The following consists of the explanatory material to accompany the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015. Section 5 of the Act specifies that this explanatory statement shall have the same effect with respect to the implementation of this legislation as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference. In this joint explanatory statement, the provisions of H.R. 4435, the House-passed version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, are generally referred to as ''the House bill.'' The provisions of S. 2410, the Senate Committee on Armed Services committee-reported version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, are generally referred to as ''the Senate committee-reported bill.'' Senate amendments included in the agreements are identified by Senate amendment numbers. The final form of the agreements reached during negotiations between the House and the Senate are referred to as ''the agreement.''