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FY2027 Topic

Other Transaction Authority

TL;DR

Other Transaction Authority in the FY2027 NDAA: 97 tagged sections covering Other Transaction, OTA, other transaction, 2371.

Sections

Sec. 123 — Title I
Multiyear procurement authority for Arleigh Burke Class Destroyers

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…

Sec. 124 — Title I
Multiyear procurement authority for John Lewis class Oilers

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…

Sec. 125 — Title I
Procurement authorities for certain amphibious shipbuilding programs

Contract authority(1)Procurement authorizedThe Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more contracts for the procurement of covered…

Sec. 126 — Title I
Contract authority for submarine tender program

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…

Sec. 127 — Title I
Multiyear procurement authority for E–2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft

Subject to section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more multiyear contracts…

Sec. 128 — Title I
Authority to use incremental funding for the construction of a Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG)

Amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the Navy for Shipbuilding and Conversion for fiscal year…

Sec. 141 — Title I
Inventory requirements for certain fighter aircraft

Modification of inventory requirements for Air Force fighter aircraft(1)In generalSubsection (i) of section 9062 of title 10, United…

Sec. 145 — Title I
Extension of requirements relating to C–130 aircraft

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)…

Sec. 166 — Title I
Minimum annual procurement goal for AbilityOne Program

Beginning in fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall establish the goal that the total amount of funds obligated for the…

Sec. 169 — Title I
Study on fuel procurement practices of the Department of Defense

The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Commander of the United States Transportation Command and the Director of the Defense…

Sec. 213 — Title II
Repeal of pilot authority for use of other transactions for installation or facility prototyping

Section 4022 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (i).

Sec. 225 — Title II
Use of innovative and emerging food production technologies for components of military rations

It is the sense of Congress that requirements for the future battlefield include dealing with contested logistics that—(1)cannot be…

Sec. 228 — Title II
Pilot program to recognize outstanding achievements in technology and prototype development

The Director of the Defense Innovation Unit (referred to in this section as the Director) shall carry out a pilot program under which the…

Sec. 234 — Title II
Space technology demonstration of advanced nuclear propulsion technologies

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…

Sec. 255 — Title II
Sonobuoy modernization, testing, and inventory sufficiency for two simultaneous regional conflicts

Strategy and inventory requirement(1)In generalNot later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the…

Sec. 256 — Title II
Review and implementation of strategies to accelerate the qualification process for domestically produced advanced energetic materials

Acceleration of formulation-to-system qualification for advanced energetic materials(1)Review and implementationThe Secretary of Defense…

Sec. 316 — Title III
Prohibition on operation of connected vehicles designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction of a foreign entity of concern on Department of Defense property

Prohibition of operation of prohibited connected vehicles(1)Phase 1After January 1, 2027, no covered connected vehicle, as designated by…

Sec. 329 — Title III
Army expansion of production of 155mm artillery ammunition

It is the sense of Congress that—(1)the production of 155mm artillery ammunition at a minimum rate to reach total munition requirements is…

Sec. 359 — Title III
Pilot program on data collection and analysis in connection with Army combat training center rotations

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall establish a pilot program to collect…

Sec. 364 — Title III
Army pilot program on electronic ammunition simulation for small arms training

The Secretary of the Army shall carry out a pilot program to evaluate the integration of electronic ammunition simulation systems into…

Sec. 411 — Title IV
End strengths for Selected Reserve

The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for Selected Reserve personnel of the reserve components as of September 30, 2027, as…

Sec. 528 — Title V
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…

Sec. 603 — Title VI
One-time corrective increase and annual adjustments for certain special and incentive pays for members of the armed forces; clarification of special and incentive pay authorities for members of reserve components

Adjustments(1)In generalChapter 19 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new…

Sec. 604 — Title VI
Payment of maximum amount of aviation incentive pay to aviation officers with more than 8 years of aviation service; enhancement of retention incentives available to aviation officers

Payment of maximum amount of aviation incentive pay to officers with more than 8 years of aviation serviceSection 334(c) of title 37…

Sec. 606 — Title VI
Retroactive granting of waivers for aviation incentive pay

Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of the Navy shall—(1)waive the requirements relating to months of operational flight for the…

Sec. 614 — Title VI
Modifications to cost-of-living allowance in the continental United States for members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force

Section 403b of title 37, United States Code, is amended—(1)by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (j); and(2)by inserting after…

Sec. 654 — Title VI
Program to provide to certain patrons a discount on motor fuel sold at exchange stores

The Secretary of Defense may, if there is a tax described in subsection (b) applicable to motor fuel, carry out a program to provide to…

Sec. 705 — Title VII
Prohibition on and reversal of actions to modify scope of medical services provided at certain military medical treatment facilities

The Secretary of Defense may not take any action to carry out a service change described in subsection (c).(b)Reversal and restorationNot…

Sec. 706 — Title VII
TRICARE coverage for increased supply for contraception

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…

Sec. 724 — Title VII
Accounts for medical and health care programs of the Department of Defense

Section 1100 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:1100.Accounts for medical and health care programs of the…

Sec. 759 — Title VII
Access to automated external defibrillators during military physical training

Access to AEDsBeginning not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that…

Sec. 765 — Title VII
Study on long-term effects of military flight operations on brain health and mental health

The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a comprehensive, longitudinal study to assess the long term physiological and psychological effects…

Sec. 766 — Title VII
Study on feasibility of establishing military medical treatment facility at Homestead Air Reserve Base

The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of the Defense Health Agency, in coordination with the Secretary of the Air Force…

Sec. 770 — Title VII
Reports on Department of Defense Comprehensive Autism Care Demonstration program

Not later than February 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives…

Sec. 773 — Title VII
Briefing on prostate cancer incidence and emerging diagnostic technologies

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of…

Sec. 801 — Title VIII
Responsibilities and authorities of portfolio acquisition executives with respect to contractors

Chapter 205 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 3105 the following new sections:3105a.Portfolio…

Sec. 805 — Title VIII
Reporting of price increases

Chapter 271 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:3710.Reporting of increases above…

Sec. 823 — Title VIII
Amendment to other transaction authority

Section 4022 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)in subsection (a)(2)—(A)in subparagraph (A), by striking agency that and all…

Sec. 829 — Title VIII
Codification of program for negotiation of comprehensive small business subcontracting plans

Section 834 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (15 U.S.C. 637 note) is transferred to subchapter I…

Sec. 830 — Title VIII
Consumption-based procurements and associated payments

Section 3324(d) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—(1)in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon;(2)in…

Sec. 833 — Title VIII
Transfer authority for rapid transition of other transaction authority prototypes

Authority(1)In generalSubject to limitations in paragraph (2), a portfolio acquisition executive may transfer amounts of authorizations…

Sec. 863 — Title VIII
Expansion of reverse engineering authority for prototype projects

Subsection (f)(5)(B) of section 4022 of title 10, United States Code, as redesignated by section 823, is amended by striking to address…

Sec. 872 — Title VIII
Tailored acquisition pathways for non-traditional intermediate-range fires capabilities

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Army Portfolio…

Sec. 873 — Title VIII
Pilot program for domestic antimony and copper production for defense applications

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a pilot program to support…

Sec. 1001 — Title X
General transfer authority

Authority to transfer authorizations(1)AuthorityUpon determination by the Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in the…

Sec. 1016 — Title X
Additional measures for Navy strategy for investment in and support for the maritime industrial base

Section 1019 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119—60; 139 Stat. 1032; 10 U.S.C. 8661 note) is…

Sec. 1051 — Title X
Establishment of the Secretaries of Defense historical series and priority declassification authority

Chapter 4 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:150.Publication of historical…

Sec. 1053 — Title X
Joint Experimentation and Training Range Innovation Office

Chapter 307 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:4176.Joint Experimentation and…

Sec. 1063 — Title X
Pilot program on total replacement value for Air Force Test Center ground test infrastructure

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Air Force shall carry out a pilot program to…

Sec. 1071 — Title X
Limitation on availability of funds for deactivation of Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigades

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for any of fiscal years 2027 through 2031 for the Army may be…

Sec. 1084 — Title X
Annual report and briefing on implementation of Army Transformation Initiative

Not later than February 15, 2027, and annually thereafter through February 15, 2032, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the…

Sec. 1089E — Title X
Report on cost of United States military operations in Iran

Report required(1)In generalNot later than April 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a…

Sec. 1089F — Title X
Report on Operation Southern Spear

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this section, and quarterly thereafter until 180 days after the conclusion of…

Sec. 1103 — Title XI
Establishment of a student internship program for military child and youth programs

Subchapter II of chapter 88 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1792 the following new…

Sec. 1110 — Title XI
Enhanced hiring authority for instructor pilots and civilian simulator instructors

The Secretary of Defense may appoint, without regard to the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code…

Sec. 1111 — Title XI
Pilot program on tech talent competitiveness

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a pilot program that…

Sec. 1236 — Title XII
Review of the analytical basis for United States force posture adjustments in Europe

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, in coordination with the…

Sec. 1237 — Title XII
NATO defense planning and burden sharing activities

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter through January 1, 2028, the Commander…

Sec. 1506 — Title XV
Civilian cybersecurity reserve corps pilot program

The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a pilot program to further evaluate the feasibility and advisability of creating and maintaining…

Sec. 1604 — Title XVI
Spaceport of the Future initiative

Section 1608 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119—60; 139 Stat. 1177) is amended by adding at…

Sec. 1802 — Title XVIII
Oversight of specialty metals procurements under exception relating to agreements with foreign governments

Limitation on use of exception relating to agreements with foreign governmentsSection 4863 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by…

Sec. 1803 — Title XVIII
Critical materials: tiered sourcing restrictions and requirements

Section 4872 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:4872.Critical materials: tiered restrictions on sourcing from…

Sec. 1808 — Title XVIII
Analysis and report on sourcing of certain items

Analysis required(1)In generalThe Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and…

Sec. 1811 — Title XVIII
Identification of supply chain dependencies

Annual reports(1)In generalNot later than March 1, 2028, and annually thereafter until 2032, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the…

Sec. 1834 — Title XVIII
Report and implementation of plan for advanced manufacturing for certain critical readiness items of supply

Section 1842 of the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119—60) is amended—(1)by inserting after subsection…

Sec. 1839 — Title XVIII
Multiyear procurement authority for certain munitions

Subject to the provisions of section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, specified in subsection (c), the head of an agency may enter…

Sec. 1840 — Title XVIII
Multiyear procurement authority for platforms and components systems

Subject to the provisions of section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, specified in subsection (c), the head of an agency may enter…

Sec. 1866 — Title XVIII
Demonstration and prototyping program for qualification of organic industrial base as alternate source for manufacture of casts and forged components for legacy aircraft

Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a demonstration and…

Sec. 1875 — Title XVIII
Guidance to ensure protection of covered information during covered preaward engagements

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…

Sec. 1883 — Title XVIII
Workforce development initiatives to support mining of critical minerals

In order to support and enable the development of domestic critical mineral supply chains to meet defense industrial base requirements…

Sec. 1892 — Title XVIII
Major system cost growth oversight

Shorten Nunn-McCurdy breach report timelineSection 4374 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)in subsection (a), by striking When…

Sec. 2103 — Title XXI
Authorization of appropriations, Army

Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2026, for military construction, land…

Sec. 2107 — Title XXI
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2023 projects

Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (division B of Public Law 117—263; 136…

Sec. 2201 — Title XXII
Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects

Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2203(a) and available for military construction…

Sec. 2203 — Title XXII
Authorization of appropriations, Navy

Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2026, for military construction, land…

Sec. 2204 — Title XXII
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2023 projects

Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (division B of Public Law 117—263; 136…

Sec. 2301 — Title XXIII
Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects

Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2303(a) and available for military construction…

Sec. 2303 — Title XXIII
Authorization of appropriations, Air Force

Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2026, for military construction, land…

Sec. 2401 — Title XXIV
Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition projects

Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2403(a) and available for military construction…

Sec. 2403 — Title XXIV
Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies

Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2026, for military construction, land…

Sec. 2405 — Title XXIV
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2024 projects

Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (division B of Public Law 118—31; 137…

Sec. 2512 — Title XXV
Republic of Poland funded construction projects

Pursuant to agreement with the Republic of Poland for required in-kind contributions, the Secretary of Defense may accept military…

Sec. 2816 — Title XXVIII
Establishment of timeliness standards with respect to maintenance work orders for covered military unaccompanied housing; annual report

Section 2839 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118—31) is amended—(1)in the heading, by inserting…

Sec. 2822 — Title XXVIII
Exemption of certain military installations from guidance with respect to aggregate square footage requirements

Section 2849(f) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 118—159; 10 U.S.C. 2802 note) is amended by…

Sec. 2823 — Title XXVIII
Matching requirement for the public schools on military installations program

With respect to a grant, cooperative agreement, or supplementary financial assistance provided to a State or local educational agency for…

Sec. 2833 — Title XXVIII
Land conveyance, Milan Army Ammunition Plant, Tennessee

The Secretary of the Army may convey, without consideration, to the University of Tennessee System (in this section referred to as the…

Sec. 2843 — Title XXVIII
Department of Defense pilot program for development and use of online real estate inventory tool

Pilot program required(1)EstablishmentThe Secretary of Defense shall establish a pilot program for the development of an online real…

Sec. 2861 — Title XXVIII
Annual report on supervision, inspection, and overhead costs for military construction projects

Subchapter III of chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2851a the following new…

Sec. 2864 — Title XXVIII
Conditions on transfer of Department of Defense power grid infrastructure in Guam

The Secretary of Defense may not transfer ownership of any power generation infrastructure or power transmission infrastructure located in…

Sec. 3113 — Title XXXI
Other transaction authority

Chapter 608 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 6328 the following new section:6329.Other transaction…

Sec. 3607 — Title XXXVI
United States Merchant Marine Academy

It is the sense of Congress that—(1)the United States Merchant Marine Academy, one of our Nation’s 5 Federal service academies, is vital…

Sec. 4101 — Title XLI
Procurement

SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT(In Thousands of Dollars)LineItemFY 2027 RequestHouse AuthorizedAIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMYFIXED WING003SMALL…

Sec. 4201 — Title XLII
Research, development, test, and evaluation

SEC. 4201. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION(In Thousands of Dollars)LineProgramElementItemFY 2027 RequestHouse…

Sec. 4301 — Title XLIII
Operation and maintenance

SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE(In Thousands of Dollars)LineItemFY 2027 RequestHouse AuthorizedOPERATION AND MAINTENANCE…

Sec. 4501 — Title XLV
Other authorizations

SEC. 4501. OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS(In Thousands of Dollars)ItemFY 2027 RequestHouse AuthorizedINDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS20,56320,563SUPPLY…

Sec. 4601 — Title XLVI
Military construction

SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION(In Thousands of Dollars)AccountState/Country and InstallationProject TitleFY 2027 RequestHouse…

Sec. 4701 — Title XLVII
Department of Energy national security programs

SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS(In Thousands of Dollars)ProgramFY 2027 RequestHouse AuthorizedEnergy And Water…

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