtains.(b)United…

Elimination of the right of cadets to automatic reexamination

Section 7451 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)in the heading, by inserting failure of an examination; before effect;(2)in subsection (a), by…

Congressional communications officials of the Service Academies

Chapter 753 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 7455 the following new section:7455a.Congressional communications…

Revision to decision timeframe for expedited transfers at the military service academies

Section 7461(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 72 hours each place it appears and inserting five days.(b)United States Naval…

Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps instructor pay

Non-foreign area COLANot later than July 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall revise the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Standardized Instructor…

Establishment of program to promote participation of foreign students in the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps

Establishment(1)In generalNot later than January 1, 2028, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a program using the authority provided under section…

Establishment of the Military Service Academy Panel on Athletics

The Secretary of Defense shall establish within the Department of Defense a panel to be known as the Military Service Academy Panel on Athletics (referred to…

space-force, cyber

Limitation on authority to eliminate the 70th Flying Training Squadron of the United States Air Force Academy

The Secretary of the Air Force may not perform a covered action regarding the 70th Flying Training Squadron of the USAFA until the earlier of the…

Establishment of a doctor of psychology program and a master of social work program at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Section 2113 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:(h)Establishment of a doctor of psychology program…

Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance program: eligible institutions; continuity of payments

Section 2127 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections:(f)The Secretary of Defense shall consider an…

Inclusion of National Intelligence College as part of the National Defense University

Section 2165(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and(2)by inserting after paragraph (6) the…

Defense Information School: authority to grant associate’s degree in communications

Chapter 108 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:2169aDefense Information School: degree of associate of…

acquisition-reform, cyber

Eligibility of an enlisted member to receive a degree from the Naval Postgraduate School

Section 8545 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (d).

Clarification of qualifications for judge advocates

Section 806(a)(1)(B) of title 10, United States Code (article 6(a)(1)(B) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended by striking license status that…

Authority of special trial counsel to enter into pretrial agreements with respect to certain offenses

Section 824a(c) of title 10, United States Code (article 24a(c) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended—(1)in paragraph (3)—(A)in the matter…

Clarifying amendment to completion of appellate review under article 57 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice

Section 857(c) of title 10, United States Code (article 57(c) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended—(1)by redesignating paragraph (2) as…

acquisition-reform, cyber

Review of courts-martial records

Review when direct appeal is waived, withdrawn, or not filedSection 865(d) of title 10, United States Code (article 65(d) of the Uniform Code of Military…

Uniform Code of Military Justice: prohibition of review of factual sufficiency in certain appeals before a Court of Criminal Appeals

Section 866 of title 10, United States Code (article 66 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended in subsection (d)(1)(B)—(1)in clause (i)—(A)by…

Clarification of court of criminal appeals review of sentencing

Section 866(e)(1) of title 10, United States Code (article 66(e)(1) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended—(1)by amending subparagraph (B) to…

Expansion of victim access to Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

Review by Court of Appeals for the Armed ForcesSection 867 of title 10, United States Code (article 67 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is…

Modifications to offense of wrongful broadcast or distribution of intimate visual images under the Uniform Code of Military Justice

Section 917a of title 10, United States Code (article 117a of the Uniform Code of Military Justice) is amended to read as follows:917a. Art. 117a.Wrongful…

Authorization of death penalty for offense of rape of a child under the Uniform Code of Military Justice

Section 920b(a) of title 10, United States Code (article 120b(a) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended by inserting by death, or such other…

Punitive article on retaliation for reporting of sexual harassment under the Uniform Code of Military Justice

Subchapter X of chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended by inserting after section 932 (article 132) the…

Revision of Department of Defense Instruction regarding early release eligibility for offenders convicted of certain sexual offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall revise Department of Defense Instruction 1325.07, or any…

Notification required to implement changes to military legal system recommended by Special Review Panel activities

The Secretary of Defense may not implement a recommendation of the Special Review Panel until a period of 180 days has elapsed following the date on which the…

Analysis of potential establishment of separate punitive article on hazing under the Uniform Code of Military Justice

The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Joint Service Committee on Military Justice, shall analyze the feasibility and advisability of, and develop…

Extension of Special Victims’ Counsel services to domestic violence victims

Section 1044e of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)in the section heading, by inserting domestic violence and before sex-related offenses;(2)by…

Policies regarding the reporting of missing members of the Armed Forces

Chapter 80 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section.1568.Policies regarding the reporting of missing members…

Authority of Naval Criminal Investigative Service to investigate sexual harassment

Chapter 871 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:8750a.Naval Criminal Investigative Service: authority…

Cross-service data sharing regarding substantiated allegations of sexual misconduct

The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall establish a data sharing arrangement pursuant to which each…

Inclusion of sexual harassment in Catch a Serial Offender program

Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall—(1)modify the policies, procedures, and forms necessary to…

Military domestic violence emergent housing policy

The Secretary of Defense shall establish and implement a policy under which unit level commanders in the covered Armed Forces, in response to domestic…

space-force, cyber

Requirement for standardized policies and processes to ensure the timely review, documentation, and resolution of requests for military protective orders

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of the department in which…

acquisition-reform, cyber

Reestablishment of Defense Advisory Committee for the Prevention of Sexual Misconduct

Establishment required(1)In generalThe Secretary of Defense shall establish and maintain within the Department of Defense an advisory committee to be known as…

Pilot program on use of advanced monitoring and rehabilitative technologies in Army correctional facilities

Beginning not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Commanding General of the Army…

acquisition-reform, cyber

Establishment of separation oath for members of the Armed Forces

Congress makes the following findings:(1)The United States Armed Forces is the largest, all-volunteer military force in the world, yet less than one percent…

space-force, cyber

Designation of senior official for military-to-civilian transition

Chapter 58 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:1156.Senior official for military-to-civilian…

acquisition-reform, cyber

Authorization of pilot program to help members separating from certain Armed Forces obtain employment as teachers

The Secretary of Defense may carry out a pilot program to refer covered members for employment as teachers in elementary and secondary schools that elect to…

acquisition-reform, space-force, cyber

Study on separation of members of the Armed Forces due to the mandate to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and the transfer of education benefits by such members

The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study on covered individuals and the transfer of education benefits by covered individuals to covered…

Extension of non-medical counseling services program for military families

Section 1781(d)(4) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking three years after the date of the enactment of this subsection and inserting…

Pilot program to increase payments for child care services in high-cost areas

Section 1798 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsection (d) and (e), respectively; and (2)by…

Pilot program to provide financial assistance to members of the Armed Forces for in-home child care: inclusion of au pairs

Section 589 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 1791 note) is amended—(1)in subsection…

Modifications to pilot program to provide financial assistance to members of the Armed Forces for in-home child care

Section 589 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116‑283; 10 U.S.C. 1791 note) is…

acquisition-reform, cyber

Certain assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of military and civilian personnel

Continuation of authority to assist local educational agencies that benefit dependents of members of the armed forces and department of defense civilian…

Policies to support military families subject to court-ordered child custody arrangements

Beginning not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary concerned shall maintain a policy pursuant to which a member of…

acquisition-reform, cyber

Authority for pilot program for certain military spouses to become special education teachers in DODEA schools

The Secretary of Defense may carry out a pilot program under which certain military spouses may become special education teachers in schools operated by the…

Pilot program for push-text notifications to members and dependents

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a pilot program to be known as the Push-Text…

acquisition-reform, cyber

Gold star survivor: definition prescribed by Secretary of Defense

Section 1126 of title 10, United States Code, is amended, in subsection (d)(1), by striking as the Secretaries concerned shall jointly specify in regulations…

Medal of Honor recipients: access to any military installation; liaison

Section 1134a of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:(e)AccessA person whose name is entered on the…

Technical correction to authorization to award the Distinguished-Service Cross to Isaac

Section 592 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119—60) is amended, in the section heading, by striking the third word.

Authorization of service ribbon for a member of the National Guard who performs homeland defense duty

The Secretary of the military department concerned may award a service ribbon to a member of the National Guard who performs duty in support of a homeland…

Authorization for posthumous award of Medal of Honor to Rafael Peralta for acts of valor

Notwithstanding the time limitations specified in sections 8298(a) and 8300 of title 10, United States Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the…

Authorization for posthumous award of Medal of Honor to Robert A. Lodge for acts of valor

Notwithstanding the time limitations specified in section 9274 of title 10, United States Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the awarding of…

Authorization for award of the Distinguished-Service Cross for James O. Ratliff for acts of valor during the Vietnam War

Notwithstanding the time limitations specified in section 7274 of title 10, United States Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the awarding of…

Authorization to award the Distinguished-Service Cross to Joseph P. Lynch for acts of valor as a member of the Army during the Vietnam War

Notwithstanding the time limitations specified in section 7274 of title 10, United States Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the awarding of…

Sense of Congress regarding award of medal of honor to Thomas J. Grasso for acts of valor during Operation Freedom’s Sentinel

It is the sense of Congress that—(1)the Secretary of Defense should review the acts of valor of Thomas J. Grasso as a Sergeant First Class in the Army during…

Sense of Congress regarding award of Medal of Honor to retired Colonel Philip J. Conran for acts of valor in Laos during the Vietnam war

It is the sense of Congress that—(1)the Secretary of Defense should review the acts of valor of Philip J. Conran on October 6, 1969, as a member of the Air…

Expansion of eligibility of veterans for certain military adaptive sports program

Section 2564a of title 10, United States Code, is amended, in subsection (a)(1)(B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking , during the one-year…

Expanded goals of authorized program regarding the National September 11 Memorial and Museum

The Secretary of Defense shall seek to amend any agreement entered into by the Secretary pursuant to section 539 of the Servicemember Quality of Life…

Local agricultural procurement in Guam commissaries

The Director of the Defense Commissary Agency shall designate an official within the Defense Commissary Agency responsible for liaising with farmers…

Submission of review of operational effectiveness of Army and Marine Corps ground combat units

Not later than seven days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress the complete, unredacted review of…