FY2027 Topic

Right to Repair

TL;DR

Right to Repair in the FY2027 NDAA: 78 tagged sections covering right to repair, right-to-repair, sustainment, repair manual.

Sections

Sec. 130 — Title I

Torpedo 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. 151 — Title I

Report on the feasibility of restoring nuclear capability to the B–1B Lancer bomber aircraft

Not later than December 1, 2026, the Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with the Commander of the United States Strategic…

Sec. 162 — Title I

Multiyear procurement authority for F–35 aircraft

Subject to section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, and except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary of Defense may…

Sec. 167 — Title I

Implementation of Comptroller General recommendations on F–35 Joint Strike Fighter technical data needs for sustainment

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…

Sec. 216 — Title II

Weapon system platform modernization and cyber hardening

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…

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. 315 — Title III

Program for deployment of transportable nuclear microreactor in area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall commence the conduct of a program for…

Sec. 323 — Title III

Establishment of Civil Reserve Industrial Base

Chapter 131 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2224a the following new section:2224b.Civil Reserve…

Sec. 328 — Title III

Modification and extension of pilot program on optimization of aerial refueling and fuel management in contested logistics environments through use of artificial intelligence

Section 346 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118—31) is amended—(1)by striking subsection (c)…

Sec. 330 — Title III

Requirements relating to aerial refueling capability of Air Force tanker fleet

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall—(1)adopt the use of metrics and…

Sec. 331 — Title III

Navy containerized expeditionary advanced manufacturing capabilities pilot program

Establishment(1)AuthorityBeginning not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy, acting…

Sec. 333 — Title III

Requirements relating to sustainment of A–10 aircraft and related training

Limitation on relocation of A—10 training unitThe Secretary of the Air Force may not relocate the formal training unit of the Air Force…

Sec. 341 — Title III

Strategy to support Joint Strike Fighter sustainment and maintenance in contested operating environments

The Secretary of the Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of the Air Force, the Secretary of the Navy, the Commander of the United…

Sec. 352 — Title III

Disposition of accountable property in designated theaters of operation

Chapter 153 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2581 the following new section:2582.Disposition of…

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. 721 — Title VII

Improvements to Defense Health Agency

Subsection (b) of section 1073c of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)in paragraph (1)—(A)in subparagraph (H), by striking ; and…

Sec. 725 — Title VII

Availability of Combat and Operational Medicine Program Account and other funds for certain medical countermeasures

Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1100 the following new section:1100a.Availability of…

Sec. 727 — Title VII

Joint trauma system

Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1073f the following new section:1073g.Joint trauma…

Sec. 739 — Title VII

Aerial transport and Department-wide capability for high-consequence infectious diseases

Beginning not later than October 1, 2027, the Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for…

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. 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. 806 — Title VIII

Limitation on suspension of progress payments

Section 3804 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)in subsection (a)—(A)in the subsection heading, by striking commensurate with…

Sec. 807 — Title VIII

Uniform requirements for electronic contract writing systems and acquisition management systems

Uniform requirements for the Department of DefenseChapter 367 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 4754…

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. 834 — Title VIII

Portfolio-based acquisition of autonomous capability

There is established in the Department of Defense a program to be known as the Autonomy Integration Account (in this section referred to…

Sec. 836 — Title VIII

Requirements for certain unmanned surface vessels to be manufactured in the United States

Subject to subsection (b), on or after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Navy prioritize offers for a…

Sec. 851 — Title VIII

Acquisition workforce data analytics capability

Section 1701a(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)in paragraph (10), by striking and at the end;(2)in paragraph (11), by…

Sec. 852 — Title VIII

Chief Acquisition Talent Officer

Subchapter I of chapter 87 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1702 the following new…

Sec. 853 — Title VIII

Codification of acquisition workforce key performance objectives

Section 1722b of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:(6)Key…

Sec. 854 — Title VIII

Demonstrated proficiency requirements for critical acquisition positions

Section 1731 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:(d)Demonstrated proficiency…

Sec. 855 — Title VIII

Extension and modification of acquisition workforce demonstration project

Increase in limitation on number of participantsSection 1762 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 130,000 and inserting…

Sec. 861 — Title VIII

Reform of technical data and software rights to support competition, sustainment, and readiness

Chapter 239 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 3775 the following new section:3776.Default government…

Sec. 864 — Title VIII

Clarifications to sustainment planning requirements for covered systems

Section 4324(b)(1)(D) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:(D)An intellectual property management plan for…

Sec. 865 — Title VIII

Software accountability improvements over lifecycles

Section 4324(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:(G)A software…

Sec. 867 — Title VIII

Prioritizing maintenance, repair, and overhaul for readiness

Section 4323 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:4323.Continuous sustainment review and analysis(a)Review…

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. 874 — Title VIII

Addressing the backlog of open cases related to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, acting…

Sec. 901 — Title IX

Transfer of responsibility to supervise activities of Department of Defense relating to export controls

Responsibility of Under Secretary of Defense for PolicySection 134(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)by striking paragraph…

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. 1018 — Title X

Contracting reform for surface ship maintenance, repair, and overhaul

Indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contract(1)RequirementThe Secretary of the Navy shall enter into an indefinite delivery-indefinite…

Sec. 1021 — Title X

Requirements relating to unmanned surface vessels

The Secretary of the Navy may not accept or take delivery of an unmanned surface vessel before the date on which the Secretary submits to…

Sec. 1023 — Title X

Navy–Coast Guard maritime workforce and capacity coordination plan

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy and the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall…

Sec. 1024 — Title X

Pilot program on use of additive and advanced manufacturing to support naval shipbuilding

The Secretary of the Navy shall conduct a pilot program through which the Secretary shall expand the use of additive manufacturing and…

Sec. 1027 — Title X

Strategy of Department of Defense relating to small uncrewed surface vessels

Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of the…

Sec. 1028 — Title X

Arctic-focused forecasting, ice modeling, and naval readiness assessment

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

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. 1066 — Title X

Reconstitution of A–10 demonstration team

The Secretary of the Air Force may reconstitute and operate an A—10 demonstration team to support public outreach, recruiting, heritage…

Sec. 1089 — Title X

Required doctrine on use of unmanned autonomous systems and autonomous formations

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Defense Autonomous Warfare Group shall develop a military…

Sec. 1089A — Title X

Strategy for sustainment of certain unmanned aircraft systems

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…

Sec. 1089B — Title X

Strategy for use of low-cost and attritable Group 4 and 5 unmanned aircraft systems in contested logistics operations

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Under Secretary of…

Sec. 1118 — Title XI

Demonstration project relating to pay and personnel policies for employees at ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile development and maintenance facilities

The Secretary of Defense, through the Secretary of the Air Force, is authorized to carry out a demonstration project, the purpose of which…

Sec. 1119 — Title XI

Demonstration project relating to pay and personnel policies for employees at Naval shipyards, Navy regional maintenance centers, and Navy trident refit facilities

The Secretary of Defense, through the Secretary of the Navy, is authorized to carry out a demonstration project, the purpose of which is…

Sec. 1120 — Title XI

Demonstration project relating to pay and personnel policies for prevailing rate employees at covered depots

The Secretary of Defense, through the Secretary of the Army, is authorized to carry out a demonstration project, the purpose of which is…

Sec. 1205 — Title XII

Establishment of partnership programs on military trauma care and research between the United States and foreign countries

The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may establish a joint education and training program on military…

Sec. 1234 — Title XII

Poland defense industrial cooperation program

The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall establish a program to expand cooperation between the defense…

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. 1521 — Title XV

Software planning, programming, budgeting, and execution reform

Chapter 131 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2220 the following new section:2221.Availability of…

Sec. 1524 — Title XV

Update of policy on autonomous and artificial intelligence-enabled systems

Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall update policies and guidance of the…

Sec. 1525 — Title XV

Expansion of AI-enabled maintenance intelligence platforms across Air Education and Training Command

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary of…

Sec. 1634 — Title XVI

Prohibition on reduction of intercontinental ballistic missiles of the United States

Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal…

Sec. 1636 — Title XVI

Feasibility assessment for potential designation of Joint Global Strike Operations Center as Global Operations Center–Alternate

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…

Sec. 1663 — Title XVI

Solid rocket motor industrial base

Solid Rocket Motor Qualification Working Group(1)EstablishmentNot later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the…

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. 1809 — Title XVIII

Assessment and implementation plan for sourcing of synthetic diamond and super abrasive materials used in defense applications

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense…

Sec. 1810 — Title XVIII

Defense Supply Chain Intelligence and Risk Response Program

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

Sec. 1815 — Title XVIII

Report on primary aluminum sector industrial base assessment

Upon enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall transmit to the congressional defense…

Sec. 1817 — Title XVIII

Integration of demand for foreign military sales into industrial base planning

The Secretary of Defense shall include projected demand for foreign military sales, including any foreign military sales that are in…

Sec. 1831 — Title XVIII

Clarification of eligible uses of Defense Industrial Base Fund

Section 4817(g)(1) of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 867 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026…

Sec. 1833 — Title XVIII

Development and application of alternative material sources

Section 3136(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:(7)For developing alternative…

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. 1863 — Title XVIII

Reforms relating to Army organic industrial base

Chapter 146 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:2477.Modernization of organic…

Sec. 1873 — Title XVIII

Pilot program on digital engineering and advanced manufacturing to address no-bid solicitations

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, in coordination with the…

Sec. 2818 — Title XXVIII

Modification to required investments in improving military unaccompanied housing

Section 2814 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117—81) is amended—(1)in subsection (a)—(A)by…

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. 4301 — Title XLIII

Operation and maintenance

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

Sec. 4601 — Title XLVI

Military construction

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

Funding tables touching this topic

Operation and maintenanceTable 4301 · Line / Item / FY 2027 Request / House Authorized
Military constructionTable 4601 · Account / State/Country and Installation / Project Title / FY 2027 Request / House Agreement

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