H.R. 9495

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2027

Sponsor: Ken Calvert · 0 cosponsors

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Official summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service.

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2027

This bill provides FY2027 appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for military activities.

(The bill excludes military construction, military family housing, civil works projects of the Army Corps of Engineers, and nuclear warheads, which are all included in other appropriations bills.)

Within the DOD budget, the bill provides appropriations for

  • Military Personnel;
  • Operation and Maintenance;
  • Procurement;
  • Research, Development, Test and Evaluation; and
  • Revolving and Management Funds.

The bill provides appropriations for other DOD programs, including

  • the Combat and Operational Medicine Program,
  • the Private Sector Care Program,
  • Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction,
  • Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, and
  • the Office of the Inspector General.

In addition, the bill provides appropriations for related agencies, including (1) the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund, and (2) the Intelligence Community Management Account.

The bill also sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations acts.

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Sec. 8097.

(a) Any software developed, procured, or operated using covered funds shall adhere to a modular open systems approach as defined in section 4401 of title 10, United States Code, with a Government-owned interface layer that is separate from vendor-specific application logic.

(b) In this section, the term covered funds means any Federal funds made available to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2027 or any prior fiscal year for operation and maintenance, procurement, or research, development, test and evaluation.