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. 8131.

Of the funds provided under the heading Operation and Maintenance, Navy, not less than $125,000,000 shall be made available for the continuation and expansion of the Platform (Offshore) Supply Vessel Program established under section 8139 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 (division A of Public Law 119–75): Provided, That of this amount not less than $45,000,000 shall be for the continuation of such Program: Provided further, That such Program shall include vessel time charters for one year with no fewer than four one-year options and no less than two vessel time charters: Provided further, That $80,000,000 of the amount provided shall be used to expand such Program through contractual time charter agreements for additional offshore supply vessels but for no less than two vessel time charters: Provided further, That such time charters shall use existing United States-built offshore supply vessels that are documented under the laws of the United States, owned by a citizen of the United States (as described in section 50501 of title 46, United States Code), configured for logistics support in the Indo-Pacific region that can meet the regulatory and physical requirements to transport nearly 500,000 gallons of various standard fuels, and provide up to 10,000 square feet of combined deck space for transport of military equipment and personnel for delivery in and out of shallow draft ports in the Indo-Pacific region.