106 th Congress 1st Session
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Report
106 301
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000
CONFERENCE REPORT
to accompany
S. 1059
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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000
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1999
106 th Congress 1st Session
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Report
106 301
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000
CONFERENCE REPORT
to accompany
S. 1059
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August 6 (legislative day, August 5), 1999.--Ordered to be printed
C O N T E N T S
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
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
15 aircraft modifications
562
16 aircraft modifications
563
C 17 aircraft modifications
563
C 135 aircraft modifications
564
Defense airborne reconnaissance program aircraft modifications
564
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
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
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