[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1832 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1832

    To achieve budgetary savings by terminating or limiting certain 
Department of Defense programs, by reducing the scope of the Stockpile 
 Stewardship Program of the Department of Energy, and by reducing arms 
                          transfer subsidies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 6, 1997

  Ms. Furse introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on National Security, and in addition to the Committee on 
International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To achieve budgetary savings by terminating or limiting certain 
Department of Defense programs, by reducing the scope of the Stockpile 
 Stewardship Program of the Department of Energy, and by reducing arms 
                          transfer subsidies.

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

SECTION 1. TERMINATION OF NAVY F/A-18E/F AIRCRAFT PROGRAM.

    No funds may be appropriated to the Department of Defense for any 
fiscal year after fiscal year 1997 for research, development, test, and 
evaluation or for procurement for the Navy F/A-18E/F aircraft program.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF THE MARINE CORPS V-22 OSPREY AIRCRAFT PROGRAM.

    No funds may be appropriated to the Department of Defense for any 
fiscal year after fiscal year 1997 for research, development, test, and 
evaluation or for procurement for the Marine Corps V-22 Osprey aircraft 
program.

SEC. 3. TERMINATION OF THE AIR FORCE F-22 AIRCRAFT PROGRAM.

    No funds may be appropriated to the Department of Defense for any 
fiscal year after fiscal year 1997 for research, development, test, and 
evaluation, for procurement, or for military construction for the Air 
Force F-22 aircraft program.

SEC. 4. TERMINATION OF PRODUCTION OF TRIDENT II (D-5) MISSILES AND 
              RETIREMENT OF TRIDENT I SUBMARINES.

    (a) Termination of Trident II Missile Production.--No funds may be 
appropriated to the Department of Defense for any fiscal year after 
fiscal year 1997 for production of Trident II (D-5) missiles for the 
Department of the Navy.
    (b) Retirement of Trident I Submarines.--The Secretary of Defense 
shall retire eight Trident I submarines during fiscal years 2000 
through 2003.

SEC. 5. LIMITATION ON PROCUREMENT OF C-17 AIRCRAFT.

    The Secretary of the Air Force may not procure more than eight C-17 
aircraft in each of fiscal years 1998, 1999, and 2000.

SEC. 6. REDUCTION OF NUCLEAR DELIVERY SYSTEMS.

    The Secretary of Defense shall reduce the strategic nuclear force 
of the Department of Defense by fiscal year 2003 to include a maximum 
number of 300 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles.

SEC. 7. REDUCTION IN THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS.

    (a) Termination of Programs.--The Secretary of Defense shall reduce 
theater missile defense programs by terminating development of--
            (1) the Navy sea-based area theater missile defense system;
            (2) the Army Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS);
            (3) the Air Force airborne laser for destruction of 
        missiles system; and
            (4) the Space and Missile Tracking System (Brilliant Eyes).
    (b) Prohibition on Funding For Development of Arrow Missile For 
Israel.--No funds may be appropriated to the Department of Defense for 
any fiscal year after fiscal year 1997 to provide assistance to Israel 
for development of the Arrow missile.

SEC. 8. REDUCTION IN SCOPE OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY STOCKPILE 
              STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM.

    The Secretary of Energy shall reduce activities under the Stockpile 
Stewardship Program so as to achieve savings of not less than 
$730,000,000 during fiscal years 1998 through 2002 by--
            (1) consolidating the activities of the Los Alamos National 
        Laboratory and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory;
            (2) terminating testing activities at the Nevada Test Site; 
        and
            (3) canceling the development of a tritium production 
        accelerator reactor.

SEC. 9. REDUCTION IN ARMS TRANSFER SUBSIDIES.

    (a) Recoupment of Fees for Commercial Sales.--Section 38 of the 
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection:
    ``(i)(1) Any sale involving the export of major defense equipment 
pursuant to a license or other approval granted under this section 
shall include an appropriate charge for a proportionate amount of the 
nonrecurring costs incurred by the United States in the research, 
development, and production of such equipment. Such charge shall be 
comparable to the charge imposed pursuant to section 21(e)(1)(B) of 
this Act relating to government-to-government sales of major defense 
equipment.
    ``(2) The charge provided for in paragraph (1) shall not apply with 
respect to major defense equipment that is paid for from funds 
transferred under section 503(a)(3) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2311(a)(3)) or from funds made available on a grant or 
other non repayable basis under section 23 of this Act.''.
    (b) Recovery of Administrative Expenses.--Section 43(b) of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2792(b)) is amended--
            (1) by adding ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1);
            (2) by striking ``; and'' at the end of paragraph (2) and 
        inserting a period; and
            (3) by striking paragraph (3).
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