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
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
106 th Congress
Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session
106 301
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000
August 6 (legislative day, August 5), 1999.--Ordered to be printed
Mr. Spence , from the committee of conference, submitted the following
CONFERENCE REPORT
[To accompany S. 1059]
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two
Houses on the amendment of the House to the bill (S. 1059), to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths
for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes,
having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and
do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:
That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the
House and agreed to the same with an amendment as follows:
In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the House
amendment, insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2000''.
SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Divisions.--This Act is organized into three divisions as
follows:
(1) Division A--Department of Defense Authorizations.
(2) Division B--Military Construction Authorizations.
(3) Division C--Department of Energy National Security
Authorizations and Other Authorizations.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents.
Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees defined.
DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS
TITLE I--PROCUREMENT
SUBTITLE A--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 101. Army.
Sec. 102. Navy and Marine Corps.
Sec. 103. Air Force.
Sec. 104. Defense-wide activities.
Sec. 105. Reserve components.
Sec. 106. Defense Inspector General.
Sec. 107. Chemical demilitarization program.
Sec. 108. Defense health programs.
SUBTITLE B--ARMY PROGRAMS
Sec. 111. Multiyear procurement authority for certain Army programs.
Sec. 112. Procurement requirements for the Family of Medium
Tactical Vehicles.
Sec. 113. Army aviation modernization.
Sec. 114. Multiple Launch Rocket System.
Sec. 115. Extension of pilot program on sales of manufactured
articles and services of certain Army industrial facilities without
regard to availability from domestic sources.
Sec. 116. Extension of authority to carry out Armament Retooling
and Manufacturing Support Initiative.
SUBTITLE C--NAVY PROGRAMS
Sec. 121. F/A 18E/F Super Hornet aircraft program.
Sec. 122. Arleigh Burke class destroyer program.
Sec. 123. Repeal of requirement for annual report from
shipbuilders under certain nuclear attack submarine programs.
Sec. 124. LHD 8 amphibious assault ship program.
Sec. 125. D-5 missile program.
SUBTITLE D--AIR FORCE PROGRAMS
Sec. 131. F 22 aircraft program.
Sec. 132. Replacement options for conventional air-launched cruise
missile.
Sec. 133. Procurement of firefighting equipment for the Air
National Guard and the Air Force Reserve.
Sec. 134. F 16 tactical manned reconnaisance aircraft.
SUBTITLE E--CHEMICAL STOCKPILE DESTRUCTION PROGRAM
Sec. 141. Destruction of existing stockpile of lethal chemical
agents and munitions.
Sec. 142. Comptroller General report on anticipated effects of
proposed changes in operation of storage sites for lethal chemical
agents and munitions.
TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION
SUBTITLE A--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 202. Amount for basic and applied research.
SUBTITLE B--PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS, RESTRICTIONS, AND LIMITATIONS
Sec. 211. Collaborative program to evaluate and demonstrate
advanced technologies for advanced capability combat vehicles.
Sec. 212. Sense of Congress regarding defense science and
technology program.
Sec. 213. Micro-satellite technology development program.
Sec. 214. Space control technology.
Sec. 215. Space maneuver vehicle program.
Sec. 216. Manufacturing technology program.
Sec. 217. Revision to limitations on high altitude endurance
unmanned vehicle program.
SUBTITLE C--BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE
Sec. 231. Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) low program.
Sec. 232. Theater missile defense upper tier acquisition strategy.
Sec. 233. Acquisition strategy for Theater High-Altitude Area
Defense (THAAD) system.
Sec. 234. Space-based laser program.
Sec. 235. Criteria for progression of airborne laser program.
Sec. 236. Sense of Congress regarding ballistic missile defense
technology funding.
Sec. 237. Report on national missile defense.
SUBTITLE D--RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR LONG-TERM MILITARY
CAPABILITIES
Sec. 241. Quadrennial report on emerging operational concepts.
Sec. 242. Technology area review and assessment.
Sec. 243. Report by Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology, and Logistics.
Sec. 244. DARPA program for award of competitive prizes to
encourage development of advanced technologies.
Sec. 245. Additional pilot program for revitalizing Department of
Defense laboratories.
SUBTITLE E--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 251. Development of Department of Defense laser master plan
and execution of solid state laser program.
Sec. 252. Report on Air Force distributed mission training.
TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
SUBTITLE A--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding.
Sec. 302. Working capital funds.
Sec. 303. Armed Forces Retirement Home.
Sec. 304. Transfer from National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund.
Sec. 305. Transfer to Defense Working Capital Funds to support
Defense Commissary Agency.
SUBTITLE B--PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS, RESTRICTIONS, AND LIMITATIONS
Sec. 311. Armed Forces Emergency Services.
Sec. 312. Replacement of nonsecure tactical radios of the 82nd
Airborne Division.
Sec. 313. Large medium-speed roll-on/roll-off (LMSR) program.
Sec. 314. Contributions for Spirit of Hope endowment fund of
United Service Organizations, Incorporated.
SUBTITLE C--ENVIRONMENTAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 321. Extension of limitation on payment of fines and
penalties using funds in environmental restoration accounts.
Sec. 322. Modification of requirements for annual reports on
environmental compliance activities.
Sec. 323. Defense environmental technology program and investment
control process for environmental technologies.
Sec. 324. Modification of membership of Strategic Environmental
Research and Development Program Council.
Sec. 325. Extension of pilot program for sale of air pollution
emission reduction incentives.
Sec. 326. Reimbursement for certain costs in connection with
Fresno Drum Superfund Site, Fresno, California.
Sec. 327. Payment of stipulated penalties assessed under CERCLA in
connection with F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming.
Sec. 328. Remediation of asbestos and lead-based paint.
Sec. 329. Release of information to foreign countries regarding
any environmental contamination at former United States military
installations in those countries.
Sec. 330. Toussaint River ordnance mitigation study.
SUBTITLE D--DEPOT-LEVEL ACTIVITIES
Sec. 331. Sales of articles and services of defense industrial
facilities to purchasers outside the Department of Defense.
Sec. 332. Contracting authority for defense working capital funded
industrial facilities.
Sec. 333. Annual reports on expenditures for performance of
depot-level maintenance and repair workloads by public and private
sectors.
Sec. 334. Applicability of competition requirement in contracting
out workloads performed by depot-level activities of Department of
Defense.
Sec. 335. Treatment of public sector winning bidders for contracts
for performance of depot-level maintenance and repair workloads formerly
performed at certain military installations.
Sec. 336. Additional matters to be reported before prime vendor
contract for depot-level maintenance and repair is entered into.
SUBTITLE E--PERFORMANCE OF FUNCTIONS BY PRIVATE-SECTOR SOURCES
Sec. 341. Reduced threshold for consideration of effect on local
community of changing defense functions to private sector performance.
Sec. 342. Congressional notification of A 76 cost comparison waivers.
Sec. 343. Report on use of employees of non-Federal entities to
provide services to Department of Defense.
Sec. 344. Evaluation of total system performance responsibility program.
Sec. 345. Sense of Congress regarding process for modernization of
Army computer services.
SUBTITLE F--DEFENSE DEPENDENTS EDUCATION
Sec. 351. Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit
dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense
civilian employees.
Sec. 352. Unified school boards for all Department of Defense
Domestic Dependent Schools in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and Guam.
Sec. 353. Continuation of enrollment at Department of Defense
domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools.
Sec. 354. Technical amendments to Defense Dependents' Education
Act of 1978.
SUBTITLE G--MILITARY READINESS ISSUES
Sec. 361. Independent study of military readiness reporting system.
Sec. 362. Independent study of Department of Defense secondary
inventory and parts shortages.
Sec. 363. Report on inventory and control of military equipment.
Sec. 364. Comptroller General study of adequacy of Department
restructured sustainment and reengineered logistics product support
practices.
Sec. 365. Comptroller General review of real property maintenance
and its effect on readiness.
Sec. 366. Establishment of logistics standards for sustained
military operations.
SUBTITLE H--INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ISSUES
Sec. 371. Discretionary authority to install telecommunication
equipment for persons performing voluntary services.
Sec. 372. Authority for disbursing officers to support use of
automated teller machines on naval vessels for financial transactions.
Sec. 373. Use of Smart Card technology in the Department of Defense.
Sec. 374. Report on defense use of Smart Card as PKI
authentication device carrier.
SUBTITLE I--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 381. Authority to lend or donate obsolete or condemned rifles
for funeral and other ceremonies.
Sec. 382. Extension of warranty claims recovery pilot program.
Sec. 383. Preservation of historic buildings and grounds at United
States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home, District of Columbia.
Sec. 384. Clarification of land conveyance authority, United
States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home.
Sec. 385. Treatment of Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam in defense
household goods moving programs.
TITLE IV--MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS
SUBTITLE A--ACTIVE FORCES
Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces.
Sec. 402. Revision in permanent end strength minimum levels.
SUBTITLE B--RESERVE FORCES
Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve.
Sec. 412. End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of
the Reserves.
Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status).
Sec. 414. Increase in numbers of members in certain grades
authorized to be on active duty in support of the Reserves.
Sec. 415. Selected Reserve end strength flexibility.
SUBTITLE C--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 421. Authorization of appropriations for military personnel.
TITLE V--MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY
SUBTITLE A--OFFICER PERSONNEL POLICY
Sec. 501. Temporary authority for recall of retired aviators.
Sec. 502. Increase in maximum number of officers authorized to be
on active-duty list in frocked grades of brigadier general and rear
admiral (lower half).
Sec. 503. Reserve officers requesting or otherwise causing
nonselection for promotion.
Sec. 504. Minimum grade of officers eligible to serve on boards of
inquiry.
Sec. 505. Minimum selection of warrant officers for promotion from
below the promotion zone.
Sec. 506. Increase in threshold period of active duty for
applicability of restriction on holding of civil office by retired
regular officers and reserve officers.
Sec. 507. Exemption of retiree council members from recalled
retiree limits.
Sec. 508. Technical amendments relating to joint duty assignments.
Sec. 509. Three-year extension of requirement for competition for
joint 4-star officer positions.
SUBTITLE B--RESERVE COMPONENT PERSONNEL POLICY
Sec. 511. Continuation of officers on reserve active-status list
to complete disciplinary action.
Sec. 512. Authority to order reserve component members to active
duty to complete a medical evaluation.
Sec. 513. Exclusion of reserve officers on educational delay from
eligibility for consideration for promotion.
Sec. 514. Extension of period for retention of reserve component
majors and lieutenant commanders who twice fail of selection for
promotion.
Sec. 515. Computation of years of service exclusion.
Sec. 516. Retention of reserve component chaplains until age 67.
Sec. 517. Expansion and codification of authority for
space-required travel on military aircraft for reserves performing
inactive-duty training outside the continental United States.
SUBTILE C--MILITARY TECHNICIANS
Sec. 521. Revision to military technician (dual status) law.
Sec. 522. Civil service retirement of technicians.
Sec. 523. Revision to non-dual status technicians statute.
Sec. 524. Revision to authorities relating to National Guard
technicians.
Sec. 525. Effective date.
Sec. 526. Secretary of Defense review of Army technician costing
process.
Sec. 527. Fiscal year 2000 limitation on number of non-dual status
technicians.
SUBTITLE D--SERVICE ACADEMIES
Sec. 531. Strength limitations at the service academies.
Sec. 532. Superintendents of the service academies.
Sec. 533. Dean of Academic Board, United States Military Academy
and Dean of the Faculty, United States Air Force Academy.
Sec. 534. Waiver of reimbursement of expenses for instruction at
service academies of persons from foreign countries.
Sec. 535. Expansion of foreign exchange programs of the service
academies.
SUBTITLE E--EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Sec. 541. Establishment of a Department of Defense international
student program at the senior military colleges.
Sec. 542. Authority for Army War College to award degree of master
of strategic studies.
Sec. 543. Authority for Air University to confer graduate-level degrees.
Sec. 544. Reserve credit for participation in health professions
scholarship and financial assistance program.
Sec. 545. Permanent authority for ROTC scholarships for graduate
students.
Sec. 546. Increase in monthly subsistence allowance for Senior
ROTC cadets selected for advanced training.
Sec. 547. Contingent funding increase for Junior ROTC program.
Sec. 548. Change from annual to biennial reporting under the
reserve component Montgomery GI bill.
Sec. 549. 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. 550. Accrual funding for Coast Guard Montgomery GI bill
liabilities.
SUBTITLE F--RESERVE COMPONENT MANAGEMENT
Sec. 551. Financial assistance program for pursuit of degrees by
officer candidates in Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class program.
Sec. 552. Options to improve recruiting for the Army Reserve.
Sec. 553. Joint duty assignments for reserve component general and
flag officers.
Sec. 554. Grade of chiefs of reserve components and additional
general officers at the National Guard Bureau.
Sec. 555. Duties of Reserves on active duty in support of the Reserves.
Sec. 556. 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. 557. Establishment of Office of the Coast Guard Reserve.
Sec. 558. Report on use of National Guard facilities and
infrastructure for support of provision of services to veterans.
SUBTITLE G--DECORATIONS, AWARDS, AND COMMENDATIONS
Sec. 561. Waiver of time limitations for award of certain
decorations to certain persons.
Sec. 562. Authority for award of Medal of Honor to Alfred Rascon
for valor during the Vietnam conflict.
Sec. 563. Elimination of current backlog of requests for
replacement of military decorations.
Sec. 564. Retroactive award of Navy Combat Action Ribbon.
Sec. 565. Sense of Congress concerning Presidential unit citation
for crew of the U.S.S. Indianapolis.
SUBTITLE H--MATTERS RELATING TO RECRUITING
Sec. 571. Access to secondary school students for military
recruiting purposes.
Sec. 572. Increased authority to extend delayed entry period for
enlistments of persons with no prior military service.
Sec. 573. Army College First pilot program.
Sec. 574. Use of recruiting materials for public relations purposes.
SUBTITLE I--MATTERS RELATING TO MISSING PERSONS
Sec. 575. Nondisclosure of debriefing information on certain
missing persons previously returned to United States control.
Sec. 576. Recovery and identification of remains of certain World
War II servicemen lost in Pacific Theater of Operations.
SUBTITLE J--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 577. Authority for special courts-martial to impose sentences
to confinement and forfeitures of pay of up to one year.
Sec. 578. Funeral honors details for funerals of veterans.
Sec. 579. Purpose and funding limitations for National Guard
Challenge program.
Sec. 580. Department of Defense Starbase program.
Sec. 581. Survey of members leaving military service on attitudes
toward military service.
Sec. 582. Service review agencies covered by professional staffing
requirement.
Sec. 583. Participation of members in management of organizations
abroad that promote international understanding.
Sec. 584. Support for expanded child care services and youth
program services for dependents.
Sec. 585. 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. 586. Members under burdensome personnel tempo.
SUBTITLE K--DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Sec. 591. Defense task force on domestic violence.
Sec. 592. Incentive program for improving responses to domestic
violence involving members of the Armed Forces and military family
members.
Sec. 593. Uniform Department of Defense policies for responses to
domestic violence.
Sec. 594. Central Department of Defense database on domestic
violence incidents.
TITLE VI--COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS
SUBTITLE A--PAY AND ALLOWANCES
Sec. 601. Fiscal year 2000 increase in military basic pay and
reform of basic pay rates.
Sec. 602. Pay increases for fiscal years 2001 through 2006.
Sec. 603. Additional amount available for fiscal year 2000
increase in basic allowance for housing inside the United States.
SUBTITLE B--BONUSES AND SPECIAL AND INCENTIVE PAYS
Sec. 611. Extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities
for reserve forces.
Sec. 612. Extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities
for nurse officer candidates, registered nurses, and nurse anesthetists.
Sec. 613. Extension of authorities relating to payment of other
bonuses and special pays.
Sec. 614. Amount of aviation career incentive pay for air battle
managers.
Sec. 615. Expansion of authority to provide special pay to
aviation career officers extending period of active duty.
Sec. 616. Additional special pay for board certified veterinarians
in the Armed Forces and Public Health Service.
Sec. 617. Diving duty special pay.
Sec. 618. Reenlistment bonus.
Sec. 619. Enlistment bonus.
Sec. 620. Selected Reserve enlistment bonus.
Sec. 621. Special pay for members of the Coast Guard Reserve
assigned to high priority units of the Selected Reserve.
Sec. 622. Reduced minimum period of enlistment in Army in critical
skill for eligibility for enlistment bonus.
Sec. 623. Eligibility for reserve component prior service
enlistment bonus upon attaining a critical skill.
Sec. 624. Increase in special pay and bonuses for
nuclear-qualified officers.
Sec. 625. Increase in maximum monthly rate authorized for foreign
language proficiency pay.
Sec. 626. Authorization of retention bonus for special warfare
officers extending periods of active duty.
Sec. 627. Authorization of surface warfare officer continuation pay.
Sec. 628. Authorization of career enlisted flyer incentive pay.
Sec. 629. Authorization of judge advocate continuation pay.
SUBTITLE C--TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES
Sec. 631. Provision of lodging in kind for Reservists performing
training duty and not otherwise entitled to travel and transportation
allowances.
Sec. 632. Payment of temporary lodging expenses for members making
their first permanent change of station.
Sec. 633. Destination airport for emergency leave travel to
continental United States.
SUBTITLE D--RETIRED PAY REFORM
Sec. 641. Redux retired pay system applicable only to members
electing new 15-year career status bonus.
Sec. 642. Authorization of 15-year career status bonus.
Sec. 643. Conforming amendments.
Sec. 644. Effective date.
SUBTITLE E--OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO MILITARY RETIREES AND SURVIVORS
Sec. 651. Repeal of reduction in retired pay for military retirees
employed in civilian positions.
Sec. 652. Presentation of United States flag to retiring members
of the uniformed services not previously covered.
Sec. 653. Disability retirement or separation for certain members
with pre-existing conditions.
Sec. 654. 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. 655. Paid-up coverage under Retired Serviceman's Family
Protection Plan.
Sec. 656. Extension of authority for payment of annuities to
certain military surviving spouses.
Sec. 657. Effectuation of intended SBP annuity for former spouse
when not elected by reason of untimely death of retiree.
Sec. 658. Special compensation for severely disabled uniformed
services retirees.
SUBTITLE F--ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN
Sec. 661. Participation in thrift savings plan.
Sec. 662. Special retention initiative.
Sec. 663. Effective date.
SUBTITLE G--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 671. Payment for unused leave in conjunction with a reenlistment.
Sec. 672. Clarification of per diem eligibility for military
technicians (dual status) serving on active duty without pay outside the
United States.
Sec. 673. Annual report on effects of initiatives on recruitment
and retention.
Sec. 674. Overseas special supplemental food program.
Sec. 675. Tuition assistance for members deployed in a contingency
operation.
Sec. 676. Administration of Selected Reserve education loan
repayment program for Coast Guard Reserve.
Sec. 677. Sense of Congress regarding treatment under Internal
Revenue Code of members receiving hostile fire or imminent danger
special pay during contingency operations.
TITLE VII--HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS
SUBTITLE A--HEALTH CARE SERVICES
Sec. 701. Pharmacy benefits program.
Sec. 702. Provision of chiropractic health care.
Sec. 703. Provision of domiciliary and custodial care for certain
CHAMPUS beneficiaries.
Sec. 704. Enhancement of dental benefits for retirees.
Sec. 705. Medical and dental care for certain members incurring
injuries on inactive-duty training.
Sec. 706. Health care at former uniformed services treatment
facilities for active duty members stationed at certain remote
locations.
Sec. 707. Open enrollment demonstration program.
SUBTITLE B--TRICARE PROGRAM
Sec. 711. Expansion and revision of authority for dental programs
for dependents and reserves.
Sec. 712. Improvement of access to health care under the TRICARE
program.
Sec. 713. Improvements to claims processing under the TRICARE program.
Sec. 714. Authority to waive certain TRICARE deductibles.
Sec. 715. TRICARE beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinators.
Sec. 716. Improvement of TRICARE management; improvements to
third-party payer collection program.
Sec. 717. Comparative report on health care coverage under the
TRICARE program.
SUBTITLE C--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 721. Forensic pathology investigations by Armed Forces
Medical Examiner.
Sec. 722. Best value contracting.
Sec. 723. Health care quality information and technology enhancement.
Sec. 724. Joint telemedicine and telepharmacy demonstration
projects by the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans
Affairs.
Sec. 725. Program-year stability in health care benefits.
Sec. 726. Study on joint operations for the Defense Health Program.
Sec. 727. Trauma training center.
Sec. 728. Sense of Congress regarding automatic enrollment of
medicare-eligible beneficiaries in the TRICARE Senior Prime
demonstration project.
TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED
MATTERS
SUBTITLE A--AMENDMENTS TO GENERAL CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES, PROCEDURES,
AND LIMITATIONS
Sec. 801. Authority to carry out certain prototype projects.
Sec. 802. Streamlined applicability of cost accounting standards.
Sec. 803. Sale, exchange, and waiver authority for coal and coke.
Sec. 804. Guidance on use of task order and delivery order contracts.
Sec. 805. Clarification of definition of commercial items with
respect to associated services.
Sec. 806. Use of special simplified procedures for purchases of
commercial items in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold.
Sec. 807. Repeal of termination of provision of credit towards
subcontracting goals for purchases benefiting severely handicapped
persons.
Sec. 808. Contract goal for small disadvantaged businesses and
certain institutions of higher education.
Sec. 809. Required reports for certain multiyear contracts.
SUBTITLE B--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 811. Mentor-Protege Program improvements.
Sec. 812. Program to increase business innovation in defense
acquisition programs.
Sec. 813. Incentives to produce innovative new technologies.
Sec. 814. Pilot program for commercial services.
Sec. 815. Expansion of applicability of requirement to make
certain procurements from small arms production industrial base.
Sec. 816. Compliance with existing law regarding purchases of
equipment and products.
Sec. 817. Extension of test program for negotiation of
comprehensive small business subcontracting plans.
Sec. 818. Extension of interim reporting rule for certain
procurements less than $100,000.
Sec. 819. Inspector General review of compliance with Buy American
Act in purchases of strength training equipment.
Sec. 820. Report on options for accelerated acquisition of
precision munitions.
Sec. 821. Technical amendment to prohibition on release of
contractor proposals under the Freedom of Information Act.
TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT
SUBTITLE A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STRATEGIC PLANNING
Sec. 901. Permanent requirement for Quadrennial Defense Review.
Sec. 902. Minimum interval for updating and revising Department of
Defense strategic plan.
SUBTITLE B--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION
Sec. 911. Responsibility for logistics and sustainment functions
of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 912. Enhancement of technology security program of Department
of Defense.
Sec. 913. Efficient utilization of defense laboratories.
Sec. 914. Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs.
Sec. 915. Authority for acceptance by Asia-Pacific Center for
Security Studies of foreign gifts and donations.
SUBTITLE C--PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Sec. 921. Revisions to limitations on number of personnel assigned
to major Department of Defense headquarters activities.
Sec. 922. Defense acquisition workforce reductions.
Sec. 923. Monitoring and reporting requirements regarding
operations tempo and personnel tempo.
Sec. 924. Administration of defense reform initiative enterprise
program for military manpower and personnel information.
Sec. 925. Payment of tuition for education and training of members
in defense acquisition workforce.
SUBTITLE D--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 931. Additional matters for annual reports on joint
warfighting experimentation.
Sec. 932. Oversight of Department of Defense activities to combat
terrorism.
Sec. 933. Responsibilities and accountability for certain
financial management functions.
Sec. 934. Management of Civil Air Patrol.
TITLE X--GENERAL PROVISIONS
SUBTITLE A--FINANCIAL MATTERS
Sec. 1001. Transfer authority.
Sec. 1002. Incorporation of classified annex.
Sec. 1003. Authorization of emergency supplemental appropriations
for fiscal year 1999.
Sec. 1004. Supplemental appropriations request for operations in
Yugoslavia.
Sec. 1005. United States contribution to NATO common-funded
budgets in fiscal year 2000.
Sec. 1006. Limitation on funds for Bosnia peacekeeping operations
for fiscal year 2000.
Sec. 1007. Second biennial financial management improvement plan.
Sec. 1008. Waiver authority for requirement that electronic
transfer of funds be used for Department of Defense payments.
Sec. 1009. Single payment date for invoice for various subsistence
items.
Sec. 1010. Payment of foreign licensing fees out of proceeds of
sale of maps, charts, and navigational books.
SUBTITLE B--NAVAL VESSELS AND SHIPYARDS
Sec. 1011. Revision to congressional notice-and-wait period
required before transfer of a vessel stricken from the Naval Vessel
Register.
Sec. 1012. Authority to consent to retransfer of former naval vessel.
Sec. 1013. Report on naval vessel force structure requirements.
Sec. 1014. Auxiliary vessels acquisition program for the
Department of Defense.
Sec. 1015. National Defense Features program.
Sec. 1016. Sales of naval shipyard articles and services to
nuclear ship contractors.
Sec. 1017. Transfer of naval vessel to foreign country.
Sec. 1018. Authority to transfer naval vessels to certain foreign
countries.
SUBTITLE C--SUPPORT FOR CIVILIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COUNTER DRUG
ACTIVITIES
Sec. 1021. Modification of limitation on funding assistance for
procurement of equipment for the National Guard for drug interdiction
and counter-drug activities.
Sec. 1022. Temporary extension to certain naval aircraft of Coast
Guard authority for drug interdiction activities.
Sec. 1023. Military assistance to civil authorities to respond to
act or threat of terrorism.
Sec. 1024. Condition on development of forward operating locations
for United States Southern Command counter-drug detection and monitoring
flights.
Sec. 1025. Annual report on United States military activities in
Colombia.
Sec. 1026. Report on use of radar systems for counter-drug
detection and monitoring.
Sec. 1027. Plan regarding assignment of military personnel to
assist Immigration and Naturalization Service and Customs Service.
SUBTITLE D--MISCELLANEOUS REPORT REQUIREMENTS AND REPEALS
Sec. 1031. Preservation of certain defense reporting requirements.
Sec. 1032. Repeal of certain reporting requirements not preserved.
Sec. 1033. Reports on risks under National Military Strategy and
combatant command requirements.
Sec. 1034. Report on lift and prepositioned support requirements
to support National Military Strategy.
Sec. 1035. Report on assessments of readiness to execute the
National Military Strategy.
Sec. 1036. Report on Rapid Assessment and Initial Detection teams.
Sec. 1037. Report on unit readiness of units considered to be
assets of Consequence Management Program Integration Office.
Sec. 1038. Analysis of relationship between threats and budget
submission for fiscal year 2001.
Sec. 1039. Report on NATO defense capabilities initiative.
Sec. 1040. Report on motor vehicle violations by operators of
official Army vehicles.
SUBTITLE E--INFORMATION SECURITY
Sec. 1041. Identification in budget materials of amounts for
declassification activities and limitation on expenditures for such
activities.
Sec. 1042. Notice to congressional committees of certain security
and counterintelligence failures within defense programs.
Sec. 1043. Information Assurance Initiative.
Sec. 1044. Nondisclosure of information on personnel of overseas,
sensitive, or routinely deployable units.
Sec. 1045. Nondisclosure of certain operational files of the
National Imagery and Mapping Agency.
SUBTITLE F--MEMORIAL OBJECTS AND COMMEMORATIONS
Sec. 1051. Moratorium on the return of veterans memorial objects
to foreign nations without specific authorization in law.
Sec. 1052. Program to commemorate 50th anniversary of the Korean War.
Sec. 1053. Commemoration of the victory of freedom in the Cold War.
SUBTITLE G--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 1061. Defense Science Board task force on use of television
and radio as a propaganda instrument in time of military conflict.
Sec. 1062. Assessment of electromagnetic spectrum reallocation.
Sec. 1063. Extension and reauthorization of Defense Production Act
of 1950.
Sec. 1064. Performance of threat and risk assessments.
Sec. 1065. Chemical agents used for defensive training.
Sec. 1066. Technical and clerical amendments.
Sec. 1067. Amendments to reflect name change of Committee on
National Security of the House of Representatives to Committee on Armed
Services.
TITLE XI--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL
Sec. 1101. Accelerated implementation of voluntary early
retirement authority.
Sec. 1102. Increase of pay cap for nonappropriated fund senior
executive employees.
Sec. 1103. Restoration of leave of emergency essential employees
serving in a combat zone.
Sec. 1104. Extension of certain temporary authorities to provide
benefits for employees in connection with defense workforce reductions
and restructuring.
Sec. 1105. Leave without loss of benefits for military reserve
technicians on active duty in support of combat operations.
Sec. 1106. Expansion of Guard-and-Reserve purposes for which leave
under section 6323 of title 5, United States Code, may be used.
Sec. 1107. Work schedules and premium pay of service academy faculty.
Sec. 1108. Salary schedules and related benefits for faculty and
staff of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
Sec. 1109. Exemption of defense laboratory employees from certain
workforce management restrictions.
TITLE XII--MATTERS RELATING TO OTHER NATIONS
SUBTITLE A--MATTERS RELATING TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Sec. 1201. Limitation on military-to-military exchanges and
contacts with Chinese People's Liberation Army.
Sec. 1202. Annual report on military power of the People's
Republic of China.
SUBTITLE B--MATTERS RELATING TO THE BALKANS
Sec. 1211. Department of Defense report on the conduct of
Operation Allied Force and associated relief operations.
Sec. 1212. Sense of Congress regarding the need for vigorous
prosecution of war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity in the
former Republic of Yugoslavia.
SUBTITLE C--MATTERS RELATING TO NATO AND OTHER ALLIES
Sec. 1221. Legal effect of the new Strategic Concept of NATO.
Sec. 1222. Report on allied capabilities to contribute to major
theater wars.
Sec. 1223. Attendance at professional military education schools
by military personnel of the new member nations of NATO.
SUBTITLE D--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 1231. Multinational economic embargoes against governments in
armed conflict with the United States.
Sec. 1232. Limitation on deployment of Armed Forces in Haiti
during fiscal year 2000 and congressional notice of deployments to
Haiti.
Sec. 1233. Report on the security situation on the Korean peninsula.
Sec. 1234. Sense of Congress regarding the continuation of
sanctions against Libya.
Sec. 1235. Sense of Congress and report on disengaging from
noncritical overseas missions involving United States combat forces.
TITLE XIII--COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION WITH STATES OF THE FORMER
SOVIET UNION
Sec. 1301. Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction programs
and funds.
Sec. 1302. Funding allocations.
Sec. 1303. Prohibition on use of funds for specified purposes.
Sec. 1304. Limitations on use of funds for fissile material
storage facility.
Sec. 1305. Limitation on use of funds for chemical weapons destruction.
Sec. 1306. Limitation on use of funds until submission of report.
Sec. 1307. Limitation on use of funds until submission of
multiyear plan.
Sec. 1308. Requirement to submit report.
Sec. 1309. Report on Expanded Threat Reduction Initiative.
Sec. 1310. Limitation on use of funds until submission of certification.
Sec. 1311. Period covered by annual report on accounting for
United States assistance under Cooperative Threat Reduction programs.
Sec. 1312. Russian nonstrategic nuclear arms.
TITLE XIV--PROLIFERATION AND EXPORT CONTROLS
Sec. 1401. Adherence of People's Republic of China to Missile
Technology Control Regime.
Sec. 1402. Annual report on transfers of militarily sensitive
technology to countries of concern.
Sec. 1403. Resources for export license functions.
Sec. 1404. Security in connection with satellite export licensing.
Sec. 1405. Reporting of technology transmitted to People's
Republic of China and of foreign launch security violations.
Sec. 1406. Report on national security implications of exporting
high-performance computers to the People's Republic of China.
Sec. 1407. End-use verification for use by People's Republic of
China of high-performance computers.
Sec. 1408. Enhanced multilateral export controls.
Sec. 1409. Enhancement of activities of Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
Sec. 1410. Timely notification of licensing decisions by the
Department of State.
Sec. 1411. Enhanced intelligence consultation on satellite license
applications.
Sec. 1412. Investigations of violations of export controls by
United States satellite manufacturers.
TITLE XV--ARMS CONTROL AND COUNTERPROLIFERATION MATTERS
Sec. 1501. Revision to limitation on retirement or dismantlement
of strategic nuclear delivery systems.
Sec. 1502. Sense of Congress on strategic arms reductions.
Sec. 1503. Report on strategic stability under START III.
Sec. 1504. Counterproliferation Program Review Committee.
Sec. 1505. Support of United Nations-sponsored efforts to inspect
and monitor Iraqi weapons activities.
TITLE XVI--NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE MATTERS
SUBTITLE A--SPACE TECHNOLOGY GUIDE; REPORTS
Sec. 1601. Space technology guide.
Sec. 1602. Report on vulnerabilities of United States space assets.
Sec. 1603. Report on space launch failures.
Sec. 1604. Report on Air Force space launch facilities.
SUBTITLE B--COMMERCIAL SPACE LAUNCH SERVICES
Sec. 1611. Sense of Congress regarding United States-Russian
cooperation in commercial space launch services.
Sec. 1612. Sense of Congress concerning United States commercial
space launch capacity.
SUBTITLE C--COMMISSION TO ASSESS UNITED STATES NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE
MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION
Sec. 1621. Establishment of commission.
Sec. 1622. Duties of commission.
Sec. 1623. Report.
Sec. 1624. Assessment by the Secretary of Defense.
Sec. 1625. Powers.
Sec. 1626. Commission procedures.
Sec. 1627. Personnel matters.
Sec. 1628. Miscellaneous administrative provisions.
Sec. 1629. Funding.
Sec. 1630. Termination of the commission.
TITLE XVII--TROOPS-TO-TEACHERS PROGRAM
Sec. 1701. Short title; definitions.
Sec. 1702. Authorization of Troops-to-Teachers Program.
Sec. 1703. Eligible members of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 1704. Selection of participants.
Sec. 1705. Stipend and bonus for participants.
Sec. 1706. Participation by States.
Sec. 1707. Termination of original program; transfer of functions.
Sec. 1708. Reporting requirements.
Sec. 1709. Funds for fiscal year 2000.
DIVISION B--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS
Sec. 2001. Short title.
TITLE XXI--ARMY
Sec. 2101. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2102. Family housing.
Sec. 2103. Improvements to military family housing units.
Sec. 2104. Authorization of appropriations, Army.
TITLE XXII--NAVY
Sec. 2201. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2202. Family housing.
Sec. 2203. Improvements to military family housing units.
Sec. 2204. Authorization of appropriations, Navy.
Sec. 2205. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 1997
project.
Sec. 2206. Authorization to accept electrical substation
improvements, Guam.
TITLE XXIII--AIR FORCE
Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition
projects.
Sec. 2302. Family housing.
Sec. 2303. Improvements to military family housing units.
Sec. 2304. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force.
TITLE XXIV--DEFENSE AGENCIES
Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land
acquisition projects.
Sec. 2402. Improvements to military family housing units.
Sec. 2403. Military housing improvement program.
Sec. 2404. Energy conservation projects.
Sec. 2405. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies.
Sec. 2406. Increase in fiscal year 1997 authorization for military
construction projects at Pueblo Chemical Activity, Colorado.
Sec. 2407. Condition on obligation of military construction funds
for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities.
TITLE XXV--NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION SECURITY INVESTMENT
PROGRAM
Sec. 2501. Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2502. Authorization of appropriations, NATO.
TITLE XXVI--GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES
Sec. 2601. Authorized Guard and Reserve construction and land
acquisition projects.
Sec. 2602. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 1998
project.
TITLE XXVII--EXPIRATION AND EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS
Sec. 2701. Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be
specified by law.
Sec. 2702. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 1997
projects.
Sec. 2703. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 1996
projects.
Sec. 2704. Effective date.
TITLE XXVIII--GENERAL PROVISIONS
SUBTITLE A--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING
CHANGES
Sec. 2801. Exemption from notice and wait requirements of military
construction projects supported by burdensharing funds undertaken for
war or national emergency.
Sec. 2802. Development of Ford Island, Hawaii.
Sec. 2803. Expansion of entities eligible to participate in
alternative authority for acquisition and improvement of military
housing.
Sec. 2804. Restriction on authority to acquire or construct
ancillary supporting facilities for housing units.
Sec. 2805. Planning and design for military construction projects
for reserve components.
Sec. 2806. Modification of limitations on reserve component
facility projects for certain safety projects.
Sec. 2807. Sense of Congress on use of incremental funding to
carry out military construction projects.
SUBTITLE B--REAL PROPERTY AND FACILITIES ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 2811. Extension of authority for lease of real property for
special operations activities.
Sec. 2812. Enhancement of authority relating to utility privatization.
Sec. 2813. Acceptance of funds to cover administrative expenses
relating to certain real property transactions.
Sec. 2814. Operations of Naval Academy dairy farm.
Sec. 2815. Study and report on impacts to military readiness of
proposed land management changes on public lands in Utah.
Sec. 2816. Designation of missile intelligence building at
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, as the Richard C. Shelby Center for Missile
Intelligence.
SUBTITLE C--DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT
Sec. 2821. Economic development conveyances of base closure property.
Sec. 2822. Continuation of authority to use Department of Defense
Base Closure Account 1990 for activities required to close or realign
military installations.
SUBTITLE D--LAND CONVEYANCES
PART I--ARMY CONVEYANCES
Sec. 2831. Transfer of jurisdiction, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Sec. 2832. Land exchange, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois.
Sec. 2833. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Bangor, Maine.
Sec. 2834. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Kankakee, Illinois.
Sec. 2835. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Cannon Falls,
Minnesota.
Sec. 2836. Land conveyance, Army Maintenance Support Activity
(Marine) Number 84, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania.
Sec. 2837. Land conveyances, Army docks and related property, Alaska.
Sec. 2838. Land conveyance, Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
Sec. 2839. Land conveyance, Nike Battery 80 family housing site,
East Hanover Township, New Jersey.
Sec. 2840. Land conveyances, Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant,
Minnesota.
Sec. 2841. Repair and conveyance of Red Butte Dam and Reservoir,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Sec. 2842. Modification of land conveyance, Joliet Army Ammunition
Plant, Illinois.
PART II--NAVY CONVEYANCES
Sec. 2851. Land conveyance, Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant
No. 387, Dallas, Texas.
Sec. 2852. Land conveyance, Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry
Point, North Carolina.
Sec. 2853. Land conveyance, Newport, Rhode Island.
Sec. 2854. Land conveyance, Naval Training Center, Orlando, Florida.
Sec. 2855. One-year delay in demolition of radio transmitting
facility towers at Naval Station, Annapolis, Maryland, to facilitate
conveyance of towers.
Sec. 2856. Clarification of land exchange, Naval Reserve Readiness
Center, Portland, Maine.
Sec. 2857. Revision to lease authority, Naval Air Station,
Meridian, Mississippi.
Sec. 2858. Land conveyances, Norfolk, Virginia.
PART III--AIR FORCE CONVEYANCES
Sec. 2861. Land conveyance, Newington Defense Fuel Supply Point,
New Hampshire.
Sec. 2862. Land conveyance, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.
Sec. 2863. Land conveyance, Port of Anchorage, Alaska.
Sec. 2864. Land conveyance, Forestport Test Annex, New York.
Sec. 2865. Land conveyance, McClellan Nuclear Radiation Center,
California.
SUBTITLE E--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 2871. Acceptance of guarantees in connection with gifts to
military service academies.
Sec. 2872. Acquisition of State-held inholdings, east range of
Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
Sec. 2873. Enhancement of Pentagon renovation activities.
SUBTITLE F--EXPANSION OF ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
Sec. 2881. Transfer from Navy Annex, Arlington, Virginia.
Sec. 2882. Transfer from Fort Myer, Arlington, Virginia.
TITLE XXIX--COMMISSION ON NATIONAL MILITARY MUSEUM
Sec. 2901. Establishment.
Sec. 2902. Duties of Commission.
Sec. 2903. Report.
Sec. 2904. Powers.
Sec. 2905. Commission procedures.
Sec. 2906. Personnel matters.
Sec. 2907. Miscellaneous administrative provisions.
Sec. 2908. Funding.
Sec. 2909. Termination of Commission.
TITLE XXX--MILITARY LAND WITHDRAWALS
Sec. 3001. Short title.
SUBTITLE A--WITHDRAWALS GENERALLY
Sec. 3011. Withdrawals.
Sec. 3012. Maps and legal descriptions.
Sec. 3013. Termination of withdrawals in Military Lands Withdrawal
Act of 1986.
Sec. 3014. Management of lands.
Sec. 3015. Duration of withdrawal and reservation.
Sec. 3016. Extension of initial withdrawal and reservation.
Sec. 3017. Ongoing decontamination.
Sec. 3018. Delegation.
Sec. 3019. Water rights.
Sec. 3020. Hunting, fishing, and trapping.
Sec. 3021. Mining and mineral leasing.
Sec. 3022. Use of mineral materials.
Sec. 3023. Immunity of United States.
SUBTITLE B--WITHDRAWALS IN ARIZONA
Sec. 3031. Barry M. Goldwater Range, Arizona.
Sec. 3032. Military use of Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
and Cabeza Prieta Wilderness.
Sec. 3033. Maps and legal description.
Sec. 3034. Water rights.
Sec. 3035. Hunting, fishing, and trapping.
Sec. 3036. Use of mineral materials.
Sec. 3037. Immunity of United States.
SUBTITLE C--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 3041. Authorization of appropriations.
DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS AND
OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS
TITLE XXXI--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS
SUBTITLE A--NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATIONS
Sec. 3101. Weapons activities.
Sec. 3102. Defense environmental restoration and waste management.
Sec. 3103. Other defense activities.
Sec. 3104. Defense nuclear waste disposal.
Sec. 3105. Defense environmental management privatization.
SUBTITLE B--RECURRING GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 3121. Reprogramming.
Sec. 3122. Limits on general plant projects.
Sec. 3123. Limits on construction projects.
Sec. 3124. Fund transfer authority.
Sec. 3125. Authority for conceptual and construction design.
Sec. 3126. Authority for emergency planning, design, and
construction activities.
Sec. 3127. Funds available for all national security programs of
the Department of Energy.
Sec. 3128. Availability of funds.
Sec. 3129. Transfers of defense environmental management funds.
SUBTITLE C--PROGRAM AUTHORIZATIONS, RESTRICTIONS, AND LIMITATIONS
Sec. 3131. Prohibition on use of funds for certain activities
under formerly utilized site remedial action program.
Sec. 3132. Continuation of processing, treatment, and disposition
of legacy nuclear materials.
Sec. 3133. Nuclear weapons stockpile life extension program.
Sec. 3134. Procedures for meeting tritium production requirements.
Sec. 3135. Independent cost estimate of accelerator production of
tritium.
Sec. 3136. Nonproliferation initiatives and activities.
Sec. 3137. Support of theater ballistic missile defense activities
of the Department of Defense.
SUBTITLE D--MATTERS RELATING TO SAFEGUARDS, SECURITY, AND
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
Sec. 3141. Short title.
Sec. 3142. Commission on Safeguards, Security, and
Counterintelligence at Department of Energy facilities.
Sec. 3143. Background investigations of certain personnel at
Department of Energy facilities.
Sec. 3144. Conduct of security clearances.
Sec. 3145. Protection of classified information during
laboratory-to-laboratory exchanges.
Sec. 3146. Restrictions on access to national laboratories by
foreign visitors from sensitive countries.
Sec. 3147. Department of Energy regulations relating to the
safeguarding and security of Restricted Data.
Sec. 3148. Increased penalties for misuse of Restricted Data.
Sec. 3149. Supplement to plan for declassification of Restricted
Data and formerly Restricted Data.
Sec. 3150. Notice to congressional committees of certain security
and counterintelligence failures within nuclear energy defense programs.
Sec. 3151. Annual report by the President on espionage by the
People's Republic of China.
Sec. 3152. Report on counterintelligence and security practices at
national laboratories.
Sec. 3153. Report on security vulnerabilities of national
laboratory computers.
Sec. 3154. Counterintelligence polygraph program.
Sec. 3155. Definitions of national laboratory and nuclear weapons
production facility.
Sec. 3156. Definition of Restricted Data.
SUBTITLE E--MATTERS RELATING TO PERSONNEL
Sec. 3161. Extension of authority of Department of Energy to pay
voluntary separation incentive payments.
Sec. 3162. Fellowship program for development of skills critical
to the Department of Energy nuclear weapons complex.
Sec. 3163. Maintenance of nuclear weapons expertise in the
Department of Defense and Department of Energy.
Sec. 3164. Whistleblower protection program.
SUBTITLE F--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 3171. Requirement for plan to improve reprogramming processes.
Sec. 3172. Integrated fissile materials management plan.
Sec. 3173. Identification in budget materials of amounts for
declassification activities and limitation on expenditures for such
activities.
Sec. 3174. Sense of Congress regarding technology transfer
coordination for Department of Energy national laboratories.
Sec. 3175. Pilot program for project management oversight
regarding Department of Energy construction projects.
Sec. 3176. 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. 3177. Proposed schedule for shipments of waste from Rocky
Flats Environmental Technology Site, Colorado, to Waste Isolation Pilot
Plant, New Mexico.
Sec. 3178. Comptroller General report on closure of Rocky Flats
Environmental Technology Site, Colorado.
Sec. 3179. Extension of review of Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, New
Mexico.
TITLE XXXII--NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 3201. Short title.
Sec. 3202. Under Secretary for Nuclear Security of Department of Energy.
Sec. 3203. Establishment of policy for National Nuclear Security
Administration.
Sec. 3204. Organization of Department of Energy
counterintelligence and intelligence programs and activities.
SUBTITLE A--ESTABLISHMENT AND ORGANIZATION
Sec. 3211. Establishment and mission.
Sec. 3212. Administrator for Nuclear Security.
Sec. 3213. Status of Administration and contractor personnel
within Department of Energy.
Sec. 3214. Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs.
Sec. 3215. Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation.
Sec. 3216. Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors.
Sec. 3217. General Counsel.
Sec. 3218. Staff of Administration.
SUBTITLE B--MATTERS RELATING TO SECURITY
Sec. 3231. Protection of national security information.
Sec. 3232. Office of Defense Nuclear Counterintelligence and
Office of Defense Nuclear Security.
Sec. 3233. Counterintelligence programs.
Sec. 3234. Procedures relating to access by individuals to
classified areas and information of Administration.
Sec. 3235. Government access to information on Administration computers.
Sec. 3236. Congressional oversight of special access programs.
SUBTITLE C--MATTERS RELATING TO PERSONNEL
Sec. 3241. Authority to establish certain scientific, engineering,
and technical positions.
Sec. 3242. Voluntary early retirement authority.
Sec. 3243. Severance pay.
Sec. 3244. Continued coverage of health care benefits.
SUBTITLE D--BUDGET AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Sec. 3251. Separate treatment in budget.
Sec. 3252. Planning, programming, and budgeting process.
Sec. 3253. Future-years nuclear security program.
SUBTITLE E--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 3261. Environmental protection, safety, and health requirements.
Sec. 3262. Compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulation.
Sec. 3263. Sharing of technology with Department of Defense.
Sec. 3264. Use of capabilities of national security laboratories
by entities outside Administration.
SUBTITLE F--DEFINITIONS
Sec. 3281. Definitions.
SUBTITLE G--AMENDATORY PROVISIONS, TRANSITION PROVISIONS, AND EFFECTIVE
DATES
Sec. 3291. Functions transferred.
Sec. 3292. Transfer of funds and employees.
Sec. 3293. Pay levels.
Sec. 3294. Conforming amendments.
Sec. 3295. Transition provisions.
Sec. 3296. Applicability of preexisting laws and regulations.
Sec. 3297. Report containing implementation plan of Secretary of Energy.
Sec. 3298. Classification in United States Code.
Sec. 3299. Effective dates.
TITLE XXXIII--DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD
Sec. 3301. Authorization.
TITLE XXXIV--NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE
Sec. 3401. Authorized uses of stockpile funds.
Sec. 3402. Disposal of certain materials in National Defense Stockpile.
Sec. 3403. Limitations on previous authority for disposal of
stockpile materials.
TITLE XXXV--PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION
Sec. 3501. Short title.
Sec. 3502. Authorization of expenditures.
Sec. 3503. Purchase of vehicles.
Sec. 3504. Office of Transition Administration.
Sec. 3505. Expenditures only in accordance with treaties.
TITLE XXXVI--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 3601. Short title.
Sec. 3602. Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2000.
Sec. 3603. Extension of war risk insurance authority.
Sec. 3604. Ownership of the JEREMIAH O'BRIEN.
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DEFINED.
For purposes of this Act, the term ``congressional defense
committees'' means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS
TITLE I--PROCUREMENT
SUBTITLE A--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 101. Army.
Sec. 102. Navy and Marine Corps.
Sec. 103. Air Force.
Sec. 104. Defense-wide activities.
Sec. 105. Reserve components.
Sec. 106. Defense Inspector General.
Sec. 107. Chemical demilitarization program.
Sec. 108. Defense health programs.
SUBTITLE B--ARMY PROGRAMS
Sec. 111. Multiyear procurement authority for certain Army programs.
Sec. 112. Procurement requirements for the Family of Medium
Tactical Vehicles.
Sec. 113. Army aviation modernization.
Sec. 114. Multiple Launch Rocket System.
Sec. 115. Extension of pilot program on sales of manufactured
articles and services of certain Army industrial facilities without
regard to availability from domestic sources.
Sec. 116. Extension of authority to carry out Armament Retooling
and Manufacturing Support Initiative.
SUBTITLE C--NAVY PROGRAMS
Sec. 121. F/A 18E/F Super Hornet aircraft program.
Sec. 122. Arleigh Burke class destroyer program.
Sec. 123. Repeal of requirement for annual report from
shipbuilders under certain nuclear attack submarine programs.
Sec. 124. LHD 8 amphibious assault ship program.
Sec. 125. D-5 missile program.
SUBTITLE D--AIR FORCE PROGRAMS
Sec. 131. F 22 aircraft program.
Sec. 132. Replacement options for conventional air-launched cruise
missile.
Sec. 133. Procurement of firefighting equipment for the Air
National Guard and the Air Force Reserve.
Sec. 134. F 16 tactical manned reconnaisance aircraft.
SUBTITLE E--CHEMICAL STOCKPILE DESTRUCTION PROGRAM
Sec. 141. Destruction of existing stockpile of lethal chemical
agents and munitions.
Sec. 142. Comptroller General report on anticipated effects of
proposed changes in operation of storage sites for lethal chemical
agents and munitions.
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations
SEC. 101. ARMY.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000
for procurement for the Army as follows:
(1) For aircraft, $1,459,688,000.
(2) For missiles, $1,258,298,000.
(3) For weapons and tracked combat vehicles, $1,571,665,000.
(4) For ammunition, $1,215,216,000.
(5) For other procurement, $3,662,921,000.
SEC. 102. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS.
(a) Navy.--Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal
year 2000 for procurement for the Navy as follows:
(1) For aircraft, $8,798,784,000.
(2) For weapons, including missiles and torpedoes, $1,417,100,000.
(3) For shipbuilding and conversion, $7,016,454,000.
(4) For other procurement, $4,266,891,000.
(b) Marine Corps.--Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2000 for procurement for the Marine Corps in the amount of
$1,296,970,000.
(c) Navy and Marine Corps Ammunition.--Funds are hereby authorized to
be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for procurement of ammunition for
the Navy and the Marine Corps in the amount of $534,700,000.
SEC. 103. AIR FORCE.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000
for procurement for the Air Force as follows:
(1) For aircraft, $9,758,886,000.
(2) For missiles, $2,395,608,000.
(3) For ammunition, $467,537,000.
(4) For other procurement, $7,158,527,000.
SEC. 104. DEFENSE-WIDE ACTIVITIES.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000
for Defense-wide procurement in the amount of $2,345,168,000.
SEC. 105. RESERVE COMPONENTS.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000
for procurement of aircraft, vehicles, communications equipment, and
other equipment for the reserve components of the Armed Forces as
follows:
(1) For the Army National Guard, $10,000,000.
(2) For the Air National Guard, $10,000,000.
(3) For the Army Reserve, $10,000,000.
(4) For the Naval Reserve, $10,000,000.
(5) For the Air Force Reserve, $10,000,000.
(6) For the Marine Corps Reserve, $10,000,000.
SEC. 106. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000
for procurement for the Inspector General of the Department of Defense
in the amount of $2,100,000.
SEC. 107. CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION PROGRAM.
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000
the amount of $1,024,000,000 for--
(1) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions in
accordance with section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authorization
Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521); and
(2) the destruction of chemical warfare materiel of the United
States that is not covered by section 1412 of such Act.
SEC. 108. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAMS.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000
for the Department of Defense for procurement for carrying out health
care programs, projects, and activities of the Department of Defense in
the total amount of $356,970,000.
Subtitle B--Army Programs
SEC. 111. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN ARMY PROGRAMS.
Beginning with the fiscal year 2000 program year, the Secretary of
the Army may, in accordance with section 2306b of title 10, United
States Code, enter into multiyear contracts for procurement of the
following:
(1) The Javelin missile system.
(2) M2A3 Bradley fighting vehicles.
(3) AH 64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters.
(4) The M1A2 Abrams main battle tank upgrade program combined with
the Heavy Assault Bridge program.
SEC. 112. PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FAMILY OF MEDIUM
TACTICAL VEHICLES.
(a) Requirements.--The Secretary of the Army--
(1) shall use competitive procedures for the award of any contract
for procurement of vehicles under the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles
program after completion of the multiyear procurement contract for
procurement of vehicles under that program that was awarded on October
14, 1998; and
(2) may not award a contract to establish a second-source contractor
for procurement of the vehicles under the Family of Medium Tactical
Vehicles program that are covered by the multiyear procurement contract
for that program that was awarded on October 14, 1998.
(b) Repeal.--Section 112 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105 261; 112 Stat.
1937) is repealed.
SEC. 113. ARMY AVIATION MODERNIZATION.
(a) Helicopter Force Modernization Plan.--The Secretary of the Army
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a comprehensive
plan for the modernization of the Army's helicopter forces.
(b) Required Elements.--The helicopter force modernization plan shall
include provisions for the following:
(1) For the AH 64D Apache Longbow program--
(A) restoration of the original procurement objective of the program
to the procurement of 747 aircraft and at least 227 fire control radars;
(B) qualification and training of reserve component pilots as
augmentation crews to ensure 24 hour warfighting capability in deployed
attack helicopter units; and
(C) fielding of a sufficient number of aircraft in reserve component
aviation units to implement the provisions of the plan required under
subparagraph (B).
(2) For AH 1 Cobra helicopters, retirement of all AH 1 Cobra
helicopters remaining in the fleet.
(3) For the RAH 66 Comanche program--
(A) review of the total requirements and acquisition objectives for
the program;
(B) fielding of Comanche helicopters to the planned aviation force
structure; and
(C) support for the plan for the AH 64D Apache program required
under paragraph (1).
(4) For the UH 1 Huey helicopter program--
(A) an upgrade program;
(B) revision of total force requirements for that aircraft to
reflect the warfighting and support requirements of the theater
commanders-in-chief for aircraft used by the Army National Guard; and
(C) a transition plan to a future utility helicopter.
(5) For the UH 60 Blackhawk helicopter program--
(A) identification of the objective requirements for that aircraft;
(B) an acquisition strategy for meeting requirements that in the
interim will be addressed by UH 1 Huey helicopters among the warfighting
and support requirements of the theater commanders-in-chief for aircraft
used by the Army National Guard; and
(C) a modernization program for fielded aircraft.
(6) For the CH 47 Chinook helicopter service life extension program,
maintenance of the schedule and funding.
(7) For the OH 58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters, an upgrade program.
(8) A revised assessment of the Army's present and future
requirements for helicopters and its present and future helicopter
inventory, including the number of aircraft, average age of aircraft,
availability of spare parts, flight hour costs, roles and functions
assigned to the fleet as a whole and to each type of aircraft, and the
mix of active component and reserve component aircraft in the fleet.
(c) Limitation.--Not more than 90 percent of the amount appropriated
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 101(1) may be
obligated before the date that is 30 days after the date on which the
Secretary of the Army submits the plan required by subsection (a) to the
congressional defense committees.
SEC. 114. MULTIPLE LAUNCH ROCKET SYSTEM.
The Secretary of the Army may make available, from funds appropriated
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 101(2), an
amount not to exceed $500,000 to complete the development of reuse and
demilitarization tools and technologies for use in the demilitarization
of Army Multiple Launch Rocket System rockets.
SEC. 115. EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAM ON SALES OF MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES AND SERVICES OF CERTAIN ARMY INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES WITHOUT
REGARD TO AVAILABILITY FROM DOMESTIC SOURCES.
(a) Extension of Program.--Section 141 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105 85; 10 U.S.C.
4543 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``During fiscal years 1998 and
1999'' and inserting ``During fiscal years 1998 through 2001''; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ``during fiscal year 1998 or
1999'' and inserting ``during the period during which the pilot program
is being conducted''.
(b) Update of Inspector General Report.--Such section is further
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(d) Update of Report.--Not later than March 1, 2001, the Inspector
General of the Department of Defense shall submit to Congress an update
of the report required to be submitted under subsection (c) and an
assessment of the success of the pilot program.''.
SEC. 116. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT ARMAMENT
RETOOLING AND MANUFACTURING SUPPORT INITIATIVE.
Section 193(a) of the Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support
Act of 1992 (subtitle H of title I of Public Law 102 484; 10 U.S.C. 2501
note) is amended by striking ``During fiscal years 1993 through 1999''
and inserting ``During fiscal years 1993 through 2001''.
Subtitle C--Navy Programs
SEC. 121. F/A 18E/F SUPER HORNET AIRCRAFT PROGRAM.
(a) Multiyear Procurement Authority.--Subject to subsection (b), the
Secretary of the Navy may, in accordance with section 2306b of title 10,
United States Code, enter into a multiyear procurement contract
beginning with the fiscal year 2000 program year for procurement of F/A
18E/F aircraft.
(b) Limitation.--The Secretary of the Navy may not enter into a
multiyear procurement contract authorized by subsection (a), and may not
authorize the F/A 18E/F aircraft program to enter into full-rate
production, until--
(1) the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense
committees a certification described in subsection (c); and
(2) a period of 30 continuous days of a Congress (as determined
under subsection (d)) elapses after the submission of that
certification.
(c) Required Certification.--A certification referred to in
subsection (b)(1) is a certification by the Secretary of Defense of each
of the following:
(1) That the results of the Operational Test and Evaluation program
for the F/A 18E/F aircraft indicate--
(A) that the aircraft is operationally effective and operationally
suitable; and
(B) that the F/A 18E and the F/A 18F variants of that aircraft both
meet their respective key performance parameters as established in the
Operational Requirements Document (ORD) for the F/A 18E/F program, as
validated and approved by the Chief of Naval Operations on April 1, 1997
(other than for a permissible deviation of not more than 1 percent with
respect to the range performance parameter).
(2) That the cost of procurement of the F/A 18E/F aircraft using a
multiyear procurement contract as authorized by subsection (a), assuming
procurement of 222 aircraft, is at least 7.4 percent less than the cost
of procurement of the same number of aircraft through annual contracts.
(d) Continuity of Congress.--For purposes of subsection (b)(2)--
(1) the continuity of a Congress is broken only by an adjournment of
the Congress sine die at the end of the final session of the Congress;
and
(2) any day on which either House of Congress is not in session
because of an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain, or
because of an adjournment sine die at the end of the first session of a
Congress, shall be excluded in the computation of such 30-day period.
SEC. 122. ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS DESTROYER PROGRAM.
(a) Authority for Multiyear Procurement of 6 Additional Vessels.--(1)
Subsection (b) of section 122 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104 201; 110 Stat. 2446) is amended in
the first sentence--
(A) by striking ``12 Arleigh Burke class destroyers'' and inserting
``18 Arleigh Burke class destroyers''; and
(B) by striking ``and 2001'' and inserting ``2001, 2002, and 2003''.
(2) The heading for such subsection is amended by striking ``
Twelve'' and inserting ``18''.
(b) Fiscal Year 2001 Advance Procurement.--(1) Subject to paragraphs
(2) and (3), the Secretary of the Navy is authorized, in fiscal year
2001, to enter into contracts for advance procurement for the Arleigh
Burke class destroyers that are to be constructed under contracts
entered into after fiscal year 2001 under section 122(b) of Public Law
104 201, as amended by subsection (a)(1).
(2) The authority to contract for advance procurement under paragraph
(1) is subject to the availability of funds authorized and appropriated
for fiscal year 2001 for that purpose in Acts enacted after September
30, 1999.
(3) The aggregate amount of the contracts entered into under
paragraph (1) may not exceed $371,000,000.
(c) Other Funds for Advance Procurement.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Act, of the funds authorized to be appropriated under
section 102(a) for procurement programs, projects, and activities of the
Navy, up to $190,000,000 may be made available, as the Secretary of the
Navy may direct, for advance procurement for the Arleigh Burke class
destroyer program. Authority to make transfers under this subsection is
in addition to the transfer authority provided in section 1001.
SEC. 123. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL REPORT FROM
SHIPBUILDERS UNDER CERTAIN NUCLEAR ATTACK SUBMARINE PROGRAMS.
(a) Repeal.--Paragraph (3) of section 121(g) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104 201; 110 Stat.
2444) is repealed.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Paragraph (5) of such section is amended
by striking ``reports referred to in paragraphs (3) and (4)'' and
inserting ``report referred to in paragraph (4)''.
SEC. 124. LHD 8 AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIP PROGRAM.
(a) Authorization of Ship.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized
to procure the amphibious assault ship to be designated LHD 8, subject
to the availability of appropriations for that purpose.
(b) Amount Authorized.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated
under section 102(a)(3) for fiscal year 2000, $375,000,000 is available
for the advance procurement and advance construction of components for
the LHD 8 amphibious assault ship program. The Secretary of the Navy may
enter into a contract or contracts with the shipbuilder and other
entities for the advance procurement and advance construction of those
components.
SEC. 125. D-5 MISSILE PROGRAM.
(a) Report.--Not later than October 31, 1999, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate
and House of Representatives a report on the D 5 missile program.
(b) Report Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall include
the following:
(1) An inventory management plan for the D 5 missile program
covering the projected life of the program, including--
(A) the location of D 5 missiles during the fueling of submarines;
(B) rotation of inventory;
(C) expected attrition rate due to flight testing, loss, damage, or
termination of service life; and
(D) consideration of the results of the assessment required in
paragraph (4).
(2) The cost of terminating procurement of D 5 missiles for each
fiscal year before the current plan.
(3) An assessment of the capability of the Navy of meeting strategic
requirements with a total procurement of less than 425 D 5 missiles,
including an assessment of the consequences of--
(A) loading Trident submarines with fewer than 24 D 5 missiles; and
(B) reducing the flight test rate for D 5 missiles.
(4) An assessment of the optimal commencement date for the
development and deployment of replacement capability for the current
land-based and sea-based missile forces.
(5) The Secretary's plan for maintaining D 5 missiles and Trident
submarines under the START II Treaty and a proposed START III treaty,
and whether requirements for those missiles and submarines would be
reduced under such treaties.
Subtitle D--Air Force Programs
SEC. 131. F 22 AIRCRAFT PROGRAM.
(a) Certification Required Before LRIP.--The Secretary of the Air
Force may not award a contract for low-rate initial production under the
F 22 aircraft program until the Secretary of Defense submits to the
congressional defense committees the Secretary's certification of each
of the following:
(1) That the test plan in the engineering and manufacturing
development phase for that program is adequate for determining the
operational effectiveness and suitability of the F 22 aircraft.
(2) That the engineering and manufacturing development phase, and
the production phase, for that program can each be executed within the
limitation on total cost applicable to that program under subsection (a)
or (b), respectively, of section 217 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105 85; 111 Stat.
1660).
(b) Lack of Certification.--If the Secretary of Defense is unable to
submit either or both of the certifications under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report
which includes--
(1) the reasons the certification or certifications could not be made;
(2) a revised acquisition plan approved by the Secretary of Defense
if the Secretary desires to proceed with low-rate initial production;
and
(3) a revised cost estimate for the remainder of the engineering and
manufacturing development phase and for the production phase of the F 22
program if the Secretary desires to proceed with low-rate initial
production.
SEC. 132. REPLACEMENT OPTIONS FOR CONVENTIONAL AIR-LAUNCHED
CRUISE MISSILE.
(a) Report.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall determine the
requirements being met by the conventional air-launched cruise missile
(CALCM) as of the date of the enactment of this Act and, not later than
January 15, 2000, shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the
Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives a report on the replacement options for that missile.
(b) Matters To Be Included.--In the report under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall consider the options for continuing to meet the
requirements determined by the Secretary under subsection (a) as the
inventory of the conventional air-launched cruise missile is depleted.
Options considered shall include the following:
(1) Resumption of production of the conventional air-launched cruise
missile.
(2) Acquisition of a new type of weapon with lethality
characteristics equivalent or superior to the lethality characteristics
of the conventional air-launched cruise missile.
(3) Use of existing or planned munitions or such munitions with
appropriate upgrades.
SEC. 133. PROCUREMENT OF FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT FOR THE AIR
NATIONAL GUARD AND THE AIR FORCE RESERVE.
The Secretary of the Air Force may carry out a procurement program,
in a total amount not to exceed $16,000,000, to modernize the airborne
firefighting capability of the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve
by procurement of equipment for the modular airborne firefighting
system. Amounts may be obligated for the program from funds appropriated
for that purpose for fiscal year 1999 and subsequent fiscal years.
SEC. 134. F 16 TACTICAL MANNED RECONNAISANCE AIRCRAFT.
The limitation contained in section 216(a) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104 201; 110 Stat.
2454) shall not apply to the obligation or expenditure of amounts made
available pursuant to this Act for a purpose stated in paragraphs (1)
and (2) of that section.
Subtitle E--Chemical Stockpile Destruction Program
SEC. 141. DESTRUCTION OF EXISTING STOCKPILE OF LETHAL CHEMICAL
AGENTS AND MUNITIONS.
(a) Program Assessment.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall conduct
an assessment of the current program for destruction of the United
States' stockpile of chemical agents and munitions, including the
Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment, for the purpose of reducing
significantly the cost of such program and ensuring completion of such
program in accordance with the obligations of the United States under
the Chemical Weapons Convention while maintaining maximum protection of
the general public, the personnel involved in the demilitarization
program, and the environment.
(2) Based on the results of the assessment conducted under paragraph
(1), the Secretary may take those actions identified in the assessment
that may be accomplished under existing law to achieve the purposes of
such assessment and the chemical agents and munitions stockpile
destruction program.
(3) Not later than March 1, 2000, the Secretary shall submit to
Congress a report on--
(A) those actions taken, or planned to be taken, under paragraph
(2); and
(B) any recommendations for additional legislation that may be
required to achieve the purposes of the assessment conducted under
paragraph (1) and of the chemical agents and munitions stockpile
destruction program.
(b) Changes and Clarifications Regarding Program.--Section 1412 of
the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (Public Law 99 145; 50
U.S.C. 1521) is amended--
(1) in subsection (c)--
(A) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new
paragraph:
``(2) Facilities constructed to carry out this section shall, when no
longer needed for the purposes for which they were constructed, be
disposed of in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and
mutual agreements between the Secretary of the Army and the Governor of
the State in which the facility is located.'';
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and
(5), respectively; and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as amended by subparagraph
(A)) the following new paragraph:
``(3)(A) Facilities constructed to carry out this section may not be
used for a purpose other than the destruction of the stockpile of lethal
chemical agents and munitions that exists on November 8, 1985.
``(B) The prohibition in subparagraph (A) shall not apply with
respect to items designated by the Secretary of Defense as lethal
chemical agents, munitions, or related materials after November 8, 1985,
if the State in which a destruction facility is located issues the
appropriate permit or permits for the destruction of such items at the
facility.'';
(2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ``(c)(4)'' and inserting
``(c)(5)''; and
(3) in subsection (g)(2)(B), by striking ``(c)(3)'' and inserting
``(c)(4)''.
(c) Comptroller General Assessment and Report.--(1) Not later than
March 1, 2000, the Comptroller General of the United States shall review
and assess the program for destruction of the United States stockpile of
chemical agents and munitions and report the results of the assessment
to the congressional defense committees.
(2) The assessment conducted under paragraph (1) shall include a
review of the program execution and financial management of each of the
elements of the program, including--
(A) the chemical stockpile disposal project;
(B) the nonstockpile chemical materiel project;
(C) the alternative technologies and approaches project;
(D) the chemical stockpile emergency preparedness program; and
(E) the assembled chemical weapons assessment program.
(d) Definitions.--As used in this section:
(1) The term ``Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment'' means the
pilot program carried out under section 8065 of the Department of
Defense Appropriations Act, 1997 (section 101(b) of Public Law 104 208;
110 Stat. 3009 101; 50 U.S.C. 1521 note).
(2) The term ``Chemical Weapons Convention'' means the Convention on
the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of
Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, ratified by the United States
on April 25, 1997, and entered into force on April 29, 1997.
SEC. 142. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON ANTICIPATED EFFECTS OF
PROPOSED CHANGES IN OPERATION OF STORAGE SITES FOR LETHAL CHEMICAL
AGENTS AND MUNITIONS.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than March 31, 2000, the Comptroller
General shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate
and the House of Representatives a report on the proposal in the latest
quadrennial defense review to reduce the Federal civilian workforce
involved in the operation of the eight storage sites for lethal chemical
agents and munitions in the continental United States and to convert to
contractor operation of the storage sites. The workforce reductions
addressed in the report shall include those that are to be effectuated
by fiscal year 2002.
(b) Content of Report.--The report shall include the following:
(1) For each site, a description of the assigned chemical storage,
chemical demilitarization, and industrial missions.
(2) A description of the criteria and reporting systems applied to
ensure that the storage sites and the workforce operating the storage
sites have--
(A) the capabilities necessary to respond effectively to emergencies
involving chemical accidents; and
(B) the industrial capabilities necessary to meet replenishment and
surge requirements.
(3) The risks associated with the proposed workforce reductions and
contractor performance, particularly regarding chemical accidents,
incident response capabilities, community-wide emergency preparedness
programs, and current or planned chemical demilitarization programs.
(4) The effects of the proposed workforce reductions and contractor
performance on the capability to satisfy permit requirements regarding
environmental protection that are applicable to the performance of
current and future chemical demilitarization and industrial missions.
(5) The effects of the proposed workforce reductions and contractor
performance on the capability to perform assigned industrial missions,
particularly the materiel replenishment missions for chemical or
biological defense or for chemical munitions.
(6) Recommendations for mitigating the risks and adverse effects
identified in the report.
TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION
SUBTITLE A--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 202. Amount for basic and applied research.
SUBTITLE B--PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS, RESTRICTIONS, AND LIMITATIONS
Sec. 211. Collaborative program to evaluate and demonstrate
advanced technologies for advanced capability combat vehicles.
Sec. 212. Sense of Congress regarding defense science and
technology program.
Sec. 213. Micro-satellite technology development program.
Sec. 214. Space control technology.
Sec. 215. Space maneuver vehicle program.
Sec. 216. Manufacturing technology program.
Sec. 217. Revision to limitations on high altitude endurance
unmanned vehicle program.
SUBTITLE C--BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE
Sec. 231. Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) low program.
Sec. 232. Theater missile defense upper tier acquisition strategy.
Sec. 233. Acquisition strategy for Theater High-Altitude Area
Defense (THAAD) system.
Sec. 234. Space-based laser program.
Sec. 235. Criteria for progression of airborne laser program.
Sec. 236. Sense of Congress regarding ballistic missile defense
technology funding.
Sec. 237. Report on national missile defense.
SUBTITLE D--RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR LONG-TERM MILITARY
CAPABILITIES
Sec. 241. Quadrennial report on emerging operational concepts.
Sec. 242. Technology area review and assessment.
Sec. 243. Report by Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology, and Logistics.
Sec. 244. DARPA program for award of competitive prizes to
encourage development of advanced technologies.
Sec. 245. Additional pilot program for revitalizing Department of
Defense laboratories.
SUBTITLE E--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 251. Development of Department of Defense laser master plan
and execution of solid state laser program.
Sec. 252. Report on Air Force distributed mission training.
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000
for the use of the Department of Defense for research, development,
test, and evaluation as follows:
(1) For the Army, $4,791,243,000.
(2) For the Navy, $8,362,516,000.
(3) For the Air Force, $13,630,073,000.
(4) For Defense-wide activities, $9,482,705,000, of which--
(A) $253,457,000 is authorized for the activities of the Director,
Test and Evaluation; and
(B) $24,434,000 is authorized for the Director of Operational Test
and Evaluation.
SEC. 202. AMOUNT FOR BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH.
(a) Fiscal Year 2000.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated
by section 201, $4,301,421,000 shall be available for basic research and
applied research projects.
(b) Basic Research and Applied Research Defined.--For purposes of
this section, the term ``basic research and applied research'' means
work funded in program elements for defense research and development
under Department of Defense category 6.1 or 6.2.
Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations
SEC. 211. COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM TO EVALUATE AND DEMONSTRATE
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADVANCED CAPABILITY COMBAT VEHICLES.
(a) Establishment of Program.--The Secretary of Defense shall
establish and carry out a program to provide for the evaluation and
competitive demonstration of concepts for advanced capability combat
vehicles for the Army.
(b) Covered Program.--The program under subsection (a) shall be
carried out collaboratively pursuant to a memorandum of agreement to be
entered into between the Secretary of the Army and the Director of the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The program shall include the
following activities:
(1) Consideration and evaluation of technologies having the
potential to enable the development of advanced capability combat
vehicles that are significantly superior to the existing M1 series of
tanks in terms of capability for combat, survival, support, and
deployment, including but not limited to the following technologies:
(A) Weapon systems using electromagnetic power, directed energy, and
kinetic energy.
(B) Propulsion systems using hybrid electric drive.
(C) Mobility systems using active and semi-active suspension and
wheeled vehicle suspension.
(D) Protection systems using signature management, lightweight
materials, and full-spectrum active protection.
(E) Advanced robotics, displays, man-machine interfaces, and
embedded training.
(F) Advanced sensory systems and advanced systems for combat
identification, tactical navigation, communication, systems status
monitoring, and reconnaissance.
(G) Revolutionary methods of manufacturing combat vehicles.
(2) Incorporation of the most promising such technologies into
demonstration models.
(3) Competitive testing and evaluation of such demonstration models.
(4) Identification of the most promising such demonstration models
within a period of time to enable preparation of a full development
program capable of beginning by fiscal year 2007.
(c) Report.--Not later than January 31, 2000, the Secretary of the
Army and the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a joint report on
the implementation of the program under subsection (a). The report shall
include the following:
(1) A description of the memorandum of agreement referred to in
subsection (b).
(2) A schedule for the program.
(3) An identification of the funding required for fiscal year 2001
and for the future-years defense program to carry out the program.
(4) A description and assessment of the acquisition strategy for
combat vehicles planned by the Secretary of the Army that would sustain
the existing force of M1-series tanks, together with a complete
identification of all operation, support, ownership, and other costs
required to carry out such strategy through the year 2030.
(5) A description and assessment of one or more acquisition
strategies for combat vehicles, alternative to the strategy referred to
in paragraph (4), that would develop a force of advanced capability
combat vehicles significantly superior to the existing force of
M1-series tanks and, for each such alternative acquisition strategy, an
estimate of the funding required to carry out such strategy.
(d) Funds.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated for
Defense-wide activities by section 201(4) for the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency, $56,200,000 shall be available only to carry
out the program under subsection (a).
SEC. 212. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING DEFENSE SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.
(a) Failure To Comply With Funding Objective.--It is the sense of
Congress that the Secretary of Defense has failed to comply with the
funding objective for the Defense Science and Technology Program,
especially the Air Force Science and Technology Program, as stated in
section 214(a) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105 261; 112 Stat. 1948), thus
jeopardizing the stability of the defense technology base and increasing
the risk of failure to maintain technological superiority in future
weapon systems.
(b) Funding Objective.--It is further the sense of Congress that, for
each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2009, it should be an objective of
the Secretary of Defense to increase the budget for the Defense Science
and Technology Program, including the science and technology program
within each military department, for the fiscal year over the budget for
that program for the preceding fiscal year by a percent that is at least
two percent above the rate of inflation as determined by the Office of
Management and Budget.
(c) Certification.--If the proposed budget for a fiscal year covered
by subsection (b) fails to comply with the objective set forth in that
subsection--
(1) the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress--
(A) the certification of the Secretary that the budget does not
jeopardize the stability of the defense technology base or increase the
risk of failure to maintain technological superiority in future weapon
systems; or
(B) a statement of the Secretary explaining why the Secretary is
unable to submit such certification; and
(2) the Defense Science Board shall, not more than 60 days after the
date on which the Secretary submits the certification or statement under
paragraph (1), submit to the Secretary and Congress a report assessing
the effect such failure to comply is likely to have on defense
technology and the national defense.
SEC. 213. MICRO-SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated under section 201(3),
$10,000,000 is available for continued implementation of the
micro-satellite technology program established pursuant to section 215
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public
Law 105 85; 111 Stat. 1659).
SEC. 214. SPACE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY.
(a) Funds Available for Air Force Execution.--Of the funds authorized
to be appropriated under section 201(3), $14,822,000 shall be available
for space control technology development pursuant to the Department of
Defense Space Control Technology Plan of 1999.
(b) Funds Available for Army Execution.--Of the funds authorized to
be appropriated under section 201(1), $10,000,000 shall be available for
space control technology development. Of the funds made available
pursuant to the preceding sentence, the commander of the United States
Army Space and Missile Defense Command may use such amounts as are
necessary for any or all of the following activities:
(1) Continued development of the kinetic energy anti-satellite
technology program.
(2) Technology development associated with the kinetic energy
anti-satellite kill vehicle to temporarily disrupt satellite functions.
(3) Cooperative technology development with the Air Force, pursuant
to the Department of Defense Space Control Technology Plan of 1999.
SEC. 215. SPACE MANEUVER VEHICLE PROGRAM.
(a) Funding.--Of the funds authorized to be appropriated under
section 201(3), $25,000,000 is available for the Space Maneuver Vehicle
program.
(b) Acquisition of Second Flight Test Article.--The amount available
for the space maneuver vehicle program under subsection (a) shall be
used for development and acquisition of an Air Force X 40 flight test
article to support the joint Air Force and National Aeronautics and
Space Administration X 37 program and to meet unique needs of the Air
Force Space Maneuver Vehicle program.
SEC. 216. MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.
(a) Overall Purpose of Program.--Subsection (a) of section 2525 of
title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after ``title'' in
the first sentence the following: ``through the development and
application of advanced manufacturing technologies and processes that
will reduce the acquisition and supportability costs of defense weapon
systems and reduce manufacturing and repair cycle times across the life
cycles of such systems''.
(b) Support of Projects To Meet Essential Defense
Requirements.--Subsection (b)(4) of such section is amended to read as
follows:
``(4) to focus Department of Defense support for the development and
application of advanced manufacturing technologies and processes for use
to meet manufacturing requirements that are essential to the national
defense, as well as for repair and remanufacturing in support of the
operations of systems commands, depots, air logistics centers, and
shipyards;''.
(c) Execution.--Subsection (c) of such section is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (5);
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraphs:
``(2) In the establishment and review of requirements for an advanced
manufacturing technology or process, the Secretary shall ensure the
participation of those prospective technology users that are expected to
be the users of that technology or process.
``(3) The Secretary shall ensure that each project under the program
for the development of an advanced manufacturing technology or process
includes an implementation plan for the transition of that technology or
process to the prospective technology users that will be the users of
that technology or process.
``(4) In the periodic review of a project under the program, the
Secretary shall ensure participation by those prospective technology
users that are the expected users for the technology or process being
developed under the project.''; and
(3) by adding after paragraph (5) (as redesignated by paragraph (2))
the following new paragraph:
``(6) In this subsection, the term `prospective technology users'
means the following officials and elements of the Department of Defense:
``(A) Program and project managers for defense weapon systems.
``(B) Systems commands.
``(C) Depots.
``(D) Air logistics centers.
``(E) Shipyards.''.
(d) Consideration of Cost-Sharing Proposals.--Subsection (d) of such
section is amended--
(1) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3);
(2) by striking ``(A)'' after ``(1)''; and
(3) by striking ``(B) For each'' and all that follows through
``competitive procedures.'' and inserting the following: ``(2) Under the
competitive procedures used, the factors to be considered in the
evaluation of each proposed grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or
other transaction for a project under the program shall include the
extent to which that proposed transaction provides for the proposed
recipient to share in the cost of the project.''.
(e) Revisions to Five-Year Plan.--Subsection (e)(2) of such section
is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``, including a description of
all completed projects and status of implementation'' before the period
at the end; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(C) Plans for the implementation of the advanced manufacturing
technologies and processes being developed under the program.''.
SEC. 217. REVISION TO LIMITATIONS ON HIGH ALTITUDE ENDURANCE
UNMANNED VEHICLE PROGRAM.
Section 216(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1998 (Public Law 105 85; 111 Stat. 1660) is amended by striking
``may not procure any'' and inserting ``may not procure more than two''.
Subtitle C--Ballistic Missile Defense
SEC. 231. SPACE BASED INFRARED SYSTEM (SBIRS) LOW PROGRAM.
(a) Primary Mission of SBIRS Low System.--The primary mission of the
system designated as of the date of the enactment of this Act as the
Space Based Infrared System Low (hereinafter in this section referred to
as the ``SBIRS Low system'') is ballistic missile defense. The Secretary
of Defense shall carry out the acquisition program for that system
consistent with that primary mission.
(b) Oversight of Certain Program Functions.--With respect to the
SBIRS Low system, the Secretary of Defense shall require that the
Secretary of the Air Force obtain the approval of the Director of the
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization before the Secretary--
(1) establishes any system level technical requirement or makes any
change to any such requirement;
(2) makes any change to the SBIRS Low baseline schedule; or
(3) makes any change to the budget baseline identified in the fiscal
year 2000 future-years defense program.
(c) Priority for Ancillary Missions.--The Secretary of Defense shall
ensure that the Director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization,
in executing the authorities specified in subsection (b), engages in
appropriate coordination with the Secretary of the Air Force and
elements of the intelligence community to ensure that ancillary SBIRS
Low missions (that is, missions other than the primary mission of
ballistic missile defense) receive proper priority to the extent that
those ancillary missions do not increase technical or schedule risk.
(d) Management and Funding Budget Activity.--The Secretary of Defense
shall transfer the management and budgeting of funds for the SBIRS Low
system from the Tactical Intelligence and Related Activities (TIARA)
budget aggregation to a nonintelligence budget activity of the Air
Force.
(e) Deadline for Definition of System Requirements.--The system level
technical requirements for the SBIRS Low system shall be defined not
later than July 1, 2000.
(f) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
(1) The term ``system level technical requirements'' means those
technical requirements and those functional requirements of a system,
expressed in terms of technical performance and mission requirements,
including test provisions, that determine the direction and progress of
the systems engineering effort and the degree of convergence upon a
balanced and complete configuration.
(2) The term ``SBIRS Low baseline schedule'' means a program
schedule that includes--
(A) a Milestone II decision on entry into engineering and
manufacturing development to be made during fiscal year 2002;
(B) a critical design review to be conducted during fiscal year
2003; and
(C) a first launch of a SBIRS Low satellite to be made during fiscal
year 2006.
SEC. 232. THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE UPPER TIER ACQUISITION STRATEGY.
(a) Revised Upper Tier Strategy.--The Secretary of Defense shall
establish an acquisition strategy for the two upper tier missile defense
systems that--
(1) retains funding for both of the upper tier systems in separate,
independently managed program elements throughout the future-years
defense program;
(2) bases funding decisions and program schedules for each upper
tier system on the performance of each system independent of the
performance of the other system; and
(3) provides for accelerating the deployment of both of the upper
tier systems to the maximum extent practicable.
(b) Upper Tier Systems Defined.--For purposes of this section, the
upper tier missile defense systems are the following:
(1) The Navy Theater Wide system.
(2) The Theater High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system.
SEC. 233. ACQUISITION STRATEGY FOR THEATER HIGH-ALTITUDE AREA
DEFENSE (THAAD) SYSTEM.
(a) Independent Review of System.--Subsection (a) of section 236 of
the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1999 (Public Law 105 261; 112 Stat. 1953) is amended to read as follows:
``(a) Continued Independent Review.--The Secretary of Defense shall
take appropriate steps to assure continued independent review, as the
Secretary determines is needed, of the Theater High-Altitude Area
Defense (THAAD) program.''.
(b) Coordination of Development of System Elements.--Subsection (c)
of such section is amended by striking ``may'' and inserting ``shall''.
(c) Revision to Limitation on Entering Manufacturing and Development
Phase for Interceptor Missile.--Subsection (e) of such section is
amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (4); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraphs:
``(2) If the Secretary determines, after a second successful test of
the interceptor missile of the THAAD system, that the THAAD program has
achieved a sufficient level of technical maturity, the Secretary may
waive the limitation specified in paragraph (1).
``(3) If the Secretary grants a waiver under paragraph (2), the
Secretary shall, not later than 60 days after the date of the issuance
of the waiver, submit to the congressional defense committees a report
describing the technical rationale for that action.''.
SEC. 234. SPACE-BASED LASER PROGRAM.
(a) Structure of Program.--The Secretary of Defense shall structure
the space-based laser program to include--
(1) an integrated flight experiment; and
(2) an ongoing analysis and technology effort to support the
development of an objective system design.
(b) Integrated Flight Experiment Program Baseline.--Not later than
March 15, 2000, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the joint
venture contractors for the space-based laser program, shall establish a
program baseline for the integrated flight experiment referred to in
subsection (a)(1).
(c) Structure of Integrated Flight Experiment Program Baseline.--The
program baseline established under subsection (b) shall be structured
to--
(1) demonstrate at the earliest date consistent with the
requirements of this section the fundamental end-to-end capability to
acquire, track, and destroy a boosting ballistic missile with a lethal
laser from space; and
(2) establish a balance between the use of mature technology and
more advanced technology so that the integrated flight experiment, while
providing significant information that can be used in planning and
implementing follow-on phases of the space-based laser program, will be
launched as soon as practicable.
(d) Funds Available for Integrated Flight Experiment.--Amounts shall
be available for the integrated flight experiment as follows:
(1) From amounts available pursuant to section 201(3), $73,840,000.
(2) From amounts available pursuant to section 201(4), $75,000,000.
(e) Limitation on Obligation of Funds for Integrated Flight
Experiment.--No funds made available in subsection (d) for the
integrated flight experiment may be obligated until the Secretary of the
Air Force--
(1) develops a specific spending plan for such amounts; and
(2) provides such plan to the congressional defense committees.
(f) Objective System Design.--To support the development of an
objective system design for a space-based laser system suited to the
operational and technological environment that will exist when such a
system can be deployed, the Secretary of Defense shall establish an
analysis and technology effort that complements the integrated flight
experiment. That effort shall include the following:
(1) Research and development on advanced technologies that will not
be demonstrated on the integrated flight experiment but may be necessary
for an objective system.
(2) Architecture studies to assess alternative constellation and
system performance characteristics.
(3) Planning for the development of a space-based laser prototype
that--
(A) uses the lessons learned from the integrated flight experiment;
and
(B) is supported by the ongoing research and development under
paragraph (1), the architecture studies under paragraph (2), and other
relevant advanced technology research and development.
(g) Funds Available for Objective System Design During Fiscal Year
2000.--During fiscal year 2000, the Secretary of the Air Force may use
amounts made available for the integrated flight experiment under
subsection (d) for the purpose of supporting the effort specified in
subsection (f) if the Secretary of the Air Force first--
(1) determines that such amounts are needed for that purpose;
(2) develops a specific spending plan for such amounts; and
(3) consults with the congressional defense committees regarding
such plan.
(h) Annual Report.--For each year in the three-year period beginning
with the year 2000, the Secretary of Defense shall, not later than March
15 of that year, submit to the congressional defense committees a report
on the space-based laser program. Each such report shall include the
following:
(1) The program baseline for the integrated flight experiment.
(2) Any changes in that program baseline.
(3) A description of the activities of the space-based laser program
in the preceding year.
(4) A description of the activities of the space-based laser program
planned for the next fiscal year.
(5) The funding planned for the space-based laser program throughout
the future-years defense program.
SEC. 235. CRITERIA FOR PROGRESSION OF AIRBORNE LASER PROGRAM.
(a) Modification of PDRR Aircraft.--No modification of the PDRR
aircraft may commence until the Secretary of the Air Force certifies to
Congress that the commencement of such modification is justified on the
basis of existing test data and analyses involving the following
activities:
(1) The North Oscura Peak test program.
(2) Scintillometry data collection and analysis.
(3) The lethality/vulnerability program.
(4) The countermeasures test and analysis effort.
(5) Reduction and analysis of atmospheric data for fiscal years 1997
and 1998.
(b) Acquisition of EMD Aircraft and Flight Test of PDRR Aircraft.--In
carrying out the Airborne Laser program, the Secretary of Defense shall
ensure that the Authority-to-Proceed-2 decision is not made until the
Secretary of Defense--
(1) ensures that the Secretary of the Air Force has developed an
appropriate plan for resolving the technical challenges identified in
the Airborne Laser Program Assessment;
(2) approves that plan; and
(3) submits that plan to the congressional defense committees.
(c) Entry into EMD Phase.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that
the Milestone II decision is not made until--
(1) the PDRR aircraft undergoes a robust series of flight tests that
validates the technical maturity of the Airborne Laser program and
provides sufficient information regarding the performance of the
Airborne Laser system; and
(2) sufficient technical information is available to determine
whether adequate progress is being made in the ongoing effort to address
the operational issues identified in the Airborne Laser Program
Assessment.
(d) Modification of EMD Aircraft.--The Secretary of the Air Force may
not commence any modification of the EMD aircraft until the Milestone II
decision is made.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``PDRR aircraft'' means the aircraft relating to the
program definition and risk reduction phase of the Airborne Laser
program.
(2) The term ``EMD aircraft'' means the aircraft relating to the
engineering and manufacturing development phase of the Airborne Laser
program.
(3) The term ``Authority-to-Proceed-2 decision'' means the decision
allowing acquisition of the EMD aircraft and flight testing of the PDRR
aircraft.
(4) The term ``Milestone II decision'' means the decision allowing
the entry of the Airborne Laser program into the engineering and
manufacturing development phase.
(5) The term ``Airborne Laser Program Assessment'' means the report
titled ``Assessment of Technical and Operational Aspects of the Airborne
Laser Program'', submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense on
March 9, 1999.
SEC. 236. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING BALLISTIC MISSILE
DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY FUNDING.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) because technology development provides the basis for future
weapon systems, it is important to maintain a healthy balance between
funding for the development of technology for ballistic missile defense
systems and funding for the acquisition of ballistic missile defense
systems;
(2) funding planned within the future-years defense program of the
Department of Defense should be sufficient to support the development of
technology for future and follow-on ballistic missile defense systems
while simultaneously supporting the acquisition of ballistic missile
defense systems; and
(3) the Secretary of Defense should seek to ensure that funding in
the future-years defense program is adequate both for the development of
technology for advanced ballistic missile defense systems and for the
major existing programs for the acquisition of ballistic missile defense
systems.
SEC. 237. REPORT ON NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE.
Not later than March 15, 2000, the Secretary of Defense shall submit
to Congress the Secretary's assessment of the advantages or
disadvantages of a two-site deployment of a ground-based National
Missile Defense system, with special reference to considerations of the
world-wide ballistic missile threat, defensive coverage, redundancy and
survivability, and economies of scale.
Subtitle D--Research and Development for Long-Term Military Capabilities
SEC. 241. QUADRENNIAL REPORT ON EMERGING OPERATIONAL CONCEPTS.
(a) In General.--(1) Chapter 23 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``486. Quadrennial report on emerging operational concepts
``(a) Quadrennial Report Required.--Not later than March 1 of each
year evenly divisible by four, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed
Services of the House of Representatives a report on emerging
operational concepts. Each such report shall be prepared by the
Secretary in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
``(b) Content of Report Relating to DoD Processes.--Each such report
shall contain a description, for the four years preceding the year in
which the report is submitted, of the following:
``(1) The process undertaken in the Department of Defense, and in
each of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, to define and
develop doctrine, operational concepts, organizational concepts, and
acquisition strategies to address--
``(A) the potential of emerging technologies for significantly
improving the operational effectiveness of the armed forces;
``(B) changes in the international order that may necessitate
changes in the operational capabilities of the armed forces;
``(C) emerging capabilities of potential adversary states; and
``(D) changes in defense budget projections.
``(2) The manner in which the processes described in paragraph (1)
are harmonized to ensure that there is a sufficient consideration of the
development of joint doctrine, operational concepts, and acquisition
strategies.
``(3) The manner in which the processes described in paragraph (1)
are coordinated through the Joint Requirements Oversight Council and
reflected in the planning, programming, and budgeting process of the
Department of Defense.
``(c) Content of Report Relating to Identification of Technological
Objectives for Research and Development.--Each report under this section
shall set forth the military capabilities that are necessary for meeting
national security requirements over the next two to three decades,
including--
``(1) the most significant strategic and operational capabilities
(including both armed force-specific and joint capabilities) that are
necessary for the armed forces to prevail against the most dangerous
threats, including asymmetrical threats, that could be posed to the
national security interests of the United States by potential
adversaries from 20 to 30 years in the future;
``(2) the key characteristics and capabilities of future military
systems (including both armed force-specific and joint systems) that
will be needed to meet each such threat; and
``(3) the most significant research and development challenges that
must be met, and the technological breakthroughs that must be made, to
develop and field such systems.''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended
by adding at the end the following new item:
``486. Quadrennial report on emerging operational concepts.''.
(b) Conforming Repeal.--Section 1042 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104 201; 110 Stat.
2642; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is repealed.
SEC. 242. TECHNOLOGY AREA REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT.
Section 270(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1997 (Public Law 104 201; 110 Stat. 2469; 10 U.S.C. 2501 note) is
amended to read as follows:
``(b) Technology Area Review and Assessment.--With the submission of
the plan under subsection (a) each year, the Secretary shall also submit
to the committees referred to in that subsection a summary of each
technology area review and assessment conducted by the Department of
Defense in support of that plan.''.
SEC. 243. REPORT BY UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR
ACQUISITION, TECHNOLOGY, AND LOGISTICS.
(a) Requirement.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology, and Logistics shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report on the actions that are necessary to promote the
research base and technological development that will be needed for
ensuring that the Armed Forces have the military capabilities that are
necessary for meeting national security requirements over the next two
to three decades.
(b) Content.--The report shall include the actions that have been
taken or are planned to be taken within the Department of Defense to
ensure that--
(1) the Department of Defense laboratories place an appropriate
emphasis on revolutionary changes in military operations and the new
technologies that will be necessary to support those operations;
(2) the Department helps sustain a high-quality national research
base that includes organizations attuned to the needs of the Department,
the fostering and creation of revolutionary technologies useful to the
Department, and the capability to identify opportunities for new
military capabilities in emerging scientific knowledge;
(3) the Department can identify, provide appropriate funding for,
and ensure the coordinated development of joint technologies that will
serve the needs of more than one of the Armed Forces;
(4) the Department can identify militarily relevant technologies
that are developed in the private sector, rapidly incorporate those
technologies into defense systems, and effectively utilize technology
transfer processes;
(5) the Department can effectively and efficiently manage the
transition of new technologies from the applied research and advanced
technological development stage through the product development stage in
a manner that ensures that maximum advantage is obtained from advances
in technology; and
(6) the Department's educational institutions for the officers of
the uniformed services incorporate into their officer education and
training programs, as appropriate, materials necessary to ensure that
the officers have the familiarity with the processes, advances, and
opportunities in technology development that is necessary for making
decisions that ensure the superiority of United States defense
technology in the future.
SEC. 244. DARPA PROGRAM FOR AWARD OF COMPETITIVE PRIZES TO
ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES.
(a) Authority.--Chapter 139 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 2374 the following new section:
``2374a. Prizes for advanced technology achievements
``(a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through the
Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, may carry out
a program to award cash prizes in recognition of outstanding
achievements in basic, advanced, and applied research, technology
development, and prototype development that have the potential for
application to the performance of the military missions of the
Department of Defense.
``(b) Competition Requirements.--The program under subsection (a)
shall use a competitive process for the selection of recipients of cash
prizes. The process shall include the widely-advertised solicitation of
submissions of research results, technology developments, and
prototypes.
``(c) Limitations.--(1) The total amount made available for award of
cash prizes in a fiscal year may not exceed $10,000,000.
``(2) No prize competition may result in the award of more than
$1,000,000 in cash prizes without the approval of the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics.
``(d) Relationship to Other Authority.--The program under subsection
(a) may be carried out in conjunction with or in addition to the
exercise of any other authority of the Director to acquire, support, or
stimulate basic, advanced and applied research, technology development,
or prototype projects.
``(e) Annual Report.--Promptly after the end of each fiscal year, the
Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate
and the House of Representatives a report on the administration of the
program for that fiscal year. The report shall include the following:
``(1) The military applications of the research, technology, or
prototypes for which prizes were awarded.
``(2) The total amount of the prizes awarded.
``(3) The methods used for solicitation and evaluation of
submissions, together with an assessment of the effectiveness of those
methods.
``(f) Period of Authority.--The authority to award prizes under
subsection (a) shall terminate at the end of September 30, 2003.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section
2374 the following new item:
``2374a. Prizes for advanced technology achievements.''.
SEC. 245. ADDITIONAL PILOT PROGRAM FOR REVITALIZING DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE LABORATORIES.
(a) Authority.--(1) The Secretary of Defense may carry out a pilot
program to demonstrate improved efficiency in the performance of
research, development, test, and evaluation functions of the Department
of Defense. The pilot program under this section is in addition to, but
may be carried out in conjunction with, the pilot program authorized by
section 246 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105 261; 112 Stat. 1955; 10 U.S.C. 2358
note).
(2) Under the pilot program, the Secretary of Defense shall provide
the director of one science and technology laboratory, and the director
of one test and evaluation laboratory, of each military department with
authority for the following:
(A) To ensure that the laboratories selected can attract a workforce
appropriately balanced between permanent and temporary personnel and
among workers with an appropriate level of skills and experience and
that those laboratories can effectively compete in hiring to obtain the
finest scientific talent.
(B) To develop or expand innovative methods of operation that
provide more defense research for each dollar of cost, including
carrying out initiatives such as focusing on the performance of core
functions and adopting more business-like practices.
(C) To waive any restrictions not required by law that apply to the
demonstration and implementation of methods for achieving the objectives
set forth in subparagraphs (A) and (B).
(3) In selecting the laboratories for participation in the pilot
program, the Secretary shall consider laboratories where innovative
management techniques have been demonstrated, particularly as documented
under sections 1115 through 1119 of title 31, United States Code,
relating to Government agency performance and results.
(4) The Secretary may carry out the pilot program at each selected
laboratory for a period of three years beginning not later than March 1,
2000.
(b) Reports.--(1) Not later than March 1, 2000, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the implementation of the
pilot program. The report shall include the following:
(A) Each laboratory selected for the pilot program.
(B) To the extent possible, a description of the innovative concepts
that are to be tested at each laboratory.
(C) The criteria to be used for measuring the success of each
concept to be tested.
(2) Promptly after the expiration of the period for participation of
a laboratory in the pilot program, the Secretary of Defense shall submit
to Congress a final report on the participation of that laboratory in
the pilot program. The report shall include the following:
(A) A description of the concepts tested.
(B) The results of the testing.
(C) The lessons learned.
(D) Any proposal for legislation that the Secretary recommends on
the basis of the experience at that laboratory under the pilot program.
Subtitle E--Other Matters
SEC. 251. DEVELOPMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE LASER MASTER
PLAN AND EXECUTION OF SOLID STATE LASER PROGRAM.
(a) Master Plan Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall develop a
unified plan of the Department of Defense to develop laser technology
for potential weapons applications (in this section referred to as the
``laser master plan''). In developing the plan, the Secretary shall
consult with the Secretary of Energy and the Secretaries of the military
departments.
(b) Contents of Laser Master Plan.--The laser master plan shall
include the following:
(1) Identification of potential weapons applications of chemical,
solid state, and other lasers.
(2) Identification of critical technologies and manufacturing
capabilities required to achieve such weapons applications.
(3) A development path for those critical technologies and
manufacturing capabilities.
(4) Identification of the funding required in future fiscal years to
carry out the laser master plan.
(5) Identification of unfunded requirements in the laser master plan.
(6) An appropriate management and oversight structure to carry out
the laser master plan.
(c) Report.--Not later than March 15, 2000, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing
the laser master plan.
(d) Recommendations for Executive Agent for Solid State Laser
Programs.--Upon the completion of the laser master plan, the Secretary
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees the
recommendations of the Secretary as to the establishment of an executive
agent to coordinate, implement, and oversee the execution of the
elements of the laser master plan that relate to solid state lasers.
(e) Development and Demonstration of Solid State Laser
Technology.--The Secretary of the Army shall--
(1) initiate, not later than November 1, 1999, or 30 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, whichever is later, a development
program for solid state laser technologies; and
(2) demonstrate solid state laser technology consistent with the
objectives of the technical partnership between the United States Army
Space and Missile Defense Command and the Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory, Livermore, California, with a goal of achieving a solid
state laser of 100 kilowatt average power.
(f) Funding.--From amounts available pursuant to section 201(1),
$20,000,000 shall be available to carry out the activities specified in
subsection (e).
SEC. 252. REPORT ON AIR FORCE DISTRIBUTED MISSION TRAINING.
(a) Requirement.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to
Congress, not later than January 31, 2000, a report on the Air Force
Distributed Mission Training program.
(b) Content of Report.--The report shall include a discussion of the
following:
(1) The progress that the Air Force has made to demonstrate and
prove the Air Force Distributed Mission Training concept of linking
geographically separated, high-fidelity simulators to provide a mission
rehearsal capability for Air Force units, and any units of any of the
other Armed Forces as may be necessary, to train together from their
home stations.
(2) The actions that have been taken or are planned to be taken
within the Department of the Air Force to ensure that--
(A) an independent study of all requirements, technologies, and
acquisition strategies essential to the formulation of a sound
Distributed Mission Training program is under way; and
(B) all Air Force laboratories and other Air Force facilities
necessary to the research, development, testing, and evaluation of the
Distributed Mission Training program have been assessed regarding the
availability of the necessary resources to demonstrate and prove the Air
Force Distributed Mission Training concept.
TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
SUBTITLE A--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding.
Sec. 302. Working capital funds.
Sec. 303. Armed Forces Retirement Home.
Sec. 304. Transfer from National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund.
Sec. 305. Transfer to Defense Working Capital Funds to support
Defense Commissary Agency.
SUBTITLE B--PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS, RESTRICTIONS, AND LIMITATIONS
Sec. 311. Armed Forces Emergency Services.
Sec. 312. Replacement of nonsecure tactical radios of the 82nd
Airborne Division.
Sec. 313. Large medium-speed roll-on/roll-off (LMSR) program.
Sec. 314. Contributions for Spirit of Hope endowment fund of
United Service Organizations, Incorporated.
SUBTITLE C--ENVIRONMENTAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 321. Extension of limitation on payment of fines and
penalties using funds in environmental restoration accounts.
Sec. 322. Modification of requirements for annual reports on
environmental compliance activities.
Sec. 323. Defense environmental technology program and investment
control process for environmental technologies.
Sec. 324. Modification of membership of Strategic Environmental
Research and Development Program Council.
Sec. 325. Extension of pilot program for sale of air pollution
emission reduction incentives.
Sec. 326. Reimbursement for certain costs in connection with
Fresno Drum Superfund Site, Fresno, California.
Sec. 327. Payment of stipulated penalties assessed under CERCLA in
connection with F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming.
Sec. 328. Remediation of asbestos and lead-based paint.
Sec. 329. Release of information to foreign countries regarding
any environmental contamination at former United States military
installations in those countries.
Sec. 330. Toussaint River ordnance mitigation study.
SUBTITLE D--DEPOT-LEVEL ACTIVITIES
Sec. 331. Sales of articles and services of defense industrial
facilities to purchasers outside the Department of Defense.
Sec. 332. Contracting authority for defense working capital funded
industrial facilities.
Sec. 333. Annual reports on expenditures for performance of
depot-level maintenance and repair workloads by public and private
sectors.
Sec. 334. Applicability of competition requirement in contracting
out workloads performed by depot-level activities of Department of
Defense.
Sec. 335. Treatment of public sector winning bidders for contracts
for performance of depot-level maintenance and repair workloads formerly
performed at certain military installations.
Sec. 336. Additional matters to be reported before prime vendor
contract for depot-level maintenance and repair is entered into.
SUBTITLE E--PERFORMANCE OF FUNCTIONS BY PRIVATE-SECTOR SOURCES
Sec. 341. Reduced threshold for consideration of effect on local
community of changing defense functions to private sector performance.
Sec. 342. Congressional notification of A 76 cost comparison waivers.
Sec. 343. Report on use of employees of non-Federal entities to
provide services to Department of Defense.
Sec. 344. Evaluation of total system performance responsibility program.
Sec. 345. Sense of Congress regarding process for modernization of
army computer services.
SUBTITLE F--DEFENSE DEPENDENTS EDUCATION
Sec. 351. Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit
dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense
civilian employees.
Sec. 352. Unified school boards for all Department of Defense
Domestic Dependent Schools in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and Guam.
Sec. 353. Continuation of enrollment at Department of Defense
domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools.
Sec. 354. Technical amendments to Defense Dependents' Education
Act of 1978.
SUBTITLE G--MILITARY READINESS ISSUES
Sec. 361. Independent study of military readiness reporting system.
Sec. 362. Independent study of Department of Defense secondary
inventory and parts shortages.
Sec. 363. Report on inventory and control of military equipment.
Sec. 364. Comptroller General study of adequacy of Department
restructured sustainment and reengineered logistics product support
practices.
Sec. 365. Comptroller General review of real property maintenance
and its effect on readiness.
Sec. 366. Establishment of logistics standards for sustained
military operations.
SUBTITLE H--INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ISSUES
Sec. 371. Discretionary authority to install telecommunication
equipment for persons performing voluntary services.
Sec. 372. Authority for disbursing officers to support use of
automated teller machines on naval vessels for financial transactions.
Sec. 373. Use of Smart Card technology in the Department of Defense.
Sec. 374. Report on defense use of Smart Card as PKI
authentication device carrier.
SUBTITLE I--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 381. Authority to lend or donate obsolete or condemned rifles
for funeral and other ceremonies.
Sec. 382. Extension of warranty claims recovery pilot program.
Sec. 383. Preservation of historic buildings and grounds at United
States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home, District of Columbia.
Sec. 384. Clarification of land conveyance authority, United
States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home.
Sec. 385. Treatment of Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam in defense
household goods moving programs.
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations
SEC. 301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000
for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and agencies of the
Department of Defense for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
operation and maintenance, in amounts as follows:
(1) For the Army, $18,922,494,000.
(2) For the Navy, $22,641,515,000.
(3) For the Marine Corps, $2,724,529,000 .
(4) For the Air Force, $20,961,458,000.
(5) For Defense-wide activities, $11,496,633,000.
(6) For the Army Reserve, $1,441,213,000.
(7) For the Naval Reserve, $937,647,000.
(8) For the Marine Corps Reserve, $135,766,000.
(9) For the Air Force Reserve, $1,750,937,000.
(10) For the Army National Guard, $3,113,684,000.
(11) For the Air National Guard, $3,168,518,000.
(12) For the Defense Inspector General, $138,744,000.
(13) For the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces,
$7,621,000.
(14) For Environmental Restoration, Army, $378,170,000.
(15) For Environmental Restoration, Navy, $284,000,000.
(16) For Environmental Restoration, Air Force, $376,800,000.
(17) For Environmental Restoration, Defense-wide, $25,370,000.
(18) For Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites,
$239,214,000.
(19) For Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid programs,
$55,800,000.
(20) For Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug Activities,
Defense-wide, $803,500,000.
(21) For the Kaho'olawe Island Conveyance, Remediation, and
Environmental Restoration Trust Fund, $15,000,000.
(22) For Defense Health Program, $10,482,687,000.
(23) For Cooperative Threat Reduction programs, $475,500,000.
(24) For Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund,
$1,879,600,000.
(25) For quality of life enhancements, $1,845,370,000.
SEC. 302. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000
for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and agencies of the
Department of Defense for providing capital for working capital and
revolving funds in amounts as follows:
(1) For the Defense Working Capital Funds, $90,344,000.
(2) For the National Defense Sealift Fund, $434,700,000.
SEC. 303. ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME.
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000
from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund the sum of $68,295,000
for the operation of the Armed Forces Retirement Home, including the
United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home and the Naval Home.
SEC. 304. TRANSFER FROM NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE TRANSACTION FUND.
(a) Transfer Authority.--To the extent provided in appropriations
Acts, not more than $150,000,000 is authorized to be transferred from
the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund to operation and
maintenance accounts for fiscal year 2000 in amounts as follows:
(1) For the Army, $50,000,000.
(2) For the Navy, $50,000,000.
(3) For the Air Force, $50,000,000.
(b) Treatment of Transfers.--Amounts transferred under this section--
(1) shall be merged with, and be available for the same purposes and
the same period as, the amounts in the accounts to which transferred;
and
(2) may not be expended for an item that has been denied
authorization of appropriations by Congress.
(c) Relationship to Other Transfer Authority.--The transfer authority
provided in this section is in addition to the transfer authority
provided in section 1001.
SEC. 305. TRANSFER TO DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT
DEFENSE COMMISSARY AGENCY.
(a) Army Operation and Maintenance Funds.--The Secretary of the Army
shall transfer $346,154,000 of the amount authorized to be appropriated
by section 301(1) for operation and maintenance for the Army to the
Defense Working Capital Funds for the purpose of funding operations of
the Defense Commissary Agency.
(b) Navy Operation and Maintenance Funds.--The Secretary of the Navy
shall transfer $263,070,000 of the amount authorized to be appropriated
by section 301(2) for operation and maintenance for the Navy to the
Defense Working Capital Funds for the purpose of funding operations of
the Defense Commissary Agency.
(c) Marine Corps Operation and Maintenance Funds.--The Secretary of
the Navy shall transfer $90,834,000 of the amount authorized to be
appropriated by section 301(3) for operation and maintenance for the
Marine Corps to the Defense Working Capital Funds for the purpose of
funding operations of the Defense Commissary Agency.
(d) Air Force Operation and Maintenance Funds.--The Secretary of the
Air Force shall transfer $309,061,000 of the amount authorized to be
appropriated by section 301(4) for operation and maintenance for the Air
Force to the Defense Working Capital Funds for the purpose of funding
operations of the Defense Commissary Agency.
(e) Treatment of Transfers.--Amounts transferred under this section--
(1) shall be merged with, and be available for the same purposes and
the same period as, other amounts in the Defense Working Capital Funds
available for the purpose of funding operations of the Defense
Commissary Agency; and
(2) may not be expended for an item that has been denied
authorization of appropriations by Congress.
(f) Relationship to Other Transfer Authority.--The transfer
requirements of this section are in addition to the transfer authority
provided in section 1001.
Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations
SEC. 311. ARMED FORCES EMERGENCY SERVICES.
Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 301(5) for
operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities, $23,000,000 shall
be made available to the American Red Cross to fund the Armed Forces
Emergency Services.
SEC. 312. REPLACEMENT OF NONSECURE TACTICAL RADIOS OF THE 82ND
AIRBORNE DIVISION.
Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 301(1) for
operation and maintenance for the Army, such funds as may be necessary,
but not to exceed $5,500,000, shall be available to the Secretary of the
Army for the purpose of replacing nonsecure tactical radios used by the
82nd Airborne Division with radios, such as models AN/PRC 138 and AN/PRC
148, identified as being capable of fulfilling mission requirements.
SEC. 313. LARGE MEDIUM-SPEED ROLL-ON/ROLL-OFF (LMSR) PROGRAM.
(a) Authorization of Ship.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized
to procure the large medium-speed roll-on/roll-off (LMSR) ship to be
designated T AKR 307 or T AKR 317, subject to the availability of
appropriations for that purpose.
(b) Amount Authorized.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated
under section 302(2) for fiscal year 2000 that is provided for the
National Defense Sealift Fund, $80,000,000 is available for the advance
procurement and advance construction of components for the LMSR program
referred to in subsection (a). The Secretary of the Navy may enter into
a contract or contracts with the shipbuilder and other entities for the
advance procurement and advance construction of those components.
SEC. 314. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR SPIRIT OF HOPE ENDOWMENT FUND OF
UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, INCORPORATED.
(a) Grants Authorized.--Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of
Defense may make grants to the United Service Organizations,
Incorporated, a federally chartered corporation under chapter 2201 of
title 36, United States Code, to contribute funds for the USO's Spirit
of Hope Endowment Fund.
(b) Grant Increments.--The amount of the first grant under subsection
(a) may not exceed $2,000,000. The amount of the second grant under such
subsection may not exceed $3,000,000, and subsequent grants may not
exceed $5,000,000.
(c) Matching Requirement.--Each grant under subsection (a) may not be
made until after the United Service Organizations, Incorporated,
certifies to the Secretary of Defense that sufficient funds have been
raised from non-Federal sources for deposit in the Spirit of Hope
Endowment Fund to match, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, the amount of
that grant.
(d) Funding.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section
301(5) for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities,
$25,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of Defense for the
purpose of making grants under subsection (a).
Subtitle C--Environmental Provisions
SEC. 321. EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON PAYMENT OF FINES AND
PENALTIES USING FUNDS IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION ACCOUNTS.
Section 2703(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``through 1999,'' both places it appears and inserting
``through 2010,''.
SEC. 322. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR ANNUAL REPORTS ON
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE ACTIVITIES.
(a) Modification of Requirements.--Subsection (b) of section 2706 of
title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(b) Report on Environmental Quality Programs and Other
Environmental Activities.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to
Congress each year, not later than 45 days after the date on which the
President submits to Congress the budget for a fiscal year, a report on
the progress made in carrying out activities under the environmental
quality programs of the Department of Defense and the military
departments.
``(2) Each report shall include the following:
``(A) A description of the environmental quality program of the
Department of Defense, and of each of the military departments, during
the period consisting of the four fiscal years preceding the fiscal year
in which the report is submitted, the fiscal year in which the report is
submitted, and the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the
report is submitted.
``(B) For each of the major activities under the environmental
quality programs:
``(i) A specification of the amount expended, or proposed to be
expended, in each fiscal year of the period covered by the report.
``(ii) An explanation for any significant change in the aggregate
amount to be expended in the fiscal year in which the report is
submitted, and in the following fiscal year, when compared with the
fiscal year preceding each such fiscal year.
``(iii) An assessment of the manner in which the scope of the
activities have changed over the course of the period covered by the
report.
``(C) A summary of the major achievements of the environmental
quality programs and of any major problems with the programs.
``(D) A list of the planned or ongoing projects necessary to support
the environmental quality programs during the period covered by the
report, the cost of which has exceeded or is anticipated to exceed
$1,500,000. The list and accompanying material shall include the
following:
``(i) A separate listing of the projects inside the United States
and of the projects outside the United States.
``(ii) For each project commenced during the first four fiscal years
of the period covered by the report (other than a project that was
reported as fully executed in the report for a previous fiscal year), a
description of--
``(I) the amount specified in the initial budget request for the
project;
``(II) the aggregate amount allocated to the project through the
fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the report is submitted;
and
``(III) the aggregate amount obligated for the project through that
fiscal year.
``(iii) For each project commenced or to be commenced in the fiscal
year in which the report is submitted, a description of--
``(I) the amount specified for the project in the budget for the
fiscal year; and
``(II) the amount allocated to the project in the fiscal year.
``(iv) For each project to be commenced in the last fiscal year of
the period, a description of the amount, if any, specified for the
project in the budget for the fiscal year.
``(v) If the anticipated aggregate cost of any project covered by
the report will exceed by more than 25 percent the amount specified in
the initial budget request for such project, a justification for that
variance.
``(E) A statement of the fines and penalties imposed or assessed
against the Department of Defense and the military departments under
Federal, State, or local environmental laws during the fiscal year in
which the report is submitted and the four preceding fiscal years, which
shall set forth the following:
``(i) Each Federal environmental statute under which a fine or
penalty was imposed or assessed during each such fiscal year.
``(ii) With respect to each such Federal statute--
``(I) the aggregate amount of fines and penalties imposed under the
statute during each such fiscal year;
``(II) the aggregate amount of fines and penalties paid under the
statute during each such fiscal year; and
``(III) the total amount required during such fiscal years for
supplemental environmental projects in lieu of the payment of a fine or
penalty under the statute and the extent to which the cost of such
projects during such fiscal years has exceeded the original amount of
the fine or penalty.
``(iii) A trend analysis of fines and penalties imposed or assessed
during each such fiscal year for military installations inside and
outside the United States.
``(F) A statement of the amounts expended, and anticipated to be
expended, during the period covered by the report for any activities
overseas relating to the environment, including amounts for activities
relating to environmental remediation, compliance, conservation,
pollution prevention, and environmental technology and amounts for
conferences, meetings, and studies for pilot programs, and for travel
related to such activities.''.
(b) Conforming Repeal.--Such section is further amended by striking
subsection (d).
(c) Definitions.--Subsection (e) of such section is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraphs:
``(4) The term `environmental quality program' means a program of
activities relating to environmental compliance, conservation, pollution
prevention, and such other activities relating to environmental quality
as the Secretary concerned may designate for purposes of the program.
``(5) The term `major activities', with respect to an environmental
quality program, means the following activities under the program:
``(A) Environmental compliance activities.
``(B) Conservation activities.
``(C) Pollution prevention activities.''.
SEC. 323. DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM AND
INVESTMENT CONTROL PROCESS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES.
(a) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are--
(1) to hold the Department of Defense and the military departments
accountable for achieving performance-based results in the management of
environmental technology by providing a connection between program
direction and the achievement of specific performance-based results;
(2) to assure the identification of end-user requirements for
environmental technology within the military departments;
(3) to assure results, quality of effort, and appropriate levels of
service and support for end-users of environmental technology within the
military departments; and
(4) to promote improvement in the performance of environmental
technologies by establishing objectives for environmental technology
programs, measuring performance against such objectives, and making
public reports on the progress made in such performance.
(b) Investment Control Process.--(1) Chapter 160 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``2709. Investment control process for environmental technologies
``(a) Investment Control Process.--The Secretary of Defense shall
ensure that the technology planning process developed to implement
section 2501 of this title and section 270(b) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104 201; 110 Stat.
2469) provides for an investment control process for the selection,
prioritization, management, and evaluation of environmental technologies
by the Department of Defense, the military departments, and the Defense
Agencies.
``(b) Planning and Evaluation.--The environmental technology
investment control process required by subsection (a) shall provide, at
a minimum, for the following:
``(1) The active participation by end-users of environmental
technology, including the officials responsible for the environmental
security programs of the Department of Defense and the military
departments, in the selection and prioritization of environmental
technologies.
``(2) The development of measurable performance goals and objectives
for the management and development of environmental technologies and
specific mechanisms for assuring the achievement of the goals and
objectives.
``(3) Annual performance reviews to determine whether the goals and
objectives have been achieved and to take appropriate action in the
event that they are not achieved.''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended
by adding at the end the following new item:
``2709. Investment control process for environmental technologies.''.
(c) Annual Report.--(1) Section 2706 of such title, as amended by
322(b), is further amended by inserting after subsection (c) the
following new subsection:
``(d) Report on Environmental Technology Program.--(1) The Secretary
of Defense shall submit to Congress each year, not later than 45 days
after the date on which the President submits to Congress the budget for
a fiscal year, a report on the progress made by the Department of
Defense in achieving the objectives and goals of its environmental
technology program during the preceding fiscal year and an overall trend
analysis for the program covering the previous four fiscal years.
``(2) Each such report shall include, with respect to each project
under the environmental technology program of the Department of Defense,
the following:
``(A) The performance objectives established for the project for the
fiscal year and an assessment of the performance achieved with respect
to the project in light of performance indicators for the project.
``(B) A description of the extent to which the project met the
performance objectives established for the project for the fiscal year.
``(C) If a project did not meet the performance objectives for the
project for the fiscal year--
``(i) an explanation for the failure of the project to meet the
performance objectives; and
``(ii) a modified schedule for meeting the performance objectives
or, if a performance objective is determined to be impracticable or
infeasible to meet, a statement of alternative actions to be taken with
respect to the project.''.
(2) The Secretary of Defense shall include in the first report
submitted under section 2706(d) of title 10, United States Code, as
added by this subsection, a description of the steps taken by the
Secretary to ensure that the environmental technology investment control
process for the Department of Defense satisfies the requirements of
section 2709 of such title, as added by subsection (b).
SEC. 324. MODIFICATION OF MEMBERSHIP OF STRATEGIC
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM COUNCIL.
Section 2902(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``Director of Defense Research and Engineering'' and inserting
``Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology''.
SEC. 325. EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAM FOR SALE OF AIR POLLUTION
EMISSION REDUCTION INCENTIVES.
Section 351(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1998 (Public Law 105 85; 111 Stat. 1692; 10 U.S.C. 2701 note) is
amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new
paragraph:
``(2) The Secretary may not carry out the pilot program after
September 30, 2001.''.
SEC. 326. REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN COSTS IN CONNECTION WITH
FRESNO DRUM SUPERFUND SITE, FRESNO, CALIFORNIA.
(a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may pay, using funds
described in subsection (b), to the Fresno Drum Special Account within
the Hazardous Substance Superfund established by section 9507 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9507) to reimburse the
Environmental Protection Agency for costs incurred by the Agency for
actions taken under CERCLA at the Fresno Industrial Supply, Inc., site
in Fresno, California, the following amounts:
(1) Not more than $778,425 for past response costs incurred by the
Agency.
(2) The amount of the costs identified as ``interest'' costs
pursuant to the agreement known as the ``CERCLA Section 122(h)(1)
Agreement for Payment of Future Response Costs and Recovery of Past
Response Costs In the Matter of: Fresno Industrial Supply Inc. Site,
Fresno, California'' that was entered into by the Department of Defense
and the Environmental Protection Agency on May 22, 1998.
(b) Source of Funds for Payment.--(1) Subject to paragraph (2), any
payment under subsection (a) shall be made using the following amounts:
(A) Amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 301 to the
Environmental Restoration Account, Defense, established by section
2703(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code.
(B) Amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 301 to the
Environmental Restoration Account, Army, established by section
2703(a)(2) of such title.
(C) Amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 301 to the
Environmental Restoration Account, Navy, established by section
2703(a)(3) of such title.
(D) Amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 301 to the
Environmental Restoration Account, Air Force, established by section
2703(a)(4) of such title.
(2) The portion of a payment under paragraph (1) that is derived from
any account referred to in such paragraph shall bear the same ratio to
the total amount of such payment as the amount of the hazardous
substances at the Fresno Industrial Supply, Inc., site that are
attributable to the department concerned bears to the total amount of
the hazardous substances at that site.
(c) CERCLA Defined.--In this section, the term ``CERCLA'' means the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.).
SEC. 327. PAYMENT OF STIPULATED PENALTIES ASSESSED UNDER
CERCLA IN CONNECTION WITH F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, WYOMING.
(a) Authority.--The Secretary of the Air Force may pay, using funds
described in subsection (b), not more than $20,000 as payment of
stipulated civil penalties assessed on January 13, 1998, against F.E.
Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et
seq.).
(b) Source of Funds for Payment.--Any payment under subsection (a)
shall be made using amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 301
to the Environmental Restoration Account, Air Force, established by
section 2703(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 328. REMEDIATION OF ASBESTOS AND LEAD-BASED PAINT.
(a) Use of Existing Contract Vehicles.--The Secretary of Defense
shall give appropriate consideration to existing contract vehicles,
including Army Corps of Engineers indefinite delivery, indefinite
quantity contracts, to provide for the remediation of asbestos and
lead-based paint at military installations within the United States.
(b) Selection.--The Secretary of Defense shall select the most
cost-effective contract vehicle in accordance with all applicable
Federal and State laws and Department of Defense regulations.
SEC. 329. RELEASE OF INFORMATION TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES
REGARDING ANY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AT FORMER UNITED STATES
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN THOSE COUNTRIES.
(a) Response to Request for Information.--Except as provided in
subsection (b), upon request by the government of a foreign country from
which United States Armed Forces were withdrawn in 1992, the Secretary
of Defense shall--
(1) release to that government available information relevant to the
ability of that government to determine the nature and extent of
environmental contamination, if any, at a site in that foreign country
where the United States operated a military base, installation, or
facility before the withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces in
1992; or
(2) report to Congress on the nature of the information requested
and the reasons why the information is not being released.
(b) Limitation on Release.--Subsection (a)(1) does not apply to--
(1) any information request described in such subsection that is
received by the Secretary of Defense after the end of the one-year
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act;
(2) any information that the Secretary determines has been
previously provided to the foreign government; and
(3) any information that the Secretary of Defense believes could
adversely affect United States national security.
(c) Liability of the United States.--The requirement to provide
information under subsection (a)(1) may not be construed to establish on
the part of the United States any liability or obligation for the costs
of environmental restoration or remediation at any site referred to in
such subsection.
SEC. 330. TOUSSAINT RIVER ORDNANCE MITIGATION STUDY.
(a) Ordnance Mitigation Study.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall
conduct a study and is authorized to remove ordnance infiltrating the
Federal navigation channel and adjacent shorelines of the Toussaint
River in Ottawa County, Ohio.
(2) In conducting the study, the Secretary shall take into account
any information available from other studies conducted in connection
with the Federal navigation channel described in paragraph (1).
(b) Report on Study Results.--(1) Not later than April 1, 2000, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense
committees and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the
Senate a report that summarizes the results of the study conducted under
subsection (a).
(2) The Secretary shall include in the report recommendations
regarding the continuation or termination of any ongoing use of Lake
Erie as an ordnance firing range, and explain any recommendation to
continue such activities. The Secretary shall conduct the evaluation and
assessment in consultation with the government of the State of Ohio and
local government entities and with appropriate Federal agencies.
(c) Limitation on Expenditures.--Not more than $800,000 may be
expended to conduct the study under subsection (a) and prepare the
report under subsection (b). However, nothing in this section is
intended to require non-Federal cost-sharing of the costs to perform the
study.
(d) Authorization.--Consistent with existing laws, and after
providing notice to Congress, the Secretary of Defense may work with the
other relevant Federal, State, local, or private entities to remove
ordnance resulting from infiltration into the Federal navigation channel
and adjacent shorelines of the Toussaint River in Ottawa County, Ohio,
using funds authorized to be appropriated for that specific purpose in
fiscal year 2000.
(e) Relation to Other Laws and Agreements.--This section is not
intended to modify any authorities provided to the Secretary of the Army
by the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.),
nor is it intended to modify any non-Federal cost-sharing
responsibilities outlined in any local cooperation agreements.
Subtitle D--Depot-Level Activities
SEC. 331. SALES OF ARTICLES AND SERVICES OF DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL
FACILITIES TO PURCHASERS OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) Waiver of Certain Conditions.--(1) Section 2208(j) of title 10,
United States Code, is amended--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and
(B), respectively;
(B) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(j)''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(2) The Secretary of Defense may waive the conditions in paragraph
(1) in the case of a particular sale if the Secretary determines that
the waiver is necessary for reasons of national security and notifies
Congress regarding the reasons for the waiver.''.
(2) Section 2553(c) of such title is amended--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (6) as subparagraphs (A)
through (F), respectively;
(B) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``A sale''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(2) The Secretary of Defense may waive the condition in paragraph
(1)(A) and subsection (a)(1) that an article or service must be not
available from a United States commercial source in the case of a
particular sale if the Secretary determines that the waiver is necessary
for reasons of national security and notifies Congress regarding the
reasons for the waiver.''.
(b) Clarification of Commercial Nonavailability.--Section 2553(g) of
such title is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:
``(2) The term `not available', with respect to an article or
service proposed to be sold under this section, means that the article
or service is unavailable from a commercial source in the required
quantity and quality or within the time required.''.
SEC. 332. CONTRACTING AUTHORITY FOR DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL
FUNDED INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES.
Section 2208(j)(1) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by
section 331, is further amended--
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ``or
remanufacturing'' and inserting ``, remanufacturing, and engineering'';
(2) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``or a subcontract under a
Department of Defense contract'' before the semicolon; and
(3) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``Department of Defense
solicitation for such contract'' and inserting ``solicitation for the
contract or subcontract''.
SEC. 333. ANNUAL REPORTS ON EXPENDITURES FOR PERFORMANCE OF
DEPOT-LEVEL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR WORKLOADS BY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
SECTORS.
Subsection (e) of section 2466 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
``(e) Annual Reports.--(1) Not later than February 1 of each year,
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report identifying,
for each of the armed forces (other than the Coast Guard) and each
Defense Agency, the percentage of the funds referred to in subsection
(a) that were expended during the preceding two fiscal years for
performance of depot-level maintenance and repair workloads by the
public and private sectors, as required by this section.
``(2) Not later than April 1 of each year, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to Congress a report identifying, for each of the armed
forces (other than the Coast Guard) and each Defense Agency, the
percentage of the funds referred to in subsection (a) that are projected
to be expended during each of the next five fiscal years for performance
of depot-level maintenance and repair workloads by the public and
private sectors, as required by this section.
``(3) Not later than 60 days after the date on which the Secretary
submits a report under this subsection, the Comptroller General shall
submit to Congress the Comptroller General's views on whether--
``(A) in the case of a report under paragraph (1), the Department of
Defense has complied with the requirements of subsection (a) for the
fiscal years covered by the report; and
``(B) in the case of a report under paragraph (2), the expenditure
projections for future fiscal years are reasonable.''.
SEC. 334. APPLICABILITY OF COMPETITION REQUIREMENT IN
CONTRACTING OUT WORKLOADS PERFORMED BY DEPOT-LEVEL ACTIVITIES OF
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
Section 2469(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
inserting ``(including the cost of labor and materials)'' after
``$3,000,000''.
SEC. 335. TREATMENT OF PUBLIC SECTOR WINNING BIDDERS FOR
CONTRACTS FOR PERFORMANCE OF DEPOT-LEVEL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR
WORKLOADS FORMERLY PERFORMED AT CERTAIN MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.
Section 2469a of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
``(i) Oversight of Contracts Awarded Public Entities.--The Secretary
of Defense or the Secretary concerned may not impose on a public sector
entity awarded a contract for the performance of any depot-level
maintenance and repair workload described in subsection (b) any
requirements regarding management systems, reviews, oversight, or
reporting that are significantly different from the requirements used in
the performance and management of other similar or identical depot-level
maintenance and repair workloads by the entity, unless the requirements
are specifically provided in the solicitation for the contract or are
necessary to ensure compliance with the terms of the contract.''.
SEC. 336. ADDITIONAL MATTERS TO BE REPORTED BEFORE PRIME
VENDOR CONTRACT FOR DEPOT-LEVEL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR IS ENTERED INTO.
Section 346(a) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105 261; 112 Stat. 1979; 10 U.S.C.
2464 note) is amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1);
(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting
a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
``(3) contains an analysis of the extent to which the contract
conforms to the requirements of section 2466 of title 10, United States
Code; and
``(4) describes the measures taken to ensure that the contract does
not violate the core logistics policies, requirements, and restrictions
set forth in section 2464 of that title.''.
Subtitle E--Performance of Functions by Private-Sector Sources
SEC. 341. REDUCED THRESHOLD FOR CONSIDERATION OF EFFECT ON
LOCAL COMMUNITY OF CHANGING DEFENSE FUNCTIONS TO PRIVATE SECTOR
PERFORMANCE.
Section 2461(b)(3)(B)(ii) of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by striking ``75 employees'' and inserting ``50 employees''.
SEC. 342. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF A 76 COST COMPARISON WAIVERS.
(a) Notification Required.--Section 2467 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(c) Congressional Notification of Cost Comparison Waiver.--(1) Not
later than 10 days after a decision is made to waive the cost comparison
study otherwise required under Office of Management and Budget Circular
A 76 as part of the process to convert to contractor performance any
commercial activity of the Department of Defense, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to Congress a report describing the commercial
activity subject to the waiver and the rationale for the waiver.
``(2) The report shall also include the following:
``(A) The total number of civilian employees or military personnel
currently performing the function to be converted to contractor
performance.
``(B) A description of the competitive procedure used to award a
contract for contractor performance of the commercial activity.
``(C) The anticipated savings to result from the waiver and
resulting conversion to contractor performance.''.
(b) Clerical Amendments.--(1) The heading of such section is amended
to read as follows:
``2467. Cost comparisons: inclusion of retirement costs;
consultation with employees; waiver of comparison''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 146 of such
title is amended by striking the item relating to section 2467 and
inserting the following new item:
``2467. Cost comparisons: inclusion of retirement costs;
consultation with employees; waiver of comparison.''.
SEC. 343. REPORT ON USE OF EMPLOYEES OF NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES
TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than March 1, 2001, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to Congress a report describing the use during the
previous fiscal year of non-Federal entities to provide services to the
Department of Defense.
(b) Content of Report.--To the extent practicable using information
available from existing data collection and reporting systems available
to the Department of Defense and the non-Federal entities referred to in
subsection (a), the report shall--
(1) specify the number of work year equivalents performed by
individuals employed by non-Federal entities in providing services to
the Department, including both direct and indirect labor attributable to
the provision of the services;
(2) categorize the information by Federal supply class or service
code; and
(3) indicate the appropriation from which the services were funded
and the major organizational element of the Department procuring the
services.
(c) Limitation on Requirement for Non-Federal Entities to Provide
Information.--For the purposes of meeting the requirements set forth in
subsection (b), the Secretary may not require the provision of
information beyond the information that is currently provided to the
Department by the non-Federal entities referred to in subsection (a),
except for the number of direct and indirect work year equivalents
associated with Department of Defense contracts, identified by contract
number, to the extent this information is available to the contractor
from existing data collection systems.
SEC. 344. EVALUATION OF TOTAL SYSTEM PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITY PROGRAM.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than February 1, 2000, the Secretary
of the Air Force shall submit to Congress a report identifying all Air
Force programs that--
(1) are currently managed under the Total System Performance
Responsibility Program or similar programs; or
(2) are presently planned to be managed using the Total System
Performance Responsibility Program or a similar program.
(b) Evaluation.--As part of the report required by subsection (a),
the Secretary of the Air Force shall include an evaluation of the
following:
(1) The manner in which the Total System Performance Responsibility
Program and similar programs support the readiness and warfighting
capability of the Armed Forces and complement the support of the
logistics depots.
(2) The effect of the Total System Performance Responsibility
Program and similar programs on the maintenance of core Government
logistics management skills.
(3) The process and criteria used by the Air Force to determine
whether Government employees or the private sector should perform
sustainment management functions.
(c) Comptroller General Review.--Not later than 30 days after the
date on which the report required by subsection (a) is submitted to
Congress, the Comptroller General shall review the report and submit to
Congress a briefing evaluating the report.
SEC. 345. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PROCESS FOR
MODERNIZATION OF ARMY COMPUTER SERVICES.
(a) Purpose of Modernization.--It is the sense of Congress that any
modernization of computer services (also known as the Army Wholesale
Logistics Modernization Program) of the Army Communications Electronics
Command of the Army Materiel Command to replace the systems currently
provided by the Logistics Systems Support Center in St. Louis, Missouri,
and the Industrial Logistics System Center in Chambersburg,
Pennsylvania, should have as a primary goal the sustainment of military
readiness.
(b) Use of Standard Industry Integration Practices.--It is the sense
of Congress that, in order to sustain readiness, any contract for the
modernization of the computer services referred to in subsection (a), in
addition to containing all of the requirements specified by the
Secretary of the Army, should require the use of standard industry
integration practices to provide further readiness risk mitigation.
(c) Proposed Contractor Practices.--It is the sense of Congress that
the following practices should be employed by any contractor engaged in
the modernization of the computer services referred to in subsection (a)
to ensure continued readiness:
(1) Testing practices.--Before any proposed modernization solution
is implemented, the solution should be rigorously tested to ensure that
it meets the performance requirements of the Army and all other
functional requirements. At each step in the testing process,
confirmation of successful test completion should be required before the
contractor begins the next step of the modernization process.
(2) Implementation team.--The Secretary of the Army should establish
an implementation team to monitor efficiencies and effectiveness of the
modernization solutions.
(d) Readiness Sustainment.--It is the sense of Congress that the
following additional readiness sustainment measures should be undertaken
as part of the modernization of the computer services referred to in
subsection (a):
(1) Government oversight.--It is extremely important that the Army
Materiel Command retains sufficient in-house expertise to ensure that
readiness is not adversely affected by the modernization efforts and to
effectively oversee contractor performance.
(2) Use of contract partnering.--The Army Materiel Command should
encourage partnerships with the contractor, with the primary goal of
providing quality contract deliverables on time and at a reasonable
price. Any such partnership agreement should constitute a mutual
commitment on how the Army Materiel Command and the contractor will
interact during the course of the contract, with the objective of
facilitating optimum contract performance through teamwork, enhanced
communications, cooperation, and good faith performance.
Subtitle F--Defense Dependents Education
SEC. 351. ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES THAT
BENEFIT DEPENDENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES.
(a) Modified Department of Defense Program for Fiscal Year 2000.--Of
the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 301(5) for operation
and maintenance for Defense-wide activities, $35,000,000 shall be
available only for the purpose of providing educational agencies
assistance (as defined in subsection (d)(1)) to local educational
agencies.
(b) Notification.--Not later than June 30, 2000, the Secretary of
Defense shall notify each local educational agency that is eligible for
educational agencies assistance for fiscal year 2000 of--
(1) that agency's eligibility for educational agencies assistance; and
(2) the amount of the educational agencies assistance for which that
agency is eligible.
(c) Disbursement of Funds.--The Secretary of Defense shall disburse
funds made available under subsection (a) not later than 30 days after
the date on which notification to the eligible local educational
agencies is provided pursuant to subsection (b).
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``educational agencies assistance'' means assistance
authorized under section 386(b) of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102 484; 20 U.S.C. 7703 note).
(2) The term ``local educational agency'' has the meaning given that
term in section 8013(9) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7713(9)).
(e) Determination of Eligible Local Educational Agencies.--Section
386(c)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993
(Public Law 102 484; 20 U.S.C. 7703 note) is amended by striking ``in
that fiscal year are'' and inserting ``during the preceding school year
were''.
SEC. 352. UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARDS FOR ALL DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
DOMESTIC DEPENDENT SCHOOLS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO AND GUAM.
Section 2164(d)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new sentence: ``The Secretary may
provide for the establishment of one school board for all such schools
in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and one school board for all such
schools in Guam instead of one school board for each military
installation in those locations.''.
SEC. 353. CONTINUATION OF ENROLLMENT AT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
DOMESTIC DEPENDENT ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
Section 2164 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (3); and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(h) Continuation of Enrollment Despite Change in Status.--(1) The
Secretary of Defense shall permit a dependent of a member of the armed
forces or a dependent of a Federal employee to continue enrollment in an
educational program provided by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (a)
for the remainder of a school year notwithstanding a change during such
school year in the status of the member or Federal employee that, except
for this paragraph, would otherwise terminate the eligibility of the
dependent to be enrolled in the program.
``(2) The Secretary may, for good cause, authorize a dependent of a
member of the armed forces or a dependent of a Federal employee to
continue enrollment in an educational program provided by the Secretary
pursuant to subsection (a) notwithstanding a change in the status of the
member or employee that, except for this paragraph, would otherwise
terminate the eligibility of the dependent to be enrolled in the
program. The enrollment may continue for as long as the Secretary
considers appropriate.
``(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not limit the authority of the
Secretary to remove a dependent from enrollment in an educational
program provided by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (a) at any time
for good cause determined by the Secretary.''.
SEC. 354. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO DEFENSE DEPENDENTS'
EDUCATION ACT OF 1978.
The Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978 (title XIV of Public
Law 95 561) is amended as follows:
(1) Section 1402(b)(1) (20 U.S.C. 921(b)(1)) is amended by striking
``recieve'' and inserting ``receive''.
(2) Section 1403 (20 U.S.C. 922) is amended--
(A) by striking the matter in that section preceding subsection (b)
and inserting the following:
``administration of defense dependents' education system
`` Sec. 1403. (a) The defense dependents' education system is
operated through the field activity of the Department of Defense known
as the Department of Defense Education Activity. That activity is headed
by a Director, who is a civilian and is selected by the Secretary of
Defense. The Director reports to an Assistant Secretary of Defense
designated by the Secretary of Defense for purposes of this title.'';
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ``this Act'' and inserting ``this
title'';
(C) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ``(20 U.S.C. 901 et seq.)''
after ``Personnel Practices Act'';
(D) in subsection (c)(2), by striking the period at the end and
inserting a comma;
(E) in subsection (c)(6), by striking ``Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics'' and inserting
``the Assistant Secretary of Defense designated under subsection (a)'';
(F) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``for the Office of
Dependents' Education'';
(G) in subsection (d)(2)--
(i) by striking the first sentence;
(ii) by striking ``Whenever the Office of Dependents' Education''
and inserting ``Whenever the Department of Defense Education Activity'';
(iii) by striking ``after the submission of the report required
under the preceding sentence'' and inserting ``in a manner that affects
the defense dependents' education system''; and
(iv) by striking ``an additional report'' and inserting ``a
report''; and
(H) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ``the Office of Dependents'
Education'' and inserting ``the Department of Defense Education
Activity''.
(3) Section 1409 (20 U.S.C. 927) is amended--
(A) in subsection (b), by striking ``Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare in accordance with section 431 of the General
Education Provisions Act'' and inserting ``Secretary of Education in
accordance with section 437 of the General Education Provisions Act (20
U.S.C. 1232)'';
(B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``by academic year 1993
1994''; and
(C) in subsection (c)(3)--
(i) by striking `` Implementation timelines.--In carrying out'' and
all that follows through ``a comprehensive'' and inserting ``
Implementation.--In carrying out paragraph (2), the Secretary shall have
in effect a comprehensive'';
(ii) by striking the semicolon after ``such individuals'' and
inserting a period; and
(iii) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C).
(4) Section 1411(d) (20 U.S.C. 929(d)) is amended by striking
``grade GS 18 in section 5332 of title 5, United States Code'' and
inserting ``level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of
title 5, United States Code''.
(5) Section 1412 (20 U.S.C. 930) is amended--
(A) in subsection (a)(1)--
(i) by striking ``As soon as'' and all that follows through ``shall
provide for'' and inserting ``The Director may from time to time, but
not more frequently than once a year, provide for''; and
(ii) by striking ``system, which'' and inserting ``system. Any such
study'';
(B) in subsection (a)(2)--
(i) by striking ``The study required by this subsection'' and
inserting ``Any study under paragraph (1)''; and
(ii) by striking ``not later than two years after the effective date
of this title'';
(C) in subsection (b), by striking ``the study'' and inserting ``any
study'';
(D) in subsection (c)--
(i) by striking ``not later than one year after the effective date
of this title the report'' and inserting ``any report''; and
(ii) by striking ``the study'' and inserting ``a study''; and
(E) by striking subsection (d).
(6) Section 1413 (20 U.S.C. 931) is amended by striking ``Not later
than 180 days after the effective date of this title, the'' and
inserting ``The''.
(7) Section 1414 (20 U.S.C. 932) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
``(6) The term `Director' means the Director of the Department of
Defense Education Activity.''.
Subtitle G--Military Readiness Issues
SEC. 361. INDEPENDENT STUDY OF MILITARY READINESS REPORTING SYSTEM.
(a) Independent Study Required.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall
provide for an independent study of requirements for a comprehensive
readiness reporting system for the Department of Defense, as required by
section 117 of title 10, United States Code.
(2) The Secretary shall provide for the study to be conducted by an
organization outside the Federal Government that the Secretary considers
qualified to conduct the study. The amount of a contract for the study
may not exceed $1,000,000.
(3) The Secretary shall require that all components of the Department
of Defense cooperate fully with the organization carrying out the study.
(b) Matters To Be Included in Study.--The Secretary shall require
that the organization conducting the study under this section
specifically consider the requirements for providing an objective,
accurate, and timely readiness reporting system for the Department of
Defense that has--
(1) the characteristics and capabilities described in subsections
(b) and (c) of section 117 of title 10, United States Code; and
(2) any other characteristics and capabilities that the organization
determines appropriate to measure the capability of the Armed Forces to
carry out the strategies and guidance described in subsection (a) of
such section.
(c) Report.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall require the
organization conducting the study under this section to submit to the
Secretary a report on the study not later than March 1, 2000. The
organization shall include in the report its findings and conclusions
concerning each of the matters specified in subsection (b).
(2) The Secretary shall submit the report under paragraph (1),
together with the Secretary's comments on the report, to Congress not
later than April 1, 2000.
(d) Revisions to DOD Readiness Reporting System.--(1) Section 117 of
title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``with any change'' and all
that follows through ``24 hours'' and inserting ``with (A) any change in
the overall readiness status of a unit that is required to be reported
as part of the readiness reporting system being reported within 24 hours
of the event necessitating the change in readiness status, and (B) any
change in the overall readiness status of an element of the training
establishment or an element of defense infrastructure that is required
to be reported as part of the readiness reporting system being reported
within 72 hours''; and
(B) in paragraphs (2), (3), and (5) of subsection (c), by striking
``a quarterly'' and inserting ``an annual''.
(2) Subsection (b) of section 373 of the Strom Thurmond National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105 261; 112
Stat. 1992) is amended by striking ``January 15, 2000'' and inserting
``April 1, 2000''.
(3) Subsection (d) of such section is repealed.
(e) Revised Time for Implementation of Quarterly Readiness
Reports.--Section 482(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``30 days'' and inserting ``45 days''.
SEC. 362. INDEPENDENT STUDY OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SECONDARY
INVENTORY AND PARTS SHORTAGES.
(a) Independent Study Required.--In accordance with this section, the
Secretary of Defense shall provide for an independent study of--
(1) current levels of Department of Defense inventories of spare
parts and other supplies, known as secondary inventory items, including
wholesale and retail inventories; and
(2) reports and evidence of Department of Defense inventory
shortages adversely affecting readiness.
(b) Performance by Independent Entity.--To conduct the study under
this section, the Secretary of Defense shall select the General
Accounting Office, an entity in the private sector that has experience
in parts and secondary inventory management, or another entity outside
the Department of Defense that has such experience.
(c) Matters To Be Included in Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall
require the entity conducting the study under this section to
specifically evaluate the following:
(1) How much of the secondary inventory retained by the Department
of Defense for economic, contingency, and potential reutilization during
the five-year period ending December 31, 1998, was actually used during
each year of the period.
(2) How much of the retained secondary inventory currently held by
the Department could be declared to be excess, determined on the basis
of standards that take into account requirements uniquely applicable to
the Department of Defense because of its warfighting missions, such as
requirements for a war reserve of items.
(3) Alternative methods for the disposal or other disposition of
excess inventory and the cost to the Department to dispose of excess
inventory under each alternative.
(4) The total cost per year of storing secondary inventory, to be
determined using traditional private sector cost calculation models.
(5) The adequacy of the Department's schedule and plan for disposing
of excess inventory.
(d) Report on Results of Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall
require the entity conducting the study under this section to submit to
the Secretary a report containing the results of the study, including
the entity's findings and conclusions concerning each of the matters
specified in subsection (c). The entity shall submit the report at such
time as to permit the Secretary to comply with subsection (e).
(e) Review and Comments of the Secretary of Defense.--Not later than
September 1, 2000, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a
report containing the following:
(1) The report submitted under subsection (d), together with the
Secretary's comments and recommendations regarding the report.
(2) A plan to address the issues of excess and excessive inactive
inventory and part shortages and a timetable to implement the plan
throughout the Department.
SEC. 363. REPORT ON INVENTORY AND CONTROL OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than August 31, 2000, the Secretary
of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the inventory and
control of the military equipment of the Department of Defense as of the
end of fiscal year 1999. The report shall address the inventories of
each of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps separately.
(b) Content.--The report shall include the following:
(1) For each item of military equipment in the inventory, stated by
item nomenclature--
(A) the quantity of the item in the inventory as of the beginning of
the fiscal year;
(B) the quantity of acquisitions of the item during the fiscal year;
(C) the quantity of disposals of the item during the fiscal year;
(D) the quantity of losses of the item during the performance of
military missions during the fiscal year; and
(E) the quantity of the item in the inventory as of the end of the
fiscal year.
(2) A reconciliation of the quantity of each item in the inventory
as of the beginning of the fiscal year with the quantity of the item in
the inventory as of the end of fiscal year.
(3) For each item of military equipment that cannot be reconciled--
(A) an explanation of why the quantities cannot be reconciled; and
(B) a discussion of the remedial actions planned to be taken,
including target dates for accomplishing the remedial actions.
(4) Supporting schedules identifying the location of each item that
are available to Congress or auditors of the Comptroller General upon
request.
(c) Military Equipment Defined.--For the purposes of this section,
the term ``military equipment'' means all equipment that is used in
support of military missions and is maintained on the visibility systems
of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps.
(d) Inspector General Review.--Not later than November 30, 2000, the
Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall review the report
submitted to the committees under subsection (a) and shall submit to the
committees any comments that the Inspector General considers
appropriate.
SEC. 364. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY OF ADEQUACY OF DEPARTMENT
RESTRUCTURED SUSTAINMENT AND REENGINEERED LOGISTICS PRODUCT SUPPORT
PRACTICES.
(a) Study Required.--In accordance with this section, the Comptroller
General shall conduct a study of restructured sustainment and
reengineered logistics product support practices within the Department
of Defense, which are designed to provide spare parts and other supplies
to military units and installations as needed during a transition to war
fighting rather than relying on large stockpiles of such spare parts and
supplies. The purpose of the study is to determine whether restructured
sustainment and reengineered logistics product support practices would
be able to provide adequate sustainment supplies to military units and
installations should it ever be necessary to execute the National
Military Strategy prescribed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
(b) Matters To Be Included in Study.--The Comptroller General shall
specifically evaluate (and recommend improvements in) the following:
(1) The military assumptions that are used to determine required
levels of war reserve and prepositioned stocks.
(2) The adequacy of supplies projected to be available to support
the fighting of two, nearly simultaneous, major theater wars, as
required by the National Military Strategy.
(3) The expected availability through the national technology and
industrial base of spare parts and supplies not readily available in the
Department inventories, such as parts for aging equipment that no longer
have active vendor support.
(c) Report Required.--Not later than March 1, 2000, the Comptroller
General shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the
study. The report shall include the Comptroller General's findings,
conclusions, and recommendations concerning each of the matters
specified in subsection (b).
SEC. 365. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW OF REAL PROPERTY
MAINTENANCE AND ITS EFFECT ON READINESS.
(a) Review Required.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a review
of the impact that the consistent lack of adequate funding for real
property maintenance of military installations during the five-year
period ending December 31, 1998, has had on readiness, the quality of
life of members of the Armed Forces and their dependents, and the
infrastructure on military installations.
(b) Funding Matters To Be Reviewed.--In conducting the review under
this section, the Comptroller General shall specifically consider the
following for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force:
(1) For each year of the covered five-year period, the extent to
which unit training and operating funds were diverted to meet basic base
operations and real property maintenance needs.
(2) The types of training delayed, canceled, or curtailed as a
result of the diversion of such funds.
(3) The level of funding required to eliminate the real property
maintenance backlog at military installations so that facilities meet
the standards necessary for optimum utilization during times of
mobilization.
(c) Command and Management Matters To Be Reviewed.--As part of the
review conducted under this section, the Comptroller General shall--
(1) review the method of command and management of military
installations for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force; and
(2) develop, based on such review, recommendations for the optimum
command structure for military installations, to have major command
status, which are designed to enhance the development of installations
doctrine, privatization and outsourcing, commercial activities,
environmental compliance programs, installation restoration, and
military construction.
(d) Report Required.--Not later than March 1, 2000, the Comptroller
General shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the
review required under this section and the optimum command structure
recommended under subsection (c).
SEC. 366. ESTABLISHMENT OF LOGISTICS STANDARDS FOR SUSTAINED
MILITARY OPERATIONS.
(a) Establishment of Standards.--The Secretary of each military
department shall establish, for deployable units of each of the Armed
Forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, standards regarding--
(1) the level of spare parts that the units must have on hand; and
(2) similar logistics and sustainment needs of the units.
(b) Basis for Standards.--The standards to be established for a unit
under subsection (a) shall be based upon the following:
(1) The unit's wartime mission, as reflected in the war-fighting
plans of the relevant combatant commanders.
(2) An assessment of the likely requirement for sustained operations
under each such war-fighting plan.
(3) An assessment of the likely requirement for that unit to conduct
sustained operations in an austere environment, while drawing
exclusively on its own internal logistics capabilities.
(c) Sufficiency Capabilities.--The standards to be established by the
Secretary of a military department under subsection (a) shall reflect
those spare parts and similar logistics capabilities that the Secretary
considers sufficient for the units of each of the Armed Forces under the
Secretary's jurisdiction to successfully execute their missions under
the conditions described in subsection (b).
(d) Relation to Readiness Reporting System.--The standards
established under subsection (a) shall be taken into account in
designing the comprehensive readiness reporting system for the
Department of Defense required by section 117 of title 10, United States
Code, and shall be an element in determining a unit's readiness status.
(e) Relation to Annual Funding Needs.--The Secretary of Defense shall
consider the standards established under subsection (a) in establishing
the annual funding requirements for the Department of Defense.
(f) Reporting Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense shall include in
the annual report required by section 113(c) of title 10, United States
Code, an analysis of the then current spare parts, logistics, and
sustainment standards of the Armed Forces, as described in subsection
(a), including any shortfalls and the cost of addressing these
shortfalls.
Subtitle H--Information Technology Issues
SEC. 371. DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY TO INSTALL TELECOMMUNICATION
EQUIPMENT FOR PERSONS PERFORMING VOLUNTARY SERVICES.
(a) Authority.--Section 1588 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(f) Authority To Install Equipment.--(1) The Secretary concerned
may install telephone lines and any necessary telecommunication
equipment in the private residences of persons, designated in accordance
with the regulations prescribed under paragraph (4), who provide
voluntary services accepted under subsection (a)(3).
``(2) In the case of equipment installed under the authority of
paragraph (1), the Secretary concerned may pay the charges incurred for
the use of the equipment for authorized purposes.
``(3) To carry out this subsection, the Secretary concerned may use
appropriated funds (notwithstanding section 1348 of title 31) or
nonappropriated funds of the military department under the jurisdiction
of the Secretary or, with respect to the Coast Guard, the department in
which the Coast Guard is operating.
``(4) The Secretary of Defense and, with respect to the Coast Guard
when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, the Secretary of
Transportation shall prescribe regulations to carry out this
subsection.''.
(b) Report on Implementation.--Not later than two years after final
regulations prescribed under subsection (f)(4) of section 1588 of title
10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), take effect, the
Comptroller General shall review the exercise of authority under such
subsection (f) and submit to Congress a report on the findings resulting
from the review.
SEC. 372. AUTHORITY FOR DISBURSING OFFICERS TO SUPPORT USE OF
AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINES ON NAVAL VESSELS FOR FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS.
Section 3342 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:
``(f) With respect to automated teller machines on naval vessels, the
authority of a disbursing official of the United States Government under
subsection (a) also includes the following:
``(1) The authority to provide operating funds to the automated
teller machines.
``(2) The authority to accept, for safekeeping, deposits and
transfers of funds made through the automated teller machines.''.
SEC. 373. USE OF SMART CARD TECHNOLOGY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) Department of Navy as Lead Agency.--The Department of the Navy
shall serve as the lead agency for the development and implementation of
a Smart Card program for the Department of Defense.
(b) Cooperation of Other Military Departments.--The Department of the
Army and the Department of the Air Force shall each establish a project
office and cooperate with the Department of the Navy to develop
implementation plans for exploiting the capability of Smart Card
technology as a means for enhancing readiness and improving business
processes throughout the military departments.
(c) Senior Coordinating Group.--(1) Not later than November 30, 1999,
the Secretary of Defense shall establish a senior coordinating group to
develop and implement--
(A) Department-wide interoperability standards for use of Smart Card
technology; and
(B) a plan to exploit Smart Card technology as a means for enhancing
readiness and improving business processes.
(2) The senior coordinating group shall be chaired by a
representative of the Secretary of the Navy and shall include senior
representatives from each of the Armed Forces and such other persons as
the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate.
(3) Not later than March 31, 2000, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report
containing a detailed discussion of the progress made by the senior
coordinating group in carrying out its duties.
(d) Role of Department of Defense Chief Information Office.--The
senior coordinating group established under subsection (c) shall report
to and receive guidance from the Department of Defense Chief Information
Office.
(e) Increased Use Targeted to Certain Naval Regions.--Not later than
November 30, 1999, the Secretary of the Navy shall establish a business
plan to implement the use of Smart Cards in one major Naval region of
the continental United States that is in the area of operations of the
United States Atlantic Command and one major Naval region of the
continental United States that is in the area of operations of the
United States Pacific Command. The regions selected shall include a
major fleet concentration area. The implementation of the use of Smart
Cards in each region shall cover the Navy and Marine Corps bases and all
non-deployed units in the region. The Secretary of the Navy shall submit
the business plan to the congressional defense committees.
(f) Funding for Increased Use of Smart Cards.--Of the funds
authorized to be appropriated for the Navy by section 102(a)(4) or
301(2), the Secretary of the Navy--
(1) shall allocate such amounts as may be necessary, but not to
exceed $30,000,000, to ensure that significant progress is made toward
complete implementation of the use of Smart Card technology in the
Department of the Navy; and
(2) may allocate additional amounts for the conversion of
paper-based records to electronic media for records systems that have
been modified to use Smart Card technology.
(g) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``Smart Card'' means a credit card-size device,
normally for carrying and use by personnel, that contains one or more
integrated circuits and may also employ one or more of the following
technologies:
(A) Magnetic stripe.
(B) Bar codes, linear or two-dimensional.
(C) Non-contact and radio frequency transmitters.
(D) Biometric information.
(E) Encryption and authentication.
(F) Photo identification.
(2) The term ``Smart Card technology'' means a Smart Card together
with all of the associated information technology hardware and software
that comprise the system for support and operation.
(h) Repeal of Requirement for Automated Identification Technology
Office.--Section 344 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105 261; 112 Stat.
1977; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended by striking subsection (b).
SEC. 374. REPORT ON DEFENSE USE OF SMART CARD AS PKI
AUTHENTICATION DEVICE CARRIER.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than February 1, 2000, the Secretary
of Defense shall submit to Congress a report evaluating the option of
the Department of Defense using the Smart Card as a Public-Private Key
Infrastructure authentication device carrier. The report shall include
the following:
(1) An evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of using the
Smart Card as a PKI authentication device carrier for the Department of
Defense.
(2) A description of other available devices that could be readily
used as a PKI authentication device carrier.
(3) A comparison of the cost of using the Smart Card and other
available devices as the PKI authentication device carrier.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``Smart Card'' means a credit card-size device,
normally for carrying and use by personnel, that contains one or more
integrated circuits and may also employ one or more of the following
technologies:
(A) Magnetic stripe.
(B) Bar codes, linear or two-dimensional.
(C) Non-contact and radio frequency transmitters.
(D) Biometric information.
(E) Encryption and authentication.
(F) Photo identification.
(2) The terms ``Public-Private Key Infrastructure authentication
device carrier'' and ``PKI authentication device carrier'' mean a device
that physically stores, carries, and employs electronic authentication
or encryption keys necessary to create a unique digital signature,
digital certificate, or other mark on an electronic document or file.
Subtitle I--Other Matters
SEC. 381. AUTHORITY TO LEND OR DONATE OBSOLETE OR CONDEMNED
RIFLES FOR FUNERAL AND OTHER CEREMONIES.
(a) Authority.--Subsection (a) of section 4683 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(a) Authority to Lend or Donate.--(1) The Secretary of the Army,
under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, may conditionally lend or
donate excess M-1 rifles (not more than 15), slings, and cartridge belts
to any eligible organization for use by that organization for funeral
ceremonies of a member or former member of the armed forces, and for
other ceremonial purposes.
``(2) If the rifles to be loaned or donated under paragraph (1) are
to be used by the eligible organization for funeral ceremonies of a
member or former member of the armed forces, the Secretary may issue and
deliver the rifles, together with the necessary accoutrements and blank
ammunition, without charge.''.
(b) Conditions and Definition.--Such section is further amended by
adding at the end the following new subsections:
``(c) Conditions on Loan or Donation.--In lending or donating rifles
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall impose such conditions on the
use of the rifles as may be necessary to ensure security, safety, and
accountability. The Secretary may impose such other conditions as the
Secretary considers appropriate.
``(d) Eligible Organization Defined.--In this section, the term
`eligible organization' means--
``(1) a unit or other organization of honor guards recognized by the
Secretary of the Army as honor guards for a national cemetery;
``(2) a law enforcement agency; or
``(3) a local unit of any organization that, as determined by the
Secretary of the Army, is a nationally recognized veterans'
organization.''.
(c) Conforming Amendments.--Subsection (b) of such section is
amended--
(1) by inserting `` Relief From Liability.--'' after ``(b)'';
(2) by striking ``a unit'' and inserting ``an eligible
organization''; and
(3) by striking ``lent'' both places it appears and inserting ``lent
or donated''.
(d) Clerical Amendments.--(1) The heading of such section is amended
to read as follows:
``4683. Excess M-1 rifles: loan or donation for funeral and
other ceremonial purposes''.
(2) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 443 of such title is amended to read as follows:
``4683. Excess M-1 rifles: loan or donation for funeral and other
ceremonial purposes.''.
(e) Report on Implementation.--Not later than two years after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall review
the exercise of authority under section 4683 of title 10, United States
Code, as amended by this section, and submit to Congress a report on the
findings resulting from the review.
SEC. 382. EXTENSION OF WARRANTY CLAIMS RECOVERY PILOT PROGRAM.
Section 391 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1998 (Public Law 105 85; 111 Stat. 1716; 10 U.S.C. 2304 note) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (f), by striking ``September 30, 1999'' and
inserting ``September 30, 2000'';
(2) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ``January 1, 2000'' and
inserting ``January 1, 2001''; and
(3) in subsection (g)(2), by striking ``March 1, 2000'' and
inserting ``March 1, 2001''.
SEC. 383. PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS AT
UNITED STATES SOLDIERS' AND AIRMEN'S HOME, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
The Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 (title XV of Public Law
101 510; 24 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end of part
A the following new section:
``SEC. 1523. PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS AT
UNITED STATES SOLDIERS' AND AIRMEN'S HOME.
``(a) Historic Nature of Facility.--Congress finds the following:
``(1) Four buildings located on six acres of the establishment of
the Retirement Home known as the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's
Home are included on the National Register of Historic Places maintained
by the Secretary of the Interior.
``(2) Amounts in the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, which
consists primarily of deductions from the pay of members of the Armed
Forces, are insufficient to both maintain and operate the Retirement
Home for the benefit of the residents of the Retirement Home and
adequately maintain, repair, and preserve these historic buildings and
grounds.
``(3) Other sources of funding are available to contribute to the
maintenance, repair, and preservation of these historic buildings and
grounds.
``(b) Authority To Accept Assistance.--The Chairman of the Retirement
Home Board and the Director of the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's
Home may apply for and accept a direct grant from the Secretary of the
Interior under section 101(e)(3) of the National Historic Preservation
Act (16 U.S.C. 470a(e)(3)) for the purpose of maintaining, repairing,
and preserving the historic buildings and grounds of the United States
Soldiers' and Airmen's Home included on the National Register of
Historic Places.
``(c) Requirements and Limitations.--Amounts received as a grant
under subsection (b) shall be deposited in the Fund, but shall be kept
separate from other amounts in the Fund. The amounts received may only
be used for the purpose specified in subsection (b).''.
SEC. 384. CLARIFICATION OF LAND CONVEYANCE AUTHORITY, UNITED
STATES SOLDIERS' AND AIRMEN'S HOME.
(a) Manner of Conveyance.--Subsection (a)(1) of section 1053 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104
201; 110 Stat. 2650) is amended by striking ``convey by sale'' and
inserting ``convey, by sale or lease,''.
(b) Time for Conveyance.--Subsection (a)(2) of such section is
amended to read as follows:
``(2) The Armed Forces Retirement Home Board shall sell or lease the
property described in subsection (a) within 12 months after the date of
the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2000.''.
(c) Manner, Terms, and Conditions of Conveyance.--Subsection (b) of
such section is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following new
paragraph: ``(1) The Armed Forces Retirement Home Board shall determine
the manner, terms, and conditions for the sale or lease of the real
property under subsection (a), except as follows:
``(A) Any lease of the real property under subsection (a) shall
include an option to purchase.
``(B) The conveyance may not involve any form of public/private
partnership, but shall be limited to fee-simple sale or long-term lease.
``(C) Before conveying the property by sale or lease to any other
person or entity, the Board shall provide the Catholic University of
America with the opportunity to match or exceed the highest bona fide
offer otherwise received for the purchase or lease of the property, as
the case may be, and to acquire the property.''; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following new
sentence: ``In no event shall the sale or lease of the property be for
less than the appraised value of the property in its existing condition
and on the basis of its highest and best use.''.
SEC. 385. TREATMENT OF ALASKA, HAWAII, AND GUAM IN DEFENSE
HOUSEHOLD GOODS MOVING PROGRAMS.
(a) Limitation on Inclusion in Test Programs.--Alaska, Hawaii, and
Guam shall not be included as a point of origin in any test or
demonstration program of the Department of Defense regarding the moving
of household goods of members of the Armed Forces.
(b) Separate Regions; Destinations.--In any Department of Defense
household goods moving program that is not subject to the prohibition in
subsection (a)--
(1) Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam shall each constitute a separate
region; and
(2) Hawaii and Guam shall be considered international destinations.
TITLE IV--MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS
SUBTITLE A--ACTIVE FORCES
Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces.
Sec. 402. Revision in permanent end strength minimum levels.
SUBTITLE B--RESERVE FORCES
Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve.
Sec. 412. End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of
the Reserves.
Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status).
Sec. 414. Increase in numbers of members in certain grades
authorized to be on active duty in support of the Reserves.
Sec. 415. Selected Reserve end strength flexibility.
SUBTITLE C--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 421. Authorization of appropriations for military personnel.
Subtitle A--Active Forces
SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES.
The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active duty personnel
as of September 30, 2000, as follows:
(1) The Army, 480,000.
(2) The Navy, 372,037.
(3) The Marine Corps, 172,518.
(4) The Air Force, 360,877.
SEC. 402. REVISION IN PERMANENT END STRENGTH MINIMUM LEVELS.
(a) Revised End Strength Floors.--Section 691(b) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``372,696'' and inserting
``371,781'';
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``172,200'' and inserting
``172,148''; and
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking ``370,802'' and inserting
``360,877''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take
effect on October 1, 1999.
Subtitle B--Reserve Forces
SEC. 411. END STRENGTHS FOR SELECTED RESERVE.
(a) In General.--The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for
Selected Reserve personnel of the reserve components as of September 30,
2000, as follows:
(1) The Army National Guard of the United States, 350,000.
(2) The Army Reserve, 205,000.
(3) The Naval Reserve, 90,288.
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 39,624.
(5) The Air National Guard of the United States, 106,678.
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 73,708.
(7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 8,000.
(b) Adjustments.--The end strengths prescribed by subsection (a) for
the Selected Reserve of any reserve component shall be proportionately
reduced by--
(1) the total authorized strength of units organized to serve as
units of the Selected Reserve of such component which are on active duty
(other than for training) at the end of the fiscal year; and
(2) the total number of individual members not in units organized to
serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such component who are on
active duty (other than for training or for unsatisfactory participation
in training) without their consent at the end of the fiscal year.
Whenever such units or such individual members are released from
active duty during any fiscal year, the end strength prescribed for such
fiscal year for the Selected Reserve of such reserve component shall be
proportionately increased by the total authorized strengths of such
units and by the total number of such individual members.
SEC. 412. END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE DUTY IN SUPPORT
OF THE RESERVES.
Within the end strengths prescribed in section 411(a), the reserve
components of the Armed Forces are authorized, as of September 30, 2000,
the following number of Reserves to be serving on full-time active duty
or full-time duty, in the case of members of the National Guard, for the
purpose of organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or
training the reserve components:
(1) The Army National Guard of the United States, 22,430.
(2) The Army Reserve, 12,804.
(3) The Naval Reserve, 15,010.
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,272.
(5) The Air National Guard of the United States, 11,157.
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 1,134.
SEC. 413. END STRENGTHS FOR MILITARY TECHNICIANS (DUAL STATUS).
The minimum number of military technicians (dual status) as of the
last day of fiscal year 2000 for the reserve components of the Army and
the Air Force (notwithstanding section 129 of title 10, United States
Code) shall be the following:
(1) For the Army Reserve, 6,474.
(2) For the Army National Guard of the United States, 23,125.
(3) For the Air Force Reserve, 9,785.
(4) For the Air National Guard of the United States, 22,247.
SEC. 414. INCREASE IN NUMBERS OF MEMBERS IN CERTAIN GRADES
AUTHORIZED TO BE ON ACTIVE DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESERVES.
(a) Officers.--The table in section 12011(a) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Grade Army Navy Air Force Marine Corps
Major or Lieutenant Commander 3,227 1,071 860 14012
Lieutenant Colonel or Commander 1,611 520 777 9012
Colonel or Navy Captain 471 188 297 30''.
(b) Senior Enlisted Members.--The table in section 12012(a) of such
title is amended to read as follows:
``Grade Army Navy Air Force Marine Corps
9 645 202 405 2012
8 2,593 429 1,041 94''.
SEC. 415. SELECTED RESERVE END STRENGTH FLEXIBILITY.
Section 115(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1);
(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting
``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) vary the end strength authorized pursuant to subsection (a)(2)
for a fiscal year for the Selected Reserve of any of the reserve
components by a number equal to not more than 2 percent of that end
strength.''.
Subtitle C--Authorization of Appropriations
SEC. 421. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL.
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of
Defense for military personnel for fiscal year 2000 a total of
$71,884,867,000, and in addition funds in the total amount of
$1,838,426,000 are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of
Defense as emergency appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for military
personnel, as appropriated in section 2012 of the 1999 Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law 106 31; 113 Stat. 83). The
authorization in the preceding sentence supersedes any other
authorization of appropriations (definite or indefinite) for such
purpose for fiscal year 2000.
TITLE V--MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY
SUBTITLE A--OFFICER PERSONNEL POLICY
Sec. 501. Temporary authority for recall of retired aviators.
Sec. 502. Increase in maximum number of officers authorized to be
on active-duty list in frocked grades of brigadier general and rear
admiral (lower half).
Sec. 503. Reserve officers requesting or otherwise causing
nonselection for promotion.
Sec. 504. Minimum grade of officers eligible to serve on boards of
inquiry.
Sec. 505. Minimum selection of warrant officers for promotion from
below the promotion zone.
Sec. 506. Increase in threshold period of active duty for
applicability of restriction on holding of civil office by retired
regular officers and reserve officers.
Sec. 507. Exemption of retiree council members from recalled
retiree limits.
Sec. 508. Technical amendments relating to joint duty assignments.
Sec. 509. Three-year extension of requirement for competition for
joint 4-star officer positions.
SUBTITLE B--RESERVE COMPONENT PERSONNEL POLICY
Sec. 511. Continuation of officers on reserve active-status list
to complete disciplinary action.
Sec. 512. Authority to order reserve component members to active
duty to complete a medical evaluation.
Sec. 513. Exclusion of reserve officers on educational delay from
eligibility for consideration for promotion.
Sec. 514. Extension of period for retention of reserve component
majors and lieutenant commanders who twice fail of selection for
promotion.
Sec. 515. Computation of years of service exclusion.
Sec. 516. Retention of reserve component chaplains until age 67.
Sec. 517. Expansion and codification of authority for
space-required travel on military aircraft for reserves performing
inactive-duty training outside the continental United States.
SUBTILE C--MILITARY TECHNICIANS
Sec. 521. Revision to military technician (dual status) law.
Sec. 522. Civil service retirement of technicians.
Sec. 523. Revision to non-dual status technicians statute.
Sec. 524. Revision to authorities relating to National Guard
technicians.
Sec. 525. Effective date.
Sec. 526. Secretary of Defense review of Army technician costing
process.
Sec. 527. Fiscal year 2000 limitation on number of non-dual status
technicians.
SUBTITLE D--SERVICE ACADEMIES
Sec. 531. Strength limitations at the service academies.
Sec. 532. Superintendents of the service academies.
Sec. 533. Dean of Academic Board, United States Military Academy
and Dean of the Faculty, United States Air Force Academy.
Sec. 534. Waiver of reimbursement of expenses for instruction at
service academies of persons from foreign countries.
Sec. 535. Expansion of foreign exchange programs of the service
academies.
SUBTITLE E--EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Sec. 541. Establishment of a Department of Defense international
student program at the senior military colleges.
Sec. 542. Authority for Army War College to award degree of master
of strategic studies.
Sec. 543. Authority for Air University to confer graduate-level degrees.
Sec. 544. Reserve credit for participation in health professions
scholarship and financial assistance program.
Sec. 545. Permanent authority for ROTC scholarships for graduate
students.
Sec. 546. Increase in monthly subsistence allowance for Senior
ROTC cadets selected for advanced training.
Sec. 547. Contingent funding increase for Junior ROTC program.
Sec. 548. Change from annual to biennial reporting under the
reserve component Montgomery GI bill.
Sec. 549. 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. 550. Accrual funding for Coast Guard Montgomery GI bill
liabilities.
SUBTITLE F--RESERVE COMPONENT MANAGEMENT
Sec. 551. Financial assistance program for pursuit of degrees by
officer candidates in Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class program.
Sec. 552. Options to improve recruiting for the Army Reserve.
Sec. 553. Joint duty assignments for reserve component general and
flag officers.
Sec. 554. Grade of chiefs of reserve components and additional
general officers at the National Guard Bureau.
Sec. 555. Duties of Reserves on active duty in support of the Reserves.
Sec. 556. 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. 557. Establishment of Office of the Coast Guard Reserve.
Sec. 558. Report on use of National Guard facilities and
infrastructure for support of provision of services to veterans.
SUBTITLE G--DECORATIONS, AWARDS, AND COMMENDATIONS
Sec. 561. Waiver of time limitations for award of certain
decorations to certain persons.
Sec. 562. Authority for award of Medal of Honor to Alfred Rascon
for valor during the Vietnam conflict.
Sec. 563. Elimination of current backlog of requests for
replacement of military decorations.
Sec. 564. Retroactive award of Navy Combat Action Ribbon.
Sec. 565. Sense of Congress concerning Presidential unit citation
for crew of the U.S.S. Indianapolis.
SUBTITLE H--MATTERS RELATING TO RECRUITING
Sec. 571. Access to secondary school students for military
recruiting purposes.
Sec. 572. Increased authority to extend delayed entry period for
enlistments of persons with no prior military service.
Sec. 573. Army College First pilot program.
Sec. 574. Use of recruiting materials for public relations purposes.
SUBTITLE I--MATTERS RELATING TO MISSING PERSONS
Sec. 575. Nondisclosure of debriefing information on certain
missing persons previously returned to United States control.
Sec. 576. Recovery and identification of remains of certain World
War II servicemen lost in Pacific Theater of Operations.
SUBTITLE J--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 577. Authority for special courts-martial to impose sentences
to confinement and forfeitures of pay of up to one year.
Sec. 578. Funeral honors details for funerals of veterans.
Sec. 579. Purpose and funding limitations for National Guard
Challenge program.
Sec. 580. Department of Defense Starbase program.
Sec. 581. Survey of members leaving military service on attitudes
toward military service.
Sec. 582. Service review agencies covered by professional staffing
requirement.
Sec. 583. Participation of members in management of organizations
abroad that promote international understanding.
Sec. 584. Support for expanded child care services and youth
program services for dependents.
Sec. 585. 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. 586. Members under burdensome personnel tempo.
SUBTITLE K--DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Sec. 591. Defense task force on domestic violence.
Sec. 592. Incentive program for improving responses to domestic
violence involving members of the Armed Forces and military family
members.
Sec. 593. Uniform Department of Defense policies for responses to
domestic violence.
Sec. 594. Central Department of Defense database on domestic
violence incidents.
Subtitle A--Officer Personnel Policy
SEC. 501. TEMPORARY AUTHORITY FOR RECALL OF RETIRED AVIATORS.
(a) Authority.--During the retired aviator recall period, the
Secretary of a military department may recall to active duty any retired
officer having expertise as an aviator to fill staff positions normally
filled by active duty aviators. Any such recall may only be made with
the consent of the officer recalled.
(b) Limitation.--No more than a total of 500 officers may be on
active duty at any time under subsection (a).
(c) Termination.--Each officer recalled to active duty under
subsection (a) during the retired aviator recall period shall be
released from active duty not later than one year after the end of such
period.
(d) Waivers.--Officers recalled to active duty under subsection (a)
shall not be counted for purposes of section 668 or 690 of title 10,
United States Code.
(e) Retired Aviator Recall Period.--For purposes of this section, the
retired aviator recall period is the period beginning on October 1,
1999, and ending on September 30, 2002.
(f) Report.--Not later than March 31, 2002, the Secretary of Defense
submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on
the use of the authority under this section, together with the
Secretary's recommendation for extension of that authority.
SEC. 502. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM NUMBER OF OFFICERS AUTHORIZED TO
BE ON ACTIVE-DUTY LIST IN FROCKED GRADES OF BRIGADIER GENERAL AND REAR
ADMIRAL (LOWER HALF).
Section 777(d)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``the following:'' and all that follows and inserting ``55.''.
SEC. 503. RESERVE OFFICERS REQUESTING OR OTHERWISE CAUSING
NONSELECTION FOR PROMOTION.
(a) Reporting Requirement.--Section 617(c) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by striking ``regular''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply
with respect to boards convened under section 611(a) of title 10, United
States Code, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 504. MINIMUM GRADE OF OFFICERS ELIGIBLE TO SERVE ON
BOARDS OF INQUIRY.
(a) Retention Boards for Regular Officers.--The text of section 1187
of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(a) Active Duty Officers.--Except as provided in subsection (b),
each board convened under this chapter shall consist of officers
appointed as follows:
``(1) Each member of the board shall be an officer of the same armed
force as the officer being required to show cause for retention on
active duty.
``(2) Each member of the board shall be on the active-duty list.
``(3) Each member of the board shall be in a grade above major or
lieutenant commander, except that at least one member of the board shall
be in a grade above lieutenant colonel or commander.
``(4) Each member of the board shall be senior in grade to any
officer to be considered by the board.
``(b) Retired Officers.--If qualified officers on active duty are not
available in sufficient numbers to comprise a board convened under this
chapter, the Secretary of the military department concerned shall
complete the membership of the board by appointing to the board retired
officers of the same armed force. A retired officer may be appointed to
such a board only if the retired grade of that officer--
``(1) is above major or lieutenant commander or, in the case of an
officer to be the senior officer of the board, above lieutenant colonel
or commander; and
``(2) is senior to the grade of any officer to be considered by the
board.
``(c) Ineligibility by Reason of Previous Consideration of Same
Officer.--No person may be a member of more than one board convened
under this chapter to consider the same officer.
``(d) Exclusion From Strength Limitation.--A retired general or flag
officer who is on active duty for the purpose of serving on a board
convened under this chapter shall not, while so serving, be counted
against any limitation on the number of general and flag officers who
may be on active duty.''.
(b) Retention Boards for Reserve Officers.--Subsection (a) of section
14906 of such title is amended to read as follows:
``(a) Composition of Boards.--Each board convened under this chapter
shall consist of officers appointed as follows:
``(1) Each member of the board shall be an officer of the same armed
force as the officer being required to show cause for retention in an
active status.
``(2) Each member of the board shall hold a grade above major or
lieutenant commander, except that at least one member of the board shall
hold a grade above lieutenant colonel or commander.
``(3) Each member of the board shall be senior in grade to any
officer to be considered by the board.''.
SEC. 505. MINIMUM SELECTION OF WARRANT OFFICERS FOR PROMOTION
FROM BELOW THE PROMOTION ZONE.
Section 575(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new sentence: ``If the number determined
under this subsection with respect to a promotion zone within a grade
(or grade and competitive category) is less than one, the board may
recommend one such officer for promotion from below the zone within that
grade (or grade and competitive category).''.
SEC. 506. INCREASE IN THRESHOLD PERIOD OF ACTIVE DUTY FOR
APPLICABILITY OF RESTRICTION ON HOLDING OF CIVIL OFFICE BY RETIRED
REGULAR OFFICERS AND RESERVE OFFICERS.
Section 973(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``180 days'' and inserting
``270 days''; and
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``180 days'' and inserting
``270 days''.
SEC. 507. EXEMPTION OF RETIREE COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM RECALLED
RETIREE LIMITS.
Section 690(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(D) Any member of the Retiree Council of the Army, Navy, or Air
Force for the period on active duty to attend the annual meeting of the
Retiree Council.''.
SEC. 508. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENTS.
(a) Joint Duty Assignments for General and Flag Officers.--Subsection
(g) of section 619a of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read
as follows:
``(g) Limitation for General and Flag Officers Previously Receiving
Joint Duty Assignment Waiver.--A general officer or flag officer who
before January 1, 1999, received a waiver of subsection (a) under the
authority of this subsection (as in effect before that date) may not be
appointed to the grade of lieutenant general or vice admiral until the
officer completes a full tour of duty in a joint duty assignment.''.
(b) Nuclear Propulsion Officers.--Subsection (h) of that section is
amended--
(1) by striking ``(1) Until January 1, 1997, an'' inserting ``An'';
(2) by striking ``may be'' and inserting ``who before January 1,
1997, is'';
(3) by striking ``. An officer so appointed''; and
(4) by striking paragraph (2).
SEC. 509. THREE-YEAR EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT FOR COMPETITION
FOR JOINT 4-STAR OFFICER POSITIONS.
(a) Extension of Requirement.--Section 604(c) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by striking ``September 30, 2000'' and inserting
``September 30, 2003''.
(b) Grade Relief.--Section 525(b)(5)(C) of such title is amended by
striking ``September 30, 2000'' and inserting ``September 30, 2003''.
(c) Clarification of Certain Limitations on Number of Active-Duty
Generals and Admirals.--Paragraph (5) of section 525(b) of such title is
amended by adding at the end of subparagraph (A) the following new
sentence: ``Any increase by reason of the preceding sentence in the
number of officers of an armed force serving on active duty in grades
above major general or rear admiral may only be realized by an increase
in the number of lieutenant generals or vice admirals, as the case may
be, serving on active duty, and any such increase may not be construed
as authorizing an increase in the limitation on the total number of
general or flag officers for that armed force under section 526(a) of
this title or in the number of general and flag officers that may be
designated under section 526(b) of this title.''.
Subtitle B--Reserve Component Personnel Policy
SEC. 511. CONTINUATION OF OFFICERS ON RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS
LIST TO COMPLETE DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
(a) In General.--Chapter 1407 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``14518. Continuation of officers to complete disciplinary action
``The Secretary concerned may delay the separation or retirement
under this chapter of an officer against whom an action has been
commenced with a view to trying the officer by court-martial. Any such
delay may continue until the completion of the disciplinary action
against the officer.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
``14518. Continuation of officers to complete disciplinary action.''.
SEC. 512. AUTHORITY TO ORDER RESERVE COMPONENT MEMBERS TO
ACTIVE DUTY TO COMPLETE A MEDICAL EVALUATION.
Section 12301 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
``(h)(1) When authorized by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary
of a military department may, with the consent of the member, order a
member of a reserve component to active duty--
``(A) to receive authorized medical care;
``(B) to be medically evaluated for disability or other purposes; or
``(C) to complete a required Department of Defense health care
study, which may include an associated medical evaluation of the member.
``(2) A member ordered to active duty under this subsection may, with
the member's consent, be retained on active duty, if the Secretary
concerned considers it appropriate, for medical treatment for a
condition associated with the study or evaluation, if that treatment of
the member is otherwise authorized by law.
``(3) A member of the Army National Guard of the United States or the
Air National Guard of the United States may be ordered to active duty
under this subsection only with the consent of the Governor or other
appropriate authority of the State concerned.''.
SEC. 513. EXCLUSION OF RESERVE OFFICERS ON EDUCATIONAL DELAY
FROM ELIGIBILITY FOR CONSIDERATION FOR PROMOTION.
(a) Exclusion.--Section 14301 of title 10, United States Code is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(h) Officers on Educational Delay.--An officer on the reserve
active-status list is ineligible for consideration for promotion, but
shall remain on the reserve active-status list, while the officer--
``(1) is pursuing a program of graduate level education in an
educational delay status approved by the Secretary concerned; and
``(2) is receiving from the Secretary financial assistance in
connection with the pursuit of that program of education while in that
status.''.
(b) Retroactive Effect.--(1) Subsection (h) of section 14301 of title
10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall apply with
respect to boards convened under section 14101(a) of such title before,
on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) The Secretary of the military department concerned, upon receipt
of request submitted in a form and manner prescribed by the Secretary,
shall expunge from the military records of an officer any indication of
a failure of selection of the officer for promotion by a board referred
to in paragraph (1) while the officer was ineligible for consideration
by that board by reason of section 14301(h) of title 10, United States
Code.
SEC. 514. EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR RETENTION OF RESERVE
COMPONENT MAJORS AND LIEUTENANT COMMANDERS WHO TWICE FAIL OF SELECTION
FOR PROMOTION.
(a) Parity With Officers in Pay Grades O 2 and O 3.--Section 14506 of
title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting ``the later of (1)'' after ``in accordance with
section 14513 of this title on''; and
(2) by inserting before the period at the end the following: ``, or
(2) the first day of the seventh month after the month in which the
President approves the report of the board which considered the officer
for the second time''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
apply with respect to removals of reserve officers from reserve
active-status lists under section 14506 of title 10, United States Code,
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 515. COMPUTATION OF YEARS OF SERVICE EXCLUSION.
The text of section 14706 of title 10, United States Code, is amended
to read as follows:
``(a) For the purpose of this chapter and chapter 1407 of this title,
a Reserve officer's years of service include all service of the officer
as a commissioned officer of a uniformed service other than the
following:
``(1) Service as a warrant officer.
``(2) Constructive service.
``(3) Service after appointment as a commissioned officer of a
reserve component while in a program of advanced education to obtain the
first professional degree required for appointment, designation, or
assignment to a professional specialty, but only if that service occurs
before the officer commences initial service on active duty or initial
service in the Ready Reserve in the specialty that results from such a
degree.
``(b) The exclusion under subsection (a)(3) does not apply to service
performed by an officer who previously served on active duty or
participated as a member of the Ready Reserve in other than a student
status for the period of service preceding the member's service in a
student status.
``(c) For purposes of subsection (a)(3), an officer shall be
considered to be in a professional specialty if the officer is appointed
or assigned to the Medical Corps, the Dental Corps, the Veterinary
Corps, the Medical Service Corps, the Nurse Corps, or the Army Medical
Specialists Corps or is designated as a chaplain or judge advocate.''.
SEC. 516. RETENTION OF RESERVE COMPONENT CHAPLAINS UNTIL AGE 67.
Section 14703(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``(or, in the case of a reserve officer of the Army in the
Chaplains or a reserve officer of the Air Force designated as a
chaplain, 60 years of age)''.
SEC. 517. EXPANSION AND CODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY FOR
SPACE-REQUIRED TRAVEL ON MILITARY AIRCRAFT FOR RESERVES PERFORMING
INACTIVE-DUTY TRAINING OUTSIDE THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES.
(a) Authority.--(1) Chapter 1805 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``18505. Reserves traveling to inactive-duty training OCONUS:
authority for space-required travel
``(a) In the case of a member of a reserve component whose place of
inactive-duty training is outside the contiguous States (including a
place other than the place of the member's unit training assembly if the
member is performing the inactive-duty training in another location),
the member may travel in a space-required status on aircraft of the
armed forces between the member's home and the place of such training if
there is no transportation between those locations by means of road or
railroad (or a combination of road and railroad).
``(b) A member traveling in a space-required status on any such
aircraft under subsection (a) is not authorized to receive travel,
transportation, or per diem allowances in connection with that
travel.''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended
by adding at the end the following new item:
``18505. Reserves traveling to inactive-duty training OCONUS:
authority for space-required travel.''.
(b) Repeal of Superseded Authority.--Section 8023 of Public Law 105
262 (112 Stat. 2302) is repealed.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply
with respect to travel commencing on or after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
Subtitle C--Military Technicians
SEC. 521. REVISION TO MILITARY TECHNICIAN (DUAL STATUS) LAW.
(a) Definition.--Subsection (a)(1) of section 10216 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``section 709'' and inserting
``section 709(b)''; and
(2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``civilian'' after ``is
assigned to a''.
(b) Dual Status Requirement.--Subsection (e) of such section is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``(dual status)'' after
``military technician'' the second place it appears; and
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting ``Except as
otherwise provided by law, the Secretary''; and
(B) by striking ``not to exceed six months'' and inserting ``up to
12 months''.
SEC. 522. CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT OF TECHNICIANS.
(a) In General.--(1) Chapter 1007 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``10218. Army and Air Force Reserve technicians: conditions
for retention; mandatory retirement under civil service laws
``(a) Separation and Retirement of Military Technicians ( Dual Status
).--(1) An individual employed by the Army Reserve or the Air Force
Reserve as a military technician (dual status) who after the date of the
enactment of this section loses dual status is subject to paragraph (2)
or (3), as the case may be.
``(2) If a technician described in paragraph (1) is eligible at the
time dual status is lost for an unreduced annuity, the technician shall
be separated not later than 30 days after the date on which dual status
is lost.
``(3)(A) If a technician described in paragraph (1) is not eligible
at the time dual status is lost for an unreduced annuity, the technician
shall be offered the opportunity to--
``(i) reapply for, and if qualified be appointed to, a position as a
military technician (dual status); or
``(ii) apply for a civil service position that is not a technician
position.
``(B) If such a technician continues employment with the Army Reserve
or the Air Force Reserve as a non-dual status technician, the
technician--
``(i) shall not be permitted, after the end of the one-year period
beginning on the date of the enactment of this subsection, to apply for
any voluntary personnel action; and
``(ii) shall be separated or retired--
``(I) in the case of a technician first hired as a military
technician (dual status) on or before February 10, 1996, not later than
30 days after becoming eligible for an unreduced annuity; and
``(II) in the case of a technician first hired as a military
technician (dual status) after February 10, 1996, not later than one
year after the date on which dual status is lost.
``(4) For purposes of this subsection, a military technician is
considered to lose dual status upon--
``(A) being separated from the Selected Reserve; or
``(B) ceasing to hold the military grade specified by the Secretary
concerned for the position held by the technician.
``(b) Non-Dual Status Technicians.--(1) An individual who on the date
of the enactment of this section is employed by the Army Reserve or the
Air Force Reserve as a non-dual status technician and who on that date
is eligible for an unreduced annuity shall be separated not later than
six months after the date of the enactment of this section.
``(2)(A) An individual who on the date of the enactment of this
section is employed by the Army Reserve or the Air Force Reserve as a
non-dual status technician and who on that date is not eligible for an
unreduced annuity shall be offered the opportunity to--
``(i) reapply for, and if qualified be appointed to, a position as a
military technician (dual status); or
``(ii) apply for a civil service position that is not a technician
position.
``(B) If such a technician continues employment with the Army Reserve
or the Air Force Reserve as a non-dual status technician, the
technician--
``(i) shall not be permitted, after the end of the one-year period
beginning on the date of the enactment of this subsection, to apply for
any voluntary personnel action; and
``(ii) shall be separated or retired--
``(I) in the case of a technician first hired as a technician on or
before February 10, 1996, and who on the date of the enactment of this
section is a non-dual status technician, not later than 30 days after
becoming eligible for an unreduced annuity; and
``(II) in the case of a technician first hired as a technician after
February 10, 1996, and who on the date of the enactment of this section
is a non-dual status technician, not later than one year after the date
on which dual status is lost.
``(3) An individual employed by the Army Reserve or the Air Force
Reserve as a non-dual status technician who is ineligible for
appointment to a military technician (dual status) position, or who
decides not to apply for appointment to such a position, or who, within
six months of the date of the enactment of this section is not appointed
to such a position, shall for reduction-in-force purposes be in a
separate competitive category from employees who are military
technicians (dual status).
``(c) Unreduced Annuity Defined.--For purposes of this section, a
technician shall be considered to be eligible for an unreduced annuity
if the technician is eligible for an annuity under section 8336, 8412,
or 8414 of title 5 that is not subject to a reduction by reason of the
age or years of service of the technician.
``(d) Voluntary Personnel Action Defined.--In this section, the term
`voluntary personnel action', with respect to a non-dual status
technician, means any of the following:
``(1) The hiring, entry, appointment, reassignment, promotion, or
transfer of the technician into a position for which the Secretary
concerned has established a requirement that the person occupying the
position be a military technician (dual status).
``(2) Promotion to a higher grade if the technician is in a position
for which the Secretary concerned has established a requirement that the
person occupying the position be a military technician (dual status).''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended
by adding at the end the following new item:
``10218. Army and Air Force Reserve technicians: conditions for
retention; mandatory retirement under civil service laws.''.
(3) During the six-month period beginning on the date of the
enactment of this Act, the provisions of subsections (a)(3)(B)(ii)(I)
and (b)(2)(B)(ii)(I) of section 10218 of title 10, United States Code,
as added by paragraph (1), shall be applied by substituting ``six
months'' for ``30 days''.
(b) Early Retirement.--Section 8414(c) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(c)(1) An employee who was hired as a military reserve technician
on or before February 10, 1996 (under the provisions of this title in
effect before that date), and who is separated from technician service,
after becoming 50 years of age and completing 25 years of service, by
reason of being separated from the Selected Reserve of the employee's
reserve component or ceasing to hold the military grade specified by the
Secretary concerned for the position held by the employee is entitled to
an annuity.
``(2) An employee who is initially hired as a military technician
(dual status) after February 10, 1996, and who is separated from the
Selected Reserve or ceases to hold the military grade specified by the
Secretary concerned for the position held by the technician--
``(A) after completing 25 years of service as a military technician
(dual status), or
``(B) after becoming 50 years of age and completing 20 years of
service as a military technician (dual status),
is entitled to an annuity.''.
(c) Conforming Amendments.--Chapter 84 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended as follows:
(1) Section 8415(g)(2) is amended by striking ``military reserve
technician'' and inserting ``military technician (dual status)''.
(2) Section 8401(30) is amended to read as follows:
``(30) the term `military technician (dual status)' means an
employee described in section 10216 of title 10;''.
(d) Disability Retirement.--Section 8337(h) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by inserting ``or section 10216 of title 10'' after ``title 32'';
(B) by striking ``such title'' and all that follows through the
period and inserting ``title 32 or section 10216 of title 10,
respectively, to be a member of the Selected Reserve.'';
(2) in paragraph (2)(A)(i)--
(A) by inserting ``or section 10216 of title 10'' after ``title
32''; and
(B) by striking ``National Guard or from holding the military grade
required for such employment'' and inserting ``Selected Reserve''; and
(3) in paragraph (3)(C), by inserting ``or section 10216 of title
10'' after ``title 32''.
SEC. 523. REVISION TO NON-DUAL STATUS TECHNICIANS STATUTE.
(a) Revision.--Section 10217 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``military'' after ``non-dual status'' in the matter
preceding paragraph (1); and
(B) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:
``(1) was hired as a technician before November 18, 1997, under any
of the authorities specified in subsection (b) and as of that date is
not a member of the Selected Reserve or after such date has ceased to be
a member of the Selected Reserve; or
``(2) is employed under section 709 of title 32 in a position
designated under subsection (c) of that section and when hired was not
required to maintain membership in the Selected Reserve.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(c) Permanent Limitations on Number.--(1) Effective October 1,
2007, the total number of non-dual status technicians employed by the
Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve may not exceed 175. If at any time
after the preceding sentence takes effect the number of non-dual status
technicians employed by the Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve exceeds
the number specified in the limitation in the preceding sentence, the
Secretary of Defense shall require that the Secretary of the Army or the
Secretary of the Air Force, or both, take immediate steps to reduce the
number of such technicians in order to comply with such limitation.
``(2) Effective October 1, 2001, the total number of non-dual status
technicians employed by the National Guard may not exceed 1,950. If at
any time after the preceding sentence takes effect the number of
non-dual status technicians employed by the National Guard exceeds the
number specified in the limitation in the preceding sentence, the
Secretary of Defense shall require that the Secretary of the Army or the
Secretary of the Air Force, or both, take immediate steps to reduce the
number of such technicians in order to comply with such limitation.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--The heading of such section and the item
relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 1007 of such title are each amended by striking the penultimate
word.
SEC. 524. REVISION TO AUTHORITIES RELATING TO NATIONAL GUARD
TECHNICIANS.
Section 709 of title 32, United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:
``709. Technicians: employment, use, status
``(a) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army or
the Secretary of the Air Force, as the case may be, and subject to
subsections (b) and (c), persons may be employed as technicians in--
``(1) the administration and training of the National Guard; and
``(2) the maintenance and repair of supplies issued to the National
Guard or the armed forces.
``(b) Except as authorized in subsection (c), a person employed under
subsection (a) must meet each of the following requirements:
``(1) Be a military technician (dual status) as defined in section
10216(a) of title 10.
``(2) Be a member of the National Guard.
``(3) Hold the military grade specified by the Secretary concerned
for that position.
``(4) While performing duties as a military technician (dual
status), wear the uniform appropriate for the member's grade and
component of the armed forces.
``(c)(1) A person may be employed under subsection (a) as a non-dual
status technician (as defined by section 10217 of title 10) if the
technician position occupied by the person has been designated by the
Secretary concerned to be filled only by a non-dual status technician.
``(2) The total number of non-dual status technicians in the National
Guard is specified in section 10217(c)(2) of title 10.
``(d) The Secretary concerned shall designate the adjutants general
referred to in section 314 of this title to employ and administer the
technicians authorized by this section.
``(e) A technician employed under subsection (a) is an employee of
the Department of the Army or the Department of the Air Force, as the
case may be, and an employee of the United States. However, a position
authorized by this section is outside the competitive service if the
technician employed in that position is required under subsection (b) to
be a member of the National Guard.
``(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and under
regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned--
``(1) a person employed under subsection (a) who is a military
technician (dual status) and otherwise subject to the requirements of
subsection (b) who--
``(A) is separated from the National Guard or ceases to hold the
military grade specified by the Secretary concerned for that position
shall be promptly separated from military technician (dual status)
employment by the adjutant general of the jurisdiction concerned; and
``(B) fails to meet the military security standards established by
the Secretary concerned for a member of a reserve component under his
jurisdiction may be separated from employment as a military technician
(dual status) and concurrently discharged from the National Guard by the
adjutant general of the jurisdiction concerned;
``(2) a technician may, at any time, be separated from his
technician employment for cause by the adjutant general of the
jurisdiction concerned;
``(3) a reduction in force, removal, or an adverse action involving
discharge from technician employment, suspension, furlough without pay,
or reduction in rank or compensation shall be accomplished by the
adjutant general of the jurisdiction concerned;
``(4) a right of appeal which may exist with respect to paragraph
(1), (2), or (3) shall not extend beyond the adjutant general of the
jurisdiction concerned; and
``(5) a technician shall be notified in writing of the termination
of his employment as a technician and, unless the technician is serving
under a temporary appointment, is serving in a trial or probationary
period, or has voluntarily ceased to be a member of the National Guard
when such membership is a condition of employment, such notification
shall be given at least 30 days before the termination date of such
employment.
``(g) Sections 2108, 3502, 7511, and 7512 of title 5 do not apply to
a person employed under this section.
``(h) Notwithstanding sections 5544(a) and 6101(a) of title 5 or any
other provision of law, the Secretary concerned may prescribe the hours
of duty for technicians. Notwithstanding sections 5542 and 5543 of title
5 or any other provision of law, such technicians shall be granted an
amount of compensatory time off from their scheduled tour of duty equal
to the amount of any time spent by them in irregular or overtime work,
and shall not be entitled to compensation for such work.
``(i) The Secretary concerned may not prescribe for purposes of
eligibility for Federal recognition under section 301 of this title a
qualification applicable to technicians employed under subsection (a)
that is not applicable pursuant to that section to the other members of
the National Guard in the same grade, branch, position, and type of unit
or organization involved.''.
SEC. 525. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by sections 523 and 524 shall take effect 180
days after the date of the receipt by Congress of the plan required by
section 523(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1998 (Public Law 105 85; 111 Stat. 1737) or a report by the Secretary of
Defense providing an alternative proposal to the plan required by that
section.
SEC. 526. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE REVIEW OF ARMY TECHNICIAN
COSTING PROCESS.
(a) Review.--The Secretary of Defense shall review the process used
by the Army, including use of the Civilian Manpower Obligation Resources
(CMOR) model, to develop estimates of the annual authorizations and
appropriations required for civilian personnel of the Department of the
Army generally and for National Guard and Army Reserve technicians in
particular. Based upon the review, the Secretary shall direct that any
appropriate revisions to that process be implemented.
(b) Purpose of Review.--The purpose of the review shall be to ensure
that the process referred to in subsection (a) does the following:
(1) Accurately and fully incorporates all the actual cost factors
for such personnel, including particularly those factors necessary to
recruit, train, and sustain a qualified technician workforce.
(2) Provides estimates of required annual appropriations required to
fully fund all the technicians (both dual status and non-dual status)
requested in the President's budget.
(3) Eliminates inaccuracies in the process that compel both the Army
Reserve and the Army National Guard either (A) to reduce the number of
military technicians (dual status) below the statutory floors without
corresponding force structure reductions, or (B) to transfer funds from
other appropriations simply to provide the required funding for military
technicians (dual status).
(c) Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee
on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of
the House of Representatives a report containing the results of the
review undertaken under this section, together with a description of
corrective actions taken and proposed, not later than March 31, 2000.
SEC. 527. FISCAL YEAR 2000 LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF NON-DUAL
STATUS TECHNICIANS.
The number of civilian employees who are non-dual status technicians
of a reserve component of the Army or Air Force as of September 30,
2000, may not exceed the following:
(1) For the Army Reserve, 1,295.
(2) For the Army National Guard of the United States, 1,800.
(3) For the Air Force Reserve, 0.
(4) For the Air National Guard of the United States, 342.
Subtitle D--Service Academies
SEC. 531. STRENGTH LIMITATIONS AT THE SERVICE ACADEMIES.
(a) United States Military Academy.--(1) The Secretary of the Army
shall take such action as necessary to ensure that the United States
Military Academy is in compliance with the USMA cadet strength limit not
later than the day before the last day of the 2001 2002 academic year.
(2) The Secretary of the Army may provide for a variance to the USMA
cadet strength limit--
(A) as of the day before the last day of the 1999 2000 academic year
of not more than 5 percent; and
(B) as of the day before the last day of the 2000 2001 academic year
of not more than 2\1/2\ percent.
(3) For purposes of this subsection--
(A) the USMA cadet strength limit is the maximum of 4,000 cadets
established for the Corps of Cadets at the United States Military
Academy by section 511 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public Law 102 190; 10 U.S.C. 4342 note),
reenacted in section 4342(a) of title 10, United States Code, by the
amendment made by subsection (b)(1); and
(B) the last day of an academic year is graduation day.
(b) Reenactment of Limitation; Authorized Variance.--(1) Section 4342
of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ``is as follows:'' in the matter
preceding paragraph (1) and inserting ``(determined for any year as of
the day before the last day of the academic year) is 4,000. Subject to
that limitation, cadets are selected as follows:''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(i) For purposes of the limitation in subsection (a) establishing
the aggregate authorized strength of the Corps of Cadets, the Secretary
of the Army may for any year (beginning with the 2001 2002 academic
year) permit a variance in that limitation by not more than one percent.
In applying that limitation, and any such variance, the last day of an
academic year shall be considered to be graduation day.''.
(2) Section 6954 of such title is amended--
(A) by striking the matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting the
following:
``(a) The authorized strength of the Brigade of Midshipmen
(determined for any year as of the day before the last day of the
academic year) is 4,000. Subject to that limitation, midshipmen are
selected as follows:''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(g) For purposes of the limitation in subsection (a) establishing
the aggregate authorized strength of the Brigade of Midshipmen, the
Secretary of the Navy may for any year permit a variance in that
limitation by not more than one percent. In applying that limitation,
and any such variance, the last day of an academic year shall be
considered to be graduation day.''.
(3) Section 9342 of such title is amended--
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ``is as follows:'' in the matter
preceding paragraph (1) and inserting ``(determined for any year as of
the day before the last day of the academic year) is 4,000. Subject to
that limitation, Air Force Cadets are selected as follows:''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(i) For purposes of the limitation in subsection (a) establishing
the aggregate authorized strength of Air Force Cadets, the Secretary of
the Air Force may for any year permit a variance in that limitation by
not more than one percent. In applying that limitation, and any such
variance, the last day of an academic year shall be considered to be
graduation day.''.
(4) Section 511 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Years 1992 and 1993 (Public Law 102 190; 10 U.S.C. 4342 note) is
repealed.
SEC. 532. SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE SERVICE ACADEMIES.
(a) Position of Superintendent Required To Be Terminal
Position.--(1)(A) Chapter 367 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 3920 the following new section:
``3921. Mandatory retirement: Superintendent of the United
States Military Academy
``Upon the termination of the detail of an officer to the position of
Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, the Secretary of
the Army shall retire the officer under any provision of this chapter
under which that officer is eligible to retire.''.
(B) Chapter 403 of such title is amended by inserting after section
4333 the following new section:
``4333a. Superintendent: condition for detail to position
``As a condition for detail to the position of Superintendent of the
Academy, an officer shall acknowledge that upon termination of that
detail the officer shall be retired.''.
(2)(A) Chapter 573 of such title is amended by inserting after the
table of sections at the beginning of such chapter the following new
section:
``6371. Mandatory retirement: Superintendent of the United
States Naval Academy
``Upon the termination of the detail of an officer to the position of
Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy, the Secretary of the
Navy shall retire the officer under any provision of chapter 571 of this
title under which the officer is eligible to retire.''.
(B) Chapter 603 of such title is amended by inserting after section
6951 the following new section:
``6951a. Superintendent
``(a) There is a Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy.
The immediate governance of the Naval Academy is under the
Superintendent.
``(b) The Superintendent shall be detailed to that position by the
President. As a condition for detail to that position, an officer shall
acknowledge that upon termination of that detail the officer shall be
retired.''.
(3)(A) Chapter 867 of such title is amended by inserting after
section 8920 the following new section:
``8921. Mandatory retirement: Superintendent of the United
States Air Force Academy
``Upon the termination of the detail of an officer to the position of
Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy, the Secretary of
the Air Force shall retire the officer under any provision of this
chapter under which the officer is eligible to retire.''.
(B) Chapter 903 of such title is amended by inserting after section
9333 the following new section:
``9333a. Superintendent: condition for detail to position
``As a condition for detail to the position of Superintendent of the
Academy, an officer shall acknowledge that upon termination of that
detail the officer shall be retired.''.
(4)(A) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 367 of title
10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating
to section 3920 the following new item:
``3921. Mandatory retirement: Superintendent of the United States
Military Academy.''.
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 403 of such
title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 4333
the following new item:
``4333a. Superintendent: condition for detail to position.''.
(C) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 573 of such
title is amended by inserting before the item relating to section 6383
the following new item:
``6371. Mandatory retirement: Superintendent of the United States
Naval Academy.''.
(D) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 603 of such
title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 6951
the following new item:
``6951a. Superintendent.''.
(E) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 867 of such
title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 8920
the following new item:
``8921. Mandatory retirement: Superintendent of the United States
Air Force Academy.''.
(F) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 903 of such
title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 9333
the following new item:
``9333a. Superintendent: condition for detail to position.''.
(5) The amendments made by this subsection shall not apply to an
officer serving on the date of the enactment of this Act in the position
of Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, Superintendent
of the United States Naval Academy, or Superintendent of the United
States Air Force Academy for so long as that officer continues on and
after that date to serve in that position without a break in service.
(b) Exclusion From Certain General and Flag Officer Grade Strength
Limitations.--Section 525(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(7) An officer of the Army while serving as Superintendent of the
United States Military Academy, if serving in the grade of lieutenant
general, is in addition to the number that would otherwise be permitted
for the Army for officers serving on active duty in grades above major
general under paragraph (1). An officer of the Navy or Marine Corps
while serving as Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy, if
serving in the grade of vice admiral or lieutenant general, is in
addition to the number that would otherwise be permitted for the Navy or
Marine Corps, respectively, for officers serving on active duty in
grades above major general or rear admiral under paragraph (1) or (2).
An officer while serving as Superintendent of the United Air Force
Academy, if serving in the grade of lieutenant general, is in addition
to the number that would otherwise be permitted for the Air Force for
officers serving on active duty in grades above major general under
paragraph (1).''.
SEC. 533. DEAN OF ACADEMIC BOARD, UNITED STATES MILITARY
ACADEMY AND DEAN OF THE FACULTY, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY.
(a) Dean of the Academic Board, USMA.--Section 4335 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(c) While serving as Dean of the Academic Board, an officer of the
Army who holds a grade lower than brigadier general shall hold the grade
of brigadier general, if appointed to that grade by the President, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The retirement age of an
officer so appointed is that of a permanent professor of the Academy. An
officer so appointed is counted for purposes of the limitation in
section 526(a) of this title on general officers of the Army on active
duty.''.
(b) Dean of the Faculty, USAFA.--Section 9335 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(a)'' at the beginning of the text of the
section; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(b) While serving as Dean of the Faculty, an officer of the Air
Force who holds a grade lower than brigadier general shall hold the
grade of brigadier general, if appointed to that grade by the President,
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The retirement age of
an officer so appointed is that of a permanent professor of the Academy.
An officer so appointed is counted for purposes of the limitation in
section 526(a) of this title on general officers of the Air Force on
active duty.''.
SEC. 534. WAIVER OF REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES FOR INSTRUCTION
AT SERVICE ACADEMIES OF PERSONS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
(a) United States Military Academy.--Section 4344(b)(3) of title 10,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``35 percent'' and inserting ``50 percent''; and
(2) by striking ``five persons'' and inserting ``20 persons''.
(b) Naval Academy.--Section 6957(b)(3) of such title is amended--
(1) by striking ``35 percent'' and inserting ``50 percent''; and
(2) by striking ``five persons'' and inserting ``20 persons''.
(c) Air Force Academy.--Section 9344(b)(3) of such title is amended--
(1) by striking ``35 percent'' and inserting ``50 percent''; and
(2) by striking ``five persons'' and inserting ``20 persons''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section apply with
respect to students from a foreign country entering the United States
Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, or the United States
Air Force Academy on or after May 1, 1999.
(e) Conforming Repeal.--Section 301 of the 1999 Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law 106 31; 113 Stat. 66) is
repealed.
SEC. 535. EXPANSION OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE PROGRAMS OF THE
SERVICE ACADEMIES.
(a) United States Military Academy.--Section 4345 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ``10 cadets'' and inserting ``24
cadets''; and
(2) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ``$50,000'' and inserting
``$120,000''.
(b) United States Naval Academy.--Section 6957a of such title is
amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ``10 midshipmen'' and inserting
``24 midshipmen''; and
(2) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ``$50,000'' and inserting
``$120,000''.
(c) United States Air Force Academy.--Section 9345 of such title is
amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ``10 Air Force cadets'' and
inserting ``24 Air Force cadets''; and
(2) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ``$50,000'' and inserting
``$120,000''.
Subtitle E--Education and Training
SEC. 541. ESTABLISHMENT OF A DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PROGRAM AT THE SENIOR MILITARY COLLEGES.
(a) In General.--(1) Chapter 103 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``2111b. Senior military colleges: Department of Defense
international student program
``(a) Program Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish
a program to facilitate the enrollment and instruction of persons from
foreign countries as international students at the senior military
colleges.
``(b) Purposes.--The purposes of the program shall be--
``(1) to provide a high-quality, cost-effective military-based
educational experience for international students in furtherance of the
military-to-military program objectives of the Department of Defense;
and
``(2) to enhance the educational experience and preparation of
future United States military leaders through increased, extended
interaction with highly qualified potential foreign military leaders.
``(c) Coordination with the Senior Military Colleges.--Guidelines for
implementation of the program shall be developed in coordination with
the senior military colleges.
``(d) Recommendations for Admission of Students Under the
Program.--The Secretary of Defense shall annually identify to the senior
military colleges the international students who, based on criteria
established by the Secretary, the Secretary recommends be considered for
admission under the program. The Secretary shall identify the
recommended international students to the senior military colleges as
early as possible each year to enable those colleges to consider them in
a timely manner in their respective admissions processes.
``(e) DOD Financial Support.--An international student who is
admitted to a senior military college under the program under this
section is responsible for the cost of instruction at that college. The
Secretary of Defense may, from funds available to the Department of
Defense other than funds available for financial assistance under
section 2107a of this title, provide some or all of the costs of
instruction for any such student.''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended
by adding at the end the following new item:
``2111b. Senior military colleges: Department of Defense
international student program.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The Secretary of Defense shall implement the
program under section 2111b of title 10, United States Code, as added by
subsection (a), with students entering the senior military colleges
after May 1, 2000.
(c) Repeal of Obsolete Provision.--Section 2111a(e)(1) of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by striking the second sentence.
(d) Fiscal Year 2000 Funding.--Of the amounts made available to the
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2000 pursuant to section 301,
$2,000,000 shall be available for financial support for international
students under section 2111b of title 10, United States Code, as added
by subsection (a).
SEC. 542. AUTHORITY FOR ARMY WAR COLLEGE TO AWARD DEGREE OF
MASTER OF STRATEGIC STUDIES.
(a) Authority.--Chapter 401 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``4321. United States Army War College: master of strategic
studies degree
``Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, the
Commandant of the United States Army War College, upon the
recommendation of the faculty and dean of the college, may confer the
degree of master of strategic studies upon graduates of the college who
have fulfilled the requirements for that degree.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
``4321. United States Army War College: master of strategic
studies degree.''.
SEC. 543. AUTHORITY FOR AIR UNIVERSITY TO CONFER
GRADUATE-LEVEL DEGREES.
(a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 9317 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(a) Authority.--Upon the recommendation of the faculty of the
appropriate school of the Air University, the commander of the Air
University may confer--
``(1) the degree of master of strategic studies upon graduates of
the Air War College who fulfill the requirements for that degree;
``(2) the degree of master of military operational art and science
upon graduates of the Air Command and Staff College who fulfill the
requirements for that degree; and
``(3) the degree of master of airpower art and science upon
graduates of the School of Advanced Airpower Studies who fulfill the
requirements for that degree.''.
(b) Clerical Amendments.--(1) The heading for that section is amended
to read:
``9317. Air University: graduate-level degrees''.
(2) The item relating to that section in the table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 901 of such title is amended to read as follows:
``9317. Air University: graduate-level degrees.''.
SEC. 544. RESERVE CREDIT FOR PARTICIPATION IN HEALTH
PROFESSIONS SCHOLARSHIP AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Section 2126(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the following:
``(2) Service credited under paragraph (1) counts only for the award
of retirement points for computation of years of service under section
12732 of this title and for computation of retired pay under section
12733 of this title.
``(3) The number of points credited to a member under paragraph (1)
for a year of participation in a course of study is 50. The points shall
be credited to the member for one of the years of that participation at
the end of each year after the completion of the course of study that
the member serves in the Selected Reserve and is credited under section
12732(a)(2) of this title with at least 50 points. The points credited
for the participation shall be recorded in the member's records as
having been earned in the year of the participation in the course of
study.'';
(2) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph (5):
``(5) A member of the Selected Reserve may be considered to be in an
active status while pursuing a course of study under this subchapter
only for purposes of sections 12732(a) and 12733(3) of this title.''.
SEC. 545. PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR ROTC SCHOLARSHIPS FOR
GRADUATE STUDENTS.
Section 2107(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to
read as follows:
``(2) The Secretary of the military department concerned may provide
financial assistance, as described in paragraph (1), to a student
enrolled in an advanced education program beyond the baccalaureate
degree level if the student also is a cadet or midshipman in an advanced
training program. Not more than 15 percent of the total number of
scholarships awarded under this section in any year may be awarded under
this paragraph.''.
SEC. 546. INCREASE IN MONTHLY SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE FOR SENIOR
ROTC CADETS SELECTED FOR ADVANCED TRAINING.
(a) Increase.--Section 209(a) of title 37, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``$150 a month'' and inserting ``$200 a month''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take
effect on October 1, 1999.
SEC. 547. CONTINGENT FUNDING INCREASE FOR JUNIOR ROTC PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--(1) Chapter 102 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``2033. Contingent funding increase
``If for any fiscal year the amount appropriated for the National
Guard Challenge Program under section 509 of title 32 is in excess of
$62,500,000, the Secretary of Defense shall (notwithstanding any other
provision of law) make the amount in excess of $62,500,000 available for
the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program under section 2031
of this title, and such excess amount may not be used for any other
purpose.''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended
by adding at the end the following new item:
``2033. Contingent funding increase.''.
(b) Effective Date.--Section 2033 of title 10, United States Code, as
added by subsection (a), shall apply only with respect to funds
appropriated for fiscal years after fiscal year 1999.
SEC. 548. CHANGE FROM ANNUAL TO BIENNIAL REPORTING UNDER THE
RESERVE COMPONENT MONTGOMERY GI BILL.
(a) In General.--Section 16137 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
``16137. Biennial report to Congress
``The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report not
later than March 1 of each odd-numbered year concerning the operation of
the educational assistance program established by this chapter during
the preceding two fiscal years. Each such report shall include the
number of members of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of each
armed force receiving, and the number entitled to receive, educational
assistance under this chapter during those fiscal years. The Secretary
may submit the report more frequently and adjust the period covered by
the report accordingly.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The item relating to such section in the
table of sections at the beginning of chapter 1606 of such title is
amended to read as follows:
``16137. Biennial report to Congress.''.
SEC. 549. 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.
(a) Recodification and Consolidation for Limitations on Federal
Grants and Contracts.--(1) Section 983 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended to read as follows:
``983. Institutions of higher education that prevent ROTC
access or military recruiting on campus: denial of grants and contracts
from Department of Defense, Department of Education, and certain other
departments and agencies
``(a) Denial of Funds for Preventing ROTC Access to Campus.--No funds
described in subsection (d)(1) may be provided by contract or by grant
(including a grant of funds to be available for student aid) to an
institution of higher education (including any subelement of such
institution) if the Secretary of Defense determines that that
institution (or any subelement of that institution) has a policy or
practice (regardless of when implemented) that either prohibits, or in
effect prevents--
``(1) the Secretary of a military department from maintaining,
establishing, or operating a unit of the Senior Reserve Officer Training
Corps (in accordance with section 654 of this title and other applicable
Federal laws) at that institution (or any subelement of that
institution); or
``(2) a student at that institution (or any subelement of that
institution) from enrolling in a unit of the Senior Reserve Officer
Training Corps at another institution of higher education.
``(b) Denial of Funds for Preventing Military Recruiting on
Campus.--No funds described in subsection (d)(2) may be provided by
contract or by grant (including a grant of funds to be available for
student aid) to an institution of higher education (including any
subelement of such institution) if the Secretary of Defense determines
that that institution (or any subelement of that institution) has a
policy or practice (regardless of when implemented) that either
prohibits, or in effect prevents--
``(1) the Secretary of a military department or Secretary of
Transportation from gaining entry to campuses, or access to students
(who are 17 years of age or older) on campuses, for purposes of military
recruiting; or
``(2) access by military recruiters for purposes of military
recruiting to the following information pertaining to students (who are
17 years of age or older) enrolled at that institution (or any
subelement of that institution):
``(A) Names, addresses, and telephone listings.
``(B) Date and place of birth, levels of education, academic majors,
degrees received, and the most recent educational institution enrolled
in by the student.
``(c) Exceptions.--The limitation established in subsection (a) or
(b) shall not apply to an institution of higher education (or any
subelement of that institution) if the Secretary of Defense determines
that--
``(1) the institution (and each subelement of that institution) has
ceased the policy or practice described in that subsection; or
``(2) the institution of higher education involved has a
longstanding policy of pacifism based on historical religious
affiliation.
``(d) Covered Funds.--(1) The limitation established in subsection
(a) applies to the following:
``(A) Any funds made available for the Department of Defense.
``(B) Any funds made available in a Departments of Labor, Health and
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
``(2) The limitation established in subsection (b) applies to the
following:
``(A) Funds described in paragraph (1).
``(B) Any funds made available for the Department of Transportation.
``(e) Notice of Determinations.--Whenever the Secretary of Defense
makes a determination under subsection (a), (b), or (c), the Secretary--
``(1) shall transmit a notice of the determination to the Secretary
of Education and to Congress; and
``(2) shall publish in the Federal Register a notice of the
determination and the effect of the determination on the eligibility of
the institution of higher education (and any subelement of that
institution) for contracts and grants.
``(f) Semiannual Notice in Federal Register.--The Secretary of
Defense shall publish in the Federal Register once every six months a
list of each institution of higher education that is currently
ineligible for contracts and grants by reason of a determination of the
Secretary under subsection (a) or (b).''.
(2) The item relating to section 983 in the table of sections at the
beginning of such chapter is amended to read as follows:
``983. Institutions of higher education that prevent ROTC access
or military recruiting on campus: denial of grants and contracts from
Department of Defense, Department of Education, and certain other
departments and agencies.''.
(b) Repeal of Codified Provisions.--The following provisions of law
are repealed:
(1) Section 558 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1995 (Public Law 103 337; 10 U.S.C. 503 note).
(2) Section 514 of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997
(as contained in section 101(e) of division A of Public Law 104 208; 110
Stat. 3009 270; 10 U.S.C. 503 note).
SEC. 550. ACCRUAL FUNDING FOR COAST GUARD MONTGOMERY GI BILL
LIABILITIES.
Section 2006 of title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows:
(1) Subsection (a) is amended by striking ``Department of Defense
education liabilities'' and inserting ``armed forces education
liabilities''.
(2) Paragraph (1) of subsection (b) is amended to read as follows:
``(1) The term `armed forces education liabilities' means
liabilities of the armed forces for benefits under chapter 30 of title
38 and for Department of Defense benefits under chapter 1606 of this
title.''.
(3) Subsection (b)(2)(C) is amended--
(A) by inserting ``Department of Defense'' after ``future''; and
(B) by striking ``chapter 106'' and inserting ``chapter 1606''.
(4) Subsection (c)(1) is amended by inserting ``and the Secretary of
the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating'' after
``Defense''.
(5) Subsection (d) is amended--
(A) by striking ``Department of Defense'' and inserting ``armed
forces''; and
(B) by inserting ``the Secretary of the Department in which the
Coast Guard is operating,'' after ``Secretary of Defense,''.
(6) Subsection (f)(5) is amended by inserting ``and the Department
in which the Coast Guard is operating'' after ``Department of Defense''.
(7) Subsection (g) is amended--
(A) by inserting ``and the Secretary of the Department in which the
Coast Guard is operating'' in paragraphs (1) and (2) after ``The
Secretary of Defense''; and
(B) by striking ``of a military department'' in paragraph (3) and
inserting ``concerned''.
Subtitle F--Reserve Component Management
SEC. 551. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR PURSUIT OF DEGREES
BY OFFICER CANDIDATES IN MARINE CORPS PLATOON LEADERS CLASS PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--(1) Part IV of subtitle E of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new chapter:
``CHAPTER 1611--OTHER EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
``Sec.
``16401. Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class program: officer
candidates pursuing degrees.
``16401. Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class program: officer
candidates pursuing degrees
``(a) Authority for Financial Assistance Program.--The Secretary of
the Navy may provide financial assistance to an eligible enlisted member
of the Marine Corps Reserve for expenses of the member while the member
is pursuing on a full-time basis at an institution of higher education a
program of education approved by the Secretary that leads to--
``(1) a baccalaureate degree in less than five academic years; or
``(2) a doctor of jurisprudence or bachelor of laws degree in not
more than three academic years.
``(b) Eligibility.--(1) To be eligible for financial assistance under
this section, an enlisted member of the Marine Corps Reserve must--
``(A) be an officer candidate in the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders
Class program and have successfully completed one six-week (or longer)
increment of military training required under that program;
``(B) meet the applicable age requirement specified in paragraph (2);
``(C) be enrolled on a full-time basis in a program of education
referred to in subsection (a) at any institution of higher education;
and
``(D) enter into a written agreement with the Secretary described in
paragraph (3).
``(2)(A) In the case of a member pursuing a baccalaureate degree, the
member meets the age requirements of this paragraph if the member will
be under 27 years of age on June 30 of the calendar year in which the
member is projected to be eligible for appointment as a commissioned
officer in the Marine Corps through the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders
Class program, except that if the member has served on active duty, the
member may, on such date, be any age under 30 years that exceeds 27
years by a number of months that is not more than the number of months
that the member served on active duty.
``(B) In the case of a member pursuing a doctor of jurisprudence or
bachelor of laws degree, the member meets the age requirements of this
paragraph if the member will be under 31 years of age on June 30 of the
calendar year in which the member is projected to be eligible for
appointment as a commissioned officer in the Marine Corps through the
Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class program, except that if the member
has served on active duty, the member may, on such date, be any age
under 35 years that exceeds 31 years by a number of months that is not
more than the number of months that the member served on active duty.
``(3) A written agreement referred to in paragraph (1)(D) is an
agreement between the member and the Secretary in which the member
agrees--
``(A) to accept an appointment as a commissioned officer in the
Marine Corps, if tendered by the President;
``(B) to serve on active duty for at least five years; and
``(C) under such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the
Secretary, to serve in the Marine Corps Reserve until the eighth
anniversary of the date of the appointment.
``(c) Covered Expenses.--Expenses for which financial assistance may
be provided under this section are--
``(1) tuition and fees charged by the institution of higher
education involved;
``(2) the cost of books; and
``(3) in the case of a program of education leading to a
baccalaureate degree, laboratory expenses.
``(d) Amount.--The amount of financial assistance provided to a
member under this section shall be prescribed by the Secretary, but may
not exceed $5,200 for any academic year.
``(e) Limitations.--(1) Financial assistance may be provided to a
member under this section only for three consecutive academic years.
``(2) Not more than 1,200 members may participate in the financial
assistance program under this section in any academic year.
``(f) Failure To Complete Program.--(1) A member who receives
financial assistance under this section may be ordered to active duty in
the Marine Corps by the Secretary to serve in an appropriate enlisted
grade for such period as the Secretary prescribes, but not for more than
four years, if the member--
``(A) completes the military and academic requirements of the Marine
Corps Platoon Leaders Class program and refuses to accept an appointment
as a commissioned officer in the Marine Corps when offered;
``(B) fails to complete the military or academic requirements of the
Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class program; or
``(C) is disenrolled from the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class
program for failure to maintain eligibility for an original appointment
as a commissioned officer under section 532 of this title.
``(2) The Secretary of the Navy may waive the obligated service under
paragraph (1) of a person who is not physically qualified for
appointment under section 532 of this title and later is determined by
the Secretary of the Navy under section 505 of this title to be
unqualified for service as an enlisted member of the Marine Corps due to
a physical or medical condition that was not the result of misconduct or
grossly negligent conduct.
``(g) Institution of Higher Education Defined.--In this section, the
term `institution of higher education' has the meaning given that term
in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).''.
(2) The tables of chapters at the beginning of subtitle E of such
title and at the beginning of part IV of such subtitle are amended by
adding after the item relating to chapter 1609 the following new item:
``1611. Other Educational Assistance Programs
16401''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 3695(a)(5) of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by striking ``Chapters 106 and 107'' and
inserting ``Chapters 107, 1606, and 1610''.
(c) Computation of Creditable Service.--Section 205 of title 37,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(f) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the periods of service of a
commissioned officer appointed under section 12209 of title 10 after
receiving financial assistance under section 16401 of such title that
are counted under this section may not include a period of service after
January 1, 2000, that the officer performed concurrently as a member of
the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class program and the Marine Corps
Reserve, except that service after that date that the officer performed
before commissioning (concurrently with the period of service as a
member of the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class program) as an enlisted
member on active duty or as a member of the Selected Reserve may be so
counted.''.
(d) Transition Provision.--(1) An enlisted member of the Marine Corps
Reserve selected for training as an officer candidate under section
12209 of title 10, United States Code, before implementation of a
financial assistance program under section 16401 of such title (as added
by subsection (a)) may, upon application, participate in the financial
assistance program established under section 16401 of such title (as
added by subsection (a)) if the member--
(A) is eligible for financial assistance under such section 16401;
(B) submits a request for the financial assistance to the Secretary
of the Navy not later than 180 days after the date on which the
Secretary establishes the financial assistance program; and
(C) enters into a written agreement described in subsection (b)(3)
of such section.
(2) Section 205(f) of title 37, United States Code, as added by
subsection (c), applies to a member referred to in paragraph (1).
SEC. 552. OPTIONS TO IMPROVE RECRUITING FOR THE ARMY RESERVE.
(a) Review.--The Secretary of the Army shall conduct a review of the
manner, process, and organization used by the Army to recruit new
members for the Army Reserve. The review shall seek to determine the
reasons for the continuing inability of the Army to meet recruiting
objectives for the Army Reserve and to identify measures the Secretary
could take to correct that inability.
(b) Reorganization To Be Considered.--Among the possible corrective
measures to be examined by the Secretary of the Army as part of the
review shall be a transfer of the recruiting function for the Army
Reserve from the Army Recruiting Command to a new, fully resourced
recruiting organization under the command and control of the Chief, Army
Reserve.
(c) Report.--Not later than July 1, 2000, the Secretary shall submit
to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on
Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report setting forth
the results of the review under this section. The report shall include a
description of any corrective measures the Secretary intends to
implement.
SEC. 553. JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENTS FOR RESERVE COMPONENT GENERAL
AND FLAG OFFICERS.
Subsection (b) of section 526 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph (2):
``(2)(A) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff may designate up
to 10 general and flag officer positions on the staffs of the commanders
of the unified and specified combatant commands as positions to be held
only by reserve component officers who are in a general or flag officer
grade below lieutenant general or vice admiral. Each position so
designated shall be considered to be a joint duty assignment position
for purposes of chapter 38 of this title.
``(B) A reserve component officer serving in a position designated
under subparagraph (A) while on active duty under a call or order to
active duty that does not specify a period of 180 days or less shall not
be counted for the purposes of the limitations under subsection (a) and
under section 525 of this title if the officer was selected for service
in that position in accordance with the procedures specified in
subparagraph (C).
``(C) Whenever a vacancy occurs, or is anticipated to occur, in a
position designated under subparagraph (A)--
``(i) the Secretary of Defense shall require the Secretary of the
Army to submit the name of at least one Army reserve component officer,
the Secretary of the Navy to submit the name of at least one Naval
Reserve officer and the name of at least one Marine Corps Reserve
officer, and the Secretary of the Air Force to submit the name of at
least one Air Force reserve component officer for consideration by the
Secretary for assignment to that position; and
``(ii) the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff may submit to the
Secretary of Defense the name of one or more officers (in addition to
the officers whose names are submitted pursuant to clause (i)) for
consideration by the Secretary for assignment to that position.
``(D) Whenever the Secretaries of the military departments are
required to submit the names of officers under subparagraph (C)(i), the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall submit to the Secretary of
Defense the Chairman's evaluation of the performance of each officer
whose name is submitted under that subparagraph (and of any officer
whose name the Chairman submits to the Secretary under subparagraph
(C)(ii) for consideration for the same vacancy).
``(E) Subparagraph (B) does not apply in the case of an officer
serving in a position designated under subparagraph (A) if the Secretary
of Defense, when considering officers for assignment to fill the vacancy
in that position which was filled by that officer, did not have a
recommendation for that assignment from each Secretary of a military
department who (pursuant to subparagraph (C)) was required to make such
a recommendation.''.
SEC. 554. GRADE OF CHIEFS OF RESERVE COMPONENTS AND ADDITIONAL
GENERAL OFFICERS AT THE NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU.
(a) Procedures for Appointing Reserve Chiefs in Higher Grade.--(1)
Chapter 1213 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at
the end the following new section:
``12505. Selection of officers for certain senior reserve
component positions
``(a) Covered Positions.--(1) This section applies to the positions
specified in sections 3038, 5143, 5144, and 8038 and the positions of
Director, Army National Guard, and Director, Air National Guard,
specified in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 10506(a)(1) of this
title.
``(2) An officer may be assigned to one of the positions specified in
paragraph (1) for service in the grade of lieutenant general or vice
admiral if appointed to that grade for service in that position by the
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. An officer
may be recommended to the President for such an appointment if selected
for appointment to that position in accordance with this section.
``(b) Eligibility for Higher Grade.--An officer shall be considered
to have been selected for appointment to a position specified in
subsection (a) in accordance with this section if--
``(1) the officer is recommended for that appointment by the
Secretary of the military department concerned;
``(2) the officer is determined by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, in accordance with criteria and as a result of a process
established by the Chairman, to have significant joint duty experience;
and
``(3) the officer is recommended by the Secretary of Defense to the
President for appointment in accordance with this section.
``(c) Counting for Purposes of Grade Limitations.--An officer on
active duty for service in a position specified in subsection (a) who is
serving in that position (by reason of selection in accordance with this
section) in the grade of lieutenant general or vice admiral shall be
counted for purposes of the grade limitations under sections 525 and 526
of this title. This subsection does not affect the counting for those
purposes of officers serving in those positions under any other
provision of law.
``(d) Transition Waiver Authority.--Until October 1, 2002, the
Secretary of Defense may waive paragraph (2) of subsection (b) with
respect to the appointment of an officer to a position specified in
subsection (a) if in the judgment of the Secretary--
``(1) the officer is qualified for service in the position; and
``(2) the waiver is necessary for the good of the service.
Any such waiver shall be made on a case-by-case basis.''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended
by adding at the end the following new item:
``12505. Selection of officers for certain senior reserve
component positions.''.
(b) Chief of Army Reserve.--Section 3038(c) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence:
``However, if selected in accordance with section 12505 of this title,
he may be appointed in the grade of lieutenant general.''.
(c) Chief of Naval Reserve.--Section 5143(c)(2) of such title is
amended--
(1) by striking ``above rear admiral (lower half)'' and inserting
``rear admiral''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``However, if
selected in accordance with section 12505 of this title, he may be
appointed in the grade of vice admiral.''.
(d) Commander, Marine Forces Reserve.--Section 5144(c)(2) of such
title is amended--
(1) by striking ``above brigadier general'' and inserting ``major
general''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``However, if
selected in accordance with section 12505 of this title, he may be
appointed in the grade of lieutenant general.''.
(e) Chief of Air Force Reserve.--Section 8038(c) of such title is
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``However, if
selected in accordance with section 12505 of this title, he may be
appointed in the grade of lieutenant general.''.
(f) General Officers for the National Guard Bureau.--Subparagraphs
(A) and (B) of section 10506(a)(1) of such title are each amended by
inserting ``or, if appointed to that position in accordance with section
12505(a)(2) of this title, the grade of lieutenant general,'' after
``major general''.
(g) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(h) Applicability to Incumbents.--(1) If an officer who is a covered
position incumbent is appointed under the amendments made by this
section to the grade of lieutenant general or vice admiral, the term of
service of that officer in that covered position shall not be extended
by reason of such appointment.
(2) For purposes of this subsection:
(A) The term ``covered position incumbent'' means a reserve
component officer who on the effective date specified in subsection (g)
is serving in a covered position.
(B) The term ``covered position'' means a position specified in
section 12505 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection
(a).
SEC. 555. DUTIES OF RESERVES ON ACTIVE DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESERVES.
(a) Duties.--Section 12310 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (d) and
transferring that subsection, as so redesignated, to the end of the
section; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection
(b):
``(b) Duties.--A Reserve on active duty as described in subsection
(a) may be assigned only duties in connection with the functions
described in that subsection, which may include the following:
``(1) Supporting operations or missions assigned in whole or in part
to reserve components.
``(2) Supporting operations or missions performed or to be performed
by--
``(A) a unit composed of elements from more than one component of
the same armed force; or
``(B) a joint forces unit that includes--
``(i) one or more reserve component units; or
``(ii) a member of a reserve component whose reserve component
assignment is in a position in an element of the joint forces unit.
``(3) Advising the Secretary of Defense, the Secretaries of the
military departments, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the commanders of
the unified combatant command regarding reserve component matters.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Such section is further
amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting `` Grade When Ordered to Active
Duty.--'' after ``(a)'';
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``(c)(1) A Reserve'' and
inserting ``(c) Duties Relating to Defense Against Weapons of Mass
Destruction.--(1) Notwithstanding subsection (b), a Reserve''; and
(3) in subsection (d), as redesignated and transferred by subsection
(a)(1), by inserting `` Training.--'' before ``A Reserve''.
(c) Report on the Use of Reserves on Active Duty in Support of the
Reserves.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall review how the Reserves on
active duty in support of the reserves are or will be used in relation
to the duties set forth under subsection (b) of section 12310 of title
10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a)(2).
(2) Not later than March 1, 2000, the Secretary shall submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives a report on the results of the review under paragraph
(1). The report shall include the following:
(A) An itemization and description, shown by operation or mission
referred to in subsection (b) of section 12310 of title 10, United
States Code, as added by subsection (a)(2), of the numbers of Reserves
on active duty involved in each of those operations and missions.
(B) An assessment and recommendation as to whether the Reserves on
active duty in support of the reserves should be managed as a separate
personnel category in which they compete only among themselves for
promotion, retention, school selection, command, and other centrally
selected personnel actions.
(C) An assessment and recommendation as to whether those Reserves
should be considered as being part of their respective active component
for purposes of management of end strengths and whether funds for those
Reserves should be provided from appropriations for active component
military personnel (rather than reserve component personnel).
(D) An assessment and recommendations for changes in the existing
officer and enlisted personnel systems required as a result of the
amendments to section 12310 of title 10, United States Code, made by
subsection (a), with such assessment to take a comprehensive life-cycle
approach to the careers of those Reserves and how those careers should
be managed, with special attention to issues related to accession,
promotion, professional development, retention, separation and
retirement.
SEC. 556. 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.
(a) Repeal.--Paragraph (4) of section 12310(c) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by striking the first sentence.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Paragraph (6) of such section is
amended--
(1) by striking ``or to increase the number of personnel authorized
by paragraph (4)'' in the matter preceding subparagraph (A); and
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or for the requested
additional personnel'' and all that follows through ``Federal levels''.
SEC. 557. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF THE COAST GUARD RESERVE.
(a) Establishment.--Chapter 3 of title 14, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``53. Office of the Coast Guard Reserve; Director
``(a) Establishment of Office; Director.--There is in the executive
part of the Coast Guard an Office of the Coast Guard Reserve. The head
of the Office is the Director of the Coast Guard Reserve. The Director
of the Coast Guard Reserve is the principal adviser to the Commandant on
Coast Guard Reserve matters and may have such additional functions as
the Commandant may direct.
``(b) Appointment.--The President, by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate, shall appoint the Director of the Coast Guard Reserve,
from officers of the Coast Guard who--
``(1) have had at least 10 years of commissioned service;
``(2) are in a grade above captain; and
``(3) have been recommended by the Secretary of Transportation.
``(c) Term.--(1) The Director of the Coast Guard Reserve holds office
for a term determined by the President, normally two years, but not more
than four years. An officer may be removed from the position of Director
for cause at any time.
``(2) The Director of the Coast Guard Reserve, while so serving,
holds a grade above Captain, without vacating the officer's permanent
grade.
``(d) Budget.--The Director of the Coast Guard Reserve is the
official within the executive part of the Coast Guard who, subject to
the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Transportation
and the Commandant, is responsible for preparation, justification, and
execution of the personnel, operation and maintenance, and construction
budgets for the Coast Guard Reserve. As such, the Director of the Coast
Guard Reserve is the director and functional manager of appropriations
made for the Coast Guard Reserve in those areas.
``(e) Annual Report.--The Director of the Coast Guard Reserve shall
submit to the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Defense
an annual report on the state of the Coast Guard Reserve and the ability
of the Coast Guard Reserve to meet its missions. The report shall be
prepared in conjunction with the Commandant and may be submitted in
classified and unclassified versions.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section
52 the following new item:
``53. Office of the Coast Guard Reserve; Director.''.
SEC. 558. REPORT ON USE OF NATIONAL GUARD FACILITIES AND
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SUPPORT OF PROVISION OF SERVICES TO VETERANS.
(a) Report.--The Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall submit to
the Secretary of Defense a report, to be prepared in consultation with
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, assessing the feasibility and
desirability of using the facilities and electronic infrastructure of
the National Guard for support of the provision of services to veterans
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The report shall include an
assessment of any costs and benefits associated with the use of those
facilities and that infrastructure for that purpose.
(b) Transmittal to Congress.--The Secretary of Defense shall, not
later than April 1, 2000, transmit to Congress the report submitted to
the Secretary under subsection (a), together with any comments on the
report consistent with the requirements of section 18235 of title 10,
United States Code, that the Secretary considers appropriate.
Subtitle G--Decorations, Awards, and Commendations
SEC. 561. WAIVER OF TIME LIMITATIONS FOR AWARD OF CERTAIN
DECORATIONS TO CERTAIN PERSONS.
(a) Waiver.--Any limitation established by law or policy for the time
within which a recommendation for the award of a military decoration or
award must be submitted shall not apply to awards of decorations
described in this section, the award of each such decoration having been
determined by the Secretary concerned to be warranted in accordance with
section 1130 of title 10, United States Code.
(b) Distinguished Flying Cross.--Subsection (a) applies to the award
of the Distinguished Flying Cross for service during World War II or
Korea (including multiple awards to the same individual) in the case of
each individual concerning whom the Secretary of the Navy (or an officer
of the Navy acting on behalf of the Secretary) submitted to the
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, during the period beginning
on October 17, 1998, and ending on the day before the date of the
enactment of this Act, a notice as provided in section 1130(b) of title
10, United States Code, that the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross
to that individual is warranted and that a waiver of time restrictions
prescribed by law for recommendation for such award is recommended.
(c) Coast Guard Commendation Medal.--Subsection (a) applies to the
award of the Coast Guard Commendation Medal to Mark H. Freeman, of
Seattle, Washington for heroic achievement performed in a manner above
that normally to be expected during rescue operations for the S.S.
Seagate, in September 1956, while serving as a member of the Coast Guard
at Gray Harbor Lifeboat Station, Westport, Washington.
SEC. 562. AUTHORITY FOR AWARD OF MEDAL OF HONOR TO ALFRED
RASCON FOR VALOR DURING THE VIETNAM CONFLICT.
(a) Waiver of Time Limitations.--Notwithstanding the time limitations
specified in section 3744 of title 10, United States Code, or any other
time limitation with respect to the awarding of certain medals to
persons who served in the Army, the President may award the Medal of
Honor under section 3741 of that title to Alfred Rascon, of Laurel,
Maryland, for the acts of valor described in subsection (b).
(b) Action Described.--The acts of valor referred to in subsection
(a) are the actions of Alfred Rascon on March 16, 1966, as an Army
medic, serving in the grade of Specialist Four in the Republic of
Vietnam with the Reconnaissance Platoon, Headquarters Company, 1st
Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade (Separate), during a
combat operation known as Silver City.
SEC. 563. ELIMINATION OF CURRENT BACKLOG OF REQUESTS FOR
REPLACEMENT OF MILITARY DECORATIONS.
(a) Elimination of Current Backlog.--The Secretary of Defense shall
eliminate the backlog (as of the date of the enactment of this Act) of
requests made to the Department of Defense for the issuance or
replacement of military decorations for members or former members of the
Armed Forces.
(b) Condition.--The Secretary shall allocate funds and other
resources in order to carry out subsection (a) in a manner that does not
detract from the performance of other personnel service and personnel
support activities within the Department of Defense.
(c) Report.--Not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the
status of the elimination of the backlog described in subsection (a).
The report shall include a plan for preventing accumulation of backlogs
in the future.
(d) Decoration Defined.--For the purposes of this section, the term
``decoration'' means a medal or other decoration that a member or former
member of the Armed Forces was awarded by the United States with respect
to service in the Armed Forces.
SEC. 564. RETROACTIVE AWARD OF NAVY COMBAT ACTION RIBBON.
The Secretary of the Navy may award the Navy Combat Action Ribbon
(established by Secretary of the Navy Notice 1650, dated February 17,
1969) to a member of the Navy or Marine Corps for participation in
ground or surface combat during any period on or after December 7, 1941,
and before March 1, 1961 (the date of the otherwise applicable
limitation on retroactivity for the award of such decoration), if the
Secretary determines that the member has not been previously recognized
in an appropriate manner for such participation.
SEC. 565. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING PRESIDENTIAL UNIT
CITATION FOR CREW OF THE U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS.
(a) Findings.--Congress reaffirms the findings made in section
1052(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995
(Public Law 103 337; 108 Stat. 2844) that the heavy cruiser U.S.S.
INDIANAPOLIS (CA 35)--
(1) served the people of the United States with valor and
distinction throughout World War II in action against enemy forces in
the Pacific Theater of Operations from December 7, 1941 to July 29,
1945;
(2) with her courageous and capable crew, compiled an impressive
combat record during the war in the Pacific, receiving in the process 10
battle stars in actions from the Aleutians to Okinawa;
(3) rendered invaluable service in anti-shipping, shore bombardment,
anti-air, and invasion support roles and serving as flagship for the
Fifth Fleet under Admiral Raymond Spruance and flagship for the Third
Fleet under Admiral William F. Halsey; and
(4) transported the world's first operational atomic bomb from the
United States to the Island of Tinian, accomplishing that mission at a
record average speed of 29 knots.
(b) Further Findings.--Congress further finds that--
(1) from participation in the earliest offensive actions in the
Pacific during World War II to her pivotal role in delivering the weapon
that brought the war to an end, the U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS and her crew
left an indelible imprint on the Nation's struggle to eventual victory
in the war in the Pacific; and
(2) the selfless, courageous, and outstanding performance of duty by
that ship and her crew throughout the war in the Pacific reflects great
credit upon the ship and her crew, thus upholding the very highest
traditions of the United States Navy.
(c) Sense of Congress.--(1) It is the sense of Congress that the
President should award a Presidential Unit Citation to the crew of the
U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS (CA 35) in recognition of the courage and skill
displayed by the members of the crew of that vessel throughout World War
II.
(2) A citation described in paragraph (1) may be awarded without
regard to any provision of law or regulation prescribing a time
limitation that is otherwise applicable with respect to recommendation
for, or the award of, such a citation.
SUBTITLE H--MATTERS RELATED TO RECRUITING
SEC. 571. ACCESS TO SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR MILITARY
RECRUITING PURPOSES.
Section 503 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:
``(c) Each local educational agency is requested to provide to the
Department of Defense, upon a request made for military recruiting
purposes, the same access to secondary school students, and to directory
information concerning such students, as is provided generally to
post-secondary educational institutions or to prospective employers of
those students.''.
SEC. 572. INCREASED AUTHORITY TO EXTEND DELAYED ENTRY PERIOD
FOR ENLISTMENTS OF PERSONS WITH NO PRIOR MILITARY SERVICE.
(a) Maximum Period of Extension.--Section 513(b)(1) of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by striking ``180 days'' in the second
sentence and inserting ``365 days''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take
effect on October 1, 1999, and shall apply with respect to enlistments
entered into on or after that date.
SEC. 573. ARMY COLLEGE FIRST PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) Program Required.--The Secretary of the Army shall establish a
pilot program (to be known as the ``Army College First'' program) to
assess whether the Army could increase the number of, and the level of
the qualifications of, persons entering the Army as enlisted members by
encouraging recruits to pursue higher education or vocational or
technical training before entry into active service in the Army.
(b) Delayed Entry With Allowance for Higher Education.--Under the
pilot program, the Secretary may exercise the authority under section
513 of title 10, United States Code--
(1) to accept the enlistment of a person as a Reserve for service in
the Selected Reserve or Individual Ready Reserve of the Army Reserve or,
notwithstanding the scope of the authority under subsection (a) of that
section, in the Army National Guard of the United States;
(2) to authorize, notwithstanding the period limitation in
subsection (b) of that section, a delay of the enlistment of any such
person in a regular component under that subsection for the period
during which the person is enrolled in, and pursuing a program of
education at, an institution of higher education, or a program of
vocational or technical training, on a full-time basis that is to be
completed within two years after the date of such enlistment as a
Reserve under paragraph (1); and
(3) in the case of a person enlisted in a reserve component for
service in the Individual Ready Reserve, pay an allowance to the person
for each month of that period.
(c) Maximum Period of Delay.--The period of delay authorized a person
under paragraph (2) of subsection (b) may not exceed the two-year period
beginning on the date of the person's enlistment accepted under
paragraph (1) of such subsection.
(d) Amount of Allowance.--(1) The monthly allowance paid under
subsection (b)(3) is $150. The allowance may not be paid for more than
24 months.
(2) An allowance under this section is in addition to any other pay
or allowance to which a member of a reserve component is entitled by
reason of participation in the Ready Reserve of that component.
(e) Comparison Group.--To perform the assessment under subsection
(a), the Secretary may define and study any group not including persons
receiving a benefit under subsection (b) and compare that group with any
group or groups of persons who receive such benefits under the pilot
program.
(f) Duration of Pilot Program.--The pilot program shall be in effect
during the period beginning on October 1, 1999, and ending on September
30, 2004.
(g) Report.--Not later than February 1, 2004, the Secretary shall
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House
of Representatives a report on the pilot program. The report shall
include the following:
(1) The assessment of the Secretary regarding the value of the
authority under this section for achieving the objectives of increasing
the number of, and the level of the qualifications of, persons entering
the Army as enlisted members.
(2) Any recommendation for legislation or other action that the
Secretary considers appropriate to achieve those objectives through
grants of entry delays and financial benefits for advanced education and
training of recruits.
SEC. 574. USE OF RECRUITING MATERIALS FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS PURPOSES.
(a) Authority.--Subchapter II of chapter 134 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``2257. Use of recruiting materials for public relations
``The Secretary of Defense may use for public relations purposes of
the Department of Defense any advertising materials developed for use
for recruitment and retention of personnel for the armed forces. Any
such use shall be under such conditions and subject to such restrictions
as the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
such subchapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
``2257. Use of recruiting materials for public relations.''.
Subtitle I--Matters Relating to Missing Persons
SEC. 575. NONDISCLOSURE OF DEBRIEFING INFORMATION ON CERTAIN
MISSING PERSONS PREVIOUSLY RETURNED TO UNITED STATES CONTROL.
Section 1506 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:
``(f) Nondisclosure of Certain Information.--A record of the content
of a debriefing of a missing person returned to United States control
during the period beginning on July 8, 1959, and ending on February 10,
1996, that was conducted by an official of the United States authorized
to conduct the debriefing is privileged information and, notwithstanding
sections 552 and 552a of title 5, may not be disclosed, in whole or in
part, under either such section. However, this subsection does not limit
the responsibility of the Secretary concerned under paragraphs (2) and
(3) of subsection (d) to place extracts of non-derogatory information,
or a notice of the existence of such information, in the personnel file
of a missing person.''.
SEC. 576. RECOVERY AND IDENTIFICATION OF REMAINS OF CERTAIN
WORLD WAR II SERVICEMEN LOST IN PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS.
(a) Recovery of Remains.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall make
every reasonable effort to search for, recover, and identify the remains
of United States servicemen lost in the Pacific theater of operations
during World War II (including in New Guinea) while engaged in flight
operations.
(2) In order to provide high priority to carrying out paragraph (1),
the Secretary of Defense shall consider increasing the number of
personnel assigned to the Central Identification Laboratory, Hawaii.
(3) Not later than September 30, 2000, the Secretary shall submit to
Congress a report setting forth the efforts made to accomplish the
objectives specified in paragraph (1). The Secretary shall include in
the report a statement of the backlog of cases at the Central
Identification Laboratory, Hawaii, shown by conflict, and the status of
the joint manning plan required by section 566(c) of the Strom Thurmond
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105
261; 112 Stat. 2029)
(b) Diplomatic Intervention if Required.--The Secretary of State,
upon request by the Secretary of Defense, shall work with officials of
governments of nations in the area that was covered by the Pacific
theater of operations of World War II to seek to overcome any diplomatic
obstacles that may impede the Secretary of Defense from carrying out the
objectives specified in subsection (a)(1).
Subtitle J--Other Matters
SEC. 577. AUTHORITY FOR SPECIAL COURTS-MARTIAL TO IMPOSE
SENTENCES TO CONFINEMENT AND FORFEITURES OF PAY OF UP TO ONE YEAR.
(a) Maximum Punishments That May Be Adjudged by a Special
Court-Martial.--Section 819 of title 10, United States Code (article 19
of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended--
(1) in the second sentence, by striking ``six months'' both places
it appears and inserting ``one year''; and
(2) in the third sentence, by inserting after ``A bad conduct
discharge'' the following: ``, confinement for more than six months, or
forfeiture of pay for more than six months''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take
effect on the first day of the sixth month beginning after the date of
the enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to charges
referred on or after that effective date to trial by special
courts-martial.
SEC. 578. FUNERAL HONORS DETAILS FOR FUNERALS OF VETERANS.
(a) Responsibility of Secretary of Defense.--(1) Subsection (a) of
section 1491 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:
``(a) Availability of Funeral Honors Detail Ensured.--The Secretary
of Defense shall ensure that, upon request, a funeral honors detail is
provided for the funeral of any veteran.''.
(2) Section 1491(a) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by
paragraph (1), shall apply with respect to funerals that occur after
December 31, 1999.
(b) Composition of Funeral Honors Details.--(1) Subsection (b) of
such section is amended--
(A) by striking `` Honor Guard Details.--'' and inserting `` Funeral
Honors Details.--(1)'';
(B) by striking ``an honor guard detail'' and inserting ``a funeral
honors detail''; and
(C) by striking ``not less than three persons'' and all that follows
and inserting ``two or more persons.''.
(2) Subsection (c) of such section is amended--
(A) by striking ``(c) Persons Forming Honor Guards.--An honor guard
detail'' and inserting ``(2) At least two members of the funeral honors
detail for a veteran's funeral shall be members of the armed forces, at
least one of whom shall be a member of the armed force of which the
veteran was a member. The remainder of the detail''; and
(B) by striking the second sentence and inserting the following:
``Each member of the armed forces in the detail shall wear the uniform
of the member's armed force while serving in the detail.''.
(c) Ceremony, Support, and Waiver.--Such section is further amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as subsections
(f), (g), and (h), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsections:
``(c) Ceremony.--A funeral honors detail shall, at a minimum, perform
at the funeral a ceremony that includes the folding of a United States
flag and presentation of the flag to the veteran's family and the
playing of Taps. Unless a bugler is a member of the detail, the funeral
honors detail shall play a recorded version of Taps using audio
equipment which the detail shall provide if adequate audio equipment is
not otherwise available for use at the funeral.
``(d) Support.--To provide a funeral honors detail under this
section, the Secretary of a military department may provide the
following:
``(1) Transportation, or reimbursement for transportation, and
expenses for a person who participates in the funeral honors detail and
is not a member of the armed forces or an employee of the United States.
``(2) Materiel, equipment, and training for members of a veterans
organization or other organization referred to in subsection (b)(2).
``(e) Waiver Authority.--(1) The Secretary of Defense may waive any
requirement provided in or pursuant to this section when the Secretary
considers it necessary to do so to meet the requirements of war,
national emergency, or a contingency operation or other military
requirements. The authority to make such a waiver may not be delegated
to an official of a military department other than the Secretary of the
military department and may not be delegated within the Office of the
Secretary of Defense to an official at a level below Under Secretary of
Defense.
``(2) Before or promptly after granting a waiver under paragraph (1),
the Secretary shall transmit a notification of the waiver to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of
Representatives.''.
(d) Regulations.--Subsection (f) of such section, as redesignated by
subsection (d)(1), is amended to read as follows:
``(f) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe
regulations to carry out this section. Those regulations shall include
the following:
``(1) A system for selection of units of the armed forces and other
organizations to provide funeral honors details.
``(2) Procedures for responding and coordinating responses to
requests for funeral honors details.
``(3) Procedures for establishing standards and protocol.
``(4) Procedures for providing training and ensuring quality of
performance.''.
(e) Inclusion of Certain Members of the Selected Reserve in Persons
Eligible for Funeral Honors.--Subsection (h) of such section, as
redesignated by subsection (d)(1), is amended to read as follows:
``(h) Veteran Defined.--In this section, the term `veteran' means a
decedent who--
``(1) served in the active military, naval, or air service (as
defined in section 101(24) of title 38) and who was discharged or
released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable; or
``(2) was a member or former member of the Selected Reserve
described in section 2301(f) of title 38.''.
(f) Authority To Accept Voluntary Services.--Section 1588(a) of such
title is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(4) Voluntary services as a member of a funeral honors detail
under section 1491 of this title.''.
(g) Duty Status of Reserves in Funeral Honors Details.--(1) Section
114 of title 32, United States Code, is amended--
(A) by striking ``honor guard functions'' both places it appears and
inserting ``funeral honors functions''; and
(B) by striking ``drill or training otherwise required'' and
inserting ``drill or training, but may be performed as funeral honors
duty under section 115 of this title''.
(2) Chapter 1 of such title is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
``115. Funeral honors duty performed as a Federal function
``(a) Order to Duty.--A member of the Army National Guard of the
United States or the Air National Guard of the United States may be
ordered to funeral honors duty, with the consent of the member, to
prepare for or perform funeral honors functions at the funeral of a
veteran under section 1491 of title 10. However, a member of the Army
National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the
United States may not be ordered to perform funeral honors functions
under this section without the consent of the Governor or other
appropriate authority of the State concerned.
``(b) Service Credit.--A member ordered to funeral honors duty under
this section shall be required to perform a minimum of two hours of such
duty in order to receive--
``(1) service credit under section 12732(a)(2)(E) of title 10; and
``(2) if authorized by the Secretary concerned, the allowance under
section 435 of title 37.
``(c) Reimbursable Expenses.--A member who performs funeral honors
duty under this section may be reimbursed for travel and transportation
expenses incurred in conjunction with such duty as authorized under
chapter 7 of title 37 if such duty is performed at a location 50 miles
or more from the member's residence.
``(d) Regulations.--The exercise of authority under subsection (a) is
subject to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.''.
(3) Chapter 1213 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new section:
``12503. Ready Reserve: funeral honors duty
``(a) Order to Duty.--A member of the Ready Reserve may be ordered to
funeral honors duty, with the consent of the member, in preparation for
or to perform funeral honors functions at the funeral of a veteran as
defined in section 1491 of this title.
``(b) Service Credit.--A member ordered to funeral honors duty under
this section shall be required to perform a minimum of two hours of such
duty in order to receive--
``(1) service credit under section 12732(a)(2)(E) of this title; and
``(2) if authorized by the Secretary concerned, the allowance under
section 435 of title 37.
``(c) Reimbursable Expenses.--A member who performs funeral honors
duty under this section may be reimbursed for travel and transportation
expenses incurred in conjunction with such duty as authorized under
chapter 7 of title 37 if such duty is performed at a location 50 miles
or more from the member's residence.
``(d) Regulations.--The exercise of authority under subsection (a) is
subject to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
``(e) Members of the National Guard.--This section does not apply to
members of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air
National Guard of the United States. The performance of funeral honors
duty by those members is provided for in section 115 of title 32.''.
(4) Section 12552 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read
as follows:
``12552. Funeral honors functions at funerals for veterans
``Performance by a Reserve of funeral honors functions at the funeral
of a veteran (as defined in section 1491(h) of this title) may not be
considered to be a period of drill or training, but may be performed as
funeral honors duty under section 12503 of this title''.
(h) Crediting for Reserve Retirement Purposes.--(1) Section
12732(a)(2) of such title is amended--
(A) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new
subparagraph:
``(E) One point for each day on which funeral honors duty is
performed for at least two hours under section 12503 of this title or
section 115 of title 32, unless the duty is performed while in a status
for which credit is provided under another subparagraph of this
paragraph.''; and
(B) by striking ``, and (D)'' in the last sentence and inserting ``,
(D), and (E)''.
(2) Section 12733 of such title is amended--
(A) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph (4):
``(4) One day for each point credited to the person under
subparagraph (E) of section 12732(a)(2) of this title.''.
(i) Benefits for Members in Funeral Honors Duty Status.--(1) Section
1074a(a) of such title is amended--
(A) in each of paragraphs (1) and (2)--
(i) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (A);
(ii) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and
inserting ``; or''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(C) service on funeral honors duty under section 12503 of this
title or section 115 of title 32.''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(4) Each member of the armed forces who incurs or aggravates an
injury, illness, or disease in the line of duty while remaining
overnight immediately before serving on funeral honors duty under
section 12503 of this title or section 115 of title 32 at or in the
vicinity of the place at which the member was to so serve, if the place
is outside reasonable commuting distance from the member's residence.''.
(2) Section 1076(a)(2) of such title is amended by adding at the end
the following new subparagraph:
``(E) A member who died from an injury, illness, or disease incurred
or aggravated while the member--
``(i) was serving on funeral honors duty under section 12503 of this
title or section 115 of title 32;
``(ii) was traveling to or from the place at which the member was to
so serve; or
``(iii) remained overnight at or in the vicinity of that place
immediately before so serving, if the place is outside reasonable
commuting distance from the member's residence.''.
(3) Section 1204(2) of such title is amended--
(A) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (A);
(B) by inserting ``or'' after the semicolon at the end of
subparagraph (B); and
(C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(C) is a result of an injury, illness, or disease incurred or
aggravated in line of duty--
``(i) while the member was serving on funeral honors duty under
section 12503 of this title or section 115 of title 32;
``(ii) while the member was traveling to or from the place at which
the member was to so serve; or
``(iii) while the member remained overnight at or in the vicinity of
that place immediately before so serving, if the place is outside
reasonable commuting distance from the member's residence;''.
(4) Paragraph (2) of section 1206 of such title is amended to read as
follows:
``(2) the disability is a result of an injury, illness, or disease
incurred or aggravated in line of duty--
``(A) while--
``(i) performing active duty or inactive-duty training;
``(ii) traveling directly to or from the place at which such duty is
performed; or
``(iii) remaining overnight immediately before the commencement of
inactive-duty training, or while remaining overnight between successive
periods of inactive-duty training, at or in the vicinity of the site of
the inactive-duty training, if the site is outside reasonable commuting
distance of the member's residence; or
``(B) while the member--
``(i) was serving on funeral honors duty under section 12503 of this
title or section 115 of title 32;
``(ii) was traveling to or from the place at which the member was to
so serve; or
``(iii) remained overnight at or in the vicinity of that place
immediately before so serving, if the place is outside reasonable
commuting distance from the member's residence;''.
(5) Section 1481(a)(2) of such title is amended--
(A) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (D);
(B) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (E) and
inserting ``; or''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(F) either--
``(i) serving on funeral honors duty under section 12503 of this
title or section 115 of title 32;
``(ii) traveling directly to or from the place at which the members
is to so serve; or
``(iii) remaining overnight at or in the vicinity of that place
before so serving, if the place is outside reasonable commuting distance
from the member's residence.''.
(j) Funeral Honors Duty Allowance.--Chapter 4 of title 37, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``435. Funeral honors duty: allowance
``(a) Allowance Authorized.--The Secretary concerned may authorize
payment of an allowance to a member of the Ready Reserve for any day on
which the member performs at least two hours of funeral honors duty
pursuant to section 12503 of title 10 or section 115 of title 32.
``(b) Amount.--The daily rate of an allowance under this section is
$50.
``(c) Full Compensation.--Except for expenses reimbursed under
subsection (c) of section 12503 of title 10 or subsection (c) of section
115 of title 32, the allowance paid under this section is the only
monetary compensation authorized to be paid a member for the performance
of funeral honors duty pursuant to such section, regardless of the grade
in which the member is serving, and shall constitute payment in full to
the member.''.
(k) Clerical Amendments.--(1) The heading for section 1491 of title
10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``1491. Funeral honors functions at funerals for veterans''.
(2)(A) The item relating to section 1491 in the table of sections at
the beginning of chapter 75 of title 10, United States Code, is amended
to read as follows:
``1491. Funeral honors functions at funerals for veterans.''.
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 1213 of such
title is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
``12503. Ready Reserve: funeral honors duty.''.
(C) The item relating to section 12552 in the table of sections at
the beginning of chapter 1215 of such title is amended to read as
follows:
``12552. Funeral honors functions at funerals for veterans.''.
(3)(A) The heading for section 114 of title 32, United States Code,
is amended to read as follows:
``114. Funeral honors functions at funerals for veterans''.
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 1 of such title
is amended by striking the item relating to section 114 and inserting
the following new items:
``114. Funeral honors functions at funerals for veterans.
``115. Funeral honors duty performed as a Federal function.''.
(4) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 4 of title 37,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
item:
``435. Funeral honors duty: allowance.''.
SEC. 579. PURPOSE AND FUNDING LIMITATIONS FOR NATIONAL GUARD
CHALLENGE PROGRAM.
(a) Program Authority and Purpose.--Subsection (a) of section 509 of
title 32, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(a) Program Authority and Purpose.--The Secretary of Defense,
acting through the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, may use the
National Guard to conduct a civilian youth opportunities program, to be
known as the `National Guard Challenge Program', which shall consist of
at least a 22-week residential program and a 12-month post-residential
mentoring period. The National Guard Challenge Program shall seek to
improve life skills and employment potential of participants by
providing military-based training and supervised work experience,
together with the core program components of assisting participants to
receive a high school diploma or its equivalent, leadership development,
promoting fellowship and community service, developing life coping
skills and job skills, and improving physical fitness and health and
hygiene.''.
(b) Annual Funding Limitation.--Subsection (b) of such section is
amended by striking ``$50,000,000'' and inserting ``$62,500,000''.
SEC. 580. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STARBASE PROGRAM.
(a) Program Authority.--Chapter 111 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by inserting after section 2193 the following new section:
``2193b. Improvement of education in technical fields: program
for support of elementary and secondary education in science,
mathematics, and technology
``(a) Authority for Program.--The Secretary of Defense may conduct a
science, mathematics, and technology education improvement program known
as the `Department of Defense STARBASE Program'. The Secretary shall
carry out the program in coordination with the Secretaries of the
military departments.
``(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the program is to improve knowledge
and skills of students in kindergarten through twelfth grade in
mathematics, science, and technology.
``(c) STARBASE Academies.--(1) The Secretary shall provide for the
establishment of at least 25 academies under the program.
``(2) The Secretary of Defense shall establish guidelines, criteria,
and a process for the establishment of STARBASE programs in addition to
those in operation on the date of the enactment of this section.
``(3) The Secretary may support the establishment and operation of
any academy in excess of two academies in a State only if the Secretary
has first authorized in writing the establishment of the academy and the
costs of the establishment and operation of the academy are paid out of
funds provided by sources other than the Department of Defense. Any such
costs that are paid out of appropriated funds shall be considered as
paid out of funds provided by such other sources if such sources fully
reimburse the United States for the costs.
``(d) Persons Eligible To Participate in Program.--The Secretary
shall prescribe standards and procedures for selection of persons for
participation in the program.
``(e) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe
regulations governing the conduct of the program.
``(f) Authority to Accept Financial and Other Support.--The Secretary
of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments may accept
financial and other support for the program from other departments and
agencies of the Federal Government, State governments, local
governments, and not-for-profit and other organizations in the private
sector.
``(g) Annual Report.--Not later than 90 days after the end of each
fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report
on the program under this section. The report shall contain a discussion
of the design and conduct of the program and an evaluation of the
effectiveness of the program.
``(h) State Defined.--In this section, the term `State' includes the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands, and Guam.''.
(b) Existing STARBASE Academies.--While continuing in operation, the
academies existing on the date of the enactment of this Act under the
Department of Defense STARBASE Program, as such program is in effect on
such date, shall be counted for the purpose of meeting the requirement
under section 2193b(c)(1) of title 10, United States Code (as added by
subsection (a)), relating to the minimum number of STARBASE academies.
(c) Reorganization of Chapter.--Chapter 111 of title 10, United
States Code, as amended by subsection (a), is further amended--
(1) by inserting after section 2193 and before the section 2193b
added by subsection (a) the following:
``2193a. Improvement of education in technical fields: general
authority for support of elementary and secondary education in science
and mathematics'';
(2) by transferring subsection (b) of section 2193 to section 2193a
(as added by paragraph (1)), inserting such subsection after the heading
for section 2193a, and striking out ``(b)''; and
(3) by redesignating subsection (c) of section 2193 as subsection (b).
(d) Clerical Amendments.--(1) The heading for section 2192 of such
title is amended to read as follows:
``2192. Improvement of education in technical fields: general
authority regarding education in science, mathematics, and
engineering''.
(2) The heading for section 2193 is amended to read as follows:
``2193. Improvement of education in technical fields: grants
for higher education in science and mathematics''.
(3) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended
by striking the items relating to sections 2192 and 2193 and inserting
the following:
``2192. Improvement of education in technical fields: general
authority regarding education in science, mathematics, and engineering.
``2193. Improvement of education in technical fields: grants for
higher education in science and mathematics.
``2193a. Improvement of education in technical fields: general
authority for support of elementary and secondary education in science
and mathematics.
``2193b. Improvement of education in technical fields: program for
support of elementary and secondary education in science, mathematics,
and technology.''.
SEC. 581. SURVEY OF MEMBERS LEAVING MILITARY SERVICE ON
ATTITUDES TOWARD MILITARY SERVICE.
(a) Exit Survey.--The Secretary of Defense shall develop and
implement, as part of outprocessing activities, a survey on attitudes
toward military service to be completed by all members of the Armed
Forces who during the period beginning on January 1, 2000, and ending on
June 30, 2000, are voluntarily discharged or separated from the Armed
Forces or transfer from a regular component to a reserve component.
(b) Matters To Be Covered.--The survey shall, at a minimum, cover the
following subjects:
(1) Reasons for leaving military service.
(2) Command climate.
(3) Attitude toward leadership.
(4) Attitude toward pay and benefits.
(5) Job satisfaction during service as a member of the Armed Forces.
(6) Plans for activities after separation (such as enrollment in
school, use of Montgomery GI Bill benefits, and work).
(7) Affiliation with a reserve component, together with the reasons
for affiliating or not affiliating, as the case may be.
(8) Such other matters as the Secretary determines appropriate to
the survey concerning reasons why military personnel are leaving
military service.
(c) Report to Congress.--Not later than October 1, 2000, the
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of
the survey under subsection (a). The Secretary shall compile the
information in the report so as to assist in assessing reasons why
military personnel are leaving military service.
SEC. 582. SERVICE REVIEW AGENCIES COVERED BY PROFESSIONAL
STAFFING REQUIREMENT.
Section 1555(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
inserting ``the Navy Council of Personnel Boards and'' after
``Department of the Navy,''.
SEC. 583. PARTICIPATION OF MEMBERS IN MANAGEMENT OF
ORGANIZATIONS ABROAD THAT PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING.
Section 1033(b)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraph:
``(E) An entity that, operating in a foreign nation where United
States military personnel are serving at United States military
activities, promotes understanding and tolerance between such personnel
(and their families) and the citizens of that host foreign nation
through programs that foster social relations between those persons.''.
SEC. 584. SUPPORT FOR EXPANDED CHILD CARE SERVICES AND YOUTH
PROGRAM SERVICES FOR DEPENDENTS.
(a) Authority.--(1) Subchapter II of chapter 88 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended--
(A) by redesignating section 1798 as section 1800; and
(B) by inserting after section 1797 the following new sections:
``1798. Child care services and youth program services for
dependents: financial assistance for providers
``(a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may provide financial
assistance to an eligible civilian provider of child care services or
youth program services that furnishes such services for members of the
armed forces and employees of the United States if the Secretary
determines that providing such financial assistance--
``(1) is in the best interest of the Department of Defense;
``(2) enables supplementation or expansion of furnishing of child
care services or youth program services for military installations,
while not supplanting or replacing such services; and
``(3) ensures that the eligible provider is able to comply, and does
comply, with the regulations, policies, and standards of the Department
of Defense that are applicable to the furnishing of such services.
``(b) Eligible Providers.--A provider of child care services or youth
program services is eligible for financial assistance under this section
if the provider--
``(1) is licensed to provide those services under applicable State
and local law;
``(2) has previously provided such services for members of the armed
forces or employees of the United States; and
``(3) either--
``(A) is a family home day care provider; or
``(B) is a provider of family child care services that--
``(i) otherwise provides federally funded or sponsored child
development services;
``(ii) provides the services in a child development center owned and
operated by a private, not-for-profit organization;
``(iii) provides before-school or after-school child care program in
a public school facility;
``(iv) conducts an otherwise federally funded or federally sponsored
school age child care or youth services program;
``(v) conducts a school age child care or youth services program
that is owned and operated by a not-for-profit organization; or
``(vi) is a provider of another category of child care services or
youth services determined by the Secretary of Defense as appropriate for
meeting the needs of members of the armed forces or employees of the
Department of Defense.
``(c) Funding.--To provide financial assistance under this
subsection, the Secretary of Defense may use any funds appropriated to
the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance.
``(d) Biennial Report.--(1) Every two years the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to Congress a report on the exercise of authority under
this section. The report shall include an evaluation of the
effectiveness of that authority for meeting the needs of members of the
armed forces or employees of the Department of Defense for child care
services and youth program services. The report may include any
recommendations for legislation that the Secretary considers appropriate
to enhance the capability of the Department of Defense to meet those
needs.
``(2) A biennial report under this subsection may be combined with
the biennial report under section 1799(d) of this title into a single
report for submission to Congress.
``1799. Child care services and youth program services for
dependents: participation by children and youth otherwise ineligible
``(a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may authorize
participation in child care or youth programs of the Department of
Defense, to the extent of the availability of space and services, by
children and youth under the age of 19 who are not dependents of members
of the armed forces or of employees of the Department of Defense and are
not otherwise eligible for participation in those programs.
``(b) Limitation.--Authorization of participation in a program under
subsection (a) shall be limited to situations in which that
participation promotes the attainment of the objectives set forth in
subsection (c), as determined by the Secretary.
``(c) Objectives.--The objectives for authorizing participation in a
program under subsection (a) are as follows:
``(1) To support the integration of children and youth of military
families into civilian communities.
``(2) To make more efficient use of Department of Defense facilities
and resources.
``(3) To establish or support a partnership or consortium
arrangement with schools and other youth services organizations serving
children of members of the armed forces.
``(d) Biennial Report.--(1) Every two years the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to Congress a report on the exercise of authority under
this section. The report shall include an evaluation of the
effectiveness of that authority for achieving the objectives set out
under subsection (c). The report may include any recommendations for
legislation that the Secretary considers appropriate to enhance the
capability of the Department of Defense to attain those objectives.
``(2) A biennial report under this subsection may be combined with
the biennial report under section 1798(d) of this title into a single
report for submission to Congress.''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such subchapter is
amended by striking the item relating to section 1798 and inserting the
following new items:
``1798. Child care services and youth program services for
dependents: financial assistance for providers.''.
``1799. Child care services and youth program services for
dependents: participation by children and youth otherwise ineligible.
``1800. Definitions.''.
(b) First Biennial Reports.--The first biennial reports under
sections 1798(d) and 1799(d) of title 10, United States Code (as added
by subsection (a)), shall be submitted not later than March 31, 2002,
and shall cover fiscal years 2000 and 2001.
SEC. 585. 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.
(a) Study and Report.--(1) The Comptroller General of the United
States shall study the policies, procedures, and practices of the
military departments for protecting the confidentiality of
communications between--
(A) a dependent (as defined in section 1072(2) of title 10, United
States Code, with respect to a member of the Armed Forces) of a member
of the Armed Forces who--
(i) is a victim of sexual harassment, sexual assault, or intrafamily
abuse; or
(ii) has engaged in such misconduct; and
(B) a therapist, counselor, advocate, or other professional from
whom the dependent seeks professional services in connection with
effects of such misconduct.
(2) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Comptroller General shall conclude the study and submit a
report on the results of the study to Congress and the Secretary of
Defense.
(b) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe in
regulations the policies and procedures that the Secretary considers
appropriate to provide the maximum protections for the confidentiality
of communications described in subsection (a) relating to misconduct
described in that subsection, taking into consideration--
(1) the findings of the Comptroller General;
(2) the standards of confidentiality and ethical standards issued by
relevant professional organizations;
(3) applicable requirements of Federal and State law;
(4) the best interest of victims of sexual harassment, sexual
assault, or intrafamily abuse;
(5) military necessity; and
(6) such other factors as the Secretary, in consultation with the
Attorney General, may consider appropriate.
(c) Report by Secretary of Defense.--Not later than January 21, 2000,
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the
actions taken under subsection (b) and any other actions taken by the
Secretary to provide the maximum possible protections for
confidentiality described in that subsection.
SEC. 586. MEMBERS UNDER BURDENSOME PERSONNEL TEMPO.
(a) Management of Deployments of Individual Members.--Part II of
subtitle A of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting
after chapter 49 the following new chapter:
``CHAPTER 50--MISCELLANEOUS COMMAND RESPONSIBILITIES
``Sec.
``991. Management of deployments of members.
``991. Management of deployments of members
``(a) General or Flag Officer Responsibilities.--(1) The deployment
(or potential deployment) of a member of the armed forces shall be
managed, during any period when the member is a high-deployment days
member, by the officer in the chain of command of that member who is the
lowest-ranking general or flag officer in that chain of command. That
officer shall ensure that the member is not deployed, or continued in a
deployment, on any day on which the total number of days on which the
member has been deployed out of the preceding 365 days would exceed 220
unless an officer in the grade of general or admiral in the member's
chain of command approves the deployment, or continued deployment, of
the member.
``(2) In this section, the term `high-deployment days member' means a
member who has been deployed 182 days or more out of the preceding 365
days.
``(b) Deployment Defined.--(1) For the purposes of this section, a
member of the armed forces shall be considered to be deployed or in a
deployment on any day on which, pursuant to orders, the member is
performing service in a training exercise or operation at a location or
under circumstances that make it impossible or infeasible for the member
to spend off-duty time in the housing in which the member resides when
on garrison duty at the member's permanent duty station.
``(2) For the purposes of this section, a member is not deployed or
in a deployment when the member is--
``(A) performing service as a student or trainee at a school
(including any Government school); or
``(B) performing administrative, guard, or detail duties in garrison
at the member's permanent duty station.
``(3) The Secretary of Defense may prescribe a definition of
deployment for the purposes of this section other than the definition
specified in paragraphs (1) and (2). Any such definition may not take
effect until 90 days after the date on which the Secretary notifies the
Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed
Services of the House of Representatives of the revised standard
definition of deployment.
``(c) Recordkeeping.--The Secretary of each military department shall
establish a system for tracking and recording the number of days that
each member of the armed forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretary
is deployed.
``(d) National Security Waiver Authority.--The Secretary of the
military department concerned may suspend the applicability of this
section to a member or any group of members under the Secretary's
jurisdiction when the Secretary determines that such a waiver is
necessary in the national security interests of the United States.
``(e) Inapplicability to Coast Guard.--This section does not apply to
a member of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating as a
service in the Navy.''.
(b) Per Diem Allowance for Lengthy or Numerous Deployments.--Chapter
7 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
``435. Per diem allowance for lengthy or numerous deployments
``(a) Per Diem Required.--The Secretary of the military department
concerned shall pay a high-deployment per diem allowance to a member of
the armed forces under the Secretary's jurisdiction for each day on
which the member (1) is deployed, and (2) has, as of that day, been
deployed 251 days or more out of the preceding 365 days.
``(b) Definition of Deployed.--In this section, the term `deployed',
with respect to a member, means that the member is deployed or in a
deployment within the meaning of section 991(b) of title 10 (including
any definition of `deployment' prescribed under paragraph (3) of that
section).
``(c) Amount of Per Diem.--The amount of the high-deployment per diem
payable to a member under this section is $100.
``(d) Payment of Claims.--A claim of a member for payment of the
high-deployment per diem allowance that is not fully substantiated by
the recordkeeping system applicable to the member under section 991(c)
of title 10 shall be paid if the member furnishes the Secretary
concerned with other evidence determined by the Secretary as being
sufficient to substantiate the claim.
``(e) Relationship to Other Allowances.--A high-deployment per diem
payable to a member under this section is in addition to any other pay
or allowance payable to the member under any other provision of law.
``(f) National Security Waiver.--No per diem may be paid under this
section to a member for any day on which the applicability of section
991 of title 10 to the member is suspended under subsection (d) of that
section.''.
(c) Clerical Amendments.--(1) The tables of chapters at the beginning
of subtitle A of title 10, United States Code, and the beginning of part
II of such subtitle are amended by inserting after the item relating to
chapter 49 the following new item:
``50. Miscellaneous Command Responsibilities
991''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 7 of title 37,
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 434 the following new item:
``435. Per diem allowance for lengthy or numerous deployments.''.
(d) Effective Date.--(1) Section 991 of title 10, United States Code
(as added by subsection (a)), shall take effect on October 1, 2000. No
day on which a member of the Armed Forces is deployed (as defined in
subsection (b) of that section) before that date may be counted in
determining the number of days on which a member has been deployed for
purposes of that section.
(2) Section 435 of title 37, United States Code (as added by
subsection (b)), shall take effect on October 1, 2001.
(e) Implementing Regulations.--Not later than June 1, 2000, the
Secretary of each military department shall prescribe in regulations the
policies and procedures for implementing such provisions of law for that
military department.
Subtitle K--Domestic Violence
SEC. 591. DEFENSE TASK FORCE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a
Department of Defense task force to be known as the Defense Task Force
on Domestic Violence.
(b) Strategic Plan.--Not later than 12 months after the date on which
all members of the task force have been appointed, the task force shall
submit to the Secretary of Defense a long-term plan (referred to as a
``strategic plan'') for means by which the Department of Defense may
address matters relating to domestic violence within the military more
effectively. The plan shall include an assessment of, and
recommendations for measures to improve, the following:
(1) Ongoing victims' safety programs.
(2) Offender accountability.
(3) The climate for effective prevention of domestic violence.
(4) Coordination and collaboration among all military organizations
with responsibility or jurisdiction with respect to domestic violence.
(5) Coordination between military and civilian communities with
respect to domestic violence.
(6) Research priorities.
(7) Data collection and case management and tracking.
(8) Curricula and training for military commanders.
(9) Prevention and responses to domestic violence at overseas
military installations.
(10) Other issues identified by the task force relating to domestic
violence within the military.
(c) Review of Victims' Safety Program.--The task force shall review
the efforts of the Secretary of Defense to establish a program for
improving responses to domestic violence under section 592 and shall
include in its report under subsection (e) a description of that
program, including best practices identified on installations, lessons
learned, and resulting policy recommendations.
(d) Other Task Force Reviews.--The task force shall review and make
recommendations regarding the following:
(1) Standard guidelines to be used by the Secretaries of the
military departments in negotiating agreements with civilian law
enforcement authorities relating to acts of domestic violence involving
members of the Armed Forces.
(2) A requirement (A) that when a commanding officer issues to a
member of the Armed Forces under that officer's command an order that
the member not have contact with a specified person that a written copy
of that order be provided within 24 hours after the issuance of the
order to the person with whom the member is ordered not to have contact,
and (B) that there be a system of recording and tracking such orders.
(3) Standard guidelines on the factors for commanders to consider
when seeking to substantiate allegations of domestic violence by a
person subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and when
determining appropriate action for such allegations that are so
substantiated.
(4) A standard training program for all commanding officers in the
Armed Forces, including a standard curriculum, on the handling of
domestic violence cases.
(e) Annual Report.--(1) The task force shall submit to the Secretary
an annual report on its activities and on the activities of the military
departments to respond to domestic violence in the military.
(2) The first such report shall be submitted not later than the date
specified in subsection (b) and shall be submitted with the strategic
plan submitted under that subsection. The task force shall include in
that report the following:
(A) Analysis and oversight of the efforts of the military
departments to respond to domestic violence in the military and a
description of barriers to implementation of improvements in those
efforts.
(B) A description of the activities and achievements of the task
force.
(C) A description of successful and unsuccessful programs.
(D) A description of pending, completed, and recommended Department
of Defense research relating to domestic violence.
(E) Such recommendations for policy and statutory changes as the
task force considers appropriate.
(3) Each subsequent annual report shall include the following:
(A) A detailed discussion of the achievements in responses to
domestic violence in the Armed Forces.
(B) Pending research on domestic violence.
(C) Any recommendations for actions to improve the responses of the
Armed Forces to domestic violence in the Armed Forces that the task
force considers appropriate.
(4) Within 90 days of receipt of a report under paragraph (2) or (3),
the Secretary shall submit the report and the Secretary's evaluation of
the report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House
of Representatives. The Secretary shall include with the report the
information collected pursuant to section 1562(b) of title 10, United
States Code, as added by section 594.
(f) Membership.--(1) The task force shall consist of not more than 24
members, to be appointed by the Secretary of Defense. Members shall be
appointed from each of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps and
shall include an equal number of Department of Defense personnel
(military or civilian) and persons from outside the Department of
Defense. Members appointed from outside the Department of Defense may be
appointed from other Federal departments and agencies, from State and
local agencies, or from the private sector.
(2) The Secretary shall ensure that the membership of the task force
includes a judge advocate representative from each of the Army, Navy,
Air Force, and Marine Corps.
(3)(A) In consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretary shall
appoint to the task force a representative or representatives from the
Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice.
(B) In consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
the Secretary shall appoint to the task force a representative from the
Family Violence Prevention and Services office of the Department of
Health and Human Services.
(4) Each member of the task force appointed from outside the
Department of Defense shall be an individual who has demonstrated
expertise in the area of domestic violence or shall be appointed from
one of the following:
(A) A national domestic violence resource center established under
section 308 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42
U.S.C. 10407).
(B) A national sexual assault and domestic violence policy and
advocacy organization.
(C) A State domestic violence and sexual assault coalition.
(D) A civilian law enforcement agency.
(E) A national judicial policy organization.
(F) A State judicial authority.
(G) A national crime victim policy organization.
(5) The members of the task force shall be appointed not later than
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(g) Co-Chairs of the Task Force.--There shall be two co-chairs of the
task force. One of the co-chairs shall be designated by the Secretary of
Defense at the time of appointment from among the Department of Defense
personnel on the task force. The other co-chair shall be selected from
among the members appointed from outside the Department of Defense by
those members.
(h) Administrative Support.--(1) Each member of the task force shall
serve without compensation (other than the compensation to which
entitled as a member of the Armed Forces or an officer or employee of
the United States, as the case may be), but shall be allowed travel
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized
for employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5,
United States Code, while away from the member's home or regular places
of business in the performance of services for the task force.
(2) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management Policy,
under the direction of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and
Readiness, shall provide oversight of the task force. The Washington
Headquarters Service shall provide the task force with the personnel,
facilities, and other administrative support that is necessary for the
performance of the task force's duties.
(3) The Assistant Secretary shall coordinate with the Secretaries of
the military departments to provide visits of the task force to military
installations.
(i) Federal Advisory Committee Act.--The Federal Advisory Committee
Act (5 U.S.C. App) shall not apply to the task force.
(j) Termination.--The task force shall terminate three years after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 592. INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR IMPROVING RESPONSES TO
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INVOLVING MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND MILITARY
FAMILY MEMBERS.
(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to provide a program for
the establishment on military installations of collaborative projects
involving appropriate elements of the Armed Forces and the civilian
community to improve, strengthen, or coordinate prevention and response
efforts to domestic violence involving members of the Armed Forces,
military family members, and others.
(b) Program.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a program to
provide funds and other incentives to commanders of military
installations for the following purposes:
(1) To improve coordination between military and civilian law
enforcement authorities in policies, training, and responses to, and
tracking of, cases involving military domestic violence.
(2) To develop, implement, and coordinate with appropriate civilian
authorities tracking systems (A) for protective orders issued to or on
behalf of members of the Armed Forces by civilian courts, and (B) for
orders issued by military commanders to members of the Armed Forces
ordering them not to have contact with a dependent.
(3) To strengthen the capacity of attorneys and other legal
advocates to respond appropriately to victims of military domestic
violence.
(4) To assist in educating judges, prosecutors, and legal offices in
improved handling of military domestic violence cases.
(5) To develop and implement more effective policies, protocols,
orders, and services specifically devoted to preventing, identifying,
and responding to domestic violence.
(6) To develop, enlarge, or strengthen victims' services programs,
including sexual assault and domestic violence programs, developing or
improving delivery of victims' services, and providing confidential
access to specialized victims' advocates.
(7) To develop and implement primary prevention programs.
(8) To improve the response of health care providers to incidents of
domestic violence, including the development and implementation of
screening protocols.
(c) Priority.--The Secretary shall give priority in providing funds
and other incentives under the program to installations at which the
local program will emphasize building or strengthening partnerships and
collaboration among military organizations such as family advocacy
program, military police or provost marshal organizations, judge
advocate organizations, legal offices, health affairs offices, and other
installation-level military commands between those organizations and
appropriate civilian organizations, including civilian law enforcement,
domestic violence advocacy organizations, and domestic violence
shelters.
(d) Applications.--The Secretary shall establish guidelines for
applications for an award of funds under the program to carry out the
program at an installation.
(e) Awards.--The Secretary shall determine the award of funds and
incentives under this section. In making a determination of the
installations to which funds or other incentives are to be provided
under the program, the Secretary shall consult with an award review
committee consisting of representatives from the Armed Forces, the
Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services, and
organizations with a demonstrated expertise in the areas of domestic
violence and victims' safety.
SEC. 593. UNIFORM DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLICIES FOR RESPONSES
TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
(a) Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe the
following:
(1) Standard guidelines to be used by the Secretaries of the
military departments for negotiating agreements with civilian law
enforcement authorities relating to acts of domestic violence involving
members of the Armed Forces.
(2) A requirement (A) that when a commanding officer issues to a
member of the Armed Forces under that officer's command an order that
the member not have contact with a specified person that a written copy
of that order be provided within 24 hours after the issuance of the
order to the person with whom the member is ordered not to have contact,
and (B) that there be a system of recording and tracking such orders.
(3) Standard guidelines on the factors for commanders to consider
when seeking to substantiate allegations of domestic violence by a
person subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and when
determining appropriate action for such allegations that are so
substantiated.
(4) A standard training program for all commanding officers in the
Armed Forces, including a standard curriculum, on the handling of
domestic violence cases.
(b) Deadline.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out subsection
(a) not later than six months after the date on which the Secretary
receives the first report of the Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence
under section 591(e).
SEC. 594. CENTRAL DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DATABASE ON DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE INCIDENTS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 80 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``1562. Database on domestic violence incidents
``(a) Database on Domestic Violence Incident.--The Secretary of
Defense shall establish a central database of information on the
incidents of domestic violence involving members of the armed forces.
``(b) Reporting of Information for the Database.--The Secretary shall
require that the Secretaries of the military departments maintain and
report annually to the administrator of the database established under
subsection (a) any information received on the following matters:
``(1) Each domestic violence incident reported to a commander, a law
enforcement authority of the armed forces, or a family advocacy program
of the Department of Defense.
``(2) The number of those incidents that involve evidence determined
sufficient for supporting disciplinary action and, for each such
incident, a description of the substantiated allegation and the action
taken by command authorities in the incident.
``(3) The number of those incidents that involve evidence determined
insufficient for supporting disciplinary action and for each such case,
a description of the allegation.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
``1562. Database on domestic violence incidents.''.
TITLE VI--COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS
SUBTITLE A--PAY AND ALLOWANCES
Sec. 601. Fiscal year 2000 increase in military basic pay and
reform of basic pay rates.
Sec. 602. Pay increases for fiscal years 2001 through 2006.
Sec. 603. Additional amount available for fiscal year 2000
increase in basic allowance for housing inside the United States.
SUBTITLE B--BONUSES AND SPECIAL AND INCENTIVE PAYS
Sec. 611. Extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities
for reserve forces.
Sec. 612. Extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities
for nurse officer candidates, registered nurses, and nurse anesthetists.
Sec. 613. Extension of authorities relating to payment of other
bonuses and special pays.
Sec. 614. Amount of aviation career incentive pay for air battle
managers.
Sec. 615. Expansion of authority to provide special pay to
aviation career officers extending period of active duty.
Sec. 616. Additional special pay for board certified veterinarians
in the Armed Forces and Public Health Service.
Sec. 617. Diving duty special pay.
Sec. 618. Reenlistment bonus.
Sec. 619. Enlistment bonus.
Sec. 620. Selected Reserve enlistment bonus.
Sec. 621. Special pay for members of the Coast Guard Reserve
assigned to high priority units of the Selected Reserve.
Sec. 622. Reduced minimum period of enlistment in Army in critical
skill for eligibility for enlistment bonus.
Sec. 623. Eligibility for reserve component prior service
enlistment bonus upon attaining a critical skill.
Sec. 624. Increase in special pay and bonuses for
nuclear-qualified officers.
Sec. 625. Increase in maximum monthly rate authorized for foreign
language proficiency pay.
Sec. 626. Authorization of retention bonus for special warfare
officers extending periods of active duty.
Sec. 627. Authorization of surface warfare officer continuation pay.
Sec. 628. Authorization of career enlisted flyer incentive pay.
Sec. 629. Authorization of judge advocate continuation pay.
SUBTITLE C--TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES
Sec. 631. Provision of lodging in kind for Reservists performing
training duty and not otherwise entitled to travel and transportation
allowances.
Sec. 632. Payment of temporary lodging expenses for members making
their first permanent change of station.
Sec. 633. Destination airport for emergency leave travel to
continental United States.
SUBTITLE D--RETIRED PAY REFORM
Sec. 641. Redux retired pay system applicable only to members
electing new 15-year career status bonus.
Sec. 642. Authorization of 15-year career status bonus.
Sec. 643. Conforming amendments.
Sec. 644. Effective date.
SUBTITLE E--OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO MILITARY RETIREES AND SURVIVORS
Sec. 651. Repeal of reduction in retired pay for military retirees
employed in civilian positions.
Sec. 652. Presentation of United States flag to retiring members
of the uniformed services not previously covered.
Sec. 653. Disability retirement or separation for certain members
with pre-existing conditions.
Sec. 654. 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. 655. Paid-up coverage under Retired Serviceman's Family
Protection Plan.
Sec. 656. Extension of authority for payment of annuities to
certain military surviving spouses.
Sec. 657. Effectuation of intended SBP annuity for former spouse
when not elected by reason of untimely death of retiree.
Sec. 658. Special compensation for severely disabled uniformed
services retirees.
SUBTITLE F--ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN
Sec. 661. Participation in thrift savings plan.
Sec. 662. Special retention initiative.
Sec. 663. Effective date.
SUBTITLE G--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 671. Payment for unused leave in conjunction with a reenlistment.
Sec. 672. Clarification of per diem eligibility for military
technicians (dual status) serving on active duty without pay outside the
United States.
Sec. 673. Annual report on effects of initiatives on recruitment
and retention.
Sec. 674. Overseas special supplemental food program.
Sec. 675. Tuition assistance for members deployed in a contingency
operation.
Sec. 676. Administration of Selected Reserve education loan
repayment program for Coast Guard Reserve.
Sec. 677. Sense of Congress regarding treatment under Internal
Revenue Code of members receiving hostile fire or imminent danger
special pay during contingency operations.
Subtitle A--Pay and Allowances
SEC. 601. FISCAL YEAR 2000 INCREASE IN MILITARY BASIC PAY AND
REFORM OF BASIC PAY RATES.
(a) Waiver of Section 1009 Adjustment.--The adjustment to become
effective during fiscal year 2000 required by section 1009 of title 37,
United States Code, in the rates of monthly basic pay authorized members
of the uniformed services shall not be made.
(b) January 1, 2000, Increase in Basic Pay.--Effective on January 1,
2000, the rates of monthly basic pay for members of the uniformed
services are increased by 4.8 percent.
(c) Reform of Basic Pay Rates.--Effective on July 1, 2000, the rates
of monthly basic pay for members of the uniformed services within each
pay grade are as follows:
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS\1\
Years of service computed under section 205 of title 37, United States Code
Pay Grade 2 or less Over 2 Over 3 Over 4 Over 6
O 10\2\ $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
O 9 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
O 8 6,594.30 6,810.30 6,953.10 6,993.30 7,171.80
O 7 5,479.50 5,851.80 5,851.80 5,894.40 6,114.60
O 6 4,061.10 4,461.60 4,754.40 4,754.40 4,772.40
O 5 3,248.40 3,813.90 4,077.90 4,127.70 4,291.80
O 4 2,737.80 3,333.90 3,556.20 3,606.00 3,812.40
O 3\3\ 2,544.00 2,884.20 3,112.80 3,364.80 3,525.90
O 2\3\ 2,218.80 2,527.20 2,910.90 3,009.00 3,071.10
O 1\3\ 1,926.30 2,004.90 2,423.10 2,423.10 2,423.10
----------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------
Over 8 Over 10 Over 12 Over 14 Over 16
----------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------
O 10\2\ $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
O 9 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
O 8 7,471.50 7,540.80 7,824.60 7,906.20 8,150.10
O 7 6,282.00 6,475.80 6,669.00 6,863.10 7,471.50
O 6 4,976.70 5,004.00 5,004.00 5,169.30 5,791.20
O 5 4,291.80 4,420.80 4,659.30 4,971.90 5,286.00
O 4 3,980.40 4,252.50 4,464.00 4,611.00 4,758.90
O 3\3\ 3,702.60 3,850.20 4,040.40 4,139.10 4,139.10
O 2\3\ 3,071.10 3,071.10 3,071.10 3,071.10 3,071.10
O 1\3\ 2,423.10 2,423.10 2,423.10 2,423.10 2,423.10
----------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------
Over 18 Over 20 Over 22 Over 24 Over 26
----------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------
O 10\2\ $0.00 $10,655.10 $10,707.60 $10,930.20 $11,318.40
O 9 0.00 9,319.50 9,453.60 9,647.70 9,986.40
O 8 8,503.80 8,830.20 9,048.00 9,048.00 9,048.00
O 7 7,985.40 7,985.40 7,985.40 7,985.40 8,025.60
O 6 6,086.10 6,381.30 6,549.00 6,719.10 7,049.10
O 5 5,436.00 5,583.60 5,751.90 5,751.90 5,751.90
O 4 4,808.70 4,808.70 4,808.70 4,808.70 4,808.70
O 3\3\ 4,139.10 4,139.10 4,139.10 4,139.10 4,139.10
O 2\3\ 3,071.10 3,071.10 3,071.10 3,071.10 3,071.10
O 1\3\ 2,423.10 2,423.10 2,423.10 2,423.10 2,423.10
\1\Notwithstanding the pay rates specified in this table, the actual basic pay for commissioned officers in grades 0 7 through O 10 may not exceed the rate of pay for level III of the Executive Schedule and the actual basic pay for all other officers, including warrant officers, may not exceed the rate of pay for level V of the Executive Schedule.
\2\Subject to the preceding footnote, while serving as Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chief of Staff of the Army, Chief of Naval Operations, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Commandant of the Marine Corps, or Commandant of the Coast Guard, basic pay for this grade is calculated to be $12,441.00, regardless of cumulative years of service computed under section 205 of title 37, United States Code.
\3\This table does not apply to commissioned officers in the grade O 1, O 2, or O 3 who have been credited with over 4 years of active duty service as an enlisted member or warrant officer.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS WITH OVER 4 YEARS OF ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE AS AN ENLISTED MEMBER OR WARRANT OFFICER
Years of service computed under section 205 of title 37, United States Code
Pay Grade 2 or less Over 2 Over 3 Over 4 Over 6
O 3E $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $3,364.80 $3,525.90
O 2E 0.00 0.00 0.00 3,009.00 3,071.10
O 1E 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,423.10 2,588.40
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
Over 8 Over 10 Over 12 Over 14 Over 16
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
O 3E $3,702.60 $3,850.20 $4,040.40 $4,200.30 $4,291.80
O 2E 3,168.60 3,333.90 3,461.40 3,556.20 3,556.20
O 1E 2,683.80 2,781.30 2,877.60 3,009.00 3,009.00
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
Over 18 Over 20 Over 22 Over 24 Over 26
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
O 3E $4,416.90 $4,416.90 $4,416.90 $4,416.90 $4,416.90
O 2E 3,556.20 3,556.20 3,556.20 3,556.20 3,556.20
O 1E 3,009.00 3,009.00 3,009.00 3,009.00 3,009.00
WARRANT OFFICERS
Years of service computed under section 205 of title 37, United States Code
Pay Grade 2 or less Over 2 Over 3 Over 4 Over 6
W 5 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
W 4 2,592.00 2,788.50 2,868.60 2,947.50 3,083.40
W 3 2,355.90 2,555.40 2,555.40 2,588.40 2,694.30
W 2 2,063.40 2,232.60 2,232.60 2,305.80 2,423.10
W 1 1,719.00 1,971.00 1,971.00 2,135.70 2,232.60
----------- ------------ ------------ ------------ -----------
Over 8 Over 10 Over 12 Over 14 Over 16
----------- ------------ ------------ ------------ -----------
W 5 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
W 4 3,217.20 3,352.80 3,485.10 3,622.20 3,753.60
W 3 2,814.90 2,974.20 3,071.10 3,177.00 3,298.20
W 2 2,555.40 2,652.60 2,749.80 2,844.30 2,949.00
W 1 2,332.80 2,433.30 2,533.20 2,634.00 2,734.80
----------- ------------ ------------ ------------ -----------
Over 18 Over 20 Over 22 Over 24 Over 26
----------- ------------ ------------ ------------ -----------
W 5 $0.00 $4,475.10 $4,628.70 $4,782.90 $4,937.40
W 4 3,888.00 4,019.40 4,155.60 4,289.70 4,427.10
W 3 3,418.50 3,539.10 3,659.40 3,780.00 3,900.90
W 2 3,056.40 3,163.80 3,270.90 3,378.30 3,378.30
W 1 2,835.00 2,910.90 2,910.90 2,910.90 2,910.90
ENLISTED MEMBERS\1\
Years of service computed under section 205 of title 37, United States Code
Pay Grade 2 or less Over 2 Over 3 Over 4 Over 6
9\2\ $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
8 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 1,765.80 1,927.80 2,001.00 2,073.00 2,147.70
6 1,518.90 1,678.20 1,752.60 1,824.30 1,899.30
5 1,332.60 1,494.00 1,566.00 1,640.40 1,714.50
4 1,242.90 1,373.10 1,447.20 1,520.10 1,593.90
3 1,171.50 1,260.60 1,334.10 1,335.90 1,335.90
2 1,127.40 1,127.40 1,127.40 1,127.40 1,127.40
1 \3\ 1,005.60 1,005.60 1,005.60 1,005.60 1,005.60
--------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ -----------
Over 8 Over 10 Over 12 Over 14 Over 16
--------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ -----------
9\2\ $0.00 $3,015.30 $3,083.40 $3,169.80 $3,271.50
8 2,528.40 2,601.60 2,669.70 2,751.60 2,840.10
7 2,220.90 2,294.10 2,367.30 2,439.30 2,514.00
6 1,973.10 2,047.20 2,118.60 2,191.50 2,244.60
5 1,789.50 1,861.50 1,936.20 1,936.20 1,936.20
4 1,593.90 1,593.90 1,593.90 1,593.90 1,593.90
3 1,335.90 1,335.90 1,335.90 1,335.90 1,335.90
2 1,127.40 1,127.40 1,127.40 1,127.40 1,127.40
1 1,005.60 1,005.60 1,005.60 1,005.60 1,005.60
--------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ -----------
Over 18 Over 20 Over 22 Over 24 Over 26
--------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ -----------
9\2\ $3,373.20 $3,473.40 $3,609.30 $3,744.00 $3,915.90
8 2,932.50 3,026.10 3,161.10 3,295.50 3,483.60
7 2,588.10 2,660.40 2,787.60 2,926.20 3,134.40
6 2,283.30 2,283.30 2,285.70 2,285.70 2,285.70
5 1,936.20 1,936.20 1,936.20 1,936.20 1,936.20
4 1,593.90 1,593.90 1,593.90 1,593.90 1,593.90
3 1,335.90 1,335.90 1,335.90 1,335.90 1,335.90
2 1,127.40 1,127.40 1,127.40 1,123.20 1,127.40
1 1,005.60 1,005.60 1,005.60 1,005.60 1,005.60
\1\Notwithstanding the pay rates specified in this table, the actual basic pay for enlisted members may not exceed the rate of pay for level V of the Executive Schedule.
\2\Subject to the preceding footnote, while serving as Sergeant Major of the Army, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, or Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, basic pay for this grade is $4,701.00, regardless of cumulative years of service computed under section 205 of title 37, United States Code.
\3\In the case of members in the grade E 1 who have served less than 4 months on active duty, basic pay is $930.30.
(d) Limitation on Pay Adjustments.--Effective January 1, 2000,
section 203(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(a)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(2) Notwithstanding the rates of basic pay in effect at any time as
provided by law, the rates of basic pay payable for commissioned
officers in pay grades O 7 through O 10 may not exceed the monthly
equivalent of the rate of pay for level III of the Executive Schedule,
and the rates of basic pay payable for all other officers and for
enlisted members may not exceed the monthly equivalent of the rate of
pay for level V of the Executive Schedule.''.
(e) Recomputation of Retired Pay for Certain Recently Retired
Officers.--In the case of a commissioned officer of the uniformed
services who retired during the period beginning on April 30, 1999,
through December 31, 1999, and who, at the time of retirement, was in
pay grade O 7, O 8, O 9, or O 10, the retired pay of that officer shall
be recomputed, effective as of January 1, 2000, using the rate of basic
pay that would have been applicable to the computation of that officer's
retired pay if the provisions of paragraph (2) of section 203(a) of
title 37, United States Code, as added by subsection (d), had taken
effect on April 30, 1999.
SEC. 602. PAY INCREASES FOR FISCAL YEARS 2001 THROUGH 2006.
(a) ECI+0.5 Percent Increase for All Members.--Section 1009(c) of
title 37, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(c) Equal Percentage Increase for
All Members.--''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), but subject to subsection (d),
an adjustment taking effect under this section during each of fiscal
years 2001 through 2006 shall provide all eligible members with an
increase in the monthly basic pay by the percentage equal to the sum
of--
``(A) one percent; plus
``(B) the percentage calculated as provided under section 5303(a) of
title 5 for that fiscal year, without regard to whether rates of pay
under the statutory pay systems are actually increased during that
fiscal year under that section by the percentage so calculated.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take
effect on October 1, 2000.
SEC. 603. ADDITIONAL AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000
INCREASE IN BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.
In addition to the amount determined by the Secretary of Defense
under section 403(b)(3) of title 37, United States Code, to be the total
amount that may be paid during fiscal year 2000 for the basic allowance
for housing for military housing areas inside the United States,
$225,000,000 of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 421
for military personnel shall be used by the Secretary to further
increase the total amount available for the basic allowance for housing
for military housing areas inside the United States.
Subtitle B--Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays
SEC. 611. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BONUSES AND SPECIAL PAY
AUTHORITIES FOR RESERVE FORCES.
(a) Special Pay for Health Professionals in Critically Short Wartime
Specialties.--Section 302g(f) of title 37, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``December 31, 1999'' and inserting ``December 31,
2000''.
(b) Selected Reserve Reenlistment Bonus.--Section 308b(f) of such
title is amended by striking ``December 31, 1999'' and inserting
``December 31, 2000''.
(c) Selected Reserve Enlistment Bonus.--Section 308c(e) of such title
is amended by striking ``December 31, 1999'' and inserting ``December
31, 2000''.
(d) Special Pay for Enlisted Members Assigned to Certain High
Priority Units.--Section 308d(c) of such title is amended by striking
``December 31, 1999'' and inserting ``December 31, 2000''.
(e) Selected Reserve Affiliation Bonus.--Section 308e(e) of such
title is amended by striking ``December 31, 1999'' and inserting
``December 31, 2000''.
(f) Ready Reserve Enlistment and Reenlistment Bonus.--Section 308h(g)
of such title is amended by striking ``December 31, 1999'' and inserting
``December 31, 2000''.
(g) Prior Service Enlistment Bonus.--Section 308i(f) of such title is
amended by striking ``December 31, 1999'' and inserting ``December 31,
2000''.
(h) Repayment of Education Loans for Certain Health Professionals Who
Serve in the Selected Reserve.--Section 16302(d) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by striking ``January 1, 2000'' and inserting
``January 1, 2001''.
SEC. 612. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BONUSES AND SPECIAL PAY
AUTHORITIES FOR NURSE OFFICER CANDIDATES, REGISTERED NURSES, AND NURSE
ANESTHETISTS.
(a) Nurse Officer Candidate Accession Program.--Section 2130a(a)(1)
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ``December 31,
1999'' and inserting ``December 31, 2000''.
(b) Accession Bonus for Registered Nurses.--Section 302d(a)(1) of
title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking ``December 31,
1999'' and inserting ``December 31, 2000''.
(c) Incentive Special Pay for Nurse Anesthetists.--Section 302e(a)(1)
of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking ``December 31,
1999'' and inserting ``December 31, 2000''.
SEC. 613. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES RELATING TO PAYMENT OF
OTHER BONUSES AND SPECIAL PAYS.
(a) Aviation Officer Retention Bonus.--Section 301b(a) of title 37,
United States Code, is amended by striking ``December 31, 1999,'' and
inserting ``December 31, 2000,''.
(b) Reenlistment Bonus for Active Members.--Section 308(g) of such
title is amended by striking ``December 31, 1999'' and inserting
``December 31, 2000''.
(c) Enlistment Bonus for Persons With Critical Skills.--Section
308a(d) of such title, as redesignated by section 619(b), is amended by
striking ``December 31, 1999'' and inserting ``December 31, 2000''.
(d) Army Enlistment Bonus.--Section 308f(c) of such title is amended
by striking ``December 31, 1999'' and inserting ``December 31, 2000''.
(e) Special Pay for Nuclear-Qualified Officers Extending Period of
Active Service.--Section 312(e) of such title is amended by striking
``December 31, 1999'' and inserting ``December 31, 2000''.
(f) Nuclear Career Accession Bonus.--Section 312b(c) of such title is
amended by striking ``December 31, 1999'' and inserting ``December 31,
2000''.
(g) Nuclear Career Annual Incentive Bonus.--Section 312c(d) of such
title is amended by striking ``October 1, 1998,'' and all that follows
through the period at the end and inserting ``December 31, 2000.''.
SEC. 614. AMOUNT OF AVIATION CAREER INCENTIVE PAY FOR AIR
BATTLE MANAGERS.
(a) Applicable Incentive Pay Rate.--Section 301a(b) of title 37,
United States Code is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(4) An officer serving as an air battle manager who is entitled to
aviation career incentive pay under this section and who, before
becoming entitled to aviation career incentive pay, was entitled to
incentive pay under section 301(a)(11) of this title, shall be paid the
monthly incentive pay at the higher of the following rates:
``(A) The rate otherwise applicable to the member under this
subsection.
``(B) The rate at which the member was receiving incentive pay under
section 301(c)(2)(A) of this title immediately before the member's
entitlement to aviation career incentive pay under this section.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take
effect on October 1, 1999, and shall apply with respect to months
beginning on or after that date.
SEC. 615. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SPECIAL PAY TO
AVIATION CAREER OFFICERS EXTENDING PERIOD OF ACTIVE DUTY.
(a) Eligibility Criteria.--Subsection (b) of section 301b of title
37, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking paragraphs (2) and (5);
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``grade O 6'' and inserting
``grade O 7'';
(3) by inserting ``and'' at the end of paragraph (4); and
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (6) as paragraphs (2),
(3), and (4), respectively.
(b) Amount of Bonus.--Subsection (c) of such section is amended by
striking ``than--'' and all that follows through the period at the end
and inserting ``than $25,000 for each year covered by the written
agreement to remain on active duty.''.
(c) Proration Authority for Coverage of Increased Period of
Eligibility.--Subsection (d) of such section is amended by striking ``14
years of commissioned service'' and inserting ``25 years of aviation
service''.
(d) Repeal of Content Requirements for Annual Report.--Subsection
(i)(1) of such section is amended by striking the second sentence.
(e) Definitions Regarding Aviation Specialty.--Subsection (j) of such
section is amended--
(1) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); and
(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (2).
(f) Technical Amendment.--Subsection (g)(3) of such section is
amended by striking the second sentence.
(g) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on October 1, 1999, and shall apply with respect to months
beginning on or after that date.
SEC. 616. ADDITIONAL SPECIAL PAY FOR BOARD CERTIFIED
VETERINARIANS IN THE ARMED FORCES AND PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE.
(a) Authority.--Section 303 of title 37, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by inserting ``(a) Monthly Special Pay.--'' before ``Each''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) Additional Special Pay for Board Certification.--A commissioned
officer entitled to special pay under subsection (a) who has been
certified as a Diplomate in a specialty recognized by the American
Veterinarian Medical Association is entitled to special pay (in addition
to the special pay under subsection (a)) at the same rate as is provided
under section 302c(b) of this title for an officer referred to in that
section who has the same number of years of creditable service as the
commissioned officer.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take
effect on October 1, 1999, and shall apply with respect to months
beginning on and after that date.
SEC. 617. DIVING DUTY SPECIAL PAY.
(a) Increase in Rate.--Subsection (b) of section 304 of title 37,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``$200'' and inserting ``$240''; and
(2) by striking ``$300'' and inserting ``$340''.
(b) Relation to Hazardous Duty Incentive Pay.--Subsection (c) of such
section is amended to read as follows:
``(c) If, in addition to diving duty, a member is assigned by orders
to one or more hazardous duties described in section 301 of this title,
the member may be paid, for the same period of service, special pay
under this section and incentive pay under such section 301 for each
hazardous duty for which the member is qualified.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b)
shall take effect on October 1, 1999, and shall apply with respect to
special pay paid under such section for months beginning on or after
that date.
SEC. 618. REENLISTMENT BONUS.
(a) Minimum Months of Active Duty.--Subsection (a)(1)(A) of section
308 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking ``twenty-one
months'' and inserting ``17 months''.
(b) Increase in Maximum Amount of Bonus.--Subsection (a)(2) of such
section is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ``ten'' and inserting
``15''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``$45,000'' and inserting
``$60,000''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b)
shall take effect on October 1, 1999, and shall apply with respect to
reenlistments and extensions of enlistments taking effect on or after
that date.
SEC. 619. ENLISTMENT BONUS.
(a) Increase in Maximum Bonus Amount.--Subsection (a) of section 308a
of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking ``$12,000'' and
inserting ``$20,000''.
(b) Payment Methods.--Such section is further amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking the second sentence;
(2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and
(d); and
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection:
``(b) Payment Methods.--A bonus under this section may be paid in a
single lump sum, or in periodic installments, to provide an extra
incentive for a member to successfully complete the training necessary
for the member to be technically qualified in the skill for which the
bonus is paid.''.
(c) Stylistic Amendments.--Such section is further amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting `` Bonus Authorized; Bonus
Amount.--'' after ``(a)'';
(2) in subsection (c), as redesignated by subsection (b)(2) of this
section, by inserting `` Repayment of Bonus.--'' after ``(c)''; and
(3) in subsection (d), as redesignated by subsection (b)(2) of this
section, by inserting `` Termination of Authority.--'' after ``(d)''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take
effect on October 1, 1999, and shall apply with respect enlistments and
extensions of enlistments taking effect on or after that date.
SEC. 620. SELECTED RESERVE ENLISTMENT BONUS.
(a) Elimination of Requirement for Minimum Period of
Enlistment.--Subsection (a) of section 308c of title 37, United States
Code, is amended by striking ``for a term of enlistment of not less than
six years''.
(b) Increased Maximum Amount.--Subsection (b) of such section is
amended by striking ``$5,000'' and inserting ``$8,000''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b)
shall take effect on October 1, 1999, and shall apply with respect to
enlistments entered into on or after that date.
SEC. 621. SPECIAL PAY FOR MEMBERS OF THE COAST GUARD RESERVE
ASSIGNED TO HIGH PRIORITY UNITS OF THE SELECTED RESERVE.
Section 308d(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by
inserting ``or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast
Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, '' after
``Secretary of Defense,''.
SEC. 622. REDUCED MINIMUM PERIOD OF ENLISTMENT IN ARMY IN
CRITICAL SKILL FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR ENLISTMENT BONUS.
(a) Reduced Requirement.--Paragraph (3) of section 308f(a) of title
37, United States Code, is amended by striking ``3 years'' and inserting
``2 years''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take
effect on October 1, 1999, and shall apply with respect to enlistments
entered into on or after that date.
SEC. 623. ELIGIBILITY FOR RESERVE COMPONENT PRIOR SERVICE
ENLISTMENT BONUS UPON ATTAINING A CRITICAL SKILL.
(a) Revised Eligibility Requirements for Bonus.--Section 308i(a) of
title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (2) and
inserting the following new paragraph:
``(2) A bonus may only be paid under this section to a person who
meets each of the following requirements:
``(A) The person has completed a military service obligation, but
has less than 14 years of total military service, and received an
honorable discharge at the conclusion of that military service
obligation.
``(B) The person was not released, or is not being released, from
active service for the purpose of enlistment in a reserve component.
``(C) The person is projected to occupy, or is occupying, a position
as a member of the Selected Reserve in a specialty in which the person--
``(i) successfully served while a member on active duty and attained
a level of qualification while on active duty commensurate with the
grade and years of service of the member; or
``(ii) has completed training or retraining in the specialty skill
that is designated as critically short and attained a level of
qualification in the specialty skill that is commensurate with the grade
and years of service of the member.
``(D) The person has not previously been paid a bonus (except under
this section) for enlistment, reenlistment, or extension of enlistment
in a reserve component.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take
effect on October 1, 1999, and shall apply to enlistments beginning on
or after that date.
SEC. 624. INCREASE IN SPECIAL PAY AND BONUSES FOR
NUCLEAR-QUALIFIED OFFICERS.
(a) Special Pay for Nuclear-Qualified Officers Extending Period of
Active Service.--Section 312(a) of title 37, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``$15,000'' and inserting ``$25,000''.
(b) Nuclear Career Accession Bonus.--Section 312b(a)(1) of such title
is amended by striking ``$10,000'' and inserting ``$20,000''.
(c) Nuclear Career Annual Incentive Bonuses.--Section 312c of such
title is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``$12,000'' and inserting
``$22,000''; and
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``$5,500'' and inserting
``$10,000''.
(d) Effective Date.--(1) The amendments made by subsections (a) and
(b) shall take effect on October 1, 1999, and shall apply to agreements
under section 312 or 312b of such title entered into on or after that
date.
(2) The amendments made by subsection (c) shall take effect on
October 1, 1999, and shall apply with respect to nuclear service years
beginning on or after that date.
SEC. 625. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM MONTHLY RATE AUTHORIZED FOR
FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY PAY.
(a) Increase.--Section 316(b) of title 37, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``$100'' and inserting ``$300''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take
effect on October 1, 1999, and shall apply with respect to foreign
language proficiency pay paid under section 316 of such title for months
beginning on or after that date.
SEC. 626. AUTHORIZATION OF RETENTION BONUS FOR SPECIAL WARFARE
OFFICERS EXTENDING PERIODS OF ACTIVE DUTY.
(a) Bonus Authorized.--(1) Chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``318. Special pay: special warfare officers extending period
of active duty
``(a) Special Warfare Officer Defined.--In this section, the term
`special warfare officer' means an officer of a uniformed service who--
``(1) is qualified for a military occupational specialty or
designator identified by the Secretary concerned as a special warfare
military occupational specialty or designator; and
``(2) is serving in a position for which that specialty or
designator is authorized.
``(b) Retention Bonus Authorized.--A special warfare officer who
meets the eligibility requirements specified in subsection (c) and who
executes a written agreement to remain on active duty in special warfare
service for at least one year may, upon the acceptance of the agreement
by the Secretary concerned, be paid a retention bonus as provided in
this section.
``(c) Eligibility Requirements.--A special warfare officer may apply
to enter into an agreement referred to in subsection (b) if the
officer--
``(1) is in pay grade O 3, or is in pay grade O 4 and is not on a
list of officers recommended for promotion, at the time the officer
applies to enter into the agreement;
``(2) has completed at least 6, but not more than 14, years of
active commissioned service; and
``(3) has completed any service commitment incurred to be
commissioned as an officer.
``(d) Amount of Bonus.--The amount of a retention bonus paid under
this section may not be more than $15,000 for each year covered by the
agreement.
``(e) Proration.--The term of an agreement under subsection (b) and
the amount of the retention bonus payable under subsection (d) may be
prorated as long as the agreement does not extend beyond the date on
which the officer executing the agreement would complete 14 years of
active commissioned service.
``(f) Payment Methods.--(1) Upon acceptance of an agreement under
subsection (b) by the Secretary concerned, the total amount payable
pursuant to the agreement becomes fixed.
``(2) The amount of the retention bonus may be paid as follows:
``(A) At the time the agreement is accepted by the Secretary
concerned, the Secretary may make a lump sum payment equal to half the
total amount payable under the agreement. The balance of the bonus
amount shall be paid in equal annual installments on the anniversary of
the acceptance of the agreement.
``(B) The Secretary concerned may make graduated annual payments
under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, with the first payment
being payable at the time the agreement is accepted by the Secretary and
subsequent payments being payable on the anniversary of the acceptance
of the agreement.
``(g) Additional Pay.--A retention bonus paid under this section is
in addition to any other pay and allowances to which an officer is
entitled.
``(h) Repayment.--(1) If an officer who has entered into an agreement
under subsection (b) and has received all or part of a retention bonus
under this section fails to complete the total period of active duty in
special warfare service as specified in the agreement, the Secretary
concerned may require the officer to repay the United States, on a pro
rata basis and to the extent that the Secretary determines conditions
and circumstances warrant, all sums paid the officer under this section.
``(2) An obligation to repay the United States imposed under
paragraph (1) is for all purposes a debt owed to the United States.
``(3) A discharge in bankruptcy under title 11 that is entered less
than five years after the termination of an agreement entered into under
subsection (a) does not discharge the officer signing the agreement from
a debt arising under such agreement or under paragraph (1).
``(i) Regulations.--The Secretaries concerned shall prescribe
regulations to carry out this section, including the definition of the
term `special warfare service' for purposes of this section. Regulations
prescribed by the Secretary of a military department under this section
shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Defense.''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 5 of title 37,
United States Code is amended by adding at the end the following new
item:
``318. Special pay: special warfare officers extending period of
active duty.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take
effect on October 1, 1999.
SEC. 627. AUTHORIZATION OF SURFACE WARFARE OFFICER CONTINUATION PAY.
(a) Incentive Pay Authorized.--(1) Chapter 5 of title 37, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 318, as added by
section 626, the following new section:
``319. Special pay: surface warfare officer continuation pay
``(a) Eligible Surface Warfare Officer Defined.--In this section, the
term `eligible surface warfare officer' means an officer of the Regular
Navy or Naval Reserve on active duty who--
``(1) is qualified and serving as a surface warfare officer;
``(2) has been selected for assignment as a department head on a
surface vessel; and
``(3) has completed any service commitment incurred through the
officer's original commissioning program.
``(b) Special Pay Authorized.--An eligible surface warfare officer
who executes a written agreement to remain on active duty to complete
one or more tours of duty to which the officer may be ordered as a
department head on a surface vessel may, upon the acceptance of the
agreement by the Secretary of the Navy, be paid an amount not to exceed
$50,000.
``(c) Proration.--The term of the written agreement under subsection
(b) and the amount payable under the agreement may be prorated.
``(d) Payment Methods.--Upon acceptance of the written agreement
under subsection (b) by the Secretary of the Navy, the total amount
payable pursuant to the agreement becomes fixed. The Secretary shall
prepare an implementation plan specifying the amount of each installment
payment under the agreement and the times for payment of the
installments.
``(e) Additional Pay.--Any amount paid under this section is in
addition to any other pay and allowances to which an officer is
entitled.
``(f) Repayment.--(1) If an officer who has entered into a written
agreement under subsection (b) and has received all or part of the
amount payable under the agreement fails to complete the total period of
active duty as a department head on a surface vessel specified in the
agreement, the Secretary of the Navy may require the officer to repay
the United States, to the extent that the Secretary of the Navy
determines conditions and circumstances warrant, any or all sums paid
under this section.
``(2) An obligation to repay the United States imposed under
paragraph (1) is for all purposes a debt owned to the United States.
``(3) A discharge in bankruptcy under title 11 that is entered less
than five years after the termination of an agreement entered into under
subsection (b) does not discharge the officer signing the agreement from
a debt arising under such agreement or under paragraph (1).
``(g) Regulations.--The Secretary of the Navy shall prescribe
regulations to carry out this section.''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 5 of title 37,
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 318 the following new item:
``319. Special pay: surface warfare officer continuation pay.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take
effect on October 1, 1999.
SEC. 628. AUTHORIZATION OF CAREER ENLISTED FLYER INCENTIVE PAY.
(a) Incentive Pay Authorized.--(1) Chapter 5 of title 37, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 319, as added by
section 627, the following new section:
``320. Incentive pay: career enlisted flyers
``(a) Eligible Career Enlisted Flyer Defined.--In this section, the
term `eligible career enlisted flyer' means an enlisted member of the
armed forces who--
``(1) is entitled to basic pay under section 204 of this title, or
is entitled to pay under section 206 of this title as described in
subsection (e) of this section;
``(2) holds an enlisted military occupational specialty or enlisted
military rating designated as a career enlisted flyer specialty or
rating by the Secretary concerned, performs duty as a dropsonde system
operator, or is in training leading to qualification and designation of
such a specialty or rating or the performance of such duty;
``(3) is qualified for aviation service under regulations prescribed
by the Secretary concerned; and
``(4) satisfies the operational flying duty requirements applicable
under subsection (c).
``(b) Incentive Pay Authorized.--(1) The Secretary concerned may pay
monthly incentive pay to an eligible career enlisted flyer in an amount
not to exceed the monthly maximum amounts specified in subsection (d).
The incentive pay may be paid as continuous monthly incentive pay or on
a month-to-month basis, dependent upon the operational flying duty
performed by the eligible career enlisted flyer as prescribed in
subsection (c).
``(2) Continuous monthly incentive pay may not be paid to an eligible
career enlisted flyer after the member completes 25 years of aviation
service. Thereafter, an eligible career enlisted flyer may still receive
incentive pay on a month-to-month basis under subsection (c)(4) for the
frequent and regular performance of operational flying duty.
``(c) Operational Flying Duty Requirements.--(1) An eligible career
enlisted flyer must perform operational flying duties for 6 of the first
10, 9 of the first 15, and 14 of the first 20 years of aviation service,
to be eligible for continuous monthly incentive pay under this section.
``(2) Upon completion of 10, 15, or 20 years of aviation service, an
enlisted member who has not performed the minimum required operational
flying duties specified in paragraph (1) during the prescribed period,
although otherwise meeting the definition in subsection (a), may no
longer be paid continuous monthly incentive pay except as provided in
paragraph (3). Payment of continuous monthly incentive pay may be
resumed if the member meets the minimum operational flying duty
requirement upon completion of the next established period of aviation
service.
``(3) For the needs of the service, the Secretary concerned may
permit, on a case-by-case basis, a member to continue to receive
continuous monthly incentive pay despite the member's failure to perform
the operational flying duty required during the first 10, 15, or 20
years of aviation service, but only if the member otherwise meets the
definition in subsection (a) and has performed at least 5 years of
operational flying duties during the first 10 years of aviation service,
8 years of operational flying duties during the first 15 years of
aviation service, or 12 years of operational flying duty during the
first 20 years of aviation service. The authority of the Secretary
concerned under this paragraph may not be delegated below the level of
the Service Personnel Chief.
``(4) If the eligibility of an eligible career enlisted flyer to
continuous monthly incentive pay ceases under subsection (b)(2) or
paragraph (2), the member may still receive month-to-month incentive pay
for subsequent frequent and regular performance of operational flying
duty. The rate payable is the same rate authorized by the Secretary
concerned under subsection (d) for a member of corresponding years of
aviation service.
``(d) Monthly Maximum Rates.--The monthly rate of any career enlisted
flyer incentive pay paid under this section to a member on active duty
shall be prescribed by the Secretary concerned, but may not exceed the
following:
``Years of aviation service
Monthly rate
4 or less
$15005
Over 4
$22505
Over 8
$35005
Over 14
$400.
``(e) Eligibility of Reserve Component Members When Performing
Inactive Duty Training.--Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary
concerned, when a member of a reserve component or the National Guard,
who is entitled to compensation under section 206 of this title, meets
the definition of eligible career enlisted flyer, the Secretary
concerned may increase the member's compensation by an amount equal to
\1/30\ of the monthly incentive pay authorized by the Secretary
concerned under subsection (d) for a member of corresponding years of
aviation service who is entitled to basic pay under section 204 of this
title. The reserve component member may receive the increase for as long
as the member is qualified for it, for each regular period of
instruction or period of appropriate duty, at which the member is
engaged for at least two hours, or for the performance of such other
equivalent training, instruction, duty or appropriate duties, as the
Secretary may prescribe under section 206(a) of this title.
``(f) Relation to Hazardous Duty Incentive Pay or Diving Duty Special
Pay.--A member receiving incentive pay under section 301(a) of this
title or special pay under section 304 of this title may not be paid
special pay under this section for the same period of service.
``(g) Save Pay Provision.--If, immediately before a member receives
incentive pay under this section, the member was entitled to incentive
pay under section 301(a) of this title, the rate at which the member is
paid incentive pay under this section shall be equal to the higher of
the monthly amount applicable under subsection (d) or the rate of
incentive pay the member was receiving under subsection (b) or (c)(2)(A)
of section 301 of this title.
``(h) Specialty Code of Dropsonde System Operators.--Within the Air
Force, the Secretary of the Air Force shall assign to members who are
dropsonde system operators a specialty code that identifies such members
as serving in a weather specialty.
``(i) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) The term `aviation service' means participation in aerial
flight performed, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary
concerned, by an eligible career enlisted flyer.
``(2) The term `operational flying duty' means flying performed
under competent orders while serving in assignments, including an
assignment as a dropsonde system operator, in which basic flying skills
normally are maintained in the performance of assigned duties as
determined by the Secretary concerned, and flying duty performed by
members in training that leads to the award of an enlisted aviation
rating or military occupational specialty designated as a career
enlisted flyer rating or specialty by the Secretary concerned.''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 5 of title 37,
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 319 the following new item:
``320. Incentive pay: career enlisted flyers.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take
effect on October 1, 1999.
SEC. 629. AUTHORIZATION OF JUDGE ADVOCATE CONTINUATION PAY.
(a) Incentive Pay Authorized.--(1) Chapter 5 of title 37, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 320, as added by
section 628, the following new section:
``321. Special pay: judge advocate continuation pay
``(a) Eligible Judge Advocate Defined.--In this section, the term
`eligible judge advocate' means an officer of the armed forces on
full-time active duty who--
``(1) is qualified and serving as a judge advocate, as defined in
section 801 of title 10; and
``(2) has completed--
``(A) the active duty service obligation incurred through the
officer's original commissioning program; or
``(B) in the case of an officer detailed under section 2004 of title
10 or section 470 of title 14, the active duty service obligation
incurred as part of that detail.
``(b) Special Pay Authorized.--An eligible judge advocate who
executes a written agreement to remain on active duty for a period of
obligated service specified in the agreement may, upon the acceptance of
the agreement by the Secretary concerned, be paid continuation pay under
this section. The total amount paid to an officer under one or more
agreements under this section may not exceed $60,000.
``(c) Proration.--The term of an agreement under subsection (b) and
the amount payable under the agreement may be prorated.
``(d) Payment Methods.--Upon acceptance of an agreement under
subsection (b) by the Secretary concerned, the total amount payable
pursuant to the agreement becomes fixed. The Secretary shall prepare an
implementation plan specifying the amount of each installment payment
under the agreement and the times for payment of the installments.
``(e) Additional Pay.--Any amount paid to an officer under this
section is in addition to any other pay and allowances to which the
officer is entitled.
``(f) Repayment.--(1) If an officer who has entered into a written
agreement under subsection (b) and has received all or part of the
amount payable under the agreement fails to complete the total period of
active duty specified in the agreement, the Secretary concerned may
require the officer to repay the United States, to the extent that the
Secretary determines conditions and circumstances warrant, any or all
sums paid under this section.
``(2) An obligation to repay the United States imposed under
paragraph (1) is for all purposes a debt owned to the United States.
``(3) A discharge in bankruptcy under title 11 that is entered less
than five years after the termination of an agreement entered into under
subsection (b) does not discharge the officer signing the agreement from
a debt arising under such agreement or under paragraph (1).
``(g) Regulations.--The Secretary concerned shall prescribe
regulations to carry out this section.''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 5 of title 37,
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 320 the following new item:
``321. Special pay: judge advocate continuation pay.''.
(b) Study and Report on Additional Recruitment and Retention
Initiatives.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study
regarding the need for additional incentives to improve the recruitment
and retention of judge advocates for the Armed Forces. At a minimum, the
Secretary shall consider as possible incentives constructive service
credit for basic pay, educational loan repayment, and Federal student
loan relief.
(2) Not later than March 31, 2000, the Secretary shall submit to
Congress a report containing the findings and recommendations resulting
from the study.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take
effect on October 1, 1999.
Subtitle C--Travel and Transportation Allowances
SEC. 631. PROVISION OF LODGING IN KIND FOR RESERVISTS
PERFORMING TRAINING DUTY AND NOT OTHERWISE ENTITLED TO TRAVEL AND
TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES.
(a) Provision.--Paragraph (1) of subsection (i) of section 404 of
title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following new sentence: ``If transient government housing is unavailable
or inadequate, the Secretary concerned may provide the member with
lodging in kind in the same manner as members entitled to such
allowances under subsection (a).''.
(b) Payment Methods.--Paragraph (3) of such subsection is amended--
(1) by inserting after ``paragraph (1)'' the following: ``and
expenses of providing lodging in kind under such paragraph''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``Use of
Government charge cards is authorized for payment of these expenses.''.
(c) Decisionmaking.--Such subsection is further amended by adding at
the end the following new paragraph:
``(4) Decisions regarding the availability or adequacy of government
housing at a military installation under paragraph (1) shall be made by
the installation commander.''.
SEC. 632. PAYMENT OF TEMPORARY LODGING EXPENSES FOR MEMBERS
MAKING THEIR FIRST PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION.
(a) Authority To Pay or Reimburse.--Section 404a(a) of title 37,
United States Code, is amended
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``or'' after the semicolon; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:
``(3) in the case of an enlisted member who is reporting to the
member's first permanent duty station, from the member's home of record
or initial technical school to that first permanent duty station;''.
(b) Duration.--Such section is further amended--
(1) in the second sentence, by striking ``clause (1)'' and inserting
``paragraph (1) or (3)''; and
(2) in the third sentence, by striking ``clause (2)'' and inserting
``paragraph (2)''.
SEC. 633. DESTINATION AIRPORT FOR EMERGENCY LEAVE TRAVEL TO
CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES.
Section 411d(b)(1) of title 37, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new
subparagraph:
``(B) to any airport in the continental United States to which
travel can be arranged at the same or a lower cost as travel obtained
under subparagraph (A); or''.
Subtitle D--Retired Pay Reform
SEC. 641. REDUX RETIRED PAY SYSTEM APPLICABLE ONLY TO MEMBERS
ELECTING NEW 15-YEAR CAREER STATUS BONUS.
(a) Retired Pay Multiplier.--Paragraph (2) of section 1409(b) of
title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after ``July 31,
1986,'' the following: ``has elected to receive a bonus under section
322 of title 37,''.
(b) Cost-of-Living Adjustments.--(1) Paragraph (2) of section
1401a(b) of such title is amended by striking ``The Secretary shall
increase the retired pay of each member and former member who first
became a member of a uniformed service before August 1, 1986,'' and
inserting ``Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the
Secretary shall increase the retired pay of each member and former
member''.
(2) Paragraph (3) of such section is amended by inserting after
``August 1, 1986,'' the following: ``and has elected to receive a bonus
under section 322 of title 37,''.
(c) Recomputation of Retired Pay at Age 62.--Section 1410 of such
title is amended by inserting after ``August 1, 1986,'' the following:
``who has elected to receive a bonus under section 322 of title 37,''.
SEC. 642. AUTHORIZATION OF 15-YEAR CAREER STATUS BONUS.
(a) Career Service Bonus.--Chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code,
is amended by inserting after section 321, as added by section 629, the
following new section:
``322. Special pay: 15-year career status bonus for members
entering service on or after August 1, 1986
``(a) Availability of Bonus.--The Secretary concerned shall pay a
bonus under this section to an eligible career bonus member if the
member--
``(1) elects to receive the bonus under this section; and
``(2) executes a written agreement (prescribed by the Secretary
concerned) to remain continuously on active duty until the member has
completed 20 years of active-duty service creditable under section 1405
of title 10.
``(b) Eligible Career Bonus Member Defined.--In this section, the
term `eligible career bonus member' means a member of a uniformed
service serving on active duty who--
``(1) first became a member on or after August 1, 1986; and
``(2) has completed 15 years of active duty in the uniformed
services (or has received notification under subsection (e) that the
member is about to complete that duty).
``(c) Election Method.--An election under subsection (a)(1) shall be
made in such form and within such period as the Secretary concerned may
prescribe. An election under that subsection is irrevocable.
``(d) Amount of Bonus; Payment.--(1) A bonus under this section shall
be paid in a single lump sum of $30,000.
``(2) The bonus shall be paid to an eligible career bonus member not
later than the first month that begins on or after the date that is 60
days after the date on which the Secretary concerned receives from the
member the election required under subsection (a)(1) and the written
agreement required under subsection (a)(2), if applicable.
``(e) Notification of Eligibility.--(1) The Secretary concerned shall
transmit to each member who meets the definition of eligible career
bonus member a written notification of the opportunity of the member to
elect to receive a bonus under this section. The Secretary shall provide
the notification not later than 180 days before the date on which the
member will complete 15 years of active duty.
``(2) The notification shall include the following:
``(A) The procedures for electing to receive the bonus.
``(B) An explanation of the effects under sections 1401a, 1409, and
1410 of title 10 that such an election has on the computation of any
retired or retainer pay that the member may become eligible to receive.
``(f) Repayment of Bonus.--(1) If a person paid a bonus under this
section fails to complete a period of active duty beginning on the date
on which the election of the person under subsection (a)(1) is received
and ending on the date on which the person completes 20 years of
active-duty service as described in subsection (a)(2), the person shall
refund to the United States the amount that bears the same ratio to the
amount of the bonus payment as the uncompleted part of that period of
active-duty service bears to the total period of such service.
``(2) Subject to paragraph (3), an obligation to reimburse the United
States imposed under paragraph (1) is for all purposes a debt owed to
the United States.
``(3) The Secretary concerned may waive, in whole or in part, a
refund required under paragraph (1) if the Secretary concerned
determines that recovery would be against equity and good conscience or
would be contrary to the best interests of the United States.
``(4) A discharge in bankruptcy under title 11 that is entered less
than five years after the termination of an agreement under this section
does not discharge the member signing such agreement from a debt arising
under the agreement or this subsection.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section
321 the following new item:
``322. Special pay: 15-year career status bonus for members
entering service on or after August 1, 1986.''.
SEC. 643. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) Conforming Amendment to Survivor Benefit Plan Provision.--(1)
Section 1451(h)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
inserting ``of certain members'' after ``retirement''.
(2) Section 1452(i) of such title is amended by striking ``When the
retired pay'' and inserting ``Whenever the retired pay''.
(b) Related Technical Amendments.--Chapter 71 of such title is
amended as follows:
(1) Section 1401a(b) is amended--
(A) by striking the heading for paragraph (1) and inserting
``Increase required.--'';
(B) by striking the heading for paragraph (2) and inserting
``Percentage increase.--''; and
(C) by striking the heading for paragraph (3) and inserting
``Reduced percentage for certain post-august 1, 1986 members.--''.
(2) Section 1409(b)(2) is amended by inserting ``certain'' in the
paragraph heading after ``Reduction applicable to''.
(3)(A) The heading of section 1410 is amended by inserting ``
certain'' before `` members''.
(B) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at
the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting ``certain'' before
``members''.
SEC. 644. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by sections 641, 642, and 643 shall take effect
on October 1, 1999.
Subtitle E--Other Matters Relating to Military Retirees and Survivors
SEC. 651. REPEAL OF REDUCTION IN RETIRED PAY FOR MILITARY
RETIREES EMPLOYED IN CIVILIAN POSITIONS.
(a) Repeal.--(1) Section 5532 of title 5, United States Code, is
repealed.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 55 of such
title is amended by striking the item relating to section 5532.
(b) Contributions to Department of Defense Military Retirement
Fund.--Section 1466 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(c)(1) The Secretary of Defense shall pay into the Fund at the
beginning of each fiscal year such amount as may be necessary to pay the
cost to the Fund for that fiscal year resulting from the repeal, as of
October 1, 1999, of section 5532 of title 5, including any actuarial
loss to the Fund resulting from increased benefits paid from the Fund
that are not fully covered by the payments made to the Fund for that
fiscal year under subsections (a) and (b).
``(2) Amounts paid into the Fund under this subsection shall be paid
from funds available for the pay of members of the armed forces under
the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military department.
``(3) The Department of Defense Retirement Board of Actuaries shall
determine, for each armed force, the amount required under paragraph (1)
to be deposited in the Fund each fiscal year.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on October 1, 1999.
SEC. 652. PRESENTATION OF UNITED STATES FLAG TO RETIRING
MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES NOT PREVIOUSLY COVERED.
(a) Nonregular Service Military Retirees.--(1) Chapter 1217 of title
10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following
new section:
``12605. Presentation of United States flag: members
transferred from an active status or discharged after completion of
eligibility for retired pay
``(a) Presentation of Flag.--Upon the transfer from an active status
or discharge of a Reserve who has completed the years of service
required for eligibility for retired pay under chapter 1223 of this
title, the Secretary concerned shall present a United States flag to the
member.
``(b) Multiple Presentations Not Authorized.--A member is not
eligible for presentation of a flag under subsection (a) if the member
has previously been presented a flag under this section or any provision
of law providing for the presentation of a United States flag incident
to release from active service for retirement.
``(c) No Cost to Recipient.--The presentation of a flag under this
section shall be at no cost to the recipient.''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended
by adding at the end the following new item:
``12605. Presentation of United States flag: members transferred
from an active status or discharged after completion of eligibility for
retired pay.''.
(b) Public Health Service.--Title II of the Public Health Service Act
is amended by inserting after section 212 (42 U.S.C. 213) the following
new section:
``presentation of united states flag upon retirement
`` Sec. 213. (a) Presentation of Flag.--Upon the release of an
officer of the commissioned corps of the Service from active
commissioned service for retirement, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall present a United States flag to the officer.
``(b) Multiple Presentations Not Authorized.--An officer is not
eligible for presentation of a flag under subsection (a) if the officer
has previously been presented a flag under this section or any other
provision of law providing for the presentation of a United States flag
incident to release from active service for retirement.
``(c) No Cost to Recipient.--The presentation of a flag under this
section shall be at no cost to the recipient.''.
(c) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.--The Coast and
Geodetic Survey Commissioned Officers' Act of 1948 is amended by
inserting after section 24 (33 U.S.C. 853u) the following new section:
`` Sec. 25. (a) Presentation of Flag Upon Retirement.--Upon the
release of a commissioned officer from active commissioned service for
retirement, the Secretary of Commerce shall present a United States flag
to the officer.
``(b) Multiple Presentations Not Authorized.--An officer is not
eligible for presentation of a flag under subsection (a) if the officer
has previously been presented a flag under this section or any other
provision of law providing for the presentation of a United States flag
incident to release from active service for retirement.
``(c) No Cost to Recipient.--The presentation of a flag under this
section shall be at no cost to the recipient.''.
(d) Effective Date.--Section 12605 of title 10, United States Code
(as added by subsection (a)), section 213 of the Public Health Service
Act (as added by subsection (b)), and section 25 of the Coast and
Geodetic Survey Commissioned Officers' Act of 1948 (as added by
subsection (c)) shall apply with respect to releases from service
described in those sections on or after October 1, 1999.
(e) Conforming Amendments to Prior Law.--Sections 3681(b), 6141(b),
and 8681(b) of title 10, United States Code, and section 516(b) of title
14, United States Code, are each amended by striking ``under this
section'' and all that follows through the period and inserting ``under
this section or any other provision of law providing for the
presentation of a United States flag incident to release from active
service for retirement.''.
SEC. 653. DISABILITY RETIREMENT OR SEPARATION FOR CERTAIN
MEMBERS WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS.
(a) Disability Retirement.--(1) Chapter 61 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after section 1207 the following new
section:
``1207a. Members with over eight years of active service:
eligibility for disability retirement for pre-existing conditions
``(a) In the case of a member described in subsection (b) who would
be covered by section 1201, 1202, or 1203 of this title but for the fact
that the member's disability is determined to have been incurred before
the member became entitled to basic pay in the member's current period
of active duty, the disability shall be deemed to have been incurred
while the member was entitled to basic pay and shall be so considered
for purposes of determining whether the disability was incurred in the
line of duty.
``(b) A member described in subsection (a) is a member with at least
eight years of active service.''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended
by inserting after the item relating to section 1207 the following new
item:
``1207a. Members with over eight years of active service:
eligibility for disability retirement for pre-existing conditions.''.
(b) Nonregular Service Retirement.--(1) Chapter 1223 of such title is
amended by inserting after section 12731a the following new section:
``12731b. Special rule for members with physical disabilities
not incurred in line of duty
``(a) In the case of a member of the Selected Reserve of a reserve
component who no longer meets the qualifications for membership in the
Selected Reserve solely because the member is unfit because of physical
disability, the Secretary concerned may, for purposes of section 12731
of this title, determine to treat the member as having met the service
requirements of subsection (a)(2) of that section and provide the member
with the notification required by subsection (d) of that section if the
member has completed at least 15, and less than 20, years of service
computed under section 12732 of this title.
``(b) Notification under subsection (a) may not be made if--
``(1) the disability was the result of the member's intentional
misconduct, willful neglect, or willful failure to comply with standards
and qualifications for retention established by the Secretary concerned;
or
``(2) the disability was incurred during a period of unauthorized
absence.''
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended
by inserting after the item relating to section 12731a the following new
item:
``12731b. Special rule for members with physical disabilities not
incurred in line of duty.''.
(c) Separation.--Section 1206(5) of such title is amended by
inserting ``, in the case of a disability incurred before the date of
the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2000,'' after ``determination, and''.
SEC. 654. CREDIT TOWARD PAID-UP SBP COVERAGE FOR MONTHS
COVERED BY MAKE-UP PREMIUM PAID BY PERSONS ELECTING SBP COVERAGE DURING
SPECIAL OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD.
Section 642 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105 261; 112 Stat. 2045; 10 U.S.C. 1448
note) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new subsection
(h):
``(h) Credit Toward Paid-Up Coverage.--Upon payment of the total
amount of the premiums charged a person under subsection (g), the
retired pay of a person participating in the Survivor Benefit Plan
pursuant to an election under this section shall be treated, for the
purposes of subsection (j) of section 1452 of title 10, United States
Code, as having been reduced under such section 1452 for the months in
the period for which the person's retired pay would have been reduced if
the person had elected to participate in the Survivor Benefit Plan at
the first opportunity that was afforded the person to participate.''.
SEC. 655. PAID-UP COVERAGE UNDER RETIRED SERVICEMAN'S FAMILY
PROTECTION PLAN.
(a) Conditions.--Subchapter I of chapter 73 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1436 the following
new section:
``1436a. Coverage paid up at 30 years and age 70
``Effective October 1, 2008, a reduction under this subchapter in the
retired or retainer pay of a person electing an annuity under this
subchapter may not be made for any month after the later of--
``(1) the month that is the 360th month for which that person's
retired or retainer pay is reduced pursuant to such an election; and
``(2) the month during which that person attains 70 years of age.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
such subchapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 1436 the following new item:
``1436a. Coverage paid up at 30 years and age 70.''.
SEC. 656. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR PAYMENT OF ANNUITIES TO
CERTAIN MILITARY SURVIVING SPOUSES.
(a) Coverage of Surviving Spouses of All ``Gray-Area''
Retirees.--Subsection (a)(1)(B) section 644 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105 85; 111 Stat.
1800; 10 U.S.C. 1448 note) is amended by striking ``during the period
beginning on September 21, 1972, and ending on'' and inserting
``before''.
(b) Permanent Authority for Payment of Annuities.--Subsection (f) of
such section is repealed.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply
with respect to annuities payable for months beginning after September
30, 1999.
SEC. 657. EFFECTUATION OF INTENDED SBP ANNUITY FOR FORMER
SPOUSE WHEN NOT ELECTED BY REASON OF UNTIMELY DEATH OF RETIREE.
(a) Cases Not Covered by Existing Authority.--Paragraph (3) of
section 1450(f) of title 10, United States Code, as in effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act, shall apply in the case of a former
spouse of any person referred to in that paragraph who--
(1) incident to a proceeding of divorce, dissolution, or annulment--
(A) entered into a written agreement on or after August 21, 1983, to
make an election under section 1448(b) of such title to provide an
annuity to the former spouse (the agreement thereafter having been
incorporated in or ratified or approved by a court order or filed with
the court of appropriate jurisdiction in accordance with applicable
State law); or
(B) was required by a court order dated on or after such date to
make such an election for the former spouse; and
(2) before making the election, died within 21 days after the date
of the agreement referred to in paragraph (1)(A) or the court order
referred to in paragraph (1)(B), as the case may be.
(b) Adjusted Time Limit for Request by Former Spouse.--For the
purposes of paragraph (3)(C) of section 1450(f) of title 10, United
States Code, a court order or filing referred to in subsection (a)(1) of
this section that is dated before October 19, 1984, shall be deemed to
be dated on the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 658. SPECIAL COMPENSATION FOR SEVERELY DISABLED UNIFORMED
SERVICES RETIREES.
(a) Authority.--(1) Chapter 71 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``1413. Special compensation for certain severely disabled
uniformed services retirees
``(a) Authority.--The Secretary concerned shall pay to each eligible
disabled uniformed services retiree a monthly amount determined under
subsection (b).
``(b) Amount.--The amount to be paid to an eligible disabled
uniformed services retiree in accordance with subsection (a) is the
following:
``(1) For any month for which the retiree has a qualifying
service-connected disability rated as total, $300.
``(2) For any month for which the retiree has a qualifying
service-connected disability rated as 90 percent, $200.
``(3) For any month for which the retiree has a qualifying
service-connected disability rated as 80 percent or 70 percent, $100.
``(c) Eligible Members.--An eligible disabled uniformed services
retiree referred to in subsection (a) is a member of the uniformed
services in a retired status (other than a member who is retired under
chapter 61 of this title) who--
``(1) completed at least 20 years of service in the uniformed
services that are creditable for purposes of computing the amount of
retired pay to which the member is entitled; and
``(2) has a qualifying service-connected disability.
``(d) Qualifying Service-Connected Disability Defined.--In this
section, the term `qualifying service-connected disability' means a
service-connected disability that--
``(1) was incurred or aggravated in the performance of duty as a
member of a uniformed service, as determined by the Secretary concerned;
and
``(2) is rated as not less than 70 percent disabling--
``(A) by the Secretary concerned as of the date on which the member
is retired from the uniformed services; or
``(B) by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs within four years
following the date on which the member is retired from the uniformed
services.
``(e) Status of Payments.--Payments under this section are not
retired pay.
``(f) Source of Funds.--Payments under this section for any fiscal
year shall be paid out of funds appropriated for pay and allowances
payable by the Secretary concerned for that fiscal year.
``(g) Other Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) The term `service-connected' has the meaning give that term in
section 101 of title 38.
``(2) The term `disability rated as total' means--
``(A) a disability that is rated as total under the standard
schedule of rating disabilities in use by the Department of Veterans
Affairs; or
``(B) a disability for which the scheduled rating is less than total
but for which a rating of total is assigned by reason of inability of
the disabled person concerned to secure or follow a substantially
gainful occupation as a result of service-connected disabilities.
``(3) The term `retired pay' includes retainer pay, emergency
officers' retirement pay, and naval pension.''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended
by adding at the end the following new item:
``1413. Special compensation for certain severely disabled
uniformed services retirees.''.
(b) Effective Date.--Section 1413 of title 10, United States Code, as
added by subsection (a), shall take effect on October 1, 1999, and shall
apply to months that begin on or after that date. No benefit may be paid
to any person by reason of that section for any period before that date.
Subtitle F--Eligibility to Participate in the Thrift Savings Plan
SEC. 661. PARTICIPATION IN THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN.
(a) Participation Authority.--(1)(A) Chapter 3 of title 37, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``211. Participation in Thrift Savings Plan
``(a) Definition.--In this section, the term `member' means--
``(1) a member of the uniformed services serving on active duty; and
``(2) a member of the Ready Reserve in any pay status.
``(b) Authority.--Any member may participate in the Thrift Savings
Plan in accordance with section 8440e of title 5.
``(c) Rule of Construction Regarding Separation.--For purposes of
subchapters III and VII of chapter 84 of title 5, each of the following
actions shall, in the case of a member participating in the Thrift
Savings Plan in accordance with section 8440e of such title, be
considered a separation from Government employment:
``(1) Release of the member from active duty, not followed, before
the end of the 31-day period beginning on the day following the
effective date of the release, by--
``(A) a resumption of active duty; or
``(B) an appointment to a position covered by chapter 83 or 84 of
title 5 or an equivalent retirement system, as identified by the
Executive Director (appointed by the Federal Retirement Thrift
Investment Board) in regulations.
``(2) Transfer of the member to inactive status, or to a retired
list pursuant to any provision of title 10.''.
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended
by adding at the end the following:
``211. Participation in Thrift Savings Plan.''.
(2)(A) Subchapter III of chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``8440e. Members of the uniformed services
``(a) For purposes of this section--
``(1) the term `member' has the meaning given such term by section
211 of title 37; and
``(2) the term `basic pay' means basic pay payable under section 204
of title 37.
``(b)(1) Any member eligible to participate in the Thrift Savings
Plan by virtue of section 211(b) of title 37 may contribute to the
Thrift Savings Fund.
``(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), an election to
contribute to the Thrift Savings Fund under this section may be made
only during a period provided under section 8432(b), subject to the same
conditions as prescribed under paragraph (2)(A) (D) thereof.
``(B)(i) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), any individual who is a
member as of the effective date described in paragraph (1) of section
663(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000
(or, if applicable, paragraph (2) thereof) may make the first such
election during the 60 day period beginning on such effective date.
``(ii) An election made under this subparagraph shall take effect on
the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning after the
close of the 60 day period referred to in clause (i).
``(c) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions of
this subchapter and subchapter VII shall apply with respect to members
making contributions to the Thrift Savings Fund, and such members shall,
for purposes of this subchapter and subchapter VII, be considered
employees within the meaning of section 8401(11).
``(d)(1)(A) The amount contributed by a member described in section
211(a)(1) of title 37 for any pay period out of basic pay may not exceed
5 percent of such member's basic pay for such pay period.
``(B) The amount contributed by a member described in section
211(a)(2) of title 37 for any pay period out of any compensation
received under section 206 of title 37 may not exceed 5 percent of such
compensation, payable to such member for such pay period.
``(2) A member making contributions to the Thrift Savings Fund out of
basic pay, or out of compensation under section 206 of title 37, may
also contribute (by direct transfer to the Fund) any part of any special
or incentive pay that such member receives under chapter 5 of title 37.
``(3) Nothing in this section or section 211 of title 37 shall be
considered to waive any dollar limitation under the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 which otherwise applies with respect to the Thrift Savings
Fund.
``(e) Except as provided in section 211(d) of title 37, no
contribution under section 8432(c) of this title may be made for the
benefit of a member making contributions to the Thrift Savings Fund
under this section.''.
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 84 of title 5,
United States Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to
section 8440d the following:
``8440e. Members of the uniformed services.''.
(3)(A) Section 8432b(b)(2)(B) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by inserting ``or 8440e'' after ``section 8432(a)''.
(B)(i) Section 8351(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by
redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph (8).
(ii) Subparagraph (A) of section 8351(b)(8) of such title 5 (as so
redesignated by clause (i)) is amended by striking the semicolon and
inserting the following: ``, except that the reference in section
8432b(b)(2)(B) to employee contributions under section 8432(a) shall be
considered a reference to employee contributions under this subchapter
and section 8440e;''.
(C) Subsection (c) of section 8432b of such title 5 is amended by
redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B),
respectively, by striking ``(c)'' and inserting ``(c)(1)'', and by
adding at the end the following:
``(2) An employee to whom this section applies is entitled to have
contributed to the Thrift Savings Fund on such employee's behalf an
amount equal to--
``(A) the total contributions to which that individual would have
been entitled under section 8432(c)(2), based on the amounts contributed
by such individual under section 8440e (other than under subsection
(d)(2) thereof) with respect to the period referred to in subsection
(b)(2)(B), if those amounts had been contributed by such individual
under section 8432(a); reduced by
``(B) any contributions actually made on such employee's behalf
under section 8432(c)(2) (including pursuant to an agreement under
section 211(d) of title 37) with respect to the period referred to in
subsection (b)(2)(B).''.
(4) Subsections (g)(1) and (h)(3) of section 8433 of title 5, United
States Code, are each amended by striking ``under section 8432(a) of
this title''.
(5) Section 8439(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``under section 8432(c)(1) of this
title'' and ``under section 8351 of this title'';
(B) in paragraph (2)(A)(i), by striking all after ``individual'' and
inserting a semicolon; and
(C) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), by striking all after ``individual''
and inserting ``; and''.
(6) Section 8473 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ``14 members'' and inserting ``15
members''; and
(B) in subsection (b)--
(i) by striking ``14 members'' and inserting ``15 members'';
(ii) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (8);
(iii) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (9) and
inserting ``; and''; and
(iv) by adding at the end the following:
``(10) 1 shall be appointed to represent participants (under section
8440e) who are members of the uniformed services.''.
(b) Regulations.--Not later than the date on which qualifying
offsetting legislation (as defined in section 663(b)) is enacted or 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever is later,
the Executive Director (appointed by the Federal Retirement Thrift
Investment Board) shall issue regulations to implement the amendments
made by this subtitle.
SEC. 662. SPECIAL RETENTION INITIATIVE.
Section 211 of title 37, United States Code, as added by section 661,
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(d) Agency Contributions for Retention in Critical
Specialties.--(1) The Secretary concerned may enter into an agreement
with a member to make contributions to the Thrift Savings Fund for the
benefit of the member if the member--
``(A) is in a specialty designated by the Secretary as critical to
meet requirements (whether such specialty is designated as critical to
meet wartime or peacetime requirements); and
``(B) commits in such agreement to continue to serve on active duty
in that specialty for a period of 6 years.
``(2) Under any agreement entered into with a member under paragraph
(1), the Secretary shall make contributions to the Fund for the benefit
of the member for each pay period of the 6-year period of the agreement
for which the member makes a contribution to the Fund under section
8440e of title 5 (other than under subsection (d)(2) thereof). Paragraph
(2) of section 8432(c) of title 5 applies to the Secretary's obligation
to make contributions under this paragraph, except that the reference in
such paragraph (2) to contributions under paragraph (1) of such section
8432(c) does not apply.''.
SEC. 663. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) Applicability.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
authority of members to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan under
section 211 of title 37, United States Code (as amended by this
subtitle) shall take effect on the date on which qualifying offsetting
legislation (as defined in subsection (b)) is enacted or 1 year after
the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever is later. As used in
the preceding sentence, the term ``member'' has the meaning given such
term by section 211 of such title 37 (as so amended).
(2)(A) The Secretary of Defense may postpone the authority of members
of the Ready Reserve to so participate in the Thrift Savings Plan until
180 days after the date that would otherwise apply under paragraph (1)
if the Secretary, after consultation with the Executive Director
(appointed by the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board),
determines that permitting such members to participate in the Thrift
Savings Plan beginning on the date that would otherwise apply under
paragraph (1) would place an excessive burden on the administrative
capacity of the Board to accommodate participants in the Thrift Savings
Plan.
(B) The Secretary shall notify the congressional defense committees,
the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and
the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate of any determination
made under subparagraph (A).
(b) Effectiveness Contingent on Offsetting Legislation.--(1) The
amendments made by this subtitle shall be effective only if--
(A) the President, in the budget of the President for fiscal year
2001, proposes legislation which, if enacted, would be qualifying
offsetting legislation; and
(B) there is enacted during the second session of the 106th Congress
qualifying offsetting legislation.
The preceding sentence shall not apply with respect to the amendment
made by section 661(a)(3)(B)(i).
(2) For purposes of this subtitle:
(A) The term ``qualifying offsetting legislation'' means legislation
(other than an appropriations Act) that includes provisions that--
(i) offset fully the decreased revenues for each of fiscal years
2000 through 2009 to be made by reason of the amendments made by this
subtitle;
(ii) expressly state that they are enacted for the purpose of the
offset described in clause (i); and
(iii) are included in full on the PayGo scorecard.
(B) The term ``PayGo scorecard'' means the estimates that are made
with respect to fiscal years through fiscal year 2009 by the Director of
the Congressional Budget Office and the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget under section 252(d) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Subtitle G--Other Matters
SEC. 671. PAYMENT FOR UNUSED LEAVE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A REENLISTMENT.
Section 501 of title 37, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ``, termination of an
enlistment in conjunction with the commencement of a successive
enlistment (without regard to the date of the expiration of the term of
the enlistment being terminated),'' after ``honorable conditions''; and
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``, or entering into an
enlistment,''.
SEC. 672. CLARIFICATION OF PER DIEM ELIGIBILITY FOR MILITARY
TECHNICIANS (DUAL STATUS) SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY WITHOUT PAY OUTSIDE THE
UNITED STATES.
(a) Authority To Provide Per Diem Allowance.--Section 1002(b) of
title 37, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(b)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(2) If a military technician (dual status), as described in section
10216 of title 10, is performing active duty without pay while on leave
from technician employment, as authorized by section 6323(d) of title 5,
the Secretary concerned may authorize the payment of a per diem
allowance to the military technician in lieu of commutation for
subsistence and quarters under paragraph (1).''.
(b) Types of Overseas Operations.--Section 6323(d)(1) of title 5,
United States Code, is amended by striking ``noncombat''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be
effective as of February 10, 1996, as if included in section 1039 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104
106; 110 Stat. 432).
SEC. 673. ANNUAL REPORT ON EFFECTS OF INITIATIVES ON
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.
(a) Report Required.--(1) Chapter 19 of title 37, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``1015. Annual report on effects of recruitment and retention
initiatives
``Not later than December 1 of each year, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to Congress a report that sets forth the Secretary's
assessment of the effects that the improvements to compensation and
other personnel benefits made by title VI of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 are having on the recruitment of
persons to join the armed forces and the retention of members of the
armed forces.''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended
by adding at the end the following new item:
``1015. Annual report on effects of recruitment and retention
initiatives.''.
(b) First Report.--The first report under section 1015 of title 37,
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall be submitted not
later than December 1, 2000.
SEC. 674. OVERSEAS SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM.
(a) Program and Benefits.--Subsection (a) of section 1060a of title
10, United States Code, is amended by striking `` Authority.--The
Secretary of Defense may carry out a program to provide special
supplemental food benefits'' and inserting `` Program Required.--The
Secretary of Defense shall carry out a program to provide supplemental
foods and nutrition education''.
(b) Funding Source.--Subsection (b) of such section is amended to
read as follows:
``(b) Funding Mechanism.--The Secretary of Defense shall use funds
available for the Department of Defense to carry out the program under
subsection (a).''.
(c) Program Administration.--Subsection (c) of such section is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by adding at the end the following new
sentence: ``In determining eligibility for benefits, a person already
certified for participation in the special supplemental nutrition
program for women, infants, and children under such section 17 shall be
considered eligible for the duration of the certification period under
that special supplemental nutrition program.'';
(2) by striking paragraph (1)(B) and inserting the following:
``(B) In determining eligibility for families of individuals
participating in the program under this section, the Secretary of
Defense shall, to the extent practicable, use the criterion described in
subparagraph (A), including nutritional risk standards. The Secretary
shall also consider the value of housing in kind provided to the
individual when determining program eligibility.'';
(3) in paragraph (2), by adding before the period at the end the
following: ``, particularly with respect to nutrition education''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) The Secretary of Agriculture shall provide technical assistance
to the Secretary of Defense, if so requested by the Secretary of
Defense, for the purpose of carrying out the program under subsection
(a).''.
(d) Definitions.--Subsection (f) of such section is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
``(4) The terms `nutrition education' and `supplemental foods' have
the meanings given the terms in section 17(b) of the Child Nutrition Act
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(b)).''.
(e) Conforming Amendment.--Section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(q) The Secretary of Agriculture shall provide technical assistance
to the Secretary of Defense, if so requested by the Secretary of
Defense, for the purpose of carrying out the overseas special
supplemental food program established under section 1060a(a) of title
10, United States Code.''.
SEC. 675. TUITION ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERS DEPLOYED IN A
CONTINGENCY OPERATION.
Section 2007(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'';
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(4) in the case of a member serving in a contingency operation or
similar operational mission (other than for training) designated by the
Secretary concerned, all of the charges may be paid.''.
SEC. 676. ADMINISTRATION OF SELECTED RESERVE EDUCATION LOAN
REPAYMENT PROGRAM FOR COAST GUARD RESERVE.
Section 16301 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
``(g) The Secretary of Transportation may repay loans described in
subsection (a)(1) and otherwise administer this section in the case of
members of the Selected Reserve of the Coast Guard Reserve when the
Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy.''.
SEC. 677. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING TREATMENT UNDER INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF MEMBERS RECEIVING HOSTILE FIRE OR IMMINENT DANGER
SPECIAL PAY DURING CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS.
It is the sense of Congress that a member of the Armed Forces who is
receiving special pay under section 310 of title 37, United States Code,
while assigned to duty in support of a contingency operation should be
treated under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in the same manner as a
member of the Armed Forces serving in a combat zone (as defined in
section 112 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986).
TITLE VII--HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS
SUBTITLE A--HEALTH CARE SERVICES
Sec. 701. Pharmacy benefits program.
Sec. 702. Provision of chiropractic health care.
Sec. 703. Provision of domiciliary and custodial care for certain
CHAMPUS beneficiaries.
Sec. 704. Enhancement of dental benefits for retirees.
Sec. 705. Medical and dental care for certain members incurring
injuries on inactive-duty training.
Sec. 706. Health care at former uniformed services treatment
facilities for active duty members stationed at certain remote
locations.
Sec. 707. Open enrollment demonstration program.
SUBTITLE B--TRICARE PROGRAM
Sec. 711. Expansion and revision of authority for dental programs
for dependents and reserves.
Sec. 712. Improvement of access to health care under the TRICARE
program.
Sec. 713. Improvements to claims processing under the TRICARE program.
Sec. 714. Authority to waive certain TRICARE deductibles.
Sec. 715. TRICARE beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinators.
Sec. 716. Improvement of TRICARE management; improvements to
third-party payer collection program.
Sec. 717. Comparative report on health care coverage under the
TRICARE program.
SUBTITLE C--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 721. Forensic pathology investigations by Armed Forces
Medical Examiner.
Sec. 722. Best value contracting.
Sec. 723. Health care quality information and technology enhancement.
Sec. 724. Joint telemedicine and telepharmacy demonstration
projects by the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans
Affairs.
Sec. 725. Program-year stability in health care benefits.
Sec. 726. Study on joint operations for the Defense Health Program.
Sec. 727. Trauma training center.
Sec. 728. Sense of Congress regarding automatic enrollment of
medicare-eligible beneficiaries in the TRICARE Senior Prime
demonstration project.
Subtitle A--Health Care Services
SEC. 701. PHARMACY BENEFITS PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--(1) Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 1074f the following new section:
``1074g. Pharmacy benefits program
``(a) Pharmacy Benefits.--(1) The Secretary of Defense, after
consulting with the other administering Secretaries, shall establish an
effective, efficient, integrated pharmacy benefits program under this
chapter (hereinafter in this section referred to as the `pharmacy
benefits program').
``(2)(A) The pharmacy benefits program shall include a uniform
formulary of pharmaceutical agents, which shall assure the availability
of pharmaceutical agents in the complete range of therapeutic classes.
The selection for inclusion on the uniform formulary of particular
pharmaceutical agents in each therapeutic class shall be based on the
relative clinical and cost effectiveness of the agents in such class.
``(B) In considering the relative clinical effectiveness of agents
under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall presume inclusion in a
therapeutic class of a pharmaceutical agent, unless the Pharmacy and
Therapeutics Committee established under subsection (b) finds that a
pharmaceutical agent does not have a significant, clinically meaningful
therapeutic advantage in terms of safety, effectiveness, or clinical
outcome over the other drugs included on the uniform formulary.
``(C) In considering the relative cost effectiveness of agents under
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall rely on the evaluation by the
Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee of the costs of agents in a
therapeutic class in relation to the safety, effectiveness, and clinical
outcomes of such agents.
``(D) The Secretary shall establish procedures for the selection of
particular pharmaceutical agents for the uniform formulary. Such
procedures shall be established so as best to accomplish, in the
judgment of the Secretary, the objectives set forth in paragraph (1). No
pharmaceutical agent may be excluded from the uniform formulary except
upon the recommendation of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. The
Secretary shall begin to implement the uniform formulary not later than
October 1, 2000.
``(E) Pharmaceutical agents included on the uniform formulary shall
be available to eligible covered beneficiaries through--
``(i) facilities of the uniformed services, consistent with the
scope of health care services offered in such facilities;
``(ii) retail pharmacies designated or eligible under the TRICARE
program or the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed
Services to provide pharmaceutical agents to covered beneficiaries; or
``(iii) the national mail-order pharmacy program.
``(3) The pharmacy benefits program shall assure the availability of
clinically appropriate pharmaceutical agents to members of the armed
forces, including, where appropriate, agents not included on the uniform
formulary described in paragraph (2).
``(4) The pharmacy benefits program may provide that prior
authorization be required for certain pharmaceutical agents to assure
that the use of such agents is clinically appropriate.
``(5) The pharmacy benefits program shall assure the availability to
eligible covered beneficiaries of pharmaceutical agents not included on
the uniform formulary. Such pharmaceutical agents shall be available
through at least one of the means described in paragraph (2)(E) under
terms and conditions that may include cost sharing by the eligible
covered beneficiary in addition to any such cost sharing applicable to
agents on the uniform formulary.
``(6) The Secretary, as part of the regulations established under
subsection (g), may establish cost sharing requirements (which may be
established as a percentage or fixed dollar amount) under the pharmacy
benefits program for generic, formulary, and nonformulary agents. For
nonformulary agents, cost sharing shall be consistent with common
industry practice and not in excess of amounts generally comparable to
20 percent for beneficiaries covered by section 1079 of this title or 25
percent for beneficiaries covered by section 1086 of this title.
``(7) The Secretary shall establish procedures for eligible covered
beneficiaries to receive pharmaceutical agents not included on the
uniform formulary, but, considered to be clinically necessary. Such
procedures shall include peer review procedures under which the
Secretary may determine that there is a clinical justification for the
use of a pharmaceutical agent that is not on the uniform formulary, in
which case the pharmaceutical agent shall be provided under the same
terms and conditions as an agent on the uniform formulary. Such
procedures shall also include an expeditious appeals process for an
eligible covered beneficiary, or a network or uniformed provider on
behalf of the beneficiary, to establish clinical justification for the
use of a pharmaceutical agent that is not on the uniform formulary.
``(8) In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall ensure
that an eligible covered beneficiary may continue to receive coverage
for any maintenance pharmaceutical that is not on the uniform formulary
and that was prescribed for the beneficiary before the date of the
enactment of this section and stabilized the medical condition of the
beneficiary.
``(b) Establishment of Committee.--(1) The Secretary of Defense
shall, in consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments,
establish a Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee for the purpose of
developing the uniform formulary of pharmaceutical agents required by
subsection (a), reviewing such formulary on a periodic basis, and making
additional recommendations regarding the formulary as the committee
determines necessary and appropriate. The committee shall include
representatives of pharmacies of the uniformed services facilities,
contractors responsible for the TRICARE retail pharmacy program,
contractors responsible for the national mail-order pharmacy program,
providers in facilities of the uniformed services, and TRICARE network
providers. Committee members shall have expertise in treating the
medical needs of the populations served through such entities and in the
range of pharmaceutical and biological medicines available for treating
such populations. The committee shall function under procedures
established by the Secretary under the regulations required by
subsection (g).
``(2) Not later than 90 days after the establishment of the Pharmacy
and Therapeutics Committee by the Secretary, the committee shall convene
to design a proposed uniform formulary for submission to the Secretary.
After such 90-day period, the committee shall meet at least quarterly
and shall, during meetings, consider for inclusion on the uniform
formulary under the standards established in subsection (a) any drugs
newly approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
``(c) Advisory Panel.--(1) Concurrent with the establishment of the
Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee under subsection (b), the Secretary
shall establish a Uniform Formulary Beneficiary Advisory Panel to review
and comment on the development of the uniform formulary. The Secretary
shall consider the comments of the panel before implementing the uniform
formulary or implementing changes to the uniform formulary.
``(2) The Secretary shall determine the size and membership of the
panel established under paragraph (1), which shall include members that
represent nongovernmental organizations and associations that represent
the views and interests of a large number of eligible covered
beneficiaries.
``(d) Procedures.--(1) In the operation of the pharmacy benefits
program under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall assure
through management and new contractual arrangements that financial
resources are aligned such that the cost of prescriptions is borne by
the organization that is financially responsible for the health care of
the eligible covered beneficiary.
``(2) Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this
section, the Secretary shall utilize a modification to the bid price
adjustment methodology in the current managed care support contracts to
ensure equitable and timely reimbursement to the TRICARE managed care
support contractors for pharmaceutical products delivered in the
nonmilitary environments. The methodology shall take into account the
``at-risk'' nature of the contracts as well as managed care support
contractor pharmacy costs attributable to changes to pharmacy service or
formulary management at military medical treatment facilities, and other
military activities and policies that affect costs of pharmacy benefits
provided through the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the
Uniformed Services. The methodology shall also account for military
treatment facility costs attributable to the delivery of pharmaceutical
products in the military facility environment which were prescribed by a
network provider.
``(e) Pharmacy Data Transaction Service.--Not later than April 1,
2000, the Secretary of Defense shall implement the use of the Pharmacy
Data Transaction Service in all fixed facilities of the uniformed
services under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, the TRICARE retail
pharmacy program, and the national mail-order pharmacy program.
``(f) Definitions.--As used in this section--
``(1) the term `eligible covered beneficiary' means a covered
beneficiary for whom eligibility to receive pharmacy benefits through
the means described in subsection (a)(2)(E) is established under this
chapter or another provision of law; and
``(2) the term `pharmaceutical agent' means drugs, biological
products, and medical devices under the regulatory authority of the Food
and Drug Administration.
``(g) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall, after
consultation with the other administering Secretaries, promulgate
regulations to carry out this section.''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended
by inserting after the item relating to section 1074f the following new
item:
``1074g. Pharmacy benefits program.''.
(b) Deadline for Establishment of Committee.--Not later than 30 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
establish the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee required by section
1074g(b) of title 10, United States Code.
(c) Reports Required.--Not later than April 1 and October 1 of fiscal
years 2000 and 2001, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a
report on--
(1) implementation of the uniform formulary required under
subsection (a) of section 1074g of title 10, United States Code (as
added by subsection (a));
(2) the results of a confidential survey conducted by the Secretary
of prescribers for military medical treatment facilities and TRICARE
contractors to determine--
(A) during the most recent fiscal year, how often prescribers
attempted to prescribe non-formulary or non-preferred prescription
drugs, how often such prescribers were able to do so, and whether
covered beneficiaries were able to fill such prescriptions without undue
delay;
(B) the understanding by prescribers of the reasons that military
medical treatment facilities or civilian contractors preferred certain
pharmaceuticals to others; and
(C) the impact of any restrictions on access to non-formulary
prescriptions on the clinical decisions of the prescribers and the
aggregate cost, quality, and accessibility of health care provided to
covered beneficiaries;
(3) the operation of the Pharmacy Data Transaction Service required
by subsection (e) of such section 1074g; and
(4) any other actions taken by the Secretary to improve management
of the pharmacy benefits program under such section.
(d) Study for Design of Pharmacy Benefit for Certain Covered
Beneficiaries.--(1) Not later than April 15, 2001, the Secretary of
Defense shall prepare and submit to Congress--
(A) a study on a design for a comprehensive pharmacy benefit for
covered beneficiaries under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code,
who are entitled to benefits under part A, and enrolled under part B, of
title XVIII of the Social Security Act; and
(B) an estimate of the costs of implementing and operating such
design.
(2) The design described in paragraph (1)(A) shall incorporate the
elements of the pharmacy benefits program required to be established
under section 1074g of title 10, United States Code (as added by
subsection (a)).
SEC. 702. PROVISION OF CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH CARE.
(a) In General.--Section 731 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103 337; 10 U.S.C. 1092 note) is
amended--
(1) in the heading, by striking ``DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM'';
(2) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(4) During fiscal year 2000, the Secretary shall continue to
furnish the same chiropractic care in the military medical treatment
facilities designated pursuant to paragraph (2)(A) as the chiropractic
care furnished during the demonstration program.'';
(3) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``Committee on Armed Services of
the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the House of
Representatives'' and inserting ``Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives''; and
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking ``May 1, 2000'' and inserting
``January 31, 2000'';
(4) in subsection (d)--
(A) in paragraph (3)--
(i) by striking ``; and'' at the end of subparagraph (C) and
inserting a semicolon;
(ii) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (D) and
inserting ``; and''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(E) if the Secretary submits an implementation plan pursuant to
subsection (e), the preparation of such plan.''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(5) The Secretary shall--
``(A) make full use of the oversight advisory committee in preparing--
``(i) the final report on the demonstration program conducted under
this section; and
``(ii) the implementation plan described in subsection (e); and
``(B) provide opportunities for members of the committee to provide
views as part of such final report and plan.'';
(5) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and
(6) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection:
``(e) Implementation Plan.--If the Secretary of Defense recommends in
the final report submitted under subsection (c) that chiropractic health
care services should be offered in medical care facilities of the Armed
Forces or as a health care service covered under the TRICARE program,
the Secretary shall, not later than March 31, 2000, submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the
Senate an implementation plan for the full integration of chiropractic
health care services into the military health care system of the
Department of Defense, including the TRICARE program. Such
implementation plan shall include--
``(1) a detailed analysis of the projected costs of fully
integrating chiropractic health care services into the military health
care system;
``(2) the proposed scope of practice for chiropractors who would
provide services to covered beneficiaries under chapter 55 of title 10,
United States Code;
``(3) the proposed military medical treatment facilities at which
such services would be provided;
``(4) the military readiness requirements for chiropractors who
would provide services to such covered beneficiaries; and
``(5) any other relevant factors that the Secretary considers
appropriate.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The item relating to section 731 in the
table of contents at the beginning of such Act is amended to read as
follows:
``731. Chiropractic health care.''.
SEC. 703. PROVISION OF DOMICILIARY AND CUSTODIAL CARE FOR
CERTAIN CHAMPUS BENEFICIARIES.
(a) Continuation of Care.--(1) The Secretary of Defense may, in any
case in which the Secretary makes the determination described in
paragraph (2), continue to provide payment under the Civilian Health and
Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (as defined in section 1072 of
title 10, United States Code), for domiciliary or custodial care
services provided to an eligible beneficiary that would otherwise be
excluded from coverage under regulations implementing section 1077(b)(1)
of such title.
(2) A determination under this paragraph is a determination that
discontinuation of payment for domiciliary or custodial care services or
transition to provision of care under the individual case management
program authorized by section 1079(a)(17) of such title would be--
(A) inadequate to meet the needs of the eligible beneficiary; and
(B) unjust to such beneficiary.
(3) As used in this section, the term ``eligible beneficiary'' means
a covered beneficiary (as that term is defined in section 1072 of title
10, United States Code) who, before the effective date of final
regulations to implement the individual case management program
authorized by section 1079(a)(17) of such title, were provided
domiciliary or custodial care services for which the Secretary provided
payment.
(b) Prohibition on Establishment of Limited Transition Period.--The
Secretary of Defense shall not place a time limit on the period during
which the custodial care exclusions of the Department of Defense may be
waived as part of the case management program of the Department.
(c) Survey of Case Management and Custodial Care Policies.--The
Secretary of Defense shall conduct a survey of federally funded and
State funded programs for the medical care and management of persons
whose care is considered to be custodial in nature. The survey shall
examine, but shall not be limited to--
(1) a comparison of the case management program of the Department of
Defense with similar Federal and State programs; and
(2) a comparison between the case management program of the
Department of Defense and the case management and custodial care
coverage offered by at least 10 of the most subscribed private health
insurance plans in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (at
least 5 of which shall be managed care organizations), as determined in
consultation with the Office of Personnel Management.
(d) Report on Survey of Case Management and Custodial Care
Policies.--Not later than March 31, 2000, the Secretary shall submit a
report on the survey required by subsection (c) to Congress. The
Secretary shall include in the report any recommendations for
legislative changes that the Secretary determines necessary to
facilitate the case management of the Department of Defense, and a plan
for any regulatory changes determined necessary by the Secretary. Such
plan shall include any regulatory provisions that the Secretary
determines necessary to address equitably the unique needs of the family
members of active duty military personnel and to ensure the full
integration of the case management program of the Department of Defense
with other available family support services activities.
SEC. 704. ENHANCEMENT OF DENTAL BENEFITS FOR RETIREES.
Subsection (d) of section 1076c of title 10, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
``(d) Benefits Available Under the Plan.--The dental insurance plan
established under subsection (a) shall provide benefits for dental care
and treatment which may be comparable to the benefits authorized under
section 1076a of this title for plans established under that section and
shall include diagnostic services, preventative services, endodontics
and other basic restorative services, surgical services, and emergency
services.''.
SEC. 705. MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS
INCURRING INJURIES ON INACTIVE-DUTY TRAINING.
(a) Order to Active Duty Authorized.--(1) Chapter 1209 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``12322. Active duty for health care
``A member of a uniformed service described in paragraph (1)(B) or
(2)(B) of section 1074a(a) of this title may be ordered to active duty,
and a member of a uniformed service described in paragraph (1)(A) or
(2)(A) of such section may be continued on active duty, for a period of
more than 30 days while the member is being treated for (or recovering
from) an injury, illness, or disease incurred or aggravated in the line
of duty as described in any of such paragraphs.''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended
by adding at the end the following:
``12322. Active duty for health care.''.
(b) Medical and Dental Care for Members.--Subsection (e) of section
1074a of such title is amended to read as follows:
``(e)(1) A member of a uniformed service on active duty for health
care or recuperation reasons, as described in paragraph (2), is entitled
to medical and dental care on the same basis and to the same extent as
members covered by section 1074(a) of this title while the member
remains on active duty.
``(2) Paragraph (1) applies to a member described in paragraph (1) or
(2) of subsection (a) who, while being treated for (or recovering from)
an injury, illness, or disease incurred or aggravated in the line of
duty, is continued on active duty pursuant to a modification or
extension of orders, or is ordered to active duty, so as to result in
active duty for a period of more than 30 days.''.
(c) Medical and Dental Care for Dependents.--Subparagraph (D) of
section 1076(a)(2) of such title is amended to read as follows:
``(D) A member on active duty who is entitled to benefits under
subsection (e) of section 1074a of this title by reason of paragraph
(1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a) of such section.''.
SEC. 706. HEALTH CARE AT FORMER UNIFORMED SERVICES TREATMENT
FACILITIES FOR ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS STATIONED AT CERTAIN REMOTE
LOCATIONS.
(a) Authority.--Health care may be furnished by a designated provider
pursuant to any contract entered into by the designated provider under
section 722(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1997 (Public Law 104 201; 10 U.S.C. 1073 note) to eligible members who
reside within the service area of the designated provider.
(b) Eligibility.--A member of the Armed Forces is eligible for health
care under subsection (a) if the member is a member described in section
731(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998
(Public Law 105 85; 111 Stat. 1811; 10 U.S.C. 1074 note).
(c) Applicable Policies.--In furnishing health care to an eligible
member under subsection (a), a designated provider shall adhere to the
Department of Defense policies applicable to the furnishing of care
under the TRICARE Prime Remote program, including coordinating with
uniformed services medical authorities for hospitalizations and all
referrals for specialty care.
(d) Reimbursement Rates.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation
with the designated providers, shall prescribe reimbursement rates for
care furnished to eligible members under subsection (a). The rates
prescribed for health care may not exceed the amounts allowable under
the TRICARE Standard plan for the same care.
SEC. 707. OPEN ENROLLMENT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
Section 724 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1997 (Public Law 104 201; 10 U.S.C. 1073 note) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
``(g) Open Enrollment Demonstration Program.--(1) The Secretary of
Defense shall conduct a demonstration program under which covered
beneficiaries shall be permitted to enroll at any time in a managed care
plan offered by a designated provider consistent with the enrollment
requirements for the TRICARE Prime option under the TRICARE program, but
without regard to the limitation in subsection (b). The demonstration
program under this subsection shall cover designated providers, selected
by the Secretary of Defense, and the service areas of the designated
providers.
``(2) The demonstration program carried out under this section shall
commence on October 1, 1999, and end on September 30, 2001.
``(3) Not later than March 15, 2001, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House
of Representatives a report on the demonstration program carried out
under this subsection. The report shall include, at a minimum, an
evaluation of the benefits of the open enrollment opportunity to covered
beneficiaries and a recommendation on whether to authorize open
enrollments in the managed care plans of designated providers
permanently.''.
Subtitle B--TRICARE Program
SEC. 711. EXPANSION AND REVISION OF AUTHORITY FOR DENTAL
PROGRAMS FOR DEPENDENTS AND RESERVES.
(a) Authority.--Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking sections 1076a and 1076b and inserting the
following:
``1076a. TRICARE dental program
``(a) Establishment of Dental Plans.--The Secretary of Defense may
establish, and in the case of the dental plan described in paragraph (1)
shall establish, the following voluntary enrollment dental plans:
``(1) Plan for selected reserve and individual ready reserve.--A
dental insurance plan for members of the Selected Reserve of the Ready
Reserve and for members of the Individual Ready Reserve described in
subsection 10144(b) of this title.
``(2) Plan for other reserves.--A dental insurance plan for members
of the Individual Ready Reserve not eligible to enroll in the plan
established under paragraph (1).
``(3) Plan for active duty dependents.--Dental benefits plans for
eligible dependents of members of the uniformed services who are on
active duty for a period of more than 30 days.
``(4) Plan for ready reserve dependents.--A dental benefits plan for
eligible dependents of members of the Ready Reserve of the reserve
components who are not on active duty for more than 30 days.
``(b) Administration of Plans.--The plans established under this
section shall be administered under regulations prescribed by the
Secretary of Defense in consultation with the other administering
Secretaries.
``(c) Care Available Under Plans.--Dental plans established under
subsection (a) may provide for the following dental care:
``(1) Diagnostic, oral examination, and preventive services and
palliative emergency care.
``(2) Basic restorative services of amalgam and composite
restorations, stainless steel crowns for primary teeth, and dental
appliance repairs.
``(3) Orthodontic services, crowns, gold fillings, bridges, complete
or partial dentures, and such other services as the Secretary of Defense
considers to be appropriate.
``(d) Premiums.--
``(1) Premium Sharing Plans.--(A) The dental insurance plan
established under subsection (a)(1) and the dental benefits plans
established under subsection (a)(3) are premium sharing plans.
``(B) Members enrolled in a premium sharing plan for themselves or
for their dependents shall be required to pay a share of the premium
charged for the benefits provided under the plan. The member's share of
the premium charge may not exceed $20 per month for the enrollment.
``(C) Effective as of January 1 of each year, the amount of the
premium required under subparagraph (A) shall be increased by the
percent equal to the lesser of--
``(i) the percent by which the rates of basic pay of members of the
uniformed services are increased on such date; or
``(ii) the sum of one-half percent and the percent computed under
section 5303(a) of title 5 for the increase in rates of basic pay for
statutory pay systems for pay periods beginning on or after such date.
``(D) The Secretary of Defense may reduce the monthly premium
required to be paid under paragraph (1) in the case of enlisted members
in pay grade E 1, E 2, E 3, or E 4 if the Secretary determines that such
a reduction is appropriate to assist such members to participate in a
dental plan referred to in subparagraph (A).
``(2) Full premium plans.--(A) The dental insurance plan established
under subsection (a)(2) and the dental benefits plan established under
subsection (a)(4) are full premium plans.
``(B) Members enrolled in a full premium plan for themselves or for
their dependents shall be required to pay the entire premium charged for
the benefits provided under the plan.
``(3) Payment procedures.--A member's share of the premium for a
plan established under subsection (a) may be paid by deductions from the
basic pay of the member and from compensation paid under section 206 of
title 37, as the case may be. The regulations prescribed under
subsection (b) shall specify the procedures for payment of the premiums
by enrollees who do not receive such pay.
``(e) Copayments Under Premium Sharing Plans.--A member or dependent
who receives dental care under a premium sharing plan referred to in
subsection (d)(1) shall--
``(1) in the case of care described in subsection (c)(1), pay no
charge for the care;
``(2) in the case of care described in subsection (c)(2), pay 20
percent of the charges for the care; and
``(3) in the case of care described in subsection (c)(3), pay a
percentage of the charges for the care that is determined appropriate by
the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the other
administering Secretaries.
``(f) Transfer of Members.--If a member whose dependents are enrolled
in the plan established under subsection (a)(3) is transferred to a duty
station where dental care is provided to the member's eligible
dependents under a program other than that plan, the member may
discontinue participation under the plan. If the member is later
transferred to a duty station where dental care is not provided to such
member's eligible dependents except under the plan established under
subsection (a)(3), the member may re-enroll the dependents in that plan.
``(g) Care Outside the United States.--The Secretary of Defense may
exercise the authority provided under subsection (a) to establish dental
insurance plans and dental benefits plans for dental benefits provided
outside the United States for the eligible members and dependents of
members of the uniformed services. In the case of such an overseas
dental plan, the Secretary may waive or reduce any copayments required
by subsection (e) to the extent the Secretary determines appropriate for
the effective and efficient operation of the plan.
``(h) Waiver of Requirements for Surviving Dependents.--The Secretary
of Defense may waive (in whole or in part) any requirements of a dental
plan established under this section as the Secretary determines
necessary for the effective administration of the plan for a dependent
who is an eligible dependent described in subsection (k)(2).
``(i) Authority Subject to Appropriations.--The authority of the
Secretary of Defense to enter into a contract under this section for any
fiscal year is subject to the availability of appropriations for that
purpose.
``(j) Limitation on Reduction of Benefits.--The Secretary of Defense
may not reduce benefits provided under a plan established under this
section until--
``(1) the Secretary provides notice of the Secretary's intent to
reduce such benefits to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate
and the House of Representatives; and
``(2) one year has elapsed following the date of such notice.
``(k) Eligible Dependent Defined.--In this section, the term
`eligible dependent'--
``(1) means a dependent described in subparagraph (A), (D), or (I)
of section 1072(2) of this title; and
``(2) includes any such dependent of a member who dies while on
active duty for a period of more than 30 days or a member of the Ready
Reserve if the dependent is enrolled on the date of the death of the
member in a dental benefits plan established under subsection (a),
except that the term does not include the dependent after the end of the
one-year period beginning on the date of the member's death.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 55 of such title is amended by striking out the items relating
to sections 1076a and 1076b and inserting the following:
``1076a. TRICARE dental program.''.
SEC. 712. IMPROVEMENT OF ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE UNDER THE
TRICARE PROGRAM.
(a) Access.--The Secretary of Defense shall, to the maximum extent
practicable, minimize the authorization and certification requirements
imposed on covered beneficiaries under the TRICARE program as a
condition of access to benefits under that program.
(b) Report on Initiatives To Improve Access.--Not later than March
31, 2000, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report
on specific actions taken to--
(1) reduce the requirements for preauthorization for care under the
TRICARE program;
(2) reduce the requirements for beneficiaries to obtain preventive
services, such as obstetric or gynecologic examinations, mammograms for
females over 35 years of age, and urological examinations for males over
the age of 60 without preauthorization; and
(3) reduce the requirements for statements of nonavailability of
services.
(c) Requirement To Provide Statement.--Section 1080(b) of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
sentence: ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to
obstetrics and gynecological care for beneficiaries not enrolled in a
managed care plan offered pursuant to any contract or agreement under
this chapter, a nonavailability-of-health-care statement shall be
required for receipt of health care services related to outpatient
prenatal, outpatient or inpatient delivery, and outpatient post-partum
care subsequent to the visit which confirms the pregnancy.''.
SEC. 713. IMPROVEMENTS TO CLAIMS PROCESSING UNDER THE TRICARE PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--(1) Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 1095b the following new section:
``1095c. TRICARE program: facilitation of processing of claims
``(a) Reduction of Processing Time.--(1) With respect to claims for
payment for medical care provided under the TRICARE program, the
Secretary of Defense shall implement a system for processing of claims
under which--
``(A) 95 percent of all clean claims must be processed not later
than 30 days after the date that such claims are submitted to the claims
processor; and
``(B) 100 percent of all clean claims must be processed not later
than 100 days after the date that such claims are submitted to the
claims processor.
``(2) The Secretary may, under the system required by paragraph (1)
and consistent with the provisions in chapter 39 of title 31 (commonly
referred to as the `Prompt Payment Act'), require that interest be paid
on clean claims that are not processed within 30 days.
``(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term `clean claim' means a
claim that has no defect, impropriety (including a lack of any required
substantiating documentation), or particular circumstance requiring
special treatment that prevents timely payment on the claim under this
section.
``(b) Requirement To Provide Start-up Time for Certain
Contractors.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall not require that a
contractor described in paragraph (2) begin to provide managed care
support pursuant to a contract to provide such support under the TRICARE
program until at least nine months after the date of the award of the
contract. In such case the contractor may begin to provide managed care
support pursuant to the contract as soon as practicable after the award
of the contract, but in no case later than one year after the date of
such award.
``(2) A contractor under this paragraph is a contractor who is
awarded a contract to provide managed care support under the TRICARE
program--
``(A) who has not previously been awarded such a contract by the
Department of Defense; or
``(B) who has previously been awarded such a contract by the
Department of Defense but for whom the subcontractors have not
previously been awarded the subcontracts for such a contract.
``(c) Incentives for Electronic Processing.--The Secretary of Defense
shall require that new contracts for managed care support under the
TRICARE program provide that the contractor be permitted to provide
financial incentives to health care providers who file claims for
payment electronically.''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended
by inserting after the item relating to section 1095b the following new
item:
``1095c. TRICARE program: facilitation of processing of claims.''.
(b) Report.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report
on--
(1) the status of claims processing backlogs in each TRICARE region;
(2) the estimated time frame for resolution of such backlogs;
(3) efforts to reduce the number of change orders with respect to
contracts to provide managed care support under the TRICARE program and
to make such change orders in groups on a quarterly basis rather than
one at a time;
(4) the extent of success in simplifying claims processing
procedures through reduction of reliance of the Department of Defense
on, and the complexity of, the health care service record;
(5) application of best industry practices with respect to claims
processing, including electronic claims processing; and
(6) any other initiatives of the Department of Defense to improve
claims processing procedures.
(c) Deadline for Implementation.--The system for processing claims
required under section 1095c(a) of title 10, United States Code (as
added by subsection (a)), shall be implemented not later than 6 months
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) Applicability.--Section 1095c(b) of title 10, United States Code
(as added by subsection (a)), shall apply with respect to any contract
to provide managed care support under the TRICARE program negotiated
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 714. AUTHORITY TO WAIVE CERTAIN TRICARE DEDUCTIBLES.
(a) In General.--Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 1095c (as added by section 713) the
following new section:
``1095d. TRICARE program: waiver of certain deductibles
``(a) Waiver Authorized.--The Secretary of Defense may waive the
deductible payable for medical care provided under the TRICARE program
to an eligible dependent of--
``(1) a member of a reserve component on active duty pursuant to a
call or order to active duty for a period of less than one year; or
``(2) a member of the National Guard on full-time National Guard
duty pursuant to a call or order to full-time National Guard duty for a
period of less than one year.
``(b) Eligible Dependent.--As used in this section, the term
`eligible dependent' means a dependent described subparagraphs (A), (D),
or (I) of section 1072(2) of this title.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section
1095c the following new item:
``1095d. TRICARE program: waiver of certain deductibles.''.
SEC. 715. TRICARE BENEFICIARY COUNSELING AND ASSISTANCE COORDINATORS.
(a) Establishment of Positions.--(1) Chapter 55 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1095d (as added by
section 714 the following new section:
``1095e. TRICARE program: beneficiary counseling and
assistance coordinators
``(a) Establishment of Positions.--The Secretary of Defense shall
require in regulations that--
``(1) each lead agent under the TRICARE program--
``(A) designate a person to serve full-time as a beneficiary
counseling and assistance coordinator for beneficiaries under the
TRICARE program; and
``(B) provide for toll-free telephone communication between such
beneficiaries and the beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinator;
and
``(2) the commander of each military medical treatment facility
under this chapter designate a person to serve, as a primary or
collateral duty, as beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinator
for beneficiaries under the TRICARE program served at that facility.
``(b) Duties.--The Secretary shall prescribe the duties of the
position of beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinator in the
regulations required by subsection (a).''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended
by inserting after the item relating to section 1095d the following new
item:
``1095e. TRICARE program: beneficiary counseling and assistance
coordinators.''.
(b) Deadline for Initial Designations.--Each beneficiary counseling
and assistance coordinator required under the regulations described in
section 1095e(a) of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection
(a)), shall be designated not later than January 15, 2000.
SEC. 716. IMPROVEMENT OF TRICARE MANAGEMENT; IMPROVEMENTS TO
THIRD-PARTY PAYER COLLECTION PROGRAM.
(a) Improvement of TRICARE Program.--(1) Chapter 55 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1097a the
following new section:
``1097b. TRICARE program: financial management
``(a) Reimbursement of Providers.--(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the
Secretary of Defense may reimburse health care providers under the
TRICARE program at rates higher than the reimbursement rates otherwise
authorized for the providers under that program if the Secretary
determines that application of the higher rates is necessary in order to
ensure the availability of an adequate number of qualified health care
providers under that program.
``(2) The amount of reimbursement provided under paragraph (1) with
respect to a health care service may not exceed the lesser of the
following:
``(A) The amount equal to the local fee for service charge for the
service in the service area in which the service is provided as
determined by the Secretary based on one or more of the following
payment rates:
``(i) Usual, customary, and reasonable.
``(ii) The Health Care Finance Administration's Resource Based
Relative Value Scale.
``(iii) Negotiated fee schedules.
``(iv) Global fees.
``(v) Sliding scale individual fee allowances.
``(B) The amount equal to 115 per cent of the CHAMPUS maximum
allowable charge for the service.
``(b) Third-Party Collections.--(1) A medical treatment facility of
the uniformed services under the TRICARE program has the same right as
the United States under section 1095 of this title to collect from a
third-party payer the reasonable charges for health care services
described in paragraph (2) that are incurred by the facility on behalf
of a covered beneficiary under that program.
``(2) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations for the
administration of this subsection. The regulations shall set forth the
method to be used for the computation of the reasonable charges for
inpatient, outpatient, and other health care services. The method of
computation may be--
``(A) a method that is based on--
``(i) per diem rates;
``(ii) all-inclusive rates for each visit;
``(iii) diagnosis-related groups; or
``(iv) rates prescribed under the regulations implementing sections
1079 and 1086 of this title; or
``(B) any other method considered appropriate.
``(c) Consultation Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry
out the responsibilities under this section after consultation with the
other administering Secretaries.''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 55 of such
title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1097a
the following new item:
``1097b. TRICARE program: financial management.''.
(b) Report on Implementation.--(1) Not later than 6 months after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the other administering Secretaries, shall submit to
Congress a report assessing the effects of the implementation of the
requirements and authorities set forth in sections 1097b of title 10,
United States Code (as added by subsection (a)).
(2) The report shall include the following:
(A) An assessment of the cost of the implementation of such
requirements and authorities.
(B) An assessment of whether the implementation of any such
requirements and authorities will result in the utilization by the
TRICARE program of the best industry practices with respect to the
matters covered by such requirements and authorities.
(3) In this subsection, the term ``administering Secretaries'' has
the meaning given that term in section 1072(3) of title 10, United
States Code.
(c) Improvement to Third-Party Collection Program.--(1) Section 1095
of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in subsection (a)(1)--
(i) by striking ``the reasonable costs of'' and inserting
``reasonable charges for'';
(ii) by striking ``such costs'' and inserting ``such charges''; and
(iii) by striking ``the reasonable cost of'' and inserting ``a
reasonable charge for'';
(B) in subsection (g), by striking ``the costs of''; and
(C) in subsection (h)(1), by striking the first sentence and
inserting ``The term `third-party payer' means an entity that provides
an insurance, medical service, or health plan by contract or agreement,
including an automobile liability insurance or no fault insurance
carrier, and any other plan or program that is designed to provide
compensation or coverage for expenses incurred by a beneficiary for
health care services or products.''.
(2) Section 1095b(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
striking the first and second sentences after the heading and inserting
the following: ``The United States shall have the same right to collect
charges related to claims described in subsection (a) as charges for
claims under section 1095 of this title.''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take
effect one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 717. COMPARATIVE REPORT ON HEALTH CARE COVERAGE UNDER THE
TRICARE PROGRAM.
Not later than March 31, 2000, the Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives a report including a comparison of health care coverage
available through the TRICARE program with the coverage available under
similar health benefits plans offered under the Federal Employees Health
Benefits program established under chapter 89 of title 5, United States
Code. Such comparison shall include, but not be limited to, a comparison
of cost sharing requirements, overall costs to beneficiaries, covered
benefits, and exclusions from coverage.
Subtitle C--Other Matters
SEC. 721. FORENSIC PATHOLOGY INVESTIGATIONS BY ARMED FORCES
MEDICAL EXAMINER.
(a) Investigation Authority.--Chapter 75 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by striking the heading for the chapter and inserting
the following:
``CHAPTER 75--DECEASED PERSONNEL
``Subchapter
Sec.
``I. Death Investigations
1471
``II. Death Benefits
1475
``SUBCHAPTER I--DEATH INVESTIGATIONS
``Sec.
``1471. Forensic pathology investigations.
``1471. Forensic pathology investigations
``(a) Authority.--Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of
Defense, the Armed Forces Medical Examiner may conduct a forensic
pathology investigation to determine the cause or manner of death of a
deceased person if such an investigation is determined to be justified
under circumstances described in subsection (b). The investigation may
include an autopsy of the decedent's remains.
``(b) Basis for Investigation.--(1) A forensic pathology
investigation of a death under this section is justified if at least one
of the circumstances in paragraph (2) and one of the circumstances in
paragraph (3) exist.
``(2) A circumstance under this paragraph is a circumstance under
which--
``(A) it appears that the decedent was killed or that, whatever the
cause of the decedent's death, the cause was unnatural;
``(B) the cause or manner of death is unknown;
``(C) there is reasonable suspicion that the death was by unlawful
means;
``(D) it appears that the death resulted from an infectious disease
or from the effects of a hazardous material that may have an adverse
effect on the military installation or community involved; or
``(E) the identity of the decedent is unknown.
``(3) A circumstance under this paragraph is a circumstance under
which--
``(A) the decedent--
``(i) was found dead or died at an installation garrisoned by units
of the armed forces that is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the
United States;
``(ii) was a member of the armed forces on active duty or inactive
duty for training;
``(iii) was recently retired under chapter 61 of this title as a
result of an injury or illness incurred while a member on active duty or
inactive duty for training; or
``(iv) was a civilian dependent of a member of the armed forces and
was found dead or died outside the United States;
``(B) in any other authorized Department of Defense investigation of
matters which involves the death, a factual determination of the cause
or manner of the death is necessary; or
``(C) in any other authorized investigation being conducted by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Transportation Safety
Board, or any other Federal agency, an authorized official of such
agency with authority to direct a forensic pathology investigation
requests that the Armed Forces Medical Examiner conduct such an
investigation.
``(c) Determination of Justification.--(1) Subject to paragraph (2),
the determination that a circumstance exists under paragraph (2) of
subsection (b) shall be made by the Armed Forces Medical Examiner.
``(2) A commander may make the determination that a circumstances
exists under paragraph (2) of subsection (b) and require a forensic
pathology investigation under this section without regard to a
determination made by the Armed Forces Medical Examiner if--
``(A) in a case involving circumstances described in paragraph
(3)(A)(i) of that subsection, the commander is the commander of the
installation where the decedent was found dead or died; or
``(B) in a case involving circumstances described in paragraph
(3)(A)(ii) of that subsection, the commander is the commander of the
decedent's unit at a level in the chain of command designated for such
purpose in the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
``(d) Limitation in Concurrent Jurisdiction Cases.--(1) The exercise
of authority under this section is subject to the exercise of primary
jurisdiction for the investigation of a death--
``(A) in the case of a death in a State, by the State or a local
government of the State; or
``(B) in the case of a death in a foreign country, by that foreign
country under any applicable treaty, status of forces agreement, or
other international agreement between the United States and that foreign
country.
``(2) Paragraph (1) does not limit the authority of the Armed Forces
Medical Examiner to conduct a forensic pathology investigation of a
death that is subject to the exercise of primary jurisdiction by another
sovereign if the investigation by the other sovereign is concluded
without a forensic pathology investigation that the Armed Forces Medical
Examiner considers complete. For the purposes of the preceding sentence
a forensic pathology investigation is incomplete if the investigation
does not include an autopsy of the decedent.
``(e) Procedures.--For a forensic pathology investigation under this
section, the Armed Forces Medical Examiner shall--
``(1) designate one or more qualified pathologists to conduct the
investigation;
``(2) to the extent practicable and consistent with responsibilities
under this section, give due regard to any applicable law protecting
religious beliefs;
``(3) as soon as practicable, notify the decedent's family, if
known, that the forensic pathology investigation is being conducted;
``(4) as soon as practicable after the completion of the
investigation, authorize release of the decedent's remains to the
family, if known; and
``(5) promptly report the results of the forensic pathology
investigation to the official responsible for the overall investigation
of the death.
``(f) Definition of State.--In this section, the term `State'
includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and
Guam.''.
(b) Repeal of Authority for Existing Inquest Procedures.--Sections
4711 and 9711 of title 10, United States Code, are repealed.
(c) Technical and Clerical Amendments.--(1) Chapter 75 of such title,
as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by inserting before
section 1475 the following:
``SUBCHAPTER II--DEATH BENEFITS''.
(2) The item relating to chapter 75 in the tables of chapters at the
beginning of subtitle A of such title and at the beginning of part II of
such subtitle is amended to read as follows:
``75. Deceased Personnel
1471''.
(3) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 445 of such
title is amended by striking the item relating to section 4711.
(4) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 945 of such
title is amended by striking the item relating to section 9711.
(5) The heading for chapter 445 of such title is amended to read as
follows:
``CHAPTER 445--DISPOSITION OF EFFECTS OF DECEASED PERSONS; CAPTURED
FLAGS''.
(6) The heading for chapter 945 of such title is amended to read as
follows:
``CHAPTER 945--DISPOSITION OF EFFECTS OF DECEASED PERSONS''.
(7) The item relating to chapter 445 in the tables of chapters at the
beginning of subtitle B of such title and at the beginning of part IV of
such subtitle is amended to read as follows:
``445. Disposition of Effects of Deceased Persons; Captured Flags
4712''.
(8) The item relating to chapter 945 in the tables of chapters at the
beginning subtitle D of such title and at the beginning of part IV of
such subtitle is amended to read as follows:
``945. Disposition of Effects of Deceased Persons
9712''.
SEC. 722. BEST VALUE CONTRACTING.
(a) Authority.--Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 1073 the following:
``1073a. Contracts for health care: best value contracting
``(a) Authority.--Under regulations prescribed by the administering
Secretaries, health care contracts shall be awarded in the
administration of this chapter to the offeror or offerors that will
provide the best value to the United States to the maximum extent
consistent with furnishing high-quality health care in a manner that
protects the fiscal and other interests of the United States.
``(b) Factors Considered.--In the determination of best value under
subsection (a)--
``(1) consideration shall be given to the factors specified in the
regulations; and
``(2) greater weight shall be accorded to technical and
performance-related factors than to cost and price-related factors.
``(c) Applicability.--The authority under the regulations prescribed
under subsection (a) shall apply to any contract in excess of
$5,000,000.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section
1073 the following:
``1073a. Contracts for health care: best value contracting.''.
SEC. 723. HEALTH CARE QUALITY INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENT.
(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to ensure that the
Department of Defense addresses issues of medical quality surveillance
and implements solutions for those issues in a timely manner that is
consistent with national policy and industry standards.
(b) Department of Defense Program for Medical Informatics and
Data.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a Department of Defense
program, the purposes of which shall be the following:
(1) To develop parameters for assessing the quality of health care
information.
(2) To develop the defense digital patient record.
(3) To develop a repository for data on quality of health care.
(4) To develop capability for conducting research on quality of
health care.
(5) To conduct research on matters of quality of health care.
(6) To develop decision support tools for health care providers.
(7) To refine medical performance report cards.
(8) To conduct educational programs on medical informatics to meet
identified needs.
(c) Automation and Capture of Clinical Data.--(1) Through the program
established under subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense shall
accelerate the efforts of the Department of Defense to automate,
capture, and exchange controlled clinical data and present providers
with clinical guidance using a personal information carrier, clinical
lexicon, or digital patient record.
(2) The program shall serve as a primary resource for the Department
of Defense for matters concerning the capture, processing, and
dissemination of data on health care quality.
(d) Medical Informatics Advisory Committee.--(1) The Secretary of
Defense shall establish a Medical Informatics Advisory Committee
(hereinafter referred to as the ``Committee''), the members of which
shall be the following:
(A) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
(B) The Director of the TRICARE Management Activity of the
Department of Defense.
(C) The Surgeon General of the Army.
(D) The Surgeon General of the Navy.
(E) The Surgeon General of the Air Force.
(F) Representatives of the Department of Veterans Affairs,
designated by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
(G) Representatives of the Department of Health and Human Services,
designated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(H) Any additional members appointed by the Secretary of Defense to
represent health care insurers and managed care organizations, academic
health institutions, health care providers (including representatives of
physicians and representatives of hospitals), and accreditors of health
care plans and organizations.
(2) The primary mission of the Committee shall be to advise the
Secretary on the development, deployment, and maintenance of health care
informatics systems that allow for the collection, exchange, and
processing of health care quality information for the Department of
Defense in coordination with other Federal departments and agencies and
with the private sector.
(3) Specific areas of responsibility of the Committee shall include
advising the Secretary on the following:
(A) The ability of the medical informatics systems at the Department
of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs to monitor, evaluate, and
improve the quality of care provided to beneficiaries.
(B) The coordination of key components of medical informatics
systems, including digital patient records, both within the Federal
Government and between the Federal Government and the private sector.
(C) The development of operational capabilities for executive
information systems and clinical decision support systems within the
Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs.
(D) Standardization of processes used to collect, evaluate, and
disseminate health care quality information.
(E) Refinement of methodologies by which the quality of health care
provided within the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans
Affairs is evaluated.
(F) Protecting the confidentiality of personal health information.
(4) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs shall
consult with the Committee on the issues described in paragraph (3).
(5) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress an annual
report on the activities of the Committee and on the coordination of
development, deployment, and maintenance of health care informatics
systems within the Federal Government, and between the Federal
Government and the private sector.
(6) Members of the Committee shall not be paid by reason of their
service on the Committee.
(7) The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not
apply to the Committee.
(e) Annual Report.--The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health
Affairs shall submit to Congress on an annual basis a report on the
quality of health care furnished under the health care programs of the
Department of Defense. The report shall cover the most recent fiscal
year ending before the date the report is submitted and shall contain a
discussion of the quality of the health care measured on the basis of
each statistical and customer satisfaction factor that the Assistant
Secretary determines appropriate, including, at a minimum, a discussion
of the following:
(1) Health outcomes.
(2) The extent of use of health report cards.
(3) The extent of use of standard clinical pathways.
(4) The extent of use of innovative processes for surveillance.
SEC. 724. JOINT TELEMEDICINE AND TELEPHARMACY DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Veterans
Affairs may carry out joint demonstration projects for purposes of
evaluating the feasibility and practicability of using
telecommunications to provide health care services and pharmacy
services.
(b) Services To Be Provided.--The services provided under the
demonstration projects may include the following:
(1) Radiology and imaging services.
(2) Diagnostic services.
(3) Referral services.
(4) Clinical pharmacy services.
(5) Any other health care services or pharmacy services designated
by the Secretaries.
(c) Selection of Locations.--(1) The Secretaries may carry out the
demonstration projects described in subsection (a) at not more than five
locations selected by the Secretaries from locations in which are
located both a uniformed services treatment facility and a Department of
Veterans Affairs medical center that are affiliated with academic
institutions having a demonstrated expertise in the provision of health
care services or pharmacy services by means of telecommunications.
(2) Representatives of a facility and medical center selected under
paragraph (1) shall, to the maximum extent practicable, carry out the
demonstration project in consultation with representatives of the
academic institution or institutions with which affiliated.
(d) Period of Demonstration Projects.--The Secretaries may carry out
the demonstration projects during the three-year period beginning on
October 1, 1999.
(e) Report.--Not later than December 31, 2002, the Secretaries shall
jointly submit to Congress a report on the demonstration projects. The
report shall include--
(1) a description of each demonstration project; and
(2) an evaluation, based on the demonstration projects, of the
feasibility and practicability of using telecommunications to provide
health care services and pharmacy services, including the provision of
such services to field hospitals of the Armed Forces and to Department
of Veterans Affairs outpatient health care clinics.
SEC. 725. PROGRAM-YEAR STABILITY IN HEALTH CARE BENEFITS.
Section 1073 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(a) Responsible Officials.--'' at the beginning
of the text of the section; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) Stability in Program of Benefits.--The Secretary of Defense
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, provide a stable program of
benefits under this chapter throughout each fiscal year. To achieve the
stability in the case of managed care support contracts entered into
under this chapter, the contracts shall be administered so as to
implement all changes in benefits and administration on a quarterly
basis. However, the Secretary of Defense may implement any such change
prior to the next fiscal quarter if the Secretary determines that the
change would significantly improve the provision of care to eligible
beneficiaries under this chapter.''.
SEC. 726. STUDY ON JOINT OPERATIONS FOR THE DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM.
Not later than October 1, 2000, the Secretary of Defense shall
prepare and submit to Congress a study identifying areas with respect to
the Defense Health Program for which joint operations might be
increased, including organization, training, patient care, hospital
management, and budgeting. The study shall include a discussion of the
merits and feasibility of--
(1) establishing a joint command for the Defense Health Program as a
military counterpart to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health
Affairs;
(2) establishing a joint training curriculum for the Defense Health
Program; and
(3) creating a unified chain of command and budgeting authority for
the Defense Health Program.
SEC. 727. TRAUMA TRAINING CENTER.
Section 742 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105 261; 112 Stat. 2074) is amended to
read as follows:
``SEC. 742. AUTHORIZATION TO ESTABLISH A TRAUMA TRAINING CENTER.
``The Secretary of the Army is hereby authorized to establish a
Trauma Training Center in order to provide the Army with a trauma center
capable of training forward surgical teams.''.
SEC. 728. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT OF
MEDICARE-ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES IN THE TRICARE SENIOR PRIME
DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) any person who is enrolled in a managed health care program of
the Department of Defense at a location at which the medicare subvention
demonstration project for military retirees conducted under section 1896
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ggg) is implemented, and who
attains eligibility for medicare, should be automatically authorized to
enroll in such demonstration project; and
(2) the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the other
administering Secretaries described in section 1072(3) of title 10,
United States Code, should modify existing policies and procedures for
such demonstration project as necessary to permit such automatic
enrollment.
TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND
RELATED MATTERS
SUBTITLE A--AMENDMENTS TO GENERAL CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES, PROCEDURES,
AND LIMITATIONS
Sec. 801. Authority to carry out certain prototype projects.
Sec. 802. Streamlined applicability of cost accounting standards.
Sec. 803. Sale, exchange, and waiver authority for coal and coke.
Sec. 804. Guidance on use of task order and delivery order contracts.
Sec. 805. Clarification of definition of commercial items with
respect to associated services.
Sec. 806. Use of special simplified procedures for purchases of
commercial items in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold.
Sec. 807. Repeal of termination of provision of credit towards
subcontracting goals for purchases benefiting severely handicapped
persons.
Sec. 808. Contract goal for small disadvantaged businesses and
certain institutions of higher education.
Sec. 809. Required reports for certain multiyear contracts.
SUBTITLE B--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 811. Mentor-Protege Program improvements.
Sec. 812. Program to increase business innovation in defense
acquisition programs.
Sec. 813. Incentives to produce innovative new technologies.
Sec. 814. Pilot program for commercial services.
Sec. 815. Expansion of applicability of requirement to make
certain procurements from small arms production industrial base.
Sec. 816. Compliance with existing law regarding purchases of
equipment and products.
Sec. 817. Extension of test program for negotiation of
comprehensive small business subcontracting plans.
Sec. 818. Extension of interim reporting rule for certain
procurements less than $100,000.
Sec. 819. Inspector General review of compliance with Buy American
Act in purchases of strength training equipment.
Sec. 820. Report on options for accelerated acquisition of
precision munitions.
Sec. 821. Technical amendment to prohibition on release of
contractor proposals under the Freedom of Information Act.
Subtitle A--Amendments to General Contracting Authorities,
Procedures, and Limitations
SEC. 801. AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN PROTOTYPE PROJECTS.
Section 845 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1994 (Public Law 103 160; 107 Stat. 1721; 10 U.S.C. 2371 note) is
amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
``(c) Comptroller General Review.--(1) Each agreement entered into by
an official referred to in subsection (a) to carry out a project under
that subsection that provides for payments in a total amount in excess
of $5,000,000 shall include a clause that provides for the Comptroller
General, in the discretion of the Comptroller General, to examine the
records of any party to the agreement or any entity that participates in
the performance of the agreement.
``(2) The requirement in paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect
to a party or entity, or a subordinate element of a party or entity,
that has not entered into any other agreement that provides for audit
access by a Government entity in the year prior to the date of the
agreement.
``(3) The head of the contracting activity that is carrying out the
agreement may waive the applicability of the requirement in paragraph
(1) to the agreement if the head of the contracting activity determines
that it would not be in the public interest to apply the requirement to
the agreement. The waiver shall be effective with respect to the
agreement only if the head of the contracting activity transmits a
notification of the waiver to Congress and the Comptroller General
before entering into the agreement. The notification shall include the
rationale for the determination.
``(4) The Comptroller General may not examine records pursuant to a
clause included in an agreement under paragraph (1) more than three
years after the final payment is made by the United States under the
agreement.''.
SEC. 802. STREAMLINED APPLICABILITY OF COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS.
(a) Applicability.--Paragraph (2)(B) of section 26(f) of the Office
of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 422(f)(2)(B)) is amended by
adding at the end the following new clauses:
``(iii) Firm, fixed-price contracts or subcontracts awarded on the
basis of adequate price competition without submission of certified cost
or pricing data.
``(iv) A contract or subcontract with a value of less than
$7,500,000 if, at the time the contract or subcontract is entered into,
the segment of the contractor or subcontractor that will perform the
work has not been awarded at least one contract or subcontract with a
value of more than $7,500,000 that is covered by the cost accounting
standards.''.
(b) Waiver.--Section 26(f) of that Act is further amended by adding
at the end the following:
``(5)(A) The head of an executive agency may waive the applicability
of the cost accounting standards for a contract or subcontract with a
value less than $15,000,000 if that official determines in writing that
the segment of the contractor or subcontractor that will perform the
work--
``(i) is primarily engaged in the sale of commercial items; and
``(ii) would not otherwise be subject to the cost accounting
standards under this section, as in effect on or after the effective
date of this paragraph.
``(B) The head of an executive agency may also waive the
applicability of the cost accounting standards for a contract or
subcontract under exceptional circumstances when necessary to meet the
needs of the agency. A determination to waive the applicability of the
cost accounting standards under this subparagraph shall be set forth in
writing and shall include a statement of the circumstances justifying
the waiver.
``(C) The head of an executive agency may not delegate the authority
under subparagraph (A) or (B) to any official in the executive agency
below the senior policymaking level in the executive agency.
``(D) The Federal Acquisition Regulation shall include the following:
``(i) Criteria for selecting an official to be delegated authority
to grant waivers under subparagraph (A) or (B).
``(ii) The specific circumstances under which such a waiver may be
granted.
``(E) The head of each executive agency shall report the waivers
granted under subparagraphs (A) and (B) for that agency to the Board on
an annual basis.''.
(c) Regulation on Types of CAS Coverage.--(1) The Administrator for
Federal Procurement Policy shall revise the rules and procedures
prescribed pursuant to section 26(f) of the Office of Federal
Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 422(f)) to the extent necessary to
increase the thresholds established in section 9903.201 2 of title 48 of
the Code of Federal Regulations from $25,000,000 to $50,000,000.
(2) Paragraph (1) requires only a change of the statement of a
threshold condition in the regulation referred to by section number in
that paragraph, and shall not be construed as--
(A) a ratification or expression of approval of--
(i) any aspect of the regulation; or
(ii) the manner in which section 26 of the Office of Federal
Procurement Policy Act is administered through the regulation; or
(B) a requirement to apply the regulation.
(d) Implementation.--The Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy
shall ensure that this section and the amendments made by this section
are implemented in a manner that ensures that the Federal Government can
recover costs, as appropriate, in a case in which noncompliance with
cost accounting standards, or a change in the cost accounting system of
a contractor segment or subcontractor segment that is not determined to
be desirable by the Federal Government, results in a shift of costs from
contracts that are not covered by the cost accounting standards to
contracts that are covered by the cost accounting standards.
(e) Implementation of Requirements for Revision of Regulations.--(1)
Final regulations required by subsection (c) shall be issued not later
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) Subsection (c) shall cease to be effective one year after the
date on which final regulations issued in accordance with that
subsection take effect.
(f) Study of Types of CAS Coverage.--The Administrator for Federal
Procurement Policy shall review the various categories of coverage of
contracts for applying cost accounting standards and, not later than the
date on which the President submits to Congress the budget for fiscal
year 2001 under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, submit
to Congress a report on the results of the review. The report shall
include an analysis of the matters reviewed and any recommendations that
the Administrator considers appropriate regarding such matters.
(g) Inapplicability of Standards to Certain Contracts.--The cost
accounting standards issued pursuant to section 26(f) of the Office of
Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 422(f)), as amended by this
section, shall not apply during fiscal year 2000 with respect to a
contract entered into under the authority provided in chapter 89 of
title 5, United States Code (relating to health benefits for Federal
employees).
(h) Construction Regarding Certain Not-For-Profit Entities.--The
amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall not be construed as
modifying or superseding, nor as intended to impair or restrict, the
applicability of the cost accounting standards described in section
26(f) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 422(f))
to--
(1) any educational institution or federally funded research and
development center that is associated with an educational institution in
accordance with Office of Management and Budget Circular A 21, as in
effect on January 1, 1999; or
(2) any contract with a nonprofit entity that provides research and
development and related products or services to the Department of
Defense.
(i) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b)
shall take effect 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and
shall apply with respect to--
(1) contracts that are entered into on or after such effective date;
and
(2) determinations made on or after such effective date regarding
whether a segment of a contractor or subcontractor is subject to the
cost accounting standards under section 26(f) of the Office of Federal
Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 422(f)), regardless of whether the
contracts on which such determinations are made were entered into
before, on, or after such date.
SEC. 803. SALE, EXCHANGE, AND WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR COAL AND COKE.
(a) In General.--Section 2404 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``petroleum
or natural gas'' and inserting ``a defined fuel source'';
(B) in paragraph (1)--
(i) by striking ``petroleum market conditions or natural gas market
conditions, as the case may be,'' and inserting ``market conditions for
the defined fuel source''; and
(ii) by striking ``acquisition of petroleum or acquisition of
natural gas, respectively,'' and inserting ``acquisition of that defined
fuel source''; and
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ``petroleum or natural gas, as the
case may be,'' and inserting ``that defined fuel source'';
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ``petroleum or natural gas'' in
the second sentence and inserting ``a defined fuel source'';
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ``petroleum'' and all that
follows through the period and inserting ``a defined fuel source or
services related to a defined fuel source by exchange of a defined fuel
source or services related to a defined fuel source.'';
(4) in subsection (d)--
(A) by striking ``petroleum or natural gas'' in the first sentence
and inserting ``a defined fuel source''; and
(B) by striking ``petroleum'' in the second sentence and all that
follows through the period and inserting ``a defined fuel source or
services related to a defined fuel source.''; and
(5) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(f) Defined Fuel Sources.--In this section, the term `defined fuel
source' means any of the following:
``(1) Petroleum.
``(2) Natural gas.
``(3) Coal.
``(4) Coke.''.
(b) Clerical Amendments.--(1) The heading of such section is amended
to read as follows:
``2404. Acquisition of certain fuel sources: authority to
waive contract procedures; acquisition by exchange; sales authority''.
(2) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 141 of such title is amended to read as follows:
``2404. Acquisition of certain fuel sources: authority to waive
contract procedures; acquisition by exchange; sales authority.''.
SEC. 804. GUIDANCE ON USE OF TASK ORDER AND DELIVERY ORDER CONTRACTS.
(a) Guidance in the Federal Acquisition Regulation.--Not later than
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal
Acquisition Regulation issued in accordance with sections 6 and 25 of
the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 405 and 421)
shall be revised to provide guidance to agencies on the appropriate use
of task order and delivery order contracts in accordance with sections
2304a through 2304d of title 10, United States Code, and sections 303H
through 303K of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of
1949 (41 U.S.C. 253h through 253k).
(b) Content of Guidance.--The regulations issued pursuant to
subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, provide the following:
(1) Specific guidance on the appropriate use of governmentwide and
other multiagency contracts entered into in accordance with the
provisions of law referred to in that subsection.
(2) Specific guidance on steps that agencies should take in entering
into and administering multiple award task order and delivery order
contracts to ensure compliance with--
(A) the requirement in section 5122 of the Clinger-Cohen Act (40
U.S.C. 1422) for capital planning and investment control in purchases of
information technology products and services;
(B) the requirement in section 2304c(b) of title 10, United States
Code, and section 303J(b) of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253j(b)) to ensure that all contractors
are afforded a fair opportunity to be considered for the award of task
orders and delivery orders; and
(C) the requirement in section 2304c(c) of title 10, United States
Code, and section 303J(c) of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253j(c)) for a statement of work in each
task order or delivery order issued that clearly specifies all tasks to
be performed or property to be delivery under the order.
(c) GSA Federal Supply Schedules Program.--The Administrator for
Federal Procurement Policy shall consult with the Administrator of
General Services to assess the effectiveness of the multiple awards
schedule program of the General Services Administration referred to in
section 309(b)(3) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 259(b)(3)) that is administered as the Federal
Supply Schedules program. The assessment shall include examination of
the following:
(1) The administration of the program by the Administrator of
General Services.
(2) The ordering and program practices followed by Federal customer
agencies in using schedules established under the program.
(d) GAO Report.--Not later than one year after the date on which the
regulations required by subsection (a) are published in the Federal
Register, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress an evaluation
of--
(1) executive agency compliance with the regulations; and
(2) conformance of the regulations with existing law, together with
any recommendations that the Comptroller General considers appropriate.
SEC. 805. CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF COMMERCIAL ITEMS WITH
RESPECT TO ASSOCIATED SERVICES.
Section 4(12)(E) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41
U.S.C. 403(12)(E)) is amended to read as follows:
``(E) Installation services, maintenance services, repair services,
training services, and other services if--
``(i) the services are procured for support of an item referred to
in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D), regardless of whether such
services are provided by the same source or at the same time as the
item; and
``(ii) the source of the services provides similar services
contemporaneously to the general public under terms and conditions
similar to those offered to the Federal Government.''.
SEC. 806. USE OF SPECIAL SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES FOR PURCHASES
OF COMMERCIAL ITEMS IN EXCESS OF THE SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD.
(a) Extension of Authority.--Section 4202(e) of the Clinger-Cohen Act
of 1996 (divisions D and E of Public Law 104 106; 110 Stat. 654; 10
U.S.C. 2304 note) is amended by striking ``three years after the date on
which such amendments take effect pursuant to section 4401(b)'' and
inserting ``January 1, 2002''.
(b) GAO Report.--Not later than March 1, 2001, the Comptroller
General shall submit to Congress an evaluation of the test program
authorized by the provisions in section 4202 of the Clinger-Cohen Act of
1996, together with any recommendations that the Comptroller General
considers appropriate regarding the test program or the use of special
simplified procedures for purchases of commercial items in excess of the
simplified acquisition threshold.
SEC. 807. REPEAL OF TERMINATION OF PROVISION OF CREDIT TOWARDS
SUBCONTRACTING GOALS FOR PURCHASES BENEFITING SEVERELY HANDICAPPED
PERSONS.
Section 2410d(c) of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.
SEC. 808. CONTRACT GOAL FOR SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES AND
CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
Subsection (k) of section 2323 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``2000'' both places it appears and inserting
``2003''.
SEC. 809. REQUIRED REPORTS FOR CERTAIN MULTIYEAR CONTRACTS.
Section 2306b(l) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs
(5), (6), (7), and (8), respectively;
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph (4):
``(4) The head of an agency may not enter into a multiyear contract
(or extend an existing multiyear contract) until the Secretary of
Defense submits to the congressional defense committees a report with
respect to that contract (or contract extension) that provides the
following information, shown for each year in the current future-years
defense program and in the aggregate over the period of the current
future-years defense program:
``(A) The amount of total obligational authority under the contract
(or contract extension) and the percentage that such amount represents
of--
``(i) the applicable procurement account; and
``(ii) the agency procurement total.
``(B) The amount of total obligational authority under all multiyear
procurements of the agency concerned (determined without regard to the
amount of the multiyear contract (or contract extension)) under
multiyear contracts in effect immediately before the contract (or
contract extension) is entered into and the percentage that such amount
represents of--
``(i) the applicable procurement account; and
``(ii) the agency procurement total.
``(C) The amount equal to the sum of the amounts under subparagraphs
(A) and (B), and the percentage that such amount represents of--
``(i) the applicable procurement account; and
``(ii) the agency procurement total.
``(D) The amount of total obligational authority under all
Department of Defense multiyear procurements (determined without regard
to the amount of the multiyear contract (or contract extension)),
including any multiyear contract (or contract extension) that has been
authorized by the Congress but not yet entered into, and the percentage
that such amount represents of the procurement accounts of the
Department of Defense treated in the aggregate.''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(9) In this subsection:
``(A) The term `applicable procurement account' means, with respect
to a multiyear procurement contract (or contract extension), the
appropriation account from which payments to execute the contract will
be made.
``(B) The term `agency procurement total' means the procurement
accounts of the agency entering into a multiyear procurement contract
(or contract extension) treated in the aggregate.''.
Subtitle B--Other Matters
SEC. 811. MENTOR-PROTEGE PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS.
(a) Program Participation Term.--Subsection (e)(2) of section 831 of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law
101 510; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended to read as follows:
``(2) A program participation term for any period of not more than
three years, except that the term may be a period of up to five years if
the Secretary of Defense determines in writing that unusual
circumstances justify a program participation term in excess of three
years.''.
(b) Incentives Authorized for Mentor Firms.--Subsection (g) of such
section is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``shall'' and inserting ``may'';
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) in subparagraph (A)--
(i) by striking ``shall'' and inserting ``may'';
(ii) by striking ``subsection (f)'' and all that follows through
``(i) as a line item'' and inserting ``subsection (f) as provided for in
a line item'';
(iii) by striking the semicolon preceding clause (ii) and inserting
``, except that this sentence does not apply in a case in which the
Secretary of Defense determines in writing that unusual circumstances
justify reimbursement using a separate contract.''; and
(iv) by striking clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv); and
(B) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:
``(B) The determinations made in annual performance reviews of a
mentor firm's mentor-protege agreement under subsection (l)(2) shall be
a major factor in the determinations of amounts of reimbursement, if
any, that the mentor firm is eligible to receive in the remaining years
of the program participation term under the agreement.
``(C) The total amount reimbursed under this paragraph to a mentor
firm for costs of assistance furnished in a fiscal year to a protege
firm may not exceed $1,000,000, except in a case in which the Secretary
of Defense determines in writing that unusual circumstances justify a
reimbursement of a higher amount.''; and
(3) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``either subparagraph (A) or
(C) of paragraph (2) or are reimbursed pursuant to subparagraph (B) of
such paragraph'' and inserting ``paragraph (2)''.
(c) Three-Year Extension of Authority.--Subsection (j) of such
section is amended to read as follows:
``(j) Expiration of Authority.--(1) No mentor-protege agreement may
be entered into under subsection (e) after September 30, 2002.
``(2) No reimbursement may be paid, and no credit toward the
attainment of a subcontracting goal may be granted, under subsection (g)
for any cost incurred after September 30, 2005.''.
(d) Reports and Reviews.--(1) Subsection (l) of such section is
amended to read as follows:
``(l) Reports and Reviews.--(1) The mentor firm and protege firm
under a mentor-protege agreement shall submit to the Secretary of
Defense an annual report on the progress made by the protege firm in
employment, revenues, and participation in Department of Defense
contracts during the fiscal year covered by the report. The requirement
for submission of an annual report applies with respect to each fiscal
year covered by the program participation term under the agreement and
each of the two fiscal years following the expiration of the program
participation term. The Secretary shall prescribe the timing and form of
the annual report.
``(2)(A) The Secretary shall conduct an annual performance review of
each mentor-protege agreement that provides for reimbursement of costs.
The Secretary shall determine on the basis of the review whether--
``(i) all costs reimbursed to the mentor firm under the agreement
were reasonably incurred to furnish assistance to the protege firm in
accordance with the requirements of this section and applicable
regulations; and
``(ii) the mentor firm and protege firm accurately reported progress
made by the protege firm in employment, revenues, and participation in
Department of Defense contracts during the program participation term
covered by the mentor-protege agreement and the two fiscal years
following the expiration of the program participation term.
``(B) The Secretary shall act through the Commander of the Defense
Contract Management Command in carrying out the reviews and making the
determinations under subparagraph (A).
``(3) Not later than 6 months after the end of each of fiscal years
2000 through 2004, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress an
annual report on the Mentor-Protege Program for that fiscal year.
``(4) The annual report for a fiscal year shall include, at a
minimum, the following:
``(A) The number of mentor-protege agreements that were entered into
during the fiscal year.
``(B) The number of mentor-protege agreements that were in effect
during the fiscal year.
``(C) The total amount reimbursed to mentor firms pursuant to
subsection (g) during the fiscal year.
``(D) Each mentor-protege agreement, if any, that was approved
during the fiscal year in accordance with subsection (e)(2) to provide a
program participation term in excess of 3 years, together with the
justification for the approval.
``(E) Each reimbursement of a mentor firm in excess of the
limitation in subsection (g)(2)(C) that was made during the fiscal year
pursuant to an approval granted in accordance with that subsection,
together with the justification for the approval.
``(F) Trends in the progress made in employment, revenues, and
participation in Department of Defense contracts by the protege firms
participating in the program during the fiscal year and the protege
firms that completed or otherwise terminated participation in the
program during the preceding two fiscal years.''.
(2)(A) The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a review of the
Mentor-Protege Program established in section 831 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101 510; 10
U.S.C. 2302 note) to assess the feasibility of transitioning such
program to operation without a specific appropriation or authority to
provide reimbursement to a mentor firm as provided in subsection (g) of
such section (as amended by subsection (b)).
(B) In conducting the review under subparagraph (A), the Secretary
shall assess possible additional incentives that may be extended to
mentor firms to ensure adequate support and participation in the
Mentor-Protege Program, including increasing the level of credit in lieu
of subcontract awards presently extended to mentor firms for purposes of
determining whether mentor firms attain subcontracting participation
goals applicable under Department of Defense contracts.
(C) Not later than September 30, 2000, the Secretary shall submit to
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives--
(i) a report on the results of the review conducted under this
paragraph; and
(ii) any recommendations of the Secretary for legislative action.
(3)(A) The Comptroller General shall conduct a study on the
implementation of the Mentor-Protege Program established in section 831
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public
Law 101 510; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) and the extent to which the program is
achieving the purposes established in that section in a cost-effective
manner.
(B) The study shall include the following:
(i) A review of the manner in which funds for the Mentor-Protege
Program have been obligated.
(ii) An identification and assessment of the average amount spent by
the Department of Defense on individual mentor-protege agreements, and
the correlation between levels of funding and business development of
protege firms.
(iii) An evaluation of the effectiveness of the incentives provided
to mentor firms to participate in the Mentor-Protege Program and whether
reimbursements remain a cost-effective and viable incentive.
(iv) An assessment of the success of the Mentor-Protege Program in
enhancing the business competitiveness and financial independence of
protege firms.
(v) A review of the relationship between the results of the
Mentor-Protegee Program and the objectives established in section 2323
of title 10, United States Code.
(C) Not later than January 1, 2002, the Comptroller General shall
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of
Representatives a report on the results of the study.
(e) Repeal of Limitation on Availability of Funding.--Subsection (n)
of section 831 of such Act is repealed.
(f) Effective Date and Savings Provision.--(1) The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on October 1, 1999, and shall apply with
respect to mentor-protege agreements that are entered into under section
831(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 on
or after that date.
(2) Section 831 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1991, as in effect on September 30, 1999, shall continue to apply
with respect to mentor-protege agreements entered into before October 1,
1999.
SEC. 812. PROGRAM TO INCREASE BUSINESS INNOVATION IN DEFENSE
ACQUISITION PROGRAMS.
(a) Requirement To Develop Plan.--Not later than March 1, 2000, the
Secretary of Defense shall publish in the Federal Register for public
comment a plan to provide for increased innovative technology for
acquisition programs of the Department of Defense from commercial
private sector entities, including small-business concerns.
(b) Implementation of Plan.--Not later than March 1, 2001, the
Secretary of Defense shall implement the plan required by subsection
(a), subject to any modifications the Secretary may choose to make in
response to comments received.
(c) Elements of Plan.--The plan required by subsection (a) shall
include, at a minimum, the following elements:
(1) Procedures through which commercial private sector entities,
including small-business concerns, may submit proposals recommending
cost-saving and innovative ideas to acquisition program managers.
(2) A review process designed to make recommendations on the merit
and viability of the proposals submitted under paragraph (1) at
appropriate times during the acquisition cycle.
(3) Measures to limit potential disruptions to existing contracts
and programs from proposals accepted and incorporated into acquisition
programs of the Department of Defense.
(4) Measures to ensure that research and development efforts of
small-business concerns are considered as early as possible in a
program's acquisition planning process to accommodate potential
technology insertion without disruption to existing contracts and
programs.
(d) Requirement for Report.--Not later than March 1, 2000, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report on the status of the Small Business Innovation
Research program rapid transition plan required by section 818 of the
Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999
(Public Law 105 261; 112 Stat. 2089). The report shall include the
following:
(1) The status of the implementation of each of the provisions of
the plan.
(2) For any provision of the plan that has not been fully
implemented as of the date of the report--
(A) the reasons that the provision has not been fully implemented; and
(B) a schedule, including specific milestones, for the
implementation of the provision.
(e) Small-Business Concern Defined.--In this section, the term
``small-business concern'' has the same meaning as the meaning of such
term as used in the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.).
SEC. 813. INCENTIVES TO PRODUCE INNOVATIVE NEW TECHNOLOGIES.
(a) Review of Guidelines.--The Secretary of Defense shall review the
profit guidelines established in the Department of Defense Supplement to
the Federal Acquisition Regulation to consider whether appropriate
modifications, such as placing increased emphasis on technical risk as a
factor for determining appropriate profit margins, would provide an
increased profit incentive for contractors to develop and produce
complex and innovative new technologies.
(b) Changes to Guidelines; Report.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall--
(1) make any changes to the profit guidelines that the Secretary
determines to be necessary; and
(2) report to Congress on the results of the review conducted under
subsection (a) and on any changes to the profit guidelines that the
Secretary determines to be necessary pursuant to paragraph (1).
SEC. 814. PILOT PROGRAM FOR COMMERCIAL SERVICES.
(a) Program Authorized.--The Secretary of Defense may carry out a
pilot program to treat procurements of commercial services as
procurements of commercial items.
(b) Designation of Pilot Program Categories.--The Secretary of
Defense may designate the following categories of services as commercial
services covered by the pilot program:
(1) Utilities and housekeeping services.
(2) Education and training services.
(3) Medical services.
(c) Treatment as Commercial Items.--A Department of Defense contract
for the procurement of commercial services designated by the Secretary
for the pilot program shall be treated as a contract for the procurement
of commercial items, as defined in section 4(12) of the Office of
Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12)), if the source of the
services provides similar services contemporaneously to the general
public under terms and conditions similar to those offered to the
Federal Government.
(d) Guidance.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall issue guidance to procurement officials
on contracting for commercial services under the pilot program. The
guidance shall place particular emphasis on ensuring that negotiated
prices for designated services, including prices negotiated without
competition, are fair and reasonable.
(e) Unified Management of Procurements.--The Secretary of Defense
shall develop and implement procedures to ensure that, whenever
appropriate, a single item manager or contracting officer is responsible
for entering into all contracts from a single contractor for commercial
services under the pilot program.
(f) Duration of Pilot Program.--(1) The pilot program shall begin on
the date that the Secretary issues the guidance required by subsection
(d) and may continue for a period, not in excess of five years, that the
Secretary shall establish.
(2) The pilot program shall cover Department of Defense contracts for
the procurement of commercial services designated by the Secretary under
subsection (b) that are awarded or modified during the period of the
pilot program, regardless of whether the contracts are performed during
the period.
(g) Report to Congress.--(1) The Secretary shall submit to Congress a
report on the impact of the pilot program on--
(A) prices paid by the Federal Government under contracts for
commercial services covered by the pilot program;
(B) the quality and timeliness of the services provided under such
contracts; and
(C) the extent of competition for such contracts.
(2) The Secretary shall submit the report--
(A) not later than 90 days after the end of the third full fiscal
year for which the pilot program is in effect; or
(B) if the period established for the pilot program under subsection
(f)(1) does not cover three full fiscal years, not later than 90 days
after the end of the designated period.
(h) Price Trend Analysis.--The Secretary of Defense shall apply the
procedures developed pursuant to section 803(c) of the Strom Thurmond
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105
261; 112 Stat. 2081; 10 U.S.C. 2306a note) to collect and analyze
information on price trends for all services covered by the pilot
program and for the services in such categories of services not covered
by the pilot program to which the Secretary considers it appropriate to
apply those procedures.
SEC. 815. EXPANSION OF APPLICABILITY OF REQUIREMENT TO MAKE
CERTAIN PROCUREMENTS FROM SMALL ARMS PRODUCTION INDUSTRIAL BASE.
(a) M 2 and M 60 Machine Guns.--In fulfilling the requirement under
subsection (e) of section 809 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105 261; 112 Stat.
2086; 10 U.S.C. 2473 note), if the Secretary of the Army determines that
it is necessary to protect the small arms production industrial base,
the Secretary shall exercise the authority under subsection (f) of such
section with regard to M 2 and M 60 machine guns.
(b) Covered Property and Services.--Section 2473(b) of title 10,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``Repair'' and inserting ``Critical repair'';
(B) by striking ``including repair parts''; and
(C) by inserting ``only'' after ``consisting''; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by adding ``such'' after ``Modifications of''.
SEC. 816. COMPLIANCE WITH EXISTING LAW REGARDING PURCHASES OF
EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.
(a) Sense of Congress Regarding Purchase by the Department of Defense
of Equipment and Products.--It is the sense of Congress that any entity
of the Department of Defense, in expending funds authorized by this Act
for the purchase of equipment or products, should fully comply with the
Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.) and section 2533 of title 10,
United States Code.
(b) Debarment of Persons Convicted of Fraudulent Use of ``Made in
America'' Labels.--If the Secretary of Defense determines that a person
has been convicted of intentionally affixing a label bearing a ``Made in
America'' inscription, or another inscription with the same meaning, to
any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made in
the United States, the Secretary shall determine, in accordance with
section 2410f of title 10, United States Code, whether the person should
be debarred from contracting with the Department of Defense.
SEC. 817. EXTENSION OF TEST PROGRAM FOR NEGOTIATION OF
COMPREHENSIVE SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTING PLANS.
Section 834(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101 189; 15 U.S.C. 637 note) is amended
by striking ``September 30, 2000'' and inserting ``September 30, 2005''.
SEC. 818. EXTENSION OF INTERIM REPORTING RULE FOR CERTAIN
PROCUREMENTS LESS THAN $100,000.
Section 31(e) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41
U.S.C. 427(e)) is amended by striking ``October 1, 1999'' and inserting
``October 1, 2004''.
SEC. 819. INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW OF COMPLIANCE WITH BUY
AMERICAN ACT IN PURCHASES OF STRENGTH TRAINING EQUIPMENT.
(a) Review Required.--The Inspector General of the Department of
Defense shall conduct a review to determine the extent to which the
purchases described in subsection (b) are being made in compliance with
the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.).
(b) Purchases Covered.--The review shall cover purchases, made during
the review period, of free weights and other exercise equipment for use
in strength training by members of the Armed Forces stationed at defense
installations located in the United States (including its territories
and possessions). For purposes of the preceding sentence, the review
period is the period beginning on April 1, 1998, and ending on March 31,
2000. Purchases not in excess of the micro-purchase threshold shall be
excluded from the review.
(c) Report.--Not later than December 31, 2000, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the review.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``free weights'' means dumbbells or solid metallic
disks balanced on crossbars, designed to be lifted for strength training
or athletic competition.
(2) The term ``micro-purchase threshold'' means the amount specified
in section 32(f) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41
U.S.C. 428(f)).
SEC. 820. REPORT ON OPTIONS FOR ACCELERATED ACQUISITION OF
PRECISION MUNITIONS.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Current Department of Defense inventories of many types of
precision munitions do not meet the requirements for such munitions
under the National Military Strategy that the Department of Defense have
the capability to conduct two nearly simultaneous Major Theater Wars,
and with respect to some types of precision munitions, those
requirements will not be met even after planned acquisitions are
complete.
(2) Production lines for certain types of critical precision
munitions have been shut down, and the start-up production of
replacement precision munitions leaves a critical gap in acquisition of
follow-on precision munitions.
(3) Shortages of conventional air-launched cruise missiles during
Operation Allied Force (conducted against the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia in the spring of 1999) and the necessity to replenish
inventories of land-attack Tomahawk cruise missiles following that
operation indicate the critical need to maintain sufficient inventories
of precision munitions.
(b) Report.--Not later than February 15, 2000, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on
the requirements of the Department of Defense for precision munitions
under the National Military Strategy that the Department of Defense have
the capability to conduct two nearly simultaneous Major Theater Wars.
The report shall include the following:
(1) The effect of recent conflicts on the shift to precision
munitions of targets previously allocated to nonprecision munitions in
the inventory requirements process.
(2) The required inventories of precision munitions, by type,
including existing or planned munitions or such munitions with
appropriate upgrades, to meet the requirement that the Department of
Defense have the capability to conduct two nearly simultaneous Major
Theater Wars.
(3) Current inventories of those precision munitions.
(4) The year when required inventories for each of those types of
precision munitions will be achieved within the acquisition plans set
forth in the budget of the President for fiscal year 2001.
(5) The year those inventories would be achieved within existing or
planned production capacity if produced at--
(A) the minimum sustained production rate;
(B) the most economic production rate; and
(C) the maximum production rate.
(6) The required level of funding to support production for each of
those types of munitions at each of the production rates specified in
paragraph (5), compared to the funding programmed for each type of
munition in the future-years defense program using the acquisition plans
specified in paragraph (4).
(7) With respect to each existing or planned munitions for which the
inventory is not expected to meet the two Major Theater War requirement
by October 1, 2005, the Secretary's assessment of the risk associated
with not having met such requirement by that date.
SEC. 821. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO PROHIBITION ON RELEASE OF
CONTRACTOR PROPOSALS UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.
Section 2305(g) of title 10, United States Code, is amended in
paragraph (1) by striking ``the Department of Defense'' and inserting
``an agency named in section 2303 of this title''.
TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT
SUBTITLE A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STRATEGIC PLANNING
Sec. 901. Permanent requirement for Quadrennial Defense Review.
Sec. 902. Minimum interval for updating and revising Department of
Defense strategic plan.
SUBTITLE B--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION
Sec. 911. Responsibility for logistics and sustainment functions
of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 912. Enhancement of technology security program of Department
of Defense.
Sec. 913. Efficient utilization of defense laboratories.
Sec. 914. Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs.
Sec. 915. Authority for acceptance by Asia-Pacific Center for
Security Studies of foreign gifts and donations.
SUBTITLE C--PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Sec. 921. Revisions to limitations on number of personnel assigned
to major Department of Defense headquarters activities.
Sec. 922. Defense acquisition workforce reductions.
Sec. 923. Monitoring and reporting requirements regarding
operations tempo and personnel tempo.
Sec. 924. Administration of defense reform initiative enterprise
program for military manpower and personnel information.
Sec. 925. Payment of tuition for education and training of members
in defense acquisition workforce.
SUBTITLE D--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 931. Additional matters for annual reports on joint
warfighting experimentation.
Sec. 932. Oversight of Department of Defense activities to combat
terrorism.
Sec. 933. Responsibilities and accountability for certain
financial management functions.
Sec. 934. Management of Civil Air Patrol.
Subtitle A--Department of Defense Strategic Planning
SEC. 901. PERMANENT REQUIREMENT FOR QUADRENNIAL DEFENSE REVIEW.
(a) Review Required.--(1) Chapter 2 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by inserting after section 117 the following new section:
``118. Quadrennial defense review
``(a) Review Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall every four
years, during a year following a year evenly divisible by four, conduct
a comprehensive examination (to be known as a `quadrennial defense
review') of the national defense strategy, force structure, force
modernization plans, infrastructure, budget plan, and other elements of
the defense program and policies of the United States with a view toward
determining and expressing the defense strategy of the United States and
establishing a defense program for the next 20 years. Each such
quadrennial defense review shall be conducted in consultation with the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
``(b) Conduct of Review.--Each quadrennial defense review shall be
conducted so as--
``(1) to delineate a national defense strategy consistent with the
most recent National Security Strategy prescribed by the President
pursuant to section 108 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
404a);
``(2) to define sufficient force structure, force modernization
plans, infrastructure, budget plan, and other elements of the defense
program of the United States associated with that national defense
strategy that would be required to execute successfully the full range
of missions called for in that national defense strategy ; and
``(3) to identify (A) the budget plan that would be required to
provide sufficient resources to execute successfully the full range of
missions called for in that national defense strategy at a
low-to-moderate level of risk, and (B) any additional resources (beyond
those programmed in the current future-years defense program) required
to achieve such a level of risk.
``(c) Assessment of Risk.--The assessment of risk for the purposes of
subsection (b) shall be undertaken by the Secretary of Defense in
consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. That
assessment shall define the nature and magnitude of the political,
strategic, and military risks associated with executing the missions
called for under the national defense strategy.
``(d) Submission of QDR to Congressional Committees.--The Secretary
shall submit a report on each quadrennial defense review to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives. The report shall be submitted not later than September
30 of the year in which the review is conducted. The report shall
include the following:
``(1) The results of the review, including a comprehensive
discussion of the national defense strategy of the United States and the
force structure best suited to implement that strategy at a
low-to-moderate level of risk.
``(2) The assumed or defined national security interests of the
United States that inform the national defense strategy defined in the
review.
``(3) The threats to the assumed or defined national security
interests of the United States that were examined for the purposes of
the review and the scenarios developed in the examination of those
threats.
``(4) The assumptions used in the review, including assumptions
relating to--
``(A) the status of readiness of United States forces;
``(B) the cooperation of allies, mission-sharing and additional
benefits to and burdens on United States forces resulting from coalition
operations;
``(C) warning times;
``(D) levels of engagement in operations other than war and
smaller-scale contingencies and withdrawal from such operations and
contingencies; and
``(E) the intensity, duration, and military and political end-states
of conflicts and smaller-scale contingencies.
``(5) The effect on the force structure and on readiness for
high-intensity combat of preparations for and participation in
operations other than war and smaller-scale contingencies.
``(6) The manpower and sustainment policies required under the
national defense strategy to support engagement in conflicts lasting
longer than 120 days.
``(7) The anticipated roles and missions of the reserve components
in the national defense strategy and the strength, capabilities, and
equipment necessary to assure that the reserve components can capably
discharge those roles and missions.
``(8) The appropriate ratio of combat forces to support forces
(commonly referred to as the `tooth-to-tail' ratio) under the national
defense strategy, including, in particular, the appropriate number and
size of headquarters units and Defense Agencies for that purpose.
``(9) The strategic and tactical air-lift, sea-lift, and ground
transportation capabilities required to support the national defense
strategy.
``(10) The forward presence, pre-positioning, and other anticipatory
deployments necessary under the national defense strategy for conflict
deterrence and adequate military response to anticipated conflicts.
``(11) The extent to which resources must be shifted among two or
more theaters under the national defense strategy in the event of
conflict in such theaters.
``(12) The advisability of revisions to the Unified Command Plan as
a result of the national defense strategy.
``(13) The effect on force structure of the use by the armed forces
of technologies anticipated to be available for the ensuing 20 years.
``(14) Any other matter the Secretary considers appropriate.
``(e) CJCS Review.--Upon the completion of each review under
subsection (a), the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff shall prepare
and submit to the Secretary of Defense the Chairman's assessment of the
review, including the Chairman's assessment of risk. The Chairman's
assessment shall be submitted to the Secretary in time for the inclusion
of the assessment in the report. The Secretary shall include the
Chairman's assessment, together with the Secretary's comments, in the
report in its entirety.''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 2 of such title
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 117 the
following new item:
``118. Quadrennial defense review.''.
(b) Date for Submission of National Security Strategy.--Section
108(a) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404a(a)) is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) Not later than 150 days after the date on which a new President
takes office, the President shall transmit to Congress a national
security strategy report under this section. That report shall be in
addition to the report for that year transmitted at the time specified
in paragraph (2).''.
(c) Specified Matter for Next QDR.--In the first quadrennial defense
review conducted under section 118 of title 10, United States Code, as
added by subsection (a), the Secretary shall include in the technologies
considered for the purposes of paragraph (13) of subsection (d) of that
section the following: precision guided munitions, stealth, night
vision, digitization, and communications.
SEC. 902. MINIMUM INTERVAL FOR UPDATING AND REVISING
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STRATEGIC PLAN.
Section 306(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking
``, and shall be updated and revised at least every three years.'' and
inserting a period and the following: ``The strategic plan shall be
updated and revised at least every three years, except that the
strategic plan for the Department of Defense shall be updated and
revised at least every four years.''.
Subtitle B--Department of Defense Organization
SEC. 911. RESPONSIBILITY FOR LOGISTICS AND SUSTAINMENT
FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology.--(1)
The position of Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and
Technology in the Department of Defense is hereby redesignated as the
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics.
Any reference in any law, regulation, document, or other record of the
United States to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and
Technology shall be treated as referring to the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics.
(2) Section 133 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in subsections (a), (b), and (e)(1), by striking ``Under
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology'' and inserting
``Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and
Logistics''; and
(B) in subsection (b)--
(i) by striking ``logistics,'' in paragraph (2);
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and
(5), respectively; and
(iii) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph
(3):
``(3) establishing policies for logistics, maintenance, and
sustainment support for all elements of the Department of Defense;''.
(b) New Deputy Under Secretary for Logistics and Materiel
Readiness.--(1) Chapter 4 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after section 133a the following new section:
``133b. Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Logistics and
Materiel Readiness
``(a) There is a Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Logistics and
Materiel Readiness, appointed from civilian life by the President, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Deputy Under
Secretary shall be appointed from among persons with an extensive
background in the sustainment of major weapon systems and combat support
equipment.
``(b) The Deputy Under Secretary is the principal adviser to the
Secretary and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology, and Logistics on logistics and materiel readiness in the
Department of Defense and is the principal logistics official within the
senior management of the Department of Defense.
``(c) The Deputy Under Secretary shall perform such duties relating
to logistics and materiel readiness as the Under Secretary of Defense
for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics may assign, including--
``(1) prescribing, by authority of the Secretary of Defense,
policies and procedures for the conduct of logistics, maintenance,
materiel readiness, and sustainment support in the Department of
Defense;
``(2) advising and assisting the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy
Secretary of Defense, and the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics providing guidance to and
consulting with the Secretaries of the military departments, with
respect to logistics, maintenance, materiel readiness, and sustainment
support in the Department of Defense; and
``(3) monitoring and reviewing all logistics, maintenance, materiel
readiness, and sustainment support programs in the Department of
Defense.''.
(2) Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after the paragraph relating to the Deputy Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition and Technology the following new paragraph:
``Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel
Readiness.''.
(c) Revisions to Law Providing for Deputy Under Secretary for
Acquisition and Technology.--Section 133a(b) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``his duties'' in the first sentence and inserting
``the Under Secretary's duties relating to acquisition and technology'';
and
(2) by striking the second sentence.
(d) Conforming Amendments to Chapter 4.-- Chapter 4 of such title is
further amended as follows:
(1) Sections 131(b)(2), 134(c), 137(b), and 139(b) are amended by
striking ``Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology''
each place it appears and inserting ``Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics''.
(2) The heading of section 133 is amended to read as follows:
``133. Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology,
and Logistics''.
(3) The table of sections at the beginning of the chapter is amended--
(A) by striking the item relating to section 133 and inserting the
following:
``133. Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and
Logistics.'';
and
(B) by inserting after the item relating to section 133a the
following new item:
``133b. Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Logistics and
Materiel Readiness.''.
(e) Additional Conforming Amendments.--Section 5313 of title 5,
United States Code, is amended by striking ``Under Secretary of Defense
for Acquisition and Technology'' and inserting ``Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics''.
SEC. 912. ENHANCEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY SECURITY PROGRAM OF
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) Specification of Technology Security Directorate.--For purposes
of this section, a reference to the Technology Security Directorate is a
reference to the element within the Defense Threat Reduction Agency of
the Department of Defense having responsibility for technology security
matters (known as of the date of the enactment of this Act as the
Technology Security Directorate).
(b) Functions.--The head of the Technology Security Directorate shall
have authority to advise the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy
Secretary of Defense, through the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy,
on policy issues related to the transfer of strategically sensitive
technology, including issues relating to the following:
(1) Strategic trade.
(2) Defense cooperative programs.
(3) Science and technology agreements and exchanges.
(4) Export of munitions items.
(5) International memorandums of understanding.
(6) Foreign acquisitions.
(c) Resources for Technology Security Directorate.--The Secretary of
Defense shall ensure that the head of the Technology Security
Directorate has appropriate personnel and fiscal resources available,
and receives all necessary support, to carry out the missions of the
Directorate efficiently and effectively.
(d) Approval Authority of Under Secretary for Policy.--Staff and
resources of the Technology Security Directorate may not be used to
fulfill any requirement or activity of the Defense Threat Reduction
Agency that does not directly relate to the technology security and
export control missions of the Technology Security Directorate except
with the prior approval of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
(e) Report on Export Control Resources.--Not later than March 1,
2000, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report setting forth the personnel and budget resources of
the Technology Security Directorate as of October 1, 1998, and as of
September 30, 1999, as well as any planned increases in those resources
for fiscal years 2000 and 2001. The report shall include the following:
(1) Numbers of personnel, measured in full-time equivalents.
(2) Number of license applications reviewed.
(3) The budget of the Technology Security Directorate.
(4) The number of personnel during the preceding fiscal year
assigned to the Technology Security Directorate who were assigned during
that year to assist in activities of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency
unrelated to technology security or export control issues, together with
an explanation of the effect of any such assignment on the Directorate's
ability to fulfill its mission.
SEC. 913. EFFICIENT UTILIZATION OF DEFENSE LABORATORIES.
(a) Analysis by Independent Panel.--(1) Not later than 45 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
convene a panel of independent experts under the auspices of the Defense
Science Board to conduct an analysis of the resources and capabilities
of all of the laboratories and test and evaluation facilities of the
Department of Defense, including those of the military departments. In
conducting the analysis, the panel shall identify opportunities to
achieve efficiency and reduce duplication of efforts by consolidating
responsibilities by area or function or by designating lead agencies or
executive agents in cases considered appropriate. The panel shall report
its findings to the Secretary of Defense and to Congress not later than
August 1, 2000.
(2) The analysis required by paragraph (1) shall, at a minimum,
address the capabilities of the laboratories and test and evaluation
facilities in the areas of air vehicles, armaments, command, control,
communications, and intelligence, space, directed energy, electronic
warfare, medicine, corporate laboratories, civil engineering,
geophysics, and the environment.
(b) Performance Review Process.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
develop an appropriate performance review process for rating the quality
and relevance of work performed by the Department of Defense
laboratories. The process shall include customer evaluation and peer
review by Department of Defense personnel and appropriate experts from
outside the Department of Defense. The process shall provide for rating
all laboratories of the Army, Navy, and Air Force on a consistent basis.
SEC. 914. CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF CHINESE MILITARY AFFAIRS.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a Center
for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs as part of the National
Defense University. The Center shall be organized under the Institute
for National Strategic Studies of the University.
(b) Qualifications of Director.--The Director of the Center shall be
an individual who is a distinguished scholar of proven academic,
management, and leadership credentials with a superior record of
achievement and publication regarding Chinese political, strategic, and
military affairs.
(c) Mission.--The mission of the Center is to study and inform
policymakers in the Department of Defense, Congress, and throughout the
Government regarding the national goals and strategic posture of the
People's Republic of China and the ability of that nation to develop,
field, and deploy an effective military instrument in support of its
national strategic objectives. The Center shall accomplish that mission
by a variety of means intended to widely disseminate the research
findings of the Center.
(d) Startup of Center.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish the
Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs not later than March 1,
2000. The first Director of the Center shall be appointed not later than
June 1, 2000. The Center should be fully operational not later than June
1, 2001.
(e) Implementation Report.--(1) Not later than January 1, 2001, the
President of the National Defense University shall submit to the
Secretary of Defense a report setting forth the President's
organizational plan for the Center for the Study of Chinese Military
Affairs, the proposed budget for the Center, and the timetable for
initial and full operations of the Center. The President of the National
Defense University shall prepare that report in consultation with the
Director of the Center and the Director of the Institute for National
Strategic Studies of the University.
(2) The Secretary of Defense shall transmit the report under
paragraph (1), together with whatever comments the Secretary considers
appropriate, to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives not later
than February 1, 2001.
SEC. 915. AUTHORITY FOR ACCEPTANCE BY ASIA-PACIFIC CENTER FOR
SECURITY STUDIES OF FOREIGN GIFTS AND DONATIONS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 155 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``2611. Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies: acceptance
of foreign gifts and donations
``(a) Authority To Accept Foreign Gifts and Donations.--(1) Subject
to subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense may accept, on behalf of the
Asia-Pacific Center, foreign gifts or donations in order to defray the
costs of, or enhance the operation of, the Asia-Pacific Center.
``(2) In this section, the term `Asia-Pacific Center' means the
Department of Defense organization within the United States Pacific
Command known as the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies.
``(b) Limitation.--The Secretary may not accept a gift or donation
under subsection (a) if the acceptance of the gift or donation would
compromise or appear to compromise--
``(1) the ability of the Department of Defense, any employee of the
Department, or members of the armed forces to carry out any
responsibility or duty of the Department in a fair and objective manner;
or
``(2) the integrity of any program of the Department of Defense or
of any person involved in such a program.
``(c) Criteria for Acceptance.--The Secretary shall prescribe written
guidance setting forth the criteria to be used in determining whether
the acceptance of a foreign gift or donation would have a result
described in subsection (b).
``(d) Crediting of Funds.--Funds accepted by the Secretary under
subsection (a) shall be credited to appropriations available to the
Department of Defense for the Asia-Pacific Center. Funds so credited
shall be merged with the appropriations to which credited and shall be
available to the Asia-Pacific Center for the same purposes and same
period as the appropriations with which merged.
``(e) Notice to Congress.--If the total amount of funds accepted
under subsection (a) in any fiscal year exceeds $2,000,000, the
Secretary shall notify Congress of the amount of those donations for
that fiscal year. Any such notice shall list each of the contributors