106 th Congress 1st Session
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Report
106 371
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2000, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
CONFERENCE REPORT
to accompany
H.R. 2561
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October 8, 1999.--Ordered to be printed
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR ENDING
SEPTEMBER 30, 2000, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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1999
106 th Congress 1st Session
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Report
106 371
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2000, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
CONFERENCE REPORT
to accompany
H.R. 2561
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October 8, 1999.--Ordered to be printed
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106 th Congress
Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session
106 371
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2000, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
October 8, 1999.--Ordered to be printed
Mr. Lewis of California, from the committee of conference, submitted
the following
CONFERENCE REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2561]
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two
Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2561) ``making
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2000, and for other purposes'', having met, after full and
free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their
respective Houses as follows:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the
Senate, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows:
In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said amendment, insert:
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2000, for military functions administered by the
Department of Defense, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
MILITARY PERSONNEL
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all
expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of
the Army on active duty (except members of reserve components provided
for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; and for payments pursuant
to section 156 of Public Law 97 377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), to
section 229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), and to the
Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $22,006,361,000.
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all
expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of
the Navy on active duty (except members of the Reserve provided for
elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation cadets; and for payments pursuant
to section 156 of Public Law 97 377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), to
section 229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), and to the
Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $17,258,823,000.
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all
expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of
the Marine Corps on active duty (except members of the Reserve provided
for elsewhere); and for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law
97 377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), to section 229(b) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), and to the Department of Defense
Military Retirement Fund, $6,555,403,000.
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all
expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of
the Air Force on active duty (except members of reserve components
provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; and for payments
pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97 377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402
note), to section 229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)),
and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund,
$17,861,803,000.
RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and
related expenses for personnel of the Army Reserve on active duty under
sections 10211, 10302, and 3038 of title 10, United States Code, or
while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United
States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve
training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty,
and for members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and expenses
authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for
payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund,
$2,289,996,000.
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and
related expenses for personnel of the Navy Reserve on active duty under
section 10211 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on
active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in
connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of title
10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve training, or while
performing drills or equivalent duty, and for members of the Reserve
Officers' Training Corps, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of
title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Department of
Defense Military Retirement Fund, $1,473,388,000.
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and
related expenses for personnel of the Marine Corps Reserve on active
duty under section 10211 of title 10, United States Code, or while
serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States
Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a)
of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve training,
or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and for members of the
Marine Corps platoon leaders class, and expenses authorized by section
16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the
Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $412,650,000.
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and
related expenses for personnel of the Air Force Reserve on active duty
under sections 10211, 10305, and 8038 of title 10, United States Code,
or while serving on
active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States
Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a)
of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve training,
or while performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and for
members of the Air Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and expenses
authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for
payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund,
$892,594,000.
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and
related expenses for personnel of the Army National Guard while on duty
under section 10211, 10302, or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title
32, United States Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d)
of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, in
connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of title
10, United States Code, or while undergoing training, or while
performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses
authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for
payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund,
$3,610,479,000.
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and
related expenses for personnel of the Air National Guard on duty under
section 10211, 10305, or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32,
United States Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of
title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, in
connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of title
10, United States Code, or while undergoing training, or while
performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses
authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for
payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund,
$1,533,196,000.
TITLE II
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation
and maintenance of the Army, as authorized by law; and not to exceed
$10,624,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to
be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Army,
and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for
confidential military purposes, $19,256,152,000 and, in addition,
$50,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the National Defense
Stockpile Transaction Fund: Provided , That of the funds made available
under this heading, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended,
shall be transferred to ``National Park Service--Construction'' within
30 days of enactment of this Act, only for necessary infrastructure
repair improvements at Fort Baker, under the management of the Golden
Gate Recreation Area: Provided further , That of the funds appropriated
in this paragraph, not less than $355,000,000 shall be made available
only for conventional ammunition care and maintenance: Provided further
, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $4,000,000 shall
not be available until thirty days after the Secretary of the Army
provides to the congressional defense committees the results of an
assessment, solicited by means of a competitive bid, on the prospects of
recovering costs associated with the environmental restoration of the
Department of the Army's government-owned, contractor-operated
facilities: Provided further , That of the funds made available under
this heading, $7,000,000 shall only be available to the Secretary of the
Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, only for demolition and
removal of facilities, buildings, and structures used at MOTBY (a
Military Traffic Management Command facility): Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 2215 of title 10, United States Code, of the
funds appropriated in this paragraph, $975,666 is authorized to be
transferred to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets
in the United States, to remain available until March 31, 2001.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine Corps, as
authorized by law; and not to exceed $5,155,000 can be used for
emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval
or authority of the Secretary of the Navy, and payments may be made on
his certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes,
$22,958,784,000 and, in addition, $50,000,000 shall be derived by
transfer from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation
and maintenance of the Marine Corps, as authorized by law,
$2,808,354,000.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation
and maintenance of the Air Force, as authorized by law; and not to
exceed $7,882,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary
expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary
of the Air Force, and payments may be made on his certificate of
necessity for confidential military purposes, $20,896,959,000 and, in
addition, $50,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the National
Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, of the funds available under this heading,
$950,000 shall only be available to the Secretary of the Air Force for a
grant to Florida Memorial College for the purpose of funding minority
aviation training.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation
and maintenance of activities and agencies of the Department of Defense
(other than the military departments), as authorized by law,
$11,489,483,000, of which not to exceed $25,000,000 may be available for
the CINC initiative fund account; and of which not to exceed $32,300,000
can be used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended
on the approval or authority of the Secretary of Defense, and payments
may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential military
purposes: Provided , That of the amount appropriated under the heading
``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' in division B, title I, of
Public Law 105 277, the amount of $202,000,000 not covered as of July
12, 1999, by an official budget request under the fifth proviso of that
section is available, subject to such an official budget request for
that entire amount, only for the following accounts in the specified
amounts:
``Other Procurement, Air Force'', $102,000,000; and
``Procurement, Defense-Wide'', $100,000,000:
Provided further , That none of the amount of $202,000,000 described
in the preceding proviso may be made available for obligation unless the
entire amount is released to the Department of Defense and made
available for obligation for the accounts, and in the amounts, specified
in the preceding proviso: Provided further , That of the amounts
provided under this heading, $20,000,000 to remain available until
expended, is available only for expenses relating to certain classified
activities, and may be transferred as necessary by the Secretary of
Defense to operation and maintenance, procurement, and research,
development, test and evaluation appropriations accounts, to be merged
with and to be available for the same time period as the appropriations
to which transferred: Provided further , That the transfer authority
provided under this heading is in addition to any other transfer
authority provided in this Act: Provided further , That of the funds
made available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be available only
for retrofitting security containers that are under the control of, or
that are accessible by, defense contractors.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation
and maintenance, including training, organization, and administration,
of the Army Reserve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of
passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead;
recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and
communications, $1,469,176,000.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation
and maintenance, including training, organization, and administration,
of the Navy Reserve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of
passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead;
recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and
communications, $958,978,000.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation
and maintenance, including training, organization, and administration,
of the Marine Corps Reserve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of
passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead;
recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and
communications, $138,911,000.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation
and maintenance, including training, organization, and administration,
of the Air Force Reserve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of
passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead;
recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and
communications, $1,782,591,000.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the Army
National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment and related
expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs
to structures and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles;
personnel services in the National Guard Bureau; travel expenses (other
than mileage), as authorized by law for Army personnel on active duty,
for Army National Guard division, regimental, and battalion commanders
while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard Bureau
regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, National Guard
Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army National Guard as authorized by
law; and expenses of repair, modification, maintenance, and issue of
supplies and equipment (including aircraft), $3,161,378,000.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD
For operation and maintenance of the Air National Guard, including
medical and hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal
hospitals; maintenance, operation, repair, and other necessary expenses
of facilities for the training and administration of the Air National
Guard, including repair of facilities, maintenance, operation, and
modification of aircraft; transportation of things, hire of passenger
motor vehicles; supplies, materials, and equipment, as authorized by law
for the Air National Guard; and expenses incident to the maintenance and
use of supplies, materials, and equipment, including such as may be
furnished from stocks under the control of agencies of the Department of
Defense; travel expenses
(other than mileage) on the same basis as authorized by law
for Air National Guard personnel on active Federal duty, for Air
National Guard commanders while inspecting units in compliance with
National Guard Bureau regulations when specifically authorized by the
Chief, National Guard Bureau, $3,241,138,000.
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS TRANSFER FUND
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses directly relating to Overseas Contingency Operations by
United States military forces, $1,722,600,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided , That the Secretary of Defense may transfer these
funds only to operation and maintenance accounts within this title, the
Defense Health Program appropriation, and to working capital funds:
Provided further , That the funds transferred shall be merged with and
shall be available for the same purposes and for the same time period,
as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided further , That upon
a determination that all or part of the funds transferred from this
appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such
amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided further
, That the transfer authority provided in this paragraph is in addition
to any other transfer authority contained elsewhere in this Act.
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES
For salaries and expenses necessary for the United States Court of
Appeals for the Armed Forces, $7,621,000, of which not to exceed $2,500
can be used for official representation purposes.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY
(including transfer of funds)
For the Department of the Army, $378,170,000, to remain available
until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the Army shall, upon
determining that such funds are required for environmental restoration,
reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings
and debris of the Department of the Army, or for similar purposes,
transfer the funds made available by this appropriation to other
appropriations made available to the Department of the Army, to be
merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same
time period as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided
further, That upon a determination that all or part of the funds
transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes
provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this
appropriation.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY
(including transfer of funds)
For the Department of the Navy, $284,000,000, to remain available
until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy shall, upon
determining that such funds are required for environmental restoration,
reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings
and debris of the Department of the Navy, or for similar purposes,
transfer the funds made available by this appropriation to other
appropriations made available to the Department of the Navy, to be
merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same
time period as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided
further, That upon a determination that all or part of the funds
transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes
provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this
appropriation.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE
(including transfer of funds)
For the Department of the Air Force, $376,800,000, to remain
available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the Air
Force shall, upon determining that such funds are required for
environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste,
removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department of the Air
Force, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by
this appropriation to other appropriations made available to the
Department of the Air Force, to be merged with and to be available for
the same purposes and for the same time period as the appropriations to
which transferred: Provided further, That upon a determination that all
or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not
necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be
transferred back to this appropriation.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE
(including transfer of funds)
For the Department of Defense, $25,370,000, to remain available
until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall, upon
determining that such funds are required for environmental restoration,
reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings
and debris of the Department of Defense, or for similar purposes,
transfer the funds made available by this appropriation to other
appropriations made available to the Department of Defense, to be merged
with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same time
period as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided further,
That upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred from
this appropriation are not
necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may
be transferred back to this appropriation.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED DEFENSE SITES
(including transfer of funds)
For the Department of the Army, $239,214,000, to remain available
until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the Army shall, upon
determining that such funds are required for environmental restoration,
reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings
and debris at sites formerly used by the Department of Defense, transfer
the funds made available by this appropriation to other appropriations
made available to the Department of the Army, to be merged with and to
be available for the same purposes and for the same time period as the
appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That upon a
determination that all or part of the funds transferred from this
appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such
amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation.
OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID
For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and
Civic Aid programs of the Department of Defense (consisting of the
programs provided under sections 401, 402, 404, 2547, and 2551 of title
10, United States Code), $55,800,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2001.
FORMER SOVIET UNION THREAT REDUCTION
For assistance to the republics of the former Soviet Union,
including assistance provided by contract or by grants, for facilitating
the elimination and the safe and secure transportation and storage of
nuclear, chemical and other weapons; for establishing programs to
prevent the proliferation of weapons, weapons components, and
weapon-related technology and expertise; for programs relating to the
training and support of defense and military personnel for
demilitarization and protection of weapons, weapons components and
weapons technology and expertise, $460,500,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2002: Provided, That of the amounts provided under
this heading, $25,000,000 shall be available only to support the
dismantling and disposal of nuclear submarines and submarine reactor
components in the Russian Far East.
QUALITY OF LIFE ENHANCEMENTS, DEFENSE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, resulting from unfunded
shortfalls in the repair and maintenance of real property of the
Department of Defense (including military housing and barracks),
$300,000,000, for the maintenance of real property of the Department of
Defense (including minor construction and major maintenance and repair),
which shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 2001, as
follows:
Army, $77,000,000;
Navy, $77,000,000;
Marine Corps, $58,500,000;
Air Force, $77,000,000; and
Defense-Wide, $10,500,000:
Provided , That notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the
funds appropriated under this heading for Defense-Wide activities, the
entire amount shall only be available for grants by the Secretary of
Defense to local educational authorities which maintain primary and
secondary educational facilities located within Department of Defense
installations, and which are used primarily by Department of Defense
military and civilian dependents, for facility repairs and improvements
to such educational facilities: Provided further , That such grants to
local educational authorities may be made for repairs and improvements
to such educational facilities as required to meet classroom size
requirements: Provided further , That the cumulative amount of any grant
or grants to any single local educational authority provided pursuant to
the provisions under this heading shall not exceed $1,500,000.
PENTAGON RENOVATION TRANSFER FUND
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, resulting from the
Department of Defense renovation of the Pentagon Reservation,
$222,800,000, for the renovation of the Pentagon Reservation, which
shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 2001.
TITLE III
PROCUREMENT
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and
modernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance, ground
handling equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized
equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private plants,
including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and
such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and
private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned
equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing
purposes, $1,451,688,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2002.
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and
modernization of missiles, equipment, including ordnance, ground
handling equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized
equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private plants,
including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and
such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and
private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned
equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing
purposes, $1,322,305,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2002.
PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES, ARMY
For construction, procurement, production, and modification of
weapons and tracked combat vehicles, equipment, including ordnance,
spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and
training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including the
land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and
interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon
prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of
equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants;
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and
other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $1,586,490,000, to
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2002.
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY
For construction, procurement, production, and modification of
ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training
devices; expansion of public and private plants, including ammunition
facilities authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code,
and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and
private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned
equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing
purposes, $1,204,120,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2002.
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY
For construction, procurement, production, and modification of
vehicles, including tactical, support, and non-tracked combat vehicles;
the purchase of not to exceed 36 passenger motor vehicles for
replacement only; and the purchase of 3 vehicles required for physical
security of personnel, notwithstanding price limitations applicable to
passenger vehicles but not to exceed $200,000 per vehicle;
communications and electronic equipment; other support equipment; spare
parts, ordnance, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and
training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including the
land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and
interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon
prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of
equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants;
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and
other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $3,738,934,000, to
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2002.
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and
modernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance, spare parts,
and accessories therefor; specialized equipment; expansion of public and
private plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such lands
and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted
thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of
equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants;
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway,
$8,662,655,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30,
2002.
WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and
modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weapons, and related support
equipment including spare parts, and accessories therefor; expansion of
public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, and
such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and
private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned
equipment layaway, $1,383,413,000, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2002.
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS
For construction, procurement, production, and modification of
ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training
devices; expansion of public and private plants, including ammunition
facilities authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code,
and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and
private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned
equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing
purposes, $525,200,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2002.
SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY
For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisition, or
conversion of vessels as authorized by law, including armor and armament
thereof, plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools and installation
thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and
contractor-owned equipment layaway; procurement of critical, long
leadtime components and designs for vessels to be constructed or
converted in the future; and expansion of public and private plants,
including land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein,
may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval
of title, as follows:
NSSN (AP), $748,497,000;
CVN 77 (AP), $751,540,000;
CVN Refuelings (AP), $345,565,000;
DDG 51 destroyer program, $2,681,653,000;
LPD 17 amphibious transport dock ship, $1,508,338,000;
LHD 8 (AP), $375,000,000;
ADC(X), $439,966,000;
LCAC landing craft air cushion program, $31,776,000; and
For craft, outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and first
destination transportation, $171,119,000;
In all: $7,053,454,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2004: Provided , That additional obligations may be
incurred after September 30, 2004, for engineering services, tests,
evaluations, and other such budgeted work that must be performed in the
final stage of ship construction: Provided further , That none of the
funds provided under this heading for the construction or conversion of
any naval vessel to be constructed in shipyards in the United States
shall be expended in foreign facilities for the construction of major
components of such vessel: Provided further , That none of the funds
provided under this heading shall be used for the construction of any
naval vessel in foreign shipyards: Provided further, That the Secretary
of the Navy is hereby granted the authority to enter into a contract for
an LHD 1 Amphibious Assault Ship which shall be funded on an incremental
basis.
OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY
For procurement, production, and modernization of support equipment
and materials not otherwise provided for, Navy ordnance (except ordnance
for new aircraft, new ships, and ships authorized for conversion); the
purchase of not to exceed 50 passenger motor vehicles for replacement
only; expansion of public and private plants, including the land
necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be
acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of
title; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government
and contractor-owned equipment layaway, $4,320,238,000, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 2002.
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and
modification of missiles, armament, military equipment, spare parts, and
accessories therefor; plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools,
and installation thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; vehicles for the
Marine Corps, including the purchase of not to exceed 43 passenger motor
vehicles for replacement only; and expansion of public and private
plants, including land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests
therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to
approval of title, $1,300,920,000, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2002.
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
For construction, procurement, lease, and modification of aircraft
and equipment, including armor and armament, specialized ground handling
equipment, and training devices, spare parts, and accessories therefor;
specialized equipment; expansion of public and private plants,
Government-owned equipment and installation thereof in such plants,
erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for the foregoing
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; reserve
plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other
expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes including rents and
transportation of things, $8,228,630,000, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2002.
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
For construction, procurement, and modification of missiles,
spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, including spare parts and
accessories therefor, ground handling equipment, and training devices;
expansion of public and private plants, Government-owned equipment and
installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and
acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and
interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon
prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Government and
contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the
foregoing purposes including rents and transportation of things,
$2,211,407,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30,
2002.
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE
For construction, procurement, production, and modification of
ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training
devices; expansion of public and private plants, including ammunition
facilities authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code,
and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and
private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned
equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary
for the foregoing purposes, $442,537,000, to remain available
for obligation until September 30, 2002.
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
For procurement and modification of equipment (including ground
guidance and electronic control equipment, and ground electronic and
communication equipment), and supplies, materials, and spare parts
therefor, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of not to exceed 53
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; lease of passenger motor
vehicles; and expansion of public and private plants, Government-owned
equipment and installation thereof in such plants, erection of
structures, and acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and
such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction
prosecuted thereon, prior to approval of title; reserve plant and
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway, $7,146,157,000, to
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2002.
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of Defense
(other than the military departments) necessary for procurement,
production, and modification of equipment, supplies, materials, and
spare parts therefor, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of not to
exceed 103 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; the purchase
of 7 vehicles required for physical security of personnel,
notwithstanding price limitations applicable to passenger vehicles but
not to exceed $250,000 per vehicle; expansion of public and private
plants, equipment, and installation thereof in such plants, erection of
structures, and acquisition of land for the foregoing purposes, and such
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway, $2,249,566,000, to
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2002: Provided ,
That of the funds available under this heading, not less than
$39,491,000, including $6,000,000 derived by transfer from ``Research,
Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'', shall be available
only to support Electronic Commerce Resource Centers.
NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT
For procurement of aircraft, missiles, tracked combat vehicles,
ammunition, other weapons, and other procurement for the reserve
components of the Armed Forces, $150,000,000, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2002: Provided , That the Chiefs of the
Reserve and National Guard components shall, not later than 30 days
after the enactment of this Act, individually submit
to the congressional defense committees the modernization
priority assessment for their respective Reserve or National Guard
component.
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES
For activities by the Department of Defense pursuant to sections 108,
301, 302, and 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App.
2078, 2091, 2092, and 2093), $3,000,000 only for microwave power tubes
and to remain available until expended.
TITLE IV
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research,
development, test and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilitation,
lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, $5,266,601,000, to
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2001.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research,
development, test and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilitation,
lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, $9,110,326,000, to
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2001: Provided ,
That funds appropriated in this paragraph which are available for the V
22 may be used to meet unique requirements of the Special Operation
Forces: Provided further , That of the funds available under this
heading, no more than $7,000,000 shall be available only to initiate a
cost improvement program for the Intercooled Recuperated Gas Turbine
Engine program: Provided further , That the funds identified in the
immediately preceding proviso shall be made available only if the
Secretary of the Navy certifies to the congressional defense committees
that binding commitments to finance the remaining cost of the ICR cost
improvement program have been secured from non-federal sources: Provided
further , That should the Secretary of the Navy fail to make the
certification required in the immediately preceding proviso by July 31,
2000, the Secretary shall make the funds subject to such certification
available for DD 21 ship propulsion risk reduction: Provided further ,
That the Department of Defense shall not pay more than one-third of the
cost of the Intercooled Recuperated Gas Turbine Engine cost improvement
program.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research,
development, test and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilitation,
lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, $13,674,537,000, to
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2001.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE-WIDE
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of Defense
(other than the military departments), necessary for basic and applied
scientific research, development, test and evaluation; advanced research
projects as may be designated and determined by the Secretary of
Defense, pursuant to law; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and
operation of facilities and equipment, $9,256,705,000, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 2001: Provided , That of
the amount appropriated in section 102 of division B, title I, of Public
Law 105 277 (112 Stat. 2681 558), the amount of $230,000,000 not covered
as of July 12, 1999, by an official budget request under the third
proviso of that section is available, subject to such an official budget
request for that entire amount, only for the following programs in the
specified amounts:
``Theater High-Altitude Area Defense System--TMD EMD'', $38,000,000;
``PATRIOT PAC 3 Theater Missile Defense Acquisition--EMD'',
$75,000,000; and
``National Missile Defense Dem/Val'', $117,000,000:
Provided further , That none of the amount of $230,000,000 described
in the preceding proviso may be made available for obligation unless the
entire amount is released to the Department of Defense and made
available for obligation for the programs, and in the amounts, specified
in the preceding proviso.
DEVELOPMENTAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, of independent activities
of the Director, Test and Evaluation in the direction and supervision of
developmental test and evaluation, including performance and joint
developmental testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in
connection therewith, $265,957,000, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2001.
OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
independent activities of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation
in the direction and supervision of operational test and evaluation,
including initial operational test and evaluation which is conducted
prior to, and in support of, production decisions; joint operational
testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in connection
therewith, $31,434,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2001.
TITLE V
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS
For the Defense Working Capital Funds, $90,344,000: Provided , That
during fiscal year 2000, funds in the Defense Working Capital Funds may
be used for the purchase of not to exceed 295 passenger motor vehicles
for replacement only for the Defense Security Service.
NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND
For National Defense Sealift Fund programs, projects, and activities,
and for expenses of the National Defense Reserve Fleet, as established
by section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (50 U.S.C. App.
1744), $717,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided , That
none of the funds provided in this paragraph shall be used to award a
new contract that provides for the acquisition of any of the following
major components unless such components are manufactured in the United
States: auxiliary equipment, including pumps, for all shipboard
services; propulsion system components (that is; engines, reduction
gears, and propellers); shipboard cranes; and spreaders for shipboard
cranes: Provided further , That the exercise of an option in a contract
awarded through the obligation of previously appropriated funds shall
not be considered to be the award of a new contract: Provided further ,
That the Secretary of the military department responsible for such
procurement may waive the restrictions in the first proviso on a
case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate that
adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet Department of
Defense requirements on a timely basis and that such an acquisition must
be made in order to acquire capability for national security purposes.
TITLE VI
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical and health
care programs of the Department of Defense, as authorized by law,
$11,154,617,000, of which $10,522,647,000 shall be for Operation and
maintenance, of which not to exceed 2 per centum shall remain available
until September 30, 2001; of which $356,970,000, to remain available for
obligation until September 30,
2002, shall be for Procurement; and of which $275,000,000, to
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2001, shall be for
Research, development, test and evaluation.
CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, ARMY
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal chemical agents and
munitions in accordance with the provisions of section 1412 of the
Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for
the destruction of other chemical warfare materials that are not in the
chemical weapon stockpile, $1,029,000,000, of which $543,500,000 shall
be for Operation and maintenance to remain available until September 30,
2001, $191,500,000 shall be for Procurement to remain available until
September 30, 2002, and $294,000,000 shall be for Research, development,
test and evaluation to remain available until September 30, 2001:
Provided, That of the funds available under this heading, $1,000,000
shall be available until expended each year only for a Johnston Atoll
off-island leave program: Provided further, That the Secretaries
concerned shall, pursuant to uniform regulations, prescribe travel and
transportation allowances for travel by participants in the off-island
leave program.
DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE
(including transfer of funds)
For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of the Department
of Defense, for transfer to appropriations available to the Department
of Defense for military personnel of the reserve components serving
under the provisions of title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for
Operation and maintenance; for Procurement; and for Research,
development, test and evaluation, $847,800,000: Provided , That of the
funds appropriated under this heading, $10,800,000 is hereby transferred
to appropriations available for ``Military Construction, Air Force'' for
fiscal year 2000, and the transferred funds shall be available for
study, planning, design, architect and engineer services at forward
operating locations in the area of responsibility of the United States
Southern Command: Provided further , That the funds appropriated under
this heading shall be available for obligation for the same time period
and for the same purpose as the appropriation to which transferred:
Provided further , That the transfer authority provided under this
heading is in addition to any transfer authority contained elsewhere in
this Act.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses and activities of the Office of the Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, $137,544,000, of which $136,244,000 shall be for Operation and
maintenance, of which not to exceed $700,000 is available for
emergencies and extraordinary expenses to be expended on the approval or
authority of the Inspector General, and payments may be made on the
Inspector General's certificate of necessity for confidential military
purposes; and of which $1,300,000 to remain available until September
30, 2002, shall be for Procurement.
TITLE VII
RELATED AGENCIES
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND
For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and
Disability System Fund, to maintain proper funding level for continuing
the operation of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and
Disability System, $209,100,000.
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Community Management
Account, $158,015,000, of which $34,923,000 for the Advanced Research
and Development Committee shall remain available until September 30,
2001: Provided , That of the funds appropriated under this heading,
$27,000,000 shall be transferred to the Department of Justice for the
National Drug Intelligence Center to support the Department of Defense's
counter-drug intelligence responsibilities, and of the said amount,
$1,500,000 for Procurement shall remain available until September 30,
2002, and $1,000,000 for Research, development, test and evaluation
shall remain available until September 30, 2001.
PAYMENT TO KAHO'OLAWE ISLAND CONVEYANCE, REMEDIATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL
RESTORATION FUND
For payment to Kaho'olawe Island Conveyance, Remediation, and
Environmental Restoration Fund, as authorized by law, $35,000,000, to
remain available until expended.
NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION TRUST FUND
For the purposes of title VIII of Public Law 102 183, $8,000,000, to
be derived from the National Security Education Trust Fund, to remain
available until expended.
TITLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the
Congress.
Sec. 8002. During the current fiscal year, provisions of law
prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or employment of, any person
not a citizen of the United States shall not apply to personnel of the
Department of Defense: Provided , That salary increases granted to
direct and indirect hire foreign national employees of the Department of
Defense funded by this Act shall not be at a rate in excess of the
percentage increase authorized by law for civilian employees of the
Department of Defense whose pay is computed under the provisions of
section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, or at a rate in excess of
the percentage increase provided by the appropriate host nation to its
own employees, whichever is higher: Provided further , That this section
shall not apply to Department of Defense foreign service national
employees serving at United States diplomatic missions whose pay is set
by the Department of State under the Foreign Service Act of 1980:
Provided further , That the limitations of this provision shall not
apply to foreign national employees of the Department of Defense in the
Republic of Turkey.
Sec. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, unless
expressly so provided herein.
Sec. 8004. No more than 20 per centum of the appropriations in this
Act which are limited for obligation during the current fiscal year
shall be obligated during the last 2 months of the fiscal year: Provided
, That this section shall not apply to obligations for support of active
duty training of reserve components or summer camp training of the
Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Sec. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that such
action is necessary in the national interest, he may, with the approval
of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer not to exceed
$1,600,000,000 of working capital funds of the Department of Defense or
funds made available in this Act to the Department of Defense for
military functions (except military construction) between such
appropriations or funds or any subdivision thereof, to be merged with
and to be available for the same purposes, and for the same time period,
as the appropriation or fund to which transferred: Provided , That such
authority to transfer may not be used unless for higher priority items,
based on unforeseen military requirements, than those for which
originally appropriated and in no case where the item for which funds
are requested has been denied by Congress: Provided further , That the
Secretary of Defense shall notify the Congress promptly of all transfers
made pursuant to this authority or any other authority in this Act:
Provided further , That no part of the funds in this Act shall be
available to prepare or present a request to the Committees on
Appropriations for reprogramming of funds, unless for higher priority
items, based on unforeseen military requirements, than those for which
originally appropriated and in no case where the item for which
reprogramming is requested has been denied by the Congress.
(transfer of funds)
Sec. 8006. During the current fiscal year, cash balances in working
capital funds of the Department of Defense established pursuant to
section 2208 of title 10, United States Code, may be maintained in only
such amounts as are necessary at any time for cash disbursements to be
made from such funds: Provided , That transfers may be made between such
funds: Provided further , That transfers may be made between working
capital funds and the ``Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense''
appropriation and the ``Operation and Maintenance'' appropriation
accounts in such amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of
Defense, with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget,
except that such transfers may not be made unless the Secretary of
Defense
has notified the Congress of the proposed transfer. Except in
amounts equal to the amounts appropriated to working capital funds in
this Act, no obligations may be made against a working capital fund to
procure or increase the value of war reserve material inventory, unless
the Secretary of Defense has notified the Congress prior to any such
obligation.
Sec. 8007. Funds appropriated by this Act may not be used to initiate
a special access program without prior notification 30 calendar days in
session in advance to the congressional defense committees.
Sec. 8008. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available
to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that employs economic order
quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any 1 year of the
contract or that includes an unfunded contingent liability in excess of
$20,000,000; or (2) a contract for advance procurement leading to a
multiyear contract that employs economic order quantity procurement in
excess of $20,000,000 in any 1 year, unless the congressional defense
committees have been notified at least 30 days in advance of the
proposed contract award: Provided , That no part of any appropriation
contained in this Act shall be available to initiate a multiyear
contract for which the economic order quantity advance procurement is
not funded at least to the limits of the Government's liability:
Provided further , That no part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall be available to initiate multiyear procurement contracts for
any systems or component thereof if the value of the multiyear contract
would exceed $500,000,000 unless specifically provided in this Act:
Provided further , That no multiyear procurement contract can be
terminated without 10-day prior notification to the congressional
defense committees: Provided further , That the execution of multiyear
authority shall require the use of a present value analysis to determine
lowest cost compared to an annual procurement.
Funds appropriated in title III of this Act may be used for multiyear
procurement contracts as follows:
Longbow Apache Helicopter; Javelin missile; Abrams M1A2 Upgrade; F/A
18E/F aircraft; C 17 aircraft; and F 16 aircraft.
Sec. 8009. Within the funds appropriated for the operation and
maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are hereby appropriated pursuant
to section 401 of title 10, United States Code, for humanitarian and
civic assistance costs under chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code.
Such funds may also be obligated for humanitarian and civic assistance
costs incidental to authorized operations and pursuant to authority
granted in section 401 of chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code,
and these obligations shall be reported to Congress on September 30 of
each year: Provided , That funds available for operation and maintenance
shall be available for providing humanitarian and similar assistance by
using Civic Action Teams in the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands
and freely associated states of Micronesia, pursuant to the Compact of
Free Association as authorized by Public Law 99 239: Provided further ,
That upon a determination by the Secretary of the Army that such action
is beneficial for graduate medical education programs conducted at Army
medical facilities located in Hawaii, the Secretary of the Army may
authorize the provision of medical services at such facilities and
transportation to such facilities, on a nonreimbursable basis, for
civilian patients from American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of
Micronesia, Palau, and Guam.
Sec. 8010. (a) During fiscal year 2000, the civilian personnel of the
Department of Defense may not be managed on the basis of any
end-strength, and the management of such personnel during that fiscal
year shall not be subject to any constraint or limitation (known as an
end-strength) on the number of such personnel who may be employed on the
last day of such fiscal year.
(b) The fiscal year 2001 budget request for the Department of Defense
as well as all justification material and other documentation supporting
the fiscal year 2001 Department of Defense budget request shall be
prepared and submitted to the Congress as if subsections (a) and (b) of
this provision were effective with regard to fiscal year 2001.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to military
(civilian) technicians.
Sec. 8011. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the
funds made available by this Act shall be used by the Department of
Defense to exceed, outside the 50 United States, its territories, and
the District of Columbia, 125,000 civilian workyears: Provided , That
workyears shall be applied as defined in the Federal Personnel Manual:
Provided further , That workyears expended in dependent student hiring
programs for disadvantaged youths shall not be included in this workyear
limitation.
Sec. 8012. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be used
in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional action on
any legislation or appropriation matters pending before the Congress.
Sec. 8013. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be
used to make contributions to the Department of Defense Education
Benefits Fund pursuant to section 2006(g) of title 10, United States
Code, representing the normal cost for future benefits under section
3015(d) of title 38, United States Code, for any member of the armed
services who, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, enlists
in the armed services for a period of active duty of less than three
years, nor shall any amounts representing the normal cost of such future
benefits be transferred from the Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury
to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs pursuant to section 2006(d) of
title 10, United States Code; nor shall the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs pay such benefits to any such member: Provided , That these
limitations shall not apply to members in combat arms skills or to
members who enlist in the armed services on or after July 1, 1989, under
a program continued or established by the Secretary of Defense in fiscal
year 1991 to test the cost-effective use of special recruiting
incentives involving not more than nineteen noncombat arms skills
approved in advance by the Secretary of Defense: Provided further , That
this subsection applies only to active components of the Army.
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available for
the basic pay and allowances of any member of the Army participating as
a full-time student and
receiving benefits paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
from the Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund when time spent
as a full-time student is credited toward completion of a service
commitment: Provided , That this subsection shall not apply to those
members who have reenlisted with this option prior to October 1, 1987:
Provided further , That this subsection applies only to active
components of the Army.
Sec. 8014. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be
available to convert to contractor performance an activity or function
of the Department of Defense that, on or after the date of the enactment
of this Act, is performed by more than ten Department of Defense
civilian employees until a most efficient and cost-effective
organization analysis is completed on such activity or function and
certification of the analysis is made to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided
, That this section and subsections (a), (b), and (c) of 10 U.S.C. 2461
shall not apply to a commercial or industrial type function of the
Department of Defense that: (1) is included on the procurement list
established pursuant to section 2 of the Act of June 25, 1938 (41 U.S.C.
47), popularly referred to as the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act; (2) is
planned to be converted to performance by a qualified nonprofit agency
for the blind or by a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely
handicapped individuals in accordance with that Act; or (3) is planned
to be converted to performance by a qualified firm under 51 per centum
Native American ownership.
(transfer of funds)
Sec. 8015. Funds appropriated in title III of this Act for the
Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Protege Program may be transferred to
any other appropriation contained in this Act solely for the purpose of
implementing a Mentor-Protege Program developmental assistance agreement
pursuant to section 831 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101 510; 10 U.S.C. 2301 note), as amended,
under the authority of this provision or any other transfer authority
contained in this Act.
Sec. 8016. None of the funds in this Act may be available for the
purchase by the Department of Defense (and its departments and agencies)
of welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain 4 inches in diameter and
under unless the anchor and mooring chain are manufactured in the United
States from components which are substantially manufactured in the
United States: Provided , That for the purpose of this section
manufactured will include cutting, heat treating, quality control,
testing of chain and welding (including the forging and shot blasting
process): Provided further , That for the purpose of this section
substantially all of the components of anchor and mooring chain shall be
considered to be produced or manufactured in the United States if the
aggregate cost of the components produced or manufactured in the United
States exceeds the aggregate cost of the components produced or
manufactured outside the United States: Provided further , That when
adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet Department of
Defense requirements on a timely basis, the Secretary of the service
responsible for the procurement may waive this restriction on a
case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on
Appropriations that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire
capability for national security purposes.
Sec. 8017. None of the funds appropriated by this Act available for
the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services
(CHAMPUS) shall be available for the reimbursement of any health care
provider for inpatient mental health service for care received when a
patient is referred to a provider of inpatient mental health care or
residential treatment care by a medical or health care professional
having an economic interest in the facility to which the patient is
referred: Provided , That this limitation does not apply in the case of
inpatient mental health services provided under the program for the
handicapped under subsection (d) of section 1079 of title 10,
United States Code, provided as partial hospital care, or
provided pursuant to a waiver authorized by the Secretary of Defense
because of medical or psychological circumstances of the patient that
are confirmed by a health professional who is not a Federal employee
after a review, pursuant to rules prescribed by the Secretary, which
takes into account the appropriate level of care for the patient, the
intensity of services required by the patient, and the availability of
that care.
Sec. 8018. Funds available in this Act may be used to provide
transportation for the next-of-kin of individuals who have been
prisoners of war or missing in action from the Vietnam era to an annual
meeting in the United States, under such regulations as the Secretary of
Defense may prescribe.
Sec. 8019. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the
current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense may, by executive
agreement, establish with host nation governments in NATO member states
a separate account into which such residual value amounts negotiated in
the return of United States military installations in NATO member states
may be deposited, in the currency of the host nation, in lieu of direct
monetary transfers to the United States Treasury: Provided , That such
credits may be utilized only for the construction of facilities to
support United States military forces in that host nation, or such real
property maintenance and base operating costs that are currently
executed through monetary transfers to such host nations: Provided
further , That the Department of Defense's budget submission for fiscal
year 2001 shall identify such sums anticipated in residual value
settlements, and identify such construction, real property maintenance
or base operating costs that shall be funded by the host nation through
such credits: Provided further , That all military construction projects
to be executed from such accounts must be previously approved in a prior
Act of Congress: Provided further , That each such executive agreement
with a NATO member host nation shall be reported to the congressional
defense committees, the Committee on International Relations of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate 30 days prior to the conclusion and endorsement of any such
agreement established under this provision.
Sec. 8020. None of the funds available to the Department of Defense
may be used to demilitarize or dispose of M 1 Carbines, M 1 Garand
rifles, M 14 rifles, .22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M 1911
pistols.
Sec. 8021. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the
funds appropriated by this Act shall be
available to pay more than 50 per centum of an amount paid to
any person under section 308 of title 37, United States Code, in a lump
sum.
Sec. 8022. No more than $500,000 of the funds appropriated or made
available in this Act shall be used during a single fiscal year for any
single relocation of an organization, unit, activity or function of the
Department of Defense into or within the National Capital Region:
Provided , That the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a
case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the congressional defense
committees that such a relocation is required in the best interest of
the Government.
Sec. 8023. A member of a reserve component whose unit or whose
residence is located in a State which is not contiguous with another
State is authorized to travel in a space required status on aircraft of
the Armed Forces between home and place of inactive duty training, or
place of duty in lieu of unit training assembly, when there is no road
or railroad transportation (or combination of road and railroad
transportation between those locations): Provided , That a member
traveling in that status on a military aircraft pursuant to the
authority provided in this section is not authorized to receive travel,
transportation, or per diem allowances in connection with that travel.
Sec. 8024. In addition to the funds provided elsewhere in this Act,
$8,000,000 is appropriated only for incentive payments authorized by
section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544):
Provided , That contractors participating in the test program
established by section 854 of Public Law 101 189 (15 U.S.C. 637 note)
shall be eligible for the program established by section 504 of the
Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544).
Sec. 8025. During the current fiscal year, funds appropriated or
otherwise available for any Federal agency, the Congress, the judicial
branch, or the District of Columbia may be used for the pay, allowances,
and benefits of an employee as defined by section 2105 of title 5,
United States Code, or an individual employed by the government of the
District of Columbia, permanent or temporary indefinite, who--
(1) is a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces, as
described in section 10101 of title 10, United States Code, or the
National Guard, as described in section 101 of title 32, United States
Code;
(2) performs, for the purpose of providing military aid to enforce
the law or providing assistance to civil authorities in the protection
or saving of life or property or prevention of injury--
(A) Federal service under sections 331, 332, 333, or 12406 of title
10, or other provision of law, as applicable; or
(B) full-time military service for his or her State, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United
States; and
(3) requests and is granted--
(A) leave under the authority of this section; or
(B) annual leave, which may be granted without regard to the
provisions of sections 5519 and 6323(b) of title 5, if such employee is
otherwise entitled to such annual leave:
Provided , That any employee who requests leave under subsection
(3)(A) for service described in subsection (2) of this section is
entitled to such leave, subject to the provisions of this section and of
the last sentence of section 6323(b) of title 5, and such leave shall be
considered leave under section 6323(b) of title 5, United States Code.
Sec. 8026. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be
available to perform any cost study pursuant to the provisions of OMB
Circular A 76 if the study being
performed exceeds a period of 24 months after initiation of
such study with respect to a single function activity or 48 months after
initiation of such study for a multi-function activity.
Sec. 8027. Funds appropriated by this Act for the American Forces
Information Service shall not be used for any national or international
political or psychological activities.
Sec. 8028. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation,
the Secretary of Defense may adjust wage rates for civilian employees
hired for certain health care occupations as authorized for the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs by section 7455 of title 38, United States
Code.
Sec. 8029. None of the funds appropriated or made available in this
Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish the operation of the 53rd
Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of the Air Force Reserve, if such action
would reduce the WC 130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the levels
funded in this Act.
Sec. 8030. (a) Of the funds for the procurement of supplies or
services appropriated by this Act, qualified nonprofit agencies for the
blind or other severely handicapped shall be afforded the maximum
practicable opportunity to participate as subcontractors and suppliers
in the performance of contracts let by the Department of Defense.
(b) During the current fiscal year, a business concern which has
negotiated with a military service or defense agency a subcontracting
plan for the participation by small business concerns pursuant to
section 8(d) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)) shall be given
credit toward meeting that subcontracting goal for any purchases made
from qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind or other severely
handicapped.
(c) For the purpose of this section, the phrase ``qualified nonprofit
agency for the blind or other severely handicapped'' means a nonprofit
agency for the blind or other severely handicapped that has been
approved by the Committee for the Purchase from the Blind and Other
Severely Handicapped under the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46
48).
Sec. 8031. During the current fiscal year, net receipts pursuant to
collections from third party payers pursuant to section 1095 of title
10, United States Code, shall be made available to the local facility of
the uniformed services responsible for the collections and shall be over
and above the facility's direct budget amount.
Sec. 8032. During the current fiscal year, the Department of Defense
is authorized to incur obligations of
not to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in section
2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipation of receipt of
contributions, only from the Government of Kuwait, under that section:
Provided , That upon receipt, such contributions from the Government of
Kuwait shall be credited to the appropriations or fund which incurred
such obligations.
Sec. 8033. Of the funds made available in this Act, not less than
$26,588,000 shall be available for the Civil Air Patrol Corporation, of
which $22,888,000 shall be available for Civil Air Patrol Corporation
operation and maintenance to support readiness activities which includes
$1,418,000 for the Civil Air Patrol counterdrug program: Provided , That
funds identified for ``Civil Air Patrol'' under this section are
intended for and shall be for the exclusive use of the Civil Air Patrol
Corporation and not for the Air Force or any unit thereof.
Sec. 8034. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act are
available to establish a new Department of Defense (department)
federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), either as a
new entity, or as a separate entity administrated by an organization
managing another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership corporation
consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and other non-profit
entities.
(b) No member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Overseers, Advisory
Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Committee, or any similar entity
of a defense FFRDC, and no paid consultant to any defense FFRDC, except
when acting in a technical advisory capacity, may be compensated for his
or her services as a member of such entity, or as a paid consultant by
more than one FFRDC in a fiscal year: Provided , That a member of any
such entity referred to previously in this subsection shall be allowed
travel expenses and per diem as authorized under the Federal Joint
Travel Regulations, when engaged in the performance of membership
duties.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds
available to the department from any source during fiscal year 2000 may
be used by a defense FFRDC, through a fee or other payment mechanism,
for construction of new buildings, for payment of cost sharing for
projects funded by government grants, for absorption of contract
overruns, or for certain charitable contributions, not to include
employee participation in community service and/or development.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds
available to the department during fiscal year 2000, not more than 6,206
staff years of technical effort (staff years) may be funded for defense
FFRDCs: Provided , That of the specific amount referred to previously in
this subsection, not more than 1,105 staff years may be funded for the
defense studies and analysis FFRDCs.
(e) The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submission of the
department's fiscal year 2001 budget request, submit a report presenting
the specific amounts of staff years of technical effort to be allocated
for each defense FFRDC during that fiscal year.
Sec. 8035. None of the funds appropriated or made available in this
Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy or armor steel plate for use
in any Government-owned facility or property under the control of the
Department of Defense which were not melted and rolled in the United
States or Canada: Provided , That these procurement restrictions shall
apply to any and all Federal Supply Class 9515, American Society of
Testing and Materials (ASTM) or American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI)
specifications of carbon, alloy or armor steel plate: Provided further ,
That the Secretary of the military department responsible for the
procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by
certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the
Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not available to
meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that such
an acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for national
security purposes: Provided further , That these restrictions shall not
apply to contracts which are in being as of the date of the enactment of
this Act.
Sec. 8036. For the purposes of this Act, the term ``congressional
defense committees'' means the Armed Services Committee of the House of
Representatives, the Armed Services Committee of the Senate, the
Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
Sec. 8037. During the current fiscal year, the Department of Defense
may acquire the modification, depot maintenance and repair of aircraft,
vehicles and vessels as well as the production of components and other
Defense-related articles, through competition between Department of
Defense depot maintenance activities and private firms: Provided , That
the Senior Acquisition Executive of the military department or defense
agency concerned, with power of delegation, shall certify that
successful bids include comparable estimates of all direct and indirect
costs for both public and private bids: Provided further , That Office
of Management and Budget Circular A 76 shall not apply to competitions
conducted under this section.
Sec. 8038. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after consultation
with the United States Trade Representative, determines that a foreign
country which is party to an agreement described in paragraph (2) has
violated the terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain
types of products produced in the United States that are covered by the
agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall rescind the Secretary's
blanket waiver of the Buy American Act with respect to such types of
products produced in that foreign country.
(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any reciprocal
defense procurement memorandum of understanding, between the United
States and a foreign country pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense
has prospectively waived the Buy American Act for certain products in
that country.
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the
amount of Department of Defense purchases from foreign entities in
fiscal year 2000. Such report shall separately indicate the dollar value
of items for which the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to
any agreement described in subsection (a)(2), the Trade
Agreement Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or any international
agreement to which the United States is a party.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ``Buy American Act'' means
title III of the Act entitled ``An Act making appropriations for the
Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1934, and for other purposes'', approved March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a et
seq.).
Sec. 8039. Appropriations contained in this Act that remain available
at the end of the current fiscal year as a result of energy cost savings
realized by the Department of Defense shall remain available for
obligation for the next fiscal year to the extent, and for the purposes,
provided in section 2865 of title 10, United States Code.
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 8040. Amounts deposited during the current fiscal year to the
special account established under 40 U.S.C. 485(h)(2) and to the special
account established under 10 U.S.C. 2667(d)(1) are appropriated and
shall be available until transferred by the Secretary of Defense to
current applicable appropriations or funds of the Department of Defense
under the terms and conditions specified by 40 U.S.C. 485(h)(2)(A) and
(B) and 10 U.S.C. 2667(d)(1)(B), to be merged with and to be available
for the same time period and the same purposes as the appropriation to
which transferred.
Sec. 8041. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available
to the Department of Defense may be used to reimburse a member of a
reserve component of the Armed Forces who is not otherwise entitled to
travel and transportation allowances and who occupies transient
government housing while performing active duty for training or inactive
duty training: Provided , That such members may be provided lodging in
kind if transient government quarters are unavailable as if the member
was entitled to such allowances under subsection (a) of section 404 of
title 37, United States Code: Provided further , That if lodging in kind
is provided, any authorized service charge or cost of such lodging may
be paid directly from funds appropriated for operation and maintenance
of the reserve component of the member concerned.
Sec. 8042. The President shall include with each budget for a fiscal
year submitted to the Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United
States Code, materials that shall identify clearly and separately the
amounts requested in the budget for appropriation for that fiscal year
for salaries and expenses related to administrative activities of the
Department of Defense, the military departments, and the Defense
agencies.
Sec. 8043. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
available for ``Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense''
may be obligated for the Young Marines program.
Sec. 8044. During the current fiscal year, amounts contained in the
Department of Defense Overseas Military Facility Investment Recovery
Account established by section 2921(c)(1) of the National Defense
Authorization Act of 1991 (Public Law 101 510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note)
shall be available until expended for the payments specified by section
2921(c)(2) of that Act: Provided , That none of the funds made available
for expenditure under this section may be transferred or obligated until
thirty days after the Secretary of Defense submits a report which
details the balance available in the Overseas Military Facility
Investment Recovery Account, all projected income into the account
during fiscal years 2000 and 2001, and the specific expenditures to be
made using funds transferred from this account during fiscal year 2000.
Sec. 8045. Of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by
this Act, not more than $119,200,000 shall be available for payment of
the operating costs of NATO Headquarters: Provided , That the Secretary
of Defense may waive this section for Department of Defense support
provided to NATO forces in and around the former Yugoslavia.
Sec. 8046. During the current fiscal year, appropriations which are
available to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance may
be used to purchase items having an investment item unit cost of not
more than $100,000.
Sec. 8047. (a) During the current fiscal year, none of the
appropriations or funds available to the Department of Defense Working
Capital Funds shall be used for the purchase of an investment item for
the purpose of acquiring a new inventory item for sale or anticipated
sale during the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to
customers of the Department of Defense Working Capital Funds if such an
item would not have been chargeable to the Department of Defense
Business Operations Fund during fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of
such an investment item would be chargeable during the current fiscal
year to appropriations made to the Department of Defense for
procurement.
(b) The fiscal year 2001 budget request for the Department of Defense
as well as all justification material and other documentation supporting
the fiscal year 2001 Department of Defense budget shall be prepared and
submitted to the Congress on the basis that any equipment
which was classified as an end item and funded in a
procurement appropriation contained in this Act shall be budgeted for in
a proposed fiscal year 2001 procurement appropriation and not in the
supply management business area or any other area or category of the
Department of Defense Working Capital Funds.
Sec. 8048. None of the funds appropriated by this Act for programs of
the Central Intelligence Agency shall remain available for obligation
beyond the current fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for the
Reserve for Contingencies, which shall remain available until September
30, 2001: Provided , That funds appropriated, transferred, or otherwise
credited to the Central Intelligence Agency Central Services Working
Capital Fund during this or any prior or subsequent fiscal year shall
remain available until expended.
Sec. 8049. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made
available in this Act for the Defense Intelligence Agency may be used
for the design, development, and deployment of General Defense
Intelligence Program intelligence communications and intelligence
information systems for the Services, the Unified and Specified
Commands, and the component commands.
Sec. 8050. Of the funds appropriated by the Department of Defense
under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', not less
than $8,000,000 shall be made available only for the mitigation of
environmental impacts, including training and technical assistance to
tribes, related administrative support, the gathering of information,
documenting of environmental damage, and developing a system for
prioritization of mitigation and cost to complete estimates for
mitigation, on Indian lands resulting from Department of Defense
activities.
Sec. 8051. Amounts collected for the use of the facilities of the
National Science Center for Communications and Electronics during the
current fiscal year pursuant to section 1459(g) of the Department of
Defense Authorization Act, 1986, and deposited to the special account
established under subsection 1459(g)(2) of that Act are appropriated and
shall be available until expended for the operation and maintenance of
the Center as provided for in subsection 1459(g)(2).
Sec. 8052. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to
fill the commander's position at any military medical facility with a
health care professional unless the prospective candidate can
demonstrate professional administrative skills.
Sec. 8053. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be
expended by an entity of the Department of Defense unless the entity, in
expending the funds, complies with the Buy American Act. For purposes of
this subsection, the term ``Buy American Act'' means title III of the
Act entitled ``An Act making appropriations for the Treasury and Post
Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, and for
other purposes'', approved March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.).
(b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a person has been
convicted of intentionally affixing a label bearing a ``Made in
America'' inscription to any product sold in or shipped to the United
States that is not made in America, the Secretary shall determine, in
accordance with section 2410f of title 10, United States Code, whether
the person should be debarred from contracting with the Department of
Defense.
(c) In the case of any equipment or products purchased with
appropriations provided under this Act, it is the sense of the Congress
that any entity of the Department of Defense, in expending the
appropriation, purchase only American-made equipment and products,
provided that American-made equipment and products are cost-competitive,
quality-competitive, and available in a timely fashion.
Sec. 8054. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be
available for a contract for studies, analysis, or consulting services
entered into without competition on the basis of an unsolicited proposal
unless the head of the activity responsible for the procurement
determines--
(1) as a result of thorough technical evaluation, only one source is
found fully qualified to perform the proposed work;
(2) the purpose of the contract is to explore an unsolicited
proposal which offers significant scientific or technological promise,
represents the product of original thinking, and was submitted in
confidence by one source; or
(3) the purpose of the contract is to take advantage of unique and
significant industrial accomplishment by a specific concern, or to
insure that a new product or idea of a specific concern is given
financial support:
Provided , That this limitation shall not apply to contracts in an
amount of less than $25,000, contracts related to improvements of
equipment that is in development or production, or contracts as to which
a civilian official of the Department of Defense, who has been confirmed
by the Senate, determines that the award of such contract is in the
interest of the national defense.
Sec. 8055. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), none of
the funds made available by this Act may be used--
(1) to establish a field operating agency; or
(2) to pay the basic pay of a member of the Armed Forces or civilian
employee of the department who is transferred or reassigned from a
headquarters activity if the member or employee's place of duty remains
at the location of that headquarters.
(b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military department
may waive the limitations in subsection (a), on a case-by-case basis, if
the Secretary determines, and certifies to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate that the
granting of the waiver will reduce the personnel requirements or the
financial requirements of the department.
(c) This section does not apply to field operating agencies funded
within the National Foreign Intelligence Program.
Sec. 8056. Funds appropriated by this Act and in Public Law 105 277,
or made available by the transfer of funds in this Act and in Public Law
105 277 for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically
authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2000 until the
enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000.
Sec. 8057. Notwithstanding section 303 of Public Law 96 487 or any
other provision of law, the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to lease
real and personal property at Naval Air Facility, Adak, Alaska, pursuant
to 10 U.S.C. 2667(f), for commercial, industrial or other purposes:
Provided , That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of the Navy may remove hazardous materials from facilities,
buildings, and structures at Adak, Alaska, and may demolish or otherwise
dispose of such facilities, buildings, and structures: Provided further
, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not more than
$4,650,000 of the funds provided under the heading ``Operation and
Maintenance, Army'' in title II of this Act shall be available to the
Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, only for
demolition and removal of facilities, buildings, and structures formerly
used as a District Headquarters Office by the Corps of Engineers
(Northwest Division, CENWW, Washington State), as described in the study
conducted regarding the headquarters pursuant to the Energy and Water
Development Appropriations Act, 1992 (Public Law 102 104; 105 Stat.
511).
(rescissions)
Sec. 8058. Of the funds provided in Department of Defense
Appropriations Acts, the following funds are hereby rescinded as of the
date of the enactment of this Act, from the following accounts and
programs in the specified amounts:
``Other Procurement, Navy, 1998/2000'', $2,167,000;
``Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, 1998/2000'', $15,800,000;
``Other Procurement, Army, 1999/2001'', $13,700,000;
``Aircraft Procurement, Navy, 1999/2001'', $41,500,000;
Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1999/2003'':
New Attack Submarine, $32,400,000;
CVN 69, $11,400,000;
``Other Procurement, Navy, 1999/2001'', $13,784,000;
``Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, 1999/2001'', $29,729,000;
``Missile Procurement, Air Force, 1999/2001'', $130,000,000;
``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army, 1999/2000'',
$5,400,000;
``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy, 1999/2000'',
$14,900,000;
``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force,
1999/2000'', $15,900,000; and
``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide,
1999/2000'', $23,500,000.
Sec. 8059. None of the funds available in this Act may be used to
reduce the authorized positions for military (civilian) technicians of
the Army National Guard, the Air National Guard, Army Reserve and Air
Force Reserve for the purpose of applying any administratively imposed
civilian personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on military (civilian)
technicians, unless such reductions are a direct result of a reduction
in military force structure.
Sec. 8060. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available
in this Act may be obligated or expended for assistance to the
Democratic People's Republic of North Korea unless specifically
appropriated for that purpose.
Sec. 8061. During the current fiscal year, funds appropriated in this
Act are available to compensate members of the National Guard for duty
performed pursuant to a plan submitted by a Governor of a State and
approved by the Secretary of Defense under section 112 of title 32,
United States Code: Provided , That during the performance of such duty,
the members of the National Guard shall be under State command and
control: Provided further , That such duty shall be treated as full-time
National Guard duty for purposes of sections 12602(a)(2) and (b)(2) of
title 10, United States Code.
Sec. 8062. Funds appropriated in this Act for operation and
maintenance of the Military Departments, Unified and Specified Commands
and Defense Agencies shall be available for reimbursement of pay,
allowances and other expenses which would otherwise be incurred against
appropriations for the National Guard and Reserve when members of the
National Guard and Reserve provide intelligence or counterintelligence
support to Unified Commands, Defense Agencies and Joint Intelligence
Activities, including the activities and programs included within the
National Foreign Intelligence Program (NFIP), the Joint Military
Intelligence Program (JMIP), and the Tactical Intelligence and Related
Activities (TIARA) aggregate: Provided , That nothing in this section
authorizes deviation from established Reserve and National Guard
personnel and training procedures.
Sec. 8063. During the current fiscal year, none of the funds
appropriated in this Act may be used to reduce the civilian medical and
medical support personnel assigned to military treatment facilities
below the September 30, 1999 level: Provided , That the Service Surgeons
General may waive this section by certifying to the congressional
defense committees that the beneficiary population is declining in some
catchment areas and civilian strength reductions may be consistent with
responsible resource stewardship and capitation-based budgeting.
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 8064. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be
transferred to or obligated from the Pentagon Reservation Maintenance
Revolving Fund, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies that the total
cost for the planning, design, construction and installation of
equipment for the renovation of the Pentagon Reservation will not exceed
$1,222,000,000.
(b) The Secretary shall, in conjunction with the Pentagon Renovation,
design and construct secure secretarial offices and support facilities
and security-related changes to the subway entrance at the Pentagon
Reservation.
Sec. 8065. (a) None of the funds available to the Department of
Defense for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or counter-drug
activities may be transferred to any other department or agency of the
United States except as specifically provided in an appropriations law.
(b) None of the funds available to the Central Intelligence Agency
for any fiscal year for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities
may be transferred to any other department or agency of the United
States except as specifically provided in an appropriations law.
(transfer of funds)
Sec. 8066. Appropriations available in this Act under the heading
``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' for increasing energy and
water efficiency in Federal buildings may, during their period of
availability, be transferred to other appropriations or funds of the
Department of Defense for projects related to increasing energy and
water efficiency, to be merged with and to be available for the same
general purposes, and for the same time period, as the appropriation or
fund to which transferred.
Sec. 8067. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used for
the procurement of ball and roller bearings other than those produced by
a domestic source and of domestic origin: Provided , That the Secretary
of the military department responsible for such procurement may waive
this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate, that adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet
Department of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that such an
acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for national
security purposes.
Sec. 8068. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
available to the Department of Defense shall be made available to
provide transportation of medical supplies and equipment, on a
nonreimbursable basis, to American Samoa, and funds available to the
Department of Defense shall be made available to provide transportation
of medical supplies and equipment, on a nonreimbursable basis, to the
Indian Health Service when it is in conjunction with a civil-military
project.
Sec. 8069. None of the funds in this Act may be used to purchase any
supercomputer which is not manufactured in the United States, unless the
Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional defense committees
that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for
national security purposes that is not available from United States
manufacturers.
Sec. 8070. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Naval
shipyards of the United States shall be eligible to participate in any
manufacturing extension program financed by funds appropriated in this
or any other Act.
Sec. 8071. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each contract
awarded by the Department of Defense during the current fiscal year for
construction or service performed in whole or in part in a State (as
defined in section 381(d) of title 10, United States Code) which is not
contiguous with another State and has an unemployment rate in excess of
the national average rate of unemployment as determined by the Secretary
of Labor, shall include a provision requiring the contractor to employ,
for the purpose of performing that portion of the contract in such State
that is not contiguous with another State, individuals who are residents
of such State and who, in the case of any craft or trade, possess or
would be able to acquire promptly the necessary skills: Provided , That
the Secretary of Defense may waive the requirements of this section, on
a case-by-case basis, in the interest of national security.
Sec. 8072. During the current fiscal year, the Army shall use the
former George Air Force Base as the airhead for the National Training
Center at Fort Irwin: Provided , That none of the funds in this Act
shall be obligated or expended to transport Army personnel into Edwards
Air Force Base for training rotations at the National Training Center.
Sec. 8073. (a) The Secretary of Defense shall submit, on a quarterly
basis, a report to the congressional defense committees, the Committee
on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate setting forth all costs
(including incremental costs) incurred by the Department of Defense
during the preceding quarter in implementing or supporting resolutions
of the United Nations Security Council, including any such resolution
calling for international sanctions, international peacekeeping
operations, and humanitarian missions undertaken by the Department of
Defense. The quarterly report shall include an aggregate of all such
Department of Defense costs by operation or mission.
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall detail in the quarterly reports
all efforts made to seek credit against past United Nations expenditures
and all efforts made to seek compensation from the United Nations for
costs incurred by the Department of Defense in implementing and
supporting United Nations activities.
Sec. 8074. (a) Limitation on Transfer of Defense Articles and
Services.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds
available to the Department of Defense for the current fiscal year may
be obligated or expended to transfer to another nation or an
international organization any defense articles or services (other than
intelligence services) for use in the activities described in subsection
(b) unless the congressional defense committees, the Committee on
International Relations of the House of Representatives, and the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate are notified 15 days in
advance of such transfer.
(b) Covered Activities.--This section applies to--
(1) any international peacekeeping or peace-enforcement operation
under the authority of chapter VI or chapter VII of the United Nations
Charter under the authority of a United Nations Security Council
resolution; and
(2) any other international peacekeeping, peace-enforcement, or
humanitarian assistance operation.
(c) Required Notice.--A notice under subsection (a) shall include the
following:
(1) A description of the equipment, supplies, or services to be
transferred.
(2) A statement of the value of the equipment, supplies, or services
to be transferred.
(3) In the case of a proposed transfer of equipment or supplies--
(A) a statement of whether the inventory requirements of all
elements of the Armed Forces (including the reserve components) for the
type of equipment or supplies to be transferred have been met; and
(B) a statement of whether the items proposed to be transferred will
have to be replaced and, if so, how the President proposes to provide
funds for such replacement.
Sec. 8075. To the extent authorized by subchapter VI of chapter 148
of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense may issue loan
guarantees in support of United States defense exports not otherwise
provided for: Provided , That the total contingent liability of the
United States for guarantees issued under the authority of this section
may not exceed $15,000,000,000: Provided further , That the exposure
fees charged and collected by the Secretary for each guarantee, shall be
paid by the country involved and shall not be financed as part of a loan
guaranteed by the United States: Provided further , That the Secretary
shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations,
Armed Services and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on
Appropriations, Armed Services and International Relations in the House
of Representatives on the implementation of this program: Provided
further , That amounts charged for administrative fees and deposited to
the special account provided for under section 2540c(d) of title 10,
shall be available for paying the costs of administrative expenses of
the Department of Defense that are attributable to the loan guarantee
program under subchapter VI of chapter 148 of title 10, United States
Code.
Sec. 8076. None of the funds available to the Department of Defense
under this Act shall be obligated or expended to pay a contractor under
a contract with the Department of Defense for costs of any amount paid
by the contractor to an employee when--
(1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in excess of the normal
salary paid by the contractor to the employee; and
(2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs associated with a
business combination.
Sec. 8077. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available in this Act may be used to transport or provide for the
transportation of chemical munitions or agents to the Johnston Atoll for
the purpose of storing or demilitarizing such munitions or agents.
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any obsolete
World War II chemical munition or agent of the United States found in
the World War II Pacific Theater of Operations.
(c) The President may suspend the application of subsection (a)
during a period of war in which the United States is a party.
Sec. 8078. None of the funds provided in title II of this Act for
``Former Soviet Union Threat Reduction'' may be obligated or expended to
finance housing for any individual who was a member of the military
forces of the Soviet Union or for any individual who is or was a member
of the military forces of the Russian Federation.
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 8079. During the current fiscal year, no more than $10,000,000
of appropriations made in this Act under the heading ``Operation and
Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' may be transferred to appropriations
available for the pay of military personnel, to be merged with, and to
be available for the same time period as the appropriations to which
transferred, to be used in support of such personnel in connection with
support and services for eligible organizations and activities outside
the Department of Defense pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United
States Code.
Sec. 8080. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 31, United States
Code, any subdivision of appropriations made in this Act under the
heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'' shall be considered to be
for the same purpose as any subdivision under the heading ``Shipbuilding
and Conversion, Navy'' appropriations in any prior year, and the 1
percent limitation shall apply to the total amount of the appropriation.
Sec. 8081. During the current fiscal year, in the case of an
appropriation account of the Department of Defense for which the period
of availability for obligation has expired or which has closed under the
provisions of section 1552 of title 31, United States Code, and which
has a negative unliquidated or unexpended balance, an obligation or an
adjustment of an obligation may be charged to any current appropriation
account for the same purpose as the expired or closed account if--
(1) the obligation would have been properly chargeable (except as to
amount) to the expired or closed account before the end of the period of
availability or closing of that account;
(2) the obligation is not otherwise properly chargeable to any
current appropriation account of the Department of Defense; and
(3) in the case of an expired account, the obligation is not
chargeable to a current appropriation of the Department of Defense under
the provisions of section 1405(b)(8) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, Public Law 101 510, as amended
(31 U.S.C. 1551 note): Provided , That in the case of an expired
account, if subsequent review or investigation discloses that there was
not in fact a negative unliquidated or unexpended balance in the
account, any charge to a current account under the authority of this
section shall be reversed and recorded against the expired account:
Provided further , That the total amount charged to a current
appropriation under this section may not exceed an amount equal to 1
percent of the total appropriation for that account.
(transfer of funds)
Sec. 8082. Upon enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
make the following transfers of funds: Provided , That the amounts
transferred shall be available for the same purposes as the
appropriations to which transferred, and for the same time period as the
appropriation from which transferred: Provided further , That the
amounts shall be transferred between the following appropriations in the
amount specified:
From:
Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1988/2001'':
SSN 688 attack submarine program, $6,585,000;
CG 47 cruiser program, $12,100,000;
Aircraft carrier service life extension program, $202,000;
LHD 1 amphibious assault ship program, $2,311,000;
LSD 41 cargo variant ship program, $566,000;
T AO fleet oiler program, $3,494,000;
AO conversion program, $133,000;
Craft, outfitting, and post delivery, $1,688,000;
To:
Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1995/2001'':
DDG 51 destroyer program, $27,079,000;
From:
Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1989/2000'':
DDG 51 destroyer program, $13,200,000;
Aircraft carrier service life extension program, $186,000;
LHD 1 amphibious assault ship program, $3,621,000;
LCAC landing craft, air cushioned program, $1,313,000;
T AO fleet oiler program, $258,000;
AOE combat support ship program, $1,078,000;
AO conversion program, $881,000;
T AGOS drug interdiction conversion, $407,000;
Outfitting and post delivery, $219,000;
To:
Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1996/2000'':
LPD 17 amphibious transport dock ship, $21,163,000;
From:
Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1990/2002'':
SSN 688 attack submarine program, $5,606,000;
DDG 51 destroyer program, $6,000,000;
ENTERPRISE refueling/modernization program, $2,306,000;
LHD 1 amphibious assault ship program, $183,000;
LSD 41 dock landing ship cargo variant program, $501,000;
LCAC landing craft, air cushioned program, $345,000;
MCM mine countermeasures program, $1,369,000;
Moored training ship demonstration program, $1,906,000;
Oceanographic ship program, $1,296,000;
AOE combat support ship program, $4,086,000;
AO conversion program, $143,000;
Craft, outfitting, post delivery, and ship special support
equipment, $1,209,000;
To:
Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1990/2002'':
T AGOS surveillance ship program, $5,000,000;
Coast Guard icebreaker program, $8,153,000;
Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1996/2002'':
LPD 17 amphibious transport dock ship, $7,192,000;
Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1998/2002'':
CVN refuelings, $4,605,000;
From:
Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1991/2001'':
SSN 21(AP) attack submarine program, $1,614,000;
LHD 1 amphibious assault ship program, $5,647,000;
LSD 41 dock landing ship cargo variant program, $1,389,000;
LCAC landing craft, air cushioned program, $330,000;
AOE combat support ship program, $1,435,000;
To:
Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1998/2001'':
CVN refuelings, $10,415,000;
From:
Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1992/2001'':
SSN 21 attack submarine program, $11,983,000;
Craft, outfitting, post delivery, and DBOF transfer, $836,000;
Escalation, $5,378,000;
To:
Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1998/2001'':
CVN refuelings, $18,197,000;
From:
Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1993/2002'':
Carrier replacement program (AP), $30,332,000;
LSD 41 cargo variant ship program, $676,000;
AOE combat support ship program, $2,066,000;
Craft, outfitting, post delivery, and first destination
transportation, and inflation adjustments, $2,127,000;
To:
Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1998/2002'':
CVN refuelings, $29,844,000;
Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1999/2002'':
Craft, outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and first destination
transportation, $5,357,000;
From:
Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1994/2003'':
LHD 1 amphibious assault ship program, $23,900,000;
Oceanographic ship program, $9,000;
To:
Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1994/2003'':
DDG 51 destroyer program, $18,349,000;
Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1995/1999'':
DDG 51 destroyer program, $5,383,000;
Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1996/2000'':
LPD 17 amphibious transport dock ship, $168,000;
Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1999/2003'':
Craft, outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and first destination
transportation, $9,000;
From:
Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1996/2000'':
SSN 21 attack submarine program, $10,100,000;
LHD 1 amphibious assault ship program, $7,100,000;
To:
Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1996/2000'':
DDG 51 destroyer program, $3,723,000;
LPD 17 amphibious transport dock ship, $13,477,000.
Sec. 8083. The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall submit
to the congressional defense committees by February 1, 2000, a detailed
report identifying, by amount and by separate budget activity, activity
group, subactivity group, line item, program element, program, project,
subproject, and activity, any activity for which the fiscal year 2001
budget request was reduced because Congress appropriated funds above the
President's budget request for that specific activity for fiscal year
2000.
Sec. 8084. Funds appropriated in title II of this Act and for the
Defense Health Program in title VI of this Act for supervision and
administration costs for facilities maintenance and repair, minor
construction, or design projects may be obligated at the time the
reimbursable order is accepted by the performing activity: Provided ,
That for the purpose of this section, supervision and administration
costs includes all in-house Government cost.
Sec. 8085. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense
may waive reimbursement of the cost of conferences, seminars, courses of
instruction, or similar educational activities of the Asia-Pacific
Center for Security Studies for military officers and civilian officials
of foreign nations if the Secretary determines that attendance by such
personnel, without reimbursement, is in the national security interest
of the United States: Provided , That costs for which reimbursement is
waived pursuant to this subsection shall be paid from appropriations
available for the Asia-Pacific Center.
Sec. 8086. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Chief
of the National Guard Bureau may permit the use of equipment of the
National Guard Distance Learning Project by any person or entity on a
space-available, reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard
Bureau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for such use on a
case-by-case basis.
(b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be credited to funds
available for the National Guard Distance Learning Project and be
available to defray the costs associated with the use of equipment of
the project under that subsection. Such funds shall be available for
such purposes without fiscal year limitation.
Sec. 8087. Using funds available by this Act or any other Act, the
Secretary of the Air Force, pursuant to a determination under section
2690 of title 10, United States Code, may implement cost-effective
agreements for required heating facility modernization in the
Kaiserslautern Military Community in the Federal Republic of Germany:
Provided , That in the City of Kaiserslautern such agreements will
include the use of United States anthracite as the base load energy for
municipal district heat to the United States Defense installations:
Provided further , That at Landstuhl Army Regional Medical Center and
Ramstein Air Base, furnished heat may be obtained from private, regional
or municipal services, if provisions are included for the consideration
of United States coal as an energy source.
Sec. 8088. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3902, during the current fiscal
year, interest penalties may be paid by the Department of Defense from
funds financing the operation of the military department or defense
agency with which the invoice or contract payment is associated.
Sec. 8089. None of the funds appropriated in title IV of this Act may
be used to procure end-items for delivery to military forces for
operational training, operational use or inventory requirements:
Provided , That this restriction does not apply to end-items used in
development, prototyping, and test activities preceding and leading to
acceptance for operational use: Provided further , That this restriction
does not apply to programs funded within the National Foreign
Intelligence Program: Provided further , That the Secretary of Defense
may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in
writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate that it is in the national security
interest to do so.
(Rescissions)
Sec. 8090. Of the funds provided in the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105 262), $452,100,000, to reflect
savings from revised economic assumptions, is hereby rescinded as of the
date of enactment of this Act, or October 1, 1999, whichever is later,
from the following accounts in the specified amounts:
``Aircraft Procurement, Army'', $8,000,000;
``Missile Procurement, Army'', $7,000,000;
``Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army'',
$9,000,000;
``Procurement of Ammunition, Army'', $6,000,000;
``Other Procurement, Army'', $19,000,000;
``Aircraft Procurement, Navy'', $44,000,000;
``Weapons Procurement, Navy'', $8,000,000;
``Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps'', $3,000,000;
``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'', $37,000,000;
``Other Procurement, Navy'', $23,000,000;
``Procurement, Marine Corps'', $5,000,000;
``Aircraft Procurement, Air Force'', $46,000,000;
``Missile Procurement, Air Force'', $14,000,000;
``Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force'', $2,000,000;
``Other Procurement, Air Force'', $44,400,000;
``Procurement, Defense-Wide'', $5,200,000;
``Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Army'', $5,000,000;
``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army'', $20,000,000;
``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy'', $40,900,000;
``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force'',
$76,900,000; and
``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'',
$28,700,000:
Provided , That these reductions shall be applied proportionally to
each budget activity, activity group and subactivity group and each
program, project, and activity within each appropriation account.
Sec. 8091. The budget of the President for fiscal year 2001 submitted
to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code,
and each annual budget request thereafter, shall include budget activity
groups (known as ``subactivities'') in all appropriations accounts
provided in this Act, as may be necessary, to separately identify all
costs incurred by the Department of Defense to support the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization and all Partnership For Peace programs and
initiatives. The budget justification materials submitted to Congress in
support of the budget of the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2001,
and subsequent fiscal years, shall provide complete, detailed estimates
for all such costs.
Sec. 8092. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
to approve or license the sale of the F 22 advanced tactical fighter to
any foreign government.
Sec. 8093. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a case-by-case basis,
waive with respect to a foreign country each limitation on the
procurement of defense items from foreign sources provided in law if the
Secretary determines that the application of the limitation with respect
to that country would invalidate cooperative programs entered into
between the Department of Defense and the foreign country, or would
invalidate reciprocal trade agreements for the procurement of defense
items entered into under section 2531 of title 10, United States Code,
and the country does not discriminate against the same or similar
defense items produced in the United States for that country.
(b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to--
(1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on or after the date of
the enactment of this Act; and
(2) options for the procurement of items that are exercised after
such date under contracts that are entered into before such date if the
option prices are adjusted for any reason other than the application of
a waiver granted under subsection (a).
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation regarding
construction of public vessels, ball and roller bearings, food, and
clothing or textile materials as defined by section 11 (chapters 50 65)
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule and products classified under headings
4010, 4202, 4203, 6401 through 6406, 6505, 7019, 7218 through 7229,
7304.41 through 7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 through 7508, 8105, 8108, 8109,
8211, 8215, and 9404.
(d) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise provided for the
Department of Defense in this or any other Act for any fiscal year may
be obligated or expended for procurement of a nuclear-capable shipyard
crane from a foreign source. Subsection (a) does not apply to the
limitation in the preceding sentence.
Sec. 8094. Funds made available to the Civil Air Patrol in this Act
under the heading ``Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities,
Defense'' may be used for the Civil Air Patrol Corporation's counterdrug
program, including its demand reduction program involving youth
programs, as well as operational and training drug reconnaissance
missions for Federal, State and local government agencies; for
administrative costs, including the hiring of Civil Air Patrol
Corporation employees; for travel and per diem expenses of Civil Air
Patrol Corporation personnel in support of those missions; and for
equipment needed for mission support or performance: Provided , That of
these funds, $300,000 shall be made available to establish and operate a
distance learning program: Provided further , That the Department of the
Air Force should waive reimbursement from the Federal, State and local
government agencies for the use of these funds.
Sec. 8095. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the TRICARE
managed care support contracts in effect, or in final stages of
acquisition as of September 30, 1999, may be extended for two years:
Provided , That any such extension may only take place if the Secretary
of Defense determines that it is in the best interest of the Government:
Provided further , That any contract extension shall be based on the
price in the final best and final offer for the last year of the
existing contract as adjusted for inflation and other factors mutually
agreed to by the contractor and the Government: Provided further , That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, all future TRICARE managed
care support contracts replacing contracts in effect, or in the final
stages of acquisition as of September 30, 1999, may include a base
contract period for transition and up to seven one-year option periods.
Sec. 8096. None of the funds in this Act may be used to compensate an
employee of the Department of Defense who initiates a new start program
without notification to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the
Office of Management and Budget, and the congressional defense
committees, as required by Department of Defense financial management
regulations.
Sec. 8097. In addition to the amounts provided elsewhere in this Act,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, $5,000,000 is hereby
appropriated to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and is available
only for a grant to the Women in Military Service for America Memorial
Foundation, Inc., only for costs associated with completion of the
``Women in Military Service For America'' memorial at Arlington National
Cemetery.
Sec. 8098. Training and Other Programs. (a) Prohibition.--None of the
funds made available by this Act may be used to support any training
program involving a unit of the security forces of a foreign country if
the Secretary of Defense has received credible information from the
Department of State that the unit has committed a gross violation of
human rights, unless all necessary corrective steps have been taken.
(b) Monitoring.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, shall ensure that prior to a decision to conduct any
training program referred to in subsection (a), full consideration is
given to all credible information available to the Department of State
relating to human rights violations by foreign security forces.
(c) Waiver.--The Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the
Secretary of State, may waive the prohibition in subsection (a) if he
determines that such waiver is required by extraordinary circumstances.
(d) Report.--Not more than 15 days after the exercise of any waiver
under subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to
the congressional defense committees describing the extraordinary
circumstances, the purpose and duration of the training program, the
United States forces and the foreign security forces involved in the
training program, and the information relating to human rights
violations that necessitates the waiver.
Sec. 8099. The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, may carry out a program to
distribute surplus dental equipment of the Department of Defense, at no
cost to the Department of Defense, to Indian health service facilities
and to federally-qualified health centers (within the meaning of section
1905(l)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(l)(2)(B))).
Sec. 8100. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, the total
amount appropriated in this Act is hereby reduced by $123,200,000 to
reflect savings from the pay of civilian personnel, to be distributed as
follows:
``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $30,900,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', $66,600,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'', $9,200,000; and
``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', $16,500,000.
Sec. 8101. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, the total
amount appropriated in this Act is hereby reduced by $171,000,000 to
reflect savings from favorable foreign currency fluctuations, to be
distributed as follows:
``Military Personnel, Army'', $19,100,000;
``Military Personnel, Navy'', $2,200,000;
``Military Personnel, Air Force'', $9,900,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $80,700,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', $13,700,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force,'' $26,900,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', $8,700,000; and
``Defense Health Program'', $9,800,000.
Sec. 8102. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary
of Defense may retain all or a portion of the family housing at Fort
Buchanan, Puerto Rico, as the Secretary deems necessary to meet military
family housing needs arising out of the relocation of elements of the
United States Army South to Fort Buchanan.
Sec. 8103. From within amounts made available in title II of this
Act, under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', and
notwithstanding any other provision of law, $12,500,000 shall be
available only for repairs and safety improvements to the segment of
Fort Irwin Road which extends from Interstate 15 northeast toward the
boundary of Fort Irwin, California and the originating intersection of
Irwin Road: Provided , That these funds shall remain available until
expended: Provided further , That the authorized scope of work includes,
but is not limited to, environmental documentation and mitigation,
engineering and design, improving safety, resurfacing, widening lanes,
enhancing shoulders, and replacing signs and pavement markings: Provided
further , That these funds may be used for advances to the Federal
Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, for the authorized
scope of work.
Sec. 8104. Funds appropriated to the Department of the Navy in title
II of this Act may be available to replace lost and canceled Treasury
checks issued to Trans World Airlines in the total amount of $255,333.24
for which timely claims were filed and for which detailed supporting
records no longer exist.
Sec. 8105. None of the funds appropriated or made available in this
Act to the Department of the Navy shall be used to develop, lease or
procure the ADC(X) class of ships unless the main propulsion diesel
engines and propulsors are manufactured in the United States by a
domestically operated entity: Provided , That the Secretary of Defense
may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in
writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not
available to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely basis
and that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability
for national security purposes or there exists a significant cost or
quality difference.
Sec. 8106. From within amounts made available in title II of this Act
under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', and
notwithstanding any other provision of law, $2,500,000 shall be
available only for a grant for ``America's Promise--The Alliance for
Youth, Inc.'', only to support, on a dollar-for-dollar matching basis
with non-departmental funds, efforts to mobilize individuals, groups and
organizations to build and strengthen the character and competence of
the Nation's youth.
Sec. 8107. Of the funds made available in this Act, not less than
$47,100,000 shall be available to maintain an attrition reserve force of
23 B 52 aircraft, of which $3,100,000 shall be available from ``Military
Personnel, Air Force'', $34,500,000 shall be available from ``Operation
and Maintenance, Air Force'', and $9,600,000 shall be available from
``Aircraft Procurement, Air Force'': Provided , That the Secretary of
the Air Force shall maintain a total force of 94 B 52 aircraft,
including 23 attrition reserve aircraft, during fiscal year 2000:
Provided further , That the Secretary of Defense shall include in the
Air Force budget request for fiscal year 2001 amounts sufficient to
maintain a B 52 force totaling 94 aircraft.
Sec. 8108. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, the total
amount appropriated in title II is hereby reduced by $100,000,000 to
reflect savings resulting from reviews of Department of Defense missions
and functions conducted pursuant to Office of Management and Budget
Circular A 76, to be distributed as follows:
``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $34,300,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', $22,800,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps'', $1,400,000; and
``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'', $41,500,000:
Provided , That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be obligated or expended for the purpose of
contracting out functions directly related to the award of Department of
Defense contracts, oversight of contractors with the Department of
Defense, or the payment of such contractors including, but not limited
to: contracting technical officers, contact administration officers,
accounting and finance officers, and budget officers.
Sec. 8109. (a) Report on OMB Circular A 76 Reviews of Work Performed
by DOD Employees.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit a report not
later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act which lists all
instances since 1995 in which missions or functions of the Department of
Defense have been reviewed by the Department of Defense pursuant to OMB
Circular A 76. The report shall list the disposition of each such review
and indicate whether the review resulted in the performance of such
missions or functions by Department of Defense civilian and military
personnel, or whether such reviews resulted in performance by
contractors. The report shall include a description of the types of
missions or functions, the locations where the missions or functions are
performed, the name of the contractor performing the work (if
applicable), the cost to perform the missions or functions at the time
the review was conducted, and the current cost to perform the missions
or functions.
(b) Report on OMB Circular A 76 Reviews of Work Performed by DOD
Contractors.--The report shall also identify those instances in which
work performed by a contractor has been converted to performance by
civilian or military employees of the Department of Defense. For each
instance of contracting in, the report shall include a description of
the types of work, the locations where the work was performed, the name
of the contractor that was performing the work, the cost of contractor
performance at the time the work was contracted in, and the current cost
of performance by civilian or military employees of the Department of
Defense. In addition, the report shall include recommendations for
maximizing the possibility of effective public-private competition for
work that has been contracted out.
(c) Comptroller General Review.--Not later than 90 days after the
date on which the Secretary submits the annual report, the Comptroller
General shall submit to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations the Comptroller General's views on whether the Department
has complied with the requirements for the report.
Sec. 8110. The budget of the President for fiscal year 2001 submitted
to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code,
and each annual budget request thereafter, shall include separate budget
justification documents for costs of United States armed forces'
participation in contingency operations for the Military Personnel
accounts, the Procurement accounts, and the Overseas Contingency
Operations Transfer Fund: Provided , That these budget justification
documents shall include a description of the funding requested for each
anticipated contingency operation, for each military service, to include
active duty and Guard and Reserve components, and for each appropriation
account: Provided further , That these documents shall include estimated
costs for each element of expense or object class, a reconciliation of
increases and decreases for ongoing contingency operations, and
programmatic data including, but not limited to troop strength for each
active duty and Guard and Reserve component, and estimates of the major
weapons systems deployed in support of each contingency.
(Including transfer of funds)
Sec. 8111. In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made
available in this Act, $35,000,000 is hereby appropriated, only to
initiate and expand activities of the Department of Defense to prevent,
prepare for, and respond to a terrorist attack in the United States
involving weapons of mass destruction: Provided , That funds made
available under this section shall be transferred to the following
accounts:
``Reserve Personnel, Army'', $2,000,000;
``National Guard Personnel, Army'', $2,000,000;
``National Guard Personnel, Air Force'', $500,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $24,500,000; and
``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army'', $6,000,000:
Provided further , That funds transferred pursuant to this section
shall be merged with and be available for the same purposes and for the
same time period as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided
further , That the transfer authority provided in this section is in
addition to any other transfer authority available to the Department of
Defense: Provided further , That of the funds transferred to ``Operation
and Maintenance, Army'', not less than $3,000,000 shall be made
available only to establish a cost effective counter-terrorism training
program for first responders and concurrent testing of response
apparatus and equipment at the Memorial Tunnel Facility: Provided
further , That of the funds transferred to ``Operation and Maintenance,
Army'', not less than $2,000,000 shall be made available only to support
development of a structured undergraduate research program for chemical
and biological warfare defense designed to produce graduates with
specialized laboratory training and scientific skills required by
military and industrial laboratories engaged in combating the threat of
biological and chemical terrorism: Provided further , That of the funds
transferred to ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', not less than
$3,500,000 shall be made available for a National Guard Bureau and
Department of Justice collaborative training program only to enhance
distance learning technologies and develop related courseware to provide
training for counter-terrorism and related concerns: Provided further ,
That of the funds transferred to ``Research, Development, Test and
Evaluation, Army'', not less than $3,000,000 shall be made available
only to continue development and presentation of advanced distributed
learning consequence management response courses and conventional
courses.
Sec. 8112. (a) The Secretary of Defense shall, along with submission
of the fiscal year 2001 budget request for the Department of Defense,
submit to the congressional
defense committees a report, in both unclassified and
classified versions, which contains an assessment of the advantages or
disadvantages of deploying a ground-based National Missile Defense
system at more than one site.
(b) This report shall include, but not be limited to, an assessment
of the following issues:
(1) The ability of a single site, versus multiple sites, to counter
the expected ballistic missile threat;
(2) The optimum basing locations for a single and multiple site
National Missile Defense system;
(3) The survivability and redundancy of potential National Missile
Defense systems under a single or multiple site architecture;
(4) The estimated costs (including development, construction and
infrastructure, and procurement of equipment) associated with different
site deployment options; and
(5) Other issues bearing on deploying a National Missile Defense
system at one or more sites.
Sec. 8113. The Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Air
Force each shall submit a report to the congressional defense committees
within 90 days of enactment of this Act in both classified and
unclassified form which shall provide a detailed description of the
dedicated aggressor squadrons used to conduct combat flight training for
the Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force covering the period from fiscal
year 1990 through the present. For each year of the specified time
period, each report shall provide a detailed description of the
following: the assets which comprise dedicated aggressor squadrons
including both aircrews, and the types and models of aircraft assigned
to these squadrons; the number of training sorties for all forms of
combat flight training which require aggressor aircraft, and the number
of sorties that the dedicated aggressor squadrons can generate to meet
these requirements; the ratio of the total inventory of attack and
fighter aircraft to the number of aircraft available for dedicated
aggressor squadrons; a comparison of the performance characteristics of
the aircraft assigned to dedicated aggressor squadrons compared to the
performance characteristics of the aircraft they are intended to
represent in training scenarios; an assessment of pilot proficiency by
year from 1986 to the present; Service recommendations to enhance
aggressor squadron proficiency to include number of dedicated aircraft,
equipment, facilities, and personnel; and a plan that proposes
improvements in dissimilar aircraft air combat training.
Sec. 8114. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available
by this or other Department of Defense Appropriations Acts may be
obligated or expended for the purpose of performing repairs or
maintenance to military family housing units of the Department of
Defense, including areas in such military family housing units that may
be used for the purpose of conducting official Department of Defense
business: Provided , That the Department of Defense Office of the
Inspector General shall provide a report to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations not later than 90 days after the enactment
of this Act which assesses the compliance of each of the military
services with applicable appropriations law, Office of Management and
Budget circulars, and Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller) directives
which govern funding for maintenance and repairs to flag officer
quarters: Provided further , That this report shall include an
assessment as to whether there have been violations of the
Anti-Deficiency Act resulting from instances of improper funding of such
maintenance and repair projects.
Sec. 8115. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
appropriated in this Act under the heading ``Research, Development, Test
and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'' for any advanced concept technology
demonstration project may only be obligated thirty days after a report,
including a description of the project and its estimated annual and
total cost, has been provided in writing to the congressional defense
committees: Provided , That the Secretary of Defense may waive this
restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying to the congressional
defense committees that it is in the national interest to do so:
Provided further , That none of the funds appropriated under the heading
``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'' in the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105 262)
which remain available for obligation are available for the Line of
Sight Anti-Tank Program: Provided further , That of the funds
appropriated under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and
Evaluation, Defense-Wide'' in Public Law 105 262, $10,027,000 shall be
available only for the Air Directed Surface to Air Missile.
Sec. 8116. None of the funds appropriated under the heading
``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'' in the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105 262)
which remain available for obligation are available for the Medium
Extended Air Defense System or successor systems.
Sec. 8117. Of the funds appropriated in title II of this Act under
the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $250,000 shall be
available only for a grant to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission for
the purpose of locating, identifying the boundaries of, acquiring,
preserving, and memorializing the cemetery site that is located in close
proximity to Fort Atkinson, Nebraska. The Secretary of the Army shall
require as a condition of such grant that the Nebraska Game and Parks
Commission, in carrying out the purposes of which the grant is made,
work in conjunction with the Nebraska State Historical Society. The
grant under this section shall be made without regard to section 1301 of
title 31, United States Code, or any other provision of law.
Sec. 8118. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the
purpose of establishing all Department of Defense policies governing the
provision of care provided by and financed under the military health
care system's case management program under 10 U.S.C. 1079(a)(17), the
term ``custodial care'' shall be defined as care designed essentially to
assist an individual in meeting the activities of daily living and which
does not require the supervision of trained medical, nursing,
paramedical or other specially trained individuals: Provided, That the
case management program shall provide that members and retired members
of the military services, and their dependents and survivors, have
access to all medically necessary health care through the health care
delivery system of the military services regardless of the health care
status of the person seeking the health care: Provided further, That the
case management program shall be the primary obligor for payment
of medically necessary services and shall not be considered as
secondarily liable to Title XIX of The Social Security Act, other
welfare programs or charity based care.
Sec. 8119. During the current fiscal year--
(1) refunds attributable to the use of the Government travel card
and refunds attributable to official Government travel arranged by
Government Contracted Travel Management Centers may be credited to
operation and maintenance accounts of the Department of Defense which
are current when the refunds are received; and
(2) refunds attributable to the use of the Government Purchase Card
by military personnel and civilian employees of the Department of
Defense may be credited to accounts of the Department of Defense that
are current when the refunds are received and that are available for the
same purposes as the accounts originally charged.
Sec. 8120. During the current fiscal year and hereafter, any Federal
grant of funds to an institution of higher education to be available
solely for student financial assistance or related administrative costs
may be used for the purpose for which the grant is made without regard
to any provision to the contrary in section 514 of the Departments of
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1997 (10 U.S.C. 503 note), or section 983 of title
10, United States Code.
Sec. 8121. (a) Registering Information Technology Systems With DOD
Chief Information Officer.--After March 31, 2000, none of the funds
appropriated in this Act may be used for a mission critical or mission
essential information technology system (including a system funded by
the defense working capital fund) that is not registered with the Chief
Information Officer of the Department of Defense. A system shall be
considered to be registered with that officer upon the furnishing to
that officer of notice of the system, together with such information
concerning the system as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe. An
information technology system shall be considered a mission critical or
mission essential information technology system as defined by the
Secretary of Defense.
(b) Certifications as to Compliance With Clinger-Cohen Act.--(1)
During fiscal year 2000, a major automated information system may not
receive Milestone I approval, Milestone II approval, or Milestone III
approval within the Department of Defense until the Chief Information
Officer certifies, with respect to that milestone, that the system is
being developed in accordance with the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (40
U.S.C. 1401 et seq.). The Chief Information Officer may require
additional certifications, as appropriate, with respect to any such
system.
(2) The Chief Information Officer shall provide the congressional
defense committees timely notification of certifications under paragraph
(1). Each such notification shall include, at a minimum, the funding
baseline and milestone schedule for each system covered by such a
certification and confirmation that the following steps have been taken
with respect to the system:
(A) Business process reengineering.
(B) An analysis of alternatives.
(C) An economic analysis that includes a calculation of the return
on investment.
(D) Performance measures.
(E) An information assurance strategy consistent with the
Department's Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence,
Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Architecture Framework.
(c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
(1) The term ``Chief Information Officer'' means the senior official
of the Department of Defense designated by the Secretary of Defense
pursuant to section 3506 of title 44, United States Code.
(2) The term ``information technology system'' has the meaning given
the term ``information technology'' in section 5002 of the Clinger-Cohen
Act of 1996 (40 U.S.C. 1401).
(3) The term ``major automated information system'' has the meaning
given that term in Department of Defense Directive 5000.1.
Sec. 8122. During the current fiscal year, none of the funds
available to the Department of Defense may be used to provide support to
another department or agency of the United States if such department or
agency is more than 90 days in arrears in making payment to the
Department of Defense for goods or services previously provided to such
department or agency on a reimbursable basis: Provided , That this
restriction shall not apply if the Department is authorized by law to
provide support to such department or agency on a nonreimbursable basis,
and is providing the requested support pursuant to such authority:
Provided further , That the Secretary of Defense may waive this
restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate that it is in the national security interest to do so.
Sec. 8123. (a) Recovery of Certain DOD Administrative Expenses in
Connection With Foreign Military Sales Program.--Charges for
administrative services calculated under section 21(e) of the Arms
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(e)) in connection with the sale of
defense articles or defense services shall (notwithstanding paragraph
(3) of section 43(b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2792(b)) include recovery of
administrative expenses incurred by the Department of Defense during
fiscal year 2000 that are attributable to (1) salaries of members of the
Armed Forces, and (2) unfunded estimated costs of civilian retirement
and other benefits.
(b) Reimbursement of Applicable Military Personnel Accounts.--During
the current fiscal year, amounts in the Foreign Military Sales Trust
Fund shall be available in an amount not to exceed $63,000,000 to
reimburse the applicable military personnel accounts in title I of this
Act for the value of administrative expenses referred in subsection
(a)(1).
(c) Reductions To Reflect Amounts Expected To Be Recovered.--(1) The
amounts in title I of this Act are hereby reduced by an aggregate of
$63,000,000 (such amount being the amount expected to be recovered by
reason of subsection (a)(1)).
(2) The amounts in title II of this Act are hereby reduced by an
aggregate of $31,000,000 (such amount being that amount expected to be
recovered by reason of subsection (a)(2)).
Sec. 8124. (a) The Communications Act of 1934 is amended in section
337(b) (47 U.S.C. 337(b)), by deleting paragraph (2). Upon enactment of
this provision, the FCC shall initiate the competitive bidding process
in fiscal year 1999 and shall conduct the competitive bidding in a
manner that ensures that all proceeds of such bidding are deposited in
accordance with section 309(j)(8) of the Act not later than September
30, 2000. To expedite the assignment by competitive bidding of the
frequencies identified in section 337(a)(2) of the Act, the rules
governing such frequencies shall be effective immediately upon
publication in the Federal Register, notwithstanding 5 U.S.C. 553(d),
801(a)(3), 804(2), and 806(a). Chapter 6 of such title, 15 U.S.C. 632,
and 44 U.S.C. 3507 and 3512, shall not apply to the rules and
competitive bidding procedures governing such frequencies.
Notwithstanding section 309(b) of the Act, no application for an
instrument of authorization for such frequencies shall be granted by the
Commission earlier than 7 days following issuance of public notice by
the Commission of the acceptance for filing of such application or of
any substantial amendment thereto. Notwithstanding section 309(d)(1) of
such Act, the Commission may specify a period (no less than 5 days
following issuance of such public notice) for the filing of petitions to
deny any application for an instrument of authorization for such
frequencies.
(b)(1) Not later than 15 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Federal
Communications Commission shall each submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report which shall--
(A) set forth the anticipated schedule (including specific dates)
for--
(i) preparing and conducting the competitive bidding process
required by subsection (a); and
(ii) depositing the receipts of the competitive bidding process;
(B) set forth each signficant milestone in the rulemaking process
with respect to the competitive bidding process;
(C) include an explanation of the effect of each requirement in
subsection (a) on the schedule for the competitive bidding process and
any post-bidding activities (including the deposit of receipts) when
compared with the schedule for the competitive bidding and any
post-bidding activities (including the deposit of receipts) that would
otherwise have occurred under section 337(b)(2) of the Communications
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 337(b)(2)) if not for the enactment of subsection
(a);
(D) set forth for each spectrum auction held by the Federal
Communications Commission since 1993 information on--
(i) the time required for each stage of preparation for the auction;
(ii) the date of the commencement and of the completion of the
auction;
(iii) the time which elapsed between the date of the completion of
the auction and the date of the first deposit of receipts from the
auction in the Treasury; and
(iv) the dates of all subsequent deposits of receipts from the
auction in the Treasury; and
(E) include an assessment of how the stages of the competitive
bidding process required by subsection (a), including preparation,
commencement and completion, and deposit of receipts, will differ from
similar stages in the auctions referred to in subparagraph (D).
(2) Not later than October 5, 2000, the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget and the Federal Communications Commission shall
each submit to the appropriate congressional committees the report which
shall--
(A) describe the course of the competitive bidding process required
by subsection (a) through September 30, 2000, including the amount of
any receipts from the competitive bidding process deposited in the
Treasury as of September 30, 2000; and
(B) if the course of the competitive bidding process has included
any deviations from the schedule set forth under paragraph (1)(A), an
explanation for such deviations from the schedule.
(3) The Federal Communications Commission may not consult with the
Director in the preparation and submittal of the reports required of the
Commission by this subsection.
(4) In this subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional
committees'' means the following:
(A) The Committees on Appropriations, the Budget, and Commerce of
the Senate.
(B) The Committees on Appropriations, the Budget, and Commerce of
the House of Representatives.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to supercede the
requirements placed on the Federal Communications Commission by 47
U.S.C. 337(d)(4).
Sec. 8125. (a) Report Required.--Not later than January 31, 2000, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense
committees in both classified and unclassified form a report on the
conduct of Operation Desert Fox and Operation Allied Force (also
referred to as Operation Noble Anvil). The Secretary of Defense shall
submit to such committees a preliminary report on the conduct of these
operations not later than December 15, 1999. The report (including the
preliminary report) should be prepared in consultation with the Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Commander in Chief of the United
States Central Command, and the Commander in Chief of the United States
European Command.
(b) Review of Successes and Deficiencies.--The report should contain
a thorough review of the successes and deficiencies of these operations,
with respect to the following matters:
(1) United States military objectives in these operations.
(2) With respect to Operation Allied Force, the military strategy of
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to obtain said military
objectives.
(3) The command structure for the execution of Operation Allied Force.
(4) The process for identifying, nominating, selecting, and
verifying targets to be attacked during Operation Desert Fox and
Operation Allied Force.
(5) A comprehensive battle damage assessment of targets prosecuted
during the conduct of the air campaigns in these operations, to
include--
(A) fixed targets, both military and civilian, to include bridges,
roads, rail lines, airfields, power generating plants, broadcast
facilities, oil refining infrastructure, fuel and munitions storage
installations, industrial plants producing military equipment, command
and control nodes, civilian leadership bunkers and military barracks;
(B) mobile military targets such as tanks, armored personnel
carriers, artillery pieces, trucks, and air defense assets;
(C) with respect to Operation Desert Fox, research and production
facilities associated with Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and
ballistic missile programs, and any military units or organizations
associated with such activities within Iraq; and
(D) a discussion of decoy, deception and counter-intelligence
techniques employed by the Iraqi and Serbian military.
(6) The use and performance of United States military equipment,
weapon systems, munitions, and national and tactical reconnaissance and
surveillance assets (including items classified under special access
procedures) and an analysis of--
(A) any equipment or capabilities that were in research and
development and if available could have been used in these operations'
respective theater of operations;
(B) any equipment or capabilities that were available and could have
been used but were not introduced into these operations' respective
theater of operations; and
(C) any equipment or capabilities that were introduced to these
operations' respective theater of operations that could have been used
but were not.
(7) Command, control, communications and operational security of
NATO forces as a whole and United States forces separately during
Operation Allied Force, including the ability of United States aircraft
to operate with aircraft of other nations without degradation of
capabilities or protection of United States forces.
(8) The deployment of United States forces and supplies to the
theater of operations, including an assessment of airlift and sealift
(to include a specific assessment of the deployment of Task Force Hawk
during Operation Allied Force, to include detailed explanations for the
delay in initial deployment, the suitability of equipment deployed
compared to other equipment in the U.S. inventory that was not deployed,
and a critique of the training provided to operational personnel prior
to and during the deployment).
(9) The use of electronic warfare assets, in particular an
assessment of the adequacy of EA 6B aircraft in terms of inventory,
capabilities, deficiencies, and ability to provide logistics support.
(10) The effectiveness of reserve component forces including their
use and performance in the theater of operations.
(11) The contributions of United States (and with respect to
Operation Allied Force, NATO) intelligence and counterintelligence
systems and personnel, including an assessment of the targeting
selection and bomb damage assessment process.
(c) The report should also contain:
(1) An analysis of the transfer of operational assets from other
United States Unified Commands to these operations' theater of
operations and the impact on the readiness, warfighting capability and
deterrence value of those commands.
(2) An analysis of the implications of these operations as regards
the ability of United States armed forces and intelligence capabilities
to carry out the current national security strategy, including--
(A) whether the Department of Defense and its components, and the
intelligence community and its components, have sufficient force
structure and manning as well as equipment (to include items such as
munitions stocks) to deploy, prosecute and sustain operations in a
second major theater of war as called for under the current national
security strategy;
(B) which, if any aspects, of currently programmed manpower,
operations, training and other readiness programs, and weapons and other
systems are found to be inadequate in
terms of supporting the national military strategy; and
(C) what adjustments need to be made to current defense planning and
budgets, and specific programs to redress any deficiencies identified by
this analysis.
Sec. 8126. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used to
transfer to any nongovernmental entity ammunition held by the Department
of Defense that has a center-fire cartridge and a United States military
nomenclature designation of ``armor penetrator'', ``armor piercing
(AP)'', ``armor piercing incendiary (API)'', or ``armor-piercing
incendiary-tracer (API T)'', except to an entity performing
demilitarization services for the Department of Defense under a contract
that requires the entity to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the
Department of Defense that armor piercing projectiles are either (1)
rendered incapable of reuse by the demilitarization process or (2) used
to manufacture ammunition pursuant to a contract with the Department of
Defense or the manufacture of ammunition for export pursuant to a
License for Permanent Export of Unclassified Military Articles issued by
the Department of State.
Sec. 8127. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Chief of
the National Guard Bureau, or his designee, may waive payment of all or
part of the consideration that otherwise would be required under 10
U.S.C. 2667, in the case of a lease of personal property for a period
not in excess of one year to any organization specified in 32 U.S.C.
508(d), or any other youth, social, or fraternal non-profit organization
as may be approved by the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or his
designee, on a case-by-case basis.
Sec. 8128. In the current fiscal year and hereafter, funds
appropriated for the Pacific Disaster Center may be obligated to carry
out such missions as the Secretary of Defense may specify for disaster
information management and related supporting activities in the
geographic area of responsibility of the Commander in Chief, Pacific and
beyond in support of a global disaster information network: Provided,
That the Secretary may enable the Pacific Disaster Center and its
derivatives to enter into flexible public-private cooperative
arrangements for the delegation or implementation of some or all of its
missions and accept and provide grants, or other remuneration to or from
any agency of the Federal government, state or local government, private
source or foreign government to carry out any of its activities:
Provided further, That the Pacific Disaster Center may not accept any
remuneration or provide any service or grant which could compromise
national security.
Sec. 8129. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, the total
amount appropriated in Title I of this Act is hereby reduced by
$1,838,426,000 to reflect amounts appropriated in Public Law 106 31.
This amount is to be distributed as follows:
``Military Personnel, Army'', $559,533,000;
``Military Personnel, Navy'', $436,773,000;
``Military Personnel, Marine Corps'', $177,980,000;
``Military Personnel, Air Force'', $471,892,000;
``Reserve Personnel, Army'', $40,574,000;
``Reserve Personnel, Navy'', $29,833,000;
``Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps'', $7,820,000;
``Reserve Personnel, Air Force'', $13,143,000;
``National Guard Personnel, Army'', $70,416,000; and
``National Guard Personnel, Air Force'', $30,462,000.
Sec. 8130. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, that not more
than thirty-five per centum of funds provided in this Act, may be
obligated for environmental remediation under indefinite
delivery/indefinite quantity contracts with a total contract value of
$130,000,000 or higher.
Sec. 8131. Of the funds made available under the heading ``Operation
and Maintenance, Air Force'', $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the
Department of Transportation to enable the Secretary of Transportation
to realign railroad track on Elmendorf Air Force Base.
Sec. 8132. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used
for the support of any nonappropriated funds activity of the Department
of Defense that procures malt beverages and wine with nonappropriated
funds for resale (including such alcoholic beverages sold by the drink)
on a military installation located in the United States unless such malt
beverages and wine are procured within that State, or in the case of the
District of Columbia, within the District of Columbia, in which the
military installation is located: Provided, That in a case in which the
military installation is located in more than one State, purchases may
be made in any State in which the installation is located: Provided
further, That such local procurement requirements for malt beverages and
wine shall apply to all alcoholic beverages only for military
installations in States which are not contiguous with another State:
Provided further, That alcoholic beverages other than wine and malt
beverages, in contiguous States and the District of Columbia shall be
procured from the most competitive source, price and other factors
considered.
Sec. 8133. Multi-year Aircraft Lease Pilot Program. (a) The Secretary
of the Air Force may establish a multi-year pilot program for leasing
aircraft for operational support purposes, including transportation for
the combatant Commanders in Chief, on such terms and conditions as the
Secretary may deem appropriate, consistent with this Section.
(b) Sections 2401 and 2401a of Title 10, United States Code shall not
apply to any aircraft lease authorized by this Section.
(c) Under the aircraft lease Pilot Program authorized by this Section:
(1) The Secretary may include terms and conditions in lease
agreements that are customary in aircraft leases by a non-government
lessor to a non-government lessee.
(2) The term of any individual lease agreement into which the
Secretary enters under this section shall not exceed ten years.
(3) The Secretary may provide for special payments to a lessor if
either the Secretary terminates or cancels the lease prior to the
expiration of its term or aircraft are damaged or destroyed prior to the
expiration of the term of the lease. Such special payments shall not
exceed an amount equal to the value of one year's lease payment under
the lease. The amount of special payments shall be subject to
negotiation between the Air Force and lessors.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any payments
required under a lease under this Section, and any payments made
pursuant to Subsection (3) above may be made from:
(A) Appropriations available for the performance of the lease at the
time the lease takes effect;
(B) Appropriations for the operation and maintenance available at
the time which the payment is due; and
(C) Funds appropriated for those payments.
(5) The Secretary may lease aircraft, on such terms and conditions
as the Secretary may deem appropriate, consistent with this section,
through an operating lease consistent with OMB Circular A 11.
(6) The Secretary may exchange or sell existing aircraft and apply
the exchange allowance or sale proceeds in whole or in part toward the
cost of leasing replacement aircraft under this Section.
(7) Lease arrangements authorized by this Section may not commence
until:
(A) The Secretary submits a report to the congressional defense
committees outlining the plans for implementing the Pilot Program. The
Report shall describe the terms and conditions of proposed contracts and
the savings in operations and support costs expected to be derived from
retiring older aircraft as compared to the expected cost of leasing
newer replacement aircraft; and
(B) A period of not less than 30 calendar days has elapsed after
submitting the Report.
(8) Not later than one year after the date on which the first
aircraft is delivered under this Pilot Program, and yearly thereafter on
the anniversary of the first delivery, the Secretary shall submit a
report to the congressional defense committees describing the status of
the Pilot Program. The Report will be based on at least six months of
experience in operating the Pilot Program.
(9) No lease of operational support aircraft may be entered into
under this Section after September 30, 2004.
(d) The authority granted to the Secretary of the Air Force by this
Section is separate from and in addition to, and shall not be construed
to impair or otherwise affect, the authority of the Secretary to procure
transportation or enter into leases under a provision of law other than
this section.
(e) The authority provided under this section may be used to lease
not more than a total of six (6) aircraft for the purposes of providing
operational support.
Sec. 8134. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, the total
amount appropriated in this Act for ``Operation and Maintenance, Air
Force'' is hereby reduced by $100,000,000 to reflect supplemental
appropriations provided under Public Law 106 31 for Readiness/Munitions.
Sec. 8135. Section 8106(a) of the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 1997 (titles I through VIII of the matter under
section 101(b) of Public Law 104 208; 110 Stat. 3009 111; 10 U.S.C. 113
note), is amended--
(1) by striking ``not later than June 30, 1997,''; and
(2) by striking ``$1,000,000'' and inserting ``$500,000''.
Sec. 8136. None of the funds provided for the Joint Warfighting
Experimentation Program may be obligated until the Vice Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff reports to the congressional defense committees on
the role and participation of all unified and specified commands in the
Joint Warfighting Experimentation Program.
Sec. 8137. In addition to the amounts appropriated or otherwise made
available elsewhere in this Act for the Department of Defense,
$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000 is hereby
appropriated to the Department of Defense: Provided, That the Secretary
of Defense shall make a grant in the amount of $5,000,000 to the
American Red Cross for Armed Forces Emergency Services.
Sec. 8138. The Department of the Army is directed to conduct a live
fire, side-by-side operational test of the air-to-air Starstreak and
air-to-air Stinger missiles from the AH 64D Longbow helicopter. The
operational test is to be completed utilizing funds provided for in this
Act in addition to funding provided for this purpose in the Fiscal Year
1999 Defense Appropriations Act (P.L. 105 262): Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department is to ensure
that the development, procurement or integration of any missile for use
on the AH 64 or RAH 66 helicopters, as an air-to-air missile, is subject
to a full and open competition which includes the conduct of a
live-fire, side-by-side test as an element of the source selection
criteria: Provided further, That the Under Secretary of Defense
(Acquisition & Technology) will conduct an independent review of the
need, and the merits of acquiring an air-to-air missile to provide
self-protection for the AH 64 and RAH 66 from the threat of hostile
forces. The Secretary is to provide his findings in a report to the
congressional defense committees, no later than March 31, 2000.
Sec. 8139. During the current fiscal year, under regulations
prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Center of Excellence for
Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance may also pay, or
authorize payment for, the expenses of providing or facilitating
education and training for appropriate military and civilian personnel
of foreign countries in disaster management and humanitarian assistance:
Provided, That not later than April 1, 2001, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report regarding
the training of foreign personnel conducted under this authority during
the preceding fiscal year for which expenses were paid under the
section: Provided further, That the report shall specify the countries
in which the training was conducted, the type of training conducted, and
the foreign personnel trained.
Sec. 8140. Of the funds appropriated in title II under the heading ``
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' for the Office of the Special
Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Gulf War Illnesses, up
to $10,000,000 may be made available for carrying out the first-year
actions under the 5-year research plan outlined in the report entitled
``Department of Defense Strategy to Address Low-Level Exposures to
Chemical Warfare Agents (CWAs)'', dated May 1999, that was submitted to
committees of Congress pursuant to section 247(d) of the Strom Thurmond
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105
261; 112 Stat. 1957).
Sec. 8141. (a) The Department of Defense is authorized to enter into
agreements with the Veterans Administration and federally-funded health
agencies providing services to Native Hawaiians for the purpose of
establishing a partnership similar to the Alaska Federal Health Care
Partnership, in order to maximize Federal resources in the provision of
health care services by federally-funded health agencies, applying
telemedicine technologies. For the purpose of this partnership, Native
Hawaiians shall have the same status as other Native Americans who are
eligible for the health care services provided by the Indian Health
Service.
(b) The Department of Defense is authorized to develop a consultation
policy, consistent with Executive Order 13084 (issued May 14, 1998),
with Native Hawaiians for the purpose of assuring maximum Native
Hawaiian participation in the direction and administration of
governmental services so as to render those services more responsive to
the needs of the Native Hawaiian community.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ``Native Hawaiian'' means
any individual who is a descendant of the aboriginal people who, prior
to 1778, occupied and exercised sovereignty in the area that now
comprises the State of Hawaii.
Sec. 8142. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available
by this or any other Act may be made available for reconstruction
activities in the Republic of Serbia (excluding the province of Kosovo)
as long as Slobodan Milosevic remains the President of the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro).
Sec. 8143. In addition to the amounts provided elsewhere in this Act,
the amount of $5,000,000 is hereby appropriated for `` Operation and
Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', to be available, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, only for a grant to the United Service Organizations
Incorporated, a federally chartered corporation under chapter 2201 of
title 36, United States Code. The grant provided for by this section is
in addition to any grant provided for under any other provision of law.
Sec. 8144. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to
initiate a multiyear procurement contract for the Abrams M1A2 Tank
Upgrade Program until 30 days after the Department of the Army has
submitted a report to Congress detailing its efforts to reduce the costs
of the tank upgrade program, to include the effects and potential
savings that would result from any alternate fixed price or fixed
quantity option contracts.
Sec. 8145. The multi-year authority for the C 17 granted in this Act
shall become effective once the Secretary of the Air Force certifies to
the congressional defense committees that the average unit flyaway price
of C 17 aircraft P121 through P180 purchased under a multi-year contract
will be at least twenty-five (25) percent below the average unit flyaway
price of the C 17 under the current 80 aircraft multiyear procurement
program, with both prices calculated in fiscal year 1999 dollars.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Sec. 8146. (a) In addition to amounts appropriated elsewhere in this
Act, $1,000,000,000 is hereby appropriated for the F 22 program:
Provided, That these funds shall only be available for transfer to the
appropriate F 22 program R 1 and P 1 line items of Titles IV and III of
this Act for the purposes of F 22 program research, development, test
and evaluation, and advance procurement: Provided further , That of this
amount, not more than $277,100,000 may be transferred to the ``Aircraft
Procurement, Air Force'' account only for advance procurement of F 22
aircraft: Provided further , That any funds transferred for F 22 advance
procurement shall not be available for obligation until the Secretary of
Defense certifies to the congressional defense committees that all 1999
Defense Acquisition Board exit criteria have been met: Provided further
, That the transfer authority provided in this section is in addition to
any other transfer authority contained elsewhere in this Act.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of
Defense may use funds provided under this section and transferred to
Titles IV and III of this Act to continue acquisition of F 22 test
aircraft for which procurement funding has been previously provided.
(c) The Secretary of the Air Force shall adjust the amounts of the
limitations set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of section 217, Public
Law 105 85 accordingly, and may modify any F 22 contracts to implement
the requirements of this section.
(d) Funds appropriated in this Act or any other prior Act for
``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force'' and ``Aircraft
Procurement, Air Force'' may not be used for acquisition of more than a
total of 17 flight-capable test vehicles for the F 22 aircraft program.
(e) The Secretary of the Air Force may not award a full funding
contract for low-rate initial production for the F 22 aircraft program
until--
(1) the first flight of an F 22 aircraft incorporating Block 3.0
software has been conducted;
(2) the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional defense
committees that all Defense Acquisition Board exit criteria for the
award of low-rate initial production of the aircraft have been met; and
(3) upon completion of the requirements under (e)(1) and (e)(2) the
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation submits to the congressional
defense committees a report assessing the adequacy of testing to date to
measure and predict performance of F 22 avionics systems, stealth
characteristics, and weapons delivery systems.
(f) The funds transferred under the authority provided within this
section shall be merged with and shall be available for the same
purposes, and for the same time period, as the appropriation to which
transferred.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Sec. 8147. (a) In addition to the amounts appropriated elsewhere in
this Act, $300,000,000 is hereby appropriated for F 22 program
termination liability or for other F 22 program contractual requirements
in lieu of termination liability obligations: Provided, That these funds
shall only be available for transfer to the appropriate F 22 program R 1
and P 1 line items of Titles IV and III of this Act for the purposes
specified in this section: Provided further , That the transfer
authority provided in this section is in addition to any other transfer
authority contained elsewhere in this Act: Provided further , That these
funds shall not be available for expenditure until October 1, 2000.
(b) The funds transferred under the authority provided within this
section shall be merged with and shall be available for the same
purposes, and for the same time period, as the appropriation to which
transferred.
Sec. 8148. In addition to the amounts provided elsewhere in this Act,
the amount of $5,500,000 is hereby appropriated for `` Operation and
Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', to be available, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, only for a grant to the High Desert Partnership in
Academic Excellence Foundation, Inc., for the purpose of developing,
implementing, and evaluating a standards and performance based academic
model at schools administered by the Department of Defense Education
Activity.
Sec. 8149. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used for
the payment of a fine or penalty that is imposed against the Department
of Defense or a military department arising from an environmental
violation at a military installation or facility unless the payment of
the fine or penalty has been specifically authorized by law. For
purposes of this section, expenditure of funds to carry out a
supplemental environmental project that is required to be carried out as
part of such a penalty shall be considered to be a payment of the
penalty.
Sec. 8150. Section 8145 of the Department of Defense Appropriations
Act, 1999 (Public Law 105 262; 112 Stat. 2340), is amended by inserting
before the period at the end the following: ``, and for such additional
environmental restoration activities at such former base as may be
accomplished within such total amount''.
Sec. 8151. Of the funds made available in this Act under the heading
``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', up to $5,000,000 shall be
available to provide assistance, by grant or otherwise, to public school
systems that have unusually high concentrations of special needs
military dependents enrolled: Provided, That in selecting school systems
to receive such assistance, special consideration shall be given to
school systems in states that are considered overseas assignments.
Sec. 8152. Funds appropriated by the paragraph under the heading
``MILITARY CONSTRUCTION TRANSFER FUNDS'' in the 1999 Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law 106 31; 113 Stat. 85) may be
transferred to military construction accounts, as authorized by that
paragraph, and shall be merged with and shall be available for the same
purposes and for the same time period as the account to which
transferred.
Sec. 8153. Section 127 of the Military Construction Appropriations
Act, 1995 (Public Law 103 307; 108 Stat. 1666) is amended--
(1) in subsection (B)(1), by striking ``an amount'' and all that
follows and inserting ``$3,400,000.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(i) Completion of Conveyance by End of Fiscal Year 2000 .--The
Secretary shall endeavor to complete any conveyance under this section
not later than September 30, 2000.''.
Sec. 8154. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
appropriated in this Act under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance,
Army'' shall be available for expenses associated with characterization
and remediation activities at the Massachusetts Military Reservation,
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, resulting from environmental problems
pertaining to use of Camp Edwards as a training range and impact area
and any administrative orders issued by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency to address those problems.
Sec. 8155. (a) In General .--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no cost to the Air
Force, without consideration, to Indian tribes located in the States of
North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Minnesota relocatable military
housing units located at Grand Forks Air Force Base and Minot Air Force
Base that are excess to the needs of the Air Force.
(b) Processing of Requests .--The Secretary of the Air Force shall
convey, at no cost to the Air Force, military housing units under
subsection (a) in accordance with the request for such units that are
submitted to the Secretary by the Operation Walking Shield Program on
behalf of Indian tribes located in the States of North Dakota, South
Dakota, Montana, and Minnesota.
(c) The Operation Walking Shield program shall resolve any conflicts
among request of Indian tribes for housing units under subsection (a)
before submitting requests to the Secretary of the Air Force under
paragraph (b).
(d) Indian Tribe Defined .--In this section, the term ``Indian
tribe'' means any recognized Indian tribe included on the current list
published by the Secretary of the Interior under Section 104 of the
Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 (Public Law 103 454; 108
Stat. 4792; U.S.C. 479a 1).
Sec. 8156. Of the amounts appropriated in the Act under the heading
``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'',
$45,000,000 shall be available for the purpose of adjusting the
cost-share of the parties under the Agreement between the Department of
Defense and the Ministry of Defence of Israel for the Arrow
Deployability Program.
Sec. 8157. The Secretary of Defense shall fully identify and
determine the validity of healthcare contract additional liabilities,
requests for equitable adjustment, and claims for unanticipated
healthcare contract costs: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall
establish an equitable and timely process for the adjudication of
claims, and recognize actual liabilities during the Department's
planning, programming and budgeting process, including fiscal year 2000
supplemental appropriation requests if appropriate: Provided further,
That not later than December 1, 1999, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit a report to the congressional defense committees on the scope and
extent of healthcare contract claims, and on the action taken to
implement the provisions of this section: Provided further, That nothing
in this section should be construed as congressional direction to
liquidate or pay any claims that otherwise would not have been
adjudicated in favor of the claimant.
Sec. 8158. Of the funds appropriated in title II of this Act under
the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', $8,000,000
shall be available only for a community retraining, reinvestment, and
manufacturing initiative to be conducted by an academic consortia with
existing programs in manufacturing and retraining: Provided, That the
$8,000,000 made available in this section shall be obligated by grant
not later than fifteen days after enactment of this Act.
Sec. 8159. (a) Report Required .--Not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a report on the management of
the chemical weapons demilitarization program.
(b) Report Elements .--The report under subsection (a) shall include
the following:
(1) A description and assessment of the current management structure
of the chemical weapons demilitarization program, including the
management of the assembled chemical weapons assessment (ACW 7EA)
program.
(2) An assessment of the feasibility and advisability for the
management of the chemical weapons demilitarization program of the
assignment of a panel for oversight of the management of program, which
panel would--
(A) consist of officials of the Department of Defense and of other
departments and agencies of the Federal Government having an interest in
the safe and timely demilitarization of chemical weapons; and
(B) prepare annual reports on the schedule, cost, and effectiveness
of the program.
(3) Any other matters relating to the management of the chemical
weapons demilitarization program, including the improvement of the
management of the program, that the Secretary considers appropriate.
Sec. 8160. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all military
construction projects for which funds were appropriated in Public Law
106 52 are hereby authorized.
Sec. 8161. The Secretary of Defense may treat the opening of the
National D-Day Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana, as an official event of
the Department of Defense for the purposes of the provision of support
for ceremonies and activities related to that opening.
Sec. 8162. Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial. (a) Findings.--Congress
finds that--
(1) the people of the United States feel a deep debt of gratitude to
Dwight D. Eisenhower, who served as Supreme Commander of the Allied
Forces in Europe in World War II and subsequently as 34th President of
the United States; and
(2) an appropriate permanent memorial to Dwight D. Eisenhower should
be created to perpetuate his memory and his contributions to the United
States.
(b) Commission.--There is established a commission to be known as the
``Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission'' (referred to in this
section as the ``Commission'').
(c) Membership.--The Commission shall be composed of--
(1) 4 persons appointed by the President, not more than two of whom
may be members of the same political party;
(2) 4 Members of the Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore
of the Senate in consultation with the Majority Leader and Minority
Leader of the Senate, of which not more than two appointees may be
members of the same political party; and
(3) 4 Members of the House of Representatives appointed by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives in consultation with the
Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the House, of which not more than
two appointees may be members of the same political party.
(d) Chair and Vice Chair.--The members of the Commission shall select
a Chair and Vice Chair of the Commission. The Chair and Vice Chair shall
not be members of the same political party.
(e) Vacancies.--Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its
powers if a quorum is present, but shall be filled in the same manner as
the original appointment.
(f) Meetings.--
(1) Initial meeting.--Not later than 45 days after the date on which
a majority of the members of the Commission have been appointed, the
Commission shall hold its first meeting.
(2) Subsequent meetings.--The Commission shall meet at the call of
the Chair.
(g) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Commission shall
constitute a quorum but a lesser number of members may hold hearings.
(h) No Compensation.--A member of the Commission shall serve without
compensation, but may be reimbursed for expenses incurred in carrying
out the duties of the Commission.
(i) Duties.--The Commission shall consider and formulate plans for
such a permanent memorial to Dwight D. Eisenhower, including its nature,
design, construction, and location.
(j) Powers.--The Commission may--
(1) make such expenditures for services and materials for the
purpose of carrying out this section as the Commission considers
advisable from funds appropriated or received as gifts for that purpose;
(2) accept gifts to be used in carrying out this section or to be
used in connection with the construction or other expenses of the
memorial; and
(3) hold hearings, enter into contracts for personal services and
otherwise, and do such other things as are necessary to carry out this
section.
(k) Reports.--The Commission shall--
(1) report the plans under subsection (i), together with
recommendations, to the President and Congress at the earliest
practicable date; and
(2) in the interim, make annual reports on its progress to the
President and Congress.
(l) Applicability of Other Laws.--The Federal Advisory Committee Act
(5 U.S.C. App) shall not apply to the Commission.
(m) Appropriation of Funds.--In addition to amounts provided
elsewhere in this Act, there is appropriated to the Commission $300,000,
to remain available until expended.
Sec. 8163. (a) The Secretary of the Air Force may accept
contributions from the State of New York for the project at Rome
Research Site, Rome, New York authorized in section 2301(a) of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000, for purposes of
carrying out military construction relating to the consolidation of Air
Force Research Laboratory facilities at the Rome Research Site, Rome,
New York. Any contributions received from the State of New York shall be
in addition to the funds authorized for the project in section
2304(a)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2000.
(b) The item for ``New York, Rome Research Site'', in the table in
Section 2301(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2000 is amended by striking ``12,800,000'' and inserting in lieu
thereof ``25,800,000''.
Sec. 8164. Chapter 1 of title I of division B of the Omnibus
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public
Law 105 277; 112 Stat. 2681 553) is amended in the paragraph under the
heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' by inserting before
the period at the end the following: ``: Provided further , That an
amount not to exceed $75,000,000 of the funds provided under this
heading shall remain available without fiscal year limitation after
transfer from this account: Provided further , That, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to
transfer the funds referred to in the immediately preceding proviso to
other activities of the Federal Government pursuant to section 1535 of
title 31, United States Code (referred to as the `Economy Act')''.
Sec. 8165. Review of Low Density, High Demand Assets. (a) Report to
Congressional Defense Committees .--The Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report assessing the
requirements, plans, and resources needed to maintain, update,
modernize, restore, and expand the Department of Defense fleet of
specialized aircraft and related equipment commonly described as ``Low
Density, High Demand Assets''. The report shall be submitted no later
than May 15, 2000 and shall be submitted in both classified and
unclassified versions.
(b) Assets To Be Covered .--The report shall cover the following
aircraft and equipment:
(1) Electronic warfare aircraft and specialized jamming equipment.
(2) Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) platforms
and major systems, including--
(A) U 2 aircraft;
(B) AWACS aircraft;
(C) JSTARS aircraft;
(D) RIVET JOINT aircraft;
(E) tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs);
(F) interoperable/secure communications;
(G) command and control systems;
(H) new data links; and
(I) data fusion capability.
(3) Strategic and tactical airlift aircraft.
(4) Aerial refueling aircraft.
(5) Strategic bomber aircraft.
(c) Report Elements .--The report shall include for each asset
specified in subsection (b) the following:
(1) A description of--
(A) inventory, age, capabilities, current deficiencies, usage rates,
current and remaining service life, and expected rates of fatigue;
(B) ability to provide logistical support;
(C) planned replacement dates; and
(D) number of sorties, percentage of inventory used, and overall
effectiveness in Operation Desert Fox and in Operation Allied Force.
(2) A comparison of the Department's plans and resource requirements
to update, replace, modernize, or restore the asset as contained in the
Future Years Defense Plan for fiscal year 2000 with those plans and
resource requirements for that asset as contained in the Future Years
Defense Plan for fiscal year 2001, and an explanation for any
significant difference in those plans and requirements.
(3) A detailed listing, by fiscal year, of--
(A) the total amount required to fulfill mission needs statements
and documented inventory objectives for the asset in order to improve
critical warfighting capabilities over the next 10 years; and
(B) of that total amount for each such year, the portion (stated as
an amount and as a percentage) that is not included in the fiscal year
2001 Future Years Defense Plan.
Sec. 8166. Of the funds appropriated in Title II of this Act under
the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $5,000,000 shall be
available only for a grant to the Chicago Public Schools for conversion
and expansion of the former Eighth Regiment National Guard Armory
(Bronzeville).
Sec. 8167. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, $10,000,000,
is hereby appropriated and authorized for ``Military Construction, Army
National Guard'', to remain available until September 30, 2004, for
construction, and, contributions therefor, of an Army Aviation Support
Facility at West Bend, Wisconsin.
Sec. 8168. (a) Purpose .--The purpose of this section is to evaluate
and demonstrate methods for more efficient operation of military
installations through improved capital asset management and greater
reliance on the public or private sector for less-costly base support
services, where available.
(b) Authority .--(1) The Secretary of the Air Force may carry out at
Brooks Air Force Base, Texas, a demonstration project to be known as the
``Base Efficiency Project'' to improve mission effectiveness and reduce
the cost of providing quality installation support at Brooks Air Force
Base.
(2) The Secretary may carry out the Project in consultation with the
Community to the extent the Secretary determines such consultation is
necessary and appropriate.
(3) The authority provided in this section is in addition to any
other authority vested in or delegated to the Secretary, and the
Secretary may exercise any authority or combination of authorities
provided under this section or elsewhere to carry out the purposes of
the Project.
(c) Efficient Practices .--(1) The Secretary may convert services at
or for the benefit of the Base from accomplishment by military personnel
or by Department civilian employees (appropriated fund or
non-appropriated fund), to services performed by contract or provided as
consideration for the lease, sale, or other conveyance or transfer of
property.
(2) Notwithstanding section 2462 of title 10, United States Code, a
contract for services may be awarded based on ``best value'' if the
Secretary determines that the award will advance the purposes of a joint
activity conducted under the Project and is in the best interest of the
Department.
(3) Notwithstanding that such services are generally funded by local
and State taxes and provided without specific charge to the public at
large, the Secretary may contract for public services at or for the
benefit of the Base in exchange for such consideration, if any, the
Secretary determines to be appropriate.
(4)(A) The Secretary may conduct joint activities with the Community,
the State, and any private parties or entities on or for the benefit of
the Base.
(B) Payments or reimbursements received from participants for their
share of direct and indirect costs of joint activities, including the
costs of providing, operating, and maintaining facilities, shall be in
an amount and type determined to be adequate and appropriate by the
Secretary.
(C) Such payments or reimbursements received by the Department shall
be deposited into the Project Fund.
(d) Lease Authority .--(1) The Secretary may lease real or personal
property located on the Base and not required at other Air Force
installations to any lessee
upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers
appropriate and in the interest of the United States, if the Secretary
determines that the lease would facilitate the purposes of the Project.
(2) Consideration for a lease under this subsection shall be
determined in accordance with subsection (g).
(3) A lease under this subsection--
(A) may be for such period as the Secretary determines is necessary
to accomplish the goals of the Project; and
(B) may give the lessee the first right to purchase the property at
fair market value if the lease is terminated to allow the United States
to sell the property under any other provision of law.
(4)(A) The interest of a lessee of property leased under this
subsection may be taxed by the State or the Community.
(B) A lease under this subsection shall provide that, if and to the
extent that the leased property is later made taxable by State
governments or local governments under Federal law, the lease shall be
renegotiated.
(5) The Department may furnish a lessee with utilities, custodial
services, and other base operation, maintenance, or support services
performed by Department civilian or contract employees, in exchange for
such consideration, payment, or reimbursement as the Secretary
determines appropriate.
(6) All amounts received from leases under this subsection shall be
deposited into the Project Fund.
(7) A lease under this subsection shall not be subject to the
following provisions of law:
(A) Section 2667 of title 10, United States Code, other than
subsection (b)(1) of that section.
(B) Section 321 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (40 U.S.C. 303b).
(C) The Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40
U.S.C. 471 et seq.).
(e) Property Disposal .--(1) The Secretary may sell or otherwise
convey or transfer real and personal property located at the Base to the
Community or to another public or private party during the Project, upon
such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers appropriate for
purposes of the Project.
(2) Consideration for a sale or other conveyance or transfer of
property under this subsection shall be determined in accordance with
subsection (g).
(3) The sale or other conveyance or transfer of property under this
subsection shall not be subject to the following provisions of law:
(A) Section 2693 of title 10, United States Code.
(B) The Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40
U.S.C. 471 et seq.).
(4) Cash payments received as consideration for the sale or other
conveyance or transfer of property under this subsection shall be
deposited into the Project Fund.
(f) Leaseback of Property Leased or Disposed .--(1) The Secretary may
lease, sell, or otherwise convey or transfer real property at the Base
under subsections (b) and (e), as applicable, which will be retained for
use by the Department or by another military department or other Federal
agency, if the lessee, purchaser, or other grantee or transferee of the
property agrees to enter into a leaseback to the Department in
connection with the lease, sale, or other conveyance or transfer of one
or more portions or all of the property leased, sold, or otherwise
conveyed or transferred, as applicable.
(2) A leaseback of real property under this subsection shall be an
operating lease for no more than 20 years unless the Secretary of the
Air Force determines that a longer term is appropriate.
(3)(A) Consideration, if any, for real property leased under a
leaseback entered into under this subsection shall be in such form and
amount as the Secretary considers appropriate.
(B) The Secretary may use funds in the Project Fund or other funds
appropriated or otherwise available to the Department for use at the
Base for payment of any such cash rent.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department or
other military department or other Federal agency using the real
property leased under a leaseback entered into under this subsection may
construct and erect facilities on or otherwise improve the leased
property using funds appropriated or otherwise available to the
Department or other military department or other Federal agency for such
purpose.
(g) Consideration .--(1) The Secretary shall determine the nature,
value, and adequacy of consideration required or offered in exchange for
a lease, sale, or other conveyance or transfer of real or personal
property or for other actions taken under the Project.
(2) Consideration may be in cash or in-kind or any combination
thereof. In-kind consideration may include the following:
(A) Real property.
(B) Personal property.
(C) Goods or services, including operation, maintenance, protection,
repair, or restoration (including environmental restoration) of any
property or facilities (including non-appropriated fund facilities).
(D) Base operating support services.
(E) Improvement of Department facilities.
(F) Provision of facilities, including office, storage, or other
usable space, for use by the Department on or off the Base.
(G) Public services.
(3) Consideration may not be for less than the fair market value.
(h) Project Fund .--(1) There is established on the books of the
Treasury a fund to be known as the ``Base Efficiency Project Fund'' into
which all cash rents, proceeds, payments, reimbursements, and other
amounts from leases, sales, or other conveyances or transfers, joint
activities, and all other actions taken under the Project shall be
deposited. All amounts deposited into the Project Fund are without
fiscal year limitation.
(2) Amounts in the Project Fund may be used only for operation, base
operating support services, maintenance, repair, or improvement of
Department facilities, payment of consideration for acquisitions of
interests in real property (including payment of rentals for
leasebacks), and environmental protection or restoration, in addition to
or in combination with other amounts appropriated for these purposes.
(3) Subject to generally prescribed financial management regulations,
the Secretary shall establish the structure of the Project Fund and such
administrative policies and procedures as the Secretary considers
necessary to account for and control deposits into and disbursements
from the Project Fund effectively.
(4) All amounts in the Project Fund shall be available for use for
the purposes authorized in paragraph (2) at the Base.
(i) Federal Agencies .--(1)(A) Any Federal agency, its contractors,
or its grantees shall pay rent, in cash or services, for the use of
facilities or property at the Base, in an amount and type determined to
be adequate by the Secretary.
(B) Such rent shall generally be the fair market rental of the
property provided, but in any case shall be sufficient to compensate the
Base for the direct and overhead costs incurred by the Base due to the
presence of the tenant agency on the Base.
(2) Transfers of real or personal property at the Base to other
Federal agencies shall be at fair market value consideration. Such
consideration may be paid in cash, by appropriation transfer, or in
property, goods, or services.
(3) Amounts received from other Federal agencies, their contractors,
or grantees, including any amounts paid by appropriation transfer, shall
be deposited in the Project Fund.
(j) Reports to Congress .--(1) Section 2662 of title 10, United
States Code, shall not apply to transactions at the Base during the
Project.
(2)(A) Not later than March 1 each year, the Secretary shall submit
to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on any transactions
at the Base during the preceding fiscal year that would be subject to
such section 2662.
(B) The report shall include a detailed cost analysis of the
financial savings and gains realized through joint activities and other
actions under the Project authorized by this section and a description
of the status of the Project.
(k) Limitation .--None of the authorities in this section shall
create any legal rights in any person or entity except rights embodied
in leases, deeds, or contracts.
(l) Expiration of Authority .--The authority to enter into a lease,
deed, permit, license, contract, or other agreement under this section
shall expire on September 30, 2004.
(m) Definitions .--In this section:
(1) The term ``Project'' means the Base Efficiency Project
authorized by this section.
(2) The term ``Base'' means Brooks Air Force Base, Texas.
(3) The term ``Community'' means the City of San Antonio, Texas.
(4) The term ``Department'' means the Department of the Air Force.
(5) The term ``facility'' means a building, structure, or other
improvement to real property (except a military family housing unit as
that term is used in subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10, United
States Code).
(6) The term ``joint activity'' means an activity conducted on or
for the benefit of the Base by the Department, jointly with the
Community, the State, or any private entity, or any combination thereof.
(7) The term ``Project Fund'' means the Base Efficiency Project Fund
established by subsection (h).
(8) The term ``public services'' means public services (except
public schools, fire protection, and
police protection) that are funded by local and State taxes
and provided without specific charge to the public at large.
(9) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Air Force or
the Secretary's designee, who shall be a civilian official of the
Department appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the
Senate.
(10) The term ``State'' means the State of Texas.
(n) The authorities provided in this section shall not take effect
until June 15, 2000.
Sec. 8169. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the total
amount appropriated in this Act is hereby reduced by $400,000,000, to be
distributed as follows:
``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $115,000,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', $150,000,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps'', $20,000,000; and
``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'', $115,000,000:
Provided, That of the unobligated amounts made available in Section
2008 of title II, chapter 3 of Public Law 106 31, $400,000,000 shall be
made available only for depot level maintenance and repair, as follows:
``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $115,000,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', $150,000,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps'', $20,000,000; and
``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'', $115,000,000.
Sec. 8170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the total
amount appropriated in this Act is hereby reduced by $550,000,000, to be
distributed as follows:
``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $170,000,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', $170,000,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps'', $40,000,000; and
``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'', $170,000,000:
Provided, That of the unobligated amounts made available in Section
2007 of title II, chapter 3 of Public Law 106 31, $550,000,000 shall be
made available only for spare and repair parts and associated logistical
support necessary for the maintenance of weapons systems and equipment,
as follows:
``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $170,000,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', $170,000,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps'', $40,000,000; and
``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'', $170,000,000.
Sec. 8171. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the total
amount appropriated in this Act is hereby reduced by $100,000,000, to be
distributed as follows:
``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $60,000,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', $20,000,000; and
``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'', $20,000,000:
Provided, That of the unobligated amounts made available in Section
2011 of title II, chapter 3 of Public Law 106 31, $100,000,000 shall be
made available only for base operations support costs at Department of
Defense facilities, as follows:
``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $60,000,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', $20,000,000; and
``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'', $20,000,000.
Sec. 8172. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the total
amount appropriated in this Act is hereby reduced by $356,400,000, to be
distributed as follows:
``Weapons Procurement, Navy'', $50,900,000;
``Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps'', $113,500,000;
``Aircraft Procurement, Air Force'', $20,800,000; and
``Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force'', $171,200,000:
Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall allocate these
reductions to reflect savings available as a result of the increased
procurement of munitions resulting from funds made available in title
II, chapter 3 of Public Law 106 31.
Sec. 8173 7E. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
amounts otherwise provided by this Act in title II for the following
accounts and activities are reduced by the following amounts:
``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $1,572,947,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', $1,874,598,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps'', $228,709,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'', $1,707,150,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', $939,341,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve'', $120,072,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve'', $77,598,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve'', $11,346,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve'', $145,393,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard'', $258,115,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard'', $264,731,000;
in all: $7,200,000,000.
(b) In addition to amounts appropriated elsewhere in this Act there
are hereby appropriated the following amounts for the following
accounts:
``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $1,572,947,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', $1,874,598,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps'', $228,709,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'', $1,707,150,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', $939,341,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve'', $120,072,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve'', $77,598,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve'', $11,346,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve'', $145,393,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard'', $258,115,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard'', $264,731,000;
in all; $7,200,000,000:
Provided, That the entire amount shall be available only to the
extent an official budget request for $7,200,000,000, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the
Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
such Act.
Sec. 8174. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available
in this Act may be used for the American Heritage Rivers Initiative.
Sec. 8175. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department
of Defense shall make progress payments based on progress no less than
12 days after receiving a valid billing and the Department of Defense
shall make progress payments based on cost no less than 19 days after
receiving a valid billing.
Sec. 8176. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department
of Defense shall make adjustments in payment procedures and policies to
ensure that payments are made no less than 29 days after receipt of a
proper invoice.
TITLE IX
WAIVER OF CERTAIN SANCTIONS AGAINST INDIA AND PAKISTAN
(a) Waiver Authority .--Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c)
of this section, the President may waive, with respect to India and
Pakistan, the application of any sanction contained in section 101 or
102 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2799aa or 22 U.S.C. 2799aa
1), section 2(b)(4) of the Export Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C.
635(b)(4)), or section 620E(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as
amended, (22 U.S.C. 2375(e)).
(b) Exception .--The authority to waive the application of a sanction
or prohibition (or portion thereof) under subsection (a) shall not apply
with respect to a sanction or prohibition contained in subparagraph (B),
(C), or (G) of section 102(b)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act, unless
the President determines, and so certifies to Congress, that the
application of the restriction would not be in the national security
interests of the United States.
(c) Termination of Waiver .--The President may not exercise the
authority of subsection (a), and any waiver previously issued under
subsection (a) shall cease to apply, with respect to India or Pakistan,
if that country detonates a nuclear explosive device after the date of
enactment of this act or otherwise takes such action which would cause
the President to report pursuant to section 102(b)(1) of the Arms Export
Control Act.
(d) Targeted Sanctions .--
(1) Sense of the congress .--
(A) It is the sense of the Congress that the broad application of
export controls to nearly 300 Indian and Pakistani entities is
inconsistent with the specific national security interests of the United
States and that this control list requires refinement; and
(B) export controls should be applied only to those Indian and
Pakistani entities that make direct and material contributions to
weapons of mass destruction and missile programs and only to those items
that can contribute to such programs.
(2) Reporting requirement .--Not later than 60 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the President shall submit both a classified
and unclassified report to the appropriate congressional committees
listing those Indian and Pakistani entities whose activities contribute
to missile programs or weapons of mass destruction programs.
(e) Congressional Notification .--The issuance of a license for
export of a defense article, defense service, or technology under the
authority of this section shall be subject to the same requirements as
are applicable to the export of items described in section 36(c) of the
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(c)), including the transmittal
of information and the application of congressional review procedures.
(f) Repeal .--The India-Pakistan Relief Act (title IX of the
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, as contained in section
101(a) of Public Law 105 277) is repealed effective October 21, 1999.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Defense Appropriations
Act, 2000''.
And the Senate agree to the same.
Jerry Lewis,
C.W. Bill Young,
Joe Skeen,
David L. Hobson,
Henry Bonilla,
George R. Nethercutt, Jr.,
Ernest J. Istook, Jr.,
Randy ``Duke'' Cunningham,
Jay Dickey,
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen,
John P. Murtha,
Norman D. Dicks,
Martin Olav Sabo,
Julian C. Dixon,
Peter J. Visclosky,
James P. Moran,
Managers on the Part of the House.
Ted Stevens,
Thad Cochran,
Arlen Specter,
Pete V. Domenici,
Christopher S. Bond,
Mitch McConnell,
Richard C. Shelby,
Judd Gregg,
Kay Bailey Hutchison,
Daniel K. Inouye,
Ernest F. Hollings,
Robert C. Byrd,
Patrick J. Leahy,
Frank R. Lautenberg,
Tom Harkin,
Byron L. Dorgan,
Richard J. Durbin,
Managers on the Part of the Senate.
JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at the
conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2561), making appropriations for the
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and
for other purposes, submit the following joint statement to the House
and the Senate in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon by
the managers and recommended in the accompanying conference report.
The conference agreement on the Department of Defense Appropriations
Act, 2000, incorporates some of the provisions of both the House and
Senate versions of the bill. The language and allocations set forth in
House Report 106 244 and Senate Report 106 53 should be complied with
unless specifically addressed in the accompanying bill and statement of
the managers to the contrary.
Senate Amendment: The Senate deleted the entire House bill after the
enacting clause and inserted the Senate bill. The conference agreement
includes a revised bill.
DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY
The conferees agree that for the purposes of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99 177) as amended by
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of
1987 (Public Law 100 119) and by the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990
(Public Law 101 508), the term program, project, and activity for
appropriations contained in this Act shall be defined as the most
specific level of budget items identified in the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 2000, the accompanying House and Senate Committee
reports, the conference report and accompanying joint explanatory
statement of the managers of the Committee of Conference, the related
classified annexes and reports, and the P 1 and R 1 budget justification
documents as subsequently modified by Congressional action. The
following exception to the above definition shall apply:
For the Military Personnel and the Operation and Maintenance
accounts, the term ``program, project, and activity'' is defined as the
appropriations accounts contained in the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act. At the time the President submits his budget for
fiscal year 2001, the conferees direct the Department of Defense to
transmit to the congressional defense committees budget justification
documents to be known as the ``M 1'' and ``O 1'' which shall identify,
at the budget activity, activity group, and subactivity group level, the
amounts requested by the President to be appropriated to the Department
of Defense for operation and maintenance in any budget request, or
amended budget request, for fiscal year 2001.
CONGRESSIONAL SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS
The conferees direct that projects for which funds are provided as
indicated in the tables or paragraphs of the Conference Report in any
appropriation account are special interest items for the purpose of
preparation of the DD Form 1414. The conferees also direct that the
funding adjustments outlined in the tables shall be provided only for
the specific purposes outlined in the table.
TITLE I--MILITARY PERSONNEL
The conferees agree to the following amounts for the Military
Personnel accounts:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget House Senate Conference
Active Personnel:
Army 22,006,632 21,475,732 22,041,094 22,006,361
Navy 17,207,481 16,737,072 17,236,001 17,258,823
Marine Corps 6,544,682 6,353,622 6,562,336 6,555,403
Air Force 17,899,685 17,565,811 17,873,759 17,861,803
Reserve Personnel:
Army 2,270,964 2,235,055 2,278,696 2,289,996
Navy 1,446,339 1,425,210 1,450,788 1,473,388
Marine Corps 409,189 403,822 410,650 412,650
Air Force 881,170 872,978 884,794 892,594
National Guard Personnel:
Army 3,570,639 3,486,427 3,622,479 3,610,479
Navy 1,486,512 1,456,248 1,494,496 1,533,196
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Total, Military Personnel 73,723,293 72,011,977 73,855,093 73,894,693
PAY INCREASE AND RETIREMENT REFORM
The conferees recommend an increase of $165,000,000 to the Active,
Reserve, and Guard Military Personnel accounts to provide for a 4.8
percent military pay raise, effective January 1, 2000. This is an
increase of 0.4 percent over the budget request of 4.4 percent. In
addition, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000
revised the budget's legislative proposal to repeal the Redux retirement
system which results in savings to the personnel accounts. Accordingly,
the conferees recommend a total reduction of $136,000,000 to the Active,
Reserve, and Guard Military Personnel accounts for modifications to the
1986 Military Retirement Reform Act.
PERSONNEL UNDEREXECUTION SAVINGS
The conferees recommend a total reduction of $219,000,000 to the
Active Military Personnel accounts due to lower than budgeted fiscal
year 1999 end strengths, and differences in the actual grade mix of
officers and enlisted recommended in the budget request. The General
Accounting Office estimates that the active components will have
approximately 9,700 fewer personnel on board to begin fiscal year 2000,
and as a result, the fiscal year 2000 pay and allowances requirements
for personnel are incorrect and the budgets overstated.
FORCE STRUCTURE CHANGES
The conferees recommend a total of $103,600,000 in the Military
Personnel and Operation and Maintenance accounts for force structure
that was not included in the budget request, as follows:
[In thousands of dollars]
MILPERS O&M Proc. Total
Navy AOE 1 replenishment ships 5,000 5,000
Marine Corps Security Guards 6,600 4,100 10,700
Air Force B 52 aircraft 3,100 25,000 8,900 37,000
Air Force Reserve Test Support Mission 2,300 2,300
Army National Guard civilian technicians 20,000 20,000
Army National Guard RAID Teams AGR's 7,000 7,000
Army National Guard AGR's 15,000 15,000
Air National Guard RAID Teams AGR's 4,600 4,600
Air National Guard C 130 restoration 500 1,500 2,000
DFAS SALARY MISALIGNMENT
At the request of the Air Force, the conferees recommend realigning
$39,200,000 from ``Military Personnel, Air Force'' to ``National Guard
Personnel, Air Force'' due to a Defense Finance and Accounting Service
error involving Air Force personnel salaries.
BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING REFORM
The conferees recommend an increase of $100,000,000 across the
Active Military Personnel accounts for Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH)
reform. The additional funds will allow the Department to complete the
transition phase of BAH reform, as directed by the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000.
ARMY CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS
The conferees recommend a reduction of $80,000,000 to ``Military
Personnel, Army'' to reflect the reduced U.S. troop levels in Bosnia,
and the associated military personnel pay and allowance costs requested
in the fiscal year 2000 budget request.
RECRUITING AND RETENTION
The conferees recommend an additional $399,200,000 in the Military
Personnel and Operation and Maintenance accounts to support the
Department's recruiting, advertising, and retention programs. The
conferees are aware that some of the Services are experiencing
difficulty in meeting accession goals and that first and second term
retention rates, along with pilot retention rates, are of major concern.
Therefore, the conferees recommend additional funds to improve the
Services' recruiting and retention efforts in the following programs:
[In thousands of dollars]
Enlistment Bonuses $88,200
Selective Reenlistment Bonuses 74,000
Student Loan Repayment Program 4,000
Navy College Fund 5,000
Recruiting and Advertising 78,000
Recruiting Support 27,000
College First Program 7,000
Tuition Assistance 6,000
Aviation Continuation Pay 110,000
ACTIVE END STRENGTH
[Fiscal year 2000]
Budget Conference Conference vs. Budget
Army 480,000 480,000
Navy 371,781 372,037 +256
Marine Corps 172,148 172,518 +370
Air Force 360,877 360,877
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Offset Folios 199 to 201 Insert here
adjustments to Budget Activities
Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 2: Pay and Allowances of Enlisted Personnel:
1100 Special Pays/Enlistment Bonuses
35,000
1100 Special Pays/Selective Reenlistment Bonuses
44,000
Undistributed:
2770 Personnel Underexecution
-35,000
2790 4.8 Percent Pay Raise
49,462
2805 Retirement Reform
-46,000
2805 Basic Allowance for Housing Reform
32,267
2810 Contingency Operations Underexecution
-80,000
Offset Folios 203 to 205 Insert here
ADJUSTMENTS TO BUDGET ACTIVITIES
Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 2: Pay and Allowances of Enlisted Personnel:
3900 Special Pays/Enlistment Bonuses 30,000
3900 Special Pays/Special Duty Assignment Pay 3,000
Budget Activity 6: Other Military Personnel Costs:
5350 Education Benefits/Navy College Fund 5,000
Undistributed:
5580 Personnel Underexection -38,000
5595 4.8 percent Pay Raise 37,520
5605 Retirement Reform -33,000
5610 Basic Allowance for Housing Reform 31,822
5615 AOE 1 Replenishment Ships 5,000
5620 Aviation Continuation Pay 10,000
Offset Folios 207 to 209 Insert here
ADJUSTMENTS TO BUDGET ACTIVITIES
Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 2: Pay and Allowances of Enlisted Personnel:
6700 Special Pays/Selective Reenlistment Bonuses 10,000
Undistributed:
8240 4.8 Percent Pay Raise 15,454
8242 Increase in Marine Security Guards 6,600
8250 Retirement Reform -14,000
8255 Basic Allowance for Housing Reform 8,667
8260 Marine Corps Execution Repricing -16,000
Offset Folios 211 to 213 Insert here
ADJUSTMENTS TO BUDGET ACTIVITIES
Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 2: Pay and Allowances of Enlisted Personnel:
9350 Special Pays/Selective Reenlistment Bonuses 25,000
Undistributed:
11020 Personnel Underexecution -146,000
11030 B 52 Force Structure 3,100
11040 4.8 Percent Pay Raise 40,974
11070 Retirement Reform -37,000
11080 Basic Allowance for Housing Reform 27,244
11090 Aviation Continuation Pay 100,000
11100 TERA Rephasing -12,000
11110 DFAS Salary Misalignment -39,200
National Guard and Reserve Forces
The conferees agree to provide $10,212,303,000 in Reserve Personnel
appropriations, $10,752,172,000 in Operation and Maintenance
appropriations, and $150,000,000 in the National Guard and Reserve
Equipment appropriation. These funds support a Selective Reserve end
strength of 865,298, as shown below.
SELECTED RESERVE END STRENGTH
[Fiscal year 2000]
Budget Conference Conference vs. budget
Selected Reserve:
Army Reserve 205,000 205,000
Navy Reserve 90,288 90,288
Marine Corps Reserve 39,624 39,624
Air Force Reserve 73,708 73,708
Army National Guard 350,000 350,000
Air National Guard 106,678 106,678
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========== ============ =======================
AGR/TARS:
Army Reserve 12,804 12,804
Navy Reserve 15,010 15,010
Marine Corps Reserve 2,272 2,272
Air Force Reserve 1,078 1,134 +56
Army National Guard 21,807 22,430 +623
Air National Guard 11,091 11,162 +71
---------- ------------ -----------------------
========== ============ =======================
Technicians:
Army Reserve 6,474 6,474
Air Force Reserve 9,785 9,785
Army National Guard 23,161 23,957 +796
Air National Guard 22,589 22,596 +7
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National Guard RAID Teams
The conferees support the establishment of 17 Rapid Assessment and
Initial Detection (RAID) teams. Accordingly, the conferees provided
funding for an additional 198 Army National Guard and 66 Air National
Guard full-time (AGR) personnel to facilitate this mission. Operation
and maintenance funding of $79,635,000 for RAID teams is provided within
the amounts allocated to combating terrorism.
Army National Guard Center
The conferees understand that the armory used by Headquarters, 53rd
Support Battalion, Army National Guard is in extensive need of repair
and renovation. The conferees have provided additional funds for Real
Property Maintenance for the Army National Guard's backlog of repair and
maintenance projects, and directs that $1,000,000 be designated for
repair of the armory in Florida.
C 130 Operations
The conferees recommend a total of $13,500,000 for personnel and
operation and maintenance costs to support Air Force Reserve and Air
National Guard C 130 operational support aircraft and those stand-alone
aircraft currently utilized by selected States.
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Adjustments to Budget Activities
Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 2: Other Training and Support:
11750 Administration and Support/Enlistment Bonuses 2,200
Undistributed:
12030 4.8 Percent Pay Raise 4,732
12045 JROTC Program 6,100
12050 Retirement Reform -1,000
12055 College First Program 7,000
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ADJUSTMENTS TO BUDGET ACTIVITIES
Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 2: Other Training and Support:
12600 Administration and Support/Enlistment Bonuses 5,000
12600 Administration and Support/Selective Reenlistment Bonuses 4,000
Undistributed:
12880 Contributory Support to CINCs 10,000
12895 4.8 Percent Pay Raise 3,049
12899 JROTC Program 6,000
12910 Retirement Reform -1,000
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ADJUSTMENTS TO BUDGET ACTIVITIES
Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows:
[In thousands of dollars]
Undistributed:
13780 JROTC Program
2,600
13790 4.8 Percent Pay Raise
861
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Adjustments to Budget Activities
Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows:
[In thousands of dollars]
Undistributed:
14620 4.8 Percent Pay Raise
1,724
14626 JROTC Program
7,400
14635 Transfer of Test Support Mission/AGR's
2,300
Offset Folios 227 Insert here
Adjustments to Budget Activities
Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 2: Other Training and Support:
15200 Administration and Support/Enlistment Bonuses 7,000
Undistributed:
15370 4.8 Percent Pay Raise 7,840
15375 Student Loan Repayment Program 4,000
15390 Additional Full-Time Support (AGR) 22,000
15395 Retirement Reform -3,000
15400 Reduction in Workyears/AT -8,000
15410 Training Deployments 10,000
Offset Folios 229 Insert here
Adjustments to Budget Activities
Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows:
[In thousands of dollars]
Undistributed:
16130 4.8 Percent Pay Raise 3,384
16136 Additional Full-Time Support (AGR) 4,600
16140 Retirement Reform -1,000
16145 C 130 Personnel 500
16150 DFAS Salary Misalignment 39,200
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ARMS CONTROL PROGRAMS
The conferees have agreed to reduce funding for certain arms control
activities in the Army and the Air Force. If additional funds prove
necessary to meet emergent requirements stemming from valid treaty
obligations, the conferees expect the Department of Defense to submit a
reprogramming request subject to normal, prior approval reprogramming
procedures.
COMBATING TERRORISM
Within the operation and maintenance appropriations, the conferees
have provided significant resources for the antiterrorism activities of
the Department. No later than June 30, 2000, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report which
describes the use of all funds appropriated for combating terrorism
activities.
HOMESTEAD AIR FORCE BASE
It has been more than seven years since the devastation of Homestead
Air Force Base by Hurricane Andrew. The region was further impacted by
the subsequent decision of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission
to close and realign the installation in 1993. This, coupled with the
delay in economic redevelopment, has created a devastating economic
impact throughout the local area. This region is also experiencing
extremely high unemployment rates far above the national average. The
conferees recognize these adverse economic conditions and urge the Air
Force to expeditiously complete requisite environmental studies prior to
conveying certain real property parcels on the installation to
facilitate interim use activities that will benefit the local economy.
DOD WORKER SAFETY ENHANCEMENT
The conferees are frustrated by the Department's poor record on
safety and worker incident rates relative to private industry and other
federal agencies. Accordingly, the conferees direct the Department to
initiate programs funded from within existing Operation and Maintenance
accounts at designated DOD facilities that employ alternative, private
sector proven, models of safety to determine the best way to improve the
Department's record with respect to injury incidence rates and
associated costs.
RAILROAD SAFETY STUDY
The conferees direct the Corps of Engineers to study the feasibility
of realigning the railroad tracks between Fort Wainwright and Eielson
Air Force Base to improve the overall safety and efficiency of the line.
The report should be provided to the Committees on Appropriations no
later than June 15, 2000.
SMALL BUSINESS ADVERTISING
The conferees understand that there are many qualified
minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, and small businesses
that design and place advertising and advertising campaigns, which can
assist the Department in its recruiting efforts using print, electronic,
and the radio media. The conferees believe these firms can provide
valuable new insights and expertise to service wide recruiting programs.
The conferees expect the Department to increase the use of these
qualified businesses in the initiation, design and placement of its
advertising in the print, radio and electronic media.
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ADJUSTMENTS TO BUDGET ACTIVITIES
Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 1: Operating Forces: 8,000
Budget Activity 3: Training and Recruiting: 1,250
Budget Activity 4: Administration and Servicewide Activities: -5,000
Undistributed: 4,500
CECOM telecommunications upgrades (10,000)
GENERAL PURPOSE TENTS
Of the funds made available in Operation and Maintenance, Army the
conferees direct that $14,000,000 be made available for the purpose of
meeting prospective requirements for modular general purpose tents
(M.G.P.T.) associated with wartime and other mobilizations as described
in the report accompanying the House Department of Defense
Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2000.
REAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
The conferees direct the Secretary of the Army to submit a report to
the Appropriations Committees no later than thirty days after the
enactment of this Act which details the allocation of funds appropriated
for real property maintenance. The report shall detail the allocation of
real property maintenance funding by major command.
FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT CONVEYANCE
The Secretary of the Army may, notwithstanding title II of the
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, convey without
consideration to the Bayonne Local Redevelopment Authority, Bayonne, New
Jersey, and to the City of Bayonne, New Jersey, jointly, all right,
title, and interest of the United States in and to the firefighting
equipment from the Military Ocean terminal, Bayonne, New Jersey as
described below: a Pierce Dash 2000 Gpm Pumper, manufactured September
1995; a Pierce Arrow 100-foot Tower Ladder, manufactured February 1994;
a Pierce Hazardous Materials truck, manufactured 1993; a Ford E 350,
manufactured 1992; a Ford E 302, manufactured 1990; and a Bauer
Compressor, manufactured November 1989. The conveyance and delivery
shall be at no cost to the Department of Defense.
The Secretary may require such additional terms and conditions in
connection with this conveyance as he considers appropriate to protect
the interests of the Department.
TOUSSAINT RIVER
The conferees direct that of the funds provided in Operation and
Maintenance, Army, $500,000 be provided for a study of the costs and
feasibility of a project to remove ordnance from the Toussaint River.
AVTEC FIBERS FACILITY
Of the funding available in Operation and Maintenance, Army, the
conferees agree to provide $5,000,000 for cleanup activities at this
facility.
JOINT COMPUTER-AIDED ACQUISITION AND LOGISTICS SYSTEM
The conferees have provided the full amount requested in the
President's Budget for the Joint Computer-Aided Acquisition and
Logistics System (JCALS). Consistent with the Senate's intent, the
$20,000,000 provided in JCALS defense information infrastructure (DII)
funds are allocated to the JCALS southeast regional technical center. Of
these funds, $11,500,000 is for standard JCALS DII activities only and
$8,500,000 is transferred to the core JCALS program for expansion of the
southeast regional center's activities beyond the center's current
location.
YUMA PROVING GROUND
The conferees encourage the Army to go forward with necessary
studies to determine federal interest in creating a public-private
partnership to establish and maintain a hot weather test track and free
fall simulator.
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Adjustments to Budget Activities
Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 1: Operating Forces:
4400 Flying Hours (Marine Aviation Logistics CH 46/T 58) 20,000
4400 UAV Flight Hours 2,000
4450 Contractor Maintenance Support (Marine Corps Aviation) 1,500
4450 Rotational Training--Naval Air Strike Airwarfare Center 2,000
4600 Depot Maintenance--Aircraft and Support Equipment Rework 24,000
4600 Depot Maintenance--EA 6B Depot Support (Marine Corps Aviation) 1,600
4600 Depot Maintenance--EA 6B Pod Repair (Marine Corps Aviation) 600
5000 Depot Maintenance--Ship Depot Maintenance 55,000
5000 Shipyard Apprentice Program 12,000
5050 Ship Depot Operations Support PHNSY ship repair 23,000
5400 Joint Warfare Analysis Center 3,000
5400 Warfare Tactics PMRF facilities improvements 5,000
5450 Operational Meteorology and oceanography 7,000
5450 UNOLS 3,000
5500 Unjustified Growth for USACOM -2,000
5550 Reverse Osmosis Desalinators 1,000
5850 Fleet Ballistic missile underexecution -5,000
5950 Depot Maintenance--Aegis Cruiser Upgrade Program 7,500
5950 Depot Maintenance--MK 45 Overhaul 10,000
5950 Depot Maintenance--CWIS Overhaul 4,000
5950 Pioneer UAV Flight Hours/Weapons Maintenance 4,000
Budget Activity 2: Mobilization:
6650 NWS Concord 500
Budget Activity 3: Training and Recruiting:
7300 Center for Non-Proliferation Studies, Monterey 4,000
7300 Naval Postgraduate School--Facility Maintenance 2,000
7300 Defense Language Institute 1,000
7300 Professional Development Education Asia Pacific Center 1,700
7350 CNET 4,000
7350 Navy Electricity and Electronics Training 4,000
7550 Recruiting and Advertising 10,000
7650 Civilian Education and Training -1,000
7700 Junior ROTC 3,400
Budget Activity 4: Administration and Servicewide Activities:
8000 DFAS Reduction -9,300
8000 Pentagon Renovation -33,400
8050 Public Service Initiative 300
8250 Servicewide Communications -4,000
8600 ATIS 2,500
8600 Object Oriented Simulations/Reengineering 1,000
8650 Air Systems Support underexecution -10,000
8750 Integrated Combat Systems Test Facility Support 1,000
9000 Security Programs (DSS) -3,500
9220 Barrow landfill 3,000
9220 Ford Island improvements 8,000
9220 USS Iowa relocation 3,000
9220 Adak facilities remediation 5,000
9230 Adak base support 7,500
Undistributed:
9355 Real Property Maintenance (Transfer from Quality of Life Enhancements) 493,369
9357 Force Protection (Afloat) 12,000
9357 Force Protection (Ashore) 8,000
9360 Classified Programs Undistributed 2,500
9395 Base Operations Support 50,000
9540 Navy Environmental Leadership Program 4,000
9590 Executive Education Demonstration Project 1,000
9600 Spares 85,000
9700 Management Headquarters -35,000
9705 Reduction in JCS Exercises -2,000
9710 Contract and Advisory Services -10,000
9725 Communications Reduction -19,000
9730 Maritime Fire Training Center 300
MARITIME FIRE TRAINING CENTER
Of the funds provided in Operation and Maintenance, Navy, $300,000
shall be used only for final design, site planning, preparation and
development, and materials and equipment acquisition for the Maritime
Fire Training Center at MERTS.
EXECUTIVE EDUCATION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
The conference agreement provides $1,000,000 of the funds from
Operation and Maintenance, Navy for the Executive Education
Demonstration Program at the University of San Diego. This initiative
provides local executive education to naval personnel in the region
including an enhanced doctoral program in leadership and an intensive
executive management training in global leadership for senior line
officers. The program will be offered on-site, at naval installations,
and by means of distance learning at remote sites and at sea.
REGIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
The conferees direct that of the funds provided in Operation and
Maintenance, Navy not less than $2,000,000 shall be available only for
the Integrated Regional Telecommunications System in the Pacific
Northwest.
PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY
The conferees agree to increase funding for Tactical Warfare by
$5,000,000 to improve facilities at the Pacific Missile Range as
recommended by the Senate. This increase is in addition to the funding
which shall be provided to sustain base and range operations at PMRF at
the fiscal year 1999 level.
CONCORD NWS JOINT USE REPORT
The conferees agree that the due date for the joint use report
specified in the House report shall be January 15, 2000.
OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH
Within the funds provided for Operation and Maintenance, Navy, the
conferees direct that $7,500,000 be used only to fund backlogs in
oceanographic research.
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Adjustments to Budget Activities
Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 1: Operating Forces:
10050 Soldier Support--Initial Issue 15,000
10050 Rotational Training--MCAGCC Improvements 25,700
10050 Training and OPTEMPO (III MEF Airlift Requirements) 10,000
10050 Soldier Support--Body Armor 3,000
10050 NBC Defense Equipment 1,100
10100 Corrosion Control 6,000
10100 Fuel Conversion to JP 5/8 1,100
10150 Depot Maintenance 20,000
10350 Care in Storage (WRM Materials) 2,000
Budget Activity 3: Training and Recruiting:
10650 Naval ROTC-Marine Option 500
11000 Distance Learning 1,000
11200 Recruiting and Advertising 10,000
11250 Off-Duty and Voluntary Education 1,500
11300 Junior ROTC 1,600
Budget Activity 4: Administration and Servicewide Activities:
11650 DFAS Reduction -2,000
Undistributed:
11905 Real Property Maintenance (Transfer from Quality of Life Enhancements) 120,225
11945 Base Operations Support 10,000
12030 Reduction in JCS Exercises -2,400
12070 Marine Corps Security Guards 4,100
12075 Spares/War Reserve Materiel 25,000
12085 Communications Reductions -150
12090 IRV Transfer -3,850
SOLDIER SUPPORT INITIATIVES
Within the adjustments provided for Soldier Support, the conferees
recommend that continued requirements for enhanced pack systems be
sustained at current levels.
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ADJUSTMENTS TO BUDGET ACTIVITIES
Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 1: Operating Forces:
12600 Battlelabs 4,000
12600 B 52 attrition reserve 25,000
12650 Reverse Osmosis Desalinators 500
12700 Enhancement Forces mission planning system -1,000
12750 Rotational Training--AETC Mission Essential Equipment 14,000
12750 Rotational Training--Utah Test and Training Range Support 11,700
12750 Rotational Training--Funding for Air Warfare Center Range Support 6,100
12750 Rotational Training--AETC Range Improvements 5,900
12750 Rotational Training--Funding for Air Warfare Center Fiber Link 4,600
12775 Depot Maintenance 20,000
12775 Object Oriented Simulations/Reengineering 1,000
12800 Communications, Other Contracts -2,000
13000 Global C3I, Early Warning underexecution -15,000
13050 University Partnering for Operational Support 5,000
13100 Power Scene 3,000
13100 SIMVAL 1,261
13350 Launch Facility Enhancements 10,000
13450 Space Control Systems underexecution -15,000
Budget Activity 2: Mobilization:
13850 Airlift Operations (C 17 Sustainability) 2,000
13975 Depot Maintenance 4,000
Budget Activity 3: Training and Recruiting:
14450 RPM -2,000
14800 Base Support and Other Training -10,000
14950 Recruiting and Advertising 10,000
15100 Civilian education and training -1,000
15150 Junior ROTC 4,000
Budget Activity 4: Administration and Servicewide Activities:
15350 REMIS 3,000
15350 Joint Service ammo management automated info system JAMSS 1,000
15500 Pentagon renovation -41,400
15550 RPM-Eielson utilidors 9,900
15550 Tinker and Altus base repairs 20,000
15650 Acquisition Travel and Contracts -4,181
15700 Servicewide Communications -4,000
15750 Personnel Programs -11,400
15900 Arms control underexecution -8,000
15950 DFAS Reduction -9,400
15950 Other servicewide activities, other contracts -4,000
16000 Personnel Support underexecution -3,000
16050 Civil Air Patrol Corporation 7,500
16100 William Lehman Aviation Center 500
16250 Security Programs (DSS) -3,600
Undistributed:
16410 Classified Undistributed 6,400
16480 Base Operations Support 65,000
16670 Force Protection Infrastructure 5,000
16680 Real Property Maintenance (Transfer from Quality of Life Enhancements) 400,826
16700 Spares 85,000
16795 NBC High Leverage Programs 9,000
16800 C130J Logistics and Training 3,000
16810 ICBM Prime Contract 8,000
16835 Management Headquarters -20,000
16840 Reduction in JCS Exercises -10,000
16845 Contact and Advisory Services -10,000
16850 Depot Maintenance--Rivet Joint #15 16/COBRA BALL 3 15,000
16855 Air Force MTAP 4,000
16870 Communications Reduction -16,000
16875 Administrative underexecution -450
RADIOACTIVE IODINE EXPERIMENTATION
The conferees strongly support the Air Force in its efforts to
provide funding for the North Slope Borough for costs and expenditures
associated with health care, monitoring and other issues arising from
experimentation conducted in the 1950s. The conferees direct the Air
Force to resolve this matter as soon as possible.
MTAPP
The conference agreement includes $4,000,000 above the budget
request for the MTAPP program. Of this amount, not less than $2,000,000
shall be available to the current pilot program manager, and $2,000,000
to expand the program to Pennsylvania.
Offset Folios 281 to 282 Insert here
ADJUSTMENTS TO BUDGET ACTIVITIES
Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity I: Operating Forces:
17050 JCS--Joint Exercises -10,000
17050 JCS--Exercise Northern Edge 7,000
17100 SOCOM--ASDS Slip/Realignment -3,000
17100 SOCOM--NSWG--1 500
17100 SOCOM--JTT/CIBS--M 500
Budget Activity 2: Mobilization:
17250 DLA--Warstopper 1,500
Budget Activity 3: Training and Recruiting:
17460 DAU--IT Organizational Composition Research 1,000
Budget Activity 4: Administration and Servicewide Activities:
17775 Civil--Military Programs 1,300
17800 Classified and Intelligence 65,950
17900 DCAA--Low priority program growth -4,000
18000 DHRA--DIMHRS transfer -41,200
18000 DHRA--DEERS 4,000
18200 DLA--Automated Document Conversion 30,000
18200 DLA--Security Locks 10,000
18200 DLA--Performance Measures -5,000
18200 DLA--Improved Cargo Methods 4,000
18200 DLA--Midway Fuel Resupply 2,000
18310 DSCA--Performance Measures -2,000
18475 DTRA--OSIA Treaty Implementation -13,500
18475 DTRA--Performance Measures -2,000
18500 DoDEA--Math Teacher Leadership 400
18500 DoDEA--WIC Program Overseas 1,000
18500 DoDEA--Special Education Support 5,000
18500 DoDEA--Technology Innovation and Teacher Education 4,000
18600 JCS--JMEANS 4,000
18600 JCS--Management Support -5,000
18650 OEA--Fitzsimmons Army Hospital 10,000
18650 OEA--Pico Rivera 2,000
18650 OEA--Fort Ord conversion support 5,000
18650 OEA--San Diego Conversion Center 5,000
18650 OEA--Philadelphia Naval Shipyard 7,500
18650 OEA--Charleston Naval Shipyard 7,500
18650 OEA--Charleston Macalloy site 10,000
18700 OSD--C4ISR 3,000
18700 OSD--NE/SA Center for Security Studies 1,000
18700 OSD--Middle East Regional Security Issues 1,000
18700 OSD--Energy Savings Contracts 4,000
18700 OSD--Job Placement Program 4,000
18700 OSD--Youth Development and Leadership Program 300
18700 OSD--Performance Measures -10,000
18700 OSD--Youth Development Initiative 2,500
18700 OSD--Management and Contract Support -8,000
18700 OSD--(A&T) Travel and Contracts -10,000
18700 OSD--Commercial Technology for Maintenance Activities 8,000
18700 OSD--Pacific Disaster Center 4,000
18700 OSD--Clara Barton Center 1,300
18700 OSD--Funeral Honors for Veterans 5,000
18900 WHS--Low priority programs -10,000
18900 WHS--Defense Travel Service -19,000
18900 WHS--Emergency Notification 1,000
Undistributed:
18960 Undistributed--Legacy 15,000
19110 Undistributed--Impact Aid 30,000
19250 Undistributed--Mobility Enhancements 25,000
19295 Undistributed--Human Resources Enterprise Strategy 4,000
19305 Undistributed--Headquarters and Management -30,000
19335 Undistributed--Contract and Advisory Services -10,000
19336 Undistributed--Community Retraining Initiative 8,000
19347 Undistributed--Pentagon Renovation Transfer Fund -68,300
19348 Undistributed--Armed Forces Retirement Homes (RPM) 5,000
19349 Undistributed--Pacific Command Regional Initiative 10,000
DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY
From within the funds provided for the Defense Acquisition
University, up to $5,000,000 may be spent on a pilot program using
state-of-the-art training technology that would train the acquisition
workforce in a simulated government procurement environment.
civil/military programs
The conferees recommend a total of $88,803,000 for the Department's
civil/military programs for fiscal year 2000 as shown below. The
conferees direct the Department to report to the Committees on
Appropriations on the status of the obligation of these funds not later
than March 15, 2000.
[Dollars in thousands]
National Guard Youth Challenge Program $62,503
Innovative Readiness Training Program 20,000
Starbase Program 6,300
Total 88,803
IMPROVED CARGO METHODS
The conferees recommend $4,000,000, only to test, develop and
implement cost saving opportunities identified in ongoing studies of
private sector logistics technology, practices and procedures to move
military cargo more cheaply, with greater speed and with greater
reliability. To ensure diverse views of the state of the art in third
party logistics management and other emerging techniques are brought to
bear, the conferees intend that these funds be used to provide the
Government access to a range of qualified organizations or entities
having detailed knowledge of commercial logistics processes that may
have value for the military.
CHILD CARE FACILITIES
The conferees are concerned that service members in some career
fields with extended duty requirements are experiencing problems with
access to day care facilities. The conferees direct the Department to
report, no later than April 1, 2000, on the day care access policies of
the various services, with particular attention to the problems
generated by extended duty requirements.
In addition, the conferees direct the Department to review how the
Services could expand the use of the Family Child Care subsidy program.
The report should include options to address the needs of families who
require extended hours of child care as a result of irregular duty hours
or temporary duty deployments, and the costs associated with any such
policy changes.
UNALLOCATED REDUCTIONS
The House report included language in Operation and Maintenance,
Defense-wide, specifically exempting the Joint Vision 2010 initiative
and the Office of Net Assessment from any unallocated reductions. The
Senate had no such provision. The House recedes to the Senate.
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOMES
The conferees provide $5,000,000 to be available for real property
maintenance and repair requirements at the Armed Forces Retirement
Homes.
PACIFIC COMMAND REGIONAL INITIATIVE
The conferees agree to provide $10,000,000 to be available for the
U.S. Pacific Command to enhance regional cooperation, military training,
readiness and exercises. The Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command,
shall report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on
plans and priorities to utilize these funds to achieve key mission
readiness and warfighting priorities not later than December 1, 1999.
STUDY GROUP ON MULTILATERAL EXPORT CONTROLS
The conferees direct that the Department convene a Study Group of
senior-level executive branch and congressional officials, as well as
outside experts, to develop the framework for a new effective,
COCOM-like agreement that would regulate certain military useful goods
and technologies on a multilateral basis. The final product shall be a
written final report to be completed by January, 2001. The Department
shall make available up to $1,000,000 from within the funds available in
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide for this purpose.
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ADJUSTMENTS TO BUDGET ACTIVITIES
Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 1: Operating Forces:
19620 Mission Operations/Increased Optempo 10,000
19640 Forces Readiness Operations Support/Training Area Environmental Management 1,000
19660 Depot Maintenance 3,400
19680 Base Support 5,000
Budget Activity 4: Administration and Servicewide Activities:
20070 Recruiting and Advertising 18,000
Undistributed:
20080 Training Deployments 10,000
20090 Real Property Maintenance 10,000
20120 Recruiting Support 3,000
20360 Real Property Maintenance/Transfer from Quality of Life Enhancements 39,563
Offset Folios 297 to 298 Insert here
Adjustments to Budget Activities
Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 1: Operating Forces:
22050 Recruiting and Advertising 5,000
22060 Recruiting Support 5,000
Undistributed:
22794 Real Property Maintenance/Transfer from Quality of Life Enhancements 13,831
22796 Base Operations 7,500
22810 Real Property Maintenance 10,000
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ADJUSTMENTS TO BUDGET ACTIVITIES
Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 1: Operating Forces:
23600 Maintenance of Real Property 2,000
Budget Activity 4: Administration and Servicewide Activities:
23850 Recruiting and Advertising 1,000
Undistributed:
24110 Increased Use of Guard and Reserve 1,200
24220 Real Property Maintenance/Transfer from Quality of Life Enhancements 945
24250 Initial Issue 8,000
24270 Spares 1,500
24280 Recruiting Support 1,000
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ADJUSTMENTS TO BUDGET ACTIVITIES
Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 1: Operating Forces:
24970 Depot Maintenance 10,000
Budget Activity 4: Administration and Servicewide Activities:
25400 Recruiting and Advertising 2,000
25410 Recruiting Support 2,000
Undistributed:
25510 Real Property Maintenance 10,000
25520 Base Operations 10,000
25558 Real Property Maintenance/Transfer from Quality of Life Enhancements 12,154
25570 C 130 Operations 8,000
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ADJUSTMENTS TO BUDGET ACTIVITIES
Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 1: Operating Forces:
26340 Land Forces Readiness/Depot Maintenance 2,000
26400 Base Operations/Training Area Environmental Management 5,000
Budget Activity 4: Administration and Servicewide Activities:
26680 Information Management/Distance Learning 42,000
26680 National Guard Fiber Optics Study 2,500
26740 Recruiting and Advertising 7,000
Undistributed:
26860 Military (civilian) Technicians Shortfall 48,000
26863 Additional Full-Time Support (Technicians) 20,000
26865 Optempo Increase 15,000
26866 School House Support 10,000
26867 Real Property Maintenance/Transfer from Quality of Life Enhancements 60,629
26880 Real Property Maintenance 20,000
26900 Extended Cold Weather Clothing System 7,000
26910 Angel Gate Academy 4,200
26920 NGB Project Management System 1,500
26930 Tuition Assistance 6,000
26940 Recruiting Support 7,000
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ADJUSTMENTS TO BUDGET ACTIVITIES
Adjustments to the budget activities are as follows:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget Activity 1: Operating Forces:
27650 Aircraft Operations/Optempo 15,000
27660 Aircraft Spares 7,500
27750 Base Support 2,000
27750 Base Support/Buckley ANG Base 4,800
27800 Maintenance of Real Property 10,000
27850 Depot Maintenance 20,000
Budget Activity 4: Administration and Servicewide Activities:
28100 Recruiting and Advertising 5,000
Undistributed:
28150 Real Property Maintenance/Transfer from Quality of Life Enhancements 63,020
28160 C 130 Operations 5,000
28170 Base Operations 4,000
28175 Recruiting Support 2,000
28180 National Guard State Partnership Program 1,000
28185 Project Alert 2,200
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS TRANSFER FUND
The conferees agree to provide $1,722,600,000 for the Overseas
Contingency Operations Transfer Fund. This amount provides for
continuing operations in Bosnia and Southwest Asia and takes into
account amounts which carry over due to the early cessation of the air
campaign in Kosovo.
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES
The conference agreement provides $7,621,000 for the United States
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY
The conference agreement provides $378,170,000 for Environmental
Restoration, Army.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY
The conference agreement provides $284,000,000 for Environmental
Restoration, Navy.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE
The conference agreement provides $376,800,000 for Environmental
Restoration, Air Force.
environmental restoration, defense-wide
The conference agreement provides $25,370,000 for Environmental
Restoration, Defense-Wide.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED DEFENSE SITES
The conference agreement provides $239,214,000 for Environmental
Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites.
Environmental Contracting
The conferees are concerned about the effect of the Department's use
of large indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts on
small businesses. Therefore, the conferees included a general provision
(Section 8130) which directs that not more than 35 percent of the funds
obligated by the Department of Defense for environmental remediation
shall be executed through IDIQ contracts with a total contract amount of
$130,000,000. Furthermore, the conferees direct that the Secretary of
Defense provide a report to the congressional defense committees no
later than January 15, 2000 on the Department's use of IDIQ contracts
during fiscal year 1999 and that this information be provided quarterly
throughout fiscal year 2000. The January 15th report should also include
an analysis comparing IDIQ contracts with other contract options in
terms of cost, involvement of small businesses, and the inclusion of
local companies.
Joliet Army Ammunition Plant
The Department of the Army manufactured munitions and explosives at
the Joliet Ammunition Plant from the 1940s until approximately 1976.
Portions of the property became heavily contaminated as a result of this
use. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency listed a portion of the
arsenal on the National Priority List in 1987. In consultation with the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency, the Army developed a Record of Decision (ROD)
outlining the remediation of the arsenal. The Army and the Joliet
Arsenal Development Authority continue to work closely to better
coordinate those issues concerning the Army's cleanup of the Joliet
Arsenal. The conferees strongly encourage the Army to continue to fully
support the cleanup and conversion projects at this site and ensure the
cleanup is completed in a timely manner.
Iowa Army Ammunition Plant
The Secretary of the Army shall conduct a review of past nuclear
weapons activities of the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant in order to
determine possible environmental contamination, and possible exposure of
former nuclear weapons workers and the local community to such
activities. This review shall be conducted in coordination with the
Department of Energy and provided to the congressional defense
committees not later than June 15, 2000.
Massachusetts Military Reservation
The conferees are aware that the Massachusetts Military Reservation
(MMR) located on Cape Cod, Massachusetts is undergoing extensive
environmental characterization and remediation. The portion of MMR
leased to the Army and licensed back to Massachusetts for training and
support of the MA Army National Guard, known as Camp Edwards, is subject
to two administrative orders issued in 1997 by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency--Region 1 under the authority of the Safe Drinking
Water Act. Those orders specifically require characterization activities
at and near the training range/impact area at Camp Edwards to determine
the impact of military-related activities on the underlying groundwater.
In order to facilitate compliance with those orders, the conferees
include a general provision (Section 8154) that provides for the use of
funds appropriated to Operation and Maintenance, Army to pay for costs
associated with such characterization and any ensuing remediation.
El Toro
The conferees are concerned about the status of the former Marine
Corps Air Station El Toro and encourage the Department to take all
necessary environmental remediation measures.
Newmark
The conferees continue to have serious concern about the
Department's failure to respond at a senior level to groundwater
contamination at the Newmark and Muscoy Superfund sites in California.
The conferees understand that both the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) and the City of San Bernardino believe that the contamination is a
direct result of industrial waste from Camp Ono, a World War II depot
and maintenance facility. The EPA has reported that there is ``no other
reasonable source for the contamination,'' than the former Army base,
and, more recently, that the Army is ``a likely source of the
contamination.''
Report language in the conference reports accompanying the fiscal
year 1997 and 1998 Defense Appropriations Bills highlighted the urgency
of this program and requested adequate funding and prompt action by the
Department to remediate this site. The conferees are disappointed with
the Department's response. The Department has effectively ignored a
September, 1998 court order to mediate the dispute. The conferees are
particularly concerned by the Department's lack of a response to the
conferees November, 1998 request for senior-level mediation involving
the Department and the Environmental Protection Agency. As a result, the
conferees strongly believe that the Department should, within 60 days of
enactment of this Act, initiate senior-level mediation in this matter
with the EPA, the City of San Bernardino, and the State of California
and report to the congressional defense committees fully explaining the
Department's plan to reach a timely resolution to this matter.
OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID
The conference agreement provides $55,800,000 for Overseas
Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid.
FORMER SOVIET UNION THREAT REDUCTION
The conference agreement provides $460,500,000 for the Former Soviet
Union Threat Reduction program.
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget House Senate Conference
Strategic Nuclear Arms Elimination Ukraine 33,000 43,000 33,000 35,000
Strategic Offensive Arms Elimination Russia 157,300 177,300 157,300 157,300
Weapons Transportation Russia 15,200 15,200 15,200 15,200
Weapons Storage Security Russia 40,000 90,000 40,000 84,000
Warhead Dismantlement Processing Russia 9,300 9,300 9,300 9,300
Reactor Core Conversion 20,000 20,000 20,000 0
Fissile Material Storage Russia 64,500 60,900 64,500 64,500
Biological Weapons Proliferation Prevention Russia 2,000 14,000 2,000 14,000
Chemical Weapons Destruction Russia 130,400 24,600 130,400 0
Defense and Military Contacts 2,000 2,000 2,000
Other Assessments 1,800 1,800 1,800 2,000
Submarine Dismantlement [25,000] 25,000
Security enhancements at Chemical Weapons sites 20,000
Cooperative program to eliminate weapons grade plutonium 32,200
QUALITY OF LIFE ENHANCEMENTS, DEFENSE
The conference agreement provides $300,000,000 for Quality of Life
Enhancements, Defense. The conference agreement, which distributes
funding as indicated below, includes funding both to reduce the
substantial backlog of real property maintenance, and to provide for
certain requirements associated with local educational authorities.
[In thousands of dollars]
Quality of Life Enhancements, Defense: Program Increases:
$77,000,000
77,000,000
58,500,000
77,000,000
10,500,000
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REPROGRAMMING POLICY
The conferees direct the Secretary of Defense not to implement any
reprogramming actions (including notification reprogram-mings) submitted
to the congressional defense committees unless the Committees on
Appropriations communicate approval of the reprogrammings. This
direction applies to all defense accounts.
INTERIM CONTRACTOR SUPPORT
The conference agreement retains funding in Air Force procurement
accounts for Interim Contractor Support (ICS) for Fiscal Year 2000. For
the C 17, E 8, and B 2 programs, the conferees provided ICS funding in
separate procurement line-items to facilitate better oversight in
Congress and in the Department of Defense of the large levels of ICS in
these programs. These line-items are subject to the same reprogramming
procedures as other line-items in these accounts. The conferees direct
the Secretary of Defense to ensure procurement programs expeditiously
transition these efforts to operation and maintenance accounts. In
particular, the conferees direct the Secretary of Defense to transition
C 17 ICS (known as Flexible Sustainment) to the operations and
maintenance account in the fiscal year 2001 budget submission. The
conferees further direct that ICS be clearly identified in procurement
budget documentation.
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EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
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UH 60 BLACKHAWK (MYP) 86,140 207,140 207,140 202,340
(Note: UH 60L aircraft are only for the National Guard) 67,000 67,000 40,200
(Note: UH 60Q aircraft are only for the National Guard) 22,000
(Note: UH 60L Firehawk aircraft only for the National Guard)
AH 64 MODS 22,565 116,565 67,565 33,065
(Note: Only for the National Guard) 3,000 0 1,500
(Note: Only for the National Guard) 75,000 0 0
(Note: funds transferred to RDT&E) 6,000 0 3,000
CH 47 CARGO HELICOPTER MODS 70,738 126,838 73,738 111,738
LONGBOW 729,536 774,536 717,836 752,836
KIOWA WARRIOR 39,046 39,046 45,646 42,346
AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY EQUIPMENT 88 24,188 12,588 15,588
COMMON GROUND EQUIPMENT 39,915 37,915 19,315 20,315
AIRCREW INTEGRATED SYSTEMS 4,394 14,894 12,394 13,894
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JAVELIN ADVANCE PROCUREMENT 98,406 0 0 40,000
MLRS LAUNCHER SYSTEMS 130,634 138,134 130,634 138,134
PATRIOT MODS 30,840 30,840 30,840 50,840
PATRIOT UPGRADE
The conferees have provided $50,840,000 for the Patriot missile
upgrade program, an increase of $20,000,000 only for a service life
extension program. The conferees direct that none of the additional
funds may be obligated until the Secretary of Defense provides an
assessment of various Patriot missile modification programs, including,
but not limited to, the Patriot Anti-Cruise Missile and the GEM upgrade
programs. The assessment is to include the capability of each system
against all potential target sets, to include cruise missiles and the
development and acquisition costs associated with each modification
program. Thirty days after the Secretary's findings are submitted to the
defense committees, the funds may be used to upgrade/extend the life of
Patriot missiles in the Army inventory.
JAVELIN
The conferees agree to provide the authority for the Army to enter
into a Javelin multi-year contract. However, the conferees direct that
the Army may not enter into such a contract until thirty days after the
Secretary of Defense certifies the quantities purchased are correct and
that any outstanding technical and manufacturing issues have been
resolved and tested.
STARSTREAK
The conferees urge the Department of the Army to reprogram the funds
necessary to complete a live fire, side-by-side operational test and
evaluation of the air-to-air Starstreak and air-to-air Stinger missiles
fired from the AH 64D Apache helicopter.
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EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
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BRADLEY BASE SUSTAINMENT 308,762 392,762 315,762 383,762
BRADLEY BASE SUSTAINMENT 27,675 27,675 27,675 0
HOWITZER, 155MM M109A6 (MOD) 6,259 7,259 27,259 27,259
HEAVY ASSAULT BRIDGE MODIFICATIONS 67,312 67,312 82,812 82,812
ITEMS LESS THAN $5.0M (WOCV WTCV) 1,206 1,206 16,206 1,206
ABRAMS TANK UPGRADE MULTI-YEAR PROCUREMENT
With some reluctance, the conferees have approved the Army's request
to renew multi-year procurement authority to continue the M1A2 Abrams
tank upgrade program subject to the condition described below. The
conferees seriously question the Army's proposal to enter a new
follow-on multi-year agreement that would increase the average unit cost
of a tank upgrade (M1 to M1A2 SEP) from $5.6 million per tank in FY 1999
to $6.7 million per tank starting in FY 2001. The conferees note that,
in general, the trend throughout the Department has been that follow-on
multi-year agreements show significant unit price decreases as
production efficiencies improve and mature. While much of the cost
increase for this program can be attributed to lower planned production
rates, the conferees remain puzzled why greater efforts have not been
made to lower unit costs, especially when the cost of this upgrade now
threatens to equal the cost of procuring a new tank.
The conferees agree that the Army shall not enter into a new
multi-year procurement agreement for the M1A2 SEP program until it has
conducted a detailed and thorough reexamination of the costs of this
program and has reevaluated the overall program structure in light of
the Army's ongoing reevaluation of its overall modernization strategy
and plan. The conference agreement therefore restricts approval of the
new MYP agreement until 30 days after the Army has submitted a report to
Congress detailing the results of its M1A2 SEP cost and program
structure review. The conferees expect this report to:
Describe renewed efforts by the Army and by industry to reduce
production cost in all areas;
Recommend ways to improve cost accounting practices to shift
overhead costs not directly attributable to production of this tank
upgrade to the proper accounts;
Reexamine options (in concert with any new armored force revisions
made as part of the larger strategic review) to use newer tank chassis'
for the upgrade that might significantly lower unit cost;
Reexamine the planned rates of production for this program;
Reassess the cost and benefits of installing an auxiliary power unit
as part of this upgrade;
Review ways to further reduce the cost of the second generation FLIR
system; and provide a detailed description of the terms and conditions
of its proposed multi-year procurement agreement.
The conferees believe the Army should revisit its decision to commit
to inefficient rates of 80 tanks per year over three years and only 43
tanks in year four and 24 tanks in year five.
With respect to revaluation of the APU, the conferees are disturbed
that more consideration and priority has not been given to upgrades that
would reduce the very high cost of operation of this tank. The one
proposed modification to reduce cost was the on-board auxiliary power
unit, which was subsequently dropped from the package for
``affordability'' reasons. Given the well known problems with the Abrams
power plant, the conferees would think that any modification that would
reduce the significant O&S costs for this equipment would receive high
priority. The conferees strongly urge the Army to revise its plan to
include this equipment.
The conferees also direct the Secretary of the Army to submit a
report, no later than June 15, 2000, that outlines the additional costs
required to completely equip the ``first to fight corps'' with top line
equipment and the Army's reasons for adopting a plan that deviates from
this concept. The conferees do not expect the time required to submit
this additional report to impact on the award of the multi-year
contract.
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EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
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PROJ ARTY 155MM SADARM M898 54,546 0 30,546 15,000
(Note: Funds may not be obligated unitl OPTEC has certified in writing that 80% reliability has been demonstrated)
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EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
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TACTICAL TRAILERS/DOLLY SETS 15,277 20,277 21,277 25,277
MODIFICATION OF INSERVICE EQUIPMENT 29,769 33,269 29,769 31,769
ACUS MOD PROGRAM (WIN T/T) 109,056 115,956 149,056 155,956
Product Improvement Combat Vehicle Crewman 0 15,000 0 15,000
INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY PROGRAM-ISSP 28,750 39,450 41,250 57,450
WW TECH CON IMP PROG (WWTCIP) 2,891 2,891 7,991 2,891
NIGHT VISION DEVICES 20,977 67,777 70,977 60,977
MOD OF IN-SVC EQUIP (TAC SURV) 6,533 29,533 14,633 25,633
STRIKER-COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM 12,307 12,307 22,307 22,307
MANEUVER CONTROL SYSTEM (MCS) 52,049 10,000 30,349 25,000
AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING EQUIP 138,607 176,607 138,607 154,607
PRODUCTION BASE SUPPORT (C E) 378 2,878 378 2,878
HEAVY DRY SUPT BRIDGE SYSTEM 13,980 17,980 13,980 15,480
DISTRIBUTION SYS, PET & WATER 10,716 13,716 10,716 13,716
WATER PURIFICATION SYS 10,396 10,396 13,396 10,396
COMBAT SUPPORT MEDICAL 25,250 40,250 29,250 36,250
GENERATORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIP 78,639 81,639 78,639 79,639
COMBAT TRAINING CENTERS SUPPORT 2,450 9,050 12,450 17,550
TRAINING DEVICES, NONSYSTEM 67,374 75,124 70,874 72,874
MODIFICATION OF IN-SVC EQUIPMENT (OPA 3) 24,852 39,352 32,852 41,852
FAMILY OF MEDIUM TACTICAL VEHICLES
The conferees support the Army's competition strategy and their
desire to engage in practices which seek to lower acquisition costs and
improve the quality of the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicle truck.
Additionally, the conferees understand that the Army must use funds
appropriated for the FMTV program to establish and conduct any
competition that will determine the future producers of FMTV trucks. The
conferees direct that there be no delay in the competition for follow-on
FMTV contract awards.
The conferees direct the Secretary of Army to develop an acquisition
strategy using competitive procedures for the next FMTV production
contract based on, but not limited to, a validated FMTV technical data
package which will serve as the baseline for the FMTV configuration.
Furthermore, the conferees direct the Army to provide a report on the
status of the acquisition strategy no later than March 15, 2000.
global combat support system--army
The conferees are concerned about the Department's tendency to begin
fielding an information technology system prior to the system actually
passing Milestone III. Therefore the conferees direct the Army not to
spend $11,900,000 of the funds provided in Other Procurement, Army for
the Global Combat Support System--Army until after the system has
received Milestone III approval.
pacific mobile emergency radio system (PACMERS)
The conferees are concerned that the existing emergency radio
capability of the Pacific Command may have become an inadequate
stovepipe system, consisting mainly of analog technology
non-interoperable with the new and emergency technologies used by other
federal, State and local governments. The maintenance and operation of
existing equipment is no longer feasible nor cost effective.
The proposed follow-on system, the Pacific Mobile Emergency Radio
Systems (PACMERS), will allow total interoperability with all military
services, federal law enforcement, and State and local agencies. PACMERS
will provide the capabilities to insure emergency communications for
first-responders to weapons of mass destruction and counter-terrorism
activities, consequence management, as well as other situations derived
by civil disobedience or natural disaster. The capabilities of PACMERS
will support Presidential Directives 62 and 63.
True cost savings will be realized by utilization of a total
turn-key, leased system, which will negate government risk associated
with the maintenance, technological obsolescence, and capital investment
of a procured system. The anticipated cost-savings and economies of
scale associated with the anticipated enhancements of PACMERS are of
great interest to the conferees. In an expression of support for the
PACMERS system concept, the Department of Defense is encouraged to
accelerate installation, leading to a full operational capability as
soon as is feasible.
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EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
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EA 6 SERIES 161,047 272,047 201,047 240,047
18 SERIES 308,789 281,789 300,589 311,789
SH 60 SERIES 56,824 60,324 60,324 57,824
H 1 SERIES 6,339 16,339 18,839 15,339
EP 3 SERIES 27,433 44,433 27,433 39,433
P 3 SERIES 276,202 361,202 300,402 342,202
2 SERIES 28,201 55,101 28,201 76,101
COMMON ECM EQUIPMENT 50,584 58,584 50,584 54,584
COMMON GROUND EQUIPMENT 413,732 379,782 416,732 380,932
WAR CONSUMABLES 11,683 11,683 14,183 14,783
av 8b
The conferees agree to provide an additional $10,000,000 for AV 8B
advance procurement and encourage the Department of the Navy to budget
for at least 16 additional remanufactured AV 8B aircraft starting in
fiscal year 2001, at the end of the current multi-year contract.
Additional aircraft are needed by the Marine Corps to maintain its
inventory level until the Joint Strike Fighter is fielded.
advanced tactical air reconnaissance system (atars)
The conferees agree that no reduction should be applied to the ATARS
program. Additionally, the conferees agree that 50 percent of the fiscal
year 2000 funding shall not be obligated until the Operational
Evaluation is complete.
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EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
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JSOW 154,913 135,913 154,913 115,613
SMALL ARMS AND WEAPONS 880 880 880 2,380
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EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
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OTHER NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT 67,516 87,516 86,516 100,516
ITEMS LESS THAN $5.0M 126,133 154,533 132,633 132,133
RADAR SUPPORT 0 22,300 16,000 20,000
UNDERSEA WARFARE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 2,605 11,205 2,605 8,605
NAVY TACTICAL DATA SYSTEM 0 25,000 0 22,500
OTHER TRAINING EQUIPMENT 44,229 54,229 44,229 51,429
TADIX B: 6,248 23,548 6,248 20,548
ITEMS LESS THAN $5.0M 5,206 10,206 5,206 9,206
SUBMARINE COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT 85,368 53,268 85,368 83,668
AN/SSQ 62 (DICASS) 17,111 17,711 20,111 16,711
WEAPONS RANGE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 12,166 12,166 23,166 23,166
AVIATION LIFE SUPPORT 17,053 23,053 35,153 37,053
AIRBORNE MINE COUNTERMEASURES 40,455 40,455 40,455 31,502
AEGIS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 86,668 93,668 86,668 91,668
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GENERAL PURPOSE ELECTRONIC TEST EQUIP 7,863 7,863 9,863 10,663
FIELD MEDICAL EQUIPMENT 2,445 7,645 6,445 7,945
Communications and Electronics Infrastructure
The conferees recommend an increase of $45,000,000 to the
Communications and Electronics Infrastructure line for the upgrading and
replacement of key information transfer components located inside
buildings on Marine Corps bases/stations, to include Camp Smith,
Barstow, 29 Palms, Camp Pendleton, and Quantico.
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EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
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16 C/D (MYP) 252,610 350,610 302,610 245,610
C 130J 30,618 17,718 54,818 46,818
JPATS 88,232 106,332 142,232 113,232
8C 280,265 468,465 280,265 231,465
PREDATOR UAV 38,003 58,003 38,003 58,003
B 1B 130,389 147,039 121,989 127,039
15 263,490 321,818 255,190 307,990
16 249,536 295,536 294,936 283,036
C 17A 95,643 93,543 99,143 97,043
T 38 94,487 43,987 94,487 43,987
Note: The Conferees agree that the Air Force may enter into a low rate production contract for the Avionics Upgrade Program
C 130 207,646 165,546 207,646 167,296
C 135 347,088 552,988 347,088 448,988
DARP 138,436 302,936 198,436 237,736
3 124,061 94,561 124,061 105,061
PASSENGER SAFETY MODIFICATIONS 0 75,000 40,000 48,000
SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 420,921 420,921 355,921 423,421
COMMON SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 171,369 183,369 181,369 177,697
B 2A 106,882 75,482 106,882 67,482
16 POST PRODUCTION SUPPORT 30,010 50,010 30,010 45,010
JOINT STARS
The conferees agree with the Senate direction regarding the
initiation of a pilot program to re-engine the JSTARS fleet with leased
commercial engines. The conferees note that lease authority applies only
to JSTARS and not to KC 135 aircraft.
on-board oxygen generating system (obogs)
The House recedes to the Senate with modifications. The conferees
concur with the Senate report language directing the Secretary of the
Air Force to provide a report on compliance with previous Congressional
direction regarding installation of OBOGS on various aircraft, including
implementation costs and potential cost savings. The Senate report
further directs that OBOGS purchases from qualified vendors, including
small business, be conducted on a competitive basis. The conferees fully
support the competitive procurement of OBOGS for those aircraft models
for which OBOGS procurement action has not been initiated.
C 135 MODIFICATIONS
The conferees have provided $104,000,000 for re-engining of KC 135
tankers. The conferees are aware of multiple options for re-engining KC
135 aircraft. A number of options exist, including a new proposal to
shift modified C 141 engines to these aircraft.
The conferees believe that the KC 135 re-engining program should
proceed under a comprehensive plan based on requirements and cost,
utilizing competition and commercial practices to the maximum extent
practicable. The conferees direct the Department of Defense to analyze
all options for re-engining KC 135 aircraft. The conferees direct that
the plan assess the annual and total cost of all options and the range
of capability improvements offered by each option. The conferees direct
that this plan be provided to the congressional defense committees no
later than February 25, 2000, and prior to the obligation of the added
funds.
DEFENSE AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE PROGRAM
The conferees agree to provide $10,800,000 for the Theater Airborne
Warning System (TAWS) on the RC 135 Rivet Joint. The conferees direct
that no more than fifty (50) percent of these funds may be obligated
prior to the Secretary of the Air Force providing a letter to the
congressional defense committees which certifies that the TAWS program
is fully funded in the fiscal year 2001 2006 budget submitted to
Congress and identifies all of the outyear funds budgeted for the TAWS
program.
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EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
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JOINT STANDOFF WEAPON 79,981 60,981 79,981 40,681
AMRAAM 97,279 190,279 97,279 90,279
MM III MODIFICATIONS 242,960 277,960 282,960 280,460
GLOBAL POSITIONING (SPACE) 139,049 103,349 139,049 126,849
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PRACTICE BOMBS 24,325 24,325 24,325 24,325
SENSOR FUZED WEAPON 61,334 73,634 69,334 79,634
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EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
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THEATER AIR CONTROL SYS IMPROVEMENT 37,917 23,417 31,917 27,917
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIP 71,173 84,173 71,173 80,173
BASE INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE 122,839 179,339 122,839 137,839
EASTERN/WESTERN RANGE I&M SPACE 83,410 107,910 83,410 83,410
MILSATCOM SPACE 46,257 37,757 46,257 42,257
BASE PROCURED EQUIPMENT 14,035 25,035 14,035 19,535
INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTION ACTIVITY 40,047 16,247 40,047 49,047
U 2 Program
The U 2 is the premier tactical reconnaissance asset requested by
the CINCs around the world. This system of aircraft, pilot, ground crew
and equipment is tasked daily to support military operations, monitor
conflicts, and maintain peace agreements. The recent NATO campaign in
Kosovo, where the U 2 provided 24-hour in-theater coverage, showcased
the capabilities of the system. The conferees understand that the U 2
was considered by many to be the ``backbone'' of the airborne
Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance ( ISR) mission in Kosovo.
The conferees are concerned that the increased number of missions,
along with the limited number of U 2 aircraft and the declining number
of qualified pilots in the Air Force, will adversely affect the ability
of the U 2 to meet future ISR requirements.
Therefore, the conferees request the Secretary of Defense submit a
report to the defense subcommittees of the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations, which addresses the following:
1. The performance and contributions of the U 2 aircraft in
Operation Allied Force;
2. The status of qualified U 2 pilots and training needs for new
pilots;
3. The number of U 2 aircraft required to maintain current
capabilities, train new pilots, and continue to fulfill the Air Force's
high altitude reconnaissance mission; and
4. The Air Force's plan to sustain the U 2 weapon system, with its
multi-sensor payloads, and sensor-to-shooter flexible targeting assets
until such time as a replacement with equal or greater capability can be
operationally fielded.
This report is due to the Committees within 90 days of enactment of
this Act.
The conferees agree to provide a total of $10,000,000 for U 2
cockpit and defensive systems. The Air Force should prioritize these
upgrades and apply the $10,000,000 as necessary to meet the most
pressing requirements.
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EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget House Senate Conference
MAJOR EQUIPMENT, OSD: Procurement investment in High Performance Computing 88,976 166,976 88,976 126,976
MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DLA
DEFENSE SUPPORT ACTIVITIES 47,455 62,455 47,455 62,455
SOF SMALL ARMS AND WEAPONS 23,355 30,355 28,355 25,355
CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE
INDIVIDUAL PROTECTION 124,612 125,612 124,612 125,612
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MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT
The conferees agree that each of the Chiefs of the Reserve and
National Guard components should exercise control of modernization funds
provided in this account including aircraft and aircraft modernization.
The conferees further agree that separate submissions of a detailed
assessment of its modernization priorities by the component commanders
is required to be submitted to the defense committees. The conferees
expect the component commanders to give priority consideration to the
following items: Modular airborne fire fighting systems, F 16 ALR 56M
radar warning receivers, ALR 56 radar warning receivers, Deployable
rapid assembly shelters, FAASV ammunition carriers, Mobile radar
approach control (RAPCON), F/A 18 modernization including avionics and
engineering upgrades, Bradley AO A2ODS, KC 135 reengining, Paladin, P 3
modernization including P 3C Update III BMUP Kits, Night vision devices
and goggles, CH 47 helicopters, AN/PEQ 2A TPIALs, AN/PAQ 4C Infrared
aiming lights, Master crane aircraft component hoisting systems,
Aluminum mesh gas tank liners for C 130 aircraft and Army ground
vehicles, A/B FIST 21 training systems, CH 60S combat search and rescue
kits, Super scooper aircraft, C 40A aircraft, C 22 replacement aircraft,
Secure communications and data systems, CH 60 helicopters, M270A1
long-range surveillance launchers, AN/AVR 2A(V) laser detecting sets,
ALQ 184(V)9 electronic countermeasure pods, Extended cold weather
clothing systems, HEMTT trucks, Multi-role bridge companies, Medium
tactical wreckers, Rough terrain container cranes, CH 47 cargo
compartment expanded range fuel systems, C 38A aircraft, C 17
communication suite upgrades, Internal crashworthy fuel cells, DFIRST,
UH 60Q kits, MLRS launchers, Meteorological measuring systems, Improved
target simulators, C 17 Maintenance training systems, Multiple launch
rocket systems, Onboard oxygen generating systems field evaluation,
LITENING II targeting pod systems, F 16 mid-life upgrade, SINCGARS
radios, UH 1 modernization, UH 60 upgrades, C 130E, C 130 H2/H3 ATS-Eng.
changes, C 130 Carry-on SADL, F 16 color display, F 16 SADL ``D'', B 1
weapons modules, Aircraft lighting systems, Logistics service support,
JANUS, M915A4 Upgrade kits, Rough terrain container handlers, E 2C
SATCOM, ALR 67 radar warning receivers, KC 130T avionics modernization,
Bradley fighting vehicle upgrades, F 15 modernization, C 130J support,
MT ANG RACTS pods rangeless training systems, HMMWV striker vehicles,
Tactical construction equipment, Eagle vision antennas, Advanced
surgical suite for trauma casualties, Modern burning units, AN/TMQ41
meteorological measuring systems, Vehicle intercom systems, Air defense
brigade automated command and control equipment, Avenger table top
trainers (ATTT), Ground bases sensors for Avenger battalions, Support
equipment for Patriot missile air defense battalions and Sandbagger.
SUPPORT TO NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
The conferees have included a general provision (Section 8127) which
allows National Guard units to assist with the use or transportation of
equipment to youth, social, fraternal, and other non-profit
organizations, and allows the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to
waive payment for this assistance. The conferees urge the Secretary of
Defense to review current regulations and policy guidelines concerning
the leasing of equipment to non-profit organizations, and provide a
report to the defense committees no later than June 1, 2000, on the
implementation of this waiver authority.
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT
The conference agreement on items addressed by either the House or
the Senate is as follows: $3,000,000 only for microwave tubes.
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EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget House Senate Conference
DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES 125,613 125,613 126,613 126,613
UNIVERSITY AND INDUSTRY RESEARCH CENTERS 47,066 47,066 69,366 65,066
MISSILE TECHNOLOGY 32,892 43,392 44,092 48,392
COMBAT VEHICLE AND AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY 39,749 42,249 53,249 55,249
BALLISTICS TECHNOLOGY 36,287 42,287 36,287 42,287
WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS TECHNOLOGY 34,687 37,187 34,687 36,687
ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES 25,796 37,596 31,396 37,096
(Note: House title this project: ARL, Electronics and Electronic Devices). 1,000 1,000 1,000
COUNTERMINE SYSTEMS 10,321 14,121 13,121 14,521
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TECHNOLOGY 12,758 81,258 24,758 80,258
MILITARY ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY 41,085 61,085 45,385 47,885
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY 70,136 169,636 87,636 176,636
WARFIGHTER ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 31,287 42,773 31,287 45,287
MEDICAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 10,539 69,339 35,039 74,539
WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 39,893 67,643 39,893 58,643
COMBAT VEHICLE AND AUTOMOTIVE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 90,941 137,441 103,941 131,941
(Note: Only for a technology transfer center to identify and transfer weight reduction technologies and processes for ground vehicles) 0 5,000 0
NIGHT VISION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 36,628 45,628 36,628 42,628
ADVANCED TACTICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE AND SENSOR TECH 22,610 27,610 24,610 27,610
ARMY MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION (DEM/VAL) 12,353 24,853 57,553 63,553
ARTILLERY SYSTEMS--DEM VAL 282,937 282,937 282,937 268,137
NIGHT VISION SYSTEMS--ENG DEV 30,644 36,544 30,644 38,644
COMBAT FEEDING, CLOTHING, AND EQUIPMENT 110,829 84,329 84,329 60,829
TENCAP 70,940 70,940 70,840 72,440
(Note: House appropriated fund under Tactical Surveillance)
JOINT SURVEILLANCE/TARGET ATTACK RADAR SYSTEM 11,535 27,535 21,535 26,035
(Note: $10 million is only for SCDL and other programs, $3 million is for the development of new requirements). 3,000 0 1,500
WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS--ENG DEV 54,943 73,143 64,143 69,143
ARTILLERY SYSTEMS--EMD 65,806 65,806 65,806 4,800
THREAT SIMULATOR DEVELOPMENT 13,680 13,680 21,380 19,880
CONCEPTS EXPERIMENTATION PROGRAM 16,990 19,900 19,990 20,990
ARMY TEST RANGES AND FACILITIES 137,193 147,193 144,693 147,193
DOD HIGH ENERGY LASER TEST FACILITY 14,320 34,230 28,230 31,230
MUNITIONS STANDARDIZATION, EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY 10,537 19,037 16,037 19,037
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE 0 8,000 0 4,000
COMBAT VEHICLE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 29,544 42,544 51,944 84,544
AIRCRAFT MODIFICATIONS/PROJECT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 51,644 51,644 66,644 81,644
(Note: House Provided funds in Aircraft Procurement, Army)
END ITEM INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES 66,167 102,667 80,167 100,667
WARFIGHTER ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
The conferees support the development of environmentally compatible
products and services essential for the efficient operation of the
military and civilian sectors and recognize the unique factors in
tropical and subtropical regions that provide the technological and
resource base for these products and services. The conferees agree to
provide $6,000,000, as recommended by the Senate, to pursue the applied
research, development, and demonstration of biosystems-derived food,
fiber, textile, biomedical, industrial and environmentally compatible
products and services to meet military and civilian needs under the
cooperative management of the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center and the
U.S. Department of Agriculture Sustainable Economic Activity Program.
CRUSADER
The conferees support the Army's continued development of the
Crusader advanced field artillery system to address support
deficiencies. The conferees have reduced funding for the Crusader
program by $75,806,000 due to schedule delays. The conferees do not view
the decrement as a lack of support for the Crusader program and strongly
encourage the Army to adequately fund the program in subsequent budget
requests.
LIGHTWEIGHT 155 TOWED HOWITZER PROGRAM
The conferees are concerned that the Lightweight 155mm Towed
Howitzer program has been suffering from contractor and program
deficiencies, which has led to a two-year delay in the program. The
program has failed to fully utilize the expertise of Army arsenals in
the development and design of the howitzer. Considering the long history
of the arsenals in advancing howitzer producibility techniques, it is
important that they be actively involved in the program, especially
during the crucial EMD/prototype phase to ensure that efficient
production techniques are designed at the earliest possible stage of the
program. In addition, the arsenals constitute an important resource in
providing spare parts and special development items for howitzer forces
in time of war and national emergencies.
The conferees direct the Army and the Marine Corps to develop a plan
to include Rock Island Arsenal in producibility and manufacturing
aspects of howitzer production, including recoil mechanisms and
carriages for the Lightweight 155mm Towed Howitzer Program and other
Army/Marine Corps future towed artillery programs. The conferees expect
the Army and the Marine Corps to issue a report to the Senate and House
Appropriations Subcommittees on Defense no later than sixty days after
the enactment of this Act outlining the plan.
anti-armor weapons masterplan
Last year, the conferees directed the Secretary of Defense to
provide an Anti-Armor Weapons Masterplan with the fiscal year 2000
budget request. The plan, which was delivered five months after the
budget submission, did not address the concerns outlined in the
statement of the managers. The conferees are disappointed in the plan
because it showed no evidence or future prospects of reducing the number
of programs being pursued, no evidence of authority or control being
exercised by OSD, and little evidence of rigorous critique of claimed
requirements. OSD was directed to submit a report ``with the purpose of
identifying and eliminating excess capabilities.'' The report does not
outline a strategy for the future, but merely justifies the current
anti-armor weapons budget.
Therefore the conferees direct the Secretary of Defense to provide
an analysis with the fiscal year 2001 budget request that evaluates the
joint effectiveness of the existing anti-armor weapons in addressing the
threat depicted in the defense planning guidance and how the planned
anti-armor weapons are expected to fill shortfalls in current capability
in the defense planning guidance scenarios. Based on this analysis, the
Secretary should prioritize the Department's anti-armor weapon
acquisition programs. The analysis is to be submitted with the fiscal
year 2001 budget request.
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EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget House Senate Conference
AIR AND SURFACE LAUNCHED WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY 37,616 54,616 42,616 51,616
SHIP, SUBMARINE & LOGISTICS TECHNOLOGY 43,786 64,586 48,786 61,786
MARINE CORPS LANDING FORCE TECHNOLOGY 10,534 10,534 15,534 17,534
COMMUNICATIONS, COMMAND AND CONTROL, INTEL, SURVEILLANCE 68,823 78,073 77,823 82,823
HUMAN SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY 30,586 37,086 35,786 36,586
MATERIALS, ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY 77,957 90,457 92,857 104,107
ELECTRONIC WARFARE TECHNOLOGY 24,659 24,659 37,659 36,159
OCEANOGRAPHIC AND ATMOSPHERIC TECHNOLOGY 60,334 71,084 62,734 73,084
UNDERSEA WARFARE WEAPONRY TECHNOLOGY 34,066 39,066 39,066 41,066
AIR SYSTEMS AND WEAPONS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 42,046 51,046 42,046 49,046
Note: Conferees direct that within these funds, the necessary model unmanned testing, and evaluation must be conducted to ensure the aircraft is safe for vertical takeoff and transition to normal flight before proceeding to full scale or manned aircraft tests. 4,000 0 3,000
PRECISION STRIKE AND AIR DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY 52,580 82,080 52,580 72,580
Note: Funds are only for the purchase, test, and evaluation of one high-speed, variable freeboard, low radar signature craft and one high effective operational speed craft, to be used as test beds for integrated low signature technologies to support development of littoral warfare tactics. 7,500 0 6,000
SURFACE SHIP AND SUBMARINE HM&E ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 41,515 75,515 57,015 76,515
Note: $5,000,000 is only to finish development of two competing preliminary motor designs, which are to be available no later than the end of fiscal year 2000 so that the technology could be utilized in the DD 21 program and other Naval platforms. 10,000 0 5,000
MARINE CORPS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION (ATD) 56,943 62,943 67,943 67,943
MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT (ADVANCED) 15,064 81,864 19,564 77,064
Note: Funds are only for the unrelated donor marrow transplantation clinical trials of graft engineering. 3,000 0 3,000
MANPOWER, PERSONNEL AND TRAINING ADV TECH DEV 20,632 39,632 25,132 40,132
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND LOGISTICS ADVANCED TECH 23,809 28,809 26,809 29,809
NAVY TECHNICAL INFORMATION PRESENTATION SYSTEM 41,840 19,940 0 41,840
Note: Up to $520,000 is only to establish the Center for Defense Technology and Education for the military services at the Naval Postgraduate School to focus on the impact of emerging technologies on joint warfare.
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION 75,635 96,535 109,635 110,535
Note: Funds are only to collect flight test data including speed, range, and reduced vibrations and fatigue loads of an H 60 modified with VTDP, lifting wing, and supplementary power system for multimission effectiveness and life cycle cost analyses of conceptual operational designs of VTDP compound variants of the CH 60S and SH 60R. 0 6,000 6,000
C3 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 23,808 39,808 33,808 41,808
SPAWAR/NATAC program 5,000 0 2,000
C2W REPLACEMENT FOR EA 6B 0 16,000 0 0
Note: Funded in RDT&E, Defensewide
AVIATION SURVIVABILITY 7,280 16,280 7,280 14,280
SURFACE AND SHALLOW WATER MINE COUNTERMEASURES 82,465 94,465 100,465 107,465
ADVANCED SUBMARINE COMBAT SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 0 10,000 0 5,000
SHIPBOARD SYSTEM COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT 108,334 114,484 110,334 113,334
ADVANCED SUBMARINE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 115,767 124,267 118,067 121,067
SHIP CONCEPT ADVANCED DESIGN 5,318 29,818 20,318 28,818
ADVANCED SURFACE MACHINERY SYSTEMS 17,727 22,727 20,227 26,727
COMBAT SYSTEM INTEGRATION 46,740 79,740 51,740 78,740
CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS 34,309 43,309 34,309 39,309
MARINE CORPS GROUND COMBAT/SUPPORT SYSTEM 42,654 45,654 42,654 46,654
COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT 114,931 190,931 129,931 190,931
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 70,793 84,793 74,793 82,793
NAVY LOGISTICS PRODUCTIVITY 0 27,500 0 18,000
LAND ATTACK TECHNOLOGY 101,489 111,489 117,789 117,489
OTHER HELO DEVELOPMENT 48,776 80,776 64,776 75,776
TACTICAL COMMAND SYSTEM 41,599 45,599 41,599 44,599
Note: Funds are only for improving search functionality in data bases (OSIS).
AIR CREW SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 6,801 14,301 10,301 14,301
EW DEVELOPMENT 163,077 237,577 163,077 209,077
SURFACE COMBATANT COMBAT SYSTEM ENGINEERING 204,480 244,480 229,480 257,980
SSN 688 AND TRIDENT MODERNIZATION 48,896 76,896 48,896 76,896
NAVY TACTICAL COMPUTER RESOURCES 3,300 58,300 3,300 58,300
SHIP SELF DEFENSE--EMD 96,580 111,580 115,980 130,480
MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT (ENGINEERING) 4,285 10,285 4,285 15,485
DISTRIBUTED SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM 14,910 38,910 36,910 36,910
Note: Within this amount, $5,000,000 is only for web centric warfare. 5,000 0 0
COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT SAVINGS INITIATIVE 18,729 16,500 18,729 21,729
Note: Funded in industrial preparedness in the Senate bill.
MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT 42,621 49,621 47,621 46,621
MARINE CORPS PROGRAM WIDE SUPPORT 8,198 28,398 18,198 28,398
STRATEGIC SUB & WEAPONS SYSTEM SUPPORT 45,907 60,407 45,907 59,907
F/A 18 SQUADRONS 315,714 373,214 320,714 322,714
2 SQUADRONS 16,132 55,132 16,132 36,532
NAVY SCIENCE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 0 13,000 13,000
MARINE CORPS GROUND COMBAT/SUPPORTING ARMS SYSTEMS 39,941 36,741 32,741 35,741
TACTICAL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES 69,742 77,242 69,742 75,742
AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS 4,958 18,958 8,958 18,958
MANNED RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS 30,958 39,958 30,958 39,958
Note: Funds are only for the auquisition and testing of a lightweight SAR and for other related program requirements such as software integration for the F/A 18C/D.
ATLANTIC COMMAND EXPERIMENTATION
The conferees agree to restrictions recommended by the House
concerning use of fiscal year 1999 and 2000 funds which should be noted
on the Base for Reprogramming (DD Form 1414) for fiscal year 2000. The
conferees recognize, however, that the Atlantic Command will work in
areas such as the Single Integrated Air Picture, which facilitate
improved attack of critical mobile targets. Funds provided in this Act
for Atlantic Command Experimentation are only for an integrated program
which addresses the short, mid, and long terms and may not be used on a
program which fails to consider short and near term war fighting
improvements. The conferees do not agree to House language requiring
quarterly reports to the defense congressional committees, but direct
instead that the Secretary of Defense provide semi-annual reports for
the next two years.
SURFACE EFFECTS SHIP
The conferees urge the Department of the Navy to procure a 110 foot
surface effects ship if needed to fulfill a fast patrol craft
requirement.
MARITIME TECHNOLOGY
In the fiscal year 1999 DoD Appropriations Conference Report, the
conferees directed the Secretary of the Navy to provide funds to the
Maritime Administration to complete testing of the potential interim
solution to remediate potential damage resulting from oil spills from
existing tank vessels. Based on additional information, the conferees
have determined that the Maritime Administration is not the appropriate
organization to execute this effort. Therefore, the conferees direct
that the fiscal year 1999 RDT&E funds be redirected to the office of
Naval Research for program execution.
commercial operations and support savings initiative (COSSI)
The conferees have provided $3,000,000 for MTTC/IPI in COSSI. The
conferees fully expect MTTC/IPI to abide by program cost-sharing
requirements in the future consistent with OSD requirements. However,
for the initial award, the intent is for the requirement for cost
sharing to be waived.
Software program managers network
The conferees continue to support service programs and related
activities provided by the Software Program Managers Network (SPMN). The
conferees direct the Department to continue this program at last year's
level of effort and, in addition, the conferees provide $1,000,000 to
develop pilot projects to attract, train and retain skilled software
personnel.
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EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
Program Budget House Senate Conference
DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES 209,505 216,505 209,505 216,305
MATERIALS 63,334 74,234 84,161 78,811
AEROSPACE FLIGHT DYNAMICS 43,898 49,298 41,398 45,718
HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS APPLIED RESEARCH 51,512 72,412 62,612 71,012
AEROSPACE PROPULSION 62,012 77,212 78,787 77,712
AEROSPACE SENSORS 64,988 75,688 58,131 64,331
PHILLIPS LAB EXPLORATORY DEVELOPMENT 115,313 147,613 128,318 147,118
COMMAND CONTROL AND COMMUNICATIONS 46,448 47,548 54,248 52,148
ADVANCED MATERIALS FOR WEAPON SYSTEMS 25,890 31,890 30,390 34,390
ADVANCED AEROSPACE SENSORS 29,405 47,805 24,805 38,405
AEROSPACE PROPULSION AND POWER TECHNOLOGY 38,778 39,378 39,028 39,178
PERSONNEL, TRAINING AND SIMULATION TECHNOLOGY 4,827 7,027 6,627 6,327
CREW SYSTEMS AND PERSONNEL PROTECTION TECHNOLOGY 14,841 29,841 22,841 31,341
ELECTRONIC COMBAT TECHNOLOGY 27,334 34,434 27,334 32,334
SPACE AND MISSLE ROCKET PROPULSION 11,231 26,531 11,231 16,731
ADVANCED SPACECRAFT TECHNOLOGY 76,229 67,259 118,129 103,529
CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY 21,479 23,033 21,479 21,033
ADVANCED WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY 38,995 56,495 44,695 57,495
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY 0 3,000 5,000 5,500
JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER 235,374 335,374 250,374 250,374
INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE--DEM/VAL 28,628 28,628 47,828 47,828
C 130 43,600 40,600
WIDEBAND MILSATCOM (SPACE) 53,344 44,344 53,344 50,344
B 1B 203,544 203,544 163,544 178,544
B 2 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY BOMBER 201,765 344,165 238,765 301,765
EW DEVELOPMENT 90,347 89,047 100,347 86,847
MILSTAR LDR/MDR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS (SPACE) 361,308 214,308 361,308 362,808
LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS 6,135 9,135 8,635 11,635
COMBAT TRAINING RANGES 6,220 17,820 6,220 12,020
COMPUTER RESOURCE TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION (CRTT) 196 6,396 2,996 6,096
MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT 47,334 69,534 53,334 57,934
TEST AND EVALUATION SUPPORT 392,104 400,104 365,504 382,104
SPACE TEST PROGRAM (STP) 51,658 51,658 61,658 51,658
B 52 SQUADRONS 32,139 47,539 47,539 40,139
16 SQUADRONS 112,250 127,520 118,520 115,520
15E SQUADRONS 112,670 152,670 112,670 127,670
AF TENCAP 10,102 0 10,102 13,102
JOINT AIR-TO-SURFACE STANDOFF MISSILE (JASSM) 166,408 166,408 166,408 166,408
AIRBORNE WARNING AND CONTROL SYSTEM (AWACS) 33,393 36,393 33,393 36,393
JOINT SURVEILLANCE AND TARGET RADAR SYSTEM 130,488 161,988 130,488 148,488
USAF MODELING AND SIMULATION 19,299 23,799 19,299 21,249
DEFENSE SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM (SPACE) 8,985 3,985 6,485 5,485
INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM 7,992 12,492 17,992 19,492
NAVSTAR GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (SPACE AND CONTROL) 98,890 98,890 98,890 108,890
SPACELIFT RANGE SYSTEM (SPACE) 43,186 60,986 43,186 51,686
ENDURANCE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES 70,835 89,800 57,600 79,800
AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS 124,608 144,008 134,608 139,608
MANNED RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS 9,388 12,388 21,888 20,388
AF/NRO Consolidated Activities 0 23,500 0 10,882
C 5 AIRLIFT SQUADRONS 63,041 60,041 44,172 60,041
C 17 AIRCRAFT 170,718 149,918 170,718 160,918
PRODUCTIVITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, MAINTAIN 9,382 9,382 9,382 22,382
SUPPORT SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 22,383 37,383 31,383 33,383
COBRA BALL 4,000 4,000
MATERIALS
The conferees are aware of the potential for fuel cells to reduce
the logistics requirements for batteries and liquid fuels, and improve
operational effectiveness of various systems. The conferees note that a
full-scale demonstration of an advanced solid polymer electrolyte fuel
cell that uses PBO based membranes holds great promise in increasing the
performance of and reducing the cost of fuel cells. The conferees
request that the Secretary of the Air Force provide a report by February
1, 2000 reviewing PBO fuel cell technology and evaluating its potential
to meet the demanding requirements of the ``Air Expeditionary Force
Deployment'' concept of operation.
CREW SYSTEMS AND PERSONNEL PROTECTION TECHNOLOGY
The conference agreement includes $12,000,000 only for ejection seat
risk reduction efforts. These funds shall be divided equally between all
viable competitors and are to be used to bring each candidate seat to a
common qualification standard consistent with joint Air Force-Navy
requirements. This effort is to be designated as a Joint Ejection Seat
Program, with program management responsibilities to rotate between the
Air Force and Navy in accordance with a schedule specified by the
Secretary of Defense. The conferees direct the Air Force and the Navy,
in conjunction with their fiscal year 2001 budget requests, to provide a
program and associated funding plans that will bring each candidate seat
to a common qualification standard in an expeditious manner. The Air
Force and the Navy should include sufficient funds for each ejection
seat, consistent with that plan, in their budget requests. The conferees
expect this program will lead to development of fully qualified seats
that can be competed for installation into the Joint Strike Fighter and
other current and future aircraft.
MILSTAR
The conference agreement funds the MILSTAR program in the Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force account as in past years.
While the Air Force has indicated that the sixth and last satellite will
not be used for Independent Operational Test and Evaluation and
therefore would have been more appropriately funded in procurement, the
conferees acknowledge that this satellite is now 60% assembled. The
conferees therefore believe that it is impractical to transfer funding
for this satellite to the procurement account at this stage in the
program.
f 22
The conferees have included $1,222,232,000, the budget request
amount, for the F 22 engineering and manufacturing development program.
In addition, the conferees have included two general provisions
providing funds for the F 22 program. The first provision appropriates
an additional $1,000,000,000 which is available for transfer for the
purposes of F 22 program research, development, test and evaluation, and
advance procurement. This provision includes a prohibition on the award
of a full funding contract for low-rate initial production for the F 22
aircraft program until the first flight of an F 22 aircraft
incorporating Block 3.0 software has been conducted. The conferees agree
that up to $277,100,000 of the funds appropriated by this provision may
be transferred to the ``Aircraft Procurement, Air Force'', account only
for advance procurement of F 22 aircraft. The conferees further agree
that any funds transferred for F 22 advance procurement shall not be
available for obligation until the Secretary of Defense certifies to the
congressional defense committees that all 1999 Defense Acquisition Board
exit criteria have been met. The conferees direct the Air Force to
establish cost accounting procedures which allow the accurate tracking
of the cost of the additional test aircraft apart from other F 22
development efforts. The conferees further direct that costs associated
with the additional test aircraft be separately identified in future
research and development budget documents using the budget categories of
the F 22 ``P 5'' budget exhibit. A second provision appropriates an
additional $300,000,000 for F 22 program termination liability or for
other F 22 program contractual requirements in lieu of termination
liability obligations. The conferees agree that the funds provided under
this provision are not available for expenditure until October 1, 2000.
space based infrared system (sbirs)--high
The conferees direct that no more than $100,000,000 of the funds
provided for SBIRS High shall be obligated until the Secretary of
Defense certifies that the production program complies with all DoD full
funding policies (including the policy against funding more than 20% of
the end-item cost using advance procurement) and that the program
concurrency risk has been reduced relative to the acquisition strategy
proposed by the Joint Estimating Team. The conferees further direct that
concurrent with the Secretary of Defense certification above, the
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation submit an assessment of
whether the SBIRS high acquisition strategy allows for adequate testing
to support a production decision.
GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM SPECTRUM HARMONIZATION
The conferees continue to support the development of global
positioning system technologies as being vital to the national security
and economic interests of the United States. It has come to the
attention of the conferees that increases in the aggregate noise that is
generated into the spectrum band restricted for the delivery of GPS by
users of spectrum in other frequency bands may pose a significant threat
to the delivery of GPS. The conferees once again recognize the critical
national security, public safety and economic interests that are
implicated by this threat to the delivery of GPS, and therefore direct
the DOD to initiate a spectrum harmonization study to be conducted by
the National Telecommunications and Information Administration of the
United States Department of Commerce to be delivered to the defense
appropriations committees no later than January 31, 2000.
theater air command and control simulation facility (taccsf)
Of the amount appropriated for infrastructure upgrades at TACCSF's
new facility, $500,000 will be made available to Sandia National
Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratories to initiate a process
to leverage their scientific, analytical, and computational capacities
to advance and expand the simulation and modeling activities at TACCSF.
MARIAH II WIND TUNNEL
In 1998, Congress combined the Air Force's and NASA's Hypervelocity
Wind Tunnel programs under the name of Mariah II. This was done in
recognition of the Air Force's requirements for Air Defense as well as
the reputation of Arnold Engineering Development Center in the
development and use of wind tunnels. The conferees believe that a
hypervelocity ground test facility is critical for the development of
the next generation of space and re-entry vehicles. The conferees are
also concerned that the Air Force has been hesitant to adequately fund
this successful high technology project. Any delays in this program
would not only defeat the research momentum of all of the partners, but
it would destroy the excellent teaming that has enabled the success to
date. The conferees encourage the Department of the Air Force to support
this necessary research and urge the Department of Defense to budget
funds for fiscal year 2001 and beyond.
HIGH ALTITUDE ENDURANCE VEHICLE
GLOBAL HAWK UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE
The conferees are very concerned that the Air Force is planning to
proceed with a revised Global Hawk program that has not been formally
presented to Congress for approval. Additionally, it is unclear how this
new program, if approved, would be funded in the out-years. The
conferees understand that the total cost of the program could exceed
$800,000,000 and that the Air Force may divert funds budgeted or
appropriated for other Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
(ISR) assets, to fully fund the revised Global Hawk program. The
conferees agree that using other ISR assets as a ``bank'' from which to
draw funds for the Global Hawk program would likely not serve the best
interests of the Department of Defense.
Therefore, while the conferees have agreed to provide an increase of
$15,000,000 for Global Hawk, this should not be perceived as an approval
of the revised Global Hawk program. The conferees agree that if the
revised Global Hawk program is what the Administration plans to pursue,
the program should be presented in a future budget request. Any
shortfall in funding in fiscal year 2000 may be accommodated by approval
of a reprogramming request.
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EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget House Senate Conference
RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT TEST & EVAL, DEFENSE-WIDE
DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES 64,293 66,293 66,293 67,893
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVES 216,778 227,278 221,778 231,378
CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM 31,386 44,386 35,386 44,886
NEXT GENERATION INTERNET 40,000 41,000 31,000 36,000
SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES--APPLIED RESEARCH 65,328 80,328 90,328 89,328
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (HBCU) 14,329 16,329 14,329 16,329
COMPUTING SYSTEMS AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY 322,874 330,874 317,874 324,874
BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE 145,850 101,850 145,850 132,350
CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM 64,780 99,280 74,780 94,780
TACTICAL TECHNOLOGY 137,626 137,626 129,126 129,126
INTEGRATED COMMAND AND CONTROL TECHNOLOGY 31,296 43,996 41,296 38,296
MATERIALS AND ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY 235,321 248,821 234,821 243,821
WMD RELATED TECHNOLOGY 203,512 215,512 218,512 216,512
EXPLOSIVES DEMILITARIZATION TECHNOLOGY 11,183 22,383 18,183 25,183
COUNTERTERROR TECHNICAL SUPPORT 52,223 57,223 59,223 57,223
SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES-ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 173,704 196,317 215,704 214,704
VERIFICATION TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION 58,455 76,455 59,955 74,455
GENERIC LOGISTICS R&D TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS 17,336 30,536 26,336 27,336
STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH PROGRAM 53,506 59,506 59,506 58,506
ADVANCED ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGIES 246,023 256,523 229,523 254,523
ADVANCED CONCEPT TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS 117,969 88,569 121,969 107,969
HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING MODERNIZATION PROGRAM 159,099 167,099 166,099 168,099
COMMAND, CONTROL AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS 222,888 222,888 187,888 190,888
SENSOR AND GUIDANCE TECHNOLOGY 232,319 182,658 207,319 181,519
PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT 37,107 25,792 32,107 26,107
JOINT ROBOTICS PROGRAM 12,937 16,937 17,937 17,937
ADVANCED SENSOR APPLICATIONS PROGRAM 15,345 26,845 26,345 27,345
NAVY THEATER WIDE MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM 329,768 419,768 379,768 379,768
NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE--DEM/VAL 836,555 761,555 986,555 836,555
JOINT THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE--DEM/VAL 195,722 200,722 215,722 198,222
FAMILY OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND INTEGRATION 141,821 141,821 136,821 146,821
BMD TECHNICAL OPERATIONS 190,650 200,650 193,650 216,150
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS 36,650 36,650 78,650 81,650
THREAT AND COUNTERMEASURES 16,497 16,497 20,497 19,497
CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM--DEM/VAL 62,033 69,533 69,033 69,033
HUMANITARIAN DEMINING 15,847 20,647 18,847 18,847
THEATER HIGH-ALTITUDE AREA DEFENSE SYSTEM--TMD--EMD 83,755 0 0 45,755
PATRIOT PAC 3 THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE ACQUISITION--EM 29,141 77,641 181,141 104,141
NETWORK SECURITY 12,000 12,000
DEFENSE IMAGERY AND MAPPING PROGRAM 88,401 101,401 99,201 104,201
DEFENSE RECONNAISSANCE SUPPORT ACTIVITIES (SPACE) 6,000
GENERAL SUPPORT TO C3I 2,000 2,000 2,000 8,000
SPECIAL OPERATIONS TACTICAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 106,671 149,370 127,271 150,270
SPECIAL OPERATIONS INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 1,407 6,507 1,407 5,407
SEISMIC RESEARCH
Last year's nuclear tests in South Asia raise serious concerns about
the Department's ability to support a robust operational nuclear test
monitoring program. The conferees direct that from within available
funds, $10,000,000 shall be available only for peer-reviewed basic and
applied research only to support operational nuclear test monitoring. Of
this amount, $2,500,000 shall be available only for peer-reviewed
seismic research; and $7,500,000 shall be available only for
peer-reviewed basic research--$6,500,000 of which is only for explosion
seismology research. The conferees direct that the basic and applied
seismic research program consider the specific prioritized research
topics recommended to the Department by the National Research Council.
The conferees direct the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to award
these funds through a competitive peer panel review process; to
segregate the basic and applied research funds for this program into
clearly identifiable projects within the 6.1 and 6.2 budget categories;
and to improve integration of the basic and applied components of the
program. Further, the conferees direct the Department to provide, by
December 1, 1999, a detailed report to the Congressional Defense
Committees on the plan for obligating these funds. Finally, the
conferees direct the Department to sustain funding for these activities
in future budgets to ensure the expertise needed in this critical
operational program.
NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE RISK REDUCTION
To take full advantage of joint ballistic missile defense efforts
with allied nations, the conferees direct the Director of the Ballistic
Missile Defense Organization to provide a report to the Appropriations
Committees of the House and Senate by February 1, 2000, on those
technologies, designs, or technical approaches developed by, or in
cooperation with, allied ballistic missile defense programs that would
help reduce the level of technical, schedule, or cost risk to any
element of the U.S. national missile defense program.
ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTER
The conferees direct the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization not
to establish any new missile defense data centers.
Further, the conferees have provided an additional $2,500,000 for
the operational support of the Army's Advanced Research Center (ARC) for
a total level of funding of $14,500,000. The conferees understand this
level to be sufficient to maintain modeling and simulation capability at
the facility in support of Theater and National Missile Defense Programs
while providing the necessary infrastructure support for the facility.
As such, users should not be required to offset operational costs with
program funding in any form. Only peculiar and unique support should
require such contributions and under no condition should such fees be
assessed or required by higher commands. The conferees direct BMDO to
maintain and plan for adequate levels of operational support for the ARC
without reliance upon program user fees.
TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES
The House report recommended that the Center for Commercial
Deployment of Transportation Technologies be considered for up to
$15,000,000 of the funds provided in Operation and Maintenance,
Defense-wide. To be consistent with United States Transportation
Command's established funding mechanism and management system the
conferees believe that the Center should be considered for up to
$15,000,000 of the funds provided in Research, Development, Test and
Evaluation, Defense-wide instead.
Discoverer II
The conferees agree to provide a total of $40,000,000 for the
Discoverer II satellite technology demonstration program, a reduction of
$68,500,000 to the budget request. The conferees agree that this funding
shall be provided in equal portions to the Air Force, the Defense
Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), and the National
Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
The conferees direct that the funding provided in fiscal year 2000
may only be used to complete the Phase I study portion of the program,
and any associated program management costs.
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EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget House Senate Conference
CENTRAL TEST AND EVALUATION INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT 121,741 140,241 120,241 134,241
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EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget House Senate Conference
LIVE FIRE TESTING 9,832 14,832 19,832 16,832
TITLE V--REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS
The conferees agree to the following amounts for Revolving and
Management Funds programs:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget House Senate Conference
Defense Working Capital Funds 90,344 90,344 90,344 90,344
National Defense Sealift Fund 354,700 729,700 354,700 717,200
--------- --------- --------- ------------
Total, Revolving and Management Funds 445,044 820,044 445,044 807,544
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS
The conferees agree to provide $90,344,000 for the Defense Working
Capital Fund.
NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND
The conferees agree to provide an additional $320,000,000 for
procurement of a new Large Medium-Speed Roll-on roll-off (LMSR) ship for
the Army; $30,000,000 for conversion of an existing LMSR ship to meet
Marine Corps requirements for a maritime prepositioning force ship; and
$12,500,000 to convert an RRF sealift vessel into a training ship for
the Massachusetts Maritime Academy.
TITLE VI--OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS
The conference agreement is as follows:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget House Senate Conference
Defense Health Program 10,834,657 11,078,417 11,184,857 11,154,617
Armed Forces Retirement Home 0 0 68,295 0
Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Army 1,169,000 781,000 1,029,000 1,029,000
Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense 788,100 883,700 842,300 847,800
Office of the Inspector General 140,844 140,844 137,544 137,544
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
Total, Other Department of Defense Programs 12,932,011 12,883,961 13,261,996 13,168,961
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
EXPLANATION OF PROJECT LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget House Senate Conference
Alaska Federal Health Care (AFHCAN) Partnership Telemedicine Network 1,400 1,400
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences [6,300] [6,300]
Graduate School of Nursing 2,300 2,300
Tri Service Nursing Research Service 6,000 6,000
Pacific Island Health Care 5,000 5,000
Center for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance 5,000 5,000
Casualty Care Research Center [760] [760]
Military Health Services Information Management 10,000 10,000
Brown Tree Snakes 1,000 1,000
PACMEDNET 12,000 12,000
Automated Clinical Practice Guidelines 7,500 7,500
DOD Center for Medical Informatics [2,000] 2,000
Computational neuroscience 3,000 3,000
Lung cancer program [Note: $7,000,000 only to explore multiple avenues of research, prevention, diagnosis, and therapy that would yield new treatment options for lung cancer.] 7,000 7,000
Post-polio 1,300 1,300
Neuroscience research [Note: $3,000,000 only to establish West Coast Functional MRI brain research capabilities.] 3,000 3,000
Neuroscience research [Note: $5,000,000 only to continue neurological research under cooperative agreement DAMD 17 99 2 9007.] 5,000 5,000
Digital Mammography 5,000 4,000
Nutrition research 3,760 3,760
Periscopic surgery for the spine [Note: $2,000,000 only for research into the development of minimally invasive surgical procedures for the brain, spinal cord, and spine under DAMD 17 99 1 9022.] 2,000 2,000
Comprehensive breast cancer clinical care project [Note: $7,500,000 only for the Walter Reed Army Medical Center to establish a peer-reviewed research program by the Uniformed Services University for the Health Sciences to test and improve the Department's ability to provide comprehensive breast care risk assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and research. This program shall be a multi-disciplinary public/private effort in coordination with the USUHS, a not for profit research center, and a rural primary care center.] 7,500 7,500
Coronary and prostate disease reversal [Note: $5,000,000 only to continue the non-invasive coronary and prostate disease reversal program.] 5,000 5,000
Chronic disease management 10,000 10,000
Computer based patient records [Note: $4,200,000 is only for the further development of the Government Computer-based Patient Record program.] 4,200 4,200
Budget execution savings -63,000 -63,000
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION (DHP) 250,000 300,000 275,000
MEDICAL RESEARCH
The conferees applaud the medical research and development efforts
and accomplishments of the Department of Defense, and, within funding
provided for the Defense Health Program, recommend $275,000,000 for
medical RDT&E efforts to be conducted by the Department. Within these
funds, $175,000,000 is for the Army's peer reviewed Breast Cancer
Research Program (BCRP), and $75,000,000 is for the Army's peer reviewed
Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP).
The remaining funds of $25,000,000 are to be made available for peer
reviewed medical research grants and activities. The conferees direct
that the Secretary of Defense, in conjunction with the service Surgeons
General, establish a process to select medical research projects of
clear scientific merit and direct relevance to military health.
Such projects could include: acute lung injury research; advanced
soft tissue modeling; alcohol abuse prevention research; Defense and
Veterans Head Injury Program; Dengue fever vaccine research; childhood
asthma; diabetes; digital mammography imagining; Gulf War Illnesses;
Padget's disease; retinal display technology; smoking cessation; stem
cell research; and volumetrically controlled manufacturing.
The conferees direct the Department to provide a report by March 1,
2000, on the status of this peer reviewed medical research program, to
include the corresponding funds provided in fiscal year 1999.
CUSTODIAL CARE
The conference agreement includes a general provision clarifying the
definition of custodial care as it pertains to the delivery of health
care services provided by and financed under the military health care
system's case management program. This provision also sets the overall
policy for access of military health care system beneficiaries in the
case management program. The House bill included a similar provision.
The Senate bill contained no similar provision. The conferees expect the
Department to expeditiously revise its regulations to comply with this
provision.
anthrax vaccine immunization program (avip)
The Comptroller General shall study the immunization program and
report on the following: effects on military morale, retention, and
recruiting; the civilian costs and burdens associated with adverse
reactions for members of the reserve components; adequacy of long- and
short-term health monitoring; assessment of the anthrax threat,
including but not limited to foreign doctrine, weaponization, quality of
intelligence, and other biological threats. A classified annex may be
submitted to meet this requirement.
The Department is directed to enter into a contract with the
National Research Council to independently study the effectiveness and
safety of the anthrax vaccine. The following issues shall be considered
in the report: the types and severity of adverse reactions, including
gender differences; long-term health implications; inhalational efficacy
of the vaccine against all known anthrax strains; correlation of animal
models to safety and effectiveness in humans; validation of the
manufacturing process focusing on, but not limited to discrepancies
identified by the Food and Drug Administration in February 1998;
definition of vaccine components in terms of the protective antigen and
other bacterial products and constituents; identification of gaps in
existing research.
Preliminary reports addressing these issues will be submitted to the
Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Armed Services of both
the House and the Senate by April 1, 2000.
OXFORD HOUSE
The conferees direct the Department to conduct a pilot project to
improve treatment outcomes for alcoholism and drug addiction. The pilot
project should evaluate the effectiveness and cost efficiency of Oxford
House recovery homes in improving recovery without relapse following
treatment for alcoholism and drug addiction among active and retired
military personnel and their dependents. The conferees direct the
Department to provide a report by March 1, 2000 on the status of this
pilot project.
TRISERVICE NURSING RESEARCH PROGRAM
The conferees recommend $6,000,000 for the TriService Nursing
Research Program (TSNRP). Within these funds, the conferees encourage
the Department to leverage telehealth and distance learning
capabilities, and to continue efforts in developing telemetered passive
physiological monitoring for field conditions. Further, the conferees
encourage the Department to begin funding the TSNRP in the Department's
annual budget.
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Chemical Munitions Destruction, Army
The conferees concur with the decision of the Department of Defense
to conduct evaluations of three additional alternative technologies
under the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment (ACWA) Program. The
conferees direct that $40,000,000 of the funds made available for
Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Army are only to conduct the
additional ACWA evaluations. The conferees direct that the ACWA program
is to proceed under the same guidelines as contained in Public Law 104
208, and continue to use the Dialogue process and Citizens Advisory
Technical Teams and their consultants.
The conferees agree that the current budget execution rates for the
Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction program are unacceptable and
hopes that the Army improves the budget execution rates in fiscal year
2000. In the event that program budget execution rates improve during
the fiscal year, and additional funds are required to sustain the
establishment and operation of the nine chemical demilitarization
facilities, the conferees expect the Army to submit a reprogramming
request subject to normal, prior approval reprogramming procedures.
The conferees disagree with the House direction with regard to an
Inspector General report on the Chemical Agents and Munitions
Destruction Program, Army. The conferees agree with House language
directing the General Accounting Office to submit a report on the budget
activities and management of the program.
DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE
The conference agreement is as follows:
[In thousands of dollars]
Drug Interdiction and counter-drug activities:
Budget 788,100
House 883,700
Senate 842,300
Conference 847,800
SUMMARY OF CONFERENCE AGREEMENT
The conference agreement on items addressed by either the House or
the Senate is as follows:
[In thousands of dollars]
National Guard Counter-drug Support +20,000
Gulf States Initiative +10,000
RCTA +2,000
Marijuana Eradication/Guard Counter-drug activities
Kentucky +3,200
Hawaii +2,500
Counter-drug Intelligence and Infrastructure Support +30,000
Northeast Regional Counter-drug Training Center +2,000
Counter-narcotics Center at Hammer +5,000
Technologies Assessment +2,500
Southwest Border Fence +4,000
Lake County HIDTA +1,000
MJTFTC +4,000
Southwest Border States Initiative +6,000
NICI +2,000
Young Marines +1,500
Forward Operating Locations -27,000
Ground Based Radars -4,000
Tethered Aerostat Radar System -5,000
TECHNOLOGIES ASSESSMENT
The conferees agree to provide $2,500,000 to assess technologies to
detect air, land and maritime platforms which are evading currently
operating detection and monitoring systems either because of their
technological deficiencies or their locations. The conferees
specifically direct that the assessment consider the utility of an
additional Relocatable Over The Horizon Radar site, a Wide Aperture
Radar Facility, and a ground station to support a tropical remote
sensing radar. The conferees direct that the assessment be concluded by
April 1, 2000 and that its findings be included in a report to the
defense committees not later than May 15, 2000.
counter-drug intelligence and infrastructure support
The conferees agree to provide $30,000,000 for Counter-drug
Intelligence and Infrastructure Support in order to support numerous
initiatives including those outlined by the Senate in the Drug Free
Century Act and those identified in House Report 105 244 to include
Operation Caper Focus, P 3 FLIRs, observation aircraft, mothership
operations, A 10 aircraft, and other joint military intelligence
programs. The conferees direct the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Drug Enforcement Policy to provide a plan for utilization of these
funds to the defense committees within 60 days of the enactment of this
Act.
A 10 LOGISTICAL AND DEMILITARIZATION SUPPORT
The conferees direct the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Drug Enforcement Policy and Support and the Assistant Secretary of
State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs to
submit a joint report to Congress within thirty days of enactment of the
accompanying Act assessing the cost effectiveness of using refurbished A
10 aircraft (currently in storage at AMARC) for the Department of
State's coca eradication mission in Colombia. This report shall also
discuss the time saved in returning such upgraded aircraft to combat
condition should they be needed, compared to the time required to bring
a storage aircraft to the same combat configuration, and assess the
fiscal and operational impacts on the active A 10 combat force of such a
transfer. The conferees agree that, if this report contains a joint
recommendation to use these aircraft for this mission, $5,000,000 shall
be made available from the sums provided under ``Counter-drug
Intelligence and Infrastructure Support'' only for this purpose, in
accordance with the directive of the House.
FORWARD OPERATING LOCATIONS
The conferees agree to a reduction of $27,000,000 to the budget
request for Forward Operating Locations (FOLs). The conferees agree to
provide $10,800,000 to be transferred to Military Construction, Air
Force for planning and design of FOLs. The conferees also agree to
provide $5,000,000 for transfer to Operation and Maintenance, Air Force
only to be used for improvement and repair at the Curacao, Aruba, and
Ecuador FOLs. Although the conferees are aware that the Commander in
Chief of the U.S. Southern Command recommends that construction at these
locations begin as soon as possible, the conferees are concerned that no
formal permanent binding long-term agreements for the use of these
facilities have been executed between any of the FOL host nations and
the United States. Funding beyond that needed for planning and design
activities is premature without such agreements in place. The conferees
direct that future requests for Military Construction funding for these
projects be contained in budget requests for Military Construction.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
The conferees agree to provide $137,544,000 for the Office of the
Inspector General. Of this amount, $136,244,000 shall be for operation
and maintenance activities and $1,300,000 shall be for procurement.
EMERGENCY AND EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSES
The conferees have agreed to increase the amount made available for
emergencies and extraordinary expenses to $700,000 and direct the
Inspector General to submit an expenditures report in compliance with
the requirements contained in section 127 of Title 10, United States
Code.
TITLE VII--RELATED AGENCIES
The conferees agree to the following amounts for Related Agencies:
[In thousands of dollars]
Budget House Senate Conference
Intelligence Community Management Account 149,415 144,415 149,415 158,015
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund 209,100 209,100 209,100 209,100
Payment to Kaho'olawe Island Conveyance, Remediation, and Environmental Restoration Trust Fund 15,000 15,000 35,000 35,000
National Security Education Trust Fund 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT
Details of the adjustments to this account are addressed in the
classified annex accompanying this report.
TITLE VIII--GENERAL PROVISIONS
The conference agreement incorporates general provisions of the
House and Senate versions of the bill which were not amended. Those
general provisions that were amended in conference follow:
The conferees included a general provision (Section 8005) which
amends language to provide authority to the Department to transfer not
more than $1.6 billion of working capital funds or funds made available
in this Act.
The conferees included a general provision (Section 8008) which
amends language authorizing multi-year procurements.
The conferees included a general provision (Section 8034) which
amends language that governs the activities of defense federally funded
research and development centers (FFRDCs).
The conferees included a general provision (Section 8044) which
amends language regarding funds available in the Department of Defense
Overseas Military Facility Investment Recovery Account.
The conferees included a general provision (Section 8058) which
amends language recommending rescissions. The rescissions agreed to are:
FISCAL YEAR 1998
Conference
Other Procurement, Navy:
-$2,167,000
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force:
-4,000,000
-1,800,000
-10,000,000
FISCAL YEAR 1999
Other Procurement, Army:
-13,700,000
Aircraft Procurement, Navy:
-41,500,000
Under the heading, Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy:
-32,400,000
-11,400,000
Other Procurement, Navy:
-6,384,000
-1,900,000
-5,500,000
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force:
-3,000,000
-2,700,000
-10,000,000
-7,300,000
-6,729,000
Missile Procurement, Air Force:
-130,000,000
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army:
-4,000,000
-1,400,000
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy:
-11,000,000
-3,900,000
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force:
-5,300,000
-7,000,000
-3,600,000
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide:
-7,000,000
-5,000,000
-7,000,000
-4,500,000
The conferees included a general provision (Section 8079) which
amends House language that allows for the transfer of funds to provide
services and support to organizations and activities outside of the
Department, if they are incidental to training.
The conferees included a general provision (Section 8082) which
amends language to reflect the latest ship cost adjustment proposed by
the Navy.
The conferees included a general provision which amends (Section
8093) language concerning Buy American requirements to address shipyard
cranes.
The conferees included a general provision (Section 8100) which
amends Senate language to reduce funding available to the Operation and
Maintenance accounts by $123,200,000 due to civilian personnel
underexecution.
The conferees included a general provision (Section 8103) which
amends House language to repair and upgrade the road providing access to
the National Training Center.
The conferees included a general provision (Section 8105) which
amends House language concerning restrictions on the procurement of main
propulsion engines and propulsors for the ADC(X) class of ships.
The conferees included a general provision (Section 8107) which
amends House language earmarking funds in support of the B 52 force
structure.
The conferees included a general provision (Section 8111) which
amends House language to appropriate funds only for Weapons of Mass
Destruction Domestic (WMD) Preparedness.
The conference agreement provides an additional $35,000,000 to
enhance efforts underway within the Department to develop a
comprehensive and integrated domestic emergency response capability
against terrorist attacks using weapons of mass destruction. The
conference agreement also includes bill language specifying certain
expenditures as amended by the conferees. These funds are provided, as
follows:
Military Support Detachment (Light). --To provide the training and
preliminary equipment issue to field an initial operating capability for
traditional drilling Military Support Detachments (Light).
Appropriation
Amount
National Guard Personnel, Army $2,000,000
National Guard Personnel, Air Force 500,000
Operation and Maintenance, Army 12,180,000
Additional Training/Exercises/Interagency Integration and
Interoperability. --To enhance the training, organization, and support
of DoD response forces to prepare for and respond to WMD terrorism, and
enhance interoperability and connectivity between local, state, and
federal interagency WMD response forces.
Appropriation
Amount
Reserve Personnel, Army $2,000,000
Operation and Maintenance, Army 12,320,000
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army 6,000,000
The conferees included a general provision (Section 8114) which
amends House language that prohibits the Department of Defense from
using funds provided in Department of Defense Appropriations Acts for
the repair and maintenance of military family housing, and requires a
review of Department of Defense practices by the DoD Office of the
Inspector General.
The conferees included a general provision (Section 8115) which
amends House language which requires the Secretary of Defense to report
on Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrations (ACTDs) prior to the
obligation of funds, prohibits the further obligation of fiscal year
1999 funds for Line-of-Sight Anti-Tank (LOSAT) and provides that of
funds available under the heading, ``Research, Development, Test and
Evaluation, Defense-Wide'' in Public Law
105 262, $10,027,000 is only available for the Air Defense
Surface to Air Missile.
The conferees included a general provision (Section 8116) which
amends House language which provides that none of the funds under the
heading, ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'' in
Public Law 105 262 are available for the Medium Extended Air Defense
System.
The conferees included a general provision (Section 8121) which
amends House language to enhance DoD oversight of information technology
systems.
The conferees included a general provision (Section 8124) which
amends House language that permits competitive auction of communication
frequencies.
The new subsection (subsection (c)) reaffirms Congressional intent,
as reflected in section 337(d)(4) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997,
that the FCC must ensure that the spectrum to be used for public safety
is protected from interference. Section 337(a)(1) of that Act directed
the FCC to allocate 24 megahertz for public safety uses, while the
current legislation would accelerate the timing of the auction of 36
megahertz of neighboring spectrum which had been allocated in section
337(d)(2) of the 1997 Act. Because the public safety spectrum is
adjacent to the spectrum now being auctioned, it is important to affirm
that the interference directive in section 337(d) is not being
superceded by the current legislation.
The Congress, in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, required that
public safety services be permitted to operate free from interference
from neighboring spectrum. This subsection will reiterate, along with
the statutory direction that the auction will be accelerated, that such
protection for public safety spectrum must be maintained.
The conferees included a general provision (Section 8126) which
amends House language prohibiting the transfer of armor piercing
ammunition to any non-governmental entity.
The conferees included a general provision (Section 8127) which
amends Senate language to provide for the waiver of payments by the
National Guard for the use of equipment by certain non-profit
organizations.
The conferees included a general provision (Section 8129) which
amends Senate language that reflects the amounts appropriated for
military personnel pay and retirement reform in the Fiscal Year 1999
Supplemental Appropriations Act.
The conferees included a general provision (Section 8130) which
amends Senate language to limit the funding that can be obligated
through indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity environmental contracts.
The conferees included a general provision (Section 8133) as
proposed by the Senate and amended, providing the Secretary of the Air
Force the authority to lease aircraft for operational support purposes.
The conferees direct that aircraft leased under this pilot program shall
be commercially available, serving similar purposes in the commercial
marketplace. The conferees believe that the Department of Defense could
realize significant operations and support savings through employing the
fewest aircraft types of a common configuration. In that regard, the
Secretary shall make every attempt to lease aircraft of the type and
configuration common to the DoD inventory and use accompanying logistics
support mechanisms already in place. Modifications to these aircraft
should be kept to a minimum to allow timely conversion to a marketable,
civilian configuration, at minimum cost, if the aircraft are
subsequently replaced.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8134) which
reduces funding for Operation and Maintenance, Air Force to reflect
unobligated amounts available in Public Law 106 31 for
Readiness/Munitions.
The conferees included a general provision (Section 8136) which
amends Senate language on the U.S. Atlantic Command joint
experimentation program.
The conferees included a general provision (Section 8137) which
amends Senate language concerning the American Red Cross for Armed
Forces Emergency Services.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8143) which
provides funds for the United Service Organizations (USO).
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8144) which
directs the Department of the Army to submit a report to the Congress
detailing its efforts to reduce the costs the Abrams M1A2 Tank Upgrade
program before initiating a multi-year procurement contract.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8145) which
conditions the new C 17 multiyear authority provided in this Act upon
certification by the Secretary of the Air Force that the average unit
flyaway price of C 17 aircraft in a new multiyear contract will be at
least twenty-five percent less than the average unit flyaway price of
aircraft in the current multiyear contract.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8146) which
establishes a transfer account for additional F 22 test aircraft and
advanced procurement.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8147) which
provides $300,000,000 for F 22 termination liability.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8148) which
provides a grant for evaluating a standards and performance based
academic model at DoD schools.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8149) which
prohibits the payment of environmental fines or penalties unless
specifically authorized by law.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8150) which
amends Section 8145 of the fiscal year 1999 Department of Defense
Appropriations Act concerning the demolition of buildings at the former
Norton Air Force Base.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8151) which
provides a grant for public schools with a high concentration of special
needs military dependents.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8152) which
makes a technical correction regarding the transfer of Military
Construction funds appropriated in the fiscal year 1999 Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8153) which
amends Section 127 of the fiscal year 1995 Military Construction
Appropriations Act regarding the conveyance of Navy Reserve Center,
Seattle, Washington.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8154) which
permits the Army to use Operation and Maintenance, Army funds for
remediation activities at Camp Edwards.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8155) which
allows the Air Force to convey surplus relocatable housing.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8156) which
allows the Department of Defense to adjust the cost-share for the Arrow
Deployability Program.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8157) that
directs the Department of Defense to identify additional liabilities and
requests for equitable adjustments and provide a report to the
congressional defense committees on the extent of health care contract
claims.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8158) which
provides funds for a community retraining, reinvestment and
manufacturing initiative.
The conferees have included a new general provision (Section 8159)
which directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report on the
management of the chemical weapons demilitarization program.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8160)
regarding fiscal year 2000 military construction projects.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8161) which
allows the Secretary of Defense to treat the opening of the National D
Day Museum as an official event.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8162) which
establishes the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8163) which
allows the Secretary of the Air Force to accept contributions from the
State of New York for the Rome Research Site.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8164) which
is a technical correction related to funds provided in Public Law 105
277.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8165)
requiring a report from the Secretary of Defense on the status and
adequacy of planned expenditures for low density, high demand military
assets.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8166) which
provides funds for Chicago Public Schools for the conversion and
expansion of the former Eighth Regiment National Guard Armory.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8167) which
provides $10,000,000 for an aviation support facility for the Army
National Guard.
The conferees included a new provision (Section 8168), as proposed
by the Senate, and amended by the House, which provides for the Brooks
Air Force Base Demonstration Project known as the ``Base Efficiency
Project''. Implementation of this provision is delayed until June 15,
2000. It is the conferees' intention that the Committees on
Appropriations conduct a thorough review to ensure that this legislation
is in the best interest of the Department of Defense and does not
prejudice the Base Realignment and Closure process.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8169) which
reduces the amounts provided in title II of the conference report for
depot level maintenance and repair by $400,000,000, and directs that
$400,000,000 of the funds appropriated in section 2008 of title II,
chapter 3 of Public Law 106 31 (the fiscal year 1999 Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act) that remain unobligated be made
available to fund these requirements.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8170) which
reduces the amounts provided in title II of the conference report for
spare and repair parts and associated logistical support by
$550,000,000, and directs that $550,000,000 of the funds appropriated in
section 2007 of title II, chapter 3 of Public Law 106 31 that remain
unobligated be made available to fund these requirements.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8171) which
reduces the amounts provided in title II of the conference report for
base operations support costs by $100,000,000, and directs that
$100,000,000 of the funds appropriated in section 2011 of title II,
chapter 3 of Public Law 106 31 that remain unobligated be made available
to fund these requirements.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8172) which
reduces funding for various accounts in the title III of the conference
report for procurement of munitions, taking into account various
munitions procurements which will be accomplished with funds provided in
title II, chapter 3 of Public Law 106 31. These reductions are to be
allocated as follows, consistent with the increased funding for these
items which was provided in Public Law 106 31 and since has been
designated as emergency appropriations by the President:
Weapons Procurement, Navy--Tomahawk
Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps--General Purpose
Bombs, JDAM
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force--ALE 50
Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force--General Purpose Bombs, JDAM
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8173) which
reduces operation and maintenance funding, and provides emergency
funding for the same activities.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8174) which
prohibits the use of any funds in this bill for the American Heritage
Rivers Initiative.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8175) to
adjust the payment of progress payments.
The conferees included a new general provision (Section 8176) to
adjust payment procedures and policies.
The conferees included a new title IX, as proposed by the Senate
(Senate title X) as amended, relating to sanctions on India and
Pakistan.
CONFERENCE TOTAL--WITH COMPARISONS
The total new budget (obligational) authority for the fiscal year
2000 recommended by the Committee of Conference, with comparisons to the
fiscal year 1999 amount, the 2000 budget estimates, and the House and
Senate bills for 2000 follow:
[In thousands of dollars]
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1999 $250,520,548
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2000 263,265,959
House bill, fiscal year 2000 268,661,503
Senate bill, fiscal year 2000 264,693,100
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2000 267,795,360
Conference agreement compared with:
+17,274,812
+4,529,401
-866,143
+3,102,260
Jerry Lewis,
C.W. Bill Young,
Joe Skeen,
David L. Hobson,
Henry Bonilla,
George R. Nethercutt, Jr.,
Ernest J. Istook, Jr.,
Randy ``Duke'' Cunningham,
Jay Dickey,
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen,
John P. Murtha,
Norman D. Dicks,
Martin Olav Sabo,
Julian C. Dixon,
Peter J. Visclosky,
James P. Moran,
Managers on the Part of the House.
Ted Stevens,
Thad Cochran,
Arlen Specter,
Pete V. Domenici,
Christopher S. Bond,
Mitch McConnell,
Richard C. Shelby,
Judd Gregg,
Kay Bailey Hutchison,
Daniel K. Inouye,
Ernest F. Hollings,
Robert C. Byrd,
Patrick J. Leahy,
Frank R. Lautenberg,
Tom Harkin,
Byron L. Dorgan,
Richard J. Durbin,
Managers on the Part of the Senate.
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