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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000
(House of Representatives - June 14, 1999)

Text of this article available as: TXT PDF [Pages H4140-H4211] NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000 Mr. SPENCE. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of section 7 of House Resolution 200, I call up the Senate bill (S. 1059) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House. The Clerk read the title of the Senate bill. Motion Offered by Mr. Spence Mr. SPENCE. Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Spence moves to strike all after the enacting clause of the bill S. 1059 and to insert in lieu thereof the provisions of H.R. 1401 as passed by the House, as follows: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000''. SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Divisions.--This Act is organized into three divisions as follows: (1) Division A--Department of Defense Authorizations. (2) Division B--Military Construction Authorizations. (3) Division C--Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents. Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees defined. DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE I--PROCUREMENT Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 101. Army. Sec. 102. Navy and Marine Corps. Sec. 103. Air Force. Sec. 104. Defense-wide activities. Sec. 105. Reserve components. Sec. 106. Defense Inspector General. Sec. 107. Chemical demilitarization program. Sec. 108. Defense health programs. Sec. 109. Defense Export Loan Guarantee program. Subtitle B--Army Programs Sec. 111. Multiyear procurement authority for Army programs. Sec. 112. Extension of pilot program on sales of manufactured articles and services of certain Army industrial facilities without regard to availability from domestic sources. Sec. 113. Revision to conditions for award of a second-source procurement contract for the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles. Subtitle C--Navy Programs Sec. 121. F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft program. Subtitle D--Chemical Stockpile Destruction Program Sec. 141. Destruction of existing stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions. Sec. 142. Alternative technologies for destruction of assembled chemical weapons. Subtitle E--Other Matters Sec. 151. Limitation on expenditures for satellite communications. [[Page H4141]] Sec. 152. Procurement of firefighting equipment for the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve. Sec. 153. Cooperative engagement capability program. TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 202. Amount for basic and applied research. Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations Sec. 211. Collaborative program to evaluate and demonstrate advanced technologies for advanced capability combat vehicles. Sec. 212. Revisions in manufacturing technology program. Sec. 213. Sense of Congress regarding defense science and technology program. Subtitle C--Ballistic Missile Defense Sec. 231. Additional program elements for ballistic missile defense programs. Subtitle D--Other Matters Sec. 241. Designation of Secretary of the Army as executive agent for high energy laser technologies. TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding. Sec. 302. Working capital funds. Sec. 303. Armed Forces Retirement Home. Sec. 304. Transfer from National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund. Sec. 305. Transfer to Defense Working Capital Funds to support Defense Commissary Agency. Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations Sec. 311. Reimbursement of Navy Exchange Service Command for relocation expenses. Sec. 312. Replacement of nonsecure tactical radios of the 82nd Airborne Division. Sec. 313. Operation and maintenance of Air Force space launch facilities. Subtitle C--Environmental Provisions Sec. 321. Remediation of asbestos and lead-based paint. Subtitle D--Performance of Functions by Private-Sector Sources Sec. 331. Expansion of annual report on contracting for commercial and industrial type functions. Sec. 332. Congressional notification of A-76 cost comparison waivers. Sec. 333. Improved evaluation of local economic effect of changing defense functions to private sector performance. Sec. 334. Annual reports on expenditures for performance of depot-level maintenance and repair workloads by public and private sectors. Sec. 335. Applicability of competition requirement in contracting out workloads performed by depot-level activities of Department of Defense. Sec. 336. Treatment of public sector winning bidders for contracts for performance of depot-level maintenance and repair workloads formerly performed at certain military installations. Sec. 337. Process for modernization of computer systems at Army computer centers. Sec. 338. Evaluation of total system performance responsibility program. Sec. 339. Identification of core logistics capability requirements for maintenance and repair of C-17 aircraft. Subtitle E--Defense Dependents Education Sec. 341. Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees. Sec. 342. Continuation of enrollment at Department of Defense domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools. Sec. 343. Technical amendments to Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978. Subtitle F--Military Readiness Issues Sec. 351. Independent study of Department of Defense secondary inventory and parts shortages. Sec. 352. Independent study of adequacy of department restructured sustainment and reengineered logistics product support practices. Sec. 353. Independent study of military readiness reporting system. Sec. 354. Review of real property maintenance and its effect on readiness. Sec. 355. Establishment of logistics standards for sustained military operations. Subtitle G--Other Matters Sec. 361. Discretionary authority to install telecommunication equipment for persons performing voluntary services. Sec. 362. Contracting authority for defense working capital funded industrial facilities. Sec. 363. Clarification of condition on sale of articles and services of industrial facilities to persons outside Department of Defense. Sec. 364. Special authority of disbursing officials regarding automated teller machines on naval vessels. Sec. 365. Preservation of historic buildings and grounds at United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home, District of Columbia. Sec. 366. Clarification of land conveyance authority, United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home. Sec. 367. Treatment of Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam in defense household goods moving programs. TITLE IV--MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS Subtitle A--Active Forces Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces. Sec. 402. Revision in permanent end strength minimum levels. Sec. 403. Appointments to certain senior joint officer positions. Subtitle B--Reserve Forces Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve. Sec. 412. End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the reserves. Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status). Sec. 414. Increase in number of Army and Air Force members in certain grades authorized to serve on active duty in support of the Reserves. Sec. 415. Selected Reserve end strength flexibility. Subtitle C--Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 421. Authorization of appropriations for military personnel. TITLE V--MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY Subtitle A--Officer Personnel Policy Sec. 501. Recommendations for promotion by selection boards. Sec. 502. Technical amendments relating to joint duty assignments. Subtitle B--Matters Relating to Reserve Components Sec. 511. Continuation on Reserve active status list to complete disciplinary action. Sec. 512. Authority to order reserve component members to active duty to complete a medical evaluation. Sec. 513. Eligibility for consideration for promotion. Sec. 514. Retention until completion of 20 years of service for reserve component majors and lieutenant commanders who twice fail of selection for promotion. Sec. 515. Computation of years of service exclusion. Sec. 516. Authority to retain reserve component chaplains until age 67. Sec. 517. Expansion and codification of authority for space-required travel for Reserves. Sec. 518. Financial assistance program for specially selected members of the Marine Corps Reserve. Sec. 519. Options to improve recruiting for the Army Reserve. Subtitle C--Military Technicians Sec. 521. Revision to military technician (dual status) law. Sec. 522. Civil service retirement of technicians. Sec. 523. Revision to non-dual status technicians statute. Sec. 524. Revision to authorities relating to National Guard technicians. Sec. 525. Effective date. Sec. 526. Secretary of Defense review of Army technician costing process. Sec. 527. Fiscal year 2000 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians. Subtitle D--Service Academies Sec. 531. Waiver of reimbursement of expenses for instruction at service academies of persons from foreign countries. Sec. 532. Compliance by United States Military Academy with statutory limit on size of Corps of Cadets. Sec. 533. Dean of Academic Board, United States Military Academy and Dean of the Faculty, United States Air Force Academy. Sec. 534. Exclusion from certain general and flag officer grade strength limitations for the superintendents of the service academies. Subtitle E--Education and Training Sec. 541. Establishment of a Department of Defense international student program at the senior military colleges. Sec. 542. Authority for Army War College to award degree of master of strategic studies. Sec. 543. Authority for air university to award graduate-level degrees. Sec. 544. Correction of Reserve credit for participation in health professional scholarship and financial assistance program. [[Page H4142]] Sec. 545. Permanent expansion of ROTC program to include graduate students. Sec. 546. Increase in monthly subsistence allowance for senior ROTC cadets selected for advanced training. Sec. 547. Contingent funding increase for Junior ROTC program. Sec. 548. Change from annual to biennial reporting under the Reserve component Montgomery GI Bill. Sec. 549. Recodification and consolidation of statutes denying Federal grants and contracts by certain departments and agencies to institutions of higher education that prohibit Senior ROTC units or military recruiting on campus. Subtitle F--Decorations and Awards Sec. 551. Waiver of time limitations for award of certain decorations to certain persons. Sec. 552 Sense of Congress concerning Presidential Unit Citation for crew of the U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS. Sec. 553. Authority for award of Medal of Honor to Alfred Rascon for valor during the Vietnam conflict. Subtitle G--Other Matters Sec. 561. Revision in authority to order retired members to active duty. Sec. 562. Temporary authority for recall of retired aviators. Sec. 563. Service review agencies covered by professional staffing requirement. Sec. 564. Conforming amendment to authorize Reserve officers and retired regular officers to hold a civil office while serving on active duty for not more than 270 days. Sec. 565. Revision to requirement for honor guard details at funerals of veterans. Sec. 566. Purpose and funding limitations for National Guard Challenge Program. Sec. 567. Access to secondary school students for military recruiting purposes. Sec. 568. Survey of members leaving military service on attitudes toward military service. Sec. 569. Improvement in system for assigning personnel to warfighting units. Sec. 570. Requirement for Department of Defense regulations to protect the confidentiality of communications between dependents and professionals providing therapeutic or related services regarding sexual or domestic abuse. TITLE VI--COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS Subtitle A--Pay and Allowances Sec. 601. Fiscal year 2000 increase in military basic pay and reform of basic pay rates. Sec. 602. Pay increases for fiscal years after fiscal year 2000. Sec. 603. Additional amount available for fiscal year 2000 increase in basic allowance for housing inside the United States. Subtitle B--Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays Sec. 611. Extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for reserve forces. Sec. 612. Extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for nurse officer candidates, registered nurses, and nurse anesthetists. Sec. 613. Extension of authorities relating to payment of other bonuses and special pays. Sec. 614. Aviation career incentive pay for air battle managers. Sec. 615. Expansion of authority to provide special pay to aviation career officers extending period of active duty. Sec. 616. Diving duty special pay. Sec. 617. Reenlistment bonus. Sec. 618. Enlistment bonus. Sec. 619. Revised eligibility requirements for reserve component prior service enlistment bonus. Sec. 620. Increase in special pay and bonuses for nuclear-qualified officers. Sec. 621. Increase in authorized monthly rate of foreign language proficiency pay. Sec. 622. Authorization of retention bonus for special warfare officers extending period of active duty. Sec. 623. Authorization of surface warfare officer continuation pay. Sec. 624. Authorization of career enlisted flyer incentive pay. Sec. 625. Authorization of judge advocate continuation pay. Subtitle C--Travel and Transportation Allowances Sec. 631. Provision of lodging in kind for Reservists performing training duty and not otherwise entitled to travel and transportation allowances. Sec. 632. Payment of temporary lodging expenses for members making their first permanent change of station. Sec. 633. Emergency leave travel cost limitations. Subtitle D--Retired Pay Reform Sec. 641. Redux retired pay system applicable only to members electing new 15-year career status bonus. Sec. 642. Authorization of 15-year career status bonus. Sec. 643. Conforming amendments. Sec. 644. Effective date. Subtitle E--Other Retired Pay and Survivor Benefit Matters Sec. 651. Effective date of disability retirement for members dying in civilian medical facilities. Sec. 652. Extension of annuity eligibility for surviving spouses of certain retirement eligible reserve members. Sec. 653. Presentation of United States flag to retiring members of the uniformed services not previously covered. Sec. 654. Accrual funding for retirement system for commissioned corps of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Sec. 655. Disability retirement or separation for certain members with pre-existing conditions. Subtitle F--Eligibility to Participate in the Thrift Savings Plan Sec. 661. Authority for members of the uniformed services to contribute to the thrift savings fund. Sec. 662. Contributions to thrift savings fund. Sec. 663. Regulations. Sec. 664. Effective date. Subtitle G--Other Matters Sec. 671. Payments for unused accrued leave as part of reenlistment. Sec. 672. Clarification of per diem eligibility for military technicians serving on active duty without pay outside the United States. Sec. 673. Overseas special supplemental food program. Sec. 674. Special compensation for severely disabled uniformed services retirees. Sec. 675. Tuition assistance for members deployed in a contingency operation. TITLE VII--HEALTH CARE MATTERS Subtitle A--Health Care Services Sec. 701. Provision of health care to members on active duty at certain remote locations. Sec. 702. Provision of chiropractic health care. Sec. 703. Continuation of provision of domiciliary and custodial care for certain CHAMPUS beneficiaries. Sec. 704. Removal of restrictions on use of funds for abortions in certain cases of rape or incest. Subtitle B--TRICARE Program Sec. 711. Improvements to claims processing under the TRICARE program. Sec. 712. Authority to waive certain TRICARE deductibles. Sec. 713. Electronic processing of claims under the TRICARE program. Sec. 714. Study of rates for provision of medical services; proposal for certain rate increases. Sec. 715. Requirements for provision of care in geographically separated units. Sec. 716. Improvement of access to health care under the TRICARE program. Sec. 717. Reimbursement of certain costs incurred by covered beneficiaries when referred for care outside local catchment area. Sec. 718. Improvement of referral process under TRICARE. Subtitle C--Other Matters Sec. 721. Pharmacy benefits program. Sec. 722. Improvements to third-party payer collection program. Sec. 723. Authority of Armed Forces medical examiner to conduct forensic pathology investigations. Sec. 724. Trauma training center. Sec. 725. Study on joint operations for the Defense Health Program. TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS Sec. 801. Sale, exchange, and waiver authority for coal and coke. Sec. 802. Extension of authority to issue solicitations for purchases of commercial items in excess of simplified acquisition threshold. Sec. 803. Expansion of applicability of requirement to make certain procurements from small arms production industrial base. Sec. 804. Repeal of termination of provision of credit towards subcontracting goals for purchases benefiting severely handicapped persons. Sec. 805. Extension of test program for negotiation of comprehensive small business subcontracting plans. Sec. 806. Facilitation of national missile defense system. Sec. 807. Options for accelerated acquisition of precision munitions. Sec. 808. Program to increase opportunity for small business innovation in defense acquisition programs. [[Page H4143]] Sec. 809. Compliance with Buy American Act. TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT Sec. 901. Limitation on amount available for contracted advisory and assistance services. Sec. 902. Responsibility for logistics and sustainment functions of the Department of Defense. Sec. 903. Management headquarters and headquarters support activities. Sec. 904. Further reductions in defense acquisition and support workforce. Sec. 905. Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs. Sec. 906. Responsibility within Office of the Secretary of Defense for monitoring OPTEMPO and PERSTEMPO. Sec. 907. Report on military space issues. Sec. 908. Employment and compensation of civilian faculty members of Department of Defense African Center for Strategic Studies. Sec. 909. Additional matters for annual report on joint warfighting experimentation. Sec. 910. Defense technology security enhancement. TITLE X--GENERAL PROVISIONS Subtitle A--Financial Matters Sec. 1001. Transfer authority. Sec. 1002. Incorporation of classified annex. Sec. 1003. Authorization of prior emergency military personnel appropriations. Sec. 1004. Repeal of requirement for two-year budget cycle for the Department of Defense. Sec. 1005. Consolidation of various Department of the Navy trust and gift funds. Sec. 1006. Supplemental appropriations request for operations in Yugoslavia. Subtitle B--Naval Vessels and Shipyards Sec. 1011. Revision to congressional notice-and-wait period required before transfer of a vessel stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. Sec. 1012. Authority to consent to retransfer of former naval vessel. Sec. 1013. Report on naval vessel force structure requirements. Sec. 1014. Auxiliary vessels acquisition program for the Department of Defense. Sec. 1015. Authority to provide advance payments for the National Defense Features program. Subtitle C--Matters Relating to Counter Drug Activities Sec. 1021. Support for detection and monitoring activities in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Sec. 1022. Condition on development of forward operating locations for United States Southern Command counter-drug detection and monitoring flights. Sec. 1023. United States military activities in Colombia. Sec. 1024. Assignment of members to assist Immigration and Naturalization Service and Customs Service. Subtitle D--Other Matters Sec. 1031. Identification in budget materials of amounts for declassification activities and limitation on expenditures for such activities. Sec. 1032. Notice to congressional committees of compromise of classified information within defense programs of the United States. Sec. 1033. Revision to limitation on retirement or dismantlement of strategic nuclear delivery systems. Sec. 1034. Annual report by Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff on the risks in executing the missions called for under the National Military Strategy. Sec. 1035. Requirement to address unit operations tempo and personnel tempo in Department of Defense annual report. Sec. 1036. Preservation of certain defense reporting requirements. Sec. 1037. Technical and clerical amendments. Sec. 1038. Contributions for Spirit of Hope endowment fund of United Service Organizations, Incorporated. Sec. 1039. Chemical defense training facility. Sec. 1040. Asia-Pacific Center for security studies. Sec. 1041. Report on effect of continued Balkan operations on ability of United States to successfully meet other regional contingencies. Sec. 1042. Report on space launch failures. Sec. 1043. Report on airlift requirements to support national military strategy. Sec. 1044. Operations of Naval Academy dairy farm. Sec. 1045. Inspector General investigation of compliance with Buy American Act in purchases of free weight strength training equipment. Sec. 1046. Performance of threat and risk assessments. TITLE XI--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL Sec. 1101. Increase of pay cap for nonappropriated fund senior executive employees. Sec. 1102. Restoration of leave for certain Department of Defense employees who deploy to a combat zone outside the United States. Sec. 1103. Expansion of Guard-and-Reserve purposes for which leave under section 6323 of title 5, United States Code, may be used. Sec. 1104. Temporary authority to provide early retirement and separation incentives for certain civilian employees. Sec. 1105. Extension of authority to continue health insurance coverage for certain Department of Defense employees. TITLE XII--MATTERS RELATING TO OTHER NATIONS Sec. 1201. Report on strategic stability under START III. Sec. 1202. One-year extension of counterproliferation authorities for support of United Nations weapons inspection regime in Iraq. Sec. 1203. Limitation on military-to-military exchanges with China's People's Liberation Army. Sec. 1204. Report on allied capabilities to contribute to major theater wars. Sec. 1205. Limitation on funds for Bosnia peacekeeping operations for fiscal year 2000. Sec. 1206. Limitation on deployment of United States Armed Forces in Haiti. Sec. 1207. Goals for the conflict with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Sec. 1208. Report on the security situation on the Korean Peninsula. Sec. 1209. Annual report on military power of the People's Republic of China. TITLE XIII--COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION WITH STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION Sec. 1301. Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction programs and funds. Sec. 1302. Funding allocations. Sec. 1303. Prohibition on use of funds for specified purposes. Sec. 1304. Limitations on use of funds for fissile material storage facility. Sec. 1305. Limitation on use of funds for chemical weapons destruction. Sec. 1306. Limitation on use of funds for biological weapons proliferation prevention activities. Sec. 1307. Limitation on use of funds until submission of report and multiyear plan. Sec. 1308. Requirement to submit report. Sec. 1309. Report on Expanded Threat Reduction Initiative. TITLE XIV--PROLIFERATION AND EXPORT CONTROL MATTERS Sec. 1401. Report on compliance by the People's Republic of China and other countries with the missile technology control regime. Sec. 1402. Annual report on technology transfers to the People's Republic of China. Sec. 1403. Report on implementation of transfer of satellite export control authority. Sec. 1404. Security in connection with satellite export licensing. Sec. 1405. Reporting of technology passed to People's Republic of China and of foreign launch security violations. Sec. 1406. Report on national security implications of exporting high- performance computers to the People's Republic of China. Sec. 1407. End-use verification for use by People's Republic of China of high-performance computers. Sec. 1408. Procedures for review of export of controlled technologies and items. Sec. 1409. Notice of foreign acquisition of United States firms in national security industries. Sec. 1410. Five-agency inspectors general examination of countermeasures against acquisition by the People's Republic of China of militarily sensitive technology. Sec. 1411. Office of technology security in Department of Defense. Sec. 1412. Annual audit of Department of Defense and Department of Energy policies with respect to technology transfers to the People's Republic of China. Sec. 1413. Resources for export license functions. Sec. 1414. National security assessment of export licenses. DIVISION B--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS Sec. 2001. Short title. TITLE XXI--ARMY Sec. 2101. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2102. Family housing. Sec. 2103. Improvements to military family housing units. Sec. 2104. Authorization of appropriations, Army. TITLE XXII--NAVY Sec. 2201. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2202. Family housing. Sec. 2203. Improvements to military family housing units. [[Page H4144]] Sec. 2204. Authorization of appropriations, Navy. Sec. 2205. Authorization to accept electrical substation improvements, Guam. Sec. 2206. Correction in authorized use of funds, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Quantico, Virginia. TITLE XXIII--AIR FORCE Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2302. Family housing. Sec. 2303. Improvements to military family housing units. Sec. 2304. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force. Sec. 2305. Plan for completion of project to consolidate Air Force research laboratory, Rome Research Site, New York. TITLE XXIV--DEFENSE AGENCIES Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2402. Improvements to military family housing units. Sec. 2403. Military housing improvement program. Sec. 2404. Energy conservation projects. Sec. 2405. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies. Sec. 2406. Increase in fiscal year 1997 authorization for military construction projects at Pueblo Chemical Activity, Colorado. Sec. 2407. Condition on obligation of military construction funds for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities. TITLE XXV--NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM Sec. 2501. Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2502. Authorization of appropriations, NATO. TITLE XXVI--GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES Sec. 2601. Authorized Guard and Reserve construction and land acquisition projects. TITLE XXVII--EXPIRATION AND EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS Sec. 2701. Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified by law. Sec. 2702. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 1997 projects. Sec. 2703. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 1996 projects. Sec. 2704. Effective date. TITLE XXVIII--GENERAL PROVISIONS Subtitle A--Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes Sec. 2801. Contributions for North Atlantic Treaty Organizations Security Investment. Sec. 2802. Development of Ford Island, Hawaii. Sec. 2803. Restriction on authority to acquire or construct ancillary supporting facilities for housing units. Sec. 2804. Planning and design for military construction projects for reserve components. Sec. 2805. Limitations on authority to carry out small projects for acquisition of facilities for reserve components. Sec. 2806. Expansion of entities eligible to participate in alternative authority for acquisition and improvement of military housing. Subtitle B--Real Property and Facilities Administration Sec. 2811. Extension of authority for lease of land for special operations activities. Sec. 2812. Utility privatization authority. Sec. 2813. Acceptance of funds to cover administrative expenses relating to certain real property transactions. Sec. 2814. Study and report on impacts to military readiness of proposed land management changes on public lands in Utah. Subtitle C--Defense Base Closure and Realignment Sec. 2821. Continuation of authority to use Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990 for activities required to close or realign military installations. Subtitle D--Land Conveyances Part I--Army Conveyances Sec. 2831. Transfer of jurisdiction, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Sec. 2832. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Kankakee, Illinois. Sec. 2833. Land conveyance, Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Sec. 2834. Land conveyance, Army Maintenance Support Activity (Marine) Number 84, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. Sec. 2835. Land conveyances, Army docks and related property, Alaska. Sec. 2836. Land conveyance, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Sec. 2837. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Cannon Falls, Minnesota. Sec. 2838. Land conveyance, Nike Battery 80 family housing site, East Hanover Township, New Jersey. Sec. 2839. Land exchange, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. Sec. 2840. Modification of land conveyance, Joliet Army Ammunition Plant, Illinois. Sec. 2841. Land conveyances, Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant, Minnesota. Part II--Navy Conveyances Sec. 2851. Land conveyance, Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant No. 387, Dallas, Texas. Sec. 2852. Land conveyance, Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center, Orange, Texas. Sec. 2853. Land conveyance, Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina. Part III--Air Force Conveyances Sec. 2861. Conveyance of fuel supply line, Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire. Sec. 2862. Land conveyance, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Sec. 2863. Land conveyance, Port of Anchorage, Alaska. Sec. 2864. Land conveyance, Forestport Test Annex, New York. Sec. 2865. Land conveyance, Mcclellan Nuclear Radiation Center, California. Subtitle E--Other Matters Sec. 2871. Expansion of Arlington National Cemetery. DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE XXXI--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS Subtitle A--National Security Programs Authorizations Sec. 3101. Weapons activities. Sec. 3102. Defense environmental restoration and waste management. Sec. 3103. Other defense activities. Sec. 3104. Defense nuclear waste disposal. Sec. 3105. Defense environmental management privatization. Sec. 3106. Department of Energy counterintelligence cyber security program. Subtitle B--Recurring General Provisions Sec. 3121. Reprogramming. Sec. 3122. Limits on general plant projects. Sec. 3123. Limits on construction projects. Sec. 3124. Fund transfer authority. Sec. 3125. Authority for conceptual and construction design. Sec. 3126. Authority for emergency planning, design, and construction activities. Sec. 3127. Funds available for all national security programs of the Department of Energy. Sec. 3128. Availability of funds. Sec. 3129. Transfers of defense environmental management funds. Subtitle C--Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations Sec. 3131. Limitation on use at Department of Energy laboratories of funds appropriated for the initiatives for proliferation prevention program. Sec. 3132. Prohibition on use for payment of Russian Government taxes and customs duties of funds appropriated for the initiatives for proliferation prevention program. Sec. 3133. Modification of laboratory-directed research and development to provide funds for theater ballistic missile defense. Sec. 3134. Support of theater ballistic missile defense activities of the Department of Defense. Subtitle D--Commission on Nuclear Weapons Management Sec. 3151. Establishment of commission. Sec. 3152. Duties of commission. Sec. 3153. Reports. Sec. 3154. Powers. Sec. 3155. Commission procedures. Sec. 3156. Personnel matters. Sec. 3157. Miscellaneous administrative provisions. Sec. 3158. Funding. Sec. 3159. Termination of the commission. Subtitle E--Other Matters Sec. 3161. Procedures for meeting tritium production requirements. Sec. 3162. Extension of authority of Department of Energy to pay voluntary separation incentive payments. Sec. 3163. Fellowship program for development of skills critical to the Department of Energy nuclear weapons complex. Sec. 3164. Department of Energy records declassification. Sec. 3165. Management of nuclear weapons production facilities and national laboratories. Sec. 3166. Notice to congressional committees of compromise of classified information within nuclear energy defense programs. Sec. 3167. Department of Energy regulations relating to the safeguarding and security of restricted data. Sec. 3168. Department of Energy counterintelligence polygraph program. Sec. 3169. Report on counterintelligence and security practices at national laboratories. [[Page H4145]] Sec. 3170. Technology transfer coordination for Department of Energy national laboratories. Subtitle F--Protection of National Security Information Sec. 3181. short title. Sec. 3182. Semi-annual report by the president on espionage by the People's Republic of China. Sec. 3183. Report on whether department of energy should continue to maintain nuclear weapons responsibility. Sec. 3184. Department of Energy office of foreign intelligence and Office of Counterintelligence. Sec. 3185. Counterintelligence program at Department of Energy national laboratories. Sec. 3186. Counterintelligence activities at other Department of Energy facilities. Sec. 3187. Department of Energy polygraph examinations. Sec. 3188. Civil monetary penalties for violations of Department of Energy regulations relating to the safeguarding and security of restricted data. Sec. 3189. Increased penalties for misuse of restricted data. Sec. 3190. restrictions on access to national laboratories by foreign visitors from sensitive countries. Sec. 3191. Requirements relating to access by foreign visitors and employees to Department of Energy facilities engaged in defense activities. Sec. 3192. Annual report on security and counterintelligence standards at national laboratories and other defense facilities of the Department of Energy. Sec. 3193. Report on security vulnerabilities of national laboratory computers. Sec. 3194. Government access to classified information on Department of Energy defense-related computers. Sec. 3195. Definition of national laboratory. TITLE XXXII--DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD Sec. 3201. Authorization. TITLE XXXIII--NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE Sec. 3301. Definitions. Sec. 3302. Authorized uses of stockpile funds. Sec. 3303. Elimination of congressionally imposed disposal restrictions on specific stockpile materials. TITLE XXXIV--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION Sec. 3401. Short title. Sec. 3402. Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2000. Sec. 3403. Amendments to title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936. Sec. 3404. Extension of war risk insurance authority. Sec. 3405. Ownership of the JEREMIAH O'BRIEN. TITLE XXXV--PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION Sec. 3501. Short title. Sec. 3502. Authorization of expenditures. Sec. 3503. Purchase of vehicles. Sec. 3504. Office of Transition Administration. SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DEFINED. For purposes of this Act, the term ``congressional defense committees'' means-- (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE I--PROCUREMENT Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations SEC. 101. ARMY. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for procurement for the Army as follows: (1) For aircraft, $1,415,211,000. (2) For missiles, $1,415,959,000. (3) For weapons and tracked combat vehicles, $1,575,096,000. (4) For ammunition, $1,196,216,000. (5) For other procurement, $3,799,895,000. SEC. 102. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS. (a) Navy.--Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for procurement for the Navy as follows: (1) For aircraft, $8,804,051,000. (2) For weapons, including missiles and torpedoes, $1,764,655,000. (3) For shipbuilding and conversion, $6,687,172,000. (4) For other procurement, $4,260,444,000. (b) Marine Corps.--Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for procurement for the Marine Corps in the amount of 1,297,463,000. (c) Navy and Marine Corps Ammunition.--Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for procurement of ammunition for the Navy and the Marine Corps in the amount of $612,900,000. SEC. 103. AIR FORCE. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for procurement for the Air Force as follows: (1) For aircraft, $9,647,651,000. (2) For missiles, $2,303,661,000. (3) For ammunition, $560,537,000. (4) For other procurement, $7,077,762,000. SEC. 104. DEFENSE-WIDE ACTIVITIES. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for Defense-wide procurement in the amount of $2,107,839,000. SEC. 105. RESERVE COMPONENTS. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for procurement of aircraft, vehicles, communications equipment, and other equipment for the reserve components of the Armed Forces as follows: (1) For the Army National Guard, $10,000,000. (2) For the Air National Guard, $10,000,000. (3) For the Army Reserve, $10,000,000. (4) For the Naval Reserve, $10,000,000. (5) For the Air Force Reserve, $10,000,00. (6) For the Marine Corps Reserve, $10,000,000. SEC. 106. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for procurement for the Inspector General of the Department of Defense in the amount of $2,100,000. SEC. 107. CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION PROGRAM. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 the amount of $1,012,000,000 for-- (1) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions in accordance with section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521); and (2) the destruction of chemical warfare materiel of the United States that is not covered by section 1412 of such Act. SEC. 108. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAMS. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for the Department of Defense for procurement for carrying out health care programs, projects, and activities of the Department of Defense in the total amount of $356,970,000. SEC. 109. DEFENSE EXPORT LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for the Department of Defense for carrying out the Defense Export Loan Guarantee Program under section 2540 of title 10, United States Code, in the total amount of $1,250,000. Subtitle B--Army Programs SEC. 111. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR ARMY PROGRAMS. (a) Multiyear Procurement Authority.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of the Army may, in accordance with section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, enter into a multiyear procurement contract beginning with the fiscal year 2000 program year for procurement for each of the following programs. (1) The Javelin missile system. (2) M2A3 Bradley fighting vehicles. (3) AH-64D Longbow Apache attack helicopters. (4) The M1A2 Abrams main battle tank upgrade program combined with the Heavy Assault Bridge program. (b) Required Report.--The Secretary of the Army may not enter into a multiyear contract under subsection (a) for a program named in one of the paragraphs of that subsection until the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees a report with respect to that contract that provides the following information, shown for each year in the current future-years defense program and in the aggregate over the period of the current future-years defense program: (1) The amount of total obligational authority under the contract and the percentage that such amount represents of (A) the applicable procurement account, and (B) the service procurement total. (2) The amount of total obligational authority under all Army multiyear procurements (determined without regard to the amount of the multiyear contract) under multiyear contracts in effect immediately before the contract under subsection (a) is entered into and the percentage that such amount represents of (A) the applicable procurement account, and (B) the service procurement total. (3) The amount equal to the sum of the amounts under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the percentage that such amount represents of (A) the applicable procurement account, and (B) the service procurement total. (4) The amount of total obligational authority under all Department of Defense multiyear procurements (determined without regard to the amount of the multiyear contract), including the contract under subsection (a) and each additional multiyear contract authorized by this Act, and the percentage that such amount represents of the procurement accounts of the Department of Defense treated in the aggregate. (5) For purposes of this subsection: (A) The term ``applicable procurement account'' means, with respect to the multiyear contract under subsection (a), the Department of the Army procurement account from which funds to discharge obligations under the contract will be provided. (B) The term ``service procurement total'' means, with respect to the multiyear contract under subsection (a), the procurement accounts of the Army treated in the aggregate. SEC. 112. EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAM ON SALES OF MANUFACTURED ARTICLES AND SERVICES OF CERTAIN ARMY INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES WITHOUT REGARD TO AVAILABILITY FROM DOMESTIC SOURCES. Section 141 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85; 10 U.S.C. 4543 note) is amended-- [[Page H4146]] (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``fiscal years 1998 and 1999'' and inserting ``fiscal years 1998 through 2001''; (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``fiscal year 1998 or 1999'' and inserting ``the period during which the pilot program is being conducted''; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(d) Update of Report.--Not later March 1, 2001, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall submit to Congress an update of the report required to be submitted under subsection (c) and an assessment of the success of the pilot program.''. SEC. 113. REVISION TO CONDITIONS FOR AWARD OF A SECOND-SOURCE PROCUREMENT CONTRACT FOR THE FAMILY OF MEDIUM TACTICAL VEHICLES. The text of section 112 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 112 Stat. 1973) is amended to read as follows: ``(a) Limitation on Second-Source Award.--The Secretary of the Army may award a full-rate production contract (known as a Phase III contract) for production of the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles to a second source only after the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees a certification in writing of the following: ``(1) That the total quantity of trucks within the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles program that the Secretary will require to be delivered (under all contracts) in any 12-month period will be sufficient to enable the prime contractor to maintain a minimum production level of 150 trucks per month. ``(2) That the total cost to the Army of the procurements under the prime and second-source contracts over the period of those contracts will be the same as or lower than the amount that would be the total cost of the procurements if such a second-source contract were not awarded. ``(3) That the trucks to be produced under those contracts will be produced with common components that will be interchangeable among similarly configured models. ``(b) Definitions.--In this section: ``(1) The term `prime contractor' means the contractor under the production contract for the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles program as of the date of the enactment of this Act. ``(2) The term `second source' means a firm other than the prime contractor.''. Subtitle C--Navy Programs SEC. 121. F/A-18E/F SUPER HORNET AIRCRAFT PROGRAM. (a) Multiyear Procurement Authority.--Subject to subsection (b) and (c), the Secretary of the Navy may, in accordance with section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, enter into a multiyear procurement contract beginning with the fiscal year 2000 program year for procurement for the F/A- 18E/F aircraft program. (b) Required Report.--The Secretary of the Navy may not enter into a multiyear contract under subsection (a) until the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees a report with respect to that contract that provides the following information, shown for each year in the current future-years defense program and in the aggregate over the period of the current future-years defense program: (1) The amount of total obligational authority under the contract and the percentage that such amount represents of (A) the applicable procurement account, and (B) the service procurement total. (2) The amount of total obligational authority under all Navy multiyear procurements (determined without regard to the amount of the multiyear contract) under multiyear contracts in effect immediately before the contract under subsection (a) is entered into and the percentage that such amount represents of (A) the applicable procurement account, and (B) the service procurement total. (3) The amount equal to the sum of the amounts under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the percentage that such amount represents of (A) the applicable procurement account, and (B) the service procurement total. (4) The amount of total obligational authority under all Department of Defense multiyear procurements (determined without regard to the amount of the multiyear contract), including the contract under subsection (a) and each additional multiyear contract authorized by this Act, and the percentage that such amount represents of the procurement accounts of the Department of Defense treated in the aggregate. (5) For purposes of this subsection: (A) The term ``applicable procurement account'' means, with respect to the multiyear contract under subsection (a), the Aircraft Procurement, Navy account. (B) The term ``service procurement total'' means, with respect to the multiyear contract under subsection (a), the procurement accounts of the Navy treated in the aggregate. (c) Limitation With Respect To Operational Test and Evaluation.--The Secretary of the Navy may not enter into a multiyear procurement contract authorized by subsection (a) until-- (1) the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees a certification described in subsection (c); and (2) a period of 30 continuous days of a Congress (as determined under subsection (d)) elapses after the submission of that certification. (d) Required Certification.--A certification referred to in subsection (c)(1) is a certification by the Secretary of Defense of each of the following: (1) That the results of the Operational Test and Evaluation program for the F/A-18E/F aircraft indicate-- (A) that the aircraft meets the requirements for operational effectiveness and suitability established by the Secretary of the Navy; and (B) that the aircraft meets key performance specifications established by the Secretary of the Navy. (2) That the cost of procurement of that aircraft using a multiyear procurement contract as authorized by subsection (a), assuming procurement of 222 aircraft, is at least 7.4 percent less than the cost of procurement of the same number of aircraft through annual contracts. (e) Continuity of Congress.--For purposes of subsection (c)(2)-- (1) the continuity of a Congress is broken only by an adjournment of the Congress sine die at the end of the final session of the Congress; and (2) any day on which either House of Congress is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain, or because of an adjournment sine die at the end of the first session of a Congress, shall be excluded in the computation of such 30-day period. Subtitle D--Chemical Stockpile Destruction Program SEC. 141. DESTRUCTION OF EXISTING STOCKPILE OF LETHAL CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS. (a) Program Assessment.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall conduct an assessment of the current program for destruction of the United States' stockpile of chemical agents and munitions, including the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment, for the purpose of reducing significantly the cost of such program and ensuring completion of such program in accordance with the obligations of the United States under the Chemical Weapons Convention while maintaining maximum protection of the general public, the personnel involved in the demilitarization program, and the environment. (2) Based on the results of the assessment conducted under paragraph (1), the Secretary may take those actions identified in the assessment that may be accomplished under existing law to achieve the purposes of such assessment and the chemical agents and munitions stockpile destruction program. (3) Not later than March 1, 2000, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on-- (A) those actions taken, or planned to be taken, under paragraph (2); and (B) any recommendations for additional legislation that may be required to achieve the purposes of the assessment conducted under paragraph (1) and of the chemical agents and munitions stockpile destruction program. (b) Changes and Clarifications Regarding Program.--Section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (Public Law 99-145; 50 U.S.C. 1521) is amended-- (1) in subsection (c)-- (A) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph: ``(2) Facilities constructed to carry out this section shall, when no longer needed for the purposes for which they were constructed, be disposed of in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and mutual agreements between the Secretary of the Army and the Governor of the State in which the facility is located.''; (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as amended by subparagraph (A)) the following new paragraph: ``(3)(A) Facilities constructed to carry out this section may not be used for a purpose other than the destruction of the stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions that exists on November 8, 1985. ``(B) The prohibition in subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to items designated by the Secretary of Defense as lethal chemical agents, munitions, or related materials after November 8, 1985, if the State in which a destruction facility is located issues the appropriate permit or permits for the destruction of such items at the facility.''; (2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ``(c)(4)'' and inserting ``(c)(5)''; and (3) in subsection (g)(2)(B), by striking ``(c)(3)'' and inserting ``(c)(4)''. (c) Definitions.--As used in this section: (1) The term ``Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment'' means the pilot program carried out under section 8065 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997 (section 101(b) of Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-101; 50 U.S.C. 1521 note). (2) The term ``Chemical Weapons Convention'' means the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and Their Destruction, ratified by the United States on April 25, 1997, and entered into force on April 29, 1997. SEC. 142. ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR DESTRUCTION OF ASSEMBLED CHEMICAL WEAPONS. Section 142(a) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 50 U.S.C. 1521 note) is amended to read as follows: ``(a) Program Management.--(1) The program manager for the Assembled Chemical [[Page H4147]] Weapons Assessment program shall manage the development and testing of technologies for the destruction of lethal chemical munitions that are potential or demonstrated alternatives to the baseline incineration program. ``(2) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology and the Secretary of the Army shall jointly submit to Congress, not later than December 1, 1999, a plan for the transfer of oversight of the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment program from the Under Secretary to the Secretary. ``(3) Oversight of the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment program shall be transferred from the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology to the Secretary of the Army pursuant to the plan submitted under paragraph (2) not later than 90 days after the date of the submission of the notice required under section 152(f)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104-106; 50 U.S.C. 1521). ``(4) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology and the Secretary of the Army shall ensure coordination of the activities and plans of the program manager for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment program and the program manager for Chemical Demilitarization during the demonstration and pilot plant facility phase for an alternative technology. ``(5) For those baseline demilitarization facilities for which the Secretary decides that implementation of an alternative technology may be recommended, the Secretary may take those measures necessary to facilitate the integration of the alternative technology.''. Subtitle E--Other Matters SEC. 151. LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS. (a) In General.--Chapter 136 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``Sec. 2282. Purchase or lease of communications services: limitation ``The Secretary of Defense may not obligate any funds after September 30, 2000, to buy a commercial satellite communications system or to lease a communications service, including mobile satellite communications, unless the Secretary determines that the system or service to be purchased or leased has been proven through independent testing-- ``(1) not to cause harmful interference to, or to disrupt the use of, colocated commercial or military Global Positioning System receivers used by the Department of Defense; and ``(2) to be safe for use with such receivers in all other respects.''. (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: ``2282. Purchase or lease of communications services: limitation.''. SEC. 152. PROCUREMENT OF FIREFIGHTING

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Text of this article available as: TXT PDF [Pages H4140-H4211] NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000 Mr. SPENCE. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of section 7 of House Resolution 200, I call up the Senate bill (S. 1059) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House. The Clerk read the title of the Senate bill. Motion Offered by Mr. Spence Mr. SPENCE. Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Spence moves to strike all after the enacting clause of the bill S. 1059 and to insert in lieu thereof the provisions of H.R. 1401 as passed by the House, as follows: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000''. SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Divisions.--This Act is organized into three divisions as follows: (1) Division A--Department of Defense Authorizations. (2) Division B--Military Construction Authorizations. (3) Division C--Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents. Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees defined. DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE I--PROCUREMENT Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 101. Army. Sec. 102. Navy and Marine Corps. Sec. 103. Air Force. Sec. 104. Defense-wide activities. Sec. 105. Reserve components. Sec. 106. Defense Inspector General. Sec. 107. Chemical demilitarization program. Sec. 108. Defense health programs. Sec. 109. Defense Export Loan Guarantee program. Subtitle B--Army Programs Sec. 111. Multiyear procurement authority for Army programs. Sec. 112. Extension of pilot program on sales of manufactured articles and services of certain Army industrial facilities without regard to availability from domestic sources. Sec. 113. Revision to conditions for award of a second-source procurement contract for the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles. Subtitle C--Navy Programs Sec. 121. F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft program. Subtitle D--Chemical Stockpile Destruction Program Sec. 141. Destruction of existing stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions. Sec. 142. Alternative technologies for destruction of assembled chemical weapons. Subtitle E--Other Matters Sec. 151. Limitation on expenditures for satellite communications. [[Page H4141]] Sec. 152. Procurement of firefighting equipment for the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve. Sec. 153. Cooperative engagement capability program. TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 202. Amount for basic and applied research. Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations Sec. 211. Collaborative program to evaluate and demonstrate advanced technologies for advanced capability combat vehicles. Sec. 212. Revisions in manufacturing technology program. Sec. 213. Sense of Congress regarding defense science and technology program. Subtitle C--Ballistic Missile Defense Sec. 231. Additional program elements for ballistic missile defense programs. Subtitle D--Other Matters Sec. 241. Designation of Secretary of the Army as executive agent for high energy laser technologies. TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding. Sec. 302. Working capital funds. Sec. 303. Armed Forces Retirement Home. Sec. 304. Transfer from National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund. Sec. 305. Transfer to Defense Working Capital Funds to support Defense Commissary Agency. Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations Sec. 311. Reimbursement of Navy Exchange Service Command for relocation expenses. Sec. 312. Replacement of nonsecure tactical radios of the 82nd Airborne Division. Sec. 313. Operation and maintenance of Air Force space launch facilities. Subtitle C--Environmental Provisions Sec. 321. Remediation of asbestos and lead-based paint. Subtitle D--Performance of Functions by Private-Sector Sources Sec. 331. Expansion of annual report on contracting for commercial and industrial type functions. Sec. 332. Congressional notification of A-76 cost comparison waivers. Sec. 333. Improved evaluation of local economic effect of changing defense functions to private sector performance. Sec. 334. Annual reports on expenditures for performance of depot-level maintenance and repair workloads by public and private sectors. Sec. 335. Applicability of competition requirement in contracting out workloads performed by depot-level activities of Department of Defense. Sec. 336. Treatment of public sector winning bidders for contracts for performance of depot-level maintenance and repair workloads formerly performed at certain military installations. Sec. 337. Process for modernization of computer systems at Army computer centers. Sec. 338. Evaluation of total system performance responsibility program. Sec. 339. Identification of core logistics capability requirements for maintenance and repair of C-17 aircraft. Subtitle E--Defense Dependents Education Sec. 341. Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees. Sec. 342. Continuation of enrollment at Department of Defense domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools. Sec. 343. Technical amendments to Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978. Subtitle F--Military Readiness Issues Sec. 351. Independent study of Department of Defense secondary inventory and parts shortages. Sec. 352. Independent study of adequacy of department restructured sustainment and reengineered logistics product support practices. Sec. 353. Independent study of military readiness reporting system. Sec. 354. Review of real property maintenance and its effect on readiness. Sec. 355. Establishment of logistics standards for sustained military operations. Subtitle G--Other Matters Sec. 361. Discretionary authority to install telecommunication equipment for persons performing voluntary services. Sec. 362. Contracting authority for defense working capital funded industrial facilities. Sec. 363. Clarification of condition on sale of articles and services of industrial facilities to persons outside Department of Defense. Sec. 364. Special authority of disbursing officials regarding automated teller machines on naval vessels. Sec. 365. Preservation of historic buildings and grounds at United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home, District of Columbia. Sec. 366. Clarification of land conveyance authority, United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home. Sec. 367. Treatment of Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam in defense household goods moving programs. TITLE IV--MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS Subtitle A--Active Forces Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces. Sec. 402. Revision in permanent end strength minimum levels. Sec. 403. Appointments to certain senior joint officer positions. Subtitle B--Reserve Forces Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve. Sec. 412. End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the reserves. Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status). Sec. 414. Increase in number of Army and Air Force members in certain grades authorized to serve on active duty in support of the Reserves. Sec. 415. Selected Reserve end strength flexibility. Subtitle C--Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 421. Authorization of appropriations for military personnel. TITLE V--MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY Subtitle A--Officer Personnel Policy Sec. 501. Recommendations for promotion by selection boards. Sec. 502. Technical amendments relating to joint duty assignments. Subtitle B--Matters Relating to Reserve Components Sec. 511. Continuation on Reserve active status list to complete disciplinary action. Sec. 512. Authority to order reserve component members to active duty to complete a medical evaluation. Sec. 513. Eligibility for consideration for promotion. Sec. 514. Retention until completion of 20 years of service for reserve component majors and lieutenant commanders who twice fail of selection for promotion. Sec. 515. Computation of years of service exclusion. Sec. 516. Authority to retain reserve component chaplains until age 67. Sec. 517. Expansion and codification of authority for space-required travel for Reserves. Sec. 518. Financial assistance program for specially selected members of the Marine Corps Reserve. Sec. 519. Options to improve recruiting for the Army Reserve. Subtitle C--Military Technicians Sec. 521. Revision to military technician (dual status) law. Sec. 522. Civil service retirement of technicians. Sec. 523. Revision to non-dual status technicians statute. Sec. 524. Revision to authorities relating to National Guard technicians. Sec. 525. Effective date. Sec. 526. Secretary of Defense review of Army technician costing process. Sec. 527. Fiscal year 2000 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians. Subtitle D--Service Academies Sec. 531. Waiver of reimbursement of expenses for instruction at service academies of persons from foreign countries. Sec. 532. Compliance by United States Military Academy with statutory limit on size of Corps of Cadets. Sec. 533. Dean of Academic Board, United States Military Academy and Dean of the Faculty, United States Air Force Academy. Sec. 534. Exclusion from certain general and flag officer grade strength limitations for the superintendents of the service academies. Subtitle E--Education and Training Sec. 541. Establishment of a Department of Defense international student program at the senior military colleges. Sec. 542. Authority for Army War College to award degree of master of strategic studies. Sec. 543. Authority for air university to award graduate-level degrees. Sec. 544. Correction of Reserve credit for participation in health professional scholarship and financial assistance program. [[Page H4142]] Sec. 545. Permanent expansion of ROTC program to include graduate students. Sec. 546. Increase in monthly subsistence allowance for senior ROTC cadets selected for advanced training. Sec. 547. Contingent funding increase for Junior ROTC program. Sec. 548. Change from annual to biennial reporting under the Reserve component Montgomery GI Bill. Sec. 549. Recodification and consolidation of statutes denying Federal grants and contracts by certain departments and agencies to institutions of higher education that prohibit Senior ROTC units or military recruiting on campus. Subtitle F--Decorations and Awards Sec. 551. Waiver of time limitations for award of certain decorations to certain persons. Sec. 552 Sense of Congress concerning Presidential Unit Citation for crew of the U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS. Sec. 553. Authority for award of Medal of Honor to Alfred Rascon for valor during the Vietnam conflict. Subtitle G--Other Matters Sec. 561. Revision in authority to order retired members to active duty. Sec. 562. Temporary authority for recall of retired aviators. Sec. 563. Service review agencies covered by professional staffing requirement. Sec. 564. Conforming amendment to authorize Reserve officers and retired regular officers to hold a civil office while serving on active duty for not more than 270 days. Sec. 565. Revision to requirement for honor guard details at funerals of veterans. Sec. 566. Purpose and funding limitations for National Guard Challenge Program. Sec. 567. Access to secondary school students for military recruiting purposes. Sec. 568. Survey of members leaving military service on attitudes toward military service. Sec. 569. Improvement in system for assigning personnel to warfighting units. Sec. 570. Requirement for Department of Defense regulations to protect the confidentiality of communications between dependents and professionals providing therapeutic or related services regarding sexual or domestic abuse. TITLE VI--COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS Subtitle A--Pay and Allowances Sec. 601. Fiscal year 2000 increase in military basic pay and reform of basic pay rates. Sec. 602. Pay increases for fiscal years after fiscal year 2000. Sec. 603. Additional amount available for fiscal year 2000 increase in basic allowance for housing inside the United States. Subtitle B--Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays Sec. 611. Extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for reserve forces. Sec. 612. Extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for nurse officer candidates, registered nurses, and nurse anesthetists. Sec. 613. Extension of authorities relating to payment of other bonuses and special pays. Sec. 614. Aviation career incentive pay for air battle managers. Sec. 615. Expansion of authority to provide special pay to aviation career officers extending period of active duty. Sec. 616. Diving duty special pay. Sec. 617. Reenlistment bonus. Sec. 618. Enlistment bonus. Sec. 619. Revised eligibility requirements for reserve component prior service enlistment bonus. Sec. 620. Increase in special pay and bonuses for nuclear-qualified officers. Sec. 621. Increase in authorized monthly rate of foreign language proficiency pay. Sec. 622. Authorization of retention bonus for special warfare officers extending period of active duty. Sec. 623. Authorization of surface warfare officer continuation pay. Sec. 624. Authorization of career enlisted flyer incentive pay. Sec. 625. Authorization of judge advocate continuation pay. Subtitle C--Travel and Transportation Allowances Sec. 631. Provision of lodging in kind for Reservists performing training duty and not otherwise entitled to travel and transportation allowances. Sec. 632. Payment of temporary lodging expenses for members making their first permanent change of station. Sec. 633. Emergency leave travel cost limitations. Subtitle D--Retired Pay Reform Sec. 641. Redux retired pay system applicable only to members electing new 15-year career status bonus. Sec. 642. Authorization of 15-year career status bonus. Sec. 643. Conforming amendments. Sec. 644. Effective date. Subtitle E--Other Retired Pay and Survivor Benefit Matters Sec. 651. Effective date of disability retirement for members dying in civilian medical facilities. Sec. 652. Extension of annuity eligibility for surviving spouses of certain retirement eligible reserve members. Sec. 653. Presentation of United States flag to retiring members of the uniformed services not previously covered. Sec. 654. Accrual funding for retirement system for commissioned corps of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Sec. 655. Disability retirement or separation for certain members with pre-existing conditions. Subtitle F--Eligibility to Participate in the Thrift Savings Plan Sec. 661. Authority for members of the uniformed services to contribute to the thrift savings fund. Sec. 662. Contributions to thrift savings fund. Sec. 663. Regulations. Sec. 664. Effective date. Subtitle G--Other Matters Sec. 671. Payments for unused accrued leave as part of reenlistment. Sec. 672. Clarification of per diem eligibility for military technicians serving on active duty without pay outside the United States. Sec. 673. Overseas special supplemental food program. Sec. 674. Special compensation for severely disabled uniformed services retirees. Sec. 675. Tuition assistance for members deployed in a contingency operation. TITLE VII--HEALTH CARE MATTERS Subtitle A--Health Care Services Sec. 701. Provision of health care to members on active duty at certain remote locations. Sec. 702. Provision of chiropractic health care. Sec. 703. Continuation of provision of domiciliary and custodial care for certain CHAMPUS beneficiaries. Sec. 704. Removal of restrictions on use of funds for abortions in certain cases of rape or incest. Subtitle B--TRICARE Program Sec. 711. Improvements to claims processing under the TRICARE program. Sec. 712. Authority to waive certain TRICARE deductibles. Sec. 713. Electronic processing of claims under the TRICARE program. Sec. 714. Study of rates for provision of medical services; proposal for certain rate increases. Sec. 715. Requirements for provision of care in geographically separated units. Sec. 716. Improvement of access to health care under the TRICARE program. Sec. 717. Reimbursement of certain costs incurred by covered beneficiaries when referred for care outside local catchment area. Sec. 718. Improvement of referral process under TRICARE. Subtitle C--Other Matters Sec. 721. Pharmacy benefits program. Sec. 722. Improvements to third-party payer collection program. Sec. 723. Authority of Armed Forces medical examiner to conduct forensic pathology investigations. Sec. 724. Trauma training center. Sec. 725. Study on joint operations for the Defense Health Program. TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS Sec. 801. Sale, exchange, and waiver authority for coal and coke. Sec. 802. Extension of authority to issue solicitations for purchases of commercial items in excess of simplified acquisition threshold. Sec. 803. Expansion of applicability of requirement to make certain procurements from small arms production industrial base. Sec. 804. Repeal of termination of provision of credit towards subcontracting goals for purchases benefiting severely handicapped persons. Sec. 805. Extension of test program for negotiation of comprehensive small business subcontracting plans. Sec. 806. Facilitation of national missile defense system. Sec. 807. Options for accelerated acquisition of precision munitions. Sec. 808. Program to increase opportunity for small business innovation in defense acquisition programs. [[Page H4143]] Sec. 809. Compliance with Buy American Act. TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT Sec. 901. Limitation on amount available for contracted advisory and assistance services. Sec. 902. Responsibility for logistics and sustainment functions of the Department of Defense. Sec. 903. Management headquarters and headquarters support activities. Sec. 904. Further reductions in defense acquisition and support workforce. Sec. 905. Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs. Sec. 906. Responsibility within Office of the Secretary of Defense for monitoring OPTEMPO and PERSTEMPO. Sec. 907. Report on military space issues. Sec. 908. Employment and compensation of civilian faculty members of Department of Defense African Center for Strategic Studies. Sec. 909. Additional matters for annual report on joint warfighting experimentation. Sec. 910. Defense technology security enhancement. TITLE X--GENERAL PROVISIONS Subtitle A--Financial Matters Sec. 1001. Transfer authority. Sec. 1002. Incorporation of classified annex. Sec. 1003. Authorization of prior emergency military personnel appropriations. Sec. 1004. Repeal of requirement for two-year budget cycle for the Department of Defense. Sec. 1005. Consolidation of various Department of the Navy trust and gift funds. Sec. 1006. Supplemental appropriations request for operations in Yugoslavia. Subtitle B--Naval Vessels and Shipyards Sec. 1011. Revision to congressional notice-and-wait period required before transfer of a vessel stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. Sec. 1012. Authority to consent to retransfer of former naval vessel. Sec. 1013. Report on naval vessel force structure requirements. Sec. 1014. Auxiliary vessels acquisition program for the Department of Defense. Sec. 1015. Authority to provide advance payments for the National Defense Features program. Subtitle C--Matters Relating to Counter Drug Activities Sec. 1021. Support for detection and monitoring activities in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Sec. 1022. Condition on development of forward operating locations for United States Southern Command counter-drug detection and monitoring flights. Sec. 1023. United States military activities in Colombia. Sec. 1024. Assignment of members to assist Immigration and Naturalization Service and Customs Service. Subtitle D--Other Matters Sec. 1031. Identification in budget materials of amounts for declassification activities and limitation on expenditures for such activities. Sec. 1032. Notice to congressional committees of compromise of classified information within defense programs of the United States. Sec. 1033. Revision to limitation on retirement or dismantlement of strategic nuclear delivery systems. Sec. 1034. Annual report by Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff on the risks in executing the missions called for under the National Military Strategy. Sec. 1035. Requirement to address unit operations tempo and personnel tempo in Department of Defense annual report. Sec. 1036. Preservation of certain defense reporting requirements. Sec. 1037. Technical and clerical amendments. Sec. 1038. Contributions for Spirit of Hope endowment fund of United Service Organizations, Incorporated. Sec. 1039. Chemical defense training facility. Sec. 1040. Asia-Pacific Center for security studies. Sec. 1041. Report on effect of continued Balkan operations on ability of United States to successfully meet other regional contingencies. Sec. 1042. Report on space launch failures. Sec. 1043. Report on airlift requirements to support national military strategy. Sec. 1044. Operations of Naval Academy dairy farm. Sec. 1045. Inspector General investigation of compliance with Buy American Act in purchases of free weight strength training equipment. Sec. 1046. Performance of threat and risk assessments. TITLE XI--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL Sec. 1101. Increase of pay cap for nonappropriated fund senior executive employees. Sec. 1102. Restoration of leave for certain Department of Defense employees who deploy to a combat zone outside the United States. Sec. 1103. Expansion of Guard-and-Reserve purposes for which leave under section 6323 of title 5, United States Code, may be used. Sec. 1104. Temporary authority to provide early retirement and separation incentives for certain civilian employees. Sec. 1105. Extension of authority to continue health insurance coverage for certain Department of Defense employees. TITLE XII--MATTERS RELATING TO OTHER NATIONS Sec. 1201. Report on strategic stability under START III. Sec. 1202. One-year extension of counterproliferation authorities for support of United Nations weapons inspection regime in Iraq. Sec. 1203. Limitation on military-to-military exchanges with China's People's Liberation Army. Sec. 1204. Report on allied capabilities to contribute to major theater wars. Sec. 1205. Limitation on funds for Bosnia peacekeeping operations for fiscal year 2000. Sec. 1206. Limitation on deployment of United States Armed Forces in Haiti. Sec. 1207. Goals for the conflict with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Sec. 1208. Report on the security situation on the Korean Peninsula. Sec. 1209. Annual report on military power of the People's Republic of China. TITLE XIII--COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION WITH STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION Sec. 1301. Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction programs and funds. Sec. 1302. Funding allocations. Sec. 1303. Prohibition on use of funds for specified purposes. Sec. 1304. Limitations on use of funds for fissile material storage facility. Sec. 1305. Limitation on use of funds for chemical weapons destruction. Sec. 1306. Limitation on use of funds for biological weapons proliferation prevention activities. Sec. 1307. Limitation on use of funds until submission of report and multiyear plan. Sec. 1308. Requirement to submit report. Sec. 1309. Report on Expanded Threat Reduction Initiative. TITLE XIV--PROLIFERATION AND EXPORT CONTROL MATTERS Sec. 1401. Report on compliance by the People's Republic of China and other countries with the missile technology control regime. Sec. 1402. Annual report on technology transfers to the People's Republic of China. Sec. 1403. Report on implementation of transfer of satellite export control authority. Sec. 1404. Security in connection with satellite export licensing. Sec. 1405. Reporting of technology passed to People's Republic of China and of foreign launch security violations. Sec. 1406. Report on national security implications of exporting high- performance computers to the People's Republic of China. Sec. 1407. End-use verification for use by People's Republic of China of high-performance computers. Sec. 1408. Procedures for review of export of controlled technologies and items. Sec. 1409. Notice of foreign acquisition of United States firms in national security industries. Sec. 1410. Five-agency inspectors general examination of countermeasures against acquisition by the People's Republic of China of militarily sensitive technology. Sec. 1411. Office of technology security in Department of Defense. Sec. 1412. Annual audit of Department of Defense and Department of Energy policies with respect to technology transfers to the People's Republic of China. Sec. 1413. Resources for export license functions. Sec. 1414. National security assessment of export licenses. DIVISION B--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS Sec. 2001. Short title. TITLE XXI--ARMY Sec. 2101. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2102. Family housing. Sec. 2103. Improvements to military family housing units. Sec. 2104. Authorization of appropriations, Army. TITLE XXII--NAVY Sec. 2201. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2202. Family housing. Sec. 2203. Improvements to military family housing units. [[Page H4144]] Sec. 2204. Authorization of appropriations, Navy. Sec. 2205. Authorization to accept electrical substation improvements, Guam. Sec. 2206. Correction in authorized use of funds, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Quantico, Virginia. TITLE XXIII--AIR FORCE Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2302. Family housing. Sec. 2303. Improvements to military family housing units. Sec. 2304. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force. Sec. 2305. Plan for completion of project to consolidate Air Force research laboratory, Rome Research Site, New York. TITLE XXIV--DEFENSE AGENCIES Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2402. Improvements to military family housing units. Sec. 2403. Military housing improvement program. Sec. 2404. Energy conservation projects. Sec. 2405. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies. Sec. 2406. Increase in fiscal year 1997 authorization for military construction projects at Pueblo Chemical Activity, Colorado. Sec. 2407. Condition on obligation of military construction funds for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities. TITLE XXV--NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM Sec. 2501. Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2502. Authorization of appropriations, NATO. TITLE XXVI--GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES Sec. 2601. Authorized Guard and Reserve construction and land acquisition projects. TITLE XXVII--EXPIRATION AND EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS Sec. 2701. Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified by law. Sec. 2702. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 1997 projects. Sec. 2703. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 1996 projects. Sec. 2704. Effective date. TITLE XXVIII--GENERAL PROVISIONS Subtitle A--Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes Sec. 2801. Contributions for North Atlantic Treaty Organizations Security Investment. Sec. 2802. Development of Ford Island, Hawaii. Sec. 2803. Restriction on authority to acquire or construct ancillary supporting facilities for housing units. Sec. 2804. Planning and design for military construction projects for reserve components. Sec. 2805. Limitations on authority to carry out small projects for acquisition of facilities for reserve components. Sec. 2806. Expansion of entities eligible to participate in alternative authority for acquisition and improvement of military housing. Subtitle B--Real Property and Facilities Administration Sec. 2811. Extension of authority for lease of land for special operations activities. Sec. 2812. Utility privatization authority. Sec. 2813. Acceptance of funds to cover administrative expenses relating to certain real property transactions. Sec. 2814. Study and report on impacts to military readiness of proposed land management changes on public lands in Utah. Subtitle C--Defense Base Closure and Realignment Sec. 2821. Continuation of authority to use Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990 for activities required to close or realign military installations. Subtitle D--Land Conveyances Part I--Army Conveyances Sec. 2831. Transfer of jurisdiction, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Sec. 2832. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Kankakee, Illinois. Sec. 2833. Land conveyance, Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Sec. 2834. Land conveyance, Army Maintenance Support Activity (Marine) Number 84, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. Sec. 2835. Land conveyances, Army docks and related property, Alaska. Sec. 2836. Land conveyance, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Sec. 2837. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Cannon Falls, Minnesota. Sec. 2838. Land conveyance, Nike Battery 80 family housing site, East Hanover Township, New Jersey. Sec. 2839. Land exchange, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. Sec. 2840. Modification of land conveyance, Joliet Army Ammunition Plant, Illinois. Sec. 2841. Land conveyances, Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant, Minnesota. Part II--Navy Conveyances Sec. 2851. Land conveyance, Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant No. 387, Dallas, Texas. Sec. 2852. Land conveyance, Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center, Orange, Texas. Sec. 2853. Land conveyance, Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina. Part III--Air Force Conveyances Sec. 2861. Conveyance of fuel supply line, Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire. Sec. 2862. Land conveyance, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Sec. 2863. Land conveyance, Port of Anchorage, Alaska. Sec. 2864. Land conveyance, Forestport Test Annex, New York. Sec. 2865. Land conveyance, Mcclellan Nuclear Radiation Center, California. Subtitle E--Other Matters Sec. 2871. Expansion of Arlington National Cemetery. DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE XXXI--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS Subtitle A--National Security Programs Authorizations Sec. 3101. Weapons activities. Sec. 3102. Defense environmental restoration and waste management. Sec. 3103. Other defense activities. Sec. 3104. Defense nuclear waste disposal. Sec. 3105. Defense environmental management privatization. Sec. 3106. Department of Energy counterintelligence cyber security program. Subtitle B--Recurring General Provisions Sec. 3121. Reprogramming. Sec. 3122. Limits on general plant projects. Sec. 3123. Limits on construction projects. Sec. 3124. Fund transfer authority. Sec. 3125. Authority for conceptual and construction design. Sec. 3126. Authority for emergency planning, design, and construction activities. Sec. 3127. Funds available for all national security programs of the Department of Energy. Sec. 3128. Availability of funds. Sec. 3129. Transfers of defense environmental management funds. Subtitle C--Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations Sec. 3131. Limitation on use at Department of Energy laboratories of funds appropriated for the initiatives for proliferation prevention program. Sec. 3132. Prohibition on use for payment of Russian Government taxes and customs duties of funds appropriated for the initiatives for proliferation prevention program. Sec. 3133. Modification of laboratory-directed research and development to provide funds for theater ballistic missile defense. Sec. 3134. Support of theater ballistic missile defense activities of the Department of Defense. Subtitle D--Commission on Nuclear Weapons Management Sec. 3151. Establishment of commission. Sec. 3152. Duties of commission. Sec. 3153. Reports. Sec. 3154. Powers. Sec. 3155. Commission procedures. Sec. 3156. Personnel matters. Sec. 3157. Miscellaneous administrative provisions. Sec. 3158. Funding. Sec. 3159. Termination of the commission. Subtitle E--Other Matters Sec. 3161. Procedures for meeting tritium production requirements. Sec. 3162. Extension of authority of Department of Energy to pay voluntary separation incentive payments. Sec. 3163. Fellowship program for development of skills critical to the Department of Energy nuclear weapons complex. Sec. 3164. Department of Energy records declassification. Sec. 3165. Management of nuclear weapons production facilities and national laboratories. Sec. 3166. Notice to congressional committees of compromise of classified information within nuclear energy defense programs. Sec. 3167. Department of Energy regulations relating to the safeguarding and security of restricted data. Sec. 3168. Department of Energy counterintelligence polygraph program. Sec. 3169. Report on counterintelligence and security practices at national laboratories. [[Page H4145]] Sec. 3170. Technology transfer coordination for Department of Energy national laboratories. Subtitle F--Protection of National Security Information Sec. 3181. short title. Sec. 3182. Semi-annual report by the president on espionage by the People's Republic of China. Sec. 3183. Report on whether department of energy should continue to maintain nuclear weapons responsibility. Sec. 3184. Department of Energy office of foreign intelligence and Office of Counterintelligence. Sec. 3185. Counterintelligence program at Department of Energy national laboratories. Sec. 3186. Counterintelligence activities at other Department of Energy facilities. Sec. 3187. Department of Energy polygraph examinations. Sec. 3188. Civil monetary penalties for violations of Department of Energy regulations relating to the safeguarding and security of restricted data. Sec. 3189. Increased penalties for misuse of restricted data. Sec. 3190. restrictions on access to national laboratories by foreign visitors from sensitive countries. Sec. 3191. Requirements relating to access by foreign visitors and employees to Department of Energy facilities engaged in defense activities. Sec. 3192. Annual report on security and counterintelligence standards at national laboratories and other defense facilities of the Department of Energy. Sec. 3193. Report on security vulnerabilities of national laboratory computers. Sec. 3194. Government access to classified information on Department of Energy defense-related computers. Sec. 3195. Definition of national laboratory. TITLE XXXII--DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD Sec. 3201. Authorization. TITLE XXXIII--NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE Sec. 3301. Definitions. Sec. 3302. Authorized uses of stockpile funds. Sec. 3303. Elimination of congressionally imposed disposal restrictions on specific stockpile materials. TITLE XXXIV--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION Sec. 3401. Short title. Sec. 3402. Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2000. Sec. 3403. Amendments to title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936. Sec. 3404. Extension of war risk insurance authority. Sec. 3405. Ownership of the JEREMIAH O'BRIEN. TITLE XXXV--PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION Sec. 3501. Short title. Sec. 3502. Authorization of expenditures. Sec. 3503. Purchase of vehicles. Sec. 3504. Office of Transition Administration. SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DEFINED. For purposes of this Act, the term ``congressional defense committees'' means-- (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE I--PROCUREMENT Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations SEC. 101. ARMY. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for procurement for the Army as follows: (1) For aircraft, $1,415,211,000. (2) For missiles, $1,415,959,000. (3) For weapons and tracked combat vehicles, $1,575,096,000. (4) For ammunition, $1,196,216,000. (5) For other procurement, $3,799,895,000. SEC. 102. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS. (a) Navy.--Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for procurement for the Navy as follows: (1) For aircraft, $8,804,051,000. (2) For weapons, including missiles and torpedoes, $1,764,655,000. (3) For shipbuilding and conversion, $6,687,172,000. (4) For other procurement, $4,260,444,000. (b) Marine Corps.--Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for procurement for the Marine Corps in the amount of 1,297,463,000. (c) Navy and Marine Corps Ammunition.--Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for procurement of ammunition for the Navy and the Marine Corps in the amount of $612,900,000. SEC. 103. AIR FORCE. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for procurement for the Air Force as follows: (1) For aircraft, $9,647,651,000. (2) For missiles, $2,303,661,000. (3) For ammunition, $560,537,000. (4) For other procurement, $7,077,762,000. SEC. 104. DEFENSE-WIDE ACTIVITIES. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for Defense-wide procurement in the amount of $2,107,839,000. SEC. 105. RESERVE COMPONENTS. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for procurement of aircraft, vehicles, communications equipment, and other equipment for the reserve components of the Armed Forces as follows: (1) For the Army National Guard, $10,000,000. (2) For the Air National Guard, $10,000,000. (3) For the Army Reserve, $10,000,000. (4) For the Naval Reserve, $10,000,000. (5) For the Air Force Reserve, $10,000,00. (6) For the Marine Corps Reserve, $10,000,000. SEC. 106. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for procurement for the Inspector General of the Department of Defense in the amount of $2,100,000. SEC. 107. CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION PROGRAM. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 the amount of $1,012,000,000 for-- (1) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions in accordance with section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521); and (2) the destruction of chemical warfare materiel of the United States that is not covered by section 1412 of such Act. SEC. 108. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAMS. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for the Department of Defense for procurement for carrying out health care programs, projects, and activities of the Department of Defense in the total amount of $356,970,000. SEC. 109. DEFENSE EXPORT LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for the Department of Defense for carrying out the Defense Export Loan Guarantee Program under section 2540 of title 10, United States Code, in the total amount of $1,250,000. Subtitle B--Army Programs SEC. 111. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR ARMY PROGRAMS. (a) Multiyear Procurement Authority.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of the Army may, in accordance with section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, enter into a multiyear procurement contract beginning with the fiscal year 2000 program year for procurement for each of the following programs. (1) The Javelin missile system. (2) M2A3 Bradley fighting vehicles. (3) AH-64D Longbow Apache attack helicopters. (4) The M1A2 Abrams main battle tank upgrade program combined with the Heavy Assault Bridge program. (b) Required Report.--The Secretary of the Army may not enter into a multiyear contract under subsection (a) for a program named in one of the paragraphs of that subsection until the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees a report with respect to that contract that provides the following information, shown for each year in the current future-years defense program and in the aggregate over the period of the current future-years defense program: (1) The amount of total obligational authority under the contract and the percentage that such amount represents of (A) the applicable procurement account, and (B) the service procurement total. (2) The amount of total obligational authority under all Army multiyear procurements (determined without regard to the amount of the multiyear contract) under multiyear contracts in effect immediately before the contract under subsection (a) is entered into and the percentage that such amount represents of (A) the applicable procurement account, and (B) the service procurement total. (3) The amount equal to the sum of the amounts under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the percentage that such amount represents of (A) the applicable procurement account, and (B) the service procurement total. (4) The amount of total obligational authority under all Department of Defense multiyear procurements (determined without regard to the amount of the multiyear contract), including the contract under subsection (a) and each additional multiyear contract authorized by this Act, and the percentage that such amount represents of the procurement accounts of the Department of Defense treated in the aggregate. (5) For purposes of this subsection: (A) The term ``applicable procurement account'' means, with respect to the multiyear contract under subsection (a), the Department of the Army procurement account from which funds to discharge obligations under the contract will be provided. (B) The term ``service procurement total'' means, with respect to the multiyear contract under subsection (a), the procurement accounts of the Army treated in the aggregate. SEC. 112. EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAM ON SALES OF MANUFACTURED ARTICLES AND SERVICES OF CERTAIN ARMY INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES WITHOUT REGARD TO AVAILABILITY FROM DOMESTIC SOURCES. Section 141 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85; 10 U.S.C. 4543 note) is amended-- [[Page H4146]] (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``fiscal years 1998 and 1999'' and inserting ``fiscal years 1998 through 2001''; (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``fiscal year 1998 or 1999'' and inserting ``the period during which the pilot program is being conducted''; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(d) Update of Report.--Not later March 1, 2001, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall submit to Congress an update of the report required to be submitted under subsection (c) and an assessment of the success of the pilot program.''. SEC. 113. REVISION TO CONDITIONS FOR AWARD OF A SECOND-SOURCE PROCUREMENT CONTRACT FOR THE FAMILY OF MEDIUM TACTICAL VEHICLES. The text of section 112 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 112 Stat. 1973) is amended to read as follows: ``(a) Limitation on Second-Source Award.--The Secretary of the Army may award a full-rate production contract (known as a Phase III contract) for production of the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles to a second source only after the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees a certification in writing of the following: ``(1) That the total quantity of trucks within the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles program that the Secretary will require to be delivered (under all contracts) in any 12-month period will be sufficient to enable the prime contractor to maintain a minimum production level of 150 trucks per month. ``(2) That the total cost to the Army of the procurements under the prime and second-source contracts over the period of those contracts will be the same as or lower than the amount that would be the total cost of the procurements if such a second-source contract were not awarded. ``(3) That the trucks to be produced under those contracts will be produced with common components that will be interchangeable among similarly configured models. ``(b) Definitions.--In this section: ``(1) The term `prime contractor' means the contractor under the production contract for the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles program as of the date of the enactment of this Act. ``(2) The term `second source' means a firm other than the prime contractor.''. Subtitle C--Navy Programs SEC. 121. F/A-18E/F SUPER HORNET AIRCRAFT PROGRAM. (a) Multiyear Procurement Authority.--Subject to subsection (b) and (c), the Secretary of the Navy may, in accordance with section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, enter into a multiyear procurement contract beginning with the fiscal year 2000 program year for procurement for the F/A- 18E/F aircraft program. (b) Required Report.--The Secretary of the Navy may not enter into a multiyear contract under subsection (a) until the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees a report with respect to that contract that provides the following information, shown for each year in the current future-years defense program and in the aggregate over the period of the current future-years defense program: (1) The amount of total obligational authority under the contract and the percentage that such amount represents of (A) the applicable procurement account, and (B) the service procurement total. (2) The amount of total obligational authority under all Navy multiyear procurements (determined without regard to the amount of the multiyear contract) under multiyear contracts in effect immediately before the contract under subsection (a) is entered into and the percentage that such amount represents of (A) the applicable procurement account, and (B) the service procurement total. (3) The amount equal to the sum of the amounts under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the percentage that such amount represents of (A) the applicable procurement account, and (B) the service procurement total. (4) The amount of total obligational authority under all Department of Defense multiyear procurements (determined without regard to the amount of the multiyear contract), including the contract under subsection (a) and each additional multiyear contract authorized by this Act, and the percentage that such amount represents of the procurement accounts of the Department of Defense treated in the aggregate. (5) For purposes of this subsection: (A) The term ``applicable procurement account'' means, with respect to the multiyear contract under subsection (a), the Aircraft Procurement, Navy account. (B) The term ``service procurement total'' means, with respect to the multiyear contract under subsection (a), the procurement accounts of the Navy treated in the aggregate. (c) Limitation With Respect To Operational Test and Evaluation.--The Secretary of the Navy may not enter into a multiyear procurement contract authorized by subsection (a) until-- (1) the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees a certification described in subsection (c); and (2) a period of 30 continuous days of a Congress (as determined under subsection (d)) elapses after the submission of that certification. (d) Required Certification.--A certification referred to in subsection (c)(1) is a certification by the Secretary of Defense of each of the following: (1) That the results of the Operational Test and Evaluation program for the F/A-18E/F aircraft indicate-- (A) that the aircraft meets the requirements for operational effectiveness and suitability established by the Secretary of the Navy; and (B) that the aircraft meets key performance specifications established by the Secretary of the Navy. (2) That the cost of procurement of that aircraft using a multiyear procurement contract as authorized by subsection (a), assuming procurement of 222 aircraft, is at least 7.4 percent less than the cost of procurement of the same number of aircraft through annual contracts. (e) Continuity of Congress.--For purposes of subsection (c)(2)-- (1) the continuity of a Congress is broken only by an adjournment of the Congress sine die at the end of the final session of the Congress; and (2) any day on which either House of Congress is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain, or because of an adjournment sine die at the end of the first session of a Congress, shall be excluded in the computation of such 30-day period. Subtitle D--Chemical Stockpile Destruction Program SEC. 141. DESTRUCTION OF EXISTING STOCKPILE OF LETHAL CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS. (a) Program Assessment.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall conduct an assessment of the current program for destruction of the United States' stockpile of chemical agents and munitions, including the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment, for the purpose of reducing significantly the cost of such program and ensuring completion of such program in accordance with the obligations of the United States under the Chemical Weapons Convention while maintaining maximum protection of the general public, the personnel involved in the demilitarization program, and the environment. (2) Based on the results of the assessment conducted under paragraph (1), the Secretary may take those actions identified in the assessment that may be accomplished under existing law to achieve the purposes of such assessment and the chemical agents and munitions stockpile destruction program. (3) Not later than March 1, 2000, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on-- (A) those actions taken, or planned to be taken, under paragraph (2); and (B) any recommendations for additional legislation that may be required to achieve the purposes of the assessment conducted under paragraph (1) and of the chemical agents and munitions stockpile destruction program. (b) Changes and Clarifications Regarding Program.--Section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (Public Law 99-145; 50 U.S.C. 1521) is amended-- (1) in subsection (c)-- (A) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph: ``(2) Facilities constructed to carry out this section shall, when no longer needed for the purposes for which they were constructed, be disposed of in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and mutual agreements between the Secretary of the Army and the Governor of the State in which the facility is located.''; (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as amended by subparagraph (A)) the following new paragraph: ``(3)(A) Facilities constructed to carry out this section may not be used for a purpose other than the destruction of the stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions that exists on November 8, 1985. ``(B) The prohibition in subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to items designated by the Secretary of Defense as lethal chemical agents, munitions, or related materials after November 8, 1985, if the State in which a destruction facility is located issues the appropriate permit or permits for the destruction of such items at the facility.''; (2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ``(c)(4)'' and inserting ``(c)(5)''; and (3) in subsection (g)(2)(B), by striking ``(c)(3)'' and inserting ``(c)(4)''. (c) Definitions.--As used in this section: (1) The term ``Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment'' means the pilot program carried out under section 8065 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997 (section 101(b) of Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-101; 50 U.S.C. 1521 note). (2) The term ``Chemical Weapons Convention'' means the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and Their Destruction, ratified by the United States on April 25, 1997, and entered into force on April 29, 1997. SEC. 142. ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR DESTRUCTION OF ASSEMBLED CHEMICAL WEAPONS. Section 142(a) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 50 U.S.C. 1521 note) is amended to read as follows: ``(a) Program Management.--(1) The program manager for the Assembled Chemical [[Page H4147]] Weapons Assessment program shall manage the development and testing of technologies for the destruction of lethal chemical munitions that are potential or demonstrated alternatives to the baseline incineration program. ``(2) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology and the Secretary of the Army shall jointly submit to Congress, not later than December 1, 1999, a plan for the transfer of oversight of the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment program from the Under Secretary to the Secretary. ``(3) Oversight of the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment program shall be transferred from the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology to the Secretary of the Army pursuant to the plan submitted under paragraph (2) not later than 90 days after the date of the submission of the notice required under section 152(f)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104-106; 50 U.S.C. 1521). ``(4) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology and the Secretary of the Army shall ensure coordination of the activities and plans of the program manager for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment program and the program manager for Chemical Demilitarization during the demonstration and pilot plant facility phase for an alternative technology. ``(5) For those baseline demilitarization facilities for which the Secretary decides that implementation of an alternative technology may be recommended, the Secretary may take those measures necessary to facilitate the integration of the alternative technology.''. Subtitle E--Other Matters SEC. 151. LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS. (a) In General.--Chapter 136 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``Sec. 2282. Purchase or lease of communications services: limitation ``The Secretary of Defense may not obligate any funds after September 30, 2000, to buy a commercial satellite communications system or to lease a communications service, including mobile satellite communications, unless the Secretary determines that the system or service to be purchased or leased has been proven through independent testing-- ``(1) not to cause harmful interference to, or to disrupt the use of, colocated commercial or military Global Positioning System receivers used by the Department of Defense; and ``(2) to be safe for use with such receivers in all other respects.''. (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: ``2282. Purchase or lease of communications services: limitation.''. SEC. 152. PROCUREMENT OF FIR

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Text of this article available as: TXT PDF [Pages H4140-H4211] NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000 Mr. SPENCE. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of section 7 of House Resolution 200, I call up the Senate bill (S. 1059) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House. The Clerk read the title of the Senate bill. Motion Offered by Mr. Spence Mr. SPENCE. Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Spence moves to strike all after the enacting clause of the bill S. 1059 and to insert in lieu thereof the provisions of H.R. 1401 as passed by the House, as follows: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000''. SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Divisions.--This Act is organized into three divisions as follows: (1) Division A--Department of Defense Authorizations. (2) Division B--Military Construction Authorizations. (3) Division C--Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents. Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees defined. DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE I--PROCUREMENT Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 101. Army. Sec. 102. Navy and Marine Corps. Sec. 103. Air Force. Sec. 104. Defense-wide activities. Sec. 105. Reserve components. Sec. 106. Defense Inspector General. Sec. 107. Chemical demilitarization program. Sec. 108. Defense health programs. Sec. 109. Defense Export Loan Guarantee program. Subtitle B--Army Programs Sec. 111. Multiyear procurement authority for Army programs. Sec. 112. Extension of pilot program on sales of manufactured articles and services of certain Army industrial facilities without regard to availability from domestic sources. Sec. 113. Revision to conditions for award of a second-source procurement contract for the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles. Subtitle C--Navy Programs Sec. 121. F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft program. Subtitle D--Chemical Stockpile Destruction Program Sec. 141. Destruction of existing stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions. Sec. 142. Alternative technologies for destruction of assembled chemical weapons. Subtitle E--Other Matters Sec. 151. Limitation on expenditures for satellite communications. [[Page H4141]] Sec. 152. Procurement of firefighting equipment for the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve. Sec. 153. Cooperative engagement capability program. TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 202. Amount for basic and applied research. Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations Sec. 211. Collaborative program to evaluate and demonstrate advanced technologies for advanced capability combat vehicles. Sec. 212. Revisions in manufacturing technology program. Sec. 213. Sense of Congress regarding defense science and technology program. Subtitle C--Ballistic Missile Defense Sec. 231. Additional program elements for ballistic missile defense programs. Subtitle D--Other Matters Sec. 241. Designation of Secretary of the Army as executive agent for high energy laser technologies. TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding. Sec. 302. Working capital funds. Sec. 303. Armed Forces Retirement Home. Sec. 304. Transfer from National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund. Sec. 305. Transfer to Defense Working Capital Funds to support Defense Commissary Agency. Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations Sec. 311. Reimbursement of Navy Exchange Service Command for relocation expenses. Sec. 312. Replacement of nonsecure tactical radios of the 82nd Airborne Division. Sec. 313. Operation and maintenance of Air Force space launch facilities. Subtitle C--Environmental Provisions Sec. 321. Remediation of asbestos and lead-based paint. Subtitle D--Performance of Functions by Private-Sector Sources Sec. 331. Expansion of annual report on contracting for commercial and industrial type functions. Sec. 332. Congressional notification of A-76 cost comparison waivers. Sec. 333. Improved evaluation of local economic effect of changing defense functions to private sector performance. Sec. 334. Annual reports on expenditures for performance of depot-level maintenance and repair workloads by public and private sectors. Sec. 335. Applicability of competition requirement in contracting out workloads performed by depot-level activities of Department of Defense. Sec. 336. Treatment of public sector winning bidders for contracts for performance of depot-level maintenance and repair workloads formerly performed at certain military installations. Sec. 337. Process for modernization of computer systems at Army computer centers. Sec. 338. Evaluation of total system performance responsibility program. Sec. 339. Identification of core logistics capability requirements for maintenance and repair of C-17 aircraft. Subtitle E--Defense Dependents Education Sec. 341. Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees. Sec. 342. Continuation of enrollment at Department of Defense domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools. Sec. 343. Technical amendments to Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978. Subtitle F--Military Readiness Issues Sec. 351. Independent study of Department of Defense secondary inventory and parts shortages. Sec. 352. Independent study of adequacy of department restructured sustainment and reengineered logistics product support practices. Sec. 353. Independent study of military readiness reporting system. Sec. 354. Review of real property maintenance and its effect on readiness. Sec. 355. Establishment of logistics standards for sustained military operations. Subtitle G--Other Matters Sec. 361. Discretionary authority to install telecommunication equipment for persons performing voluntary services. Sec. 362. Contracting authority for defense working capital funded industrial facilities. Sec. 363. Clarification of condition on sale of articles and services of industrial facilities to persons outside Department of Defense. Sec. 364. Special authority of disbursing officials regarding automated teller machines on naval vessels. Sec. 365. Preservation of historic buildings and grounds at United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home, District of Columbia. Sec. 366. Clarification of land conveyance authority, United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home. Sec. 367. Treatment of Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam in defense household goods moving programs. TITLE IV--MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS Subtitle A--Active Forces Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces. Sec. 402. Revision in permanent end strength minimum levels. Sec. 403. Appointments to certain senior joint officer positions. Subtitle B--Reserve Forces Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve. Sec. 412. End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the reserves. Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status). Sec. 414. Increase in number of Army and Air Force members in certain grades authorized to serve on active duty in support of the Reserves. Sec. 415. Selected Reserve end strength flexibility. Subtitle C--Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 421. Authorization of appropriations for military personnel. TITLE V--MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY Subtitle A--Officer Personnel Policy Sec. 501. Recommendations for promotion by selection boards. Sec. 502. Technical amendments relating to joint duty assignments. Subtitle B--Matters Relating to Reserve Components Sec. 511. Continuation on Reserve active status list to complete disciplinary action. Sec. 512. Authority to order reserve component members to active duty to complete a medical evaluation. Sec. 513. Eligibility for consideration for promotion. Sec. 514. Retention until completion of 20 years of service for reserve component majors and lieutenant commanders who twice fail of selection for promotion. Sec. 515. Computation of years of service exclusion. Sec. 516. Authority to retain reserve component chaplains until age 67. Sec. 517. Expansion and codification of authority for space-required travel for Reserves. Sec. 518. Financial assistance program for specially selected members of the Marine Corps Reserve. Sec. 519. Options to improve recruiting for the Army Reserve. Subtitle C--Military Technicians Sec. 521. Revision to military technician (dual status) law. Sec. 522. Civil service retirement of technicians. Sec. 523. Revision to non-dual status technicians statute. Sec. 524. Revision to authorities relating to National Guard technicians. Sec. 525. Effective date. Sec. 526. Secretary of Defense review of Army technician costing process. Sec. 527. Fiscal year 2000 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians. Subtitle D--Service Academies Sec. 531. Waiver of reimbursement of expenses for instruction at service academies of persons from foreign countries. Sec. 532. Compliance by United States Military Academy with statutory limit on size of Corps of Cadets. Sec. 533. Dean of Academic Board, United States Military Academy and Dean of the Faculty, United States Air Force Academy. Sec. 534. Exclusion from certain general and flag officer grade strength limitations for the superintendents of the service academies. Subtitle E--Education and Training Sec. 541. Establishment of a Department of Defense international student program at the senior military colleges. Sec. 542. Authority for Army War College to award degree of master of strategic studies. Sec. 543. Authority for air university to award graduate-level degrees. Sec. 544. Correction of Reserve credit for participation in health professional scholarship and financial assistance program. [[Page H4142]] Sec. 545. Permanent expansion of ROTC program to include graduate students. Sec. 546. Increase in monthly subsistence allowance for senior ROTC cadets selected for advanced training. Sec. 547. Contingent funding increase for Junior ROTC program. Sec. 548. Change from annual to biennial reporting under the Reserve component Montgomery GI Bill. Sec. 549. Recodification and consolidation of statutes denying Federal grants and contracts by certain departments and agencies to institutions of higher education that prohibit Senior ROTC units or military recruiting on campus. Subtitle F--Decorations and Awards Sec. 551. Waiver of time limitations for award of certain decorations to certain persons. Sec. 552 Sense of Congress concerning Presidential Unit Citation for crew of the U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS. Sec. 553. Authority for award of Medal of Honor to Alfred Rascon for valor during the Vietnam conflict. Subtitle G--Other Matters Sec. 561. Revision in authority to order retired members to active duty. Sec. 562. Temporary authority for recall of retired aviators. Sec. 563. Service review agencies covered by professional staffing requirement. Sec. 564. Conforming amendment to authorize Reserve officers and retired regular officers to hold a civil office while serving on active duty for not more than 270 days. Sec. 565. Revision to requirement for honor guard details at funerals of veterans. Sec. 566. Purpose and funding limitations for National Guard Challenge Program. Sec. 567. Access to secondary school students for military recruiting purposes. Sec. 568. Survey of members leaving military service on attitudes toward military service. Sec. 569. Improvement in system for assigning personnel to warfighting units. Sec. 570. Requirement for Department of Defense regulations to protect the confidentiality of communications between dependents and professionals providing therapeutic or related services regarding sexual or domestic abuse. TITLE VI--COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS Subtitle A--Pay and Allowances Sec. 601. Fiscal year 2000 increase in military basic pay and reform of basic pay rates. Sec. 602. Pay increases for fiscal years after fiscal year 2000. Sec. 603. Additional amount available for fiscal year 2000 increase in basic allowance for housing inside the United States. Subtitle B--Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays Sec. 611. Extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for reserve forces. Sec. 612. Extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for nurse officer candidates, registered nurses, and nurse anesthetists. Sec. 613. Extension of authorities relating to payment of other bonuses and special pays. Sec. 614. Aviation career incentive pay for air battle managers. Sec. 615. Expansion of authority to provide special pay to aviation career officers extending period of active duty. Sec. 616. Diving duty special pay. Sec. 617. Reenlistment bonus. Sec. 618. Enlistment bonus. Sec. 619. Revised eligibility requirements for reserve component prior service enlistment bonus. Sec. 620. Increase in special pay and bonuses for nuclear-qualified officers. Sec. 621. Increase in authorized monthly rate of foreign language proficiency pay. Sec. 622. Authorization of retention bonus for special warfare officers extending period of active duty. Sec. 623. Authorization of surface warfare officer continuation pay. Sec. 624. Authorization of career enlisted flyer incentive pay. Sec. 625. Authorization of judge advocate continuation pay. Subtitle C--Travel and Transportation Allowances Sec. 631. Provision of lodging in kind for Reservists performing training duty and not otherwise entitled to travel and transportation allowances. Sec. 632. Payment of temporary lodging expenses for members making their first permanent change of station. Sec. 633. Emergency leave travel cost limitations. Subtitle D--Retired Pay Reform Sec. 641. Redux retired pay system applicable only to members electing new 15-year career status bonus. Sec. 642. Authorization of 15-year career status bonus. Sec. 643. Conforming amendments. Sec. 644. Effective date. Subtitle E--Other Retired Pay and Survivor Benefit Matters Sec. 651. Effective date of disability retirement for members dying in civilian medical facilities. Sec. 652. Extension of annuity eligibility for surviving spouses of certain retirement eligible reserve members. Sec. 653. Presentation of United States flag to retiring members of the uniformed services not previously covered. Sec. 654. Accrual funding for retirement system for commissioned corps of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Sec. 655. Disability retirement or separation for certain members with pre-existing conditions. Subtitle F--Eligibility to Participate in the Thrift Savings Plan Sec. 661. Authority for members of the uniformed services to contribute to the thrift savings fund. Sec. 662. Contributions to thrift savings fund. Sec. 663. Regulations. Sec. 664. Effective date. Subtitle G--Other Matters Sec. 671. Payments for unused accrued leave as part of reenlistment. Sec. 672. Clarification of per diem eligibility for military technicians serving on active duty without pay outside the United States. Sec. 673. Overseas special supplemental food program. Sec. 674. Special compensation for severely disabled uniformed services retirees. Sec. 675. Tuition assistance for members deployed in a contingency operation. TITLE VII--HEALTH CARE MATTERS Subtitle A--Health Care Services Sec. 701. Provision of health care to members on active duty at certain remote locations. Sec. 702. Provision of chiropractic health care. Sec. 703. Continuation of provision of domiciliary and custodial care for certain CHAMPUS beneficiaries. Sec. 704. Removal of restrictions on use of funds for abortions in certain cases of rape or incest. Subtitle B--TRICARE Program Sec. 711. Improvements to claims processing under the TRICARE program. Sec. 712. Authority to waive certain TRICARE deductibles. Sec. 713. Electronic processing of claims under the TRICARE program. Sec. 714. Study of rates for provision of medical services; proposal for certain rate increases. Sec. 715. Requirements for provision of care in geographically separated units. Sec. 716. Improvement of access to health care under the TRICARE program. Sec. 717. Reimbursement of certain costs incurred by covered beneficiaries when referred for care outside local catchment area. Sec. 718. Improvement of referral process under TRICARE. Subtitle C--Other Matters Sec. 721. Pharmacy benefits program. Sec. 722. Improvements to third-party payer collection program. Sec. 723. Authority of Armed Forces medical examiner to conduct forensic pathology investigations. Sec. 724. Trauma training center. Sec. 725. Study on joint operations for the Defense Health Program. TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS Sec. 801. Sale, exchange, and waiver authority for coal and coke. Sec. 802. Extension of authority to issue solicitations for purchases of commercial items in excess of simplified acquisition threshold. Sec. 803. Expansion of applicability of requirement to make certain procurements from small arms production industrial base. Sec. 804. Repeal of termination of provision of credit towards subcontracting goals for purchases benefiting severely handicapped persons. Sec. 805. Extension of test program for negotiation of comprehensive small business subcontracting plans. Sec. 806. Facilitation of national missile defense system. Sec. 807. Options for accelerated acquisition of precision munitions. Sec. 808. Program to increase opportunity for small business innovation in defense acquisition programs. [[Page H4143]] Sec. 809. Compliance with Buy American Act. TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT Sec. 901. Limitation on amount available for contracted advisory and assistance services. Sec. 902. Responsibility for logistics and sustainment functions of the Department of Defense. Sec. 903. Management headquarters and headquarters support activities. Sec. 904. Further reductions in defense acquisition and support workforce. Sec. 905. Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs. Sec. 906. Responsibility within Office of the Secretary of Defense for monitoring OPTEMPO and PERSTEMPO. Sec. 907. Report on military space issues. Sec. 908. Employment and compensation of civilian faculty members of Department of Defense African Center for Strategic Studies. Sec. 909. Additional matters for annual report on joint warfighting experimentation. Sec. 910. Defense technology security enhancement. TITLE X--GENERAL PROVISIONS Subtitle A--Financial Matters Sec. 1001. Transfer authority. Sec. 1002. Incorporation of classified annex. Sec. 1003. Authorization of prior emergency military personnel appropriations. Sec. 1004. Repeal of requirement for two-year budget cycle for the Department of Defense. Sec. 1005. Consolidation of various Department of the Navy trust and gift funds. Sec. 1006. Supplemental appropriations request for operations in Yugoslavia. Subtitle B--Naval Vessels and Shipyards Sec. 1011. Revision to congressional notice-and-wait period required before transfer of a vessel stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. Sec. 1012. Authority to consent to retransfer of former naval vessel. Sec. 1013. Report on naval vessel force structure requirements. Sec. 1014. Auxiliary vessels acquisition program for the Department of Defense. Sec. 1015. Authority to provide advance payments for the National Defense Features program. Subtitle C--Matters Relating to Counter Drug Activities Sec. 1021. Support for detection and monitoring activities in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Sec. 1022. Condition on development of forward operating locations for United States Southern Command counter-drug detection and monitoring flights. Sec. 1023. United States military activities in Colombia. Sec. 1024. Assignment of members to assist Immigration and Naturalization Service and Customs Service. Subtitle D--Other Matters Sec. 1031. Identification in budget materials of amounts for declassification activities and limitation on expenditures for such activities. Sec. 1032. Notice to congressional committees of compromise of classified information within defense programs of the United States. Sec. 1033. Revision to limitation on retirement or dismantlement of strategic nuclear delivery systems. Sec. 1034. Annual report by Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff on the risks in executing the missions called for under the National Military Strategy. Sec. 1035. Requirement to address unit operations tempo and personnel tempo in Department of Defense annual report. Sec. 1036. Preservation of certain defense reporting requirements. Sec. 1037. Technical and clerical amendments. Sec. 1038. Contributions for Spirit of Hope endowment fund of United Service Organizations, Incorporated. Sec. 1039. Chemical defense training facility. Sec. 1040. Asia-Pacific Center for security studies. Sec. 1041. Report on effect of continued Balkan operations on ability of United States to successfully meet other regional contingencies. Sec. 1042. Report on space launch failures. Sec. 1043. Report on airlift requirements to support national military strategy. Sec. 1044. Operations of Naval Academy dairy farm. Sec. 1045. Inspector General investigation of compliance with Buy American Act in purchases of free weight strength training equipment. Sec. 1046. Performance of threat and risk assessments. TITLE XI--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL Sec. 1101. Increase of pay cap for nonappropriated fund senior executive employees. Sec. 1102. Restoration of leave for certain Department of Defense employees who deploy to a combat zone outside the United States. Sec. 1103. Expansion of Guard-and-Reserve purposes for which leave under section 6323 of title 5, United States Code, may be used. Sec. 1104. Temporary authority to provide early retirement and separation incentives for certain civilian employees. Sec. 1105. Extension of authority to continue health insurance coverage for certain Department of Defense employees. TITLE XII--MATTERS RELATING TO OTHER NATIONS Sec. 1201. Report on strategic stability under START III. Sec. 1202. One-year extension of counterproliferation authorities for support of United Nations weapons inspection regime in Iraq. Sec. 1203. Limitation on military-to-military exchanges with China's People's Liberation Army. Sec. 1204. Report on allied capabilities to contribute to major theater wars. Sec. 1205. Limitation on funds for Bosnia peacekeeping operations for fiscal year 2000. Sec. 1206. Limitation on deployment of United States Armed Forces in Haiti. Sec. 1207. Goals for the conflict with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Sec. 1208. Report on the security situation on the Korean Peninsula. Sec. 1209. Annual report on military power of the People's Republic of China. TITLE XIII--COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION WITH STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION Sec. 1301. Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction programs and funds. Sec. 1302. Funding allocations. Sec. 1303. Prohibition on use of funds for specified purposes. Sec. 1304. Limitations on use of funds for fissile material storage facility. Sec. 1305. Limitation on use of funds for chemical weapons destruction. Sec. 1306. Limitation on use of funds for biological weapons proliferation prevention activities. Sec. 1307. Limitation on use of funds until submission of report and multiyear plan. Sec. 1308. Requirement to submit report. Sec. 1309. Report on Expanded Threat Reduction Initiative. TITLE XIV--PROLIFERATION AND EXPORT CONTROL MATTERS Sec. 1401. Report on compliance by the People's Republic of China and other countries with the missile technology control regime. Sec. 1402. Annual report on technology transfers to the People's Republic of China. Sec. 1403. Report on implementation of transfer of satellite export control authority. Sec. 1404. Security in connection with satellite export licensing. Sec. 1405. Reporting of technology passed to People's Republic of China and of foreign launch security violations. Sec. 1406. Report on national security implications of exporting high- performance computers to the People's Republic of China. Sec. 1407. End-use verification for use by People's Republic of China of high-performance computers. Sec. 1408. Procedures for review of export of controlled technologies and items. Sec. 1409. Notice of foreign acquisition of United States firms in national security industries. Sec. 1410. Five-agency inspectors general examination of countermeasures against acquisition by the People's Republic of China of militarily sensitive technology. Sec. 1411. Office of technology security in Department of Defense. Sec. 1412. Annual audit of Department of Defense and Department of Energy policies with respect to technology transfers to the People's Republic of China. Sec. 1413. Resources for export license functions. Sec. 1414. National security assessment of export licenses. DIVISION B--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS Sec. 2001. Short title. TITLE XXI--ARMY Sec. 2101. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2102. Family housing. Sec. 2103. Improvements to military family housing units. Sec. 2104. Authorization of appropriations, Army. TITLE XXII--NAVY Sec. 2201. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2202. Family housing. Sec. 2203. Improvements to military family housing units. [[Page H4144]] Sec. 2204. Authorization of appropriations, Navy. Sec. 2205. Authorization to accept electrical substation improvements, Guam. Sec. 2206. Correction in authorized use of funds, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Quantico, Virginia. TITLE XXIII--AIR FORCE Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2302. Family housing. Sec. 2303. Improvements to military family housing units. Sec. 2304. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force. Sec. 2305. Plan for completion of project to consolidate Air Force research laboratory, Rome Research Site, New York. TITLE XXIV--DEFENSE AGENCIES Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2402. Improvements to military family housing units. Sec. 2403. Military housing improvement program. Sec. 2404. Energy conservation projects. Sec. 2405. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies. Sec. 2406. Increase in fiscal year 1997 authorization for military construction projects at Pueblo Chemical Activity, Colorado. Sec. 2407. Condition on obligation of military construction funds for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities. TITLE XXV--NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM Sec. 2501. Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2502. Authorization of appropriations, NATO. TITLE XXVI--GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES Sec. 2601. Authorized Guard and Reserve construction and land acquisition projects. TITLE XXVII--EXPIRATION AND EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS Sec. 2701. Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified by law. Sec. 2702. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 1997 projects. Sec. 2703. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 1996 projects. Sec. 2704. Effective date. TITLE XXVIII--GENERAL PROVISIONS Subtitle A--Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes Sec. 2801. Contributions for North Atlantic Treaty Organizations Security Investment. Sec. 2802. Development of Ford Island, Hawaii. Sec. 2803. Restriction on authority to acquire or construct ancillary supporting facilities for housing units. Sec. 2804. Planning and design for military construction projects for reserve components. Sec. 2805. Limitations on authority to carry out small projects for acquisition of facilities for reserve components. Sec. 2806. Expansion of entities eligible to participate in alternative authority for acquisition and improvement of military housing. Subtitle B--Real Property and Facilities Administration Sec. 2811. Extension of authority for lease of land for special operations activities. Sec. 2812. Utility privatization authority. Sec. 2813. Acceptance of funds to cover administrative expenses relating to certain real property transactions. Sec. 2814. Study and report on impacts to military readiness of proposed land management changes on public lands in Utah. Subtitle C--Defense Base Closure and Realignment Sec. 2821. Continuation of authority to use Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990 for activities required to close or realign military installations. Subtitle D--Land Conveyances Part I--Army Conveyances Sec. 2831. Transfer of jurisdiction, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Sec. 2832. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Kankakee, Illinois. Sec. 2833. Land conveyance, Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Sec. 2834. Land conveyance, Army Maintenance Support Activity (Marine) Number 84, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. Sec. 2835. Land conveyances, Army docks and related property, Alaska. Sec. 2836. Land conveyance, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Sec. 2837. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Cannon Falls, Minnesota. Sec. 2838. Land conveyance, Nike Battery 80 family housing site, East Hanover Township, New Jersey. Sec. 2839. Land exchange, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. Sec. 2840. Modification of land conveyance, Joliet Army Ammunition Plant, Illinois. Sec. 2841. Land conveyances, Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant, Minnesota. Part II--Navy Conveyances Sec. 2851. Land conveyance, Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant No. 387, Dallas, Texas. Sec. 2852. Land conveyance, Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center, Orange, Texas. Sec. 2853. Land conveyance, Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina. Part III--Air Force Conveyances Sec. 2861. Conveyance of fuel supply line, Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire. Sec. 2862. Land conveyance, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Sec. 2863. Land conveyance, Port of Anchorage, Alaska. Sec. 2864. Land conveyance, Forestport Test Annex, New York. Sec. 2865. Land conveyance, Mcclellan Nuclear Radiation Center, California. Subtitle E--Other Matters Sec. 2871. Expansion of Arlington National Cemetery. DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE XXXI--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS Subtitle A--National Security Programs Authorizations Sec. 3101. Weapons activities. Sec. 3102. Defense environmental restoration and waste management. Sec. 3103. Other defense activities. Sec. 3104. Defense nuclear waste disposal. Sec. 3105. Defense environmental management privatization. Sec. 3106. Department of Energy counterintelligence cyber security program. Subtitle B--Recurring General Provisions Sec. 3121. Reprogramming. Sec. 3122. Limits on general plant projects. Sec. 3123. Limits on construction projects. Sec. 3124. Fund transfer authority. Sec. 3125. Authority for conceptual and construction design. Sec. 3126. Authority for emergency planning, design, and construction activities. Sec. 3127. Funds available for all national security programs of the Department of Energy. Sec. 3128. Availability of funds. Sec. 3129. Transfers of defense environmental management funds. Subtitle C--Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations Sec. 3131. Limitation on use at Department of Energy laboratories of funds appropriated for the initiatives for proliferation prevention program. Sec. 3132. Prohibition on use for payment of Russian Government taxes and customs duties of funds appropriated for the initiatives for proliferation prevention program. Sec. 3133. Modification of laboratory-directed research and development to provide funds for theater ballistic missile defense. Sec. 3134. Support of theater ballistic missile defense activities of the Department of Defense. Subtitle D--Commission on Nuclear Weapons Management Sec. 3151. Establishment of commission. Sec. 3152. Duties of commission. Sec. 3153. Reports. Sec. 3154. Powers. Sec. 3155. Commission procedures. Sec. 3156. Personnel matters. Sec. 3157. Miscellaneous administrative provisions. Sec. 3158. Funding. Sec. 3159. Termination of the commission. Subtitle E--Other Matters Sec. 3161. Procedures for meeting tritium production requirements. Sec. 3162. Extension of authority of Department of Energy to pay voluntary separation incentive payments. Sec. 3163. Fellowship program for development of skills critical to the Department of Energy nuclear weapons complex. Sec. 3164. Department of Energy records declassification. Sec. 3165. Management of nuclear weapons production facilities and national laboratories. Sec. 3166. Notice to congressional committees of compromise of classified information within nuclear energy defense programs. Sec. 3167. Department of Energy regulations relating to the safeguarding and security of restricted data. Sec. 3168. Department of Energy counterintelligence polygraph program. Sec. 3169. Report on counterintelligence and security practices at national laboratories. [[Page H4145]] Sec. 3170. Technology transfer coordination for Department of Energy national laboratories. Subtitle F--Protection of National Security Information Sec. 3181. short title. Sec. 3182. Semi-annual report by the president on espionage by the People's Republic of China. Sec. 3183. Report on whether department of energy should continue to maintain nuclear weapons responsibility. Sec. 3184. Department of Energy office of foreign intelligence and Office of Counterintelligence. Sec. 3185. Counterintelligence program at Department of Energy national laboratories. Sec. 3186. Counterintelligence activities at other Department of Energy facilities. Sec. 3187. Department of Energy polygraph examinations. Sec. 3188. Civil monetary penalties for violations of Department of Energy regulations relating to the safeguarding and security of restricted data. Sec. 3189. Increased penalties for misuse of restricted data. Sec. 3190. restrictions on access to national laboratories by foreign visitors from sensitive countries. Sec. 3191. Requirements relating to access by foreign visitors and employees to Department of Energy facilities engaged in defense activities. Sec. 3192. Annual report on security and counterintelligence standards at national laboratories and other defense facilities of the Department of Energy. Sec. 3193. Report on security vulnerabilities of national laboratory computers. Sec. 3194. Government access to classified information on Department of Energy defense-related computers. Sec. 3195. Definition of national laboratory. TITLE XXXII--DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD Sec. 3201. Authorization. TITLE XXXIII--NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE Sec. 3301. Definitions. Sec. 3302. Authorized uses of stockpile funds. Sec. 3303. Elimination of congressionally imposed disposal restrictions on specific stockpile materials. TITLE XXXIV--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION Sec. 3401. Short title. Sec. 3402. Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2000. Sec. 3403. Amendments to title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936. Sec. 3404. Extension of war risk insurance authority. Sec. 3405. Ownership of the JEREMIAH O'BRIEN. TITLE XXXV--PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION Sec. 3501. Short title. Sec. 3502. Authorization of expenditures. Sec. 3503. Purchase of vehicles. Sec. 3504. Office of Transition Administration. SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DEFINED. For purposes of this Act, the term ``congressional defense committees'' means-- (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE I--PROCUREMENT Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations SEC. 101. ARMY. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for procurement for the Army as follows: (1) For aircraft, $1,415,211,000. (2) For missiles, $1,415,959,000. (3) For weapons and tracked combat vehicles, $1,575,096,000. (4) For ammunition, $1,196,216,000. (5) For other procurement, $3,799,895,000. SEC. 102. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS. (a) Navy.--Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for procurement for the Navy as follows: (1) For aircraft, $8,804,051,000. (2) For weapons, including missiles and torpedoes, $1,764,655,000. (3) For shipbuilding and conversion, $6,687,172,000. (4) For other procurement, $4,260,444,000. (b) Marine Corps.--Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for procurement for the Marine Corps in the amount of 1,297,463,000. (c) Navy and Marine Corps Ammunition.--Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for procurement of ammunition for the Navy and the Marine Corps in the amount of $612,900,000. SEC. 103. AIR FORCE. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for procurement for the Air Force as follows: (1) For aircraft, $9,647,651,000. (2) For missiles, $2,303,661,000. (3) For ammunition, $560,537,000. (4) For other procurement, $7,077,762,000. SEC. 104. DEFENSE-WIDE ACTIVITIES. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for Defense-wide procurement in the amount of $2,107,839,000. SEC. 105. RESERVE COMPONENTS. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for procurement of aircraft, vehicles, communications equipment, and other equipment for the reserve components of the Armed Forces as follows: (1) For the Army National Guard, $10,000,000. (2) For the Air National Guard, $10,000,000. (3) For the Army Reserve, $10,000,000. (4) For the Naval Reserve, $10,000,000. (5) For the Air Force Reserve, $10,000,00. (6) For the Marine Corps Reserve, $10,000,000. SEC. 106. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for procurement for the Inspector General of the Department of Defense in the amount of $2,100,000. SEC. 107. CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION PROGRAM. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 the amount of $1,012,000,000 for-- (1) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions in accordance with section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521); and (2) the destruction of chemical warfare materiel of the United States that is not covered by section 1412 of such Act. SEC. 108. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAMS. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for the Department of Defense for procurement for carrying out health care programs, projects, and activities of the Department of Defense in the total amount of $356,970,000. SEC. 109. DEFENSE EXPORT LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for the Department of Defense for carrying out the Defense Export Loan Guarantee Program under section 2540 of title 10, United States Code, in the total amount of $1,250,000. Subtitle B--Army Programs SEC. 111. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR ARMY PROGRAMS. (a) Multiyear Procurement Authority.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of the Army may, in accordance with section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, enter into a multiyear procurement contract beginning with the fiscal year 2000 program year for procurement for each of the following programs. (1) The Javelin missile system. (2) M2A3 Bradley fighting vehicles. (3) AH-64D Longbow Apache attack helicopters. (4) The M1A2 Abrams main battle tank upgrade program combined with the Heavy Assault Bridge program. (b) Required Report.--The Secretary of the Army may not enter into a multiyear contract under subsection (a) for a program named in one of the paragraphs of that subsection until the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees a report with respect to that contract that provides the following information, shown for each year in the current future-years defense program and in the aggregate over the period of the current future-years defense program: (1) The amount of total obligational authority under the contract and the percentage that such amount represents of (A) the applicable procurement account, and (B) the service procurement total. (2) The amount of total obligational authority under all Army multiyear procurements (determined without regard to the amount of the multiyear contract) under multiyear contracts in effect immediately before the contract under subsection (a) is entered into and the percentage that such amount represents of (A) the applicable procurement account, and (B) the service procurement total. (3) The amount equal to the sum of the amounts under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the percentage that such amount represents of (A) the applicable procurement account, and (B) the service procurement total. (4) The amount of total obligational authority under all Department of Defense multiyear procurements (determined without regard to the amount of the multiyear contract), including the contract under subsection (a) and each additional multiyear contract authorized by this Act, and the percentage that such amount represents of the procurement accounts of the Department of Defense treated in the aggregate. (5) For purposes of this subsection: (A) The term ``applicable procurement account'' means, with respect to the multiyear contract under subsection (a), the Department of the Army procurement account from which funds to discharge obligations under the contract will be provided. (B) The term ``service procurement total'' means, with respect to the multiyear contract under subsection (a), the procurement accounts of the Army treated in the aggregate. SEC. 112. EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAM ON SALES OF MANUFACTURED ARTICLES AND SERVICES OF CERTAIN ARMY INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES WITHOUT REGARD TO AVAILABILITY FROM DOMESTIC SOURCES. Section 141 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85; 10 U.S.C. 4543 note) is amended-- [[Page H4146]] (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``fiscal years 1998 and 1999'' and inserting ``fiscal years 1998 through 2001''; (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``fiscal year 1998 or 1999'' and inserting ``the period during which the pilot program is being conducted''; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(d) Update of Report.--Not later March 1, 2001, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall submit to Congress an update of the report required to be submitted under subsection (c) and an assessment of the success of the pilot program.''. SEC. 113. REVISION TO CONDITIONS FOR AWARD OF A SECOND-SOURCE PROCUREMENT CONTRACT FOR THE FAMILY OF MEDIUM TACTICAL VEHICLES. The text of section 112 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 112 Stat. 1973) is amended to read as follows: ``(a) Limitation on Second-Source Award.--The Secretary of the Army may award a full-rate production contract (known as a Phase III contract) for production of the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles to a second source only after the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees a certification in writing of the following: ``(1) That the total quantity of trucks within the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles program that the Secretary will require to be delivered (under all contracts) in any 12-month period will be sufficient to enable the prime contractor to maintain a minimum production level of 150 trucks per month. ``(2) That the total cost to the Army of the procurements under the prime and second-source contracts over the period of those contracts will be the same as or lower than the amount that would be the total cost of the procurements if such a second-source contract were not awarded. ``(3) That the trucks to be produced under those contracts will be produced with common components that will be interchangeable among similarly configured models. ``(b) Definitions.--In this section: ``(1) The term `prime contractor' means the contractor under the production contract for the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles program as of the date of the enactment of this Act. ``(2) The term `second source' means a firm other than the prime contractor.''. Subtitle C--Navy Programs SEC. 121. F/A-18E/F SUPER HORNET AIRCRAFT PROGRAM. (a) Multiyear Procurement Authority.--Subject to subsection (b) and (c), the Secretary of the Navy may, in accordance with section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, enter into a multiyear procurement contract beginning with the fiscal year 2000 program year for procurement for the F/A- 18E/F aircraft program. (b) Required Report.--The Secretary of the Navy may not enter into a multiyear contract under subsection (a) until the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees a report with respect to that contract that provides the following information, shown for each year in the current future-years defense program and in the aggregate over the period of the current future-years defense program: (1) The amount of total obligational authority under the contract and the percentage that such amount represents of (A) the applicable procurement account, and (B) the service procurement total. (2) The amount of total obligational authority under all Navy multiyear procurements (determined without regard to the amount of the multiyear contract) under multiyear contracts in effect immediately before the contract under subsection (a) is entered into and the percentage that such amount represents of (A) the applicable procurement account, and (B) the service procurement total. (3) The amount equal to the sum of the amounts under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the percentage that such amount represents of (A) the applicable procurement account, and (B) the service procurement total. (4) The amount of total obligational authority under all Department of Defense multiyear procurements (determined without regard to the amount of the multiyear contract), including the contract under subsection (a) and each additional multiyear contract authorized by this Act, and the percentage that such amount represents of the procurement accounts of the Department of Defense treated in the aggregate. (5) For purposes of this subsection: (A) The term ``applicable procurement account'' means, with respect to the multiyear contract under subsection (a), the Aircraft Procurement, Navy account. (B) The term ``service procurement total'' means, with respect to the multiyear contract under subsection (a), the procurement accounts of the Navy treated in the aggregate. (c) Limitation With Respect To Operational Test and Evaluation.--The Secretary of the Navy may not enter into a multiyear procurement contract authorized by subsection (a) until-- (1) the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees a certification described in subsection (c); and (2) a period of 30 continuous days of a Congress (as determined under subsection (d)) elapses after the submission of that certification. (d) Required Certification.--A certification referred to in subsection (c)(1) is a certification by the Secretary of Defense of each of the following: (1) That the results of the Operational Test and Evaluation program for the F/A-18E/F aircraft indicate-- (A) that the aircraft meets the requirements for operational effectiveness and suitability established by the Secretary of the Navy; and (B) that the aircraft meets key performance specifications established by the Secretary of the Navy. (2) That the cost of procurement of that aircraft using a multiyear procurement contract as authorized by subsection (a), assuming procurement of 222 aircraft, is at least 7.4 percent less than the cost of procurement of the same number of aircraft through annual contracts. (e) Continuity of Congress.--For purposes of subsection (c)(2)-- (1) the continuity of a Congress is broken only by an adjournment of the Congress sine die at the end of the final session of the Congress; and (2) any day on which either House of Congress is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain, or because of an adjournment sine die at the end of the first session of a Congress, shall be excluded in the computation of such 30-day period. Subtitle D--Chemical Stockpile Destruction Program SEC. 141. DESTRUCTION OF EXISTING STOCKPILE OF LETHAL CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS. (a) Program Assessment.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall conduct an assessment of the current program for destruction of the United States' stockpile of chemical agents and munitions, including the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment, for the purpose of reducing significantly the cost of such program and ensuring completion of such program in accordance with the obligations of the United States under the Chemical Weapons Convention while maintaining maximum protection of the general public, the personnel involved in the demilitarization program, and the environment. (2) Based on the results of the assessment conducted under paragraph (1), the Secretary may take those actions identified in the assessment that may be accomplished under existing law to achieve the purposes of such assessment and the chemical agents and munitions stockpile destruction program. (3) Not later than March 1, 2000, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on-- (A) those actions taken, or planned to be taken, under paragraph (2); and (B) any recommendations for additional legislation that may be required to achieve the purposes of the assessment conducted under paragraph (1) and of the chemical agents and munitions stockpile destruction program. (b) Changes and Clarifications Regarding Program.--Section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (Public Law 99-145; 50 U.S.C. 1521) is amended-- (1) in subsection (c)-- (A) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph: ``(2) Facilities constructed to carry out this section shall, when no longer needed for the purposes for which they were constructed, be disposed of in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and mutual agreements between the Secretary of the Army and the Governor of the State in which the facility is located.''; (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as amended by subparagraph (A)) the following new paragraph: ``(3)(A) Facilities constructed to carry out this section may not be used for a purpose other than the destruction of the stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions that exists on November 8, 1985. ``(B) The prohibition in subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to items designated by the Secretary of Defense as lethal chemical agents, munitions, or related materials after November 8, 1985, if the State in which a destruction facility is located issues the appropriate permit or permits for the destruction of such items at the facility.''; (2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ``(c)(4)'' and inserting ``(c)(5)''; and (3) in subsection (g)(2)(B), by striking ``(c)(3)'' and inserting ``(c)(4)''. (c) Definitions.--As used in this section: (1) The term ``Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment'' means the pilot program carried out under section 8065 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997 (section 101(b) of Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-101; 50 U.S.C. 1521 note). (2) The term ``Chemical Weapons Convention'' means the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and Their Destruction, ratified by the United States on April 25, 1997, and entered into force on April 29, 1997. SEC. 142. ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR DESTRUCTION OF ASSEMBLED CHEMICAL WEAPONS. Section 142(a) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 50 U.S.C. 1521 note) is amended to read as follows: ``(a) Program Management.--(1) The program manager for the Assembled Chemical [[Page H4147]] Weapons Assessment program shall manage the development and testing of technologies for the destruction of lethal chemical munitions that are potential or demonstrated alternatives to the baseline incineration program. ``(2) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology and the Secretary of the Army shall jointly submit to Congress, not later than December 1, 1999, a plan for the transfer of oversight of the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment program from the Under Secretary to the Secretary. ``(3) Oversight of the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment program shall be transferred from the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology to the Secretary of the Army pursuant to the plan submitted under paragraph (2) not later than 90 days after the date of the submission of the notice required under section 152(f)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104-106; 50 U.S.C. 1521). ``(4) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology and the Secretary of the Army shall ensure coordination of the activities and plans of the program manager for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment program and the program manager for Chemical Demilitarization during the demonstration and pilot plant facility phase for an alternative technology. ``(5) For those baseline demilitarization facilities for which the Secretary decides that implementation of an alternative technology may be recommended, the Secretary may take those measures necessary to facilitate the integration of the alternative technology.''. Subtitle E--Other Matters SEC. 151. LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS. (a) In General.--Chapter 136 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``Sec. 2282. Purchase or lease of communications services: limitation ``The Secretary of Defense may not obligate any funds after September 30, 2000, to buy a commercial satellite communications system or to lease a communications service, including mobile satellite communications, unless the Secretary determines that the system or service to be purchased or leased has been proven through independent testing-- ``(1) not to cause harmful interference to, or to disrupt the use of, colocated commercial or military Global Positioning System receivers used by the Department of Defense; and ``(2) to be safe for use with such receivers in all other respects.''. (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: ``2282. Purchase or lease of communications services: limitation.''. SEC. 152. PROCUREMENT OF FIREFIGHTING

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Text of this article available as: TXT PDF [Pages H4140-H4211] NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000 Mr. SPENCE. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of section 7 of House Resolution 200, I call up the Senate bill (S. 1059) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House. The Clerk read the title of the Senate bill. Motion Offered by Mr. Spence Mr. SPENCE. Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Spence moves to strike all after the enacting clause of the bill S. 1059 and to insert in lieu thereof the provisions of H.R. 1401 as passed by the House, as follows: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000''. SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Divisions.--This Act is organized into three divisions as follows: (1) Division A--Department of Defense Authorizations. (2) Division B--Military Construction Authorizations. (3) Division C--Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents. Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees defined. DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE I--PROCUREMENT Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 101. Army. Sec. 102. Navy and Marine Corps. Sec. 103. Air Force. Sec. 104. Defense-wide activities. Sec. 105. Reserve components. Sec. 106. Defense Inspector General. Sec. 107. Chemical demilitarization program. Sec. 108. Defense health programs. Sec. 109. Defense Export Loan Guarantee program. Subtitle B--Army Programs Sec. 111. Multiyear procurement authority for Army programs. Sec. 112. Extension of pilot program on sales of manufactured articles and services of certain Army industrial facilities without regard to availability from domestic sources. Sec. 113. Revision to conditions for award of a second-source procurement contract for the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles. Subtitle C--Navy Programs Sec. 121. F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft program. Subtitle D--Chemical Stockpile Destruction Program Sec. 141. Destruction of existing stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions. Sec. 142. Alternative technologies for destruction of assembled chemical weapons. Subtitle E--Other Matters Sec. 151. Limitation on expenditures for satellite communications. [[Page H4141]] Sec. 152. Procurement of firefighting equipment for the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve. Sec. 153. Cooperative engagement capability program. TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 202. Amount for basic and applied research. Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations Sec. 211. Collaborative program to evaluate and demonstrate advanced technologies for advanced capability combat vehicles. Sec. 212. Revisions in manufacturing technology program. Sec. 213. Sense of Congress regarding defense science and technology program. Subtitle C--Ballistic Missile Defense Sec. 231. Additional program elements for ballistic missile defense programs. Subtitle D--Other Matters Sec. 241. Designation of Secretary of the Army as executive agent for high energy laser technologies. TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding. Sec. 302. Working capital funds. Sec. 303. Armed Forces Retirement Home. Sec. 304. Transfer from National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund. Sec. 305. Transfer to Defense Working Capital Funds to support Defense Commissary Agency. Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations Sec. 311. Reimbursement of Navy Exchange Service Command for relocation expenses. Sec. 312. Replacement of nonsecure tactical radios of the 82nd Airborne Division. Sec. 313. Operation and maintenance of Air Force space launch facilities. Subtitle C--Environmental Provisions Sec. 321. Remediation of asbestos and lead-based paint. Subtitle D--Performance of Functions by Private-Sector Sources Sec. 331. Expansion of annual report on contracting for commercial and industrial type functions. Sec. 332. Congressional notification of A-76 cost comparison waivers. Sec. 333. Improved evaluation of local economic effect of changing defense functions to private sector performance. Sec. 334. Annual reports on expenditures for performance of depot-level maintenance and repair workloads by public and private sectors. Sec. 335. Applicability of competition requirement in contracting out workloads performed by depot-level activities of Department of Defense. Sec. 336. Treatment of public sector winning bidders for contracts for performance of depot-level maintenance and repair workloads formerly performed at certain military installations. Sec. 337. Process for modernization of computer systems at Army computer centers. Sec. 338. Evaluation of total system performance responsibility program. Sec. 339. Identification of core logistics capability requirements for maintenance and repair of C-17 aircraft. Subtitle E--Defense Dependents Education Sec. 341. Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees. Sec. 342. Continuation of enrollment at Department of Defense domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools. Sec. 343. Technical amendments to Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978. Subtitle F--Military Readiness Issues Sec. 351. Independent study of Department of Defense secondary inventory and parts shortages. Sec. 352. Independent study of adequacy of department restructured sustainment and reengineered logistics product support practices. Sec. 353. Independent study of military readiness reporting system. Sec. 354. Review of real property maintenance and its effect on readiness. Sec. 355. Establishment of logistics standards for sustained military operations. Subtitle G--Other Matters Sec. 361. Discretionary authority to install telecommunication equipment for persons performing voluntary services. Sec. 362. Contracting authority for defense working capital funded industrial facilities. Sec. 363. Clarification of condition on sale of articles and services of industrial facilities to persons outside Department of Defense. Sec. 364. Special authority of disbursing officials regarding automated teller machines on naval vessels. Sec. 365. Preservation of historic buildings and grounds at United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home, District of Columbia. Sec. 366. Clarification of land conveyance authority, United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home. Sec. 367. Treatment of Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam in defense household goods moving programs. TITLE IV--MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS Subtitle A--Active Forces Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces. Sec. 402. Revision in permanent end strength minimum levels. Sec. 403. Appointments to certain senior joint officer positions. Subtitle B--Reserve Forces Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve. Sec. 412. End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the reserves. Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status). Sec. 414. Increase in number of Army and Air Force members in certain grades authorized to serve on active duty in support of the Reserves. Sec. 415. Selected Reserve end strength flexibility. Subtitle C--Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 421. Authorization of appropriations for military personnel. TITLE V--MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY Subtitle A--Officer Personnel Policy Sec. 501. Recommendations for promotion by selection boards. Sec. 502. Technical amendments relating to joint duty assignments. Subtitle B--Matters Relating to Reserve Components Sec. 511. Continuation on Reserve active status list to complete disciplinary action. Sec. 512. Authority to order reserve component members to active duty to complete a medical evaluation. Sec. 513. Eligibility for consideration for promotion. Sec. 514. Retention until completion of 20 years of service for reserve component majors and lieutenant commanders who twice fail of selection for promotion. Sec. 515. Computation of years of service exclusion. Sec. 516. Authority to retain reserve component chaplains until age 67. Sec. 517. Expansion and codification of authority for space-required travel for Reserves. Sec. 518. Financial assistance program for specially selected members of the Marine Corps Reserve. Sec. 519. Options to improve recruiting for the Army Reserve. Subtitle C--Military Technicians Sec. 521. Revision to military technician (dual status) law. Sec. 522. Civil service retirement of technicians. Sec. 523. Revision to non-dual status technicians statute. Sec. 524. Revision to authorities relating to National Guard technicians. Sec. 525. Effective date. Sec. 526. Secretary of Defense review of Army technician costing process. Sec. 527. Fiscal year 2000 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians. Subtitle D--Service Academies Sec. 531. Waiver of reimbursement of expenses for instruction at service academies of persons from foreign countries. Sec. 532. Compliance by United States Military Academy with statutory limit on size of Corps of Cadets. Sec. 533. Dean of Academic Board, United States Military Academy and Dean of the Faculty, United States Air Force Academy. Sec. 534. Exclusion from certain general and flag officer grade strength limitations for the superintendents of the service academies. Subtitle E--Education and Training Sec. 541. Establishment of a Department of Defense international student program at the senior military colleges. Sec. 542. Authority for Army War College to award degree of master of strategic studies. Sec. 543. Authority for air university to award graduate-level degrees. Sec. 544. Correction of Reserve credit for participation in health professional scholarship and financial assistance program. [[Page H4142]] Sec. 545. Permanent expansion of ROTC program to include graduate students. Sec. 546. Increase in monthly subsistence allowance for senior ROTC cadets selected for advanced training. Sec. 547. Contingent funding increase for Junior ROTC program. Sec. 548. Change from annual to biennial reporting under the Reserve component Montgomery GI Bill. Sec. 549. Recodification and consolidation of statutes denying Federal grants and contracts by certain departments and agencies to institutions of higher education that prohibit Senior ROTC units or military recruiting on campus. Subtitle F--Decorations and Awards Sec. 551. Waiver of time limitations for award of certain decorations to certain persons. Sec. 552 Sense of Congress concerning Presidential Unit Citation for crew of the U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS. Sec. 553. Authority for award of Medal of Honor to Alfred Rascon for valor during the Vietnam conflict. Subtitle G--Other Matters Sec. 561. Revision in authority to order retired members to active duty. Sec. 562. Temporary authority for recall of retired aviators. Sec. 563. Service review agencies covered by professional staffing requirement. Sec. 564. Conforming amendment to authorize Reserve officers and retired regular officers to hold a civil office while serving on active duty for not more than 270 days. Sec. 565. Revision to requirement for honor guard details at funerals of veterans. Sec. 566. Purpose and funding limitations for National Guard Challenge Program. Sec. 567. Access to secondary school students for military recruiting purposes. Sec. 568. Survey of members leaving military service on attitudes toward military service. Sec. 569. Improvement in system for assigning personnel to warfighting units. Sec. 570. Requirement for Department of Defense regulations to protect the confidentiality of communications between dependents and professionals providing therapeutic or related services regarding sexual or domestic abuse. TITLE VI--COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS Subtitle A--Pay and Allowances Sec. 601. Fiscal year 2000 increase in military basic pay and reform of basic pay rates. Sec. 602. Pay increases for fiscal years after fiscal year 2000. Sec. 603. Additional amount available for fiscal year 2000 increase in basic allowance for housing inside the United States. Subtitle B--Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays Sec. 611. Extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for reserve forces. Sec. 612. Extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for nurse officer candidates, registered nurses, and nurse anesthetists. Sec. 613. Extension of authorities relating to payment of other bonuses and special pays. Sec. 614. Aviation career incentive pay for air battle managers. Sec. 615. Expansion of authority to provide special pay to aviation career officers extending period of active duty. Sec. 616. Diving duty special pay. Sec. 617. Reenlistment bonus. Sec. 618. Enlistment bonus. Sec. 619. Revised eligibility requirements for reserve component prior service enlistment bonus. Sec. 620. Increase in special pay and bonuses for nuclear-qualified officers. Sec. 621. Increase in authorized monthly rate of foreign language proficiency pay. Sec. 622. Authorization of retention bonus for special warfare officers extending period of active duty. Sec. 623. Authorization of surface warfare officer continuation pay. Sec. 624. Authorization of career enlisted flyer incentive pay. Sec. 625. Authorization of judge advocate continuation pay. Subtitle C--Travel and Transportation Allowances Sec. 631. Provision of lodging in kind for Reservists performing training duty and not otherwise entitled to travel and transportation allowances. Sec. 632. Payment of temporary lodging expenses for members making their first permanent change of station. Sec. 633. Emergency leave travel cost limitations. Subtitle D--Retired Pay Reform Sec. 641. Redux retired pay system applicable only to members electing new 15-year career status bonus. Sec. 642. Authorization of 15-year career status bonus. Sec. 643. Conforming amendments. Sec. 644. Effective date. Subtitle E--Other Retired Pay and Survivor Benefit Matters Sec. 651. Effective date of disability retirement for members dying in civilian medical facilities. Sec. 652. Extension of annuity eligibility for surviving spouses of certain retirement eligible reserve members. Sec. 653. Presentation of United States flag to retiring members of the uniformed services not previously covered. Sec. 654. Accrual funding for retirement system for commissioned corps of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Sec. 655. Disability retirement or separation for certain members with pre-existing conditions. Subtitle F--Eligibility to Participate in the Thrift Savings Plan Sec. 661. Authority for members of the uniformed services to contribute to the thrift savings fund. Sec. 662. Contributions to thrift savings fund. Sec. 663. Regulations. Sec. 664. Effective date. Subtitle G--Other Matters Sec. 671. Payments for unused accrued leave as part of reenlistment. Sec. 672. Clarification of per diem eligibility for military technicians serving on active duty without pay outside the United States. Sec. 673. Overseas special supplemental food program. Sec. 674. Special compensation for severely disabled uniformed services retirees. Sec. 675. Tuition assistance for members deployed in a contingency operation. TITLE VII--HEALTH CARE MATTERS Subtitle A--Health Care Services Sec. 701. Provision of health care to members on active duty at certain remote locations. Sec. 702. Provision of chiropractic health care. Sec. 703. Continuation of provision of domiciliary and custodial care for certain CHAMPUS beneficiaries. Sec. 704. Removal of restrictions on use of funds for abortions in certain cases of rape or incest. Subtitle B--TRICARE Program Sec. 711. Improvements to claims processing under the TRICARE program. Sec. 712. Authority to waive certain TRICARE deductibles. Sec. 713. Electronic processing of claims under the TRICARE program. Sec. 714. Study of rates for provision of medical services; proposal for certain rate increases. Sec. 715. Requirements for provision of care in geographically separated units. Sec. 716. Improvement of access to health care under the TRICARE program. Sec. 717. Reimbursement of certain costs incurred by covered beneficiaries when referred for care outside local catchment area. Sec. 718. Improvement of referral process under TRICARE. Subtitle C--Other Matters Sec. 721. Pharmacy benefits program. Sec. 722. Improvements to third-party payer collection program. Sec. 723. Authority of Armed Forces medical examiner to conduct forensic pathology investigations. Sec. 724. Trauma training center. Sec. 725. Study on joint operations for the Defense Health Program. TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS Sec. 801. Sale, exchange, and waiver authority for coal and coke. Sec. 802. Extension of authority to issue solicitations for purchases of commercial items in excess of simplified acquisition threshold. Sec. 803. Expansion of applicability of requirement to make certain procurements from small arms production industrial base. Sec. 804. Repeal of termination of provision of credit towards subcontracting goals for purchases benefiting severely handicapped persons. Sec. 805. Extension of test program for negotiation of comprehensive small business subcontracting plans. Sec. 806. Facilitation of national missile defense system. Sec. 807. Options for accelerated acquisition of precision munitions. Sec. 808. Program to increase opportunity for small business innovation in defense acquisition programs. [[Page H4143]] Sec. 809. Compliance with Buy American Act. TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT Sec. 901. Limitation on amount available for contracted advisory and assistance services. Sec. 902. Responsibility for logistics and sustainment functions of the Department of Defense. Sec. 903. Management headquarters and headquarters support activities. Sec. 904. Further reductions in defense acquisition and support workforce. Sec. 905. Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs. Sec. 906. Responsibility within Office of the Secretary of Defense for monitoring OPTEMPO and PERSTEMPO. Sec. 907. Report on military space issues. Sec. 908. Employment and compensation of civilian faculty members of Department of Defense African Center for Strategic Studies. Sec. 909. Additional matters for annual report on joint warfighting experimentation. Sec. 910. Defense technology security enhancement. TITLE X--GENERAL PROVISIONS Subtitle A--Financial Matters Sec. 1001. Transfer authority. Sec. 1002. Incorporation of classified annex. Sec. 1003. Authorization of prior emergency military personnel appropriations. Sec. 1004. Repeal of requirement for two-year budget cycle for the Department of Defense. Sec. 1005. Consolidation of various Department of the Navy trust and gift funds. Sec. 1006. Supplemental appropriations request for operations in Yugoslavia. Subtitle B--Naval Vessels and Shipyards Sec. 1011. Revision to congressional notice-and-wait period required before transfer of a vessel stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. Sec. 1012. Authority to consent to retransfer of former naval vessel. Sec. 1013. Report on naval vessel force structure requirements. Sec. 1014. Auxiliary vessels acquisition program for the Department of Defense. Sec. 1015. Authority to provide advance payments for the National Defense Features program. Subtitle C--Matters Relating to Counter Drug Activities Sec. 1021. Support for detection and monitoring activities in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Sec. 1022. Condition on development of forward operating locations for United States Southern Command counter-drug detection and monitoring flights. Sec. 1023. United States military activities in Colombia. Sec. 1024. Assignment of members to assist Immigration and Naturalization Service and Customs Service. Subtitle D--Other Matters Sec. 1031. Identification in budget materials of amounts for declassification activities and limitation on expenditures for such activities. Sec. 1032. Notice to congressional committees of compromise of classified information within defense programs of the United States. Sec. 1033. Revision to limitation on retirement or dismantlement of strategic nuclear delivery systems. Sec. 1034. Annual report by Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff on the risks in executing the missions called for under the National Military Strategy. Sec. 1035. Requirement to address unit operations tempo and personnel tempo in Department of Defense annual report. Sec. 1036. Preservation of certain defense reporting requirements. Sec. 1037. Technical and clerical amendments. Sec. 1038. Contributions for Spirit of Hope endowment fund of United Service Organizations, Incorporated. Sec. 1039. Chemical defense training facility. Sec. 1040. Asia-Pacific Center for security studies. Sec. 1041. Report on effect of continued Balkan operations on ability of United States to successfully meet other regional contingencies. Sec. 1042. Report on space launch failures. Sec. 1043. Report on airlift requirements to support national military strategy. Sec. 1044. Operations of Naval Academy dairy farm. Sec. 1045. Inspector General investigation of compliance with Buy American Act in purchases of free weight strength training equipment. Sec. 1046. Performance of threat and risk assessments. TITLE XI--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL Sec. 1101. Increase of pay cap for nonappropriated fund senior executive employees. Sec. 1102. Restoration of leave for certain Department of Defense employees who deploy to a combat zone outside the United States. Sec. 1103. Expansion of Guard-and-Reserve purposes for which leave under section 6323 of title 5, United States Code, may be used. Sec. 1104. Temporary authority to provide early retirement and separation incentives for certain civilian employees. Sec. 1105. Extension of authority to continue health insurance coverage for certain Department of Defense employees. TITLE XII--MATTERS RELATING TO OTHER NATIONS Sec. 1201. Report on strategic stability under START III. Sec. 1202. One-year extension of counterproliferation authorities for support of United Nations weapons inspection regime in Iraq. Sec. 1203. Limitation on military-to-military exchanges with China's People's Liberation Army. Sec. 1204. Report on allied capabilities to contribute to major theater wars. Sec. 1205. Limitation on funds for Bosnia peacekeeping operations for fiscal year 2000. Sec. 1206. Limitation on deployment of United States Armed Forces in Haiti. Sec. 1207. Goals for the conflict with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Sec. 1208. Report on the security situation on the Korean Peninsula. Sec. 1209. Annual report on military power of the People's Republic of China. TITLE XIII--COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION WITH STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION Sec. 1301. Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction programs and funds. Sec. 1302. Funding allocations. Sec. 1303. Prohibition on use of funds for specified purposes. Sec. 1304. Limitations on use of funds for fissile material storage facility. Sec. 1305. Limitation on use of funds for chemical weapons destruction. Sec. 1306. Limitation on use of funds for biological weapons proliferation prevention activities. Sec. 1307. Limitation on use of funds until submission of report and multiyear plan. Sec. 1308. Requirement to submit report. Sec. 1309. Report on Expanded Threat Reduction Initiative. TITLE XIV--PROLIFERATION AND EXPORT CONTROL MATTERS Sec. 1401. Report on compliance by the People's Republic of China and other countries with the missile technology control regime. Sec. 1402. Annual report on technology transfers to the People's Republic of China. Sec. 1403. Report on implementation of transfer of satellite export control authority. Sec. 1404. Security in connection with satellite export licensing. Sec. 1405. Reporting of technology passed to People's Republic of China and of foreign launch security violations. Sec. 1406. Report on national security implications of exporting high- performance computers to the People's Republic of China. Sec. 1407. End-use verification for use by People's Republic of China of high-performance computers. Sec. 1408. Procedures for review of export of controlled technologies and items. Sec. 1409. Notice of foreign acquisition of United States firms in national security industries. Sec. 1410. Five-agency inspectors general examination of countermeasures against acquisition by the People's Republic of China of militarily sensitive technology. Sec. 1411. Office of technology security in Department of Defense. Sec. 1412. Annual audit of Department of Defense and Department of Energy policies with respect to technology transfers to the People's Republic of China. Sec. 1413. Resources for export license functions. Sec. 1414. National security assessment of export licenses. DIVISION B--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS Sec. 2001. Short title. TITLE XXI--ARMY Sec. 2101. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2102. Family housing. Sec. 2103. Improvements to military family housing units. Sec. 2104. Authorization of appropriations, Army. TITLE XXII--NAVY Sec. 2201. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2202. Family housing. Sec. 2203. Improvements to military family housing units. [[Page H4144]] Sec. 2204. Authorization of appropriations, Navy. Sec. 2205. Authorization to accept electrical substation improvements, Guam. Sec. 2206. Correction in authorized use of funds, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Quantico, Virginia. TITLE XXIII--AIR FORCE Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2302. Family housing. Sec. 2303. Improvements to military family housing units. Sec. 2304. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force. Sec. 2305. Plan for completion of project to consolidate Air Force research laboratory, Rome Research Site, New York. TITLE XXIV--DEFENSE AGENCIES Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2402. Improvements to military family housing units. Sec. 2403. Military housing improvement program. Sec. 2404. Energy conservation projects. Sec. 2405. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies. Sec. 2406. Increase in fiscal year 1997 authorization for military construction projects at Pueblo Chemical Activity, Colorado. Sec. 2407. Condition on obligation of military construction funds for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities. TITLE XXV--NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM Sec. 2501. Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2502. Authorization of appropriations, NATO. TITLE XXVI--GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES Sec. 2601. Authorized Guard and Reserve construction and land acquisition projects. TITLE XXVII--EXPIRATION AND EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS Sec. 2701. Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified by law. Sec. 2702. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 1997 projects. Sec. 2703. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 1996 projects. Sec. 2704. Effective date. TITLE XXVIII--GENERAL PROVISIONS Subtitle A--Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes Sec. 2801. Contributions for North Atlantic Treaty Organizations Security Investment. Sec. 2802. Development of Ford Island, Hawaii. Sec. 2803. Restriction on authority to acquire or construct ancillary supporting facilities for housing units. Sec. 2804. Planning and design for military construction projects for reserve components. Sec. 2805. Limitations on authority to carry out small projects for acquisition of facilities for reserve components. Sec. 2806. Expansion of entities eligible to participate in alternative authority for acquisition and improvement of military housing. Subtitle B--Real Property and Facilities Administration Sec. 2811. Extension of authority for lease of land for special operations activities. Sec. 2812. Utility privatization authority. Sec. 2813. Acceptance of funds to cover administrative expenses relating to certain real property transactions. Sec. 2814. Study and report on impacts to military readiness of proposed land management changes on public lands in Utah. Subtitle C--Defense Base Closure and Realignment Sec. 2821. Continuation of authority to use Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990 for activities required to close or realign military installations. Subtitle D--Land Conveyances Part I--Army Conveyances Sec. 2831. Transfer of jurisdiction, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Sec. 2832. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Kankakee, Illinois. Sec. 2833. Land conveyance, Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Sec. 2834. Land conveyance, Army Maintenance Support Activity (Marine) Number 84, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. Sec. 2835. Land conveyances, Army docks and related property, Alaska. Sec. 2836. Land conveyance, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Sec. 2837. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Cannon Falls, Minnesota. Sec. 2838. Land conveyance, Nike Battery 80 family housing site, East Hanover Township, New Jersey. Sec. 2839. Land exchange, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. Sec. 2840. Modification of land conveyance, Joliet Army Ammunition Plant, Illinois. Sec. 2841. Land conveyances, Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant, Minnesota. Part II--Navy Conveyances Sec. 2851. Land conveyance, Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant No. 387, Dallas, Texas. Sec. 2852. Land conveyance, Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center, Orange, Texas. Sec. 2853. Land conveyance, Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina. Part III--Air Force Conveyances Sec. 2861. Conveyance of fuel supply line, Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire. Sec. 2862. Land conveyance, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Sec. 2863. Land conveyance, Port of Anchorage, Alaska. Sec. 2864. Land conveyance, Forestport Test Annex, New York. Sec. 2865. Land conveyance, Mcclellan Nuclear Radiation Center, California. Subtitle E--Other Matters Sec. 2871. Expansion of Arlington National Cemetery. DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE XXXI--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS Subtitle A--National Security Programs Authorizations Sec. 3101. Weapons activities. Sec. 3102. Defense environmental restoration and waste management. Sec. 3103. Other defense activities. Sec. 3104. Defense nuclear waste disposal. Sec. 3105. Defense environmental management privatization. Sec. 3106. Department of Energy counterintelligence cyber security program. Subtitle B--Recurring General Provisions Sec. 3121. Reprogramming. Sec. 3122. Limits on general plant projects. Sec. 3123. Limits on construction projects. Sec. 3124. Fund transfer authority. Sec. 3125. Authority for conceptual and construction design. Sec. 3126. Authority for emergency planning, design, and construction activities. Sec. 3127. Funds available for all national security programs of the Department of Energy. Sec. 3128. Availability of funds. Sec. 3129. Transfers of defense environmental management funds. Subtitle C--Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations Sec. 3131. Limitation on use at Department of Energy laboratories of funds appropriated for the initiatives for proliferation prevention program. Sec. 3132. Prohibition on use for payment of Russian Government taxes and customs duties of funds appropriated for the initiatives for proliferation prevention program. Sec. 3133. Modification of laboratory-directed research and development to provide funds for theater ballistic missile defense. Sec. 3134. Support of theater ballistic missile defense activities of the Department of Defense. Subtitle D--Commission on Nuclear Weapons Management Sec. 3151. Establishment of commission. Sec. 3152. Duties of commission. Sec. 3153. Reports. Sec. 3154. Powers. Sec. 3155. Commission procedures. Sec. 3156. Personnel matters. Sec. 3157. Miscellaneous administrative provisions. Sec. 3158. Funding. Sec. 3159. Termination of the commission. Subtitle E--Other Matters Sec. 3161. Procedures for meeting tritium production requirements. Sec. 3162. Extension of authority of Department of Energy to pay voluntary separation incentive payments. Sec. 3163. Fellowship program for development of skills critical to the Department of Energy nuclear weapons complex. Sec. 3164. Department of Energy records declassification. Sec. 3165. Management of nuclear weapons production facilities and national laboratories. Sec. 3166. Notice to congressional committees of compromise of classified information within nuclear energy defense programs. Sec. 3167. Department of Energy regulations relating to the safeguarding and security of restricted data. Sec. 3168. Department of Energy counterintelligence polygraph program. Sec. 3169. Report on counterintelligence and security practices at national laboratories. [[Page H4145]] Sec. 3170. Technology transfer coordination for Department of Energy national laboratories. Subtitle F--Protection of National Security Information Sec. 3181. short title. Sec. 3182. Semi-annual report by the president on espionage by the People's Republic of China. Sec. 3183. Report on whether department of energy should continue to maintain nuclear weapons responsibility. Sec. 3184. Department of Energy office of foreign intelligence and Office of Counterintelligence. Sec. 3185. Counterintelligence program at Department of Energy national laboratories. Sec. 3186. Counterintelligence activities at other Department of Energy facilities. Sec. 3187. Department of Energy polygraph examinations. Sec. 3188. Civil monetary penalties for violations of Department of Energy regulations relating to the safeguarding and security of restricted data. Sec. 3189. Increased penalties for misuse of restricted data. Sec. 3190. restrictions on access to national laboratories by foreign visitors from sensitive countries. Sec. 3191. Requirements relating to access by foreign visitors and employees to Department of Energy facilities engaged in defense activities. Sec. 3192. Annual report on security and counterintelligence standards at national laboratories and other defense facilities of the Department of Energy. Sec. 3193. Report on security vulnerabilities of national laboratory computers. Sec. 3194. Government access to classified information on Department of Energy defense-related computers. Sec. 3195. Definition of national laboratory. TITLE XXXII--DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD Sec. 3201. Authorization. TITLE XXXIII--NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE Sec. 3301. Definitions. Sec. 3302. Authorized uses of stockpile funds. Sec. 3303. Elimination of congressionally imposed disposal restrictions on specific stockpile materials. TITLE XXXIV--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION Sec. 3401. Short title. Sec. 3402. Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2000. Sec. 3403. Amendments to title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936. Sec. 3404. Extension of war risk insurance authority. Sec. 3405. Ownership of the JEREMIAH O'BRIEN. TITLE XXXV--PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION Sec. 3501. Short title. Sec. 3502. Authorization of expenditures. Sec. 3503. Purchase of vehicles. Sec. 3504. Office of Transition Administration. SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DEFINED. For purposes of this Act, the term ``congressional defense committees'' means-- (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE I--PROCUREMENT Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations SEC. 101. ARMY. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for procurement for the Army as follows: (1) For aircraft, $1,415,211,000. (2) For missiles, $1,415,959,000. (3) For weapons and tracked combat vehicles, $1,575,096,000. (4) For ammunition, $1,196,216,000. (5) For other procurement, $3,799,895,000. SEC. 102. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS. (a) Navy.--Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for procurement for the Navy as follows: (1) For aircraft, $8,804,051,000. (2) For weapons, including missiles and torpedoes, $1,764,655,000. (3) For shipbuilding and conversion, $6,687,172,000. (4) For other procurement, $4,260,444,000. (b) Marine Corps.--Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for procurement for the Marine Corps in the amount of 1,297,463,000. (c) Navy and Marine Corps Ammunition.--Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for procurement of ammunition for the Navy and the Marine Corps in the amount of $612,900,000. SEC. 103. AIR FORCE. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for procurement for the Air Force as follows: (1) For aircraft, $9,647,651,000. (2) For missiles, $2,303,661,000. (3) For ammunition, $560,537,000. (4) For other procurement, $7,077,762,000. SEC. 104. DEFENSE-WIDE ACTIVITIES. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for Defense-wide procurement in the amount of $2,107,839,000. SEC. 105. RESERVE COMPONENTS. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for procurement of aircraft, vehicles, communications equipment, and other equipment for the reserve components of the Armed Forces as follows: (1) For the Army National Guard, $10,000,000. (2) For the Air National Guard, $10,000,000. (3) For the Army Reserve, $10,000,000. (4) For the Naval Reserve, $10,000,000. (5) For the Air Force Reserve, $10,000,00. (6) For the Marine Corps Reserve, $10,000,000. SEC. 106. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for procurement for the Inspector General of the Department of Defense in the amount of $2,100,000. SEC. 107. CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION PROGRAM. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 the amount of $1,012,000,000 for-- (1) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions in accordance with section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521); and (2) the destruction of chemical warfare materiel of the United States that is not covered by section 1412 of such Act. SEC. 108. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAMS. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for the Department of Defense for procurement for carrying out health care programs, projects, and activities of the Department of Defense in the total amount of $356,970,000. SEC. 109. DEFENSE EXPORT LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for the Department of Defense for carrying out the Defense Export Loan Guarantee Program under section 2540 of title 10, United States Code, in the total amount of $1,250,000. Subtitle B--Army Programs SEC. 111. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR ARMY PROGRAMS. (a) Multiyear Procurement Authority.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of the Army may, in accordance with section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, enter into a multiyear procurement contract beginning with the fiscal year 2000 program year for procurement for each of the following programs. (1) The Javelin missile system. (2) M2A3 Bradley fighting vehicles. (3) AH-64D Longbow Apache attack helicopters. (4) The M1A2 Abrams main battle tank upgrade program combined with the Heavy Assault Bridge program. (b) Required Report.--The Secretary of the Army may not enter into a multiyear contract under subsection (a) for a program named in one of the paragraphs of that subsection until the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees a report with respect to that contract that provides the following information, shown for each year in the current future-years defense program and in the aggregate over the period of the current future-years defense program: (1) The amount of total obligational authority under the contract and the percentage that such amount represents of (A) the applicable procurement account, and (B) the service procurement total. (2) The amount of total obligational authority under all Army multiyear procurements (determined without regard to the amount of the multiyear contract) under multiyear contracts in effect immediately before the contract under subsection (a) is entered into and the percentage that such amount represents of (A) the applicable procurement account, and (B) the service procurement total. (3) The amount equal to the sum of the amounts under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the percentage that such amount represents of (A) the applicable procurement account, and (B) the service procurement total. (4) The amount of total obligational authority under all Department of Defense multiyear procurements (determined without regard to the amount of the multiyear contract), including the contract under subsection (a) and each additional multiyear contract authorized by this Act, and the percentage that such amount represents of the procurement accounts of the Department of Defense treated in the aggregate. (5) For purposes of this subsection: (A) The term ``applicable procurement account'' means, with respect to the multiyear contract under subsection (a), the Department of the Army procurement account from which funds to discharge obligations under the contract will be provided. (B) The term ``service procurement total'' means, with respect to the multiyear contract under subsection (a), the procurement accounts of the Army treated in the aggregate. SEC. 112. EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAM ON SALES OF MANUFACTURED ARTICLES AND SERVICES OF CERTAIN ARMY INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES WITHOUT REGARD TO AVAILABILITY FROM DOMESTIC SOURCES. Section 141 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85; 10 U.S.C. 4543 note) is amended-- [[Page H4146]] (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``fiscal years 1998 and 1999'' and inserting ``fiscal years 1998 through 2001''; (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``fiscal year 1998 or 1999'' and inserting ``the period during which the pilot program is being conducted''; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(d) Update of Report.--Not later March 1, 2001, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall submit to Congress an update of the report required to be submitted under subsection (c) and an assessment of the success of the pilot program.''. SEC. 113. REVISION TO CONDITIONS FOR AWARD OF A SECOND-SOURCE PROCUREMENT CONTRACT FOR THE FAMILY OF MEDIUM TACTICAL VEHICLES. The text of section 112 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 112 Stat. 1973) is amended to read as follows: ``(a) Limitation on Second-Source Award.--The Secretary of the Army may award a full-rate production contract (known as a Phase III contract) for production of the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles to a second source only after the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees a certification in writing of the following: ``(1) That the total quantity of trucks within the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles program that the Secretary will require to be delivered (under all contracts) in any 12-month period will be sufficient to enable the prime contractor to maintain a minimum production level of 150 trucks per month. ``(2) That the total cost to the Army of the procurements under the prime and second-source contracts over the period of those contracts will be the same as or lower than the amount that would be the total cost of the procurements if such a second-source contract were not awarded. ``(3) That the trucks to be produced under those contracts will be produced with common components that will be interchangeable among similarly configured models. ``(b) Definitions.--In this section: ``(1) The term `prime contractor' means the contractor under the production contract for the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles program as of the date of the enactment of this Act. ``(2) The term `second source' means a firm other than the prime contractor.''. Subtitle C--Navy Programs SEC. 121. F/A-18E/F SUPER HORNET AIRCRAFT PROGRAM. (a) Multiyear Procurement Authority.--Subject to subsection (b) and (c), the Secretary of the Navy may, in accordance with section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, enter into a multiyear procurement contract beginning with the fiscal year 2000 program year for procurement for the F/A- 18E/F aircraft program. (b) Required Report.--The Secretary of the Navy may not enter into a multiyear contract under subsection (a) until the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees a report with respect to that contract that provides the following information, shown for each year in the current future-years defense program and in the aggregate over the period of the current future-years defense program: (1) The amount of total obligational authority under the contract and the percentage that such amount represents of (A) the applicable procurement account, and (B) the service procurement total. (2) The amount of total obligational authority under all Navy multiyear procurements (determined without regard to the amount of the multiyear contract) under multiyear contracts in effect immediately before the contract under subsection (a) is entered into and the percentage that such amount represents of (A) the applicable procurement account, and (B) the service procurement total. (3) The amount equal to the sum of the amounts under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the percentage that such amount represents of (A) the applicable procurement account, and (B) the service procurement total. (4) The amount of total obligational authority under all Department of Defense multiyear procurements (determined without regard to the amount of the multiyear contract), including the contract under subsection (a) and each additional multiyear contract authorized by this Act, and the percentage that such amount represents of the procurement accounts of the Department of Defense treated in the aggregate. (5) For purposes of this subsection: (A) The term ``applicable procurement account'' means, with respect to the multiyear contract under subsection (a), the Aircraft Procurement, Navy account. (B) The term ``service procurement total'' means, with respect to the multiyear contract under subsection (a), the procurement accounts of the Navy treated in the aggregate. (c) Limitation With Respect To Operational Test and Evaluation.--The Secretary of the Navy may not enter into a multiyear procurement contract authorized by subsection (a) until-- (1) the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees a certification described in subsection (c); and (2) a period of 30 continuous days of a Congress (as determined under subsection (d)) elapses after the submission of that certification. (d) Required Certification.--A certification referred to in subsection (c)(1) is a certification by the Secretary of Defense of each of the following: (1) That the results of the Operational Test and Evaluation program for the F/A-18E/F aircraft indicate-- (A) that the aircraft meets the requirements for operational effectiveness and suitability established by the Secretary of the Navy; and (B) that the aircraft meets key performance specifications established by the Secretary of the Navy. (2) That the cost of procurement of that aircraft using a multiyear procurement contract as authorized by subsection (a), assuming procurement of 222 aircraft, is at least 7.4 percent less than the cost of procurement of the same number of aircraft through annual contracts. (e) Continuity of Congress.--For purposes of subsection (c)(2)-- (1) the continuity of a Congress is broken only by an adjournment of the Congress sine die at the end of the final session of the Congress; and (2) any day on which either House of Congress is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain, or because of an adjournment sine die at the end of the first session of a Congress, shall be excluded in the computation of such 30-day period. Subtitle D--Chemical Stockpile Destruction Program SEC. 141. DESTRUCTION OF EXISTING STOCKPILE OF LETHAL CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS. (a) Program Assessment.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall conduct an assessment of the current program for destruction of the United States' stockpile of chemical agents and munitions, including the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment, for the purpose of reducing significantly the cost of such program and ensuring completion of such program in accordance with the obligations of the United States under the Chemical Weapons Convention while maintaining maximum protection of the general public, the personnel involved in the demilitarization program, and the environment. (2) Based on the results of the assessment conducted under paragraph (1), the Secretary may take those actions identified in the assessment that may be accomplished under existing law to achieve the purposes of such assessment and the chemical agents and munitions stockpile destruction program. (3) Not later than March 1, 2000, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on-- (A) those actions taken, or planned to be taken, under paragraph (2); and (B) any recommendations for additional legislation that may be required to achieve the purposes of the assessment conducted under paragraph (1) and of the chemical agents and munitions stockpile destruction program. (b) Changes and Clarifications Regarding Program.--Section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (Public Law 99-145; 50 U.S.C. 1521) is amended-- (1) in subsection (c)-- (A) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph: ``(2) Facilities constructed to carry out this section shall, when no longer needed for the purposes for which they were constructed, be disposed of in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and mutual agreements between the Secretary of the Army and the Governor of the State in which the facility is located.''; (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as amended by subparagraph (A)) the following new paragraph: ``(3)(A) Facilities constructed to carry out this section may not be used for a purpose other than the destruction of the stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions that exists on November 8, 1985. ``(B) The prohibition in subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to items designated by the Secretary of Defense as lethal chemical agents, munitions, or related materials after November 8, 1985, if the State in which a destruction facility is located issues the appropriate permit or permits for the destruction of such items at the facility.''; (2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ``(c)(4)'' and inserting ``(c)(5)''; and (3) in subsection (g)(2)(B), by striking ``(c)(3)'' and inserting ``(c)(4)''. (c) Definitions.--As used in this section: (1) The term ``Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment'' means the pilot program carried out under section 8065 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997 (section 101(b) of Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-101; 50 U.S.C. 1521 note). (2) The term ``Chemical Weapons Convention'' means the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and Their Destruction, ratified by the United States on April 25, 1997, and entered into force on April 29, 1997. SEC. 142. ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR DESTRUCTION OF ASSEMBLED CHEMICAL WEAPONS. Section 142(a) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 50 U.S.C. 1521 note) is amended to read as follows: ``(a) Program Management.--(1) The program manager for the Assembled Chemical [[Page H4147]] Weapons Assessment program shall manage the development and testing of technologies for the destruction of lethal chemical munitions that are potential or demonstrated alternatives to the baseline incineration program. ``(2) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology and the Secretary of the Army shall jointly submit to Congress, not later than December 1, 1999, a plan for the transfer of oversight of the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment program from the Under Secretary to the Secretary. ``(3) Oversight of the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment program shall be transferred from the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology to the Secretary of the Army pursuant to the plan submitted under paragraph (2) not later than 90 days after the date of the submission of the notice required under section 152(f)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104-106; 50 U.S.C. 1521). ``(4) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology and the Secretary of the Army shall ensure coordination of the activities and plans of the program manager for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment program and the program manager for Chemical Demilitarization during the demonstration and pilot plant facility phase for an alternative technology. ``(5) For those baseline demilitarization facilities for which the Secretary decides that implementation of an alternative technology may be recommended, the Secretary may take those measures necessary to facilitate the integration of the alternative technology.''. Subtitle E--Other Matters SEC. 151. LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS. (a) In General.--Chapter 136 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``Sec. 2282. Purchase or lease of communications services: limitation ``The Secretary of Defense may not obligate any funds after September 30, 2000, to buy a commercial satellite communications system or to lease a communications service, including mobile satellite communications, unless the Secretary determines that the system or service to be purchased or leased has been proven through independent testing-- ``(1) not to cause harmful interference to, or to disrupt the use of, colocated commercial or military Global Positioning System receivers used by the Department of Defense; and ``(2) to be safe for use with such receivers in all other respects.''. (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: ``2282. Purchase or lease of communications services: limitation.''. SEC. 152. PROCUREMENT OF FIR