[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 94 (Monday, June 24, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S6750]
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      THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997

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              MOSELEY-BRAUN (AND LOTT) AMENDMENT NO. 4111

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Ms. MOSELEY-BRAUN (for herself and Mr. Lott) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by them to the bill (S. 1745) to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 1997 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following:

     SEC. 223. COMPUTER-ASSISTED EDUCATION AND TRAINING.

       Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under section 
     201(4), $10,000,000 shall be available under program element 
     0601103D for computer-assisted education and training at the 
     Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
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                  FORD (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 4112

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. FORD (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Craig, Mr. 
Daschle, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Exon, Mr. Gorton, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. 
Levin, Mr. Lott, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Pressler, Mr. Robb, and Mr. Warner) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by them to the bill, S. 
1745, supra; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle F of title X, insert the following:

     SEC.   . TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.

       Paragraph (3) of section 8003(a) of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(a)) is 
     amended by striking ``2000 and such number equals or exceeds 
     15'' and inserting ``1000 or such number equals or exceeds 
     10''.
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                  FORD (AND BROWN) AMENDMENT NO. 4113

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. FORD (for himself and Mr. Brown) submitted an amendment intended 
to be proposed by them to the bill, S. 1745, supra; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title I, add the following:

     SEC. 113. DEMILITARIZATION OF ASSEMBLED CHEMICAL MUNITIONS.

       (a) Pilot Program.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct 
     a pilot program to identify and demonstrate feasible 
     alternatives to incineration for the demilitarization of 
     assembled chemical munitions.
       (b) Program Requirements.--(1) The Secretary of Defense 
     shall designate an executive agent to carry out the pilot 
     program required to be conducted under subsection (a).
       (2) The executive agent shall--
       (A) be an officer or executive of the United States 
     Government;
       (B) be accountable to the Secretary of Defense; and
       (C) not be, or have been, in direct or immediate control of 
     the chemical weapon stockpile demilitarization program 
     established by 1412 of the Department of Defense 
     Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521) or the alternative 
     disposal process program carried out under sections 174 and 
     175 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     1993 (Public Law 102-484; 50 U.S.C. 1521 note).
       (3) The executive agent may--
       (A) carry out the pilot program directly;
       (B) enter into a contract with a private entity to carry 
     out the pilot program; or
       (C) transfer funds to another department or agency of the 
     Federal Government in order to provide for such department or 
     agency to carry out the pilot program.
       (4) A department or agency that carries out the pilot 
     program under paragraph (3)(C) may not, for purposes of the 
     pilot program, contract with or competitively select the 
     organization within the Army that exercises direct or 
     immediate management control over either program referred to 
     in paragraph (2)(C).
       (5) The pilot program shall terminate not later than 
     September 30, 2000.
       (c) Annual Report.--Not later than December 15 of each year 
     in which the Secretary carries out the pilot program, the 
     Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the activities 
     under the pilot program during the preceding fiscal year.
       (d) Evaluation and Report.--Not later than December 31, 
     2000, the Secretary of Defense shall--
       (1) evaluate each demilitarization alternative identified 
     and demonstrated under the pilot program to determine whether 
     that alternative--
       (A) is as safe and cost efficient as incineration for 
     disposing of assembled chemical munitions; and
       (B) meets the requirements of section 1412 of the 
     Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986; and
       (2) submit to Congress a report containing the evaluation.
       (e) Limitation on Long Lead Contracting.--(1) 
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as 
     provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary may not enter into 
     any contract for the purchase of long lead materials for the 
     construction of an incinerator at any site in Kentucky or 
     Colorado until the executive agent designated for the pilot 
     program submits an application for such permits as are 
     necessary under the law of the State of Kentucky, or the law 
     of the State of Colorado, as the case may be, for the 
     construction at that site of a plant for demilitarization of 
     assembled chemical munitions by means of an alternative to 
     incineration.
       (2) The Secretary may enter into a contract described in 
     paragraph (1) beginning 60 days after the date on which the 
     Secretary submits to Congress the certification of the 
     executive agent that there exists no alternative technology 
     as safe and cost efficient as incineration for demilitarizing 
     chemical munitions at non-bulk sites.
       (f) Assembled Chemical Munition Defined.--For the purpose 
     of this section, the term ``assembled chemical munition'' 
     means an entire chemical munition, including component parts, 
     chemical agent, propellant, and explosive.
       (g) Funding.--(1) Of the amount authorized to be 
     appropriated under section 107, $50,000,000 shall be 
     available for the pilot program under this section. Such 
     funds may not be derived from funds to be made available 
     under the chemical demilitarization program for the 
     alternative technologies research and development program at 
     bulk sites.
       (2) Funds made available for the pilot program pursuant to 
     paragraph (1) shall be made available to the executive agent 
     for use for the pilot program.
       (3) No funds authorized to be appropriated by section 107 
     may be obligated until funds are made available to the 
     executive agent under paragraph (2).
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                        FORD AMENDMENT NO. 4114

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. FORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill, S. 1745, supra; as follows:

       In the table in section 2101(a), strike out the item 
     relating to Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and insert in lieu 
     thereof the following:

Kentucky.........................  Fort Campbell.......      $67,600,000
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       Strike out the amount set forth as the total amount at the 
     end of the table in section 2101(a), and insert in lieu 
     thereof ``$363,050,000''.
       In section 2104(a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
     strike out ``$1,894,297,000'' and insert in lieu thereof 
     ``$1,900,897,000''.
       In section 2104(a)(1), strike out ``$356,450,000'' and 
     insert in lieu thereof ``$363,050,000''.
       In section 2502, strike out ``$197,000,000'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof ``$179,600,000''.
       In section 2601(1)(A), strike out ``$79,628,000'' and 
     insert in lieu thereof ``$90,428,000''.

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