[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 85 (Thursday, June 25, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7201-S7203]
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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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      THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999

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                      HUTCHISON AMENDMENT NO. 3003

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mrs. HUTCHISON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 
to the bill (S. 2057) to authorize appropriations for the fiscal year 
1999 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:

       On page 14, line 6, reduce the amount by $23,400,000.
       On page 29, line 2, increase the amount by $23,400,000.
       On page 41, after line 23, insert the following:

     SEC. 219. H-1 ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT UPGRADE.

       Of the total amount authorized to be appropriated under 
     section 201(2), $121,942,000 shall be available for upgrade 
     of H-1 rotary wing aircraft.
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                        DODD AMENDMENT NO. 3004

  Mr. DODD proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 2057, supra; as 
follows:

       At the end of subtitle D of title VI, add the following:

     SEC. 634. ELIMINATION OF BACKLOG OF UNPAID RETIRED PAY.

       (a) Requirement.--The Secretary of the Army shall take such 
     actions as are necessary to eliminate, by December 31, 1998, 
     the backlog of unpaid retired pay for members and former 
     members of the Army (including members and former members of 
     the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard).
       (b) Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit 
     to Congress a report on the backlog of unpaid retired pay. 
     The report shall include the following:
       (1) The actions taken under subsection (a).
       (2) The extent of the remaining backlog.
       (3) A discussion of any additional actions that are 
     necessary to ensure that retired pay is paid in a timely 
     manner.
       (c) Funding.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated 
     under section 421, $1,700,000 shall be available for carrying 
     out this section.
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                 MURRAY (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3005

  Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Mikulski, 
and Mr. Inhofe) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 2057, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 268, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following:

     SEC. 1064. BURIAL HONORS FOR VETERANS.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
       (1) Throughout the years, men and women have unselfishly 
     answered the call to arms, at tremendous personal sacrifice. 
     Burial honors for deceased veterans are an important means of 
     reminding Americans of the sacrifices endured to keep the 
     Nation free.
       (2) The men and women who serve honorably in the Armed 
     Forces, whether in war or peace, and whether discharged, 
     separated, or retired, deserve commemoration for their 
     military service at the time of their death by an appropriate 
     military tribute.
       (3) It is tremendously important to pay an appropriate 
     final tribute on behalf of a grateful Nation to honor 
     individuals who served the Nation in the Armed Forces.
       (b) Conference on Military Burial Honor Practices.--(1) Not 
     later than October 31, 1998, the Secretary of Defense shall, 
     in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 
     convene and preside over a conference for the purpose of 
     determining means of improving and increasing the 
     availability of military burial honors for veterans. The 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall also participate in the 
     conference.
       (2) The Secretaries shall invite and encourage the 
     participation at the conference of appropriate 
     representatives of veterans service organizations.
       (3) The participants in the conference shall--
       (A) review current policies and practices of the military 
     departments and the Department of Veterans Affairs relating 
     to the provision of military honors at the burial of 
     veterans;

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       (B) analyze the costs associated with providing military 
     honors at the burial of veterans, including the costs 
     associated with utilizing personnel and other resources for 
     that purpose;
       (C) assess trends in the rate of death of veterans; and
       (D) propose, consider, and determine means of improving and 
     increasing the availability of military honors at the burial 
     of veterans.
       (4) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a 
     report on the conference under this subsection. The report 
     shall set forth any modifications to Department of Defense 
     directives on military burial honors adopted as a result of 
     the conference and include any recommendations for 
     legislation that the Secretary considers appropriate as a 
     result of the conference.
       (c) Veterans Service Organization Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``veterans service organization'' means any 
     organization recognized by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     under section 5902 of title 38, United States Code.
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           BINGAMAN (AND DOMENICI) AMENDMENTS NOS. 3006-3008

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. Domenici) submitted three 
amendments intended to be proposed by them to the bill, S. 2057, supra; 
as follows:

                           Amendment No. 3006

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

     SEC. 314. DEFENSE SYSTEMS EVALUATION PROGRAM.

       Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under section 
     301(a)(12) for flying hours, $2,500,000 shall be available 
     for activities of the New Mexico Air National Guard in 
     support of testing activities at White Sands Missile Range, 
     New Mexico, that relate to the Defense Systems Evaluation 
     program.
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                           Amendment No. 3007

       On page 41, below line 23, add the following:

     SEC. 219. PLANNING AND DESIGN FOR ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH 
                   FACILITY AT MAGDALENA RIDGE OBSERVATORY, NEW 
                   MEXICO.

       Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by this title, 
     $5,000,000 shall be available for planning and design with 
     respect to an astronomical research facility at Magdalena 
     Ridge Observatory, New Mexico, for the support of activities 
     of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization and test 
     activities at White Sands Missile Range.
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                           Amendment No. 3008

       On page 397, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:

     SEC. 3137. RELOCATION OF NATIONAL ATOMIC MUSEUM, ALBUQUERQUE, 
                   NEW MEXICO.

       Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by this title, 
     $1,500,000 shall be available for planning and design 
     relating to the relocation of the National Atomic Museum in 
     Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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                  REID (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3009

  Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Kerrey, 
Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Feingold) proposed an amendment to the 
bill, S. 2057, supra; as follows:

       On page 347 strike line 21 through line 13 on page 366 and 
     insert the following:
       (f) Repeal of Superseded Authority.--Section 2205 of the 
     Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 
     is repealed. This section shall take place one day after the 
     date of this bill's enactment.
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                        GRAMM AMENDMENT NO. 3010

  Mr. GRAMM proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 2057, supra; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, add the following:

     SEC.   . ATTENDANCE OF RECIPIENTS OF NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS' 
                   TRAINING CORPS SCHOLARSHIPS AT PARTICIPATING 
                   COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES.

       Section 2107 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(i)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any 
     policy or regulation of the Department of Defense or of the 
     Department of the Navy, recipients of Naval Reserve Officers' 
     Training Corps scholarships who live in the state which has 
     more scholarship awardees than slots available under the Navy 
     quotas in their state colleges or universities may attend any 
     college or university of their choice in their state to which 
     they have been accepted, so long as the college or university 
     is a participant in the Naval Reserve Officers' Training 
     Corps program.
       ``(2) The Department of Defense and the Department of the 
     Navy are prohibited from setting maximum limits on the number 
     of Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarship 
     students who can be enrolled at any college or university 
     participating in the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps 
     program in such state.''

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                        BYRD AMENDMENT NO. 3011

  Mr. BYRD proposed an amendment to amendment No. 3010 proposed by Mr. 
Gramm to the bill, S. 2057, supra; as follows:

       At the end of the amendment insert the following:
       Sec. ____. (a) Army.--(1) Chapter 401 of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new section:

     ``Sec. 4319. Recruit basic training: separate platoons and 
       separate housing for male and female recruits

       ``(a) Separate Platoons.--The Secretary of the Army shall 
     require that during basic training--
       ``(1) male recruits shall be assigned to platoons 
     consisting only of male recruits; and
       ``(2) female recruits shall be assigned to platoons 
     consisting only of female recruits.
       ``(b) Separate Housing Facilities.--The Secretary of the 
     Army shall require that during basic training male and female 
     recruits be housed in separate barracks or other troop 
     housing facilities.
       ``(c) Interim Authority for Housing Recruits on Separate 
     Floors.--(1) If the Secretary of the Army determines that it 
     is not feasible, during some or all of the period beginning 
     on April 15, 1999, and ending on October 1, 2001, to comply 
     with subsection (b) at any particular installation at which 
     basic training is conducted because facilities at that 
     installation are insufficient for such purpose, the Secretary 
     may grant a waiver of subsection (b) with respect to that 
     installation. Any such waiver may not be in effect after 
     October 1, 2001, and may only be in effect while the 
     facilities at that installation are insufficient for the 
     purposes of compliance with subsection (b).
       ``(2) If the Secretary grants a waiver under paragraph (1) 
     with respect to an installation, the Secretary shall require 
     that male and female recruits in basic training at that 
     installation during any period that the waiver is in effect 
     not be housed on the same floor of a barracks or other troop 
     housing facility.
       ``(d) Basic Training Defined.--In this section, the term 
     `basic training' means the initial entry training program of 
     the Army that constitutes the basic training of new 
     recruits.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``4319. Recruit basic training: separate platoons and separate housing 
              for male and female recruits.''.

       (3) The Secretary of the Army shall implement section 4319 
     of title 10, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), 
     as rapidly as feasible and shall ensure that the provisions 
     of that section are applied to all recruit basic training 
     classes beginning not later than the first such class that 
     enters basic training on or after April 15, 1999.
       (b) Navy and Marine Corps.--(1) Part III of subtitle C of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
     chapter 601 the following new chapter:

                   ``CHAPTER 602--TRAINING GENERALLY

``Sec.
``6931. Recruit basic training: separate small units and separate 
              housing for male and female recruits.

     ``Sec. 6931. Recruit basic training: separate small units and 
       separate housing for male and female recruits

       ``(a) Separate Small Unit Organization.--The Secretary of 
     the Navy shall require that during basic training--
       ``(1) male recruits in the Navy shall be assigned to 
     divisions, and male recruits in the Marine Corps shall be 
     assigned to platoons, consisting only of male recruits; and
       ``(2) female recruits in the Navy shall be assigned to 
     divisions, and female recruits in the Marine Corps shall be 
     assigned to platoons, consisting only of female recruits.
       ``(b) Separate Housing.--The Secretary of the Navy shall 
     require that during basic training male and female recruits 
     be housed in separate barracks or other troop housing 
     facilities.
       ``(c) Interim Authority for Housing Recruits on Separate 
     Floors.--(1) If the Secretary of the Navy determines that it 
     is not feasible, during some or all of the period beginning 
     on April 15, 1999, and ending on October 1, 2001, to comply 
     with subsection (b) at any particular installation at which 
     basic training is conducted because facilities at that 
     installation are insufficient for that purpose, the Secretary 
     may grant a waiver of subsection (b) with respect to that 
     installation. Any such waiver may not be in effect after 
     October 1, 2001, and may only be in effect while the 
     facilities at that installation are insufficient for the 
     purposes of compliance with subsection (b).
       ``(2) If the Secretary grants a waiver under paragraph (1) 
     with respect to an installation, the Secretary shall require 
     that male and female recruits in basic training at that 
     installation during any period that the waiver is in effect 
     not be housed on the same floor of a barracks or other troop 
     housing facility.
       ``(d) Basic Training Defined.--In this section, the term 
     `basic training' means the initial entry training programs of 
     the Navy and Marine Corps that constitute the basic training 
     of new recruits.''.
       (2) The tables of chapters at the beginning of subtitle C, 
     and at the beginning of part III of subtitle C, of such title 
     are amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter 
     601 the following new item:

``602. Training Generally...................................6931''.....


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       (3) The Secretary of the Navy shall implement section 6931 
     of title 10, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), 
     as rapidly as feasible and shall ensure that the provisions 
     of that section are applied to all recruit basic training 
     classes beginning not later than the first such class that 
     enters basic training on or after April 16, 1999.
       (c) Air Force.--(1) Chapter 901 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     section:

     ``Sec. 9319. Recruit basic training: separate flights and 
       separate housing for male and female recruits

       ``(a) Separate Flights.--The Secretary of the Air Force 
     shall require that during basic training--
       ``(1) male recruits shall be assigned to flights consisting 
     only of male recruits; and
       ``(2) female recruits shall be assigned to flights 
     consisting only of female recruits.
       ``(b) Separate Housing.--The Secretary of the Air Force 
     shall require that during basic training male and female 
     recruits be housed in separate dormitories or other troop 
     housing facilities.
       ``(c) Interim Authority for Housing Recruits on Separate 
     Floors.--(1) If the Secretary of the Air Force determines 
     that it is not feasible, during some or all of the period 
     beginning on April 15, 1999, and ending on October 1, 2001, 
     to comply with subsection (b) at any particular installation 
     at which basic training is conducted because facilities at 
     that installation are insufficient for such purpose, the 
     Secretary may grant a waiver of subsection (b) with respect 
     to that installation. Any such waiver may not be in effect 
     after October 1, 2001, and may only be in effect while the 
     facilities at that installation are insufficient for the 
     purposes of compliance with subsection (b).
       ``(2) If the Secretary grants a waiver under paragraph (1) 
     with respect to an installation, the Secretary shall require 
     that male and female recruits in basic training at that 
     installation during any period that the waiver is in effect 
     not be housed on the same floor of a dormitory or other troop 
     housing facility.
       ``(d) Basic Training Defined.--In this section, the term 
     `basic training' means the initial entry training program of 
     the Air Force that constitutes the basic training of new 
     recruits.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``9319. Recruit basic training: separate flights and separate housing 
              for male and female recruits.''.

       (3) The Secretary of the Air Force shall implement section 
     9319 of title 10, United States Code, as added by paragraph 
     (1), as rapidly as feasible and shall ensure that the 
     provisions of that section are applied to all recruit basic 
     training classes beginning not later than the first such 
     class that enters basic training on or after April 15, 1999.
       Section 527 Not To Take Effect.--Section 527 shall not take 
     effect.
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               BUMBERS (AND FEINGOLD) AMENDMENT NO. 3012

  Mr. BUMPERS (for himself and Mr. Feingold) proposed an amendment to 
the bill, S. 2057, supra; as follows:

       Strike from line 1, page 25 through page 27, line 10, and 
     insert in lieu thereof the following:

     SEC. 133. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE PROCUREMENT OF F-22 AIRCRAFT.

       Amounts available for the Department of Defense for any 
     fiscal year for the F-22 aircraft program may not be 
     obligated for advance procurement for the six Lot II F-22 
     aircraft before the date that is 30 days after the date on 
     which the Secretary of Defense submits a certification to the 
     congressional defense committees that the Air Force has 
     completed 601 hours of flight testing of F-22 flight test 
     vehicles according to the test and evaluation master plan of 
     the F-22 aircraft program, as in effect on October 1, 1997.

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