James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

Sponsor: PETER DEFAZIO (D-OR)

James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 This act authorizes defense-related activities and addresses a wide variety of other issues. DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS This division establishes end strengths for the branches of the Armed Forces for FY2023, authorizes various defense-related activities for FY2023, and addresses other issues. For example, this division limits the Army in procuring Extended Range Cannon artillery howitzers; limits the Navy in divesting EA-18G aircraft; provides or extends procurement authority to the Navy for CH-53K heavy lift helicopters, for John Lewis-Class fleet replenishment oiler ships, and for San Antonio-class or America-class amphibious ships, while authorizing multiyear procurement contracts for Arleigh Burke class Flight III guided missile destroyers; requires the Air Force to maintain a minimum number of F-22 and C-130 aircraft; requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct an audit of Department of Defense (DOD) efforts to modernize engines for the F-35 aircraft; requires DOD to provide support for the development of a network of bio-industrial manufacturing facilities related to national security; requires the Air Force and the Navy to implement processes for acquiring used and remanufactured commercial dual-use parts and using such parts in commercial derivative aircraft; establishes a working group to facilitate coordination between industry, academia, and DOD on microelectronics issues; establishes a program to increase defense research capability at historically Black colleges and universities; requires DOD to develop a strategy for fostering and strengthening the defense innovation ecosystem; authorizes a DOD pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of supporting battery producers and new battery technology, as well as to assess the viability of using commercial battery offerings in warfighter applications; authorizes DOD to establish a Center for Excellence in Environmental Security to provide education and research in civil-military operations and in managing the consequences of environmental insecurity relating to access to water, food, and energy; requires DOD to defuel the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Hawaii and brief Congress on related issues, such as any efforts to place monitoring wells near the facility; prohibits, starting FY2027, DOD from procuring personal protective firefighting equipment containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances (commonly referred to as PFAS substances), subject to the availability of alternatives; prohibits DOD from using a portion of the of Operations and Maintenance funds made available for military information support operations until DOD submits a plan for overseeing and coordinating those operations; authorizes military personnel end strength for active and reserve forces and authorizes the number of officers in each military service; requires DOD to rescind the mandate for Armed Forces members to be vaccinated against COVID-19; requires a report on Armed Forces recruiting from fiscal years 2018 through 2022; extends DOD authority to provide various pay bonuses to Armed Forces members; authorizes the Defense Health Agency to implement a permanent program to improve opioid management under TRICARE, the military health system; requires contractors of magnets containing rare earth metals to DOD to disclose the provenance of the magnet and, if unable to make such a disclosure, establish and implement a supply tracking system to assist in obtaining the required information; provides for an Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy, expands the maximum number of Assistant Secretaries of Defense to 19, and expands the maximum number of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense to 60; establishes a commission on the future of the Navy to study and make recommendations on the size and force mixture of ships and naval aviation; extends authorities to support and assist security-related operations in Iraq and Syria; allows for special emergency procurement authorities to provide materiel and related services to support Ukraine's government and expands those authorities to allow transfer of manned and unmanned aircraft, such as attack, strike, airlift, and surveillance aircraft; authorizes temporary procurement of various munitions on multiyear procurement contracts to replenish stocks transferred to Ukraine; directs DOD to seek to engage counterparts in India to expand defense cooperation between the two countries; establishes the policy of the United States to maintain a capacity to resist a fait accompli that would jeopardize the security of the people on Taiwan; authorizes the Defense Intelligence Agency to establish an enhanced indications and warning program to increase warning time of potential aggression by adversary states, with a focus on the Indo-Pacific region and Europe; and requires DOD to seek to expand military cybersecurity cooperation with Jordan; requires the U.S. Cyber Command to establish a program office to manage the joint cyber warfighting architecture; requires DOD to establish requirements for satellite protection as part of space activity acquisition and to develop and publish a strategy to protect military satellites from degradation or destruction; requires DOD to seek to contract with a federally funded research and development center to assess the integrated air and missile defense architecture to defend Guam; and increases the maximum amount allowed in the Special Defense Acquisition Fund, for replenishing defense articles transferred to other countries under the Arms Export Control Act from $2.5 billion to $3.5 billion.

Armed Forces and National Security Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.