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Text of this article available as: TXT PDF [Pages H7469-H7868] [[Page H7469]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- House of Representatives CONFERENCE REPORT ON S. 1059, NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000 Mr. SPENCE submitted the following conference report and statement on 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: Conference Report (H. Rept. 106-301) The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the House to the bill (S. 1059) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 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, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows: That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the House and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the House amendment, insert the following: 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. Subtitle B--Army Programs Sec. 111. Multiyear procurement authority for certain Army programs. Sec. 112. Procurement requirements for the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles. Sec. 113. Army aviation modernization. Sec. 114. Multiple Launch Rocket System. Sec. 115. Extension of pilot program on sales of manufactured articles and services of certain Army industrial facilities without regard to availability from domestic sources. Sec. 116. Extension of authority to carry out Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Initiative. Subtitle C--Navy Programs Sec. 121. F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft program. Sec. 122. Arleigh Burke class destroyer program. Sec. 123. Repeal of requirement for annual report from shipbuilders under certain nuclear attack submarine programs. Sec. 124. LHD-8 amphibious assault ship program. Sec. 125. D-5 missile program. Subtitle D--Air Force Programs Sec. 131. F-22 aircraft program. Sec. 132. Replacement options for conventional air-launched cruise missile. Sec. 133. Procurement of firefighting equipment for the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve. Sec. 134. F-16 tactical manned reconnaisance aircraft. Subtitle E--Chemical Stockpile Destruction Program Sec. 141. Destruction of existing stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions. Sec. 142. Comptroller General report on anticipated effects of proposed changes in operation of storage sites for lethal chemical agents and munitions. 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. Sense of Congress regarding defense science and technology program. Sec. 213. Micro-satellite technology development program. Sec. 214. Space control technology. Sec. 215. Space maneuver vehicle program. Sec. 216. Manufacturing technology program. Sec. 217. Revision to limitations on high altitude endurance unmanned vehicle program. Subtitle C--Ballistic Missile Defense Sec. 231. Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) low program. Sec. 232. Theater missile defense upper tier acquisition strategy. Sec. 233. Acquisition strategy for Theater High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. Sec. 234. Space-based laser program. Sec. 235. Criteria for progression of airborne laser program. Sec. 236. Sense of Congress regarding ballistic missile defense technology funding. Sec. 237. Report on national missile defense. Subtitle D--Research and Development for Long-Term Military Capabilities Sec. 241. Quadrennial report on emerging operational concepts. Sec. 242. Technology area review and assessment. Sec. 243. Report by Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics. Sec. 244. DARPA program for award of competitive prizes to encourage development of advanced technologies. Sec. 245. Additional pilot program for revitalizing Department of Defense laboratories. Subtitle E--Other Matters Sec. 251. Development of Department of Defense laser master plan and execution of solid state laser program. Sec. 252. Report on Air Force distributed mission training. TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding. [[Page H7470]] 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. Armed Forces Emergency Services. Sec. 312. Replacement of nonsecure tactical radios of the 82nd Airborne Division. Sec. 313. Large medium-speed roll-on/roll-off (LMSR) program. Sec. 314. Contributions for Spirit of Hope endowment fund of United Service Organizations, Incorporated. Subtitle C--Environmental Provisions Sec. 321. Extension of limitation on payment of fines and penalties using funds in environmental restoration accounts. Sec. 322. Modification of requirements for annual reports on environmental compliance activities. Sec. 323. Defense environmental technology program and investment control process for environmental technologies. Sec. 324. Modification of membership of Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program Council. Sec. 325. Extension of pilot program for sale of air pollution emission reduction incentives. Sec. 326. Reimbursement for certain costs in connection with Fresno Drum Superfund Site, Fresno, California. Sec. 327. Payment of stipulated penalties assessed under CERCLA in connection with F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming. Sec. 328. Remediation of asbestos and lead-based paint. Sec. 329. Release of information to foreign countries regarding any environmental contamination at former United States military installations in those countries. Sec. 330. Toussaint River ordnance mitigation study. Subtitle D--Depot-Level Activities Sec. 331. Sales of articles and services of defense industrial facilities to purchasers outside the Department of Defense. Sec. 332. Contracting authority for defense working capital funded industrial facilities. Sec. 333. Annual reports on expenditures for performance of depot-level maintenance and repair workloads by public and private sectors. Sec. 334. Applicability of competition requirement in contracting out workloads performed by depot-level activities of Department of Defense. Sec. 335. Treatment of public sector winning bidders for contracts for performance of depot-level maintenance and repair workloads formerly performed at certain military installations. Sec. 336. Additional matters to be reported before prime vendor contract for depot-level maintenance and repair is entered into. Subtitle E--Performance of Functions by Private-Sector Sources Sec. 341. Reduced threshold for consideration of effect on local community of changing defense functions to private sector performance. Sec. 342. Congressional notification of A-76 cost comparison waivers. Sec. 343. Report on use of employees of non-Federal entities to provide services to Department of Defense. Sec. 344. Evaluation of total system performance responsibility program. Sec. 345. Sense of Congress regarding process for modernization of Army computer services. Subtitle F--Defense Dependents Education Sec. 351. Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees. Sec. 352. Unified school boards for all Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Schools in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and Guam. Sec. 353. Continuation of enrollment at Department of Defense domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools. Sec. 354. Technical amendments to Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978. Subtitle G--Military Readiness Issues Sec. 361. Independent study of military readiness reporting system. Sec. 362. Independent study of Department of Defense secondary inventory and parts shortages. Sec. 363. Report on inventory and control of military equipment. Sec. 364. Comptroller General study of adequacy of Department restructured sustainment and reengineered logistics product support practices. Sec. 365. Comptroller General review of real property maintenance and its effect on readiness. Sec. 366. Establishment of logistics standards for sustained military operations. Subtitle H--Information Technology Issues Sec. 371. Discretionary authority to install telecommunication equipment for persons performing voluntary services. Sec. 372. Authority for disbursing officers to support use of automated teller machines on naval vessels for financial transactions. Sec. 373. Use of Smart Card technology in the Department of Defense. Sec. 374. Report on defense use of Smart Card as PKI authentication device carrier. Subtitle I--Other Matters Sec. 381. Authority to lend or donate obsolete or condemned rifles for funeral and other ceremonies. Sec. 382. Extension of warranty claims recovery pilot program. Sec. 383. Preservation of historic buildings and grounds at United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home, District of Columbia. Sec. 384. Clarification of land conveyance authority, United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home. Sec. 385. 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. 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 numbers of members in certain grades authorized to be 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. Temporary authority for recall of retired aviators. Sec. 502. Increase in maximum number of officers authorized to be on active-duty list in frocked grades of brigadier general and rear admiral (lower half). Sec. 503. Reserve officers requesting or otherwise causing nonselection for promotion. Sec. 504. Minimum grade of officers eligible to serve on boards of inquiry. Sec. 505. Minimum selection of warrant officers for promotion from below the promotion zone. Sec. 506. Increase in threshold period of active duty for applicability of restriction on holding of civil office by retired regular officers and reserve officers. Sec. 507. Exemption of retiree council members from recalled retiree limits. Sec. 508. Technical amendments relating to joint duty assignments. Sec. 509. Three-year extension of requirement for competition for joint 4-star officer positions. Subtitle B--Reserve Component Personnel Policy Sec. 511. Continuation of officers 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. Exclusion of reserve officers on educational delay from eligibility for consideration for promotion. Sec. 514. Extension of period for retention of reserve component majors and lieutenant commanders who twice fail of selection for promotion. Sec. 515. Computation of years of service exclusion. Sec. 516. Retention of reserve component chaplains until age 67. Sec. 517. Expansion and codification of authority for space-required travel on military aircraft for reserves performing inactive-duty training outside the continental United States. Subtile 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. Strength limitations at the service academies. Sec. 532. Superintendents of the service academies. Sec. 533. Dean of Academic Board, United States Military Academy and Dean of the Faculty, United States Air Force Academy. Sec. 534. Waiver of reimbursement of expenses for instruction at service academies of persons from foreign countries. Sec. 535. Expansion of foreign exchange programs 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 confer graduate-level degrees. Sec. 544. Reserve credit for participation in health professions scholarship and financial assistance program. Sec. 545. Permanent authority for ROTC scholarships for 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. [[Page H7471]] 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. Sec. 550. Accrual funding for Coast Guard Montgomery GI bill liabilities. Subtitle F--Reserve Component Management Sec. 551. Financial assistance program for pursuit of degrees by officer candidates in Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class program. Sec. 552. Options to improve recruiting for the Army Reserve. Sec. 553. Joint duty assignments for reserve component general and flag officers. Sec. 554. Grade of chiefs of reserve components and additional general officers at the National Guard Bureau. Sec. 555. Duties of Reserves on active duty in support of the Reserves. Sec. 556. Repeal of limitation on number of Reserves on full-time active duty in support of preparedness for responses to emergencies involving weapons of mass destruction. Sec. 557. Establishment of Office of the Coast Guard Reserve. Sec. 558. Report on use of National Guard facilities and infrastructure for support of provision of services to veterans. Subtitle G--Decorations, Awards, and Commendations Sec. 561. Waiver of time limitations for award of certain decorations to certain persons. Sec. 562. Authority for award of Medal of Honor to Alfred Rascon for valor during the Vietnam conflict. Sec. 563. Elimination of current backlog of requests for replacement of military decorations. Sec. 564. Retroactive award of Navy Combat Action Ribbon. Sec. 565. Sense of Congress concerning Presidential unit citation for crew of the U.S.S. Indianapolis. Subtitle H--Matters Relating to Recruiting Sec. 571. Access to secondary school students for military recruiting purposes. Sec. 572. Increased authority to extend delayed entry period for enlistments of persons with no prior military service. Sec. 573. Army College First pilot program. Sec. 574. Use of recruiting materials for public relations purposes. Subtitle I--Matters Relating to Missing Persons Sec. 575. Nondisclosure of debriefing information on certain missing persons previously returned to United States control. Sec. 576. Recovery and identification of remains of certain World War II servicemen lost in Pacific Theater of Operations. Subtitle J--Other Matters Sec. 577. Authority for special courts-martial to impose sentences to confinement and forfeitures of pay of up to one year. Sec. 578. Funeral honors details for funerals of veterans. Sec. 579. Purpose and funding limitations for National Guard Challenge program. Sec. 580. Department of Defense Starbase program. Sec. 581. Survey of members leaving military service on attitudes toward military service. Sec. 582. Service review agencies covered by professional staffing requirement. Sec. 583. Participation of members in management of organizations abroad that promote international understanding. Sec. 584. Support for expanded child care services and youth program services for dependents. Sec. 585. Report and regulations on Department of Defense policies on protecting the confidentiality of communications with professionals providing therapeutic or related services regarding sexual or domestic abuse. Sec. 586. Members under burdensome personnel tempo. Subtitle K--Domestic Violence Sec. 591. Defense task force on domestic violence. Sec. 592. Incentive program for improving responses to domestic violence involving members of the Armed Forces and military family members. Sec. 593. Uniform Department of Defense policies for responses to domestic violence. Sec. 594. Central Department of Defense database on domestic violence incidents. 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 2001 through 2006. 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. Amount of 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. Additional special pay for board certified veterinarians in the Armed Forces and Public Health Service. Sec. 617. Diving duty special pay. Sec. 618. Reenlistment bonus. Sec. 619. Enlistment bonus. Sec. 620. Selected Reserve enlistment bonus. Sec. 621. Special pay for members of the Coast Guard Reserve assigned to high priority units of the Selected Reserve. Sec. 622. Reduced minimum period of enlistment in Army in critical skill for eligibility for enlistment bonus. Sec. 623. Eligibility for reserve component prior service enlistment bonus upon attaining a critical skill. Sec. 624. Increase in special pay and bonuses for nuclear-qualified officers. Sec. 625. Increase in maximum monthly rate authorized for foreign language proficiency pay. Sec. 626. Authorization of retention bonus for special warfare officers extending periods of active duty. Sec. 627. Authorization of surface warfare officer continuation pay. Sec. 628. Authorization of career enlisted flyer incentive pay. Sec. 629. 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. Destination airport for emergency leave travel to continental United States. 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 Matters Relating to Military Retirees and Survivors Sec. 651. Repeal of reduction in retired pay for military retirees employed in civilian positions. Sec. 652. Presentation of United States flag to retiring members of the uniformed services not previously covered. Sec. 653. Disability retirement or separation for certain members with pre-existing conditions. Sec. 654. Credit toward paid-up SBP coverage for months covered by make-up premium paid by persons electing SBP coverage during special open enrollment period. Sec. 655. Paid-up coverage under Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan. Sec. 656. Extension of authority for payment of annuities to certain military surviving spouses. Sec. 657. Effectuation of intended SBP annuity for former spouse when not elected by reason of untimely death of retiree. Sec. 658. Special compensation for severely disabled uniformed services retirees. Subtitle F--Eligibility to Participate in the Thrift Savings Plan Sec. 661. Participation in thrift savings plan. Sec. 662. Special retention initiative. Sec. 663. Effective date. Subtitle G--Other Matters Sec. 671. Payment for unused leave in conjunction with a reenlistment. Sec. 672. Clarification of per diem eligibility for military technicians (dual status) serving on active duty without pay outside the United States. Sec. 673. Annual report on effects of initiatives on recruitment and retention. Sec. 674. Overseas special supplemental food program. Sec. 675. Tuition assistance for members deployed in a contingency operation. Sec. 676. Administration of Selected Reserve education loan repayment program for Coast Guard Reserve. Sec. 677. Sense of Congress regarding treatment under Internal Revenue Code of members receiving hostile fire or imminent danger special pay during contingency operations. TITLE VII--HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS Subtitle A--Health Care Services Sec. 701. Pharmacy benefits program. Sec. 702. Provision of chiropractic health care. Sec. 703. Provision of domiciliary and custodial care for certain CHAMPUS beneficiaries. Sec. 704. Enhancement of dental benefits for retirees. Sec. 705. Medical and dental care for certain members incurring injuries on inactive-duty training. Sec. 706. Health care at former uniformed services treatment facilities for active duty members stationed at certain remote locations. Sec. 707. Open enrollment demonstration program. Subtitle B--TRICARE Program Sec. 711. Expansion and revision of authority for dental programs for dependents and reserves. Sec. 712. Improvement of access to health care under the TRICARE program. Sec. 713. Improvements to claims processing under the TRICARE program. Sec. 714. Authority to waive certain TRICARE deductibles. Sec. 715. TRICARE beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinators. [[Page H7472]] Sec. 716. Improvement of TRICARE management; improvements to third- party payer collection program. Sec. 717. Comparative report on health care coverage under the TRICARE program. Subtitle C--Other Matters Sec. 721. Forensic pathology investigations by Armed Forces Medical Examiner. Sec. 722. Best value contracting. Sec. 723. Health care quality information and technology enhancement. Sec. 724. Joint telemedicine and telepharmacy demonstration projects by the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 725. Program-year stability in health care benefits. Sec. 726. Study on joint operations for the Defense Health Program. Sec. 727. Trauma training center. Sec. 728. Sense of Congress regarding automatic enrollment of medicare- eligible beneficiaries in the TRICARE Senior Prime demonstration project. TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS Subtitle A--Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations Sec. 801. Authority to carry out certain prototype projects. Sec. 802. Streamlined applicability of cost accounting standards. Sec. 803. Sale, exchange, and waiver authority for coal and coke. Sec. 804. Guidance on use of task order and delivery order contracts. Sec. 805. Clarification of definition of commercial items with respect to associated services. Sec. 806. Use of special simplified procedures for purchases of commercial items in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold. Sec. 807. Repeal of termination of provision of credit towards subcontracting goals for purchases benefiting severely handicapped persons. Sec. 808. Contract goal for small disadvantaged businesses and certain institutions of higher education. Sec. 809. Required reports for certain multiyear contracts. Subtitle B--Other Matters Sec. 811. Mentor-Protege Program improvements. Sec. 812. Program to increase business innovation in defense acquisition programs. Sec. 813. Incentives to produce innovative new technologies. Sec. 814. Pilot program for commercial services. Sec. 815. Expansion of applicability of requirement to make certain procurements from small arms production industrial base. Sec. 816. Compliance with existing law regarding purchases of equipment and products. Sec. 817. Extension of test program for negotiation of comprehensive small business subcontracting plans. Sec. 818. Extension of interim reporting rule for certain procurements less than $100,000. Sec. 819. Inspector General review of compliance with Buy American Act in purchases of strength training equipment. Sec. 820. Report on options for accelerated acquisition of precision munitions. Sec. 821. Technical amendment to prohibition on release of contractor proposals under the Freedom of Information Act. TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT Subtitle A--Department of Defense Strategic Planning Sec. 901. Permanent requirement for Quadrennial Defense Review. Sec. 902. Minimum interval for updating and revising Department of Defense strategic plan. Subtitle B--Department of Defense Organization Sec. 911. Responsibility for logistics and sustainment functions of the Department of Defense. Sec. 912. Enhancement of technology security program of Department of Defense. Sec. 913. Efficient utilization of defense laboratories. Sec. 914. Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs. Sec. 915. Authority for acceptance by Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies of foreign gifts and donations. Subtitle C--Personnel Management Sec. 921. Revisions to limitations on number of personnel assigned to major Department of Defense headquarters activities. Sec. 922. Defense acquisition workforce reductions. Sec. 923. Monitoring and reporting requirements regarding operations tempo and personnel tempo. Sec. 924. Administration of defense reform initiative enterprise program for military manpower and personnel information. Sec. 925. Payment of tuition for education and training of members in defense acquisition workforce. Subtitle D--Other Matters Sec. 931. Additional matters for annual reports on joint warfighting experimentation. Sec. 932. Oversight of Department of Defense activities to combat terrorism. Sec. 933. Responsibilities and accountability for certain financial management functions. Sec. 934. Management of Civil Air Patrol. TITLE X--GENERAL PROVISIONS Subtitle A--Financial Matters Sec. 1001. Transfer authority. Sec. 1002. Incorporation of classified annex. Sec. 1003. Authorization of emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1999. Sec. 1004. Supplemental appropriations request for operations in Yugoslavia. Sec. 1005. United States contribution to NATO common-funded budgets in fiscal year 2000. Sec. 1006. Limitation on funds for Bosnia peacekeeping operations for fiscal year 2000. Sec. 1007. Second biennial financial management improvement plan. Sec. 1008. Waiver authority for requirement that electronic transfer of funds be used for Department of Defense payments. Sec. 1009. Single payment date for invoice for various subsistence items. Sec. 1010. Payment of foreign licensing fees out of proceeds of sale of maps, charts, and navigational books. 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. National Defense Features program. Sec. 1016. Sales of naval shipyard articles and services to nuclear ship contractors. Sec. 1017. Transfer of naval vessel to foreign country. Sec. 1018. Authority to transfer naval vessels to certain foreign countries. Subtitle C--Support for Civilian Law Enforcement and Counter Drug Activities Sec. 1021. Modification of limitation on funding assistance for procurement of equipment for the National Guard for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities. Sec. 1022. Temporary extension to certain naval aircraft of Coast Guard authority for drug interdiction activities. Sec. 1023. Military assistance to civil authorities to respond to act or threat of terrorism. Sec. 1024. Condition on development of forward operating locations for United States Southern Command counter-drug detection and monitoring flights. Sec. 1025. Annual report on United States military activities in Colombia. Sec. 1026. Report on use of radar systems for counter-drug detection and monitoring. Sec. 1027. Plan regarding assignment of military personnel to assist Immigration and Naturalization Service and Customs Service. Subtitle D--Miscellaneous Report Requirements and Repeals Sec. 1031. Preservation of certain defense reporting requirements. Sec. 1032. Repeal of certain reporting requirements not preserved. Sec. 1033. Reports on risks under National Military Strategy and combatant command requirements. Sec. 1034. Report on lift and prepositioned support requirements to support National Military Strategy. Sec. 1035. Report on assessments of readiness to execute the National Military Strategy. Sec. 1036. Report on Rapid Assessment and Initial Detection teams. Sec. 1037. Report on unit readiness of units considered to be assets of Consequence Management Program Integration Office. Sec. 1038. Analysis of relationship between threats and budget submission for fiscal year 2001. Sec. 1039. Report on NATO defense capabilities initiative. Sec. 1040. Report on motor vehicle violations by operators of official Army vehicles. Subtitle E--Information Security Sec. 1041. Identification in budget materials of amounts for declassification activities and limitation on expenditures for such activities. Sec. 1042. Notice to congressional committees of certain security and counterintelligence failures within defense programs. Sec. 1043. Information Assurance Initiative. Sec. 1044. Nondisclosure of information on personnel of overseas, sensitive, or routinely deployable units. Sec. 1045. Nondisclosure of certain operational files of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency. Subtitle F--Memorial Objects and Commemorations Sec. 1051. Moratorium on the return of veterans memorial objects to foreign nations without specific authorization in law. Sec. 1052. Program to commemorate 50th anniversary of the Korean War. Sec. 1053. Commemoration of the victory of freedom in the Cold War. Subtitle G--Other Matters Sec. 1061. Defense Science Board task force on use of television and radio as a propaganda instrument in time of military conflict. Sec. 1062. Assessment of electromagnetic spectrum reallocation. Sec. 1063. Extension and reauthorization of Defense Production Act of 1950. Sec. 1064. Performance of threat and risk assessments. Sec. 1065. Chemical agents used for defensive training. [[Page H7473]] Sec. 1066. Technical and clerical amendments. Sec. 1067. Amendments to reflect name change of Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives to Committee on Armed Services. TITLE XI--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL Sec. 1101. Accelerated implementation of voluntary early retirement authority. Sec. 1102. Increase of pay cap for nonappropriated fund senior executive employees. Sec. 1103. Restoration of leave of emergency essential employees serving in a combat zone. Sec. 1104. Extension of certain temporary authorities to provide benefits for employees in connection with defense workforce reductions and restructuring. Sec. 1105. Leave without loss of benefits for military reserve technicians on active duty in support of combat operations. Sec. 1106. Expansion of Guard-and-Reserve purposes for which leave under section 6323 of title 5, United States Code, may be used. Sec. 1107. Work schedules and premium pay of service academy faculty. Sec. 1108. Salary schedules and related benefits for faculty and staff of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Sec. 1109. Exemption of defense laboratory employees from certain workforce management restrictions. TITLE XII--MATTERS RELATING TO OTHER NATIONS Subtitle A--Matters Relating to the People's Republic of China Sec. 1201. Limitation on military-to-military exchanges and contacts with Chinese People's Liberation Army. Sec. 1202. Annual report on military power of the People's Republic of China. Subtitle B--Matters Relating to the Balkans Sec. 1211. Department of Defense report on the conduct of Operation Allied Force and associated relief operations. Sec. 1212. Sense of Congress regarding the need for vigorous prosecution of war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity in the former Republic of Yugoslavia. Subtitle C--Matters Relating to NATO and Other Allies Sec. 1221. Legal effect of the new Strategic Concept of NATO. Sec. 1222. Report on allied capabilities to contribute to major theater wars. Sec. 1223. Attendance at professional military education schools by military personnel of the new member nations of NATO. Subtitle D--Other Matters Sec. 1231. Multinational economic embargoes against governments in armed conflict with the United States. Sec. 1232. Limitation on deployment of Armed Forces in Haiti during fiscal year 2000 and congressional notice of deployments to Haiti. Sec. 1233. Report on the security situation on the Korean peninsula. Sec. 1234. Sense of Congress regarding the continuation of sanctions against Libya. Sec. 1235. Sense of Congress and report on disengaging from noncritical overseas missions involving United States combat forces. 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 until submission of report. Sec. 1307. Limitation on use of funds until submission of multiyear plan. Sec. 1308. Requirement to submit report. Sec. 1309. Report on Expanded Threat Reduction Initiative. Sec. 1310. Limitation on use of funds until submission of certification. Sec. 1311. Period covered by annual report on accounting for United States assistance under Cooperative Threat Reduction programs. Sec. 1312. Russian nonstrategic nuclear arms. TITLE XIV--PROLIFERATION AND EXPORT CONTROLS Sec. 1401. Adherence of People's Republic of China to Missile Technology Control Regime. Sec. 1402. Annual report on transfers of militarily sensitive technology to countries of concern. Sec. 1403. Resources for export license functions. Sec. 1404. Security in connection with satellite export licensing. Sec. 1405. Reporting of technology transmitted 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. Enhanced multilateral export controls. Sec. 1409. Enhancement of activities of Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Sec. 1410. Timely notification of licensing decisions by the Department of State. Sec. 1411. Enhanced intelligence consultation on satellite license applications. Sec. 1412. Investigations of violations of export controls by United States satellite manufacturers. TITLE XV--ARMS CONTROL AND COUNTERPROLIFERATION MATTERS Sec. 1501. Revision to limitation on retirement or dismantlement of strategic nuclear delivery systems. Sec. 1502. Sense of Congress on strategic arms reductions. Sec. 1503. Report on strategic stability under START III. Sec. 1504. Counterproliferation Program Review Committee. Sec. 1505. Support of United Nations-sponsored efforts to inspect and monitor Iraqi weapons activities. TITLE XVI--NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE MATTERS Subtitle A--Space Technology Guide; Reports Sec. 1601. Space technology guide. Sec. 1602. Report on vulnerabilities of United States space assets. Sec. 1603. Report on space launch failures. Sec. 1604. Report on Air Force space launch facilities. Subtitle B--Commercial Space Launch Services Sec. 1611. Sense of Congress regarding United States-Russian cooperation in commercial space launch services. Sec. 1612. Sense of Congress concerning United States commercial space launch capacity. Subtitle C--Commission To Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization Sec. 1621. Establishment of commission. Sec. 1622. Duties of commission. Sec. 1623. Report. Sec. 1624. Assessment by the Secretary of Defense. Sec. 1625. Powers. Sec. 1626. Commission procedures. Sec. 1627. Personnel matters. Sec. 1628. Miscellaneous administrative provisions. Sec. 1629. Funding. Sec. 1630. Termination of the commission. TITLE XVII--TROOPS-TO-TEACHERS PROGRAM Sec. 1701. Short title; definitions. Sec. 1702. Authorization of Troops-to-Teachers Program. Sec. 1703. Eligible members of the Armed Forces. Sec. 1704. Selection of participants. Sec. 1705. Stipend and bonus for participants. Sec. 1706. Participation by States. Sec. 1707. Termination of original program; transfer of functions. Sec. 1708. Reporting requirements. Sec. 1709. Funds for fiscal year 2000. 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. Sec. 2204. Authorization of appropriations, Navy. Sec. 2205. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 1997 project. Sec. 2206. Authorization to accept electrical substation improvements, Guam. TITLE XXIII--AIR FORCE Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2302. Family housing. Sec. 2303. Improvements to military family housing units. Sec. 2304. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force. TITLE XXIV--DEFENSE AGENCIES Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2402. Improvements to military family housing units. Sec. 2403. 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. Sec. 2602. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 1998 project. 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. [[Page H7474]] TITLE XXVIII--GENERAL PROVISIONS Subtitle A--Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes Sec. 2801. Exemption from notice and wait requirements of military construction projects supported by burdensharing funds undertaken for war or national emergency. Sec. 2802. Development of Ford Island, Hawaii. Sec. 2803. Expansion of entities eligible to participate in alternative authority for acquisition and improvement of military housing. Sec. 2804. Restriction on authority to acquire or construct ancillary supporting facilities for housing units. Sec. 2805. Planning and design for military construction projects for reserve components. Sec. 2806. Modification of limitations on reserve component facility projects for certain safety projects. Sec. 2807. Sense of Congress on use of incremental funding to carry out military construction projects. Subtitle B--Real Property and Facilities Administration Sec. 2811. Extension of authority for lease of real property for special operations activities. Sec. 2812. Enhancement of authority relating to utility privatization. Sec. 2813. Acceptance of funds to cover administrative expenses relating to certain real property transactions. Sec. 2814. Operations of Naval Academy dairy farm. Sec. 2815. Study and report on impacts to military readiness of proposed land management changes on public lands in Utah. Sec. 2816. Designation of missile intelligence building at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, as the Richard C. Shelby Center for Missile Intelligence. Subtitle C--Defense Base Closure and Realignment Sec. 2821. Economic development conveyances of base closure property. Sec. 2822. 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 exchange, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. Sec. 2833. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Bangor, Maine. Sec. 2834. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Kankakee, Illinois. Sec. 2835. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Cannon Falls, Minnesota. Sec. 2836. Land conveyance, Army Maintenance Support Activity (Marine) Number 84, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. Sec. 2837. Land conveyances, Army docks and related property, Alaska. Sec. 2838. Land conveyance, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Sec. 2839. Land conveyance, Nike Battery 80 family housing site, East Hanover Township, New Jersey. Sec. 2840. Land conveyances, Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant, Minnesota. Sec. 2841. Repair and conveyance of Red Butte Dam and Reservoir, Salt Lake City, Utah. Sec. 2842. Modification of land conveyance, Joliet Army Ammunition Plant, Illinois. Part II--Navy Conveyances Sec. 2851. Land conveyance, Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant No. 387, Dallas, Texas. Sec. 2852. Land conveyance, Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina. Sec. 2853. Land conveyance, Newport, Rhode Island. Sec. 2854. Land conveyance, Naval Training Center, Orlando, Florida. Sec. 2855. One-year delay in demolition of radio transmitting facility towers at Naval Station, Annapolis, Maryland, to facilitate conveyance of towers. Sec. 2856. Clarification of land exchange, Naval Reserve Readiness Center, Portland, Maine. Sec. 2857. Revision to lease authority, Naval Air Station, Meridian, Mississippi. Sec. 2858. Land conveyances, Norfolk, Virginia. Part III--Air Force Conveyances Sec. 2861. Land conveyance, Newington Defense Fuel Supply Point, 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. Acceptance of guarantees in connection with gifts to military service academies. Sec. 2872. Acquisition of State-held inholdings, east range of Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Sec. 2873. Enhancement of Pentagon renovation activities. Subtitle F--Expansion of Arlington National Cemetery Sec. 2881. Transfer from Navy Annex, Arlington, Virginia. Sec. 2882. Transfer from Fort Myer, Arlington, Virginia. TITLE XXIX--COMMISSION ON NATIONAL MILITARY MUSEUM Sec. 2901. Establishment. Sec. 2902. Duties of Commission. Sec. 2903. Report. Sec. 2904. Powers. Sec. 2905. Commission procedures. Sec. 2906. Personnel matters. Sec. 2907. Miscellaneous administrative provisions. Sec. 2908. Funding. Sec. 2909. Termination of Commission. TITLE XXX--MILITARY LAND WITHDRAWALS Sec. 3001. Short title. Subtitle A--Withdrawals Generally Sec. 3011. Withdrawals. Sec. 3012. Maps and legal descriptions. Sec. 3013. Termination of withdrawals in Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1986. Sec. 3014. Management of lands. Sec. 3015. Duration of withdrawal and reservation. Sec. 3016. Extension of initial withdrawal and reservation. Sec. 3017. Ongoing decontamination. Sec. 3018. Delegation. Sec. 3019. Water rights. Sec. 3020. Hunting, fishing, and trapping. Sec. 3021. Mining and mineral leasing. Sec. 3022. Use of mineral materials. Sec. 3023. Immunity of United States. Subtitle B--Withdrawals in Arizona Sec. 3031. Barry M. Goldwater Range, Arizona. Sec. 3032. Military use of Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge and Cabeza Prieta Wilderness. Sec. 3033. Maps and legal description. Sec. 3034. Water rights. Sec. 3035. Hunting, fishing, and trapping. Sec. 3036. Use of mineral materials. Sec. 3037. Immunity of United States. Subtitle C--Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 3041. Authorization of appropriations. 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. 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. Prohibition on use of funds for certain activities under formerly utilized site remedial action program. Sec. 3132. Continuation of processing, treatment, and disposition of legacy nuclear materials. Sec. 3133. Nuclear weapons stockpile life extension program. Sec. 3134. Procedures for meeting tritium production requirements. Sec. 3135. Independent cost estimate of accelerator production of tritium. Sec. 3136. Nonproliferation initiatives and activities. Sec. 3137. Support of theater ballistic missile defense activities of the Department of Defense. Subtitle D--Matters Relating to Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence Sec. 3141. Short title. Sec. 3142. Commission on Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence at Department of Energy facilities. Sec. 3143. Background investigations of certain personnel at Department of Energy facilities. Sec. 3144. Conduct of security clearances. Sec. 3145. Protection of classified information during laboratory-to- laboratory exchanges. Sec. 3146. Restrictions on access to national laboratories by foreign visitors from sensitive countries. Sec. 3147. Department of Energy regulations relating to the safeguarding and security of Restricted Data. Sec. 3148. Increased penalties for misuse of Restricted Data. Sec. 3149. Supplement to plan for declassification of Restricted Data and formerly Restricted Data. Sec. 3150. Notice to congressional committees of certain security and counterintelligence failures within nuclear energy defense programs. [[Page H7475]] Sec. 3151. Annual report by the President on espionage by the People's Republic of China. Sec. 3152. Report on counterintelligence and security practices at national laboratories. Sec. 3153. Report on security vulnerabilities of national laboratory computers. Sec. 3154. Counterintelligence polygraph program. Sec. 3155. Definitions of national laboratory and nuclear weapons production facility. Sec. 3156. Definition of Restricted Data. Subtitle E--Matters Relating to Personnel Sec. 3161. Extension of authority of Department of Energy to pay voluntary separation incentive payments. Sec. 3162. Fellowship program for development of skills critical to the Department of Energy nuclear weapons complex. Sec. 3163. Maintenance of nuclear weapons expertise in the Department of Defense and Department of Energy. Sec. 3164. Whistleblower protection program. Subtitle F--Other Matters Sec. 3171. Requirement for plan to improve reprogramming processes. Sec. 3172. Integrated fissile materials management plan. Sec. 3173. Identification in budget materials of amounts for declassification activities and limitation on expenditures for such activities. Sec. 3174. Sense of Congress regarding technology transfer coordination for Department of Energy national laboratories. Sec. 3175. Pilot program for project management oversight regarding Department of Energy construction projects. Sec. 3176. Pilot program of Department of Energy to authorize use of prior year unobligated balances for accelerated site cleanup at Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, Colorado. Sec. 3177. Proposed schedule for shipments of waste from Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, Colorado, to Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, New Mexico. Sec. 3178. Comptroller General report on closure of Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, Colorado. Sec. 3179. Extension of review of Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, New Mexico. TITLE XXXII--NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Sec. 3201. Short title. Sec. 3202. Under Secretary for Nuclear Security of Department of Energy. Sec. 3203. Establishment of policy for National Nuclear Security Administration. Sec. 3204. Organization of Department of Energy counterintelligence and intelligence programs and activities. Subtitle A--Establishment and Organization Sec. 3211. Establishment and mission. Sec. 3212. Administrator for Nuclear Security. Sec. 3213. Status of Administration and contractor personnel within Department of Energy. Sec. 3214. Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs. Sec. 3215. Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation. Sec. 3216. Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors. Sec. 3217. General Counsel. Sec. 3218. Staff of Administration. Subtitle B--Matters Relating to Security Sec. 3231. Protection of national security information. Sec. 3232. Office of Defense Nuclear Counterintelligence and Office of Defense Nuclear Security. Sec. 3233. Counterintelligence programs. Sec. 3234. Procedures relating to access by individuals to classified areas and information of Administration. Sec. 3235. Government access to information on Administration computers. Sec. 3236. Congressional oversight of special access programs. Subtitle C--Matters Relating to Personnel Sec. 3241. Authority to establish certain scientific, engineering, and technical positions. Sec. 3242. Voluntary early retirement authority. Sec. 3243. Severance pay. Sec. 3244. Continued coverage of health care benefits. Subtitle D--Budget and Financial Management Sec. 3251. Separate treatment in budget. Sec. 3252. Planning, programming, and budgeting process. Sec. 3253. Future-years nuclear security program. Subtitle E--Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 3261. Environmental protection, safety, and health requirements. Sec. 3262. Compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulation. Sec. 3263. Sharing of technology with Department of Defense. Sec. 3264. Use of capabilities of national security laboratories by entities outside Administration. Subtitle F--Definitions Sec. 3281. Definitions. Subtitle G--Amendatory Provisions, Transition Provisions, and Effective Dates Sec. 3291. Functions transferred. Sec. 3292. Transfer of funds and employees. Sec. 3293. Pay levels. Sec. 3294. Conforming amendments. Sec. 3295. Transition provisions. Sec. 3296. Applicability of preexisting laws and regulations. Sec. 3297. Report containing implementation plan of Secretary of Energy. Sec. 3298. Classification in United States Code. Sec. 3299. Effective dates. TITLE XXXIII--DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD Sec. 3301. Authorization. TITLE XXXIV--NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE Sec. 3401. Authorized uses of stockpile funds. Sec. 3402. Disposal of certain materials in National Defense Stockpile. Sec. 3403. Limitations on previous authority for disposal of stockpile materials. 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. 3505. Expenditures only in accordance with treaties. TITLE XXXVI--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION Sec. 3601. Short title. Sec. 3602. Authorization of appropriations

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Text of this article available as: TXT PDF [Pages H7469-H7868] [[Page H7469]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- House of Representatives CONFERENCE REPORT ON S. 1059, NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000 Mr. SPENCE submitted the following conference report and statement on 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: Conference Report (H. Rept. 106-301) The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the House to the bill (S. 1059) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 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, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows: That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the House and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the House amendment, insert the following: 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. Subtitle B--Army Programs Sec. 111. Multiyear procurement authority for certain Army programs. Sec. 112. Procurement requirements for the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles. Sec. 113. Army aviation modernization. Sec. 114. Multiple Launch Rocket System. Sec. 115. Extension of pilot program on sales of manufactured articles and services of certain Army industrial facilities without regard to availability from domestic sources. Sec. 116. Extension of authority to carry out Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Initiative. Subtitle C--Navy Programs Sec. 121. F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft program. Sec. 122. Arleigh Burke class destroyer program. Sec. 123. Repeal of requirement for annual report from shipbuilders under certain nuclear attack submarine programs. Sec. 124. LHD-8 amphibious assault ship program. Sec. 125. D-5 missile program. Subtitle D--Air Force Programs Sec. 131. F-22 aircraft program. Sec. 132. Replacement options for conventional air-launched cruise missile. Sec. 133. Procurement of firefighting equipment for the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve. Sec. 134. F-16 tactical manned reconnaisance aircraft. Subtitle E--Chemical Stockpile Destruction Program Sec. 141. Destruction of existing stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions. Sec. 142. Comptroller General report on anticipated effects of proposed changes in operation of storage sites for lethal chemical agents and munitions. 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. Sense of Congress regarding defense science and technology program. Sec. 213. Micro-satellite technology development program. Sec. 214. Space control technology. Sec. 215. Space maneuver vehicle program. Sec. 216. Manufacturing technology program. Sec. 217. Revision to limitations on high altitude endurance unmanned vehicle program. Subtitle C--Ballistic Missile Defense Sec. 231. Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) low program. Sec. 232. Theater missile defense upper tier acquisition strategy. Sec. 233. Acquisition strategy for Theater High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. Sec. 234. Space-based laser program. Sec. 235. Criteria for progression of airborne laser program. Sec. 236. Sense of Congress regarding ballistic missile defense technology funding. Sec. 237. Report on national missile defense. Subtitle D--Research and Development for Long-Term Military Capabilities Sec. 241. Quadrennial report on emerging operational concepts. Sec. 242. Technology area review and assessment. Sec. 243. Report by Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics. Sec. 244. DARPA program for award of competitive prizes to encourage development of advanced technologies. Sec. 245. Additional pilot program for revitalizing Department of Defense laboratories. Subtitle E--Other Matters Sec. 251. Development of Department of Defense laser master plan and execution of solid state laser program. Sec. 252. Report on Air Force distributed mission training. TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding. [[Page H7470]] 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. Armed Forces Emergency Services. Sec. 312. Replacement of nonsecure tactical radios of the 82nd Airborne Division. Sec. 313. Large medium-speed roll-on/roll-off (LMSR) program. Sec. 314. Contributions for Spirit of Hope endowment fund of United Service Organizations, Incorporated. Subtitle C--Environmental Provisions Sec. 321. Extension of limitation on payment of fines and penalties using funds in environmental restoration accounts. Sec. 322. Modification of requirements for annual reports on environmental compliance activities. Sec. 323. Defense environmental technology program and investment control process for environmental technologies. Sec. 324. Modification of membership of Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program Council. Sec. 325. Extension of pilot program for sale of air pollution emission reduction incentives. Sec. 326. Reimbursement for certain costs in connection with Fresno Drum Superfund Site, Fresno, California. Sec. 327. Payment of stipulated penalties assessed under CERCLA in connection with F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming. Sec. 328. Remediation of asbestos and lead-based paint. Sec. 329. Release of information to foreign countries regarding any environmental contamination at former United States military installations in those countries. Sec. 330. Toussaint River ordnance mitigation study. Subtitle D--Depot-Level Activities Sec. 331. Sales of articles and services of defense industrial facilities to purchasers outside the Department of Defense. Sec. 332. Contracting authority for defense working capital funded industrial facilities. Sec. 333. Annual reports on expenditures for performance of depot-level maintenance and repair workloads by public and private sectors. Sec. 334. Applicability of competition requirement in contracting out workloads performed by depot-level activities of Department of Defense. Sec. 335. Treatment of public sector winning bidders for contracts for performance of depot-level maintenance and repair workloads formerly performed at certain military installations. Sec. 336. Additional matters to be reported before prime vendor contract for depot-level maintenance and repair is entered into. Subtitle E--Performance of Functions by Private-Sector Sources Sec. 341. Reduced threshold for consideration of effect on local community of changing defense functions to private sector performance. Sec. 342. Congressional notification of A-76 cost comparison waivers. Sec. 343. Report on use of employees of non-Federal entities to provide services to Department of Defense. Sec. 344. Evaluation of total system performance responsibility program. Sec. 345. Sense of Congress regarding process for modernization of Army computer services. Subtitle F--Defense Dependents Education Sec. 351. Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees. Sec. 352. Unified school boards for all Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Schools in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and Guam. Sec. 353. Continuation of enrollment at Department of Defense domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools. Sec. 354. Technical amendments to Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978. Subtitle G--Military Readiness Issues Sec. 361. Independent study of military readiness reporting system. Sec. 362. Independent study of Department of Defense secondary inventory and parts shortages. Sec. 363. Report on inventory and control of military equipment. Sec. 364. Comptroller General study of adequacy of Department restructured sustainment and reengineered logistics product support practices. Sec. 365. Comptroller General review of real property maintenance and its effect on readiness. Sec. 366. Establishment of logistics standards for sustained military operations. Subtitle H--Information Technology Issues Sec. 371. Discretionary authority to install telecommunication equipment for persons performing voluntary services. Sec. 372. Authority for disbursing officers to support use of automated teller machines on naval vessels for financial transactions. Sec. 373. Use of Smart Card technology in the Department of Defense. Sec. 374. Report on defense use of Smart Card as PKI authentication device carrier. Subtitle I--Other Matters Sec. 381. Authority to lend or donate obsolete or condemned rifles for funeral and other ceremonies. Sec. 382. Extension of warranty claims recovery pilot program. Sec. 383. Preservation of historic buildings and grounds at United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home, District of Columbia. Sec. 384. Clarification of land conveyance authority, United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home. Sec. 385. 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. 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 numbers of members in certain grades authorized to be 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. Temporary authority for recall of retired aviators. Sec. 502. Increase in maximum number of officers authorized to be on active-duty list in frocked grades of brigadier general and rear admiral (lower half). Sec. 503. Reserve officers requesting or otherwise causing nonselection for promotion. Sec. 504. Minimum grade of officers eligible to serve on boards of inquiry. Sec. 505. Minimum selection of warrant officers for promotion from below the promotion zone. Sec. 506. Increase in threshold period of active duty for applicability of restriction on holding of civil office by retired regular officers and reserve officers. Sec. 507. Exemption of retiree council members from recalled retiree limits. Sec. 508. Technical amendments relating to joint duty assignments. Sec. 509. Three-year extension of requirement for competition for joint 4-star officer positions. Subtitle B--Reserve Component Personnel Policy Sec. 511. Continuation of officers 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. Exclusion of reserve officers on educational delay from eligibility for consideration for promotion. Sec. 514. Extension of period for retention of reserve component majors and lieutenant commanders who twice fail of selection for promotion. Sec. 515. Computation of years of service exclusion. Sec. 516. Retention of reserve component chaplains until age 67. Sec. 517. Expansion and codification of authority for space-required travel on military aircraft for reserves performing inactive-duty training outside the continental United States. Subtile 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. Strength limitations at the service academies. Sec. 532. Superintendents of the service academies. Sec. 533. Dean of Academic Board, United States Military Academy and Dean of the Faculty, United States Air Force Academy. Sec. 534. Waiver of reimbursement of expenses for instruction at service academies of persons from foreign countries. Sec. 535. Expansion of foreign exchange programs 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 confer graduate-level degrees. Sec. 544. Reserve credit for participation in health professions scholarship and financial assistance program. Sec. 545. Permanent authority for ROTC scholarships for 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. [[Page H7471]] 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. Sec. 550. Accrual funding for Coast Guard Montgomery GI bill liabilities. Subtitle F--Reserve Component Management Sec. 551. Financial assistance program for pursuit of degrees by officer candidates in Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class program. Sec. 552. Options to improve recruiting for the Army Reserve. Sec. 553. Joint duty assignments for reserve component general and flag officers. Sec. 554. Grade of chiefs of reserve components and additional general officers at the National Guard Bureau. Sec. 555. Duties of Reserves on active duty in support of the Reserves. Sec. 556. Repeal of limitation on number of Reserves on full-time active duty in support of preparedness for responses to emergencies involving weapons of mass destruction. Sec. 557. Establishment of Office of the Coast Guard Reserve. Sec. 558. Report on use of National Guard facilities and infrastructure for support of provision of services to veterans. Subtitle G--Decorations, Awards, and Commendations Sec. 561. Waiver of time limitations for award of certain decorations to certain persons. Sec. 562. Authority for award of Medal of Honor to Alfred Rascon for valor during the Vietnam conflict. Sec. 563. Elimination of current backlog of requests for replacement of military decorations. Sec. 564. Retroactive award of Navy Combat Action Ribbon. Sec. 565. Sense of Congress concerning Presidential unit citation for crew of the U.S.S. Indianapolis. Subtitle H--Matters Relating to Recruiting Sec. 571. Access to secondary school students for military recruiting purposes. Sec. 572. Increased authority to extend delayed entry period for enlistments of persons with no prior military service. Sec. 573. Army College First pilot program. Sec. 574. Use of recruiting materials for public relations purposes. Subtitle I--Matters Relating to Missing Persons Sec. 575. Nondisclosure of debriefing information on certain missing persons previously returned to United States control. Sec. 576. Recovery and identification of remains of certain World War II servicemen lost in Pacific Theater of Operations. Subtitle J--Other Matters Sec. 577. Authority for special courts-martial to impose sentences to confinement and forfeitures of pay of up to one year. Sec. 578. Funeral honors details for funerals of veterans. Sec. 579. Purpose and funding limitations for National Guard Challenge program. Sec. 580. Department of Defense Starbase program. Sec. 581. Survey of members leaving military service on attitudes toward military service. Sec. 582. Service review agencies covered by professional staffing requirement. Sec. 583. Participation of members in management of organizations abroad that promote international understanding. Sec. 584. Support for expanded child care services and youth program services for dependents. Sec. 585. Report and regulations on Department of Defense policies on protecting the confidentiality of communications with professionals providing therapeutic or related services regarding sexual or domestic abuse. Sec. 586. Members under burdensome personnel tempo. Subtitle K--Domestic Violence Sec. 591. Defense task force on domestic violence. Sec. 592. Incentive program for improving responses to domestic violence involving members of the Armed Forces and military family members. Sec. 593. Uniform Department of Defense policies for responses to domestic violence. Sec. 594. Central Department of Defense database on domestic violence incidents. 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 2001 through 2006. 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. Amount of 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. Additional special pay for board certified veterinarians in the Armed Forces and Public Health Service. Sec. 617. Diving duty special pay. Sec. 618. Reenlistment bonus. Sec. 619. Enlistment bonus. Sec. 620. Selected Reserve enlistment bonus. Sec. 621. Special pay for members of the Coast Guard Reserve assigned to high priority units of the Selected Reserve. Sec. 622. Reduced minimum period of enlistment in Army in critical skill for eligibility for enlistment bonus. Sec. 623. Eligibility for reserve component prior service enlistment bonus upon attaining a critical skill. Sec. 624. Increase in special pay and bonuses for nuclear-qualified officers. Sec. 625. Increase in maximum monthly rate authorized for foreign language proficiency pay. Sec. 626. Authorization of retention bonus for special warfare officers extending periods of active duty. Sec. 627. Authorization of surface warfare officer continuation pay. Sec. 628. Authorization of career enlisted flyer incentive pay. Sec. 629. 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. Destination airport for emergency leave travel to continental United States. 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 Matters Relating to Military Retirees and Survivors Sec. 651. Repeal of reduction in retired pay for military retirees employed in civilian positions. Sec. 652. Presentation of United States flag to retiring members of the uniformed services not previously covered. Sec. 653. Disability retirement or separation for certain members with pre-existing conditions. Sec. 654. Credit toward paid-up SBP coverage for months covered by make-up premium paid by persons electing SBP coverage during special open enrollment period. Sec. 655. Paid-up coverage under Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan. Sec. 656. Extension of authority for payment of annuities to certain military surviving spouses. Sec. 657. Effectuation of intended SBP annuity for former spouse when not elected by reason of untimely death of retiree. Sec. 658. Special compensation for severely disabled uniformed services retirees. Subtitle F--Eligibility to Participate in the Thrift Savings Plan Sec. 661. Participation in thrift savings plan. Sec. 662. Special retention initiative. Sec. 663. Effective date. Subtitle G--Other Matters Sec. 671. Payment for unused leave in conjunction with a reenlistment. Sec. 672. Clarification of per diem eligibility for military technicians (dual status) serving on active duty without pay outside the United States. Sec. 673. Annual report on effects of initiatives on recruitment and retention. Sec. 674. Overseas special supplemental food program. Sec. 675. Tuition assistance for members deployed in a contingency operation. Sec. 676. Administration of Selected Reserve education loan repayment program for Coast Guard Reserve. Sec. 677. Sense of Congress regarding treatment under Internal Revenue Code of members receiving hostile fire or imminent danger special pay during contingency operations. TITLE VII--HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS Subtitle A--Health Care Services Sec. 701. Pharmacy benefits program. Sec. 702. Provision of chiropractic health care. Sec. 703. Provision of domiciliary and custodial care for certain CHAMPUS beneficiaries. Sec. 704. Enhancement of dental benefits for retirees. Sec. 705. Medical and dental care for certain members incurring injuries on inactive-duty training. Sec. 706. Health care at former uniformed services treatment facilities for active duty members stationed at certain remote locations. Sec. 707. Open enrollment demonstration program. Subtitle B--TRICARE Program Sec. 711. Expansion and revision of authority for dental programs for dependents and reserves. Sec. 712. Improvement of access to health care under the TRICARE program. Sec. 713. Improvements to claims processing under the TRICARE program. Sec. 714. Authority to waive certain TRICARE deductibles. Sec. 715. TRICARE beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinators. [[Page H7472]] Sec. 716. Improvement of TRICARE management; improvements to third- party payer collection program. Sec. 717. Comparative report on health care coverage under the TRICARE program. Subtitle C--Other Matters Sec. 721. Forensic pathology investigations by Armed Forces Medical Examiner. Sec. 722. Best value contracting. Sec. 723. Health care quality information and technology enhancement. Sec. 724. Joint telemedicine and telepharmacy demonstration projects by the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 725. Program-year stability in health care benefits. Sec. 726. Study on joint operations for the Defense Health Program. Sec. 727. Trauma training center. Sec. 728. Sense of Congress regarding automatic enrollment of medicare- eligible beneficiaries in the TRICARE Senior Prime demonstration project. TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS Subtitle A--Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations Sec. 801. Authority to carry out certain prototype projects. Sec. 802. Streamlined applicability of cost accounting standards. Sec. 803. Sale, exchange, and waiver authority for coal and coke. Sec. 804. Guidance on use of task order and delivery order contracts. Sec. 805. Clarification of definition of commercial items with respect to associated services. Sec. 806. Use of special simplified procedures for purchases of commercial items in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold. Sec. 807. Repeal of termination of provision of credit towards subcontracting goals for purchases benefiting severely handicapped persons. Sec. 808. Contract goal for small disadvantaged businesses and certain institutions of higher education. Sec. 809. Required reports for certain multiyear contracts. Subtitle B--Other Matters Sec. 811. Mentor-Protege Program improvements. Sec. 812. Program to increase business innovation in defense acquisition programs. Sec. 813. Incentives to produce innovative new technologies. Sec. 814. Pilot program for commercial services. Sec. 815. Expansion of applicability of requirement to make certain procurements from small arms production industrial base. Sec. 816. Compliance with existing law regarding purchases of equipment and products. Sec. 817. Extension of test program for negotiation of comprehensive small business subcontracting plans. Sec. 818. Extension of interim reporting rule for certain procurements less than $100,000. Sec. 819. Inspector General review of compliance with Buy American Act in purchases of strength training equipment. Sec. 820. Report on options for accelerated acquisition of precision munitions. Sec. 821. Technical amendment to prohibition on release of contractor proposals under the Freedom of Information Act. TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT Subtitle A--Department of Defense Strategic Planning Sec. 901. Permanent requirement for Quadrennial Defense Review. Sec. 902. Minimum interval for updating and revising Department of Defense strategic plan. Subtitle B--Department of Defense Organization Sec. 911. Responsibility for logistics and sustainment functions of the Department of Defense. Sec. 912. Enhancement of technology security program of Department of Defense. Sec. 913. Efficient utilization of defense laboratories. Sec. 914. Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs. Sec. 915. Authority for acceptance by Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies of foreign gifts and donations. Subtitle C--Personnel Management Sec. 921. Revisions to limitations on number of personnel assigned to major Department of Defense headquarters activities. Sec. 922. Defense acquisition workforce reductions. Sec. 923. Monitoring and reporting requirements regarding operations tempo and personnel tempo. Sec. 924. Administration of defense reform initiative enterprise program for military manpower and personnel information. Sec. 925. Payment of tuition for education and training of members in defense acquisition workforce. Subtitle D--Other Matters Sec. 931. Additional matters for annual reports on joint warfighting experimentation. Sec. 932. Oversight of Department of Defense activities to combat terrorism. Sec. 933. Responsibilities and accountability for certain financial management functions. Sec. 934. Management of Civil Air Patrol. TITLE X--GENERAL PROVISIONS Subtitle A--Financial Matters Sec. 1001. Transfer authority. Sec. 1002. Incorporation of classified annex. Sec. 1003. Authorization of emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1999. Sec. 1004. Supplemental appropriations request for operations in Yugoslavia. Sec. 1005. United States contribution to NATO common-funded budgets in fiscal year 2000. Sec. 1006. Limitation on funds for Bosnia peacekeeping operations for fiscal year 2000. Sec. 1007. Second biennial financial management improvement plan. Sec. 1008. Waiver authority for requirement that electronic transfer of funds be used for Department of Defense payments. Sec. 1009. Single payment date for invoice for various subsistence items. Sec. 1010. Payment of foreign licensing fees out of proceeds of sale of maps, charts, and navigational books. 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. National Defense Features program. Sec. 1016. Sales of naval shipyard articles and services to nuclear ship contractors. Sec. 1017. Transfer of naval vessel to foreign country. Sec. 1018. Authority to transfer naval vessels to certain foreign countries. Subtitle C--Support for Civilian Law Enforcement and Counter Drug Activities Sec. 1021. Modification of limitation on funding assistance for procurement of equipment for the National Guard for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities. Sec. 1022. Temporary extension to certain naval aircraft of Coast Guard authority for drug interdiction activities. Sec. 1023. Military assistance to civil authorities to respond to act or threat of terrorism. Sec. 1024. Condition on development of forward operating locations for United States Southern Command counter-drug detection and monitoring flights. Sec. 1025. Annual report on United States military activities in Colombia. Sec. 1026. Report on use of radar systems for counter-drug detection and monitoring. Sec. 1027. Plan regarding assignment of military personnel to assist Immigration and Naturalization Service and Customs Service. Subtitle D--Miscellaneous Report Requirements and Repeals Sec. 1031. Preservation of certain defense reporting requirements. Sec. 1032. Repeal of certain reporting requirements not preserved. Sec. 1033. Reports on risks under National Military Strategy and combatant command requirements. Sec. 1034. Report on lift and prepositioned support requirements to support National Military Strategy. Sec. 1035. Report on assessments of readiness to execute the National Military Strategy. Sec. 1036. Report on Rapid Assessment and Initial Detection teams. Sec. 1037. Report on unit readiness of units considered to be assets of Consequence Management Program Integration Office. Sec. 1038. Analysis of relationship between threats and budget submission for fiscal year 2001. Sec. 1039. Report on NATO defense capabilities initiative. Sec. 1040. Report on motor vehicle violations by operators of official Army vehicles. Subtitle E--Information Security Sec. 1041. Identification in budget materials of amounts for declassification activities and limitation on expenditures for such activities. Sec. 1042. Notice to congressional committees of certain security and counterintelligence failures within defense programs. Sec. 1043. Information Assurance Initiative. Sec. 1044. Nondisclosure of information on personnel of overseas, sensitive, or routinely deployable units. Sec. 1045. Nondisclosure of certain operational files of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency. Subtitle F--Memorial Objects and Commemorations Sec. 1051. Moratorium on the return of veterans memorial objects to foreign nations without specific authorization in law. Sec. 1052. Program to commemorate 50th anniversary of the Korean War. Sec. 1053. Commemoration of the victory of freedom in the Cold War. Subtitle G--Other Matters Sec. 1061. Defense Science Board task force on use of television and radio as a propaganda instrument in time of military conflict. Sec. 1062. Assessment of electromagnetic spectrum reallocation. Sec. 1063. Extension and reauthorization of Defense Production Act of 1950. Sec. 1064. Performance of threat and risk assessments. Sec. 1065. Chemical agents used for defensive training. [[Page H7473]] Sec. 1066. Technical and clerical amendments. Sec. 1067. Amendments to reflect name change of Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives to Committee on Armed Services. TITLE XI--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL Sec. 1101. Accelerated implementation of voluntary early retirement authority. Sec. 1102. Increase of pay cap for nonappropriated fund senior executive employees. Sec. 1103. Restoration of leave of emergency essential employees serving in a combat zone. Sec. 1104. Extension of certain temporary authorities to provide benefits for employees in connection with defense workforce reductions and restructuring. Sec. 1105. Leave without loss of benefits for military reserve technicians on active duty in support of combat operations. Sec. 1106. Expansion of Guard-and-Reserve purposes for which leave under section 6323 of title 5, United States Code, may be used. Sec. 1107. Work schedules and premium pay of service academy faculty. Sec. 1108. Salary schedules and related benefits for faculty and staff of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Sec. 1109. Exemption of defense laboratory employees from certain workforce management restrictions. TITLE XII--MATTERS RELATING TO OTHER NATIONS Subtitle A--Matters Relating to the People's Republic of China Sec. 1201. Limitation on military-to-military exchanges and contacts with Chinese People's Liberation Army. Sec. 1202. Annual report on military power of the People's Republic of China. Subtitle B--Matters Relating to the Balkans Sec. 1211. Department of Defense report on the conduct of Operation Allied Force and associated relief operations. Sec. 1212. Sense of Congress regarding the need for vigorous prosecution of war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity in the former Republic of Yugoslavia. Subtitle C--Matters Relating to NATO and Other Allies Sec. 1221. Legal effect of the new Strategic Concept of NATO. Sec. 1222. Report on allied capabilities to contribute to major theater wars. Sec. 1223. Attendance at professional military education schools by military personnel of the new member nations of NATO. Subtitle D--Other Matters Sec. 1231. Multinational economic embargoes against governments in armed conflict with the United States. Sec. 1232. Limitation on deployment of Armed Forces in Haiti during fiscal year 2000 and congressional notice of deployments to Haiti. Sec. 1233. Report on the security situation on the Korean peninsula. Sec. 1234. Sense of Congress regarding the continuation of sanctions against Libya. Sec. 1235. Sense of Congress and report on disengaging from noncritical overseas missions involving United States combat forces. 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 until submission of report. Sec. 1307. Limitation on use of funds until submission of multiyear plan. Sec. 1308. Requirement to submit report. Sec. 1309. Report on Expanded Threat Reduction Initiative. Sec. 1310. Limitation on use of funds until submission of certification. Sec. 1311. Period covered by annual report on accounting for United States assistance under Cooperative Threat Reduction programs. Sec. 1312. Russian nonstrategic nuclear arms. TITLE XIV--PROLIFERATION AND EXPORT CONTROLS Sec. 1401. Adherence of People's Republic of China to Missile Technology Control Regime. Sec. 1402. Annual report on transfers of militarily sensitive technology to countries of concern. Sec. 1403. Resources for export license functions. Sec. 1404. Security in connection with satellite export licensing. Sec. 1405. Reporting of technology transmitted 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. Enhanced multilateral export controls. Sec. 1409. Enhancement of activities of Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Sec. 1410. Timely notification of licensing decisions by the Department of State. Sec. 1411. Enhanced intelligence consultation on satellite license applications. Sec. 1412. Investigations of violations of export controls by United States satellite manufacturers. TITLE XV--ARMS CONTROL AND COUNTERPROLIFERATION MATTERS Sec. 1501. Revision to limitation on retirement or dismantlement of strategic nuclear delivery systems. Sec. 1502. Sense of Congress on strategic arms reductions. Sec. 1503. Report on strategic stability under START III. Sec. 1504. Counterproliferation Program Review Committee. Sec. 1505. Support of United Nations-sponsored efforts to inspect and monitor Iraqi weapons activities. TITLE XVI--NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE MATTERS Subtitle A--Space Technology Guide; Reports Sec. 1601. Space technology guide. Sec. 1602. Report on vulnerabilities of United States space assets. Sec. 1603. Report on space launch failures. Sec. 1604. Report on Air Force space launch facilities. Subtitle B--Commercial Space Launch Services Sec. 1611. Sense of Congress regarding United States-Russian cooperation in commercial space launch services. Sec. 1612. Sense of Congress concerning United States commercial space launch capacity. Subtitle C--Commission To Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization Sec. 1621. Establishment of commission. Sec. 1622. Duties of commission. Sec. 1623. Report. Sec. 1624. Assessment by the Secretary of Defense. Sec. 1625. Powers. Sec. 1626. Commission procedures. Sec. 1627. Personnel matters. Sec. 1628. Miscellaneous administrative provisions. Sec. 1629. Funding. Sec. 1630. Termination of the commission. TITLE XVII--TROOPS-TO-TEACHERS PROGRAM Sec. 1701. Short title; definitions. Sec. 1702. Authorization of Troops-to-Teachers Program. Sec. 1703. Eligible members of the Armed Forces. Sec. 1704. Selection of participants. Sec. 1705. Stipend and bonus for participants. Sec. 1706. Participation by States. Sec. 1707. Termination of original program; transfer of functions. Sec. 1708. Reporting requirements. Sec. 1709. Funds for fiscal year 2000. 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. Sec. 2204. Authorization of appropriations, Navy. Sec. 2205. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 1997 project. Sec. 2206. Authorization to accept electrical substation improvements, Guam. TITLE XXIII--AIR FORCE Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2302. Family housing. Sec. 2303. Improvements to military family housing units. Sec. 2304. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force. TITLE XXIV--DEFENSE AGENCIES Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2402. Improvements to military family housing units. Sec. 2403. 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. Sec. 2602. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 1998 project. 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. [[Page H7474]] TITLE XXVIII--GENERAL PROVISIONS Subtitle A--Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes Sec. 2801. Exemption from notice and wait requirements of military construction projects supported by burdensharing funds undertaken for war or national emergency. Sec. 2802. Development of Ford Island, Hawaii. Sec. 2803. Expansion of entities eligible to participate in alternative authority for acquisition and improvement of military housing. Sec. 2804. Restriction on authority to acquire or construct ancillary supporting facilities for housing units. Sec. 2805. Planning and design for military construction projects for reserve components. Sec. 2806. Modification of limitations on reserve component facility projects for certain safety projects. Sec. 2807. Sense of Congress on use of incremental funding to carry out military construction projects. Subtitle B--Real Property and Facilities Administration Sec. 2811. Extension of authority for lease of real property for special operations activities. Sec. 2812. Enhancement of authority relating to utility privatization. Sec. 2813. Acceptance of funds to cover administrative expenses relating to certain real property transactions. Sec. 2814. Operations of Naval Academy dairy farm. Sec. 2815. Study and report on impacts to military readiness of proposed land management changes on public lands in Utah. Sec. 2816. Designation of missile intelligence building at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, as the Richard C. Shelby Center for Missile Intelligence. Subtitle C--Defense Base Closure and Realignment Sec. 2821. Economic development conveyances of base closure property. Sec. 2822. 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 exchange, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. Sec. 2833. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Bangor, Maine. Sec. 2834. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Kankakee, Illinois. Sec. 2835. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Cannon Falls, Minnesota. Sec. 2836. Land conveyance, Army Maintenance Support Activity (Marine) Number 84, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. Sec. 2837. Land conveyances, Army docks and related property, Alaska. Sec. 2838. Land conveyance, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Sec. 2839. Land conveyance, Nike Battery 80 family housing site, East Hanover Township, New Jersey. Sec. 2840. Land conveyances, Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant, Minnesota. Sec. 2841. Repair and conveyance of Red Butte Dam and Reservoir, Salt Lake City, Utah. Sec. 2842. Modification of land conveyance, Joliet Army Ammunition Plant, Illinois. Part II--Navy Conveyances Sec. 2851. Land conveyance, Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant No. 387, Dallas, Texas. Sec. 2852. Land conveyance, Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina. Sec. 2853. Land conveyance, Newport, Rhode Island. Sec. 2854. Land conveyance, Naval Training Center, Orlando, Florida. Sec. 2855. One-year delay in demolition of radio transmitting facility towers at Naval Station, Annapolis, Maryland, to facilitate conveyance of towers. Sec. 2856. Clarification of land exchange, Naval Reserve Readiness Center, Portland, Maine. Sec. 2857. Revision to lease authority, Naval Air Station, Meridian, Mississippi. Sec. 2858. Land conveyances, Norfolk, Virginia. Part III--Air Force Conveyances Sec. 2861. Land conveyance, Newington Defense Fuel Supply Point, 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. Acceptance of guarantees in connection with gifts to military service academies. Sec. 2872. Acquisition of State-held inholdings, east range of Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Sec. 2873. Enhancement of Pentagon renovation activities. Subtitle F--Expansion of Arlington National Cemetery Sec. 2881. Transfer from Navy Annex, Arlington, Virginia. Sec. 2882. Transfer from Fort Myer, Arlington, Virginia. TITLE XXIX--COMMISSION ON NATIONAL MILITARY MUSEUM Sec. 2901. Establishment. Sec. 2902. Duties of Commission. Sec. 2903. Report. Sec. 2904. Powers. Sec. 2905. Commission procedures. Sec. 2906. Personnel matters. Sec. 2907. Miscellaneous administrative provisions. Sec. 2908. Funding. Sec. 2909. Termination of Commission. TITLE XXX--MILITARY LAND WITHDRAWALS Sec. 3001. Short title. Subtitle A--Withdrawals Generally Sec. 3011. Withdrawals. Sec. 3012. Maps and legal descriptions. Sec. 3013. Termination of withdrawals in Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1986. Sec. 3014. Management of lands. Sec. 3015. Duration of withdrawal and reservation. Sec. 3016. Extension of initial withdrawal and reservation. Sec. 3017. Ongoing decontamination. Sec. 3018. Delegation. Sec. 3019. Water rights. Sec. 3020. Hunting, fishing, and trapping. Sec. 3021. Mining and mineral leasing. Sec. 3022. Use of mineral materials. Sec. 3023. Immunity of United States. Subtitle B--Withdrawals in Arizona Sec. 3031. Barry M. Goldwater Range, Arizona. Sec. 3032. Military use of Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge and Cabeza Prieta Wilderness. Sec. 3033. Maps and legal description. Sec. 3034. Water rights. Sec. 3035. Hunting, fishing, and trapping. Sec. 3036. Use of mineral materials. Sec. 3037. Immunity of United States. Subtitle C--Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 3041. Authorization of appropriations. 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. 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. Prohibition on use of funds for certain activities under formerly utilized site remedial action program. Sec. 3132. Continuation of processing, treatment, and disposition of legacy nuclear materials. Sec. 3133. Nuclear weapons stockpile life extension program. Sec. 3134. Procedures for meeting tritium production requirements. Sec. 3135. Independent cost estimate of accelerator production of tritium. Sec. 3136. Nonproliferation initiatives and activities. Sec. 3137. Support of theater ballistic missile defense activities of the Department of Defense. Subtitle D--Matters Relating to Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence Sec. 3141. Short title. Sec. 3142. Commission on Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence at Department of Energy facilities. Sec. 3143. Background investigations of certain personnel at Department of Energy facilities. Sec. 3144. Conduct of security clearances. Sec. 3145. Protection of classified information during laboratory-to- laboratory exchanges. Sec. 3146. Restrictions on access to national laboratories by foreign visitors from sensitive countries. Sec. 3147. Department of Energy regulations relating to the safeguarding and security of Restricted Data. Sec. 3148. Increased penalties for misuse of Restricted Data. Sec. 3149. Supplement to plan for declassification of Restricted Data and formerly Restricted Data. Sec. 3150. Notice to congressional committees of certain security and counterintelligence failures within nuclear energy defense programs. [[Page H7475]] Sec. 3151. Annual report by the President on espionage by the People's Republic of China. Sec. 3152. Report on counterintelligence and security practices at national laboratories. Sec. 3153. Report on security vulnerabilities of national laboratory computers. Sec. 3154. Counterintelligence polygraph program. Sec. 3155. Definitions of national laboratory and nuclear weapons production facility. Sec. 3156. Definition of Restricted Data. Subtitle E--Matters Relating to Personnel Sec. 3161. Extension of authority of Department of Energy to pay voluntary separation incentive payments. Sec. 3162. Fellowship program for development of skills critical to the Department of Energy nuclear weapons complex. Sec. 3163. Maintenance of nuclear weapons expertise in the Department of Defense and Department of Energy. Sec. 3164. Whistleblower protection program. Subtitle F--Other Matters Sec. 3171. Requirement for plan to improve reprogramming processes. Sec. 3172. Integrated fissile materials management plan. Sec. 3173. Identification in budget materials of amounts for declassification activities and limitation on expenditures for such activities. Sec. 3174. Sense of Congress regarding technology transfer coordination for Department of Energy national laboratories. Sec. 3175. Pilot program for project management oversight regarding Department of Energy construction projects. Sec. 3176. Pilot program of Department of Energy to authorize use of prior year unobligated balances for accelerated site cleanup at Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, Colorado. Sec. 3177. Proposed schedule for shipments of waste from Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, Colorado, to Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, New Mexico. Sec. 3178. Comptroller General report on closure of Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, Colorado. Sec. 3179. Extension of review of Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, New Mexico. TITLE XXXII--NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Sec. 3201. Short title. Sec. 3202. Under Secretary for Nuclear Security of Department of Energy. Sec. 3203. Establishment of policy for National Nuclear Security Administration. Sec. 3204. Organization of Department of Energy counterintelligence and intelligence programs and activities. Subtitle A--Establishment and Organization Sec. 3211. Establishment and mission. Sec. 3212. Administrator for Nuclear Security. Sec. 3213. Status of Administration and contractor personnel within Department of Energy. Sec. 3214. Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs. Sec. 3215. Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation. Sec. 3216. Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors. Sec. 3217. General Counsel. Sec. 3218. Staff of Administration. Subtitle B--Matters Relating to Security Sec. 3231. Protection of national security information. Sec. 3232. Office of Defense Nuclear Counterintelligence and Office of Defense Nuclear Security. Sec. 3233. Counterintelligence programs. Sec. 3234. Procedures relating to access by individuals to classified areas and information of Administration. Sec. 3235. Government access to information on Administration computers. Sec. 3236. Congressional oversight of special access programs. Subtitle C--Matters Relating to Personnel Sec. 3241. Authority to establish certain scientific, engineering, and technical positions. Sec. 3242. Voluntary early retirement authority. Sec. 3243. Severance pay. Sec. 3244. Continued coverage of health care benefits. Subtitle D--Budget and Financial Management Sec. 3251. Separate treatment in budget. Sec. 3252. Planning, programming, and budgeting process. Sec. 3253. Future-years nuclear security program. Subtitle E--Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 3261. Environmental protection, safety, and health requirements. Sec. 3262. Compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulation. Sec. 3263. Sharing of technology with Department of Defense. Sec. 3264. Use of capabilities of national security laboratories by entities outside Administration. Subtitle F--Definitions Sec. 3281. Definitions. Subtitle G--Amendatory Provisions, Transition Provisions, and Effective Dates Sec. 3291. Functions transferred. Sec. 3292. Transfer of funds and employees. Sec. 3293. Pay levels. Sec. 3294. Conforming amendments. Sec. 3295. Transition provisions. Sec. 3296. Applicability of preexisting laws and regulations. Sec. 3297. Report containing implementation plan of Secretary of Energy. Sec. 3298. Classification in United States Code. Sec. 3299. Effective dates. TITLE XXXIII--DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD Sec. 3301. Authorization. TITLE XXXIV--NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE Sec. 3401. Authorized uses of stockpile funds. Sec. 3402. Disposal of certain materials in National Defense Stockpile. Sec. 3403. Limitations on previous authority for disposal of stockpile materials. 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. 3505. Expenditures only in accordance with treaties. TITLE XXXVI--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION Sec. 3601. Short title. Sec. 3602. Authorization of appr

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Text of this article available as: TXT PDF [Pages H7469-H7868] [[Page H7469]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- House of Representatives CONFERENCE REPORT ON S. 1059, NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000 Mr. SPENCE submitted the following conference report and statement on 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: Conference Report (H. Rept. 106-301) The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the House to the bill (S. 1059) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 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, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows: That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the House and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the House amendment, insert the following: 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. Subtitle B--Army Programs Sec. 111. Multiyear procurement authority for certain Army programs. Sec. 112. Procurement requirements for the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles. Sec. 113. Army aviation modernization. Sec. 114. Multiple Launch Rocket System. Sec. 115. Extension of pilot program on sales of manufactured articles and services of certain Army industrial facilities without regard to availability from domestic sources. Sec. 116. Extension of authority to carry out Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Initiative. Subtitle C--Navy Programs Sec. 121. F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft program. Sec. 122. Arleigh Burke class destroyer program. Sec. 123. Repeal of requirement for annual report from shipbuilders under certain nuclear attack submarine programs. Sec. 124. LHD-8 amphibious assault ship program. Sec. 125. D-5 missile program. Subtitle D--Air Force Programs Sec. 131. F-22 aircraft program. Sec. 132. Replacement options for conventional air-launched cruise missile. Sec. 133. Procurement of firefighting equipment for the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve. Sec. 134. F-16 tactical manned reconnaisance aircraft. Subtitle E--Chemical Stockpile Destruction Program Sec. 141. Destruction of existing stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions. Sec. 142. Comptroller General report on anticipated effects of proposed changes in operation of storage sites for lethal chemical agents and munitions. 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. Sense of Congress regarding defense science and technology program. Sec. 213. Micro-satellite technology development program. Sec. 214. Space control technology. Sec. 215. Space maneuver vehicle program. Sec. 216. Manufacturing technology program. Sec. 217. Revision to limitations on high altitude endurance unmanned vehicle program. Subtitle C--Ballistic Missile Defense Sec. 231. Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) low program. Sec. 232. Theater missile defense upper tier acquisition strategy. Sec. 233. Acquisition strategy for Theater High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. Sec. 234. Space-based laser program. Sec. 235. Criteria for progression of airborne laser program. Sec. 236. Sense of Congress regarding ballistic missile defense technology funding. Sec. 237. Report on national missile defense. Subtitle D--Research and Development for Long-Term Military Capabilities Sec. 241. Quadrennial report on emerging operational concepts. Sec. 242. Technology area review and assessment. Sec. 243. Report by Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics. Sec. 244. DARPA program for award of competitive prizes to encourage development of advanced technologies. Sec. 245. Additional pilot program for revitalizing Department of Defense laboratories. Subtitle E--Other Matters Sec. 251. Development of Department of Defense laser master plan and execution of solid state laser program. Sec. 252. Report on Air Force distributed mission training. TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding. [[Page H7470]] 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. Armed Forces Emergency Services. Sec. 312. Replacement of nonsecure tactical radios of the 82nd Airborne Division. Sec. 313. Large medium-speed roll-on/roll-off (LMSR) program. Sec. 314. Contributions for Spirit of Hope endowment fund of United Service Organizations, Incorporated. Subtitle C--Environmental Provisions Sec. 321. Extension of limitation on payment of fines and penalties using funds in environmental restoration accounts. Sec. 322. Modification of requirements for annual reports on environmental compliance activities. Sec. 323. Defense environmental technology program and investment control process for environmental technologies. Sec. 324. Modification of membership of Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program Council. Sec. 325. Extension of pilot program for sale of air pollution emission reduction incentives. Sec. 326. Reimbursement for certain costs in connection with Fresno Drum Superfund Site, Fresno, California. Sec. 327. Payment of stipulated penalties assessed under CERCLA in connection with F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming. Sec. 328. Remediation of asbestos and lead-based paint. Sec. 329. Release of information to foreign countries regarding any environmental contamination at former United States military installations in those countries. Sec. 330. Toussaint River ordnance mitigation study. Subtitle D--Depot-Level Activities Sec. 331. Sales of articles and services of defense industrial facilities to purchasers outside the Department of Defense. Sec. 332. Contracting authority for defense working capital funded industrial facilities. Sec. 333. Annual reports on expenditures for performance of depot-level maintenance and repair workloads by public and private sectors. Sec. 334. Applicability of competition requirement in contracting out workloads performed by depot-level activities of Department of Defense. Sec. 335. Treatment of public sector winning bidders for contracts for performance of depot-level maintenance and repair workloads formerly performed at certain military installations. Sec. 336. Additional matters to be reported before prime vendor contract for depot-level maintenance and repair is entered into. Subtitle E--Performance of Functions by Private-Sector Sources Sec. 341. Reduced threshold for consideration of effect on local community of changing defense functions to private sector performance. Sec. 342. Congressional notification of A-76 cost comparison waivers. Sec. 343. Report on use of employees of non-Federal entities to provide services to Department of Defense. Sec. 344. Evaluation of total system performance responsibility program. Sec. 345. Sense of Congress regarding process for modernization of Army computer services. Subtitle F--Defense Dependents Education Sec. 351. Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees. Sec. 352. Unified school boards for all Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Schools in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and Guam. Sec. 353. Continuation of enrollment at Department of Defense domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools. Sec. 354. Technical amendments to Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978. Subtitle G--Military Readiness Issues Sec. 361. Independent study of military readiness reporting system. Sec. 362. Independent study of Department of Defense secondary inventory and parts shortages. Sec. 363. Report on inventory and control of military equipment. Sec. 364. Comptroller General study of adequacy of Department restructured sustainment and reengineered logistics product support practices. Sec. 365. Comptroller General review of real property maintenance and its effect on readiness. Sec. 366. Establishment of logistics standards for sustained military operations. Subtitle H--Information Technology Issues Sec. 371. Discretionary authority to install telecommunication equipment for persons performing voluntary services. Sec. 372. Authority for disbursing officers to support use of automated teller machines on naval vessels for financial transactions. Sec. 373. Use of Smart Card technology in the Department of Defense. Sec. 374. Report on defense use of Smart Card as PKI authentication device carrier. Subtitle I--Other Matters Sec. 381. Authority to lend or donate obsolete or condemned rifles for funeral and other ceremonies. Sec. 382. Extension of warranty claims recovery pilot program. Sec. 383. Preservation of historic buildings and grounds at United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home, District of Columbia. Sec. 384. Clarification of land conveyance authority, United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home. Sec. 385. 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. 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 numbers of members in certain grades authorized to be 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. Temporary authority for recall of retired aviators. Sec. 502. Increase in maximum number of officers authorized to be on active-duty list in frocked grades of brigadier general and rear admiral (lower half). Sec. 503. Reserve officers requesting or otherwise causing nonselection for promotion. Sec. 504. Minimum grade of officers eligible to serve on boards of inquiry. Sec. 505. Minimum selection of warrant officers for promotion from below the promotion zone. Sec. 506. Increase in threshold period of active duty for applicability of restriction on holding of civil office by retired regular officers and reserve officers. Sec. 507. Exemption of retiree council members from recalled retiree limits. Sec. 508. Technical amendments relating to joint duty assignments. Sec. 509. Three-year extension of requirement for competition for joint 4-star officer positions. Subtitle B--Reserve Component Personnel Policy Sec. 511. Continuation of officers 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. Exclusion of reserve officers on educational delay from eligibility for consideration for promotion. Sec. 514. Extension of period for retention of reserve component majors and lieutenant commanders who twice fail of selection for promotion. Sec. 515. Computation of years of service exclusion. Sec. 516. Retention of reserve component chaplains until age 67. Sec. 517. Expansion and codification of authority for space-required travel on military aircraft for reserves performing inactive-duty training outside the continental United States. Subtile 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. Strength limitations at the service academies. Sec. 532. Superintendents of the service academies. Sec. 533. Dean of Academic Board, United States Military Academy and Dean of the Faculty, United States Air Force Academy. Sec. 534. Waiver of reimbursement of expenses for instruction at service academies of persons from foreign countries. Sec. 535. Expansion of foreign exchange programs 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 confer graduate-level degrees. Sec. 544. Reserve credit for participation in health professions scholarship and financial assistance program. Sec. 545. Permanent authority for ROTC scholarships for 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. [[Page H7471]] 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. Sec. 550. Accrual funding for Coast Guard Montgomery GI bill liabilities. Subtitle F--Reserve Component Management Sec. 551. Financial assistance program for pursuit of degrees by officer candidates in Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class program. Sec. 552. Options to improve recruiting for the Army Reserve. Sec. 553. Joint duty assignments for reserve component general and flag officers. Sec. 554. Grade of chiefs of reserve components and additional general officers at the National Guard Bureau. Sec. 555. Duties of Reserves on active duty in support of the Reserves. Sec. 556. Repeal of limitation on number of Reserves on full-time active duty in support of preparedness for responses to emergencies involving weapons of mass destruction. Sec. 557. Establishment of Office of the Coast Guard Reserve. Sec. 558. Report on use of National Guard facilities and infrastructure for support of provision of services to veterans. Subtitle G--Decorations, Awards, and Commendations Sec. 561. Waiver of time limitations for award of certain decorations to certain persons. Sec. 562. Authority for award of Medal of Honor to Alfred Rascon for valor during the Vietnam conflict. Sec. 563. Elimination of current backlog of requests for replacement of military decorations. Sec. 564. Retroactive award of Navy Combat Action Ribbon. Sec. 565. Sense of Congress concerning Presidential unit citation for crew of the U.S.S. Indianapolis. Subtitle H--Matters Relating to Recruiting Sec. 571. Access to secondary school students for military recruiting purposes. Sec. 572. Increased authority to extend delayed entry period for enlistments of persons with no prior military service. Sec. 573. Army College First pilot program. Sec. 574. Use of recruiting materials for public relations purposes. Subtitle I--Matters Relating to Missing Persons Sec. 575. Nondisclosure of debriefing information on certain missing persons previously returned to United States control. Sec. 576. Recovery and identification of remains of certain World War II servicemen lost in Pacific Theater of Operations. Subtitle J--Other Matters Sec. 577. Authority for special courts-martial to impose sentences to confinement and forfeitures of pay of up to one year. Sec. 578. Funeral honors details for funerals of veterans. Sec. 579. Purpose and funding limitations for National Guard Challenge program. Sec. 580. Department of Defense Starbase program. Sec. 581. Survey of members leaving military service on attitudes toward military service. Sec. 582. Service review agencies covered by professional staffing requirement. Sec. 583. Participation of members in management of organizations abroad that promote international understanding. Sec. 584. Support for expanded child care services and youth program services for dependents. Sec. 585. Report and regulations on Department of Defense policies on protecting the confidentiality of communications with professionals providing therapeutic or related services regarding sexual or domestic abuse. Sec. 586. Members under burdensome personnel tempo. Subtitle K--Domestic Violence Sec. 591. Defense task force on domestic violence. Sec. 592. Incentive program for improving responses to domestic violence involving members of the Armed Forces and military family members. Sec. 593. Uniform Department of Defense policies for responses to domestic violence. Sec. 594. Central Department of Defense database on domestic violence incidents. 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 2001 through 2006. 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. Amount of 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. Additional special pay for board certified veterinarians in the Armed Forces and Public Health Service. Sec. 617. Diving duty special pay. Sec. 618. Reenlistment bonus. Sec. 619. Enlistment bonus. Sec. 620. Selected Reserve enlistment bonus. Sec. 621. Special pay for members of the Coast Guard Reserve assigned to high priority units of the Selected Reserve. Sec. 622. Reduced minimum period of enlistment in Army in critical skill for eligibility for enlistment bonus. Sec. 623. Eligibility for reserve component prior service enlistment bonus upon attaining a critical skill. Sec. 624. Increase in special pay and bonuses for nuclear-qualified officers. Sec. 625. Increase in maximum monthly rate authorized for foreign language proficiency pay. Sec. 626. Authorization of retention bonus for special warfare officers extending periods of active duty. Sec. 627. Authorization of surface warfare officer continuation pay. Sec. 628. Authorization of career enlisted flyer incentive pay. Sec. 629. 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. Destination airport for emergency leave travel to continental United States. 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 Matters Relating to Military Retirees and Survivors Sec. 651. Repeal of reduction in retired pay for military retirees employed in civilian positions. Sec. 652. Presentation of United States flag to retiring members of the uniformed services not previously covered. Sec. 653. Disability retirement or separation for certain members with pre-existing conditions. Sec. 654. Credit toward paid-up SBP coverage for months covered by make-up premium paid by persons electing SBP coverage during special open enrollment period. Sec. 655. Paid-up coverage under Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan. Sec. 656. Extension of authority for payment of annuities to certain military surviving spouses. Sec. 657. Effectuation of intended SBP annuity for former spouse when not elected by reason of untimely death of retiree. Sec. 658. Special compensation for severely disabled uniformed services retirees. Subtitle F--Eligibility to Participate in the Thrift Savings Plan Sec. 661. Participation in thrift savings plan. Sec. 662. Special retention initiative. Sec. 663. Effective date. Subtitle G--Other Matters Sec. 671. Payment for unused leave in conjunction with a reenlistment. Sec. 672. Clarification of per diem eligibility for military technicians (dual status) serving on active duty without pay outside the United States. Sec. 673. Annual report on effects of initiatives on recruitment and retention. Sec. 674. Overseas special supplemental food program. Sec. 675. Tuition assistance for members deployed in a contingency operation. Sec. 676. Administration of Selected Reserve education loan repayment program for Coast Guard Reserve. Sec. 677. Sense of Congress regarding treatment under Internal Revenue Code of members receiving hostile fire or imminent danger special pay during contingency operations. TITLE VII--HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS Subtitle A--Health Care Services Sec. 701. Pharmacy benefits program. Sec. 702. Provision of chiropractic health care. Sec. 703. Provision of domiciliary and custodial care for certain CHAMPUS beneficiaries. Sec. 704. Enhancement of dental benefits for retirees. Sec. 705. Medical and dental care for certain members incurring injuries on inactive-duty training. Sec. 706. Health care at former uniformed services treatment facilities for active duty members stationed at certain remote locations. Sec. 707. Open enrollment demonstration program. Subtitle B--TRICARE Program Sec. 711. Expansion and revision of authority for dental programs for dependents and reserves. Sec. 712. Improvement of access to health care under the TRICARE program. Sec. 713. Improvements to claims processing under the TRICARE program. Sec. 714. Authority to waive certain TRICARE deductibles. Sec. 715. TRICARE beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinators. [[Page H7472]] Sec. 716. Improvement of TRICARE management; improvements to third- party payer collection program. Sec. 717. Comparative report on health care coverage under the TRICARE program. Subtitle C--Other Matters Sec. 721. Forensic pathology investigations by Armed Forces Medical Examiner. Sec. 722. Best value contracting. Sec. 723. Health care quality information and technology enhancement. Sec. 724. Joint telemedicine and telepharmacy demonstration projects by the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 725. Program-year stability in health care benefits. Sec. 726. Study on joint operations for the Defense Health Program. Sec. 727. Trauma training center. Sec. 728. Sense of Congress regarding automatic enrollment of medicare- eligible beneficiaries in the TRICARE Senior Prime demonstration project. TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS Subtitle A--Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations Sec. 801. Authority to carry out certain prototype projects. Sec. 802. Streamlined applicability of cost accounting standards. Sec. 803. Sale, exchange, and waiver authority for coal and coke. Sec. 804. Guidance on use of task order and delivery order contracts. Sec. 805. Clarification of definition of commercial items with respect to associated services. Sec. 806. Use of special simplified procedures for purchases of commercial items in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold. Sec. 807. Repeal of termination of provision of credit towards subcontracting goals for purchases benefiting severely handicapped persons. Sec. 808. Contract goal for small disadvantaged businesses and certain institutions of higher education. Sec. 809. Required reports for certain multiyear contracts. Subtitle B--Other Matters Sec. 811. Mentor-Protege Program improvements. Sec. 812. Program to increase business innovation in defense acquisition programs. Sec. 813. Incentives to produce innovative new technologies. Sec. 814. Pilot program for commercial services. Sec. 815. Expansion of applicability of requirement to make certain procurements from small arms production industrial base. Sec. 816. Compliance with existing law regarding purchases of equipment and products. Sec. 817. Extension of test program for negotiation of comprehensive small business subcontracting plans. Sec. 818. Extension of interim reporting rule for certain procurements less than $100,000. Sec. 819. Inspector General review of compliance with Buy American Act in purchases of strength training equipment. Sec. 820. Report on options for accelerated acquisition of precision munitions. Sec. 821. Technical amendment to prohibition on release of contractor proposals under the Freedom of Information Act. TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT Subtitle A--Department of Defense Strategic Planning Sec. 901. Permanent requirement for Quadrennial Defense Review. Sec. 902. Minimum interval for updating and revising Department of Defense strategic plan. Subtitle B--Department of Defense Organization Sec. 911. Responsibility for logistics and sustainment functions of the Department of Defense. Sec. 912. Enhancement of technology security program of Department of Defense. Sec. 913. Efficient utilization of defense laboratories. Sec. 914. Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs. Sec. 915. Authority for acceptance by Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies of foreign gifts and donations. Subtitle C--Personnel Management Sec. 921. Revisions to limitations on number of personnel assigned to major Department of Defense headquarters activities. Sec. 922. Defense acquisition workforce reductions. Sec. 923. Monitoring and reporting requirements regarding operations tempo and personnel tempo. Sec. 924. Administration of defense reform initiative enterprise program for military manpower and personnel information. Sec. 925. Payment of tuition for education and training of members in defense acquisition workforce. Subtitle D--Other Matters Sec. 931. Additional matters for annual reports on joint warfighting experimentation. Sec. 932. Oversight of Department of Defense activities to combat terrorism. Sec. 933. Responsibilities and accountability for certain financial management functions. Sec. 934. Management of Civil Air Patrol. TITLE X--GENERAL PROVISIONS Subtitle A--Financial Matters Sec. 1001. Transfer authority. Sec. 1002. Incorporation of classified annex. Sec. 1003. Authorization of emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1999. Sec. 1004. Supplemental appropriations request for operations in Yugoslavia. Sec. 1005. United States contribution to NATO common-funded budgets in fiscal year 2000. Sec. 1006. Limitation on funds for Bosnia peacekeeping operations for fiscal year 2000. Sec. 1007. Second biennial financial management improvement plan. Sec. 1008. Waiver authority for requirement that electronic transfer of funds be used for Department of Defense payments. Sec. 1009. Single payment date for invoice for various subsistence items. Sec. 1010. Payment of foreign licensing fees out of proceeds of sale of maps, charts, and navigational books. 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. National Defense Features program. Sec. 1016. Sales of naval shipyard articles and services to nuclear ship contractors. Sec. 1017. Transfer of naval vessel to foreign country. Sec. 1018. Authority to transfer naval vessels to certain foreign countries. Subtitle C--Support for Civilian Law Enforcement and Counter Drug Activities Sec. 1021. Modification of limitation on funding assistance for procurement of equipment for the National Guard for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities. Sec. 1022. Temporary extension to certain naval aircraft of Coast Guard authority for drug interdiction activities. Sec. 1023. Military assistance to civil authorities to respond to act or threat of terrorism. Sec. 1024. Condition on development of forward operating locations for United States Southern Command counter-drug detection and monitoring flights. Sec. 1025. Annual report on United States military activities in Colombia. Sec. 1026. Report on use of radar systems for counter-drug detection and monitoring. Sec. 1027. Plan regarding assignment of military personnel to assist Immigration and Naturalization Service and Customs Service. Subtitle D--Miscellaneous Report Requirements and Repeals Sec. 1031. Preservation of certain defense reporting requirements. Sec. 1032. Repeal of certain reporting requirements not preserved. Sec. 1033. Reports on risks under National Military Strategy and combatant command requirements. Sec. 1034. Report on lift and prepositioned support requirements to support National Military Strategy. Sec. 1035. Report on assessments of readiness to execute the National Military Strategy. Sec. 1036. Report on Rapid Assessment and Initial Detection teams. Sec. 1037. Report on unit readiness of units considered to be assets of Consequence Management Program Integration Office. Sec. 1038. Analysis of relationship between threats and budget submission for fiscal year 2001. Sec. 1039. Report on NATO defense capabilities initiative. Sec. 1040. Report on motor vehicle violations by operators of official Army vehicles. Subtitle E--Information Security Sec. 1041. Identification in budget materials of amounts for declassification activities and limitation on expenditures for such activities. Sec. 1042. Notice to congressional committees of certain security and counterintelligence failures within defense programs. Sec. 1043. Information Assurance Initiative. Sec. 1044. Nondisclosure of information on personnel of overseas, sensitive, or routinely deployable units. Sec. 1045. Nondisclosure of certain operational files of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency. Subtitle F--Memorial Objects and Commemorations Sec. 1051. Moratorium on the return of veterans memorial objects to foreign nations without specific authorization in law. Sec. 1052. Program to commemorate 50th anniversary of the Korean War. Sec. 1053. Commemoration of the victory of freedom in the Cold War. Subtitle G--Other Matters Sec. 1061. Defense Science Board task force on use of television and radio as a propaganda instrument in time of military conflict. Sec. 1062. Assessment of electromagnetic spectrum reallocation. Sec. 1063. Extension and reauthorization of Defense Production Act of 1950. Sec. 1064. Performance of threat and risk assessments. Sec. 1065. Chemical agents used for defensive training. [[Page H7473]] Sec. 1066. Technical and clerical amendments. Sec. 1067. Amendments to reflect name change of Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives to Committee on Armed Services. TITLE XI--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL Sec. 1101. Accelerated implementation of voluntary early retirement authority. Sec. 1102. Increase of pay cap for nonappropriated fund senior executive employees. Sec. 1103. Restoration of leave of emergency essential employees serving in a combat zone. Sec. 1104. Extension of certain temporary authorities to provide benefits for employees in connection with defense workforce reductions and restructuring. Sec. 1105. Leave without loss of benefits for military reserve technicians on active duty in support of combat operations. Sec. 1106. Expansion of Guard-and-Reserve purposes for which leave under section 6323 of title 5, United States Code, may be used. Sec. 1107. Work schedules and premium pay of service academy faculty. Sec. 1108. Salary schedules and related benefits for faculty and staff of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Sec. 1109. Exemption of defense laboratory employees from certain workforce management restrictions. TITLE XII--MATTERS RELATING TO OTHER NATIONS Subtitle A--Matters Relating to the People's Republic of China Sec. 1201. Limitation on military-to-military exchanges and contacts with Chinese People's Liberation Army. Sec. 1202. Annual report on military power of the People's Republic of China. Subtitle B--Matters Relating to the Balkans Sec. 1211. Department of Defense report on the conduct of Operation Allied Force and associated relief operations. Sec. 1212. Sense of Congress regarding the need for vigorous prosecution of war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity in the former Republic of Yugoslavia. Subtitle C--Matters Relating to NATO and Other Allies Sec. 1221. Legal effect of the new Strategic Concept of NATO. Sec. 1222. Report on allied capabilities to contribute to major theater wars. Sec. 1223. Attendance at professional military education schools by military personnel of the new member nations of NATO. Subtitle D--Other Matters Sec. 1231. Multinational economic embargoes against governments in armed conflict with the United States. Sec. 1232. Limitation on deployment of Armed Forces in Haiti during fiscal year 2000 and congressional notice of deployments to Haiti. Sec. 1233. Report on the security situation on the Korean peninsula. Sec. 1234. Sense of Congress regarding the continuation of sanctions against Libya. Sec. 1235. Sense of Congress and report on disengaging from noncritical overseas missions involving United States combat forces. 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 until submission of report. Sec. 1307. Limitation on use of funds until submission of multiyear plan. Sec. 1308. Requirement to submit report. Sec. 1309. Report on Expanded Threat Reduction Initiative. Sec. 1310. Limitation on use of funds until submission of certification. Sec. 1311. Period covered by annual report on accounting for United States assistance under Cooperative Threat Reduction programs. Sec. 1312. Russian nonstrategic nuclear arms. TITLE XIV--PROLIFERATION AND EXPORT CONTROLS Sec. 1401. Adherence of People's Republic of China to Missile Technology Control Regime. Sec. 1402. Annual report on transfers of militarily sensitive technology to countries of concern. Sec. 1403. Resources for export license functions. Sec. 1404. Security in connection with satellite export licensing. Sec. 1405. Reporting of technology transmitted 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. Enhanced multilateral export controls. Sec. 1409. Enhancement of activities of Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Sec. 1410. Timely notification of licensing decisions by the Department of State. Sec. 1411. Enhanced intelligence consultation on satellite license applications. Sec. 1412. Investigations of violations of export controls by United States satellite manufacturers. TITLE XV--ARMS CONTROL AND COUNTERPROLIFERATION MATTERS Sec. 1501. Revision to limitation on retirement or dismantlement of strategic nuclear delivery systems. Sec. 1502. Sense of Congress on strategic arms reductions. Sec. 1503. Report on strategic stability under START III. Sec. 1504. Counterproliferation Program Review Committee. Sec. 1505. Support of United Nations-sponsored efforts to inspect and monitor Iraqi weapons activities. TITLE XVI--NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE MATTERS Subtitle A--Space Technology Guide; Reports Sec. 1601. Space technology guide. Sec. 1602. Report on vulnerabilities of United States space assets. Sec. 1603. Report on space launch failures. Sec. 1604. Report on Air Force space launch facilities. Subtitle B--Commercial Space Launch Services Sec. 1611. Sense of Congress regarding United States-Russian cooperation in commercial space launch services. Sec. 1612. Sense of Congress concerning United States commercial space launch capacity. Subtitle C--Commission To Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization Sec. 1621. Establishment of commission. Sec. 1622. Duties of commission. Sec. 1623. Report. Sec. 1624. Assessment by the Secretary of Defense. Sec. 1625. Powers. Sec. 1626. Commission procedures. Sec. 1627. Personnel matters. Sec. 1628. Miscellaneous administrative provisions. Sec. 1629. Funding. Sec. 1630. Termination of the commission. TITLE XVII--TROOPS-TO-TEACHERS PROGRAM Sec. 1701. Short title; definitions. Sec. 1702. Authorization of Troops-to-Teachers Program. Sec. 1703. Eligible members of the Armed Forces. Sec. 1704. Selection of participants. Sec. 1705. Stipend and bonus for participants. Sec. 1706. Participation by States. Sec. 1707. Termination of original program; transfer of functions. Sec. 1708. Reporting requirements. Sec. 1709. Funds for fiscal year 2000. 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. Sec. 2204. Authorization of appropriations, Navy. Sec. 2205. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 1997 project. Sec. 2206. Authorization to accept electrical substation improvements, Guam. TITLE XXIII--AIR FORCE Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2302. Family housing. Sec. 2303. Improvements to military family housing units. Sec. 2304. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force. TITLE XXIV--DEFENSE AGENCIES Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2402. Improvements to military family housing units. Sec. 2403. 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. Sec. 2602. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 1998 project. 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. [[Page H7474]] TITLE XXVIII--GENERAL PROVISIONS Subtitle A--Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes Sec. 2801. Exemption from notice and wait requirements of military construction projects supported by burdensharing funds undertaken for war or national emergency. Sec. 2802. Development of Ford Island, Hawaii. Sec. 2803. Expansion of entities eligible to participate in alternative authority for acquisition and improvement of military housing. Sec. 2804. Restriction on authority to acquire or construct ancillary supporting facilities for housing units. Sec. 2805. Planning and design for military construction projects for reserve components. Sec. 2806. Modification of limitations on reserve component facility projects for certain safety projects. Sec. 2807. Sense of Congress on use of incremental funding to carry out military construction projects. Subtitle B--Real Property and Facilities Administration Sec. 2811. Extension of authority for lease of real property for special operations activities. Sec. 2812. Enhancement of authority relating to utility privatization. Sec. 2813. Acceptance of funds to cover administrative expenses relating to certain real property transactions. Sec. 2814. Operations of Naval Academy dairy farm. Sec. 2815. Study and report on impacts to military readiness of proposed land management changes on public lands in Utah. Sec. 2816. Designation of missile intelligence building at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, as the Richard C. Shelby Center for Missile Intelligence. Subtitle C--Defense Base Closure and Realignment Sec. 2821. Economic development conveyances of base closure property. Sec. 2822. 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 exchange, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. Sec. 2833. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Bangor, Maine. Sec. 2834. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Kankakee, Illinois. Sec. 2835. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Cannon Falls, Minnesota. Sec. 2836. Land conveyance, Army Maintenance Support Activity (Marine) Number 84, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. Sec. 2837. Land conveyances, Army docks and related property, Alaska. Sec. 2838. Land conveyance, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Sec. 2839. Land conveyance, Nike Battery 80 family housing site, East Hanover Township, New Jersey. Sec. 2840. Land conveyances, Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant, Minnesota. Sec. 2841. Repair and conveyance of Red Butte Dam and Reservoir, Salt Lake City, Utah. Sec. 2842. Modification of land conveyance, Joliet Army Ammunition Plant, Illinois. Part II--Navy Conveyances Sec. 2851. Land conveyance, Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant No. 387, Dallas, Texas. Sec. 2852. Land conveyance, Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina. Sec. 2853. Land conveyance, Newport, Rhode Island. Sec. 2854. Land conveyance, Naval Training Center, Orlando, Florida. Sec. 2855. One-year delay in demolition of radio transmitting facility towers at Naval Station, Annapolis, Maryland, to facilitate conveyance of towers. Sec. 2856. Clarification of land exchange, Naval Reserve Readiness Center, Portland, Maine. Sec. 2857. Revision to lease authority, Naval Air Station, Meridian, Mississippi. Sec. 2858. Land conveyances, Norfolk, Virginia. Part III--Air Force Conveyances Sec. 2861. Land conveyance, Newington Defense Fuel Supply Point, 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. Acceptance of guarantees in connection with gifts to military service academies. Sec. 2872. Acquisition of State-held inholdings, east range of Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Sec. 2873. Enhancement of Pentagon renovation activities. Subtitle F--Expansion of Arlington National Cemetery Sec. 2881. Transfer from Navy Annex, Arlington, Virginia. Sec. 2882. Transfer from Fort Myer, Arlington, Virginia. TITLE XXIX--COMMISSION ON NATIONAL MILITARY MUSEUM Sec. 2901. Establishment. Sec. 2902. Duties of Commission. Sec. 2903. Report. Sec. 2904. Powers. Sec. 2905. Commission procedures. Sec. 2906. Personnel matters. Sec. 2907. Miscellaneous administrative provisions. Sec. 2908. Funding. Sec. 2909. Termination of Commission. TITLE XXX--MILITARY LAND WITHDRAWALS Sec. 3001. Short title. Subtitle A--Withdrawals Generally Sec. 3011. Withdrawals. Sec. 3012. Maps and legal descriptions. Sec. 3013. Termination of withdrawals in Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1986. Sec. 3014. Management of lands. Sec. 3015. Duration of withdrawal and reservation. Sec. 3016. Extension of initial withdrawal and reservation. Sec. 3017. Ongoing decontamination. Sec. 3018. Delegation. Sec. 3019. Water rights. Sec. 3020. Hunting, fishing, and trapping. Sec. 3021. Mining and mineral leasing. Sec. 3022. Use of mineral materials. Sec. 3023. Immunity of United States. Subtitle B--Withdrawals in Arizona Sec. 3031. Barry M. Goldwater Range, Arizona. Sec. 3032. Military use of Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge and Cabeza Prieta Wilderness. Sec. 3033. Maps and legal description. Sec. 3034. Water rights. Sec. 3035. Hunting, fishing, and trapping. Sec. 3036. Use of mineral materials. Sec. 3037. Immunity of United States. Subtitle C--Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 3041. Authorization of appropriations. 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. 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. Prohibition on use of funds for certain activities under formerly utilized site remedial action program. Sec. 3132. Continuation of processing, treatment, and disposition of legacy nuclear materials. Sec. 3133. Nuclear weapons stockpile life extension program. Sec. 3134. Procedures for meeting tritium production requirements. Sec. 3135. Independent cost estimate of accelerator production of tritium. Sec. 3136. Nonproliferation initiatives and activities. Sec. 3137. Support of theater ballistic missile defense activities of the Department of Defense. Subtitle D--Matters Relating to Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence Sec. 3141. Short title. Sec. 3142. Commission on Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence at Department of Energy facilities. Sec. 3143. Background investigations of certain personnel at Department of Energy facilities. Sec. 3144. Conduct of security clearances. Sec. 3145. Protection of classified information during laboratory-to- laboratory exchanges. Sec. 3146. Restrictions on access to national laboratories by foreign visitors from sensitive countries. Sec. 3147. Department of Energy regulations relating to the safeguarding and security of Restricted Data. Sec. 3148. Increased penalties for misuse of Restricted Data. Sec. 3149. Supplement to plan for declassification of Restricted Data and formerly Restricted Data. Sec. 3150. Notice to congressional committees of certain security and counterintelligence failures within nuclear energy defense programs. [[Page H7475]] Sec. 3151. Annual report by the President on espionage by the People's Republic of China. Sec. 3152. Report on counterintelligence and security practices at national laboratories. Sec. 3153. Report on security vulnerabilities of national laboratory computers. Sec. 3154. Counterintelligence polygraph program. Sec. 3155. Definitions of national laboratory and nuclear weapons production facility. Sec. 3156. Definition of Restricted Data. Subtitle E--Matters Relating to Personnel Sec. 3161. Extension of authority of Department of Energy to pay voluntary separation incentive payments. Sec. 3162. Fellowship program for development of skills critical to the Department of Energy nuclear weapons complex. Sec. 3163. Maintenance of nuclear weapons expertise in the Department of Defense and Department of Energy. Sec. 3164. Whistleblower protection program. Subtitle F--Other Matters Sec. 3171. Requirement for plan to improve reprogramming processes. Sec. 3172. Integrated fissile materials management plan. Sec. 3173. Identification in budget materials of amounts for declassification activities and limitation on expenditures for such activities. Sec. 3174. Sense of Congress regarding technology transfer coordination for Department of Energy national laboratories. Sec. 3175. Pilot program for project management oversight regarding Department of Energy construction projects. Sec. 3176. Pilot program of Department of Energy to authorize use of prior year unobligated balances for accelerated site cleanup at Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, Colorado. Sec. 3177. Proposed schedule for shipments of waste from Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, Colorado, to Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, New Mexico. Sec. 3178. Comptroller General report on closure of Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, Colorado. Sec. 3179. Extension of review of Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, New Mexico. TITLE XXXII--NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Sec. 3201. Short title. Sec. 3202. Under Secretary for Nuclear Security of Department of Energy. Sec. 3203. Establishment of policy for National Nuclear Security Administration. Sec. 3204. Organization of Department of Energy counterintelligence and intelligence programs and activities. Subtitle A--Establishment and Organization Sec. 3211. Establishment and mission. Sec. 3212. Administrator for Nuclear Security. Sec. 3213. Status of Administration and contractor personnel within Department of Energy. Sec. 3214. Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs. Sec. 3215. Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation. Sec. 3216. Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors. Sec. 3217. General Counsel. Sec. 3218. Staff of Administration. Subtitle B--Matters Relating to Security Sec. 3231. Protection of national security information. Sec. 3232. Office of Defense Nuclear Counterintelligence and Office of Defense Nuclear Security. Sec. 3233. Counterintelligence programs. Sec. 3234. Procedures relating to access by individuals to classified areas and information of Administration. Sec. 3235. Government access to information on Administration computers. Sec. 3236. Congressional oversight of special access programs. Subtitle C--Matters Relating to Personnel Sec. 3241. Authority to establish certain scientific, engineering, and technical positions. Sec. 3242. Voluntary early retirement authority. Sec. 3243. Severance pay. Sec. 3244. Continued coverage of health care benefits. Subtitle D--Budget and Financial Management Sec. 3251. Separate treatment in budget. Sec. 3252. Planning, programming, and budgeting process. Sec. 3253. Future-years nuclear security program. Subtitle E--Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 3261. Environmental protection, safety, and health requirements. Sec. 3262. Compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulation. Sec. 3263. Sharing of technology with Department of Defense. Sec. 3264. Use of capabilities of national security laboratories by entities outside Administration. Subtitle F--Definitions Sec. 3281. Definitions. Subtitle G--Amendatory Provisions, Transition Provisions, and Effective Dates Sec. 3291. Functions transferred. Sec. 3292. Transfer of funds and employees. Sec. 3293. Pay levels. Sec. 3294. Conforming amendments. Sec. 3295. Transition provisions. Sec. 3296. Applicability of preexisting laws and regulations. Sec. 3297. Report containing implementation plan of Secretary of Energy. Sec. 3298. Classification in United States Code. Sec. 3299. Effective dates. TITLE XXXIII--DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD Sec. 3301. Authorization. TITLE XXXIV--NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE Sec. 3401. Authorized uses of stockpile funds. Sec. 3402. Disposal of certain materials in National Defense Stockpile. Sec. 3403. Limitations on previous authority for disposal of stockpile materials. 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. 3505. Expenditures only in accordance with treaties. TITLE XXXVI--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION Sec. 3601. Short title. Sec. 3602. Authorization of appropriations

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Text of this article available as: TXT PDF [Pages H7469-H7868] [[Page H7469]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- House of Representatives CONFERENCE REPORT ON S. 1059, NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000 Mr. SPENCE submitted the following conference report and statement on 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: Conference Report (H. Rept. 106-301) The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the House to the bill (S. 1059) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 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, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows: That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the House and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the House amendment, insert the following: 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. Subtitle B--Army Programs Sec. 111. Multiyear procurement authority for certain Army programs. Sec. 112. Procurement requirements for the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles. Sec. 113. Army aviation modernization. Sec. 114. Multiple Launch Rocket System. Sec. 115. Extension of pilot program on sales of manufactured articles and services of certain Army industrial facilities without regard to availability from domestic sources. Sec. 116. Extension of authority to carry out Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Initiative. Subtitle C--Navy Programs Sec. 121. F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft program. Sec. 122. Arleigh Burke class destroyer program. Sec. 123. Repeal of requirement for annual report from shipbuilders under certain nuclear attack submarine programs. Sec. 124. LHD-8 amphibious assault ship program. Sec. 125. D-5 missile program. Subtitle D--Air Force Programs Sec. 131. F-22 aircraft program. Sec. 132. Replacement options for conventional air-launched cruise missile. Sec. 133. Procurement of firefighting equipment for the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve. Sec. 134. F-16 tactical manned reconnaisance aircraft. Subtitle E--Chemical Stockpile Destruction Program Sec. 141. Destruction of existing stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions. Sec. 142. Comptroller General report on anticipated effects of proposed changes in operation of storage sites for lethal chemical agents and munitions. 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. Sense of Congress regarding defense science and technology program. Sec. 213. Micro-satellite technology development program. Sec. 214. Space control technology. Sec. 215. Space maneuver vehicle program. Sec. 216. Manufacturing technology program. Sec. 217. Revision to limitations on high altitude endurance unmanned vehicle program. Subtitle C--Ballistic Missile Defense Sec. 231. Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) low program. Sec. 232. Theater missile defense upper tier acquisition strategy. Sec. 233. Acquisition strategy for Theater High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. Sec. 234. Space-based laser program. Sec. 235. Criteria for progression of airborne laser program. Sec. 236. Sense of Congress regarding ballistic missile defense technology funding. Sec. 237. Report on national missile defense. Subtitle D--Research and Development for Long-Term Military Capabilities Sec. 241. Quadrennial report on emerging operational concepts. Sec. 242. Technology area review and assessment. Sec. 243. Report by Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics. Sec. 244. DARPA program for award of competitive prizes to encourage development of advanced technologies. Sec. 245. Additional pilot program for revitalizing Department of Defense laboratories. Subtitle E--Other Matters Sec. 251. Development of Department of Defense laser master plan and execution of solid state laser program. Sec. 252. Report on Air Force distributed mission training. TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding. [[Page H7470]] 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. Armed Forces Emergency Services. Sec. 312. Replacement of nonsecure tactical radios of the 82nd Airborne Division. Sec. 313. Large medium-speed roll-on/roll-off (LMSR) program. Sec. 314. Contributions for Spirit of Hope endowment fund of United Service Organizations, Incorporated. Subtitle C--Environmental Provisions Sec. 321. Extension of limitation on payment of fines and penalties using funds in environmental restoration accounts. Sec. 322. Modification of requirements for annual reports on environmental compliance activities. Sec. 323. Defense environmental technology program and investment control process for environmental technologies. Sec. 324. Modification of membership of Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program Council. Sec. 325. Extension of pilot program for sale of air pollution emission reduction incentives. Sec. 326. Reimbursement for certain costs in connection with Fresno Drum Superfund Site, Fresno, California. Sec. 327. Payment of stipulated penalties assessed under CERCLA in connection with F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming. Sec. 328. Remediation of asbestos and lead-based paint. Sec. 329. Release of information to foreign countries regarding any environmental contamination at former United States military installations in those countries. Sec. 330. Toussaint River ordnance mitigation study. Subtitle D--Depot-Level Activities Sec. 331. Sales of articles and services of defense industrial facilities to purchasers outside the Department of Defense. Sec. 332. Contracting authority for defense working capital funded industrial facilities. Sec. 333. Annual reports on expenditures for performance of depot-level maintenance and repair workloads by public and private sectors. Sec. 334. Applicability of competition requirement in contracting out workloads performed by depot-level activities of Department of Defense. Sec. 335. Treatment of public sector winning bidders for contracts for performance of depot-level maintenance and repair workloads formerly performed at certain military installations. Sec. 336. Additional matters to be reported before prime vendor contract for depot-level maintenance and repair is entered into. Subtitle E--Performance of Functions by Private-Sector Sources Sec. 341. Reduced threshold for consideration of effect on local community of changing defense functions to private sector performance. Sec. 342. Congressional notification of A-76 cost comparison waivers. Sec. 343. Report on use of employees of non-Federal entities to provide services to Department of Defense. Sec. 344. Evaluation of total system performance responsibility program. Sec. 345. Sense of Congress regarding process for modernization of Army computer services. Subtitle F--Defense Dependents Education Sec. 351. Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees. Sec. 352. Unified school boards for all Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Schools in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and Guam. Sec. 353. Continuation of enrollment at Department of Defense domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools. Sec. 354. Technical amendments to Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978. Subtitle G--Military Readiness Issues Sec. 361. Independent study of military readiness reporting system. Sec. 362. Independent study of Department of Defense secondary inventory and parts shortages. Sec. 363. Report on inventory and control of military equipment. Sec. 364. Comptroller General study of adequacy of Department restructured sustainment and reengineered logistics product support practices. Sec. 365. Comptroller General review of real property maintenance and its effect on readiness. Sec. 366. Establishment of logistics standards for sustained military operations. Subtitle H--Information Technology Issues Sec. 371. Discretionary authority to install telecommunication equipment for persons performing voluntary services. Sec. 372. Authority for disbursing officers to support use of automated teller machines on naval vessels for financial transactions. Sec. 373. Use of Smart Card technology in the Department of Defense. Sec. 374. Report on defense use of Smart Card as PKI authentication device carrier. Subtitle I--Other Matters Sec. 381. Authority to lend or donate obsolete or condemned rifles for funeral and other ceremonies. Sec. 382. Extension of warranty claims recovery pilot program. Sec. 383. Preservation of historic buildings and grounds at United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home, District of Columbia. Sec. 384. Clarification of land conveyance authority, United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home. Sec. 385. 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. 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 numbers of members in certain grades authorized to be 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. Temporary authority for recall of retired aviators. Sec. 502. Increase in maximum number of officers authorized to be on active-duty list in frocked grades of brigadier general and rear admiral (lower half). Sec. 503. Reserve officers requesting or otherwise causing nonselection for promotion. Sec. 504. Minimum grade of officers eligible to serve on boards of inquiry. Sec. 505. Minimum selection of warrant officers for promotion from below the promotion zone. Sec. 506. Increase in threshold period of active duty for applicability of restriction on holding of civil office by retired regular officers and reserve officers. Sec. 507. Exemption of retiree council members from recalled retiree limits. Sec. 508. Technical amendments relating to joint duty assignments. Sec. 509. Three-year extension of requirement for competition for joint 4-star officer positions. Subtitle B--Reserve Component Personnel Policy Sec. 511. Continuation of officers 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. Exclusion of reserve officers on educational delay from eligibility for consideration for promotion. Sec. 514. Extension of period for retention of reserve component majors and lieutenant commanders who twice fail of selection for promotion. Sec. 515. Computation of years of service exclusion. Sec. 516. Retention of reserve component chaplains until age 67. Sec. 517. Expansion and codification of authority for space-required travel on military aircraft for reserves performing inactive-duty training outside the continental United States. Subtile 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. Strength limitations at the service academies. Sec. 532. Superintendents of the service academies. Sec. 533. Dean of Academic Board, United States Military Academy and Dean of the Faculty, United States Air Force Academy. Sec. 534. Waiver of reimbursement of expenses for instruction at service academies of persons from foreign countries. Sec. 535. Expansion of foreign exchange programs 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 confer graduate-level degrees. Sec. 544. Reserve credit for participation in health professions scholarship and financial assistance program. Sec. 545. Permanent authority for ROTC scholarships for 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. [[Page H7471]] 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. Sec. 550. Accrual funding for Coast Guard Montgomery GI bill liabilities. Subtitle F--Reserve Component Management Sec. 551. Financial assistance program for pursuit of degrees by officer candidates in Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class program. Sec. 552. Options to improve recruiting for the Army Reserve. Sec. 553. Joint duty assignments for reserve component general and flag officers. Sec. 554. Grade of chiefs of reserve components and additional general officers at the National Guard Bureau. Sec. 555. Duties of Reserves on active duty in support of the Reserves. Sec. 556. Repeal of limitation on number of Reserves on full-time active duty in support of preparedness for responses to emergencies involving weapons of mass destruction. Sec. 557. Establishment of Office of the Coast Guard Reserve. Sec. 558. Report on use of National Guard facilities and infrastructure for support of provision of services to veterans. Subtitle G--Decorations, Awards, and Commendations Sec. 561. Waiver of time limitations for award of certain decorations to certain persons. Sec. 562. Authority for award of Medal of Honor to Alfred Rascon for valor during the Vietnam conflict. Sec. 563. Elimination of current backlog of requests for replacement of military decorations. Sec. 564. Retroactive award of Navy Combat Action Ribbon. Sec. 565. Sense of Congress concerning Presidential unit citation for crew of the U.S.S. Indianapolis. Subtitle H--Matters Relating to Recruiting Sec. 571. Access to secondary school students for military recruiting purposes. Sec. 572. Increased authority to extend delayed entry period for enlistments of persons with no prior military service. Sec. 573. Army College First pilot program. Sec. 574. Use of recruiting materials for public relations purposes. Subtitle I--Matters Relating to Missing Persons Sec. 575. Nondisclosure of debriefing information on certain missing persons previously returned to United States control. Sec. 576. Recovery and identification of remains of certain World War II servicemen lost in Pacific Theater of Operations. Subtitle J--Other Matters Sec. 577. Authority for special courts-martial to impose sentences to confinement and forfeitures of pay of up to one year. Sec. 578. Funeral honors details for funerals of veterans. Sec. 579. Purpose and funding limitations for National Guard Challenge program. Sec. 580. Department of Defense Starbase program. Sec. 581. Survey of members leaving military service on attitudes toward military service. Sec. 582. Service review agencies covered by professional staffing requirement. Sec. 583. Participation of members in management of organizations abroad that promote international understanding. Sec. 584. Support for expanded child care services and youth program services for dependents. Sec. 585. Report and regulations on Department of Defense policies on protecting the confidentiality of communications with professionals providing therapeutic or related services regarding sexual or domestic abuse. Sec. 586. Members under burdensome personnel tempo. Subtitle K--Domestic Violence Sec. 591. Defense task force on domestic violence. Sec. 592. Incentive program for improving responses to domestic violence involving members of the Armed Forces and military family members. Sec. 593. Uniform Department of Defense policies for responses to domestic violence. Sec. 594. Central Department of Defense database on domestic violence incidents. 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 2001 through 2006. 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. Amount of 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. Additional special pay for board certified veterinarians in the Armed Forces and Public Health Service. Sec. 617. Diving duty special pay. Sec. 618. Reenlistment bonus. Sec. 619. Enlistment bonus. Sec. 620. Selected Reserve enlistment bonus. Sec. 621. Special pay for members of the Coast Guard Reserve assigned to high priority units of the Selected Reserve. Sec. 622. Reduced minimum period of enlistment in Army in critical skill for eligibility for enlistment bonus. Sec. 623. Eligibility for reserve component prior service enlistment bonus upon attaining a critical skill. Sec. 624. Increase in special pay and bonuses for nuclear-qualified officers. Sec. 625. Increase in maximum monthly rate authorized for foreign language proficiency pay. Sec. 626. Authorization of retention bonus for special warfare officers extending periods of active duty. Sec. 627. Authorization of surface warfare officer continuation pay. Sec. 628. Authorization of career enlisted flyer incentive pay. Sec. 629. 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. Destination airport for emergency leave travel to continental United States. 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 Matters Relating to Military Retirees and Survivors Sec. 651. Repeal of reduction in retired pay for military retirees employed in civilian positions. Sec. 652. Presentation of United States flag to retiring members of the uniformed services not previously covered. Sec. 653. Disability retirement or separation for certain members with pre-existing conditions. Sec. 654. Credit toward paid-up SBP coverage for months covered by make-up premium paid by persons electing SBP coverage during special open enrollment period. Sec. 655. Paid-up coverage under Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan. Sec. 656. Extension of authority for payment of annuities to certain military surviving spouses. Sec. 657. Effectuation of intended SBP annuity for former spouse when not elected by reason of untimely death of retiree. Sec. 658. Special compensation for severely disabled uniformed services retirees. Subtitle F--Eligibility to Participate in the Thrift Savings Plan Sec. 661. Participation in thrift savings plan. Sec. 662. Special retention initiative. Sec. 663. Effective date. Subtitle G--Other Matters Sec. 671. Payment for unused leave in conjunction with a reenlistment. Sec. 672. Clarification of per diem eligibility for military technicians (dual status) serving on active duty without pay outside the United States. Sec. 673. Annual report on effects of initiatives on recruitment and retention. Sec. 674. Overseas special supplemental food program. Sec. 675. Tuition assistance for members deployed in a contingency operation. Sec. 676. Administration of Selected Reserve education loan repayment program for Coast Guard Reserve. Sec. 677. Sense of Congress regarding treatment under Internal Revenue Code of members receiving hostile fire or imminent danger special pay during contingency operations. TITLE VII--HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS Subtitle A--Health Care Services Sec. 701. Pharmacy benefits program. Sec. 702. Provision of chiropractic health care. Sec. 703. Provision of domiciliary and custodial care for certain CHAMPUS beneficiaries. Sec. 704. Enhancement of dental benefits for retirees. Sec. 705. Medical and dental care for certain members incurring injuries on inactive-duty training. Sec. 706. Health care at former uniformed services treatment facilities for active duty members stationed at certain remote locations. Sec. 707. Open enrollment demonstration program. Subtitle B--TRICARE Program Sec. 711. Expansion and revision of authority for dental programs for dependents and reserves. Sec. 712. Improvement of access to health care under the TRICARE program. Sec. 713. Improvements to claims processing under the TRICARE program. Sec. 714. Authority to waive certain TRICARE deductibles. Sec. 715. TRICARE beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinators. [[Page H7472]] Sec. 716. Improvement of TRICARE management; improvements to third- party payer collection program. Sec. 717. Comparative report on health care coverage under the TRICARE program. Subtitle C--Other Matters Sec. 721. Forensic pathology investigations by Armed Forces Medical Examiner. Sec. 722. Best value contracting. Sec. 723. Health care quality information and technology enhancement. Sec. 724. Joint telemedicine and telepharmacy demonstration projects by the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 725. Program-year stability in health care benefits. Sec. 726. Study on joint operations for the Defense Health Program. Sec. 727. Trauma training center. Sec. 728. Sense of Congress regarding automatic enrollment of medicare- eligible beneficiaries in the TRICARE Senior Prime demonstration project. TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS Subtitle A--Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations Sec. 801. Authority to carry out certain prototype projects. Sec. 802. Streamlined applicability of cost accounting standards. Sec. 803. Sale, exchange, and waiver authority for coal and coke. Sec. 804. Guidance on use of task order and delivery order contracts. Sec. 805. Clarification of definition of commercial items with respect to associated services. Sec. 806. Use of special simplified procedures for purchases of commercial items in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold. Sec. 807. Repeal of termination of provision of credit towards subcontracting goals for purchases benefiting severely handicapped persons. Sec. 808. Contract goal for small disadvantaged businesses and certain institutions of higher education. Sec. 809. Required reports for certain multiyear contracts. Subtitle B--Other Matters Sec. 811. Mentor-Protege Program improvements. Sec. 812. Program to increase business innovation in defense acquisition programs. Sec. 813. Incentives to produce innovative new technologies. Sec. 814. Pilot program for commercial services. Sec. 815. Expansion of applicability of requirement to make certain procurements from small arms production industrial base. Sec. 816. Compliance with existing law regarding purchases of equipment and products. Sec. 817. Extension of test program for negotiation of comprehensive small business subcontracting plans. Sec. 818. Extension of interim reporting rule for certain procurements less than $100,000. Sec. 819. Inspector General review of compliance with Buy American Act in purchases of strength training equipment. Sec. 820. Report on options for accelerated acquisition of precision munitions. Sec. 821. Technical amendment to prohibition on release of contractor proposals under the Freedom of Information Act. TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT Subtitle A--Department of Defense Strategic Planning Sec. 901. Permanent requirement for Quadrennial Defense Review. Sec. 902. Minimum interval for updating and revising Department of Defense strategic plan. Subtitle B--Department of Defense Organization Sec. 911. Responsibility for logistics and sustainment functions of the Department of Defense. Sec. 912. Enhancement of technology security program of Department of Defense. Sec. 913. Efficient utilization of defense laboratories. Sec. 914. Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs. Sec. 915. Authority for acceptance by Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies of foreign gifts and donations. Subtitle C--Personnel Management Sec. 921. Revisions to limitations on number of personnel assigned to major Department of Defense headquarters activities. Sec. 922. Defense acquisition workforce reductions. Sec. 923. Monitoring and reporting requirements regarding operations tempo and personnel tempo. Sec. 924. Administration of defense reform initiative enterprise program for military manpower and personnel information. Sec. 925. Payment of tuition for education and training of members in defense acquisition workforce. Subtitle D--Other Matters Sec. 931. Additional matters for annual reports on joint warfighting experimentation. Sec. 932. Oversight of Department of Defense activities to combat terrorism. Sec. 933. Responsibilities and accountability for certain financial management functions. Sec. 934. Management of Civil Air Patrol. TITLE X--GENERAL PROVISIONS Subtitle A--Financial Matters Sec. 1001. Transfer authority. Sec. 1002. Incorporation of classified annex. Sec. 1003. Authorization of emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1999. Sec. 1004. Supplemental appropriations request for operations in Yugoslavia. Sec. 1005. United States contribution to NATO common-funded budgets in fiscal year 2000. Sec. 1006. Limitation on funds for Bosnia peacekeeping operations for fiscal year 2000. Sec. 1007. Second biennial financial management improvement plan. Sec. 1008. Waiver authority for requirement that electronic transfer of funds be used for Department of Defense payments. Sec. 1009. Single payment date for invoice for various subsistence items. Sec. 1010. Payment of foreign licensing fees out of proceeds of sale of maps, charts, and navigational books. 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. National Defense Features program. Sec. 1016. Sales of naval shipyard articles and services to nuclear ship contractors. Sec. 1017. Transfer of naval vessel to foreign country. Sec. 1018. Authority to transfer naval vessels to certain foreign countries. Subtitle C--Support for Civilian Law Enforcement and Counter Drug Activities Sec. 1021. Modification of limitation on funding assistance for procurement of equipment for the National Guard for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities. Sec. 1022. Temporary extension to certain naval aircraft of Coast Guard authority for drug interdiction activities. Sec. 1023. Military assistance to civil authorities to respond to act or threat of terrorism. Sec. 1024. Condition on development of forward operating locations for United States Southern Command counter-drug detection and monitoring flights. Sec. 1025. Annual report on United States military activities in Colombia. Sec. 1026. Report on use of radar systems for counter-drug detection and monitoring. Sec. 1027. Plan regarding assignment of military personnel to assist Immigration and Naturalization Service and Customs Service. Subtitle D--Miscellaneous Report Requirements and Repeals Sec. 1031. Preservation of certain defense reporting requirements. Sec. 1032. Repeal of certain reporting requirements not preserved. Sec. 1033. Reports on risks under National Military Strategy and combatant command requirements. Sec. 1034. Report on lift and prepositioned support requirements to support National Military Strategy. Sec. 1035. Report on assessments of readiness to execute the National Military Strategy. Sec. 1036. Report on Rapid Assessment and Initial Detection teams. Sec. 1037. Report on unit readiness of units considered to be assets of Consequence Management Program Integration Office. Sec. 1038. Analysis of relationship between threats and budget submission for fiscal year 2001. Sec. 1039. Report on NATO defense capabilities initiative. Sec. 1040. Report on motor vehicle violations by operators of official Army vehicles. Subtitle E--Information Security Sec. 1041. Identification in budget materials of amounts for declassification activities and limitation on expenditures for such activities. Sec. 1042. Notice to congressional committees of certain security and counterintelligence failures within defense programs. Sec. 1043. Information Assurance Initiative. Sec. 1044. Nondisclosure of information on personnel of overseas, sensitive, or routinely deployable units. Sec. 1045. Nondisclosure of certain operational files of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency. Subtitle F--Memorial Objects and Commemorations Sec. 1051. Moratorium on the return of veterans memorial objects to foreign nations without specific authorization in law. Sec. 1052. Program to commemorate 50th anniversary of the Korean War. Sec. 1053. Commemoration of the victory of freedom in the Cold War. Subtitle G--Other Matters Sec. 1061. Defense Science Board task force on use of television and radio as a propaganda instrument in time of military conflict. Sec. 1062. Assessment of electromagnetic spectrum reallocation. Sec. 1063. Extension and reauthorization of Defense Production Act of 1950. Sec. 1064. Performance of threat and risk assessments. Sec. 1065. Chemical agents used for defensive training. [[Page H7473]] Sec. 1066. Technical and clerical amendments. Sec. 1067. Amendments to reflect name change of Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives to Committee on Armed Services. TITLE XI--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL Sec. 1101. Accelerated implementation of voluntary early retirement authority. Sec. 1102. Increase of pay cap for nonappropriated fund senior executive employees. Sec. 1103. Restoration of leave of emergency essential employees serving in a combat zone. Sec. 1104. Extension of certain temporary authorities to provide benefits for employees in connection with defense workforce reductions and restructuring. Sec. 1105. Leave without loss of benefits for military reserve technicians on active duty in support of combat operations. Sec. 1106. Expansion of Guard-and-Reserve purposes for which leave under section 6323 of title 5, United States Code, may be used. Sec. 1107. Work schedules and premium pay of service academy faculty. Sec. 1108. Salary schedules and related benefits for faculty and staff of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Sec. 1109. Exemption of defense laboratory employees from certain workforce management restrictions. TITLE XII--MATTERS RELATING TO OTHER NATIONS Subtitle A--Matters Relating to the People's Republic of China Sec. 1201. Limitation on military-to-military exchanges and contacts with Chinese People's Liberation Army. Sec. 1202. Annual report on military power of the People's Republic of China. Subtitle B--Matters Relating to the Balkans Sec. 1211. Department of Defense report on the conduct of Operation Allied Force and associated relief operations. Sec. 1212. Sense of Congress regarding the need for vigorous prosecution of war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity in the former Republic of Yugoslavia. Subtitle C--Matters Relating to NATO and Other Allies Sec. 1221. Legal effect of the new Strategic Concept of NATO. Sec. 1222. Report on allied capabilities to contribute to major theater wars. Sec. 1223. Attendance at professional military education schools by military personnel of the new member nations of NATO. Subtitle D--Other Matters Sec. 1231. Multinational economic embargoes against governments in armed conflict with the United States. Sec. 1232. Limitation on deployment of Armed Forces in Haiti during fiscal year 2000 and congressional notice of deployments to Haiti. Sec. 1233. Report on the security situation on the Korean peninsula. Sec. 1234. Sense of Congress regarding the continuation of sanctions against Libya. Sec. 1235. Sense of Congress and report on disengaging from noncritical overseas missions involving United States combat forces. 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 until submission of report. Sec. 1307. Limitation on use of funds until submission of multiyear plan. Sec. 1308. Requirement to submit report. Sec. 1309. Report on Expanded Threat Reduction Initiative. Sec. 1310. Limitation on use of funds until submission of certification. Sec. 1311. Period covered by annual report on accounting for United States assistance under Cooperative Threat Reduction programs. Sec. 1312. Russian nonstrategic nuclear arms. TITLE XIV--PROLIFERATION AND EXPORT CONTROLS Sec. 1401. Adherence of People's Republic of China to Missile Technology Control Regime. Sec. 1402. Annual report on transfers of militarily sensitive technology to countries of concern. Sec. 1403. Resources for export license functions. Sec. 1404. Security in connection with satellite export licensing. Sec. 1405. Reporting of technology transmitted 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. Enhanced multilateral export controls. Sec. 1409. Enhancement of activities of Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Sec. 1410. Timely notification of licensing decisions by the Department of State. Sec. 1411. Enhanced intelligence consultation on satellite license applications. Sec. 1412. Investigations of violations of export controls by United States satellite manufacturers. TITLE XV--ARMS CONTROL AND COUNTERPROLIFERATION MATTERS Sec. 1501. Revision to limitation on retirement or dismantlement of strategic nuclear delivery systems. Sec. 1502. Sense of Congress on strategic arms reductions. Sec. 1503. Report on strategic stability under START III. Sec. 1504. Counterproliferation Program Review Committee. Sec. 1505. Support of United Nations-sponsored efforts to inspect and monitor Iraqi weapons activities. TITLE XVI--NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE MATTERS Subtitle A--Space Technology Guide; Reports Sec. 1601. Space technology guide. Sec. 1602. Report on vulnerabilities of United States space assets. Sec. 1603. Report on space launch failures. Sec. 1604. Report on Air Force space launch facilities. Subtitle B--Commercial Space Launch Services Sec. 1611. Sense of Congress regarding United States-Russian cooperation in commercial space launch services. Sec. 1612. Sense of Congress concerning United States commercial space launch capacity. Subtitle C--Commission To Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization Sec. 1621. Establishment of commission. Sec. 1622. Duties of commission. Sec. 1623. Report. Sec. 1624. Assessment by the Secretary of Defense. Sec. 1625. Powers. Sec. 1626. Commission procedures. Sec. 1627. Personnel matters. Sec. 1628. Miscellaneous administrative provisions. Sec. 1629. Funding. Sec. 1630. Termination of the commission. TITLE XVII--TROOPS-TO-TEACHERS PROGRAM Sec. 1701. Short title; definitions. Sec. 1702. Authorization of Troops-to-Teachers Program. Sec. 1703. Eligible members of the Armed Forces. Sec. 1704. Selection of participants. Sec. 1705. Stipend and bonus for participants. Sec. 1706. Participation by States. Sec. 1707. Termination of original program; transfer of functions. Sec. 1708. Reporting requirements. Sec. 1709. Funds for fiscal year 2000. 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. Sec. 2204. Authorization of appropriations, Navy. Sec. 2205. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 1997 project. Sec. 2206. Authorization to accept electrical substation improvements, Guam. TITLE XXIII--AIR FORCE Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2302. Family housing. Sec. 2303. Improvements to military family housing units. Sec. 2304. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force. TITLE XXIV--DEFENSE AGENCIES Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition projects. Sec. 2402. Improvements to military family housing units. Sec. 2403. 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. Sec. 2602. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 1998 project. 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. [[Page H7474]] TITLE XXVIII--GENERAL PROVISIONS Subtitle A--Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes Sec. 2801. Exemption from notice and wait requirements of military construction projects supported by burdensharing funds undertaken for war or national emergency. Sec. 2802. Development of Ford Island, Hawaii. Sec. 2803. Expansion of entities eligible to participate in alternative authority for acquisition and improvement of military housing. Sec. 2804. Restriction on authority to acquire or construct ancillary supporting facilities for housing units. Sec. 2805. Planning and design for military construction projects for reserve components. Sec. 2806. Modification of limitations on reserve component facility projects for certain safety projects. Sec. 2807. Sense of Congress on use of incremental funding to carry out military construction projects. Subtitle B--Real Property and Facilities Administration Sec. 2811. Extension of authority for lease of real property for special operations activities. Sec. 2812. Enhancement of authority relating to utility privatization. Sec. 2813. Acceptance of funds to cover administrative expenses relating to certain real property transactions. Sec. 2814. Operations of Naval Academy dairy farm. Sec. 2815. Study and report on impacts to military readiness of proposed land management changes on public lands in Utah. Sec. 2816. Designation of missile intelligence building at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, as the Richard C. Shelby Center for Missile Intelligence. Subtitle C--Defense Base Closure and Realignment Sec. 2821. Economic development conveyances of base closure property. Sec. 2822. 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 exchange, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. Sec. 2833. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Bangor, Maine. Sec. 2834. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Kankakee, Illinois. Sec. 2835. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Cannon Falls, Minnesota. Sec. 2836. Land conveyance, Army Maintenance Support Activity (Marine) Number 84, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. Sec. 2837. Land conveyances, Army docks and related property, Alaska. Sec. 2838. Land conveyance, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Sec. 2839. Land conveyance, Nike Battery 80 family housing site, East Hanover Township, New Jersey. Sec. 2840. Land conveyances, Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant, Minnesota. Sec. 2841. Repair and conveyance of Red Butte Dam and Reservoir, Salt Lake City, Utah. Sec. 2842. Modification of land conveyance, Joliet Army Ammunition Plant, Illinois. Part II--Navy Conveyances Sec. 2851. Land conveyance, Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant No. 387, Dallas, Texas. Sec. 2852. Land conveyance, Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina. Sec. 2853. Land conveyance, Newport, Rhode Island. Sec. 2854. Land conveyance, Naval Training Center, Orlando, Florida. Sec. 2855. One-year delay in demolition of radio transmitting facility towers at Naval Station, Annapolis, Maryland, to facilitate conveyance of towers. Sec. 2856. Clarification of land exchange, Naval Reserve Readiness Center, Portland, Maine. Sec. 2857. Revision to lease authority, Naval Air Station, Meridian, Mississippi. Sec. 2858. Land conveyances, Norfolk, Virginia. Part III--Air Force Conveyances Sec. 2861. Land conveyance, Newington Defense Fuel Supply Point, 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. Acceptance of guarantees in connection with gifts to military service academies. Sec. 2872. Acquisition of State-held inholdings, east range of Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Sec. 2873. Enhancement of Pentagon renovation activities. Subtitle F--Expansion of Arlington National Cemetery Sec. 2881. Transfer from Navy Annex, Arlington, Virginia. Sec. 2882. Transfer from Fort Myer, Arlington, Virginia. TITLE XXIX--COMMISSION ON NATIONAL MILITARY MUSEUM Sec. 2901. Establishment. Sec. 2902. Duties of Commission. Sec. 2903. Report. Sec. 2904. Powers. Sec. 2905. Commission procedures. Sec. 2906. Personnel matters. Sec. 2907. Miscellaneous administrative provisions. Sec. 2908. Funding. Sec. 2909. Termination of Commission. TITLE XXX--MILITARY LAND WITHDRAWALS Sec. 3001. Short title. Subtitle A--Withdrawals Generally Sec. 3011. Withdrawals. Sec. 3012. Maps and legal descriptions. Sec. 3013. Termination of withdrawals in Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1986. Sec. 3014. Management of lands. Sec. 3015. Duration of withdrawal and reservation. Sec. 3016. Extension of initial withdrawal and reservation. Sec. 3017. Ongoing decontamination. Sec. 3018. Delegation. Sec. 3019. Water rights. Sec. 3020. Hunting, fishing, and trapping. Sec. 3021. Mining and mineral leasing. Sec. 3022. Use of mineral materials. Sec. 3023. Immunity of United States. Subtitle B--Withdrawals in Arizona Sec. 3031. Barry M. Goldwater Range, Arizona. Sec. 3032. Military use of Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge and Cabeza Prieta Wilderness. Sec. 3033. Maps and legal description. Sec. 3034. Water rights. Sec. 3035. Hunting, fishing, and trapping. Sec. 3036. Use of mineral materials. Sec. 3037. Immunity of United States. Subtitle C--Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 3041. Authorization of appropriations. 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. 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. Prohibition on use of funds for certain activities under formerly utilized site remedial action program. Sec. 3132. Continuation of processing, treatment, and disposition of legacy nuclear materials. Sec. 3133. Nuclear weapons stockpile life extension program. Sec. 3134. Procedures for meeting tritium production requirements. Sec. 3135. Independent cost estimate of accelerator production of tritium. Sec. 3136. Nonproliferation initiatives and activities. Sec. 3137. Support of theater ballistic missile defense activities of the Department of Defense. Subtitle D--Matters Relating to Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence Sec. 3141. Short title. Sec. 3142. Commission on Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence at Department of Energy facilities. Sec. 3143. Background investigations of certain personnel at Department of Energy facilities. Sec. 3144. Conduct of security clearances. Sec. 3145. Protection of classified information during laboratory-to- laboratory exchanges. Sec. 3146. Restrictions on access to national laboratories by foreign visitors from sensitive countries. Sec. 3147. Department of Energy regulations relating to the safeguarding and security of Restricted Data. Sec. 3148. Increased penalties for misuse of Restricted Data. Sec. 3149. Supplement to plan for declassification of Restricted Data and formerly Restricted Data. Sec. 3150. Notice to congressional committees of certain security and counterintelligence failures within nuclear energy defense programs. [[Page H7475]] Sec. 3151. Annual report by the President on espionage by the People's Republic of China. Sec. 3152. Report on counterintelligence and security practices at national laboratories. Sec. 3153. Report on security vulnerabilities of national laboratory computers. Sec. 3154. Counterintelligence polygraph program. Sec. 3155. Definitions of national laboratory and nuclear weapons production facility. Sec. 3156. Definition of Restricted Data. Subtitle E--Matters Relating to Personnel Sec. 3161. Extension of authority of Department of Energy to pay voluntary separation incentive payments. Sec. 3162. Fellowship program for development of skills critical to the Department of Energy nuclear weapons complex. Sec. 3163. Maintenance of nuclear weapons expertise in the Department of Defense and Department of Energy. Sec. 3164. Whistleblower protection program. Subtitle F--Other Matters Sec. 3171. Requirement for plan to improve reprogramming processes. Sec. 3172. Integrated fissile materials management plan. Sec. 3173. Identification in budget materials of amounts for declassification activities and limitation on expenditures for such activities. Sec. 3174. Sense of Congress regarding technology transfer coordination for Department of Energy national laboratories. Sec. 3175. Pilot program for project management oversight regarding Department of Energy construction projects. Sec. 3176. Pilot program of Department of Energy to authorize use of prior year unobligated balances for accelerated site cleanup at Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, Colorado. Sec. 3177. Proposed schedule for shipments of waste from Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, Colorado, to Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, New Mexico. Sec. 3178. Comptroller General report on closure of Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, Colorado. Sec. 3179. Extension of review of Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, New Mexico. TITLE XXXII--NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Sec. 3201. Short title. Sec. 3202. Under Secretary for Nuclear Security of Department of Energy. Sec. 3203. Establishment of policy for National Nuclear Security Administration. Sec. 3204. Organization of Department of Energy counterintelligence and intelligence programs and activities. Subtitle A--Establishment and Organization Sec. 3211. Establishment and mission. Sec. 3212. Administrator for Nuclear Security. Sec. 3213. Status of Administration and contractor personnel within Department of Energy. Sec. 3214. Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs. Sec. 3215. Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation. Sec. 3216. Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors. Sec. 3217. General Counsel. Sec. 3218. Staff of Administration. Subtitle B--Matters Relating to Security Sec. 3231. Protection of national security information. Sec. 3232. Office of Defense Nuclear Counterintelligence and Office of Defense Nuclear Security. Sec. 3233. Counterintelligence programs. Sec. 3234. Procedures relating to access by individuals to classified areas and information of Administration. Sec. 3235. Government access to information on Administration computers. Sec. 3236. Congressional oversight of special access programs. Subtitle C--Matters Relating to Personnel Sec. 3241. Authority to establish certain scientific, engineering, and technical positions. Sec. 3242. Voluntary early retirement authority. Sec. 3243. Severance pay. Sec. 3244. Continued coverage of health care benefits. Subtitle D--Budget and Financial Management Sec. 3251. Separate treatment in budget. Sec. 3252. Planning, programming, and budgeting process. Sec. 3253. Future-years nuclear security program. Subtitle E--Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 3261. Environmental protection, safety, and health requirements. Sec. 3262. Compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulation. Sec. 3263. Sharing of technology with Department of Defense. Sec. 3264. Use of capabilities of national security laboratories by entities outside Administration. Subtitle F--Definitions Sec. 3281. Definitions. Subtitle G--Amendatory Provisions, Transition Provisions, and Effective Dates Sec. 3291. Functions transferred. Sec. 3292. Transfer of funds and employees. Sec. 3293. Pay levels. Sec. 3294. Conforming amendments. Sec. 3295. Transition provisions. Sec. 3296. Applicability of preexisting laws and regulations. Sec. 3297. Report containing implementation plan of Secretary of Energy. Sec. 3298. Classification in United States Code. Sec. 3299. Effective dates. TITLE XXXIII--DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD Sec. 3301. Authorization. TITLE XXXIV--NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE Sec. 3401. Authorized uses of stockpile funds. Sec. 3402. Disposal of certain materials in National Defense Stockpile. Sec. 3403. Limitations on previous authority for disposal of stockpile materials. 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. 3505. Expenditures only in accordance with treaties. TITLE XXXVI--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION Sec. 3601. Short title. Sec. 3602. Authorization of appr