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104th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 104-563
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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997
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R E P O R T
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ON
H.R. 3230
together with
ADDITIONAL, SUPPLEMENTAL, AND
DISSENTING VIEWS
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
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May 7, 1996.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997
104th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2nd Session 104-563
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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997
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R E P O R T
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ON
H.R. 3230
together with
ADDITIONAL, SUPPLEMENTAL, AND
DISSENTING VIEWS
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
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May 7, 1996.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY
One Hundred Fourth Congress
FLOYD D. SPENCE, South Carolina,
Chairman
RONALD V. DELLUMS, California BOB STUMP, Arizona
G.V. (SONNY) MONTGOMERY, Mississippi DUNCAN HUNTER, California
PATRICIA SCHROEDER, Colorado JOHN R. KASICH, Ohio
IKE SKELTON, Missouri HERBERT H. BATEMAN, Virginia
NORMAN SISISKY, Virginia JAMES V. HANSEN, Utah
JOHN M. SPRATT, Jr., South Carolina CURT WELDON, Pennsylvania
SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, Texas ROBERT K. DORNAN, California
OWEN PICKETT, Virginia JOEL HEFLEY, Colorado
LANE EVANS, Illinois JIM SAXTON, New Jersey
JOHN TANNER, Tennessee RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM,
GLEN BROWDER, Alabama California
GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi STEVE BUYER, Indiana
NEIL ABERCROMBIE, Hawaii PETER G. TORKILDSEN, Massachusetts
CHET EDWARDS, Texas TILLIE K. FOWLER, Florida
FRANK TEJEDA, Texas JOHN M. McHUGH, New York
MARTIN T. MEEHAN, Massachusetts JAMES TALENT, Missouri
ROBERT A. UNDERWOOD, Guam TERRY EVERETT, Alabama
JANE HARMAN, California ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland
PAUL McHALE, Pennsylvania HOWARD ``BUCK'' McKEON, California
PETE GEREN, Texas RON LEWIS, Kentucky
PETE PETERSON, Florida J.C. WATTS, Jr., Oklahoma
WILLIAM J. JEFFERSON, Louisiana MAC THORNBERRY, Texas
ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut JOHN N. HOSTETTLER, Indiana
MIKE WARD, Kentucky SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia
PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island VAN HILLEARY, Tennessee
JOE SCARBOROUGH, Florida
WALTER B. JONES, Jr., North
Carolina
JAMES B. LONGLEY, Jr., Maine
TODD TIAHRT, Kansas
RICHARD ``DOC'' HASTINGS,
Washington
Andrew K. Ellis, Staff Director
C O N T E N T S
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Page
Explanation of the Committee Amendment........................... 1
Purpose.......................................................... 1
Relationship of Authorization to Appropriations.................. 2
Summary of Authorization in the Bill............................. 2
Summary Table of Authorizations.................................. 2
Rationale for the Committee Bill................................. 10
Hearings......................................................... 17
Continued Shortfalls........................................... 11
Quality of Life................................................ 12
Modernization.................................................. 13
Ballistic Missile Defense...................................... 15
Innovation..................................................... 15
Conclusion..................................................... 17
Division A--Department of Defense Authorization.................. 19
Title I--Procurement............................................. 19
Overview....................................................... 19
Aircraft Procurement, Army................................... 21
Overview................................................... 21
Items of Special Interest.................................. 24
Missile Procurement, Army.................................... 25
Overview................................................... 25
Items of Special Interest.................................. 28
Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army.................... 29
Overview................................................... 29
Items of Special Interest.................................. 32
Ammunition Procurement, Army................................. 33
Overview................................................... 33
Item of Special Interest................................... 36
Other Procurement, Army...................................... 36
Overview................................................... 36
Items of Special Interest.................................. 43
Aircraft Procurement, Navy................................... 43
Overview................................................... 43
Items of Special Interest.................................. 47
Weapons Procurement, Navy.................................... 48
Overview................................................... 48
Item of Special Interest................................... 52
Ammunition Procurement, Navy/Marine Corps.................... 52
Overview................................................... 52
Item of Special Interest................................... 55
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy............................ 55
Overview................................................... 55
Items of Special Interest.................................. 57
Other Procurement, Navy...................................... 60
Overview................................................... 60
Items of Special Interest.................................. 69
Procurement, Marine Corps.................................... 72
Overview................................................... 72
Items of Special Interest.................................. 77
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force.............................. 77
Overview................................................... 77
Items of Special Interest.................................. 82
Ammunition Procurement, Air Force............................ 85
Overview................................................... 85
Missle Procurement, Air Force................................ 88
Overview................................................... 88
Items of Special Interest.................................. 92
Other Procurement, Air Force................................. 93
Overview................................................... 93
Items of Special Interest.................................. 99
Procurement, Defense-Wide.................................... 99
Overview................................................... 99
Items of Special Interest.................................. 105
National Guard and Reserve Equipment......................... 105
Overview................................................... 105
Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense........... 109
Overview................................................... 109
Items of Special Interest.................................. 111
Legislative Provisions......................................... 111
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations.................. 111
Section 101-108--Authorization of Appropriations........... 111
Subtitle B--Army Programs.................................... 111
Section 111--Repeal of Limitation on Procurement of Certain
Aircraft................................................. 111
Section 112--Multiyear Procurement Authority for Army
Programs................................................. 112
Subtitle C--Navy Programs.................................... 112
Section 121--Nuclear Attack Submarine Programs............. 112
Section 122--Cost Limitations for Seawolf Submarine Program 112
Section 123--Pulse Doppler Radar Modification.............. 112
Section 124--Reduction in Number of Vessels Excluded From
Limit on Purchase of Vessels Built in Foreign Shipyards.. 112
Section 125--T-39N Trainer Aircraft for the Navy........... 112
Subtitle D--Air Force Programs............................... 112
Section 141--Repeal of Limitation on Procurement of F-15E
Aircraft................................................. 112
Section 142--C-17 Aircraft Procurement..................... 113
Title II--Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E).... 114
Overview....................................................... 114
Defense-Wide Programs........................................ 116
Special Considerations..................................... 116
Army RDT&E................................................... 131
Overview................................................... 131
Items of Special Interest.................................. 140
Navy RDT&E................................................... 148
Overview................................................... 148
Items of Special Interest.................................. 157
Air Force RDT&E.............................................. 177
Overview................................................... 177
Items of Special Interest.................................. 187
Defense Agencies RDT&E....................................... 194
Overview................................................... 194
Items of Special Interest.................................. 202
Legislative Provisions......................................... 217
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations.................. 217
Section 201--Authorization of Appropriations............... 217
Section 202--Amount for Basic and Applied Research......... 217
Section 203--Dual Use Technology Programs.................. 217
Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and
Limitations................................................ 217
Section 211--Space Launch Modernization.................... 217
Section 212--Live-Fire Survivability Testing of V-22
Aircraft................................................. 217
Section 213--Live-Fire Survivability Testing of F-22
Aircraft................................................. 218
Section 214--Demilitarization of Conventional Munitions,
Explosives, and Rockets.................................. 218
Section 215--Research Activities of the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency Relating to Chemical and
Biological Warfare Defense Technology.................... 219
Section 216--Limitation on Funding for F-16 Tactical Manned
Reconnaissance Aircraft.................................. 219
Section 217--Unmanned Aerial Vehicles...................... 220
Section 218--Hydra-70 Rocket Product Improvement Program... 220
Section 219--Space-Based Infrared System Program........... 220
Section 220--Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST)
Program.................................................. 220
Section 221--Authorization of Joint United States-Israel
Nautilus Laser/Theater High Energy Laser Program......... 220
Section 222--Nonlethal Weapons Research and Development
Program.................................................. 220
Subtitle C--Ballistic Missile Defense Programs............... 220
Section 231--Funding for Ballistic Missile Defense for
Fiscal Year 1997......................................... 220
Section 232--Certification of Capability of United States
to Defend Against Single Ballistic Missile............... 221
Section 233--Policy on Compliance With the ABM Treaty...... 221
Section 234--Requirement That Multilateralization of the
ABM Treaty be Done Only Through Treaty-Making Power...... 222
Section 235--Report on Ballistic Missile Defense and
Proliferation............................................ 222
Section 236--Revision to Annual Report on the Ballistic
Missile Defense Program.................................. 223
Section 237--ABM Treaty Defined............................ 223
Section 238--Capability of National Missile Defense System. 223
Subtitle D--Other Matters.................................... 223
Section 241--Uniform Procedures and Criteria for
Maintenance and Repair at Air Force Installations........ 223
Section 242--Requirements Relating to Small Business
Innovative Research Program.............................. 224
Section 243--Extension of Deadline for Delivery of Enhanced
Fiber Optic Guided Missile (EFOG-M) System............... 224
Section 244--Amendment to the University Research
Initiative Support Program............................... 224
Section 245--Amendments to Defense Experimental Programs to
Stimulate Competitive Research........................... 224
Section 246--Elimination of Report on the Use of
Competitive Procedures for the Award of Certain Contracts
to Colleges and Universities............................. 224
Section 247--National Oceanographic Partnership Program.... 225
Title III--Operation and Maintenance............................. 226
Overview....................................................... 226
Items of Special Interest...................................... 258
Intelligence Programs........................................ 258
Defense Mapping Agency (DMA)............................... 258
Over the Horizon Backscatter (OTH-B) Radar System.......... 258
Pacer Coin................................................. 259
Senior Scout............................................... 259
Morale, Welfare and Recreation Issues........................ 259
Appropriated Fund Support for Morale, Welfare and
Recreation Programs...................................... 259
Defense Commissary Agency/Performance Based Organization... 261
Distribution of Distilled Spirits.......................... 261
Other Issues................................................. 262
Abrams Integrated Management XXI........................... 262
Ammunition Management Program.............................. 262
Army After Next............................................ 262
Base Closure Transition.................................... 263
Base Operations Support Costs.............................. 263
Concept Development Center................................. 263
Contractor Operated Civil Engineering Supply Stores........ 264
Department of Defense Milk Plants.......................... 265
Depot-Level Maintenance and Repair......................... 265
Electron Scrubber Technology............................... 266
General Purpose Tents...................................... 267
Integrated Computer Framework.............................. 267
Manganese Dust Exposure Levels............................. 267
Military Traffic Management Command's Reengineering
Personnel Property Initiative Pilot Program.............. 268
Mobility Infrastructure Enhancement........................ 269
Operational Support Aircraft............................... 269
Real Property Maintenance.................................. 270
Reserve Readiness.......................................... 270
Standard Missile Maintenance............................... 271
Total Asset Visibility Program............................. 271
Unobligated Balances....................................... 271
Legislative Provisions......................................... 272
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations.................. 272
Section 301--Operation and Maintenance Funding............. 272
Section 302--Working Capital Funds......................... 272
Section 303--Armed Forces Retirement Home.................. 272
Section 304--Transfer From National Defense Stockpile
Transaction Fund......................................... 272
Subtitle B--Depot-Level Activities........................... 272
Section 311--Extension of Authority For Aviation Depots and
Naval Shipyards to Engage in Defense-Related Production
and Services............................................. 272
Section 312--Exclusion of Large Maintenance and Repair
Projects From Percentage Limitation on Contracting For
Depot-Level Maintenance.................................. 272
Subtitle C--Environmental Provisions......................... 273
Section 321--Repeal of Report on Contractor Reimbursement
Costs.................................................... 273
Section 322--Payments of Stipulated Penalties Assessed
Under CERCLA............................................. 273
Section 323--Conservation and Readiness Program............ 273
Section 324--Navy Compliance With Shipboard Solid Waste
Control Requirements..................................... 274
Section 325--Authority to Develop and Implement Land Use
Plans for Defense Environmental Restoration Program...... 274
Section 326--Pilot Program to Test Alternative Technologies
for Limiting Air Emissions During Shipyard Blasting and
Coating Operations....................................... 275
Section 327--Navy Program to Monitor Ecological Effects of
Organotin................................................ 275
Subtitle D--Civilian Employees and Nonappropriated Fund
Instrumentalities.......................................... 276
Section 331--Repeal of Prohibition on Payment of Lodging
Expenses When Adequate Government Quarters Are Available. 276
Section 332--Voluntary Separation Incentive Pay
Modification............................................. 276
Section 333--Wage-Board Compensatory Time Off.............. 276
Section 334--Simplification of Rules Relating to the
Observance of Certain Holidays........................... 277
Section 335--Phased Retirement............................. 277
Section 336--Modification of Authority for Civilian
Employees of Department of Defense to Participate
Voluntarily in Reduction In Force........................ 277
Subtitle E--Commissaries and Nonappropriated Fund
Instrumentalities.......................................... 278
Section 341--Contracts With Other Agencies and
Instrumentalities for Goods and Services................. 278
Section 342--Noncompetitive Procurement of Brand-Name
Commercial Items For Resale in Commissary Stores......... 278
Section 343--Prohibition of Sale or Rental of Sexually
Explicit Material........................................ 278
Subtitle F--Performance of Functions by Private-Sector
Sources.................................................... 278
Section 351--Extension of Requirement For Competitive
Procurement of Printing and Duplication Services......... 278
Section 352--Requirement Regarding Use of Private Shipyards
For Complex Naval Ship Repair Contracts.................. 279
Subtitle G--Other Matters.................................... 279
Section 360--Termination of Defense Business Operations
Fund and Preparation of Plan Regarding Improved Operation
of Working-Capital Funds................................. 279
Section 361--Increase in Capital Asset Threshold Under
Defense Business Operations Fund......................... 280
Section 362--Transfer of Excess Personal Property to
Support Law Enforcement Activities....................... 280
Section 363--Storage of Motor Vehicles in Lieu of
Transportation........................................... 280
Section 364--Control of Transportation Systems in Time of
War...................................................... 281
Section 365--Security Protection at Department of Defense
Facilities in National Capitol Region.................... 281
Section 366--Modifications to Armed Forces Retirement Home
Act of 1991.............................................. 281
Section 367--Assistance to Local Educational Agencies that
Benefit Dependents of Members of the Armed Forces and
Department of Defense Civilian Employees................. 282
Section 368--Retention of Civilian Employee Positions at
Military Training Bases Transferred to National Guard.... 282
Section 369--Expansion of Authority to Donate Unusable Food 282
Military Personnel Overview...................................... 283
Title IV--Military Personnel Authorizations...................... 285
Items of Special Interest...................................... 285
Air National Guard Fighter Aircraft........................ 285
Army Military Personnel Account Shortfall for Fiscal Year
1997..................................................... 285
Army Reserve Full Time Manning Increase.................... 285
Navy Maritime Patrol Aircraft.............................. 285
Reserve Component Individual Training Funds................ 286
Legislative Provisions......................................... 286
Subtitle A--Active Forces.................................... 286
Section 401--End Strengths For Active Forces............... 286
Section 402--Permanent End Strength Levels to Support Two
Major Regional Contingencies............................. 286
Section 403--Authorized Strengths For Commissioned Officers
on Active Duty in Grades of Major, Lieutenant Colonel,
and Colonel and Navy Grades of Lieutenant Commander,
Commander, and Captain................................... 287
Subtitle B--Reserve Forces................................... 288
Section 411--End Strengths for Selected Reserve............ 288
Section 412--End Strengths for Reserves on Active Duty in
Support of the Reserves.................................. 288
Section 413--End Strengths for Military Technicians........ 289
Subtitle C--Authorization of Appropriations.................. 289
Section 421--Authorization of Appropriations For Military
Personnel................................................ 289
Title V--Military Personnel Policy............................... 290
Items of Special Interest...................................... 290
Collection of Comparison Data on Gender-Neutral Training... 290
Guidance to Commanders on Unexplained Absences of Personnel 290
Increased Funding for Off-Duty Education................... 291
Increased Funding for Recruiting........................... 291
Minority Representation in Special Operations Forces....... 291
New Parent Support Program................................. 292
Personnel Tempo............................................ 292
Reduction in Permanent Change of Station Moves............. 293
Report on Sentence Enhancements for Hate Crimes............ 294
Retention Standards for Permanent Medical Nondeployables... 294
Survey of Attitudes Towards Expansion of Roles of Women in
Combat and Combat Related Military Skills................ 295
Legislative Provisions......................................... 295
Subtitle A--Personnel Management............................. 295
Section 501--Authorization For Senior Enlisted Members to
Reenlist for an Indefinite Period of Time................ 295
Section 502--Authority to Extend Entry on Active Duty Under
Delayed Entry Program.................................... 296
Section 503--Permanent Authority for Navy Spot Promotions
for Certain Lieutenants.................................. 296
Section 504--Reports on Response to Recommendations
Concerning Improvements to Department of Defense Joint
Manpower Process......................................... 296
Section 505--Frequency of Reports to Congress on Joint
Officer Management Policies.............................. 296
Section 506--Repeal of Requirement that Commissioned
Officers be Initially Appointed in a Reserve Grade....... 297
Section 507--Continuation on Active Status For Certain
Reserve Officers of the Air Force........................ 297
Subtitle B--Reserve Component Matters........................ 297
Section 511--Individual Ready Reserve Activation Authority. 297
Section 512--Training for Reserves on Active Duty in
Support of the Reserves.................................. 298
Section 513--Clarification to Definition of Active Status.. 298
Section 514--Appointment Above O-2 in the Naval Reserve.... 298
Section 515--Report on Number of Advisers in Active
Component Support of Reserves Pilot Program.............. 298
Section 516--Sense of Congress and Report Regarding
Reemployment Rights for Mobilized Reservists Employed in
Foreign Countries........................................ 298
Subtitle C--Jurisdiction and Powers of Courts-Martial for the
National Guard When Not in Federal Service................. 299
Section 531--Composition, Jurisdiction and Procedures of
Courts-Martial........................................... 299
Section 532--General Courts-Martial........................ 299
Section 533--Special Courts-Martial........................ 299
Section 534--Summary Courts-Martial........................ 299
Section 535--Repeal of Authority For Confinement in Lieu of
Fine..................................................... 300
Section 536--Approval of Sentence of Bad Conduct Discharge
or Confinement........................................... 300
Section 537--Authority of Military Judges.................. 300
Section 538--Statutory Reorganization...................... 300
Section 539--Effective Date................................ 300
Section 540--Conforming Amendments to Uniform Code of
Military Justice......................................... 301
Subtitle D--Education and Training Programs.................. 301
Section 551--Extension of Maximum Age for Appointment as a
Cadet or Midshipman in the Senior Reserve Officers'
Training Corps and the Service Academies................. 301
Section 552--Oversight and Management of Senior Reserve
Officers' Training Corps Program......................... 301
Section 553--ROTC Scholarship Student Participation in
Simultaneous Membership Program.......................... 301
Section 554--Expansion of ROTC Advanced Training Program to
Include Graduate Students................................ 301
Section 555--Reserve Credit for Members of Armed Forces
Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance
Program.................................................. 302
Section 556--Expansion of Eligibility for Education
Benefits to Include Certain Reserve Officers' Training
Corps (ROTC) Participants................................ 302
Section 557--Comptroller General Report on Cost and Policy
Implications of Permitting Up to Five Percent of Service
Academy Graduates to be Assigned Directly to Reserve Duty
Upon Graduation.......................................... 302
Subtitle E--Other Matters.................................... 302
Section 561--Hate Crimes in the Military................... 302
Section 562--Authority of a Reserve Judge Advocate to Act
as a Notary Public....................................... 302
Section 563--Authority to Provide Legal Assistance to
Public Health Service Officers........................... 303
Section 564--Excepted Appointment of Certain Judicial Non-
Attorney Staff in the United States Court of Appeals for
the Armed Forces......................................... 303
Section 565--Replacement of Certain American Theater
Campaign Ribbons......................................... 303
Section 566--Restoration of Regulations Prohibiting Service
of Homosexuals in the Armed Forces....................... 303
Section 567--Reenactment and Modification of Mandatory
Separation From Service For Members Diagnosed With HIV-1
Virus.................................................... 304
Title VI--Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits.............. 306
Items of Special Interest.................................... 306
Foreign Language Proficiency Pay........................... 306
Privately Owned Vehicle Mileage Allowances During Permanent
Change of Station Moves.................................. 306
Special Duty Assignment Pay for Army Special Operating
Forces................................................... 307
Legislative Provisions......................................... 307
Subtitle A--Pay and Allowances............................... 307
Section 601--Military Pay Raise for Fiscal Year 1997....... 307
Section 602--Availability of Basic Allowance for Quarters
for Certain Members Without Dependents Who Serve on Sea
Duty..................................................... 307
Section 603--Establishment of Minimum Monthly Amount of
Variable Housing Allowance for High Housing Cost Areas... 308
Subtitle B--Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays........... 308
Section 611--Extension of Certain Bonuses for Reserve
Forces................................................... 308
Section 612--Extension of Certain Bonuses and Special Pay
for Nurse Officer Candidates, Registered Nurses, and
Nurse Anesthetists....................................... 308
Section 613--Extension of Authority Relating to Payment of
Other Bonuses and Special Pays........................... 308
Section 614--Special Incentives to Recruit and Retain
Dental Officers.......................................... 308
Subtitle C--Travel and Transportation Allowances............. 309
Section 621--Temporary Lodging Expenses of Member in
Connection With First Permanent Change of Station........ 309
Section 622--Allowance in Connection With Shipping Motor
Vehicle at Government Expense............................ 309
Section 623--Dislocation Allowance at a Rate Equal to Two
and One-Half Months Basic Allowance for Quarters......... 309
Section 624--Allowance for Travel Performed in Connection
With Leave Between Consecutive Overseas Tours............ 310
Subtitle D--Retired Pay, Survivor Benefits, and Related
Matters.................................................... 310
Section 631--Increase in Annual Limit on Days of Inactive
Duty Training Creditable Towards Reserve Retirement...... 310
Section 632--Authority for Retirement in Grade in Which a
Member Has Been Selected for Promotion When a Physical
Disability Intervenes.................................... 310
Section 633--Eligibility for Reserve Disability Retirement
for Reserves Injured While Away From Home Overnight for
Inactive-Duty Training................................... 310
Section 634--Retirement of Reserve Enlisted Members Who
Qualify for Active Duty Retirement After Administrative
Reductions in Enlisted Grade............................. 311
Section 635--Clarification of Initial Computation of
Retiree COLA's After Retirement.......................... 311
Section 636--Technical Correction to Prior Authority for
Payment of Back Pay to Certain Persons................... 311
Section 637--Amendments to the Uniformed Services Former
Spouses' Protection Act.................................. 311
Section 638--Administration of Benefits for So-Called
Minimum Income Widows.................................... 311
Section 639--Nonsubstantive Restatement of Survivor Benefit
Plan Statute............................................. 312
Subtitle E--Other Matters.................................... 312
Section 651--Technical Correction Clarifying Ability of
Certain Members to Elect Not to Occupy Government
Quarters................................................. 312
Section 652--Technical Correction Clarifying Limitation on
Furnishing Clothing or Allowances for Enlisted National
Guard Technicians........................................ 312
Title VII Health Care Provisions................................. 313
Overview....................................................... 313
Items of Special Interest...................................... 313
Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) Network--Information
Technology............................................... 313
Chiropractic Health Care Demonstration Program............. 314
Comptroller General Study on the Department of Defense
Family Member Dental Plan................................ 314
Congressional Budget Office Scoring of Medicare Subvention
Demonstration Program.................................... 315
Global Infectious Disease Surveillance Program............. 315
Pacific Medical Network.................................... 316
Provider Workstation....................................... 316
TRICARE Alternative Financing.............................. 316
TRICARE Prime Portability.................................. 316
Legislative Provisions......................................... 317
Subtitle A--Health Care Services............................. 317
Section 701--Medical and Dental Care for Reserve Component
Members in a Duty Status................................. 317
Subtitle B--TRICARE Program.................................. 317
Section 711--Definition of TRICARE Program................. 317
Section 712--CHAMPUS Payment Limits for TRICARE Prime
Enrollees................................................ 318
Section 713--Improved Information Exchange Between Military
Treatment Facilities and TRICARE Program Contractors..... 318
Subtitle C--Uniformed Services Treatment Facilities.......... 318
Section 721--Definitions................................... 318
Section 722--Inclusion of Designated Providers in Uniformed
Services Health Care Delivery System..................... 318
Section 723--Provision of Uniform Benefit by Designated
Providers................................................ 318
Section 724--Enrollment of Covered Beneficiaries........... 319
Section 725--Application of CHAMPUS Payment Rules.......... 319
Section 726--Payment for Services.......................... 319
Section 727--Repeal of Superseded Authorities.............. 319
Subtitle D--Other Changes to Existing Laws Regarding Health
Care Management............................................ 319
Section 731--Authority to Waive CHAMPUS Exclusion Regarding
Nonmedically Necessary Treatment in Connection With
Certain Clinical Trials.................................. 319
Section 732--Authority to Waive or Reduce CHAMPUS
Deductible Amounts for Reservists Called to Active Duty
in Support of Contingency Operations..................... 320
Section 733--Exception to Maximum Allowable Payments to
Individual Health-Care Providers Under CHAMPUS........... 320
Section 734--Codification of Annual Authority to Credit
CHAMPUS Refunds to Current Year Appropriation............ 320
Section 735--Exception to Requirements Regarding Obtaining
Nonavailability-of-Health-Care Statements................ 320
Section 736--Expansion of Collection Authorities From
Third-Party Payers....................................... 321
Subtitle E--Other Matters.................................... 321
Section 741--Alternatives to Active Duty Service Obligation
Under Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and
Financial Assistance Program and Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences........................ 321
Section 742--Exception to Strength Limitations For Public
Health Service Officers Assigned to the Department of
Defense.................................................. 322
Section 743--Continued Operation of Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences........................ 322
Section 744--Sense of Congress Regarding Tax Treatment of
Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial
Assistance Program....................................... 322
Section 745--Report Regarding Specialized Treatment
Facility Program......................................... 323
Title VIII--Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and
Related Matters................................................ 324
Items of Special Interest...................................... 324
Implementation of Acquisition Reform Legislation........... 324
Truth in Negotiations Act Audit Rights..................... 324
Tungsten Anti-Tank Penetrators............................. 325
Legislative Provisions......................................... 325
Subtitle A--Acquisition Management........................... 325
Section 801--Authority to Waive or Modify Certain
Requirements for Defense Acquisition Pilot Programs...... 325
Section 802--Exclusion From Certain Post-Education Duty
Assignments for Members of Acquisition Corps............. 325
Section 803--Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain
Prototype Projects....................................... 325
Section 804--Increase in Threshold Amounts for Major
Systems.................................................. 326
Section 805--Revisions in Information Required to be
Included in Selected Acquisition Reports................. 326
Section 806--Increase in Simplified Acquisition Threshold
for Humanitarian or Peacekeeping Operations.............. 326
Section 807--Expansion of Audit Reciprocity Among Federal
Agencies to Include Post-Award Audits.................... 326
Section 808--Extension of Pilot Mentor-Protege Program..... 327
Subtitle B--Other Matters.................................... 327
Section 821--Amendment to Definition of National Security
System Under Information Technology Management Reform Act
of 1995.................................................. 327
Section 822--Prohibition on Release of Contractor Proposals
Under Freedom of Information Act......................... 327
Section 823--Repeal of Annual Report by Advocate for
Competition.............................................. 327
Section 824--Repeal of Biannual Report on Procurement
Regulatory Activity...................................... 327
Section 825--Repeal of Multiyear Limitation on Contracts
for Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair.................. 327
Section 826--Streamlined Notice Requirements to Contractors
and Employees Regarding Termination or Substantial
Reduction in Contracts Under Major Defense Programs...... 328
Section 827--Repeal of Notice Requirements for
Substantially or Seriously Affected Parties in Downsizing
Efforts.................................................. 328
Section 828--Testing of Defense Acquisition Programs....... 328
Section 829--Dependency of National Technology and
Industrial Base on Supplies Available Only From Foreign
Counties................................................. 328
Section 830--Treatment of Department of Defense Cable
Television Franchise Agreements.......................... 328
Section 831--Extension of Domestic Source Limitation for
Valves and Machine Tools................................. 329
Title IX--Department of Defense Organization and Management...... 330
Items of Special Interest...................................... 330
Unified Command Plan....................................... 330
Legislative Provisions......................................... 330
Section 901--Additional Required Reduction in Defense
Acquisition Workforce.................................... 330
Section 902--Reduction of Personnel Assigned to Office of
the Secretary of Defense................................. 330
Section 903--Report on Military Department Headquarters
Staff.................................................... 331
Section 904--Extension of Effective Date for Charter for
Joint Requirements Oversight Council..................... 331
Section 905--Removal of Secretary of the Army From
Membership on the Foreign Trade Zone Board............... 331
Section 906--Membership of the Ammunition Storage Board.... 331
Section 907--Department of Defense Disbursing Official
Check Cashing and Exchange Transactions.................. 332
Title X--General Provisions...................................... 333
Counter-Drug Activities...................................... 333
Overview................................................... 333
Items of Special Interest.................................. 333
National Guard Counter-Drug Program...................... 333
C-26 Aircraft Photo Reconnaissance Upgrades.............. 334
Gulf States Counter-Drug Initiative...................... 334
Southwest Border Fence Project........................... 334
Other Matters................................................ 334
Defense Information Systems Network (DISN)................. 334
Military Affiliate Radio System............................ 335
National Defense University Chinese Translations........... 335
Supercomputer Exports and Proliferation.................... 336
White House Communications Agency.......................... 336
Legislative Provisions......................................... 336
Subtitle A--Financial Matters................................ 336
Section 1001--Transfer Authority........................... 336
Section 1002--Incorporation of Classified Annex............ 337
Section 1003--Authority for Obligation of Certain
Unauthorized Fiscal Year 1996 Defense Appropriations..... 337
Section 1004--Authorization of Prior Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1996...................... 337
Section 1005--Format for Budget Request for Navy/Marine
Corps and Air Force Ammunition Accounts.................. 337
Section 1006--Format for Budget Requests for Defense
Airborne Reconnaissance Program.......................... 337
Subtitle B--Reports and Studies.............................. 338
Section 1021--Annual Report on Operation Provide Comfort
and Operation Enhanced Southern Watch.................... 338
Section 1022--Report on Protection of National Information
Infrastructure........................................... 338
Section 1023--Report on Witness Interview Procedures for
Department of Defense Criminal Investigations............ 339
Subtitle C--Other Matters.................................... 339
Section 1031--Information Systems Security Program......... 339
Section 1032--Aviation and Vessel War Risk Insurance....... 340
Section 1033--Aircraft Accident Investigation Boards....... 341
Section 1034--Authority for Use of Appropriated Funds for
Recruiting Functions..................................... 342
Section 1035--Authority for Award of Medal of Honor to
Certain African American Solders Who Served During World
War II................................................... 342
Section 1036--Compensation for Persons Awarded Prisoner of
War Medal Who Did Not Previously Receive Compensation as
a Prisoner of War........................................ 342
Section 1037--George C. Marshall European Center for
Strategic Security Studies............................... 342
Section 1038--Participation of Members, Dependents, and
Other Persons in Crime Prevention Efforts at
Installations............................................ 343
Section 1039--Technical and Clerical Amendments............ 343
Section 1040--Prohibition on Carrying Out SR-71 Strategic
Reconnaissance Program During Fiscal Year 1997........... 343
Title XI--Cooperative Threat Reduction........................... 344
Overview....................................................... 344
Items of Special Interest...................................... 344
Lack of Updated, Multi-Year Program Plan................... 344
Chemical Weapons Destruction............................... 345
Fissle Material Storage Facility........................... 346
Program Overhead........................................... 347
Concerns Regarding Presidential Certification.............. 347
Legislative Provisions......................................... 348
Section 1101--Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction
Programs................................................. 348
Section 1102--Fiscal Year 1997 Funding Allocations......... 348
Section 1103--Prohibition on Use of Funds for Specified
Purposes................................................. 348
Section 1104--Limitation on Funds.......................... 348
Section 1105--Availability of Funds........................ 348
Title XII--Reserve Forces Revitalization......................... 349
Legislative Provisions......................................... 349
Subtitle A--Reserve Component Structure...................... 349
Section 1211--Reserve Component Commands................... 349
Section 1212--Reserve Component Chiefs..................... 349
Section 1213--Review of Active Duty and Reserve General and
Flag Officer Authorizations.............................. 349
Section 1214--Guard and Reserve Technicians................ 349
Section 1215--Technical Amendment Reflecting Prior Revision
to National Guard Bureau Charter......................... 350
Subtitle B--Reserve Component Accessibility.................. 350
Section 1231--Report to Congress on Measures Taken to
Improve National Guard and Reserve Ability to Respond to
Emergencies.............................................. 350
Sections 1232 Through 1234--Reporting Requirements......... 350
Subtitle C--Reserve Forces Sustainment....................... 350
Sections 1251 Through 1256--Improvements to Reserve
Component Quality of Life and Benefits................... 350
Title XIII--Matters Relating To Other Nations.................... 351
Items of Special Interest...................................... 351
Arms Control Implementation................................ 351
Chemical Weapons Convention................................ 351
Comprehensive Test Ban..................................... 352
Department of Defense Activities With China................ 353
Operation Joint Endeavor in Bosnia......................... 353
Russian Missile Detargeting................................ 355
Russian Threat Perceptions................................. 356
Legislative Provisions......................................... 357
Subtitle A--Miscellaneous Matters............................ 357
Section 1301--One-Year Extension of Counterproliferation
Authorities.............................................. 357
Section 1302--Limitation on Retirement or Dismantlement of
Strategic Nuclear Delivery Vehicles...................... 357
Section 1303--Certification Required Before Observance of
Moratorium on Use by Armed Forces of Antipersonnel
Landmines................................................ 357
Section 1304--Department of Defense Demining Program....... 359
Section 1305--Report on Military Capabilities of People's
Republic of China........................................ 360
Section 1306--United States-People's Republic of China
Joint Defense Conversion Commission...................... 361
Section 1307--Authority to Accept Services From Foreign
Governments and International Organizations for Defense
Purposes................................................. 361
Section 1308--Review by Director of Central Intelligence of
National Intelligence Estimate 95-19..................... 361
Subtitle B--Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat
to the United States....................................... 363
Section 1321--Establishment of Commission.................. 363
Section 1322--Duties of Commission......................... 364
Section 1323--Report....................................... 364
Section 1324--Powers....................................... 364
Section 1325--Commission Procedures........................ 364
Section 1326--Personnel Matters............................ 365
Section 1327--Miscellaneous Administrative Provisions...... 365
Section 1328--Funding...................................... 365
Section 1329--Termination of the Commission................ 365
Title XIV--Sikes Act Improvements Amendments..................... 366
Legislative Provisions......................................... 366
Section 1402--Definition of Sikes Act for Purposes of
Amendments............................................... 366
Section 1403--Codification of Short Title of Act........... 366
Section 1404--Integrated Natural Resource Management Plans. 366
Section 1405--Review for Preparation of Integrated Natural
Resource Management Plans................................ 366
Section 1406--Annual Reviews and Reports................... 366
Section 1407--Transfer of Wildlife Conservation Fees From
Closed Military Installations............................ 366
Section 1408--Federal Enforcement of Integrated Natural
Resource Management Plans and Enforcement of Other Laws.. 367
Section 1409--Natural Resource Management Services......... 367
Section 1410--Definitions.................................. 367
Section 1411--Cooperative Agreements....................... 367
Section 1412--Repeal of Superseded Provision............... 367
Section 1413--Clerical Amendments.......................... 367
Section 1414--Authorizations of Appropriations............. 367
Divison B--Military Construction Authorizations.................. 369
Purpose........................................................ 369
The State of Military Infrastructure......................... 369
Authorization For Military Construction........................ 387
Title XXI--Army.................................................. 396
Summary........................................................ 396
Items of Special Interest...................................... 396
Improvements of Military Family Housing.................... 396
Repair and Maintenance, Army............................... 396
Legislative Provisions......................................... 397
Section 2101--Authorized Army and Land Acquisition Projects 397
Section 2102--Family Housing............................... 397
Section 2103--Improvements to Military Family Housing Units 397
Section 2104--Authorization of Appropriations, Army........ 397
Section 2105--Correction in Authorized Uses of Funds, Fort
Irwin, California........................................ 397
Title XXII--Navy................................................. 398
Summary........................................................ 398
Items Of Special Interest...................................... 398
Improvements of Military Family Housing.................... 398
Naval Air Station Meridian, Mississippi.................... 398
Ordnance Storage Needs of Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma,
Arizona.................................................. 398
Planning and Design........................................ 399
Power Plant Upgrade, Public Works Center, Guam............. 399
Legislative Provisions......................................... 399
Section 2201--Authorized Navy Construction and Land
Acquisition Projects..................................... 399
Section 2202--Family Housing............................... 399
Section 2203--Improvements to Military Family Housing Units 399
Section 2204--Authorization of Appropriations, Navy........ 399
Secion 2205--Beach Replenishment, Naval Air Station, North
Island, California....................................... 400
Section 2206--Lease to Facilitate Construction of Reserve
Center, Naval Air Station, Meridian, Mississippi......... 400
Title XXIII--Air Force........................................... 401
Summary........................................................ 401
Items of Special Interest...................................... 401
Defense Access Road, Falcon Air Force Base, Colorado....... 401
Improvements of Military Family Housing.................... 401
Planning and Design........................................ 401
Legislative Provisions......................................... 402
Section 2301--Authorized Air Force Construction and Land
Acquisition Projects..................................... 402
Section 2302--Family Housing............................... 402
Section 2303--Improvements to Military Family Housing Units 402
Section 2304--Authorization of Appropriations, Air Force... 402
Title XXIV--Defense Agencies..................................... 403
Summary........................................................ 403
Legislative Provisions......................................... 403
Section 2401--Authorized Defense Agencies Construction and
Land Acquisition Projects................................ 403
Section 2402--Military Housing Planning and Design......... 403
Section 2403--Improvements to Military Family Housing Units 403
Section 2404--Military Housing Improvement Program......... 403
Section 2405--Energy Conservation Projects................. 403
Section 2406--Authorization of Appropriations, Defense
Agencies................................................. 403
Title XXV--North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure..... 405
Summary........................................................ 405
Legislative Provisions......................................... 405
Section 2501--Authorized NATO Construction and Land
Acquisition Projects..................................... 405
Section 2502--Authorization of Appropriations, NATO........ 405
Title XXVI--Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities.................. 406
Summary........................................................ 406
Items of Special Interest...................................... 406
Alternative Funding for Certain Guard and Reserve
Facilities............................................... 406
Armory Infrastructure Requirements......................... 406
Battle Projection Center, Fort Dix, New Jersey............. 407
Military Construction to Support the Beddown of Avenger Air
Defense System Units, Various Locations, Mississippi..... 407
Planning and Design........................................ 407
Planning and Design, Fiscal Year 1996...................... 407
Unspecified Minor Construction............................. 407
Legislative Provisions......................................... 408
Section 2601--Authorized Guard and Reserve Construction and
Land Acquisition Projects................................ 408
Title XXVII--Expiration and Extension of Authorizations.......... 409
Legislative Provisions......................................... 409
Section 2701--Expiration of Authorizations and Amounts
Required to be Specified by Law.......................... 409
Section 2702--Extensions of Authorizations of Certain
Fiscal Year 1994 Projects................................ 409
Section 2703--Extension of Authorizations of Certain Fiscal
Year 1993 Projects....................................... 409
Section 2704--Extension of Authorizations of Certain Fiscal
Year 1992 Projects....................................... 409
Section 2705--Effective Date............................... 409
Title XXVIII--General Provisions................................. 410
Items of Special Interest...................................... 410
Assessment of Certain Overhead Costs of Military
Construction............................................. 410
Efficient Utilization of Existing Facilities............... 410
Infrastructure Requirements for Depot-Level Maintenance.... 410
Modular Utility Cores in Military Housing and Other
Facilities............................................... 411
Legislative Provisions......................................... 411
Subtitle A--Military Construction and Military Family Housing 411
Section 2801--North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security
Investment Program....................................... 411
Section 2802--Authority to Demolish Excess Facilities...... 411
Section 2803--Improvements to Family Housing Units......... 411
Subtitle B--Defense Base Closure and Realignment............. 412
Section 2811--Restoration of Authority for Certain
Intragovernmental Transfers Under 1988 Base Closure Law.. 412
Section 2812--Contracting for Certain Services at
Facilities Remaining on Closed Installations............. 412
Section 2813--Authority to Compensate Owners of
Manufactured Housing..................................... 412
Section 2814--Additional Purpose for Which Adjustment and
Diversification Assistance is Authorized................. 412
Section 2815--Payment of Stipulated Penalties Assessed
Under CERCLA in Connection With Loring Air Force Base,
Maine.................................................... 412
Subtitle C--Land Conveyances Generally....................... 412
Part I--Army Conveyances................................... 412
Section 2821--Transfer and Exchange of Jurisdiction,
Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.................... 412
Section 2822--Land Conveyance, Army Reserve Center,
Rushville, Indiana....................................... 413
Section 2823--Land Conveyance, Army Reserve Center,
Anderson, South Carolina................................. 413
Part II--Navy Conveyances.................................. 413
Section 2831--Release of Condition on Reconveyance of
Transferred Land, Guam................................... 413
Section 2832--Land Exchange, St. Helena Annex, Norfolk
Naval Shipyard, Virginia................................. 413
Section 2833--Land Conveyance, Calverton Pine Barrens,
Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Calverton, New
York..................................................... 413
Part III--Air Force Conveyances............................ 414
Section 2841--Conveyance of Primate Research Complex,
Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico...................... 414
Section 2842--Land Conveyance, Radar Bomb Scoring Site,
Belle Forche, South Dakota............................... 414
Part IV--Other Conveyances................................. 414
Section 2851--Land Conveyance, Tatum Salt Dome Test Site,
Mississippi.............................................. 414
Section 2852--Land Conveyance, William Langer Jewel Bearing
Plant, Rolla, North Dakota............................... 414
Subtitle D--Other Matters.................................... 415
Section 2861--Easements for Rights-Of-Way.................. 415
Section 2862--Authority to Enter Into Cooperative
Agreements for the Management of Cultural Resources on
Military Installations................................... 415
Section 2863--Demonstration Project for Installation and
Operation of Electric Power Distribution System at
Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio..................... 415
Section 2864--Designation of Michael O'Callaghan Military
Hospital................................................. 415
Title XXIX--Military Land Withdrawals............................ 416
Subtitle A--Fort Carson-Pinon Canyon Military Lands
Withdrawal................................................. 416
Section 2902--Withdrawal and Reservation of Lands at Fort
Carson Military Reservation.............................. 416
Section 2903--Withdrawal and Reservation of Lands at Pinon
Canyon Maneuver Site..................................... 416
Section 2904--Maps and Legal Descriptions.................. 416
Section 2905--Management of Withdrawn Lands................ 416
Section 2906--Management of Withdrawn and Acquired Mineral
Resources................................................ 416
Section 2907--Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping............... 416
Section 2908--Termination of Withdrawal and Reservation.... 417
Section 2909--Determination of Presence of Contamination
and Effect of Contamination.............................. 417
Section 2910--Delegation................................... 417
Section 2911--Hold Harmless................................ 417
Section 2912--Amendment to Military Lands Withdrawal Act of
1986..................................................... 417
Section 2913--Authorization of Appropriations.............. 417
Subtitle B--El Centro Naval Air Facility Ranges Withdrawal... 417
Section 2921--Short Title and Definitions.................. 417
Section 2922--Withdrawal and Reservation of Lands for El
Centro................................................... 418
Section 2923--Maps and Legal Descriptions.................. 418
Section 2924--Management of Withdrawn Lands................ 418
Section 2925--Duration of Withdrawal and Reservation....... 418
Section 2926--Continuation of Ongoing Decontamination
Activities............................................... 418
Section 2927--Requirements for Extension................... 418
Section 2928--Early Relinquishment of Withdrawal........... 418
Section 2929--Delegation of Authority...................... 418
Section 2930--Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping............... 418
Section 2931--Hold Harmless................................ 419
Division C--Department of Energy National Security Authorizations
and Other Authorizations....................................... 421
Title XXXI--Department of Energy National Security Programs...... 421
Purpose........................................................ 421
Overview....................................................... 421
Items of Special Interest...................................... 436
Defense Environmental Restoration and Waste Management..... 436
Fissle Materials Protection, Control and Accountability.... 438
Independent Review......................................... 438
Inertial Confinement Fusion................................ 438
Intelligence............................................... 439
International Nuclear Safety............................... 439
International Security..................................... 440
Laboratory Review of Missile Defense....................... 440
Naval Reactors............................................. 440
Nuclear Emergency Search Team.............................. 440
Nuclear Smuggling.......................................... 441
Technology Transfer........................................ 441
Tritium.................................................... 441
Warhead Master Plan........................................ 442
Legislative Provisions......................................... 442
Subtitle A--National Security Program Authorizations......... 442
Section 3101--Weapons Activities........................... 442
Section 3102--Environmental Restoration and Waste
Management............................................... 442
Section 3103--Defense Fixed Asset Acquisition.............. 442
Section 3104--Other Defense Activities..................... 443
Section 3105--Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal............... 443
Subtitle B--Recurring General Provisions..................... 443
Section 3121--Reprogramming................................ 443
Section 3122--Limits on General Plant Projects............. 443
Section 3123--Limits on Construction Projects.............. 443
Section 3124--Fund Transfer Authority...................... 443
Section 3125--Authority for Conceptual and Construction
Design................................................... 444
Section 3126--Authority for Emergency Planning, Design, and
Construction Activities.................................. 444
Section 3127--Funds Available for All National Security
Programs of the Department of Energy..................... 444
Section 3128--Availability of Funds........................ 444
Subtitle C--Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and
Limitations................................................ 444
Section 3131--Stockpile Stewardship Program................ 444
Section 3132--Manufacturing Infrastructure for Nuclear
Weapons Stockpile........................................ 445
Section 3133--Production of High Explosives................ 446
Section 3134--Limitation on Use of Funds by Laboratories
for Laboratory-Directed Research and Development......... 446
Section 3135--Prohibition on Funding Nuclear Weapons
Activities With People's Republic of China............... 446
Section 3136--International Cooperative Stockpile
Stewardship Programs..................................... 446
Section 3137--Temporary Authority Relating to Transfers of
Defense Environmental Management Funds................... 447
Section 3138--Management Structure for Nuclear Weapons
Production Facilities and Nuclear Weapons Laboratories... 447
Subtitle D--Other Matters.................................... 447
Section 3141--Report on Nuclear Weapons Stockpile
Memorandum............................................... 447
Section 3142--Report on Plutonium Pit Production and
Remanufacturing.......................................... 447
Section 3143--Amendments Relating to Baseline Environmental
Management Reports....................................... 448
Section 3144--Requirement to Develop Future Use Plans for
Environmental Management Program......................... 448
Subtitle E--Defense Nuclear Environmental Cleanup and
Management................................................. 449
Section 3151--Purpose...................................... 449
Section 3152--Covered Defense Nuclear Facilities........... 449
Section 3153--Site Manager................................. 449
Section 3154--Department of Energy Orders.................. 449
Section 3155--Deployment of Technology for Remediation of
Defense Nuclear Waste.................................... 449
Section 3156--Performance-Based Contracting................ 449
Section 3157--Designation of Defense Nuclear Facilities as
National Environmental Cleanup Demonstration Areas....... 450
Title XXXII--Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Authorization.................................................. 451
Legislative Provisions......................................... 451
Section 3201--Authorization................................ 451
Title XXXIII--National Defense Stockpile......................... 452
Legislative Provisions......................................... 452
Section 3302--Authorized Uses of Stockpile Funds........... 452
Section 3311--Biennial Report on Stockpile Requirements.... 452
Section 3312--Notification Requirements.................... 452
Title XXXIV--Naval Petroleum Reserves............................ 453
Legislative Provisions......................................... 453
Section 3401--Authorization of Appropriations.............. 453
Section 3402--Requirement on Sale of Certain Petroleum
During Fiscal Year 1997.................................. 453
Title XXXV--Panama Canal Commission.............................. 454
Legislative Provisions......................................... 454
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations.................. 454
Subtitle B--Panama Canal Act Amendments of 1996.............. 454
Section 3521--Short Title; References...................... 454
Section 3522--Definitions and Recommendations for
Legislation.............................................. 454
Section 3523--Administrator................................ 454
Section 3524--Deputy Administrator and Chief Engineer...... 454
Section 3525--Office of Ombudsman.......................... 455
Section 3526--Appointment and Compensation; Duties......... 455
Section 3527--Applicability of Certain Benefits............ 455
Section 3528--Travel and Transportation Expenses........... 455
Section 3529--Clarification of Definition of Agency........ 455
Section 3530--Panama Canal Employment System; Merit and
Other Employment Requirements............................ 455
Section 3531--Employment Standards......................... 455
Section 3532--Repeal of Obsolete Provision Regarding
Interim Application of Canal Zone Merit System........... 456
Section 3533--Repeal of Provision Relating to Recruitment
and Retention Remuneration............................... 456
Section 3534--Benefits Based on Basic Pay.................. 456
Section 3535--Vesting of General Administrative Authority
of Commission............................................ 456
Section 3536--Applicability of Certain Laws................ 456
Section 3537--Repeal of Provision Relating to Transferred
or Reemployed Employees.................................. 456
Section 3538--Administration of Special Disability Benefits 456
Section 3539--Panama Canal Revolving Fund.................. 456
Section 3540--Printing..................................... 457
Section 3541--Accounting Policies.......................... 457
Section 3542--Interagency Services; Reimbursements......... 457
Section 3543--Postal Service............................... 457
Section 3544--Investigations of Accidents or Injury Giving
Rise to Claim............................................ 457
Section 3545--Operations Regulations....................... 457
Section 3546--Miscellaneous Repeals........................ 457
Section 3547--Exemption.................................... 458
Section 3548--Miscellaneous Conforming Amendments to Title
5, United States Code.................................... 458
Section 3549--Repeal of Panama Canal Code.................. 458
Section 3550--Miscellaneous Clerical and Conforming
Amendments............................................... 458
Departmental Data................................................ 459
Department of Defense Authorization Request.................... 459
Military Construction Authorization Request.................... 459
Committee Position............................................... 460
Communications From Other Committees............................. 460
Fiscal Data...................................................... 466
Congressional Budget Office Estimate........................... 466
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate...................... 466
Authorization of Appropriations.............................. 469
Committee Cost Estimate........................................ 474
Inflation-Impact Statement..................................... 474
Oversight Findings............................................... 474
Statement of Federal Mandates.................................... 475
Roll Call Votes.................................................. 475
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported............ 482
Additional, Supplemental, and Dissenting Views................... 705
Additional views of James V. Hansen, Glen Browder, Tillie K.
Fowler, Solomon P. Ortiz, Randy ``Duke'' Cunningham, Walter
B. Jones, Jr., Saxby Chambliss, J.C. Watts, Jr., John N.
Hostettler, Neil Abercrombie, Robert K. Dornan, Lane Evans,
and James B. Longley, Jr..................................... 705
Additional and dissenting views of Ronald V. Dellums........... 709
Additional views of John Spratt................................ 717
Additional views of Chet Edwards............................... 718
Additional views of Jane Harman, Rosa L. DeLauro, Ronald V.
Dellums, Patricia Schroeder, Lane Evans, Neil Abercrombie,
Martin T. Meehan, and Patrick J. Kennedy..................... 721
Suplemental views of Patricia Schroeder........................ 724
104th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 104-563
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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997
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May 7, 1996.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Spence, from the Committee on National Security, submitted the
following
R E P O R T
together with
ADDITIONAL, SUPPLEMENTAL, AND DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 3230]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on National Security, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 3230) to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 1997 for military activities of the Department of Defense,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 1997,
and for other purposes, having considered the same, report
favorably thereon with amendments and recommend that the bill
as amended do pass.
The amendment to the text of the bill is a complete
substitute therefor and appears in italic type in the reported
bill.
The title of the bill is amended to reflect the amendment
to the text of the bill.
EXPLANATION OF THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
The committee adopted an amendment in the nature of a
substitute during the consideration of H.R. 3230. The remainder
of the report discusses the bill, as amended.
PURPOSE
The bill would--(1) Authorize appropriations for fiscal
years 1997 through 2000 for procurement and for research,
development, test and evaluation (RDT&E); (2) Authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 1997 for operation and
maintenance (O&M) and for working capital funds; (3) Authorize
for fiscal year 1997: (a) the personnel strength for each
active duty component of the military departments; (b) the
personnel strength for the Selected Reserve for each reserve
component of the armed forces; (c) the military training
student loads for each of the active and reserve components of
the military departments; (4) Modify various elements of
compensation for military personnel and impose certain
requirements and limitations on personnel actions in the
defense establishment; (5) Authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 1997 for military construction and family housing; (6)
Authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1997 for the
Department of Energy National Security Programs; (7) Modify
provisions related to the National Defense Stockpile; and (8)
Authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1997 for the operation
of the Panama Canal Commission.
RELATIONSHIP OF AUTHORIZATION AND APPROPRIATIONS
The bill does not generally provide budget authority. The
bill authorizes appropriations. Subsequent appropriation acts
provide budget authority. The bill addresses the following
categories in the Department of Defense budget: procurement;
research, development, test and evaluation; operation and
maintenance; working capital funds, military personnel; and
military construction and family housing. The bill also
addresses Department of Energy National Security Programs.
Active duty and reserve personnel strengths authorized in
this bill and legislation affecting compensation for military
personnel determine the remaining appropriation requirements of
the Department of Defense. However, this bill does not provide
authorization of specific dollar amounts for personnel.
SUMMARY OF AUTHORIZATION IN THE BILL
The President requested budget authority of $254.3 billion
for the national defense budget function for fiscal year 1997.
Of this amount, the President requested $242.5 billion for the
Department of Defense (including $9.1 billion for military
construction and family housing) and $11.1 billion for
Department of Energy national security programs and the Defense
Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.
The committee recommends an overall level of $266.7 billion
in budget authority. This amount is an increase of
approximately $12.4 billion from the amount requested for the
national defense budget function by the President, and
represents an increase of approximately $2.0 billion from the
amount authorized for appropriation by the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104-106).
Overall, the committee's recommendation is largely consistent
with the amounts the committee expects to be established in the
budget resolution for fiscal year 1997.
SUMMARY TABLE OF AUTHORIZATIONS
The following table provides a summary of the amounts
requested and that would be authorized for appropriation in the
bill (in the column labeled ``Budget Authority Implication of
Committee Recommendation'') and the committee's estimate of how
the committee's recommendations relate to the budget totals for
the national defense function. For purposes of estimating the
budget authority implications of committee action, the table
reflects the numbers contained in the President's budget for
proposals not in the committee's legislative jurisdiction.
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RATIONALE FOR THE COMMITTEE BILL
HR 3230, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1997, reflects the committee's continued effort to
revitalize America's defenses in oqder to meet the security
requirements of the post-Cold War world. Now in its seventh
year, the post-Cold War world is still largely defined by what
it is not, as the collapse of the Soviet Union and its empire
created shock waves that continue to ripple through the
international geopolitical system. Yet over the past year, the
sharper contours of revived and new great-power competitions
have begun to emerge from the rubble of the old bipolar, Cold
War order. While these new struggles will certainly involve new
challenges to U.S. security interests, the form of the
competition will not be fundamentally new. Neither history, nor
world politics, nor military competition ended with the Cold
War.
The primary mission of the American military establishment
in this turbulent international environment is to protect the
United States and its vital national security interests. These
fundamental interests have not changed with the end of the Cold
War. While the Soviet Union no longer exists, the United States
retains enduring interests in defending the American homeland
and in maintaining as stable and peaceful a political order as
possible in Europe, in Asia, and in the vital energy-producing
regions of the world. Yet we face a growing roster of failed
and failing states, international terrorism, proliferation of
weapons of mass destruction, and tribal and ethnic conflicts
fed by the emergence of a new ``warrior class,'' for whom war
too often becomes an end in itself.
The events of the past year clearly demonstrate that new
challenges to U.S. security interests are emerging on many
fronts. China has demonstrated a disturbing willingness to use
military force as a tool of coercive diplomacy, threatening
stability, prosperity and the growth of democracy in East Asia.
In turn, China's actions have caused America's allies and
adversaries alike to question the nature and endurance of
American's commitment to the region.
If the Chinese challenge is that of a newly emerging great
power, the challenge from Russia is that of a disintegrating
military superpower. Russia careens from extreme nationalism to
unreconstructed communism as it struggles to hold itself
together. As it does, it wages a bloody and bitter war in
Chechnya, brandishes nuclear threats in an attempt to thwart
NATO expansion, reintegrates its former empire in Belarus and
Central Asia and sells advanced weaponry of all kinds--
including nuclear technologies--to anyone willing to pay in
hard currency. Russia cannot protect its stockpile of nuclear
materials and Moscow continues to maintain its strategic
nuclear forces at Cold War levels of readiness as it invests
scarce resources in strategic modernization. Disturbingly,
Russia has even adopted a new military doctrine that relies
more heavily on nuclear weapons than did Soviet doctrine.
The compendium of recent U.S. peacekeeping and humanitarian
missions testifies to the rise of ethnic violence, terrorism,
and other challenges to international order and stability. In
Somalia, Haiti, and Bosnia, large contingents of American
troops have been sent on missions with no direct or even
apparent linkage to U.S. security interests, and with little
hope of creating lasting stability. In Kurdistan, a mission of
mercy has been transformed into a nearly permanent operation,
planned and budgeted into the indefinite future. In general,
the diffusion of power to smaller states and non-state actors,
whether measured in political, economic or military terms, has
further complicated the geopolitical transition brought on by
the end of the Cold War.
Perhaps most importantly, the threat of missile attack
against the American homeland is becoming alarmingly real. The
rest of the world recognizes the overwhelming advantage the
United States enjoys in conventional forces, and the strategic
freedom that results from that advantage. One of the lessons of
Operations Desert Storm--that U.S. forces can project power
virtually anywhere on earth--was not lost on our friends and
enemies around the world. Thus, during the recent Taiwan
crisis, a senior Chinese official threatened a nuclear attack
on Los Angeles as a way of deterring American ``interference''
in East Asia. The inability to defend our citizens against
attack by even a single ballistic or cruise missile armed with
nuclear or other weapons of mass destruction is increasingly
recognized as one of our nation's greatest vulnerabilities.
Standing in stark contrast to this troubling strategic
landscape is the Administration's underfunding of our armed
forces. The gap between the U.S. national military strategy and
the resources committed by the Administration to executing that
strategy, estimated by many analysts to be greater than $100
billion, continues to widen.
But as dangerous as the strategy-resources gap is the
strategy itself. The Administration's conduct of foreign policy
continues to elevate economic and moral concerns above security
interests. It has continued to employ American military power
in pursuit of ``peace'' operations that do little to preserve
peace among great powers or even fit into any larger American
security policy framework.
The gaps between strategy, resources and forces that
characterize the Administration's long-term defense plan are
having a detrimental effect on American national security
policy, and producing operational anomalies such as the
deployment of an armored division, designed to maneuver over
large spaces, to the hill country of Bosnia. While all
Americans should be proud of the obvious professionalism with
which Operation Joint Endeavor is being conducted, there are
limits to the adaptability of any organization, even one as
fine as the U.S. military. In sum, the Department of Defense
has been designed to carry out one set of missions, is being
called upon to execute another quite different set of missions,
and is inadequately funded for either. Today, the result is a
growing sense of confusion and disarray. The result tomorrow
could be worse.
CONTINUED SHORTFALLS
Consequently, the committee finds itself trying once again
to address the shortfalls created by the internal
contradictions of the Administration's defense program. In the
report on HR 1530, the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1996, (H. Rept. 104-131) the committee described
the four pillars of a sound defense program: a decent quality
of military life, to ensure America's compact with service
members and their families and to attract and retain bright and
dedicated men and women; high core readiness, to ensure well
trained and properly equipped forces today; sufficient
modernization, to ensure the technological edge enjoyed by
American soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines anywhere they
fight or operate; and a smarter and streamlined defense
bureaucracy, to ensure proper stewardship of taxpayers' dollars
and to free additional resources to address shortfalls
throughout the budget.
The committee's actions last year did much to address these
shortfalls. As a result, the readiness of U.S. forces today is
better than it was less than two years ago when the committee
uncovered troubling indications of a deepening, systemic
readiness problem. All Americans should share the committee's
pride in the meticulous care with which the U.S. armed forces
trained for the arduous mission in Bosnia, the determination
with which they deployed in the depths of winter, and their
remarkable record of operations in a complex political and
dangerous military environment. Yet, this large force will
require significant retraining to meet its primary warfighting
mission when the Bosnia operation is complete. In the
committee's judgment, continued vigilance in regard to
readiness is a ``first principle.''
Despite the funds added last year by Congress to maintain
minimum readiness levels, the President's budget request for
fiscal year 1997 reduced a variety of operations and
maintenance accounts below current spending levels. Key
readiness areas such as real property maintenance, depot
maintenance, base operations support and others remain
underfunded. Thus, the committee has recommended additional
funds above the President's request primarily to address the
growing maintenance backlogs for facilities such as barracks
and dormitories and for equipment, as well as for other
critical health, safety and operational deficiencies. -
Last year the Congress also approved a number of committee
initiatives to reform the Pentagon bureaucracy. These centered
on acquisition reform and reductions in oversized and
inefficient bureaucracies such as the Office of the Secretary
of Defense and acquisition workforce. These efforts continue in
this year's legislation, which extends reform efforts, for
example, to the military departments.
QUALITY OF LIFE-
However, two of the pillars of a sound defense are in need
of even more significant repair. One is to ensure that we
provide for a decent quality of military life. While every
Administration upholds the principle that ``people come
first,'' the quality of military life continues to erode. After
proposing to freeze military pay several years ago, this
Administration has belatedly committed itself, at least for the
next year, to addressing shortfalls in military pay. Yet by
many other measures, and particularly in regard to reducing
out-of-pocket expenses for military personnel and their
families and improving military housing, standards are still
slipping. Marine Corps Commandant General Charles Krulak told
the Committee: ``I went with my godchild to his barracks. He is
a lance corporal in the First Battalion, Third Marines, in
Hawaii. I was appalled at what he was living in. `Appalled' is
probably a mild word for it. . . . We are building some
barracks, we are building some homes, we are doing some whole-
house rehab, but it is not to the level that either I, as
Commandant, or you as a public servant, would be very pleased
about. It is simply a matter of available money.'' -
In addition, the Committee continues to be concerned about
the strains that the high pace of military operations,
particularly those related to ongoing peacekeeping and
humanitarian missions, are placing on service members and their
families. The pace of military operations being maintained by
the Administration results in added strains on a still-
shrinking active-duty military force and growing problems for
reservists being called more often to extended periods of
active service. Despite the committee's efforts to preclude
reductions in service endstrengths below the Bottom-Up Review
levels, the Administration's long-term defense plan funds Army
and Air Force end strengths at reduced levels due to budget
constraints. The effects of reducing end strengths for an
already over extended force would have devastating impacts on
personnel tempo and retention rates. Army Chief of Staff
General Reimer recounted a story from one of his visits to
troops in the field: ``I said good-bye to a young soldier at
Fort Bliss, Texas, about a year ago, and he was on his seventh
deployment since Operation Desert Shield. His family, with a
wife and two young kids, were out there [saying good-bye]. That
is tough on them.''-
The committee finds any erosion in the quality of military
life to be intolerable and believes that it is already
jeopardizing the services' ability to recruit, develop and
retain the high quality of military professional this nation
requires and has come to expect. In the committee's view,
providing a decent quality of life is simply a matter of
keeping faith with the men and women who serve the nation in
uniform.
Accordingly, the committee has approved the requested three
percent pay raise in full, and added substantially to the
Administration's request for the basic allowance for quarters
and for several initiatives to reduce out-of-pocket costs
incurred when military personnel make permanent change of
station moves under government orders. In addition, the
committee was deeply concerned with the Administration's
reduction of eighteen percent in spending on military
construction. Fully three-quarters of the construction funds
added in this bill will be spent on quality-of-life projects
such as family housing, barracks, and child care centers. Given
the continuing reports of a slipping quality of life and the
Administration's reductions in spending on these important
initiatives, the committee is compelled to take these remedial
steps.
MODERNIZATION
The pillar of a sound American defense policy most in need
of revitalization is the modernization of equipment,
particularly weapons procurement. Despite the committee's
concern, the Administration has done nothing to remedy the
problem. In fact, the procurement request for fiscal year 1997
was $5 billion lower than last year's Administration projection
for fiscal year 1997. Moreover, the Administration has proposed
spending amounts totaling more than fifty percent of the funds
added for modernization by Congress last year to pay for the
growing costs of the Bosnia operation, increased counter-
narcotics efforts, the transfer of F-16 aircraft to Jordan, and
other foreign policy initiatives. As a result, the
recapitalization of U.S. military forces continues to be
sacrificed and postponed.
The drop in procurement funding has been dramatic since
1990, especially during the past four years. By the
Administration's own reckoning, there has been a real decline
of 60 percent in procurement spending from fiscal year 1990 to
fiscal year 1997. This year's requested level of procurement
funding of $38.9 billion is the lowest since before the Korean
War and reflects a substantial cut from the $42.3 billion in
procurement authorized by Congress just last year.
According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, this level of
procurement spending is only about two thirds of that needed to
equip the current force structure. This past fall, the Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Shalikashvili, concluded
that beginning in FY 1998 the Department of Defense required
$60 billion annually to keep the force modernized. Secretary of
Defense William Perry acknowledged this problem in testimony
before the committee, admitting that he ``would like to see,
and General Shali would like to see, the increase in
modernization reached sooner than we have in this budget.''
This pattern of postponed procurement makes it difficult
for the committee to have confidence in the Administration's
future-years defense plan, which delays attainment of the $60
billion-per-year goal for procurement spending until after the
turn of the century. Moreover, the prospect of achieving this
goal even by the year 2001, as currently projected by the
Administration, is based upon optimistic assumptions of
internal Pentagon savings generated through acquisition reform
and base closings. While the committee will continue to work
aggressively on such long-term cost-saving efforts, it is
doubtful that the anticipated savings will be realized as fully
or as rapidly as assumed. Accordingly, the need for more robust
procurement spending is a pressing matter that must be
addressed sooner, rather than later, and independent of process
and overhead savings. Adequate funding for the modernization of
aging equipment cannot depend upon assumed savings that may or
may not materialize.
In sum, the committee remains deeply concerned by the
Administration's continuing lack of resource commitment to the
modernization of our forces, which, if allowed to continue,
will rapidly translate into obsolescent equipment that falls
below the standards of performance, reliability and battlefield
superiority established in the 1980s and demonstrated during
the Gulf War. In his testimony before the committee, Admiral
Boorda, Chief of Naval Operations, perhaps best summarized what
modern equipment means to U.S. service members: ``Our men and
women . . . don't ask you for very much and they don't ask us
for very much. They want and require ships and weapon systems
that are effective, and they need that not only today but they
need it in the future. We talk about quality of life--that is
the ultimate quality of life if you go in harm's way . . .''
Because it is often the job of U.S. soldiers, sailors,
airmen and Marines to go in harm's way, the current procurement
program is untenable and indefensible. Consequently, the
majority of the committee's actions taken to reshape the
Administration's defense budget request are in the area of
procurement. The committee has devoted substantial additional
funding to modernization shortfalls, giving high priority to
those programs identified by the services themselves as
unfunded requirements. Fully ninety-five percent of the
committee's increased procurement funding is for programs
contained in the current future-years defense plan or
identified as unfunded requirements by the service chiefs of
staff.
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE
The most glaring shortfall in the Administration's
modernization program results from its antipathy to effective
ballistic missile defenses. In light of the increasing
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the missiles
to deliver them over great distances, the lack of urgency in
the Administration's missile defense program is startling.
Congressional attempts to instill purpose, direction and focus
in the Administration's moribund missile defense efforts were
stymied last year by the President's veto of HR 1530, the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996.
For the strategic reasons highlighted at the outset of this
introductory section, the committee strongly believes that
deployment of a national missile defense should be of the
highest priority. Protection of the American homeland must be
the first object of any national defense policy, as well as the
cornerstone of any broader security strategy. The
Administration's failure to aggressively pursue a national
missile defense program that will field a viable, cost-
effective missile defense system to discourage the development
of ballistic missile threats or to defeat them is a grave
concern. Consequently, the committee has added substantial
funding to the Administration's underfunded request for
ballistic missile defense programs, including national missile
defense.
The committee is equally disturbed by the Administration's
retreat from even its own efforts to develop and deploy more
robust theater missile defenses. Americans will not forget how
a crude, conventionally-armed Scud missile resulted in the
greatest single loss of American lives during the Gulf War. Yet
the Administration has chosen to scale back efforts and reduce
funding necessary to develop and deploy the most robust theater
missile defense system possible. The result will be to leave
American forces exposed to threats that are a clear and present
danger today. Consequently, in response to the Administration's
inexplicable spending reductions in several key theater missile
defense programs, the committee has provided additional funding
for the Army's THAAD system and the Navy's ``Wide Area''
theater defense concept.
INNOVATION
The committee's commitment to modernization extends beyond
bolstering inadequate levels of procurement spending. While it
is essential to maintain the marked technological advantage
enjoyed today by U.S. military forces, it is equally important
to ensure that edge in the future. In the committee's judgment,
the increasing pace and shifting pattern of technological
change may well portend parallel changes in the conduct of war.
These new technologies will not constitute a substitute for
traditional military power and tactics. Rather, they represent
an opportunity to leverage the effectiveness and adaptability
of U.S. military forces into the next century.
U.S. military forces already have begun to explore the
effects of these new technologies, especially the effects of
information technologies, on military affairs. They were
clearly visible in Operation Desert Storm, for example, when
the exploitation of the Global Positioning System of satellites
provided the precision capability to conduct the ``left hook''
that became the attack in the ground campaign. The Department
of Defense has continued this effort to develop and exploit the
military applications of information technology since the Gulf
War.
The committee recognizes both the need and the opportunity
to support efforts within the military services to pursue
innovative concepts and technologies as a hedge against an
uncertain future and a rapidly changing global security
environment. Consequently, the committee has made selected
investments in two important areas to help determine the full
promise of these new technologies and to realize their military
applications. The first is in the technologies themselves, and
particularly in those technologies that allow for the rapid
collection, processing and dissemination of information and
intelligence throughout the operational battlefield. Applied to
current military systems and organizations, the more effective
networking of available information can dramatically enhance
the effectiveness of existing systems.
A second set of initiatives will fund promising experiments
designed to understand the operational and organizational
implications of the technologies and their applications on the
battlefield. Accordingly, the committee recommends funding a
set of promising experiments designed to understand the
operational and organizational implications of new technology
and its application on the battlefield. These experiments are
highly practical, putting new technologies directly in the
hands of service members to allow them to create new tactics,
new doctrine, and new types of units in an operational setting.
The committee included substantial funding for initiatives
such as the Army's ``Force XXI,'' the Marine Corps'
Commandant's Warfighting Lab, the Navy's Arsenal Ship, an array
of joint-service programs designed to explore the possibilities
of a ``tactical internet'' for the sharing of intelligence and
targeting data among units of all services and for command and
control. Paralleling these ``internet'' technology efforts is a
complementary set of programs to develop practical techniques
and tactics for employing this information network to get the
right information to the right units at the right time.
Importantly, the committee also has recommended the creation of
a ``Concept Development Center'' under the Department's Office
of Net Assessment to conduct operational research to test new
concepts, doctrines and organizations.
The committee believes that maintaining American military
supremacy is a key to the United States' standing as the
world's sole superpower. This military supremacy rests on the
technological edge U.S. soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines
enjoy on any battlefield, and the innovative ways in which they
employ advanced technologies. As the nature of war and military
thought evolves from the influences of the industrial age to
those increasingly reflective of the information age, the
United States must continue to lead the way.-
CONCLUSION
This bill represents the second year that the committee has
reshaped and reprioritize the Administration's defense budget
in order to continue revitalizing the U.S. military following a
decade of decline. However, the long-term revitalization of the
U.S. military will be hard to sustain without a coherent
national military strategy that responds to the world as it is
rather than the world as some might wish it to be, and without
an Administration committed to devoting the resources necessary
to execute that strategy. In the interim, the committee is
restricted to the difficult challenge of preserving the core
competencies and capabilities needed to maintain U.S. military
power as a force for peace and stability in the post Cold War
World. Under the Constitution, this is the committee's and the
Congress's fundamental responsibility.
HEARINGS
Committee consideration of the Defense authorization bill
for fiscal year 1997 results from hearings that began on
February 28, 1996 and that were completed on April 17, 1996.
The full committee conducted 11 sessions, including markup
meetings. In addition, a total of 34 sessions were conducted by
five different subcommittees and two panels of the committee on
various titles of the bill.
DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
TITLE I--PROCUREMENT
OVERVIEW
The committee's deep concern for the deterioration in
defense modernization has been previously articulated in the
``Rationale for the Committee Bill'' section of this report.
Clearly, modernization continues to be the one area of the
defense budget most in need of thorough repair. This point is
appropriately emphasized by the following statements from the
Army's 1996 Modernization Plan:
Overall, the assessment of the Army Modernization
Program's ability to maintain capabilities required by
the Modernization Objectives is rated AMBER in the Near
Term, and becomes RED by the year 2000. Unless there is
an infusion of new funds, the Army is clearly
mortgaging its future technological edge, delaying
fielding of key weapon systems well into the second
decade of the twenty-first century, and placing its
capability to fight at an unacceptably high risk. If
the fiscal trends are not reversed, procurement of
modern systems will be virtually non-existent during
the current Program Objective Memorandum years.
This state-of-affairs is equally true and publicly
acknowledged by the other services. In fact, if the recent
acknowledgment by the Marine Corps that it does not have enough
ammunition to fight two major regional contingencies can be
used as a barometer for measuring modernization woes, the
situation among the other services may be even worse.
Last year, the Department's underfunding of the procurement
accounts compelled the committee to add more than $5.0 billion
in modernization funding. This year, the committee has added
more than $6.0 billion to these accounts--a robust 15 percent
increase above the budget request. More importantly, however,
is the fact that this year, like last, the committee will once
again be required to add weapons and other critically needed
items to properly address the vast inventory of unfunded
priorities identified by the Department's uniformed leaders
during testimony before the committee.
The committee strongly identifies its actions with the
admonishment of the immediate-past Vice Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, who, in his last public testimony to the
Congress, declared that: ``We've got to stop promising
ourselves (about increasing the procurement accounts) and start
doing something.'' The committee emphatically agrees.
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Aircraft Procurement, Army
Overview
The budget request contained $970.8 million for Aircraft
Procurement, Army in fiscal year 1997. The committee recommends
authorization of $1,556.6 million for fiscal year 1997.
The committee recommends approval of the request except for
those programs adjusted in the following table. Unless
otherwise specified, adjustments are without prejudice and
based on affordability considerations.
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Items of Special Interest
AH-64D longbow apache -
The budget request contained $357.0 million to modify 26
AH-64A aircraft and procure 24 fire control radars. The request
also contained $22.5 million in advance procurement.
The committee has been advised that the Army intends to
convert the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment from a light to a
heavy force. Conversion of the regimental aviation squadron
requires the procurement of 12 new AH-64Ds. The committee
recommends an additional $260.0 million for this purpose and
recommends a legislative provision (sec. 111) that would modify
current law to permit this procurement. The committee also
recommends $53.0 million for training devices to accelerate the
delivery of these devices in accordance with the updated AH-64D
fielding review.
Airborne reconnaissance low (ARL)
The budget request contained $24.7 million to procure the
final ARL-M aircraft and mission equipment.
The committee understands the Army reprogrammed fiscal year
1996 funds which were authorized and appropriated for
converting ARL-I and ARL-C aircraft to the multi-disciplined
ARL-M configuration. These funds were applied to incorporate a
moving target indicator (MTI) radar into the ARL. Although the
reprogramming action was within the scope of the Department's
authority, the committee is concerned with the Army's failure
to inform the Congress of what it considers a major reorienting
of the funds. The committee does, however, support the
validated requirement for MTI on ARL, and is aware that funds
have not been budgeted to complete the MTI purchase.
Therefore, the committee recommends an additional $5.2
million for completing the MTI upgrade. The committee directs
the Army to provide the necessary funding to complete the ARL-
I/-C conversion to ARL-M from within available resources.-
CH-47D modifications-
The budget request contained $7.8 million for CH-47D
modifications.
The CH-47D Chinook, the Army's only heavy lift cargo
helicopter, will be 40 years old at the turn of the century. As
modifications have added additional weight to the baseline
configuration over its many years of service, the aircraft's
lift capability has steadily decreased.
The committee understands that upgrading the CH-47D engines
will increase the aircraft's payload-carrying capability by up
to 3,900 pounds. Additionally, aircraft safety will be enhanced
and pilot workload reduced by adding the Full Authority Digital
Electronic Fuel Control system as part of this engine upgrade.
Consequently, the committee recommends an additional $52.0
million to accelerate the CH-47D engine conversion and begin
upgrading the active component contingency corps aircraft.-
Depot maintenance plant equipment (DMPE)
The budget request did not contain any funding for DMPE.
The committee recognizes the importance of depot-level
maintenance and other logistics support to the warfighting
capability of the armed forces and is concerned about
significant deficiencies in depot maintenance plant equipment
modernization at several installations. Accordingly, the
committee recommends $5.6 million for aviation DMPE. The
committee directs the Secretary of the Army to conduct a
comprehensive study of depot maintenance plant equipment
modernization requirements and submit a report of his findings
and recommendations to the congressional defense committees not
later than March 1, 1997.
OH-58D armed kiowa warrior-
The budget request contained $9.1 million to fund the
fielding of Kiowa Warriors procured in prior years.
The committee notes that the current inventory of Kiowa
Warriors is still well below the requirement for 507 aircraft.
While the Army has sufficient Kiowa Warriors to equip all
active component divisional cavalry squadrons, regimental
cavalry squadrons, and light attack battalions, there are
insufficient quantities to support active component target
acquisition and reconnaissance platoons, as well as Army
National Guard units.
For these reasons, the committee supports continuation of
the Armed Kiowa Warrior upgrade and recommends $190.0 million
to fund an additional 24 aircraft. The committee also
recommends a legislative provision (sec. 111) that would modify
current law to permit this procurement.-
Missile Procurement, Army
Overview
The budget request contained $766.3 million for Missile
Procurement, Army in fiscal year 1997. The committee recommends
authorization of $1,027.8 million for fiscal year 1997.
The committee recommends approval of the request except for
those programs adjusted in the following table. Unless
otherwise specified, adjustments are without prejudice and
based on affordability considerations.
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Items of Special Interest
Avenger-
The budget request did not contain any funds to procure
Avenger fire units for the Army National Guard.
The Army has procured 674 Avenger fire units, which
completes fielding of the Avenger in the active component and
fields Avenger in one battalion of the Army National Guard.
The committee notes that there are 93 Avenger fire units
remaining on the fiscal year 1996 Avenger contract option and
that most of the long lead items required for production of
these remaining fire units have been purchased under the
existing multiyear contract. Since purchasing the remaining 93
fire units for the Army National Guard will fully utilize over
$26 million of residual hardware and save $6 million in
termination costs, the committee recommends $59.4 million for
this purpose. The committee recommends a legislative provision
(sec. 112) that would grant an extension of the Avenger
multiyear procurement authority to accommodate the contract
buyout. The committee agrees to this extension with the
understanding that there will be no additional costs for
stretching the delivery schedule. Finally, the committee
directs the Secretary of the Army to maintain the mix of Army
National Guard Avengers at levels appropriate to support
current doctrine.--
Javelin
The budget request contained $162.1 million to procure
1,020 Javelin antitank missiles. -
The Javelin will be procured jointly by the Army and Marine
Corps to replace the Dragon, which is no longer capable of
defeating current armor threats. Although both services have
urgent requirements to field the Javelin, the committee
understands that combined procurement quantities do not support
cost efficient production rates of the missile. The committee
therefore recommends $196.0 million, an increase of $33.9
million, to procure 300 additional missiles as well as to
accelerate the production of command launch units and training
devices.
Multiple launch rocket system (MLRS)-
The budget request contained $24.4 million for MLRS rockets
and $38.0 million for MLRS launchers.
The extended range MLRS rocket, with improved lethality and
a new self-destruct fuze to minimize unintended casualties,
enters production in fiscal year 1996. However, the committee
notes that fiscal year 1997 production falls far short of an
economic rate and does not leverage planned foreign military
sales funding. Consequently, the committee recommends an
additional $17.0 million to procure 822 more rockets and thus
prevent a dip in production from fiscal year 1996 levels.
The committee also recommends an increase of $66.2 million
to complete the fielding of the MLRS to Army National Guard
units--$36.3 million to rebuild 36 MLRS launchers and $29.9
million for training equipment.
Stinger modifications-
The budget request contained $16.9 for Stinger missile
modifications.
The Stinger missile air defense weapon is deployed on a
vari