[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2658 Reported in House (RH)]
Union Calendar No. 96
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2658
[Report No. 108-187]
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 2, 2003
Mr. Lewis of California, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported
the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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A BILL
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, for
military functions administered by the Department of Defense and for
other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
MILITARY PERSONNEL
Military Personnel, Army
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all
expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of
the Army on active duty, (except members of reserve components provided
for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; and for payments pursuant
to section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note),
and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund,
$28,233,436,000.
Military Personnel, Navy
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all
expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of
the Navy on active duty (except members of the Reserve provided for
elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation cadets; and for payments pursuant
to section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note),
and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund,
$23,052,001,000.
Military Personnel, Marine Corps
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all
expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of
the Marine Corps on active duty (except members of the Reserve provided
for elsewhere); and for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law
97-377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of
Defense Military Retirement Fund, $8,962,197,000.
Military Personnel, Air Force
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on
deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all
expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of
temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of
the Air Force on active duty (except members of reserve components
provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; and for payments
pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402
note), and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund,
$23,121,003,000.
Reserve Personnel, Army
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and
related expenses for personnel of the Army Reserve on active duty under
sections 10211, 10302, and 3038 of title 10, United States Code, or
while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United
States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve
training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty,
and for members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and expenses
authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for
payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund,
$3,568,625,000.
Reserve Personnel, Navy
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and
related expenses for personnel of the Navy Reserve on active duty under
section 10211 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on
active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in
connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of title
10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve training, or while
performing drills or equivalent duty, and for members of the Reserve
Officers' Training Corps, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of
title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Department of
Defense Military Retirement Fund, $1,983,153,000.
Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and
related expenses for personnel of the Marine Corps Reserve on active
duty under section 10211 of title 10, United States Code, or while
serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United
States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve
training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and for
members of the Marine Corps platoon leaders class, and expenses
authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for
payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund,
$571,444,000.
Reserve Personnel, Air Force
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and
related expenses for personnel of the Air Force Reserve on active duty
under sections 10211, 10305, and 8038 of title 10, United States Code,
or while serving on active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10,
United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in
section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing
reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or
other duty, and for members of the Air Reserve Officers' Training
Corps, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United
States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military
Retirement Fund, $1,267,888,000.
National Guard Personnel, Army
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and
related expenses for personnel of the Army National Guard while on duty
under section 10211, 10302, or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of
title 32, United States Code, or while serving on duty under section
12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code,
in connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of
title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing training, or while
performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses
authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for
payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund,
$5,382,719,000.
National Guard Personnel, Air Force
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and
related expenses for personnel of the Air National Guard on duty under
section 10211, 10305, or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32,
United States Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of
title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, in
connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of title
10, United States Code, or while undergoing training, or while
performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses
authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for
payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund,
$2,140,598,000.
TITLE II
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Operation and Maintenance, Army
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance of the Army, as authorized by law; and not to
exceed $11,034,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary
expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary
of the Army, and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity
for confidential military purposes, $24,903,992,000: Provided, That of
the funds appropriated in this paragraph, not less than $355,000,000
shall be made available only for conventional ammunition care and
maintenance: Provided further, That of funds made available under this
heading, $2,500,000 shall be available for Fort Baker, in accordance
with the terms and conditions as provided under the heading ``Operation
and Maintenance, Army'', in Public Law 107-117.
Operation and Maintenance, Navy
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine Corps, as
authorized by law; and not to exceed $4,463,000 can be used for
emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval
or authority of the Secretary of the Navy, and payments may be made on
his certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes,
$28,060,240,000.
Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, as authorized by law,
$3,440,456,000.
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as authorized by law; and
not to exceed $7,801,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary
expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary
of the Air Force, and payments may be made on his certificate of
necessity for confidential military purposes, $26,689,043,000:
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, that of the
funds available under this heading, $750,000 shall only be available to
the Secretary of the Air Force for a grant to Florida Memorial College
for the purpose of funding minority aviation training.
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance of activities and agencies of the Department
of Defense (other than the military departments), as authorized by law,
$16,124,455,000, of which not to exceed $25,000,000 may be available
for the CINC initiative fund account; and of which not to exceed
$34,500,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to
be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of Defense,
and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for
confidential military purposes: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, of the funds provided in this Act for Civil
Military programs under this heading, $500,000 shall be available for a
grant for Outdoor Odyssey, Roaring Run, Pennsylvania, to support the
Youth Development and Leadership program and Department of Defense
STARBASE program: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated
or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to plan or
implement the consolidation of a budget or appropriations liaison
office of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the office of the
Secretary of a military department, or the service headquarters of one
of the Armed Forces into a legislative affairs or legislative liaison
office: Provided further, That $4,700,000, to remain available until
expended, is available only for expenses relating to certain classified
activities, and may be transferred as necessary by the Secretary to
operation and maintenance appropriations or research, development, test
and evaluation appropriations, to be merged with and to be available
for the same time period as the appropriations to which transferred:
Provided further, That any ceiling on the investment item unit cost of
items that may be purchased with operation and maintenance funds shall
not apply to the funds described in the preceding proviso: Provided
further, That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in
addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this
Act.
Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and
administration, of the Army Reserve; repair of facilities and
equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation;
care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and
equipment; and communications, $2,031,309,000.
Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and
administration, of the Navy Reserve; repair of facilities and
equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation;
care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and
equipment; and communications, $1,171,921,000.
Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and
administration, of the Marine Corps Reserve; repair of facilities and
equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation;
care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and
equipment; and communications, $173,952,000.
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and
administration, of the Air Force Reserve; repair of facilities and
equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation;
care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and
equipment; and communications, $2,144,188,000.
Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard
For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the Army
National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment and related
expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs
to structures and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles;
personnel services in the National Guard Bureau; travel expenses (other
than mileage), as authorized by law for Army personnel on active duty,
for Army National Guard division, regimental, and battalion commanders
while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard Bureau
regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, National Guard
Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army National Guard as authorized
by law; and expenses of repair, modification, maintenance, and issue of
supplies and equipment (including aircraft), $4,325,231,000.
Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard
For operation and maintenance of the Air National Guard, including
medical and hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal
hospitals; maintenance, operation, repair, and other necessary expenses
of facilities for the training and administration of the Air National
Guard, including repair of facilities, maintenance, operation, and
modification of aircraft; transportation of things, hire of passenger
motor vehicles; supplies, materials, and equipment, as authorized by
law for the Air National Guard; and expenses incident to the
maintenance and use of supplies, materials, and equipment, including
such as may be furnished from stocks under the control of agencies of
the Department of Defense; travel expenses (other than mileage) on the
same basis as authorized by law for Air National Guard personnel on
active Federal duty, for Air National Guard commanders while inspecting
units in compliance with National Guard Bureau regulations when
specifically authorized by the Chief, National Guard Bureau,
$4,424,046,000.
Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Account
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses directly relating to Overseas Contingency Operations
by United States military forces, $5,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may transfer these
funds only to military personnel accounts; operation and maintenance
accounts within this title; the Defense Health Program appropriation;
procurement accounts; research, development, test and evaluation
accounts; and to working capital funds: Provided further, That the
funds transferred shall be merged with and shall be available for the
same purposes and for the same time period, as the appropriation to
which transferred: Provided further, That upon determination that all
or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not
necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be
transferred back to this appropriation: Provided further, That the
transfer authority provided in this paragraph is in addition to any
other transfer authority contained elsewhere in this Act.
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
For salaries and expenses necessary for the United States Court of
Appeals for the Armed Forces, $10,333,000, of which not to exceed
$2,500 can be used for official representation purposes.
Environmental Restoration, Army
(including transfer of funds)
For the Department of the Army, $396,018,000, to remain available
until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the Army shall, upon
determining that such funds are required for environmental restoration,
reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings
and debris of the Department of the Army, or for similar purposes,
transfer the funds made available by this appropriation to other
appropriations made available to the Department of the Army, to be
merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same
time period as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided
further, That upon a determination that all or part of the funds
transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes
provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this
appropriation.
Environmental Restoration, Navy
(including transfer of funds)
For the Department of the Navy, $256,153,000, to remain available
until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy shall, upon
determining that such funds are required for environmental restoration,
reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings
and debris of the Department of the Navy, or for similar purposes,
transfer the funds made available by this appropriation to other
appropriations made available to the Department of the Navy, to be
merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same
time period as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided
further, That upon a determination that all or part of the funds
transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes
provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this
appropriation.
Environmental Restoration, Air Force
(including transfer of funds)
For the Department of the Air Force, $384,307,000, to remain
available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the Air
Force shall, upon determining that such funds are required for
environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of hazardous waste,
removal of unsafe buildings and debris of the Department of the Air
Force, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by
this appropriation to other appropriations made available to the
Department of the Air Force, to be merged with and to be available for
the same purposes and for the same time period as the appropriations to
which transferred: Provided further, That upon a determination that all
or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not
necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be
transferred back to this appropriation.
Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide
(including transfer of funds)
For the Department of Defense, $24,081,000, to remain available
until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall, upon
determining that such funds are required for environmental restoration,
reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings
and debris of the Department of Defense, or for similar purposes,
transfer the funds made available by this appropriation to other
appropriations made available to the Department of Defense, to be
merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same
time period as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided
further, That upon a determination that all or part of the funds
transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes
provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this
appropriation.
Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites
(including transfer of funds)
For the Department of the Army, $221,369,000, to remain available
until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the Army shall, upon
determining that such funds are required for environmental restoration,
reduction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings
and debris at sites formerly used by the Department of Defense,
transfer the funds made available by this appropriation to other
appropriations made available to the Department of the Army, to be
merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same
time period as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided
further, That upon a determination that all or part of the funds
transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes
provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this
appropriation.
Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid
For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and
Civic Aid programs of the Department of Defense (consisting of the
programs provided under sections 401, 402, 404, 2547, and 2561 of title
10, United States Code), $59,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2005.
Former Soviet Union Threat Reduction
For assistance to the republics of the former Soviet Union,
including assistance provided by contract or by grants, for
facilitating the elimination and the safe and secure transportation and
storage of nuclear, chemical and other weapons; for establishing
programs to prevent the proliferation of weapons, weapons components,
and weapon-related technology and expertise; for programs relating to
the training and support of defense and military personnel for
demilitarization and protection of weapons, weapons components and
weapons technology and expertise, and for defense and military
contacts, $450,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 2006.
TITLE III
PROCUREMENT
Aircraft Procurement, Army
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and
modernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance, ground
handling equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized
equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private plants,
including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and
such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and
private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned
equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing
purposes, $2,180,785,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2006.
Missile Procurement, Army
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and
modernization of missiles, equipment, including ordnance, ground
handling equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized
equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private plants,
including the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and
such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and
private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned
equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing
purposes, $1,533,462,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2006.
Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army
For construction, procurement, production, and modification of
weapons and tracked combat vehicles, equipment, including ordnance,
spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and
training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including the
land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and
interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon
prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation of
equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants;
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway;
and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes,
$1,956,504,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30,
2006: Provided, That of the funds made available under this heading,
$35,000,000 shall be available only for advance procurement items for
the fifth and sixth Stryker Brigade Combat Teams.
Procurement of Ammunition, Army
For construction, procurement, production, and modification of
ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and
training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including
ammunition facilities authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United
States Code, and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine
tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and
contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for
the foregoing purposes, $1,355,466,000, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2006.
Other Procurement, Army
For construction, procurement, production, and modification of
vehicles, including tactical, support, and non-tracked combat vehicles;
the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and the
purchase of 4 vehicles required for physical security of personnel,
notwithstanding price limitations applicable to passenger vehicles but
not to exceed $180,000 per vehicle; communications and electronic
equipment; other support equipment; spare parts, ordnance, and
accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices;
expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary
therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests
therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to
approval of title; and procurement and installation of equipment,
appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve
plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other
expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, $4,547,596,000, to
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2006.
Aircraft Procurement, Navy
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and
modernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance, spare parts,
and accessories therefor; specialized equipment; expansion of public
and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and
private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned
equipment layaway, $9,030,148,000, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2006.
Weapons Procurement, Navy
For construction, procurement, production, modification, and
modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weapons, and related
support equipment including spare parts, and accessories therefor;
expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary
therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine
tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and
contractor-owned equipment layaway, $2,205,634,000, to remain available
for obligation until September 30, 2006.
Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps
For construction, procurement, production, and modification of
ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and
training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including
ammunition facilities authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United
States Code, and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine
tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and
contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for
the foregoing purposes, $941,855,000, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2006.
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy
For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisition, or
conversion of vessels as authorized by law, including armor and
armament thereof, plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools and
installation thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; procurement of
critical, long leadtime components and designs for vessels to be
constructed or converted in the future; and expansion of public and
private plants, including land necessary therefor, and such lands and
interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon
prior to approval of title, as follows:
Carrier Replacement Program, $1,186,564,000;
Virginia Class Submarine, $2,123,221,000;
SSGN Conversion, $1,167,300,000;
Cruiser Conversion, $194,440,000;
CVN Refueling Overhauls, $367,832,000;
Submarine Refueling Overhauls, $123,372,000;
DDG-51, $3,198,311,000;
LHD-1 Amphibious Assault Ship, $355,006,000;
LPD-17, $1,367,034,000;
Minehunter, SWATH, $9,000,000;
Service Craft, $39,480,000;
Landing Craft Air Cushion, LCAC, $73,087,000;
Prior Year Shipbuilding Program, $899,502,000; and
For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and first
destination transportation, $348,949,000.
In all: $11,453,098,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2008: Provided, That additional obligations may be
incurred after September 30, 2008, for engineering services, tests,
evaluations, and other such budgeted work that must be performed in the
final stage of ship construction: Provided further, That none of the
funds provided under this heading for the construction or conversion of
any naval vessel to be constructed in shipyards in the United States
shall be expended in foreign facilities for the construction of major
components of such vessel: Provided further, That none of the funds
provided under this heading shall be used for the construction of any
naval vessel in foreign shipyards.
Other Procurement, Navy
For procurement, production, and modernization of support equipment
and materials not otherwise provided for, Navy ordnance (except
ordnance for new aircraft, new ships, and ships authorized for
conversion); the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement
only, and the purchase of 2 vehicles required for physical security of
personnel, notwithstanding price limitations applicable to passenger
carrying vehicles but not to exceed $245,000 per unit; expansion of
public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, and
such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction
prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and
private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned
equipment layaway, $4,784,742,000, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2006.
Procurement, Marine Corps
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and
modification of missiles, armament, military equipment, spare parts,
and accessories therefor; plant equipment, appliances, and machine
tools, and installation thereof in public and private plants; reserve
plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; vehicles
for the Marine Corps, including the purchase of passenger motor
vehicles for replacement only; and expansion of public and private
plants, including land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests
therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to
approval of title, $1,200,499,000, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2006.
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force
For construction, procurement, and modification of aircraft and
equipment, including armor and armament, specialized ground handling
equipment, and training devices, spare parts, and accessories therefor;
specialized equipment; expansion of public and private plants,
Government-owned equipment and installation thereof in such plants,
erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for the foregoing
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; reserve
plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other
expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes including rents and
transportation of things, $11,877,051,000, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2006.
Missile Procurement, Air Force
For construction, procurement, and modification of missiles,
spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, including spare parts and
accessories therefor, ground handling equipment, and training devices;
expansion of public and private plants, Government-owned equipment and
installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and
acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and
interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon
prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Government and
contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for
the foregoing purposes including rents and transportation of things,
$4,235,505,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30,
2006.
Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force
For construction, procurement, production, and modification of
ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and
training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including
ammunition facilities authorized by section 2854 of title 10, United
States Code, and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine
tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and
contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for
the foregoing purposes, $1,279,725,000, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2006.
Other Procurement, Air Force
For procurement and modification of equipment (including ground
guidance and electronic control equipment, and ground electronic and
communication equipment), and supplies, materials, and spare parts
therefor, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of passenger motor
vehicles for replacement only, and the purchase of 1 vehicle required
for physical security of personnel, notwithstanding price limitations
applicable to passenger vehicles but not to exceed $243,000 per
vehicle; lease of passenger motor vehicles; and expansion of public and
private plants, Government-owned equipment and installation thereof in
such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for the
foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be
acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon, prior to approval of
title; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment
layaway, $11,195,159,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2006.
Procurement, Defense-Wide
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of
Defense (other than the military departments) necessary for
procurement, production, and modification of equipment, supplies,
materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise provided for; the
purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, including
not to exceed 3 passenger motor vehicles for the Defense Security
Service; the purchase of 4 vehicles required for physical security of
personnel, notwithstanding price limitations applicable to passenger
vehicles but not to exceed $250,000 per vehicle; expansion of public
and private plants, equipment, and installation thereof in such plants,
erection of structures, and acquisition of land for the foregoing
purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; reserve
plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway,
$3,803,776,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30,
2006.
National Guard and Reserve Equipment
For procurement of aircraft, missiles, tracked combat vehicles,
ammunition, other weapons, and other procurement for the reserve
components of the Armed Forces, $100,000,000, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2006: Provided, That the Chiefs of the
Reserve and National Guard components shall, not later than 30 days
after the enactment of this Act, individually submit to the
congressional defense committees the modernization priority assessment
for their respective Reserve or National Guard component.
Defense Production Act Purchases
For activities by the Department of Defense pursuant to sections
108, 301, 302, and 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C.
App. 2078, 2091, 2092, and 2093), $67,516,000, to remain available
until expended.
TITLE IV
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research,
development, test and evaluation, including maintenance,
rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment,
$10,186,272,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30,
2005: Provided, That of the amounts provided under this heading,
$10,000,000 for Molecular Genetics and Musculoskeletal Research in
program element 0602787A, shall remain available until expended.
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research,
development, test and evaluation, including maintenance,
rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment,
$14,666,239,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30,
2005: Provided, That funds appropriated in this paragraph which are
available for the V-22 may be used to meet unique operational
requirements of the Special Operations Forces: Provided further, That
funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for the Cobra
Judy program.
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research,
development, test and evaluation, including maintenance,
rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment,
$20,704,267,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30,
2005.
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of
Defense (other than the military departments), necessary for basic and
applied scientific research, development, test and evaluation; advanced
research projects as may be designated and determined by the Secretary
of Defense, pursuant to law; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and
operation of facilities and equipment, $18,763,791,000, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 2005.
Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
independent activities of the Director, Operational Test and
Evaluation, in the direction and supervision of operational test and
evaluation, including initial operational test and evaluation which is
conducted prior to, and in support of, production decisions; joint
operational testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in
connection therewith, $293,661,000, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2005.
TITLE V
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS
Defense Working Capital Funds
For the Defense Working Capital Funds, $1,721,507,000.
National Defense Sealift Fund
For National Defense Sealift Fund programs, projects, and
activities, and for expenses of the National Defense Reserve Fleet, as
established by section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (50
U.S.C. App. 1744), and for the necessary expenses to maintain and
preserve a U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security
needs of the United States, $1,066,462,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That none of the funds provided in this paragraph
shall be used to award a new contract that provides for the acquisition
of any of the following major components unless such components are
manufactured in the United States: auxiliary equipment, including
pumps, for all shipboard services; propulsion system components (that
is; engines, reduction gears, and propellers); shipboard cranes; and
spreaders for shipboard cranes: Provided further, That the exercise of
an option in a contract awarded through the obligation of previously
appropriated funds shall not be considered to be the award of a new
contract: Provided further, That the Secretary of the military
department responsible for such procurement may waive the restrictions
in the first proviso on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
the Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet
Department of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that such an
acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for national
security purposes: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, $6,500,000 of the funds available under this heading
shall be available in addition to other amounts otherwise available,
only to finance the cost of constructing additional sealift capacity.
TITLE VI
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS
Defense Health Program
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical and health
care programs of the Department of Defense, as authorized by law,
$15,613,159,000, of which $14,874,037,000 shall be for Operation and
maintenance, of which not to exceed 2 percent shall remain available
until September 30, 2005; of which $328,826,000, to remain available
for obligation until September 30, 2006, shall be for Procurement; and
of which $410,296,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2005, shall be for Research, development, test and
evaluation.
Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Army
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal chemical agents
and munitions in accordance with the provisions of section 1412 of the
Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for
the destruction of other chemical warfare materials that are not in the
chemical weapon stockpile, $1,533,261,000, of which $1,199,168,000
shall be for Operation and maintenance to remain available until
September 30, 2005; $79,212,000 shall be for Procurement to remain
available until September 30, 2006; $254,881,000 shall be for Research,
development, test and evaluation to remain available until September
30, 2005; and no more than $132,677,000 may be for the Chemical
Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, of which $44,168,000 shall be
for activities on military installations and $88,509,000 shall be to
assist state and local governments.
Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense
(including transfer of funds)
For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of the Department
of Defense, for transfer to appropriations available to the Department
of Defense for military personnel of the reserve components serving
under the provisions of title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for
Operation and maintenance; for Procurement; and for Research,
development, test and evaluation, $817,371,000: Provided, That the
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for obligation
for the same time period and for the same purpose as the appropriation
to which transferred: Provided further, That upon a determination that
all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not
necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be
transferred back to this appropriation: Provided further, That the
transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any
other transfer authority contained elsewhere in this Act.
Office of the Inspector General
For expenses and activities of the Office of the Inspector General
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, $162,449,000, of which $160,049,000 shall be for Operation and
maintenance, of which not to exceed $700,000 is available for
emergencies and extraordinary expenses to be expended on the approval
or authority of the Inspector General, and payments may be made on the
Inspector General's certificate of necessity for confidential military
purposes; and of which $300,000 to remain available until September 30,
2005, shall be for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation; and of
which $2,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 2006, shall
be for Procurement.
TITLE VII
RELATED AGENCIES
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund
For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and
Disability System Fund, to maintain the proper funding level for
continuing the operation of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement
and Disability System, $226,400,000.
Intelligence Community Management Account
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Community Management
Account, $170,640,000, of which $26,081,000 for the Advanced Research
and Development Committee shall remain available until September 30,
2005: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading,
$46,100,000 shall be transferred to the Department of Justice for the
National Drug Intelligence Center to support the Department of
Defense's counter-drug intelligence responsibilities, and of the said
amount, $1,500,000 for Procurement shall remain available until
September 30, 2006 and $1,000,000 for Research, development, test and
evaluation shall remain available until September 30, 2005: Provided
further, That the National Drug Intelligence Center shall maintain the
personnel and technical resources to provide timely support to law
enforcement authorities and the intelligence community by conducting
document and computer exploitation of materials collected in Federal,
State, and local law enforcement activity associated with counter-drug,
counter-terrorism, and national security investigations and operations.
National Security Education Trust Fund
For the purposes of title VIII of Public Law 102-183, $8,000,000,
to be derived from the National Security Education Trust Fund, to
remain available until expended.
TITLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the
Congress.
Sec. 8002. During the current fiscal year, provisions of law
prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or employment of, any
person not a citizen of the United States shall not apply to personnel
of the Department of Defense: Provided, That salary increases granted
to direct and indirect hire foreign national employees of the
Department of Defense funded by this Act shall not be at a rate in
excess of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian
employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is computed under the
provisions of section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, or at a rate
in excess of the percentage increase provided by the appropriate host
nation to its own employees, whichever is higher: Provided further,
That this section shall not apply to Department of Defense foreign
service national employees serving at United States diplomatic missions
whose pay is set by the Department of State under the Foreign Service
Act of 1980: Provided further, That the limitations of this provision
shall not apply to foreign national employees of the Department of
Defense in the Republic of Turkey.
Sec. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, unless
expressly so provided herein.
Sec. 8004. No more than 20 percent of the appropriations in this
Act which are limited for obligation during the current fiscal year
shall be obligated during the last 2 months of the fiscal year:
Provided, That this section shall not apply to obligations for support
of active duty training of reserve components or summer camp training
of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
(transfer of funds)
Sec. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that such
action is necessary in the national interest, he may, with the approval
of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer not to exceed
$2,500,000,000 of working capital funds of the Department of Defense or
funds made available in this Act to the Department of Defense for
military functions (except military construction) between such
appropriations or funds or any subdivision thereof, to be merged with
and to be available for the same purposes, and for the same time
period, as the appropriation or fund to which transferred: Provided,
That such authority to transfer may not be used unless for higher
priority items, based on unforeseen military requirements, than those
for which originally appropriated and in no case where the item for
which funds are requested has been denied by the Congress: Provided
further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Congress
promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this authority or any other
authority in this Act: Provided further, That no part of the funds in
this Act shall be available to prepare or present a request to the
Committees on Appropriations for reprogramming of funds, unless for
higher priority items, based on unforeseen military requirements, than
those for which originally appropriated and in no case where the item
for which reprogramming is requested has been denied by the Congress:
Provided further, That a request for multiple reprogrammings of funds
using authority provided in this section must be made prior to May 31,
2004.
(transfer of funds)
Sec. 8006. During the current fiscal year, cash balances in working
capital funds of the Department of Defense established pursuant to
section 2208 of title 10, United States Code, may be maintained in only
such amounts as are necessary at any time for cash disbursements to be
made from such funds: Provided, That transfers may be made between such
funds: Provided further, That transfers may be made between working
capital funds and the ``Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense''
appropriation and the ``Operation and Maintenance'' appropriation
accounts in such amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of
Defense, with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget,
except that such transfers may not be made unless the Secretary of
Defense has notified the Congress of the proposed transfer. Except in
amounts equal to the amounts appropriated to working capital funds in
this Act, no obligations may be made against a working capital fund to
procure or increase the value of war reserve material inventory, unless
the Secretary of Defense has notified the Congress prior to any such
obligation.
Sec. 8007. Funds appropriated by this Act may not be used to
initiate a special access program without prior notification 30
calendar days in session in advance to the congressional defense
committees.
Sec. 8008. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be
available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that employs economic
order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any 1 year of
the contract or that includes an unfunded contingent liability in
excess of $20,000,000; or (2) a contract for advance procurement
leading to a multiyear contract that employs economic order quantity
procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any 1 year, unless the
congressional defense committees have been notified at least 30 days in
advance of the proposed contract award: Provided, That no part of any
appropriation contained in this Act shall be available to initiate a
multiyear contract for which the economic order quantity advance
procurement is not funded at least to the limits of the Government's
liability: Provided further, That no part of any appropriation
contained in this Act shall be available to initiate multiyear
procurement contracts for any systems or component thereof if the value
of the multiyear contract would exceed $500,000,000 unless specifically
provided in this Act: Provided further, That no multiyear procurement
contract can be terminated without 10-day prior notification to the
congressional defense committees: Provided further, That the execution
of multiyear authority shall require the use of a present value
analysis to determine lowest cost compared to an annual procurement.
Funds appropriated in title III of this Act may be used for
multiyear procurement contracts as follows:
F/A-18 aircraft;
E-2C aircraft; and
Tactical Tomahawk missile.
Sec. 8009. Within the funds appropriated for the operation and
maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are hereby appropriated pursuant
to section 401 of title 10, United States Code, for humanitarian and
civic assistance costs under chapter 20 of title 10, United States
Code. Such funds may also be obligated for humanitarian and civic
assistance costs incidental to authorized operations and pursuant to
authority granted in section 401 of chapter 20 of title 10, United
States Code, and these obligations shall be reported as required by
section 401(d) of title 10, United States Code: Provided, That funds
available for operation and maintenance shall be available for
providing humanitarian and similar assistance by using Civic Action
Teams in the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands and freely
associated states of Micronesia, pursuant to the Compact of Free
Association as authorized by Public Law 99-239: Provided further, That
upon a determination by the Secretary of the Army that such action is
beneficial for graduate medical education programs conducted at Army
medical facilities located in Hawaii, the Secretary of the Army may
authorize the provision of medical services at such facilities and
transportation to such facilities, on a nonreimbursable basis, for
civilian patients from American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of
Micronesia, Palau, and Guam.
Sec. 8010. (a) During fiscal year 2004, the civilian personnel of
the Department of Defense may not be managed on the basis of any end-
strength, and the management of such personnel during that fiscal year
shall not be subject to any constraint or limitation (known as an end-
strength) on the number of such personnel who may be employed on the
last day of such fiscal year.
(b) The fiscal year 2005 budget request for the Department of
Defense as well as all justification material and other documentation
supporting the fiscal year 2005 Department of Defense budget request
shall be prepared and submitted to the Congress as if subsections (a)
and (b) of this provision were effective with regard to fiscal year
2005.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to military
(civilian) technicians.
Sec. 8011. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the
funds made available by this Act shall be used by the Department of
Defense to exceed, outside the 50 United States, its territories, and
the District of Columbia, 125,000 civilian workyears: Provided, That
workyears shall be applied as defined in the Federal Personnel Manual:
Provided further, That workyears expended in dependent student hiring
programs for disadvantaged youths shall not be included in this
workyear limitation.
Sec. 8012. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be
used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional
action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before the
Congress.
Sec. 8013. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be
available for the basic pay and allowances of any member of the Army
participating as a full-time student and receiving benefits paid by the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs from the Department of Defense Education
Benefits Fund when time spent as a full-time student is credited toward
completion of a service commitment: Provided, That this subsection
shall not apply to those members who have reenlisted with this option
prior to October 1, 1987: Provided further, That this subsection
applies only to active components of the Army.
Sec. 8014. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be
available to convert to contractor performance an activity or function
of the Department of Defense that, on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act, is performed by more than 10 Department of
Defense civilian employees unless such conversion is based on the
result of a public-private competition that includes a most efficient
and cost effective organization plan developed by such activity or
function and the Competitive Sourcing Official certifies that the
projected savings of the competition exceed the minimum conversion
differential for such activity or function: Provided, That this section
shall not apply in circumstances in which the Department of Defense
publishes in the Federal Register a determination that compliance would
have an adverse impact on national security: Provided further, That
this section and subsections (a), (b), and (c) of 10 U.S.C. 2461 shall
not apply to a commercial or industrial type function of the Department
of Defense that: (1) is included on the procurement list established
pursuant to section 2 of the Act of June 25, 1938 (41 U.S.C. 47),
popularly referred to as the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act; (2) is planned to
be converted to performance by a qualified nonprofit agency for the
blind or by a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handicapped
individuals in accordance with that Act; or (3) is planned to be
converted to performance by a qualified firm under 51 percent ownership
by an Indian tribe, as defined in section 450b(e) of title 25, United
States Code, or a Native Hawaiian organization, as defined in section
637(a)(15) of title 15, United States Code.
(transfer of funds)
Sec. 8015. Funds appropriated in title III of this Act for the
Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Protege Program may be transferred
to any other appropriation contained in this Act solely for the purpose
of implementing a Mentor-Protege Program developmental assistance
agreement pursuant to section 831 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2301 note), as
amended, under the authority of this provision or any other transfer
authority contained in this Act.
Sec. 8016. None of the funds in this Act may be available for the
purchase by the Department of Defense (and its departments and
agencies) of welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain 4 inches in
diameter and under unless the anchor and mooring chain are manufactured
in the United States from components which are substantially
manufactured in the United States: Provided, That for the purpose of
this section manufactured will include cutting, heat treating, quality
control, testing of chain and welding (including the forging and shot
blasting process): Provided further, That for the purpose of this
section substantially all of the components of anchor and mooring chain
shall be considered to be produced or manufactured in the United States
if the aggregate cost of the components produced or manufactured in the
United States exceeds the aggregate cost of the components produced or
manufactured outside the United States: Provided further, That when
adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet Department of
Defense requirements on a timely basis, the Secretary of the service
responsible for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case-
by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on
Appropriations that such an acquisition must be made in order to
acquire capability for national security purposes.
Sec. 8017. None of the funds appropriated by this Act available for
the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services
(CHAMPUS) or TRICARE shall be available for the reimbursement of any
health care provider for inpatient mental health service for care
received when a patient is referred to a provider of inpatient mental
health care or residential treatment care by a medical or health care
professional having an economic interest in the facility to which the
patient is referred: Provided, That this limitation does not apply in
the case of inpatient mental health services provided under the program
for persons with disabilities under subsection (d) of section 1079 of
title 10, United States Code, provided as partial hospital care, or
provided pursuant to a waiver authorized by the Secretary of Defense
because of medical or psychological circumstances of the patient that
are confirmed by a health professional who is not a Federal employee
after a review, pursuant to rules prescribed by the Secretary, which
takes into account the appropriate level of care for the patient, the
intensity of services required by the patient, and the availability of
that care.
Sec. 8018. (a) During the current fiscal year and hereafter, the
Secretary of Defense may, by executive agreement, establish with the
government of any North Atlantic Treaty Organization member nation a
separate account into which residual value amounts negotiated with that
nation in the return of United States military installations in that
nation may be deposited, in lieu of direct monetary transfers to the
United States Treasury. Any such deposit may be made in the currency of
the host nation. Amounts in such an account shall be treated as credits
to that host nation and may be used only as specified in subsection
(b).
(b) Amounts deposited by a host nation in an account as provided
for in an agreement under subsection (a) may be used--
(1) subject to subsection (c), for the construction of
facilities to support United States military forces in that
host nation; or
(2) for such real property maintenance and base operating
costs at United States military installations in that host
nation that are currently executed through monetary transfers
to such host nation.
(c) A military construction project may be executed from an account
established under this section only if the project has been previously
authorized by law.
(d) In the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in
support of the President's budget for the Department of Defense for any
fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall identify--
(1) amounts anticipated to be received during that fiscal
year in residual value settlements under this section; and
(2) such construction, real property maintenance, and base
operating costs that shall be funded by the host nation during
that fiscal year through such credits under an agreement under
this section.
(e)(1) The Secretary of Defense shall report any executive
agreement with a NATO member nation under this section to the
congressional committees specified in paragraph (2) not less than 30
days before the conclusion and endorsement of the agreement.
(2) The committees referred to in paragraph (1) are the
congressional defense committees, the Committee on International
Relations of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate.
Sec. 8019. None of the funds available to the Department of Defense
may be used to demilitarize or dispose of M-1 Carbines, M-1 Garand
rifles, M-14 rifles, .22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M-1911
pistols.
Sec. 8020. No more than $500,000 of the funds appropriated or made
available in this Act shall be used during a single fiscal year for any
single relocation of an organization, unit, activity or function of the
Department of Defense into or within the National Capital Region:
Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a
case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the congressional
defense committees that such a relocation is required in the best
interest of the Government.
Sec. 8021. In addition to the funds provided elsewhere in this Act,
$8,000,000 is appropriated only for incentive payments authorized by
Section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544):
Provided, That a prime contractor or a subcontractor at any tier that
makes a subcontract award to any subcontractor or supplier as defined
in 25 U.S.C. 1544 or a small business owned and controlled by an
individual defined under 25 U.S.C. 4221(9) shall be considered a
contractor for the purposes of being allowed additional compensation
under section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544)
whenever the prime contract or subcontract amount is over $500,000 and
involves the expenditure of funds appropriated by an Act making
Appropriations for the Department of Defense with respect to any fiscal
year: Provided further, That notwithstanding 41 U.S.C. Sec. 430, this
section shall be applicable to any Department of Defense acquisition of
supplies or services, including any contract and any subcontract at any
tier for acquisition of commercial items produced or manufactured, in
whole or in part by any subcontractor or supplier defined in 25 U.S.C.
Sec. 1544 or a small business owned and controlled by an individual
defined under 25 U.S.C. 4221(9).
Sec. 8022. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be
available to perform any cost study pursuant to the provisions of OMB
Circular A-76 if the study being performed exceeds a period of 24
months after initiation of such study with respect to a single function
activity or 48 months after initiation of such study for a multi-
function activity.
Sec. 8023. Funds appropriated by this Act for the American Forces
Information Service shall not be used for any national or international
political or psychological activities.
Sec. 8024. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or
regulation, the Secretary of Defense may adjust wage rates for civilian
employees hired for certain health care occupations as authorized for
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs by section 7455 of title 38, United
States Code.
Sec. 8025. (a) The Secretary of Defense shall afford qualified
nonprofit agencies for the blind or other severely handicapped the
maximum practicable opportunity to participate as subcontractors and
suppliers in the performance of contracts for the procurement of
supplies or services that are let by the Department of Defense using
funds appropriated for military functions of the Department of Defense
(other than for military construction or military family housing).
(b) A business concern that has negotiated with the Secretary of a
military department or the director of a Defense Agency a
subcontracting plan for the participation by small business concerns
pursuant to section 8(d) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d))
shall be given credit toward meeting that subcontracting goal for any
purchase made from a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or other
severely handicapped.
(c) For the purpose of this section, the term ``qualified nonprofit
agency for the blind or other severely handicapped'' means a nonprofit
agency for the blind, or a nonprofit agency for other severely
handicapped, that has been approved by the Committee for the Purchase
from the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped under the Javits-Wagner-
O'Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46-48).
(d) This section shall apply during the current fiscal year and
hereafter.
Sec. 8026. During the current fiscal year, net receipts pursuant to
collections from third party payers pursuant to section 1095 of title
10, United States Code, shall be made available to the local facility
of the uniformed services responsible for the collections and shall be
over and above the facility's direct budget amount.
Sec. 8027. During the current fiscal year, the Department of
Defense is authorized to incur obligations of not to exceed
$350,000,000 for purposes specified in section 2350j(c) of title 10,
United States Code, in anticipation of receipt of contributions, only
from the Government of Kuwait, under that section: Provided, That upon
receipt, such contributions from the Government of Kuwait shall be
credited to the appropriations or fund which incurred such obligations.
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 8028. (a) Of the funds made available in this Act, not less
than $32,758,000 shall be available for the Civil Air Patrol
Corporation, of which--
(1) $21,432,000 shall be available from ``Operation and
Maintenance, Air Force'' to support Civil Air Patrol
Corporation operation and maintenance, readiness, counterdrug
activities, and drug demand reduction activities involving
youth programs;
(2) $10,540,000 shall be available from ``Aircraft
Procurement, Air Force''; and
(3) $786,000 shall be available from ``Other Procurement,
Air Force'' for vehicle procurement.
(b) Notwithstanding section 9445 of title 10, United States Code,
or any other provision of law, of the funds made available to the Civil
Air Patrol Corporation in this Act under the heading ``Aircraft
Procurement, Air Force'', not more than $770,000 may be transferred by
the Secretary of the Air Force to the ``Operation and Maintenance, Air
Force'' appropriation to be merged with and to be available for
administrative expenses incurred by the Air Force in the administration
of Civil Air Patrol Corporation. Funds so transferred shall be
available for the same period as the appropriation to which
transferred.
(c) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reimbursement for
any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for counter-drug activities in
support of Federal State, and local government agencies.
Sec. 8029. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act are
available to establish a new Department of Defense (department)
federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), either as a
new entity, or as a separate entity administrated by an organization
managing another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership corporation
consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and other non-profit
entities.
(b) No member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Overseers,
Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Committee, or any
similar entity of a defense FFRDC, and no paid consultant to any
defense FFRDC, except when acting in a technical advisory capacity, may
be compensated for his or her services as a member of such entity, or
as a paid consultant by more than one FFRDC in a fiscal year: Provided,
That a member of any such entity referred to previously in this
subsection shall be allowed travel expenses and per diem as authorized
under the Federal Joint Travel Regulations, when engaged in the
performance of membership duties.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds
available to the department from any source during fiscal year 2004 may
be used by a defense FFRDC, through a fee or other payment mechanism,
for construction of new buildings, for payment of cost sharing for
projects funded by Government grants, for absorption of contract
overruns, or for certain charitable contributions, not to include
employee participation in community service and/or development.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds
available to the department during fiscal year 2004, not more than
6,321 staff years of technical effort (staff years) may be funded for
defense FFRDCs: Provided, That of the specific amount referred to
previously in this subsection, not more than 1,050 staff years may be
funded for the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs.
(e) The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submission of the
department's fiscal year 2005 budget request, submit a report
presenting the specific amounts of staff years of technical effort to
be allocated for each defense FFRDC during that fiscal year.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the total
amount appropriated in this Act for FFRDCs is hereby reduced by
$74,200,000.
Sec. 8030. None of the funds appropriated or made available in this
Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy or armor steel plate for use
in any Government-owned facility or property under the control of the
Department of Defense which were not melted and rolled in the United
States or Canada: Provided, That these procurement restrictions shall
apply to any and all Federal Supply Class 9515, American Society of
Testing and Materials (ASTM) or American Iron and Steel Institute
(AISI) specifications of carbon, alloy or armor steel plate: Provided
further, That the Secretary of the military department responsible for
the procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by
certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate that adequate domestic supplies are
not available to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely
basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire
capability for national security purposes: Provided further, That these
restrictions shall not apply to contracts which are in being as of the
date of the enactment of this Act.
Sec. 8031. For the purposes of this Act, the term ``congressional
defense committees'' means the Armed Services Committee of the House of
Representatives, the Armed Services Committee of the Senate, the
Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
Sec. 8032. (a) During the current fiscal year and hereafter, the
Department of Defense may acquire the modification, depot maintenance,
and repair of aircraft, vehicles, and vessels, as well as the
production of components and other Defense-related articles, through
competition between Department of Defense depot maintenance activities
and private firms.
(b) In the case of a competition conducted under this section, the
Senior Acquisition Executive of the military department or Defense
Agency concerned shall certify that the successful bid includes
comparable estimates of all direct and indirect costs for bids
submitted both by Department of Defense depot maintenance activities
and by private firms. The authority of the Senior Acquisition Executive
under this section may be delegated.
(c) Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 shall not apply
to a competition conducted under this section.
Sec. 8033. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after consultation
with the United States Trade Representative, determines that a foreign
country which is party to an agreement described in paragraph (2) has
violated the terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain
types of products produced in the United States that are covered by the
agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall rescind the Secretary's
blanket waiver of the Buy American Act with respect to such types of
products produced in that foreign country.
(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any reciprocal
defense procurement memorandum of understanding, between the United
States and a foreign country pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense
has prospectively waived the Buy American Act for certain products in
that country.
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Congress a report
on the amount of Department of Defense purchases from foreign entities
in fiscal year 2004. Such report shall separately indicate the dollar
value of items for which the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to
any agreement described in subsection (a)(2), the Trade Agreement Act
of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or any international agreement to
which the United States is a party.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ``Buy American Act''
means title III of the Act entitled ``An Act making appropriations for
the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1934, and for other purposes'', approved March 3, 1933 (41
U.S.C. 10a et seq.).
Sec. 8034. Appropriations contained in this Act that remain
available at the end of the current fiscal year as a result of energy
cost savings realized by the Department of Defense shall remain
available for obligation for the next fiscal year to the extent, and
for the purposes, provided in section 2865 of title 10, United States
Code.
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 8035. Amounts deposited during the current fiscal year to the
special account established under 40 U.S.C. 572(b)(5)(A) and to the
special account established under 10 U.S.C. 2667(d)(1) are appropriated
and shall be available until transferred by the Secretary of Defense to
current applicable appropriations or funds of the Department of Defense
under the terms and conditions specified by 40 U.S.C. 572(b)(5)(B) and
10 U.S.C. 2667(d)(1)(B), to be merged with and to be available for the
same time period and the same purposes as the appropriation to which
transferred.
Sec. 8036. The President shall include with each budget for a
fiscal year submitted to the Congress under section 1105 of title 31,
United States Code, materials that shall identify clearly and
separately the amounts requested in the budget for appropriation for
that fiscal year for salaries and expenses related to administrative
activities of the Department of Defense, the military departments, and
the defense agencies.
Sec. 8037. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
available for ``Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities,
Defense'' may be obligated for the Young Marines program.
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 8038. During the current fiscal year, amounts contained in the
Department of Defense Overseas Military Facility Investment Recovery
Account established by section 2921(c)(1) of the National Defense
Authorization Act of 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note)
shall be available until expended for the payments specified by section
2921(c)(2) of that Act.
Sec. 8039. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no cost to the Air
Force, without consideration, to Indian tribes located in the States of
North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Minnesota relocatable military
housing units located at Grand Forks Air Force Base and Minot Air Force
Base that are excess to the needs of the Air Force.
(b) Processing of Requests.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall
convey, at no cost to the Air Force, military housing units under
subsection (a) in accordance with the request for such units that are
submitted to the Secretary by the Operation Walking Shield Program on
behalf of Indian tribes located in the States of North Dakota, South
Dakota, Montana, and Minnesota.
(c) Resolution of Housing Unit Conflicts.--The Operation Walking
Shield program shall resolve any conflicts among requests of Indian
tribes for housing units under subsection (a) before submitting
requests to the Secretary of the Air Force under subsection (b).
(d) Indian Tribe Defined.--In this section, the term ``Indian
tribe'' means any recognized Indian tribe included on the current list
published by the Secretary of the Interior under section 104 of the
Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-454; 108
Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 479a-1).
Sec. 8040. During the current fiscal year, appropriations which are
available to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance
may be used to purchase items having an investment item unit cost of
not more than $250,000.
Sec. 8041. (a) During the current fiscal year, none of the
appropriations or funds available to the Department of Defense Working
Capital Funds shall be used for the purchase of an investment item for
the purpose of acquiring a new inventory item for sale or anticipated
sale during the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to
customers of the Department of Defense Working Capital Funds if such an
item would not have been chargeable to the Department of Defense
Business Operations Fund during fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of
such an investment item would be chargeable during the current fiscal
year to appropriations made to the Department of Defense for
procurement.
(b) The fiscal year 2005 budget request for the Department of
Defense as well as all justification material and other documentation
supporting the fiscal year 2005 Department of Defense budget shall be
prepared and submitted to the Congress on the basis that any equipment
which was classified as an end item and funded in a procurement
appropriation contained in this Act shall be budgeted for in a proposed
fiscal year 2005 procurement appropriation and not in the supply
management business area or any other area or category of the
Department of Defense Working Capital Funds.
Sec. 8042. None of the funds appropriated by this Act for programs
of the Central Intelligence Agency shall remain available for
obligation beyond the current fiscal year, except for funds
appropriated for the Reserve for Contingencies, which shall remain
available until September 30, 2005: Provided, That funds appropriated,
transferred, or otherwise credited to the Central Intelligence Agency
Central Services Working Capital Fund during this or any prior or
subsequent fiscal year shall remain available until expended: Provided
further, That any funds appropriated or transferred to the Central
Intelligence Agency for agent operations and for covert action programs
authorized by the President under section 503 of the National Security
Act of 1947, as amended, shall remain available until September 30,
2005.
Sec. 8043. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made
available in this Act for the Defense Intelligence Agency may be used
for the design, development, and deployment of General Defense
Intelligence Program intelligence communications and intelligence
information systems for the Services, the Unified and Specified
Commands, and the component commands.
Sec. 8044. Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Defense
under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', not less
than $10,000,000 shall be made available only for the mitigation of
environmental impacts, including training and technical assistance to
tribes, related administrative support, the gathering of information,
documenting of environmental damage, and developing a system for
prioritization of mitigation and cost to complete estimates for
mitigation, on Indian lands resulting from Department of Defense
activities.
Sec. 8045. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be
expended by an entity of the Department of Defense unless the entity,
in expending the funds, complies with the Buy American Act. For
purposes of this subsection, the term ``Buy American Act'' means title
III of the Act entitled ``An Act making appropriations for the Treasury
and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934,
and for other purposes'', approved March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a et
seq.).
(b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a person has been
convicted of intentionally affixing a label bearing a ``Made in
America'' inscription to any product sold in or shipped to the United
States that is not made in America, the Secretary shall determine, in
accordance with section 2410f of title 10, United States Code, whether
the person should be debarred from contracting with the Department of
Defense.
(c) In the case of any equipment or products purchased with
appropriations provided under this Act, it is the sense of the Congress
that any entity of the Department of Defense, in expending the
appropriation, purchase only American-made equipment and products,
provided that American-made equipment and products are cost-
competitive, quality-competitive, and available in a timely fashion.
Sec. 8046. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be
available for a contract for studies, analysis, or consulting services
entered into without competition on the basis of an unsolicited
proposal unless the head of the activity responsible for the
procurement determines--
(1) as a result of thorough technical evaluation, only one
source is found fully qualified to perform the proposed work;
(2) the purpose of the contract is to explore an
unsolicited proposal which offers significant scientific or
technological promise, represents the product of original
thinking, and was submitted in confidence by one source; or
(3) the purpose of the contract is to take advantage of
unique and significant industrial accomplishment by a specific
concern, or to insure that a new product or idea of a specific
concern is given financial support:
Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to contracts in an
amount of less than $25,000, contracts related to improvements of
equipment that is in development or production, or contracts as to
which a civilian official of the Department of Defense, who has been
confirmed by the Senate, determines that the award of such contract is
in the interest of the national defense.
Sec. 8047. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and (c), none
of the funds made available by this Act may be used--
(1) to establish a field operating agency; or
(2) to pay the basic pay of a member of the Armed Forces or
civilian employee of the department who is transferred or
reassigned from a headquarters activity if the member or
employee's place of duty remains at the location of that
headquarters.
(b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military department
may waive the limitations in subsection (a), on a case-by-case basis,
if the Secretary determines, and certifies to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate that the
granting of the waiver will reduce the personnel requirements or the
financial requirements of the department.
(c) This section does not apply to field operating agencies funded
within the National Foreign Intelligence Program.
Sec. 8048. Notwithstanding section 303 of Public Law 96-487 or any
other provision of law, the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to
lease real and personal property at Naval Air Facility, Adak, Alaska,
pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2667(f), for commercial, industrial or other
purposes: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of the Navy may remove hazardous materials from
facilities, buildings, and structures at Adak, Alaska, and may demolish
or otherwise dispose of such facilities, buildings, and structures.
(rescissions)
Sec. 8049. Of the funds appropriated in Department of Defense
Appropriations Acts, the following funds are hereby rescinded from the
following accounts and programs in the specified amounts:
``Aircraft Procurement, Army, 2003/2005'', $47,100,000;
``Other Procurement, Army, 2003/2005'', $8,000,000;
``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 2002/2006'',
$25,600,000;
``Missile Procurement, Air Force, 2003/2005'', $27,000,000;
``Other Procurement, Air Force, 2003/2005'', $30,000,000;
and
``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army, 2003/
2004'', $1,650,000.
Sec. 8050. None of the funds available in this Act may be used to
reduce the authorized positions for military (civilian) technicians of
the Army National Guard, the Air National Guard, Army Reserve and Air
Force Reserve for the purpose of applying any administratively imposed
civilian personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on military (civilian)
technicians, unless such reductions are a direct result of a reduction
in military force structure.
Sec. 8051. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available in this Act may be obligated or expended for assistance to
the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea unless specifically
appropriated for that purpose.
Sec. 8052. During the current fiscal year, funds appropriated in
this Act are available to compensate members of the National Guard for
duty performed pursuant to a plan submitted by a Governor of a State
and approved by the Secretary of Defense under section 112 of title 32,
United States Code: Provided, That during the performance of such duty,
the members of the National Guard shall be under State command and
control: Provided further, That such duty shall be treated as full-time
National Guard duty for purposes of sections 12602(a)(2) and (b)(2) of
title 10, United States Code.
Sec. 8053. Funds appropriated in this Act for operation and
maintenance of the Military Departments, Combatant Commands and Defense
Agencies shall be available for reimbursement of pay, allowances and
other expenses which would otherwise be incurred against appropriations
for the National Guard and Reserve when members of the National Guard
and Reserve provide intelligence or counterintelligence support to
Combatant Commands, Defense Agencies and Joint Intelligence Activities,
including the activities and programs included within the National
Foreign Intelligence Program (NFIP), the Joint Military Intelligence
Program (JMIP), and the Tactical Intelligence and Related Activities
(TIARA) aggregate: Provided, That nothing in this section authorizes
deviation from established Reserve and National Guard personnel and
training procedures.
Sec. 8054. During the current fiscal year, none of the funds
appropriated in this Act may be used to reduce the civilian medical and
medical support personnel assigned to military treatment facilities
below the September 30, 2002 level: Provided, That the Service Surgeons
General may waive this section by certifying to the congressional
defense committees that the beneficiary population is declining in some
catchment areas and civilian strength reductions may be consistent with
responsible resource stewardship and capitation-based budgeting.
Sec. 8055. (a) Limitation on Pentagon Renovation Costs.--Not later
than the date each year on which the President submits to Congress the
budget under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a certification that the
total cost for the planning, design, construction, and installation of
equipment for the renovation of wedges 2 through 5 of the Pentagon
Reservation, cumulatively, will not exceed four times the total cost
for the planning, design, construction, and installation of equipment
for the renovation of wedge 1.
(b) Annual Adjustment.--For purposes of applying the limitation in
subsection (a), the Secretary shall adjust the cost for the renovation
of wedge 1 by any increase or decrease in costs attributable to
economic inflation, based on the most recent economic assumptions
issued by the Office of Management and Budget for use in preparation of
the budget of the United States under section 1104 of title 31, United
States Code.
(c) Exclusion of Certain Costs.--For purposes of calculating the
limitation in subsection (a), the total cost for wedges 2 through 5
shall not include--
(1) any repair or reconstruction cost incurred as a result
of the terrorist attack on the Pentagon that occurred on
September 11, 2001;
(2) any increase in costs for wedges 2 through 5
attributable to compliance with new requirements of Federal,
State, or local laws; and
(3) any increase in costs attributable to additional
security requirements that the Secretary of Defense considers
essential to provide a safe and secure working environment.
(d) Certification Cost Reports.--As part of the annual
certification under subsection (a), the Secretary shall report the
projected cost (as of the time of the certification) for--
(1) the renovation of each wedge, including the amount
adjusted or otherwise excluded for such wedge under the
authority of paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (c) for the
period covered by the certification; and
(2) the repair and reconstruction of wedges 1 and 2 in
response to the terrorist attack on the Pentagon that occurred
on September 11, 2001.
(e) Duration of Certification Requirement.--The requirement to make
an annual certification under subsection (a) shall apply until the
Secretary certifies to Congress that the renovation of the Pentagon
Reservation is completed.
Sec. 8056. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, that not
more than 35 percent of funds provided in this Act for environmental
remediation may be obligated under indefinite delivery/indefinite
quantity contracts with a total contract value of $130,000,000 or
higher.
Sec. 8057. (a) None of the funds available to the Department of
Defense for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or counter-drug
activities may be transferred to any other department or agency of the
United States except as specifically provided in an appropriations law.
(b) None of the funds available to the Central Intelligence Agency
for any fiscal year for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities
may be transferred to any other department or agency of the United
States except as specifically provided in an appropriations law.
(transfer of funds)
Sec. 8058. Appropriations available in this Act under the heading
``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' for increasing energy and
water efficiency in Federal buildings may, during their period of
availability, be transferred to other appropriations or funds of the
Department of Defense for projects related to increasing energy and
water efficiency, to be merged with and to be available for the same
general purposes, and for the same time period, as the appropriation or
fund to which transferred.
Sec. 8059. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used
for the procurement of ball and roller bearings other than those
produced by a domestic source and of domestic origin: Provided, That
the Secretary of the military department responsible for such
procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by
certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate, that adequate domestic supplies are
not available to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely
basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire
capability for national security purposes: Provided further, That this
restriction shall not apply to the purchase of ``commercial items'', as
defined by section 4(12) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy
Act, except that the restriction shall apply to ball or roller bearings
purchased as end item.
Sec. 8060. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
available to the Department of Defense shall be made available to
provide transportation of medical supplies and equipment, on a
nonreimbursable basis, to American Samoa, and funds available to the
Department of Defense shall be made available to provide transportation
of medical supplies and equipment, on a nonreimbursable basis, to the
Indian Health Service when it is in conjunction with a civil-military
project.
Sec. 8061. None of the funds in this Act may be used to purchase
any supercomputer which is not manufactured in the United States,
unless the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional defense
committees that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire
capability for national security purposes that is not available from
United States manufacturers.
Sec. 8062. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Naval
shipyards of the United States shall be eligible to participate in any
manufacturing extension program financed by funds appropriated in this
or any other Act.
Sec. 8063. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each
contract awarded by the Department of Defense during the current fiscal
year for construction or service performed in whole or in part in a
State (as defined in section 381(d) of title 10, United States Code)
which is not contiguous with another State and has an unemployment rate
in excess of the national average rate of unemployment as determined by
the Secretary of Labor, shall include a provision requiring the
contractor to employ, for the purpose of performing that portion of the
contract in such State that is not contiguous with another State,
individuals who are residents of such State and who, in the case of any
craft or trade, possess or would be able to acquire promptly the
necessary skills: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive the
requirements of this section, on a case-by-case basis, in the interest
of national security.
Sec. 8064. None of the funds made available in this or any other
Act may be used to pay the salary of any officer or employee of the
Department of Defense who approves or implements the transfer of
administrative responsibilities or budgetary resources of any program,
project, or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction of
another Federal agency not financed by this Act without the express
authorization of Congress: Provided, That this limitation shall not
apply to transfers of funds expressly provided for in Defense
Appropriations Acts, or provisions of Acts providing supplemental
appropriations for the Department of Defense.
Sec. 8065. (a) Limitation on Transfer of Defense Articles and
Services.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the
funds available to the Department of Defense for the current fiscal
year may be obligated or expended to transfer to another nation or an
international organization any defense articles or services (other than
intelligence services) for use in the activities described in
subsection (b) unless the congressional defense committees, the
Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives,
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate are notified 15
days in advance of such transfer.
(b) Covered Activities.--This section applies to--
(1) any international peacekeeping or peace-enforcement
operation under the authority of chapter VI or chapter VII of
the United Nations Charter under the authority of a United
Nations Security Council resolution; and
(2) any other international peacekeeping, peace-
enforcement, or humanitarian assistance operation.
(c) Required Notice.--A notice under subsection (a) shall include
the following:
(1) A description of the equipment, supplies, or services
to be transferred.
(2) A statement of the value of the equipment, supplies, or
services to be transferred.
(3) In the case of a proposed transfer of equipment or
supplies--
(A) a statement of whether the inventory
requirements of all elements of the Armed Forces
(including the reserve components) for the type of
equipment or supplies to be transferred have been met;
and
(B) a statement of whether the items proposed to be
transferred will have to be replaced and, if so, how
the President proposes to provide funds for such
replacement.
Sec. 8066. To the extent authorized by subchapter VI of chapter 148
of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense may issue
loan guarantees in support of United States defense exports not
otherwise provided for: Provided, That the total contingent liability
of the United States for guarantees issued under the authority of this
section may not exceed $15,000,000,000: Provided further, That the
exposure fees charged and collected by the Secretary for each guarantee
shall be paid by the country involved and shall not be financed as part
of a loan guaranteed by the United States: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees on
Appropriations, Armed Services, and Foreign Relations of the Senate and
the Committees on Appropriations, Armed Services, and International
Relations in the House of Representatives on the implementation of this
program: Provided further, That amounts charged for administrative fees
and deposited to the special account provided for under section
2540c(d) of title 10, shall be available for paying the costs of
administrative expenses of the Department of Defense that are
attributable to the loan guarantee program under subchapter VI of
chapter 148 of title 10, United States Code.
Sec. 8067. None of the funds available to the Department of Defense
under this Act shall be obligated or expended to pay a contractor under
a contract with the Department of Defense for costs of any amount paid
by the contractor to an employee when--
(1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in excess of
the normal salary paid by the contractor to the employee; and
(2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs associated
with a business combination.
Sec. 8068. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available in this Act may be used to transport or provide for the
transportation of chemical munitions or agents to the Johnston Atoll
for the purpose of storing or demilitarizing such munitions or agents.
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any
obsolete World War II chemical munition or agent of the United States
found in the World War II Pacific Theater of Operations.
(c) The President may suspend the application of subsection (a)
during a period of war in which the United States is a party.
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 8069. During the current fiscal year, no more than $30,000,000
of appropriations made in this Act under the heading ``Operation and
Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' may be transferred to appropriations
available for the pay of military personnel, to be merged with, and to
be available for the same time period as the appropriations to which
transferred, to be used in support of such personnel in connection with
support and services for eligible organizations and activities outside
the Department of Defense pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United
States Code.
Sec. 8070. During the current fiscal year, in the case of an
appropriation account of the Department of Defense for which the period
of availability for obligation has expired or which has closed under
the provisions of section 1552 of title 31, United States Code, and
which has a negative unliquidated or unexpended balance, an obligation
or an adjustment of an obligation may be charged to any current
appropriation account for the same purpose as the expired or closed
account if--
(1) the obligation would have been properly chargeable
(except as to amount) to the expired or closed account before
the end of the period of availability or closing of that
account;
(2) the obligation is not otherwise properly chargeable to
any current appropriation account of the Department of Defense;
and
(3) in the case of an expired account, the obligation is
not chargeable to a current appropriation of the Department of
Defense under the provisions of section 1405(b)(8) of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, Public
Law 101-510, as amended (31 U.S.C. 1551 note): Provided, That
in the case of an expired account, if subsequent review or
investigation discloses that there was not in fact a negative
unliquidated or unexpended balance in the account, any charge
to a current account under the authority of this section shall
be reversed and recorded against the expired account: Provided
further, That the total amount charged to a current
appropriation under this section may not exceed an amount equal
to 1 percent of the total appropriation for that account.
Sec. 8071. Funds appropriated for the Department of Defense in this
Act or any other Act for the current fiscal year and hereafter for
Operation and Maintenance or for the Defense Health Program for
supervision and administration costs for facilities maintenance and
repair, minor construction, or design projects may be obligated when
the reimbursable order is accepted by the performing activity. For the
purpose of this section, supervision and administration costs include
all in-house Government costs.
Sec. 8072. (a) During the current fiscal year and hereafter, the
Chief of the National Guard Bureau may permit the use of equipment of
the National Guard Distance Learning Project by any person or entity on
a space-available, reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard
Bureau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for such use on a
case-by-case basis.
(b) During the current fiscal year and hereafter, amounts collected
under the subsection (a) shall be credited to funds then available for
the National Guard Distance Learning Project and shall be available to
defray the costs associated with the use of equipment of the Distance
Learning Project under that subsection. Such funds shall be available
for such purpose without fiscal year limitation.
Sec. 8073. Using funds available by this Act or any other Act, the
Secretary of the Air Force, pursuant to a determination under section
2690 of title 10, United States Code, may implement cost-effective
agreements for required heating facility modernization in the
Kaiserslautern Military Community in the Federal Republic of Germany:
Provided, That in the City of Kaiserslautern such agreements will
include the use of United States anthracite as the base load energy for
municipal district heat to the United States Defense installations:
Provided further, That at Landstuhl Army Regional Medical Center and
Ramstein Air Base, furnished heat may be obtained from private,
regional or municipal services, if provisions are included for the
consideration of United States coal as an energy source.
Sec. 8074. None of the funds appropriated in title IV of this Act
may be used to procure end-items for delivery to military forces for
operational training, operational use or inventory requirements:
Provided, That this restriction does not apply to end-items used in
development, prototyping, and test activities preceding and leading to
acceptance for operational use: Provided further, That this restriction
does not apply to programs funded within the National Foreign
Intelligence Program: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense
may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in
writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate that it is in the national security
interest to do so.
Sec. 8075. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
to approve or license the sale of the F-22 advanced tactical fighter to
any foreign government.
Sec. 8076. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a case-by-case
basis, waive with respect to a foreign country each limitation on the
procurement of defense items from foreign sources provided in law if
the Secretary determines that the application of the limitation with
respect to that country would invalidate cooperative programs entered
into between the Department of Defense and the foreign country, or
would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements for the procurement of
defense items entered into under section 2531 of title 10, United
States Code, and the country does not discriminate against the same or
similar defense items produced in the United States for that country.
(b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to--
(1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on or after the
date of the enactment of this Act; and
(2) options for the procurement of items that are exercised
after such date under contracts that are entered into before
such date if the option prices are adjusted for any reason
other than the application of a waiver granted under subsection
(a).
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation regarding
construction of public vessels, ball and roller bearings, food, and
clothing or textile materials as defined by section 11 (chapters 50-65)
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule and products classified under
headings 4010, 4202, 4203, 6401 through 6406, 6505, 7019, 7218 through
7229, 7304.41 through 7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 through 7508, 8105, 8108,
8109, 8211, 8215, and 9404.
Sec. 8077. (a) Prohibition.--None of the funds made available by
this Act may be used to support any training program involving a unit
of the security forces of a foreign country if the Secretary of Defense
has received credible information from the Department of State that the
unit has committed a gross violation of human rights, unless all
necessary corrective steps have been taken.
(b) Monitoring.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, shall ensure that prior to a decision to conduct
any training program referred to in subsection (a), full consideration
is given to all credible information available to the Department of
State relating to human rights violations by foreign security forces.
(c) Waiver.--The Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the
Secretary of State, may waive the prohibition in subsection (a) if he
determines that such waiver is required by extraordinary circumstances.
(d) Report.--Not more than 15 days after the exercise of any waiver
under subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to
the congressional defense committees describing the extraordinary
circumstances, the purpose and duration of the training program, the
United States forces and the foreign security forces involved in the
training program, and the information relating to human rights
violations that necessitates the waiver.
Sec. 8078. The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, may carry out a program to
distribute surplus dental equipment of the Department of Defense, at no
cost to the Department of Defense, to Indian Health Service facilities
and to federally-qualified health centers (within the meaning of
section 1905(l)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1396d(l)(2)(B))).
Sec. 8079. None of the funds appropriated or made available in this
Act to the Department of the Navy shall be used to develop, lease or
procure the T-AKE class of ships unless the main propulsion diesel
engines and propulsors are manufactured in the United States by a
domestically operated entity: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense
may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in
writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not
available to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely basis
and that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire
capability for national security purposes or there exists a significant
cost or quality difference.
Sec. 8080. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this or other Department of Defense Appropriations Acts
may be obligated or expended for the purpose of performing repairs or
maintenance to military family housing units of the Department of
Defense, including areas in such military family housing units that may
be used for the purpose of conducting official Department of Defense
business.
Sec. 8081. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
appropriated in this Act under the heading ``Research, Development,
Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'' for any advanced concept technology
demonstration project may only be obligated 30 days after a report,
including a description of the project and its estimated annual and
total cost, has been provided in writing to the congressional defense
committees: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this
restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying to the congressional
defense committees that it is in the national interest to do so.
Sec. 8082. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the
purpose of establishing all Department of Defense policies governing
the provision of care provided by and financed under the military
health care system's case management program under 10 U.S.C.
1079(a)(17), the term ``custodial care'' shall be defined as care
designed essentially to assist an individual in meeting the activities
of daily living and which does not require the supervision of trained
medical, nursing, paramedical or other specially trained individuals:
Provided, That the case management program shall provide that members
and retired members of the military services, and their dependents and
survivors, have access to all medically necessary health care through
the health care delivery system of the military services regardless of
the health care status of the person seeking the health care: Provided
further, That the case management program shall be the primary obligor
for payment of medically necessary services and shall not be considered
as secondarily liable to title XIX of the Social Security Act, other
welfare programs or charity based care.
Sec. 8083. During the current fiscal year and hereafter, refunds
attributable to the use of the Government travel card, refunds
attributable to the use of the Government Purchase Card and refunds
attributable to official Government travel arranged by Government
Contracted Travel Management Centers may be credited to operation and
maintenance accounts of the Department of Defense which are current
when the refunds are received.
Sec. 8084. (a) Registering Financial Management Information
Technology Systems With DOD Chief Information Officer.--None of the
funds appropriated in this Act may be used for a mission critical or
mission essential financial management information technology system
(including a system funded by the defense working capital fund) that is
not registered with the Chief Information Officer of the Department of
Defense. A system shall be considered to be registered with that
officer upon the furnishing to that officer of notice of the system,
together with such information concerning the system as the Secretary
of Defense may prescribe. A financial management information technology
system shall be considered a mission critical or mission essential
information technology system as defined by the Under Secretary of
Defense (Comptroller).
(b) Certifications as to Compliance With Financial Management
Modernization Plan.--
(1) During the current fiscal year, a financial management
automated information system, a mixed information system
supporting financial and non-financial systems, or a system
improvement of more than $1,000,000 may not receive Milestone A
approval, Milestone B approval, or full rate production, or
their equivalent, within the Department of Defense until the
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) certifies, with
respect to that milestone, that the system is being developed
and managed in accordance with the Department's Financial
Management Modernization Plan. The Under Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller) may require additional certifications, as
appropriate, with respect to any such system.
(2) The Chief Information Officer shall provide the
congressional defense committees timely notification of
certifications under paragraph (1).
(c) Certifications as to Compliance With Clinger-Cohen Act.--
(1) During the current fiscal year, a major automated
information system may not receive Milestone A approval,
Milestone B approval, or full rate production approval, or
their equivalent, within the Department of Defense until the
Chief Information Officer certifies, with respect to that
milestone, that the system is being developed in accordance
with the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (40 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.).
The Chief Information Officer may require additional
certifications, as appropriate, with respect to any such
system.
(2) The Chief Information Officer shall provide the
congressional defense committees timely notification of
certifications under paragraph (1). Each such notification
shall include, at a minimum, the funding baseline and milestone
schedule for each system covered by such a certification and
confirmation that the following steps have been taken with
respect to the system:
(A) Business process reengineering.
(B) An analysis of alternatives.
(C) An economic analysis that includes a
calculation of the return on investment.
(D) Performance measures.
(E) An information assurance strategy consistent
with the Department's Global Information Grid.
(d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
(1) The term ``Chief Information Officer'' means the senior
official of the Department of Defense designated by the
Secretary of Defense pursuant to section 3506 of title 44,
United States Code.
(2) The term ``information technology system'' has the
meaning given the term ``information technology'' in section
5002 of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (40 U.S.C. 1401).
Sec. 8085. During the current fiscal year, none of the funds
available to the Department of Defense may be used to provide support
to another department or agency of the United States if such department
or agency is more than 90 days in arrears in making payment to the
Department of Defense for goods or services previously provided to such
department or agency on a reimbursable basis: Provided, That this
restriction shall not apply if the department is authorized by law to
provide support to such department or agency on a nonreimbursable
basis, and is providing the requested support pursuant to such
authority: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may waive
this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
the Senate that it is in the national security interest to do so.
Sec. 8086. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used to
transfer to any nongovernmental entity ammunition held by the
Department of Defense that has a center-fire cartridge and a United
States military nomenclature designation of ``armor penetrator'',
``armor piercing (AP)'', ``armor piercing incendiary (API)'', or
``armor-piercing incendiary-tracer (API-T)'', except to an entity
performing demilitarization services for the Department of Defense
under a contract that requires the entity to demonstrate to the
satisfaction of the Department of Defense that armor piercing
projectiles are either: (1) rendered incapable of reuse by the
demilitarization process; or (2) used to manufacture ammunition
pursuant to a contract with the Department of Defense or the
manufacture of ammunition for export pursuant to a License for
Permanent Export of Unclassified Military Articles issued by the
Department of State.
Sec. 8087. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Chief of
the National Guard Bureau, or his designee, may waive payment of all or
part of the consideration that otherwise would be required under 10
U.S.C. 2667, in the case of a lease of personal property for a period
not in excess of 1 year to any organization specified in 32 U.S.C.
508(d), or any other youth, social, or fraternal non-profit
organization as may be approved by the Chief of the National Guard
Bureau, or his designee, on a case-by-case basis.
Sec. 8088. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used
for the support of any nonappropriated funds activity of the Department
of Defense that procures malt beverages and wine with nonappropriated
funds for resale (including such alcoholic beverages sold by the drink)
on a military installation located in the United States unless such
malt beverages and wine are procured within that State, or in the case
of the District of Columbia, within the District of Columbia, in which
the military installation is located: Provided, That in a case in which
the military installation is located in more than one State, purchases
may be made in any State in which the installation is located: Provided
further, That such local procurement requirements for malt beverages
and wine shall apply to all alcoholic beverages only for military
installations in States which are not contiguous with another State:
Provided further, That alcoholic beverages other than wine and malt
beverages, in contiguous States and the District of Columbia shall be
procured from the most competitive source, price and other factors
considered.
Sec. 8089. (a) The Department of Defense is authorized to enter
into agreements with the Department of Veterans Affairs and federally-
funded health agencies providing services to Native Hawaiians for the
purpose of establishing a partnership similar to the Alaska Federal
Health Care Partnership, in order to maximize Federal resources in the
provision of health care services by federally-funded health agencies,
applying telemedicine technologies. For the purpose of this
partnership, Native Hawaiians shall have the same status as other
Native Americans who are eligible for the health care services provided
by the Indian Health Service.
(b) The Department of Defense is authorized to develop a
consultation policy, consistent with Executive Order No. 13084 (issued
May 14, 1998), with Native Hawaiians for the purpose of assuring
maximum Native Hawaiian participation in the direction and
administration of governmental services so as to render those services
more responsive to the needs of the Native Hawaiian community.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ``Native Hawaiian''
means any individual who is a descendant of the aboriginal people who,
prior to 1778, occupied and exercised sovereignty in the area that now
comprises the State of Hawaii.
Sec. 8090. Funds available to the Department of Defense for the
Global Positioning System during the current fiscal year may be used to
fund civil requirements associated with the satellite and ground
control segments of such system's modernization program.
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 8091. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the
heading, ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'',
$48,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense is
authorized to transfer such funds to other activities of the Federal
Government: Provided further, That of the amounts made available under
the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', up to $177,000,000
shall remain available until expended, and is available for the
acquisition of real property, construction, personal services, and
operations, for certain classified activities, and may be transferred
to other appropriations accounts of the Department of Defense, and
notwithstanding any other provision of law, such funds may be obligated
to carry out projects not otherwise authorized by law: Provided
further, That any funds transferred shall be merged with and made
available for the same time period and for the same purposes as the
appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That the
transfer authority provided in this paragraph is in addition to any
other transfer authority provided to the Department of Defense.
Sec. 8092. Section 8106 of the Department of Defense Appropriations
Act, 1997 (titles I through VIII of the matter under subsection 101(b)
of Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-111; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) shall
continue in effect to apply to disbursements that are made by the
Department of Defense in fiscal year 2004.
Sec. 8093. In addition to amounts provided in this Act, $2,000,000
is hereby appropriated for ``Defense Health Program'', to remain
available for obligation until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, these funds shall be available only for a
grant to the Fisher House Foundation, Inc., only for the construction
and furnishing of additional Fisher Houses to meet the needs of
military family members when confronted with the illness or
hospitalization of an eligible military beneficiary.
Sec. 8094. Amounts appropriated in title II are hereby reduced by
$172,500,000 to reflect savings attributable to improvements in the
management of professional support services, surveys and analysis, and
engineering and technical support contracted by the military
departments, as follows:
(1) From ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $21,500,000.
(2) From ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', $34,400,000.
(3) From ``Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps'',
$4,300,000.
(4) From ``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'',
$21,300,000.
(5) From ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'',
$91,000,000.
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 8095. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the
heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'', $899,502,000 shall be
available until September 30, 2004, to fund prior year shipbuilding
cost increases: Provided, That upon enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of the Navy shall transfer such funds to the following
appropriations in the amounts specified: Provided further, That the
amounts transferred shall be merged with and be available for the same
purposes as the appropriations to which transferred:
To:
Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy,
1996/04'':
LPD-17 Amphibious Transport Dock Ship Program,
$150,300,000;
Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy,
1998/04'':
New SSN, $81,060,000;
Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy,
1999/04'':
DDG-51 Destroyer Program, $44,420,000;
New SSN, $166,978,000;
LPD-17 Amphibious Transport Dock Ship Program
$86,821,000;
Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy,
2000/04'':
DDG-51 Destroyer Program, $69,460,000;
LPD-17 Amphibious Transport Dock Ship Program
$112,778,000; and
Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy,
2001/04'':
DDG-51 Destroyer Program, $90,313,000; and
New SSN, $97,372,000.
Sec. 8096. The Secretary of the Navy may settle, or compromise, and
pay any and all admiralty claims under 10 U.S.C. 7622 arising out of
the collision involving the U.S.S. GREENEVILLE and the EHIME MARU, in
any amount and without regard to the monetary limitations in
subsections (a) and (b) of that section: Provided, That such payments
shall be made from funds available to the Department of the Navy for
operation and maintenance.
Sec. 8097. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or
regulation, the Secretary of Defense may exercise the provisions of 38
U.S.C. 7403(g) for occupations listed in 38 U.S.C. 7403(a)(2) as well
as the following:
Pharmacists, Audiologists, and Dental Hygienists.
(A) The requirements of 38 U.S.C. 7403(g)(1)(A)
shall apply.
(B) The limitations of 38 U.S.C. 7403(g)(1)(B)
shall not apply.
Sec. 8098. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by the
transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence activities are deemed
to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section
504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal
year 2004 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for
fiscal year 2004.
Sec. 8099. The total amount appropriated in title II is hereby
reduced by $320,000,000 to reduce cost growth in information technology
development, to be derived as follows:
(1) From ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $60,000,000.
(2) From ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', $100,000,000.
(3) From ``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'',
$100,000,000.
(4) From ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'',
$60,000,000.
Sec. 8100. None of the funds in this Act may be used to initiate a
new start program without prior notification to the Office of Secretary
of Defense and the congressional defense committees.
Sec. 8101. The amounts appropriated in title II are hereby reduced
by $539,000,000 to reflect cash balance and rate stabilization
adjustments in Department of Defense Working Capital Funds, as follows:
(1) From ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $107,000,000.
(2) From ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', $45,000,000.
(3) From ``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'',
$387,000,000.
Sec. 8102. The amount appropriated in title II for ``Operation and
Maintenance, Navy'' is hereby reduced by $67,000,000 to reduce excess
funded carryover.
Sec. 8103. (a) In addition to the amounts provided elsewhere in
this Act, the amount of $5,500,000 is hereby appropriated to the
Department of Defense for ``Operation and Maintenance, Army National
Guard''. Such amount shall be made available to the Secretary of the
Army only to make a grant in the amount of $5,500,000 to the entity
specified in subsection (b) to facilitate access by veterans to
opportunities for skilled employment in the construction industry.
(b) The entity referred to in subsection (a) is the Center for
Military Recruitment, Assessment and Veterans Employment, a nonprofit
labor-management co-operation committee provided for by section
302(c)(9) of the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C.
186(c)(9)), for the purposes set forth in section 6(b) of the Labor
Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a note).
Sec. 8104. (a) During the current fiscal year and hereafter, funds
available to the Secretary of a military department for Operation and
Maintenance may be used for the purposes stated in subsection (b) to
support chaplain-led programs to assist members of the Armed Forces and
their immediate family members in building and maintaining a strong
family structure.
(b) The purposes referred to in subsection (a) are costs of
transportation, food, lodging, supplies, fees, and training materials
for members of the Armed Forces and their family members while
participating in such programs, including participation at retreats and
conferences.
Sec. 8105. Financing and Fielding of Key Army Capabilities.--The
Department of Defense and the Department of the Army shall make future
budgetary and programming plans to fully finance the Non-Line of Sight
(NLOS) Objective Force cannon and resupply vehicle program in order to
field this system in the 2008 timeframe. As an interim capability to
enhance Army lethality, survivability, and mobility for light and
medium forces before complete fielding of the Objective Force, the Army
shall ensure that budgetary and programmatic plans will provide for no
fewer than six Stryker Brigade Combat Teams to be fielded between 2003
and 2008.
Sec. 8106. (a) Management of Chemical Demilitarization Activities
at Bluegrass Army Depot, Kentucky.--If a technology other than the
baseline incineration program is selected for the destruction of lethal
chemical munitions pursuant to section 142 of the Strom Thurmond
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law
105-261; 50 U.S.C. 1521 note), the program manager for the Assembled
Chemical Weapons Assessment shall be responsible for management of the
construction, operation, and closure, and any contracting relating
thereto, of chemical demilitarization activities at Bluegrass Army
Depot, Kentucky, including management of the pilot-scale facility phase
of the alternative technology.
(b) Management of Chemical Demilitarization Activities at Pueblo
Depot, Colorado.--The program manager for the Assembled Chemical
Weapons Assessment shall be responsible for management of the
construction, operation, and closure, and any contracting relating
thereto, of chemical demilitarization activities at Pueblo Army Depot,
Colorado, including management of the pilot-scale facility phase of the
alternative technology selected for the destruction of lethal chemical
munitions.
Sec. 8107. In addition to the amounts appropriated or otherwise
made available in this Act, $6,500,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2004, is hereby appropriated to the Department of
Defense: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall make grants in
the amount of $4,000,000 to the American Red Cross for Armed Forces
Emergency Services; and $2,500,000 to the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space
Foundation.
Sec. 8108. None of the funds appropriated in this Act under the
heading ``Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund'' may be
transferred or obligated for Department of Defense expenses not
directly related to the conduct of overseas contingencies: Provided,
That the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report no later than 30
days after the end of each fiscal quarter to the Committees on
Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives that details
any transfer of funds from the ``Overseas Contingency Operations
Transfer Fund'': Provided further, That the report shall explain any
transfer for the maintenance of real property, pay of civilian
personnel, base operations support, and weapon, vehicle or equipment
maintenance.
Sec. 8109. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 31, United
States Code, any subdivision of appropriations made in this Act under
the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'' shall be considered
to be for the same purpose as any subdivision under the heading
``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'' appropriations in any prior
fiscal year, and the 1 percent limitation shall apply to the total
amount of the appropriation.
Sec. 8110. None of the funds in this Act may be used for research,
development, test, evaluation, procurement or deployment of nuclear
armed interceptors of a missile defense system.
Sec. 8111. Notwithstanding section 2465 of title 10 U.S.C., the
Secretary of the Navy may use funds appropriated in title II of this
Act under the heading, ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', to
liquidate the expenses incurred for private security guard services
performed at the Naval Support Unit, Saratoga Springs, New York by
Burns International Security Services, Albany, New York in the amount
of $29,323.35, plus accrued interest, if any.
Sec. 8112. Of the amounts provided in title II of this Act under
the heading, ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', $20,000,000
is available for the Regional Defense Counter-terrorism Fellowship
Program, to fund the education and training of foreign military
officers, ministry of defense civilians, and other foreign security
officials, to include United States military officers and civilian
officials whose participation directly contributes to the education and
training of these foreign students.
Sec. 8113. (a) Exchange Required.--In exchange for the private
property described in subsection (b), the Secretary of the Interior
shall convey to the Veterans Home of California--Barstow, Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post #385E (in this section referred to as the
``recipient''), all right, title, and interest of the United States in
and to a parcel of real property consisting of approximately one acre
in the Mojave National Preserve and designated (by section 8137 of the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law 107-117; 115
Stat. 2278)) as a national memorial commemorating United States
participation in World War I and honoring the American veterans of that
war. Notwithstanding the conveyance of the property under this
subsection, the Secretary shall continue to carry out the
responsibilities of the Secretary under such section 8137.
(b) Consideration.--As consideration for the property to be
conveyed by the Secretary under subsection (a), Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Sandoz of Mountain Pass, California, have agreed to convey to the
Secretary a parcel of real property consisting of approximately five
acres, identified as parcel APN 569-051-44, and located in the west \1/
2\ of the northeast \1/4\ of the northwest \1/4\ of the northwest \1/4\
of section 11, township 14 north, range 15 east, San Bernardino base
and meridian.
(c) Equal Value Exchange; Appraisal.--The values of the properties
to be exchanged under this section shall be equal or equalized as
provided in subsection (d). The value of the properties shall be
determined through an appraisal performed by a qualified appraiser in
conformance with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land
Acquisitions (Department of Justice, December 2000).
(d) Cash Equalization.--Any difference in the value of the
properties to be exchanged under this section shall be equalized
through the making of a cash equalization payment. The Secretary shall
deposit any cash equalization payment received by the Secretary under
this subsection in the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
(e) Reversionary Clause.--The conveyance under subsection (a) shall
be subject to the condition that the recipient maintain the conveyed
property as a memorial commemorating United States participation in
World War I and honoring the American veterans of that war. If the
Secretary determines that the conveyed property is no longer being
maintained as a war memorial, the property shall revert to the
ownership of the United States.
(f) Boundary Adjustment; Administration of Acquired Land.--The
boundaries of the Mojave National Preserve shall be adjusted to reflect
the land exchange required by this section. The property acquired by
the Secretary under this section shall become part of the Mojave
National Preserve and be administered in accordance with the laws,
rules, and regulations generally applicable to the Mojave National
Preserve.
Sec. 8114. None of the funds appropriated or made available in this
Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish the operation of the 53d
Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of the Air Force Reserve, if such
action would reduce the WC-130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the
levels funded in this Act.
Sec. 8115. The Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, without
consideration, to the Inland Valley Development Agency all right,
title, and interest of the United States in and to certain parcels of
real property, including improvements thereon, located in San
Bernardino, California, that consist of approximately 39 acres and are
leased, as of June 1, 2003, by the Secretary to the Defense Finance and
Accounting Service. The conveyance shall be subject to the condition
that the Inland Valley Development Agency and the Director of the
Defense Finance and Accounting Service enter into a lease-back
agreement, acceptable to the Director, for premises required by the
Director for support operations conducted by the Defense Finance and
Accounting Service.
Sec. 8116. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2401 of title
10, United States Code, the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to
enter into a contract for the charter for a period through fiscal year
2008, of the vessel, RV CORY CHOUEST (United States Official Number
933435) in support of the Surveillance Towed Array Sensor (SURTASS)
program: Provided, That funding for this lease shall be from within
funds provided in this Act and future appropriations Acts.
Sec. 8117. In addition to the amounts appropriated or otherwise
made available elsewhere in this Act, and notwithstanding any other
provision of law, $20,000,000 is hereby appropriated to ``Operation and
Maintenance, Army'', to remain available until September 30, 2004, to
be available only for a grant in the amount of $20,000,000 to the
Silver Valley Unified School District, Silver Valley, California, for
the purpose of school construction at Fort Irwin, California.
Sec. 8118. Amounts appropriated in title II are hereby reduced by
$294,000,000 to reflect savings attributable to efficiencies and
management improvements in the funding of miscellaneous or other
contracts in the military departments, as follows:
(1) From ``Operation and Maintenance, Army,'' $27,000,000;
(2) From ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy,'' $50,000,000;
and
(3) From ``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'',
$217,000,000.
Sec. 8119. The amount appropriated in title II for ``Operation and
Maintenance, Air Force'' is hereby reduced by $600,000,000 to reflect
cash balance and rate stabilization adjustments in the Department of
Defense Transportation Working Capital Fund.
(rescission)
Sec. 8120. Of the funds made available in chapter 3 of title I of
the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law
108-11), under the heading ``Iraq Freedom Fund'' (117 Stat. 563),
$2,000,000,000 is hereby rescinded.
Sec. 8121. Of the total amount appropriated by this Act under the
heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' to provide
assistance to local educational agencies for children of members of the
Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees with severe
disabilities, the Secretary of Defense may use up to $855,566 to make
additional payment under section 363 of the Floyd D. Spence National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (20 U.S.C. 7703(a)) to
those local educational agencies whose percentage reduction in the
payment amount for fiscal year 2002 was in excess of the reduction
otherwise imposed under subsection (d) of such section for that fiscal
year. The Secretary of Defense may waive collection of any overpayment
made to local educational agencies under such section for fiscal year
2002.
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 8122. None of the funds made available in this Act may be
transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer
authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.
Sec. 8123. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used to implement any amendment or
revision of, or cancel, the Department of Defense Directive 1344.7,
``Personal Commercial Solicitation on DoD Installations'', until 90
days following the date the Secretary of Defense submits to Congress
notice of the amendment, revision or cancellation, and the reasons
therefore.
Sec. 8124. Limitation on Deployment of Terrorism Information
Awareness Program.--
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except
as provided in paragraph (2), if and when research and
development on the Terrorism Information Awareness program
(formerly known as the Total Information Awareness program), or
any component of such program, permits the deployment or
implementation of such program or component, no department,
agency, or element of the Federal Government may deploy or
implement such program or component, or transfer such program
or component to another department, agency, or element of the
Federal Government, until the Secretary of Defense--
(A) notifies Congress of that development,
including a specific and detailed description of--
(i) each element or component of such
program intended to be deployed or implemented;
and
(ii) the method and scope of the intended
deployment or implementation of such program or
component (including the data or information to
be accessed or used); and
(B) has received specific authorization by law from
Congress for the deployment or implementation of such
program or component, including--
(i) a specific authorization by law for the
deployment or implementation of such program or
component; and
(ii) a specific appropriation by law of
funds for the deployment or implementation of
such program or component.
(2) The limitation in paragraph (1) shall not apply with
respect to the deployment or implementation of the Terrorism
Information Awareness program, or a component of such program,
in support of the following:
(A) Lawful military operations of the United States
conducted outside the United States.
(B) Lawful foreign intelligence activities
conducted wholly overseas, or wholly against non-United
States citizens.
Sec. 8125. (a) Closure of Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto
Rico.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the
Navy shall close Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, no later
than six months after enactment of this Act.
(b) Disposal.--
(1) The Secretary of the Navy shall exercise the authority
granted to the Administrator of the General Services pursuant
to section 545 of title 40 and dispose of the real property and
associated personal property at the former Naval Station by
public sale.
(2) The Secretary of the Navy may transfer excess personal
property or dispose of surplus personal property located at the
installation pursuant to the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 521 et seq.).
(c) The Secretary of the Navy may use funds in the Department of
Defense Base Closure Account established by section 2906 of the Defense
Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, Public Law 101-510 to
implement the closure.
(d) There shall be deposited into the Account referred to in
subsection (c) the proceeds of sale from the disposal of property
authorized by subsection (b) for the benefit of the Department of the
Navy.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Defense Appropriations
Act, 2004''.
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Union Calendar No. 96
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2658
[Report No. 108-187]
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A BILL
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.
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July 2, 2003
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed