[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 134 (Thursday, August 10, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12292-S12294]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


           THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996

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                   STEVENS AMENDMENTS NOS. 2350-2352

  Mr. STEVENS proposed three amendments to the bill (S. 1087) making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1996, and for other purposes; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 2350

       On page 29, before the period on line 13, insert: ``: 
     Provided further, That of the funds 

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     appropriated in this paragraph, $35,000,000 shall be available for the 
     Corps Surface-to-Air Missile (Corps SAM) program''.
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                           Amendment No. 2351

       On page 29, before the period on line 13, insert: ``: 
     Provided further, That of the funds appropriated in this 
     paragraph, $3,000,000 shall be available for the Large 
     Millimeter Telescope project''.
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                           Amendment No. 2352

       On page 29, before the period on line 13, insert: ``: 
     Provided, That of the funds appropriated in this paragraph, 
     not more than $48,505,000 shall be available for the 
     Strategic Environmental Research Program program element 
     activities and not more than $34,302,000 shall be available 
     for Technical Studies, Support and Analysis program element 
     activities''.
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                     KEMPTHORNE AMENDMENT NO. 2353

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Kempthorne) proposed an amendment to the bill, 
S. 1087, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill add the following:

     SEC.   .

       None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
     under this Act may be used for the destruction of pentaborane 
     currently stored at Edwards Air Force Base, California, until 
     the Secretary of Energy certifies to the congressional 
     defense committees that the Secretary does not intend to use 
     the pentaborane or the by-products of such destruction at the 
     Idaho National Engineering Laboratory for--
       (1) environmental remediation of high level, liquid 
     radioactive waste; or
       (2) as a source of raw materials for boron drugs for Boron 
     Neutron Capture Therapy.
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                  SHELBY AMENDMENTS NOS. 2354 AND 2355

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Shelby) proposed two amendments to the bill, S. 
1087, supra; as follows:
                           Amendment No. 2354

       On page 29, before the period on line 13, insert: ``: 
     Provided further, That of the $475,470,000 appropriated in 
     this paragraph for the Other Theater Missile Defense, up to 
     $25,000,000 may be available for the operation of the 
     Battlefield Integration Center''.
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                           Amendment No. 2355

       On page 28, before the period on line 4, insert: ``: 
     Provided, That of the funds appropriated in this paragraph 
     for the Other Missile Product Improvement Program program 
     element, $10,000,000 is provided only for the full 
     qualification and operational platform certification of Non-
     Developmental Item (NDI) composite 2.75 inch rocket motors 
     and composite propellant pursuant to the initiation of a 
     Product Improvement Program (PIP) for the Hydra-70 rocket''.
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                        DOLE AMENDMENT NO. 2356

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Dole) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1087, supra; as follows:

       On page 8, line 13, strike out ``Act.'' and insert in lieu 
     thereof ``Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
     under this heading, $500,000 shall be available for the Life 
     Sciences Equipment Laboratory, Kelly Air Force Base, Texas, 
     for work in support of the Joint Task Force--Full 
     Accounting.''.
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                   STEVENS AMENDMENTS NOS. 2357-2359

  Mr. STEVENS proposed three amendments to the bill, S. 1087, supra; as 
follows:

                           Amendment No. 2357

       On page 11, before the period on line 9, insert: ``: 
     Provided further, That of the funds appropriated in this 
     paragraph, $11,200,000 shall be available for the Joint 
     Analytic Model Improvement Program''.
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                           Amendment No. 2358

       On page 11, before the period on line 9, insert: ``: 
     Provided further, That of the funds appropriated in this 
     paragraph, $10,000,000 shall be available for the Troops-to-
     Cops program''.
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                           Amendment No. 2359

       On page 11, before the period on line 9, insert: ``: 
     Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 
     heading, $42,000,000 shall be available for the Troops-to-
     Teachers program''.
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                      BINGAMAN AMENDMENT NO. 2360

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Bingaman) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1087, supra; as follows:

       On page 82, between lines 11 and 12, insert the following:
       Sec. 8087. (a) Energy Savings at Federal Facilities.--The 
     head of each agency for which funds are made available under 
     this Act shall take all actions necessary to achieve during 
     fiscal year 1996 a 5 percent reduction, from fiscal year 1995 
     levels, in the energy costs of the facilities used by the 
     agency.
       (b) Use of Cost Savings.--An amount equal to the amount of 
     cost savings realized by an agency under subsection (a) shall 
     remain available for obligation through the end of fiscal 
     year 1997, without further authorization or appropriation, as 
     follows:
       (1) Conservation measures.--Fifty percent of the amount 
     shall remain available for the implementation of additional 
     energy conservation measures and for water conservation 
     measures at such facilities used by the agency as are 
     designated by the head of the agency.
       (2) Other purposes.--Fifty percent of the amount shall 
     remain available for use by the agency for such purposes as 
     are designated by the head of the agency, consistent with 
     applicable law.
       (c) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than December 31, 1996, the head 
     of each agency described in subsection (a) shall submit a 
     report to Congress specifying the results of the actions 
     taken under subsection (a) and providing any recommendations 
     concerning how to further reduce energy costs and energy 
     consumption in the future.
       (2) Contents.--Each report shall--
       (A) specify the total energy costs of the facilities used 
     by the agency;
       (B) identify the reduction achieved; and
       (C) specify the actions that resulted in the reductions.
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                      FEINSTEIN AMENDMENT NO. 2361

  Mrs. Feinstein proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1087, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 29, strike out the period at the end of line 13 and 
     insert in lieu thereof ``: Provided, That the funds made 
     available under the second proviso under this heading in 
     Public Law 103-335 (108 Stat. 2613) shall also be available 
     to cover the reasonable costs of the administration of loan 
     guarantees referred to in that proviso and shall be available 
     to cover such costs of administration and the costs of such 
     loan guarantees until September 30, 1998.''.
       On page 82, between lines 11 and 12, insert the following:

     SEC. 8087. ELIGIBILITY FOR DEFENSE DUAL-USE ASSISTANCE 
                   EXTENSION PROGRAM.

       Section 2524(e) title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (3), by striking out ``at least 25 percent 
     of the value of the borrower's sales during the preceding 
     year'' in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and inserting 
     in lieu thereof ``at least 25 percent of the amount equal to 
     the average value of the borrower's sales during the 
     preceding 5 fiscal years'';
       (2) by redesignation paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new 
     paragraph (4):
       ``(4) A borrower that meets the selection criteria set 
     forth in paragraph (2) and subsection (f) is also eligible 
     for a loan guarantee under subsection (b)(3) if the borrower 
     is a former defense worker whose employment as such a worker 
     was terminated as a result of a reduction in expenditures by 
     the United States for defense, the termination of 
     cancellation of a defense contract, the failure to proceed 
     with an approved major weapon system, the merger or 
     consolidation of the operations of a defense contractor, or 
     the closure or realignment of a military installation.''
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                  FEINSTEIN AMENDMENTS NOS. 2361-2362

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mrs. Feinstein) proposed two amendments to the bill, 
S. 1087, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 2361

       On page 29, strike out the period at the end of line 13 and 
     insert in lieu thereof ``: Provided, That the funds made 
     available under the second proviso under this heading in 
     Public Law 103-335 (108 Stat. 2613) shall also be available 
     to cover the reasonable costs of the administration of loan 
     guarantees referred to in that proviso and shall be available 
     to cover such costs of administration and the costs of such 
     loan guarantees until September 30, 1998.''.
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                           Amendment No. 2362

       On page 32, line 19, strike out ``Provided,'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof ``Provided, That of the funds provided under 
     this heading, $5,000,000 shall be available for conversion of 
     surplus helicopters of the Department of Defense for 
     procurement by State and local governments for counter-drug 
     activities: Provided further,''.
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                      GRASSLEY AMENDMENT NO. 2363

  Mr. GRASSLEY proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1087, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 82, between lines 11 and 12, insert the following:
       Sec. 8087. (a)(1) Not later than October 1, 1995, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall require that each disbursement by 
     the Department of Defense in an amount in excess of 
     $1,000,000 be matched to a particular obligation before the 
     disbursement is made.
       (2) Not later than September 30, 1996, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall require that each disbursement by the 
     Department of Defense in an amount in excess of $500,000 be 
     matched to a particular obligation before the disbursement is 
     made.

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       (b) The Secretary shall ensure that a disbursement in 
     excess of the threshold amount applicable under subsection 
     (a) is not divided into multiple disbursements of less than 
     that amount for the purpose of avoiding the applicability of 
     such subsection to that disbursement.
       (c) The Secretary of Defense may waive a requirement for 
     advance matching of a disbursement of the Department of 
     Defense with a particular obligation in the case of (1) a 
     disbursement involving deployed forces, (2) a disbursement 
     for an operation in a war declared by Congress or a national 
     emergency declared by the President or Congress, or (3) a 
     disbursement under any other circumstances for which the 
     waiver is necessary in the national security interests of the 
     United States, as determined by the Secretary and certified 
     by the Secretary to the congressional defense committees.
       (d) This section shall not be construed to limit the 
     authority of the Secretary of Defense to require that a 
     disbursement not in excess of the amount applicable under 
     subsection (a) be matched to a particular obligation before 
     the disbursement is made.
     

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