106 th Congress 2d Session
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Report
106 945
ENACTMENT OF PROVISIONS OF
H.R. 5408, THE FLOYD D. SPENCE
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001
CONFERENCE REPORT
to accompany
H.R. 4205
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October 6, 2000.--Ordered to be printed
ENACTMENT OF PROVISIONS OF H.R. 5408, THE FLOYD D. SPENCE NATIONAL
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001
66 636
2000
106 th Congress 2d Session
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Report
106 945
ENACTMENT OF PROVISIONS OF
H.R. 5408, THE FLOYD D. SPENCE
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001
CONFERENCE REPORT
to accompany
H.R. 4205
[Graphic Image Not Available]
October 6, 2000.--Ordered to be printed
CONTENTS
JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE 7
Summary Statement of Conference Action 534
Summary Table of Authorizations 534
Congressional Defense Committees 540
DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 540
Title I--Procurement 540
Procurement Overview
540
Overview
543
UH 60 Blackhawk
546
TH 67 training helicopter
546
Longbow
546
AH 64 modifications
546
UH 60 modifications
547
Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE)
547
Aircrew integrated systems
547
Overview
547
Army tactical missile system
550
Overview
550
Bradley base sustainment
553
Improved recovery vehicle
553
Heavy assault bridge system modifications
553
Army Transformation
553
Machine gun, squad automatic weapon
554
Overview
554
155MM Sense and Destroy Armor Munition M898
558
Overview
558
Tactical trailers/dolly sets
567
High mobility multipurpose-wheeled vehicle
567
Family of medium tactical vehicles
567
Fire trucks and associated firefighting equipment
567
M915/M916 line haul truck tractor
567
Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams
568
Army data distribution system
568
Single channel ground and airborne radio systems family
569
Area common user system modification program
569
Night vision devices
569
Combat identification/aiming light
570
Standard integrated command post system
570
Automated data processing equipment
570
Ribbon bridge
570
Laundries, showers, and latrines
571
Combat support medical
571
Roller, vibratory, self-propelled
571
Hydraulic excavator
571
Deployable universal combat earth mover
572
Construction equipment service life extension program
572
Small tug
572
Combat training center instrumentation support
572
Nonsystem training devices
573
Overview
573
Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Army
575
Overview
577
F/A 18E/F aircraft
581
SH 60R helicopter
581
UC 35 aircraft
581
18 series modifications
581
AH 1 series modifications
582
H 53 series modifications
582
H 1 series modifications
582
EP 3 aircraft modifications
583
Overview
583
Trident II advance procurement
586
Drones and decoys
586
Weapons industrial facilities
586
Mark 48 advanced capability torpedo modifications
586
Close-in weapons system modifications
587
Gun mount modifications
587
Overview
587
Overview
590
DDG 51 destroyers
593
LHD 8 advance procurement
593
Ship outfitting
593
Overview
593
Surveillance and security for military sealift ships
602
AN/WSN 7 inertial navigation system
602
Integrated condition assessment system
602
AN/SPS 73(V) surface search radar
602
Nuclear attack submarine acoustics
602
Sonar support equipment
603
Shipboard indications and warnings exploit
603
Side-scanning sonar for forward deployed minesweepers
603
Shallow water mine countermeasures
603
Other training equipment
604
Joint tactical terminal
604
Joint engineering data management and information control system
604
Naval shore communications equipment
604
Sonobuoys
604
Weapons range support equipment
605
Rolling airframe guided missile launcher
605
Cruiser smart ship
605
NULKA anti-ship missile decoy system
605
SSN combat control systems
606
Civil engineering support equipment
606
Education support equipment
606
Overview
606
Communications and electronic infrastructure support
611
Night vision equipment
611
Radio systems
611
5/4 ton truck high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles
611
Material handling equipment
611
Overview
612
16C aircraft
617
C 17 aircraft
617
C 17 advance procurement
617
EC 130J aircraft
617
B 52 aircraft modifications
618
A 10 aircraft integrated flight and fire control computer
618
15 modifications
618
16 aircraft modifications
619
Defense airborne reconnaissance program modifications
619
Other aircraft modifications
620
Defense airborne reconnaissance program aircraft support equipment
620
Overview
621
Overview
624
Overview
627
Intelligence communications equipment
633
Combat training ranges
633
Items less than $5.0 million
633
Overview
633
MH 60 aerial refueling probes and 200 gallon fuel tanks
638
Special operations forces small arms and support equipment
638
Items of Special Interest
638
Air Mobility Command
638
Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance programs
639
LPD 17 amphibious ships
639
Multipurpose individual munition
640
Shipbuilding overview
641
Legislative Provisions Adopted
642
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations
642
Authorization of appropriations (secs. 101 106)
642
Subtitle B--Army Programs
642
Multiyear procurement authority (sec. 111)
642
Increase in limitation on number of bunker defeat munitions that may
be acquired (sec. 112)
642
Reports and limitations relating to Army transformation (sec. 113)
642
Subtitle C--Navy Programs
643
CVNX 1 nuclear aircraft carrier program (sec. 121)
643
Arleigh Burke class destroyer program (sec. 122)
644
Virginia class submarine program (sec. 123)
644
Limitation during fiscal year 2001 on changes in submarine force
structure (sec. 124)
644
ADC(X) ship program (sec. 125)
645
Refueling and complex overhaul program of the U.S.S. Dwight D.
Eisenhower (sec. 126)
645
Analysis of certain shipbuilding programs (sec. 127)
645
Helicopter support of FFG 7 frigates during fiscal year 2001 (sec. 128)
645
V 22 cockpit aircraft voice and flight data recorders (sec. 129)
645
Subtitle D--Air Force Programs
646
Annual Report on the B 2 bomber (sec. 131)
646
Report on modernization of Air National Guard F 16A units (sec. 132)
646
Subtitle E--Joint Programs
647
Study of final assembly and checkout alternatives for the joint
strike fighter program (sec. 141)
647
Subtitle F--Chemical Demilitarization
647
Pueblo Chemical Depot chemical agent ammunitions destruction
technologies (sec. 151)
647
Report on assessment of need for Federal economic assistance for
communities impacted by chemical demilitarization activities (sec. 152)
647
Prohibition against disposal of non-stockpile chemical warfare
material at Anniston chemical stockpile disposal facility (sec. 153)
647
Legislative Provisions not Adopted
647
AGM 65 modifications
647
Anti-personnel obstacle breaching system
648
C 135 modifications
648
Integrated bridge system for Naval systems special warfare rigid
inflatable boats and high-speed assault craft
648
Rapid intravenous infusion pumps
648
Remanufactured AV 8B aircraft
649
Title II--Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
649
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Overview
649
Overview
651
Tactical High Energy Laser
660
Emergency preparedness training
660
High energy laser research and development
660
Advanced tank armament system
661
Defense manufacturing technology program
661
Overview
662
Biodegradable polymers
674
Torpedoes and unmanned undersea vehicles
674
DP 2 thrust vectoring system proof-of-concept demonstration
674
Virtual test bed for reconfigurable ship
675
Fleet health technology and occupational lung disease
675
Common towed array
676
Advanced land attack missile
676
Joint strike fighter
677
Nonlethal research and technologies
678
Power node control centers
678
Advanced food service technology
678
14 tactical reconnaissance
678
Marine Corps ground combat/supporting arms systems
679
Tactical unmanned aerial vehicles
679
Overview
680
XSS 10 micro-satellite technology demonstration
691
Specialty aerospace metals
691
Space-based radar
692
Space maneuver vehicle
692
Space Based Laser program
693
Electronic warfare development
693
Satellite control network
693
Manned reconnaissance systems
694
Overview
694
Chemical and Biological Defense Program
704
Nuclear sustainment and counterproliferation technologies
705
Blast mitigation testing
705
Chemical and biological detectors
705
Facial recognition access control technology
705
Weapons of mass destruction attack-effects-response assessment
capability at U.S. Joint Forces Command
707
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization funding and programmatic guidance
707
Defense imagery and mapping program
710
Special operations tactical systems development
710
Common imagery processor
711
Defense Space Reconnaissance Program
711
Future scout and cavalry system
712
Modernized hellfire/common missile
713
National Imagery and Mapping Agency pre-acquisition activities
713
Nuclear Detonation Detection System
715
Radar technology insertion program
716
Space launch ranges
716
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations
716
Authorization of appropriations (secs. 201 202)
716
Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations
717
Management of Space-Based Infrared System-Low (sec. 211)
717
Joint strike fighter program (sec. 212)
717
Fiscal year 2002 joint field experiment (sec. 213)
717
Nuclear aircraft carrier design and production modeling (sec. 214)
718
DD 21 class destroyer program (sec. 215)
718
Limitation on Russian American Observation Satellites program (sec. 216)
718
Joint Biological Defense Program (sec. 217)
719
Report on biological warfare defense vaccine research and development
programs (sec. 218)
719
Cost limitations applicable to F 22 aircraft program (sec. 219)
720
Unmanned advanced capability combat aircraft and ground combat
vehicles (sec. 220)
720
Global Hawk high altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (sec. 221)
721
Army space control technology development (sec. 222)
722
Subtitle C--Ballistic Missile Defense
722
Funding for fiscal year 2001 (sec. 231)
722
Reports on ballistic missile threat posed by North Korea (sec. 232)
722
Plan to modify ballistic missile defense architecture (sec. 233)
722
Management of Airborne Laser program (sec. 234)
723
Subtitle D--High Energy Laser Programs
723
High energy laser programs (secs. 241 250)
723
Subtitle E--Other Matters
724
Reports on mobile offshore base concept and potential use for certain
purposes of technologies associated with that concept (sec. 251)
724
Air Force science and technology planning (sec. 252)
724
Enhancement of authorities regarding education partnerships for
purposes of encouraging scientific study (sec. 253)
724
Recognition of those individuals instrumental to naval research
efforts during the period from before World War II through the end of
the Cold War (sec. 254)
724
Legislative Provisions not Adopted
725
Acoustic mine detection technology
725
Additional authorization for weathering and corrosion technology for
aircraft surfaces and parts
725
Air logistics technology
725
Ammunition risk analysis research
725
Funding for comparisons of medium armored vehicles
726
Joint technology information center initiative
726
Navy information technology center and human resource enterprise
strategy
726
Sense of Congress concerning commitment to deployment of National
Missile Defense System
726
Technology for mounted maneuver forces
726
Title III--Operation and Maintenance
727
Overview
727
Battlefield Mobility Enhancement System
756
Cultural and historic activities
756
MOCAS enhancements
756
Items of Special Interest
757
Funding for Formerly Used Defense Sites and the Conway Bombing and
Gunnery Range, Horry County, South Carolina
757
United States Army marksmanship program
757
Water quality issues at installations in Kaiserslautern, Germany
758
Legislative Provisions Adopted
758
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations
758
Authorization of appropriations (secs. 301 302)
758
Armed Forces Retirement Home (sec. 303)
758
Transfer from National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund (sec. 304)
758
Joint warfighting capabilities assessment teams (sec. 305)
759
Subtitle B--Environmental Provisions
759
Establishment of additional environmental restoration account and use
of accounts for operation and monitoring of environmental remedies (sec.
311)
759
Certain environmental restoration activities (sec. 312)
759
Annual reports under Strategic Environmental Research and Development
Program (sec. 313)
760
Payment of fines and penalties for environmental compliance at Fort
Wainwright, Alaska (sec. 314)
760
Payment of fines or penalties imposed for environmental compliance
violations at other Department of Defense facilities (sec. 315)
760
Reimbursement for certain costs in connection with the former
Nansemond Ordnance Depot Site, Suffolk, Virginia (sec. 316)
761
Necessity of military low-level flight training to protect national
security and enhance military readiness (sec. 317)
761
Ship disposal project (sec. 318)
761
Defense Environmental Security Corporate Information Management
Program (sec. 319)
762
Report on Plasma Energy Pyrolysis System (sec. 320)
762
Sense of Congress regarding environmental restoration of former
defense manufacturing site, Santa Clarita, California (sec. 321)
762
Subtitle C--Commissaries and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities
763
Use of appropriated funds to cover operating expenses of commissary
stores (sec. 331)
763
Adjustment of sales prices of commissary store goods and services to
cover certain expenses (sec. 332)
763
Use of surcharges for construction and improvement of commissary
stores (sec. 333)
763
Inclusion of magazines and other periodicals as an authorized
commissary merchandise category (sec. 334)
763
Use of most economical distribution method for distilled spirits
(sec. 335)
763
Report on effects of availability of slot machines on United States
military installations overseas (sec. 336)
764
Subtitle D--Department of Defense Industrial Facilities
764
Designation of Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence and
public-private partnerships to increase utilization of such centers
(sec. 341)
764
Unutilized and underutilized plant-capacity costs of United States
arsenals (sec. 342)
765
Arsenal support program initiative (sec. 343)
765
Codification and improvement of armament retooling and manufacturing
support programs (sec. 344)
765
Subtitle E--Performance of Functions by Private-Sector Sources
765
Inclusion of additional information in reports to Congress required
before conversion of commercial or industrial type functions to
contractor performance (sec. 351)
765
Effects of outsourcing on overhead costs of Centers of Industrial and
Technical Excellence and Army ammunition plants (sec. 352)
766
Consolidation, restructuring, or re-engineering of Department of
Defense organizations, functions, or activities (sec. 353)
766
Monitoring of savings resulting from workforce reductions as part of
conversion of functions to performance by private sector or other
strategic sourcing initiatives (sec. 354)
767
Performance of emergency response functions at chemical weapons
storage installations (sec. 355)
767
Suspension of reorganization or relocation of Naval Audit Service
(sec. 356)
767
Subtitle F--Defense Dependents Education
768
Eligibility of dependents of American Red Cross employees for
enrollment in Department of Defense domestic dependent schools in Puerto
Rico (sec. 361)
768
Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of
members of the armed forces and Department of Defense civilian employees
(sec. 362)
768
Impact aid for children with severe disabilities (sec. 363)
768
Assistance for maintenance, repair, and renovation of school
facilities that serve dependents of members of the Armed Forces and
Department of Defense civilian employees (sec. 364)
768
Subtitle G--Military Readiness Issues
769
Measuring cannibalization of parts, supplies, and equipment under
readiness reporting system (sec. 371)
769
Reporting requirements regarding transfers from high-priority
readiness appropriations (sec. 372)
769
Effects of worldwide contingency operations on readiness of military
aircraft and equipment (sec. 373)
769
Identification of requirements to reduce backlog in maintenance and
repair of defense facilities (sec. 374)
769
New methodology for preparing budget requests to satisfy Army
readiness requirements (sec. 375)
770
Review of AH 64 aircraft program (sec. 376)
770
Report on Air Force spare and repair parts program for C 5 (sec. 377)
770
Subtitle H--Other Matters
770
Annual report on public sale of certain military equipment identified
on United States Munitions List (sec. 381)
770
Resale of armor-piercing ammunition disposed of by the Army (sec. 382)
771
Reimbursement by civil air carriers for support provided at Johnston
Atoll (sec. 383)
771
Travel by Reserves on military aircraft (sec. 384)
771
Overseas airlift service on Civil Reserve Air Fleet aircraft (sec. 385)
771
Additions to plan for ensuring visibility over all in-transit end
items and secondary items (sec. 386)
772
Reauthorization of pilot program for acceptance and use of landing
fees charged for use of domestic military airfields by civil aircraft
(sec. 387)
772
Extension of authority to sell certain aircraft for use in wildfire
suppression (sec. 388)
772
Damage to aviation facilities caused by alkali silica reactivity
(sec. 389)
772
Demonstration project to increase reserve component internet access
and services in rural communities (sec. 390)
772
Additional conditions on implementation of Defense Joint Accounting
System (sec. 391)
773
Report on Defense Travel System (sec. 392)
773
Review of Department of Defense costs of maintaining historical
properties (sec. 393)
773
Legislative Provisions not Adopted
774
Authority to ensure demilitarization of significant military
equipment formerly owned by the Department of Defense
774
Close-in weapon system overhauls
774
Industrial mobilization capacity at government-owned,
government-operated army ammunition facilities and arsenals
774
Investment of commissary trust revolving fund
774
MK 45 overhaul
774
Mounted urban combat training site, Fort Knox
775
National Guard assistance for certain youth and charitable organizations
775
Notice of use of radio frequency spectrum by a system entering
engineering and manufacturing development
775
Revision of authority to waive limitation on performance of
depot-level maintenance
776
Spectrum data base upgrades
776
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
776
Weatherproofing of facilities at Keesler Air Force Base
776
Title IV--Military Personnel Authorizations
777
Items of Special Interest
777
Funding for Army Reserve Individual Mobilization Augmentees
777
Legislative Provisions Adopted
777
Subtitle A--Active Forces
777
End strengths for active forces (sec. 401)
777
Revision in permanent end strength minimum levels (sec. 402)
777
Adjustment to end strength flexibility authority (sec. 403)
778
Subtitle B--Reserve Forces
778
End strengths for Selected Reserve (sec. 411)
778
End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the reserves
(sec. 412)
778
End strengths for military technicians (dual status) (sec. 413)
779
Fiscal year 2001 limitation on non-dual status technicians (sec. 414)
780
Increase in numbers of members in certain grades authorized to be on
active duty in support of the Reserves (sec. 415)
780
Subtitle C--Other Matters Relating to Personnel Strengths
781
Authority for Secretary of Defense to suspend certain personnel
strength limitations during war or national emergency (sec. 421)
781
Exclusion from active component end strengths of certain reserve
component members on active duty in support of the combatant commands
(sec. 422)
782
Exclusion of Army and Air Force medical and dental officers from
limitation on strengths of reserve comissioned officers in grades below
brigadier general (sec. 423)
782
Authority for temporary increases in number of reserve component
personnel serving on active duty or full-time national guard duty in
certain grades (sec. 424)
782
Subtitle D--Authorization of Appropriations
782
Authorization of appropriations for military personnel (sec. 431)
782
Legislative Provisions not Adopted
784
Temporary exemption of Director of the National Security Agency from
limitations on number of Air Force officers above major general
784
Title V--Military Personnel Policy
785
Legislative Provisions Adopted
785
Subtitle A--Officer Personnel Policy
785
Eligibility of Army and Air Force reserve colonels and brigadier
generals for position vacancy promotions (sec. 501)
785
Flexibility in establishing promotion zones for Coast Guard Reserve
officers (sec. 502)
785
Time for release of reports of officer promotion selection boards
(sec. 503
785
Clarification of requirements for composition of active-duty list
selection boards when reserve officers are under consideration (sec.
504)
785
Authority to issue posthumous commissions in case of members dying
before official recommendation for appointment or promotion is approved
by Secretary concerned (sec. 505)
785
Technical corrections relating to retired grade rule for Army and Air
Force officers (sec. 506)
786
Grade of chiefs of reserve components and directors of National Guard
components (sec. 507)
786
Revision to rules for entitlement to separation pay for regular and
reserve officers (sec. 508)
786
Subtitle B--Reserve Component Personnel Policy
787
Exemption from active-duty list for reserve officers on active duty
for a period of three years or less (sec. 521)
787
Termination of application requirement for consideration of officers
for continuation on the reserve active-status list (sec. 522)
787
Authority to retain Air Force reserve officers in all medical
specialties until specified age (sec. 523)
787
Authority for provision of legal services to reserve component
members following release from active duty (sec. 524)
787
Extension of involuntary civil service retirement date for certain
reserve technicians (sec. 525)
787
Subtitle C--Education and Training
788
Eligibility of children of reserves for presidential appointment to
service academies (sec. 531)
788
Selection of foreign students to receive instruction at service
academies (sec. 532)
788
Revision of college tuition assistance program for members of Marine
Corps Platoon Leaders Class program (sec. 533)
788
Review of allocation of Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps units
among the services (sec. 534)
788
Authority for Naval Postgraduate School to enroll certain defense
industry civilians in specified programs relating to defense product
development (sec. 535)
789
Subtitle D--Decorations, Awards, and Commendations
789
Limitation on award of Bronze Star to members in receipt of Imminent
Danger Pay (sec. 541)
789
Consideration of proposals for posthumous or honorary promotions or
appointments of members or former members of the armed forces and other
qualified persons (sec. 542)
789
Waiver of time limitations for award of certain decorations to
certain persons (sec. 543)
789
Addition of certain information to markers on graves containing
remains of certain unknowns from the U.S.S. Arizona who died in the
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 (sec. 544)
790
Sense of Congress on the court-martial conviction of Captain Charles
Butler McVay, commander of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, and on the
courageous service of the crew of that vessel (sec. 545)
790
Posthumous advancement on retired list of Rear Admiral Husband E.
Kimmel and Major General Walter C. Short, senior officers in command in
Hawaii on December 7, 1941 (sec. 546)
790
Commendation of citizens of Remy, France, for World War II actions
(sec. 547)
791
Authority for award of the medal of honor to William H. Pitsenbarger
for valor during the Vietnam War (sec. 548)
791
Subtitle E--Military Justice and Legal Aissitance Matters
791
Recognition by states of military testamentary instruments (sec. 551)
791
Policy concerning rights of individuals whose names have been entered
into Department of Defense official criminal investigative reports (sec.
552)
791
Limitation on secretarial authority to grant clemency for military
prisoners serving sentence of confinement for life without eligibility
for parole (sec. 553)
792
Authority for civilian special agents of the military department
criminal investigative organizations to execute warrants and make
arrests (sec. 554)
792
Requirement for verbatim record in certain special court-martial
cases (sec. 555)
792
Commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Uniform Code of
Military Justice (sec. 556)
793
Subtitle F--Matters Relating to Recruiting
793
Army recruiting pilot programs (sec. 561)
793
Enhancement of recruitment market research and advertising programs
(sec. 562)
793
Access to secondary schools for military recruiting purposes (sec. 563)
793
Pilot program to enhance military recruiting by improving military
awareness of school counselors and educators (sec. 564)
794
Subtitle G--Other Matters
794
Extension to end of calendar year of expiration date for certain
force drawdown transition authorities (sec. 571)
794
Voluntary separation incentive (sec. 572)
794
Congressional review period for assignment of women to duty on
submarines and for any proposed reconfiguration or design of submarines
to accommodate female crew members (sec. 573)
795
Management and per diem requirements for members subject to lengthy
or numerous deployments (sec. 574)
795
Pay in lieu of allowance for funeral honors duty (sec. 575)
795
Test of ability of reserve component intelligence units and personnel
to meet current and emerging defense intelligence needs (sec. 576)
796
National Guard Challenge Program (sec. 577)
796
Study of use of civilian contractor pilots for operational support
missions (sec. 578)
796
Reimbursement for expenses incurred by members in connection with
cancellation of leave on short notice (sec. 579)
797
Legislative Provisions not Adopted
797
Authority for award of the Medal of Honor
797
Collection and use of deoxyribonucleic acid identification
information from violent and sexual offenders in the armed forces
797
Contingent exemption from limitation on number of Air Force officers
serving on active duty in grades above major general
798
Joint Officer Management
798
Military Voting Rights Act of 2000
798
Preparation, participation, and conduct of athletic competitions and
small arms competitions by the National Guard and members of the
National Guard
798
Repeal of contingent funding increase for Junior Reserve Officers
Training Corps
798
Review of actions of selection boards
799
Title VI--Compensation and other Personnel Benefits
799
Legislative Provisions Adopted
799
Subtitle A--Pay and Allowances
799
Increase in basic pay for fiscal year 2001 (sec. 601)
799
Additional restructuring of basic pay rates for enlisted members
(sec. 602)
799
Revised method for calculation of basic allowance for subsistence
(sec. 603)
800
Family subsistence supplemental allowance for low-income members of
the Armed Forces (sec. 604)
800
Basic allowance for housing (sec. 605)
800
Additional amount available for fiscal year 2001 increase in basic
allowance for housing inside the United States (sec. 606)
801
Equitable treatment of junior enlisted members in computation of
basic allowance for housing (sec. 607)
801
Eligibility of members in grade E 4 to receive basic allowance for
housing while on sea duty (sec. 608)
801
Personal money allowance for senior enlisted members of the armed
forces (sec. 609)
801
Increased uniform allowances for officers (sec. 610)
801
Cabinet-level authority to prescribe requirements and allowance for
clothing of enlisted members (sec. 611)
802
Increase in monthly subsistence allowance for members of
precommissioning programs (sec. 612)
802
Subtitle B--Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays
802
Extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for reserve
forces (sec. 621)
802
Extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for nurse
officer candidates, registered nurses, and nurse anesthetists (sec. 622)
802
Extension of authorities relating to payment of other bonuses and
special pays (sec. 623)
803
Revision of enlistment bonus authority (sec. 624)
803
Consistency of authorities for special pay for reserve medical and
dental officers (sec. 625)
803
Elimination of required congressional notification before
implementation of certain special pay authority (sec. 626)
803
Special pay for physician assistants of the Coast Guard (sec. 627)
803
Authorization of special pay and accession bonus for pharmacy
officers (sec. 628)
804
Correction of references to Air Force veterinarians (sec. 629)
804
Career sea pay (sec. 630)
804
Increased maximum rate of special duty assignment pay (sec. 631)
804
Entitlement of members of the National Guard and other reserves not
on active duty to receive special duty assignment pay (sec. 632)
804
Authorization of retention bonus for members of the armed forces
qualified in a critical military skill (sec. 633)
805
Entitlement of active duty officers of the Public Health Service
Corps to special pays and bonuses of health professional officers of the
armed forces (sec. 634)
805
Subtitle C--Travel and Transportation Allowances
805
Advance payments for temporary lodging of members and dependents
(sec. 641)
805
Additional transportation allowance regarding baggage and household
effects (sec. 642)
805
Incentive for shipping and storing household goods in less than
average weights (sec. 643)
805
Equitable dislocation allowances for junior enlisted members (sec. 644)
806
Authority to reimburse military recruiters, senior ROTC cadre, and
Military Entrance Processing personnel for certain parking expenses
(sec. 645)
806
Expansion of funded student travel for dependents (sec. 646)
806
Subtitle D--Retirement and Survivor Benefit Matters
806
Exception to high-36-month retired pay computation for members
retired following a disciplinary reduction in grade (sec. 651)
806
Increase in maximum number of reserve retirement points that may be
credited in any year (sec. 652)
806
Retirement from active reserve service after regular retirement (sec.
653)
807
Same treatment for federal judges as for other federal officials
regarding payment of military retired pay (sec. 654)
807
Reserve Component Survivor Benefit Plan spousal consent requirement
(sec. 655)
807
Sense of Congress on increasing Survivor Benefit Plan annuities for
surviving spouses age 62 or older (sec. 656)
807
Revision to special compensation authority to repeal exclusion of
uniformed services retirees in receipt of disability retired pay (sec.
657)
807
Subtitle E--Other Matters
808
Participation in Thrift Savings Plan (sec. 661)
808
Determinations of income eligibility for special supplemental food
program (sec. 662)
808
Billeting services for reserve members traveling for inactive-duty
training (sec. 663)
808
Settlement of claims for payments for unused accrued leave and for
retired pay (sec. 664)
808
Additional benefits and protections for personnel incurring injury,
illness, or disease in the performance of funeral honors duty (sec. 665)
809
Authority for extension of deadline for filing claims associated with
capture and interment of certain persons by North Vietnam (sec. 666)
809
Back pay for members of the Navy and Marine Corps selected for
promotion while interned as prisoners of war during World War II (sec.
667)
809
Sense of Congress concerning funding for reserve components (sec. 668)
809
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted
809
Authority to pay gratuity to certain veterans of Bataan and Corregidor
809
Benefits for members not transporting personal motor vehicles overseas
810
Computation of survivor benefits
810
Concurrent payment of retired pay and compensation for retired
members with service-connected disabilities
810
Concurrent payment to surviving spouses of Disability and Indemnity
Compensation and annuities under Survivor Benefit Plan
810
Effective date of disability retirement for members dying in civilian
medical facilities
810
Eligibility of certain members of the Individual Ready Reserve for
Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance
811
Equitable application of early retirement eligibility requirements to
military reserve technicians
811
Family coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance
811
Fees paid by residents of the Armed Forces Retirement Home
811
Recognition of members of the Alaska Territorial Guard as veterans
811
Survivor benefit plan annuities for survivors of all members who die
on active duty
812
Travel by reservists on military aircraft to and from locations
outside the continental United States for inactive-duty training
812
Title VII--Health Care Provisions
812
Legislative Provisions Adopted
812
Subtitle A--Health Care Services
812
Provision of domiciliary and custodial care for CHAMPUS beneficiaries
and certain former CHAMPUS beneficiaries (sec. 701)
812
Chiropractic health care for members on active duty (sec. 702)
812
School-required physical examinations for certain minor dependents
(sec. 703)
813
Two-year extension of dental and medical benefits for surviving
dependents of certain deceased members (sec. 704)
813
Two-year extension of authority for use of contract physicians at
military entrance processing stations and elsewhere outside medical
treatment facilities (sec. 705)
813
Medical and dental care for medal of honor recipients (sec. 706)
813
Subtitle B--Senior Health Care
814
Implementation of TRICARE senior pharmacy program (sec. 711)
814
Conditions for eligibility for CHAMPUS and TRICARE upon the
attainment of age 65; expansion and modification of medicare subvention
project (sec. 712)
814
Accrual funding for health care for Medicare-eligible retirees and
dependents (sec. 713)
815
Subtitle C--TRICARE Program
815
Improvement of access to health care under the TRICARE program (sec.
721)
815
Additional beneficiaries under TRICARE prime remote program in the
continental United States (sec. 722)
816
Modernization of TRICARE business practices and increase of use of
military treatment facilities (sec. 723)
816
Extension of TRICARE managed care support contracts (sec. 724)
816
Report on protections against health care providers seeking direct
reimbursement from members of the uniformed services (sec. 725)
817
Voluntary termination of enrollment in TRICARE retiree dental program
(sec. 726)
817
Claims processing improvements (sec. 727)
817
Prior authorizations for certain referrals and
nonavailability-of-health-care statements (sec. 728)
817
Subtitle D--Demonstration Projects
818
Demonstration project for expanded access to mental health counselors
(sec. 731)
818
Teleradiology demonstration project (sec. 732)
818
Health care management demonstration program (sec. 733)
818
Subtitle E--Joint Initiatives With Department of Veterans Affairs
818
VA DOD sharing agreements for health services (sec. 741)
818
Processes for patient safety in military and veterans health care
systems (sec. 742)
819
Cooperation in developing pharmaceutical identification technology
(sec. 743)
819
Subtitle F--Other Matters
819
Management of anthrax vaccine immunization program (sec. 751)
819
Elimination of copayments for immediate family (sec. 752)
819
Medical informatics (sec. 753)
820
Patient care reporting and management system (sec. 754)
820
Augmentation of Army medical department by detailing reserve officers
of the Public Health Service (sec. 755)
820
Privacy of Department of Defense medical records (sec. 756)
820
Authority to establish special locality-based reimbursement rates;
reports (sec. 757)
821
Reimbursement for certain travel expenses (sec. 758)
821
Reduction of cap on payments (sec. 759)
821
Training in health care management and administration (sec. 760)
821
Study on feasibility of sharing biomedical research facility (sec. 761)
821
Study on comparability of coverage for physical, speech, and
occupational therapies (sec. 762)
822
Legislative Provisions not Adopted
822
Extended coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program
822
Extension of TRICARE senior supplement program
822
Service areas of transferees of former uniformed services treatment
facilities
822
Study of accrual financing for health care for military retirees
822
Study of accrual financing for health care for retirees of the
uniformed services
823
Study on health care options for medicare-eligible military retirees
823
Title VIII--Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related
Matters
823
Items of Special Interest
823
Acquisition programs at the National Security Agency
823
Legislative Provisions Adopted
824
Subtitle A--Amendments to General Contracting Authorities,
Procedures, and Limitations
824
Department of Defense acquisition pilot programs (sec. 801)
824
Multiyear services contracts (sec. 802)
824
Clarification and extension of authority to carry out certain
prototype projects (sec. 803)
825
Clarification of authority of Comptroller General to review records
of participants in certain prototype projects (sec. 804)
825
Extension of time period of limitation on procurement of ball
bearings and roller bearings (sec. 805)
826
Reporting requirements relating to multiyear contracts (sec. 806)
826
Eligibility of small business concerns owned and controlled by women
for assistance under the mentor-protege program (sec. 807)
826
Qualifications required for employment and assignment in contracting
positions (sec. 808)
826
Revision of authority for solutions-based contracting pilot program
(sec. 809)
827
Procurement notice of contracting opportunities through electronic
means (sec. 810)
827
Subtitle B--Information Technology
827
Acquisition and management of information technology (sec. 811)
827
Tracking and management of information technology purchases (sec. 812)
827
Appropriate use of requirements regarding experience and education of
contractor personnel in the procurement of information technology
services (sec. 813)
828
Navy-Marine Corps Intranet (sec. 814)
828
Sense of Congress regarding information technology systems for guard
and reserve components (sec. 815)
829
Subtitle C--Other Acquisition-Related Matters
829
Improvements in procurements of services (sec. 821)
829
Financial analysis of use of dual rate for quantifying overhead costs
at army ammunition plants (sec. 822)
830
Repeal of prohibition on use of Department of Defense funds for the
procurement of nuclear-capable shipyard crane from a foreign source
(sec. 823)
830
Extension of waiver period for live-fire survivability testing for MH
47E and MH 60K helicopter modifications programs (sec. 824)
830
Compliance with existing law regarding purchases of equipment and
products (sec. 825)
830
Requirement to disregard certain agreements in awarding contracts for
the purchase of firearms or ammunition (sec. 826)
831
Subtitle D--Studies and Reports
831
Study on impact of foreign sourcing of systems on long-term military
readiness and related industrial infrastructure (sec. 831)
831
Study of policies and procedures for transfer of commercial
activities (sec. 832)
831
Study and report on practice of contract bundling in military
construction contracts (sec. 833)
831
Requirement to conduct study on contract bundling (sec. 834)
831
Legislative Provisions not Adopted
832
Management of acquisition of mission-essential software for major
defense acquisition programs
832
Repeal of requirement for contractor assurances regarding the
completeness, accuracy, and contractual sufficiency of technical data
provided by contractor
832
Revision of the organization and authority of the cost accounting
standards board
832
Technical data rights for items developed exclusively at private expense
832
Title IX--Department of Defense Organization and Management
833
Legislative Provisions Adopted
833
Subtitle A--Duties and Functions of Department of Defense Officers
833
Overall supervision of Department of Defense activities for combating
terrorism (sec. 901)
833
Change of title of certain positions in the Headquarters, Marine
Corps (sec. 902)
834
Clarification of scope of Inspector General authorities under
military whistleblower law (sec. 903)
834
Policy to ensure conduct of science and technology programs so as to
foster the transition of science and technology to higher levels of
research, development, test, and evaluation (sec. 904)
834
Additional components of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff annual
report on combatant command requirements (sec. 905)
835
Subtitle B--Department of Defense Organization
835
Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (sec. 911)
835
Department of Defense regional centers for security studies (sec. 912)
836
Change in name of Armed Forces Staff College to Joint Forces Staff
College (sec. 913)
836
Special authority for administration of Navy Fisher Houses (sec. 914)
836
Supervisory control of Armed Forces Retirement Home Board by
Secretary of Defense (sec. 915)
837
Semiannual report on the Joint Requirements Oversight Council reform
initiative (sec. 916)
837
Comptroller General review of operations of Defense Logistics Agency
(sec. 917)
837
Comptroller General review of operations of Defense Information
Systems Agency (sec. 918)
837
Subtitle C--Information Security
838
Institute for Defense Computer Security and Information Protection
(sec. 921)
838
Information security scholarship program (sec. 922)
838
Subtitle D--Reports
838
Date of submittal of reports on shortfalls in equipment procurement
and military construction for reserve components in future-years defense
programs (sec. 931)
838
Report on number of personnel assigned to legislative liaison
functions (sec. 932)
838
Joint report on establishment of national collaborative information
analysis capability (sec. 933)
839
Network centric warfare (sec. 934)
839
Report on Air Force Institute of Technology (sec. 935)
839
Subtitle E--Other Matters
840
Flexibility in implementation of limitation on major Department of
Defense headquarters activities personnel (sec. 941)
840
Consolidation of certain Navy gift funds (sec. 942)
840
Temporary authority to dispose of a gift previously accepted for the
Naval Academy (sec. 943)
840
Legislative Provisions not Adopted
840
Defense acquisition workforce
840
National Defense Panel 2001
841
Quadrennial National Defense Panel
841
Title X--General Provisions
841
Legislative Provisions Adopted
841
Subtitle A--Financial Matters
841
Transfer authority (sec. 1001)
841
Incorporation of classified annex (sec. 1002)
841
Authorization of emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal
year 2000 (sec. 1003)
841
United States contribution to NATO common-funded budgets in fiscal
year 2001 (sec. 1004)
842
Limitation on funds for Bosnia and Kosovo peacekeeping operations for
fiscal year (sec. 1005)
842
Requirement for prompt payment of contract vouchers (sec. 1006)
842
Plan for the prompt recording of obligations of funds for contractual
transactions (sec. 1007)
843
Electronic submission and processing of claims for contract payments
(sec. 1008)
843
Administrative offsets for overpayment of transportation costs (sec.
1009)
843
Interest penalties for late payments of interim payments due under
Government service contracts (sec. 1010)
843
Subtitle B--Naval Vessels and Shipyards
844
Revisions to national defense features program (sec. 1011)
844
Sense of Congress on the naming of the CVN 77 aircraft carrier (sec.
1012)
844
Authority to transfer naval vessels to certain foreign countries
(sec. 1013)
844
Authority to consent to retransfer of alternative former naval vessel
by Government of Greece (sec. 1014)
844
Subtitle C--Counter-Drug Activities
845
Extension of authority to provide additional support for counter-drug
activities of Colombia (sec. 1021)
846
Report on Department of Defense expenditures to support foreign
counter-drug activities (sec. 1022)
846
Recommendations on expansion of support for counter-drug activities
(sec. 1023)
846
Review of riverine counter-drug program (sec. 1024)
847
Report on tethered aerostat radar system (sec. 1025)
847
Sense of Congress regarding use of the armed forces for counter-drug
and counter-terrorism activities (sec. 1026)
847
Subtitle D--Counterterrorism and Domestic Preparedness
848
Preparedness of military installation first responders for incidents
involving weapons of mass destruction (sec. 1031)
848
Additional weapons of mass destruction civil support teams (sec. 1032)
848
Authority to provide loan guarantees to improve domestic preparedness
to combat cyberterrorism (sec. 1033)
849
Report on the status of domestic preparedness against the threat of
biological terrorism (sec. 1034)
849
Report on strategy, policies, and programs to combat domestic
terrorism (sec. 1035)
849
Subtitle E--Strategic Forces
850
Revised nuclear posture review (sec. 1041)
850
Plan for the long-term sustainment and modernization of United States
strategic nuclear forces (sec. 1042)
850
Modification of scope of waiver authority for limitation on
retirement or dismantlement of strategic nuclear delivery systems (sec.
1043)
850
Report on the defeat of hardened and deeply buried targets (sec. 1044)
851
Sense of Congress on the maintenance of the Strategic Nuclear Triad
(sec. 1045)
851
Subtitle F--Miscellaneous Reporting Requirements
851
Management review of working-capital fund activities (sec. 1051)
851
Report on submarine rescue support vessels (sec. 1052)
851
Report on Federal Government progress in developing information
assurance strategies (sec. 1053)
852
Department of Defense process for decisionmaking in cases of false
claims (sec. 1054)
852
Subtitle G--Government Information Security Reform
852
Government information security reform (secs. 1061 1065)
852
Subtitle H--Security Matters
853
Limitation on granting of security clearances (sec. 1071)
853
Process for prioritizing background investigations for security
clearances for Department of Defense personnel and defense contractor
personnel (sec. 1072)
853
Authority to withhold certain sensitive information from public
disclosure (sec. 1073)
853
Expansion of authority to exempt geodetic products of the Department
of Defense from public disclosure (sec. 1074)
854
Expenditures for declassification activities (sec. 1075)
854
Enhanced access to criminal history record information for national
security and other purposes (sec. 1076)
854
Two-year extension of authority to engage in commercial activities as
security for intelligence collection activities (sec. 1077)
854
Coordination of nuclear weapons secrecy policies and consideration of
health of workers at former Department of Defense nuclear facilities
(sec. 1078)
855
Subtitle I--Other Matters
855
Funds for administrative expenses under Defense Export Loan Guarantee
program (sec. 1081)
855
Transit pass program Department of Defense personnel in poor air
quality areas (sec. 1082)
855
Transfer of Vietnam-era TA 4 aircraft to a non-profit foundation
(sec. 1083)
856
Transfer of 19th century cannon to museum (sec. 1084)
856
Fees for providing historical information to the public (sec. 1085)
856
Grants to American Red Cross for Armed Forces emergency services
(sec. 1086)
856
Technical and clerical amendments (sec. 1087)
857
Maximum size of parcel post packages transported overseas for Armed
Forces post offices (sec. 1088)
857
Sense of Congress regarding tax treatment of members receiving
special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger (sec.
1089)
857
Organization and management of the civil air patrol (sec. 1090)
857
Additional duties for the Commission to Assess United States National
Security Space Management and Organization (sec. 1091)
858
Commission on the future of the United States aerospace industry
(sec. 1092)
858
Drug addiction treatment (sec. 1093)
858
Legislative Provisions not Adopted
858
Annual OMB/CBO joint report on scoring budget outlays
858
Authority to provide headstones or markers for marked graves or
otherwise commemorate certain individuals
858
Breast cancer stamp extension
859
Comprehensive study and support for criminal investigations and
prosecutions by state and local law enforcement officials
859
Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act of 2000
859
Plan to ensure compliance with financial management requirements
859
Protection of operational files of the Defense Intelligence Agency
859
Repeal of certain provisions shifting outlays from one fiscal year to
another
860
Report to the Congress regarding extent and severity of child poverty
860
Sense of the Senate concerning long-term economic development aid for
communities rebuilding from hurricane Floyd
860
Title XI--Department of Defense Civilian Personnel
860
Legislative Provisions Adopted
860
Subtitle A--Civilian Personnel Management Generally
860
Employment and compensation of employees for temporary organizations
established by law or executive order (sec. 1101)
860
Assistive technology accommodations program (sec. 1102)
861
Extension of authority for voluntary separations in reductions in
force (sec. 1103)
861
Electronic maintenance of performance appraisal systems (sec. 1104)
861
Study on civilian personnel services (sec. 1105)
861
Subtitle B--Demonstration and Pilot Programs
862
Pilot program for reengineering the equal employment opportunity
complaint process (sec. 1111)
862
Work safety demonstration program (sec. 1112)
862
Extension, expansion, and revision of authority for experimental
personnel program for scientific and technical personnel (sec. 1113)
862
Clarification of personnel management authority under personnel
demonstration project (sec. 1114)
862
Subtitle C--Educational Assistance
863
Restructuring the restriction on degree training (sec. 1121)
863
Student loan repayment programs (sec. 1122)
863
Extension of authority for tuition reimbursement and training for
civilian employees in the defense acquisition workforce (sec. 1123)
863
Subtitle D--Other Benefits
864
Additional special pay for foreign language proficiency beneficial
for United States national security interests (sec. 1131)
864
Approval authority for cash awards in excess of $10,000 (sec. 1132)
864
Leave for crews of certain vessels (sec. 1133)
864
Life insurance for emergency essential Department of Defense
employees (sec. 1134)
864
Subtitle E--Intelligence Civilian Personnel
864
Expansion of defense civilian intelligence personnel system positions
(sec. 1141)
864
Increase in number of positions authorized for the Defense
Intelligence Senior Executive Service (sec. 1142)
865
Subtitle F--Voluntary Separation Incentive Pay and Early Retirement
Authority
865
Voluntary separation incentive pay and early retirement authority
(secs. 1151 1153)
865
Legislative Provisions not Adopted
865
Department of Defense employee voluntary early retirement authority
865
Extension of authority for voluntary separations in reductions in force
866
Extension, revision, and expansion of authorities for use of
voluntary separation incentive pay and voluntary early retirement
866
Strategic plan
866
Title XII--Matters Relating to Other Nations
866
Legislative Provisions Adopted
866
Subtitle A--Matters Related to Arms Control
866
Support of United Nations-sponsored efforts to inspect and monitor
Iraqi weapons activities (sec. 1201)
866
Support of consultations on Arab and Israeli arms control and
regional security issues (sec. 1202)
866
Furnishing of nuclear test monitoring equipment to foreign
governments (sec. 1203)
867
Additional matters for annual report on transfers of militarily
sensitive technology to countries and entities of concern (sec. 1204)
867
Subtitle B--Matters Relating to the Balkans
867
Annual report assessing effect of continued operations in the Balkans
region on readiness to execute the national military strategy (sec.
1211)
867
Situation in the Balkans (sec. 1212)
868
Semiannual report on Kosovo peacekeeping (sec. 1213)
868
Subtitle C--North Atlantic Treaty Organization and United States
Forces in Europe
869
NATO fair burdensharing (sec. 1221)
869
Repeal of restriction preventing cooperative airlift support through
acquisition and cross-servicing agreements (sec. 1222)
870
GAO study on the benefits and costs of the United States military
engagement in Europe (sec. 1223)
870
Subtitle D--Other Matters
870
Joint data exchange center with Russian Federation on early warning
systems and notification of ballistic missile launches (sec. 1231)
870
Report on sharing and exchange of ballistic missile launch early
warning data (sec. 1232)
871
Annual report of Communist Chinese military companies operating in
the United States (sec. 1233)
871
Adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high
performance computers (sec. 1234)
871
Increased authority to provide healthcare services as humanitarian
and civic assistance (sec. 1235)
872
Sense of Congress regarding the use of children as soldiers (sec. 1236)
872
Sense of Congress regarding undersea rescue and recovery (sec. 1237)
873
United States-China Security Review Commission (sec. 1238)
873
Legislative Provisions not Adopted
873
Limitation on number of military personnel in Colombia
873
Prohibition on assumption by United States Government of liability
for nuclear accidents in North Korea
874
Title XIII--Cooperative Threat Reduction With States of the Former
Soviet Union
874
Legislative Provisions Adopted
874
Specification of cooperative threat reduction programs and funds
(sec. 1301)
874
Funding allocations (sec. 1302)
874
Prohibition on use of funds for elimination of conventional weapons
(sec. 1303)
875
Limitations on use of funds for fissile material storage facility
(sec. 1304)
875
Limitation on use of funds to support warhead dismantlement
processing (sec. 1305)
875
Agreement on nuclear weapons storage sites (sec. 1306)
875
Limitation on use of funds for construction of fossil fuel energy
plants; report (sec. 1307)
876
Reports on activities and assistance under cooperative threat
reduction programs (sec. 1308)
876
Russian chemical weapons elimination (sec. 1309)
877
Limitation on use of funds for elimination of weapons grade plutonium
program (sec. 1310)
878
Report on audits of Cooperative Threat Reduction programs (sec. 1311)
878
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted
878
Limitation on use of funds for prevention of biological weapons
proliferation in Russia
878
Title XIV--Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from
Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack
879
Legislative Provisions Adopted
879
Commission to assess the threat to the United States from
electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack (secs. 1401 1409)
879
Title XV--Navy Activities on the Island of Vieques, Puerto Rico
879
Legislative Provisions Adopted
879
Navy activities on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico (secs. 1501 1508)
879
Title XVI--Veterans Education Benefits
881
Legislative Provisions Adopted
881
Additional opportunity for certain VEAP participants to enroll in
basic educational assistance under Montgomery G.I. Bill (sec. 1601)
881
Modification of authority to pay tuition for off-duty training and
education (sec. 1602)
882
Clarification of Department of Veterans Affairs duty to assist (sec.
1611)
882
Legislative Provisions not Adopted
882
Modification of time for use by certain members of the Selected
Reserve of entitlement to educational assistance
882
Modification of time for use by certain members of Selected Reserve
of entitlement to certain educational assistance
882
Short title
882
Transfer of entitlement to educational assistance by certain members
of the armed forces
882
Title XVII--Assistance to Firefighters
883
Legislative Provisions Adopted
883
Assistance to Firefighters (secs. 1701 1707)
883
Title XVIII--Impact Aid
885
Legislative Provisions Adopted
885
Impact Aid Reauthorization Act of 2000 (secs. 1801 1818)
885
DIVISION B--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS
885
Overview
885
Title XXI--Army
905
Overview
905
Legislative Provisions Adopted
905
Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects (sec. 2101)
905
Family housing (sec. 2102)
905
Improvements to military family housing units (sec. 2103)
906
Authorization of appropriations, Army (sec. 2104)
906
Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2000
projects (sec. 2105)
906
Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 1999
projects (sec. 2106)
906
Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 1998 project (sec.
2107)
907
Authority to accept funds for realignment of certain military
construction project, Fort Campbell, Kentucky (sec. 2108)
907
Title XXII--Navy
907
Overview
907
Items of Special Interest
908
Improvements to military family housing, Navy
908
Legislative Provisions Adopted
908
Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects (sec. 2201)
908
Family housing (sec. 2202)
908
Improvements to military family housing units (sec. 2203)
908
Authorization of appropriations, Navy (sec. 2204)
908
Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 1997 project at
Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Quantico, Virginia (sec. 2205)
909
Title XXIII--Air Force
909
Overview
909
Legislative Provisions Adopted
909
Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects (sec.
2301)
909
Family housing (sec. 2302)
909
Improvements to military family housing units (sec. 2303)
910
Authorization of appropriations, Air Force (sec. 2304)
910
Title XXIV--Defense Agencies
910
Overview
910
Items of Special Interest
910
Military construction projects, Manta Air Base, Ecuador
910
Legislative Provisions Adopted
911
Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition
projects (sec. 2401)
911
Energy conservation projects (sec. 2402)
911
Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies (sec. 2403)
911
Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 1990
project (sec. 2404)
911
Title XXV--North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment
Program
912
Overview
912
Legislative Provisions Adopted
912
Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects (sec. 2501)
912
Authorization of appropriations, NATO (sec. 2502)
912
Title XXVI--Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities
912
Overview
912
Items of Special Interest
913
Support for Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams
913
Legislative Provisions Adopted
913
Authorized Guard and Reserve construction and land acquisition
projects (sec. 2601)
913
Authority to contribute to construction of airport tower, Cheyenne
Airport, Cheyenne, Wyoming (sec. 2602)
913
Title XXVII--Expiration and Extension of Authorizations
913
Legislative Provisions Adopted
913
Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified by
law (sec. 2701)
913
Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 1998 projects
(sec. 2702)
914
Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 1997 projects
(sec. 2703)
914
Effective date (sec. 2704)
914
Title XXVIII--General Provisions
914
Subtitle A--Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing
Changes
914
Joint use military construction projects (sec. 2801)
914
Exclusion of certain costs from determination of applicability of
limitation on use of funds for improvement of family housing (sec. 2802)
915
Revision of space limitations for military family housing (sec. 2803)
915
Modification of lease authority for high-cost military family housing
(sec. 2804)
915
Provision of utilities and services under alternative authority for
acquisition and improvement of military housing (sec. 2805)
916
Extension of alternative authority for acquisition and improvement of
military housing (sec. 2806)
916
Expansion of definition of armory to include readiness centers (sec.
2807)
916
Subtitle B--Real Property and Facilities Administration
917
Increase in threshold for notice and wait requirements for real
property transactions (sec. 2811)
917
Enhancement of authority of military departments to lease non-excess
property (sec. 2812)
917
Conveyance authority regarding utility systems of military
departments (sec. 2813)
917
Permanent conveyance authority to improve property management (sec.
2814)
918
Subtitle C--Defense Base Closure and Realignment
918
Scope of agreements to transfer property to redevelopment authorities
without consideration under the base closure laws (sec. 2821)
918
Subtitle D--Land Conveyances
919
Part I--Army Conveyances
919
Transfer of jurisdiction, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois (sec. 2831)
919
Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Galesburg, Illinois (sec. 2832)
919
Land conveyance, Charles Melvin Price Support Center, Illinois (sec.
2833)
919
Land conveyance, Fort Riley, Kansas (sec. 2834)
919
Land conveyance, Fort Polk, Louisiana (sec. 2835)
920
Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Winona, Minnesota (sec. 2836)
920
Land conveyance, Fort Dix, New Jersey (sec. 2837)
920
Land conveyance, Nike Site 43, Elrama, Pennsylvania (sec. 2838)
920
Land exchange, Army Reserve Local Training Center, Chattanooga,
Tennessee (sec. 2839)
920
Land exchange, Fort Hood, Texas (sec. 2840)
921
Land conveyance, Fort Pickett, Virginia (sec. 2841)
921
Land conveyance, Fort Lawton, Washington (sec. 2842)
921
Land conveyance, Vancouver Barracks, Washington (sec. 2843)
921
Part II--Navy Conveyances
922
Modification of land conveyance, Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro,
California (sec. 2846)
922
Modification of authority for Oxnard Harbor District, Port Hueneme,
California, to use certain Navy property (sec. 2847)
922
Transfer of jurisdiction, Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar,
California (sec. 2848)
922
Land exchange, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California
(sec. 2849)
922
Lease of property, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida (sec. 2850)
923
Land conveyance, Naval Reserve Center, Tampa, Florida (sec. 2851)
923
Modification of land conveyance, Defense Fuel Supply Point, Casco
Bay, Maine (sec. 2852)
923
Land conveyance, Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station,
Cutler, Maine (sec. 2853)
923
Modification of land conveyance authority, former Naval Training
Center, Bainbridge, Cecil County, Maryland (sec. 2854)
924
Land conveyance, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
(sec. 2855)
924
Land exchange, Naval Air Reserve Center, Columbus, Ohio (sec. 2856)
924
Land conveyance, Naval Station, Bremerton, Washington (sec. 2857)
924
Part III--Air Force Conveyances
925
Land conveyance, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California (sec. 2861)
925
Land conveyance, Point Arena Air Force Station, California (sec. 2862)
925
Land conveyance, Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado (sec. 2863)
925
Land conveyance, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio (sec. 2864)
926
Modification of land conveyance, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South
Dakota (sec. 2865)
926
Land conveyance, Mukilteo Tank Farm, Everett, Washington (sec. 2866)
926
Part IV--Other Conveyances
926
Land conveyance, Army and Air Force Exchange Service property,
Farmers Branch, Texas (sec. 2871)
926
Land conveyance, former National Ground Intelligence Center,
Charlottesville, Virginia (sec. 2872)
927
Subtitle E--Other Matters
927
Relation of easement authority to leased parkland, Marine Corps Base,
Camp Pendleton, California (sec. 2881)
927
Extension of demonstration project for purchase of fire, security,
police, public works, and utility services from local government
agencies (sec. 2882)
927
Acceptance and use of gifts for construction of third building at
United States Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
(sec. 2883)
928
Development of Marine Corps Heritage Center at Marine Corps Base,
Quantico, Virginia (sec. 2884)
928
Activities relating to the greenbelt at Fallon Naval Air Station,
Nevada (sec. 2885)
928
Establishment of World War II Memorial on Guam (sec. 2886)
929
Naming of Army Missile Testing Range at Kwajalein Atoll as the Ronald
Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site at Kwajalein Atoll (sec.
2887)
929
Designation of Building at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in honor of Andrew
T. McNamara (sec. 2888)
929
Designation of Balboa Naval Hospital, San Diego, California, in honor
of Bob Wilson, a former member of the House of Representatives (sec.
2889)
929
Sense of Congress regarding importance of expansion of National
Training Center, Fort Irwin, California (sec. 2890)
929
Sense of Congress regarding land transfers at Melrose Range, New
Mexico, and Yakima Training Center, Washington (sec. 2891)
930
Legislative Provisions not Adopted
930
Applicability of competition policy to alternative authority for
acquisition and improvement of military family housing
930
Land conveyance, Colonel Harold E. Steele Army Reserve Center and
Maintenance Shop, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
930
Land conveyance, Lieutenant General Malcolm Hay Army Reserve Center,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
931
Lease of property, Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, California
931
DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS AND
OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS
931
Title XXXI--Department of Energy National Security Programs
931
Overview
931
Items of Special Interest
946
Report on authorities and limitations in general recurring provisions
946
Legislative Provisions Adopted
946
Subtitle A--National Security Programs Authorizations
946
National Nuclear Security Administration (sec. 3101)
946
Defense environmental restoration and waste management (sec. 3102)
951
Other defense activities (sec. 3103)
953
Defense environmental management privatization (sec. 3104)
955
Defense nuclear waste disposal (sec. 3105)
956
Subtitle B--Recurring General Provisions
956
Reprogramming (sec. 3121)
956
Limits on general plant projects (sec. 3122)
956
Limits on construction projects (sec. 3123)
956
Fund transfer authority (sec. 3124)
957
Authority for conceptual and construction design (sec. 3125)
957
Authority for emergency planning, design, and construction activities
(sec. 3126)
957
Funds available for all national security programs of the Department
of Energy (sec. 3127)
957
Availability of funds (sec. 3128)
958
Transfers of defense environmental management funds (sec. 3129)
958
Subtitle C--Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations
958
Funding for termination costs of River Protection Project, Richland,
Washington (sec. 3131)
958
Enhanced cooperation between National Nuclear Security Administration
and Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (sec. 3132)
959
Reprogramming of funds available for infrastructure upgrades or
maintenance in certain accounts of the National Nuclear Security
Administration (sec. 3133)
959
Adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels for
post-shipment verification reports on advanced supercomputers sales to
certain foreign nations (sec. 3134)
959
Modification of counterintelligence polygraph program (sec. 3135)
959
Employee incentives for employees at closure project facilities (sec.
3136)
960
Continuation of processing, treatment, and disposition of legacy
nuclear materials (sec. 3137)
960
Limitation on use of certain funds pending certifications of
compliance with Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program funding
prohibition (sec. 3138)
961
Conceptual design for Subsurface Geosciences Laboratory at Idaho
National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho
(sec. 3139)
961
Report on National Ignition Facility, Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory, Livermore, California (sec. 3140)
962
River Protection Project, Richland, Washington (sec. 3141)
962
Report on tank waste remediation system, Hanford Reservation,
Richland, Washington (sec. 3142)
963
Subtitle D--Matters Relating to Management of National Nuclear
Security Administration
963
Term of office of person first appointed as Under Secretary for
Nuclear Security of the Department of Energy (sec. 3151)
963
Membership of Under Secretary for Nuclear Security on the Joint
Nuclear Weapons Council (sec. 3152)
963
Organization plan for field offices of the National Nuclear Security
Administration (sec. 3153)
963
Required contents of future-years nuclear security program (sec. 3154)
964
Future-years nuclear security program for fiscal year 2001 (sec. 3155)
964
Engineering and manufacturing research, development, and
demonstration by plant managers of certain nuclear weapons production
plants (sec. 3156)
965
Prohibition on individuals engaging in concurrent service or duties
within National Nuclear Security Administration and outside that
Administration but within Department of Energy (sec. 3157)
965
Annual plan for obligation of funds of the National Nuclear Security
Administration (sec. 3158)
966
Authority to reorganize National Nuclear Security Administration
(sec. 3159)
966
Subtitle E--National Laboratories Partnership Improvement
966
Technology Infrastructure Pilot Program (sec. 3161)
966
Report on small business participation in National Nuclear Security
Administration activities (sec. 3162)
967
Study and report related to improving mission effectiveness,
partnerships, and technology transfer at national security laboratories
and nuclear weapons production facilities (sec. 3163)
967
Report on effectiveness of National Nuclear Security Administration
technology development partnerships with non-Federal entities (sec.
3164)
968
Definitions (sec. 3165)
969
Subtitle F--Matters Relating to Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
969
Matters Relating to Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation (secs. 3171 3175)
969
Subtitle G--Other Matters
970
Extension of authority for appointment of certain scientific,
engineering, and technical personnel (sec. 3191)
970
Biennial report containing update on nuclear test readiness postures
(sec. 3192)
971
Frequency of reports on inadvertent releases of restricted data and
formerly restricted data (sec. 3193)
971
Form of certifications regarding the safety or reliability of the
nuclear weapons stockpile (sec. 3194)
971
Authority to provide certificate of commendation to Department of
Energy and contractor employees for exemplary service in stockpile
stewardship and security (sec. 3195)
971
Cooperative research and development agreements for government-owned,
contractor-operated laboratories (sec. 3196)
972
Office of Arctic Energy (sec. 3197)
972
Legislative Provisions not Adopted
972
Conformance with National Nuclear Security Administration
organizational structure
972
Construction of National Nuclear Security Administration Operations
Office Complex
973
Energy employees compensation initiative
973
Environmental management closure projects
973
Other transactions
973
Sense of the Congress regarding compensation and health care for
personnel of the Department of Energy and its contractors and vendors
who have sustained beryllium, silica, and radiation-related injury
974
Short title
974
Technology partnerships ombudsman
974
Title XXXII--Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
974
Legislative Provisions Adopted
974
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (sec. 3201)
974
Title XXXIII--National Defense Stockpile
975
Legislative Provisions Adopted
975
Authorized uses of stockpile funds (sec. 3301)
975
Increased receipts under prior disposal authority (sec. 3302)
975
Disposal of titanium (sec. 3303)
975
Title XXXIV--Naval Petroleum Reserves
976
Legislative Provisions Adopted
976
Minimum price of petroleum sold from certain naval petroleum reserves
(sec. 3401)
976
Repeal of authority to contract for cooperative or unit plans
affecting Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 (sec. 3402)
976
Disposal of Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 2 (sec. 3403)
976
Title XXXV--Maritime Administration
977
Legislative Provisions Adopted
977
Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2001 (sec. 3501)
977
Scrapping of National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels (sec. 3502)
977
Authority to convey National Defense Reserve Fleet vessel, Glacier
(sec. 3503)
978
Maritime intermodal research (sec. 3504)
978
Maritime research and technology development (sec. 3505)
979
Reporting of administered and oversight funds (sec. 3506)
979
Legislative Provisions not Adopted
979
Authority to convey offshore drill rig Ocean Star
979
Title XXXVI--Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program
979
Legislative Provisions Adopted
980
Short title (sec. 3601)
980
Findings; sense of Congress (sec. 3602)
980
Subtitle A--Establishment of Compensation Program and Compensation Fund
980
Establishment of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation
Program (sec. 3611)
980
Establishment of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation
Fund (sec. 3612)
980
Legislative proposal (sec. 3613)
980
Authorization of appropriations (sec. 3614)
981
Subtitle B--Program Administration
981
Definitions for program administration (sec. 3621)
981
Expansion of list of beryllium vendors (sec. 3622)
981
Exposure in the performance of duty (sec. 3623)
981
Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (sec. 3624)
981
Responsibilities of Secretary of Health and Human Services (sec. 3625)
981
Designation of additional members of Special Exposure Cohort (sec. 3626)
981
Separate treatment of chronic silicosis (sec. 3627)
982
Compensation and benefits to be provided (sec. 3628)
982
Medical benefits (sec. 3629)
982
Separate treatment of certain uranium employees (sec. 3630)
982
Assistance for claimants and potential claimants (sec. 3631)
983
Subtitle C--Treatment, Coordination, and Forfeiture of Compensation
and Benefits
983
Offset for certain payments (sec. 3641)
983
Subrogation of the United States (sec. 3642)
983
Payment in full settlement of claims (sec. 3643)
983
Exclusivity of remedy against the United States and against
contractors and subcontractors (sec. 3644)
983
Election of remedy for beryllium employees and atomic weapons
employees (sec. 3645)
983
Certification of treatment of payments under other laws (sec. 3646)
983
Claims not assignable or transferrable; choice of remedies (sec. 3647)
984
Attorney fees (sec. 3648)
984
Certain claims not affected by awards of damages (sec. 3649)
984
Forfeiture of benefits by convicted felons (sec. 3650)
984
Coordination with other Federal radiation compensation laws (sec. 3651)
984
Subtitle D--Assistance in State Workers' Compensation Proceedings
984
Agreements with States (sec. 3661)
984
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106 th Congress
Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session
106 945
ENACTMENT OF PROVISIONS OF H.R. 5408, THE FLOYD D. SPENCE
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001
October 6, 2000.--Ordered to be printed
Mr. Spence , from the committee of conference, submitted the following
CONFERENCE REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 4205]
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two
Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4205), to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2001 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 House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the
Senate and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:
In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate
amendment, insert the following:
SECTION 1. ENACTMENT OF FISCAL YEAR 2001 NATIONAL DEFENSE
AUTHORIZATION ACT.
The provisions of H.R. 5408 of the 106th Congress, as introduced on
October 6, 2000, are hereby enacted into law.
SEC. 2. PUBLICATION OF ACT.
In publishing this Act in slip form and in the United States
Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1, United States
Code, the Archivist of the United States shall include after the date of
approval an appendix setting forth the text of the bill referred to in
section 1.
And the Senate agree to the same.
From the Committee on Armed Services, for
consideration of the House bill and the Senate amendment, and
modifications committed to conference:
Floyd Spence,
Bob Stump,
Duncan Hunter,
John R. Kasich,
James V. Hansen,
Curt Weldon,
Joel Hefley,
Jim Saxton,
Steve Buyer,
Tillie K. Fowler,
John M. McHugh,
James M. Talent,
Terry Everett,
Roscoe G. Bartlett,
Howard ``Buck'' McKeon,
J.C. Watts, J r.,
Mack Thornberry,
John N. Hostettler,
Saxby Chambliss,
Ike Skelton,
Norman Sisisky
John Spratt,
Solomon P. Ortiz,
Owen B. Pickett,
Lane Evans,
Gene Taylor,
Neil Abercrombie,
Martin T. Meehan,
Robert A. Underwood,
Thomas Allen,
Vic Snyder,
James H. Maloney,
Mike McIntyre,
Ellen O. Tauscher,
Mike Thompson,
Provided that Mr. Kuykendall is appointed in lieu of
Mr. Kasich for consideration of section 2863 of the House
bill, and section 2862 of the Senate amendment, and
modifications committed to conference:
Steven T. Kuykendall,
From the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,
for consideration of matters within the jurisdiction of that
committee under clause 11 of rule X:
Porter J. Goss,
Jerry Lewis,
Julian C. Dixon,
From the Committee on Commerce, for consideration of
sections 601, 725, and 1501 of the House bill, and sections
342, 601, 618, 701, 1073, 1402, 2812, 3131, 3133, 3134, 3138,
3152, 3154, 3155, 3167 3169, 3171, 3201, and 3301 3303 of the
Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference:
Tom Bliley,
Joe Barton,
John D. Dingell,
Provided that Mr. Bilirakis is appointed in lieu of
Mr. Barton of Texas for consideration of sections 601 and 725
of the House bill, and sections 601, 618, 701, and 1073 of the
Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference:
Mike Bilirakis,
Provided that Mr. Oxley is appointed in lieu of Mr.
Barton of Texas for consideration of section 1501 of the House
bill, and sections 342 and 2812 of the Senate amendment, and
modifications committed to conference:
Michael G. Oxley,
From the Committee on Education and the Workforce,
for consideration of sections 341, 342, 504, and 1106 of the
House bill, and sections 311, 379, 553, 669, 1053, and title
XXXV of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to
conference:
Bill Goodling,
Van Hilleary,
Patsy T. Mink,
From the Committee on Government Reform, for
consideration of sections 518, 651, 723, 801, 906, 1101 1104,
1106, 1107, and 3137 of the House bill, and sections 643, 651,
801, 806, 810, 814 816, 1010A 1044, 1045, 1057, 1063, 1069,
1073, 1101, 1102, 1104, and 1106 1118, title XIV, and sections
2871, 2881, 3155, and 3171 of the Senate amendment, and
modifications committed to conference:
Dan Burton,
Joe Scarborough,
Henry A. Waxman,
Provided that Mr. Horn is appointed in lieu of Mr.
Scarborough for consideration of section 801 of the House
bill, and sections 801, 806, 810, 814 816, 1010A, 1044, 1045,
1057, 1063, and 1101, title XIV, and sections 2871 and 2881 of
the Senate amendment, and modifications committee to
conference:
Stephen Horn,
Provided that Mr. McHugh is appointed in lieu of Mr.
Scarborough for consideration of section 1073 of the Senate
amendment, and modifications committed to conference:
John M. McHugh,
From the Committee on House Administration, for
consideration of sections 561 563 of the Senate amendment, and
modifications committed to conference:
William M. Thomas,
John Boehner,
Steny H. Hoyer,
From the Committee on International Relations, for
consideration of sections 1201, 1205, 1209, and 1210, title
XIII, and section 3136 of the House bill, and sections 1011,
1201 1203, 1206 1208, 1209, 1212, 1214, 3178, and 3193 of the
Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference:
Bill Goodling,
From the Committee on the Judiciary, for
consideration of sections 543 and 906 of the House bill, and
sections 506, 645, 663, 668, 909, 1068, and 1106, title XV,
and title XXXV of the Senate amendment, and modifications
committed to conference:
Henry Hyde,
Charles T. Canady,
From the Committee on Resources, for consideration
of sections 312, 601, 1501, 2853, 2883, and 3402 of the House
bill, and sections 601 and 1059, title XIII, and sections
2871, 2893, and 3303 of the Senate amendment, and
modifications committed to conference:
Don Young,
Billy Tauzin,
From the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, for consideration of sections 601, 2839, and
2881 of the House bill, and sections 502, 601, and 1072 of the
Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference:
Bud Shuster,
Wayne T. Gilchrest
Brian Baird,
Provided that Mr. Pascrell is appointed in lieu of
Mr. Baird for consideration of section 1072 of the Senate
amendment, and modifications committed to conference:
Bill Pascrell, Jr.,
From the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for
consideration of sections 535, 738, and 2831 of the House
bill, and sections 561 563, 648, 664 666, 671, 672, 682 684,
721, 722, and 1067 of the Senate amendment, and modifications
committed to conference:
Michael Bilirakis,
Jack Quinn,
Corrine Brown,
From the Committee on Ways and Means, for
consideration of section 725 of the House bill, and section
701 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to
conference:
William M. Thomas,
Managers on the Part of the House.
John W. Warner,
Strom Thurmond,
John McCain,
Bob Smith,
James Inhofe,
Rick Santorum,
Olympia J. Snowe,
Pat Roberts,
Wayne Allard,
Tim Hutchinson,
Jeff Sessions,
Carl Levin,
Edward Kennedy,
Jeff Bingaman,
Robert C. Byrd,
Chuck Robb,
Joe Lieberman,
Max Cleland,
Mary L. Landrieu,
Jack Reed,
Managers on the Part of the Senate.
JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE
The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at the
conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4205) to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2001 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, submit the following joint
statement to the House and the Senate in explanation of the effect of
the action agreed upon by the managers and recommended in the
accompanying conference report:
The Senate amendment struck out all of the House bill after the
enacting clause and inserted a substitute text.
The House recedes from its disagreement to the amendment of the
Senate with an amendment which is a substitute for the House bill and
the Senate amendment. The differences between the House bill, the Senate
amendment, and the substitute agreed to in conference are noted below,
except for clerical corrections, conforming changes made necessary by
agreements reached by the conferees, and minor drafting and clarifying
changes.
The conference agreement would enact the provisions of H.R. 5408 as
introduced on October 6, 2000. The text of that bill follows:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Floyd D. Spence
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001''.
(b) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Representative Floyd D. Spence of South Carolina was elected to
the House of Representatives in 1970, for service in the 92d Congress,
after serving in the South Carolina legislature for 10 years, and he has
been reelected to each subsequent Congress.
(2) Representative Spence came to Congress as a distinguished
veteran of service in the Armed Forces of the United States.
(3) Upon graduation from college in 1952, Representative Spence was
commissioned as an ensign in the United States Naval Reserve. After
entering active duty, he served with distinction aboard the USS CARTER
HALL and the USS LSM 397 during the Korean War and later served as
commanding officer of a Naval Reserve Surface Division and as group
commander of all Naval Reserve units in Columbia, South Carolina.
Representative Spence retired from the Naval Reserve in 1988 in the
grade of captain, after 41 years of dedicated service.
(4) Upon election to the House of Representatives, Representative
Spence became a member of the Committee on Armed Services of that body.
During 30 years of service on that committee (4 years of which were
served while the committee was known as the Committee on National
Security), Representative Spence's contributions to the national defense
and security of the United States have been profound and long lasting.
(5) Representative Spence served as chairman of that committee while
known as the Committee on National Security during the 104th and 105th
Congresses and serves as chairman of that committee for the 106th
Congress. In addition, Representative Spence served as the ranking
minority member of the Committee on Armed Services during the 103d
Congress.
(6) Dozens of awards from active duty and reserve military, veterans
service, military retiree, and industry organizations and associations
have recognized the distinguished character of Representative Spence's
service to the Nation.
(7) Representative Spence has been a leading figure in the debate
over many of the most critical military readiness, health care,
recruiting, and retention issues currently confronting the Nation's
military. His concern for the men and women in uniform has been
unwavering, and his accomplishments in promoting and gaining support for
those issues that preserve the combat effectiveness, morale, and quality
of life of the Nation's military personnel have been unparalleled.
(8) During his tenure as chairman of the Committee on National
Security and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives, Representative Spence has--
(A) led efforts to identify and reverse the effect that declining
resources and rising commitments have had on military quality of life
for service members and their families, on combat readiness, and on
equipment modernization, with a direct result of those diligent efforts
and of his willingness to be an outspoken proponent for America's
military being that Congress has added nearly $50,000,000,000 to the
President's defense budgets over the past 5 years;
(B) been a leading proponent of the need to expeditiously develop
and field a national missile defense to protect American citizens and
forward deployed military forces from growing ballistic missile threats;
(C) advocated reversing the growing disparity between actual
military capability and the requirements associated with the National
Military Strategy; and
(D) led efforts in Congress to reform Department of Defense
acquisition and management headquarters and infrastructure and business
practices.
(9) This Act is the 30th annual authorization bill for the
Department of Defense for which Representative Spence has taken a major
responsibility as a member of the Committee on Armed Services of the
House of Representatives (including 4 years while that committee was
known as the Committee on National Security).
(10) In light of the findings in the preceding paragraphs, it is
altogether fitting and proper that this Act be named in honor of
Representative Floyd D. Spence of South Carolina, as provided in
subsection (a).
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; findings.
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. Defense Inspector General.
Sec. 106. Defense Health Program.
SUBTITLE B--ARMY PROGRAMS
Sec. 111. Multiyear procurement authority.
Sec. 112. Increase in limitation on number of bunker defeat
munitions that may be acquired.
Sec. 113. Reports and limitations relating to Army transformation.
SUBTITLE C--NAVY PROGRAMS
Sec. 121. CVNX 1 nuclear aircraft carrier program.
Sec. 122. Arleigh Burke class destroyer program.
Sec. 123. Virginia class submarine program.
Sec. 124. Limitation during fiscal year 2001 on changes in
submarine force structure.
Sec. 125. ADC(X) ship program.
Sec. 126. Refueling and complex overhaul program of the U.S.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Sec. 127. Analysis of certain shipbuilding programs.
Sec. 128. Helicopter support of FFG 7 frigates during fiscal year 2001.
Sec. 129. V 22 cockpit aircraft voice and flight data recorders.
SUBTITLE D--AIR FORCE PROGRAMS
Sec. 131. Annual report on B 2 bomber.
Sec. 132. Report on modernization of Air National Guard F 16A units.
SUBTITLE E--JOINT PROGRAMS
Sec. 141. Study of final assembly and checkout alternatives for
the Joint Strike Fighter program.
SUBTITLE F--CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION
Sec. 151. Pueblo Chemical Depot chemical agent and munitions
destruction technologies.
Sec. 152. Report on assessment of need for Federal economic
assistance for communities impacted by chemical demilitarization
activities.
Sec. 153. Prohibition against disposal of non-stockpile chemical
warfare material at Anniston chemical stockpile disposal facility.
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. Management of Space-Based Infrared System--Low.
Sec. 212. Joint Strike Fighter program.
Sec. 213. Fiscal year 2002 joint field experiment.
Sec. 214. Nuclear aircraft carrier design and production modeling.
Sec. 215. DD 21 class destroyer program.
Sec. 216. Limitation on Russian American Observation Satellites program.
Sec. 217. Joint biological defense program.
Sec. 218. Report on biological warfare defense vaccine research
and development programs.
Sec. 219. Cost limitations applicable to F 22 aircraft program.
Sec. 220. Unmanned advanced capability combat aircraft and ground
combat vehicles.
Sec. 221. Global Hawk high altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle.
Sec. 222. Army space control technology development.
SUBTITLE C--BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE
Sec. 231. Funding for fiscal year 2001.
Sec. 232. Reports on ballistic missile threat posed by North Korea.
Sec. 233. Plan to modify ballistic missile defense architecture.
Sec. 234. Management of Airborne Laser program.
SUBTITLE D--HIGH ENERGY LASER PROGRAMS
Sec. 241. Funding.
Sec. 242. Implementation of High Energy Laser Master Plan.
Sec. 243. Designation of senior official for high energy laser programs.
Sec. 244. Site for Joint Technology Office.
Sec. 245. High energy laser infrastructure improvements.
Sec. 246. Cooperative programs and activities.
Sec. 247. Technology plan.
Sec. 248. Annual report.
Sec. 249. Definition.
Sec. 250. Review of defense-wide directed energy programs.
SUBTITLE E--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 251. Reports on mobile offshore base concept and potential
use for certain purposes of technologies associated with that concept.
Sec. 252. Air Force science and technology planning.
Sec. 253. Enhancement of authorities regarding education
partnerships for purposes of encouraging scientific study.
Sec. 254. Recognition of those individuals instrumental to naval
research efforts during the period from before World War II through the
end of the Cold War.
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. Joint warfighting capabilities assessment teams.
SUBTITLE B--ENVIRONMENTAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 311. Establishment of additional environmental restoration
account and use of accounts for operation and monitoring of
environmental remedies.
Sec. 312. Certain environmental restoration activities.
Sec. 313. Annual reports under Strategic Environmental Research
and Development Program.
Sec. 314. Payment of fines and penalties for environmental
compliance at Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
Sec. 315. Payment of fines or penalties imposed for environmental
compliance violations at other Department of Defense facilities.
Sec. 316. Reimbursement for certain costs in connection with the
former Nansemond Ordnance Depot Site, Suffolk, Virginia.
Sec. 317. Necessity of military low-level flight training to
protect national security and enhance military readiness.
Sec. 318. Ship disposal project.
Sec. 319. Defense Environmental Security Corporate Information
Management Program.
Sec. 320. Report on Plasma Energy Pyrolysis System.
Sec. 321. Sense of Congress regarding environmental restoration of
former defense manufacturing site, Santa Clarita, California.
SUBTITLE C--COMMISSARIES AND NONAPPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITIES
Sec. 331. Use of appropriated funds to cover operating expenses of
commissary stores.
Sec. 332. Adjustment of sales prices of commissary store goods and
services to cover certain expenses.
Sec. 333. Use of surcharges for construction and improvement of
commissary stores.
Sec. 334. Inclusion of magazines and other periodicals as an
authorized commissary merchandise category.
Sec. 335. Use of most economical distribution method for distilled
spirits.
Sec. 336. Report on effects of availability of slot machines on
United States military installations overseas.
SUBTITLE D--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES
Sec. 341. Designation of Centers of Industrial and Technical
Excellence and public-private partnerships to increase utilization of
such centers.
Sec. 342. Unutilized and underutilized plant-capacity costs of
United States arsenals.
Sec. 343. Arsenal support program initiative.
Sec. 344. Codification and improvement of armament retooling and
manufacturing support programs.
SUBTITLE E--PERFORMANCE OF FUNCTIONS BY PRIVATE-SECTOR SOURCES
Sec. 351. Inclusion of additional information in reports to
Congress required before conversion of commercial or industrial type
functions to contractor performance.
Sec. 352 Effects of outsourcing on overhead costs of Centers of
Industrial and Technical Excellence and Army ammunition plants.
Sec. 353. Consolidation, restructuring, or reengineering of
Department of Defense organizations, functions, or activities.
Sec. 354. Monitoring of savings resulting from workforce
reductions as part of conversion of functions to performance by private
sector or other strategic sourcing initiatives.
Sec. 355. Performance of emergency response functions at chemical
weapons storage installations.
Sec. 356. Suspension of reorganization or relocation of Naval
Audit Service.
SUBTITLE F--DEFENSE DEPENDENTS EDUCATION
Sec. 361. Eligibility of dependents of American Red Cross
employees for enrollment in Department of Defense domestic dependent
schools in Puerto Rico.
Sec. 362. Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit
dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense
civilian employees.
Sec. 363. Impact aid for children with severe disabilities.
Sec. 364. Assistance for maintenance, repair, and renovation of
school facilities that serve dependents of members of the Armed Forces
and Department of Defense civilian employees.
SUBTITLE G--MILITARY READINESS ISSUES
Sec. 371. Measuring cannibalization of parts, supplies, and
equipment under readiness reporting system.
Sec. 372. Reporting requirements regarding transfers from
high-priority readiness appropriations.
Sec. 373. Effects of worldwide contingency operations on readiness
of military aircraft and equipment.
Sec. 374. Identification of requirements to reduce backlog in
maintenance and repair of defense facilities.
Sec. 375. New methodology for preparing budget requests to satisfy
Army readiness requirements.
Sec. 376. Review of AH 64 aircraft program.
Sec. 377. Report on Air Force spare and repair parts program for C
5 aircraft.
SUBTITLE H--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 381. Annual report on public sale of certain military
equipment identified on United States Munitions List.
Sec. 382. Resale of armor-piercing ammunition disposed of by the Army.
Sec. 383. Reimbursement by civil air carriers for support provided
at Johnston Atoll.
Sec. 384. Travel by Reserves on military aircraft.
Sec. 385. Overseas airlift service on Civil Reserve Air Fleet aircraft.
Sec. 386. Additions to plan for ensuring visibility over all
in-transit end items and secondary items.
Sec. 387. Reauthorization of pilot program for acceptance and use
of landing fees charged for use of domestic military airfields by civil
aircraft.
Sec. 388. Extension of authority to sell certain aircraft for use
in wildfire suppression.
Sec. 389. Damage to aviation facilities caused by alkali silica
reactivity.
Sec. 390. Demonstration project to increase reserve component
internet access and services in rural communities.
Sec. 391. Additional conditions on implementation of Defense Joint
Accounting System.
Sec. 392. Report on Defense Travel System.
Sec. 393. Review of Department of Defense costs of maintaining
historical properties.
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.
Sec. 403. Adjustment to end strength flexibility authority.
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. Fiscal year 2001 limitation on non-dual status technicians.
Sec. 415. Increase in numbers of members in certain grades
authorized to be on active duty in support of the Reserves.
SUBTITLE C--OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO PERSONNEL STRENGTHS
Sec. 421. Authority for Secretary of Defense to suspend certain
personnel strength limitations during war or national emergency.
Sec. 422. Exclusion from active component end strengths of certain
reserve component members on active duty in support of the combatant
commands.
Sec. 423. Exclusion of Army and Air Force medical and dental
officers from limitation on strengths of reserve commissioned officers
in grades below brigadier general.
Sec. 424. Authority for temporary increases in number of reserve
component personnel serving on active duty or full-time national guard
duty in certain grades.
SUBTITLE D--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 431. Authorization of appropriations for military personnel.
TITLE V--MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY
SUBTITLE A--OFFICER PERSONNEL POLICY
Sec. 501. Eligibility of Army and Air Force Reserve colonels and
brigadier generals for position vacancy promotions.
Sec. 502. Flexibility in establishing promotion zones for Coast
Guard Reserve officers.
Sec. 503. Time for release of reports of officer promotion
selection boards.
Sec. 504. Clarification of requirements for composition of
active-duty list selection boards when reserve officers are under
consideration.
Sec. 505. Authority to issue posthumous commissions in the case of
members dying before official recommendation for appointment or
promotion is approved by Secretary concerned.
Sec. 506. Technical corrections relating to retired grade of
reserve commissioned officers.
Sec. 507. Grade of chiefs of reserve components and directors of
National Guard components.
Sec. 508. Revision to rules for entitlement to separation pay for
regular and reserve officers.
SUBTITLE B--RESERVE COMPONENT PERSONNEL POLICY
Sec. 521. Exemption from active-duty list for reserve officers on
active duty for a period of three years or less.
Sec. 522. Termination of application requirement for consideration
of officers for continuation on the reserve active-status list.
Sec. 523. Authority to retain Air Force Reserve officers in all
medical specialties until specified age.
Sec. 524. Authority for provision of legal services to reserve
component members following release from active duty.
Sec. 525. Extension of involuntary civil service retirement date
for certain reserve technicians.
SUBTITLE C--EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Sec. 531. Eligibility of children of Reserves for Presidential
appointment to service academies.
Sec. 532. Selection of foreign students to receive instruction at
service academies.
Sec. 533. Revision of college tuition assistance program for
members of Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class program.
Sec. 534. Review of allocation of Junior Reserve Officers Training
Corps units among the services.
Sec. 535. Authority for Naval Postgraduate School to enroll
certain defense industry civilians in specified programs relating to
defense product development.
SUBTITLE D--DECORATIONS, AWARDS, AND COMMENDATIONS
Sec. 541. Limitation on award of Bronze Star to members in receipt
of imminent danger pay.
Sec. 542. Consideration of proposals for posthumous or honorary
promotions or appointments of members or former members of the Armed
Forces and other qualified persons.
Sec. 543. Waiver of time limitations for award of certain
decorations to certain persons.
Sec. 544. Addition of certain information to markers on graves
containing remains of certain unknowns from the U.S.S. Arizona who died
in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Sec. 545. Sense of Congress on the court-martial conviction of
Captain Charles Butler McVay, Commander of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, and
on the courageous service of the crew of that vessel.
Sec. 546. Posthumous advancement on retired list of Rear Admiral
Husband E. Kimmel and Major General Walter C. Short, senior officers in
command in Hawaii on December 7, 1941.
Sec. 547. Commendation of citizens of Remy, France, for World War
II actions.
Sec. 548. Authority for Award of the Medal of Honor to William H.
Pitsenbarger for valor during the Vietnam War.
SUBTITLE E--MILITARY JUSTICE AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE MATTERS
Sec. 551. Recognition by States of military testamentary instruments.
Sec. 552. Policy concerning rights of individuals whose names have
been entered into Department of Defense official criminal investigative
reports.
Sec. 553. Limitation on Secretarial authority to grant clemency
for military prisoners serving sentence of confinement for life without
eligibility for parole.
Sec. 554. Authority for civilian special agents of military
department criminal investigative organizations to execute warrants and
make arrests.
Sec. 555. Requirement for verbatim record in certain special
court-martial cases.
Sec. 556. Commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Uniform
Code of Military Justice.
SUBTITLE F--MATTERS RELATING TO RECRUITING
Sec. 561. Army recruiting pilot programs.
Sec. 562. Enhancement of recruitment market research and
advertising programs.
Sec. 563. Access to secondary schools for military recruiting purposes.
Sec. 564. Pilot program to enhance military recruiting by
improving military awareness of school counselors and educators.
SUBTITLE G--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 571. Extension to end of calendar year of expiration date for
certain force drawdown transition authorities.
Sec. 572. Voluntary separation incentive.
Sec. 573. Congressional review period for assignment of women to
duty on submarines and for any proposed reconfiguration or design of
submarines to accommodate female crew members.
Sec. 574. Management and per diem requirements for members subject
to lengthy or numerous deployments.
Sec. 575. Pay in lieu of allowance for funeral honors duty.
Sec. 576. Test of ability of reserve component intelligence units
and personnel to meet current and emerging defense intelligence needs.
Sec. 577. National Guard Challenge Program.
Sec. 578. Study of use of civilian contractor pilots for
operational support missions.
Sec. 579. Reimbursement for expenses incurred by members in
connection with cancellation of leave on short notice.
TITLE VI--COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS
SUBTITLE A--PAY AND ALLOWANCES
Sec. 601. Increase in basic pay for fiscal year 2001.
Sec. 602. Additional restructuring of basic pay rates for enlisted
members.
Sec. 603. Revised method for calculation of basic allowance for
subsistence.
Sec. 604. Family subsistence supplemental allowance for low-income
members of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 605. Basic allowance for housing.
Sec. 606. Additional amount available for fiscal year 2001
increase in basic allowance for housing inside the United States.
Sec. 607. Equitable treatment of junior enlisted members in
computation of basic allowance for housing.
Sec. 608. Eligibility of members in grade E 4 to receive basic
allowance for housing while on sea duty.
Sec. 609. Personal money allowance for senior enlisted members of
the Armed Forces.
Sec. 610. Increased uniform allowances for officers.
Sec. 611. Cabinet-level authority to prescribe requirements and
allowance for clothing of enlisted members.
Sec. 612. Increase in monthly subsistence allowance for members of
precommissioning programs.
SUBTITLE B--BONUSES AND SPECIAL AND INCENTIVE PAYS
Sec. 621. Extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities
for reserve forces.
Sec. 622. Extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities
for nurse officer candidates, registered nurses, and nurse anesthetists.
Sec. 623. Extension of authorities relating to payment of other
bonuses and special pays.
Sec. 624. Revision of enlistment bonus authority.
Sec. 625. Consistency of authorities for special pay for reserve
medical and dental officers.
Sec. 626. Elimination of required congressional notification
before implementation of certain special pay authority.
Sec. 627. Special pay for physician assistants of the Coast Guard.
Sec. 628. Authorization of special pay and accession bonus for
pharmacy officers.
Sec. 629. Correction of references to Air Force veterinarians.
Sec. 630. Career sea pay.
Sec. 631. Increased maximum rate of special duty assignment pay.
Sec. 632. Entitlement of members of the National Guard and other
reserves not on active duty to receive special duty assignment pay.
Sec. 633. Authorization of retention bonus for members of the
Armed Forces qualified in a critical military skill.
Sec. 634. Entitlement of active duty officers of the Public Health
Service Corps to special pays and bonuses of health professional
officers of the Armed Forces.
SUBTITLE C--TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES
Sec. 641. Advance payments for temporary lodging of members and
dependents.
Sec. 642. Additional transportation allowance regarding baggage
and household effects.
Sec. 643. Incentive for shipping and storing household goods in
less than average weights.
Sec. 644. Equitable dislocation allowances for junior enlisted members.
Sec. 645. Authority to reimburse military recruiters, Senior ROTC
cadre, and military entrance processing personnel for certain parking
expenses.
Sec. 646. Expansion of funded student travel for dependents.
SUBTITLE D--RETIREMENT AND SURVIVOR BENEFIT MATTERS
Sec. 651. Exception to high-36 month retired pay computation for
members retired following a disciplinary reduction in grade.
Sec. 652. Increase in maximum number of Reserve retirement points
that may be credited in any year.
Sec. 653. Retirement from active reserve service after regular
retirement.
Sec. 654. Same treatment for Federal judges as for other Federal
officials regarding payment of military retired pay.
Sec. 655. Reserve component Survivor Benefit Plan spousal consent
requirement.
Sec. 656. Sense of Congress on increasing Survivor Benefit Plan
annuities for surviving spouses age 62 or older.
Sec. 657. Revision to special compensation authority to repeal
exclusion of uniformed services retirees in receipt of disability
retired pay.
SUBTITLE E--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 661. Participation in Thrift Savings Plan.
Sec. 662. Determinations of income eligibility for special
supplemental food program.
Sec. 663. Billeting services for reserve members traveling for
inactive-duty training.
Sec. 664. Settlement of claims for payments for unused accrued
leave and for retired pay.
Sec. 665. Additional benefits and protections for personnel
incurring injury, illness, or disease in the performance of funeral
honors duty.
Sec. 666. Authority for extension of deadline for filing claims
associated with capture and internment of certain persons by North
Vietnam.
Sec. 667. Back pay for members of the Navy and Marine Corps
selected for promotion while interned as prisoners of war during World
War II.
Sec. 668. Sense of Congress concerning funding for reserve components.
TITLE VII--HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS
SUBTITLE A--HEALTH CARE SERVICES
Sec. 701. Provision of domiciliary and custodial care for CHAMPUS
beneficiaries and certain former CHAMPUS beneficiaries.
Sec. 702. Chiropractic health care for members on active duty.
Sec. 703. School-required physical examinations for certain minor
dependents.
Sec. 704. Two-year extension of dental and medical benefits for
surviving dependents of certain deceased members.
Sec. 705. Two-year extension of authority for use of contract
physicians at military entrance processing stations and elsewhere
outside medical treatment facilities.
Sec. 706. Medical and dental care for Medal of Honor recipients.
SUBTITLE B--SENIOR HEALTH CARE
Sec. 711. Implementation of TRICARE senior pharmacy program.
Sec. 712. Conditions for eligibility for CHAMPUS and TRICARE upon
the attainment of age 65; expansion and modification of medicare
subvention project.
Sec. 713. Accrual funding for health care for medicare-eligible
retirees and dependents.
SUBTITLE C--TRICARE PROGRAM
Sec. 721. Improvement of access to health care under the TRICARE
program.
Sec. 722. Additional beneficiaries under TRICARE Prime Remote
program in the continental United States.
Sec. 723. Modernization of TRICARE business practices and increase
of use of military treatment facilities.
Sec. 724. Extension of TRICARE managed care support contracts.
Sec. 725. Report on protections against health care providers
seeking direct reimbursement from members of the uniformed services.
Sec. 726. Voluntary termination of enrollment in TRICARE retiree
dental program.
Sec. 727. Claims processing improvements.
Sec. 728. Prior authorizations for certain referrals and
nonavailability-of-health-care statements.
SUBTITLE D--DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS
Sec. 731. Demonstration project for expanded access to mental
health counselors.
Sec. 732. Teleradiology demonstration project.
Sec. 733. Health care management demonstration program.
SUBTITLE E--JOINT INITIATIVES WITH DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Sec. 741. VA-DOD sharing agreements for health services.
Sec. 742. Processes for patient safety in military and veterans
health care systems.
Sec. 743. Cooperation in developing pharmaceutical identification
technology.
SUBTITLE F--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 751. Management of anthrax vaccine immunization program.
Sec. 752. Elimination of copayments for immediate family.
Sec. 753. Medical informatics.
Sec. 754. Patient care reporting and management system.
Sec. 755. Augmentation of Army Medical Department by detailing
Reserve officers of the Public Health Service.
Sec. 756. Privacy of Department of Defense medical records.
Sec. 757. Authority to establish special locality-based
reimbursement rates; reports.
Sec. 758. Reimbursement for certain travel expenses.
Sec. 759. Reduction of cap on payments.
Sec. 760. Training in health care management and administration.
Sec. 761. Studies on feasibility of sharing biomedical research
facility.
Sec. 762. Study on comparability of coverage for physical, speech,
and occupational therapies.
TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED
MATTERS
SUBTITLE A--AMENDMENTS TO GENERAL CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES, PROCEDURES,
AND LIMITATIONS
Sec. 801. Department of Defense acquisition pilot programs.
Sec. 802. Multiyear services contracts.
Sec. 803. Clarification and extension of authority to carry out
certain prototype projects.
Sec. 804. Clarification of authority of Comptroller General to
review records of participants in certain prototype projects.
Sec. 805. Extension of time period of limitation on procurement of
ball bearings and roller bearings.
Sec. 806. Reporting requirements relating to multiyear contracts.
Sec. 807. Eligibility of small business concerns owned and
controlled by women for assistance under the mentor-protege program.
Sec. 808. Qualifications required for employment and assignment in
contracting positions.
Sec. 809. Revision of authority for solutions-based contracting
pilot program.
Sec. 810. Procurement notice of contracting opportunities through
electronic means.
SUBTITLE B--INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Sec. 811. Acquisition and management of information technology.
Sec. 812. Tracking and management of information technology purchases.
Sec. 813. Appropriate use of requirements regarding experience and
education of contractor personnel in the procurement of information
technology services.
Sec. 814. Navy-Marine Corps Intranet.
Sec. 815. Sense of Congress regarding information technology
systems for Guard and Reserve components.
SUBTITLE C--OTHER ACQUISITION-RELATED MATTERS
Sec. 821. Improvements in procurements of services.
Sec. 822. Financial analysis of use of dual rates for quantifying
overhead costs at Army ammunition plants.
Sec. 823. Repeal of prohibition on use of Department of Defense
funds for procurement of nuclear-capable shipyard crane from a foreign
source.
Sec. 824. Extension of waiver period for live-fire survivability
testing for MH 47E and MH 60K helicopter modification programs.
Sec. 825. Compliance with existing law regarding purchases of
equipment and products.
Sec. 826. Requirement to disregard certain agreements in awarding
contracts for the purchase of firearms or ammunition.
SUBTITLE D--STUDIES AND REPORTS
Sec. 831. Study on impact of foreign sourcing of systems on
long-term military readiness and related industrial infrastructure.
Sec. 832. Study of policies and procedures for transfer of
commercial activities.
Sec. 833. Study and report on practice of contract bundling in
military construction contracts.
Sec. 834. Requirement to conduct study on contract bundling.
TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT
SUBTITLE A--DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICERS
Sec. 901. Overall supervision of Department of Defense activities
for combating terrorism.
Sec. 902. Change of title of certain positions in the
Headquarters, Marine Corps.
Sec. 903. Clarification of scope of Inspector General authorities
under military whistleblower law.
Sec. 904. Policy to ensure conduct of science and technology
programs so as to foster the transition of science and technology to
higher levels of research, development, test, and evaluation.
Sec. 905. Additional components of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
staff annual report on combatant command requirements.
SUBTITLE B--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATIONS
Sec. 911. Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation.
Sec. 912. Department of Defense regional centers for security studies.
Sec. 913. Change in name of Armed Forces Staff College to Joint
Forces Staff College.
Sec. 914. Special authority for administration of Navy Fisher Houses.
Sec. 915. Supervisory control of Armed Forces Retirement Home
board by Secretary of Defense.
Sec. 916. Semiannual report on Joint Requirements Oversight
Council reform initiative.
Sec. 917. Comptroller General review of operations of Defense
Logistics Agency.
Sec. 918. Comptroller General review of operations of Defense
Information Systems Agency.
SUBTITLE C--INFORMATION SECURITY
Sec. 921. Institute for Defense Computer Security and Information
Protection.
Sec. 922. Information security scholarship program.
SUBTITLE D--REPORTS
Sec. 931. Date of submittal of reports on shortfalls in equipment
procurement and military construction for the reserve components in
future-years defense programs.
Sec. 932. Report on number of personnel assigned to legislative
liaison functions.
Sec. 933. Joint report on establishment of national collaborative
information analysis capability.
Sec. 934. Network centric warfare.
Sec. 935. Report on Air Force Institute of Technology.
SUBTITLE E--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 941. Flexibility in implementation of limitation on major
Department of Defense headquarters activities personnel.
Sec. 942. Consolidation of certain Navy gift funds.
Sec. 943. Temporary authority to dispose of a gift previously
accepted for the Naval Academy.
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 2000.
Sec. 1004. United States contribution to NATO common-funded
budgets in fiscal year 2001.
Sec. 1005. Limitation on funds for Bosnia and Kosovo peacekeeping
operations for fiscal year 2001.
Sec. 1006. Requirement for prompt payment of contract vouchers.
Sec. 1007. Plan for prompt recording of obligations of funds for
contractual transactions.
Sec. 1008. Electronic submission and processing of claims for
contract payments.
Sec. 1009. Administrative offsets for overpayment of
transportation costs.
Sec. 1010. Interest penalties for late payment of interim payments
due under Government service contracts.
SUBTITLE B--NAVAL VESSELS AND SHIPYARDS
Sec. 1011. Revisions to national defense features program.
Sec. 1012. Sense of Congress on the naming of the CVN 77 aircraft
carrier.
Sec. 1013. Authority to transfer naval vessels to certain foreign
countries.
Sec. 1014. Authority to consent to retransfer of alternative
former naval vessel by Government of Greece.
SUBTITLE C--COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES
Sec. 1021. Extension of authority to provide support for
counter-drug activities of Colombia.
Sec. 1022. Report on Department of Defense expenditures to support
foreign counter-drug activities.
Sec. 1023. Recommendations on expansion of support for
counter-drug activities.
Sec. 1024. Review of riverine counter-drug program.
Sec. 1025. Report on tethered aerostat radar system.
Sec. 1026. Sense of Congress regarding use of Armed Forces for
counter-drug and counter-terrorism activities.
SUBTITLE D--COUNTERTERRORISM AND DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS
Sec. 1031. Preparedness of military installation first responders
for incidents involving weapons of mass destruction.
Sec. 1032. Additional weapons of mass destruction civil support teams.
Sec. 1033. Authority to provide loan guarantees to improve
domestic preparedness to combat cyberterrorism.
Sec. 1034. Report on the status of domestic preparedness against
the threat of biological terrorism.
Sec. 1035. Report on strategy, policies, and programs to combat
domestic terrorism.
SUBTITLE E--STRATEGIC FORCES
Sec. 1041. Revised nuclear posture review.
Sec. 1042. Plan for the long-term sustainment and modernization of
United States strategic nuclear forces.
Sec. 1043. Modification of scope of waiver authority for
limitation on retirement or dismantlement of strategic nuclear delivery
systems.
Sec. 1044. Report on the defeat of hardened and deeply buried targets.
Sec. 1045. Sense of Congress on the maintenance of the strategic
nuclear triad.
SUBTITLE F--MISCELLANEOUS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Sec. 1051. Management review of working-capital fund activities.
Sec. 1052. Report on submarine rescue support vessels.
Sec. 1053. Report on Federal Government progress in developing
information assurance strategies.
Sec. 1054. Department of Defense process for decisionmaking in
cases of false claims.
SUBTITLE G--GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SECURITY REFORM
Sec. 1061. Coordination of Federal information policy.
Sec. 1062. Responsibilities of certain agencies.
Sec. 1063. Relationship of Defense Information Assurance Program
to Government-wide information security program.
Sec. 1064. Technical and conforming amendments.
Sec. 1065. Effective date.
SUBTITLE H--SECURITY MATTERS
Sec. 1071. Limitation on granting of security clearances.
Sec. 1072. Process for prioritizing background investigations for
security clearances for Department of Defense personnel and defense
contractor personnel.
Sec. 1073. Authority to withhold certain sensitive information
from public disclosure.
Sec. 1074. Expansion of authority to exempt geodetic products of
the Department of Defense from public disclosure.
Sec. 1075. Expenditures for declassification activities.
Sec. 1076. Enhanced access to criminal history record information
for national security and other purposes
Sec. 1077. Two-year extension of authority to engage in commercial
activities as security for intelligence collection activities.
Sec. 1078. Coordination of nuclear weapons secrecy policies and
consideration of health of workers at former Department of Defense
nuclear facilities.
SUBTITLE I--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 1081. Funds for administrative expenses under Defense Export
Loan Guarantee program.
Sec. 1082. Transit pass program for Department of Defense
personnel in poor air quality areas.
Sec. 1083. Transfer of Vietnam era TA 4 aircraft to nonprofit
foundation.
Sec. 1084. Transfer of 19th century cannon to museum.
Sec. 1085. Fees for providing historical information to the public.
Sec. 1086. Grants to American Red Cross for Armed Forces emergency
services.
Sec. 1087. Technical and clerical amendments.
Sec. 1088. Maximum size of parcel post packages transported
overseas for Armed Forces post offices.
Sec. 1089. Sense of Congress regarding tax treatment of members
receiving special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or imminent
danger.
Sec. 1090. Organization and management of Civil Air Patrol.
Sec. 1091. Additional duties for Commission to Assess United
States National Security Space Management and Organization.
Sec. 1092. Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace
Industry.
Sec. 1093. Drug addiction treatment.
TITLE XI--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL
SUBTITLE A--CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT GENERALLY
Sec. 1101. Employment and compensation of employees for temporary
organizations established by law or Executive order.
Sec. 1102. Assistive technology accommodations program.
Sec. 1103. Extension of authority for voluntary separations in
reductions in force.
Sec. 1104. Electronic maintenance of performance appraisal systems.
Sec. 1105. Study on civilian personnel services.
SUBTITLE B--DEMONSTRATION AND PILOT PROGRAMS
Sec. 1111. Pilot program for reengineering the equal employment
opportunity complaint process.
Sec. 1112. Work safety demonstration program.
Sec. 1113. Extension, expansion, and revision of authority for
experimental personnel program for scientific and technical personnel.
Sec. 1114. Clarification of personnel management authority under
personnel demonstration project.
SUBTITLE C--EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE
Sec. 1121. Restructuring the restriction on degree training.
Sec. 1122. Student loan repayment programs.
Sec. 1123. Extension of authority for tuition reimbursement and
training for civilian employees in the defense acquisition workforce.
SUBTITLE D--OTHER BENEFITS
Sec. 1131. Additional special pay for foreign language proficiency
beneficial for United States national security interests.
Sec. 1132. Approval authority for cash awards in excess of $10,000.
Sec. 1133. Leave for crews of certain vessels.
Sec. 1134. Life insurance for emergency essential Department of
Defense employees.
SUBTITLE E--INTELLIGENCE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL
Sec. 1141. Expansion of defense civilian intelligence personnel
system positions.
Sec. 1142. Increase in number of positions authorized for the
Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service.
SUBTITLE F--VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAY AND EARLY RETIREMENT
AUTHORITY
Sec. 1151. Extension, revision, and expansion of authorities for
use of voluntary separation incentive pay and voluntary early
retirement.
Sec. 1152. Department of Defense employee voluntary early
retirement authority.
Sec. 1153. Limitations.
TITLE XII--MATTERS RELATING TO OTHER NATIONS
SUBTITLE A--MATTERS RELATED TO ARMS CONTROL
Sec. 1201. Support of United Nations-sponsored efforts to inspect
and monitor Iraqi weapons activities.
Sec. 1202. Support of consultations on Arab and Israeli arms
control and regional security issues.
Sec. 1203. Furnishing of nuclear test monitoring equipment to
foreign governments.
Sec. 1204. Additional matters for annual report on transfers of
militarily sensitive technology to countries and entities of concern.
SUBTITLE B--MATTERS RELATING TO THE BALKANS
Sec. 1211. Annual report assessing effect of continued operations
in the Balkans region on readiness to execute the national military
strategy.
Sec. 1212. Situation in the Balkans.
Sec. 1213. Semiannual report on Kosovo peacekeeping.
SUBTITLE C--NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION AND UNITED STATES FORCES
IN EUROPE
Sec. 1221. NATO fair burdensharing.
Sec. 1222. Repeal of restriction preventing cooperative airlift
support through acquisition and cross-servicing agreements.
Sec. 1223. GAO study on the benefits and costs of United States
military engagement in Europe.
SUBTITLE D--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 1231. Joint data exchange center with Russian Federation on
early warning systems and notification of ballistic missile launches.
Sec. 1232. Report on sharing and exchange of ballistic missile
launch early warning data.
Sec. 1233. Annual report of Communist Chinese military companies
operating in the United States.
Sec. 1234. Adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels
of high performance computers.
Sec. 1235. Increased authority to provide health care services as
humanitarian and civic assistance.
Sec. 1236. Sense of Congress regarding the use of children as soldiers.
Sec. 1237. Sense of Congress regarding undersea rescue and recovery.
Sec. 1238. United States-China Security Review Commission.
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 elimination of
conventional weapons.
Sec. 1304. Limitations on use of funds for fissile material
storage facility.
Sec. 1305. Limitation on use of funds to support warhead
dismantlement processing.
Sec. 1306. Agreement on nuclear weapons storage sites.
Sec. 1307. Limitation on use of funds for construction of fossil
fuel energy plants; report.
Sec. 1308. Reports on activities and assistance under cooperative
threat reduction programs.
Sec. 1309. Russian chemical weapons elimination.
Sec. 1310. Limitation on use of funds for elimination of weapons
grade plutonium program.
Sec. 1311. Report on audits of Cooperative Threat Reduction programs.
TITLE XIV--COMMISSION TO ASSESS THE THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES FROM
ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE (EMP) ATTACK
Sec. 1401. Establishment of commission.
Sec. 1402. Duties of commission.
Sec. 1403. Reports.
Sec. 1404. Powers.
Sec. 1405. Commission procedures.
Sec. 1406. Personnel matters.
Sec. 1407. Miscellaneous administrative provisions.
Sec. 1408. Funding.
Sec. 1409. Termination of the commission.
TITLE XV--NAVY ACTIVITIES ON THE ISLAND OF VIEQUES, PUERTO RICO
Sec. 1501. Assistance for economic growth on Vieques.
Sec. 1502. Conveyance of Naval Ammunition Support Detachment,
Vieques Island.
Sec. 1503. Determination regarding continuation of Navy training.
Sec. 1504. Actions if training is approved.
Sec. 1505. Requirements if training is not approved or mandate for
referendum is vitiated.
Sec. 1506. Certain properties exempt from conveyance or transfer.
Sec. 1507. Moratorium on improvements at Fort Buchanan.
Sec. 1508. Transfer and management of Conservation Zones.
TITLE XVI--GI BILL EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE AND VETERANS CLAIMS
ASSISTANCE
SUBTITLE A--VETERANS EDUCATION BENEFITS
Sec. 1601. Additional opportunity for certain VEAP participants to
enroll in basic educational assistance under Montgomery GI Bill.
Sec. 1602. Modification of authority to pay tuition for off-duty
training and education.
SUBTITLE B--VETERANS CLAIMS ASSISTANCE
Sec. 1611. Clarification of Department of Veterans Affairs duty to
assist.
TITLE XVII--ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS
Sec. 1701. Firefighter assistance.
Sec. 1702. Volunteer fire assistance program.
Sec. 1703. Burn research.
Sec. 1704. Study and demonstration projects regarding cases of
hepatitis C among certain emergency response employees.
Sec. 1705. Report on progress on spectrum sharing.
Sec. 1706. Sale or donation of excess defense property to assist
firefighting agencies.
Sec. 1707. Identification of defense technologies suitable for
use, or conversion for use, in providing fire and emergency medical
services.
TITLE XVIII--IMPACT AID
Sec. 1801. Short title.
Sec. 1802. Purpose.
Sec. 1803. Payments relating to Federal acquisition of real property.
Sec. 1804. Payments for eligible federally connected children.
Sec. 1805. Maximum amount of basic support payments.
Sec. 1806. Basic support payments for heavily impacted local
educational agencies.
Sec. 1807. Basic support payments for local educational agencies
affected by removal of Federal property.
Sec. 1808. Additional payments for local educational agencies with
high concentrations of children with severe disabilities.
Sec. 1809. Application for payments under sections 8002 and 8003.
Sec. 1810. Payments for sudden and substantial increases in
attendance of military dependents.
Sec. 1811. Construction.
Sec. 1812. State consideration of payments in providing State aid.
Sec. 1813. Federal administration.
Sec. 1814. Administrative hearings and judicial review.
Sec. 1815. Forgiveness of overpayments.
Sec. 1816. Definitions.
Sec. 1817. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 1818. Effective date.
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.
Sec. 2105. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal
year 2000 projects.
Sec. 2106. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal
year 1999 projects.
Sec. 2107. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 1998
project.
Sec. 2108. Authority to accept funds for realignment of certain
military construction project, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
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 at Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Quantico, Virginia.
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. Energy conservation projects.
Sec. 2403. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies.
Sec. 2404. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal
year 1990 project.
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. Authority to contribute to construction of airport
tower, Cheyenne Airport, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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 1998
projects.
Sec. 2703. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 1997
projects.
Sec. 2704. Effective date.
TITLE XXVIII--GENERAL PROVISIONS
SUBTITLE A--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING
CHANGES
Sec. 2801. Joint use military construction projects.
Sec. 2802. Exclusion of certain costs from determination of
applicability of limitation on use of funds for improvement of family
housing.
Sec. 2803. Revision of space limitations for military family housing.
Sec. 2804. Modification of lease authority for high-cost military
family housing.
Sec. 2805. Provision of utilities and services under alternative
authority for acquisition and improvement of military housing.
Sec. 2806. Extension of alternative authority for acquisition and
improvement of military housing.
Sec. 2807. Expansion of definition of armory to include readiness
centers.
SUBTITLE B--REAL PROPERTY AND FACILITIES ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 2811. Increase in threshold for notice and wait requirements
for real property transactions.
Sec. 2812. Enhancement of authority of military departments to
lease non-excess property.
Sec. 2813. Conveyance authority regarding utility systems of
military departments.
Sec. 2814. Permanent conveyance authority to improve property
management.
SUBTITLE C--DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT
Sec. 2821. Scope of agreements to transfer property to
redevelopment authorities without consideration under the base closure
laws.
SUBTITLE D--LAND CONVEYANCES
PART I--ARMY CONVEYANCES
Sec. 2831. Transfer of jurisdiction, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois.
Sec. 2832. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Galesburg, Illinois.
Sec. 2833. Land conveyance, Charles Melvin Price Support Center,
Illinois.
Sec. 2834. Land conveyance, Fort Riley, Kansas.
Sec. 2835. Land conveyance, Fort Polk, Louisiana.
Sec. 2836. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Winona, Minnesota.
Sec. 2837. Land conveyance, Fort Dix, New Jersey.
Sec. 2838. Land conveyance, Nike Site 43, Elrama, Pennsylvania.
Sec. 2839. Land exchange, Army Reserve Local Training Center,
Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Sec. 2840. Land exchange, Fort Hood, Texas.
Sec. 2841. Land conveyance, Fort Pickett, Virginia.
Sec. 2842. Land conveyance, Fort Lawton, Washington.
Sec. 2843. Land conveyance, Vancouver Barracks, Washington.
PART II--NAVY CONVEYANCES
Sec. 2846. Modification of land conveyance, Marine Corps Air
Station, El Toro, California.
Sec. 2847. Modification of authority for Oxnard Harbor District,
Port Hueneme, California, to use certain Navy property.
Sec. 2848. Transfer of jurisdiction, Marine Corps Air Station,
Miramar, California.
Sec. 2849. Land exchange, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego,
California.
Sec. 2850. Lease of property, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida.
Sec. 2851. Land conveyance, Naval Reserve Center, Tampa, Florida.
Sec. 2852. Modification of land conveyance, Defense Fuel Supply
Point, Casco Bay, Maine.
Sec. 2853. Land conveyance, Naval Computer and Telecommunications
Station, Cutler, Maine.
Sec. 2854. Modification of land conveyance authority, former Naval
Training Center, Bainbridge, Cecil County, Maryland.
Sec. 2855. Land conveyance, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North
Carolina.
Sec. 2856. Land exchange, Naval Air Reserve Center, Columbus, Ohio.
Sec. 2857. Land conveyance, Naval Station, Bremerton, Washington.
PART III--AIR FORCE CONVEYANCES
Sec. 2861. Land conveyance, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California.
Sec. 2862. Land conveyance, Point Arena Air Force Station, California.
Sec. 2863. Land conveyance, Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado.
Sec. 2864. Land conveyance, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
Sec. 2865. Modification of land conveyance, Ellsworth Air Force
Base, South Dakota.
Sec. 2866. Land conveyance, Mukilteo Tank Farm, Everett, Washington.
PART IV--OTHER CONVEYANCES
Sec. 2871. Land conveyance, Army and Air Force Exchange Service
property, Farmers Branch, Texas.
Sec. 2872. Land conveyance, former National Ground Intelligence
Center, Charlottesville, Virginia.
SUBTITLE E--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 2881. Relation of easement authority to leased parkland,
Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California.
Sec. 2882. Extension of demonstration project for purchase of
fire, security, police, public works, and utility services from local
government agencies.
Sec. 2883. Acceptance and use of gifts for construction of third
building at United States Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson Air Force
Base, Ohio.
Sec. 2884. Development of Marine Corps Heritage Center at Marine
Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia.
Sec. 2885. Activities relating to greenbelt at Fallon Naval Air
Station, Nevada.
Sec. 2886. Establishment of World War II memorial on Guam.
Sec. 2887. Naming of Army missile testing range at Kwajalein Atoll
as the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site at Kwajalein
Atoll.
Sec. 2888. Designation of building at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in
honor of Andrew T. McNamara.
Sec. 2889. Designation of Balboa Naval Hospital, San Diego,
California, in honor of Bob Wilson, a former member of the House of
Representatives.
Sec. 2890. Sense of Congress regarding importance of expansion of
National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California.
Sec. 2891. Sense of Congress regarding land transfers at Melrose
Range, New Mexico, and Yakima Training Center, Washington.
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. National Nuclear Security Administration.
Sec. 3102. Defense environmental restoration and waste management.
Sec. 3103. Other defense activities.
Sec. 3104. Defense environmental management privatization.
Sec. 3105. Defense nuclear waste disposal.
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. Funding for termination costs of River Protection
Project, Richland, Washington.
Sec. 3132. Enhanced cooperation between National Nuclear Security
Administration and Ballistic Missile Defense Organization.
Sec. 3133. Reprogramming of funds available for infrastructure
upgrades or maintenance in certain accounts of the National Nuclear
Security Administration.
Sec. 3134. Adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels
for post-shipment verification reports on advanced supercomputer sales
to certain foreign nations.
Sec. 3135. Modification of counterintelligence polygraph program.
Sec. 3136. Employee incentives for employees at closure project
facilities.
Sec. 3137. Continuation of processing, treatment, and disposition
of legacy nuclear materials.
Sec. 3138. Limitation on use of certain funds pending
certification of compliance with Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action
Program funding prohibition.
Sec. 3139. Conceptual design for Subsurface Geosciences Laboratory
at Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho Falls,
Idaho.
Sec. 3140. Report on National Ignition Facility, Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California.
Sec. 3141. River Protection Project, Richland, Washington.
Sec. 3142. Report on tank waste remediation system, Hanford
Reservation, Richland, Washington.
SUBTITLE D--MATTERS RELATING TO MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY
ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 3151. Term of office of person first appointed as Under
Secretary for Nuclear Security of the Department of Energy.
Sec. 3152. Membership of Under Secretary for Nuclear Security on
the Joint Nuclear Weapons Council.
Sec. 3153. Organization plan for field offices of the National
Nuclear Security Administration.
Sec. 3154. Required contents of future-years nuclear security program.
Sec. 3155. Future-years nuclear security program for fiscal year 2001.
Sec. 3156. Engineering and manufacturing research, development,
and demonstration by plant managers of certain nuclear weapons
production plants.
Sec. 3157. Prohibition on individuals engaging in concurrent
service or duties within National Nuclear Security Administration and
outside that Administration but within Department of Energy.
Sec. 3158. Annual plan for obligation of funds of the National
Nuclear Security Administration.
Sec. 3159. Authority to reorganize National Nuclear Security
Administration.
SUBTITLE E--NATIONAL LABORATORIES PARTNERSHIP IMPROVEMENT
Sec. 3161. Technology Infrastructure Pilot Program.
Sec. 3162. Report on small business participation in National
Nuclear Security Administration activities.
Sec. 3163. Study and report related to improving mission
effectiveness, partnerships, and technology transfer at national
security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities.
Sec. 3164. Report on effectiveness of National Nuclear Security
Administration technology development partnerships with non-Federal
entities.
Sec. 3165. Definitions.
SUBTITLE F--MATTERS RELATING TO DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION
Sec. 3171. Annual report on status of nuclear materials
protection, control, and accounting program.
Sec. 3172. Nuclear Cities Initiative.
Sec. 3173. Department of Energy nonproliferation monitoring.
Sec. 3174. Sense of Congress on the need for coordination of
nonproliferation programs.
Sec. 3175. Limitation on use of funds for International Nuclear
Safety Program.
SUBTITLE G--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 3191. Extension of authority for appointment of certain
scientific, engineering, and technical personnel.
Sec. 3192. Biennial report containing update on nuclear test
readiness postures.
Sec. 3193. Frequency of reports on inadvertent releases of
Restricted Data and Formerly Restricted Data.
Sec. 3194. Form of certifications regarding the safety or
reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile.
Sec. 3195. Authority to provide certificate of commendation to
Department of Energy and contractor employees for exemplary service in
stockpile stewardship and security.
Sec. 3196. Cooperative research and development agreements for
government-owned, contractor-operated laboratories.
Sec. 3197. Office of Arctic Energy.
TITLE XXXII--DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD
Sec. 3201. Authorization.
TITLE XXXIII--NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE
Sec. 3301. Authorized uses of stockpile funds.
Sec. 3302. Increased receipts under prior disposal authority.
Sec. 3303. Disposal of titanium.
TITLE XXXIV--NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES
Sec. 3401. Minimum price of petroleum sold from certain naval
petroleum reserves.
Sec. 3402. Repeal of authority to contract for cooperative or unit
plans affecting Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1.
Sec. 3403. Disposal of Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 2.
TITLE XXXV--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 3501. Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2001.
Sec. 3502. Scrapping of National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels.
Sec. 3503. Authority to convey National Defense Reserve Fleet
vessel, Glacier.
Sec. 3504. Maritime intermodal research.
Sec. 3505. Maritime research and technology development.
Sec. 3506. Reporting of administered and oversight funds.
TITLE XXXVI--ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM
Sec. 3601. Short title.
Sec. 3602. Findings; sense of Congress.
SUBTITLE A--ESTABLISHMENT OF COMPENSATION PROGRAM AND COMPENSATION FUND
Sec. 3611. Establishment of Energy Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program.
Sec. 3612. Establishment of Energy Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Fund.
Sec. 3613. Legislative proposal.
Sec. 3614. Authorization of appropriations.
SUBTITLE B--PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 3621. Definitions for program administration.
Sec. 3622. Expansion of list of beryllium vendors.
Sec. 3623. Exposure in the performance of duty.
Sec. 3624. Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health.
Sec. 3625. Responsibilities of Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Sec. 3626. Designation of additional members of Special Exposure Cohort.
Sec. 3627. Separate treatment of chronic silicosis.
Sec. 3628. Compensation and benefits to be provided.
Sec. 3629. Medical benefits.
Sec. 3630. Separate treatment of certain uranium employees.
Sec. 3631. Assistance for claimants and potential claimants.
SUBTITLE C--TREATMENT, COORDINATION, AND FORFEITURE OF COMPENSATION AND
BENEFITS
Sec. 3641. Offset for certain payments.
Sec. 3642. Subrogation of the United States.
Sec. 3643. Payment in full settlement of claims.
Sec. 3644. Exclusivity of remedy against the United States and
against contractors and subcontractors.
Sec. 3645. Election of remedy for beryllium employees and atomic
weapons employees.
Sec. 3646. Certification of treatment of payments under other laws.
Sec. 3647. Claims not assignable or transferable; choice of remedies.
Sec. 3648. Attorney fees.
Sec. 3649. Certain claims not affected by awards of damages.
Sec. 3650. Forfeiture of benefits by convicted felons.
Sec. 3651. Coordination with other Federal radiation compensation laws.
SUBTITLE D--ASSISTANCE IN STATE WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS
Sec. 3661. Agreements with States.
SEC. . 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.
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. Defense Inspector General.
Sec. 106. Defense Health Program.
SUBTITLE B--ARMY PROGRAMS
Sec. 111. Multiyear procurement authority.
Sec. 112. Increase in limitation on number of bunker defeat
munitions that may be acquired.
Sec. 113. Reports and limitations relating to Army transformation.
SUBTITLE C--NAVY PROGRAMS
Sec. 121. CVNX 1 nuclear aircraft carrier program.
Sec. 122. Arleigh Burke class destroyer program.
Sec. 123. Virginia class submarine program.
Sec. 124. Limitation during fiscal year 2001 on changes in
submarine force structure.
Sec. 125. ADC(X) ship program.
Sec. 126. Refueling and complex overhaul program of the U.S.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Sec. 127. Analysis of certain shipbuilding programs.
Sec. 128. Helicopter support of FFG 7 frigates during fiscal year 2001.
Sec. 129. V 22 cockpit aircraft voice and flight data recorders.
SUBTITLE D--AIR FORCE PROGRAMS
Sec. 131. Annual report on B 2 bomber.
Sec. 132. Report on modernization of Air National Guard F 16A units.
SUBTITLE E--JOINT PROGRAMS
Sec. 141. Study of final assembly and checkout alternatives for
the Joint Strike Fighter program.
SUBTITLE F--CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION
Sec. 151. Pueblo Chemical Depot chemical agent and munitions
destruction technologies.
Sec. 152. Report on assessment of need for Federal economic
assistance for communities impacted by chemical demilitarization
activities.
Sec. 153. Prohibition against disposal of non-stockpile chemical
warfare material at Anniston chemical stockpile disposal facility.
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations
SEC. 101. ARMY.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001
for procurement for the Army as follows:
(1) For aircraft, $1,550,012,000.
(2) For missiles, $1,320,681,000.
(3) For weapons and tracked combat vehicles, $2,436,324,000.
(4) For ammunition, $1,179,916,000.
(5) For other procurement, $4,235,719,000.
(6) For chemical agents and munitions destruction, $980,100,000, for--
(A) 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
(B) the destruction of chemical warfare materiel of the United
States that is not covered by section 1412 of such Act.
SEC. 102. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS.
(a) Navy.--Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal
year 2001 for procurement for the Navy as follows:
(1) For aircraft, $8,394,338,000.
(2) For weapons, including missiles and torpedoes, $1,443,600,000.
(3) For shipbuilding and conversion, $12,826,919,000.
(4) For other procurement, $3,380,680,000.
(b) Marine Corps.--Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2001 for procurement for the Marine Corps in the amount of
$1,212,768,000.
(c) Navy and Marine Corps Ammunition.--Funds are hereby authorized to
be appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for procurement of ammunition for
the Navy and the Marine Corps in the amount of $487,749,000.
SEC. 103. AIR FORCE.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001
for procurement for the Air Force as follows:
(1) For aircraft, $9,923,868,000.
(2) For missiles, $2,863,778,000.
(3) For ammunition, $646,808,000.
(4) For other procurement, $7,711,647,000.
SEC. 104. DEFENSE-WIDE ACTIVITIES.
(a) Amount Authorized.--Funds are hereby authorized to be
appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for Defense-wide procurement in the
amount of $2,278,408,000.
(b) Amount for National Missile Defense.--Of the funds authorized to
be appropriated in subsection (a), $74,530,000 shall be available for
the National Missile Defense program.
SEC. 105. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001
for procurement for the Inspector General of the Department of Defense
in the amount of $3,300,000.
SEC. 106. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAMS.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001
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 $290,006,000.
Subtitle B--Army Programs
SEC. 111. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY.
(a) M 2 A 3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle.--(1) Beginning with the fiscal
year 2001 program year, the Secretary of the Army may, in accordance
with section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, enter into one or
more multiyear contracts for procurement of M2A3 Bradley fighting
vehicles.
(2) The Secretary of the Army may execute a contract authorized by
paragraph (1) only after--
(A) there is a successful completion of a M2A3 Bradley initial
operational test and evaluation (IOT&E); and
(B) the Secretary certifies in writing to the congressional defense
committees that the vehicle met all required test parameters.
(b) Utility Helicopters.--Beginning with the fiscal year 2002 program
year, the Secretary of the Army may, in accordance with section 2306b of
title 10, United States Code, enter into one or more multiyear contracts
for procurement of UH 60 Blackhawk utility helicopters and, acting as
executive agent for the Department of the Navy, CH 60 Knighthawk utility
helicopters.
SEC. 112. INCREASE IN LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF BUNKER DEFEAT
MUNITIONS THAT MAY BE ACQUIRED.
Section 116(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1995 (Public Law 103 337; 108 Stat. 2682) is amended by striking
``6,000'' and inserting ``8,500''.
SEC. 113. REPORTS AND LIMITATIONS RELATING TO ARMY TRANSFORMATION.
(a) Secretary of the Army Report on Objective Force Development
Process.--The Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report on the process for developing the objective
force in the transformation of the Army. The report shall include the
following:
(1) The operational environments envisioned for the objective force.
(2) The threat assumptions on which research and development efforts
for transformation of the Army into the objective force are based.
(3) The potential operational and organizational concepts for the
objective force.
(4) The operational requirements anticipated for the operational
requirements document of the objective force.
(5) The anticipated schedule of Army transformation activities
through fiscal year 2012, together with--
(A) the projected funding requirements through that fiscal year for
research and development activities and procurement activities related
to transition to the objective force; and
(B) a summary of the anticipated investments of the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency in programs designed to lead to the fielding of
future combat systems for the objective force.
(6) A proposed plan for the comparison referred to in subsection (c).
If any of the information required by paragraphs (1) through (5) is
not available at the time the report is submitted, the Secretary shall
include in the report the anticipated schedule for the availability of
that information.
(b) Secretary of Defense Report on Objective Force Development
Process.--Not later than March 1, 2001, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the process
for developing the objective force in the transformation of the Army.
The report shall include the following:
(1) The joint warfighting requirements that will be supported by the
fielding of the objective force, together with a description of the
adjustments that are planned to be made in the war plans of the
commanders of the unified combatant commands in relation to the fielding
of the objective force.
(2) The changes in lift requirements that may result from the
establishment and fielding of the combat brigades of the objective
force.
(3) The evaluation process that will be used to support
decisionmaking on the course of the Army transformation, including a
description of the operational evaluations and experimentation that will
be used to validate the operational requirements for the operational
requirements document of the objective force.
If any of the information required by paragraphs (1) through (3) is
not available at the time the report is submitted, the Secretary shall
include in the report the anticipated schedule for the availability of
that information.
(c) Costs and Effectiveness of Medium Armored Combat Vehicles for the
Interim Brigade Combat Teams.--(1) The Secretary of the Army shall
develop a plan for comparing--
(A) the costs and operational effectiveness of the infantry carrier
variant of the interim armored vehicles selected for the infantry
battalions of the interim brigade combat teams; and
(B) the costs and operational effectiveness of the troop-carrying
medium armored vehicles currently in the Army inventory for the use of
infantry battalions.
(2) The Secretary of the Army may not carry out the comparison
described in paragraph (1) until the Director of Operational Test and
Evaluation of the Department of Defense approves the plan for that
comparison developed under that paragraph.
(d) Limitation Pending Receipt of Secretary of the Army Report.--Not
more than 80 percent of the amount appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for
the procurement of armored vehicles in the family of new medium armored
vehicles may be obligated until--
(1) the Secretary of the Army submits to the congressional defense
committees the report required under subsection (a); and
(2) a period of 30 days has elapsed from the date of the submittal
of such report.
(e) Limitation Pending Comparison and Certification.--No funds
appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of the Army
for any fiscal year may be obligated for acquisition of medium armored
combat vehicles to equip a third interim brigade combat team until--
(1) the plan for a comparison of costs and operational effectiveness
developed under subsection (c)(1), as approved under subsection (c)(2),
is carried out;
(2) the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense
committees, after the completion of the comparison referred to in
paragraph (1), a certification that--
(A) the Secretary approves of the obligation of funds for that
purpose; and
(B) the force structure resulting from the acquisition and
subsequent operational capability of interim brigade combat teams will
not diminish the combat power of the Army; and
(3) a period of 30 days has elapsed from the date of the
certification under paragraph (2).
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``transformation'', with respect to the Army, means the
actions being undertaken to transform the Army, as it is constituted in
terms of organization, equipment, and doctrine in 2000, into the
objective force.
(2) The term ``objective force'' means the Army that has the
organizational structure, the most advanced equipment that early
twenty-first century science and technology can provide, and the
appropriate doctrine to ensure that the Army is responsive, deployable,
agile, versatile, lethal, survivable, and sustainable for the full
spectrum of the operations anticipated to be required of the Army during
the early years of the twenty-first century following 2010.
(3) The term ``interim brigade combat team'' means an Army brigade
that is designated by the Secretary of the Army as a brigade combat team
and is reorganized and equipped with currently available equipment in a
configuration that effectuates an evolutionary advancement toward
transformation of the Army to the objective force.
Subtitle C--Navy Programs
SEC. 121. CVNX 1 NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER PROGRAM.
(a) Authorization of Ship.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized
to procure the aircraft carrier to be designated CVNX 1.
(b) Advance Procurement and Construction.--The Secretary may enter
into one or more contracts for the advance procurement and advance
construction of components for the ship authorized under subsection (a).
(c) Amount Authorized From SCN Account.--Of the amounts authorized to
be appropriated under section 102(a)(3) for fiscal year 2001,
$21,869,000 is available for the advance procurement and advance
construction of components (including nuclear components) for the CVNX 1
aircraft carrier program.
SEC. 122. ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS DESTROYER PROGRAM.
(a) Economical Multiyear Procurement of Previously Authorized Vessels
and One Additional Vessel.--(1) Subsection (b) of section 122 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104
201; 110 Stat. 2446), as amended by section 122(a) of Public Law 106 65
(113 Stat. 534), is further amended by striking ``a total of 18 Arleigh
Burke class destroyers'' in the first sentence and all that follows
through the period at the end of that sentence and inserting ``Arleigh
Burke class destroyers in accordance with this subsection and subsection
(a)(4) at procurement rates not in excess of three ships in each of the
fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1998, and before October 1,
2005. The authority under the preceding sentence is subject to the
availability of appropriations for such destroyers.''.
(2) The heading for such subsection is amended by striking ``18''.
(b) Economical Rate of Procurement.--It is the sense of Congress
that, for the procurement of the Arleigh Burke class destroyers to be
procured after fiscal year 2001 under multiyear contracts authorized
under section 122(b) of Public Law 104 201, as amended by subsection
(a)--
(1) the Secretary of the Navy should--
(A) achieve the most economical rate of procurement; and
(B) enter into such contracts for advance procurement as may be
necessary to achieve that rate of procurement;
(2) the most economical rate of procurement would be achieved by
procuring three of those vessels in each of fiscal years 2002 and 2003
and procuring another vessel in fiscal year 2004; and
(3) the Secretary has the authority under section 122(b) of Public
Law 104 201 (110 Stat. 2446) and subsections (b) and (c) of section 122
of Public Law 106 65 (113 Stat. 534) to provide for procurement at the
most economical rate, as described in paragraph (2).
(c) Update of 1993 Report on DDG 51 Class Ships.--(1) The Secretary
of the Navy shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than November 1,
2000, a report that updates the information provided in the report of
the Secretary of the Navy entitled the ``Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) Class
Industrial Base Study of 1993''. The Secretary shall transmit a copy of
the updated report to the Comptroller General not later than the date on
which the Secretary submits the report to the committees.
(2) The Comptroller General shall review the updated report submitted
under paragraph (1) and, not later than December 1, 2000, submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives
the Comptroller General's comments on the updated report.
SEC. 123. VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE PROGRAM.
(a) Amounts Authorized From SCN Account.--Of the amounts authorized
to be appropriated by section 102(a)(3) for fiscal year 2001,
$1,706,234,000 is available for the Virginia class submarine program.
(b) Contract Authority.--(1) The Secretary of the Navy is authorized
to enter into a contract for the procurement of up to five Virginia
class submarines, including the procurement of material in economic
order quantities when cost savings are achievable, during fiscal years
2003 through 2006. The submarines authorized under the preceding
sentence are in addition to the submarines authorized under section
121(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998
(Public Law 105 85; 111 Stat. 1648).
(2) A contract entered into under paragraph (1) shall provide that
any obligation of the United States to make a payment under the contract
is subject to the availability of appropriations for that purpose.
(c) Shipbuilder Teaming.--Paragraphs (2)(A), (3), and (4) of section
121(b) of Public Law 105 85 apply to the procurement of submarines under
this section.
(d) Limitation of Liability.--If a contract entered into under this
section is terminated, the United States shall not be liable for
termination costs in excess of the total of the amounts appropriated for
the Virginia class submarine program that remain available for the
program.
(e) Report Requirement.--At that same time that the President submits
the budget for fiscal year 2002 to Congress under section 1105(a) of
title 31, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to
the congressional defense committees a report on the Navy's fleet of
fast attack submarines. The report shall include the following:
(1) A plan for maintaining at least 55 fast attack submarines in
commissioned service through 2015, including, by 2015, 18 Virginia class
submarines.
(2) Two assessments of the potential savings that would be achieved
under the Virginia class submarine program if the production rate for
that program were at least two submarines each fiscal year, as follows:
(A) An assessment if that were the production rate beginning in
fiscal year 2004.
(B) An assessment if that were the production rate beginning in
fiscal year 2006.
(3) An analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of various
contracting strategies for the Virginia class submarine program,
including one or more multiyear procurement strategies and one or more
strategies for block buy with economic order quantity.
SEC. 124. LIMITATION DURING FISCAL YEAR 2001 ON CHANGES IN
SUBMARINE FORCE STRUCTURE.
(a) Limitation on Retirement of Submarines.--During fiscal year 2001,
the Secretary of the Navy may not retire from the active force structure
of the Navy any Los Angeles class nuclear-powered attack submarine or
any Ohio class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine unless the
Secretary of the Navy certifies to Congress in writing that he cannot
assure the continued safe and militarily effective operation of that
submarine.
(b) Report.--Not later than April 15, 2001, the President shall
submit to Congress a report on the required force structure for
nuclear-powered submarines, including attack submarines (SSNs),
ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), and cruise missile submarines
(SSGNs), to support the national military strategy through 2020. The
report shall include a detailed discussion of the acquisition strategy
and fleet maintenance requirements to achieve and maintain that force
structure through--
(1) the procurement of new construction submarines;
(2) the refueling of Los Angeles class attack submarines (SSNs) to
achieve the maximum amount of operational useful service; and
(3) the conversion of Ohio class submarines that are no longer
required for the strategic deterrence mission from their current
ballistic missile (SSBN) configuration to a cruise-missile (SSGN)
configuration.
SEC. 125. ADC(X) SHIP PROGRAM.
The Secretary of the Navy may procure the construction of all ADC(X)
class ships in one shipyard if the Secretary determines that it is more
cost effective to do so than to procure the construction of such ships
from more than one shipyard.
SEC. 126. REFUELING AND COMPLEX OVERHAUL PROGRAM OF THE U.S.S.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER.
(a) Amount Authorized From SCN Account.--Of the amount authorized to
be appropriated by section 102(a)(3) for fiscal year 2001, $698,441,000
is available for the commencement of the nuclear refueling and complex
overhaul of the U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) during fiscal year
2001. The amount made available in the preceding sentence is the first
increment in the incremental funding planned for the nuclear refueling
and complex overhaul of that vessel.
(b) Contract Authority.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to
enter into a contract during fiscal year 2001 for the nuclear refueling
and complex overhaul of the U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(c) Condition for Out-Year Contract Payments.--A contract entered
into under subsection (b) shall provide that any obligation of the
United States to make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year
after fiscal year 2001 is subject to the availability of appropriations
for that purpose for that later fiscal year.
SEC. 127. ANALYSIS OF CERTAIN SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMS.
(a) Alternative Funding Analysis.--The Secretary of the Navy shall
conduct an analysis on the potential benefits and risks associated with
alternative funding mechanisms for the procurement of various classes of
naval vessels and other naval capabilities beginning in fiscal year
2002.
(b) Alternative Funding Mechanisms.--For purposes of this section,
the term ``alternative funding mechanism'' means any of the following:
(1) The use of multiyear procurement.
(2) The use of advance procurement for block buys of materials in
economic order quantities.
(3) The use of advance procurement and advance construction required
in the number of years appropriate to minimize the cost of ship
construction.
(4) The use of advance procurement and advance construction
apportioned roughly evenly across some number of fiscal years.
(5) The use of resources from the National Defense Sealift Fund to
budget for auxiliary ships and strategic lift ships.
(6) The use of the resources from the National Defense Sealift Fund
to provide advance payments for national defense features to establish
an active Ready Reserve Force.
(c) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report providing the results of the analysis under
subsection (a). The report shall be submitted concurrently with the
submission of the President's budget for fiscal year 2002, but in no
event later than February 5, 2001. The report shall include the
following:
(1) A detailed description of the funding mechanisms considered.
(2) The potential savings or costs associated with each such funding
mechanism.
(3) The year-to-year effect of each such funding mechanism on
production stability of other shipbuilding programs funded within the
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, account, given the current
acquisition plan of the Navy through fiscal year 2010.
(4) The variables and constants used in the analysis which should
include economic, industrial base, and budget realities.
(5) A description and discussion of any statutory or regulatory
restrictions that would preclude the use of any of the funding
mechanisms considered.
SEC. 128. HELICOPTER SUPPORT OF FFG 7 FRIGATES DURING FISCAL YEAR 2001.
During fiscal year 2001, the Secretary of the Navy shall operate one
squadron of six SH 2G helicopters to provide organic helicopter assets
for operational support of missions that are to be carried out by FFG 7
Flight I and Flight II frigates during that fiscal year.
SEC. 129. V 22 COCKPIT AIRCRAFT VOICE AND FLIGHT DATA RECORDERS.
The Secretary of Defense shall require that all V 22 Osprey aircraft
be equipped with a state-of-the-art cockpit voice recorder and a
state-of-the-art flight data recorder each of which meets, at a minimum,
the standards for such devices recommended by the National
Transportation Safety Board.
Subtitle D--Air Force Programs
SEC. 131. ANNUAL REPORT ON B 2 BOMBER.
(a) In General.--(1) Chapter 136 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``2282. B 2 bomber: annual report
``Not later than March 1 of each year, 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
the B 2 bomber aircraft. Each such report shall include the following:
``(1) Identification of the average full-mission capable rate of B 2
aircraft for the preceding fiscal year and the Secretary's overall
assessment of the implications of that full-mission capable rate on
mission accomplishment for the B 2 aircraft, together with the
Secretary's determination as to whether that rate is adequate for the
accomplishment of each of the missions assigned to the B 2 aircraft as
of the date of the assessment.
``(2) An assessment of the technical capabilities of the B 2
aircraft and whether these capabilities are adequate to accomplish each
of the missions assigned to that aircraft as of the date of the
assessment.
``(3) Identification of all ongoing and planned development of
technologies to enhance the capabilities of that aircraft.
``(4) Identification and assessment of additional technologies that
would make that aircraft more capable or survivable against known and
evolving threats.
``(5) A fiscally phased program for each technology identified in
paragraphs (3) and (4) for the budget year and the future-years defense
program, based on the following three funding situations:
``(A) The President's current budget.
``(B) The President's current budget and the current Department of
Defense unfunded priority list.
``(C) The maximum executable funding for the B 2 aircraft given the
requirement to maintain enough operationally ready aircraft to
accomplish missions assigned to the B-2 aircraft.''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended
by adding at the end the following new item:
``2282. B 2 bomber: annual report.''.
(b) Repeal of Superseded Reporting Requirement.--Section 112 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991
(Public Law 101 189) is repealed.
SEC. 132. REPORT ON MODERNIZATION OF AIR NATIONAL GUARD F 16A UNITS.
The Secretary of the Air Force shall, not later than February 1,
2001, submit to Congress a plan to modernize and upgrade the combat
capabilities of those Air National Guard units that, as of the date of
the enactment of this Act, are assigned F 16A aircraft so that those
units can be deployed as part of Air Expeditionary Forces.
Subtitle E--Joint Programs
SEC. 141. STUDY OF FINAL ASSEMBLY AND CHECKOUT ALTERNATIVES
FOR THE JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER PROGRAM.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
award of a contract for engineering and manufacturing development for
the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft program, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to Congress a report providing the results of a study of
final assembly and checkout alternatives for that aircraft.
(b) Matters To Be Included.--The report under subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) Examination of alternative final assembly and checkout
strategies for the program, including--
(A) final assembly and checkout of all aircraft under the program at
one location;
(B) final assembly and checkout at dual locations; and
(C) final assembly and checkout at multiple locations.
(2) Identification of each Government and industry facility that is
a potential location for such final assembly and checkout.
(3) Identification of the anticipated costs of final assembly and
checkout at each facility identified pursuant to paragraph (2), based
upon a reasonable profile for the annual procurement of that aircraft
once it enters production.
(4) A comparison of the anticipated costs of carrying out such final
assembly and checkout at each such location.
(c) Cost Comparison.--In identifying costs under subsection (b)(3)
and carrying out the cost comparisons required by subsection (b)(4), the
Secretary shall include consideration of each of the following factors:
(1) State tax credits.
(2) State and local incentives.
(3) Skilled resident workforce.
(4) Supplier and technical support bases.
(5) Available stealth production facilities.
(6) Environmental standards.
Subtitle F--Chemical Demilitarization
SEC. 151. PUEBLO CHEMICAL DEPOT CHEMICAL AGENT AND MUNITIONS
DESTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES.
(a) Limitation.--In determining the technologies to be used for the
destruction of the stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions at
Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colorado, whether under the assessment required
by section 141(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2000 (Public Law 106 65; 113 Stat. 537; 50 U.S.C. 1521 note), the
Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment, or any other assessment, the
Secretary of Defense may consider only the following technologies:
(1) Incineration.
(2) Any technologies demonstrated under the Assembled Chemical
Weapons Assessment on or before May 1, 2000.
(b) Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment Defined.--As used in
subsection (a), the term ``Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment'' means
the pilot program carried out under section 8065 of the Department of
Defense Appropriations Act, 1997 (as contained in section 101(b) of
Public Law 104 208; 110 Stat. 3009 101; 50 U.S.C. 1521 note).
SEC. 152. REPORT ON ASSESSMENT OF NEED FOR FEDERAL ECONOMIC
ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION
ACTIVITIES.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than April 1, 2001, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate
and of the House of Representatives a report on the impact of the
Department of Defense chemical agents and munitions destruction program
on the communities in the vicinity of the chemical weapons stockpile
storage sites and associated chemical agent demilitarization activities
at the following facilities:
(1) Anniston Chemical Activity, Alabama.
(2) Blue Grass Chemical Activity, Kentucky.
(3) Deseret Chemical Depot, Utah.
(4) Edgewood Chemical Activity, Maryland.
(5) Newport Chemical Activity, Indiana.
(6) Pine Bluff Chemical Activity, Arkansas.
(7) Pueblo Chemical Activity, Colorado.
(8) Umatilla Chemical Depot, Oregon.
(b) Recommendation.--The Secretary shall include in the report a
recommendation regarding whether Federal economic assistance for any or
all of those communities to assist in meeting the impact of that program
is needed and appropriate. If the Secretary's recommendation is that
such economic assistance is needed and appropriate for any or all of
such communities, the Secretary shall include in the report criteria for
determining the amount of such economic assistance.
(c) Matters To Be Considered in Assessing Impact.--In assessing the
impact of the program referred to in subsection (a) for purposes of
preparing the report required by that subsection and the recommendation
required by subsection (b), the Secretary shall consider the following:
(1) The impact that any change in population as a result of chemical
agent demilitarization activities would have on the community.
(2) The possible temporary nature of such a change in population and
the long-range financial impact of such a change in population on the
permanent residents of the community.
(3) The initial capitalization required for the services,
facilities, or infrastructure to support any increase in population.
(4) The operating costs for sustaining or upgrading the services,
facilities, or infrastructure to support any increase in population.
(5) The costs incurred by local government entities for improvements
to emergency evacuation routes required by the chemical demilitarization
activities.
(6) Such other factors as the Secretary considers appropriate.
SEC. 153. PROHIBITION AGAINST DISPOSAL OF NON-STOCKPILE
CHEMICAL WARFARE MATERIAL AT ANNISTON CHEMICAL STOCKPILE DISPOSAL
FACILITY.
No funds authorized to be made available under this or any other Act
may be used to facilitate the disposal using the chemical stockpile
disposal facility at Anniston, Alabama, of any non-stockpile chemical
warfare material that is not stored (as of the date of the enactment of
this Act) at the Anniston Army Depot.
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. Management of Space-Based Infrared System--Low.
Sec. 212. Joint Strike Fighter program.
Sec. 213. Fiscal year 2002 joint field experiment.
Sec. 214. Nuclear aircraft carrier design and production modeling.
Sec. 215. DD 21 class destroyer program.
Sec. 216. Limitation on Russian American Observation Satellites program.
Sec. 217. Joint biological defense program.
Sec. 218. Report on biological warfare defense vaccine research
and development programs.
Sec. 219. Cost limitations applicable to F 22 aircraft program.
Sec. 220. Unmanned advanced capability combat aircraft and ground
combat vehicles.
Sec. 221. Global Hawk high altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle.
Sec. 222. Army space control technology development.
SUBTITLE C--BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE
Sec. 231. Funding for fiscal year 2001.
Sec. 232. Reports on ballistic missile threat posed by North Korea.
Sec. 233. Plan to modify ballistic missile defense architecture.
Sec. 234. Management of Airborne Laser program.
SUBTITLE D--HIGH ENERGY LASER PROGRAMS
Sec. 241. Funding.
Sec. 242. Implementation of High Energy Laser Master Plan.
Sec. 243. Designation of senior official for high energy laser programs.
Sec. 244. Site for Joint Technology Office.
Sec. 245. High energy laser infrastructure improvements.
Sec. 246. Cooperative programs and activities.
Sec. 247. Technology plan.
Sec. 248. Annual report.
Sec. 249. Definition.
Sec. 250. Review of Defense-wide directed energy programs.
SUBTITLE E--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 251. Reports on mobile offshore base concept and potential
use for certain purposes of technologies associated with that concept.
Sec. 252. Air Force science and technology planning.
Sec. 253. Enhancement of authorities regarding education
partnerships for purposes of encouraging scientific study.
Sec. 254. Recognition of those individuals instrumental to naval
research efforts during the period from before World War II through the
end of the Cold War.
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001
for the use of the Department of Defense for research, development,
test, and evaluation as follows:
(1) For the Army, $5,568,482,000.
(2) For the Navy, $8,715,335,000.
(3) For the Air Force, $13,779,144,000.
(4) For Defense-wide activities, $10,873,712,000, of which
$192,060,000 is authorized for the Director of Operational Test and
Evaluation.
SEC. 202. AMOUNT FOR BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH.
(a) Fiscal Year 2001.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated
by section 201, $4,557,188,000 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. MANAGEMENT OF SPACE-BASED INFRARED SYSTEM--LOW.
Not later than October 1, 2001, the Secretary of Defense shall direct
that the Director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization shall
have authority for program management for the ballistic missile defense
program known on the date of the enactment of this Act as the
Space-Based Infrared System--Low.
SEC. 212. JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER PROGRAM.
(a) Report.--Not later than December 15, 2000, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on
the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft program describing the criteria for
exit of the program from the demonstration and validation phase, and
entry of the program into the engineering and manufacturing development
phase, of the acquisition process.
(b) Certification.--The Joint Strike Fighter program may not be
approved for entry into the engineering and manufacturing development
phase of the acquisition process until the Secretary of Defense
certifies to the congressional defense committees that--
(1) the exit criteria established in the report submitted under
subsection (a) have been accomplished;
(2) the technological maturity of key technologies for the program
is sufficient to warrant entry of the program into the engineering and
manufacturing development phase; and
(3) the short take-off, vertical-landing aircraft variant selected
for engineering and manufacturing development has successfully flown at
least 20 hours.
(c) Transfers Within the Joint Strike Fighter Navy and Air Force
Accounts.--(1) The Secretary of Defense may, subject to established
congressional notification and reprogramming procedures, transfer within
the Joint Strike Fighter program the following amounts:
(A) Of the funds authorized to be appropriated for PE 64800N, up to
$100,000,000 to PE 63800N.
(B) Of the funds authorized to be appropriated for PE 64800F, up to
$100,000,000 to PE 63800F.
(2) The transfer authority authorized in paragraph (1) is in addition
to the transfer authority provided in section 1001.
SEC. 213. FISCAL YEAR 2002 JOINT FIELD EXPERIMENT.
(a) Requirements.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a joint
field experiment in fiscal year 2002. The Secretary shall ensure that
the planning for the joint field experiment is carried out in fiscal
year 2001.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the joint field experiment is to explore
critical war fighting challenges at the operational level of war that
will confront United States joint military forces after 2010.
(c) Participating Forces.--(1) The joint field experiment shall
involve elements of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, and
shall include special operations forces.
(2) The forces designated to participate in the joint field
experiment shall exemplify the concepts for organization, equipment, and
doctrine that are conceived for the forces after 2010 under Joint Vision
2010 and Joint Vision 2020 (issued by the Joint Chiefs of Staff) and the
current vision statements of the Chief of Staff of the Army, the Chief
of Naval Operations, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, and the Chief
of Staff of the Air Force, including the following concepts:
(A) Army medium weight brigades.
(B) Navy Forward-From-The-Sea.
(C) Air Force expeditionary aerospace forces.
(d) Report.--Not later than March 1, 2001, the Secretary shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a report on the concept plan for
the joint field experiment required under subsection (a). The report
shall include the following:
(1) The objectives of the experiment.
(2) The forces participating in the experiment.
(3) The schedule and location of the experiment.
(4) For each joint command, defense agency, and service component
participating in the experiment, an identification of--
(A) the funding required for the experiment by that command, agency,
or component; and
(B) any shortfall in the budget request for the Department of
Defense for fiscal year 2002 for that funding for that command, agency,
or component.
SEC. 214. NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER DESIGN AND PRODUCTION MODELING.
(a) Assessment Required.--The Secretary of the Navy shall conduct an
assessment of the cost-effectiveness of--
(1) converting design data for the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
from non-electronic to electronic form; and
(2) developing an electronic, three-dimensional design product model
for the CVNX class aircraft carrier.
(b) Conduct of the Assessment.--The Secretary of the Navy shall carry
out the assessment in a manner that ensures the participation of the
nuclear aircraft carrier shipbuilding industry.
(c) Report.--The Secretary of the Navy shall submit a report to the
congressional defense committees on the assessment. The report shall
include the results of the assessment and plans and funding requirements
for developing the model specified in subsection (a)(2). The report
shall be submitted with the submission of the budget request for the
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2002.
(d) Funding.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under
section 201(2) for research, development, test, and evaluation for the
Navy, $8,000,000 shall be available to initiate the conversion and
development of nuclear aircraft carrier design data into an electronic,
three-dimensional product model.
SEC. 215. DD 21 CLASS DESTROYER PROGRAM.
(a) Authority.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to pursue a
technology insertion approach for the construction of the DD 21
destroyer that is based on the assumption of the following schedule:
(1) Award of a contract for advance procurement for construction of
components for the DD 21 destroyer during fiscal year 2004.
(2) Delivery of the completed ship during fiscal year 2009.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) there are compelling reasons for starting the program for
constructing the DD 21 destroyer during fiscal year 2004 with available
procurement funds and continuing with sequential construction of DD 21
class destroyers during the ensuing fiscal years until 32 DD 21 class
destroyers have been constructed; and
(2) the Secretary of the Navy, in providing for the acquisition of
DD 21 class destroyers, should consider that--
(A) the Marine Corps needs the surface fire-support capabilities of
the DD 21 class destroyers as soon as possible in order to mitigate the
inadequacies of the surface fire-support capabilities that are currently
available;
(B) the Navy and Marine Corps need to resolve whether there is a
requirement for surface fire-support missile weapon systems to be easily
sustainable by means of replenishment while under way;
(C) the technology insertion approach has been successful for other
ship construction programs and is being pursued for the CVNX aircraft
carrier program and the Virginia class submarine program;
(D) the establishment of a stable configuration for the first 10 DD
21 class destroyers should enable the construction of those ships with
the greatest capabilities at the lowest cost; and
(E) action to acquire DD 21 class destroyers should be taken as soon
as possible in order to realize fully the cost savings that can be
derived from the construction and operation of DD 21 class destroyers,
including--
(i) savings in construction costs that would result from achievement
of the Navy's target per-ship cost of $750,000,000 by the fifth ship
constructed in each construction yard;
(ii) savings that would result from the estimated reduction of the
crews of destroyers by 200 or more personnel for each ship; and
(iii) savings that would result from a reduction in the operating
costs for destroyers by an estimated 70 percent.
(c) Navy Plan for Use of Technology Insertion Approach for
Construction of the DD 21 Ship.--The Secretary of the Navy shall submit
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, not later than April 18, 2001, a plan for pursuing a
technology insertion approach for the construction of the DD 21
destroyer as authorized under subsection (a). The plan shall include
estimates of the resources necessary to carry out the plan.
(d) Report on Acquisition and Maintenance Plan for DD 21 Class
Ships.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than
April 18, 2001, a report on the Navy's plan for the acquisition and
maintenance of DD 21 class destroyers. The report shall include a
discussion of each of the following matters:
(1) The technical feasibility of contracting for, and commencing
construction of, the first destroyer in that class during fiscal year
2004 and achieving delivery of the completed ship during fiscal year
2009.
(2) An analysis of alternative contracting strategies for the
construction of the first 10 destroyers in that class, including one or
more multiyear procurement strategies and one or more strategies for
block buy in economic order quantity.
(3) A comparison of the effects on the destroyer industrial base and
on costs to other Navy shipbuilding programs of the following two
options:
(A) Commencing construction of the first destroyer in that class
during fiscal year 2004, with delivery of the completed ship during
fiscal year 2009, and delaying commencement of construction of the next
destroyer in that class until fiscal year 2006.
(B) Commencing construction of the first destroyer in that class
during fiscal year 2005 (rather than fiscal year 2004), with advance
procurement during fiscal year 2004 and delivery of the completed ship
during fiscal year 2010, and delaying commencement of construction of
the next destroyer in that class until fiscal year 2007 (rather than
fiscal year 2006).
(4) The effects on the fleet maintenance strategies of Navy fleet
commanders, on commercial maintenance facilities in fleet concentration
areas, and on the administration of funds in compliance with section
2466 of title 10, United States Code, of awarding to a contractor for
the construction of a destroyer in that class all maintenance workloads
for destroyers in that class that are below depot-level maintenance and
above ship-level maintenance.
SEC. 216. LIMITATION ON RUSSIAN AMERICAN OBSERVATION SATELLITES PROGRAM.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated under section 201(4)
for the Russian American Observation Satellites program may be obligated
or expended until 30 days after the Secretary of Defense submits to
Congress a report explaining how the Secretary plans to protect United
States advanced military technology that may be associated with the
Russian American Observation Satellites program.
SEC. 217. JOINT BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM.
(a) Limitation.--Subject to subsection (c), funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act may not be obligated for the procurement of a
vaccine for the biological agent anthrax until the Secretary of Defense
has submitted to the congressional defense committees each of the
following:
(1) A written notification that the Food and Drug Administration has
approved the current manufacturer for production of the vaccine.
(2) A report on the contingencies associated with continuing to rely
on the current manufacturer to supply the vaccine.
(b) Content of Report.--The report required under subsection (a)(2)
shall include each of the following:
(1) Recommended strategies to mitigate the risk to the Department of
Defense of losing the current manufacturer as a source of anthrax
vaccine, together with a discussion of the criteria to be applied in
determining whether to carry out any of the strategies and which
strategy to carry out.
(2) Recommended strategies to ensure that the Department of Defense
can procure, from one or more sources other than the current
manufacturer, an anthrax vaccine approved by the Food and Drug
Administration that meets the requirements of the Department if--
(A) the Food and Drug Administration does not approve the release of
the anthrax vaccine available from the current manufacturer; or
(B) the current manufacturer terminates the production of anthrax
vaccine permanently.
(3) A five-year budget to support each strategy recommended under
paragraph (1) or (2).
(c) Permissible Obligations.--(1) This section does not limit the
obligation of funds for any of the following purposes:
(A) The support of any action that is necessary for the current
manufacturer to comply with standards of the Food and Drug
Administration (including those purposes necessary to obtain or maintain
a biological license application) applicable to anthrax vaccine.
(B) Establishing an additional source (other than or in conjunction
with the current manufacturer) for the production of anthrax vaccine.
(C) Any action that the Secretary determines necessary to ensure
production of anthrax vaccine for meeting an urgent and immediate
national defense requirement.
(2) Not later than seven days after the total amount of the funds
obligated (or obligated and expended) for purposes specified in
paragraph (1) exceeds $5,000,000, the Secretary shall submit to Congress
a notification that the total obligations exceed that amount, together
with a written justification for the obligation of funds in excess of
that amount.
(d) Current Manufacturer.--In this section, the term ``current
manufacturer'' means the manufacturing source from which the Department
of Defense is procuring anthrax vaccine as of the date of the enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 218. REPORT ON BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE VACCINE
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than February 1, 2001, the Secretary
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report
on the acquisition of biological warfare defense vaccines for the
Department of Defense.
(b) Contents.--The report shall include the following:
(1) The Secretary's evaluation of the implications of reliance on
the commercial sector to meet the requirements of the Department of
Defense for biological warfare defense vaccines.
(2) A design for a government-owned, contractor-operated facility
for the production of biological warfare defense vaccines that meets the
requirements of the Department for such vaccines, and the assumptions on
which that design is based.
(3) A preliminary cost estimate of, and schedule for, establishing
and bringing into operation such a facility, and the estimated annual
cost of operating such a facility thereafter.
(4) A determination, developed in consultation with the Surgeon
General, of the utility of such a facility to support the production of
vaccines for the civilian sector, and a discussion of the effects that
the use of such a facility for that purpose might have on--
(A) the production of vaccines for the Armed Forces; and
(B) the annual cost of operating such a facility.
(5) An analysis of the effects that international requirements for
vaccines, and the production of vaccines in response to those
requirements, might have on--
(A) the production of vaccines for the Armed Forces; and
(B) the annual cost of operating such a facility.
(c) Biological Warfare Defense Vaccine Defined.--In this section, the
term ``biological warfare defense vaccine'' means a vaccine useful for
the immunization of military personnel to protect against biological
agents on the Validated Threat List issued by the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
whether such vaccine is in production or is being developed.
SEC. 219. COST LIMITATIONS APPLICABLE TO F 22 AIRCRAFT PROGRAM.
(a) Flexibility in Engineering and Manufacturing Development Cost
Cap.--Section 217(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105 85; 111 Stat. 1660) is amended by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) With respect to the limitation in subsection (a), an increase
by an amount that does not exceed 1\1/2\ percent of the total amount of
that limitation (taking into account the increases and decreases, if
any, under paragraphs (1) and (2)) if the Director of Operational Test
and Evaluation, after consulting with the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, determines that the increase is
necessary in order to ensure adequate testing.''.
(b) Reestablishment of Separate Engineering and Manufacturing
Development Cost Cap and Production Cost Cap.--The provisions of
subsections (a) and (b) of section 217 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105 85; 111 Stat.
1660) shall continue to apply with respect to amounts obligated and
expended for engineering and manufacturing development, and for
production, respectively, for the F 22 aircraft program without regard
to any provision of law establishing a single limitation on amounts
obligated and expended for engineering and manufacturing development and
for production for that program.
SEC. 220. UNMANNED ADVANCED CAPABILITY COMBAT AIRCRAFT AND
GROUND COMBAT VEHICLES.
(a) Goal.--It shall be a goal of the Armed Forces to achieve the
fielding of unmanned, remotely controlled technology such that--
(1) by 2010, one-third of the aircraft in the operational deep
strike force aircraft fleet are unmanned; and
(2) by 2015, one-third of the operational ground combat vehicles are
unmanned.
(b) Report on Unmanned Advanced Capability Combat Aircraft and Ground
Combat Vehicles.--(1) Not later than January 31, 2001, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on
the programs to demonstrate unmanned advanced capability combat aircraft
and ground combat vehicles undertaken jointly between the Director of
the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and any of the following:
(A) The Secretary of the Army.
(B) The Secretary of the Navy.
(C) The Secretary of the Air Force.
(2) The report shall include, for each program referred to in
paragraph (1), the following:
(A) A schedule for the demonstration to be carried out under that
program.
(B) An identification of the funding required for fiscal year 2002
and for the future-years defense program to carry out that program and
for the demonstration to be carried out under that program.
(C) In the case of the program relating to the Army, the plan for
modification of the existing memorandum of agreement with the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency for demonstration and development of
the Future Combat System to reflect an increase in unmanned, remotely
controlled enabling technologies.
(3) The report shall also include, for each Secretary referred to in
paragraphs (1)(A), (1)(B), and (1)(C), a description and assessment of
the acquisition strategy for unmanned advanced capability combat
aircraft and ground combat vehicles planned by that Secretary, which
shall include a detailed estimate of all research and development,
procurement, operation, support, ownership, and other costs required to
carry out such strategy through the year 2030, and--
(A) in the case of the acquisition strategy relating to the Army,
the transition from the planned acquisition strategy for the Future
Combat System to an acquisition strategy capable of meeting the goal
specified in subsection (a)(2);
(B) in the case of the acquisition strategy relating to the Navy--
(i) the plan to implement a program that examines the ongoing Air
Force unmanned combat air vehicle program and identifies an approach to
develop a Navy unmanned combat air vehicle program that has the goal of
developing an aircraft that is suitable for aircraft carrier use and has
maximum commonality with the aircraft under the Air Force program; and
(ii) an analysis of alternatives between the operational deep strike
force aircraft fleet and that fleet together with an additional 10 to 20
unmanned advanced capability combat aircraft that are suitable for
aircraft carrier use and capable of penetrating fully operational enemy
air defense systems; and
(C) in the case of the acquisition strategy relating to the Air
Force--
(i) the schedule for evaluation of demonstration results for the
ongoing unmanned combat air vehicle program and the earliest possible
transition of that program into engineering and manufacturing
development and procurement; and
(ii) an analysis of alternatives between the currently planned deep
strike force aircraft fleet and the operational deep strike force
aircraft fleet that could be acquired by fiscal year 2010 to meet the
goal specified in subsection (a)(1).
(c) Funds.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated for
Defense-wide activities under section 201(4) for the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency, $100,000,000 shall be available only to carry
out the programs referred to in subsection (b)(1).
(d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
(1) An aircraft or ground combat vehicle has ``unmanned advanced
capability'' if it is an autonomous, semi-autonomous, or remotely
controlled system that can be deployed, re-tasked, recovered, and
re-deployed.
(2) The term ``currently planned deep strike force aircraft fleet''
means the early entry, deep strike aircraft fleet (composed of F 117
stealth aircraft and B 2 stealth aircraft) that is currently planned for
fiscal year 2010.
(3) The term ``operational deep strike force aircraft fleet'' means
the currently planned deep strike force aircraft fleet, together with at
least 30 unmanned advanced capability combat aircraft that are capable
of penetrating fully operational enemy air defense systems.
(4) The term ``operational ground combat vehicles'' means ground
combat vehicles acquired through the Future Combat System acquisition
program of the Army to equip the future objective force, as outlined in
the vision statement of the Chief of Staff of the Army.
SEC. 221. GLOBAL HAWK HIGH ALTITUDE ENDURANCE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE.
(a) Concept Demonstration Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall
require and coordinate a concept demonstration of the Global Hawk high
altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle.
(b) Purpose of Demonstration.--The purpose of the concept
demonstration is to demonstrate the capability of the Global Hawk high
altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle to operate in an airborne
surveillance mode, using available, non-developmental technology.
(c) Time for Demonstration.--The Secretary shall initiate the
demonstration not later than March 1, 2001.
(d) Participation by CINCs.--The Secretary shall require the
commander of the United States Joint Forces Command and the commander of
the United States Southern Command jointly to provide guidance for the
demonstration and otherwise to participate in the demonstration.
(e) Scenario for Demonstration.--The demonstration shall be conducted
in a counter-drug surveillance scenario that is designed to replicate
factual conditions typically encountered in the performance of the
counter-drug surveillance mission of the commander of the United States
Southern Command within that commander's area of responsibility.
(f) Report.--Not later than 45 days after the demonstration is
completed, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the
results of the demonstration. The report shall include the following:
(1) The Secretary's assessment of the technical feasibility of using
the Global Hawk high altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle for
airborne air surveillance.
(2) A discussion of the operational concept for the use of the
vehicle for that purpose.
(g) Funding.--Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by section
301(20) for Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug Activities, Defense-wide,
$18,000,000 shall be available for the concept demonstration required by
subsection (a), including initiation of concurrent development for an
improved surveillance radar.
SEC. 222. ARMY SPACE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated under section 201(1) for
Army space control technology, $3,000,000 shall be available for the
kinetic energy anti-satellite technology program.
Subtitle C--Ballistic Missile Defense
SEC. 231. FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001.
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated in section 201(4),
$1,875,238,000 shall be available for the National Missile Defense
program.
SEC. 232. REPORTS ON BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT POSED BY NORTH KOREA.
(a) Report on Ballistic Missile Threat.--Not later than two weeks
after the next flight test by North Korea of a long-range ballistic
missile, the President shall submit to Congress, in classified and
unclassified form, a report on the North Korean ballistic missile threat
to the United States. The report shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of the current North Korean missile threat to the
United States.
(2) An assessment of whether the United States is capable of
defeating the North Korean long-range missile threat to the United
States as of the date of the report.
(3) An assessment of when the United States will be capable of
defeating the North Korean missile threat to the United States.
(4) An assessment of the potential for proliferation of North Korean
missile technologies to other states and whether such proliferation will
accelerate the development of additional long-range ballistic missile
threats to the United States.
(b) Report on Reducing Vulnerability.--Not later than two weeks after
the next flight test by North Korea of a long-range ballistic missile,
the President shall submit to Congress a report providing the following:
(1) Any additional steps the President intends to take to reduce the
period of time during which the Nation is vulnerable to the North Korean
long-range ballistic missile threat.
(2) The technical and programmatic viability of testing any other
missile defense systems against targets with flight characteristics
similar to the North Korean long-range missile threat, and plans to do
so if such tests are considered to be a viable alternative.
(c) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term ``United
States'', when used in a geographic sense, means the 50 States, the
District of Columbia, and any Commonwealth, territory, or possession of
the United States.
SEC. 233. PLAN TO MODIFY BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ARCHITECTURE.
(a) Plan.--The Director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
shall develop a plan to adapt ballistic missile defense systems and
architectures to counter potential threats to the United States, United
States forces deployed outside the United States, and other United
States national security interests that are posed by longer range
medium-range ballistic missiles and intermediate-range ballistic
missiles.
(b) Use of Space-Based Sensors Included.--The plan shall include--
(1) potential use of space-based sensors, including the Space-Based
Infrared System (SBIRS) Low and Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS)
High, Navy theater missile defense assets, upgrades of land-based
theater missile defenses, the airborne laser, and other assets available
in the European theater; and
(2) a schedule for ground and flight testing against the identified
threats.
(c) Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall assess the plan and, not
later than February 15, 2001, shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report on the results of the assessment.
SEC. 234. MANAGEMENT OF AIRBORNE LASER PROGRAM.
(a) Oversight of Funding, Schedule, and Technical Requirements.--With
respect to the program known as of the date of the enactment of this Act
as the ``Airborne Laser'' program, the Secretary of Defense shall
require that the Secretary of the Air Force obtain the concurrence of
the Director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization before the
Secretary--
(1) makes any change to the funding plan or schedule for that
program that would delay to a date later than September 30, 2003, the
first test of the airborne laser that is intended to destroy a ballistic
missile in flight;
(2) makes any change to the funding plan for that program in the
future-years defense program that would delay the initial operational
capability of the airborne laser; and
(3) makes any change to the technical requirements of the airborne
laser that would significantly reduce its ballistic missile defense
capabilities.
(b) Report.--Not later than February 15, 2001, the Director of the
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report, to be prepared in coordination with the
Secretary of the Air Force, on the role of the airborne laser in the
family of systems missile defense architecture developed by the Director
of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization and the Director of the
Joint Theater Air and Missile Defense Organization. The report shall be
submitted in unclassified and, if necessary, classified form. The report
shall include the following:
(1) An assessment by the Secretary of the Air Force and the Director
of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization of the funding plan for
that program required to achieve the schedule identified in paragraphs
(1) and (2) of subsection (a).
(2) Potential future airborne laser roles in that architecture.
(3) An assessment of the effect of deployment of the airborne laser
on requirements for theater ballistic missile defense systems.
(4) An assessment of the cost effectiveness of the airborne laser
compared to other ballistic missile defense systems.
(5) An assessment of the relative significance of the airborne laser
in the family of systems missile defense architecture.
Subtitle D--High Energy Laser Programs
SEC. 241. FUNDING.
(a) Funding for Fiscal Year 2001.--(1) Of the amount authorized to be
appropriated by section 201(4), $30,000,000 is authorized for high
energy laser development.
(2) Funds available under this subsection are available to supplement
the high energy laser programs of the military departments and Defense
Agencies, as determined by the official designated under section 243.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the Department of Defense should establish funding for high
energy laser programs within the science and technology programs of each
of the military departments and the Ballistic Missile Defense
Organization; and
(2) the Secretary of Defense should establish a goal that basic,
applied, and advanced research in high energy laser technology should
constitute at least 4.5 percent of the total science and technology
budget of the Department of Defense by fiscal year 2004.
SEC. 242. IMPLEMENTATION OF HIGH ENERGY LASER MASTER PLAN.
The Secretary of Defense shall implement the management and
organizational structure specified in the Department of Defense High
Energy Laser Master Plan of March 24, 2000.
SEC. 243. DESIGNATION OF SENIOR OFFICIAL FOR HIGH ENERGY LASER PROGRAMS.
(a) Designation.--The Secretary of Defense shall designate a single
senior civilian official in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (in
this subtitle referred to as the ``designated official'') to chair the
High Energy Laser Technology Council called for in the master plan
referred to in section 242 and to carry out responsibilities for the
programs for which funds are provided under this subtitle. The
designated official shall report directly to the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics for matters
concerning the responsibilities specified in subsection (b).
(b) Responsibilities.--The primary responsibilities of the designated
official shall include the following:
(1) Establishment of priorities for the high energy laser programs
of the military departments and the Defense Agencies.
(2) Coordination of high energy laser programs among the military
departments and the Defense Agencies.
(3) Identification of promising high energy laser technologies for
which funding should be a high priority for the Department of Defense
and establishment of priority for funding among those technologies.
(4) Preparation, in coordination with the Secretaries of the
military departments and the Directors of the Defense Agencies, of a
detailed technology plan to develop and mature high energy laser
technologies.
(5) Planning and programming appropriate to rapid evolution of high
energy laser technology.
(6) Ensuring that high energy laser programs of each military
department and the Defense Agencies are initiated and managed
effectively and are complementary with programs managed by the other
military departments and Defense Agencies and by the Office of the
Secretary of Defense.
(7) Ensuring that the high energy laser programs of the military
departments and the Defense Agencies comply with the requirements
specified in subsection (c).
(c) Coordination and Funding Balance.--In carrying out the
responsibilities specified in subsection (b), the designated official
shall ensure that--
(1) high energy laser programs of each military department and of
the Defense Agencies are consistent with the priorities identified in
the designated official's planning and programming activities;
(2) funding provided by the Office of the Secretary of Defense for
high energy laser research and development complements high energy laser
programs for which funds are provided by the military departments and
the Defense Agencies;
(3) programs, projects, and activities to be carried out by the
recipients of such funds are selected on the basis of appropriate
competitive procedures or Department of Defense peer review process;
(4) beginning with fiscal year 2002, funding from the Office of the
Secretary of Defense in applied research and advanced technology
development program elements is not applied to technology efforts in
support of high energy laser programs that are not funded by a military
department or the Defense Agencies; and
(5) funding from the Office of the Secretary of Defense to
complement an applied research or advanced technology development high
energy laser program for which funds are provided by one of the military
departments or the Defense Agencies do not exceed the amount provided by
the military department or the Defense Agencies for that program.
SEC. 244. SITE FOR JOINT TECHNOLOGY OFFICE.
(a) Deadline for Selection of Site.--The Secretary of Defense shall
locate the Joint Technology Office called for in the High Energy Laser
Master Plan referred to in section 242 at a location determined
appropriate by the Secretary not later than 30 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
(b) Consideration of Site.--In determining the location of the Joint
Technology Office, the Secretary shall, in consultation with the Deputy
Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology, assess--
(1) cost;
(2) accessibility between the Office and the Armed Forces and senior
Department of Defense leaders; and
(3) the advantages and disadvantages of locating the Office at a
site at which occurs a substantial proportion of the directed energy
research, development, test, and evaluation activities of the Department
of Defense.
SEC. 245. HIGH ENERGY LASER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
(a) Enhancement of Industrial Base.--The Secretary of Defense shall
consider, evaluate, and undertake to the extent appropriate initiatives,
including investment initiatives, to enhance the industrial base to
support military applications of high energy laser technologies and
systems.
(b) Enhancement of Test and Evaluation Capabilities.--The Secretary
of Defense shall consider modernizing the High Energy Laser Test
Facility at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, in order to enhance
the test and evaluation capabilities of the Department of Defense with
respect to high energy laser weapons.
SEC. 246. COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.
(a) Memorandum of Agreement With NNSA.--(1) The Secretary of Defense
and the Administrator for Nuclear Security of the Department of Energy
shall enter into a memorandum of agreement to conduct joint research and
development on military applications of high energy lasers.
(2) The projects pursued under the memorandum of agreement--
(A) shall be of mutual benefit to the national security programs of
the Department of Defense and the National Nuclear Security
Administration of the Department of Energy;
(B) shall be prioritized jointly by officials designated to do so by
the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator; and
(C) shall be consistent with the technology plan prepared pursuant
to section 243(b)(4) and the requirements identified in section 243(c).
(3) The costs of each project pursued under the memorandum of
agreement shall be shared equally by the Department of Defense and the
National Nuclear Security Administration.
(4) The memorandum of agreement shall provide for appropriate peer
review of projects pursued under the memorandum of agreement.
(b) Evaluation of Other Cooperative Programs and Activities.--The
Secretary of Defense shall evaluate the feasibility and advisability of
entering into cooperative programs or activities with other Federal
agencies, institutions of higher education, and the private sector for
the purpose of enhancing the programs, projects, and activities of the
Department of Defense relating to high energy laser technologies,
systems, and weapons.
SEC. 247. TECHNOLOGY PLAN.
The designated official shall submit to the congressional defense
committees by February 15, 2001, the technology plan prepared pursuant
to section 243(b)(4). The report shall be submitted in unclassified and,
if necessary, classified form.
SEC. 248. ANNUAL REPORT.
Not later than February 15 of 2001, 2002, and 2003, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on
the high energy laser programs of the Department of Defense. Each report
shall include an assessment of the following:
(1) The adequacy of the management structure of the Department of
Defense for the high energy laser programs.
(2) The funding available for the high energy laser programs.
(3) The technical progress achieved for the high energy laser
programs.
(4) The extent to which goals and objectives of the high energy
laser technology plan have been met.
SEC. 249. DEFINITION.
For purposes of this subtitle, the term ``high energy laser'' means a
laser that has average power in excess of one kilowatt and that has
potential weapons applications.
SEC. 250. REVIEW OF DEFENSE-WIDE DIRECTED ENERGY PROGRAMS.
(a) Evaluation.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology, shall
evaluate expansion of the High Energy Laser management structure
specified in section 242 for possible inclusion in that management
structure of science and technology programs in related areas, including
the following:
(1) High power microwave technologies.
(2) Low energy and nonlethal laser technologies.
(3) Other directed energy technologies.
(b) Consideration of Prior Study.--The evaluation under subsection
(a) shall take into consideration the July 1999 Department of Defense
study on streamlining and coordinating science and technology and
research, development, test, and evaluation within the Department of
Defense.
(c) Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report on the findings of the
evaluation under subsection (a). The report shall be submitted not later
than March 15, 2001.
Subtitle E--Other Matters
SEC. 251. REPORTS ON MOBILE OFFSHORE BASE CONCEPT AND
POTENTIAL USE FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES OF TECHNOLOGIES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT
CONCEPT.
(a) Report on Merits of Mobile Offshore Base Concept.--Not later than
March 1, 2001, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report on the mobile offshore base
concept. The report shall include the following:
(1) A cost-benefit analysis of the mobile offshore base, using
operational concepts that would support the National Military Strategy.
(2) A recommendation regarding whether to proceed with the mobile
offshore base as a program and, if so--
(A) a statement regarding which of the Armed Forces is to be
designated to have the lead responsibility for the program; and
(B) a schedule for the program.
(b) Report on Potential Use for Certain Purposes of Associated
Technologies.--Not later than March 1, 2001, the Secretary of the Navy
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the
potential use of technologies associated with the mobile offshore base
concept. The report shall include an assessment of the potential
application and feasibility of using existing technologies, including
those technologies associated with the mobile offshore base concept, to
a sea-based landing platform for support of naval aviation training.
SEC. 252. AIR FORCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PLANNING.
(a) Requirement for Review.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall
conduct a review of the long-term challenges and short-term objectives
of the Air Force science and technology programs. The Secretary shall
complete the review not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(b) Matters To Be Reviewed.--The review shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of the budgetary resources that are being used for
fiscal year 2001 for addressing the long-term challenges and the
short-term objectives of the Air Force science and technology programs.
(2) The budgetary resources that are necessary to address those
challenges and objectives adequately.
(3) A course of action for each projected or ongoing Air Force
science and technology program that does not address either the
long-term challenges or the short-term objectives.
(4) The matters required under subsection (c)(5) and (d)(6).
(c) Long-Term Challenges.--(1) The Secretary of the Air Force shall
establish an integrated product team to identify high-risk, high-payoff
challenges that will provide a long-term focus and motivation for the
Air Force science and technology programs over the next 20 to 50 years
following the enactment of this Act. The integrated product team shall
include representatives of the Office of Scientific Research and
personnel from the Air Force Research Laboratory.
(2) The team shall solicit views from the entire Air Force science
and technology community on the matters under consideration by the team.
(3) The team--
(A) shall select for consideration science and technology challenges
that involve--
(i) compelling requirements of the Air Force;
(ii) high-risk, high-payoff areas of exploration; and
(iii) very difficult, but probably achievable, results; and
(B) should not select a linear extension of any ongoing Air Force
science and technology program for consideration as a science and
technology challenge under subparagraph (A).
(4) The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science,
Technology, and Engineering shall designate a technical coordinator and
a management coordinator for each science and technology challenge
identified pursuant to this subsection. Each technical coordinator shall
have sufficient expertise in fields related to the challenge to be able
to identify other experts in such fields and to affirm the credibility
of the challenge. The coordinator for a science and technology challenge
shall conduct workshops within the relevant scientific and technological
community to obtain suggestions for possible approaches to addressing
the challenge and to identify ongoing work that addresses the challenge,
deficiencies in current work relating to the challenge, and promising
areas of research.
(5) In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary of the Air Force
shall review the science and technology challenges identified pursuant
to this subsection and, for each such challenge, at a minimum--
(A) consider the results of the workshops conducted pursuant to
paragraph (4); and
(B) identify any work not currently funded by the Air Force that
should be performed to meet the challenge.
(d) Short-Term Objectives.--(1) The Secretary of the Air Force shall
establish a task force to identify short-term technological objectives
of the Air Force science and technology programs. The task force shall
be chaired by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for
Science, Technology, and Engineering and shall include representatives
of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force and the specified combatant
commands of the Air Force.
(2) The task force shall solicit views from the entire Air Force
requirements community, user community, and acquisition community.
(3) The task force shall select for consideration short-term
objectives that involve--
(A) compelling requirements of the Air Force;
(B) support in the user community; and
(C) likely attainment of the desired benefits within a five-year
period.
(4) The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science,
Technology, and Engineering shall establish an integrated product team
for each short-term objective identified pursuant to this subsection.
Each integrated product team shall include representatives of the
requirements community, the user community, and the science and
technology community with relevant expertise.
(5) The integrated product team for a short-term objective shall be
responsible for--
(A) identifying, defining, and prioritizing the enabling
capabilities that are necessary for achieving the objective;
(B) identifying deficiencies in the enabling capabilities that must
be addressed if the short-term objective is to be achieved; and
(C) working with the Air Force science and technology community to
identify science and technology projects and programs that should be
undertaken to eliminate each deficiency in an enabling capability.
(6) In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary of the Air Force
shall review the short-term science and technology objectives identified
pursuant to this subsection and, for each such objective, at a minimum--
(A) consider the work of the integrated product team conducted
pursuant to paragraph (5); and
(B) identify the science and technology work of the Air Force that
should be undertaken to eliminate each deficiency in enabling
capabilities that is identified by the integrated product team pursuant
to subparagraph (B) of that paragraph.
(e) Comptroller General Review.--(1) Not later than 90 days after the
Secretary of the Air Force completes the review required by subsection
(a), the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report on the
results of the review. The report shall include the Comptroller
General's assessment regarding the extent to which the review was
conducted in compliance with the requirements of this section.
(2) Immediately upon completing the review required by subsection
(a), the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Comptroller General of
the completion of the review. For the purposes of paragraph (1), the
date of the notification shall be considered the date of the completion
of the review.
SEC. 253. ENHANCEMENT OF AUTHORITIES REGARDING EDUCATION
PARTNERSHIPS FOR PURPOSES OF ENCOURAGING SCIENTIFIC STUDY.
(a) Assistance in Support of Partnerships.--Subsection (b) of section
2194 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ``, and is
encouraged to provide,'' after ``may provide'';
(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the semicolon the
following: ``for any purpose and duration in support of such agreement
that the director considers appropriate''; and
(3) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new
paragraph (2):
``(2) notwithstanding the provisions of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.) or any
provision of law or regulation relating to transfers of surplus
property, transferring to the institution any computer equipment, or
other scientific equipment, that is--
``(A) commonly used by educational institutions;
``(B) surplus to the needs of the defense laboratory; and
``(C) determined by the director to be appropriate for support of
such agreement;''.
(b) Defense Laboratory Defined.--Subsection (e) of that section is
amended to read as follows:
``(e) In this section:
``(1) The term `defense laboratory' means any laboratory, product
center, test center, depot, training and educational organization, or
operational command under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense.
``(2) The term `local educational agency' has the meaning given such
term in section 14101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801).''.
SEC. 254. RECOGNITION OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS INSTRUMENTAL TO
NAVAL RESEARCH EFFORTS DURING THE PERIOD FROM BEFORE WORLD WAR II
THROUGH THE END OF THE COLD WAR.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The contributions of the Nation's scientific community and of
science research to the victory of the United States and its allies in
World War II resulted in the understanding that science and technology
are of critical importance to the future security of the Nation.
(2) Academic institutions and oceanographers provided vital support
to the Navy and the Marine Corps during World War II.
(3) Congress created the Office of Naval Research in the Department
of the Navy in 1946 to ensure the availability of resources for research
in oceanography and other fields related to the missions of the Navy and
Marine Corps.
(4) The Office of Naval Research of the Department of the Navy, in
addition to its support of naval research within the Federal Government,
has also supported the conduct of oceanographic and scientific research
through partnerships with educational and scientific institutions
throughout the Nation.
(5) These partnerships have long been recognized as among the most
innovative and productive research partnerships ever established by the
Federal Government and have resulted in a vast improvement in
understanding of basic ocean processes and the development of new
technologies critical to the security and defense of the Nation.
(b) Congressional Recognition and Appreciation.--Congress--
(1) applauds the commitment and dedication of the officers,
scientists, researchers, students, and administrators who were
instrumental to the program of partnerships for oceanographic and
scientific research between the Federal Government and academic
institutions, including those individuals who helped forge that program
before World War II, implement it during World War II, and improve it
throughout the Cold War;
(2) recognizes that the Nation, in ultimately prevailing in the Cold
War, relied to a significant extent on research supported by, and
technologies developed through, those partnerships and, in particular,
on the superior understanding of the ocean environment generated through
that research;
(3) supports efforts by the Secretary of the Navy and the Chief of
Naval Research to honor those individuals, who contributed so greatly
and unselfishly to the naval mission and the national defense, through
those partnerships during the period beginning before World War II and
continuing through the end of the Cold War; and
(4) expresses appreciation for the ongoing efforts of the Office of
Naval Research to support oceanographic and scientific research and the
development of researchers in those fields, to ensure that such
partnerships will continue to make important contributions to the
defense and the general welfare of the Nation.
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. Joint warfighting capabilities assessment teams.
SUBTITLE B--ENVIRONMENTAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 311. Establishment of additional environmental restoration
account and use of accounts for operation and monitoring of
environmental remedies.
Sec. 312. Certain environmental restoration activities.
Sec. 313. Annual reports under Strategic Environmental Research
and Development Program.
Sec. 314. Payment of fines and penalties for environmental
compliance at Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
Sec. 315. Payment of fines or penalties imposed for environmental
compliance violations at other Department of Defense facilities.
Sec. 316. Reimbursement for certain costs in connection with the
former Nansemond Ordnance Depot Site, Suffolk, Virginia.
Sec. 317. Necessity of military low-level flight training to
protect national security and enhance military readiness.
Sec. 318. Ship disposal project.
Sec. 319. Defense Environmental Security Corporate Information
Management Program.
Sec. 320. Report on Plasma Energy Pyrolysis System.
Sec. 321. Sense of Congress regarding environmental restoration of
former defense manufacturing site, Santa Clarita, California.
SUBTITLE C--COMMISSARIES AND NONAPPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITIES
Sec. 331. Use of appropriated funds to cover operating expenses of
commissary stores.
Sec. 332. Adjustment of sales prices of commissary store goods and
services to cover certain expenses.
Sec. 333. Use of surcharges for construction and improvement of
commissary stores.
Sec. 334. Inclusion of magazines and other periodicals as an
authorized commissary merchandise category.
Sec. 335. Use of most economical distribution method for distilled
spirits.
Sec. 336. Report on effects of availability of slot machines on
United States military installations overseas.
SUBTITLE D--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES
Sec. 341. Designation of Centers of Industrial and Technical
Excellence and public-private partnerships to increase utilization of
such centers.
Sec. 342. Unutilized and underutilized plant-capacity costs of
United States arsenals.
Sec. 343. Arsenal support program initiative.
Sec. 344. Codification and improvement of armament retooling and
manufacturing support programs.
SUBTITLE E--PERFORMANCE OF FUNCTIONS BY PRIVATE-SECTOR SOURCES
Sec. 351. Inclusion of additional information in reports to
Congress required before conversion of commercial or industrial type
functions to contractor performance.
Sec. 352. Effects of outsourcing on overhead costs of Centers of
Industrial and Technical Excellence and Army ammunition plants.
Sec. 353. Consolidation, restructuring, or reengineering of
Department of Defense organizations, functions, or activities.
Sec. 354. Monitoring of savings resulting from workforce
reductions as part of conversion of functions to performance by private
sector or other strategic sourcing initiatives.
Sec. 355. Performance of emergency response functions at chemical
weapons storage installations.
Sec. 356. Suspension of reorganization or relocation of Naval
Audit Service.
SUBTITLE F--DEFENSE DEPENDENTS EDUCATION
Sec. 361. Eligibility of dependents of American Red Cross
employees for enrollment in Department of Defense domestic dependent
schools in Puerto Rico.
Sec. 362. Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit
dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense
civilian employees.
Sec. 363. Impact aid for children with severe disabilities.
Sec. 364. Assistance for maintenance, repair, and renovation of
school facilities that serve dependents of members of the Armed Forces
and Department of Defense civilian employees.
SUBTITLE G--MILITARY READINESS ISSUES
Sec. 371. Measuring cannibalization of parts, supplies, and
equipment under readiness reporting system.
Sec. 372. Reporting requirements regarding transfers from
high-priority readiness appropriations.
Sec. 373. Effects of worldwide contingency operations on readiness
of military aircraft and equipment.
Sec. 374. Identification of requirements to reduce backlog in
maintenance and repair of defense facilities.
Sec. 375. New methodology for preparing budget requests to satisfy
Army readiness requirements.
Sec. 376. Review of AH 64 aircraft program.
Sec. 377. Report on Air Force spare and repair parts program for C
5 aircraft.
SUBTITLE H--OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 381. Annual report on public sale of certain military
equipment identified on United States Munitions List.
Sec. 382. Resale of armor-piercing ammunition disposed of by the Army.
Sec. 383. Reimbursement by civil air carriers for support provided
at Johnston Atoll.
Sec. 384. Travel by Reserves on military aircraft.
Sec. 385. Overseas airlift service on Civil Reserve Air Fleet aircraft.
Sec. 386. Additions to plan for ensuring visibility over all
in-transit end items and secondary items.
Sec. 387. Reauthorization of pilot program for acceptance and use
of landing fees charged for use of domestic military airfields by civil
aircraft.
Sec. 388. Extension of authority to sell certain aircraft for use
in wildfire suppression.
Sec. 389. Damage to aviation facilities caused by alkali silica
reactivity.
Sec. 390. Demonstration project to increase reserve component
internet access and services in rural communities.
Sec. 391. Additional conditions on implementation of Defense Joint
Accounting System.
Sec. 392. Report on Defense Travel System.
Sec. 393. Review of Department of Defense costs of maintaining
historical properties.
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations
SEC. 301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001
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, $19,280,381,000.
(2) For the Navy, $23,766,610,000.
(3) For the Marine Corps, $2,826,291,000.
(4) For the Air Force, $22,395,221,000.
(5) For Defense-wide activities, $11,740,569,000.
(6) For the Army Reserve, $1,561,418,000.
(7) For the Naval Reserve, $978,946,000.
(8) For the Marine Corps Reserve, $144,159,000.
(9) For the Air Force Reserve, $1,903,859,000.
(10) For the Army National Guard, $3,233,835,000.
(11) For the Air National Guard, $3,468,375,000.
(12) For the Defense Inspector General, $144,245,000.
(13) For the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces,
$8,574,000.
(14) For Environmental Restoration, Army, $389,932,000.
(15) For Environmental Restoration, Navy, $294,038,000.
(16) For Environmental Restoration, Air Force, $376,300,000.
(17) For Environmental Restoration, Defense-wide, $21,412,000.
(18) For Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites,
$231,499,000.
(19) For Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid programs,
$55,900,000.
(20) For Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug Activities,
Defense-wide, $869,000,000.
(21) For the Kaho'olawe Island Conveyance, Remediation, and
Environmental Restoration Trust Fund, $25,000,000.
(22) For Defense Health Program, $11,480,123,000.
(23) For Cooperative Threat Reduction programs, $443,400,000.
(24) For Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund,
$4,100,577,000.
(25) For Quality of Life Enhancements, Defense-Wide, $10,500,000.
SEC. 302. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001
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, $916,276,000.
(2) For the National Defense Sealift Fund, $388,158,000.
SEC. 303. ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME.
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2001
from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund the sum of $69,832,000
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 2001 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. JOINT WARFIGHTING CAPABILITIES ASSESSMENT TEAMS.
Of the total amount authorized to be appropriated under section
301(5) for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities for the
Joint Staff, $4,000,000 is available only for the improvement of the
performance of analyses by the joint warfighting capabilities assessment
teams of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council.
Subtitle B--Environmental Provisions
SEC. 311. ESTABLISHMENT OF ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
RESTORATION ACCOUNT AND USE OF ACCOUNTS FOR OPERATION AND MONITORING OF
ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIES.
(a) Account for Formerly Used Defense Sites.--Subsection (a) of
section 2703 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at
the end the following new paragraph:
``(5) An account to be known as the `Environmental Restoration
Account, Formerly Used Defense Sites'.''.
(b) Operation and Monitoring of Environmental Remedies.--Such section
is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(f) Sole Source of Funds for Operation and Monitoring of
Environmental Remedies.--(1) The sole source of funds for all phases of
an environmental remedy at a site under the jurisdiction of the
Department of Defense or a formerly used defense site shall be the
applicable environmental restoration account established under
subsection (a).
``(2) In this subsection, the term `environmental remedy' has the
meaning given the term `remedy' in section 101 of CERCLA (42 U.S.C.
9601).''.
SEC. 312. CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION ACTIVITIES.
Subsection (b) of section 2703 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
``(b) Obligation of Authorized Amounts.--(1) Funds authorized for
deposit in an account under subsection (a) may be obligated or expended
from the account only--
``(A) to carry out the environmental restoration functions of the
Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments
under this chapter and under any other provision of law; and
``(B) to pay for the costs of permanently relocating a facility
because of a release or threatened release of hazardous substances,
pollutants, or contaminants from--
``(i) real property on which the facility is located and that is
currently under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Defense or the
Secretary of a military department; or
``(ii) real property on which the facility is located and that was
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a
military department at the time of the actions leading to the release or
threatened release.
``(2) The authority provided by paragraph (1)(B) expires September
30, 2003. The Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military
department may not pay the costs of permanently relocating a facility
under such paragraph unless the Secretary--
``(A) determines that permanent relocation--
``(i) is the most cost effective method of responding to the release
or threatened release of hazardous substances, pollutants, or
contaminants from the real property on which the facility is located;
``(ii) has the approval of relevant regulatory agencies; and
``(iii) is supported by the affected community; and
``(B) submits to Congress written notice of the determination before
undertaking the permanent relocation of the facility, including a
description of the response action taken or to be taken in connection
with the permanent relocation and a statement of the costs incurred or
to be incurred in connection with the permanent relocation.
``(3) If relocation costs are to be paid under paragraph (1)(B) with
respect to a facility located on real property described in clause (ii)
of such paragraph, the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the
military department concerned may use only fund transfer mechanisms
otherwise available to the Secretary.
``(4) Funds authorized for deposit in an account under subsection (a)
shall remain available until expended. Not more than 5 percent of the
funds deposited in an account under subsection (a) for a fiscal year may
be used to pay relocation costs under paragraph (1)(B).''.
SEC. 313. ANNUAL REPORTS UNDER STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
(a) Repeal of Requirement for Annual Report From Scientific Advisory
Board.--Section 2904 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (h); and
(2) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (h).
(b) Inclusion of Actions of Board in Annual Reports of
Council.--Section 2902(d)(3) of such title is amended by adding at the
end the following new subparagraph:
``(D) A summary of the actions of the Strategic Environmental
Research and Development Program Scientific Advisory Board during the
year preceding the year in which the report is submitted and any
recommendations, including recommendations on program direction and
legislation, that the Advisory Board considers appropriate regarding the
program.''.
SEC. 314. PAYMENT OF FINES AND PENALTIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
COMPLIANCE AT FORT WAINWRIGHT, ALASKA.
The Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of the Army, may pay, as
part of a settlement of liability, a fine or penalty of not more than
$2,000,000 for matters addressed in the Notice of Violation issued on
March 5, 1999, by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency to Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
SEC. 315. PAYMENT OF FINES OR PENALTIES IMPOSED FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE VIOLATIONS AT OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
FACILITIES.
(a) Army Violations.--Using amounts authorized to be appropriated by
section 301(1) for operation and maintenance for the Army, the Secretary
of the Army may pay the following amounts in connection with
environmental compliance violations at the following locations:
(1) $993,000 for a supplemental environmental project to implement
an installation-wide hazardous substance management system at Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, in
satisfaction of a fine imposed by Environmental Protection Agency Region
3 under the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.).
(2) $377,250 for a supplemental environmental project to install new
parts washers at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, in satisfaction of a fine
imposed by Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 under the Solid
Waste Disposal Act.
(3) $20,701 for a supplemental environmental project to upgrade the
wastewater treatment plant at Fort Gordon, Georgia, in satisfaction of a
fine imposed by the State of Georgia under the Solid Waste Disposal Act.
(4) $78,500 for supplemental environmental projects to reduce the
generation of hazardous waste at Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colorado, in
satisfaction of a fine imposed by the State of Colorado under the Solid
Waste Disposal Act.
(5) $20,000 for a supplemental environmental project to repair
cracks in floors of igloos used to store munitions hazardous waste at
Deseret Chemical Depot, Utah, in satisfaction of a fine imposed by the
State of Utah under the Solid Waste Disposal Act.
(6) $7,975 for payment to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation
Commission of a cash penalty for permit violations assessed with respect
to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, under the Solid Waste Disposal Act.
(b) Navy Violations.--Using amounts authorized to be appropriated by
section 301(2) for operation and maintenance for the Navy, the Secretary
of the Navy may pay the following amounts in connection with
environmental compliance violations at the following locations:
(1) $108,800 for payment to the West Virginia Division of
Environmental Protection of a cash penalty with respect to Allegany
Ballistics Laboratory, West Virginia, under the Solid Waste Disposal
Act.
(2) $5,000 for payment to Environmental Protection Agency Region 6
of a cash penalty with respect to Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi,
Texas, under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401).
(3) $1,650 for payment to Environmental Protection Agency Region 3
of a cash penalty with respect to Marine Corps Combat Development
Command, Quantico, Virginia, under the Clean Air Act.
SEC. 316. REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN COSTS IN CONNECTION WITH
THE FORMER NANSEMOND ORDNANCE DEPOT SITE, SUFFOLK, VIRGINIA.
(a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may pay, using funds
described in subsection (b), not more than $98,210 to the Former
Nansemond Ordnance Depot Site 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 in overseeing a time critical
removal action under CERCLA being performed by the Department of Defense
under the Defense Environmental Restoration Program for ordnance and
explosive safety hazards at the Former Nansemond Ordnance Depot Site,
Suffolk, Virginia, pursuant to an Interagency Agreement entered into by
the Department of the Army and the Environmental Protection Agency on
January 3, 2000.
(b) Source of Funds.--Any payment under subsection (a) shall be made
using amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 301 to the
Environmental Restoration Account, Formerly Used Defense Sites,
established by paragraph (5) of section 2703(a) of title 10, United
States Code, as added by section 311(a) of this Act.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``CERCLA'' means the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et
seq.).
(2) The term ``Defense Environmental Restoration Program'' means the
program of environmental restoration carried out under chapter 160 of
title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 317. NECESSITY OF MILITARY LOW-LEVEL FLIGHT TRAINING TO
PROTECT NATIONAL SECURITY AND ENHANCE MILITARY READINESS.
Nothing in the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.) or the regulations implementing such law shall require the
Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of
a military department to prepare a programmatic, nation-wide
environmental impact statement for low-level flight training as a
precondition to the use by the Armed Forces of an airspace for the
performance of low-level training flights.
SEC. 318. SHIP DISPOSAL PROJECT.
(a) Continuation of Project; Purpose.--During fiscal year 2001, the
Secretary of the Navy shall continue to carry out the ship disposal
project within the United States to permit the Secretary to assemble
appropriate data on the cost of scrapping naval vessels.
(b) Use of Competitive Procedures.--The Secretary shall use
competitive procedures to award all task orders under the primary
contracts under the ship disposal project.
(c) Report.--Not later than December 31, 2000, the Secretary shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the ship
disposal project. The report shall contain the following:
(1) A description of the competitive procedures used for the
solicitation and award of all task orders under the project.
(2) A description of the task orders awarded under the project.
(3) An assessment of the results of the project as of the date of
the report, including the performance of contractors under the project.
(4) The proposed strategy of the Navy for future procurement of ship
scrapping activities.
SEC. 319. DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY CORPORATE INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
(a) Management and Oversight of Program.--The Chief Information
Officer of the Department of Defense shall ensure that management and
oversight of the Defense Environmental Security Corporate Information
Management Program is consistent with the requirements of the
Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (divisions D and E of Public Law 104 106),
section 2223 of title 10, United States Code, Department of Defense
Directives 5000.1, 5000.2 R, and 5137.1, and all other laws, directives,
regulations, and management controls applicable to investment in
information technology and related services.
(b) Program Report Required.--Not later than 60 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to
the congressional defense committees a report on the Defense
Environmental Security Corporate Information Management Program.
(c) Mission.--The report shall include a mission statement and
strategic objectives for the Defense Environmental Security Corporate
Information Management Program, including the recommendations of the
Secretary for the future mission and objectives of the Program.
(d) Personnel, Organization, and Oversight.--The report shall
include--
(1) the personnel requirements and organizational structure of the
Defense Environmental Security Corporate Information Management Program
to carry out the mission statement; and
(2) a discussion of--
(A) the means by which the Program will ensure program
accountability, including accountability for all past, current, and
future activities funded under the Program; and
(B) the role of the Chief Information Officer of the Department of
Defense in ensuring program accountability as required by subsection
(a).
(e) Program Activities.--The report shall include a discussion of the
means by which the Defense Environmental Security Corporate Information
Management Program will address or provide--
(1) information access procedures that keep pace with current and
evolving requirements for information access;
(2) data standardization and systems integration;
(3) product failures and cost-effective results;
(4) user confidence and utilization; and
(5) program continuity.
SEC. 320. REPORT ON PLASMA ENERGY PYROLYSIS SYSTEM.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than February 1, 2001, the Secretary
of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a
report on the Plasma Energy Pyrolysis System.
(b) Report Elements.--The report on the Plasma Energy Pyrolysis
System shall include the following:
(1) An analysis of available information and data on the
fixed-transportable unit demonstration phase of the System and on the
mobile unit demonstration phase of the System.
(2) Recommendations regarding future applications for each phase of
the System described in paragraph (1).
(3) A statement of the projected funding for such future applications.
SEC. 321. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL
RESTORATION OF FORMER DEFENSE MANUFACTURING SITE, SANTA CLARITA,
CALIFORNIA.
It is the sense of the Congress that--
(1) there exists a 1,000-acre former defense manufacturing site in
Santa Clarita, California (known as the ``Santa Clarita site''), that
could be environmentally restored to serve a future role in the
community, and every effort should be made to apply all known public and
private sector innovative technologies to restore the Santa Clarita site
to productive use for the benefit of the community; and
(2) the experience gained from environmental restoration at the
Santa Clarita site by private and public sector partnerships has the
potential to benefit not only the community of Santa Clarita, but all
sites in need of environmental restoration.
Subtitle C--Commissaries and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities
SEC. 331. USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS TO COVER OPERATING
EXPENSES OF COMMISSARY STORES.
(a) In General.--(1) Section 2484 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
``2484. Commissary stores: use of appropriated funds to cover
operating expenses
``(a) Operation of Agency and System.--Except as otherwise provided
in this title, the operation of the Defense Commissary Agency and the
defense commissary system may be funded using such amounts as are
appropriated for such purpose.
``(b) Operating Expenses of Commissary Stores.--Appropriated funds
may be used to cover the expenses of operating commissary stores and
central product processing facilities of the defense commissary system.
For purposes of this subsection, operating expenses include the
following:
``(1) Salaries and wages of employees of the United States, host
nations, and contractors supporting commissary store operations.
``(2) Utilities.
``(3) Communications.
``(4) Operating supplies and services.
``(5) Second destination transportation costs within or outside the
United States.
``(6) Any cost associated with above-store-level management or other
indirect support of a commissary store or a central product processing
facility, including equipment maintenance and information technology
costs.''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 147 of such
title is amended by striking the item relating to section 2484 and
inserting the following new item:
``2484. Commissary stores: use of appropriated funds to cover
operating expenses.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on October 1, 2001.
SEC. 332. ADJUSTMENT OF SALES PRICES OF COMMISSARY STORE GOODS
AND SERVICES TO COVER CERTAIN EXPENSES.
(a) Adjustment Required.--Section 2486 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (c), by striking ``section 2484(b) or'' and
inserting ``subsection (d) or section''; and
(2) in subsection (d)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``sections 2484 and'' and
inserting ``section''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) The sales price of merchandise and services sold in, at, or by
commissary stores shall be adjusted to cover the following:
``(A) The cost of first destination commercial transportation of the
merchandise in the United States to the place of sale.
``(B) The actual or estimated cost of shrinkage, spoilage, and
pilferage of merchandise under the control of commissary stores.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on October 1, 2001.
SEC. 333. USE OF SURCHARGES FOR CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT
OF COMMISSARY STORES.
(a) Expansion of Authorized Uses.--Subsection (b) of section 2685 of
title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(b) Use for Construction, Repair, Improvement, and
Maintenance.--(1) The Secretary of Defense may use the proceeds from the
adjustments or surcharges authorized by subsection (a) only--
``(A) to acquire (including acquisition by lease), construct,
convert, expand, improve, repair, maintain, and equip the physical
infrastructure of commissary stores and central product processing
facilities of the defense commissary system; and
``(B) to cover environmental evaluation and construction costs
related to activities described in paragraph (1), including costs for
surveys, administration, overhead, planning, and design.
``(2) In paragraph (1), the term `physical infrastructure' includes
real property, utilities, and equipment (installed and free standing and
including computer equipment), necessary to provide a complete and
usable commissary store or central product processing facility.''.
(b) Authority of Secretary of Defense.--Such section is further
amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Secretary of a military
department, under regulations established by him and approved by the
Secretary of Defense,'' and inserting ``Secretary of Defense'';
(2) in subsection (c)--
(A) by striking ``Secretary of a military department, with the
approval of the Secretary of Defense and'' and inserting ``Secretary of
Defense, with the approval of''; and
(B) by striking ``Secretary of the military department determines''
and inserting ``Secretary determines''; and
(3) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``Secretary of a military
department'' and inserting ``Secretary of Defense''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take
effect on October 1, 2001.
SEC. 334. INCLUSION OF MAGAZINES AND OTHER PERIODICALS AS AN
AUTHORIZED COMMISSARY MERCHANDISE CATEGORY.
(a) Additional Authorized Category.--Subsection (b) of section 2486
of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph (12); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (10) the following new paragraph:
``(11) Magazines and other periodicals.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Subsection (f) of such section is
amended--
(1) by striking ``(1)'' before ``Notwithstanding'';
(2) by striking ``items in the merchandise categories specified in
paragraph (2)'' and inserting ``tobacco products''; and
(3) by striking paragraph (2).
SEC. 335. USE OF MOST ECONOMICAL DISTRIBUTION METHOD FOR
DISTILLED SPIRITS.
Section 2488(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (2); and
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
SEC. 336. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF AVAILABILITY OF SLOT MACHINES
ON UNITED STATES MILITARY INSTALLATIONS OVERSEAS.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than March 31, 2001, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to Congress a report evaluating the effect that the
ready availability of slot machines as a morale, welfare, and recreation
activity on United States military installations outside of the United
States has on members of the Armed Forces, their dependents, and other
persons who use such slot machines, the morale of military communities
overseas, and the personal financial stability of members of the Armed
Forces.
(b) Matters To Be Included.--The Secretary shall include in the
report--
(1) an estimate of the number of persons who used such slot machines
during the preceding two years and, of such persons, the percentage who
were enlisted members (shown both in the aggregate and by pay grade),
officers (shown both in the aggregate and by pay grade), Department of
Defense civilians, other United States persons, and foreign nationals;
(2) to the extent feasible, information with respect to military
personnel referred to in paragraph (1) showing the number (as a
percentage and by pay grade) who have--
(A) sought financial services counseling at least partially due to
the use of such slot machines;
(B) qualified for Government financial assistance at least partially
due to the use of such slot machines; or
(C) had a personal check returned for insufficient funds or received
any other nonpayment notification from a creditor at least partially due
to the use of such slot machines; and
(3) to the extent feasible, information with respect to the average
amount expended by each category of persons referred to in paragraph (1)
in using such slot machines per visit, to be shown by pay grade in the
case of military personnel.
Subtitle D--Department of Defense Industrial Facilities
SEC. 341. DESIGNATION OF CENTERS OF INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNICAL
EXCELLENCE AND PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO INCREASE UTILIZATION OF
SUCH CENTERS.
(a) Designation Method.--Subsection (a) of section 2474 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``The Secretary of Defense'' and inserting ``The
Secretary concerned, or the Secretary of Defense in the case of a
Defense Agency,''; and
(B) by striking ``of the activity'' and inserting ``of the designee'';
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by inserting ``of Defense'' after ``The Secretary''; and
(B) by striking ``depot-level activities'' and inserting ``Centers
of Industrial and Technical Excellence''; and
(3) in paragraph (3)--
(A) by striking ``depot-level operations'' and inserting
``operations at Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence'';
(B) by striking ``depot-level activities'' and inserting ``the
Centers''; and
(C) by striking ``such activities'' and inserting ``the Centers''.
(b) Public-Private Partnerships.--Subsection (b) of such section is
amended to read as follows:
``(b) Public-Private Partnerships.--(1) To achieve one or more
objectives set forth in paragraph (2), the Secretary designating a
Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence under subsection (a) may
authorize and encourage the head of the Center to enter into
public-private cooperative arrangements (in this section referred to as
a `public-private partnership') to provide for any of the following:
``(A) For employees of the Center, private industry, or other
entities outside the Department of Defense to perform (under contract,
subcontract, or otherwise) work related to the core competencies of the
Center, including any depot-level maintenance and repair work that
involves one or more core competencies of the Center.
``(B) For private industry or other entities outside the Department
of Defense to use, for any period of time determined to be consistent
with the needs of the Department of Defense, any facilities or equipment
of the Center that are not fully utilized for a military department's
own production or maintenance requirements.
``(2) The objectives for exercising the authority provided in
paragraph (1) are as follows:
``(A) To maximize the utilization of the capacity of a Center of
Industrial and Technical Excellence.
``(B) To reduce or eliminate the cost of ownership of a Center by
the Department of Defense in such areas of responsibility as operations
and maintenance and environmental remediation.
``(C) To reduce the cost of products of the Department of Defense
produced or maintained at a Center.
``(D) To leverage private sector investment in--
``(i) such efforts as plant and equipment recapitalization for a
Center; and
``(ii) the promotion of the undertaking of commercial business
ventures at a Center.
``(E) To foster cooperation between the armed forces and private
industry.
``(3) If the Secretary concerned, or the Secretary of Defense in the
case of a Defense Agency, authorizes the use of public-private
partnerships under this subsection, the Secretary shall submit to
Congress a report evaluating the need for loan guarantee authority,
similar to the ARMS Initiative loan guarantee program under section 4555
of this title, to facilitate the establishment of public-private
partnerships and the achievement of the objectives set forth in
paragraph (2).''.
(c) Private Sector Use of Excess Capacity.--Such section is further
amended--
(1) by striking subsection (d);
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection
(c):
``(c) Private Sector Use of Excess Capacity.--Any facilities or
equipment of a Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence made
available to private industry may be used to perform maintenance or to
produce goods in order to make more efficient and economical use of
Government-owned industrial plants and encourage the creation and
preservation of jobs to ensure the availability of a workforce with the
necessary manufacturing and maintenance skills to meet the needs of the
armed forces.''.
(d) Crediting of Amounts for Performance.--Subsection (d) of such
section, as redesignated by subsection (c)(2), is amended by adding at
the end the following new sentences: ``Consideration in the form of
rental payments or (notwithstanding section 3302(b) of title 31) in
other forms may be accepted for a use of property accountable under a
contract performed pursuant to this section. Notwithstanding section
2667(d) of this title, revenues generated pursuant to this section shall
be available for facility operations, maintenance, and environmental
restoration at the Center where the leased property is located.''.
(e) Availability of Excess Equipment to Private-Sector
Partners.--Such section is further amended by adding at the end the
following new subsections:
``(e) Availability of Excess Equipment to Private-Sector
Partners.--Equipment or facilities of a Center of Industrial and
Technical Excellence may be made available for use by a private-sector
entity under this section only if--
``(1) the use of the equipment or facilities will not have a
significant adverse effect on the readiness of the armed forces, as
determined by the Secretary concerned or, in the case of a Center in a
Defense Agency, by the Secretary of Defense; and
``(2) the private-sector entity agrees--
``(A) to reimburse the Department of Defense for the direct and
indirect costs (including any rental costs) that are attributable to the
entity's use of the equipment or facilities, as determined by that
Secretary; and
``(B) to hold harmless and indemnify the United States from--
``(i) any claim for damages or injury to any person or property
arising out of the use of the equipment or facilities, except in a case
of willful conduct or gross negligence; and
``(ii) any liability or claim for damages or injury to any person or
property arising out of a decision by the Secretary concerned or the
Secretary of Defense to suspend or terminate that use of equipment or
facilities during a war or national emergency.
``(f) Construction of Provision.--Nothing in this section may be
construed to authorize a change, otherwise prohibited by law, from the
performance of work at a Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence
by Department of Defense personnel to performance by a contractor.''.
(f) Use of Working Capital-Funded Facilities.--Section 2208(j)(1) of
title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``contract; and'' at the end of subparagraph (A) and
all that follows through ``(B) the solicitation'' and inserting
``contract, and the solicitation'';
(2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; or''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(B) the Secretary would advance the objectives set forth in
section 2474(b)(2) of this title by authorizing the facility to do
so.''.
(g) Repeal of General Authority To Lease Excess Depot-Level Equipment
and Facilities to Outside Tenants.--(1) Section 2471 of title 10, United
States Code, is repealed.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 146 of such
title is amended by striking the item relating to section 2471.
SEC. 342. UNUTILIZED AND UNDERUTILIZED PLANT-CAPACITY COSTS OF
UNITED STATES ARSENALS.
(a) Treatment of Unutilized and Underutilized Plant-Capacity
Costs.--Chapter 433 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after section 4540 the following new section:
``4541. Army arsenals: treatment of unutilized or
underutilized plant-capacity costs
``(a) Estimate of Costs.--The Secretary of the Army shall include in
the budget justification documents submitted to Congress in support of
the President's budget for a fiscal year submitted under section 1105 of
title 31 an estimate of the funds to be required in that fiscal year to
cover unutilized and underutilized plant-capacity costs at Army
arsenals.
``(b) Use of Funds.--Funds appropriated to the Secretary of the Army
for a fiscal year to cover unutilized and underutilized plant-capacity
costs at Army arsenals shall be used in such fiscal year only for such
costs.
``(c) Treatment of Costs.--(1) The Secretary of the Army shall not
include unutilized and underutilized plant-capacity costs when
evaluating the bid of an Army arsenal for purposes of the arsenal's
contracting to provide a good or service to a Government agency.
``(2) When an Army arsenal is serving as a subcontractor to a
private-sector entity with respect to a good or service to be provided
to a Government agency, the cost charged by the arsenal shall not
include unutilized and underutilized plant-capacity costs that are
funded by a direct appropriation.
``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) The term `Army arsenal' means a Government-owned,
Government-operated defense plant of the Department of the Army that
manufactures weapons, weapon components, or both.
``(2) The term `unutilized and underutilized plant-capacity costs'
means the costs associated with operating and maintaining the facilities
and equipment of an Army arsenal that the Secretary of the Army
determines are required to be kept for mobilization needs, in those
months in which the facilities and equipment are not used or are used
only 20 percent or less of available work days.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section
4540 the following new item:
``4541. Army arsenals: treatment of unutilized or underutilized
plant-capacity costs.''.
SEC. 343. ARSENAL SUPPORT PROGRAM INITIATIVE.
(a) Demonstration Program Required.--To help maintain the viability
of the Army manufacturing arsenals and the unique capabilities of these
arsenals to support the national security interests of the United
States, the Secretary of the Army shall carry out a demonstration
program under this section during fiscal years 2001 and 2002 at each
manufacturing arsenal of the Department of the Army.
(b) Purposes of Demonstration Program.--The purposes of the
demonstration program are as follows:
(1) To provide for the utilization of the existing skilled workforce
at the Army manufacturing arsenals by commercial firms.
(2) To provide for the reemployment and retraining of skilled
workers who, as a result of declining workload and reduced Army spending
on arsenal production requirements at these Army arsenals, are idled or
underemployed.
(3) To encourage commercial firms, to the maximum extent
practicable, to use these Army arsenals for commercial purposes.
(4) To increase the opportunities for small businesses (including
socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns and new
small businesses) to use these Army arsenals for those purposes.
(5) To maintain in the United States a work force having the skills
in manufacturing processes that are necessary to meet industrial
emergency planned requirements for national security purposes.
(6) To demonstrate innovative business practices, to support
Department of Defense acquisition reform, and to serve as both a model
and a laboratory for future defense conversion initiatives of the
Department of Defense.
(7) To the maximum extent practicable, to allow the operation of
these Army arsenals to be rapidly responsive to the forces of free
market competition.
(8) To reduce or eliminate the cost of Government ownership of these
Army arsenals, including the costs of operations and maintenance, the
costs of environmental remediation, and other costs.
(9) To reduce the cost of products of the Department of Defense
produced at these Army arsenals.
(10) To leverage private investment at these Army arsenals through
long-term facility use contracts, property management contracts, leases,
or other agreements that support and advance the demonstration program
for the following activities:
(A) Recapitalization of plant and equipment.
(B) Environmental remediation.
(C) Promotion of commercial business ventures.
(D) Other activities approved by the Secretary of the Army.
(11) To foster cooperation between the Department of the Army,
property managers, commercial interests, and State and local agencies in
the implementation of sustainable development strategies and investment
in these Army arsenals.
(c) Contract Authority.--(1) In the case of each Army manufacturing
arsenal, the Secretary of the Army may enter into contracts with
commercial firms to authorize the contractors, consistent with section
4543 of title 10, United States Code--
(A) to use the arsenal, or a portion of the arsenal, and the skilled
workforce at the arsenal to manufacture weapons, weapon components, or
related products consistent with the purposes of the program; and
(B) to enter into subcontracts for the commercial use of the arsenal
consistent with such purposes.
(2) A contract under paragraph (1) shall require the contractor to
contribute toward the operation and maintenance of the Army
manufacturing arsenal covered by the contract.
(3) In the event an Army manufacturing arsenal is converted to
contractor operation, the Secretary may enter into a contract with the
contractor to authorize the contractor, consistent with section 4543 of
title 10, United States Code--
(A) to use the facility during the period of the program in a manner
consistent with the purposes of the program; and
(B) to enter into subcontracts for the commercial use of the
facility consistent with such purposes.
(d) Loan Guarantees.--(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of
the Army may guarantee the repayment of any loan made to a commercial
firm to fund, in whole or in part, the establishment of a commercial
activity at an Army manufacturing arsenal under this section.
(2) Loan guarantees under this subsection may not be committed except
to the extent that appropriations of budget authority to cover their
costs are made in advance, as required by section 504 of the Federal
Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661c).
(3) The Secretary of the Army may enter into agreements with the
Administrator of the Small Business Administration or the Administrator
of the Farmers Home Administration, the Administrator of the Rural
Development Administration, or the head of other appropriate agencies of
the Department of Agriculture, under which such Administrators may,
under this subsection--
(A) process applications for loan guarantees;
(B) guarantee repayment of loans; and
(C) provide any other services to the Secretary of the Army to
administer this subsection.
(4) An Administrator referred to in paragraph (3) may guarantee loans
under this section to commercial firms of any size, notwithstanding any
limitations on the size of applicants imposed on other loan guarantee
programs that the Administrator administers. To the extent practicable,
each Administrator shall use the same procedures for processing loan
guarantee applications under this subsection as the Administrator uses
for processing loan guarantee applications under other loan guarantee
programs that the Administrator administers.
(e) Loan Limits.--The maximum amount of loan principal guaranteed
during a fiscal year under subsection (d) may not exceed--
(1) $20,000,000, with respect to any single borrower; and
(2) $320,000,000 with respect to all borrowers.
(f) Transfer of Funds.--The Secretary of the Army may transfer to an
Administrator providing services under subsection (d), and the
Administrator may accept, such funds as may be necessary to administer
loan guarantees under such subsection.
(g) Reporting Requirements.--(1) Not later than July 1 of each year
in which a guarantee issued under subsection (d) is in effect, the
Secretary of the Army shall submit to Congress a report specifying the
amounts of loans guaranteed under such subsection during the preceding
calendar year. No report is required after fiscal year 2002.
(2) Not later than July 1, 2001, the Secretary of the Army shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the
implementation of the demonstration program. The report shall contain a
comprehensive review of contracting at the Army manufacturing arsenals
covered by the program and such recommendations as the Secretary
considers appropriate regarding changes to the program.
SEC. 344. CODIFICATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF ARMAMENT RETOOLING
AND MANUFACTURING SUPPORT PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--(1) Part IV of subtitle B of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 433 the following new
chapter:
``CHAPTER 434--ARMAMENTS INDUSTRIAL BASE
``Sec.
``4551. Definitions.
``4552. Policy.
``4553. Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Initiative.
``4554. Property management contracts and leases.
``4555. ARMS Initiative loan guarantee program.
``4551. Definitions
``In this chapter:
``(1) The term `ARMS Initiative' means the Armament Retooling and
Manufacturing Support Initiative authorized by this chapter.
``(2) The term `eligible facility' means a Government-owned,
contractor-operated ammunition manufacturing facility of the Department
of the Army that is in an active, inactive, layaway, or caretaker
status.
``(3) The term `property manager' includes any person or entity
managing an eligible facility made available under the ARMS Initiative
through a property management contract.
``(4) The term `property management contract' includes facility use
contracts, site management contracts, leases, and other agreements
entered into under the authority of this chapter.
``(5) The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of the Army.
``4552. Policy
``It is the policy of the United States--
``(1) to encourage, to the maximum extent practicable, commercial
firms to use Government-owned, contractor-operated ammunition
manufacturing facilities of the Department of the Army;
``(2) to use such facilities for supporting programs, projects,
policies, and initiatives that promote competition in the private sector
of the United States economy and that advance United States interests in
the global marketplace;
``(3) to increase the manufacture of products inside the United
States;
``(4) to support policies and programs that provide manufacturers
with incentives to assist the United States in making more efficient and
economical use of eligible facilities for commercial purposes;
``(5) to provide, as appropriate, small businesses (including
socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns and new
small businesses) with incentives that encourage those businesses to
undertake manufacturing and other industrial processing activities that
contribute to the prosperity of the United States;
``(6) to encourage the creation of jobs through increased investment
in the private sector of the United States economy;
``(7) to foster a more efficient, cost-effective, and adaptable
armaments industry in the United States;
``(8) to achieve, with respect to armaments manufacturing capacity,
an optimum level of readiness of the national technology and industrial
base within the United States that is consistent with the projected
threats to the national security of the United States and the projected
emergency requirements of the armed forces; and
``(9) to encourage facility use contracting where feasible.
``4553. Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Initiative
``(a) Authority for Initiative.--The Secretary may carry out a
program to be known as the `Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support
Initiative'.
``(b) Purposes.--The purposes of the ARMS Initiative are as follows:
``(1) To encourage commercial firms, to the maximum extent
practicable, to use eligible facilities for commercial purposes.
``(2) To increase the opportunities for small businesses (including
socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns and new
small businesses) to use eligible facilities for those purposes.
``(3) To maintain in the United States a work force having the
skills in manufacturing processes that are necessary to meet industrial
emergency planned requirements for national security purposes.
``(4) To demonstrate innovative business practices, to support
Department of Defense acquisition reform, and to serve as both a model
and a laboratory for future defense conversion initiatives of the
Department of Defense.
``(5) To the maximum extent practicable, to allow the operation of
eligible facilities to be rapidly responsive to the forces of free
market competition.
``(6) To reduce or eliminate the cost of Government ownership of
eligible facilities, including the costs of operations and maintenance,
the costs of environmental remediation, and other costs.
``(7) To reduce the cost of products of the Department of Defense
produced at eligible facilities.
``(8) To leverage private investment at eligible facilities through
long-term facility use contracts, property management contracts, leases,
or other agreements that support and advance the policies and purposes
of this chapter, for the following activities:
``(A) Recapitalization of plant and equipment.
``(B) Environmental remediation.
``(C) Promotion of commercial business ventures.
``(D) Other activities approved by the Secretary.
``(9) To foster cooperation between the Department of the Army,
property managers, commercial interests, and State and local agencies in
the implementation of sustainable development strategies and investment
in eligible facilities made available for purposes of the ARMS
Initiative.
``(10) To reduce or eliminate the cost of asset disposal that would
be incurred if property at an eligible facility was declared excess to
the needs of the Department of the Army.
``(c) Availability of Facilities.--The Secretary may make any
eligible facility available for the purposes of the ARMS Initiative.
``(d) Consideration for Leases.--Section 321 of the Act of June 30,
1932 (40 U.S.C. 303b), shall not apply to uses of property or facilities
in accordance with the ARMS Initiative.
``(e) Program Support.--(1) Funds appropriated for purposes of the
ARMS Initiative may be used for administrative support and management.
``(2) A full annual accounting of such expenses for each fiscal year
shall be provided to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee
on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services and
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives not
later than March 30 of the following fiscal year.
``4554. Property management contracts and leases
``(a) In General.--In the case of each eligible facility that is made
available for the ARMS Initiative, the Secretary--
``(1) shall make full use of facility use contracts, leases, and
other such commercial contractual instruments as may be appropriate;
``(2) shall evaluate, on the basis of efficiency, cost, emergency
mobilization requirements, and the goals and purposes of the ARMS
Initiative, the procurement of services from the property manager,
including maintenance, operation, modification, infrastructure,
environmental restoration and remediation, and disposal of ammunition
manufacturing assets, and other services; and
``(3) may, in carrying out paragraphs (1) and (2)--
``(A) enter into contracts, and provide for subcontracts, for terms
up to 25 years, as the Secretary considers appropriate and consistent
with the needs of the Department of the Army and the goals and purposes
of the ARMS Initiative; and
``(B) use procedures that are authorized to be used under section
2304(c)(5) of this title when the contractor or subcontractor is a
source specified in law.
``(b) Consideration for Use.--(1) To the extent provided in a
contract entered into under this section for the use of property at an
eligible facility that is accountable under the contract, the Secretary
may accept consideration for such use that is, in whole or in part, in a
form other than--
``(A) rental payments; or
``(B) revenue generated at the facility.
``(2) Forms of consideration acceptable under paragraph (1) for a use
of an eligible facility or any property at an eligible facility include
the following:
``(A) The improvement, maintenance, protection, repair, and
restoration of the facility, the property, or any property within the
boundaries of the installation where the facility is located.
``(B) Reductions in overhead costs.
``(C) Reductions in product cost.
``(3) The authority under paragraph (1) may be exercised without
regard to section 3302(b) of title 31 and any other provision of law.
``4555. ARMS Initiative loan guarantee program
``(a) Program Authorized.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary
may carry out a loan guarantee program to encourage commercial firms to
use eligible facilities under this chapter. Under any such program, the
Secretary may guarantee the repayment of any loan made to a commercial
firm to fund, in whole or in part, the establishment of a commercial
activity to use an eligible facility under this chapter.
``(b) Advanced Budget Authority.--Loan guarantees under this section
may not be committed except to the extent that appropriations of budget
authority to cover their costs are made in advance, as required by
section 504 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661c).
``(c) Program Administration.--(1) The Secretary may enter into an
agreement with any of the officials named in paragraph (2) under which
that official may, for the purposes of this section--
``(A) process applications for loan guarantees;
``(B) guarantee repayment of loans; and
``(C) provide any other services to the Secretary to administer the
loan guarantee program.
``(2) The officials referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:
``(A) The Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
``(B) The head of any appropriate agency in the Department of
Agriculture, including--
``(i) the Administrator of the Farmers Home Administration; and
``(ii) the Administrator of the Rural Development Administration.
``(3) Each official authorized to do so under an agreement entered
into under paragraph (1) may guarantee loans under this section to
commercial firms of any size, notwithstanding any limitations on the
size of applicants imposed on other loan guarantee programs that the
official administers.
``(4) To the extent practicable, each official processing loan
guarantee applications under this section pursuant to an agreement
entered into under paragraph (1) shall use the same processing
procedures as the official uses for processing loan guarantee
applications under other loan guarantee programs that the official
administers.
``(d) Loan Limits.--The maximum amount of loan principal guaranteed
during a fiscal year under this section may not exceed--
``(1) $20,000,000, with respect to any single borrower; and
``(2) $320,000,000 with respect to all borrowers.
``(e) Transfer of Funds.--The Secretary may transfer to an official
providing services under subsection (c), and that official may accept,
such funds as may be necessary to administer the loan guarantee program
under this section.''.
(2) The tables of chapters at the beginning of subtitle B of such
title and at the beginning of part IV of such subtitle are amended by
inserting after the item relating to chapter 433 the following new item:
``434. Armaments Industrial Base
4551''.
(b) Implementation Report.--Not later than July 1, 2001, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report on the procedures and controls implemented to carry
out section 4554 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection
(a).
(c) Relationship to National Defense Technology and Industrial
Base.--(1) Subchapter IV of chapter 148 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended--
(A) by redesignating section 2525 as section 2521; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new section:
``2522. Armament retooling and manufacturing
``The Secretary of the Army is authorized by chapter 434 of this
title to carry out programs for the support of armaments retooling and
manufacturing in the national defense industrial and technology base.''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such subchapter is
amended by striking the item relating to section 2525 and inserting the
following new items: