Military

--H.R.4200--

H.R.4200

One Hundred Eighth Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE SECOND SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,

the twentieth day of January, two thousand and four

An Act

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the `Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005'.

SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) DIVISIONS- This Act is organized into three divisions as follows:

      (1) Division A--Department of Defense Authorizations.

      (2) Division B--Military Construction Authorizations.

      (3) Division C--Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations.

    (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS- The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

      Sec. 1. Short title.

      Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents.

      Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees defined.

DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS

TITLE I--PROCUREMENT

Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

      Sec. 101. Army.

      Sec. 102. Navy and Marine Corps.

      Sec. 103. Air Force.

      Sec. 104. Defense-wide activities.

Subtitle B--Army Programs

      Sec. 111. Multiyear procurement authority for the light weight 155-millimeter howitzer program.

      Sec. 112. Light utility helicopter program.

Subtitle C--Navy Programs

      Sec. 121. DDG-51 modernization program.

      Sec. 122. Repeal of authority for pilot program for flexible funding of cruiser conversions and overhauls.

      Sec. 123. LHA(R) amphibious assault ship program.

Subtitle D--Air Force Programs

      Sec. 131. Prohibition of retirement of KC-135E aircraft.

      Sec. 132. Prohibition of retirement of F-117 aircraft.

      Sec. 133. Aerial refueling aircraft acquisition program.

Subtitle E--Other Matters

      Sec. 141. Development of deployable systems to include consideration of force protection in asymmetric threat environments.

      Sec. 142. Allocation of equipment authorized by this title to units deployed, or to be deployed, to Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.

      Sec. 143. Report on options for acquisition of precision-guided munitions.

TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

      Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.

      Sec. 202. Amount for defense science and technology.

Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations

      Sec. 211. Future Combat Systems program strategy.

      Sec. 212. Collaborative program for research and development of vacuum electronics technologies.

      Sec. 213. Annual Comptroller General report on Joint Strike Fighter program.

      Sec. 214. Amounts for United States Joint Forces Command to be derived only from Defense-wide amounts.

      Sec. 215. Global Positioning System III satellite.

      Sec. 216. Initiation of concept demonstration of Global Hawk high altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle.

      Sec. 217. Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems program.

Subtitle C--Missile Defense Programs

      Sec. 231. Fielding of ballistic missile defense capabilities.

      Sec. 232. Integration of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 and Medium Extended Air Defense System into ballistic missile defense system.

      Sec. 233. Comptroller General assessments of ballistic missile defense programs.

      Sec. 234. Baselines and operational test and evaluation for ballistic missile defense system.

Subtitle D--Other Matters

      Sec. 241. Annual report on submarine technology insertion.

      Sec. 242. Sense of Congress regarding funding of the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise under the National Shipbuilding Research Program of the Navy.

TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

      Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding.

      Sec. 302. Working capital funds.

      Sec. 303. Other Department of Defense programs.

Subtitle B--Environmental Provisions

      Sec. 311. Satisfaction of Superfund audit requirements by Inspector General of the Department of Defense.

      Sec. 312. Reimbursement of Environmental Protection Agency for certain costs in connection with Moses Lake Wellfield Superfund Site, Moses Lake, Washington.

      Sec. 313. Increase in authorized amount of environmental remediation, Front Royal, Virginia.

      Sec. 314. Small boat harbor, Unalaska, Alaska.

      Sec. 315. Report regarding encroachment issues affecting Utah Test and Training Range, Utah.

      Sec. 316. Comptroller General study and report on alternative technologies to decontaminate groundwater at Department of Defense installations.

      Sec. 317. Comptroller General study and report on drinking water contamination and related health effects at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

      Sec. 318. Sense of Congress regarding perchlorate contamination of ground and surface water from Department of Defense activities.

Subtitle C--Workplace and Depot Issues

      Sec. 321. Simplification of annual reporting requirements concerning funds expended for depot maintenance and repair workloads.

      Sec. 322. Repeal of annual reporting requirement concerning management of depot employees.

      Sec. 323. Extension of special treatment for certain expenditures incurred in operation of Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence.

      Sec. 324. Temporary authority for contractor performance of security-guard functions.

      Sec. 325. Pilot program for purchase of certain municipal services for Army installations.

      Sec. 326. Bid protests by Federal employees in actions under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76.

      Sec. 327. Limitations on conversion of work performed by Department of Defense civilian employees to contractor performance.

      Sec. 328. Competitive sourcing reporting requirement.

Subtitle D--Information Technology

      Sec. 331. Preparation of Department of Defense plan for transition to Internet Protocol version 6.

      Sec. 332. Defense business enterprise architecture, system accountability, and conditions for obligation of funds for defense business system modernization.

      Sec. 333. Report on maturity and effectiveness of the Global Information Grid Bandwidth Expansion (GIG-BE).

Subtitle E--Extensions of Program Authorities

      Sec. 341. Two-year extension of Department of Defense telecommunications benefit.

      Sec. 342. Extension of Arsenal Support Program Initiative.

      Sec. 343. Two-year extension of warranty claims recovery pilot program.

Subtitle F--Other Matters

      Sec. 351. Reimbursement for certain protective, safety, or health equipment purchased by or for members of the Armed Forces deployed in contingency operations.

      Sec. 352. Limitation on preparation or implementation of Mid-Range Financial Improvement Plan pending report.

      Sec. 353. Pilot program to authorize Army working-capital funded facilities to engage in cooperative activities with non-Army entities.

      Sec. 354. Transfer of excess Department of Defense personal property to assist firefighting agencies.

TITLE IV--MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS

Subtitle A--Active Forces

      Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces.

      Sec. 402. Revision in permanent active duty end strength minimum levels.

      Sec. 403. Additional authority for increases of Army and Marine Corps active duty personnel end strengths for fiscal years 2005 through 2009.

      Sec. 404. Exclusion of service academy permanent and career professors from a limitation on certain officer grade strengths.

Subtitle B--Reserve Forces

      Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve.

      Sec. 412. End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the reserves.

      Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status).

      Sec. 414. Fiscal year 2005 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians.

      Sec. 415. Maximum number of Reserve personnel authorized to be on active duty for operational support.

      Sec. 416. Accounting and management of reserve component personnel performing active duty or full-time National Guard duty for operational support.

Subtitle C--Authorizations of Appropriations

      Sec. 421. Military personnel.

      Sec. 422. Armed Forces Retirement Home.

TITLE V--MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY

Subtitle A--Officer Personnel Policy

      Sec. 501. Transition of active-duty list officer force to a force of all regular officers.

      Sec. 502. Repeal of requirement that Deputy Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs of Naval Operations be selected from officers in the line of the Navy.

      Sec. 503. Limitation on number of officers frocked to major general and rear admiral.

      Sec. 504. Distribution in grade of Marine Corps reserve officers in an active status in grades below brigadier general

      Sec. 505. Authority for Federal recognition of National Guard commissioned officers appointed from former Coast Guard personnel.

      Sec. 506. Study regarding promotion eligibility of retired officers recalled to active duty.

      Sec. 507. Succession for office of Chief, National Guard Bureau.

      Sec. 508. Redesignation of Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau as Director of the Joint Staff of the National Guard Bureau.

Subtitle B--Reserve Component Policy Matters

      Sec. 511. Modification of stated purpose of the reserve components.

      Sec. 512. Homeland defense activities conducted by the National Guard under authority of title 32.

      Sec. 513. Commission on the National Guard and Reserves.

      Sec. 514. Repeal of exclusion of active duty for training from authority to order Reserves to active duty.

      Sec. 515. Army program for assignment of active component advisers to units of the Selected Reserve.

      Sec. 516. Authority to accept certain voluntary services.

      Sec. 517. Authority to redesignate the Naval Reserve as the Navy Reserve.

      Sec. 518. Comptroller General assessment of integration of active and reserve components of the Navy.

      Sec. 519. Limitation on number of Starbase academies in a State.

      Sec. 520. Recognition items for certain reserve component personnel.

Subtitle C--Reserve Component Personnel Matters

      Sec. 521. Status under disability retirement system for reserve members released from active duty due to inability to perform within 30 days of call to active duty.

      Sec. 522. Requirement for retention of Reserves on active duty to qualify for retired pay not applicable to nonregular service retirement system.

      Sec. 523. Federal civil service military leave for Reserve and National Guard civilian technicians.

      Sec. 524. Expanded educational assistance authority for officers commissioned through ROTC program at military junior colleges.

      Sec. 525. Repeal of sunset provision for financial assistance program for students not eligible for advanced training.

      Sec. 526. Effect of appointment or commission as officer on eligibility for Selected Reserve education loan repayment program for enlisted members.

      Sec. 527. Educational assistance for certain reserve component members who perform active service.

      Sec. 528. Sense of Congress on guidance concerning treatment of employer-provided compensation and other benefits voluntarily provided to employees who are activated Reservists.

Subtitle D--Joint Officer Management and Professional Military Education

      Sec. 531. Strategic plan to link joint officer development to overall missions and goals of Department of Defense.

      Sec. 532. Improvement to professional military education in the Department of Defense.

      Sec. 533. Joint requirements for promotion to flag or general officer grade.

      Sec. 534. Clarification of tours of duty qualifying as a joint duty assignment.

      Sec. 535. Two-year extension of temporary standard for promotion policy objectives for joint officers.

      Sec. 536. Two-year extension of authority to waive requirement that Reserve Chiefs and National Guard Directors have significant joint duty experience.

Subtitle E--Military Service Academies

      Sec. 541. Revision to conditions on service of officers as service academy superintendents.

      Sec. 542. Academic qualifications of the dean of the faculty of United States Air Force Academy.

      Sec. 543. Board of Visitors of United States Air Force Academy.

      Sec. 544. Appropriated funds for service academy athletic and recreational extracurricular programs to be treated in same manner as for military morale, welfare, and recreation programs.

      Sec. 545. Codification of prohibition on imposition of certain charges and fees at the service academies.

Subtitle F--Other Education and Training Matters

      Sec. 551. College First delayed enlistment program.

      Sec. 552. Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps and recruiter access at institutions of higher education.

      Sec. 553. Tuition assistance for officers.

      Sec. 554. Increased maximum period for leave of absence for pursuit of a program of education in a health care profession.

      Sec. 555. Eligibility of cadets and midshipmen for medical and dental care and disability benefits.

      Sec. 556. Transfer of authority to confer degrees upon graduates of the Community College of the Air Force.

      Sec. 557. Change in titles of leadership positions at the Naval Postgraduate School.

Subtitle G--Assistance to Local Educational Agencies for Defense Dependents Education

      Sec. 558. Continuation of impact aid assistance on behalf of dependents of certain members despite change in status of member.

      Sec. 559. Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees.

      Sec. 560. Impact aid for children with severe disabilities.

Subtitle H--Medals and Decorations and Special Promotions and Appointments

      Sec. 561. Award of medal of honor to individual interred in the Tomb of the Unknowns as representative of casualties of a war.

      Sec. 562. Plan for revised criteria and eligibility requirements for award of Combat Infantryman Badge and Combat Medical Badge for service in Korea after July 28, 1953.

      Sec. 563. Authority to appoint Brigadier General Charles E. Yeager, United States Air Force (retired), to the grade of major general on the retired list.

      Sec. 564. Posthumous commission of William Mitchell in the grade of major general in the Army.

Subtitle I--Military Voting

      Sec. 566. Federal write-in ballots for absentee military voters located in the United States.

      Sec. 567. Repeal of requirement to conduct electronic voting demonstration project for the Federal election to be held in November 2004.

      Sec. 568. Reports on operation of Federal voting assistance program and military postal system.

Subtitle J--Military Justice Matters

      Sec. 571. Review on how sexual offenses are covered by Uniform Code of Military Justice.

      Sec. 572. Waiver of recoupment of time lost for confinement in connection with a trial.

      Sec. 573. Processing of forensic evidence collection kits and acquisition of sufficient stocks of such kits.

      Sec. 574. Authorities of the Judge Advocates General.

Subtitle K--Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces

      Sec. 576. Examination of sexual assault in the Armed Forces by the Defense Task Force established to examine sexual harassment and violence at the military service academies.

      Sec. 577. Department of Defense policy and procedures on prevention and response to sexual assaults involving members of the Armed Forces.

Subtitle L--Management and Administrative Matters

      Sec. 581. Three-year extension of limitation on reductions of personnel of agencies responsible for review and correction of military records.

      Sec. 582. Staffing for Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO).

      Sec. 583. Permanent ID cards for retiree dependents age 75 and older.

      Sec. 584. Authority to provide civilian clothing to members traveling in connection with medical evacuation.

      Sec. 585. Authority to accept donation of frequent traveler miles, credits, and tickets to facilitate rest and recuperation travel of deployed members of the Armed Forces and their families.

      Sec. 586. Annual report identifying reasons for discharges from the Armed Forces during preceding fiscal year.

      Sec. 587. Study of blended wing concept for the Air Force.

      Sec. 588. Sense of Congress regarding return of members to active duty service upon rehabilitation from service-related injuries.

Subtitle M--Other Matters

      Sec. 591. Protection of Armed Forces personnel from retaliatory actions for communications made through the chain of command.

      Sec. 592. Implementation plan for accession of persons with specialized skills.

      Sec. 593. Enhanced screening methods and process improvements for recruitment of home schooled and National Guard Challenge program GED recipients.

      Sec. 594. Redesignation of National Guard Challenge Program as National Guard Youth Challenge Program.

      Sec. 595. Reports on certain milestones relating to Department of Defense transformation.

      Sec. 596. Report on issues relating to removal of remains of persons interred in United States military cemeteries overseas.

      Sec. 597. Comptroller General reports on closure of Department of Defense dependent elementary and secondary schools and commissary stores.

      Sec. 598. Comptroller General report on transition assistance programs for members separating from the Armed Forces.

      Sec. 599. Study on coordination of job training standards with certification standards for military occupational specialties.

TITLE VI--COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS

Subtitle A--Pay and Allowances

      Sec. 601. Increase in basic pay for fiscal year 2005.

      Sec. 602. Relationship between eligibility to receive supplemental subsistence allowance and eligibility to receive imminent danger pay, family separation allowance, and certain Federal assistance.

      Sec. 603. Authority to provide family separation basic allowance for housing.

      Sec. 604. Geographic basis for housing allowance during short-assignment permanent changes of station for education or training.

      Sec. 605. Immediate lump-sum reimbursement for unusual nonrecurring expenses incurred for duty outside the continental United States.

      Sec. 606. Authority for certain members deployed in combat zones to receive limited advances on future basic pay.

      Sec. 607. Repeal of requirement that members entitled to basic allowance for subsistence pay subsistence charges while hospitalized.

Subtitle B--Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays

      Sec. 611. One-year extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for reserve forces.

      Sec. 612. One-year extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for certain health care professionals.

      Sec. 613. One-year extension of special pay and bonus authorities for nuclear officers.

      Sec. 614. One-year extension of other bonus and special pay authorities.

      Sec. 615. Authority to provide hazardous duty incentive pay to military firefighters.

      Sec. 616. Reduced service obligation for nurses receiving nurse accession bonus.

      Sec. 617. Assignment incentive pay.

      Sec. 618. Modification of active and reserve component reenlistment and enlistment bonus authorities.

      Sec. 619. Bonus for certain initial service of officers in the Selected Reserve.

      Sec. 620. Revision of authority to provide foreign language proficiency pay.

      Sec. 621. Eligibility of enlisted members to qualify for critical skills retention bonus while serving on indefinite reenlistment.

      Sec. 622. Eligibility of reserve component members for incentive bonus for conversion to military occupational specialty to ease personnel shortage.

      Sec. 623. Permanent increase in authorized amounts for imminent danger special pay and family separation allowance.

Subtitle C--Travel and Transportation Allowances

      Sec. 631. Travel and transportation allowances for family members to attend burial ceremony or memorial service of member who dies on duty.

      Sec. 632. Transportation of family members incident to serious illness or injury of members of the uniformed services.

      Sec. 633. Reimbursement for certain lodging costs incurred in connection with dependent student travel.

Subtitle D--Retired Pay and Survivor Benefits

      Sec. 641. Computation of high-36 month average for reserve component members retired for disability while on active duty or dying while on active duty.

      Sec. 642. Repeal of phase-in of concurrent receipt of retired pay and veterans' disability compensation for military retirees with service-connected disabilities rated as 100 percent.

      Sec. 643. Death benefits enhancement.

      Sec. 644. Phased elimination of two-tier annuity computation for surviving spouses under Survivor Benefit Plan.

      Sec. 645. One-year open enrollment period for Survivor Benefit Plan commencing October 1, 2005.

Subtitle E--Commissary and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality Benefits

      Sec. 651. Consolidation and reorganization of legislative provisions regarding defense commissary system and exchanges and other morale, welfare, and recreation activities.

      Sec. 652. Consistent State treatment of Department of Defense Nonappropriated Fund Health Benefits Program.

Subtitle F--Other Matters

      Sec. 661. Eligibility of members for reimbursement of expenses incurred for adoption placements made by foreign governments.

      Sec. 662. Clarification of education loans qualifying for education loan repayment program for reserve component health professions officers.

      Sec. 663. Receipt of pay by reservists from civilian employers while on active duty in connection with a contingency operation.

      Sec. 664. Relief for mobilized reservists from certain Federal agricultural loan obligations.

      Sec. 665. Survey and analysis of effect of extended and frequent mobilization of reservists for active duty service on reservist income.

      Sec. 666. Study of disability benefits for veterans of service in the Armed Forces with service-connected disabilities.

TITLE VII--HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS

Subtitle A--Enhanced Benefits for Reserves

      Sec. 701. TRICARE coverage for members of reserve components who commit to continued service in the Selected Reserve after release from active duty.

      Sec. 702. Comptroller General report on the cost and feasibility of providing private health insurance stipends for members of the Ready Reserves.

      Sec. 703. Permanent earlier eligibility date for TRICARE benefits for members of reserve components and their dependents.

      Sec. 704. Waiver of certain deductibles under TRICARE program for members on active duty for a period of more than 30 days.

      Sec. 705. Authority for payment by United States of additional amounts billed by health care providers to activated Reserves.

      Sec. 706. Permanent extension of transitional health care benefits and addition of requirement for preseparation physical examination.

Subtitle B--Other Benefits Improvements

      Sec. 711. Opportunity for young child dependent of deceased member to become eligible for enrollment in a TRICARE dental plan.

      Sec. 712. Comptroller General report on provision of health, education, and support services for Exceptional Family Member Program enrollees.

      Sec. 713. Continuation of sub-acute care for transition period.

      Sec. 714. Improvements to pharmacy benefits program.

      Sec. 715. Professional accreditation of military dentists.

      Sec. 716. Temporary authority for waiver of collection of payments due for CHAMPUS benefits received by disabled persons unaware of loss of CHAMPUS eligibility.

      Sec. 717. Services of marriage and family therapists.

      Sec. 718. Chiropractic health care benefits advisory committee.

Subtitle C--Planning, Programming, and Management

      Sec. 721. Pilot program for health care delivery.

      Sec. 722. Study of provision of travel reimbursement to hospitals for certain military disability retirees.

      Sec. 723. Study of mental health services.

      Sec. 724. Policy for timely notification of next of kin of members seriously ill or injured in combat zones.

      Sec. 725. Revised funding methodology for military retiree health care benefits.

      Sec. 726. Grounds for presidential waiver of requirement for informed consent or option to refuse regarding administration of drugs not approved for general use.

      Sec. 727. TRICARE program regional directors.

Subtitle D--Medical Readiness Tracking and Health Surveillance

      Sec. 731. Medical readiness plan and Joint Medical Readiness Oversight Committee.

      Sec. 732. Medical readiness of Reserves.

      Sec. 733. Baseline Health Data Collection Program.

      Sec. 734. Medical care and tracking and health surveillance in the theater of operations.

      Sec. 735. Declassification of information on exposures to environmental hazards.

      Sec. 736. Report on training on environmental hazards.

      Sec. 737. Uniform policy for meeting mobilization-related medical care needs at military installations.

      Sec. 738. Full implementation of Medical Readiness Tracking and Health Surveillance Program and Force Health Protection and Readiness Program.

      Sec. 739. Reports and Internet accessibility relating to health matters.

TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS

Subtitle A--Acquisition Policy and Management

      Sec. 801. Software-related program costs under major defense acquisition programs.

      Sec. 802. Internal controls for Department of Defense procurements through GSA Client Support Centers.

      Sec. 803. Defense commercial communications satellite services procurement process.

      Sec. 804. Contractor performance of acquisition functions closely associated with inherently governmental functions.

      Sec. 805. Sustainment plans for existing systems while replacement systems are under development.

      Sec. 806. Applicability of competition exceptions to eligibility of National Guard for financial assistance for performance of additional duties.

      Sec. 807. Inflation adjustment of acquisition-related dollar thresholds.

Subtitle B--Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations

      Sec. 811. Rapid acquisition authority to respond to combat emergencies.

      Sec. 812. Defense acquisition workforce improvements.

      Sec. 813. Period for multiyear task and delivery order contracts.

      Sec. 814. Funding for contract ceilings for certain multiyear procurement contracts.

      Sec. 815. Increased threshold for senior procurement executive approval of use of procedures other than competitive procedures.

      Sec. 816. Increased threshold for applicability of requirement for defense contractors to provide information on subcontracting authority of contractor personnel to cooperative agreement holders.

      Sec. 817. Extension of authority for use of simplified acquisition procedures.

      Sec. 818. Submission of cost or pricing data on noncommercial modifications of commercial items.

      Sec. 819. Delegations of authority to make determinations relating to payment of defense contractors for business restructuring costs.

      Sec. 820. Availability of Federal supply schedule supplies and services to United Service Organizations, Incorporated.

      Sec. 821. Addition of landscaping and pest control services to list of designated industry groups participating in the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program.

      Sec. 822. Increased thresholds under special emergency procurement authority.

Subtitle C--United States Defense Industrial Base Provisions

      Sec. 831. Defense trade reciprocity.

      Sec. 832. Assessment and report on the acquisition of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) carbon fiber from foreign sources.

Subtitle D--Extensions of Temporary Program Authorities

      Sec. 841. Extension of mentor-protege program.

      Sec. 842. Amendment to mentor-protege program.

      Sec. 843. Extension of test program for negotiation of comprehensive small business subcontracting plans.

      Sec. 844. Extension of pilot program on sales of manufactured articles and services of certain Army industrial facilities.

Subtitle E--Other Acquisition Matters

      Sec. 851. Review and demonstration project relating to contractor employees.

      Sec. 852. Inapplicability of certain fiscal laws to settlements under special temporary contract closeout authority.

      Sec. 853. Contracting with employers of persons with disabilities.

      Sec. 854. Defense procurements made through contracts of other agencies.

      Sec. 855. Requirements relating to source selection for integrated support of aerial refueling aircraft fleet for the Air Force.

TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT

Subtitle A--Duties and Functions of Department of Defense

      Sec. 901. Study of roles and authorities of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering.

      Sec. 902. Change of membership of specified council.

Subtitle B--Space Activities

      Sec. 911. Space posture review.

      Sec. 912. Panel on the future of national security space launch.

      Sec. 913. Operationally responsive national security satellites.

      Sec. 914. Nondisclosure of certain products of commercial satellite operations.

Subtitle C--Intelligence-Related Matters

      Sec. 921. Two-year extension of authority of the Secretary of Defense to engage in commercial activities as security for intelligence collection activities abroad.

      Sec. 922. Pilot program on cryptologic service training.

Subtitle D--Other Matters

      Sec. 931. Strategic plan for destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions stockpile.

      Sec. 932. Secretary of Defense criteria for and guidance on identification and internal transmission of critical information.

TITLE X--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Subtitle A--Financial Matters

      Sec. 1001. Transfer authority.

      Sec. 1002. United States contribution to NATO common-funded budgets in fiscal year 2005.

      Sec. 1003. Budget justification documents for operation and maintenance.

      Sec. 1004. Licensing of intellectual property.

      Sec. 1005. Repeal of funding restrictions concerning development of medical countermeasures against biological warfare threats.

      Sec. 1006. Report on budgeting for exchange rates for foreign currency fluctuations.

      Sec. 1007. Fiscal year 2004 transfer authority.

      Sec. 1008. Clarification of fiscal year 2004 funding level for a National Institute of Standards and Technology account.

      Sec. 1009. Notification of fund transfers from working-capital funds.

      Sec. 1010. Charges for Defense Logistics Information Services materials.

Subtitle B--Naval Vessels and Shipyards

      Sec. 1011. Authority for award of contracts for ship dismantling on net-cost basis.

      Sec. 1012. Use of proceeds from exchange and sale of obsolete navy service craft and boats.

      Sec. 1013. Transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign recipients.

      Sec. 1014. Independent study to assess cost effectiveness of the Navy ship construction program.

      Sec. 1015. Limitation on disposal of obsolete naval vessel.

Subtitle C--Counterdrug Matters

      Sec. 1021. Use of funds for unified counterdrug and counterterrorism campaign in Colombia.

      Sec. 1022. Sense of Congress and report regarding counter-drug efforts in Afghanistan.

Subtitle D--Matters Relating to Museums and Commemorations

      Sec. 1031. Recognition of the Liberty Memorial Museum, Kansas City, Missouri, as America's National World War I Museum.

      Sec. 1032. Program to commemorate 60th anniversary of World War II.

      Sec. 1033. Annual report on Department of Defense operation and financial support for military museums.

Subtitle E--Reports

      Sec. 1041. Quarterly detailed accounting for operations conducted as part of the Global War on Terrorism.

      Sec. 1042. Report on post-major combat operations phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

      Sec. 1043. Report on training provided to members of the Armed Forces to prepare for post-conflict operations.

      Sec. 1044. Report on establishing National Centers of Excellence for unmanned aerial and ground vehicles.

      Sec. 1045. Study of continued requirement for two-crew manning for ballistic missile submarines.

      Sec. 1046. Report on Department of Defense programs for prepositioning of materiel and equipment.

      Sec. 1047. Report on al Quaeda and associated groups in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Subtitle F--Defense Against Terrorism and Other Domestic Security Matters

      Sec. 1051. Acceptance of communications equipment provided by local public safety agencies.

      Sec. 1052. Determination and report on full-time airlift support for homeland defense operations.

      Sec. 1053. Survivability of critical systems exposed to chemical or biological contamination.

Subtitle G--Personnel Security Matters

      Sec. 1061. Use of National Driver Register for personnel security investigations and determinations.

      Sec. 1062. Standards for disqualification from eligibility for Department of Defense security clearance.

Subtitle H--Transportation-Related Matters

      Sec. 1071. Use of military aircraft to transport mail to and from overseas locations.

      Sec. 1072. Reorganization and clarification of certain provisions relating to control and supervision of transportation within the Department of Defense.

      Sec. 1073. Evaluation of procurement practices relating to transportation of security-sensitive cargo.

Subtitle I--Other Matters

      Sec. 1081. Liability protection for Department of Defense volunteers working in maritime environment.

      Sec. 1082. Sense of Congress concerning media coverage of the return to the United States of the remains of deceased members of the Armed Forces from overseas.

      Sec. 1083. Transfer of historic F3A-1 Brewster Corsaird aircraft.

      Sec. 1084. Technical and clerical amendments.

      Sec. 1085. Preservation of search and rescue capabilities of the Federal Government.

      Sec. 1086. Acquisition of aerial firefighting equipment for National Interagency Fire Center.

      Sec. 1087. Revision to requirements for recognition of institutions of higher education as Hispanic-serving institutions for purposes of certain grants and contracts.

      Sec. 1088. Military extraterritorial jurisdiction over contractors supporting defense missions overseas.

      Sec. 1089. Definition of United States for purposes of Federal crime of torture.

      Sec. 1090. Energy savings performance contracts.

      Sec. 1091. Sense of Congress and policy concerning persons detained by the United States.

      Sec. 1092. Actions to prevent the abuse of detainees.

      Sec. 1093. Reporting requirements.

      Sec. 1094. Findings and sense of Congress concerning Army Specialist Joseph Darby.

TITLE XI--CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MATTERS

      Sec. 1101. Payment of Federal employee health benefit premiums for mobilized Federal employees.

      Sec. 1102. Foreign language proficiency pay.

      Sec. 1103. Pay and performance appraisal parity for civilian intelligence personnel.

      Sec. 1104. Pay parity for senior executives in defense nonappropriated fund instrumentalities.

      Sec. 1105. Science, mathematics, and research for transformation (SMART) defense scholarship pilot program.

      Sec. 1106. Report on how to recruit and retain individuals with foreign language skills.

      Sec. 1107. Plan on implementation and utilization of flexible personnel management authorities in Department of Defense laboratories.

TITLE XII--MATTERS RELATING TO OTHER NATIONS

Subtitle A--Matters Relating to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Global War on Terrorism

      Sec. 1201. Commanders' Emergency Response Program.

      Sec. 1202. Assistance to Iraq and Afghanistan military and security forces.

      Sec. 1203. Redesignation and modification of authorities relating to Inspector General of the Coalition Provisional Authority.

      Sec. 1204. Presidential report on strategy for stabilization of Iraq.

      Sec. 1205. Guidance on contractors supporting deployed forces in Iraq.

      Sec. 1206. Report on contractors supporting deployed forces and reconstruction efforts in Iraq.

      Sec. 1207. United Nations Oil-for-Food Program.

      Sec. 1208. Support of military operations to combat terrorism.

Subtitle B--Counterproliferation Matters

      Sec. 1211. Defense international counterproliferation programs.

      Sec. 1212. Policy and sense of Congress on nonproliferation of ballistic missiles.

      Sec. 1213. Sense of Congress on the global partnership against the spread of weapons of mass destruction.

      Sec. 1214. Report on collaborative measures to reduce the risks of a launch of Russian nuclear weapons.

Subtitle C--Other Matters

      Sec. 1221. Authority for humanitarian assistance for the detection and clearance of landmines extended to include other explosive remnants of war.

      Sec. 1222. Expansion of entities of the People's Republic of China subject to certain presidential authorities when operating in the United States.

      Sec. 1223. Assignment of NATO naval personnel to submarine safety programs.

      Sec. 1224. Availability of Warsaw Initiative Funds for new NATO members.

      Sec. 1225. Bilateral exchanges and trade in defense articles and defense services between the United States and the United Kingdom and Australia.

      Sec. 1226. Study on missile defense cooperation.

TITLE XIII--COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION WITH STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

      Sec. 1301. Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction programs and funds.

      Sec. 1302. Funding allocations.

      Sec. 1303. Temporary authority to waive limitation on funding for chemical weapons destruction facility in Russia.

      Sec. 1304. Inclusion of descriptive summaries in annual Cooperative Threat Reduction reports and budget justification materials.

TITLE XIV--SUNKEN MILITARY CRAFT

      Sec. 1401. Preservation of title to sunken military craft and associated contents.

      Sec. 1402. Prohibitions.

      Sec. 1403. Permits.

      Sec. 1404. Penalties.

      Sec. 1405. Liability for damages.

      Sec. 1406. Relationship to other laws.

      Sec. 1407. Encouragement of agreements with foreign countries.

      Sec. 1408. Definitions.

TITLE XV--AUTHORIZATION FOR INCREASED COSTS DUE TO OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

      Sec. 1501. Purpose.

      Sec. 1502. Army procurement.

      Sec. 1503. Navy and Marine Corps procurement.

      Sec. 1504. Defense-wide activities procurement.

      Sec. 1505. Operation and maintenance.

      Sec. 1506. Defense working capital funds.

      Sec. 1507. Iraq Freedom Fund.

      Sec. 1508. Defense health program.

      Sec. 1509. Military personnel.

      Sec. 1510. Treatment as additional authorizations.

      Sec. 1511. Transfer authority.

DIVISION B--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS

      Sec. 2001. Short title.

TITLE XXI--ARMY

      Sec. 2101. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects.

      Sec. 2102. Family housing.

      Sec. 2103. Improvements to military family housing units.

      Sec. 2104. Authorization of appropriations, Army.

      Sec. 2105. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2004 projects.

      Sec. 2106. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2003 project.

TITLE XXII--NAVY

      Sec. 2201. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects.

      Sec. 2202. Family housing.

      Sec. 2203. Improvements to military family housing units.

      Sec. 2204. Authorization of appropriations, Navy.

TITLE XXIII--AIR FORCE

      Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects.

      Sec. 2302. Family housing.

      Sec. 2303. Improvements to military family housing units.

      Sec. 2304. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force.

TITLE XXIV--DEFENSE AGENCIES

      Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition projects.

      Sec. 2402. Improvements to military family housing units.

      Sec. 2403. Energy conservation projects.

      Sec. 2404. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies.

TITLE XXV--NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM

      Sec. 2501. Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects.

      Sec. 2502. Authorization of appropriations, NATO.

TITLE XXVI--GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES

      Sec. 2601. Authorized Guard and Reserve construction and land acquisition projects.

TITLE XXVII--EXPIRATION AND EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS

      Sec. 2701. Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified by law.

      Sec. 2702. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2002 projects.

      Sec. 2703. Extension and renewal of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2001 projects.

TITLE XXVIII--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Subtitle A--Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes

      Sec. 2801. Modification of approval and notice requirements for facility repair projects.

      Sec. 2802. Reporting requirements regarding military family housing requirements for general officers and flag officers.

      Sec. 2803. Congressional notification of deviations from authorized cost variations for military construction projects and military family housing projects.

      Sec. 2804. Assessment of vulnerability of military installations to terrorist attack and annual report on military construction requirements related to antiterrorism and force protection.

      Sec. 2805. Repeal of limitations on use of alternative authority for acquisition and improvement of military housing.

      Sec. 2806. Additional reporting requirements relating to alternative authority for acquisition and improvement of military housing.

      Sec. 2807. Temporary authority to accelerate design efforts for military construction projects carried out using design-build selection procedures.

      Sec. 2808. Notification thresholds and requirements for expenditures or contributions for acquisition of facilities for reserve components.

      Sec. 2809. Authority to exchange reserve component facilities to acquire replacement facilities.

      Sec. 2810. One-year extension of temporary, limited authority to use operation and maintenance funds for construction projects outside the United States.

      Sec. 2811. Consideration of combination of military medical treatment facilities and health care facilities of Department of Veterans Affairs.

Subtitle B--Real Property and Facilities Administration

      Sec. 2821. Reorganization of existing administrative provisions relating to real property transactions.

      Sec. 2822. Development of Heritage Center for the National Museum of the United States Army.

      Sec. 2823. Elimination of reversionary interests clouding United States title to property used as Navy homeports.

Subtitle C--Base Closure and Realignment

      Sec. 2831. Establishment of specific deadline for submission of revisions to force-structure plan and infrastructure inventory.

      Sec. 2832. Specification of final selection criteria for 2005 base closure round.

      Sec. 2833. Repeal of authority of Secretary of Defense to recommend that installations be placed in inactive status.

      Sec. 2834. Voting requirements for Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission to add to or otherwise expand closure and realignment recommendations made by Secretary of Defense.

Subtitle D--Land Conveyances

Part I--Army Conveyances

      Sec. 2841. Land conveyance, Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant, Kansas.

      Sec. 2842. Land exchange, Fort Campbell, Kentucky and Tennessee.

      Sec. 2843. Land conveyance, Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant, Doyline, Louisiana.

      Sec. 2844. Land conveyance, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

      Sec. 2845. Transfer of administrative jurisdiction, Defense Supply Center, Columbus, Ohio.

      Sec. 2846. Jurisdiction and utilization of former public domain lands, Umatilla Chemical Depot, Oregon.

      Sec. 2847. Modification of authority for land conveyance, equipment and storage yard, Charleston, South Carolina.

      Sec. 2848. Land conveyance, Fort Hood, Texas.

      Sec. 2849. Land conveyance, local training area for Browning Army Reserve Center, Utah.

      Sec. 2850. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Hampton, Virginia.

      Sec. 2851. Land conveyance, Army National Guard Facility, Seattle, Washington.

      Sec. 2852. Modification of land exchange and consolidation, Fort Lewis, Washington.

Part II--Navy Conveyances

      Sec. 2861. Land exchange, former Richmond Naval Air Station, Florida.

      Sec. 2862. Land conveyance, Honolulu, Hawaii.

      Sec. 2863. Land conveyance, Navy property, former Fort Sheridan, Illinois.

      Sec. 2864. Land exchange, Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland.

      Sec. 2865. Modification of land acquisition authority, Perquimans County, North Carolina.

      Sec. 2866. Land conveyance, Naval Weapons Station, Charleston, South Carolina.

      Sec. 2867. Land conveyance, Navy YMCA building, Portsmouth, Virginia.

Part III--Air Force Conveyances

      Sec. 2871. Land exchange, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.

      Sec. 2872. Land conveyance, March Air Force Base, California.

      Sec. 2873. Land conveyance, former Griffiss Air Force Base, New York.

Part IV--Other Conveyances

      Sec. 2881. Land exchange, Arlington County, Virginia.

Subtitle E--Other Matters

      Sec. 2891. One-year resumption of Department of Defense Laboratory Revitalization Demonstration Program.

      Sec. 2892. Designation of Airmen Leadership School at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, in honor of John J. Rhodes, a former minority leader of the House of Representatives.

      Sec. 2893. Settlement of claim of Oakland Base Reuse Authority and Redevelopment Agency.

      Sec. 2894. Report on establishment of mobilization station at Camp Ripley National Guard Training Center, Little Falls, Minnesota.

      Sec. 2895. Report on feasibility of establishment of veterans memorial at Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California.

      Sec. 2896. Sense of Congress regarding effect of military housing policies and force structure and basing changes on local educational agencies.

      Sec. 2897. Sense of Congress and study regarding memorial honoring non-United States citizens killed in the line of duty while serving in the United States Armed Forces.

DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS

TITLE XXXI--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS

Subtitle A--National Security Programs Authorizations

      Sec. 3101. National Nuclear Security Administration.

      Sec. 3102. Defense environmental management.

      Sec. 3103. Other defense activities.

      Sec. 3104. Defense nuclear waste disposal.

Subtitle B--Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations

      Sec. 3111. Report on requirements for Modern Pit Facility.

      Sec. 3112. Two-year extension of authority for appointment of certain scientific, engineering, and technical personnel.

      Sec. 3113. Limited authority to carry out new projects under Facilities and Infrastructure Recapitalization Program after project selection deadline.

      Sec. 3114. Modification of milestone and report requirements for National Ignition Facility.

      Sec. 3115. Modification of submittal date of annual plan for stewardship, management, and certification of warheads in the nuclear weapons stockpile.

      Sec. 3116. Defense site acceleration completion.

      Sec. 3117. Treatment of waste material.

      Sec. 3118. Local stakeholder organizations for 2006 closure sites.

      Sec. 3119. Report to Congress on Advanced Nuclear Weapons Concepts Initiative.

Subtitle C--Proliferation Matters

      Sec. 3131. Modification of authority to use International Nuclear Materials Protection and Cooperation Program funds outside the former Soviet Union.

      Sec. 3132. Acceleration of removal or security of fissile materials, radiological materials, and related equipment at vulnerable sites worldwide.

      Sec. 3133. Silk Road Initiative.

      Sec. 3134. Nuclear nonproliferation fellowships for scientists employed by United States and Russian Federation.

      Sec. 3135. Utilization of international contributions to the elimination of weapons grade plutonium production program.

Subtitle D--Other Matters

      Sec. 3141. Indemnification of Department of Energy contractors.

      Sec. 3142. Report on maintenance of retirement benefits for certain workers at 2006 closure sites after closure of sites.

      Sec. 3143. Report on efforts of National Nuclear Security Administration to understand plutonium aging.

      Sec. 3144. Support for public education in the vicinity of Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico.

      Sec. 3145. Review of Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, New Mexico, pursuant to competitive contract.

      Sec. 3146. National Academy of Sciences study on management by Department of Energy of certain radioactive waste streams.

      Sec. 3147. Compensation of Pajarito Plateau, New Mexico, homesteaders for acquisition of lands for Manhattan Project in World War II.

      Sec. 3148. Modification of requirements relating to conveyances and transfer of certain land at Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico.

Subtitle E--Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program

      Sec. 3161. Contractor employee compensation.

      Sec. 3162. Conforming amendments.

      Sec. 3163. Technical amendments.

      Sec. 3164. Transfer of funds for fiscal year 2005.

      Sec. 3165. Use of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Fund for certain payments to covered uranium employees.

      Sec. 3166. Improvements to Subtitle B of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000.

      Sec. 3167. Emergency Special Exposure Cohort meeting and report.

      Sec. 3168. Coverage of individuals employed at atomic weapons employer facilities during periods of residual contamination.

      Sec. 3169. Update of report on residual contamination of facilities.

      Sec. 3170. Sense of Congress on resource center for energy employees under Energy Employee Occupational Illness Compensation Program in western New York and western Pennsylvania region.

TITLE XXXII--DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD

      Sec. 3201. Authorization.

TITLE XXXIII--NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE

      Sec. 3301. Authorized uses of National Defense Stockpile funds.

      Sec. 3302. Revision of earlier authority to dispose of certain materials in National Defense Stockpile.

      Sec. 3303. Disposal of ferromanganese.

      Sec. 3304. Prohibition on storage of mercury at certain facilities.

TITLE XXXIV--NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES

      Sec. 3401. Authorization of appropriations.

TITLE XXXV--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

      Sec. 3501. Authorization of appropriations for Maritime Administration.

      Sec. 3502. Extension of authority to provide war risk insurance for merchant marine vessels.

      Sec. 3503. Modification of priority afforded applications for national defense tank vessel construction assistance.

TITLE XXXVI--ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS

      Sec. 3601. Short title.

      Sec. 3602. Amendments to Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974.

      Sec. 3603. Report on assistance to firefighters.

SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES.

    For purposes of this Act, the term `congressional defense committees' has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.

DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS

TITLE I--PROCUREMENT

Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

      Sec. 101. Army.

      Sec. 102. Navy and Marine Corps.

      Sec. 103. Air Force.

      Sec. 104. Defense-wide activities.

Subtitle B--Army Programs

      Sec. 111. Multiyear procurement authority for the light weight 155-millimeter howitzer program.

      Sec. 112. Light utility helicopter program.

Subtitle C--Navy Programs

      Sec. 121. DDG-51 modernization program.

      Sec. 122. Repeal of authority for pilot program for flexible funding of cruiser conversions and overhauls.

      Sec. 123. LHA(R) amphibious assault ship program.

Subtitle D--Air Force Programs

      Sec. 131. Prohibition of retirement of KC-135E aircraft.

      Sec. 132. Prohibition of retirement of F-117 aircraft.

      Sec. 133. Aerial refueling aircraft acquisition program.

Subtitle E--Other Matters

      Sec. 141. Development of deployable systems to include consideration of force protection in asymmetric threat environments.

      Sec. 142. Allocation of equipment authorized by this title to units deployed, or to be deployed, to Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.

      Sec. 143. Report on options for acquisition of precision-guided munitions.

Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

SEC. 101. ARMY.

    Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2005 for procurement for the Army as follows:

      (1) For aircraft, $2,611,540,000.

      (2) For missiles, $1,307,000,000.

      (3) For weapons and tracked combat vehicles, $1,702,695,000.

      (4) For ammunition, $1,545,702,000.

      (5) For other procurement, $4,345,246,000.

SEC. 102. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS.

    (a) NAVY- Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2005 for procurement for the Navy as follows:

      (1) For aircraft, $8,814,442,000.

      (2) For weapons, including missiles and torpedoes, $2,067,520,000.

      (3) For shipbuilding and conversion, $10,116,827,000.

      (4) For other procurement, $4,633,886,000.

    (b) MARINE CORPS- Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2005 for procurement for the Marine Corps in the amount of $1,268,453,000.

    (c) NAVY AND MARINE CORPS AMMUNITION- Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2005 for procurement of ammunition for the Navy and the Marine Corps in the amount of $878,140,000.

SEC. 103. AIR FORCE.

    Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2005 for procurement for the Air Force as follows:

      (1) For aircraft, $13,228,124,000.

      (2) For ammunition, $1,318,959,000.

      (3) For missiles, $4,548,513,000.

      (4) For other procurement, $12,949,327,000.

SEC. 104. DEFENSE-WIDE ACTIVITIES.

    Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2005 for Defense-wide procurement in the amount of $2,846,583,000.

Subtitle B--Army Programs

SEC. 111. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE LIGHT WEIGHT 155-MILLIMETER HOWITZER PROGRAM.

    The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy may, in accordance with section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, jointly enter into a multiyear contract, beginning with the fiscal year 2005 program year, for procurement of the light weight 155-millimeter howitzer.

SEC. 112. LIGHT UTILITY HELICOPTER PROGRAM.

    (a) LIMITATION- None of the funds authorized to be appropriated under section 101(1) for the procurement of light utility helicopters may be obligated or expended until 30 days after the date on which the Secretary of the Army submits to the congressional defense committees a report that contains--

      (1) the Secretary's certification that all required documentation for the acquisition of light utility helicopters has been completed and approved; and

      (2) an Army aviation modernization plan described in subsection (b).

    (b) ARMY AVIATION MODERNIZATION PLAN- The Army aviation modernization plan referred to in subsection (a)(2) is an updated modernization plan for Army aviation that contains, at a minimum, the following:

      (1) The analysis on which the plan is based.

      (2) A discussion of the Secretary's decision to terminate the Comanche helicopter program and to restructure the aviation force of the Army.

      (3) The actions taken or to be taken to accelerate the procurement and development of aircraft survivability equipment for Army aircraft, together with a detailed list of aircraft survivability equipment that specifies such equipment by platform and by the related programmatic funding for procurement.

      (4) A discussion of the conversion of Apache helicopters to block III configuration, including (A) the rationale for converting only 501 Apache helicopters to that configuration, and (B) the costs associated with a conversion of all Apache helicopters to the block III configuration.

      (5) A discussion of the procurement of light armed reconnaissance helicopters, including (A) the rationale for the requirement for light armed reconnaissance helicopters, and (B) a discussion of the costs associated with upgrading the light armed reconnaissance helicopter to meet Army requirements.

      (6) The rationale for the Army's requirement for light utility helicopters, together with a summary and copy of the analysis of the alternative means for meeting such requirement that the Secretary considered in the determination to procure light utility helicopters, including, at a minimum, the analysis of the alternative of using light armed reconnaissance helicopters and UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters instead of light utility helicopters to meet such requirement.

      (7) The rationale for the procurement of cargo fixed-wing aircraft.

      (8) The rationale for the initiation of a joint multi-role helicopter program.

      (9) A description of the operational employment of the Army's restructured aviation force.

Subtitle C--Navy Programs

SEC. 121. DDG-51 MODERNIZATION PROGRAM.

    (a) Acceleration of Modernization Program- The Secretary of the Navy shall accelerate the program for in-service modernization of the DDG-51 class of destroyers (in this section referred to as the `modernization program').

    (b) Report- Not later than March 31, 2005, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the steps taken as of that date to carry out subsection (a). The report shall--

      (1) describe the elements of the modernization program; and

      (2) specify those elements of the modernization program that are expected to contribute to the goal of reducing the crew size of the DDG-51 class of destroyers by one-third and explain the basis for those expectations.

SEC. 122. REPEAL OF AUTHORITY FOR PILOT PROGRAM FOR FLEXIBLE FUNDING OF CRUISER CONVERSIONS AND OVERHAULS.

    Section 126 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-136; 117 Stat. 1410; 10 U.S.C. 7291 note) is repealed.

SEC. 123. LHA(R) AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIP PROGRAM.

    (a) AUTHORIZATION OF SHIP- The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to procure the first amphibious assault ship of the LHA(R) class, subject to the availability of appropriations for that purpose.

    (b) AUTHORIZED AMOUNT- Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under section 102(a)(3) for fiscal year 2005, $150,000,000 shall be available for the advance procurement and advance construction of components for the first amphibious assault ship of the LHA(R) class. The Secretary of the Navy may enter into a contract or contracts with the shipbuilder and other entities for the advance procurement and advance construction of those components.

Subtitle D--Air Force Programs

SEC. 131. PROHIBITION OF RETIREMENT OF KC-135E AIRCRAFT.

    The Secretary of the Air Force may not retire any KC-135E aircraft of the Air Force in fiscal year 2005.

SEC. 132. PROHIBITION OF RETIREMENT OF F-117 AIRCRAFT.

    No F-117 aircraft in use by the Air Force during fiscal year 2004 may be retired during fiscal year 2005.

SEC. 133. AERIAL REFUELING AIRCRAFT ACQUISITION PROGRAM.

    (a) TERMINATION OF LEASING AUTHORITY- Subsection (a) of section 135 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-136; 117 Stat. 1413; 10 U.S.C. 2401a note) is amended by striking `may lease no more than 20 tanker aircraft' and inserting `shall lease no tanker aircraft'.

    (b) Multiyear Procurement Authority- Subsection (b) of such section is amended--

      (1) in paragraph (1)--

        (A) by striking `Beginning with the fiscal year 2004 program year, the Secretary' and inserting `The Secretary'; and

        (B) by striking `necessary to meet' and all that follows through `is insufficient';

      (2) in paragraph (2), by striking `80' and inserting `100'; and

      (3) by striking paragraph (4).

    (c) STUDY- Subsection (c)(1) of such section is amended by striking `leased under the multiyear aircraft lease pilot program or' in subparagraphs (A) and (B).

    (d) RELATIONSHIP TO PREVIOUS LAW- Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

    `(f) Relationship to Previous Law- The multiyear procurement authority in subsection (b) may not be executed under section 8159 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2002 (division A of Public Law 107-117).'.

Subtitle E--Other Matters

SEC. 141. DEVELOPMENT OF DEPLOYABLE SYSTEMS TO INCLUDE CONSIDERATION OF FORCE PROTECTION IN ASYMMETRIC THREAT ENVIRONMENTS.

    (a) Requirement for Systems Development- The Secretary of Defense shall require that the Department of Defense regulations, directives, and guidance governing the acquisition of covered systems be revised to require that--

      (1) an assessment of warfighter survivability and of system suitability against asymmetric threats shall be performed as part of the development of system requirements for any such system; and

      (2) requirements for key performance parameters for force protection and survivability shall be included as part of the documentation of system requirements for any such system.

    (b) Covered Systems- In this section, the term `covered system' means any of the following systems that is expected to be deployed in an asymmetric threat environment:

      (1) Any manned system.

      (2) Any equipment intended to enhance personnel survivability.

    (c) Inapplicability of Development Requirement to Systems Already Through Development- The revisions pursuant subsection (a) to Department of Defense regulations, directives, and guidance shall not apply to a system that entered low-rate initial production before the date of the enactment of this Act.

    (d) DEADLINE FOR POLICY REVISIONS- The revisions required by subsection (a) to Department of Defense regulations, directives, and guidance shall be made not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 142. ALLOCATION OF EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED BY THIS TITLE TO UNITS DEPLOYED, OR TO BE DEPLOYED, TO OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM OR OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM.

    In allocating equipment acquired using funds authorized to be appropriated by this title to operational units deployed, or scheduled to be deployed, to Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the allocation is made without regard to the status of the units as active, Guard, or reserve component units.

SEC. 143. REPORT ON OPTIONS FOR ACQUISITION OF PRECISION-GUIDED MUNITIONS.

    (a) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT- Not later than March 1, 2005, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on options for the acquisition of precision-guided munitions.

    (b) CONTENT OF REPORT- The report shall include the following:

      (1) A list of the precision-guided munitions in the inventory of the Department of Defense.

      (2) For each such munition--

        (A) the inventory level as of the most recent date that it is feasible to specify when the report is prepared;

        (B) the inventory objective that is necessary to execute the current National Military Strategy prescribed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff;

        (C) the year in which that inventory objective would be expected to be achieved--

          (i) if the munition were procured at the minimum sustained production rate;

          (ii) if the munition were procured at the most economic production rate; and

          (iii) if the munition were procured at the maximum production rate; and

        (D) the procurement cost for each munition (in constant fiscal year 2004 dollars) at each of the production rates specified in subparagraph (C) for each year in the future-years defense program.

TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

      Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.

      Sec. 202. Amount for defense science and technology.

Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations

      Sec. 211. Future Combat Systems program strategy.

      Sec. 212. Collaborative program for research and development of vacuum electronics technologies.

      Sec. 213. Annual Comptroller General report on Joint Strike Fighter program.

      Sec. 214. Amounts for United States Joint Forces Command to be derived only from Defense-wide amounts.

      Sec. 215. Global Positioning System III satellite.

      Sec. 216. Initiation of concept demonstration of Global Hawk high altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle.

      Sec. 217. Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems program.

Subtitle C--Missile Defense Programs

      Sec. 231. Fielding of ballistic missile defense capabilities.

      Sec. 232. Integration of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 and Medium Extended Air Defense System into ballistic missile defense system.

      Sec. 233. Comptroller General assessments of ballistic missile defense programs.

      Sec. 234. Baselines and operational test and evaluation for ballistic missile defense system.

Subtitle D--Other Matters

      Sec. 241. Annual report on submarine technology insertion.

      Sec. 242. Sense of Congress regarding funding of the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise under the National Shipbuilding Research Program of the Navy.

Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2005 for the use of the Department of Defense for research, development, test, and evaluation as follows:

      (1) For the Army, $9,307,248,000.

      (2) For the Navy, $16,200,591,000.

      (3) For the Air Force, $20,432,933,000.

      (4) For Defense-wide activities, $20,556,986,000, of which $304,135,000 is authorized for the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation.

SEC. 202. AMOUNT FOR DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

    (a) Fiscal Year 2005- Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 201, $11,191,600,000 shall be available for the Defense Science and Technology Program, including basic research, applied research, and advanced technology development projects.

    (b) Basic Research, Applied Research, and Advanced Technology Development Defined- For purposes of this section, the term `basic research, applied research, and advanced technology development' means work funded in program elements for defense research and development under Department of Defense category 6.1, 6.2, or 6.3.

Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations

SEC. 211. FUTURE COMBAT SYSTEMS PROGRAM STRATEGY.

    (a) PROGRAM STRATEGY REQUIRED- The Secretary of the Army shall establish and implement a program strategy for the Future Combat Systems acquisition program of the Army. The purpose of the program strategy shall be to provide an effective, affordable, producible, and supportable military capability with a realistic schedule and a robust cost estimate.

    (b) ELEMENTS OF PROGRAM STRATEGY- The program strategy shall--

      (1) require the release, at the design readiness review, of not less than 90 percent of engineering drawings for the building of prototypes;

      (2) require, before facilitating production or contracting for items with long lead times, that an acceptable demonstration be carried out of the performance of the information network, including the performance of the Joint Tactical Radio System and the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical; and

      (3) require, before the initial production decision, that an acceptable demonstration be carried out of the collective capability of each system to meet system-of-systems requirements when integrated with the information network.

    (c) REQUIRED SUBMISSIONS TO CONGRESS- Before convening the Milestone B update for the Future Combat Systems acquisition program required by the Future Combat Systems acquisition decision memorandum, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics shall submit to Congress each of the following documents:

      (1) The cost estimate of the Army with respect to the Future Combat Systems program.

      (2) A report, prepared by an independent panel, on the maturity levels of the critical technologies with respect to the program, including an assessment of those technologies that are likely to require a decision to use an alternative approach.

      (3) A report, prepared by the chief information officer of the Army, describing--

        (A) the status of the development and integration of the network and the command, control, computers, communications, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance components; and

        (B) the progress made toward meeting the requirements for network-centric capabilities as set forth by such officer.

      (4) A report identifying the key performance parameters with respect to the program, with all objectives and thresholds quantified, together with the supporting analytical rationale.

    (d) INDEPENDENT COST ESTIMATE- The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics shall submit to Congress not later than March 1, 2005, an independent cost estimate, prepared by the cost analysis improvement group of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, with respect to the Future Combat Systems program.

    (e) LIMITATION ON FUNDING- (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Army may not obligate, from amounts made available for fiscal year 2005, more than $2,200,000,000 for the Future Combat Systems acquisition program.

    (2) The limitation in paragraph (1) shall not apply after the Secretary of the Army submits to Congress--

      (A) the Secretary's certification that the Secretary has established and implemented the program strategy required by subsection (a); and

      (B) each of the documents specified in subsection (c).

SEC. 212. COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF VACUUM ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGIES.

    (a) PROGRAM REQUIRED- The Secretary of Defense shall establish a program for research and development in advanced vacuum electronics to meet the requirements of Department of Defense systems.

    (b) DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM- The program under subsection (a) shall be carried out collaboratively by the Director of Defense Research and Engineering, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Air Force, the Secretary of the Army, and other appropriate elements of the Department of Defense. The program shall include the following activities:

      (1) Activities needed for development and maturation of advanced vacuum electronics technologies needed to meet the requirements of the Department of Defense.

      (2) Identification of legacy and developmental Department of Defense systems which may make use of advanced vacuum electronics under the program.

    (c) REPORT- Not later than January 31, 2005, the Director of Defense Research and Engineering shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the implementation of the program under subsection (a). The report shall include the following:

      (1) Identification of the organization to have lead responsibility for carrying out the program.

      (2) Assessment of the role of investing in vacuum electronics technologies as part of the overall strategy of the Department of Defense for investing in electronics technologies to meet the requirements of the Department.

      (3) The management plan and schedule for the program and any agreements relating to that plan.

      (4) Identification of the funding required for fiscal year 2006 and for the future-years defense program to carry out the program.

      (5) A list of program capability goals and objectives.

      (6) An outline of the role of basic and applied research in support of the development and maturation of advanced vacuum electronics technologies needed to meet the requirements of the Department of Defense.

      (7) Assessment of global capabilities in vacuum electronics technologies and the effect of those capabilities on the national security and economic competitiveness of the United States.

SEC. 213. ANNUAL COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER PROGRAM.

    (a) Annual GAO Review- The Comptroller General shall conduct an annual review of the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft program and shall, not later than March 15 of each year, submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the results of the most recent review. With each such report, the Comptroller General shall submit a certification as to whether the Comptroller General has had access to sufficient information to enable the Comptroller General to make informed judgments on the matters covered by the report.

    (b) Matters to Be Included- Each report on the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft program under subsection (a) shall include the following with respect to system development and demonstration under the program:

      (1) The extent to which such system development and demonstration is meeting established goals, including the goals established for performance, cost, and schedule.

      (2) The plan for such system development and demonstration (leading to production) for the fiscal year that begins in the year in which the report is submitted.

      (3) The Comptroller General's conclusion regarding whether such system development and demonstration (leading to production) is likely to be completed at a total cost not in excess of the amount specified (or to be specified) for such purpose in the Selected Acquisition report for the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft program under section 2432 of title 10, United States Code, for the first quarter of the fiscal year during which the report of the Comptroller General is submitted.

    (c) Requirement to Support Annual GAO Review- The Secretary of Defense and the prime contractor for the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft program shall provide to the Comptroller General such information on that program as the Comptroller General considers necessary to carry out the responsibilities of the Comptroller General under this section, including such information as is necessary for the purposes of subsection (b)(3).

    (d) Termination- No report is required under this section after the report that, under subsection (a), is required to be submitted not later than March 15, 2009.

SEC. 214. AMOUNTS FOR UNITED STATES JOINT FORCES COMMAND TO BE DERIVED ONLY FROM DEFENSE-WIDE AMOUNTS.

    (a) IN GENERAL- Chapter 9 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

`Sec. 232. United States Joint Forces Command: amounts for research, development, test, and evaluation to be derived only from Defense-wide amounts

    `(a) REQUIREMENT- Amounts for research, development, test, and evaluation for the United States Joint Forces Command shall be derived only from amounts made available to the Department of Defense for Defense-wide research, development, test, and evaluation.

    `(b) SEPARATE DISPLAY IN BUDGET- Any amount in the budget submitted to Congress under section 1105 of title 31 for any fiscal year for research, development, test, and evaluation for the United States Joint Forces Command shall be set forth under the account of the Department of Defense for Defense-wide research, development, test, and evaluation.'.

    (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT- The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

      `232. United States Joint Forces Command: amounts for research, development, test, and evaluation to be derived only from Defense-wide amounts.'.

    (c) APPLICABILITY- Section 232 of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)) applies to fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 2007.

SEC. 215. GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM III SATELLITE.

    Not more than 80 percent of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4) and available for the purpose of research, development, test, and evaluation on the Global Positioning System III satellite may be obligated or expended for that purpose until the Secretary of Defense--

      (1) completes an analysis of alternatives for the satellite and ground architectures, satellite technologies, and tactics, techniques, and procedures for the next generation global positioning system (GPS); and

      (2) submits to the congressional defense committees a report on the results of the analysis, including an assessment of the results of the analysis.

SEC. 216. INITIATION OF CONCEPT DEMONSTRATION OF GLOBAL HAWK HIGH ALTITUDE ENDURANCE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE.

    Section 221(c) of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106-398; 114 Stat. 1654A-40) is amended by striking `March 1, 2001' and inserting `March 1, 2005'.

SEC. 217. JOINT UNMANNED COMBAT AIR SYSTEMS PROGRAM.

    (a) EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE- (1) The Secretary of Defense shall, subject to subsection (b), establish an executive committee and require that executive committee to provide guidance and recommendations for the management of the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems program to the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the personnel who are managing the program for such agency.

    (2) The executive committee established under paragraph (1) shall be composed of the following members:

      (A) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, who shall chair the executive committee.

      (B) The Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition.

      (C) The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition.

      (D) The Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfare Requirements and Programs.

      (E) The Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Force for Air and Space Operations.

      (F) Any additional personnel of the Department of Defense whom the Secretary determines appropriate for membership on the executive committee.

    (b) APPLICABILITY ONLY TO DARPA-MANAGED PROGRAM- The requirements of subsection (a) apply with respect to the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems program only while the program is managed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Subtitle C--Missile Defense Programs

SEC. 231. FIELDING OF BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE CAPABILITIES.

    (a) AUTHORITY- Funds described in subsection (b) may, upon approval by the Secretary of Defense, be used for the development and fielding of ballistic missile defense capabilities.

    (b) COVERED FUNDS- Subsection (a) applies to funds appropriated for fiscal year 2005 or fiscal year 2006 for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Missile Defense Agency.

SEC. 232. INTEGRATION OF PATRIOT ADVANCED CAPABILITY-3 AND MEDIUM EXTENDED AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM INTO BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM.

    (a) RELATIONSHIP TO BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM- The combined program of the Department of the Army known as the Patriot Advanced Capability-3/Medium Extended Air Defense System air and missile defense program (hereinafter in this section referred to as the `PAC-3/MEADS program') is an element of the Ballistic Missile Defense System.

    (b) MANAGEMENT OF CONFIGURATION CHANGES- The Director of the Missile Defense Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of the Army (acting through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) shall ensure that any configuration change for the PAC-3/MEADS program is subject to the configuration control board processes of the Missile Defense Agency so as to ensure integration of the PAC-3/MEADS element with appropriate elements of the Ballistic Missile Defense System.

    (c) REQUIRED PROCEDURES- (1) Except as otherwise directed by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army (acting through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) may make a significant change to the baseline technical specifications or the baseline schedule for the PAC-3/MEADS program only with the concurrence of the Director of the Missile Defense Agency.

    (2) With respect to a proposal by the Secretary of the Army to make a significant change to the procurement quantity (including any quantity in any future block procurement) that, as of the date of such proposal, is planned for the PAC-3/MEADS program, the Secretary of Defense shall establish--

      (A) procedures for a determination of the effect of such change on Ballistic Missile Defense System capabilities and on the cost of the PAC-3/MEADS program; and

      (B) procedures for review of the proposed change by all relevant commands and agencies of the Department of Defense, including determination of the concurrence or nonconcurrence of each such command and agency with respect to such proposed change.

    (d) REPORT- Not later than February 1, 2005, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report describing the procedures developed pursuant to subsection (c)(2).

    (e) DEFINITIONS- For purpose of this section:

      (1) The term `significant change' means, with respect to the PAC-3/MEADS program, a change that would substantially alter the role or contribution of that program in the Ballistic Missile Defense System.

      (2) The term `baseline technical specifications' means, with respect to the PAC-3/MEADS program, those technical specifications for that program that have been approved by the configuration control board of the Missile Defense Agency and are in effect as of the date of the review.

      (3) The term `baseline schedule' means, with respect to the PAC-3/MEADS program, the development and production schedule for the PAC-3/MEADS program in effect at the time of a review of such program conducted pursuant to subsection (b) or (c)(2)(B).

SEC. 233. COMPTROLLER GENERAL ASSESSMENTS OF BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS.

    Section 232(g) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (10 U.S.C. 2431 note) is amended to read as follows:

    `(g) COMPTROLLER GENERAL ASSESSMENT- (1) At the conclusion of each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006, the Comptroller General of the United States shall carry out an assessment of the extent to which the Missile Defense Agency achieved the goals established under subsection (c) for that fiscal year for each ballistic missile defense program of the Department of Defense.

    `(2) Not later than February 15 of each of 2003 through 2007, the Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the Comptroller General's assessment under paragraph (1) with respect to the preceding fiscal year.'.

SEC. 234. BASELINES AND OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION FOR BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM.

    (a) TESTING CRITERIA- Not later than February 1, 2005, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, shall prescribe appropriate criteria for operationally realistic testing of fieldable prototypes developed under the ballistic missile defense spiral development program. The Secretary shall submit a copy of the prescribed criteria to the congressional defense committees.

    (b) USE OF CRITERIA- (1) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that, not later than October 1, 2005, a test of the ballistic missile defense system is conducted consistent with the criteria prescribed under subsection (a).

    (2) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each block configuration of the ballistic missile defense system is tested consistent with the criteria prescribed under subsection (a).

    (c) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAW- Nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt any spiral development program of the Department of Defense, after completion of the spiral development, from the applicability of any provision of chapter 144 of title 10, United States Code, or section 139, 181, 2366, 2399, or 2400 of such title in accordance with the terms and conditions of such provision.

    (d) EVALUATION- (1) The Director of Operational Test and Evaluation shall evaluate the results of each test conducted under subsection (a) as soon as practicable after the completion of such test.

    (2) The Director shall submit to the Secretary of Defense and the congressional defense committees a report on the evaluation of each test conducted under subsection (a) upon completion of the evaluation of such test under paragraph (1).

    (e) COST, SCHEDULE, AND PERFORMANCE BASELINES- (1) The Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall establish cost, schedule, and performance baselines for each block configuration of the Ballistic Missile Defense System being fielded. The cost baseline for a block configuration shall include full life cycle costs for the block configuration.

    (2) The Director shall include the baselines established under paragraph (1) in the first Selected Acquisition Report for the Ballistic Missile Defense System that is submitted to Congress under section 2432 of title 10, United States Code, after the establishment of such baselines.

    (3) The Director shall also include in the Selected Acquisition Report submitted to Congress under paragraph (2) the significant assumptions used in determining the performance baseline under paragraph (1), including any assumptions regarding threat missile countermeasures and decoys.

    (f) VARIATIONS AGAINST BASELINES- In the event the cost, schedule, or performance of any block configuration of the Ballistic Missile Defense System varies significantly (as determined by the Director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Agency) from the applicable baseline established under subsection (d), the Director shall include such variation, and the reasons for such variation, in the Selected Acquisition Report submitted to Congress under section 2432 of title 10, United States Code.

    (g) MODIFICATIONS OF BASELINES- In the event the Director of the Missile Defense Agency elects to undertake any modification of a baseline established under subsection (d), the Director shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth the reasons for such modification.

Subtitle D--Other Matters

SEC. 241. ANNUAL REPORT ON SUBMARINE TECHNOLOGY INSERTION.

    (a) REPORT REQUIRED- (1) For each of fiscal years 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the submarine technologies that are available or potentially available for insertion in submarines of the Navy to reduce the production and operating costs of the submarines while maintaining or improving the effectiveness of the submarines.

    (2) The annual report for a fiscal year under paragraph (1) shall be submitted at the same time that the President submits to Congress the budget for that fiscal year under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code.

    (b) CONTENT- The report on submarine technologies under subsection (a) shall include, for each class of submarines of the Navy, the following matters:

      (1) A list of the technologies that have been demonstrated, together with--

        (A) a plan for the insertion of any such technologies that have been determined appropriate for such submarines; and

        (B) the estimated cost of such technology insertions.

      (2) A list of the technologies that have not been demonstrated, together with a plan for the demonstration of any such technologies that have the potential for being appropriate for such submarines.

SEC. 242. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING FUNDING OF THE ADVANCED SHIPBUILDING ENTERPRISE UNDER THE NATIONAL SHIPBUILDING RESEARCH PROGRAM OF THE NAVY.

    (a) FINDINGS- Congress makes the following findings:

      (1) The budget for fiscal year 2005, as submitted to Congress by the President, provides $10,300,000 for the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise under the National Shipbuilding Research Program of the Navy.

      (2) The Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise is an innovative program to encourage greater efficiency in the national technology and industrial base.

      (3) The leaders of the United States shipbuilding industry have embraced the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise as a method for exploring and collaborating on innovation in shipbuilding and ship repair that collectively benefits all components of the industry.

    (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS- It is the sense of Congress--

      (1) that Congress--

        (A) strongly supports the innovative Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise under the National Shipbuilding Research Program as an enterprise between the Navy and industry that has yielded new processes and techniques that reduce the cost of building and repairing ships in the United States; and

        (B) is concerned that the future-years defense program of the Department of Defense that was submitted to Congress for fiscal year 2005 does not reflect any funding for the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise after fiscal year 2005; and

      (2) that the Secretary of Defense should continue to provide in the future-years defense program for funding the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise at a sustaining level in order to support additional research to further reduce the cost of designing, building, and repairing ships.

TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

      Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding.

      Sec. 302. Working capital funds.

      Sec. 303. Other Department of Defense programs.

Subtitle B--Environmental Provisions

      Sec. 311. Satisfaction of Superfund audit requirements by Inspector General of the Department of Defense.

      Sec. 312. Reimbursement of Environmental Protection Agency for certain costs in connection with Moses Lake Wellfield Superfund Site, Moses Lake, Washington.

      Sec. 313. Increase in authorized amount of environmental remediation, Front Royal, Virginia.

      Sec. 314. Small boat harbor, Unalaska, Alaska.

      Sec. 315. Report regarding encroachment issues affecting Utah Test and Training Range, Utah.

      Sec. 316. Comptroller General study and report on alternative technologies to decontaminate groundwater at Department of Defense installations.

      Sec. 317. Comptroller General study and report on drinking water contamination and related health effects at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

      Sec. 318. Sense of Congress regarding perchlorate contamination of ground and surface water from Department of Defense activities.

Subtitle C--Workplace and Depot Issues

      Sec. 321. Simplification of annual reporting requirements concerning funds expended for depot maintenance and repair workloads.

      Sec. 322. Repeal of annual reporting requirement concerning management of depot employees.

      Sec. 323. Extension of special treatment for certain expenditures incurred in operation of Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence.

      Sec. 324. Temporary authority for contractor performance of security-guard functions.

      Sec. 325. Pilot program for purchase of certain municipal services for Army installations.

      Sec. 326. Bid protests by Federal employees in actions under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76.

      Sec. 327. Limitations on conversion of work performed by Department of Defense civilian employees to contractor performance.

      Sec. 328. Competitive sourcing reporting requirement.

Subtitle D--Information Technology

      Sec. 331. Preparation of Department of Defense plan for transition to Internet Protocol version 6.

      Sec. 332. Defense business enterprise architecture, system accountability, and conditions for obligation of funds for defense business system modernization.

      Sec. 333. Report on maturity and effectiveness of the Global Information Grid Bandwidth Expansion (GIG-BE).

Subtitle E--Extensions of Program Authorities

      Sec. 341. Two-year extension of Department of Defense telecommunications benefit.

      Sec. 342. Extension of Arsenal Support Program Initiative.

      Sec. 343. Two-year extension of warranty claims recovery pilot program.

Subtitle F--Other Matters

      Sec. 351. Reimbursement for certain protective, safety, or health equipment purchased by or for members of the Armed Forces deployed in contingency operations.

      Sec. 352. Limitation on preparation or implementation of Mid-Range Financial Improvement Plan pending report.

      Sec. 353. Pilot program to authorize Army working-capital funded facilities to engage in cooperative activities with non-Army entities.

      Sec. 354. Transfer of excess Department of Defense personal property to assist firefighting agencies.

Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

SEC. 301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING.

    Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2005 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and maintenance, in amounts as follows:

      (1) For the Army, $26,098,411,000.

      (2) For the Navy, $29,682,590,000.

      (3) For the Marine Corps, $3,648,115,000.

      (4) For the Air Force, $28,298,660,000.

      (5) For Defense-wide activities, $17,325,276,000.

      (6) For the Army Reserve, $2,008,128,000.

      (7) For the Naval Reserve, $1,240,038,000.

      (8) For the Marine Corps Reserve, $188,696,000

      (9) For the Air Force Reserve, $2,239,790,000

      (10) For the Army National Guard, $4,452,786,000.

      (11) For the Air National Guard, $4,503,338,000.

      (12) For the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, $10,825,000.

      (13) For Environmental Restoration, Army, $400,948,000.

      (14) For Environmental Restoration, Navy, $266,820,000.

      (15) For Environmental Restoration, Air Force, $397,368,000.

      (16) For Environmental Restoration, Defense-wide, $23,684,000

      (17) For Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites, $256,516,000.

      (18) For Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid programs, $59,000,000.

      (19) For Cooperative Threat Reduction programs, $409,200,000.

      (20) For the Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund, $10,000,000.

SEC. 302. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS.

    Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2005 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for providing capital for working capital and revolving funds in amounts as follows:

      (1) For the Defense Working Capital Funds, $451,886,000.

      (2) For the National Defense Sealift Fund, $1,269,252,000.

      (3) For the Defense Working Capital Fund, Defense Commissary, $1,175,000,000.

SEC. 303. OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS.

    (a) Defense Health Program- Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2005 for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for the Defense Health Program, in the amount of $17,657,386,000, of which--

      (1) $17,219,844,000 is for Operation and Maintenance;

      (2) $72,907,000 is for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation; and

      (3) $364,635,000 is for Procurement.

    (b) Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense- (1) Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2005 for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense, in the amount of $1,371,990,000, of which--

      (A) $1,088,801,000 is for Operation and Maintenance;

      (B) $204,209,000 is for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation; and

      (C) $78,980,000 is for Procurement.

    (2) Amounts authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (1) are authorized for--

      (A) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions in accordance with section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521); and

      (B) the destruction of chemical warfare materiel of the United States that is not covered by section 1412 of such Act.

    (c) Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide- Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2005 for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide, in the amount of $852,947,000.

    (d) DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL- Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2005 for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, in the amount of $204,562,000, of which--

      (1) $202,362,000 is for Operation and Maintenance;

      (2) $2,100,000 is for Procurement; and

      (3) $100,000 is for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation.

Subtitle B--Environmental Provisions

SEC. 311. SATISFACTION OF SUPERFUND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS BY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

    (a) SATISFACTION OF REQUIREMENTS- The Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall be deemed to be in compliance with the requirements of section 111(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9611(k)) if the Inspector General conducts periodic audits of the payments, obligations, reimbursements, and other uses of the Hazardous Substance Superfund by the Department of Defense, even if such audits do not occur on an annual basis.

    (b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON AUDITS- The Inspector General shall submit to Congress a report on each audit conducted by the Inspector General as described in subsection (a).

SEC. 312. REIMBURSEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY FOR CERTAIN COSTS IN CONNECTION WITH MOSES LAKE WELLFIELD SUPERFUND SITE, MOSES LAKE, WASHINGTON.

    (a) AUTHORITY TO REIMBURSE- (1) Using funds described in subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense may transfer not more than $524,926.54 to the Moses Lake Wellfield Superfund Site 10-6J Special Account.

    (2) The payment under paragraph (1) is to reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency for its costs, including interest, incurred in overseeing a remedial investigation/feasibility study performed by the Department of the Army under the Defense Environmental Restoration Program at the former Larson Air Force Base, Moses Lake Superfund Site, Moses Lake, Washington.

    (3) The reimbursement described in paragraph (2) is provided for in the interagency agreement entered into by the Department of the Army and the Environmental Protection Agency for the Moses Lake Wellfield Superfund Site in March 1999.

    (b) SOURCE OF FUNDS- Any payment under subsection (a) shall be made using funds authorized to be appropriated by section 301(17) for operation and maintenance for Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites.

    (c) USE OF FUNDS- The Environmental Protection Agency shall use the amount transferred under subsection (a) to pay costs incurred by the Agency at the Moses Lake Wellfield Superfund Site.

SEC. 313. INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED AMOUNT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION, FRONT ROYAL, VIRGINIA.

    Section 591(a)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-53; 113 Stat. 378) is amended by striking `$12,000,000' and inserting `$22,000,000'.

SEC. 314. SMALL BOAT HARBOR, UNALASKA, ALASKA.

    The Secretary of the Army shall carry out the small boat harbor project in Unalaska, Alaska, at a total estimated cost of $23,200,000, with an estimated Federal cost of $11,500,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of $11,700,000, substantially in accordance with the plans, and subject to the conditions, recommended in a final report of the Chief of Engineers if a favorable final report of the Chief for the project is completed not later than December 31, 2004.

SEC. 315. REPORT REGARDING ENCROACHMENT ISSUES AFFECTING UTAH TEST AND TRAINING RANGE, UTAH.

    (a) Report Required- The Secretary of the Air Force shall prepare a report that outlines current and anticipated encroachments on the use and utility of the special use airspace of the Utah Test and Training Range in the State of Utah, including encroachments brought about through actions of other Federal agencies. The Secretary shall include in the report such recommendations as the Secretary considers appropriate regarding any legislative initiatives necessary to address encroachment problems identified by the Secretary in the report.

    (b) Submission of Report- Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit the report to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. It is the sense of Congress that the recommendations contained in the report should be carefully considered for future legislative action.

    (c) PROHIBITION ON GROUND MILITARY OPERATIONS- Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit a military operation to be conducted on the ground in a covered wilderness study area in the Utah Test and Training Range.

    (d) COMMUNICATIONS AND TRACKING SYSTEMS- Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any required maintenance of existing communications, instrumentation, or electronic tracking systems (or the infrastructure supporting such systems) necessary for effective testing and training to meet military requirements in the Utah Test and Training Range.

SEC. 316. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY AND REPORT ON ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES TO DECONTAMINATE GROUNDWATER AT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS.

    (a) COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY- The Comptroller General shall conduct a study to determine whether cost-effective technologies are available to the Department of Defense for the cleanup of groundwater contamination at Department installations in lieu of traditional methods, such as pump and treat, used to respond to groundwater contamination.

    (b) ELEMENTS OF STUDY- In conducting the study under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall--

      (1) identify current technologies being used or field tested by the Department of Defense to treat groundwater at Department installations;

      (2) identify cost-effective technologies for the cleanup of groundwater contamination that--

        (A) are being researched, are under development by commercial vendors, or are available commercially and being used outside the Department; and

        (B) have potential for use by the Department to address groundwater contamination;

      (3) evaluate the potential benefits and limitations of using the technologies identified under paragraphs (1) and (2); and

      (4) consider the barriers, such as cost, capability, or legal restrictions, to using the technologies identified under paragraph (2).

    (c) REPORT REQUIRED- Not later than April 1, 2005, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report containing the results of the study, including information regarding the matters specified in subsection (b) and any recommendations, including recommendations for administrative or legislative action, that the Comptroller General considers appropriate.

SEC. 317. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY AND REPORT ON DRINKING WATER CONTAMINATION AND RELATED HEALTH EFFECTS AT CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA.

    (a) STUDY- The Comptroller General shall conduct a study on drinking water contamination and related health effects at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The study shall consist of the following:

      (1) A study of the history of drinking water contamination at Camp Lejeune to determine, to the extent practical--

        (A) what contamination has been found in the drinking water;

        (B) the source of such contamination and when it may have begun; and

        (C) what actions have been taken to address such contamination.

      (2) An assessment of the study on the possible health effects associated with the drinking of contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune as proposed by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry of the Department of Health and Human Services, including whether the proposed study--

        (A) will address the appropriate at-risk populations;

        (B) will encompass an appropriate timeframe;

        (C) will consider all relevant health effects; and

        (D) can be completed on an expedited basis without compromising its quality.

    (b) AUTHORITY TO USE EXPERTS- The Comptroller General may use experts in conducting the study required by subsection (a). Any such experts shall be independent, highly qualified, and knowledgeable in the matters covered by the study.

    (c) PARTICIPATION BY OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES- In conducting the study required by subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall ensure that interested parties, including individuals who lived or worked at Camp Lejeune during the period when the drinking water may have been contaminated, have the opportunity to submit information and views on the matters covered by the study.

    (d) CONSTRUCTION WITH ATSDR STUDY- The requi