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106th Congress 1st Report
Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 106-301
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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000
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CONFERENCE REPORT
to accompany
S. 1059
[GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT]
August 6 (legislative day, August 5), 1999.--Ordered to be printed
C O N T E N T S
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JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE....... 480
Summary Statement of Conference Action....................... 480
Summary Table of Authorizations.............................. 480
Congressional Defense Committees............................. 485
DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS................. 485
Title I--Procurement............................................. 485
Procurement Overview................................. 485
Overview............................................. 491
UH-60 blackhawk...................................... 491
AH-64 modifications.................................. 491
UH-60 modifications.................................. 491
Aircraft survivability equipment modifications....... 491
Aircraft survivability equipment modifications,
(Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures)......... 492
Overview............................................. 492
Avenger system summary............................... 495
Javelin system summary-advanced procurement.......... 495
Patriot anti-cruise missile.......................... 495
Avenger modifications................................ 495
Overview............................................. 496
Bradley base sustainment............................. 500
Carrier modifications................................ 500
Howitzer, M109A6 modifications....................... 500
Heavy assault bridge................................. 500
Grenade launcher, automatic, 40mm, MK19-3............ 500
Overview............................................. 500
Sense and destroy armament........................... 505
Overview............................................. 505
Family of heavy tactical vehicles.................... 516
Army data distribution system........................ 516
Single channel ground and airborne radio system...... 516
Warfighter information network....................... 516
Information system security program.................. 516
Tactical unmanned aerial vehicle..................... 517
Night vision devices................................. 517
Combat identification/aiming light................... 517
Modification of in-service equipment (tactical
surveillance)...................................... 518
Automated identification technology.................. 518
Maneuver control system.............................. 518
Vibratory, self-propelled roller..................... 518
High speed compactor................................. 519
Wheel-mounted 25-ton crane........................... 519
Items less than $2.0 million, construction equipment. 519
Modification of in-service equipment (OPA-3)......... 519
Ultra lightweight camouflage net system.............. 519
Overview............................................. 519
Overview............................................. 522
CH-60 helicopters.................................... 526
UC-35A aircraft...................................... 526
C-40A................................................ 526
EA-6B modifications.................................. 526
F/A-18 aircraft modifications........................ 526
AH-1W series......................................... 527
H-1 series........................................... 527
P-3 modifications.................................... 527
E-2 modifications.................................... 527
Special project aircraft............................. 528
Common ground equipment.............................. 528
Overview............................................. 528
Aerial targets....................................... 532
Drones and decoys.................................... 532
Weapons industrial facilities........................ 532
Overview............................................. 532
Overview............................................. 535
Overview............................................. 538
WSN-7 inertial navigation system and WQN-2 doppler
sonar velocity log................................. 548
Minesweeping equipment............................... 548
Items less than $5.0 million, afloat force protection
for maritime interdiction operations equipment..... 548
Items less than $5.0 million, integrated condition
assessment system.................................. 548
Surface search radars................................ 549
Sonar dome material.................................. 549
Undersea warfare support equipment................... 549
Other training equipment............................. 549
Naval space surveillance system...................... 550
Shipboard display emulator equipment................. 550
Joint engineering data management and information
control system..................................... 550
Information system security program.................. 550
Mobile remote emitter simulator...................... 550
Computer aided submode training (CAST) lesson
authoring system (CLASS)........................... 551
NULKA anti-ship missile decoy system................. 551
Overview............................................. 551
Modification kits-tracked vehicles................... 556
Night vision equipment............................... 556
Radio systems........................................ 556
Communications and electronics infrastructure support 556
Modification kits-Marine Corps air ground task force. 556
Command support equipment............................ 557
Field medical equipment.............................. 557
Overview............................................. 557
C-130J aircraft...................................... 562
Joint primary aircrew training system................ 562
Joint surveillance/target attack radar system........ 562
Predator unmanned aerial vehicle..................... 562
F-15 aircraft modifications.......................... 562
F-16 aircraft modifications.......................... 563
C-17 aircraft modifications.......................... 563
C-135 aircraft modifications......................... 564
Defense airborne reconnaissance program aircraft
modifications...................................... 564
F-16 aircraft post production support................ 565
Passenger safety modifications....................... 565
Overview............................................. 565
Practice bombs....................................... 568
Overview............................................. 568
AGM-65 modifications................................. 571
Overview............................................. 571
Air traffic control/land system...................... 577
Automatic data processing equipment.................. 577
C3 countermeasures................................... 577
Base Information Infrastructure...................... 577
Tactical communications-electronics equipment........ 577
Radio equipment...................................... 578
Aircrew laser eye protection......................... 578
Mechanized material handling equipment............... 578
Base procured equipment.............................. 578
Base support equipment............................... 578
Overview............................................. 579
Advanced SEAL delivery system........................ 585
Special operations forces small arms and weapons..... 586
Chemical and Biological Defense Program.............. 586
Overview............................................. 587
Items of Special Interest.................................... 589
Common rack and launcher test set.................... 589
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 589
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations.............. 589
Authorization of Appropriations (secs. 101-108)...... 589
Chemical demilitarization program (sec. 107)......... 589
Subtitle B--Army Programs................................ 591
Multiyear procurement authority for Army programs
(sec. 111)......................................... 591
Procurement requirements for the Family of Medium
Tactical Vehicles (sec. 112)....................... 591
Army aviation modernization (sec. 113)............... 593
Multiple Launch Rocket System (sec. 114)............. 594
Extension of pilot program on sales of manufactured
articles and services of certain Army industrial
facilities without regard to availability from
domestic sources (sec. 115)........................ 594
Extension of authority to carry out Armament
Retooling and Manufacturing Support Initiative
(sec. 116)......................................... 595
Subtitle C--Navy Programs................................ 595
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft program (sec. 121)... 595
Arleigh Burke class destroyer program (sec. 122)..... 595
Repeal of requirement for annual report from
shipbuilders under certain nuclear attack submarine
programs (sec. 123)................................ 595
LHD-8 amphibious assault ship program (sec. 124)..... 595
D-5 missile program (sec. 125)....................... 596
Subtitle D--Air Force Programs........................... 596
F-22 aircraft program (sec. 131)..................... 596
Replacement options for conventional air-launched
cruise missile (sec. 132).......................... 596
Procurement of firefighting equipment for the Air
National Guard and the Air Force Reserve (sec. 133) 596
F-16 tactical manned reconnaissance aircraft (sec.
134)............................................... 596
Subtitle E--Chemical Stockpile Destruction Program....... 597
Destruction of existing stockpile of lethal chemical
agents and munitions (sec. 141).................... 597
Comptroller General report on anticipated effects of
proposed changes in operations of storage sites for
lethal chemical agents and munitions (sec. 142).... 597
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted........................... 597
Alternative technologies for destruction of assembled
chemical weapons................................... 597
Close combat tactical trainer program................ 598
Defense Export Loan Guarantee program................ 598
Cooperative engagement capability.................... 598
Limitation on expenditures for satellite
communications..................................... 598
Title II--Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation............ 598
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Overview. 598
Overview............................................. 601
Global positioning system-inertial measurement unit
integration........................................ 611
Combat vehicle and automotive technology............. 611
Human factors engineering technology................. 611
Environmental quality technology..................... 611
Combat vehicle and automotive advanced technology.... 612
Landmine warfare/barrier-advanced development........ 612
Weapons and munitions-advanced development........... 612
Comanche............................................. 613
Combat feeding, clothing, and equipment.............. 613
Multiple launch rocket system product improvement
program............................................ 613
Aircraft modifications/product improvement programs.. 613
Force XXI Battle Command, Brigade and Below.......... 613
Overview............................................. 614
Free electron laser.................................. 625
Precision strike and air defense technology.......... 625
Command and control warfare replacement aircraft..... 625
Tri-service software program managers network........ 625
Common towed array, affordable advanced acoustical
arrays............................................. 625
Trident SSGN design.................................. 626
Navy common command and decision system and upgrading
fleet systems...................................... 628
Environmentally safe energetics materials............ 628
Marine Corps assault vehicles........................ 628
Aviation depot maintenance technology................ 628
Proximity fuzing for dual-purpose improved
conventional munition submunitions................. 629
Parametric airborne dipping sonar.................... 629
S-3B surveillance system upgrade..................... 629
H-1 upgrades......................................... 630
Electronic warfare development....................... 630
Multi-Purpose Processor.............................. 630
NULKA anti-ship missile decoy system................. 630
Advanced deployable system........................... 631
Battle force tactical training....................... 631
Tactical unmanned aerial vehicles.................... 631
Overview............................................. 632
Human effectiveness applied research................. 644
Aerospace propulsion................................. 644
Aerospace sensors.................................... 644
Phillips lab exploratory development................. 644
B-2 advanced technology bomber....................... 645
Armament and ordnance development.................... 645
Life support systems................................. 645
Air Force test and evaluation support................ 645
Joint surveillance and target attack radar system.... 646
Airborne reconnaissance.............................. 646
Distributed common ground systems.................... 646
Overview............................................. 647
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization funding and
programmatic guidance.............................. 657
Support technology................................... 657
National missile defense............................. 658
Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) System.... 658
Navy Theater Wide.................................... 659
BMD technical operations............................. 659
BMD targets.......................................... 660
Patriot PAC-3........................................ 660
Navy Area............................................ 660
Weapons of mass destruction related technologies..... 661
Complex systems design............................... 661
Joint warfighting program............................ 662
Aging aircraft sustainment technology................ 662
Special operations tactical systems development...... 662
Items of Special Interest.................................... 663
Aeronautical test facilities......................... 663
Aerostructures....................................... 663
Bioenvironmental research............................ 664
Genomics-based therapeutics.......................... 664
Marine mammal research............................... 665
Volumetrically controlled technologies............... 665
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 666
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations.............. 666
Authorization of Appropriations (secs. 201-202)...... 666
Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and
Limitations............................................ 666
Collaborative program to evaluate and demonstrate
advanced technologies for advanced capability
combat vehicles (sec. 211)......................... 666
Sense of Congress regarding defense science and
technology program (sec. 212)...................... 667
Micro-satellite technology development program (sec.
213)............................................... 668
Space control technology (sec. 214).................. 668
Space Maneuver Vehicle program (sec. 215)............ 668
Manufacturing technology program (sec. 216).......... 669
Revision to limitations on high altitude endurance
unmanned vehicle program (sec. 217)................ 669
Subtitle C--Ballistic Missile Defense.................... 670
Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Low program (sec.
231)............................................... 670
Theater missile defense upper tier acquisition
strategy (sec. 232)................................ 670
Acquisition strategy for Theater High Altitude Area
Defense (THAAD) system (sec. 233).................. 671
Space Based Laser program (sec. 234)................. 671
Criteria for progression of airborne laser program
(sec. 235)......................................... 673
Sense of Congress regarding ballistic missile defense
technology funding (sec. 236)...................... 673
Report on national missile defense (sec. 237)........ 673
Subtitle D--Research and Development for Long-Term
Military Capabilities.................................. 673
Quadrennial report on emerging operational concepts
(sec. 241)......................................... 673
Technology area review and assessment (sec. 242)..... 674
Report by Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition
and Technology (sec. 243).......................... 674
DARPA program for award of competitive prizes to
encourage development of advanced technologies
(sec. 244)......................................... 674
Additional pilot program for revitalizing Department
of Defense laboratories (sec. 245)................. 674
Subtitle E--Other Matters................................ 675
Development of Department of Defense laser master
plan and execution of solid state laser program
(sec. 251)......................................... 675
Report on Air Force distributed mission training
(sec. 252)......................................... 675
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted........................... 676
Testing of airblast and improvised explosives........ 676
Use of working capital funds for financing research
and development of the military departments........ 676
Title III--Operation and Maintenance............................. 676
Overview............................................. 676
Military Gator....................................... 708
Arms control implementation.......................... 708
Information assurance................................ 708
Overseas contingencies............................... 709
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 709
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations.............. 709
Authorization of Appropriations (secs. 301-302)...... 709
Armed Forces Retirement Home (sec. 303).............. 709
Transfer from National Defense Stockpile Transaction
Fund (sec. 304).................................... 709
Transfer to Defense Working Capital Funds to support
Defense Commissary Agency (sec. 305)............... 709
Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and
Limitations............................................ 710
Armed Forces Emergency Services (sec. 311)........... 710
Replacement of nonsecure tactical radios of the 82nd
airborne division (sec. 312)....................... 710
Large medium-speed roll-on/roll-off (LMSR) program
(sec. 31).......................................... 710
Contributions for Spirit of Hope endowment fund of
United Service Organizations, Incorporated (sec.
314)............................................... 710
Subtitle C--Environmental Provisions..................... 711
Extension of limitation on payment of fines and
penalties using funds in environmental restoration
accounts (sec. 321)................................ 711
Modification of requirements for annual reports on
environmental compliance activities (sec. 322)..... 711
Defense environmental technology program and
investment control process for environmental
technologies (sec. 323)............................ 711
Modification of membership of Strategic Environmental
Research and Development Program Council (sec. 324) 711
Extension of pilot program for sale of air pollution
emission reduction incentives (sec. 325)........... 711
Reimbursement for certain costs in connection with
Fresno Drum Superfund site, Fresno, California
(sec. 326)......................................... 712
Payment of stipulated penalties assessed under CERCLA
in connection with F.E. Warren Air Force Base,
Wyoming (sec. 327)................................. 712
Remediation of asbestos and lead-based paint (sec.
328)............................................... 712
Release of information to foreign countries regarding
any environmental contamination at former United
States military installations in those countries
(sec. 329)......................................... 712
Toussaint River ordnance mitigation study (sec. 330). 713
Subtitle D--Depot-Level Activities....................... 713
Sales of articles and services of defense industrial
facilities to purchasers outside the Department of
Defense (sec. 331)................................. 713
Expansion of contracting authority for defense
working capital funded industrial facilities (sec.
332)............................................... 714
Annual reports on expenditures for depot-level
maintenance and repair workloads by public and
private sector (sec. 333).......................... 714
Applicability of competition requirement in
contracting out workloads performed by depot-level
activities of Department of Defense (sec. 334)..... 714
Treatment of public sector winning bidders for
contracts for performance of depot-level
maintenance and repair workloads formerly performed
at certain military installations (sec. 335)....... 714
Additional matters to be reported before prime vendor
contract for depot-level maintenance and repair is
entered into (sec. 336)............................ 715
Subtitle E--Performance of Functions by Private-Sector
Sources................................................ 715
Reduced threshold for consideration of effect on
local community of changing defense functions to
private sector performance (sec. 341).............. 715
Congressional notification of A-76 cost comparison
waivers (sec. 342)................................. 715
Report on use of employees of non-Federal entities to
provide services to Department of Defense (sec.
343)............................................... 715
Evaluation of total system performance responsibility
program (sec. 344)................................. 716
Sense of Congress regarding process for modernization
of Army computer services (sec. 345)............... 716
Subtitle F--Defense Dependents Education................. 716
Assistance to local education agencies that benefit
dependents of members of the Armed Forces and
Department of Defense civilian employees (sec. 351) 716
Unified school boards for all Department of Defense
Domestic Dependent Schools in the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico and Guam (sec. 352).................... 716
Continuation of enrollment at Department of Defense
Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools
(sec. 353)......................................... 717
Technical amendments to Defense Dependents' Education
Act of 1978 (sec. 354)............................. 717
Subtitle G--Military Readiness Issues.................... 717
Independent study of military readiness reporting
system (sec. 361).................................. 717
Independent study of Department of Defense secondary
inventory and parts shortages (sec. 362)........... 717
Report on inventory and control of military equipment
(sec. 363)......................................... 718
Comptroller General study of adequacy of Department
restructured sustainment and reengineered logistics
product support practices (sec. 364)............... 718
Comptroller General review of real property
maintenance and its effects on readiness (sec. 365) 718
Establishment of logistics standards for sustained
military operations (sec. 366)..................... 718
Subtitle H--Information Technology Issues................ 719
Discretionary authority to install telecommunication
equipment for persons performing voluntary services
(sec. 371)......................................... 719
Authority for disbursing officers to support use of
automated teller machines on naval vessels for
financial transactions (sec. 372).................. 719
Use of Smart Card technology in the Department of
Defense (sec. 373)................................. 719
Report on Defense use of Smart Card as PKI
authentication device carrier (sec. 374)........... 719
Subtitle I--Other Matters................................ 720
Authority to lend or donate obsolete or condemned
rifles for funeral and other ceremonies (sec. 381). 720
Extension of warranty claims recovery pilot program
(sec. 382)......................................... 720
Preservation of historic buildings and grounds at
United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home, District
of Columbia (sec. 383)............................. 720
Clarification of land conveyance authority, United
States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home (sec. 384)...... 720
Treatment of Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam in defense
household moving programs (sec. 385)............... 721
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted........................... 721
Identification core logistic capability requirement
for maintenance and repair of C-17 aircraft........ 721
Operation meteorology and oceanography and UNOLS..... 721
Implementation of jointly approved changes in defense
retail systems..................................... 721
Reimbursement of Navy Exchange Service Command for
relocation expenses................................ 722
Title IV--Military Personnel Authorizations...................... 722
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 722
Subtitle A--Active Forces................................ 722
End strengths for active forces (sec. 401)........... 722
Revision in permanent end strength minimum levels
(sec. 402)......................................... 723
Subtitle B--Reserve Forces............................... 723
End strengths for Selected Reserve (sec. 411)........ 723
End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support
of the reserves (sec. 412)......................... 724
End Strengths for military technicians (dual status)
(sec. 413)......................................... 724
Increase in numbers members in certain grades
authorized to be on active duty in support of the
Reserves (sec. 414)................................ 725
Selected Reserve end strength flexibility (sec. 415). 725
Subtitle C--Authorization of Appropriations.............. 726
Authorization of appropriations for military
personnel (sec. 421)............................... 726
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted........................... 726
Reduction of end strengths below levels for two major
regional contingencies............................. 726
Title V--Military Personnel Policy............................... 727
Items of Special Interest.................................... 727
Medical and physical accession and retention
standards.......................................... 727
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 727
Subtitle A--Officer Personnel Policy..................... 727
Temporary authority for recall of retired aviators
(sec. 501)......................................... 727
Increase in maximum number of officers authorized to
be on active-duty list in frocked grade of
brigadier general and rear admiral (lower half)
(sec. 502)......................................... 727
Reserve officers requesting or otherwise causing
nonselection for promotion (sec. 503).............. 728
Minimum grade of officers eligible to serve on boards
of inquiry (sec. 504).............................. 728
Minimum selection of warrant officers for promotion
from below the promotion zone (sec. 505)........... 728
Increase in threshold period of active duty for
applicability of restriction on holding of civil
office by retired regular officers and reserve
officers (sec. 506)................................ 728
Exemption of retiree council members from recalled
retiree limits (sec. 507).......................... 728
Technical amendments relating to joint duty
assignments (sec. 508)............................. 729
Three-year extension of requirement for competition
for joint 4-star officer positions (sec. 509)...... 729
Subtitle B--Reserve Component Personnel Policy........... 729
Continuation of officers on reserve active-status
list to complete disciplinary action (sec. 511).... 729
Authority to order reserve component members to
active duty to complete a medical evaluation (sec.
512)............................................... 730
Exclusion of reserve officers on educational delay
from eligibility for consideration for promotion
(sec. 513)......................................... 730
Extension of period for retention of reserve
component majors and lieutenant commanders who
twice fail of selection for promotion (sec. 514)... 730
Computation of years of service exclusion (sec. 515). 730
Retention of reserve component chaplains until age 67
(sec. 516)......................................... 731
Expansion and codification of authority for space
required travel on military aircraft for reserves
performing inactive-duty training outside the
continental United States (sec. 517)............... 731
Subtitle C--Military Technicians......................... 731
Revision to military technician (dual status) (sec.
521)............................................... 731
Civil service retirement of technicians (sec. 522)... 731
Revision to non-dual status technicians statute (sec.
523)............................................... 732
Revision to authorities relating to National Guard
technicians (sec. 524)............................. 732
Effective date (sec. 525)............................ 732
Secretary of Defense review of Army technician
costing process (sec. 526)......................... 732
Fiscal year 2000 limitation on number of non-dual
status technicians (sec. 527)...................... 733
Subtitle D--Service Academies............................ 733
Strength limitations at the service academies (sec.
531)............................................... 733
Superintendents of the service academies (sec. 532).. 733
Dean of academic board, United States Military
Academy and dean of the faculty, United States Air
Force Academy (sec. 533)........................... 734
Waiver of reimbursement of expenses for instruction
at service academies of persons from foreign
countries (sec. 534)............................... 734
Expansion of foreign exchange programs of the service
academies (sec. 535)............................... 735
Subtitle E--Education and Training....................... 735
Establishment of a Department of Defense
international student program at the senior
military colleges (sec. 541)....................... 735
Authority for Army War College to award degree of
master of strategic studies (sec. 542)............. 735
Authority for Air University to award graduate-level
degrees (sec. 543)................................. 735
Reserve credit for participation in health
professions scholarship and financial assistance
program (sec. 544)................................. 735
Permanent authority for ROTC scholarships for
graduate students (sec. 545)....................... 736
Increase in monthly subsistence allowance for Senior
ROTC cadets selected for advanced training (sec.
546)............................................... 736
Contingent funding increase for Junior ROTC program
(sec. 547)......................................... 736
Change from annual to biennial reporting under the
reserve component Montgomery GI Bill (sec. 548).... 736
Recodification and consolidation of statutes denying
Federal grants and contracts by certain departments
and agencies to institutions of higher education
that prohibit senior ROTC units or military
recruiting on campus (sec. 549).................... 737
Accrual funding for Coast Guard Montgomery GI Bill
liabilities (sec. 550)............................. 737
Subtitle F--Reserve Component Management................. 737
Financial assistance program for pursuit of degrees
by officer candidates in Marine Corps Platoon
Leaders Class program (sec. 551)................... 737
Options to improve recruiting for the Army Reserve
(sec. 552)......................................... 737
Joint duty assignments for reserve component general
and flag officers (sec. 553)....................... 737
Grade of chiefs of reserve components and the
additional general officers at the National Guard
Bureau (sec. 554).................................. 738
Duties of Reserves on active duty in support of the
Reserves (sec. 555)................................ 739
Repeal of limitation on number of Reserves on full-
time active duty in support of preparedness for
responses to emergencies involving weapons of mass
destruction (sec. 556)............................. 739
Establishment of Office of the Coast Guard Reserve
(sec. 557)......................................... 739
Report on use of National Guard facilities and
infrastructure for support of provision of services
to veterans (sec. 558)............................. 739
Subtitle G--Decorations, Awards, and Commendations....... 740
Waiver of time limitations for award of certain
decorations to certain persons (sec. 561).......... 740
Authority for award of Medal of Honor to Alfred
Rascon for valor during the Vietnam conflict (sec.
562)............................................... 740
Elimination of current backlog of requests for
replacement of military decorations (sec. 563)..... 740
Retroactive award of Navy Combat Action Ribbon (sec.
564)............................................... 740
Sense of Congress concerning Presidential unit
citation for crew of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (sec.
565)............................................... 741
Subtitle H--Matters Relating to Recruiting............... 741
Access to secondary school students for military
recruiting purposes (sec. 571)..................... 741
Increased authority to extend delayed entry period
for enlistments of persons with no prior military
service (sec. 572)................................. 741
Army College First pilot program (sec. 573).......... 741
Use of recruiting materials for public relations
purposes (sec. 574)................................ 742
Subtitle I--Matters Relating to Missing Persons.......... 742
Nondisclosure of debriefing information on missing
persons previously returned to United States
control (sec. 575)................................. 742
Recovery and identification of remains of certain
World War II servicemen lost in Pacific Theater of
Operations (sec. 576).............................. 742
Subtitle J--Other Matters................................ 742
Authority for special courts-martial to impose
sentences to confinement and forfeitures of pay of
up to one year (sec. 577).......................... 742
Funeral honors details for funerals of veterans (sec.
578)............................................... 743
Purpose and funding limitations for National Guard
Challenge Program (sec. 579)....................... 743
Department of Defense STARBASE Program (sec. 580).... 744
Survey of members leaving military service on
attitudes toward military service (sec. 581)....... 745
Service review agencies covered by professional
staffing requirement (sec. 582).................... 745
Participation of members in management of
organizations abroad that promote international
understanding (sec. 583)........................... 745
Support for expanded child care services and youth
program services for dependents (sec. 584)......... 745
Report and regulations on Department of Defense
policies on protecting the confidentiality of
communications with professionals providing
therapeutic or related services regarding sexual or
domestic abuse (sec. 585).......................... 745
Members under burdensome personnel tempo (sec. 586).. 746
Subtitle K--Domestic Violence............................ 747
Responses to domestic violence in the armed forces
(secs. 591-594).................................... 747
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted........................... 748
Expansion of list of diseases presumed to be service-
connected for radiation-exposed veterans........... 748
Improvement in system for assigning personnel to
warfighting units.................................. 748
Minimum educational requirements for faculty of the
Community College of the Air Force................. 748
Posthumous advancement of Rear Admiral (Retired)
Husband E. Kimmel and Major General (Retired)
Walter C. Short on retired lists................... 749
Reduced minimum blood and breath alcohol levels for
offense of drunken operation of or control of a
vehicle, aircraft, or vessel....................... 749
Use of humanitarian and civic assistance funding for
pay and allowances of special operations command
reserves furnishing demining training and related
assistance as humanitarian assistance.............. 749
Title VI--Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits.............. 750
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 750
Subtitle A--Pay and Allowances........................... 750
Fiscal year 2000 increase in military basic pay and
reform of basic pay rates (sec. 601)............... 750
Pay increases for fiscal years 2001 through 2006
(sec. 602)......................................... 750
Additional amount available for fiscal year 2000
increase in basic allowance for housing inside the
United States (sec. 603)........................... 750
Subtitle B--Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays....... 751
Extension of certain bonuses and special pay
authorities for reserve forces (sec. 611).......... 751
Extension of certain bonuses and special pay
authorities for nurse officer candidates,
registered nurses, and nurse anesthetists (sec.
612)............................................... 751
Extension of authorities relating to payment of other
bonuses and special pays (sec. 613)................ 751
Amount of aviation career incentive pay for air
battle managers (sec. 614)......................... 751
Expansion of authority to provide special pay to
aviation career officers extending period of active
duty (sec. 615).................................... 751
Additional special pay for board certified
veterinarians in the Armed Forces and Public Health
Service (sec. 616)................................. 752
Diving duty special pay (sec. 617)................... 752
Reenlistment bonus (sec. 618)........................ 752
Enlistment bonus (sec. 619).......................... 752
Selected Reserve enlistment bonus (sec. 620)......... 753
Special pay for members of the Coast Guard Reserve
assigned to high priority units of the Selected
Reserve (sec. 621)................................. 753
Reduced minimum period of enlistment in Army in
critical skill for eligibility for enlistment bonus
(sec. 622)......................................... 753
Eligibility for reserve component prior service
enlistment bonus upon attaining a critical skill
(sec. 623)......................................... 753
Increase in special pay and bonuses for nuclear-
qualified officers (sec. 624)...................... 753
Increase in maximum monthly rate authorized for
foreign language proficiency pay (sec. 625)........ 754
Authorization of retention bonus for special warfare
officers extending period of active duty (sec. 626) 754
Authorization of surface warfare officer continuation
pay (sec. 627)..................................... 754
Authorization of career enlisted flyer incentive pay
(sec. 628)......................................... 754
Authorization of judge advocate continuation pay
(sec. 629)......................................... 754
Subtitle C--Travel and Transportation Allowances......... 755
Provision of lodging in kind for Reservists
performing training duty and not otherwise entitled
to travel and transportation allowances (sec. 631). 755
Payment of temporary lodging expenses for members
making their first permanent change of station
(sec. 632)......................................... 755
Destination airport for emergency leave travel to
continental United States (sec. 633)............... 755
Subtitle D--Retired Pay Reform........................... 755
Redux retired pay system applicable only to members
electing new 15-year career status bonus (sec. 641-
644)............................................... 755
Subtitle E--Other Matters Relating to Military Retirees
and Survivors.......................................... 756
Repeal of reduction in retired pay for military
retirees employed in civilian positions (sec. 651). 756
Presentation of United States flag to retiring
members of the uniformed services not previously
covered (sec. 652)................................. 756
Disability retirement or separation for certain
members with pre-existing conditions (sec. 653).... 756
Credit toward paid-up SBP coverage for months covered
by make-up premium paid by persons electing SBP
coverage during special open enrollment period
(sec. 654)......................................... 757
Paid-up coverage under Retired Serviceman's Family
Protection Plan (sec. 655)......................... 757
Extension of authority for payment of annuities to
certain military surviving spouses (sec. 656)...... 757
Effectuation of intended SBP annuity for former
spouse when not elected by reason of untimely death
of retiree (sec. 657).............................. 757
Special compensation for severely disabled uniformed
services retirees (sec. 658)....................... 757
Subtitle F--Eligibility to Participate in the Thrift
Savings Plan........................................... 758
Participation in thrift savings plan (sec. 661, sec.
663)............................................... 758
Special retention initiative (sec. 662).............. 759
Subtitle G--Other Matters................................ 759
Payment for unused leave in conjunction with a
reenlistment (sec. 671)............................ 759
Clarification of per diem eligibility for military
technicians (dual status) serving on active duty
without pay outside the United States (sec. 672)... 759
Annual report on effects of initiatives on
recruitment and retention (sec. 673)............... 760
Overseas special supplemental food program (sec. 674) 760
Tuition assistance for members deployed in a
contingency operation (sec. 675)................... 760
Administration of Selected Reserve education loan
repayment program for Coast Guard Reserve (sec.
676)............................................... 760
Sense of Congress regarding treatment under Internal
Revenue Code of members receiving hostile fire or
imminent danger special pay during contingency
operations (sec. 677).............................. 760
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted........................... 761
Accelerated payments of certain educational
assistance for members of Selected Reserve......... 761
Accelerated payments of educational.................. 761
Accrual funding for retirement system for
Commissioned Corps of National Oceanic and
Atmospheric........................................ 761
Availability of educational assistance benefits for
preparatory courses for college and graduate school
entrance........................................... 761
Computation of survivor benefits..................... 761
Continuance of pay and allowances while in duty
status ``whereabouts unknown''..................... 761
Effective date of disability retirement for members
dying in civilian medical facilities............... 762
Equitable treatment of class of 1987 of the Uniformed
Services University of the Health Sciences......... 762
Increase in rates of educational assistance for full-
time students...................................... 762
Modification of time for use by certain members of
Selected Reserve of entitlement to certain
educational assistance............................. 762
Participation of additional members of the armed
forces in Montgomery GI Bill Program............... 762
Reimbursement of travel expenses incurred by members
of the armed forces in connection with leave
canceled for involvement in Kosovo-related
activities......................................... 763
Report on effect of educational benefits improvements
on recruitment and retention of members of the
armed forces....................................... 763
Revision of educational assistance interval payment
requirements....................................... 763
Special subsistence allowance for food stamp eligible
members............................................ 763
Termination of reductions of basic pay............... 763
Transfer of entitlement to educational assistance by
certain members of the armed forces................ 764
Title VII--Health Care Provisions................................ 764
Items of Special Interest.................................... 764
Processing of TRICARE contract adjustments........... 764
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 764
Subtitle A--Health Care Services......................... 764
Pharmacy benefits program (sec. 701)................. 764
Provision of chiropractic health care (sec. 702)..... 765
Provision of domiciliary and custodial care for
certain CHAMPUS beneficiaries (sec. 703)........... 765
Enhancement of dental benefits for retirees (sec.
704)............................................... 766
Medical and dental care for certain members incurring
injuries on inactive-duty training (sec. 705)...... 766
Health care at former uniformed services treatment
facilities for active duty members stationed at
certain remote locations (sec. 706)................ 766
Open enrollment demonstration program (sec. 707)..... 766
Subtitle B--TRICARE Program.............................. 767
Expansion and revision of authority for dental
programs for dependents and reserves (sec. 711).... 767
Improvement of access to health care under the
TRICARE program (sec. 712)......................... 767
Improvements to claims processing under the TRICARE
program (sec. 713)................................. 768
Authority to waive certain TRICARE deductibles (sec.
714)............................................... 768
TRICARE beneficiary counseling and assistance
coordinators (sec. 715)............................ 768
Improvement of TRICARE management; improvements to
third-party payer collection program (sec. 716).... 769
Comparative report on health care coverage under the
TRICARE program (sec. 717)......................... 769
Subtitle C--Other Matters................................ 770
Forensic pathology investigations by Armed Forces
Medical Examiner (sec. 721)........................ 770
Best value contracting (sec. 722).................... 771
Health care quality information and technology
enhancement (sec. 723)............................. 771
Joint telemedicine and telepharmacy demonstration
projects by the Department of Defense and
Department of Veterans Affairs (sec. 724).......... 771
Program-year stability in health care benefits (sec.
725)............................................... 772
Study on joint operations for the Defense Health
Program (sec. 726)................................. 772
Trauma training center (sec. 727).................... 772
Sense of Congress regarding automatic enrollment of
Medicare-eligible beneficiaries in the TRICARE
Senior Prime demonstration program (sec. 728)...... 773
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted........................... 773
Reimbursement of certain costs incurred by covered
beneficiaries when referred for care outside local
catchment area..................................... 773
Removal of restriction on use of funds for abortions
in cases of rape or incest......................... 773
Requirements for provision of care in geographically
separated units.................................... 773
Title VIII--Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and
Related Matters................................................ 774
Items of Special Interest.................................... 774
Modernization of contract administrative services
information systems................................ 774
Technical staff and service contracting.............. 774
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 775
Subtitle A--Amendments to General Contracting
Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations............... 775
Authority to carry out certain prototype project
(sec. 801)......................................... 775
Streamlined applicability of cost accounting
standards (sec. 802)............................... 775
Sale, exchange, and waiver authority for coal and
coke (sec. 803).................................... 776
Guidance on use of task order and delivery order
contracts (sec. 804)............................... 776
Clarification of definition of commercial items with
respect to associated services (sec. 805).......... 776
Use of special simplified procedures for purchases of
items in excess of the simplified acquisition
threshold (sec. 806)............................... 776
Repeal of termination of provision of credit towards
subcontracting goals for purchases benefiting
severely handicapped persons (sec. 807)............ 776
Contract goal for small disadvantaged businesses and
certain institutions of higher education (sec. 808) 777
Required reports for certain multiyear contracts
(sec. 809)......................................... 777
Subtitle B--Other Matters................................ 777
Mentor-Protege Program improvements (sec. 811)....... 777
Program to increase business innovation in defense
acquisition programs (sec. 812).................... 777
Incentives to produce innovative new technologies
(sec. 813)......................................... 778
Pilot program for commercial services (sec. 814)..... 778
Expansion of applicability of requirement to make
certain procurements from small arms production
industrial base (sec. 815)......................... 778
Compliance with existing law regarding purchases of
equipment and products (sec. 816).................. 779
Extension of test program for negotiation of
comprehensive small business subcontracting plans
(sec. 817)......................................... 779
Extension of interim reporting rule for certain
procurements less than $100,000 (sec. 818)......... 779
Inspector General review of compliance with Buy
American Act in purchases of strength training
equipment (sec. 819)............................... 779
Report on options for accelerated acquisition of
precision munitions (sec. 820)..................... 779
Technical amendment to prohibition on release of
contractor proposals under the Freedom of
Information Act (sec. 821)......................... 780
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted........................... 780
Facilitation of national missile defense system...... 780
Title IX--Department of Defense Organization and Management...... 781
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 781
Subtitle A--Department of Defense Strategic Planning..... 781
Permanent requirement for Quadrennial Defense Review
(sec. 901)......................................... 781
Minimum interval for updating and revising Department
of Defense strategic plan (sec. 902)............... 782
Subtitle B--Department of Defense Organization........... 782
Responsibility for logistics and sustainment
functions of the Department of Defense (sec. 911).. 782
Enhancement of technology security program of
Department of Defense (sec. 912)................... 783
Efficient utilization of defense laboratories (sec.
913)............................................... 783
Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs
(sec. 914)......................................... 783
Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (sec. 915).. 784
Subtitle C--Personnel Management......................... 785
Revisions to limitations on number of personnel
assigned to major Department of Defense
headquarters activities (sec. 921)................. 785
Defense acquisition workforce reductions (sec. 922).. 785
Monitoring and reporting requirements regarding
operations tempo and personnel tempo (sec. 923).... 786
Administration of Defense Reform Initiative
enterprise program for military manpower and
personnel information (sec. 924)................... 786
Payment of tuition for education and training of
members in the defense acquisition workforce (sec.
925)............................................... 786
Subtitle D--Other Matters................................ 787
Additional matters for annual report on joint
warfighting experimentation (sec. 931)............. 787
Oversight of Department of Defense activities to
combat terrorism (sec. 932)........................ 787
Responsibilities and accountability for certain
financial management functions (sec. 933).......... 788
Management of Civil Air Patrol (sec. 934)............ 788
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted........................... 788
Employment and compensation of civilian faculty
members of Department of Defense African Center for
Strategic Studies.................................. 788
Limitation on amount available for contracted
advisory and assistance services................... 788
Title X--General Provisions...................................... 789
Items of Special Interest.................................... 789
Airfield safety database............................. 789
Education Partnership Agreements..................... 789
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 789
Subtitle A--Financial Matters............................ 789
Transfer authority (sec. 1001)....................... 789
Incorporation of classified annex (sec. 1002)........ 789
Authorization of emergency supplemental
appropriations for fiscal year 1999 (sec. 1003).... 789
Supplemental appropriations request for operations in
Yugoslavia (sec. 1004)............................. 789
United States contribution to NATO common-funded
budgets in fiscal year 2000 (sec. 1005)............ 789
Limitation on funds for Bosnia peacekeeping
operations for fiscal year 2000 (sec. 1006)........ 791
Second biennial financial management improvement plan
(sec. 1007)........................................ 791
Waiver authority for requirement that electronic
transfer of funds be used for Department of Defense
payments (sec. 1008)............................... 791
Single payment date for invoice for various
subsistence items (sec. 1009)...................... 791
Payment of foreign licensing fees out of proceeds of
sale of maps, charts, and navigational books (sec.
1010).............................................. 792
Subtitle B--Naval Vessels and Shipyards.................. 792
Revision to congressional notice-and-wait period
required before transfer of a vessel stricken from
the naval vessel register (sec. 1011).............. 792
Authority to consent to retransfer of former naval
vessel (sec. 1012)................................. 792
Report on naval vessel force structure requirements
(sec. 1013)........................................ 792
Auxiliary vessels acquisition program for the
Department of Defense (sec. 1014).................. 792
National Defense Features program (sec. 1015)........ 793
Sales of naval shipyard articles and services to
nuclear ship contractors (sec. 1016)............... 793
Transfer of naval vessel to foreign country (sec.
1017).............................................. 793
Authority to transfer naval vessels to certain
foreign countries (sec. 1018)...................... 793
Subtitle C--Support for Civilian Law Enforcement and
Counter Drug Activities................................ 794
Forward operating locations.......................... 794
Technologies assessment.............................. 795
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 795
Modification of limitation on funding assistance for
procurement of equipment for the National Guard for
drug interdiction and counter-drug activities (sec.
1021).............................................. 795
Temporary extension to certain naval aircraft of
Coast Guard authority for drug interdiction
activities (sec. 1022)............................. 795
Military assistance to civil authorities to respond
to act or threat of terrorism (sec. 1023).......... 795
Condition on development of forward operating
locations for U.S. Southern Command counter-drug
detection and monitoring flights (sec. 1024)....... 796
Annual report on United States military activities in
Colombia (sec. 1025)............................... 796
Report on use of radar systems for counter-drug
detection and monitoring (sec. 1026)............... 796
Plan regarding assignment of military personnel to
assist Immigration and Naturalization Service and
Customs Service (sec. 1027)........................ 796
Subtitle D--Miscellaneous Report Requirements and Repeals 796
Preservation and repeal of certain defense reporting
requirements (secs. 1031 and 1032)................. 796
Reports on risks under National Military Strategy and
combatant command requirements (sec. 1033)......... 797
Report on lift and prepositioned support requirements
to support National Military Strategy (sec. 1034).. 797
Report on assessments of readiness to execute the
National Military Strategy (sec. 1035)............. 798
Report on Rapid Assessment and Initial Detection
teams (sec. 1036).................................. 798
Report on unit readiness of units considered to be
assets of Consequence Management Program
Integration Office (sec. 1037)..................... 798
Analysis of relationship between threats and budget
submission for fiscal year 2001 (sec. 1038)........ 798
Report on NATO defense capabilities initiative (sec.
1039).............................................. 799
Report on motor vehicle violations by operators of
official Army vehicles (sec. 1040)................. 799
Subtitle E--Information Security......................... 799
Identification in budget materials of amounts for
declassification activities and limitation on
expenditures for such activities (sec. 1041)....... 799
Notice to congressional committees of certain
security and counterintelligence failures within
defense programs (sec. 1042)....................... 800
Information Assurance Initiative (sec. 1043)......... 800
Nondisclosure of information on personnel of
overseas, sensitive, or routinely deployable units
(sec. 1044)........................................ 801
Nondisclosure of certain operational files of the
National Imagery and Mapping Agency (sec. 1045).... 801
Subtitle F--Memorial Objects and Commemorations.............. 801
Moratorium on the return of veterans memorial objects
to foreign nations without specific authorization
in law (sec. 1051)................................. 801
Program to commemorate 50th anniversary of the Korean
War (sec. 1052).................................... 801
Commemoration of the victory of freedom in the Cold
War (sec. 1053).................................... 802
Subtitle G--Other Matters.................................... 802
Defense Science Board task force on use of television
and radio as a propaganda instrument in time of
military conflict (sec. 1061)...................... 802
Assessment of electromagnetic spectrum reallocation
(sec. 1062)........................................ 802
Extension and reauthorization of Defense Production
Act of 1950 (sec. 1063)............................ 803
Performance of threat and risk assessments (sec.
1064).............................................. 803
Chemical agents used for defensive training (sec.
1065).............................................. 804
Technical and clerical amendments (sec. 1066)........ 804
Amendments to reflect name change of Committee on
National Security of the House of Representatives
to Committee on Armed Services (sec. 1067)......... 804
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted........................... 804
Authority for payment of settlement claims........... 804
Consolidation of various Department of the Navy trust
and gift funds..................................... 805
Military Voting Rights Act of 1999................... 805
Nondisclosure of information of the National Imagery
and Mapping Agency having commercial significance.. 805
Offshore entities interfering with Department of
Defense use of the frequency spectrum.............. 805
Repeal of requirement for two-year budget cycle for
the Department of Defense.......................... 805
Sense of the Senate on negotiations with indicted war
criminals.......................................... 806
Sense of the Senate regarding settlement of claims of
American servicemen's family regarding deaths
resulting from the accident off the coast of
Namibia on September 13, 1997...................... 806
Title XI--Department of Defense Civilian Personnel............... 806
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 806
Accelerated implementation of voluntary early
retirement authority (sec. 1101)................... 806
Increase of pay cap for nonappropriated fund senior
executive employees (sec. 1102).................... 806
Restoration of leave of emergency essential employees
serving in a combat zone (sec. 1103)............... 807
Extension of certain temporary authorities to provide
benefits for employees in connection with defense
work-force reductions and restructuring (sec. 1104) 807
Leave without loss of benefits for military reserve
technicians on active duty in support of combat
operations (sec. 1105)............................. 807
Expansion of Guard-and-Reserve purposes for which
leave under section 6323 of title 5, United States
Code, may be used (sec. 1106)...................... 808
Work schedules and premium pay of service academy
faculty (sec. 1107)................................ 808
Salary schedules and related benefits for faculty and
staff of the Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences (sec. 1108)........................ 808
Exemption of defense laboratory personnel from
workforce management restrictions (sec. 1109)...... 808
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted........................... 809
Deference to EEOC procedures for investigation of
complaints of sexual harassment made by employees.. 809
Temporary authority to provide early retirement and
separation incentives for certain civilian
employees.......................................... 809
Title XII--Matters Relating to Other Nations..................... 809
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 809
Subtitle A--Matters Relating to the People's Republic of
China.................................................. 809
Limitation on military-to-military exchanges and
contacts with Chinese People's Liberation Army
(sec. 1201)........................................ 809
Annual report on military power of the People's
Republic of China (sec. 1202)...................... 809
Subtitle B--Matters Relating to the Balkans.............. 810
Department of Defense report on the conduct of
Operation Allied Force and associated relief
operations (sec. 1211)............................. 810
Sense of Congress regarding the need for vigorous
prosecution of war crimes, genocide, and crimes
against humanity in the former Republic of
Yugoslavia (sec. 1212)............................. 810
Subtitle C--Matters Relating to NATO and Other Allies.... 811
Legal effect of the new Strategic Concept of NATO
(sec. 1221)........................................ 811
Report on allied capabilities to contribute to major
theater wars (sec. 1222)........................... 811
Attendance at professional military education schools
by military personnel of the new member nations of
NATO (sec. 1223)................................... 812
Subtitle D--Other Matters................................ 812
Multinational economic embargoes against governments
in armed conflict with the United States (sec.
1231).............................................. 812
Limitation on deployment of Armed Forces in Haiti
during fiscal year 2000 and congressional notice of
deployments to Haiti (sec. 1232)................... 812
Report on the security situation on the Korean
peninsula (sec. 1233).............................. 812
Sense of Congress regarding the continuation of
sanctions against Libya (sec. 1234)................ 813
Sense of Congress and report on disengaging from
noncritical overseas missions involving United
States combat forces (sec. 1235)................... 813
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted........................... 813
Annual reports on security in the Taiwan Strait...... 813
Goals for the conflict with the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia......................................... 813
Title XIII--Cooperative Threat Reduction With States of the
Former Soviet Union............................................ 814
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 814
Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program (secs.
1301-1312)......................................... 814
Title XIV--Proliferation and Export Controls..................... 816
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 816
Adherence of People's Republic of China to Missile
Technology Control Regime (sec. 1401).............. 816
Annual report on transfers of militarily sensitive
technology to countries and entities of concern
(sec. 1402)........................................ 816
Resources for export license functions (sec. 1403)... 817
Security in connection with satellite export
licensing (sec. 1404).............................. 817
Reporting of technology transmitted to People's
Republic of China and of foreign launch security
violations (sec. 1405)............................. 817
Report on national security implications of exporting
high-performance computers to the People's Republic
of China (sec. 1406)............................... 818
End-use verification for use by People's Republic of
China of high-performance computers (sec. 1407).... 818
Enhanced multilateral export controls (sec. 1408).... 818
Enhancement of activities of Defense Threat Reduction
Agency (sec. 1409)................................. 818
Timely notification of licensing decisions by the
Department of State (sec. 1410).................... 819
Enhanced intelligence consultation on satellite
license applications (sec. 1411)................... 819
Investigations of violations of export controls by
United States satellite manufacturers (sec. 1412).. 820
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted........................... 821
Procedures for review of export of controlled
technologies and items............................. 821
Notice of foreign acquisition of U.S. firms in
national security industries....................... 821
Title XV--Arms Control and Counterproliferation Matters.......... 821
Items of Special Interest.................................... 821
International border security........................ 821
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 822
Revision to limitation on retirement or dismantlement
of strategic nuclear delivery systems (sec. 1501).. 822
Sense of Congress on strategic arms reductions (sec.
1502).............................................. 822
Report on strategic stability under START III (sec.
1503).............................................. 822
Counterproliferation Program Review Committee (sec.
1504).............................................. 823
Support of United Nations-sponsored efforts to
inspect and monitor Iraqi weapons activities (sec.
1505).............................................. 823
Title XVI--National Security Space Matters....................... 823
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 823
Subtitle A--Space Technology Guide; Reports.............. 823
Space technology guide (sec. 1601)................... 823
Report on vulnerabilities of United States space
assets (sec. 1602)................................. 823
Report on space launch failures (sec. 1603).......... 824
Report on Air Force space launch facilities (sec.
1604).............................................. 824
Subtitle B--Commercial Space Launch Services............. 824
Sense of Congress regarding United States-Russian
cooperation in commercial space launch services
(sec. 1611)........................................ 824
Sense of Congress regarding United States commercial
space launch capacity (sec. 1612).................. 825
Subtitle C--Commission To Assess United States National
Security Space Management and Organization............. 825
Commission to assess United States national security
space management and organization (sec. 1621-1630). 825
Title XVII--Troops-to-Teacher Program............................ 826
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 826
Troops-to-Teachers program (sec. 1701-1709).......... 826
DIVISION B--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS................. 826
Overview............................................. 826
Title XXI--Army.................................................. 847
Overview............................................. 847
Items of Special Interest.................................... 847
Improvements to military family housing, Army........ 847
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 847
Authorized Army construction and land acquisition
projects (sec. 2101)............................... 847
Family housing (sec. 2102)........................... 847
Improvements to military family housing units (sec.
2103).............................................. 847
Authorization of appropriations, Army (sec. 2104).... 848
Title XXII--Navy................................................. 848
Overview............................................. 848
Items of Special Interest.................................... 848
Acquisition of Preposition Equipment Maintenance
Facilities, Blount Island, Jacksonville, Florida... 848
Improvements to military family housing, Navy........ 848
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 849
Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition
projects (sec. 2201)............................... 849
Family housing (sec. 2202)........................... 849
Improvements to military family housing units (sec.
2203).............................................. 849
Authorization of appropriations, Navy (sec. 2204).... 849
Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year
1997 project (sec. 2205)........................... 849
Authorization to accept electrical substation
improvements, Guam (sec. 2206)..................... 850
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted........................... 850
Correction in authorized use of funds, Marine Corps
Combat Development Command, Quantico, Virginia..... 850
Title XXIII--Air Force........................................... 850
Overview............................................. 850
Items of Special Interest.................................... 851
Economic redevelopment, Homestead Air Force Base,
Florida............................................ 851
Improvements to military family housing, Air Force... 851
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 851
Authorized Air Force construction and land
acquisition projects (sec. 2301)................... 851
Family housing (sec. 2302)........................... 851
Improvements to military family housing units (sec.
2303).............................................. 852
Authorization of appropriations, Air Force (sec.
2304).............................................. 852
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted........................... 852
Consolidation of Air Force Research Laboratory
Facilities at Rome Research Site, Rome, New York... 852
Title XXIV--Defense Agencies..................................... 852
Overview............................................. 852
Items of Special Interest.................................... 853
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Facility, Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC........... 853
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 853
Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land
acquisition projects (sec. 2401)................... 853
Improvements to military family housing units (sec.
2402).............................................. 854
Military Housing Improvement Program (sec. 2403)..... 854
Energy conservation projects (sec. 2404)............. 854
Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies
(sec. 2405)........................................ 854
Increase in fiscal year 1997 authorization for
military construction projects at Pueblo Chemical
Activity, Colorado (sec. 2406)..................... 854
Condition on obligation of military construction
funds for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug
Activities (sec. 2407)............................. 854
Title XXV--North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment
Program........................................................ 855
Overview............................................. 855
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 855
Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition
projects (sec. 2501)............................... 855
Authorization of appropriations, NATO (sec. 2502).... 855
Title XXVI--Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities.................. 855
Overview............................................. 855
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 856
Authorized Guard and Reserve construction and land
acquisition projects (sec. 2601)................... 856
Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year
1998 project (sec. 2602)........................... 856
Title XXVII--Expiration and Extension of Authorizations.......... 856
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 856
Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to
be specified by law (sec. 2701).................... 856
Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year
1997 projects (sec. 2702).......................... 857
Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year
1996 projects (sec. 2703).......................... 857
Effective date (sec. 2704)........................... 857
Title XXVIII--General Provisions................................. 857
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 857
Subtitle A--Military Construction Program and Military
Family Housing Changes................................. 857
Exemption from notice and wait requirements of
military construction projects supported by
burdensharing funds undertaken for war or national
emergency (sec. 2801).............................. 857
Development of Ford Island, Hawaii (sec. 2802)....... 858
Expansion of entities eligible to participate in
alternative authority for acquisition and
improvement of military housing (sec. 2803)........ 859
Restriction on authority to acquire or construct
ancillary supporting facilities for housing units
(sec. 2804)........................................ 859
Planning and design for military construction
projects for reserve components (sec. 2805)........ 859
Modification of limitations on reserve component
facility projects for certain safety projects (sec.
2806).............................................. 859
Sense of Congress on using incremental funding to
carry out military construction projects (sec.
2807).............................................. 860
Subtitle B--Real Property and Facilities Administration.. 860
Extension of authority for lease of real property for
special operations activities (sec. 2811).......... 860
Enhancement of authority relating to utility
privatization (sec. 2812).......................... 861
Acceptance of funds to cover administrative expenses
relating to certain real property transactions
(sec. 2813)........................................ 861
Operations of Naval Academy dairy farm (sec. 2814)... 861
Study and report on impacts to military readiness of
proposed land management changes on public lands in
Utah (sec. 2815)................................... 861
Designation of missile intelligence building at
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, as the Richard C. Shelby
Center for Missile Intelligence (sec. 2816)........ 862
Subtitle C--Defense Base Closure and Realignment......... 862
Economic development conveyance of base closure
property (sec. 2821)............................... 862
Continuation of authority to use Department of
Defense Base Closure Account 1990 for activities
required to close or realign military installations
(sec. 2822)........................................ 863
Subtitle D--Land Conveyances............................. 864
Part I--Army Conveyances................................. 864
Transfer of jurisdiction, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
(sec. 2831)........................................ 864
Land exchange, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois (sec.
2832).............................................. 864
Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Bangor, Maine
(sec. 2833)........................................ 864
Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Kankakee,
Illinois (sec. 2834)............................... 864
Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Cannon Falls,
Minnesota (sec. 2835).............................. 865
Land conveyance, Army Maintenance Support Activity
(Marine) Number 84, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania (sec.
2836).............................................. 865
Land conveyances, Army docks and related property,
Alaska (sec. 2837)................................. 865
Land conveyance, Fort Huachuca, Arizona (sec. 2838).. 866
Land conveyance, Nike Battery 80 family housing site,
East Hanover Township, New Jersey (sec. 2839)...... 866
Land conveyances, Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant,
Minnesota (sec. 2840).............................. 866
Repair and conveyance of Red Butte Dam and Reservoir,
Salt Lake City, Utah (sec. 2841)................... 866
Modification of land conveyance, Joliet Army
Ammunition Plant, Illinois (sec. 2842)............. 867
Part II--Navy Conveyances................................ 867
Land conveyance, Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve
Plant No 387, Dallas, Texas (sec. 2851)............ 867
Land conveyance, Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry
Point, North Carolina (sec. 2852).................. 868
Land conveyance, Newport, Rhode Island (sec. 2853)... 868
Land conveyance, Naval Training Center, Orlando,
Florida (sec. 2854)................................ 868
One-year delay in demolition of radio transmitting
facility towers at Naval Station, Annapolis,
Maryland, to facilitate transfer of towers (sec.
2855).............................................. 869
Clarification of land exchange, Naval Reserve
Readiness Center, Portland, Maine (sec. 2856)...... 869
Revision to lease authority, Naval Air Station,
Meridian Mississippi (sec. 2857)................... 869
Land conveyance, Norfolk, Virginia (sec. 2858)....... 869
Part III--Air Force Conveyances.......................... 870
Land conveyance, Newington Defense Fuel Supply Point,
New Hampshire (sec. 2861).......................... 870
Land conveyance, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida
(sec. 2862)........................................ 870
Land conveyance, Port of Anchorage, Alaska (sec.
2863).............................................. 871
Land conveyance, Forestport Test Annex, New York
(sec. 2864)........................................ 871
Land conveyance, McClellan Nuclear Radiation Center,
California (sec. 2865)............................. 871
Subtitle E--Other Matters................................ 871
Acceptance of guarantees in connection with gifts to
military service academies (sec. 2871)............. 871
Acquisition of State-held inholdings, East Range of
Fort Huachuca, Arizona (sec. 2872)................. 872
Enhancement of Pentagon renovation activities (sec.
2873).............................................. 872
Subtitle F--Expansion of Arlington National Cemetary..... 872
Expansion of Arlington National Cemetery (secs. 2881-
2882).............................................. 872
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted........................... 873
Contributions for North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Security Investment................................ 873
Defense Chemical Demilitarization Construction
Account............................................ 873
Future use of Navy Annex property, Arlington,
Virginia........................................... 874
Land conveyance, Fort Des Moines, Iowa............... 874
Land conveyance, Naval and Marine Corps Reserve
Center, Orange County, Texas....................... 874
Title XXIX--Commission on National Military Museum............... 875
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 875
Commission on the National Military Museum (secs.
2901-2909)......................................... 875
Title XXX--Military Land Withdrawals............................. 876
Short title (sec. 3001).............................. 877
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 877
Subtitle A--Withdrawals Generally........................ 877
Withdrawals (sec. 3001).............................. 877
Maps and legal descriptions (sec. 3012).............. 877
Termination of withdrawals in Military Lands
Withdrawal Act of 1986 (sec. 3013)................. 877
Management of lands (sec. 3014)...................... 877
Duration of withdrawal and reservation (sec. 3015)... 877
Extension of initial withdrawal and reservation (sec.
3016).............................................. 878
Ongoing decontamination (sec. 3017).................. 878
Delegation (sec. 3018)............................... 878
Water rights (sec. 3019)............................. 878
Hunting, fishing, and trapping (sec. 3020)........... 878
Mining and mineral leasing (sec. 3021)............... 878
Use of mineral materials (sec. 3022)................. 879
Immunity of United States (sec. 3023)................ 879
Subtitle B--Withdrawals in Arizona....................... 879
Barry M. Goldwater Range, Arizona (sec. 3031)........ 879
Military use of Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife
Refuge and Cabeza Prieta Wilderness (sec. 3032).... 880
Maps and legal descriptions (sec. 3033).............. 880
Water rights (sec. 3034)............................. 880
Hunting, fishing, and trapping (sec. 3035)........... 880
Use of mineral materials (sec. 3036)................. 880
Immunity of United States (sec. 3037)................ 881
Subtitle C--Authorization of Appropriations.............. 881
Authorization of appropriations (sec. 3041).......... 881
Division C--Department of Energy National Security Authorizations
and Other Authorizations....................................... 881
Title XXXI--Department of Energy National Security Programs...... 881
Overview............................................. 881
Items of Special Interest.................................... 896
Long-term stewardship plan........................... 896
Legislative Provisions Adopted............................... 896
Subtitle A--National Security Programs Authorizations.... 896
Weapons activities (sec. 3101)....................... 896
Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative and
Stockpile Computing program........................ 897
Inertial Confinement Fusion.......................... 897
Technology partnerships and education................ 897
Stockpile management programs........................ 898
Tritium production................................... 898
Defense programs campaigns........................... 899
Defense environmental restoration and waste
management (sec. 3102 )............................ 899
Defense facility closure projects.................... 899
Post-2006 completion................................. 900
Technology development............................... 900
Program direction.................................... 900
Columbia River Corridor Initiative................... 900
Other defense activities (sec. 3103)................. 900
Nonproliferation and national security............... 901
Arms control......................................... 901
Security clearances.................................. 901
Fissile materials and control disposition............ 901
International nuclear safety......................... 901
Worker and community transition...................... 902
Environment, safety and health defense............... 902
Counterintelligence.................................. 902
Intelligence......................................... 902
Defense nuclear waste disposal (sec. 3104)........... 902
Defense environmental management privatization (sec.
3105).............................................. 902
Subtitle B--Recurring General Provisions................. 903
Reprogramming (sec. 3121)............................ 903
Limits on general plant projects (sec. 3122)......... 903
Limits on construction projects (sec. 3123).......... 904
Fund transfer authority (sec. 3124).................. 904
Authority for conceptual and construction design
(sec. 3125)........................................ 904
Authority for emergency planning, design, and
construction activities (sec. 3126)................ 904
Funds available for all national security programs of
the Department of Energy (sec. 3127)............... 905
Availability of funds (sec. 3128).................... 905
Transfers of defense environmental management funds
(sec. 3129)........................................ 905
Subtitle C--Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and
Limitations............................................ 905
Prohibition on use of funds for certain activities
under Formerly Utilized Site Remedial Action
Program (sec. 3131)................................ 905
Continuation of processing, treatment, and
disposition of legacy nuclear materials (sec. 3132) 906
Nuclear weapons stockpile life extension program
(sec. 3133)........................................ 906
Procedures for meeting tritium production
requirements (sec. 3134)........................... 906
Independent cost estimate of accelerator production
of tritium (sec. 3135)............................. 907
Nonproliferation initiatives and activities (sec.
3136).............................................. 907
Support of theater ballistic missile defense
activities of the Department of Defense (sec. 3137) 908
Subtitle D--Matters Relating to Safeguards, Security, and
Counterintelligence.................................... 909
Short title (sec. 3141).............................. 909
Commission on Safeguards, Security, and
Counterintelligence at Department of Energy
Facilities (sec. 3142)............................. 909
Background investigations of certain personnel at
Department of Energy facilities (sec. 3143)........ 910
Conduct of security clearances (sec. 3144)........... 910
Protection of classified information during
laboratory-to-laboratory exchanges (sec. 3145)..... 911
Restrictions on access to national laboratories by
foreign visitors from sensitive countries (sec.
3146).............................................. 911
Department of Energy regulations relating to the
safeguarding and security of restricted data (sec.
3147).............................................. 913
Increased penalties for misuse of Restricted Data
(sec. 3148)........................................ 914
Supplement to plan for declassification of restricted
data and formerly restricted data (sec. 3149)...... 914
Notice to congressional committees of certain
security and counterintelligence failures within
nuclear energy defense programs (sec. 3150)........ 914
Annual report by the President on espionage by the
Peoples Republic of China (sec. 3151).............. 915
Report on counterintelligence and security practices
at national laboratories (sec. 3152)............... 915
Report on security vulnerabilities of national
laboratory computers (sec. 3153)................... 916
Department of Energy counterintelligence polygraph
program (sec. 3154)................................ 916
Definition of national laboratory and nuclear weapons
production facility (sec. 3155).................... 917
Definition of Restricted Data (sec. 3156)............ 917
Subtitle E--Matters Relating to Personnel................ 917
Extension of authority of Department of Energy to pay
voluntary separation incentive payments (sec. 3161) 917
Fellowship program for development of skills critical
to the Department of Energy nuclear weapons complex
(sec. 3162)........................................ 918
Maintenance of nuclear weapons expertise in the
Department of Defense and Department of Energy
(sec. 3163)........................................ 919
Whistleblower protection program (sec. 3164)......... 919
Subtitle F--Other Matters................................ 920
Requirement for plan to improve reprogramming
processes (sec. 3171).............................. 920
Integrated fissile materials management plan (sec.
3172).............................................. 920
Identification in budget materials of amounts for
declassification activities and limitation on
expenditures for such activities (sec. 3173)....... 921
Sense of Congress regarding technology transfer
coordination for Department of Energy national
laboratories (sec. 3174)........................... 921
Pilot program for project management oversight
regarding Department of Energy construction
projects (sec. 3175)............................... 922
Pilot program of Department of Energy to authorize
use of prior year unobligated balances for
accelerated site cleanup at Rocky Flats
Environmental Technology Site, Colorado (sec. 3176) 923
Proposed schedule for shipments of waste from the
Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site,
Colorado, to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, New
Mexico (sec. 3177)................................. 923
Comptroller General report on closure of Rocky Flats
Environmental Technology Site, Colorado (sec. 3178) 923
Extension of review of Waste Isolation Pilot Plant,
New Mexico (sec. 3179)............................. 924
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted........................... 924
Civil monetary penalties for violations of Department
of Energy regulations relating to the safeguarding
and securing of restricted data.................... 924
Commission on Nuclear Weapons Management............. 925
Department of Energy counterintelligence cyber
security program................................... 925
Department of Energy polygraph examinations.......... 925
Investigation and remediation of alleged reprisals
for disclosure of certain information to Congress.. 925
Modification of laboratory-directed research and
development to provide funds for theater ballistic
missile defense.................................... 926
Report on whether the Department of Energy should
continue to maintain nuclear weapons responsibility 926
Title XXXII--National Nuclear Security Administration............ 927
Short Title (sec. 3201).............................. 927
Under Secretary for Nuclear Security of Department of
Energy (sec. 3202)................................. 928
Establishment of policy for National Nuclear Security
Administration (sec. 3203)......................... 928
Organization of Department of Energy
counterintelligence and intelligence programs and
activities (sec. 3204)............................. 928
Subtitle A--Establishment and Organization............... 928
Establishment and mission (sec. 3211)................ 928
Administrator for Nuclear Security (sec. 3212)....... 929
Status of Administration and contractor personnel
within Department of Energy (sec. 3213)............ 929
Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs (sec. 3214) 929
Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear
Nonproliferation (sec. 3215)....................... 930
Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors (sec. 3216).. 930
General Counsel (sec. 3217).......................... 930
Staff of Administration (sec. 3218).................. 930
Subtitle B--Matters Relating to Security................. 930
Protection of national security information (sec.
3231).............................................. 930
Office of Defense Nuclear Counterintelligence and
Office of Defense Nuclear Security (sec. 3232)..... 930
Counterintelligence programs (sec. 3233)............. 931
Procedures relating to access by individuals to
classified areas and information of Administration
(sec. 3234)........................................ 932
Government access to information on Administration
computers (sec. 3235).............................. 932
Congressional oversight of special access programs
(sec. 3236)........................................ 933
Subtitle C--Matters Relating to Personnel................ 933
Authority to establish certain scientific,
engineering, and technical positions (sec. 3241)... 933
Voluntary early retirement authority (sec. 3242)..... 933
Severance pay (sec. 3243)............................ 933
Continued coverage of health care benefits (sec.
3244).............................................. 933
Subtitle D--Budget and Financial Management.............. 933
Separate treatment in budget (sec. 3251)............. 933
Planning, programming, and budgeting process (sec.
3252).............................................. 934
Future-years nuclear security program (sec. 3253).... 934
Subtitle E--Miscellaneous Provisions..................... 935
Environmental protection, safety, and health
requirements (sec. 3261)........................... 935
Compliance with federal acquisition regulation (sec.
3262).............................................. 935
Sharing of technology with Department of Defense
(sec. 3263)........................................ 935
Use of capabilities of national security laboratories
by entities outside administration (sec. 3264)..... 935
Subtitle F--Definitions.................................. 935
Definitions (sec. 3281).............................. 935
Subtitle G--Amendatory Provisions, Transition Provisions,
and Effective Dates.................................... 935
Functions transferred (sec. 3291).................... 935
Transfer of funds and employees (sec. 3292).......... 935
Pay levels (sec. 3293)............................... 936
Conforming amendments (sec. 3294).................... 936
Transition provisions (sec. 3295).................... 936
Applicability of pre-existing laws and regulations
(sec. 3296)........................................ 936
Report containing implementation plan of Secretary of
Energy (sec. 3297)................................. 936
Classification in United States Code (sec. 3298)..... 936
Effective dates (sec. 3299).......................... 936
Title XXXIII--Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board............ 937
Legislative Provisions Adopted........................... 937
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (sec. 3301).. 937
Title XXXIV--National Defense Stockpile.......................... 937
Legislative Provisions Adopted........................... 937
Authorized uses of stockpile funds (sec. 3401)....... 937
Disposal of certain materials in National Defense
Stockpile (sec. 3402).............................. 937
Limitations on previous authority for disposal of
stockpile materials (sec. 3403).................... 937
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted....................... 937
Definitions.......................................... 937
Title XXXV--Panama Canal Commission.............................. 938
Legislative Provisions Adopted........................... 938
Short title (sec. 3501).............................. 938
Authorization of expenditures (sec. 3502)............ 938
Purchase of vehicles (sec. 3503)..................... 938
Office of Transition Administration (sec. 3504)...... 938
Expenditures only in accordance with treaties (sec.
3505).............................................. 939
Title XXXVI--Maritime Administration............................. 939
Legislative Provisions Adopted........................... 939
Short title (sec. 3601).............................. 939
Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2000
(sec. 3602)........................................ 939
Extension of war risk insurance authority (sec. 3603) 939
Ownership of the Jeremiah O'Brien (sec. 3604)........ 939
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted....................... 939
Amendments to title XI of the Merchant Marine Act,
1936............................................... 939