H.R. 4310: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013

112th Congress

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Howard McKeon — R — CA

Authorizes appropriations for FY2013 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for procurement for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and defense-wide activities, in amounts specified in the funding table in Division D of this Act. Subtitle B: Army Programs - (Sec. 111) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, beginning with the FY2013 program year, to enter into a multiyear contract for the procurement of airframes for CH-47F helicopters. (Sec. 112) Directs the Secretary of the Army, for six years beginning in 2012, to report to the congressional defense and appropriations committees on Army time-sensitive or mission-critical airlift requirements. Subtitle C: Navy Programs - (Sec. 121) Prohibits the Secretary of the Navy, beginning October 1, 2012, from retiring or decommissioning a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine if such retirement or decommissioning would result in less than 12 submarines in the active or commissioned fleet. Provides an exception with respect to any such submarine that has been converted to carry exclusively non-nuclear payloads as of such date. (Sec. 122) Amends the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Warner Act) to extend for an additional year incremental funding for the construction of Ford-class aircraft carriers. (Sec. 123) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2010 to allow the Secretary of the Navy to add a fifth production year to the multiyear procurement authority for F/A-18E, F/A-18F, and EA-18G aircraft. (Sec. 124) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy, beginning with the FY2013 program year, to enter into a multiyear contract for the procurement of V-22 aircraft for the Navy, Air Force, and U.S. Special Operations Command. (Sec. 125) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy, beginning with the FY2013 program year, to enter into a multiyear contract for the procurement of up to 10 Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers and associated systems. (Sec. 126) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy, beginning with the FY2014 program year, to enter into a multiyear contract for the procurement of up to 10 Virginia-class submarines and government-furnished associated equipment. (Sec. 127) Earmarks specified FY2013 Navy shipbuilding and conversion funds for the nuclear refueling and complex overhaul of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln. (Sec. 128) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the designs of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). (Sec. 129) Directs the Comptroller General (CG) to: (1) review Navy compliance with Code of Federal Regulations requirements in accepting the LCS, and (2) report to the defense and appropriations committees on the operational support and sustainment strategy for the LCS program. (Sec. 130) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy should take appropriate steps to prioritize early engineering in large ship construction including amphibious class ships beginning with the LHA-8. (Sec. 131) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Navy should consider prioritization of investment in, and procurement of, the next generation of amphibious assault ships; (2) such ships should maintain survivability protection level II in accordance with current Navy ship requirements; (3) commonality in hull form design could be a desirable element to reduce acquisition and life cycle cost; and (4) maintaining a robust amphibious shipbuilding industrial base is vital for future national security. Subtitle D: Air Force Programs - (Sec. 141) Prohibits the Secretary of the Air Force, beginning October 1, 2011, from retiring more than six B-1 aircraft. Directs such Secretary to maintain in a common capability configuration at least 36 of such aircraft as combat-coded. (Sec. 142) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2010 to reduce from 316 to 301 the required number of strategic airlift aircraft. Requires a report from the Commander of the U.S. Transportation Command to the defense and appropriations committees assessing the operational risk of meeting the steady-state and warfighting requirements of the combatant commands while maintaining an inventory of less than 301 strategic airlift aircraft. (Sec. 143) Prohibits, after FY2013, any funds from this Act or otherwise available for the Air Force from being used to divest, retire, or transfer a C-27J aircraft until 180 days after: (1) the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) submits to the defense and appropriations committees a 40-year life-cycle cost analysis of such aircraft as well as the C-130H and J aircraft, and (2) related reports required under the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2012 are submitted to such committees. (Sec. 144) Prohibits FY2013 Air Force funds from being used to terminate the C-130 avionics modernization program until 180 days after the Secretary of the Air Force has submitted to the defense and appropriations committees a C-130 upgrading and modernizing cost-benefit analysis. (Sec. 145) Directs the: (1) Secretary of the Air Force to review the C-130 force structure, and report results to the defense and appropriations committees; and (2) CG to review such report, and report results to such committees. (Sec. 146) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Air Force plan to commit to an annual production rate of launch vehicle booster cores should maintain mission assurance, stabilize the industrial base, reduce costs, and provide opportunities for competition. Prohibits the obligation of more than 10% of the funds available to the Air Force for FY2013 for the evolved expendable launch vehicle program until the Secretary of the Air Force submits to the defense, appropriations, and intelligence committees: (1) a report describing the program's acquisition strategy; and (2) a certification that such strategy maintains assured access to space, achieves substantial cost savings, and provides opportunities for competition. Requires the CG to review the report and submit results to such committees. (Sec. 147) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to procure two space-based infrared systems through a fixed-price contract. Allows the Secretary, under such contract, to use incremental funding for up to six fiscal years. Prohibits the total procurement cost from exceeding $3.9 billion. Allows such Secretary to waive the cost limitation upon notification of adjustment to the defense and appropriations committees. Provides adjustment limits. Requires such Secretary to report to such committees within 30 days after contract award. Subtitle E: Joint and Multiservice Matters - (Sec. 151) Directs the Secretary of the Air Force, by the end of 2012, to: (1) establish the initial operational capability date for the F-35A aircraft, and (2) report capability details to the defense and appropriations committees. Directs the Secretary of the Navy, by the same date, to: (1) establish such capability dates for the F-35B and C aircraft, and (2) report capability details to such committees. (Sec. 152) Prohibits FY2013 DOD funds from being obligated or expended to retire or place in storage an RQ-4 Block 30 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system. Requires the Secretary of the Air Force, during the period preceding December 31, 2014, to maintain the operational capability of any such system belonging or delivered to the Air Force. (Sec. 153) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2006 to direct the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to ensure that a solicitation for a common data link for manned and unmanned intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems: (1) complies with the most recently issued DOD common data link specification standard, and (2) does not include any proprietary or undocumented interface or waveform as a requirement or criterion for evaluation. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 201) Authorizes appropriations for FY2013 for DOD for research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E), in amounts specified in the funding table. Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - (Sec. 211) Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to ensure that the next-generation long-range strike bomber is: (1) capable of carrying strategic nuclear weapons upon achieving initial operating capability, and (2) certified to use such weapons within two years after achieving such capability. (Sec. 212) Requires the Secretary of the Navy to: (1) conduct additional technology development risk reduction activities using the unmanned combat air system, and (2) preserve a competitive acquisition environment for the Unmanned Carrier-launched Surveillance and Strike system program. (Sec. 213) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2012 to extend through FY2013 a limitation on the availability of funds for the Unmanned Carrier-launched Surveillance and Strike system program. Prohibits: (1) the Secretary of the Navy from reducing to one the number of prime contractors for the technology development phase of such program prior to the program achieving the critical design review milestone, and (2) such program from achieving such milestone until on or after October 1, 2016. (Sec. 214) Prohibits any FY2013 Air Force RDT&E funds from being obligated or expended to initiate a new start acquisition program to provide the Air Force with a manned ground or dismount moving target indicator capability until 90 days after the Secretary of the Air Force reports to the defense and appropriations committees on the plan for such capabilities. Authorizes such Secretary to waive the funding prohibition after notifying such committees that the waiver is required to meet an urgent operational need or other emergency requirement directly related to combat operations. (Sec. 215) Prohibits any FY2013 Army RDT&E funds from being obligated or expended for Milestone A activities with respect to the MQ-18 medium-range multipurpose vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial aircraft system until: (1) the Chairman of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council certifies to the defense, appropriations, and intelligence committees as to the system's capabilities; and (2) at least 30 days have elapsed following such certification. (Sec. 216) Authorizes the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (Under Secretary) to use specified FY2013 joint capability technology demonstration funds to carry out a program to develop and flight-demonstrate vertical lift platform technologies that address capability gaps described in DOD's Future Vertical Lift Strategic Plan. Outlines program goals and objectives. Subtitle C: Missile Defense Programs - (Sec. 221) Directs the Secretary to: (1) procure two AN/TPY-2 radars, and (2) report to the defense and appropriations committees on the feasibility of developing one such radar on a rotational table to allow it to quickly change directions. (Sec. 222) Requires the Director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the development of the new advanced kill vehicle on the standard millile-3 block IIB interceptor. (Sec. 223) Directs the Secretary to: (1) ensure that a missile defense site on the U.S. East Coast using either ground-based or standard missile-3 interceptors is operational by December 31, 2015, (2) conduct a study of three possible locations for such site, and (3) prepare an environmental impact statement with respect to each possible location. Requires the MDA Director to develop and submit to the President a plan to deploy an appropriate missile defense interceptor for an East Coast missile defense site. Provides plan funding. (Sec. 224) Earmarks specified FY2013 DOD funds for the ground-based midcourse defense (GMD) system, including for refurbishment of: (1) CEI exoatmospheric kill vehicle-equipped ground-based interceptors, and (2) Missile Field 1 at Fort Greely, Alaska. (Sec. 225) Requires the Secretary to conduct an intercontinental ballistic missile test of the GMD program using a ground-based interceptor equipped with a CEI exoatmospheric kill vehicle. (Sec. 226) Expresses the sense of Congress that standard missile-3 block IIB interceptors should be deployable in both land- and sea-based modes by the date on which such interceptors achieve initial operating capability. Directs the Secretary to: (1) ensure such achievement, and (2) report to the defense and appropriations committees on how the deployment of such interceptors affects the Navy force structure. (Sec. 227) Earmarks specified FY2012-FY2015 RDT&E funds to the government of Israel for the procurement of additional batteries and interceptors under the Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system and related operations and sustainment expenses. Directs the Secretary to establish within the MDA an office to carry out matters relating to such assistance. (Sec. 228) Requires the MDA Director to ensure that the sea-based X-band radar is maintained in a status to allow deployment in less than 14 days and for at least 60 days each year. (Sec. 229) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of FY2013 DOD funds for the medium extended air defense system. (Sec. 230) Limits the obligation of more than 75% of DOD funds available for certain missile defense activities until: (1) the Secretaries of Defense and State submit to the defense, appropriations, and foreign relations committees a report on cost-sharing arrangements for missile defense in Europe and a certification of proportionate cost-sharing by members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); and (2) the Secretary submits to such countries a NATO prefinancing request with respect to such costs and submits to such committees the response to such request. (Sec. 231) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of FY2013 funding for the precision tracking space system until: (1) a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) begins an analysis of alternatives to such system, and (2) the terms of reference for the analysis are submitted to the defense and appropriations committees. Requires the MDA Director to enter into an agreement for such analysis with an FFRDC that has not previously been involved with such system. Outlines analysis requirements. Prohibits any FY2013 funding for such system (other than for technology development) until 60 days after the MDA Director submits the completed analysis. (Sec. 232) Requires the MDA Director to develop, and submit to the Secretary and the defense and appropriations committees, a plan to: (1) improve the discrimination and kill assessment capability of ballistic missile defense systems, particularly with respect to the GMD system, and (2) increase the rate of flight and ground tests of the GMD system. (Sec. 234) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the regional missile defense architectures and the force management process to evaluate such architectures. (Sec. 235) Requires the Secretary to ensure that any FY2013 funds for ground-testing activities of the conventional prompt global strike program are obligated or expended using competitive solicitation procedures involving industry as well as government partners. (Sec. 236) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer to the MDA Director Aegis weapon system equipment with ballistic missile defense capability for use in the country the Director has designated as "Host Nation 1." Requires the Director, upon receipt of such equipment, to transfer to the Secretary of the Navy such equipment with such capability for use in the DDG-51 Destroyer program. Subtitle D: Reports - (Sec. 241) Directs the Commandant of the Marine Corps to: (1) study the future capabilities of the Marine Corps with respect to electronic warfare, and (2) report study results to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 242) Directs the Secretary to: (1) enter into an agreement with the National Research Council to review the DOD specialized degree-granting graduate programs in engineering, applied sciences, and management; and (2) report review results to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 243) Requires the Secretary to: (1) assess the U.S. manufacturing capability to produce three-dimensional integrated circuits to serve the national defense, and (2) submit assessment results to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 244) Directs the Secretary to report to such committees a summary of DOD efforts to transition mature and maturing directed energy technologies to new operational weapon systems during the five-to-ten year period beginning on the date of the report. (Sec. 245) Requires the Secretary to submit to such committees a study of Air Force cyber operations research, science, and technology. Subtitle E: Other Matters - (Sec. 251) Allows DOD laboratories to enter into education partnership agreements with educational institutions in U.S. possessions or territories. (Sec. 252) Authorizes the Secretary to use the DOD research and engineering network to support regional advanced technology clusters established by the Secretary of Commerce to encourage the development of innovative advanced technologies to address national security and homeland defense challenges. Requires the Under Secretary to: (1) designate a DOD office with lead responsibility for enhancing DOD use of regional advanced technology clusters (and inform Congress of such designation), and (2) report to Congress on DOD participation in such activities. (Sec. 253) Directs the Secretary to brief the defense committees on power and energy research conducted at the University Affiliated Research Centers. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 301) Authorizes appropriations for FY2013 for operation and maintenance (O&M) for the Armed Forces and specified activities and agencies of DOD. (Sec. 302) Authorizes appropriations for the Secretary of the Navy for FY2013 for inactivation execution of the U.S.S. Enterprise (aircraft carrier), as specified in the funding table. Limits to $708 million the total obligation for such inactivation. Provides inactivation contract authority. Subtitle B: Energy and Environmental Provisions - (Sec. 311) Amends the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Stump Act) to extend through FY2018 the submission to Congress of progress reports on a training range sustainment plan and inventory. (Sec. 312) Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to exclude from the definition of "chemical substance" for purposes of such Act any components of firearms including shot, bullets and other projectiles, propellants, and primers. (Sec. 313) Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to make inapplicable to DOD alternative fuel procurement requirements of such Act. (Sec. 314) Prohibits FY2013 DOD funds from being obligated or expended for the production or purchase of any alternative fuel if the cost of producing or purchasing such fuel exceeds the cost of producing or purchasing a traditional fossil fuel that would be as useful as the alternative fuel. Provides an exception. (Sec. 315) Directs the Secretary to develop, and brief the defense and appropriations committees on, a plan on a timeline to develop a material solution to measure environmental exposures to members of the Armed Forces in and outside of the continental United States. (Sec. 316) Directs the Secretary to establish Southern Sea Otter Military Readiness Areas in waters off the California coast for national defense purposes (thereby conserving the southern sea otter [otter] in such Areas while allowing reasonable military readiness activities). Allows certain incidental otter takings in such Areas in the course of a military readiness activity, while authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to revise or terminate such takings upon determining that the military activities are substantially impeding otter conservation or the return of such otters to optimum sustainable levels. Directs the Secretary of: (1) the Navy to annually monitor and evaluate the status of the otter population, and (2) the Navy and the Interior to report to Congress and the public on such monitoring. (Sec. 317) Amends the Sikes Act (conservation management on government lands) to authorize the Secretary of the military department concerned (Secretary concerned) to enter into cooperative agreements with Indian tribes for land management in areas adjoining military installations and state-owned National Guard installations. (Sec. 318) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Secretary should expeditiously submit to the defense committees the final report required under the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2011 concerning the presence of unexploded ordnance in the former bombardment area on the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico, and its threat to the public health, safety, and the environment; (2) if that report indicates that decontamination and removal of such ordnance could be conducted at a reasonable cost to the federal government, it is appropriate for Congress to authorize such action; and (3) any ordnance removal should be accomplished pursuant to the DOD military munitions response program. Subtitle C: Logistics and Sustainment - (Sec. 321) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to authorize the Secretary concerned to carry out a demonstration project at specified facilities for the promotion by one grade level of workers who are certified at the journey level to perform multiple trades. Extends the project through FY2018. (Sec. 322) Excludes from consideration as depot-level maintenance and repair: (1) nuclear aircraft carrier refueling, defueling, and concurrent complex overhaul; and (2) procurement major modifications designed to improve the performance or safety of a weapon system or major end item. Requires the Secretary to determine the associated capability to maintain the core depot-level maintenance and repair capabilities and capacity required of mission-essential weapon systems or items of military equipment. Prohibits the Secretary from waiving the capability determination requirement without notifying Congress at least 30 days in advance. Excludes nuclear aircraft carriers and special access programs from such waiver authority. Requires the Secretary, every two years, to: (1) review each existing special access program to determine the core depot maintenance and repair capabilities required to provide a ready and controlled source of technical competence, and resources required to establish a core capability if it becomes necessary; and (2) include review results in a required biennial core report. (Sec. 323) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the government should rely on commercially available products and services when the product or service can be procured more economically from the commercial source, (2) this policy conforms with DOD total force management procedures regarding which sector should perform each requirement, and (3) DOD should not convert performance of a DOD contractor function to performance by DOD civilian employees unless the function is inherently governmental in nature or the conversion is necessary to comply with DOD requirements as amended by this Act. Subtitle D: Readiness - (Sec. 331) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to enter into agreements with state or local governments for the procurement of installation support services. Exempts from such authority police, fire protection, and first responder services. (Sec. 332) Extends through 2020 DOD authority to provide assured business guarantees to carriers participating in the Civil Reserve Air Fleet program. (Sec. 333) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2008 to extend to all military department Secretaries (under current law, only to the Secretary of the Army) the authority to use working-capital funds for expenses directly related to conducting a pilot program for a product or process improvement. Extends such authority through FY2018, and revises report requirement deadlines. (Sec. 334) Authorizes the National Guard Bureau to maintain a Center of Excellence for the National Guard State Partnership Program (Center), for training National Guard units and members in order to improve deployment skills. Provides for the detail of National Guard members at the Center. (Sec. 335) Codifies under federal law the National Guard State Partnership Program (defense and security partnerships between the National Guard and the military and security forces, and related disaster management, emergency response, and security ministries, of a foreign country). Allows funds available to DOD, including for the Army and Air National Guard, to be used for such purposes. Repeals superseded authority under the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2010. Subtitle E: Reports - (Sec. 341) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the readiness of the joint force to conduct operations in environments lacking access to command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems, including the Global Positioning System (GPS). Requires the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), based on report results, to develop a roadmap and joint exercise plan for the joint force to operate in such an environment. (Sec. 342) Revises the frequency of the CG's review of each annual DOD report on prepositioned materiel and equipment. (Sec. 343) Includes within a required annual report on the maintenance and repair of naval vessels in foreign shipyards vessels operated pursuant to a contract entered into by the Military Sealift Command, the Maritime Administration, or the U.S. Transportation Command. (Sec. 344) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2010 the extend the deadline for a CG report on the DOD service contract inventory. (Sec. 345) Directs the CG to review and report to the defense committees on a specified DOD memorandum concerning contract performance costs to determine whether the methodology used reflects the actual, relevant, and quantifiable costs to taxpayers of performance by federal civilian employees, military personnel, and contractors. (Sec. 346) Requires the: (1) Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees and the CG on helicopter medical evacuation policies, and (2) CG to review the report and submit review results to such committees. (Sec. 347) Directs the Secretary to: (1) report to such committees on the feasibility of providing at or below market rate telecommunications services to military personnel transiting through a foreign airport while going to or returning from deployment overseas, and (2) investigate allegations of certain telecom companies specifically targeting such personnel with above-market fees. (Sec. 348) Expresses the sense of Congress that, when sending personnel into combat, the United States has an obligation to ensure that: (1) such members are properly equipped with the best available protective equipment and supplies; and (2) such members, or their family and friends, never feel compelled to purchase additional protective equipment and supplies in order to be safer in combat. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a survey among members formerly deployed in a combat zone since September 11, 2001, on what types of protective equipment and supplies should have been, but were not provided; and (2) report survey results to Congress. (Sec. 349) Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on the status of targets listed in the document entitled "Operational Energy Strategy: Implementation Plan, Department of Defense, March, 2012." Subtitle F: Limitations and Extensions of Authority - (Sec. 351) Repeals the authority of the Secretary to provide certain military equipment and facilities to federal, state, or local law enforcement or emergency response agencies to prepare for or respond to emergencies involving chemical or biological agents. (Sec. 352) Prohibits FY2013 DOD funds from being used to disestablish or downgrade any of the 18 level 5 aerospace control alert defense locations currently in existence. Requires: (1) the Secretary of the Air Force to maintain such current level until the later of September 30, 2013, or the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014; (2) the Secretary of Defense to establish a budget justification display that fully identifies the baseline aerospace control alert budget for each of the military departments and encompasses all programs and activities of the aerospace control alert mission for procurement, O&M, RDT&E, and military construction; (3) the Secretary of Defense to report to the defense and appropriations committees a cost-benefit analysis and risk-based assessment of such mission as it relates to expected future budget and force structure changes; (4) the CG to review such analysis and assessment and report review results to such committees. Expresses the sense of Congress that fighter wings performing 24-hour aerospace control alert missions provide an essential service in defending U.S. airspace in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks upon the United States. (Sec. 353) Prohibits more than $5 million in FY2013 O&M funds from being made available for the National Museum of the United States Army until the Secretary of the Army certifies to the defense and appropriations committees that sufficient private funding has been raised to fund construction of the Museum portion known as the Baseline Museum, and that at least 50% of the latter Museum has been completed. (Sec. 354) Prohibits, with one exception, any FY2013 DOD funds from being used to retire, inactivate, or place in storage a cruiser or dock landing ship. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to maintain the current level of such ships until the later of September 30, 2014, or the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014. (Sec. 355) Prohibits the President from transferring a veterans memorial object to a foreign country, person, or entity unless the transfer is specifically authorized by law, or is made after September 30, 2017. Subtitle G: Other Matters - (Sec. 361) Directs the Secretary to classify military working dogs as canine members of the Armed Forces. Prohibits their classification as equipment. Authorizes the Secretary concerned, after determining that a military working dog should be retired and that no suitable adoption is available, to transfer the dog to the 341st Training Squadron or to another location for adoption. Authorizes the use of frequent traveler miles to facilitate such adoptions. Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish and maintain a system to provide veterinary care of retired military working dogs, and (2) create a decoration or other appropriate recognition to recognize such dogs that are killed in action or perform an exceptionally meritorious or courageous act during their service. (Sec. 362) Authorizes the Secretary, with respect to the training of National Guard units and federal agencies performing homeland defense activities, to provide funding assistance through a special military cooperative agreement for the operation and maintenance of any state training center certified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as capable of providing emergency response training. Requires merit-based or competitive selection procedures to be used in such funding. (Sec. 363) Directs the CG to: (1) review DOD policies and procedures for the handling, labeling, and packaging of hazardous material shipments, and (2) report review results to the defense, appropriations, and transportation committees. Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations - Subtitle A: Active Forces - (Sec. 401) Sets forth authorized end strengths for active-duty forces as of the end of FY2013. (Sec. 402) Revises permanent active-duty end strength minimum levels. (Sec. 403) Requires the President, upon determining that a reduction in end strength of the regular Army or Marine Corps is necessary for any of FY2014-FY2017, to certify to Congress in that fiscal year that such reduction will not undermine the ability of the Armed Forces to meet National Security Strategy requirements, increase U.S. security risks, or compel personnel to endure diminished dwell time and repeated deployments. Provides an annual limitation on reductions during such fiscal years. Requires the DOD budget for each of such fiscal years to include amounts sufficient to meet the above requirements, and not rely on any emergency, supplemental, or overseas contingency operations funding. (Sec. 404) Excludes members within the Integrated Disability Evaluation System on the last day of any of FY2013-FY2018 from active-duty end strength limits for such fiscal years. Subtitle B: Reserve Forces - (Sec. 411) Sets forth authorized end strengths as of the end of FY2013 for members of the Selected Reserve and reserve personnel on active duty in support of the reserves. (Sec. 413) Sets forth minimum end strengths for FY2013 for Army and Air Force dual status military technicians. (Sec. 414) Provides a FY2013 limitation on the number of non-dual status Army and Air Force military technicians. (Sec. 415) Sets forth the maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active duty for operational support during FY2013. Subtitle C: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 421) Authorizes appropriations for FY2013 for military personnel. Title V: Military Personnel Policy - Subtitle A: Officer Personnel Policy Generally - (Sec. 501) Increases by one the authorized Navy active-duty flag officer end strength limitation. Exempts a director of the Navy Nurse Corps and the Medical Service Corps from such limitation. (Sec. 502) Increases from 30 to 33 years the maximum authorized length of service a chief Navy warrant officer, grade W-5, may serve prior to statutory retirement. (Sec. 503) Establishes the positions of Chief and Deputy Chief of Chaplains in the Air Force. Requires each such appointee to have served as an active-duty chaplain for at least eight years. (Sec. 504) Extends through FY2018 the authority of the Secretary concerned to reduce from 10 to 8 years the minimum length of active-duty service as a commissioned officer prior to voluntary retirement. (Sec. 505) Allows the Secretary or the Secretary concerned, during FY2013-FY2018, to retire up to 4% of the total number of officers in grades O-5 and O-6 within each military department, notwithstanding that such officers do not have the normally-required three years of service in such grade prior to retirement. (Under current law, such authority terminated at the end of 2007.) (Sec. 506) Authorizes the Secretary or the Secretary concerned, during FY2013-FY2017, to retire up to 5%, or 10% in the case of the Marine Corps, of the total number of officers in grades O-7 and O-8, again notwithstanding the required prior three years of service in such grade. (Sec. 507) Directs the Secretary (and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard) to develop and implement a plan to measure DOD efforts to achieve a sustainable level of members of the Armed Forces that will reflect the diverse population of the United States eligible to serve, including gender-specific, racial, and ethnic populations. Requires progress made in implementing such plan to be included in currently-required annual manpower requirements reports. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to annually prepare and submit to specified congressional committees a report addressing diversity among officers and enlisted personnel within the Coast Guard and Coast Guard Reserve. Subtitle B: Reserve Component Management - (Sec. 511) Codifies under federal law the positions of Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for: (1) National Guard Matters, and (2) Reserve Matters. Outlines position qualifications and duties. Repeals a superseded provision of the NDAA for Fiscal Year 1998. (Sec. 512) Confers federal recognition on members of the National Guard promoted from W-1 to chief warrant officer, W-2. (Sec. 513) Directs the Secretary to establish an online means by which members of the Ready Reserve can track their operational active-duty service performed after January 28, 2008, for purposes of determining their retirement credit. Subtitle C: General Service Authorities - (Sec. 521) Amends the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Hunter Act) to include within its career intermission pilot program Guard and reserve members serving on active duty. Authorizes program participants to retain their earned leave balance (up to a 60-day limit) and to be processed for disability separation while so participating. (Sec. 522) Authorizes licensed clinical social workers and psychiatric nurse practitioners (under current law, only psychiatrists) to conduct pre-separation medical examinations to make post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) determinations. (Sec. 523) Authorizes the Secretary to accept voluntary services to assist DOD efforts in accounting for missing personnel. (Sec. 524) Increases from 21 to 42 days the authorized leave for a member upon the birth or adoption of a child, when such member is the primary caregiver. Authorizes 10 days of leave for the spouse of such member. (Sec. 525) Directs the Secretary to ensure a continuous, designated military command responsibility and accountability for the care, handling, and transportation of the remains of each deceased member who died outside the United States, beginning with initial remains recovery, through the defense mortuary system, and until the remains are interred or accepted by the person designated to direct disposition. (Sec. 526) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees evaluating the feasibility of incorporating gender-neutral occupational standards for military occupational specialties currently closed to females. (Sec. 527) Directs the Secretary concerned to ensure that commanding officers: (1) do not prohibit or otherwise restrict the ability of physicians and other licensed health-care providers to issue a medical profile for a member, and (2) comply with the terms of an issued profile in assigning duties to such member. Provides a temporary waiver authority, on a case-by-case basis, when the officer determines that duties assigned against the terms of the profile are vital to ensuring the readiness of the member and the unit. Subtitle D: Military Justice and Legal Matters - (Sec. 531) Requires the Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Authorizes such Advocate to supervise the administration of justice and delivery of legal assistance within the Marine Corps, and to provide professional supervision of legal services provided by Marine Corps judge advocates. (Sec. 532) Directs the Secretary to require the Secretaries concerned, with respect to sexual misconduct offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), to restrict disposition authority in such cases to officers authorized to convene special courts-martial, holding a grade of colonel or captain, and having a legal advisor in the chain of command of the accused. Directs the Secretary to make recommendations for certain additional changes to the Manual for Courts-Martial of UCMJ policy with respect to the disposition of such offenses. (Sec. 533) Requires the Secretary to establish an independent panel to review and assess judicial proceedings under the UCMJ involving sexual assault and related offenses for the purpose of developing potential improvements to such proceedings. Terminates the panel at the end of FY2017. Directs the panel to: (1) prepare annual reports regarding the implementation of reforms relating to rape, sexual assault, and other sexual misconduct under the UCMJ, as enacted by the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2012; and (2) submit such reports to the Secretary and the defense committees. (Sec. 534) Directs the Secretary to require each department Secretary to establish a record on the disposition of any report of sexual assault, whether such disposition is court martial, nonjudicial punishment, or other administrative action. Requires such records to be maintained for at least 20 years. (Sec. 535) Requires the Secretary (and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard) to provide the defense committees a briefing, plan, and recommendations regarding DOD and Coast Guard efforts to prevent and respond to hazing incidents involving members. Requires the plan to include a database to improve DOD and Coast Guard ability to: (1) determine the extent to which hazing incidents are occurring and their nature; and (2) track, respond to, and resolve such incidents. Directs the Secretary concerned to develop and implement a procedure to transfer a member who has been the victim of a substantial hazing incident to another unit in that branch. Requires: (1) the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security to report annually to the defense, oversight, and transportation committees on hazing incidents in the DOD and Coast Guard; and (2) the CG to report to such committees on the policies to prevent hazing and systems initiated to track hazing incidents in each of the military departments. (Sec. 536) Requires the Armed Forces to accommodate the conscience and sincerely held moral principles and religious beliefs of its members concerning the appropriate and inappropriate expression of human sexuality, and prohibits the Armed Forces from using such conscience, principles, or beliefs as the basis of any adverse personnel action, discrimination, or denial of promotion, schooling, training, or assignment. Prohibits any member from: (1) directing, ordering, or requiring a chaplain to perform any duty, rite, service, or function that is contrary to his or her beliefs; or (2) discriminate or take adverse personnel action against a chaplain for their refusal to comply with a directive that is against his or her beliefs. (Sec. 537) Prohibits a military installation or other property owned, rented, or under the jurisdiction or control of DOD from being used to officiate, solemnize, or perform a marriage or marriage-like ceremony involving anything other than the union of one man with one woman. (Sec. 538) Directs the Office for Reintegration Programs to assist each state to coordinate services under the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program of the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2008 with small business development centers in such state. Subtitle E: Member Education and Training Opportunities and Administration - (Sec. 541) Transfers from the Secretary of Education to the Secretary responsibility and authority for operation of the Troops-to-Teachers Program of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a Troops-to-Teachers Program: (1) to assist retired or former members of the Armed Forces to obtain certification as elementary, secondary, or career or technical teachers; and (2) to facilitate the employment of such members by local educational agencies or charter schools identified by the Secretary of Education as receiving low-income families grant assistance or experiencing a shortage of teachers. Outlines member eligibility and application requirements and processes. Requires such Program participants to teach for at least three school years following appropriate certification or licensing. Authorizes the Secretary to pay: (1) a stipend to cover expenses incurred to obtain the required educational level, certification, or licensing, limiting such stipend to $5,000; and (2) a bonus to participants who agree to teach for at least three years at an eligible school, limiting such bonus to $10,000. Limits to 5,000 the total number of stipends to be paid in a fiscal year, and to 3,000 the total number of bonuses to be paid in a fiscal year. Provides for stipend or bonus reimbursement in appropriate cases, with exceptions under certain circumstances. Limits to $15 million the total amount to be obligated under the Program for any fiscal year. Terminates the Department of Education Troops-to-Teachers Program. (Sec. 542) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to: (1) enter into agreements with the Naval Academy Association and its successors to manage any aspect of the Naval Academy athletic and physical fitness programs; (2) receive funds from the Association and other sources to further the mission of the Naval Academy; and (3) enter into agreements for licensing and marketing relating to Naval Academy trademarks and service marks. Requires such Secretary to notify the defense and appropriations committees within 60 days after entering into any agreement authorized under this section. (Sec. 543) Directs the DOD Inspector General to conduct a review to determine the extent of access that representatives of for-profit educational institutions have to military installations and whether there are adequate safeguards in place to regulate such access. (Sec. 544) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2012 to remove the limit of five on the number of military occupational specialties or duty specialty codes for coverage under a DOD pilot program on the receipt of civilian credentialing for skills required in military specialties. Subtitle F: Decorations and Awards - (Sec. 551) Removes the requirement that, in order to be eligible for a prisoner-of-war medal, the subject must have been held captive by a foreign force categorized as hostile to the United States. (Sec. 552) Directs the Secretary concerned to award the Purple Heart to members killed or wounded in the attacks that occurred at the recruiting station in Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 1, 2009, and at Fort Hood, Texas, on November 5, 2009. Provides an exception for a member whose wound was the result of willful misconduct. (Sec. 553) Entitles Brigadier General Charles E. Yeager, United States Air Force (retired), to the rank of major general while on the retired list of the Air Force. (Sec. 554) Authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing for acts of valor during the Civil War. (Sec. 555) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to award the Army Combat Action Badge to any member of the Army who participated in combat during which the person actually engaged, or was personally engaged by, the enemy at any time between December 7, 1941, and September 18, 2001, as long as such person has not been previously recognized for such participation. (Sec. 556) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit to the defense committees the Navy's review, findings, and actions pertaining to the Medal of Honor nomination of Marine Corps Sergeant Rafael Peralta. Subtitle G: Defense Dependents' Education and Military Family Readiness Matters - (Sec. 561) Earmarks specified DOD O&M funds for assistance to local educational agencies: (1) that benefit dependents of members and civilian DOD employees; and (2) with enrollment changes due to base closures, force structure changes, or force relocations. (Sec. 562) Extends transitional compensation benefits and payments provided to victims of military dependent abuse to children carried during pregnancy at the time of a dependent-abuse offense. (Sec. 563) Permits the Secretary to authorize the enrollment in a DOD domestic education program a dependent of a member or federal employee currently enrolled in the DOD overseas education program if: (1) the dependent departed the overseas location as a result of an evacuation order, (2) the designated safe haven of the dependent is located within reasonable commuting distance of a school operated by the DOD education program, and (3) the school has the necessary capacity and resources to allow such attendance. Authorizes the enrollment in a DOD virtual elementary or secondary education program, on a tuition basis, of a dependent of an active-duty member who, upon return to the United States, is enrolled in the elementary or secondary school of a local educational agency under the DOD domestic education program. (Sec. 564) Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide that if a court renders a temporary order for custodial responsibility for a child based solely on a deployment or anticipated deployment of a parent-servicemember, then the court shall require that upon the return of that servicemember from deployment the custody order that was in effect preceding such deployment shall be reinstated, unless the court finds that reinstatement in not in the child's best interest. Prohibits a servicemember's deployment or possible deployment from being considered in the determination of a child's best interest in a motion seeking a permanent order to modify custody. Provides that under a temporary custody order, if a state law provides a higher standard of protection to the deploying parent-servicemember, then the appropriate court shall apply the higher standard. (Sec. 565) Amends the above Act to prohibit the absence of a servicemember from his or her principal place of residence due to active-duty military service from preventing such servicemember from refinancing a mortgage on such residence. Makes such prohibition inapplicable to a servicemember who entered into a refinancing on such residence within the past five years. (Sec. 566) Expresses the sense of Congress supporting the goals and ideals of Yellow Ribbon Day, observed on April 9th of each year, in honor of members and American civilians who are serving overseas in defense of the United States. Subtitle H: Improved Sexual Assault Prevention and Response in the Armed Forces - (Sec. 571) Directs each military department Secretary to establish special victim teams for investigating and prosecuting allegations of child abuse, serious domestic violence, or sexual offenses, and providing support for the victims of such offenses. Requires each such Secretary to: (1) prescribe standards for the training, selection, and certification of personnel for such teams; and (2) have one such team available within one year after the enactment of this Act. Provides for the measurement of the effectiveness and impact of such teams from the investigative, prosecutorial, and victims' perspectives. (Sec. 572) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2012 to direct the Secretary to provide for the inclusion of a sexual assault prevention and response training module in the training for new or prospective commanders at all levels of command. Requires information on the DOD policy on sexual assault and its prevention and reporting procedures to be included in each member's initial entrance onto active duty or into duty status with a reserve component. (Sec. 573) Directs the Secretary to ensure that there be prominently posted, at DOD duty, dining, residential, health-care, commissary, and community service facilities, as well as on any DOD website, specified information on DOD sexual assault prevention and response resources. Requires prompt notification to victims of the availability of assistance. (Sec. 574) Amends the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Skelton Act) to require the Secretary concerned to include additional information in the case synopses portion of each required report regarding sexual assaults in their department in the prior year, including the reasons for any denials of victim requests for a permanent change of station or unit transfer after an assault. (Sec. 575) Requires the Secretary concerned, effective with the 2013 report required, above, to include information on sexual harassment involving members under their jurisdiction during the preceding year. (Sec. 576) Requires the Secretary to report biennially to the defense committees on progress made to ensure that the Defense Incident-Based Reporting System and the Defense Sexual Assault Incident Database are fully functional and operational. Terminates the reporting requirement when both the System and Database are fully functional and operational and being jointly used. (Sec. 577) Directs the Secretary, once each in 2013 and 2014, to brief the defense committees on DOD actions regarding sexual assault prevention and response in the Armed Forces. (Sec. 578) Includes sexual assault occurrence and response information to be included in DOD workplace and gender relations surveys. Revises survey dates. (Sec. 579) Directs the Secretary to require the commander of every unit with more than 50 assigned members to conduct an organizational climate assessment within 120 days after the command assumes command, and annually thereafter. Defines such assessment as the positive and negative factors on unit effectiveness and readiness, including prevention and response to sexual assault and equal opportunity. (Sec. 580) Requires the above assessment to include avenues for members to express their views on how their leaders are responding to allegations of sexual assault and complaints of sexual harassment. (Sec. 581) Directs the Secretary to conduct, and report to the defense committees on, a review of all unrestricted reports of sexual assault made by members since October 1, 2000, to determine the number of members who were subsequently separated from service and the grounds for such separation. (Sec. 582) Allows sexual assault victim-members of the reserves to remain on active duty, or to be recalled to active duty, for up to 180 days to complete a line-of-duty determination with respect to the assault. (Sec. 583) Provides that if a complaint of sexual harassment is made against a member and substantiated, a notation thereof shall be placed in the individual's service record for the purpose of: (1) reducing the likelihood that such member can commit the same offense multiple times without suffering the appropriate consequences; and (2) alerting commanders of the background of the members of their command, including transferred members. (Sec. 584) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) should: (1) expand efforts to raise awareness about military sexual trauma and the treatment and services that the VA provides to victims, and (2) review the VA disability process to ensure that victims who file for service-connection do not face unnecessary or overly burdensome requirements in order to claim disability benefits. (Sec. 585) Directs the Secretary to conduct a general education campaign to notify members regarding DOD authorities available for the correction of military records when a member experiences any retaliatory personnel action for reporting sexual assault or harassment. (Sec. 586) Establishes a Sexual Assault and Harassment Oversight and Advisory Council to provide oversight and advice to the Secretaries of Defense and the military departments on the activities and implementation of policies and programs developed by the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office in response to sexual assault and harassment. Requires an annual activities report from the Council to the Secretary and the defense and appropriations committees. Subtitle I: Other Matters - (Sec. 590) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to establish and maintain a unit of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) at a secondary institution in the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau, as long as such institutions meets other requirements. (Sec. 591) Directs the Secretary, in order to preserve the editorial and management independent of the Stars and Stripes newspaper, to extend its lease in the District of Columbia until the Secretary provides space and other support for such operations in a government-owned facility in the National Capital Region other than the Defense Media Activity at Fort Meade, Maryland. (Sec. 592) Expresses the sense of Congress that the bugle call commonly known as "Taps" should be designated as the National Song of Remembrance. (Sec. 593) Outlines the recommended conduct of persons, in uniform and not in uniform, during the sounding of Taps. (Sec. 594) Requires in 2013 the DOD Inspector General (under current law, the Secretary of the Army) to inspect and report on the Arlington National Cemetery and the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery. Extends related report requirements from the DOD Inspector General and the department Secretaries. (Sec. 595) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct one or more pilot programs to provide assistance for members leaving active duty to transition into the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM fields) in order to address DOD shortages of expertise within those fields. Limits pilot programs to three academic years, and requires the Secretary to report pilot program results to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 596) States that Congress: (1) reaffirms its support for the recovery and return to the United States of the remains and bodies of all members killed in the line of duty, and efforts by the Joint POW-MIA Accounting Command to recover remains of members from all wars, conflicts and missions; (2) recognizes the courage and sacrifice of all members who participated in Operation Highjump and all missions vital to U.S. national security; (3) acknowledges the dedicated research and efforts by the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Science Foundation, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, the Fallen American Veterans Foundation, and other persons and organizations to identify, locate, and advocate for the recovery of the bodies of Ensign Maxwell Lopez, Naval Aviator, Frederick Williams, Aviation Machinist's Mate 1st Class, and Wendell Hendersin, Aviation Radioman 1st Class of the "George 1" explosion and crash; and (4) encourages DOD to review the facts, research, and pursue new efforts to recover, identify, and return the bodies of the "George 1" crew from Antarctica's Thurston Island. (Sec. 597) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the effects of multiple deployments on the well-being of military personnel and any recommended changes to health evaluations prior to redeployments. (Sec. 598) Directs the Secretary of the Army to establish a chain of command for Army national military cemeteries, including a military commander to replace the current civilian director. (Sec. 599) Allows members not in uniform and veterans to render the military salute during the recitation of the pledge of allegiance. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances - (Sec. 601) Waives any FY2013 pay increases tied to increases in the General Schedule of Compensation for government employees. Increases by 1.7%, effective January 1, 2013, the rates of basic pay for military personnel. (Sec. 602) Entitles to a basic allowance for housing (BAH) a member without dependents in a pay grade below E-6 who is assigned to sea duty and is married to another member. (Sec. 603) Prohibits a reduction in BAH for Army and Air National Guard personnel who transition between active duty and full-time Guard duty without a break in active service. (Sec. 604) Provides that, as of October 1, 2011, changes made to the program guidance relating to the award of Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence administrative absence days to members of the reserves under a specified Department of Defense (DOD) instruction shall not apply to reservists whose qualified mobilization commenced before October 1, 2011, and continued until the termination of the mobilization. (Sec. 605) Directs the Secretary concerned to make a payment to each member of the Armed Forces who was eligible to participate in the Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program, but did not participate for one or more days due to government error. Makes such payment: (1) $200 for each day of non-participation, and (2) in lieu of any authorized administrative absence for such day(s). Subtitle B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays - (Sec. 611) Extends through 2013 specified authorities currently scheduled to expire at the end of 2010 with respect to certain special pay and bonus programs within the regular and reserve Armed Forces. (Sec. 616) Increases from $10,000 to $20,000 the maximum Selected Reserve officer affiliation bonus. (Sec. 617) Increases from $2,000 to $4,000 the maximum incentive bonus for reserve personnel who convert their military occupational specialty in which there is a shortage of trained and qualified personnel. Subtitle C: Travel and Transportation Allowances Generally - (Sec. 621) Authorizes a travel and transportation allowance for a qualified non-medical attendant of a member receiving care in a residential treatment program, if the attending physician or other mental health professional and the commander or head of the military medical facility exercising control over the member determine that the presence and participation of such attendant is essential to the member's treatment. Subtitle D: Benefits and Services for Members Being Separated or Recently Separated - (Sec. 631) Extends through 2018 DOD authority to allow involuntarily separated members to continue to use military commissary and exchange stores for two years after such separation. (Sec. 632) Allows involuntarily separated members, during the period beginning on October 1, 2012 and extending through December 31, 2018, to remain in government family housing for up to 180 days following their date of separation. Prohibits the payment of BAH during any period following the involuntary separation. Subtitle E: Commissary and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality Benefits and Operations - (Sec. 641) Includes food banks, food pantries, and soup kitchens among organizations to which DOD may donate unusable food prepared for the Armed Forces. (Sec. 642) Eliminate the requirement that the Secretary record and report to Congress on changes in restrictions on the sale of merchandise by overseas commissary and exchange stores. (Sec. 643) Codifies the designation of the Fisher House for the Families of the Fallen and Meditation Pavilion at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, as a Fisher House for all purposes under laws relating to Fisher Houses and Fisher Suites. Authorizes as residents of such facility the primary next of kin and other family members of a member who dies while serving overseas, as well as escorts of such family members. (Sec. 644) Requires the governing body of the military commissary and exchange system to develop: (1) guidelines for the identification of fresh meat, poultry, seafood, produce, and other products raised or produced through sustainable methods; and (2) goals to maximize the purchase of sustainable products, local food, and recyclable materials by the end of FY2017. Subtitle F: Disability, Retired Pay, and Survivor Benefits - (Sec. 651) Waives payment of premiums under the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) for members retiring under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) when such member waives military retired pay in order to elect civil service retirement and provide a survivor annuity. Subtitle G: Other Matters - (Sec. 661) Conforms the definition of "dependent" for purposes of consumer credit extended to members and their dependents with such definition as used to establish eligibility for military medical care. (Sec. 662) Extends through 2016 the limitation on the reduction on manpower levels within the service review agencies of the military departments. (Sec. 663) Provides for the receipt by members of the Coast Guard Reserve called to emergency active duty of the same benefits provided to reserve members of the military departments called to active duty. (Sec. 664) Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow a court, in an action to enforce an obligation on real or personal property secured by a mortgage against a servicemember on active duty, a totally disabled veteran, or the surviving spouse of a member who died during military service, to either: (1) stay the proceedings for a period of time as justice and equity require, or (2) adjust the obligation to preserve the interests of all parties. Prohibits the sale, foreclosure, or seizure of the subject property for the service period, as well as the 12-month period after: (1) the servicemember is discharged or redeployed from a contingency operation, (2) the veteran is retired, or (3) the death of the servicemember (in the case of a surviving spouse). Increases the civil penalties for violations of the sale or foreclosure prohibitions. Prohibits an individual from being denied or refused credit solely by reaso

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