Limitation on use of travel funds for Secretary of the Air Force until briefing on West Lab Project at Lincoln Laboratory

Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for operation and maintenance, Air Force, and available for travel expenses for the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, not more than 85 percent may be obligated or expended until the date on which the Secretary of the Air Force provides to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives an unclassified briefing on— (1) the status of the West Lab Project at the Lincoln Laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, including planning and construction timelines and milestones as of the date of the briefing; (2) the resources needed to complete the West Lab Project, disaggregated by phase of construction and fiscal year when funds are needed; (3) with respect to delays of the West Lab Project— (A) the causes of any such delay; (B) the impact of any additional delays on the cost and schedule of construction of such project; and (C) the impact of delays on the activities and projects funded by the Department of Defense at the Lincoln Laboratory; and (4) the plan of the Secretary of the Air Force to award a construction contract for the rest of the West Lab Project by not later than June 2027, with construction to be completed by June 2029.