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

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;

The summary continues for 197 more paragraphs. Read it in full on Congress.gov

Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Public Law" stage on December 23, 2022. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.

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