106 th Congress 2d Session
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Report
106 945
ENACTMENT OF PROVISIONS OF
H.R. 5408, THE FLOYD D. SPENCE
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001
CONFERENCE REPORT
to accompany
H.R. 4205
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October 6, 2000.--Ordered to be printed
ENACTMENT OF PROVISIONS OF H.R. 5408, THE FLOYD D. SPENCE NATIONAL
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001
66 636
2000
106 th Congress 2d Session
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Report
106 945
ENACTMENT OF PROVISIONS OF
H.R. 5408, THE FLOYD D. SPENCE
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001
CONFERENCE REPORT
to accompany
H.R. 4205
[Graphic Image Not Available]
October 6, 2000.--Ordered to be printed
CONTENTS
JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE 7
Summary Statement of Conference Action 534
Summary Table of Authorizations 534
Congressional Defense Committees 540
DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 540
Title I--Procurement 540
Procurement Overview
540
Overview
543
UH 60 Blackhawk
546
TH 67 training helicopter
546
Longbow
546
AH 64 modifications
546
UH 60 modifications
547
Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE)
547
Aircrew integrated systems
547
Overview
547
Army tactical missile system
550
Overview
550
Bradley base sustainment
553
Improved recovery vehicle
553
Heavy assault bridge system modifications
553
Army Transformation
553
Machine gun, squad automatic weapon
554
Overview
554
155MM Sense and Destroy Armor Munition M898
558
Overview
558
Tactical trailers/dolly sets
567
High mobility multipurpose-wheeled vehicle
567
Family of medium tactical vehicles
567
Fire trucks and associated firefighting equipment
567
M915/M916 line haul truck tractor
567
Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams
568
Army data distribution system
568
Single channel ground and airborne radio systems family
569
Area common user system modification program
569
Night vision devices
569
Combat identification/aiming light
570
Standard integrated command post system
570
Automated data processing equipment
570
Ribbon bridge
570
Laundries, showers, and latrines
571
Combat support medical
571
Roller, vibratory, self-propelled
571
Hydraulic excavator
571
Deployable universal combat earth mover
572
Construction equipment service life extension program
572
Small tug
572
Combat training center instrumentation support
572
Nonsystem training devices
573
Overview
573
Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Army
575
Overview
577
F/A 18E/F aircraft
581
SH 60R helicopter
581
UC 35 aircraft
581
18 series modifications
581
AH 1 series modifications
582
H 53 series modifications
582
H 1 series modifications
582
EP 3 aircraft modifications
583
Overview
583
Trident II advance procurement
586
Drones and decoys
586
Weapons industrial facilities
586
Mark 48 advanced capability torpedo modifications
586
Close-in weapons system modifications
587
Gun mount modifications
587
Overview
587
Overview
590
DDG 51 destroyers
593
LHD 8 advance procurement
593
Ship outfitting
593
Overview
593
Surveillance and security for military sealift ships
602
AN/WSN 7 inertial navigation system
602
Integrated condition assessment system
602
AN/SPS 73(V) surface search radar
602
Nuclear attack submarine acoustics
602
Sonar support equipment
603
Shipboard indications and warnings exploit
603
Side-scanning sonar for forward deployed minesweepers
603
Shallow water mine countermeasures
603
Other training equipment
604
Joint tactical terminal
604
Joint engineering data management and information control system
604
Naval shore communications equipment
604
Sonobuoys
604
Weapons range support equipment
605
Rolling airframe guided missile launcher
605
Cruiser smart ship
605
NULKA anti-ship missile decoy system
605
SSN combat control systems
606
Civil engineering support equipment
606
Education support equipment
606
Overview
606
Communications and electronic infrastructure support
611
Night vision equipment
611
Radio systems
611
5/4 ton truck high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles
611
Material handling equipment
611
Overview
612
16C aircraft
617
C 17 aircraft
617
C 17 advance procurement
617
EC 130J aircraft
617
B 52 aircraft modifications
618
A 10 aircraft integrated flight and fire control computer
618
15 modifications
618
16 aircraft modifications
619
Defense airborne reconnaissance program modifications
619
Other aircraft modifications
620
Defense airborne reconnaissance program aircraft support equipment
620
Overview
621
Overview
624
Overview
627
Intelligence communications equipment
633
Combat training ranges
633
Items less than $5.0 million
633
Overview
633
MH 60 aerial refueling probes and 200 gallon fuel tanks
638
Special operations forces small arms and support equipment
638
Items of Special Interest
638
Air Mobility Command
638
Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance programs
639
LPD 17 amphibious ships
639
Multipurpose individual munition
640
Shipbuilding overview
641
Legislative Provisions Adopted
642
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations
642
Authorization of appropriations (secs. 101 106)
642
Subtitle B--Army Programs
642
Multiyear procurement authority (sec. 111)
642
Increase in limitation on number of bunker defeat munitions that may
be acquired (sec. 112)
642
Reports and limitations relating to Army transformation (sec. 113)
642
Subtitle C--Navy Programs
643
CVNX 1 nuclear aircraft carrier program (sec. 121)
643
Arleigh Burke class destroyer program (sec. 122)
644
Virginia class submarine program (sec. 123)
644
Limitation during fiscal year 2001 on changes in submarine force
structure (sec. 124)
644
ADC(X) ship program (sec. 125)
645
Refueling and complex overhaul program of the U.S.S. Dwight D.
Eisenhower (sec. 126)
645
Analysis of certain shipbuilding programs (sec. 127)
645
Helicopter support of FFG 7 frigates during fiscal year 2001 (sec. 128)
645
V 22 cockpit aircraft voice and flight data recorders (sec. 129)
645
Subtitle D--Air Force Programs
646
Annual Report on the B 2 bomber (sec. 131)
646
Report on modernization of Air National Guard F 16A units (sec. 132)
646
Subtitle E--Joint Programs
647
Study of final assembly and checkout alternatives for the joint
strike fighter program (sec. 141)
647
Subtitle F--Chemical Demilitarization
647
Pueblo Chemical Depot chemical agent ammunitions destruction
technologies (sec. 151)
647
Report on assessment of need for Federal economic assistance for
communities impacted by chemical demilitarization activities (sec. 152)
647
Prohibition against disposal of non-stockpile chemical warfare
material at Anniston chemical stockpile disposal facility (sec. 153)
647
Legislative Provisions not Adopted
647
AGM 65 modifications
647
Anti-personnel obstacle breaching system
648
C 135 modifications
648
Integrated bridge system for Naval systems special warfare rigid
inflatable boats and high-speed assault craft
648
Rapid intravenous infusion pumps
648
Remanufactured AV 8B aircraft
649
Title II--Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
649
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Overview
649
Overview
651
Tactical High Energy Laser
660
Emergency preparedness training
660
High energy laser research and development
660
Advanced tank armament system
661
Defense manufacturing technology program
661
Overview
662
Biodegradable polymers
674
Torpedoes and unmanned undersea vehicles
674
DP 2 thrust vectoring system proof-of-concept demonstration
674
Virtual test bed for reconfigurable ship
675
Fleet health technology and occupational lung disease
675
Common towed array
676
Advanced land attack missile
676
Joint strike fighter
677
Nonlethal research and technologies
678
Power node control centers
678
Advanced food service technology
678
14 tactical reconnaissance
678
Marine Corps ground combat/supporting arms systems
679
Tactical unmanned aerial vehicles
679
Overview
680
XSS 10 micro-satellite technology demonstration
691
Specialty aerospace metals
691
Space-based radar
692
Space maneuver vehicle
692
Space Based Laser program
693
Electronic warfare development
693
Satellite control network
693
Manned reconnaissance systems
694
Overview
694
Chemical and Biological Defense Program
704
Nuclear sustainment and counterproliferation technologies
705
Blast mitigation testing
705
Chemical and biological detectors
705
Facial recognition access control technology
705
Weapons of mass destruction attack-effects-response assessment
capability at U.S. Joint Forces Command
707
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization funding and programmatic guidance
707
Defense imagery and mapping program
710
Special operations tactical systems development
710
Common imagery processor
711
Defense Space Reconnaissance Program
711
Future scout and cavalry system
712
Modernized hellfire/common missile
713
National Imagery and Mapping Agency pre-acquisition activities
713
Nuclear Detonation Detection System
715
Radar technology insertion program
716
Space launch ranges
716
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations
716
Authorization of appropriations (secs. 201 202)
716
Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations
717
Management of Space-Based Infrared System-Low (sec. 211)
717
Joint strike fighter program (sec. 212)
717
Fiscal year 2002 joint field experiment (sec. 213)
717
Nuclear aircraft carrier design and production modeling (sec. 214)
718
DD 21 class destroyer program (sec. 215)
718
Limitation on Russian American Observation Satellites program (sec. 216)
718
Joint Biological Defense Program (sec. 217)
719
Report on biological warfare defense vaccine research and development
programs (sec. 218)
719
Cost limitations applicable to F 22 aircraft program (sec. 219)
720
Unmanned advanced capability combat aircraft and ground combat
vehicles (sec. 220)
720
Global Hawk high altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (sec. 221)
721
Army space control technology development (sec. 222)
722
Subtitle C--Ballistic Missile Defense
722
Funding for fiscal year 2001 (sec. 231)
722
Reports on ballistic missile threat posed by North Korea (sec. 232)
722
Plan to modify ballistic missile defense architecture (sec. 233)
722
Management of Airborne Laser program (sec. 234)
723
Subtitle D--High Energy Laser Programs
723
High energy laser programs (secs. 241 250)
723
Subtitle E--Other Matters
724
Reports on mobile offshore base concept and potential use for certain
purposes of technologies associated with that concept (sec. 251)
724
Air Force science and technology planning (sec. 252)
724
Enhancement of authorities regarding education partnerships for
purposes of encouraging scientific study (sec. 253)
724
Recognition of those individuals instrumental to naval research
efforts during the period from before World War II through the end of
the Cold War (sec. 254)
724
Legislative Provisions not Adopted
725
Acoustic mine detection technology
725
Additional authorization for weathering and corrosion technology for
aircraft surfaces and parts
725
Air logistics technology
725
Ammunition risk analysis research
725
Funding for comparisons of medium armored vehicles
726
Joint technology information center initiative
726
Navy information technology center and human resource enterprise
strategy
726
Sense of Congress concerning commitment to deployment of National
Missile Defense System
726
Technology for mounted maneuver forces
726
Title III--Operation and Maintenance
727
Overview
727
Battlefield Mobility Enhancement System
756
Cultural and historic activities
756
MOCAS enhancements
756
Items of Special Interest
757
Funding for Formerly Used Defense Sites and the Conway Bombing and
Gunnery Range, Horry County, South Carolina
757
United States Army marksmanship program
757
Water quality issues at installations in Kaiserslautern, Germany
758
Legislative Provisions Adopted
758
Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations
758
Authorization of appropriations (secs. 301 302)
758
Armed Forces Retirement Home (sec. 303)
758
Transfer from National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund (sec. 304)
758
Joint warfighting capabilities assessment teams (sec. 305)
759
Subtitle B--Environmental Provisions
759
Establishment of additional environmental restoration account and use
of accounts for operation and monitoring of environmental remedies (sec.
311)
759
Certain environmental restoration activities (sec. 312)
759
Annual reports under Strategic Environmental Research and Development
Program (sec. 313)
760
Payment of fines and penalties for environmental compliance at Fort
Wainwright, Alaska (sec. 314)
760
Payment of fines or penalties imposed for environmental compliance
violations at other Department of Defense facilities (sec. 315)
760
Reimbursement for certain costs in connection with the former
Nansemond Ordnance Depot Site, Suffolk, Virginia (sec. 316)
761
Necessity of military low-level flight training to protect national
security and enhance military readiness (sec. 317)
761
Ship disposal project (sec. 318)
761
Defense Environmental Security Corporate Information Management
Program (sec. 319)
762
Report on Plasma Energy Pyrolysis System (sec. 320)
762
Sense of Congress regarding environmental restoration of former
defense manufacturing site, Santa Clarita, California (sec. 321)
762
Subtitle C--Commissaries and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities
763
Use of appropriated funds to cover operating expenses of commissary
stores (sec. 331)
763
Adjustment of sales prices of commissary store goods and services to
cover certain expenses (sec. 332)
763
Use of surcharges for construction and improvement of commissary
stores (sec. 333)
763
Inclusion of magazines and other periodicals as an authorized
commissary merchandise category (sec. 334)
763
Use of most economical distribution method for distilled spirits
(sec. 335)
763
Report on effects of availability of slot machines on United States
military installations overseas (sec. 336)
764
Subtitle D--Department of Defense Industrial Facilities
764
Designation of Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence and
public-private partnerships to increase utilization of such centers
(sec. 341)
764
Unutilized and underutilized plant-capacity costs of United States
arsenals (sec. 342)
765
Arsenal support program initiative (sec. 343)
765
Codification and improvement of armament retooling and manufacturing
support programs (sec. 344)
765
Subtitle E--Performance of Functions by Private-Sector Sources
765
Inclusion of additional information in reports to Congress required
before conversion of commercial or industrial type functions to
contractor performance (sec. 351)
765
Effects of outsourcing on overhead costs of Centers of Industrial and
Technical Excellence and Army ammunition plants (sec. 352)
766
Consolidation, restructuring, or re-engineering of Department of
Defense organizations, functions, or activities (sec. 353)
766
Monitoring of savings resulting from workforce reductions as part of
conversion of functions to performance by private sector or other
strategic sourcing initiatives (sec. 354)
767
Performance of emergency response functions at chemical weapons
storage installations (sec. 355)
767
Suspension of reorganization or relocation of Naval Audit Service
(sec. 356)
767
Subtitle F--Defense Dependents Education
768
Eligibility of dependents of American Red Cross employees for
enrollment in Department of Defense domestic dependent schools in Puerto
Rico (sec. 361)
768
Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of
members of the armed forces and Department of Defense civilian employees
(sec. 362)
768
Impact aid for children with severe disabilities (sec. 363)
768
Assistance for maintenance, repair, and renovation of school
facilities that serve dependents of members of the Armed Forces and
Department of Defense civilian employees (sec. 364)
768
Subtitle G--Military Readiness Issues
769
Measuring cannibalization of parts, supplies, and equipment under
readiness reporting system (sec. 371)
769
Reporting requirements regarding transfers from high-priority
readiness appropriations (sec. 372)
769
Effects of worldwide contingency operations on readiness of military
aircraft and equipment (sec. 373)
769
Identification of requirements to reduce backlog in maintenance and
repair of defense facilities (sec. 374)
769
New methodology for preparing budget requests to satisfy Army
readiness requirements (sec. 375)
770
Review of AH 64 aircraft program (sec. 376)
770
Report on Air Force spare and repair parts program for C 5 (sec. 377)
770
Subtitle H--Other Matters
770
Annual report on public sale of certain military equipment identified
on United States Munitions List (sec. 381)
770
Resale of armor-piercing ammunition disposed of by the Army (sec. 382)
771
Reimbursement by civil air carriers for support provided at Johnston
Atoll (sec. 383)
771
Travel by Reserves on military aircraft (sec. 384)
771
Overseas airlift service on Civil Reserve Air Fleet aircraft (sec. 385)
771
Additions to plan for ensuring visibility over all in-transit end
items and secondary items (sec. 386)
772
Reauthorization of pilot program for acceptance and use of landing
fees charged for use of domestic military airfields by civil aircraft
(sec. 387)
772
Extension of authority to sell certain aircraft for use in wildfire
suppression (sec. 388)
772
Damage to aviation facilities caused by alkali silica reactivity
(sec. 389)
772
Demonstration project to increase reserve component internet access
and services in rural communities (sec. 390)
772
Additional conditions on implementation of Defense Joint Accounting
System (sec. 391)
773
Report on Defense Travel System (sec. 392)
773
Review of Department of Defense costs of maintaining historical
properties (sec. 393)
773
Legislative Provisions not Adopted
774
Authority to ensure demilitarization of significant military
equipment formerly owned by the Department of Defense
774
Close-in weapon system overhauls
774
Industrial mobilization capacity at government-owned,
government-operated army ammunition facilities and arsenals
774
Investment of commissary trust revolving fund
774
MK 45 overhaul
774
Mounted urban combat training site, Fort Knox
775
National Guard assistance for certain youth and charitable organizations
775
Notice of use of radio frequency spectrum by a system entering
engineering and manufacturing development
775
Revision of authority to waive limitation on performance of
depot-level maintenance
776
Spectrum data base upgrades
776
Use of humanitarian and civic assistance funding for pay and
allowances of special operations command reserves furnishing demining
training and related assistance as humanitarian assistance
776
Weatherproofing of facilities at Keesler Air Force Base
776
Title IV--Military Personnel Authorizations
777
Items of Special Interest
777
Funding for Army Reserve Individual Mobilization Augmentees
777
Legislative Provisions Adopted
777
Subtitle A--Active Forces
777
End strengths for active forces (sec. 401)
777
Revision in permanent end strength minimum levels (sec. 402)
777
Adjustment to end strength flexibility authority (sec. 403)
778
Subtitle B--Reserve Forces
778
End strengths for Selected Reserve (sec. 411)
778
End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the reserves
(sec. 412)
778
End strengths for military technicians (dual status) (sec. 413)
779
Fiscal year 2001 limitation on non-dual status technicians (sec. 414)
780
Increase in numbers of members in certain grades authorized to be on
active duty in support of the Reserves (sec. 415)
780
Subtitle C--Other Matters Relating to Personnel Strengths
781
Authority for Secretary of Defense to suspend certain personnel
strength limitations during war or national emergency (sec. 421)
781
Exclusion from active component end strengths of certain reserve
component members on active duty in support of the combatant commands
(sec. 422)
782
Exclusion of Army and Air Force medical and dental officers from
limitation on strengths of reserve comissioned officers in grades below
brigadier general (sec. 423)
782
Authority for temporary increases in number of reserve component
personnel serving on active duty or full-time national guard duty in
certain grades (sec. 424)
782
Subtitle D--Authorization of Appropriations
782
Authorization of appropriations for military personnel (sec. 431)
782
Legislative Provisions not Adopted
784
Temporary exemption of Director of the National Security Agency from
limitations on number of Air Force officers above major general
784
Title V--Military Personnel Policy
785
Legislative Provisions Adopted
785
Subtitle A--Officer Personnel Policy
785
Eligibility of Army and Air Force reserve colonels and brigadier
generals for position vacancy promotions (sec. 501)
785
Flexibility in establishing promotion zones for Coast Guard Reserve
officers (sec. 502)
785
Time for release of reports of officer promotion selection boards
(sec. 503
785
Clarification of requirements for composition of active-duty list
selection boards when reserve officers are under consideration (sec.
504)
785
Authority to issue posthumous commissions in case of members dying
before official recommendation for appointment or promotion is approved
by Secretary concerned (sec. 505)
785
Technical corrections relating to retired grade rule for Army and Air
Force officers (sec. 506)
786
Grade of chiefs of reserve components and directors of National Guard
components (sec. 507)
786
Revision to rules for entitlement to separation pay for regular and
reserve officers (sec. 508)
786
Subtitle B--Reserve Component Personnel Policy
787
Exemption from active-duty list for reserve officers on active duty
for a period of three years or less (sec. 521)
787
Termination of application requirement for consideration of officers
for continuation on the reserve active-status list (sec. 522)
787
Authority to retain Air Force reserve officers in all medical
specialties until specified age (sec. 523)
787
Authority for provision of legal services to reserve component
members following release from active duty (sec. 524)
787
Extension of involuntary civil service retirement date for certain
reserve technicians (sec. 525)
787
Subtitle C--Education and Training
788
Eligibility of children of reserves for presidential appointment to
service academies (sec. 531)
788
Selection of foreign students to receive instruction at service
academies (sec. 532)
788
Revision of college tuition assistance program for members of Marine
Corps Platoon Leaders Class program (sec. 533)
788
Review of allocation of Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps units
among the services (sec. 534)
788
Authority for Naval Postgraduate School to enroll certain defense
industry civilians in specified programs relating to defense product
development (sec. 535)
789
Subtitle D--Decorations, Awards, and Commendations
789
Limitation on award of Bronze Star to members in receipt of Imminent
Danger Pay (sec. 541)
789
Consideration of proposals for posthumous or honorary promotions or
appointments of members or former members of the armed forces and other
qualified persons (sec. 542)
789
Waiver of time limitations for award of certain decorations to
certain persons (sec. 543)
789
Addition of certain information to markers on graves containing
remains of certain unknowns from the U.S.S. Arizona who died in the
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 (sec. 544)
790
Sense of Congress on the court-martial conviction of Captain Charles
Butler McVay, commander of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, and on the
courageous service of the crew of that vessel (sec. 545)
790
Posthumous advancement on retired list of Rear Admiral Husband E.
Kimmel and Major General Walter C. Short, senior officers in command in
Hawaii on December 7, 1941 (sec. 546)
790
Commendation of citizens of Remy, France, for World War II actions
(sec. 547)
791
Authority for award of the medal of honor to William H. Pitsenbarger
for valor during the Vietnam War (sec. 548)
791
Subtitle E--Military Justice and Legal Aissitance Matters
791
Recognition by states of military testamentary instruments (sec. 551)
791
Policy concerning rights of individuals whose names have been entered
into Department of Defense official criminal investigative reports (sec.
552)
791
Limitation on secretarial authority to grant clemency for military
prisoners serving sentence of confinement for life without eligibility
for parole (sec. 553)
792
Authority for civilian special agents of the military department
criminal investigative organizations to execute warrants and make
arrests (sec. 554)
792
Requirement for verbatim record in certain special court-martial
cases (sec. 555)
792
Commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Uniform Code of
Military Justice (sec. 556)
793
Subtitle F--Matters Relating to Recruiting
793
Army recruiting pilot programs (sec. 561)
793
Enhancement of recruitment market research and advertising programs
(sec. 562)
793
Access to secondary schools for military recruiting purposes (sec. 563)
793
Pilot program to enhance military recruiting by improving military
awareness of school counselors and educators (sec. 564)
794
Subtitle G--Other Matters
794
Extension to end of calendar year of expiration date for certain
force drawdown transition authorities (sec. 571)
794
Voluntary separation incentive (sec. 572)
794
Congressional review period for assignment of women to duty on
submarines and for any proposed reconfiguration or design of submarines
to accommodate female crew members (sec. 573)
795
Management and per diem requirements for members subject to lengthy
or numerous deployments (sec. 574)
795
Pay in lieu of allowance for funeral honors duty (sec. 575)
795
Test of ability of reserve component intelligence units and personnel
to meet current and emerging defense intelligence needs (sec. 576)
796
National Guard Challenge Program (sec. 577)
796
Study of use of civilian contractor pilots for operational support
missions (sec. 578)
796
Reimbursement for expenses incurred by members in connection with
cancellation of leave on short notice (sec. 579)
797
Legislative Provisions not Adopted
797
Authority for award of the Medal of Honor
797
Collection and use of deoxyribonucleic acid identification
information from violent and sexual offenders in the armed forces
797
Contingent exemption from limitation on number of Air Force officers
serving on active duty in grades above major general
798
Joint Officer Management
798
Military Voting Rights Act of 2000
798
Preparation, participation, and conduct of athletic competitions and
small arms competitions by the National Guard and members of the
National Guard
798
Repeal of contingent funding increase for Junior Reserve Officers
Training Corps
798
Review of actions of selection boards
799
Title VI--Compensation and other Personnel Benefits
799
Legislative Provisions Adopted
799
Subtitle A--Pay and Allowances
799
Increase in basic pay for fiscal year 2001 (sec. 601)
799
Additional restructuring of basic pay rates for enlisted members
(sec. 602)
799
Revised method for calculation of basic allowance for subsistence
(sec. 603)
800
Family subsistence supplemental allowance for low-income members of
the Armed Forces (sec. 604)
800
Basic allowance for housing (sec. 605)
800
Additional amount available for fiscal year 2001 increase in basic
allowance for housing inside the United States (sec. 606)
801
Equitable treatment of junior enlisted members in computation of
basic allowance for housing (sec. 607)
801
Eligibility of members in grade E 4 to receive basic allowance for
housing while on sea duty (sec. 608)
801
Personal money allowance for senior enlisted members of the armed
forces (sec. 609)
801
Increased uniform allowances for officers (sec. 610)
801
Cabinet-level authority to prescribe requirements and allowance for
clothing of enlisted members (sec. 611)
802
Increase in monthly subsistence allowance for members of
precommissioning programs (sec. 612)
802
Subtitle B--Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays
802
Extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for reserve
forces (sec. 621)
802
Extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for nurse
officer candidates, registered nurses, and nurse anesthetists (sec. 622)
802
Extension of authorities relating to payment of other bonuses and
special pays (sec. 623)
803
Revision of enlistment bonus authority (sec. 624)
803
Consistency of authorities for special pay for reserve medical and
dental officers (sec. 625)
803
Elimination of required congressional notification before
implementation of certain special pay authority (sec. 626)
803
Special pay for physician assistants of the Coast Guard (sec. 627)
803
Authorization of special pay and accession bonus for pharmacy
officers (sec. 628)
804
Correction of references to Air Force veterinarians (sec. 629)
804
Career sea pay (sec. 630)
804
Increased maximum rate of special duty assignment pay (sec. 631)
804
Entitlement of members of the National Guard and other reserves not
on active duty to receive special duty assignment pay (sec. 632)
804
Authorization of retention bonus for members of the armed forces
qualified in a critical military skill (sec. 633)
805
Entitlement of active duty officers of the Public Health Service
Corps to special pays and bonuses of health professional officers of the
armed forces (sec. 634)
805
Subtitle C--Travel and Transportation Allowances
805
Advance payments for temporary lodging of members and dependents
(sec. 641)
805
Additional transportation allowance regarding baggage and household
effects (sec. 642)
805
Incentive for shipping and storing household goods in less than
average weights (sec. 643)
805
Equitable dislocation allowances for junior enlisted members (sec. 644)
806
Authority to reimburse military recruiters, senior ROTC cadre, and
Military Entrance Processing personnel for certain parking expenses
(sec. 645)
806
Expansion of funded student travel for dependents (sec. 646)
806
Subtitle D--Retirement and Survivor Benefit Matters
806
Exception to high-36-month retired pay computation for members
retired following a disciplinary reduction in grade (sec. 651)
806
Increase in maximum number of reserve retirement points that may be
credited in any year (sec. 652)
806
Retirement from active reserve service after regular retirement (sec.
653)
807
Same treatment for federal judges as for other federal officials
regarding payment of military retired pay (sec. 654)
807
Reserve Component Survivor Benefit Plan spousal consent requirement
(sec. 655)
807
Sense of Congress on increasing Survivor Benefit Plan annuities for
surviving spouses age 62 or older (sec. 656)
807
Revision to special compensation authority to repeal exclusion of
uniformed services retirees in receipt of disability retired pay (sec.
657)
807
Subtitle E--Other Matters
808
Participation in Thrift Savings Plan (sec. 661)
808
Determinations of income eligibility for special supplemental food
program (sec. 662)
808
Billeting services for reserve members traveling for inactive-duty
training (sec. 663)
808
Settlement of claims for payments for unused accrued leave and for
retired pay (sec. 664)
808
Additional benefits and protections for personnel incurring injury,
illness, or disease in the performance of funeral honors duty (sec. 665)
809
Authority for extension of deadline for filing claims associated with
capture and interment of certain persons by North Vietnam (sec. 666)
809
Back pay for members of the Navy and Marine Corps selected for
promotion while interned as prisoners of war during World War II (sec.
667)
809
Sense of Congress concerning funding for reserve components (sec. 668)
809
Legislative Provisions Not Adopted
809
Authority to pay gratuity to certain veterans of Bataan and Corregidor
809
Benefits for members not transporting personal motor vehicles overseas
810
Computation of survivor benefits
810
Concurrent payment of retired pay and compensation for retired
members with service-connected disabilities
810
Concurrent payment to surviving spouses of Disability and Indemnity
Compensation and annuities under Survivor Benefit Plan
810
Effective date of disability retirement for members dying in civilian
medical facilities
810
Eligibility of certain members of the Individual Ready Reserve for
Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance
811
Equitable application of early retirement eligibility requirements to
military reserve technicians
811
Family coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance
811
Fees paid by residents of the Armed Forces Retirement Home
811
Recognition of members of the Alaska Territorial Guard as veterans
811
Survivor benefit plan annuities for survivors of all members who die
on active duty
812
Travel by reservists on military aircraft to and from locations
outside the continental United States for inactive-duty training
812
Title VII--Health Care Provisions
812
Legislative Provisions Adopted
812
Subtitle A--Health Care Services
812
Provision of domiciliary and custodial care for CHAMPUS beneficiaries
and certain former CHAMPUS beneficiaries (sec. 701)
812
Chiropractic health care for members on active duty (sec. 702)
812
School-required physical examinations for certain minor dependents
(sec. 703)
813
Two-year extension of dental and medical benefits for surviving
dependents of certain deceased members (sec. 704)
813
Two-year extension of authority for use of contract physicians at
military entrance processing stations and elsewhere outside medical
treatment facilities (sec. 705)
813
Medical and dental care for medal of honor recipients (sec. 706)
813
Subtitle B--Senior Health Care
814
Implementation of TRICARE senior pharmacy program (sec. 711)
814
Conditions for eligibility for CHAMPUS and TRICARE upon the
attainment of age 65; expansion and modification of medicare subvention
project (sec. 712)
814
Accrual funding for health care for Medicare-eligible retirees and
dependents (sec. 713)
815
Subtitle C--TRICARE Program
815
Improvement of access to health care under the TRICARE program (sec.
721)
815
Additional beneficiaries under TRICARE prime remote program in the
continental United States (sec. 722)
816
Modernization of TRICARE business practices and increase of use of
military treatment facilities (sec. 723)
816
Extension of TRICARE managed care support contracts (sec. 724)
816
Report on protections against health care providers seeking direct
reimbursement from members of the uniformed services (sec. 725)
817
Voluntary termination of enrollment in TRICARE retiree dental program
(sec. 726)
817
Claims processing improvements (sec. 727)
817
Prior authorizations for certain referrals and
nonavailability-of-health-care statements (sec. 728)
817
Subtitle D--Demonstration Projects
818
Demonstration project for expanded access to mental health counselors
(sec. 731)
818
Teleradiology demonstration project (sec. 732)
818
Health care management demonstration program (sec. 733)
818
Subtitle E--Joint Initiatives With Department of Veterans Affairs
818
VA DOD sharing agreements for health services (sec. 741)
818
Processes for patient safety in military and veterans health care
systems (sec. 742)
819
Cooperation in developing pharmaceutical identification technology
(sec. 743)
819
Subtitle F--Other Matters
819
Management of anthrax vaccine immunization program (sec. 751)
819
Elimination of copayments for immediate family (sec. 752)
819
Medical informatics (sec. 753)
820
Patient care reporting and management system (sec. 754)
820
Augmentation of Army medical department by detailing reserve officers
of the Public Health Service (sec. 755)
820
Privacy of Department of Defense medical records (sec. 756)
820
Authority to establish special locality-based reimbursement rates;
reports (sec. 757)
821
Reimbursement for certain travel expenses (sec. 758)
821
Reduction of cap on payments (sec. 759)
821
Training in health care management and administration (sec. 760)
821
Study on feasibility of sharing biomedical research facility (sec. 761)
821
Study on comparability of coverage for physical, speech, and
occupational therapies (sec. 762)
822
Legislative Provisions not Adopted
822
Extended coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program
822
Extension of TRICARE senior supplement program
822
Service areas of transferees of former uniformed services treatment
facilities
822
Study of accrual financing for health care for military retirees
822
Study of accrual financing for health care for retirees of the
uniformed services
823
Study on health care options for medicare-eligible military retirees
823
Title VIII--Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related
Matters
823
Items of Special Interest
823
Acquisition programs at the National Security Agency
823
Legislative Provisions Adopted
824
Subtitle A--Amendments to General Contracting Authorities,
Procedures, and Limitations
824
Department of Defense acquisition pilot programs (sec. 801)
824
Multiyear services contracts (sec. 802)
824
Clarification and extension of authority to carry out certain
prototype projects (sec. 803)
825
Clarification of authority of Comptroller General to review records
of participants in certain prototype projects (sec. 804)
825
Extension of time period of limitation on procurement of ball
bearings and roller bearings (sec. 805)
826
Reporting requirements relating to multiyear contracts (sec. 806)
826
Eligibility of small business concerns owned and controlled by women
for assistance under the mentor-protege program (sec. 807)
826
Qualifications required for employment and assignment in contracting
positions (sec. 808)
826
Revision of authority for solutions-based contracting pilot program
(sec. 809)
827
Procurement notice of contracting opportunities through electronic
means (sec. 810)
827
Subtitle B--Information Technology
827
Acquisition and management of information technology (sec. 811)
827
Tracking and management of information technology purchases (sec. 812)
827
Appropriate use of requirements regarding experience and education of
contractor personnel in the procurement of information technology
services (sec. 813)
828
Navy-Marine Corps Intranet (sec. 814)
828
Sense of Congress regarding information technology systems for guard
and reserve components (sec. 815)
829
Subtitle C--Other Acquisition-Related Matters
829
Improvements in procurements of services (sec. 821)
829
Financial analysis of use of dual rate for quantifying overhead costs
at army ammunition plants (sec. 822)
830
Repeal of prohibition on use of Department of Defense funds for the
procurement of nuclear-capable shipyard crane from a foreign source
(sec. 823)
830
Extension of waiver period for live-fire survivability testing for MH
47E and MH 60K helicopter modifications programs (sec. 824)
830
Compliance with existing law regarding purchases of equipment and
products (sec. 825)
830
Requirement to disregard certain agreements in awarding contracts for
the purchase of firearms or ammunition (sec. 826)
831
Subtitle D--Studies and Reports
831
Study on impact of foreign sourcing of systems on long-term military
readiness and related industrial infrastructure (sec. 831)
831
Study of policies and procedures for transfer of commercial
activities (sec. 832)
831
Study and report on practice of contract bundling in military
construction contracts (sec. 833)
831
Requirement to conduct study on contract bundling (sec. 834)
831
Legislative Provisions not Adopted
832
Management of acquisition of mission-essential software for major
defense acquisition programs
832
Repeal of requirement for contractor assurances regarding the
completeness, accuracy, and contractual sufficiency of technical data
provided by contractor
832
Revision of the organization and authority of the cost accounting
standards board
832
Technical data rights for items developed exclusively at private expense
832
Title IX--Department of Defense Organization and Management
833
Legislative Provisions Adopted
833
Subtitle A--Duties and Functions of Department of Defense Officers
833
Overall supervision of Department of Defense activities for combating
terrorism (sec. 901)
833
Change of title of certain positions in the Headquarters, Marine
Corps (sec. 902)
834
Clarification of scope of Inspector General authorities under
military whistleblower law (sec. 903)
834
Policy to ensure conduct of science and technology programs so as to
foster the transition of science and technology to higher levels of
research, development, test, and evaluation (sec. 904)
834
Additional components of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff annual
report on combatant command requirements (sec. 905)
835
Subtitle B--Department of Defense Organization
835
Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (sec. 911)
835
Department of Defense regional centers for security studies (sec. 912)
836
Change in name of Armed Forces Staff College to Joint Forces Staff
College (sec. 913)
836
Special authority for administration of Navy Fisher Houses (sec. 914)
836
Supervisory control of Armed Forces Retirement Home Board by
Secretary of Defense (sec. 915)
837
Semiannual report on the Joint Requirements Oversight Council reform
initiative (sec. 916)
837
Comptroller General review of operations of Defense Logistics Agency
(sec. 917)
837
Comptroller General review of operations of Defense Information
Systems Agency (sec. 918)
837
Subtitle C--Information Security
838
Institute for Defense Computer Security and Information Protection
(sec. 921)
838
Information security scholarship program (sec. 922)
838
Subtitle D--Reports
838
Date of submittal of reports on shortfalls in equipment procurement
and military construction for reserve components in future-years defense
programs (sec. 931)
838
Report on number of personnel assigned to legislative liaison
functions (sec. 932)
838
Joint report on establishment of national collaborative information
analysis capability (sec. 933)
839
Network centric warfare (sec. 934)
839
Report on Air Force Institute of Technology (sec. 935)
839
Subtitle E--Other Matters
840
Flexibility in implementation of limitation on major Department of
Defense headquarters activities personnel (sec. 941)
840
Consolidation of certain Navy gift funds (sec. 942)
840
Temporary authority to dispose of a gift previously accepted for the
Naval Academy (sec. 943)
840
Legislative Provisions not Adopted
840
Defense acquisition workforce
840
National Defense Panel 2001
841
Quadrennial National Defense Panel
841
Title X--General Provisions
841
Legislative Provisions Adopted
841
Subtitle A--Financial Matters
841
Transfer authority (sec. 1001)
841
Incorporation of classified annex (sec. 1002)
841
Authorization of emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal
year 2000 (sec. 1003)
841
United States contribution to NATO common-funded budgets in fiscal
year 2001 (sec. 1004)
842
Limitation on funds for Bosnia and Kosovo peacekeeping operations for
fiscal year (sec. 1005)
842
Requirement for prompt payment of contract vouchers (sec. 1006)
842
Plan for the prompt recording of obligations of funds for contractual
transactions (sec. 1007)
843
Electronic submission and processing of claims for contract payments
(sec. 1008)
843
Administrative offsets for overpayment of transportation costs (sec.
1009)
843
Interest penalties for late payments of interim payments due under
Government service contracts (sec. 1010)
843
Subtitle B--Naval Vessels and Shipyards
844
Revisions to national defense features program (sec. 1011)
844
Sense of Congress on the naming of the CVN 77 aircraft carrier (sec.
1012)
844
Authority to transfer naval vessels to certain foreign countries
(sec. 1013)
844
Authority to consent to retransfer of alternative former naval vessel
by Government of Greece (sec. 1014)
844
Subtitle C--Counter-Drug Activities
845
Extension of authority to provide additional support for counter-drug
activities of Colombia (sec. 1021)
846
Report on Department of Defense expenditures to support foreign
counter-drug activities (sec. 1022)
846
Recommendations on expansion of support for counter-drug activities
(sec. 1023)
846
Review of riverine counter-drug program (sec. 1024)
847
Report on tethered aerostat radar system (sec. 1025)
847
Sense of Congress regarding use of the armed forces for counter-drug
and counter-terrorism activities (sec. 1026)
847
Subtitle D--Counterterrorism and Domestic Preparedness
848
Preparedness of military installation first responders for incidents
involving weapons of mass destruction (sec. 1031) 