HR 4613 EAS
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 4613) entitled `An Act making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.', do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
- That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, 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), and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $29,457,797,000.
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), and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $24,330,171,000.
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), and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $9,567,768,000.
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), and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $24,165,011,000.
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, $3,675,390,000.
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, $2,132,432,000.
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, $624,973,000.
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, $1,458,650,000.
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, $5,913,329,000.
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, $2,543,892,000.
TITLE II
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Operation and Maintenance, Army
- For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Army, as authorized by law, $25,705,109,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2006: Provided, That not more than $11,000,000 may be used for emergency and extraordinary expenses authorized under section 127 of title 10, United States Code: Provided further, That $5,096,000,000 may not be obligated before September 30, 2005.
Operation and Maintenance, Navy
- For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Navy and Marine Corps, as authorized by law, $29,591,679,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2006: Provided, That not more than $4,000,000 may be used for emergency and extraordinary expenses authorized under section 127 of title 10, United States Code: Provided further, That $5,918,336,000 may not be obligated before September 30, 2005.
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, $3,617,473,000: Provided, That not more than $1,000,000 may be used for emergency and extraordinary expenses authorized under section 127 of title 10, United States Code.
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force
- For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as authorized by law, $28,282,160,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2006: Provided, That not more than $7,000,000 may be used for emergency and extraordinary expenses authorized under section 127 of title 10, United States Code: Provided further, That $5,474,432,000 may not be obligated before September 30, 2005.
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, $17,552,314,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2006: Provided, That not more than $25,000,000 may be used for the Combatant Commander Initiative Fund authorized under section 166a of title 10, United States Code: Provided further, That not more than $32,000,000 may be used for emergency and extraordinary expenses authorized under section 127 of title 10, United States Code: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to plan or implement the consolidation of a budget or appropriations liaison office of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the office of the Secretary of a military department, or the service headquarters of one of the Armed Forces into a legislative affairs or legislative liaison office: Provided further, That of the funds provided under this heading not less than $28,000,000 shall be made available for the Procurement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program, of which not less than $3,600,000 shall be available for centers defined in 10 U.S.C. 2411(1)(D): Provided further, That $4,000,000, to remain available until expended, is available only for expenses relating to certain classified activities, and may be transferred as necessary by the Secretary to operation and maintenance appropriations or research, development, test and evaluation appropriations, to be merged with and to be available for the same time period as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That any ceiling on the investment item unit cost of items that may be purchased with operation and maintenance funds shall not apply to the funds described in the preceding proviso: Provided further, That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That $3,510,463,000 may not be obligated before September 30, 2004.
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, $1,979,038,000.
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, $1,244,838,000.
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, $188,696,000.
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, $2,200,790,000.
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), $4,372,436,000.
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, $4,454,238,000.
Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Account
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
- For expenses directly relating to Overseas Contingency Operations by United States military forces, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may transfer these funds only to military personnel accounts; operation and maintenance accounts within this title; the Defense Health Program appropriation; procurement accounts; research, development, test and evaluation accounts; 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, $10,825,000: Provided, That not more than $5,000 may be used for emergency and extraordinary expenses authorized under section 127 of title 10, United States Code.
Environmental Restoration, Army
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
- For the Department of the Army, $566,948,000, 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, $447,820,000, 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, $397,368,000, 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, $23,684,000, 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, $276,516,000, 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, 2557, and 2561 of title 10, United States Code), $59,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2006.
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, and for defense and military contacts, $409,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That of the amounts provided under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be available only to support the dismantling and disposal of nuclear submarines, submarine reactor components, and security enhancements for transport and storage of nuclear warheads in the Russian Far East.
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, $2,653,241,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2007.
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, $1,378,321,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2007.
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, $1,698,695,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2007.
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, $1,606,502,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2007.
Other Procurement, Army
- For construction, procurement, production, and modification of vehicles, including tactical, support, and non-tracked combat vehicles; the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and the purchase of 1 vehicle 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, $4,685,846,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2007.
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, $8,899,367,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2007.
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, $2,222,620,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2007.
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, $881,140,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2007.
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:
- Carrier Replacement Program (AP), $485,184,000;
- NSSN, $1,581,143,000;
- NSSN (AP), $871,864,000;
- SSGN, $469,226,000;
- SSGN (AP), $48,000,000;
- CVN Refuelings (AP), $223,061,000;
- SSN Submarine Refuelings (AP), $19,368,000;
- SSBN Submarine Refuelings, $262,229,000;
- SSBN Submarine Refuelings (AP), $72,171,000;
- DDG-51 Destroyer, $3,444,950,000;
- DD(X) (AP), $320,516,000;
- LPD-17, $966,559,000;
- LHD-8, $236,018,000;
- LHA-R (AP), $175,000,000;
- LCU (X), $25,048,000;
- LCAC Landing Craft Air Cushion, $90,490,000;
- Prior year shipbuilding costs, $484,390,000;
- Service Craft, $32,099,000; and
- For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and first destination transportation, $349,327,000.
- In all: $10,171,643,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2009: Provided, That additional obligations may be incurred after September 30, 2009, 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.
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 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, and the purchase of 9 vehicles required for physical security of personnel, notwithstanding price limitations applicable to passenger vehicles but not to exceed $200,000 per vehicle; 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, $4,797,025,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2007.
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 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, $1,266,803,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2007.
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force
- For construction, procurement, 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, $13,547,524,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2007.
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, $4,609,213,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2007.
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, $1,353,859,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2007.
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 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, and the purchase of 1 vehicle required for physical security of personnel, notwithstanding price limitations applicable to passenger vehicles but not to exceed $200,000 per vehicle; 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, $13,284,897,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2007.
Procurement, Defense-Wide
- 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 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; 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, $2,867,303,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2007.
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, $500,000,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2007: 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), $42,515,000, 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, $10,308,804,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2006.
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, $16,748,035,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2006: Provided, That funds appropriated in this paragraph which are available for the V-22 may be used to meet unique operational requirements of the Special Operations Forces: Provided further, That funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for the Cobra Judy 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, $21,002,308,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2006.
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, $20,404,563,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2006.
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, $305,135,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2006.
TITLE V
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS
Defense Working Capital Funds
- For the Defense Working Capital Funds, $1,685,886,000.
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), and for the necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security needs of the United States, $441,936,000, 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, $18,064,811,000, of which $17,299,369,000 shall be for Operation and maintenance, of which not to exceed 2 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2006, and of which up to $8,953,494,000 may be available for contracts entered into under the TRICARE program; of which $366,235,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2007, shall be for Procurement; and of which $399,207,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2006, 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, $1,373,990,000, of which $1,088,801,000 shall be for Operation and maintenance; $78,980,000 shall be for Procurement to remain available until September 30, 2007; $206,209,000 shall be for Research, development, test and evaluation to remain available until September 30, 2006; and no less than $137,404,000 may be for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, of which $44,631,000 shall be for activities on military installations and $92,773,000 shall be to assist State and local governments.
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, $908,797,000: Provided, 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 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 under this heading is in addition to any other 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, $244,562,000, of which $242,362,000 shall be for Operation and maintenance, of which not more than $700,000 may be used for emergency and extraordinary expenses authorized under section 127 of title 10, United States Code; and of which $2,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, shall be for Procurement; and of which $100,000, to remain available until September 30, 2006, shall be for Research, development, test and evaluation.
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 the proper funding level for continuing the operation of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, $239,400,000.
Intelligence Community Management Account
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
- For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Community Management Account, $319,355,000, of which $26,953,000 for the Advanced Research and Development Committee shall remain available until September 30, 2006: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $34,911,000 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, 2007 and $1,000,000 for Research, development, test and evaluation shall remain available until September 30, 2006: Provided further, That the National Drug Intelligence Center shall maintain the personnel and technical resources to provide timely support to law enforcement authorities and the intelligence community by conducting document and computer exploitation of materials collected in Federal, State, and local law enforcement activity associated with counter-drug, counter-terrorism, and national security investigations and operations.
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 percent 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 $4,000,000,000 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 the 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: Provided further, That a request for multiple reprogrammings of funds using authority provided in this section must be made prior to June 30, 2005.
(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:
- 155mm Lightweight Towed Howitzer.
- 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 as required by section 401(d) of title 10, United States Code: 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 2005, 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 2006 budget request for the Department of Defense as well as all justification material and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2006 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 2006.
- (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to military (civilian) technicians.
- SEC. 8011. None of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be used to initiate a new installation overseas without 30-day advance notification to the Committees on Appropriations.
- 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. 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. (a) LIMITATION ON CONVERSION TO CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE- 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 10 Department of Defense civilian employees unless--
- (1) the conversion is based on the result of a public-private competition that includes a most efficient and cost effective organization plan developed by such activity or function; and
- (2) the Competitive Sourcing Official determines that, over all performance periods stated in the solicitation of offers for performance of the activity or function, the cost of performance of the activity or function by a contractor would be less costly to the Department of Defense by an amount that equals or exceeds the lesser of--
- (A) 10 percent of the most efficient organization's personnel-related costs for performance of that activity or function by Federal employees; or
- (B) $10,000,000.
- (b) EXCEPTIONS- (1) The Department of Defense, without regard to subsection (a) of this section or subsections (a), (b), or (c) of section 2461 of title 10, United States Code, and notwithstanding any administrative regulation, requirement, or policy to the contrary shall have full authority to enter into a contract for the performance of any commercial or industrial type function of the Department of Defense that--
- (A) is included on the procurement list established pursuant to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (41 U.S.C. 47);
- (B) 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
- (C) is planned to be converted to performance by a qualified firm under at least 51 percent ownership by an Indian tribe, as defined in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), or a Native Hawaiian Organization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15)).
- (2) This section shall not apply to depot contracts or contracts for depot maintenance as provided in sections 2469 and 2474 of title 10, United States Code.
- (c) TREATMENT OF CONVERSION- The conversion of any activity or function of the Department of Defense under the authority provided by this section shall be credited toward any competitive or outsourcing goal, target, or measurement that may be established by statute, regulation, or policy and is deemed to be awarded under the authority of, and in compliance with, subsection (h) of section 2304 of title 10, United States Code, for the competition or outsourcing of commercial activities.
(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) or TRICARE 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 persons with disabilities 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. 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 2006 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. 8019. 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. 8020. 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. 8021. 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 a prime contractor or a subcontractor at any tier that makes a subcontract award to any subcontractor or supplier as defined in 25 U.S.C. 1544 or a small business owned and controlled by an individual or individuals defined under 25 U.S.C. 4221(9) shall be considered a contractor for the purposes of being allowed additional compensation under section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544) whenever the prime contract or subcontract amount is over $500,000 and involves the expenditure of funds appropriated by an Act making Appropriations for the Department of Defense with respect to any fiscal year: Provided further, That notwithstanding 41 U.S.C. 430, this section shall be applicable to any Department of Defense acquisition of supplies or services, including any contract and any subcontract at any tier for acquisition of commercial items produced or manufactured, in whole or in part by any subcontractor or supplier defined in 25 U.S.C. 1544 or a small business owned and controlled by an individual or individuals defined under 25 U.S.C. 4221(9): Provided further, That businesses certified as 8(a) by the Small Business Administration pursuant to section 8(a)(15) of Public Law 85-536, as amended, shall have the same status as other program participants under section 602 of Public Law 100-656, 102 Stat. 3825 (Business Opportunity Development Reform Act of 1988) for purposes of contracting with agencies of the Department of Defense.
- SEC. 8022. 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 30 months after initiation of such study for a multi-function activity.
- SEC. 8023. 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. 8024. 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. 8025. In addition to the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act, $33,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall make grants in the amount of $10,000,000 to the Military Aviation Museum of the Pacific; $10,000,000 to the Wings of Liberty Military Museum at Fort Campbell; $3,000,000 to the United Services Organization; $5,000,000 to the Galena IDEA Distance Learning Program; $2,000,000 to the National Museum of Cavalry and Armor at Fort Knox; and $3,000,000 to the Wing Luke Asian Museum.
- SEC. 8026. In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this Act, $2,500,000 is hereby appropriated for `Operation and Maintenance, Air Force' for acquisition by the United States Air Force of Native Allotment F-14589: Provided, That in consideration of its unauthorized use and contamination of Native Allotment F-14589, consisting of 159.7 acres, at Oliktok Point, Alaska, the United States Air Force shall acquire Native Allotment F-14589 by payment of $2,500,000 to the current owners of the Native Allotment.
- SEC. 8027. 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.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
- SEC. 8028. (a) Of the funds made available in this Act, not less than $24,971,000 shall be available for the Civil Air Patrol Corporation, of which--
- (1) $21,588,000 shall be available from `Operation and Maintenance, Air Force' to support Civil Air Patrol Corporation operation and maintenance, readiness, counterdrug activities, and drug demand reduction activities involving youth programs;
- (2) $2,581,000 shall be available from `Aircraft Procurement, Air Force'; and
- (3) $802,000 shall be available from `Other Procurement, Air Force' for vehicle procurement.
- (b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reimbursement for any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for counter-drug activities in support of Federal, State, and local government agencies.
- SEC. 8029. (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 2005 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 2005, not more than 6,321 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 1,050 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 2006 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.
- (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the total amount appropriated in this Act for FFRDCs is hereby reduced by $74,200,000.
- SEC. 8030. 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. 8031. 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. 8032. 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. 8033. (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 the Congress a report on the amount of Department of Defense purchases from foreign entities in fiscal year 2005. 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. 8034. 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. 8035. Amounts deposited during the current fiscal year to the special account established under 40 U.S.C. 572(b)(5)(A) 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. 572(b)(5)(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. 8036. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to study, demonstrate, or implement any plans privatizing, divesting or transferring of any Civil Works missions, functions, or responsibilities for the United States Army Corps of Engineers to other government agencies without specific direction in a subsequent Act of Congress.
- SEC. 8037. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds available for `Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense' may be obligated for the Young Marines program.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
- SEC. 8038. 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.
- SEC. 8039. (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) RESOLUTION OF HOUSING UNIT CONFLICTS- The Operation Walking Shield program shall resolve any conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for housing units under subsection (a) before submitting requests to the Secretary of the Air Force under subsection (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; 25 U.S.C. 479a-1).
- SEC. 8040. 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 $250,000.
- SEC. 8041. (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 2006 budget request for the Department of Defense as well as all justification material and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2006 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 2006 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. 8042. 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, 2006: 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: Provided further, That any funds appropriated or transferred to the Central Intelligence Agency for advanced research and development acquisition, for agent operations, and for covert action programs authorized by the President under section 503 of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended, shall remain available until September 30, 2006.
- SEC. 8043. 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. 8044. Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Defense under the heading `Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide', not less than $10,000,000 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. 8045. (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. 8046. 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. 8047. (a) Except as provided in subsection (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.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
- SEC. 8048. (a) Upon a determination by the Secretary of the Navy that the vessel USNS Capable (T-AGOS 16) is no longer needed by the Navy, the Secretary shall transfer such vessel to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as an exploration and research ship.
- (b) Upon a transfer of the vessel USNS Capable (T-AGOS 16) under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Navy shall transfer to the Secretary of Commerce $18,000,000 out of funds appropriated by title IV under the heading `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy'. The amount so transferred shall be available to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration for the conversion of the vessel for use as an exploration and research ship.
(RESCISSIONS)
- SEC. 8049. Of the funds appropriated in Department of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are hereby rescinded from the following accounts and programs in the specified amounts:
- `Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 2002/2006', $20,444,000;
- `Weapons Procurement, Navy, 2004/2006', $15,157,000;
- `Other Procurement, Navy, 2004/2006', $54,338,000;
- `Procurement, Defense-Wide, 2004/2006', $23,571,000;
- `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army, 2004/2005', $25,000,000; and
- `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide, 2004/2005', $10,100,000.
- SEC. 8050. 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. 8051. 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. 8052. 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. 8053. Funds appropriated in this Act for operation and maintenance of the Military Departments, Combatant 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 Combatant 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. 8054. 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, 2003 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.
- SEC. 8055. (a) LIMITATION ON PENTAGON RENOVATION COSTS- Not later than the date each year on which the President submits to Congress the budget under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a certification that the total cost for the planning, design, construction, and installation of equipment for the renovation of wedges 2 through 5 of the Pentagon Reservation, cumulatively, will not exceed four times the total cost for the planning, design, construction, and installation of equipment for the renovation of wedge 1.
- (b) ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT- For purposes of applying the limitation in subsection (a), the Secretary shall adjust the cost for the renovation of wedge 1 by any increase or decrease in costs attributable to economic inflation, based on the most recent economic assumptions issued by the Office of Management and Budget for use in preparation of the budget of the United States under section 1104 of title 31, United States Code.
- (c) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN COSTS- For purposes of calculating the limitation in subsection (a), the total cost for wedges 2 through 5 shall not include--
- (1) any repair or reconstruction cost incurred as a result of the terrorist attack on the Pentagon that occurred on September 11, 2001;
- (2) any increase in costs for wedges 2 through 5 attributable to compliance with new requirements of Federal, State, or local laws; and
- (3) any increase in costs attributable to additional security requirements that the Secretary of Defense considers essential to provide a safe and secure working environment.
- (d) CERTIFICATION COST REPORTS- As part of the annual certification under subsection (a), the Secretary shall report the projected cost (as of the time of the certification) for--
- (1) the renovation of each wedge, including the amount adjusted or otherwise excluded for such wedge under the authority of paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (c) for the period covered by the certification; and
- (2) the repair and reconstruction of wedges 1 and 2 in response to the terrorist attack on the Pentagon that occurred on September 11, 2001.
- (e) DURATION OF CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT- The requirement to make an annual certification under subsection (a) shall apply until the Secretary certifies to Congress that the renovation of the Pentagon Reservation is completed.
- SEC. 8056. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, that not more than 35 percent of funds provided in this Act for environmental remediation may be obligated under indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts with a total contract value of $130,000,000 or higher.
- SEC. 8057. (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. 8058. 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. 8059. 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: Provided further, That this restriction shall not apply to the purchase of `commercial items', as defined by section 4(12) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, except that the restriction shall apply to ball or roller bearings purchased as end items.
- SEC. 8060. 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. 8061. 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. 8062. (a) The total amount appropriated or otherwise made available in titles II, III and IV of this Act is hereby reduced by $835,000,000 to reflect savings from revised economic assumptions.
- (b) The Secretary of Defense shall allocate this reduction proportionally to each budget activity, activity group, subactivity group, and each program, project, and activity within each applicable appropriation account.
- SEC. 8063. 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. 8064. None of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be used to pay the salary of any officer or employee of the Department of Defense who approves or implements the transfer of administrative responsibilities or budgetary resources of any program, project, or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction of another Federal agency not financed by this Act without the express authorization of Congress: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to transfers of funds expressly provided for in Defense Appropriations Acts, or provisions of Acts providing supplemental appropriations for the Department of Defense.
- SEC. 8065. (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. 8066. 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. 8067. 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. 8068. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds provided in this Act may be used to pay any fee charged by the Department of State for the purpose of constructing new United States diplomatic facilities.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
- SEC. 8069. During the current fiscal year, no more than $30,000,000 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. 8070. 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.
- SEC. 8071. 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, or any planning studies, environmental assessments, or similar activities related to installation support functions, 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. 8072. (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. 8073. 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. 8074. 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.
- SEC. 8075. 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. 8076. (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.
- SEC. 8077. (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. 8078. (a) The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, may carry out a program to distribute surplus dental and medical 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))).
- (b) In carrying out this provision, the Secretary of Defense shall give the Indian Health Service a property disposal priority equal to the priority given to the Department of Defense and its twelve special screening programs in distribution of surplus dental and medical supplies and equipment.
- SEC. 8079. 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 T-AKE 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. 8080. 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.
- SEC. 8081. 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 30 days after a report, including a description of the project, the planned acquisition and transition strategy 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.
- SEC. 8082. The Secretary of Defense shall provide a classified quarterly report, beginning 30 days after enactment, to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, Subcommittees on Defense on certain matters as directed in the classified annex accompanying this Act.
- SEC. 8083. The amount appropriated in title II for `Operation and Maintenance, Air Force' is hereby reduced by $300,000,000 to reflect cash balance and rate stabilization adjustments in the Department of Defense Transportation Working Capital Fund.
- SEC. 8084. (a) REGISTERING FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS WITH DOD CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER- None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used for a mission critical or mission essential financial management 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. A financial management information technology system shall be considered a mission critical or mission essential information technology system as defined by the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).
- (b) CERTIFICATIONS AS TO COMPLIANCE WITH FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT MODERNIZATION PLAN-
- (1) During the current fiscal year, a financial management automated information system, a mixed information system supporting financial and non-financial systems, or a system improvement of more than $1,000,000 may not receive Milestone A approval, Milestone B approval, or full rate production, or their equivalent, within the Department of Defense until the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) certifies, with respect to that milestone, that the system is being developed and managed in accordance with the Department's Financial Management Modernization Plan. The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) 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).
- (c) CERTIFICATIONS AS TO COMPLIANCE WITH CLINGER-COHEN ACT-
- (1) During the current fiscal year, a major automated information system may not receive Milestone A approval, Milestone B approval, or full rate production approval, or their equivalent, 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 Global Information Grid.
- (d) 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).
- SEC. 8085. 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. 8086. 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. 8087. 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 1 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. 8088. 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. 8089. Up to $3,000,000 of the funds appropriated under the heading `Operation and Maintenance, Navy' in this Act for the Pacific Missile Range Facility may be made available to contract for the repair, maintenance, and operation of adjacent off-base water, drainage, and flood control systems, electrical upgrade to support additional missions critical to base operations, and support for a range footprint expansion to further guard against encroachment.
- SEC. 8090. Funds available to the Department of Defense for the Global Positioning System during the current fiscal year may be used to fund civil requirements associated with the satellite and ground control segments of such system's modernization program.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
- SEC. 8091. (a) Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the heading, `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide', $60,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer such funds to other activities of the Federal Government.
- (b) Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the heading, `Operation and Maintenance, Army', $210,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer such funds to other activities of the Federal Government: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized to enter into and carry out contracts for the acquisition of real property, construction, personal services, and operations related to projects described in further detail in the Classified Annex accompanying the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005, consistent with the terms and conditions set forth therein: Provided further, That contracts entered into under the authority of this section may provide for such indemnification as the Secretary determines to be necessary: Provided further, That projects authorized by this section shall comply with applicable Federal, State, and local law to the maximum extent consistent with the national security, as determined by the Secretary of Defense.
- SEC. 8092. Section 8106 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997 (titles I through VIII of the matter under subsection 101(b) of Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-111; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) shall continue in effect to apply to disbursements that are made by the Department of Defense in fiscal year 2005.
- SEC. 8093. (a) Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the heading `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy', $107,678,000 shall be available for the construction of the first prototype vessel under the Littoral Combat Ship program.
- (b) None of the funds provided in this Act may be obligated to prepare a fiscal year 2006 budget request for a third vessel under the Littoral Combat Ship program in fiscal year 2006: Provided, That funds for the second vessel shall be for a second source supplier: Provided further, That all subsequent ships shall be purchased with `Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy' funds beginning in fiscal year 2007.
- SEC. 8094. The total amount appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act is hereby reduced by $500,000,000 to limit excessive growth in the procurement of advisory and assistance services, to be distributed as follows:
- `Operation and Maintenance, Army', $25,000,000;
- `Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide', $225,000,000;
- `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army', $50,000,000; and
- `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide', $200,000,000.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
- SEC. 8095. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the heading `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide', $167,400,000 shall be made available for the Arrow missile defense program: Provided, That of this amount, $80,000,000 shall be available for the purpose of producing Arrow missile components in the United States and Arrow missile components and missiles in Israel to meet Israel's defense requirements, consistent with each nation's laws, regulations and procedures: Provided further, That funds made available under this provision for production of missiles and missile components may be transferred to appropriations available for the procurement of weapons and equipment, to be merged with and to be available for the same time period and the same purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That the transfer authority provided under this provision is in addition to any other transfer authority contained in this Act.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
- SEC. 8096. In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this Act, $40,000,000 is hereby appropriated for `Aircraft Procurement, Navy': Provided, That these funds shall be available only for transfer to the Coast Guard for mission essential equipment for Coast Guard HC-130J aircraft.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
- SEC. 8097. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the heading `Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy', $484,390,000 shall be available until September 30, 2005, to fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases: Provided, That upon enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall transfer such funds to the following appropriations in the amounts specified: Provided further, That the amounts transferred shall be merged with and be available for the same purposes as the appropriations to which transferred:
- To:
- Under the heading, `Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1996/2005':
- LPD-17 Amphibious Transport Dock Ship Program, $55,000,000.
- Under the heading, `Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1999/2005':
- New SSN, $10,000,000;
- LPD-17 Amphibious Transport Dock Ship Program, $38,100,000.
- Under the heading, `Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 2000/2005':
- DDG-51 Destroyer Program, $44,963,000;
- LPD-17 Amphibious Transport Dock Ship Program, $171,681,000.
- Under the heading, `Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 2001/2005':
- DDG-51 Destroyer Program, $83,316,000;
- New SSN, $67,330,000.
- Under the heading, `Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 2002/2005':
- LCAC SLEP, $2,100,000.
- Under the heading, `Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 2003/2005':
- LCAC SLEP, $11,900,000.
- SEC. 8098. None of the funds available to the Department of Defense may be obligated to implement any action which alters the command responsibility or permanent assignment of forces until 270 days after such plan has been provided to the congressional defense committees.
- SEC. 8099. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, the Secretary of Defense may exercise the provisions of 38 U.S.C. 7403(g) for occupations listed in 38 U.S.C. 7403(a)(2) as well as the following:
- Pharmacists, Audiologists, and Dental Hygienists.
- (A) The requirements of 38 U.S.C. 7403(g)(1)(A) shall apply.
- (B) The limitations of 38 U.S.C. 7403(g)(1)(B) shall not apply.
- SEC. 8100. Funds appropriated in Titles I through VIII of this Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this Act, 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 2005 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005: Provided, That funds included in Title IX of this Act, 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).
- SEC. 8101. In addition to funds made available elsewhere in this Act, $5,500,000 is hereby appropriated and shall remain available until expended to provide assistance, by grant or otherwise (such as, but not limited to, the provision of funds for repairs, maintenance, construction, and/or for the purchase of information technology, text books, teaching resources), to public schools 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, and all schools within these school systems shall be eligible for assistance: Provided further, That up to 2 percent of the total appropriated funds under this section shall be available to support the administration and execution of the funds or program and/or events that promote the purpose of this appropriation (e.g. payment of travel and per diem of school teachers attending conferences or a meeting that promotes the purpose of this appropriation and/or consultant fees for on-site training of teachers, staff, or Joint Venture Education Forum (JVEF) Committee members): Provided further, That up to $2,000,000 shall be available for the Department of Defense to establish a non-profit trust fund to assist in the public-private funding of public school repair and maintenance projects, or provide directly to non-profit organizations who in return will use these monies to provide assistance in the form of repair, maintenance, or renovation to public school systems that have high concentrations of special needs military dependents and are located in States that are considered overseas assignments: Provided further, That to the extent a Federal agency provides this assistance, by contract, grant, or otherwise, it may accept and expend non-Federal funds in combination with these Federal funds to provide assistance for the authorized purpose, if the non-Federal entity requests such assistance and the non-Federal funds are provided on a reimbursable basis.
- SEC. 8102. None of the funds in this Act may be used to initiate a new start program without 30 days prior written notification to the Office of Secretary of Defense and the congressional defense committees.
- SEC. 8103. (a) The total amount appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act is hereby reduced by $808,100,000 to reflect excessive unobligated balances, to be distributed as follows:
- `Operation and Maintenance, Army', $160,800,000;
- `Operation and Maintenance, Navy', $171,900,000;
- `Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps', $15,700,000;
- `Operation and Maintenance, Air Force', $142,400,000; and
- `Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide', $317,300,000.
- (b) The Secretary of Defense shall allocate this reduction proportionally to each budget activity, activity group, subactivity group, and each program, project, and activity within each applicable appropriation account.
- SEC. 8104. FINANCING AND FIELDING OF KEY ARMY CAPABILITIES. The Department of Defense and the Department of the Army shall make future budgetary and programming plans to fully finance the Non-Line of Sight (NLOS) Future Force cannon and resupply vehicle program in order to field this system in the 2008 timeframe. As an interim capability to enhance Army lethality, survivability, and mobility for light and medium forces before complete fielding of the Future Force, the Army shall ensure that budgetary and programmatic plans will provide for no fewer than six Stryker Brigade Combat Teams to be fielded between 2003 and 2008.
- SEC. 8105. Of the funds made available in this Act, not less than $87,900,000 shall be available to maintain an attrition reserve force of 18 B-52 aircraft, of which $3,700,000 shall be available from `Military Personnel, Air Force', $55,300,000 shall be available from `Operation and Maintenance, Air Force', and $28,900,000 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 18 attrition reserve aircraft, during fiscal year 2005: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall include in the Air Force budget request for fiscal year 2006 amounts sufficient to maintain a B-52 force totaling 94 aircraft.
- SEC. 8106. Of the funds made available under the heading `Operation and Maintenance, Air Force', $9,000,000 shall be available to realign railroad track on Elmendorf Air Force Base and Fort Richardson: Provided, That of the funds made available under the heading `Operation and Maintenance, Air Force', $14,000,000 shall be available for engineering and environment studies necessary to extend the railroad to Stryker Brigade Combat Team training areas north of Fort Wainwright, Alaska: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Air Force is authorized, using funds available under the heading `Operation and Maintenance, Air Force', to complete a phased repair project, which repairs may include upgrades and additions, to the infrastructure of the operational ranges managed by the Air Force in Alaska. The total cost of such phased projects shall not exceed $32,000,000.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
- SEC. 8107. Of the amounts appropriated in Public Law 107-206 under the heading `Defense Emergency Response Fund', an amount up to the fair market value of the leasehold interest in adjacent properties necessary for the force protection requirements of Tooele Army Depot, Utah, may be made available to resolve any property disputes associated with Tooele Army Depot, Utah, and to acquire such leasehold interest as required: Provided, That none of these funds may be used to acquire fee title to the properties.
- SEC. 8108. None of the funds appropriated in this Act under the heading `Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Account' may be transferred or obligated for Department of Defense expenses not directly related to the conduct of overseas contingencies: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report no later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives that details any transfer of funds from the `Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Account': Provided further, That the report shall explain any transfer for the maintenance of real property, pay of civilian personnel, base operations support, and weapon, vehicle or equipment maintenance.
- SEC. 8109. 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 fiscal year, and the 1 percent limitation shall apply to the total amount of the appropriation.
- SEC. 8110. The budget of the President for fiscal year 2006 submitted to the Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code shall include separate budget justification documents for costs of United States Armed Forces' participation in contingency operations for the Military Personnel accounts, the Operation and Maintenance accounts, and the Procurement accounts: Provided, That these documents shall include a description of the funding requested for each contingency operation, for each military service, to include all Active and Reserve components, and for each appropriations 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 each contingency operation, and programmatic data including, but not limited to, troop strength for each Active and Reserve component, and estimates of the major weapons systems deployed in support of each contingency: Provided further, That these documents shall include budget exhibits OP-5 and OP-32 (as defined in the Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation) for all contingency operations for the budget year and the two preceding fiscal years.
- SEC. 8111. None of the funds in this Act may be used for research, development, test, evaluation, procurement or deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a missile defense system.
- SEC. 8112. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section 2533a(f) of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply to any fish, shellfish, or seafood product. This section applies to contracts and subcontracts for the procurement of commercial items notwithstanding section 34 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 430).
- SEC. 8113. Of the amounts provided in title II of this Act under the heading, `Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide', $20,000,000 is available for the Regional Defense Counter-terrorism Fellowship Program, to fund the education and training of foreign military officers, ministry of defense civilians, and other foreign security officials, to include United States military officers and civilian officials whose participation directly contributes to the education and training of these foreign students.
- SEC. 8114. 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: Provided, That the Air Force shall allow the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron to perform other missions in support of national defense requirements during the non-hurricane season.
- SEC. 8115. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this or any other Act may be obligated for the Terrorism Information Awareness Program: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to the program hereby authorized for Processing, analysis, and collaboration tools for counterterrorism foreign intelligence, as described in the Classified Annex accompanying the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005, for which funds are expressly provided in the National Foreign Intelligence Program for counterterrorism foreign intelligence purposes.
- (b) None of the funds provided for Processing, analysis, and collaboration tools for counterterrorism foreign intelligence shall be available for deployment or implementation except for:
- (1) lawful military operations of the United States conducted outside the United States; or
- (2) lawful foreign intelligence activities conducted wholly overseas, or wholly against non-United States citizens.
- (c) In this section, the term `Terrorism Information Awareness Program' means the program known either as Terrorism Information Awareness or Total Information Awareness, or any successor program, funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or any other Department or element of the Federal Government, including the individual components of such Program developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
- SEC. 8116. (a) The total amount appropriated or otherwise made available in title II of this Act is hereby reduced by $97,331,000 to limit excessive growth in the travel and transportation of persons.
- (b) The Secretary of Defense shall allocate this reduction proportionally to each budget activity, activity group, subactivity group, and each program, project, and activity within each applicable appropriation account.
- SEC. 8117. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, amounts otherwise provided by this Act in title I for the following accounts and activities are reduced by the following amounts:
- `Military Personnel, Army', $2,386,000,000;
- `Military Personnel, Navy', $2,386,000,000;
- `Military Personnel, Air Force', $2,386,000,000;
- in all: $7,158,000,000.
- (b) In addition to amounts appropriated elsewhere in this Act there are hereby appropriated the following amounts for the following accounts:
- `Military Personnel, Army', $2,386,000,000;
- `Military Personnel, Navy', $2,386,000,000;
- `Military Personnel, Air Force', $2,386,000,000;
- in all: $7,158,000,000: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 502 of H. Con. Res. 95, the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request for $7,158,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in H. Con. Res. 95, the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
- SEC. 8118. Up to $3,000,000 of the funds appropriated under the heading, `Operation and Maintenance, Navy' in this Act may be made available to contract for the installation, repair, maintenance, and operation of on-base and adjacent off-base drainage and flood control systems critical to base operations and the public health and safety of community residents in the vicinity of the Naval Magazine Lualualei.
- SEC. 8119. The Secretary of the Navy may settle, or compromise, and pay any and all admiralty claims under 10 U.S.C. 7622 arising out of the collision involving the U.S.S. GREENEVILLE and the EHIME MARU, in any amount and without regard to the monetary limitations in subsections (a) and (b) of that section: Provided, That such payments shall be made from funds available to the Department of the Navy for operation and maintenance.
- SEC. 8120. From funds provided under the heading `Operation and Maintenance, Navy', the Secretary of the Navy may make a grant in the amount of $3,000,000 to the Chicago Public Schools for establishment of a Naval Military Academy High School, Chicago, Illinois, in partnership with the Great Lakes Naval Training Center.
- SEC. 8121. Of the amount appropriated by title III under the heading `Aircraft Procurement, Air Force', $880,000 shall be available to the Secretary of the Air Force for a grant to Rocky Mountain College, Montana, for the purchase of three Piper aircraft, and an aircraft simulator, for support of aviation training.
- SEC. 8122. Of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by title IV of the Act under the heading `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy', up to $4,000,000 may be available for Aviation Data Management and Control System, Block II.
- SEC. 8123. Of the amount appropriated by title IV under the heading `Other Procurement, Air Force', up to $2,000,000 may be used for aircrew bladder relief device (ABRD) kits.
- SEC. 8124. (a) Of the amounts appropriated by title III under the heading `Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'--
- (1) the amount provided under that heading specifically for the Carrier Replacement Program (AP) is hereby increased by $140,900,000;
- (2) the amount provided under that heading specifically for CVN Refuelings (AP) is hereby increased by $110,000,000; and
- (3) the total amount provided under that heading is hereby increased by $250,900,000.
- (b) The amount of the reduction provided in section 8062(a) is hereby increased by $250,900,000.
- SEC. 8125. Of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by title IV of this Act under the heading `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force', up to $6,000,000 may be available for the Science, Mathematics, And Research for Transformation (SMART) Pilot Scholarship Program.
- SEC. 8126. Of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by title II of this Act under the heading `Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide', up to $5,000,000 may be available for Department of Defense Education Activity for the upgrading of security at Department of Defense schools.
- SEC. 8127. Of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by title IV of this Act under the heading `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army', up to $3,000,000 may be available for Medical Advanced Technology for the Intravenous Membrane Oxygenator.
- SEC. 8128. It is the sense of the Senate that--
- (1) the Global Hawk Maritime Demonstration Program should be expanded to include the participation of forward deployed forces of the Navy and the Marine Corps in the area of responsibility of the Commander of the United States Central Command; and
- (2) the Secretary of the Navy should compile the lessons learned in the conduct of the demonstration program specifically in that area of responsibility and incorporate those lessons into the ongoing activities of the demonstration program for the development of concepts of operations.
- SEC. 8129. Of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by title IV of this Act under the heading `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy', up to $3,000,000 may be available to establish the Consortium of Visualization Excellence for Underseas Warfare Modeling and Simulation (COVE).
- SEC. 8130. Of the amount appropriated by title IV under the heading `Operation and Maintenance, Army', up to $21,900,000 may be used for M1A1 Tank Transmission Maintenance.
- SEC. 8131. Of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by title IV of this Act under the heading `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy', up to $2,000,000 may be available to conduct a demonstration of a prototype of the Improved Shipboard Combat Information Center.
- SEC. 8132. (a)(1) Notwithstanding section 514 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h), the President may transfer to Israel, in exchange for concessions to be negotiated by the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, any or all of the items described in paragraph (2).
- (2) The items referred to in paragraph (1) are armor, artillery, automatic weapons ammunition, missiles, and other munitions that--
- (A) are obsolete or surplus items;
- (B) are in the inventory of the Department of Defense;
- (C) are intended for use as reserve stocks for Israel; and
- (D) as of the date of enactment of this Act, are located in a stockpile in Israel.
- (b) The value of concessions negotiated pursuant to subsection (a) shall be at least equal to the fair market value of the items transferred. The concessions may include cash compensation, services, waiver of charges otherwise payable by the United States, and other items of value.
- (c) Not later than 30 days before making a transfer under the authority of this section, the President shall transmit a notification of the proposed transfer to the Committees on Foreign Relations and Armed Services of the Senate and the Committees on International Relations and Armed Services of the House of Representatives. The notification shall identify the items to be transferred and the concessions to be received.
- (d) No transfer may be made under the authority of this section more than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
- SEC. 8133. Section 514(b)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)) is amended--
- (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking `for fiscal year 2003' and inserting `for each of fiscal years 2004 and 2005'; and
- (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking `for fiscal year 2003' and inserting `for a fiscal year'.
- SEC. 8134. (a) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNT FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE, FOR RADAR DEVELOPMENT- Of The amount appropriated or otherwise made available by title IV of this Act under the heading `Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force', $7,000,000 may be available for AN/APG-68(V)10 radar development for F-16 aircraft.
- (b) CONSTRUCTION OF AMOUNT- The amount available under subsection (a) for the purpose specified in that subsection is in addition to any other amounts available in this Act for that purpose.
- SEC. 8135. Of the amount appropriated in title IV under the heading `Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense' up to $5,000,000 may be made available for the Joint Test and Training Rapid Advanced Capabilities (JTTRAC) Program.
- SEC. 8136. (a) Public Law 108-199 is amended in division F, title I, section 110(g) by striking `Of the' and inserting `Prior to distributing'; striking `each' every time it appears and inserting `the'; striking `project' every time it appears and inserting `projects'.
- (b) The limitation under the heading `Federal-aid Highways (Limitation on Obligations) (Highway Trust Fund)' in Public Law 108-199 is increased by such sums as may be necessary to ensure that each State receives an amount of obligation authority equal to what each State would have received under section 110(a)(6) of Public Law 108-199 but for the amendment made to section 110(g) of Public Law 108-199 by subsection (a) of this section: Provided, That such additional authority shall remain available during fiscal years 2004 and 2005.
- SEC. 8137. It is the sense of the Senate that--
- (1) any request for funds for a fiscal year for an ongoing military operation overseas, including operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, should be included in the annual budget of the President for such fiscal year as submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code; and
- (2) any funds provided for such fiscal year for such a military operation should be provided in appropriations Acts for such fiscal year through appropriations to specific accounts set forth in such Acts.
- SEC. 8138. Of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by title IV of the Act under the heading `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army', up to $5,000,000 may be available for the Broad Area Unmanned Responsive Resupply Operations aircraft program.
- SEC. 8139. Of the amount appropriated by title IV under the heading `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy', up to $2,000,000 may be used for Handheld Breath Diagnostics.
- SEC. 8140. Of the amount appropriated by title IV under the heading `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy', up to $1,800,000 may be used for the Joint Logistics Information System program for the automated scheduling tool.
- SEC. 8141. Of the amount appropriated in title IV under the heading `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy', up to $4,000,000 may be used for the Anti-Sniper Infrared Targeting System.
- SEC. 8142. Of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by title IV of this Act under the heading `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army' and available for End Item Industrial Preparedness Activities, up to $3,500,000 may be available for Laser Peening for Army helicopters.
- SEC. 8143. Of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by title IV of this Act under the heading `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force', up to $2,000,000 may be available for Composites for Unmanned Air Vehicles.
- SEC. 8144. Of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by title IV of this Act under the heading `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide', up to $4,500,000 may be available for development of the Suicide Bomber Detection System Using a Portable Electronic Scanning Millimeter-Wave Imaging RADAR.
- SEC. 8145. Of the funds available in `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy', up to $3,000,000 may be made available for the `Mobile On-Scene Sensor Aircraft Intelligence Command, Control and Computer Center'.
- SEC. 8146. Of the funds available in `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army', up to $2,000,000 may be made available for `Care of Battlefield Wounds'.
- SEC. 8147. Of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by title IV of this Act under the heading `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army', up to $3,000,000 may be available to establish redundant systems to ensure continuity of operations and disaster recovery at the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command's Intelligence Dominance Center.
- SEC. 8148. Of the amounts appropriated by title IV under the heading `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army' and available for electronic warfare technology, up to $2,000,000 may be made available for the Subterranean Target Identification Program.
- SEC. 8149. Of the amounts appropriated by title IV under the heading `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army' and available for Defense Research Sciences, up to $2,000,000 may be made available for the Program for Intelligence Validation.
- SEC. 8150. It is the sense of the Senate that--
- (1) funds appropriated by title IV under the heading `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide' for chemical and biological defense programs should be made available for the continued development of an end-to-end point of care clinical diagnostic network to combat terrorism; and
- (2) such funds should be distributed to partnerships that combine universities and non-profit organizations with industrial partners to ensure the rapid implementation of such clinical diagnostic network for clinical use.
- SEC. 8151. Of the amounts appropriated by title IV under the heading `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force' and available for aerospace propulsion and technology, up to $3,000,000 may be made available for the Versatile, Advanced Affordable Turbine Engine.
- SEC. 8152. Of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by title IV of this Act under the heading `Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force', up to $5,000,000 may be available for X-43C development.
- SEC. 8153. Of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by title IV of this Act under the heading `Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-Wide', up to $5,000,000 may be available for medical equipment and combat casualty care technologies.
- SEC. 8154. Of the funds appropriated, up to $2,000,000 may be available for the Advanced Composite Radome Project.
- SEC. 8155. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Air Force may, using funds available to the Air Force, demolish or provide for the demolition of any facilities or other improvements on real property at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base.
- SEC. 8156. Of the amount appropriated by title III under the heading `Aircraft Procurement, Air Force', up to $7,000,000 may be available for F-16 Theater Airborne Reconnaissance System upgrades.
- SEC. 8157. For the purposes of applying sections 204 and 605 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 (division B of Public Law 108-199) to matters in title II of such Act under the heading `National Institute of Standards and Technology' (118 Stat. 69), in the account under the heading `Industrial Technology Services', the Secretary of Commerce shall make all determinations based on the Industrial Technology Services funding level of $218,782,000 for reprogramming and transferring of funds for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership program and may submit such a reprogramming or transfer, as the case may be, to the appropriate committees within 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
- SEC. 8158. (a)(1) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on mental health services available to members of the Armed Forces and their dependents.
- (2) The report required under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
- (A) A comprehensive review of mental health services that are available--
- (i) to members of the Armed Forces who are deployed in combat theaters;
- (ii) to members of the Armed Forces at any facilities in the United States; and
- (iii) to dependents of members of the Armed Forces during and after deployment of members overseas.
- (B) Data on the average number of service days since September 11, 2001, on which members of the Armed Forces were absent or excused from duty for mental health reasons.
- (C) A description of the current procedures for reducing the negative perceptions among members of the Armed Services that are often associated with mental health counseling.
- (D) A description of--
- (i) the mental health services available to members of the Armed Forces, including members of the reserve components, and their dependents; and
- (ii) the barriers to access to such services.
- (E) An analysis of the extent to which the Secretary of the Army has implemented the recommendations on mental health services that were made by the Mental Health Advisory Team of the Army on March 25, 2004.
- (F) A plan for actions that the Secretary determines appropriate for improving the delivery of appropriate mental health services to members of the Armed Forces and their dependents.
- (b) Not later than 360 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report that describes--
- (1) the actions taken to implement the plan submitted under subsection (a)(2)(F); and
- (2) the reasons why actions in the plan have not been completed, if any.
- SEC. 8159. Of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by title IV of this Act under the heading `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy', up to $5,000,000 may be available for support of the TIGER pathogen detection system.
- SEC. 8160. (a) RESCISSION- There is rescinded an amount equal to $795,280 from the amount appropriated to carry out part B of title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965, in title III of division E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108-199; 118 Stat. 3). This amount shall reduce the funds available for the projects specified in the statement of the managers on the Conference Report 108-401 accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108-199; 118 Stat. 3).
- (b) DISREGARD AMOUNT- In the statement of the managers on the Conference Report 108-401 accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108-199; 118 Stat. 3), in the matter in title III of division E, relating to the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education under the heading `Higher Education', the provision specifying $800,000 for Wahpeton State School of Science and North Dakota State University to recruit, retain and train pharmacy technicians shall be disregarded.
- (c) APPROPRIATION- There is appropriated an amount equal to $795,280 to the Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration for `Training and Employment Services,' available for obligation for the period from July 1, 2004, through June 30, 2005, of which--
- (1) $200,000 shall be made available to the North Dakota State School of Science to recruit, retain, and train pharmacy technicians;
- (2) $297,640 shall be made available to Bismarck State College for training and education related to its electric power plant technologies curriculum; and
- (3) $297,640 shall be made available for Minot State University for the Job Corps Fellowship Training Program.
- SEC. 8161. Of the amount appropriated by title IV under the heading `Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army', up to $2,500,000 may be used for small business development and transition.
TITLE IX
CONTINGENT EMERGENCY RESERVE FUND
Iraq Freedom Fund
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
- For `Iraq Freedom Fund', $25,000,000,000, available upon enactment, and to remain available for transfer until September 30, 2006, only to support operations in Iraq or Afghanistan: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 502 of H. Con. Res. 95, the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004: Provided further, That the funds made available under this heading shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request for all or part of the funds is transmitted by the President to the Congress and includes designation of the amount of that request as an emergency and essential to support activities and agencies in Iraq or Afghanistan: Provided further, That amounts provided under this heading shall be available for transfer for the following activities:
- Not less than $14,000,000,000 for `Operation and Maintenance, Army';
- Not less than $500,000,000 for `Operation and Maintenance, Navy';
- Not less than $2,200,000,000 for `Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps';
- Not less than $200,000,000 for `Operation and Maintenance, Air Force';
- Not less than $695,400,000 for `Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide';
- Not less than $1,750,000,000 for procurement accounts for the purposes of improving Army force protection, accelerating Army modularity, and procuring essential Army equipment and munitions;
- Not less than $554,000,000 for procurement accounts for the purposes of improving Marine Corps force protection, and procuring essential Navy and Marine Corps equipment and munitions;
- Not less than $746,000,000 for `Defense Health Program', to include contracts entered into under the TRICARE program, notwithstanding restrictions contained elsewhere in this Act;
- $1,250,000,000 only for classified programs described in further detail in the classified annex accompanying this Act;
- Not less than $100,000,000 for `Operation and Maintenance, Army' for the purposes of securing and destroying conventional munitions in Iraq;
- Not less than $504,600,000 for military personnel accounts;
- Up to $740,000,000 for `Defense Working Capital Funds' for increased fuel costs;
- Up to $100,000,000 for `National Guard and Reserve Equipment';
- Up to $100,000,000 for the Department of Homeland Security, `United States Coast Guard, Operating Expenses':
- Provided further, That in addition to the transfers authorized in the preceding proviso, the Secretary of Defense may transfer the funds provided herein to appropriations for military personnel; operation and maintenance; `Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster Assistance, and Civic Aid'; procurement; research, development, test and evaluation; `Defense Working Capital Funds'; and `Defense Health Program': Provided further, That the funds transferred under this heading 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 the transfer authority provided in this paragraph is in addition to any other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense: 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 Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 5 days prior to making transfers from this appropriation, notify the congressional defense committees in writing of the details of any such transfer: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report no later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter to the congressional defense committees summarizing the details of the transfer of funds from this appropriation.
General Provisions, Title IX
- SEC. 9001. During the current fiscal year, funds available to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to provide supplies, services, transportation, including airlift and sealift, and other logistical support to coalition forces supporting military and stability operations in Iraq and Afghanistan: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the congressional defense committees regarding support provided under this section.
- SEC. 9002. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, from funds made available in this Act to the Department of Defense under the heading `Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide', not to exceed $250,000,000 may be used by the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to provide assistance only to the New Iraqi Army and the Afghan National Army to enhance their capability to combat terrorism and to support U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan: Provided, That such assistance may include the provision of equipment, supplies, services, training and funding: Provided further, That the authority to provide assistance under this section is in addition to any other authority to provide assistance to foreign nations: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense committees not less than 15 days before providing assistance under the authority of this section.
- SEC. 9003. During the current fiscal year, from funds made available in this Act to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance, not to exceed $300,000,000 may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to fund the Commander's Emergency Response Program, established by the Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority for the purpose of enabling military commanders in Iraq to respond to urgent humanitarian relief and reconstruction requirements within their areas of responsibility by carrying out programs that will immediately assist the Iraqi people, and to fund a similar program to assist the people of Afghanistan: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the congressional defense committees regarding the source of funds and the allocation and use of funds made available pursuant to the authority provided in this section.
- SEC. 9004. Section 202(b) of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-327, as amended by section 2206 of Public Law 108-106) is amended by striking `$450,000,000' and inserting in lieu of thereof `$550,000,000'.
- SEC. 9005. None of the funds provided in this title may be used to finance programs or activities denied by Congress in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 appropriations to the Department of Defense or to initiate a procurement or research, development, test and evaluation new start program without 30 days prior written notification to the congressional defense committees.
- SEC. 9006. In addition to amounts otherwise made available in this Act, $50,000,000, is made available upon enactment for `Office of Justice Programs--State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance' for discretionary grants under the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs for reimbursement to State and local law enforcement entities for security and related costs, including overtime, associated with the 2004 Presidential Candidate Nominating Conventions, to remain available until September 30, 2005: Provided, That from funds provided in this section the Office of Justice Programs shall make grants in the amount of $25,000,000 to the City of Boston, Massachusetts; and $25,000,000 to the City of New York, New York: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 502 of H. Con. Res. 95, the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request for $50,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in H. Con. Res. 95, the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
TITLE X
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
United States Agency for International Development
International Disaster and Famine Assistance
- For an additional amount for `International Disaster and Famine Assistance', $70,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds appropriated by this paragraph shall be available to respond to the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan and in Chad: Provided further, That such amount is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 502 of H. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress): Provided further, That such amount shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in H. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress), is transmitted by the President to Congress: Provided further, That funds shall be made available under this heading immediately upon enactment of this Act.
Department of State
Migration and Refugee Assistance
- For an additional amount for `Migration and Refugee Assistance', $25,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds appropriated by this paragraph shall be available to respond to the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan and in Chad: Provided further, That such amount is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 502 of H. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress): Provided further, That such amount shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in H. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress), is transmitted by the President to Congress: Provided further, That funds shall be made available under this heading immediately upon enactment of this Act.
- This Act may be cited as the `Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005'.
Attest:
Secretary.
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