_______________________________________________________________________ 105th Congress Report 2d Session SENATE 105-189 _______________________________________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 REPORT [to accompany s. 2060] on AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, TO PRESCRIBE PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR FOR THE ARMED FORCES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES together with ADDITIONAL VIEWS ---------- COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES UNITED STATES SENATE <GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT> May 11, 1998.--Ordered to be printed Calendar No. 367 _______________________________________________________________________ 105th Congress Report 2d Session SENATE 105-189 _______________________________________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 REPORT [to accompany s. 2060] on AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, TO PRESCRIBE PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR FOR THE ARMED FORCES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES together with ADDITIONAL VIEWS __________ COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES UNITED STATES SENATE <GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT> May 11, 1998.--Ordered to be printed ------- U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 48-264 WASHINGTON : 1998 COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES (105th Congress, 2d Session) STROM THURMOND, South Carolina, Chairman JOHN W. WARNER, Virginia CARL LEVIN, Michigan JOHN McCAIN, Arizona EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts DAN COATS, Indiana JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico BOB SMITH, New Hampshire JOHN GLENN, Ohio DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Idaho ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma CHARLES S. ROBB, Virginia RICK SANTORUM, Pennsylvania JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, Maine MAX CLELAND, Georgia PAT ROBERTS, Kansas Les Brownlee, Staff Director David S. Lyles, Staff Director for the Minority C O N T E N T S ---------- Page Purpose of the Bill.............................................. 1 Committee overview and recommendations........................... 2 Explanation of funding summary................................... 3 Division A--Department of Defense Authorizations................. 13 Title I--Procurement............................................. 13 Explanation of tables........................................ 15 Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations.................. 16 Sec. 107. Chemical Demilitarization Program.............. 18 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).................... 18 Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Project (CSEPP)............................................ 19 Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)............... 19 Subtitle B--Army Programs.................................... 20 Sec. 111. Multiyear procurement authority for Longbow Hellfire missile program............................... 41 Sec. 113. Armored system modernization................... 41 Sec. 114. Reactive armor tiles........................... 42 Sec. 116. Extension of authority to carry out Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Initiative......... 43 Other Army Programs.......................................... 43 Army Aircraft............................................ 43 UC-35................................................ 43 UH-60 blackhawk...................................... 43 C-12 Flight Maintenance System....................... 43 Longbow.............................................. 44 Army Missile............................................. 44 Enhanced fiber optic guided missile.................. 44 Multiple launch rocket system rocket................. 44 Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles...................... 45 Small arms programs.................................. 45 Army Ammunition.......................................... 45 Small arms ammunition................................ 45 M919 25mm ammunition................................. 45 M830A1 tank ammunition............................... 46 Other Army Procurement................................... 46 High mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle........... 46 Family of medium tactical vehicles................... 46 Medium truck extended service program................ 47 Project management support........................... 47 System fielding support.............................. 48 Army data distribution system........................ 48 Single channel ground and airborne radio system family............................................. 48 Area common user system modernization program........ 48 Night vision equipment............................... 48 Multiple integrated laser engagement system 2000..... 49 Subtitle C--Navy Programs.................................... 50 Sec. 121. CVN-77 nuclear aircraft carrier program........ 76 Sec. 122. Increased amount to be excluded from cost limitation for Seawolf submarine program............... 76 Sec. 123. Multiyear procurement authority for the medium tactical vehicle replacement........................... 77 Other Navy Programs.......................................... 77 Navy Aircraft............................................ 77 F-14 pods............................................ 77 AH-1W series......................................... 77 EP-3 spares.......................................... 77 P-3C antisurface warfare improvement program......... 78 Navy Weapons............................................. 78 Penguin missile program.............................. 78 Improved tactical air launched decoy................. 78 Close-in weapon system surface mode upgrade.......... 79 Surface ship gun mount rotatable pool................ 79 Navy and Marine Corps Ammunition......................... 80 Marine Corps ammunition.............................. 80 Navy Shipbuilding and Conversion......................... 80 LHD-8 advance procurement............................ 80 Strategic sealift.................................... 81 Landing craft air cusioned service life extension.... 81 Other Navy Procurement................................... 81 AN/WSN-7 inertial navigation system.................. 81 AN/BPS-15H surface search radar...................... 81 Submarine acoustic rapid commercial off-the-shelf insertion.......................................... 82 Integration and test facility command and control initiative......................................... 82 Information Technology-21............................ 82 Submarine connectivity............................... 83 Joint Engineering Data Management and Information Control System..................................... 84 Aviation life support................................ 84 AEGIS support equipment.............................. 84 Smart ship equipment................................. 84 NULKA assembly qualification......................... 85 Marine Corps Procurement................................. 85 Modification kits for tracked vehicles............... 85 Avenger.............................................. 85 Night vision equipment............................... 85 Communications and electronics infrastructure........ 86 Light tactical vehicle remanufacturing............... 86 Power equipment...................................... 86 Shop equipment contact maintenance................... 87 Material handling equipment.......................... 87 Subtitle D--Air Force Programs............................... 88 Sec. 131. Joint surveillance target attack radar system.. 105 Sec. 132. Limitation on replacement of engines on military aircraft derived from Boeing 707 aircraft..... 106 Sec. 133. F-22 aircraft program.......................... 107 Sec. 134. C-130J aircraft program........................ 108 C-130J Program Progress.............................. 108 WC-130J.............................................. 109 Other Air Force Programs..................................... 110 Air Force Aircraft....................................... 110 Joint Primary Aircraft Training System............... 110 F-15 220E engine modification........................ 110 ALQ-135 internal countermeasures sets................ 110 F-16 reconnaissance system........................... 111 Theater airborne warning system...................... 111 U-2 sensor upgrades.................................. 111 Air Force Missile........................................ 111 Minuteman III guidance replacement program........... 111 Titan IV space boosters.............................. 112 Other Air Force Procurement.............................. 112 Theater Deployable Communications.................... 112 Defense-Wide Programs.................................... 113 Penetration augmented munition....................... 120 Remote activation munition systems................... 120 Silent Shield........................................ 120 Surgical strike...................................... 120 Maritime equipment................................... 120 National Guard and Reserve Equipment................. 120 Other Items of Interest...................................... 122 Air National Guard Missions.............................. 122 Army aviation modernization.............................. 122 Bradley base sustainment................................. 123 Depleted Uranium Production.............................. 124 Digital information technology testbed................... 124 Domestic Emergency Response Program...................... 124 National Vaccine Stockpile........................... 125 Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)............... 126 Encapsulated life raft system............................ 126 F/A-18E/F configuration mix.............................. 126 Flight simulators for the Air National Guard............. 127 Full accounting of cost associated with ammunition procurement............................................ 127 Gun ship modernization................................... 128 Secure facsimile machines................................ 128 Small arms training ammunition........................... 129 Tactical trailers and dolly sets......................... 129 Vertical Takeoff and Landing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.... 129 Title II--Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation............ 131 Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations.................. 132 Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations................................................ 133 Sec. 211. Crusader self-propelled artillery system program................................................ 133 Sec. 212. CVN-77 nuclear aircraft carrier program........ 135 Sec. 213. Unmanned aerial vehicle programs............... 135 Dark Star UAV........................................ 136 Global Hawk.......................................... 136 Sec. 214. Airborne laser program......................... 136 Sec. 215. Enhanced global positioning system program..... 138 Sec. 216. Manufacturing Technology Program............... 138 Sec. 217. Authority for use of major range and test facility installations by commercial entities.......... 139 Sec. 218. Extension of authority to carry out certain prototype projects..................................... 140 Subtitle C--Other Matters.................................... 140 Sec. 231. Policy with respect to ballistic missile defense cooperation.................................... 140 Additional Matters of Interest............................... 141 Army..................................................... 141 Hardened materials................................... 148 Missile technology................................... 148 Scramjet technology.................................. 148 Environmental technology............................. 148 Pollution prevention................................. 148 Software security.................................... 149 Cold regions research................................ 149 Nutrition research................................... 149 Weapons and munitions advanced technology............ 149 Combat vehicle and automotive advanced technology.... 150 Military human immunodeficiency virus research....... 150 Missile and rocket advanced technology............... 150 Advanced tactical computer science and sensor technology......................................... 150 Tactical High Energy Laser........................... 151 Space and missile defense battle lab................. 151 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Research and Development.................................... 151 Comanche............................................. 151 Advanced threat infrared countermeasure system....... 152 All source analysis system........................... 152 Radar development.................................... 152 Firefinder........................................... 152 Research, development, test and evaluation support... 153 Army test instrumentation and targets................ 153 Survivability/lethality analysis..................... 153 High energy laser system test facility............... 153 Aerostat joint project office........................ 154 Advanced field artillery tactical data system (AFATDS)........................................... 154 Combat vehicle improvement programs.................. 154 Navy..................................................... 155 Pulse detonation engine technology................... 163 Stainless steel double hull research................. 163 Communications, command and control technology....... 163 Thermal management materials......................... 163 Carbon-carbon heatshield technology.................. 163 Electronic propulsion technology..................... 163 Precision strike and air defense technology.......... 164 Advanced electric systems studies.................... 164 Composite helicopter hangar.......................... 164 Marine Corps warfighting laboratory.................. 164 Freeze dried blood research.......................... 165 Advanced lightweight influence sweep system.......... 165 Studies and experiments for combat systems engineering........................................ 165 SSGN study........................................... 166 Intercooled recuperated gas turbine engine........... 166 Predator............................................. 167 Vertical gun for advanced ships...................... 167 Naval surface fire support system integration........ 168 Joint Strike Fighter................................. 168 Nonlethal weapons and technologies of mass protection program............................................ 169 Advanced communications and information technologies. 170 Parametric airborne dipping sonar.................... 170 Commercial off-the-shelf insertion just prior to critical design review for helicopter improvement.. 171 Integrated defensive electronic countermeasures...... 171 DDG-51 composite director room....................... 171 Laboratories and field activities monitoring efforts. 172 Multi-purpose processor.............................. 172 Non-propulsion electronics system.................... 172 Smart propulsor product model........................ 172 Ship live-fire test.................................. 173 Infrared search and track system..................... 173 NUKLA antiship missile decoy system electro-magnetic compatibility...................................... 173 Voice instructional devices.......................... 174 Global command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (C4ISR) visualization...................................... 174 F/A-18E/F reconnaissance development................. 174 Battle force tactical training....................... 175 Air Force................................................ 176 Friction welding..................................... 185 Integrated high performance turbine engine program... 185 Variable displacement vane pump...................... 185 High frequency active auroral research program....... 185 Night vision technology.............................. 185 ALR-69 radar warning receiver upgrade................ 185 Ballistic missile technology......................... 186 Solar orbital transfer vehicle....................... 186 Micro-satellite technology program................... 186 Range improvements for liquid upper stage testing.... 186 Space control technology development................. 187 Variable stability in-flight simulator test aircraft. 187 EC-130H.............................................. 187 Big Crow program Office.............................. 188 Space maneuver vehicle............................... 188 Theater battle management system..................... 189 C-5 modernization.................................... 189 Aircrew laser eye protection......................... 189 Defense-Wide............................................. 190 University research initiative....................... 198 Chemical and biological defense program.............. 198 Shortcomings in Chemical and Biological Defense Program........................................ 198 DOD Anthrax Immunization Policy.................. 199 Biological Agent Detection and Identification.... 201 Status of Increased Chem/Bio Defense Funds in Fiscal Year 1998............................... 201 Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)........... 202 Ballistic Missile Defense Organization funding and programmatic guidance.............................. 202 Support technology............................... 203 National Missile Defense......................... 203 Medium Extended Air Defense System............... 204 Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system 204 Navy Upper Tier (Theater Wide)................... 205 BMD Technical Operations......................... 205 International Cooperative Programs............... 205 Patriot PAC-3.................................... 206 BMD Targets...................................... 206 Report of the Panel on Reducing Risk in Ballistic Missile Defense Test Programs.................. 206 Countermeasures to missile defense systems....... 206 Medical free electron laser.......................... 206 Computing systems and communications technology...... 206 Telemedicine......................................... 207 Tactical technology.................................. 207 High definition systems.............................. 207 Mixed mode electronics............................... 208 Weapons of Mass Destruction Technologies............. 208 Core Competencies and Critical Expertise......... 208 Implications of nuclear and conventional explosions on critical civil and commercial activities..................................... 208 Structural Response and Blast Mitigation......... 209 Hard and Deeply Buried Underground Structures.... 209 Explosives and conventional demilitarization......... 209 Counterterror technical support...................... 210 Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)........... 211 Counterproliferation support program............. 211 Counterproliferation Analysis and Planning System 211 Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)........... 212 Generic logistics research and development technology demonstrations..................................... 212 Advanced lithography................................. 212 Advanced electronics technologies.................... 213 Maritime technology.................................. 213 Advanced concept technology demonstrations........... 213 High performance computing modernization............. 213 Command, control, and communications systems......... 214 Land warfare technology.............................. 214 Physical security.................................... 214 Advanced sensor applications......................... 215 Integrated data environment.......................... 215 Joint robotics program............................... 215 Defense support activities........................... 215 Defense technical information services............... 215 Joint simulation system.............................. 215 Surgical strike...................................... 215 Maritime equipment................................... 216 Other Items of Interest...................................... 216 Acoustic firefinding system.............................. 216 Army After Next Initiatives.............................. 216 Army multimedia tactical adaptor......................... 216 Brain protection in combat head injury................... 217 Defense imagery and mapping program...................... 217 Dual use applications programs........................... 217 Electronic commerce resource centers..................... 217 Electronic safe and arm devices.......................... 218 Flat panel display technology............................ 218 Global Positioning System alternate master control station................................................ 218 Joint experimentation plan report........................ 219 Man overboard notification technology.................... 221 Molten salt oxidation waste disposal technology.......... 221 National automotive center............................... 222 National solar observatory............................... 222 National technology alliance............................. 222 Next generation internet................................. 222 Patriot anti-cruise missile defense system............... 223 Rapid acquisition of manufactured parts.................. 223 Report on Department of the Navy applications for high- performance computing.................................. 223 Report on national security space policy................. 224 Software engineering institute........................... 224 Software productivity.................................... 224 Space weather............................................ 225 Torpedo defense.......................................... 225 Totally integration munitions enterprise................. 225 Trajectory correctable munition.......................... 225 United States-Japan management training.................. 226 Title III--Operation and Maintenance............................. 227 Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations.................. 231 Sec. 303. Armed Forces Retirement Home................... 261 Sec. 304. Transfer from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund....................................... 261 Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations................................................ 261 Sec. 311. Special Operations Command counterproliferation and counterterrorism activities........................ 261 Sec. 312. Tagging system for identification of hydrocarbon fuels used by the Department of Defense.... 261 Sec. 313. Pilot program for acceptance and use of landing fees charged for use of domestic military airfields by civil aircraft......................................... 262 Subtitle C--Environmental Provisions......................... 262 Sec. 321. Transportation of polychlorinated biphenyls from abroad for disposal in the United States.......... 262 Sec. 322. Modification of deadline for submittal to Congress of annual reports on environmental activities. 263 Sec. 323. Submarine solid waste control.................. 263 Sec. 324. Payment of stipulated penalties assessed under CERCLA................................................. 264 Sec. 325. Authority to pay negotiated settlement for environmental cleanup of formerly used defense sites in Canada................................................. 265 Sec. 326. Settlement of claims of foreign governments for environmental cleanup of overseas sites formerly used by the Department of Defense........................... 266 Sec. 327. Arctic Military Environmental Cooperation Program................................................ 266 Subtitle D--Counter-Drug Activities.......................... 267 Drug Interdiction & Counter-drug Activities, Operations and Maintenance........................................ 268 Enhanced Caribbean/Eastern Pacific Interdiction Initiative............................................. 268 Gulf States Counterdrug Initiative....................... 269 Patrol Coastal Craft for Drug Interdiction by Southern Command (sec. 331)..................................... 270 Program Authority for Department of Defense Support for Counter-Drug Activities (sec. 332)..................... 270 Southwest Border Fence (sec. 333)........................ 270 Subtitle E--Other Matters.................................... 270 Sec. 341. Liquidity of working-capital funds............. 270 Sec. 342. Termination of authority to manage working- capital funds and certain activities through the Defense Business Operations Fund....................... 271 Sec. 343. Clarification of authority to retain recovered costs of disposals in working capital funds............ 271 Sec. 344. Best commercial inventory practices for management of secondary supply items................... 271 Sec. 345. Increased use of SMART cards................... 272 Sec. 346. Public-private competition in the provision of support services....................................... 272 Sec. 347. Condition for providing financial assistance for support of additional duties assigned to the Army National Guard......................................... 273 Sec. 348. Repeal of prohibition on joint use of Gray Army Airfield, Fort Hood, Texas............................. 273 Additional Matters of Interest............................... 273 Navy..................................................... 273 Ship depot maintenance............................... 273 Tomahawk recertification............................. 273 Dredging operations for the maintenance of ships in the inactive reserve............................... 274 Naval oceanographic program.......................... 274 Adjustments to civilian personnel education and training funds..................................... 274 Marine Corps............................................. 274 United States Marine Corps initial issue............. 274 Depot maintenance and corrosion control.............. 274 United States Marine Corps Reserve personal equipment 275 Air Force................................................ 275 Air launched cruise missiles and advanced cruise missile engineering analysis....................... 275 Air Force combat training range...................... 275 War reserve materials................................ 275 Adjustments to personnel program funds............... 275 Guard and Reserve Components............................. 276 Defense-Wide............................................. 276 National Guard Youth Challenge....................... 276 STARBASE............................................. 276 Defense reform initiative............................ 276 Adjustments to human resource activity funds......... 276 Overseas humanitarian demining and Commander-in- activities......................................... 277 Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Program........... 277 Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)............... 277 Operational units readiness resources................ 277 Real property maintenance............................ 277 Civilian personnel levels............................ 278 Foreign currency fluctuation......................... 278 Fuel price reduction................................. 278 Restoration of work years to accomplish essential finance and accounting services.................... 279 Restoration of 1500 work years (in millions)......... 279 Assistance to local educational agencies that have benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees....... 279 Revolving Funds.......................................... 279 Reserve Mobilization Income Insurance Program........ 279 Other Items of Interest...................................... 279 Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)................... 279 Defense Special Weapons Agency (DSWA)................ 281 On-Site Inspection Agency (OSIA) and Arms Control Implementation..................................... 281 Nuclear Weapons Council and Maintaining the Nuclear Deterrent.......................................... 282 Management and Oversight of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency................................... 283 Further Efficiencies and Economies................... 283 Department of Defense demolition program and historic properties............................................. 283 Department of Defense shipscrapping practices............ 284 Environmentally-preferable products...................... 286 Federal facilities....................................... 286 Retread tires and re-refined oils........................ 288 Title IV--Military Personnel Authorizations...................... 289 Subtitle A--Active Forces.................................... 289 Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces................ 289 Sec. 402. Limited exclusions of joint duty officers from limitations on number of general and flag officers..... 289 Sec. 403. Limitation on daily average of personnel on active duty in grades E-8 and E-9...................... 289 Sec. 404. Repeal of permanent end strength requirement for support of two major regional contingencies........ 290 Subtitle B--Reserve Forces................................... 290 Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve............. 290 Sec. 412. End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the reserves................................ 290 Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status)................................................ 290 Sec. 414. Exclusion of additional reserve component general and flag officers from limitation on number of general and flag officers who may serve on active duty. 291 Sec. 415. Increase in numbers of members in certain grades authorized to be on active duty in support of the reserves........................................... 291 Sec. 416. Consolidation of strength authorizations for active status Naval Reserve flag officers of the Navy Medical Department staff corps......................... 291 Subtitle C--Authorization of Appropriations.................. 292 Sec. 421. Authorization of appropriations for military personnel.............................................. 292 Other Items of Interest...................................... 292 Army National Guard schools and special training......... 292 Title V--Military Personnel Policy............................... 292 Subtitle A--Officer Personnel Policy......................... 292 Sec. 501. Streamlined selective retention process for regular officers....................................... 292 Sec. 502. Permanent applicability of limitations on years of active naval service of Navy limited duty officers in grades of commander and captain..................... 293 Sec. 503. Involuntary separation pay denied for officer discharged for failure of selection for promotion requested by the officer............................... 293 Sec. 504. Term of office of the Chief of the Air Force Nurse Corps............................................ 293 Subtitle B--Reserve Component Matters........................ 293 Sec. 511. Service required for retirement of National Guard officer in higher grade.......................... 293 Sec. 512. Reduced time-in-grade requirement for reserve general and flag officers involuntarily transferred from active status..................................... 293 Sec. 513. Eligibility of Army and Air Force Reserve brigadier generals to be considered for promotion while on inactive status list................................ 294 Sec. 514. Composition of selective early retirement boards for rear admirals of the Naval Reserve and major generals of the Marine Corps Reserve................... 294 Sec. 515. Use of Reserves for emergencies involving weapons of mass destruction............................ 294 Subtitle C--Other Matters.................................... 295 Sec. 521. Annual manpower requirements report............ 295 Sec. 522. Four-year extension of certain force reduction transition period management and benefits authorities.. 295 Sec. 523. Continuation of eligibility for voluntary separation incentive after involuntary loss of membership in Ready or Standby Reserve................. 295 Sec. 524. Repeal of limitations on authority to set rates and waive requirement for reimbursement of expenses incurred for instruction at service academies of persons from foreign countries......................... 295 Sec. 525. Repeal of restriction on civilian employment of enlisted members-...................................... Sec. 526. Extension of reporting dates for Commission on Military Training and Gender-Related Issues............ 296 Sec. 527. Moratorium on changes of gender-related policies and practices pending completion of the work of the Commission on Military Training and Gender- Related Issues......................................... 296 Sec. 528. Transitional compensation for abused dependent children not residing with the spouse or former spouse of a member convicted of dependent abuse............... 296 Sec. 529. Pilot program for treating GED recipients as high school graduates for determinations of eligibility for enlisting in the Armed Forces...................... 297 Sec. 530. Waiver of time limitations for award of Distinguished Flying Cross in certain cases............ 297 Other Items of Interest...................................... 297 Personal finance training................................ 297 Operation Walking Shield Program......................... 298 Processing of reports of promotion boards................ 298 Recruiting effectiveness and efficiency.................. 298 Management of reserves on active duty in support of the reserve components..................................... 299 Personnel and finance support of the reserve components.. 300 Investigations of military deaths........................ 301 Management of officers assigned to interagency and international billets.................................. 302 Title VI--Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits.............. 303 Subtitle A--Pay and Allowances............................... 303 Sec. 601. Increase in basic pay for fiscal year 1999..... 303 Sec. 602. Rate of pay for cadets and midshipmen at the service academies...................................... 303 Sec. 603. Payments for movements of household goods arranged by members.................................... 303 Sec. 604. Leave without pay for suspended academy cadets and midshipmen......................................... 303 Subtitle B--Bonuses and Special Incentive Pays............... 304 Sec. 611. Three-month extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for reserve forces............. 304 Sec. 612. Three-month extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for nurse officer candidates, registered nurses, and nurse anesthetists.............. 304 Sec. 613. Three-month extension of authorities relating to payment of other bonuses and special pays........... 304 Sec. 614. Eligibility of Reserves for selective reenlistment bonus when reenlisting or extending to perform active guard and reserve duty.................. 304 Sec. 615. Repeal of ten-percent limitation on payments of selective reenlistment bonuses in excess of $20,000.... 304 Sec. 616. Increase of maximum amount authorized for army enlistment bonus....................................... 305 Sec. 617. Education loan repayment program for health professions officers serving in Selected Reserve....... 305 Sec. 618. Increase in amount of basic educational assistance under all-volunteer force program for personnel with critically short skills or specialties.. 305 Sec. 619. Relationship of entitlements to enlistment bonuses and benefits under the All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program......................... 305 Subtitle C--Travel and Transportation Allowances............. 305 Sec. 621. Travel and transportation for rest and recuperation in connection with contingency operations and other duty......................................... 305 Sec. 622. Payment for temporary storage of baggage of dependent student not taken on annual trip to overseas duty station of sponsor................................ 306 Sec. 623. Commercial travel of Reserves at federal supply schedule rates for attendance at inactive duty training assemblies............................................. 306 Subtitle D--Retired Pay, Survivor Benefits, and Related Matters.................................................... 306 Sec. 631. Paid-up coverage under Survivor Benefit Plan... 306 Sec. 632. Court-required Survivor Benefit Plan coverage effectuated through elections and deemed elections..... 306 Sec. 633. Recovery, care, and disposition of remains of medically retired member who dies during hospitalization that begins while on active duty....... 307 Subtitle E--Other Matters.................................... 307 Sec. 641. Definition of possessions of the United States for pay and allowances purposes........................ 307 Sec. 642. Federal employees' compensation coverage for students participating in certain officer candidate programs............................................... 307 Sec. 643. Authority to provide financial assistance for education of certain defense dependents overseas....... 307 Other Items of Interest...................................... 308 Accrual funding of military retirement................... 308 Computation of retired pay for certain service members... 308 Title VII--Health Care........................................... 309 Sec. 701. Dependents' dental program..................... 309 Sec. 702. Extension of authority for use of personal services contracts for provision of health care at military entrance processing stations and elsewhere outside medical treatment facilities................... 309 Sec. 703. TRICARE Prime automatic enrollments and retiree payment options........................................ 310 Sec. 704. Limited continued CHAMPUS coverage for persons unaware of a loss of CHAMPUS coverage resulting from eligibility for medicare............................... 310 Sec. 705. Enhanced Department of Defense organ and tissue donor program.......................................... 310 Sec. 706. Joint Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs reviews relating to interdepartmental cooperation in the delivery of medical care............ 310 Sec. 707. Demonstration projects to provide health care to certain medicare-eligible beneficiaries of the military health care system............................ 312 Other Items of Interest...................................... 313 Auto-destruct syringes................................... 313 Health care fraud........................................ 313 Hepatitis C testing...................................... 314 The Psychopharmacology Demonstration Project............. 314 Title VIII--Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters................................................ 315 Sec. 801. Para-aramid fibers and yarns................... 315 Sec. 802. Procurement of travel services for official and unofficial travel under one contract................... 315 Sec. 803. Limitation on use of price preference upon attainment of contract goal for small and disadvantaged businesses............................................. 315 Sec. 804. Distribution of assistance under the Procurement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program................................................ 316 Sec. 805. Defense Commercial Pricing Management Improvement Act........................................ 316 Sec. 806. Department of Defense purchases through other agencies............................................... 318 Sec. 807. Supervision of Defense Acquisition University structure by Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology......................................... 319 Sec. 808. Repeal of requirement for Director of Acquisition Education, Training, and Career Development to be within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology................. 319 Sec. 809. Eligibility of involuntarily downgraded employee for membership in an acquisition corps........ 319 Sec. 810. Pilot programs for testing program manager performance of product support oversight responsibilities for life cycle of acquisition programs 320 Sec. 811. Scope of protection of certain information from disclosure............................................. 320 Other Items of Interest...................................... 321 Defense capability preservation agreement................ 321 Item-by-item waivers to domestic preference requirements. 321 Title IX--Department of Defense Organization and Management...... 323 Sec. 901. Reduction in number of Assistant Secretary of Defense positions...................................... 323 Sec. 902. Renaming of position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence........................................... 323 Sec. 903. Authority to expand the National Defense University............................................. 324 Sec. 904. Reduction in Department of Defense headquarters staff.................................................. 324 Sec. 905. Permanent requirement for quadrennial defense review................................................. 324 Sec. 906. Management reform for research, development, test, and evaluation................................... 324 Sec. 907. Restructuring of administration of Fisher Houses................................................. 327 Title X--General Provisions...................................... 327 Subtitle A--Financial Matters................................ 327 Sec. 1002. Authorization of emergency appropriations for fiscal year 1999....................................... 327 Sec. 1003. Authorization of prior emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1998.................... 327 Sec. 1004. Partnership for Peace information system management............................................. 327 Subtitle B--Naval Vessels.................................... 327 Sec. 1011. Iowa class battleship returned to Naval Vessel Register............................................... 327 Sec. 1012. Long-term charter of three vessels in support of submarine rescue, escort, and towing................ 328 Sec. 1013. Transfers of naval vessels to foreign countries.............................................. 329 Subtitle C--Miscellaneous Report Requirements and Repeals.... 329 Sec. 1021. Repeal of reporting requirements.............. 329 Sec. 1022. Report on Department of Defense financial management improvement plan............................ 329 Sec. 1023. Feasibility study of performance of Department of Defense finance and accounting functions by private sector sources or other Federal Government sources..... 329 Sec. 1024. Reorganization and consolidation of operating locations of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service 330 Sec. 1025. Report on inventory and control of military equipment.............................................. 330 Sec. 1026. Report on continuity of essential operations at risk of failure because of computer systems that are not year 2000 compliant................................ 330 Sec. 1027. Reports on naval surface fire-support capabilities........................................... 332 Sec. 1028. Report on roles in Department of Defense aviation accident investigations....................... 333 Sec. 1029. Strategic plan for expanding distance learning initiatives............................................ 333 Sec. 1030. Report on involvement of Armed Forces in contingency and ongoing operations..................... 333 Subtitle D--Other Matters.................................... 334 Sec. 1041. Cooperative counterproliferation program...... 334 Sec. 1042. Extension of counterproliferation authorities for support of United Nations Special Commission on Iraq................................................... 334 Sec. 1043. One-year extension of limitation on retirement or dismantlement of strategic nuclear delivery systems. 335 Sec. 1044. Direct-line communication between United States and Russian commanders of strategic forces...... 335 Sec. 1045. Chemical warfare defense...................... 335 Sec. 1046. Accounting treatment of advance payment of personnel.............................................. 336 Sec. 1047. Reinstatement of definition of financial institution in authorities for reimbursing defense personnel for Government errors in direct deposits of pay.................................................... 336 Sec. 1048. Pilot program on alternative notice of receipt of legal process for garnishment of federal pay for child support and alimony.............................. 336 Sec. 1049. Costs payable to the Department of Defense and other federal agencies for services provided to the Defense Commissary Agency.............................. 336 Sec. 1050. Collection of dishonored checks presented at commissary stores...................................... 337 Sec. 1051. Defense commissary agency telecommunications.. 337 Sec. 1052. Research grants competitively awarded to service academies...................................... 337 Sec. 1053. Clarification and simplification of responsibilities of inspectors general regarding whistleblower protections.............................. 337 Sec. 1054. Amounts recovered from claims against third parties for loss or damage to personal property shipped or stored at Government expense........................ 338 Sec. 1055. Eligibility for attendance at Department of Defense domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools................................................ 338 Sec. 1056. Fees for providing historical information to the public............................................. 339 Sec. 1057. Periodic inspection of the Armed Forces Retirement Home........................................ 339 Sec. 1058. Transfer of F-4 phantom II aircraft to foundation............................................. 339 Sec. 1059. Act constituting presidential approval of vessel war risk insurance requested by the Secretary of Defense................................................ 339 Sec. 1060. Commendation and memorialization of the United States Navy Asiatic Fleet.............................. 340 Sec. 1061. Program to commemorate 50th anniversary of the Korean War............................................. 340 Sec. 1062. Relocation of frequency spectrum.............. 340 Sec. 1063. Technical and clerical amendments............. 342 Other Items of Interest...................................... 342 Arms control and other national priorities............... 342 Assured strategic command and control.................... 342 Reporting miscellaneous expenses in object classes 25 series (Contractual Services).......................... 343 Reprogramming procedures for the National Reconnaissance Office................................................. 343 Title XI--Department of Defense Civilian Personnel............... 345 Sec. 1101. Repeal of employment preference not needed for recruitment and retention of qualified child care providers.............................................. 345 Sec. 1102. Maximum pay rate comparability for faculty members of the United States Air Force Institute of Technology............................................. 345 Sec. 1103. Four-year extension of voluntary separation incentive pay authority................................ 345 Sec. 1104. Department of Defense employee voluntary early retirement authority................................... 345 Sec. 1105. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency experimental personnel management program for technical personnel.............................................. 346 Other Items of Interest...................................... 346 Temporary assignments of personnel between Federal Government, and state or local governments, institutions of higher education, Indian tribal governments and other eligible organizations........... 346 Enhanced training for Department of Defense civilian employees regarding A-76............................... 346 Management by Full Time Equivalents...................... 347 High-grade restrictions.................................. 347 Title XII--Joint Warfighting Experimentation..................... 347 Division B--Military Construction Authorizations................. 349 Title XXI--Army.................................................. 375 Summary...................................................... 375 Sec. 2101. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects................................... 375 Sec. 2102. Family housing................................ 375 Sec. 2103. Improvements to military family housing units. 375 Sec. 2104. Authorization of appropriations, Army......... 375 Sec. 2105. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 1998 project...................................... 375 Other Items of Interest...................................... 375 Improvements of military family housing, Army............ 375 Title XXII--Navy................................................. 377 Summary...................................................... 377 Sec. 2201. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects................................... 377 Sec. 2202. Family housing................................ 377 Sec. 2203. Improvements to military family housing units. 377 Sec. 2204. Authorization of appropriations, Navy......... 377 Title XXIII--Air Force........................................... 379 Summary...................................................... 379 Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects................................... 379 Sec. 2302. Family housing................................ 379 Sec. 2303. Improvements to military family housing units. 379 Sec. 2304. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force.... 379 Other Items of Interest...................................... 379 Planning and design, Air Force........................... 379 Improvements of military family housing, Air Force....... 379 Consolidation of the Officer Training School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.................................... 380 Title XXIV--Defense Agencies..................................... 381 Summary...................................................... 381 Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition projects.............................. 381 Sec. 2402. Improvements to military family housing units. 381 Sec. 2403. Energy conservation projects.................. 381 Sec. 2404. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies............................................... 381 Sec. 2405. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 1995 projects.............................. 381 Sec. 2406. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 1990 project...................................... 382 Title XXV--North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program........................................................ 383 Summary...................................................... 283 Sec. 2501. Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects................................... 283 Sec. 2502. Authorization of appropriations, NATO......... 283 Title XXVI--Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities.................. 385 Summary...................................................... 385 Sec. 2601. Authorized Guard and Reserve construction and land acquisition projects.............................. 385 Sec. 2602. Reduction in fiscal year 1998 authorization of appropriations for Army National Guard military construction........................................... 385 Planning and design, Guard and Reserve Forces facilities......................................... 285 Title XXVII--Expiration and Extension of Authorizations.......... 387 Sec. 2701. Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified by law........................ 387 Sec. 2702. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 1996 projects..................................... 387 Sec. 2703. Extension of authorization of fiscal year 1995 project................................................ 387 Sec. 2704. Effective date................................ 387 Title XXVIII--General Provisions................................. 389 Subtitle A--Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes............................................ 389 Sec. 2801. Modification of authority relating to architectural and engineering services and construction design................................................. 389 Sec. 2802. Expansion of Army overseas family housing lease authority........................................ 389 Subtitle B--Real Property and Facilities Administration...... 389 Sec. 2811. Increase in thresholds for reporting requirements relating to real property transactions.... 389 Sec. 2812. Exceptions to real property transaction reporting requirements for war and certain emergency and other operations................................... 389 Sec. 2813. Waiver of applicability of property disposal laws to leases at installations to be closed or realigned under the base closure laws.................. 390 Sec. 2814. Restoration of Department of Defense lands used by another Federal agency......................... 390 Subtitle C--Land Conveyances................................. 390 Sec. 2821. Land conveyance, Indiana Army Ammunition Plant, Charlestown, Indiana............................ 390 Sec. 2822. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Bridgton, Maine........................................ 391 Sec. 2823. Land conveyance, Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant, Chattanooga, Tennessee.......................... 391 Sec. 2824. Release of interests in real property, former Kennebec Arsenal, Augusta, Maine....................... 391 Sec. 2825. Land exchange, Naval Reserve Readiness Center, Portland, Maine........................................ 392 Sec. 2826. Land conveyance, Air Force Station, Lake Charles, Louisiana..................................... 392 Subtitle D--Other Matters.................................... 392 Sec. 2831. Purchase of build-to-lease family housing at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska......................... 392 Sec. 2832. Beach replenishment, San Diego, California.... 392 Other Items of Interest...................................... 394 Report on Air Force Plant #3, Tulsa, Oklahoma............ 394 Report on Fort Hunter Liggett, California................ 394 Title XXIX--Juniper Butte Range Lands Withdrawal................. 395 Division C--Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations....................................... 397 Title XXXI--Department of Energy National Security Programs...... 397 Subtitle A--National Security Programs Authorizations........ 397 Sec. 3101. Weapons activities............................ 414 &n