[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 87 (Monday, July 6, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7364-S7441]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 STROM THURMOND NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999

  The Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1999 (S. 2057), passed by the Senate on June 25, 1998, is as follows:

                                S. 2057

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina first became a 
     member of the Committee on Armed Services of the United 
     States Senate on January 19, 1959. His continuous service on 
     that committee covers more than 75 percent of the period of 
     the existence of the committee, which was established 
     immediately after World War II, and more than 20 percent of 
     the period of the existence of military and naval affairs 
     committees of Congress, the original bodies of which were 
     formed in 1816.
       (2) Senator Thurmond came to Congress and the committee as 
     a distinguished veteran of service, including combat service, 
     in the Armed Forces of the United States.
       (3) Senator Thurmond was commissioned as a reserve second 
     lieutenant of infantry in 1924. He served with great 
     distinction with the First Army in the European Theater of 
     Operations during World War II, landing in Normandy in a 
     glider with the 82nd Airborne Division on D-Day. He was 
     transferred to the Pacific Theater of Operations at the end 
     of the war in Europe and was serving in the Philippines when 
     Japan surrendered.
       (4) Having reverted to Reserve status at the end of World 
     War II, Senator Thurmond was promoted to brigadier general in 
     the United States Army Reserve in 1954. He served as 
     President of the Reserve Officers Association beginning that 
     same year and ending in 1955. Senator Thurmond was promoted 
     to major general in the United States Army Reserve in 1959. 
     He transferred to the Retired Reserve on January 1, 1965, 
     after 36 years of commissioned service.

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       (5) The distinguished character of Senator Thurmond's 
     military service has been recognized by awards of numerous 
     decorations that include the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star 
     medal with ``V'' device, the Army Commendation Medal, the 
     Belgian Cross of the Order of the Crown, and the French Croix 
     de Guerre.
       (6) Senator Thurmond has served as Chairman of the 
     Committee on Armed Services of the Senate since 1995 and as 
     the ranking minority member of the committee from 1993 to 
     1995. Senator Thurmond concludes his service as Chairman at 
     the end of the One Hundred Fifth Congress, but is to continue 
     to serve the committee as a member in successive Congresses.
       (7) This Act is the fortieth annual authorization bill for 
     the Department of Defense for which Senator Thurmond has 
     taken a major responsibility as a member of the Committee on 
     Armed Services of the Senate.
       (8) Senator Thurmond, as officer and legislator, has made 
     matchless contributions to the national security of the 
     United States that, in duration and in quality, are unique.
       (9) It is altogether fitting and proper that this Act, the 
     last annual authorization Act for the national defense that 
     Senator Thurmond manages in and for the United States Senate 
     as Chairman of the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, 
     be named in his honor.
       (b) Short Title.--This Act shall be cited as the ``Strom 
     Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     1999''.

     SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF 
                   CONTENTS.

       (a) Divisions.--This Act is organized into three divisions 
     as follows:
       (1) Division A--Department of Defense Authorizations.
       (2) Division B--Military Construction Authorizations.
       (3) Division C--Department of Energy National Security 
     Authorizations and Other Authorizations.
       (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act 
     is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents.
Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees defined.

            DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS

                          TITLE I--PROCUREMENT

              Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 101. Army.
Sec. 102. Navy and Marine Corps.
Sec. 103. Air Force.
Sec. 104. Defense-wide activities.
Sec. 105. Reserve components.
Sec. 106. Defense Inspector General.
Sec. 107. Chemical demilitarization program.
Sec. 108. Defense health programs.
Sec. 109. Defense export loan guarantee program.

                       Subtitle B--Army Programs

Sec. 111. Multiyear procurement authority for Longbow Hellfire missile 
              program.
Sec. 112. Condition for award of more than one multiyear contract for 
              the family of medium tactical vehicles.
Sec. 113. Armored system modernization.
Sec. 114. Reactive armor tiles.
Sec. 115. Annual reporting of costs associated with travel of members 
              of Chemical Demilitarization Citizens' Advisory 
              Commission.
Sec. 116. Extension of authority to carry out Armament Retooling and 
              Manufacturing Support Initiative.
Sec. 117. Alternative technologies for destruction of assembled 
              chemical weapons.

                       Subtitle C--Navy Programs

Sec. 121. CVN-77 nuclear aircraft carrier program.
Sec. 122. Increased amount to be excluded from cost limitation for 
              Seawolf submarine program.
Sec. 123. Multiyear procurement authority for the Medium Tactical 
              Vehicle Replacement.
Sec. 124. Multiyear procurement authority for certain aircraft 
              programs.

                     Subtitle D--Air Force Programs

Sec. 131. Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System.
Sec. 132. Limitation on replacement of engines on military aircraft 
              derived from Boeing 707 aircraft.
Sec. 133. F-22 aircraft program.
Sec. 134. C-130J aircraft program.

         TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

              Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 202. Amount for basic and applied research.

    Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations

Sec. 211. Crusader self-propelled artillery system program.
Sec. 212. CVN-77 nuclear aircraft carrier program.
Sec. 213. Unmanned aerial vehicle programs.
Sec. 214. Airborne Laser Program.
Sec. 215. Enhanced Global Positioning System program.
Sec. 216. Manufacturing Technology Program.
Sec. 217. Authority for use of major range and test facility 
              installations by commercial entities.
Sec. 218. Extension of authority to carry out certain prototype 
              projects.
Sec. 219. NATO alliance ground surveillance concept definition.
Sec. 220. NATO common-funded civil budget.
Sec. 221. Persian Gulf illnesses.
Sec. 222. DOD/VA Cooperative Research Program.
Sec. 223. Low Cost Launch Development Program.

                       Subtitle C--Other Matters

Sec. 231. Policy with respect to ballistic missile defense cooperation.
Sec. 232. Review of pharmacological interventions for reversing brain 
              injury.
Sec. 233. Landmines.

                  TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

              Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding.
Sec. 302. Working capital funds.
Sec. 303. Armed Forces Retirement Home.
Sec. 304. Transfer from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction 
              Fund.

    Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations

Sec. 311. Special Operations Command counterproliferation and 
              counterterrorism activities.
Sec. 312. Tagging system for identification of hydrocarbon fuels used 
              by the Department of Defense.
Sec. 313. Pilot program for acceptance and use of landing fees charged 
              for use of domestic military airfields by civil aircraft.
Sec. 314. NATO common-funded military budget.

                  Subtitle C--Environmental Provisions

Sec. 321. Transportation of polychlorinated biphenyls from abroad for 
              disposal in the United States.
Sec. 322. Modification of deadline for submittal to Congress of annual 
              reports on environmental activities.
Sec. 323. Submarine solid waste control.
Sec. 324. Payment of stipulated penalties assessed under CERCLA.
Sec. 325. Authority to pay negotiated settlement for environmental 
              cleanup of formerly used defense sites in Canada.
Sec. 326. Settlement of claims of foreign governments for environmental 
              cleanup of overseas sites formerly used by the Department 
              of Defense.
Sec. 327. Arctic Military Environmental Cooperation Program.
Sec. 328. Sense of Senate regarding oil spill prevention training for 
              personnel on board Navy vessels.

                  Subtitle D--Counter-Drug Activities

Sec. 331. Patrol coastal craft for drug interdiction by Southern 
              Command.
Sec. 332. Program authority for Department of Defense support for 
              counter-drug activities.
Sec. 333. Southwest border fence.
Sec. 334. Revision and clarification of authority for Federal support 
              of National Guard drug interdiction and counter-drug 
              activities.
Sec. 335. Sense of Congress regarding priority of drug interdiction and 
              counter-drug activities.

                       Subtitle E--Other Matters

Sec. 341. Liquidity of working-capital funds.
Sec. 342. Termination of authority to manage working-capital funds and 
              certain activities through the Defense Business 
              Operations Fund.
Sec. 343. Clarification of authority to retain recovered costs of 
              disposals in working-capital funds.
Sec. 344. Best commercial inventory practices for management of 
              secondary supply items.
Sec. 345. Increased use of smart cards.
Sec. 346. Public-private competition in the provision of support 
              services.
Sec. 347. Condition for providing financial assistance for support of 
              additional duties assigned to the Army National Guard.
Sec. 348. Repeal of prohibition on joint use of Gray Army Airfield, 
              Fort Hood, Texas.
Sec. 349. Inventory management of in-transit secondary items.
Sec. 350. Personnel reductions in Army Materiel Command.
Sec. 351. Prohibitions regarding evaluation of merit of selling malt 
              beverages and wine in commissary stores as exchange 
              system merchandise.

              TITLE IV--MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS

                       Subtitle A--Active Forces

Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces.
Sec. 402. Limited exclusions of joint duty officers from limitations on 
              number of general and flag officers.
Sec. 403. Limitation on daily average of personnel on active duty in 
              grades E-8 and E-9.
Sec. 404. Repeal of permanent end strength requirement for support of 
              two major regional contingencies.

                       Subtitle B--Reserve Forces

Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve.
Sec. 412. End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the 
              reserves.

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Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status).
Sec. 414. Exclusion of additional reserve component general and flag 
              officers from limitation on number of general and flag 
              officers who may serve on active duty.
Sec. 415. Increase in numbers of members in certain grades authorized 
              to be on active duty in support of the reserves.
Sec. 416. Consolidation of strength authorizations for active status 
              Naval Reserve flag officers of the Navy Medical 
              Department staff corps.

              Subtitle C--Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 421. Authorization of appropriations for military personnel.

                   TITLE V--MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY

                  Subtitle A--Officer Personnel Policy

Sec. 501. Streamlined selective retention process for regular officers.
Sec. 502. Permanent applicability of limitations on years of active 
              naval service of Navy limited duty officers in grades of 
              commander and captain.
Sec. 503. Involuntary separation pay denied for officer discharged for 
              failure of selection for promotion requested by the 
              officer.
Sec. 504. Term of office of the Chief of the Air Force Nurse Corps.
Sec. 505. Attendance of recipients of Naval Reserve Officers' Training 
              Corps scholarships at participating colleges or 
              universities.

                 Subtitle B--Reserve Component Matters

Sec. 511. Service required for retirement of National Guard officer in 
              higher grade.
Sec. 512. Reduced time-in-grade requirement for reserve general and 
              flag officers involuntarily transferred from active 
              status.
Sec. 513. Eligibility of Army and Air Force Reserve brigadier generals 
              to be considered for promotion while on inactive status 
              list.
Sec. 514. Composition of selective early retirement boards for rear 
              admirals of the Naval Reserve and major generals of the 
              Marine Corps Reserve.
Sec. 515. Use of Reserves for emergencies involving weapons of mass 
              destruction.

                       Subtitle C--Other Matters

Sec. 521. Annual manpower requirements report.
Sec. 522. Four-year extension of certain force reduction transition 
              period management and benefits authorities.
Sec. 523. Continuation of eligibility for voluntary separation 
              incentive after involuntary loss of membership in Ready 
              or Standby Reserve.
Sec. 524. Repeal of limitations on authority to set rates and waive 
              requirement for reimbursement of expenses incurred for 
              instruction at service academies of persons from foreign 
              countries.
Sec. 525. Repeal of restriction on civilian employment of enlisted 
              members.
Sec. 526. Extension of reporting dates for Commission on Military 
              Training and Gender-Related Issues.
Sec. 527. Moratorium on changes of gender-related policies and 
              practices pending completion of the work of the 
              Commission on Military Training and Gender-Related 
              Issues.
Sec. 528. Transitional compensation for abused dependent children not 
              residing with the spouse or former spouse of a member 
              convicted of dependent abuse.
Sec. 529. Pilot program for treating GED and home school diploma 
              recipients as high school graduates for determinations of 
              eligibility for enlisting in the Armed Forces.
Sec. 530. Waiver of time limitations for award of certain decorations 
              to certain persons.
Sec. 531. Prohibition on entry into correctional facilities for 
              presentation of decorations to persons who commit certain 
              crimes before presentation.
Sec. 532. Advancement of Benjamin O. Davis, Junior, to grade of 
              general.

          TITLE VI--COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS

                     Subtitle A--Pay and Allowances

Sec. 601. Increase in basic pay for fiscal year 1999.
Sec. 602. Rate of pay for cadets and midshipmen at the service 
              academies.
Sec. 603. Payments for movements of household goods arranged by 
              members.
Sec. 604. Leave without pay for suspended academy cadets and 
              midshipmen.

           Subtitle B--Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays

Sec. 611. Three-month extension of certain bonuses and special pay 
              authorities for reserve forces.
Sec. 612. Three-month extension of certain bonuses and special pay 
              authorities for nurse officer candidates, registered 
              nurses, and nurse anesthetists.
Sec. 613. Three-month extension of authorities relating to payment of 
              other bonuses and special pays.
Sec. 614. Eligibility of Reserves for selective reenlistment bonus when 
              reenlisting or extending to perform active guard and 
              reserve duty.
Sec. 615. Repeal of ten-percent limitation on payments of selective 
              reenlistment bonuses in excess of $20,000.
Sec. 616. Increase of maximum amount authorized for Army enlistment 
              bonus.
Sec. 617. Education loan repayment program for health professions 
              officers serving in Selected Reserve.
Sec. 618. Increase in amount of basic educational assistance under all-
              volunteer force program for personnel with critically 
              short skills or specialties.
Sec. 619. Relationship of entitlements to enlistment bonuses and 
              benefits under the All-Volunteer Force Educational 
              Assistance Program.
Sec. 620. Hardship duty pay.
Sec. 620A. Increased hazardous duty pay for aerial flight crewmembers 
              in pay grades E-4 to E-9.
Sec. 620B. Diving duty special pay for divers having diving duty as a 
              nonprimary duty.
Sec. 620C. Retention incentives initiative for critically short 
              military occupational specialties.

            Subtitle C--Travel and Transportation Allowances

Sec. 621. Travel and transportation for rest and recuperation in 
              connection with contingency operations and other duty.
Sec. 622. Payment for temporary storage of baggage of dependent student 
              not taken on annual trip to overseas duty station of 
              sponsor.
Sec. 623. Commercial travel of Reserves at Federal supply schedule 
              rates for attendance at inactive duty training 
              assemblies.

    Subtitle D--Retired Pay, Survivor Benefits, and Related Matters

Sec. 631. Paid-up coverage under Survivor Benefit Plan.
Sec. 632. Court-required Survivor Benefit Plan coverage effectuated 
              through elections and deemed elections.
Sec. 633. Recovery, care, and disposition of remains of medically 
              retired member who dies during hospitalization that 
              begins while on active duty.
Sec. 634. Survivor Benefit Plan open enrollment period.
Sec. 635. Eligibility for payments of certain survivors of captured and 
              interned Vietnamese operatives who were unmarried and 
              childless at death.
Sec. 636. Clarification of recipient of payments to persons captured or 
              interned by North Vietnam.
Sec. 637. Presentation of United States flag to members of the Armed 
              Forces.
Sec. 638. Elimination of backlog of unpaid retired pay.

                       Subtitle E--Other Matters

Sec. 641. Definition of possessions of the United States for pay and 
              allowances purposes.
Sec. 642. Federal employees' compensation coverage for students 
              participating in certain officer candidate programs.
Sec. 643. Authority to provide financial assistance for education of 
              certain defense dependents overseas.
Sec. 644. Voting rights of military personnel.

                         TITLE VII--HEALTH CARE

Sec. 701. Dependents' dental program.
Sec. 702. Extension of authority for use of personal services contracts 
              for provision of health care at military entrance 
              processing stations and elsewhere outside medical 
              treatment facilities.
Sec. 703. TRICARE Prime automatic enrollments and retiree payment 
              options.
Sec. 704. Limited continued CHAMPUS coverage for persons unaware of a 
              loss of CHAMPUS coverage resulting from eligibility for 
              medicare.
Sec. 705. Enhanced Department of Defense organ and tissue donor 
              program.
Sec. 706. Joint Department of Defense and Department of Veterans 
              Affairs reviews relating to interdepartmental cooperation 
              in the delivery of medical care.

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Sec. 707. Demonstration projects to provide health care to certain 
              medicare-eligible beneficiaries of the military health 
              care system.
Sec. 708. Professional qualifications of physicians providing military 
              health care.
Sec. 709. Assessment of establishment of independent entity to evaluate 
              post-conflict illnesses among members of the Armed Forces 
              and health care provided by the Department of Defense and 
              Department of Veterans Affairs before and after 
              deployment of such members.
Sec. 710. Lyme disease.
Sec. 711. Accessibility to care under TRICARE.
Sec. 712. Health benefits for abused dependents of members of the Armed 
              Forces.
Sec. 713. Process for waiving informed consent requirement for 
              administration of certain drugs to members of Armed 
              Forces.

  TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED 
                                MATTERS

Sec. 801. Para-aramid fibers and yarns.
Sec. 802. Procurement of travel services for official and unofficial 
              travel under one contract.
Sec. 803. Limitation on use of price preference upon attainment of 
              contract goal for small and disadvantaged businesses.
Sec. 804. Distribution of assistance under the Procurement Technical 
              Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program.
Sec. 805. Defense commercial pricing management improvement.
Sec. 806. Department of Defense purchases through other agencies.
Sec. 807. Supervision of Defense Acquisition University structure by 
              Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
              Technology.
Sec. 808. Repeal of requirement for Director of Acquisition Education, 
              Training, and Career Development to be within the Office 
              of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
              Technology.
Sec. 809. Eligibility of involuntarily downgraded employee for 
              membership in an acquisition corps.
Sec. 810. Pilot programs for testing program manager performance of 
              product support oversight responsibilities for life cycle 
              of acquisition programs.
Sec. 811. Scope of protection of certain information from disclosure.
Sec. 812. Plan for rapid transition from completion of Small Business 
              Innovation Research into defense acquisition programs.
Sec. 813. Senior executives covered by limitation on allowability of 
              compensation for certain contractor personnel.
Sec. 814. Separate determinations of exceptional waivers of truth in 
              negotiation requirements for prime contracts and 
              subcontracts.
Sec. 815. Five-year authority for Secretary of the Navy to exchange 
              certain items.
Sec. 816. Clarification of responsibility for submission of information 
              on prices previously charged for property or services 
              offered.
Sec. 817. Denial of qualification of a small disadvantaged business 
              supplier.

      TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT

Sec. 901. Reduction in number of Assistant Secretary of Defense 
              positions.
Sec. 902. Renaming of position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
              Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence.
Sec. 903. Authority to expand the National Defense University.
Sec. 904. Reduction in Department of Defense headquarters staff.
Sec. 905. Permanent requirement for quadrennial defense review.
Sec. 906. Management reform for research, development, test, and 
              evaluation.
Sec. 907. Restructuring of administration of Fisher Houses.
Sec. 908. Redesignation of Director of Defense Research and Engineering 
              as Director of Defense Technology and 
              Counterproliferation and transfer of responsibilities.
Sec. 909. Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies.
Sec. 910. Military aviation accident investigations.

                      TITLE X--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                     Subtitle A--Financial Matters

Sec. 1001. Transfer authority.
Sec. 1002. Authorization of emergency appropriations for fiscal year 
              1999. 
Sec. 1003. Authorization of prior emergency supplemental appropriations 
              for fiscal year 1998.
Sec. 1004. Partnership for Peace information system management.
Sec. 1005. Reductions in fiscal year 1998 authorizations of 
              appropriations for division A and division B and 
              increases in certain authorizations of appropriations.
Sec. 1006. Amount authorized for contributions for NATO common-funded 
              budgets.

                       Subtitle B--Naval Vessels

Sec. 1011. Iowa class battleship returned to Naval Vessel Register.
Sec. 1012. Long-term charter of three vessels in support of submarine 
              rescue, escort, and towing.
Sec. 1013. Transfers of certain naval vessels to certain foreign 
              countries.
Sec. 1014. Sense of Congress concerning the naming of an LPD-17 vessel.
Sec. 1015. Conveyance of NDRF vessel ex-U.S.S. Lorain County.
Sec. 1016. Homeporting of the U.S.S. Iowa battleship in San Francisco.
Sec. 1017. Ship scrapping pilot program.

       Subtitle C--Miscellaneous Report Requirements and Repeals

Sec. 1021. Repeal of reporting requirements.
Sec. 1022. Report on Department of Defense financial management 
              improvement plan.
Sec. 1023. Feasibility study of performance of Department of Defense 
              finance and accounting functions by private sector 
              sources or other Federal Government sources.
Sec. 1024. Reorganization and consolidation of operating locations of 
              the Defense Finance and Accounting Service.
Sec. 1025. Report on inventory and control of military equipment.
Sec. 1026. Report on continuity of essential operations at risk of 
              failure because of computer systems that are not year 
              2000 compliant.
Sec. 1027. Reports on naval surface fire-support capabilities.
Sec. 1028. Report on roles in Department of Defense aviation accident 
              investigations.
Sec. 1029. Strategic plan for expanding distance learning initiatives.
Sec. 1030. Report on involvement of Armed Forces in contingency and 
              ongoing operations.
Sec. 1031. Submission of report on objectives of a contingency 
              operation with first request for funding the operation.
Sec. 1032. Reports on the development of the European Security and 
              Defense Identity.
Sec. 1033. Report on reduction of infrastructure costs at Brooks Air 
              Force Base, Texas.
Sec. 1034. Annual GAO review of F/A-18E/F aircraft program.
Sec. 1035. Review and report regarding the distribution of National 
              Guard resources among States.
Sec. 1036. Report on the peaceful employment of former Soviet experts 
              on weapons of mass destruction.

                       Subtitle D--Other Matters

Sec. 1041. Cooperative counterproliferation program.
Sec. 1042. Extension of counterproliferation authorities for support of 
              United Nations Special Commission on Iraq.
Sec. 1043. One-year extension of limitation on retirement or 
              dismantlement of strategic nuclear delivery systems.
Sec. 1044. Direct-line communication between United States and Russian 
              commanders of strategic forces.
Sec. 1045. Chemical warfare defense.
Sec. 1046. Accounting treatment of advance payment of personnel.
Sec. 1047. Reinstatement of definition of financial institution in 
              authorities for reimbursing defense personnel for 
              Government errors in direct deposits of pay.
Sec. 1048. Pilot program on alternative notice of receipt of legal 
              process for garnishment of Federal pay for child support 
              and alimony.
Sec. 1049. Costs payable to the Department of Defense and other Federal 
              agencies for services provided to the Defense Commissary 
              Agency.
Sec. 1050. Collection of dishonored checks presented at commissary 
              stores.
Sec. 1051. Defense Commissary Agency telecommunications.
Sec. 1052. Research grants competitively awarded to service academies.
Sec. 1053. Clarification and simplification of responsibilities of 
              Inspectors General regarding whistleblower protections.
Sec. 1054. Amounts recovered from claims against third parties for loss 
              or damage to personal property shipped or stored at 
              Government expense.
Sec. 1055. Eligibility for attendance at Department of Defense domestic 
              dependent elementary and secondary schools.
Sec. 1056. Fees for providing historical information to the public.
Sec. 1057. Periodic inspection of the Armed Forces Retirement Home.
Sec. 1058. Transfer of F-4 Phantom II aircraft to foundation.
Sec. 1059. Act constituting presidential approval of vessel war risk 
              insurance requested by the Secretary of Defense.

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Sec. 1060. Commendation and memorialization of the United States Navy 
              Asiatic Fleet.
Sec. 1061. Program to commemorate 50th anniversary of the Korean War.
Sec. 1062. Department of Defense use of frequency spectrum.
Sec. 1063. Technical and clerical amendments.
Sec. 1064. Extension and reauthorization of Defense Production Act of 
              1950.
Sec. 1065. Budgeting for continued participation of United States 
              forces in NATO operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Sec. 1066. NATO participation in the performance of public security 
              functions of civilian authorities in Bosnia and 
              Herzegovina.
Sec. 1067. Pilot program for revitalizing the laboratories and test and 
              evaluation centers of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 1068. Sense of Congress regarding the heroism, sacrifice, and 
              service of former South Vietnamese commandos in 
              connection with United States Armed Forces during the 
              Vietnam conflict.
Sec. 1069. Sense of the Senate regarding declassification of classified 
              information of the Department of Defense and the 
              Department of Energy.
Sec. 1070. Russian nonstrategic nuclear weapons.
Sec. 1071. Sense of Senate on nuclear tests in South Asia.
Sec. 1072. Sense of Congress regarding continued participation of 
              United States forces in operations in Bosnia and 
              Herzegovina.
Sec. 1073. Commission to assess the reliability, safety, and security 
              of the United States nuclear deterrent.
Sec. 1074. Authority for waiver of moratorium on Armed Forces use of 
              antipersonnel landmines.
Sec. 1075. Appointment of Director and Deputy Director of the Naval 
              Home.
Sec. 1076. Sense of the Congress on the Defense Science and Technology 
              Program.
Sec. 1077. Demilitarization and exportation of defense property.
Sec. 1078. Designation of America's National Maritime Museum.
Sec. 1079. Burial honors for veterans.
Sec. 1080. Chemical stockpile emergency preparedness program.
Sec. 1081. Sense of Senate regarding the August 1995 assassination 
              attempt against President Shevardnadze of Georgia.
Sec. 1082. Issuance of burial flags for deceased members and former 
              members of the Selected Reserve.
Sec. 1083. Eliminating secret Senate holds.
Sec. 1084. Defense burdensharing.
Sec. 1085. Review of Defense Automated Printing Service functions.
Sec. 1086. Increased missile threat in Asia-Pacific region.
Sec. 1087. Cooperation between the Department of the Army and the EPA 
              in meeting CWC requirements.

           TITLE XI--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL

Sec. 1101. Repeal of employment preference not needed for recruitment 
              and retention of qualified child care providers.
Sec. 1102. Maximum pay rate comparability for faculty members of the 
              United States Air Force Institute of Technology.
Sec. 1103. Four-year extension of voluntary separation incentive pay 
              authority.
Sec. 1104. Department of Defense employee voluntary early retirement 
              authority.
Sec. 1105. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency experimental 
              personnel management program for technical personnel.

              TITLE XII--JOINT WARFIGHTING EXPERIMENTATION

Sec. 1201. Findings.
Sec. 1202. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 1203. Reports on joint warfighting experimentation.

            DIVISION B--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS

Sec. 2001. Short title.

                            TITLE XXI--ARMY

Sec. 2101. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2102. Family housing.
Sec. 2103. Improvements to military family housing units.
Sec. 2104. Authorization of appropriations, Army.
Sec. 2105. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 1998 
              project.

                            TITLE XXII--NAVY

Sec. 2201. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2202. Family housing.
Sec. 2203. Improvements to military family housing units.
Sec. 2204. Authorization of appropriations, Navy.

                         TITLE XXIII--AIR FORCE

Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition 
              projects.
Sec. 2302. Family housing.
Sec. 2303. Improvements to military family housing units.
Sec. 2304. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force.

                      TITLE XXIV--DEFENSE AGENCIES

Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land 
              acquisition projects.
Sec. 2402. Improvements to military family housing units.
Sec. 2403. Energy conservation projects.
Sec. 2404. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies.
Sec. 2405. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 
              1995 projects.
Sec. 2406. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 1990 
              project.

   TITLE XXV--NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION SECURITY INVESTMENT 
                                PROGRAM

Sec. 2501. Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects.
Sec. 2502. Authorization of appropriations, NATO.

            TITLE XXVI--GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES

Sec. 2601. Authorized Guard and Reserve construction and land 
              acquisition projects.
Sec. 2602. Reduction in fiscal year 1998 authorization of 
              appropriations for Army Reserve military construction.
Sec. 2603. National Guard Military Educational Facility, Fort Bragg, 
              North Carolina.

        TITLE XXVII--EXPIRATION AND EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS

Sec. 2701. Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be 
              specified by law.
Sec. 2702. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 1996 
              projects.
Sec. 2703. Extension of authorization of fiscal year 1995 project.
Sec. 2704. Authorization of additional military construction and 
              military family housing projects.
Sec. 2705. Effective date.

                    TITLE XXVIII--GENERAL PROVISIONS

 Subtitle A--Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing 
                                Changes

Sec. 2801. Modification of authority relating to architectural and 
              engineering services and construction design.
Sec. 2802. Expansion of Army overseas family housing lease authority.

        Subtitle B--Real Property and Facilities Administration

Sec. 2811. Increase in thresholds for reporting requirements relating 
              to real property transactions.
Sec. 2812. Exceptions to real property transaction reporting 
              requirements for war and certain emergency and other 
              operations.
Sec. 2813. Waiver of applicability of property disposal laws to leases 
              at installations to be closed or realigned under the base 
              closure laws.
Sec. 2814. Restoration of Department of Defense lands used by another 
              Federal agency.

                      Subtitle C--Land Conveyances

Sec. 2821. Land conveyance, Indiana Army Ammunition Plant, Charlestown, 
              Indiana.
Sec. 2822. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Bridgton, Maine.
Sec. 2823. Land conveyance, Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant, 
              Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Sec. 2824. Release of interests in real property, former Kennebec 
              Arsenal, Augusta, Maine.
Sec. 2825. Land exchange, Naval Reserve Readiness Center, Portland, 
              Maine.
Sec. 2826. Land conveyance, Air Force Station, Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Sec. 2827. Expansion of land conveyance authority, Eglin Air Force 
              Base, Florida.
Sec. 2828. Conveyance of water rights and related interests, Rocky 
              Mountain Arsenal, Colorado, for purposes of acquisition 
              of perpetual contracts for water.
Sec. 2829. Land conveyance, Naval Air Reserve Center, Minneapolis, 
              Minnesota.
Sec. 2830. Land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, Peoria, Illinois.
Sec. 2830A. Land conveyance, Skaneateles, New York.
Sec. 2830B. Reauthorization of land conveyance, Army Reserve Center, 
              Youngstown, Ohio.
Sec. 2830C. Conveyance of utility systems, Lone Star Army Ammunition 
              Plant, Texas.
Sec. 2830D. Modification of land conveyance authority, Finley Air Force 
              Station, Finley, North Dakota.

                       Subtitle D--Other Matters

Sec. 2831. Purchase of build-to-lease family housing at Eielson Air 
              Force Base, Alaska.
Sec. 2832. Beach replenishment, San Diego, California.
Sec. 2833. Modification of authority relating to Department of Defense 
              Laboratory Revitalization Demonstration Program.

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Sec. 2834. Report and requirement relating to ``1 plus 1 barracks 
              initiative''.
Sec. 2835. Development of Ford Island, Hawaii.
Sec. 2836. Report on leasing and other alternative uses of non-excess 
              military property.
Sec. 2837. Emergency repairs and stabilization measures, Forest Glen 
              Annex of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Maryland.

                       Subtitle E--Base Closures

Sec. 2851. Modification of limitations on general authority relating to 
              base closures and realignments.
Sec. 2852. Prohibition on closure of a base within four years after a 
              realignment of the base.
Sec. 2853. Sense of the Senate on further rounds of base closures.

               TITLE XXIX--JUNIPER BUTTE RANGE WITHDRAWAL

Sec. 2901. Short title.
Sec. 2902. Withdrawal and reservation.
Sec. 2903. Map and legal description.
Sec. 2904. Agency agreement.
Sec. 2905. Right-of-way grants.
Sec. 2906. Indian sacred sites.
Sec. 2907. Actions concerning ranching operations in withdrawn area.
Sec. 2908. Management of withdrawn and reserved lands.
Sec. 2909. Integrated natural resource management plan.
Sec. 2910. Memorandum of understanding.
Sec. 2911. Maintenance of roads.
Sec. 2912. Management of withdrawn and acquired mineral resources.
Sec. 2913. Hunting, fishing, and trapping.
Sec. 2914. Water rights.
Sec. 2915. Duration of withdrawal.
Sec. 2916. Environmental remediation of relinquished withdrawn lands or 
              upon termination of withdrawal.
Sec. 2917. Delegation of authority.
Sec. 2918. Sense of Senate regarding monitoring of withdrawn lands.
Sec. 2919. Authorization of appropriations.

 DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS AND 
                          OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS

      TITLE XXXI--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS

         Subtitle A--National Security Programs Authorizations

Sec. 3101. Weapons activities.
Sec. 3102. Environmental restoration and waste management.
Sec. 3103. Other defense activities.
Sec. 3104. Defense nuclear waste disposal.
Sec. 3105. Defense environmental management privatization.

                Subtitle B--Recurring General Provisions

Sec. 3121. Reprogramming.
Sec. 3122. Limits on general plant projects.
Sec. 3123. Limits on construction projects.
Sec. 3124. Fund transfer authority.
Sec. 3125. Authority for conceptual and construction design.
Sec. 3126. Authority for emergency planning, design, and construction 
              activities.
Sec. 3127. Funds available for all national security programs of the 
              Department of Energy.
Sec. 3128. Availability of funds.
Sec. 3129. Transfers of defense environmental management funds.

   Subtitle C--Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations

Sec. 3131. International cooperative stockpile stewardship.
Sec. 3132. Prohibition on use of funds for ballistic missile defense 
              and theater missile defense.
Sec. 3133. Licensing of certain mixed oxide fuel fabrication and 
              irradiation facilities.
Sec. 3134. Continuation of processing, treatment, and disposition of 
              legacy nuclear materials.
Sec. 3135. Authority for Department of Energy federally funded research 
              and development centers to participate in merit-based 
              technology research and development programs.
Sec. 3136. Support for public education in the vicinity of Los Alamos 
              National Laboratory, New Mexico.
Sec. 3137. Cost-sharing for operation of the Hazardous Materials 
              Management and Emergency Response training facility, 
              Richland, Washington.
Sec. 3138. Hanford Health Information Network.
Sec. 3139. Nonproliferation activities.
Sec. 3140. Activities of the contractor-operated facilities of the 
              Department of Energy.
Sec. 3140A. Relocation of National Atomic Museum, Albuquerque, New 
              Mexico.

                       Subtitle D--Other Matters

Sec. 3141. Repeal of fiscal year 1998 statement of policy on stockpile 
              stewardship program.
Sec. 3142. Increase in maximum rate of pay for scientific, engineering, 
              and technical personnel responsible for safety at defense 
              nuclear facilities.
Sec. 3143. Sense of Senate regarding treatment of Formerly Utilized 
              Sites Remedial Action Program under a nondefense 
              discretionary budget function.
Sec. 3144. Extension of authority for appointment of certain 
              scientific, engineering, and technical personnel.
Sec. 3145. Extension of authority of Department of Energy to pay 
              voluntary separation incentive payments.
Sec. 3146. Inspection of permanent records prior to declassification.
Sec. 3147. Sense of Senate regarding memoranda of understanding with 
              the State of Oregon relating to Hanford.
Sec. 3148. Review of calculation of overhead costs of cleanup at 
              Department of Energy sites.
Sec. 3149. Sense of the Congress on funding requirements for the 
              nonproliferation science and technology activities of the 
              Department of Energy.
Sec. 3150. Deadline for selection of technology for tritium production.

Subtitle E--Maximum Age for New Department of Energy Nuclear Materials 
                                Couriers

Sec. 3161. Maximum age to enter nuclear courier force.
Sec. 3162. Definition.
Sec. 3163. Amending section 8334(a)(1) of title 5, U.S.C.
Sec. 3164. Amending section 8336(c)(1) of title 5, U.S.C.
Sec. 3165. Amending section 8401 of title 5, U.S.C.
Sec. 3166. Amending section 8412(d) of title 5, U.S.C.
Sec. 3167. Amending section 8415(g) of title 5, U.S.C.
Sec. 3168. Amending section 8422(a)(3) of title 5, U.S.C.
Sec. 3169. Amending sections 8423(a) (1)(B)(i) and (3)(A) of title 5, 
              U.S.C.
Sec. 3170. Amending section 8335(b) of title 5, U.S.C.
Sec. 3171. Payments.
Sec. 3172. Effective date.

          TITLE XXXII--DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD

Sec. 3201. Authorization.

                TITLE XXXIII--NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE

Sec. 3301. Definitions.
Sec. 3302. Authorized uses of stockpile funds.
Sec. 3303. Authority to dispose of certain materials in National 
              Defense Stockpile.
Sec. 3304. Use of stockpile funds for certain environmental 
              remediation, restoration, waste management, and 
              compliance activities.

                 TITLE XXXIV--NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES

Sec. 3401. Authorization of appropriations.

                  TITLE XXXV--PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION

Sec. 3501. Short title; references to Panama Canal Act of 1979.
Sec. 3502. Authorization of expenditures.
Sec. 3503. Purchase of vehicles.
Sec. 3504. Expenditures only in accordance with treaties.
Sec. 3505. Donations to the Commission.
Sec. 3506. Agreements for United States to provide post-transfer 
              administrative services for certain employee benefits.
Sec. 3507. Sunset of United States overseas benefits just before 
              transfer.
Sec. 3508. Central Examining Office.
Sec. 3509. Liability for vessel accidents.
Sec. 3510. Placement of United States citizens in positions with the 
              United States Government.
Sec. 3511. Panama Canal Board of Contract Appeals.
Sec. 3512. Technical amendments.
Sec. 3513. Officer of the Department of Defense designated as a member 
              of the Panama Canal Commission Supervisory Board.

     TITLE XXXVI--COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES OF PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY

Sec. 3601. Application of authorities under the International Emergency 
              Economic Powers Act to Chinese military companies.
Sec. 3602. Definition.

                TITLE XXXVII--FORCED OR INDENTURED LABOR

Sec. 3701. Findings.
Sec. 3702. Authorization for additional Customs personnel to monitor 
              the importation of products made with forced or 
              indentured labor.
Sec. 3703. Reporting requirement on forced labor or indentured labor 
              products destined for the United States market.
Sec. 3704. Renegotiating memoranda of understanding on forced labor.
Sec. 3705. Definition of forced labor.

             TITLE XXXVIII--FAIR TRADE IN AUTOMOTIVE PARTS

Sec. 3801. Short title.
Sec. 3802. Definitions.
Sec. 3803. Re-establishment of initiative on automotive parts sales to 
              Japan.
Sec. 3804. Establishment of special advisory committee on automotive 
              parts sales in Japanese and other Asian markets.
Sec. 3805. Expiration date

                     TITLE XXXIX --RADIO FREE ASIA

Sec. 3901. Short title.
Sec. 3902. Findings.

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Sec. 3903. Authorization of appropriations for increased funding for 
              Radio Free Asia and Voice of America broadcasting to 
              China.
Sec. 3904. Reporting requirement.

     SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DEFINED.

       For purposes of this Act, the term ``congressional defense 
     committees'' means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on National Security and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

            DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS

                          TITLE I--PROCUREMENT

              Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

     SEC. 101. ARMY.

       Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
     year 1999 for procurement for the Army as follows:
       (1) For aircraft, $1,466,508,000.
       (2) For missiles, $1,175,539,000.
       (3) For weapons and tracked combat vehicles, 
     $1,443,108,000.
       (4) For ammunition, $1,010,155,000.
       (5) For other procurement, $3,565,927,000.

     SEC. 102. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS.

       (a) Navy.--Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated 
     for fiscal year 1999 for procurement for the Navy as follows:
       (1) For aircraft, $7,499,934,000.
       (2) For weapons, including missiles and torpedoes, 
     $1,370,045,000.
       (3) For shipbuilding and conversion, $6,067,272,000.
       (4) For other procurement, $4,052,012,000.
       (b) Marine Corps.--Funds are hereby authorized to be 
     appropriated for fiscal year 1999 for procurement for the 
     Marine Corps in the amount of $910,558,000.
       (c) Navy and Marine Corps Ammunition.--Funds are hereby 
     authorized to be appropriated for procurement of ammunition 
     for the Navy and the Marine Corps in the amount of 
     $476,539,000.

     SEC. 103. AIR FORCE.

       Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
     year 1999 for procurement for the Air Force as follows:
       (1) For aircraft, $8,303,839,000.
       (2) For missiles, $2,354,745,000.
       (3) For ammunition, $384,161,000.
       (4) For other procurement, $6,792,081,000.

     SEC. 104. DEFENSE-WIDE ACTIVITIES.

       Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
     year 1999 for Defense-wide procurement in the amount of 
     $2,029,250,000.

     SEC. 105. RESERVE COMPONENTS.

       Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
     year 1999 for procurement of aircraft, vehicles, 
     communications equipment, and other equipment for the reserve 
     components of the Armed Forces as follows:
       (1) For the Army National Guard, $10,000,000.
       (2) For the Air National Guard, $10,000,000.
       (3) For the Army Reserve, $10,000,000.
       (4) For the Naval Reserve, $10,000,000.
       (5) For the Air Force Reserve, $10,000,000.
       (6) For the Marine Corps Reserve, $10,000,000.

     SEC. 106. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL.

       Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
     year 1999 for procurement for the Inspector General of the 
     Department of Defense in the amount of $1,300,000.

     SEC. 107. CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION PROGRAM.

       There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
     year 1999 the amount of $780,150,000 for--
       (1) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions 
     in accordance with section 1412 of the Department of Defense 
     Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521); and
       (2) the destruction of chemical warfare material of the 
     United States that is not covered by section 1412 of such 
     Act.

     SEC. 108. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAMS.

       Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
     year 1999 for the Department of Defense for procurement for 
     carrying out health care programs, projects, and activities 
     of the Department of Defense in the total amount of 
     $402,387,000.

     SEC. 109. DEFENSE EXPORT LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM.

       Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
     year 1999 for the Department of Defense for carrying out the 
     Defense Export Loan Guarantee Program under section 2540 of 
     title 10, United States Code, in the total amount of 
     $1,250,000.

                       Subtitle B--Army Programs

     SEC. 111. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR LONGBOW 
                   HELLFIRE MISSILE PROGRAM.

       Beginning with the fiscal year 1999 program year, the 
     Secretary of the Army may, in accordance with section 2306b 
     of title 10, United States Code, enter into a multiyear 
     procurement contract for the procurement of the Longbow 
     Hellfire missile. The contract may be for a term of five 
     years.

     SEC. 112. CONDITION FOR AWARD OF MORE THAN ONE MULTIYEAR 
                   CONTRACT FOR THE FAMILY OF MEDIUM TACTICAL 
                   VEHICLES.

       Before awarding a multiyear procurement contract for the 
     production of the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles to more 
     than one contractor under the authority of section 112(b) of 
     the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 
     (Public Law 105-85; 111 Stat. 1648), the Secretary of the 
     Army shall certify in writing to the congressional defense 
     committees that--
       (1) the total quantity of Family of Medium Tactical 
     Vehicles trucks required by the Army to be delivered in any 
     12-month period exceeds the production capacity of any single 
     prime contractor; or
       (2)(A) the total cost of the procurements to the Army under 
     all such contracts over the period of the contracts will be 
     the same as or lower than the amount that would be the total 
     cost of the procurements if only one such contract were 
     awarded; and
       (B) the vehicles to be produced by all contractors under 
     the contracts will be produced with common components that 
     will be interchangeable among similarly configured models.

     SEC. 113. ARMORED SYSTEM MODERNIZATION.

       (a) Limitation.--Of the funds authorized to be appropriated 
     under section 101(3), $20,300,000 of the funds available for 
     the M1A1D Application Integration Kit may not be obligated 
     for the procurement of the Kit until 30 days after the 
     Secretary of the Army submits the report required under 
     subsection (b).
       (b) Report.--Not later than January 31, 1999, the Secretary 
     of the Army shall submit a report on armored system 
     modernization to the congressional defense committees. The 
     report shall contain an assessment of the current acquisition 
     and fielding strategies for the M1A2 Abrams Tank and M2A3 
     Bradley Fighting Vehicle and an assessment of alternatives to 
     those strategies. The report shall specifically include an 
     assessment of an alternative fielding strategy that provides 
     for placing all of the armored vehicles configured in the 
     latest variant into one heavy corps. The assessment of each 
     alternative strategy shall include the following:
       (1) The relative effects on warfighting capabilities in 
     terms of operational effectiveness and training and support 
     efficiencies, taking into consideration the joint warfighting 
     context.
       (2) How the alternative strategy would facilitate the 
     transition to the Future Scout and Cavalry System, the Future 
     Combat System, or other armored systems for the future force 
     structure known as the Army After Next.
       (3) How the alternative strategy fits into the context of 
     overall armored system modernization through 2020.
       (4) Budgetary implications.
       (5) Implications for the national technology and industrial 
     base.

     SEC. 114. REACTIVE ARMOR TILES.

       (a) Limitation.--None of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated under section 101(3) or 102(b) may be obligated 
     for the procurement of reactive armor tiles until 30 days 
     after the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to 
     the congressional defense committees the study required by 
     subsection (c).
       (b) Exception.--The limitation in subsection (a) does not 
     apply to the obligation of any funds for the procurement of 
     armor tiles for an armored vehicle for which the Secretary of 
     the Army or, in the case of the Marine Corps, the Secretary 
     of the Navy, had established a requirement for such tiles 
     before the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (c) Study Required.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall 
     contract with an entity independent of the Department of 
     Defense to conduct a study of the present and future 
     operational requirements of the Army and the Marine Corps for 
     reactive armor tiles for armored vehicles and to submit to 
     the Secretary a report on the results of the study.
       (2) The study shall include the following:
       (A) A detailed assessment of the operational requirements 
     of the Army and the Marine Corps for reactive armor tiles for 
     each of the armored vehicles presently in use, including the 
     requirements for each vehicle in its existing configurations 
     and in configurations proposed for the vehicle.
       (B) For each armored vehicle, an analysis of the costs and 
     benefits of the procurement and installation of the tiles, 
     including a comparison of those costs and benefits with the 
     costs and benefits of any existing upgrade program for the 
     armored vehicle.
       (3) The entity carrying out the study shall request the 
     views of the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the 
     Navy.
       (d) Submission to Congress.--Not later than April 1, 1999, 
     the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees--
       (1) the report on the study;
       (2) the comments of the Secretary of the Army and the 
     Secretary of the Navy on the study; and
       (3) for each vehicle for which it is determined that a 
     requirement for reactive armor tiles exists, the Secretary's 
     recommendations as to the number of vehicles to be equipped 
     with the tiles.

     SEC. 115. ANNUAL REPORTING OF COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH TRAVEL OF 
                   MEMBERS OF CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION CITIZENS' 
                   ADVISORY COMMISSION.

       (a) Information To Be Included in Annual Report on Chemical 
     Demilitarization Program.--Section 1412(g)(2) of the 
     Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 
     1521(g)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(C) An accounting of all funds expended (for the fiscal 
     year covered by the report) for travel and associated travel 
     costs for Citizens' Advisory Commissioners under section 
     172(g) of Public Law 102-484 (50 U.S.C. 1521 note).''.
       (b) Technical Amendment.--Section 1412(g) of section 1412 
     of such Act is amended by striking out ``(g) Periodic 
     Reports.--''

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     and inserting in lieu thereof ``(g) Annual Report.--''.

     SEC. 116. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT ARMAMENT 
                   RETOOLING AND MANUFACTURING SUPPORT INITIATIVE.

       Section 193(a) of the Armament Retooling and Manufacturing 
     Support Act of 1992 (subtitle H of title I of Public Law 102-
     484; 10 U.S.C. 2501 note) is amended by striking out ``During 
     fiscal years 1993 through 1998'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``During fiscal years 1993 through 1999''.

     SEC. 117. ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR DESTRUCTION OF 
                   ASSEMBLED CHEMICAL WEAPONS.

       (a) Program Management.--The program manager for the 
     Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment shall continue to 
     manage the development and testing (including demonstration 
     and pilot-scale testing) of technologies for the destruction 
     of lethal chemical munitions that are potential or 
     demonstrated alternatives to incineration. In performing such 
     function, the program manager shall act independently of the 
     program manager for the baseline chemical demilitarization 
     program and shall report to the Under Secretary of Defense 
     for Acquisition and Technology.
       (b) Post-Demonstration Activities.--(1) The program manager 
     for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment may undertake 
     the activities that are necessary to ensure that an 
     alternative technology for the destruction of lethal chemical 
     munitions can be implemented immediately after--
       (A) the technology has been demonstrated successful; and
       (B) the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
     Technology has submitted a report on the demonstration to 
     Congress.
       (2) To prepare for the immediate implementation of any such 
     technology, the program manager may, during fiscal years 1998 
     and 1999, take the following actions:
       (A) Establish program requirements.
       (B) Prepare procurement documentation.
       (C) Develop environmental documentation.
       (D) Identify and prepare to meet public outreach and public 
     participation requirements.
       (E) Prepare to award a contract for the design, 
     construction, and operation of a pilot facility for the 
     technology to the provider team for the technology not later 
     than June 1, 1999.
       (c) Independent Evaluation.--The Under Secretary of Defense 
     for Acquisition and Technology shall provide for two 
     evaluations of the cost and schedule of the Assembled 
     Chemical Weapons Assessment to be performed, and for each 
     such evaluation to be submitted to the Under Secretary, not 
     later than September 30, 1999. One of the evaluations shall 
     be performed by a nongovernmental organization qualified to 
     make such an evaluation, and the other evaluation shall be 
     performed separately by the Cost Analysis Improvement Group 
     of the Department of Defense.
       (d) Pilot Facilities Contracts.--(1) The Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Acquisition and Technology shall determine 
     whether to proceed with pilot-scale testing of a technology 
     referred to in paragraph (2) in time to award a contract for 
     the design, construction, and operation of a pilot facility 
     for the technology to the provider team for the technology 
     not later than December 30, 1999. If the Under Secretary 
     determines to proceed with such testing, the Under Secretary 
     shall (exercising the acquisition authority of the Secretary 
     of Defense) so award a contract not later than such date.
       (2) Paragraph (1) applies to an alternative technology for 
     the destruction of lethal chemical munitions, other than 
     incineration, that the Under Secretary--
       (A) certifies in writing to Congress is--
       (i) as safe and cost effective for disposing of assembled 
     chemical munitions as is incineration of such munitions; and
       (ii) is capable of completing the destruction of such 
     munitions on or before the later of the date by which the 
     destruction of the munitions would be completed if 
     incineration were used or the deadline date for completing 
     the destruction of the munitions under the Chemical Weapons 
     Convention; and
       (B) determines as satisfying the Federal and State 
     environmental and safety laws that are applicable to the use 
     of the technology and to the design, construction, and 
     operation of a pilot facility for use of the technology.
       (3) The Under Secretary shall consult with the National 
     Research Council in making determinations and certifications 
     for the purpose of paragraph (2).
       (4) In this subsection, the term ``Chemical Weapons 
     Convention'' means the Convention on the Prohibition of 
     Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical 
     Weapons and on their Destruction, opened for signature on 
     January 13, 1993, together with related annexes and 
     associated documents.
       (e) Funding.--(1) Of the total amount authorized to be 
     appropriated under section 107, $18,000,000 shall be 
     available for the program manager for the Assembled Chemical 
     Weapons Assessment for the following:
       (A) Demonstrations of alternative technologies under the 
     Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment.
       (B) Planning and preparation to proceed from demonstration 
     of an alternative technology immediately into the development 
     of a pilot-scale facility for the technology, including 
     planning and preparation for--
       (i) continued development of the technology leading to 
     deployment of the technology for use;
       (ii) satisfaction of requirements for environmental 
     permits;
       (iii) demonstration, testing, and evaluation;
       (iv) initiation of actions to design a pilot plant;
       (v) provision of support at the field office or depot level 
     for deployment of the technology for use; and
       (vi) educational outreach to the public to engender support 
     for the deployment.
       (C) The independent evaluation of cost and schedule 
     required under subsection (c).
       (2) Funds authorized to be appropriated under section 
     107(1) are authorized to be used for awarding contracts in 
     accordance with subsection (d) and for taking any other 
     action authorized in this section.
       (f) Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment'' 
     means the pilot program carried out under section 8065 of the 
     Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997 (section 
     101(b) of Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-101; 50 U.S.C. 
     1521 note).

                       Subtitle C--Navy Programs

     SEC. 121. CVN-77 NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER PROGRAM.

       Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under section 
     102(a)(3) for fiscal year 1999, $124,500,000 is available for 
     the advance procurement and advance construction of 
     components (including nuclear components) for the CVN-77 
     nuclear aircraft carrier program.

     SEC. 122. INCREASED AMOUNT TO BE EXCLUDED FROM COST 
                   LIMITATION FOR SEAWOLF SUBMARINE PROGRAM.

       Section 123(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85; 111 Stat. 1650) is 
     amended by striking out ``$272,400,000'' and inserting in 
     lieu thereof ``$557,600,000''.

     SEC. 123. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE MEDIUM 
                   TACTICAL VEHICLE REPLACEMENT.

       Beginning with the fiscal year 1999 program year, the 
     Secretary of the Navy may, in accordance with section 2306b 
     of title 10, United States Code, enter into a multiyear 
     procurement contract for the procurement of the Medium 
     Tactical Vehicle Replacement. The contract may be for a term 
     of five years.

     SEC. 124. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN 
                   AIRCRAFT PROGRAMS.

       Beginning with the fiscal year 1999 program year, the 
     Secretary of the Navy may, in accordance with section 2306b 
     of title 10, United States Code, enter into multiyear 
     contracts for the procurement of the following aircraft:
       (1) The AV-8B aircraft.
       (2) The E-2C aircraft.
       (3) The T-45 aircraft.

                     Subtitle D--Air Force Programs

     SEC. 131. JOINT SURVEILLANCE TARGET ATTACK RADAR SYSTEM.

       (a) Amount for Follow-On Options.--Of the amount authorized 
     to be appropriated under section 103(1) for the Joint 
     Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) program, 
     $72,000,000 is available for funding the following options:
       (1) Advance procurement of long-lead items for two 
     additional E-8C JSTARS aircraft.
       (2) Payment of expenses associated with termination of 
     production of JSTARS aircraft, together with augmentation of 
     other funding for the program for development of an improved 
     joint surveillance target attack radar, known as the radar 
     technology insertion program.
       (b) Limitation.--None of the funds available in accordance 
     with subsection (a) for funding an option described in that 
     subsection may be obligated until 30 days after the date on 
     which the Secretary of Defense submits to Congress a plan for 
     using the funds. The plan shall specify the option selected, 
     the reasons for the selection of that option, and details 
     about how the funds are to be used for that option.

     SEC. 132. LIMITATION ON REPLACEMENT OF ENGINES ON MILITARY 
                   AIRCRAFT DERIVED FROM BOEING 707 AIRCRAFT.

       None of the funds authorized to be appropriated under this 
     title may be obligated or expended for the replacement of 
     engines on aircraft of the Department of Defense that are 
     derived from the Boeing 707 aircraft until the Secretary of 
     Defense has submitted the analysis required by section 133 of 
     the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 
     (Public Law 105-85; 111 Stat. 1652).

     SEC. 133. F-22 AIRCRAFT PROGRAM.

       (a) Limitation on Advance Procurement.--(1) 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 date that is applicable under 
     paragraph (2) or (3).
       (2) The applicable date for the purposes of paragraph (1) 
     is the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits a 
     certification under subsection (b)(1) unless the Secretary 
     submits a report under subsection (b)(2).
       (3) If the Secretary submits a report under subsection 
     (b)(2), the applicable date for the purposes of paragraph (1) 
     is the later of--
       (A) the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits the 
     report; or
       (B) the date on which the Director of Operational Test and 
     Evaluation submits the certification required under 
     subsection (c).

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       (b) Certification by Secretary of Defense.--(1) Upon the 
     completion of 433 hours of flight testing of F-22 flight test 
     vehicles, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a certification of the 
     completion of that amount of flight testing. A certification 
     is not required under this paragraph if the Secretary submits 
     a report under paragraph (2).
       (2) If the Secretary determines that a number of hours of 
     flight testing of F-22 flight test vehicles less than 433 
     hours provides the Defense Acquisition Board with a 
     sufficient basis for deciding to proceed into production of 
     Lot II F-22 aircraft, the Secretary may submit a report to 
     the congressional defense committees upon the completion of 
     that lesser number of hours of flight testing. A report under 
     this paragraph shall contain the following:
       (A) A certification of the number of hours of flight 
     testing completed.
       (B) The reasons for the Secretary's determination that the 
     lesser number of hours is a sufficient basis for a decision 
     by the board.
       (C) A discussion of the extent to which the Secretary's 
     determination is consistent with each decision made by the 
     Defense Acquisition Board since January 1997 in the case of a 
     major aircraft acquisition program that the amount of flight 
     testing completed for the program was sufficient or not 
     sufficient to justify a decision to proceed into low-rate 
     initial production.
       (D) A determination by the Secretary that it is more 
     financially advantageous for the Department to proceed into 
     production of Lot II F-22 aircraft than to delay production 
     until completion of 433 hours of flight testing, together 
     with the reasons for that determination.
       (c) Certification by the Director of Operational Test and 
     Evaluation.--Upon the completion of 183 hours of the flight 
     testing of F-22 flight test vehicles provided for in the test 
     and evaluation master plan for the F-22 aircraft program, as 
     in effect on October 1, 1997, the Director of Operational 
     Test and Evaluation shall submit to the congressional defense 
     committees a certification of the completion of that flight 
     testing.

     SEC. 134. C-130J AIRCRAFT PROGRAM.

       Not later than March 1, 1999, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall review the C-130J aircraft program and submit a report 
     on the program to the congressional defense committees. The 
     report shall include at least the following:
       (1) A discussion of the testing planned and the testing 
     conducted under the program, including--
       (A) the testing schedule intended at the beginning of the 
     program;
       (B) the testing schedule as of when the testing commenced; 
     and
       (C) an explanation of the time taken for the testing.
       (2) The cost and schedule of the program, including--
       (A) whether the Department has exercised or plans to 
     exercise contract options for fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 
     and 1999;
       (B) when the Department expects the aircraft to be 
     delivered and how the delivery dates compare to the delivery 
     dates specified in the contract;
       (C) whether the Department expects to make any modification 
     to the negotiated contract price for these aircraft, and the 
     amount and basis for any such modification; and
       (D) whether the Department expects the reported delays and 
     overruns in the development of the aircraft to have any other 
     impact on the cost, schedule, or performance of the aircraft.

         TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

              Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

     SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
     year 1999 for the use of the Department of Defense for 
     research, development, test, and evaluation as follows:
       (1) For the Army, $4,838,145,000.
       (2) For the Navy, $8,219,997,000.
       (3) For the Air Force, $13,673,993,000.
       (4) For Defense-wide activities, $9,583,822,000, of which--
       (A) $249,106,000 is authorized for the activities of the 
     Director, Test and Evaluation; and
       (B) $25,245,000 is authorized for the Director of 
     Operational Test and Evaluation.

     SEC. 202. AMOUNT FOR BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH.

       (a) Fiscal Year 1999.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated by section 201, $4,186,817,000 shall be 
     available for basic research and applied research projects.
       (b) Basic Research and Applied Research Defined.--For 
     purposes of this section, the term ``basic research and 
     applied research'' means work funded in program elements for 
     defense research and development under Department of Defense 
     category 6.1 or 6.2.

    Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations

     SEC. 211. CRUSADER SELF-PROPELLED ARTILLERY SYSTEM PROGRAM.

       (a) Limitation.--Of the amount authorized to be 
     appropriated for the Army pursuant to section 201(1), not 
     more than $223,000,000 may be obligated for the Crusader 
     self-propelled artillery system program until 30 days after 
     the date on which the Secretary of the Army submits the 
     report required under subsection (b).
       (b) Requirement for Report.--The Secretary of the Army 
     shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
     on the Crusader self-propelled artillery system. The report 
     shall include the following:
       (1) An assessment of the risks associated with the current 
     Crusader program technology.
       (2) The total requirements for the Crusader system, taking 
     into consideration revisions in force structure resulting 
     from the redesign of heavy and light divisions to achieve a 
     force structure known as the Army After Next.
       (3) The potential for reducing the weight of the Crusader 
     system by as much as 50 percent.
       (4) The potential for using alternative propellants for the 
     artillery projectile for the Crusader system and the effects 
     on the overall program schedule that would result from taking 
     the actions and time necessary to develop mature technologies 
     for alternative propellants.
       (5) An analysis of the costs and benefits of delaying 
     procurement of Crusader to avoid affordability issues 
     associated with the current schedule and to allow for 
     maturation of weight and propellant technologies.
       (c) Submission of Report.--The Secretary of the Army shall 
     submit the report not later than March 1, 1999.

     SEC. 212. CVN-77 NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER PROGRAM.

       (a) Amount for New Technologies.--Of the amounts authorized 
     to be appropriated under section 201(2) for aircraft carrier 
     system development, $50,000,000 shall be available only for 
     research, development, test, and evaluation, and for 
     acquisition, of technologies described in subsection (b) for 
     use in the CVN-77 nuclear aircraft carrier program.
       (b) Technologies.--The technologies for which amounts are 
     available under subsection (a) are technologies that are 
     designed--
       (1) for a transition from the CVN-77 aircraft carrier 
     program to the CV(X) aircraft carrier program; and
       (2) for--
       (A) demonstrating enhanced capabilities for the CV(X) 
     aircraft carrier program; or
       (B) mitigating the cost or technical risks of that program.

     SEC. 213. UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE PROGRAMS.

       (a) Termination of Dark Star Program.--The Secretary of 
     Defense shall terminate the Dark Star unmanned aerial vehicle 
     program. Except as provided in subsection (b), funds 
     available for that program may be obligated after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act only for costs necessary for 
     terminating the program.
       (b) Global Hawk Program.--Of the unobligated balance of the 
     funds available for the Dark Star unmanned aerial vehicle 
     program, $32,500,000 shall be available for the procurement 
     of three Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles. However, none 
     of the funds made available for the Global Hawk unmanned 
     aerial vehicle program under the preceding sentence may be 
     obligated or expended for that program until phase II testing 
     of the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle has been 
     completed.

     SEC. 214. AIRBORNE LASER PROGRAM.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The development plan of the Department of Defense for 
     the Airborne Laser Program does not include the basic 
     validation of certain key technologies until 2002, which is 
     shortly before the program is scheduled to enter the 
     engineering and manufacturing development phase of 
     development.
       (2) It is possible that the technical risk of the Airborne 
     Laser Program could be substantially reduced by restructuring 
     the program to include a technology demonstration using a low 
     power laser device to collect optical data in an 
     operationally representative environment.
       (3) Department of Defense officials are currently planning 
     to have expended approximately $1,300,000,000 on the Airborne 
     Laser Program by the end of fiscal year 2002, and a total of 
     $6,300,000,000 by the end of fiscal year 2008 for the 
     development of the system and the procurement of seven 
     airborne laser aircraft.
       (4) Due to the likely vulnerability of an airborne laser 
     system to air defense threats, the limited lethal range of 
     the laser device, and other operational limitations of the 
     system, the utility of the airborne laser system will be 
     severely restricted under a wide range of operational 
     scenarios.
       (b) Assessment of Technical and Operational Limitations.--
     The Secretary of Defense shall conduct an assessment of the 
     technical obstacles and operational shortcomings expected for 
     the Airborne Laser Program. In conducting the assessment, the 
     Secretary shall--
       (1) require the Panel on Reducing Risk in Ballistic Missile 
     Defense Test Programs to evaluate the adequacy of the test 
     program for the Airborne Laser Program; and
       (2) establish an independent team of persons from outside 
     the Department of Defense who are experts in relevant fields 
     to review the operational limitations and issues associated 
     with the Airborne Laser Program.
       (c) Report on Assessment.--Not later than March 15, 1999, 
     the Secretary shall submit a report on the assessment to 
     Congress. The report shall include the Secretary's findings 
     and any recommendations that the Secretary considers 
     appropriate.
       (d) Funding for Program.--Of the amount authorized to be 
     appropriated under section

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     201(3), $195,219,000 shall be available for the Airborne 
     Laser Program.
       (e) Limitation.--Of the amount made available pursuant to 
     subsection (d), not more than $150,000,000 may be obligated 
     until 30 days after the Secretary submits the report required 
     under subsection (c).

     SEC. 215. ENHANCED GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM PROGRAM.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Section 152(b) of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 103-160; 107 Stat. 1578) 
     prohibits the obligation of funds, after September 30, 2000, 
     to modify or procure any Department of Defense aircraft, 
     ship, armored vehicle, or indirect-fire weapon system that is 
     not equipped with a Global Positioning System receiver.
       (2) Section 279(b) of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104-106; 110 Stat. 243) 
     requires the Secretary of Defense to prepare a plan for 
     enhancing the Global Positioning System and to provide in 
     that plan for--
       (A) the development of capabilities to deny hostile 
     military forces the ability to use the Global Positioning 
     System without hindering the ability of United States 
     military forces and civil users to have access to and use of 
     the system; and
       (B) the development and acquisition of receivers for the 
     Global Positioning System and other techniques for weapons 
     and weapon systems that provide substantially improved 
     resistance to jamming and other forms of electronic 
     interference or disruption.
       (3) Section 2281 of title 10, United States Code, requires 
     the Secretary of Defense--
       (A) to develop appropriate measures for preventing hostile 
     use of the Global Positioning System so as to make it 
     unnecessary for the Secretary to use the selective 
     availability feature of the system continuously while not 
     hindering the use of the Global Positioning System by the 
     United States and its allies for military purposes;
       (B) to ensure that the Armed Forces of the United States 
     have the capability to use the Global Positioning System 
     effectively despite hostile attempts to prevent the use of 
     the system by such forces; and
       (C) to develop measures for preventing hostile use of the 
     Global Positioning System in a particular area without 
     hindering peaceful civil use of the system elsewhere.
       (b) Policy on Priority for Development of Enhanced GPS 
     System.--The development of an enhanced Global Positioning 
     System is an urgent national security priority.
       (c) Development Required.--To fulfill the requirements 
     described in subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall 
     develop an enhanced Global Positioning System in accordance 
     with the priority declared in subsection (b). The enhanced 
     Global Positioning System shall consist of the following 
     elements:
       (1) An evolved satellite system that includes dynamic 
     frequency reconfiguration and regional-level directional 
     signal enhancements.
       (2) Enhanced receivers and user equipment that are capable 
     of providing military users with direct access to encrypted 
     Global Positioning System signals.
       (3) To the extent funded by the Secretary of 
     Transportation, additional civil frequencies and other 
     enhancements for civil users.
       (d) Sense of Congress Regarding Funding.--It is the sense 
     of Congress that--
       (1) the Secretary of Defense should ensure that the future-
     years defense program provides for sufficient funding to 
     develop and deploy an enhanced Global Positioning System 
     system in accordance with the priority declared in subsection 
     (b); and
       (2) the Secretary of Transportation should provide 
     sufficient funding to support additional civil frequencies 
     for the Global Positioning System and other enhancements of 
     the system for civil users.
       (e) Plan for Development of Enhanced Global Positioning 
     System.--Not later than April 15, 1999, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall submit to Congress a plan for carrying out the 
     requirements of subsection (c).
       (f) Delayed Effective Date for Limitation on Procurement of 
     Systems Not GPS-Equipped.--Section 152(b) of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 
     103-160; 107 Stat. 1578) is amended by striking out ``2000'' 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``2005''.
       (g) Funding From Authorized Appropriations for Fiscal Year 
     1999.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under 
     section 201(3), $44,000,000 shall be available to establish 
     and carry out an enhanced Global Positioning System program.

     SEC. 216. MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.

       (a) Competition and Cost Sharing.--Subsection (d) of 
     section 2525 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     striking out paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) and inserting in 
     lieu thereof the following:
       ``(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), the costs of a 
     project carried out under the program shall be shared by the 
     Department of Defense and the other parties to the grant, 
     contract, cooperative agreement, or other transaction 
     involved if any results of the project are likely to have an 
     immediate and direct commercial application. The cost share--
       ``(A) in the case of a grant, contract, cooperative 
     agreement, or other transaction that is awarded using a 
     competitive selection process, shall be the cost share 
     proposed in the application or offer selected for the award; 
     or
       ``(B) in a case in which there is only one applicant or 
     offeror, shall be the cost share negotiated with the 
     applicant or offeror that provides the best value for the 
     Government.
       ``(3)(A) Cost-sharing is not required of the non-Federal 
     Government parties to a grant, contract, cooperative 
     agreement, or other transaction under paragraph (2) if the 
     project is determined as being sufficiently high risk to 
     discourage cost-sharing by non-Federal Government sources.
       ``(B) A determination under subparagraph (A) that cost-
     sharing is not required in the case of a particular grant, 
     contract, cooperative agreement or other transaction shall be 
     made by--
       ``(i) the Secretary of the military department awarding the 
     grant or entering into the contract, cooperative agreement, 
     or other transaction; or
       ``(ii) the Secretary of Defense for any other grant, 
     contract, cooperative agreement, or transaction.
       ``(C) The transaction file for a case in which cost-sharing 
     is determined as not being required shall include written 
     documentation of the reasons for the determination.''.
       (b) Five-Year Plan.--Subsection (e)(2) of such section is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(2) The plan shall include the following:
       ``(A) An assessment of the effectiveness of the program.
       ``(B) An assessment of the extent to which the costs of 
     projects are being shared by the following:
       ``(i) Commercial enterprises in the private sector.
       ``(ii) Department of Defense program offices, including 
     weapon system program offices.
       ``(iii) Departments and agencies of the Federal Government 
     outside the Department of Defense.
       ``(iv) Institutions of higher education.
       ``(v) Other institutions not operated for profit.
       ``(vi) Other sources.''.

     SEC. 217. AUTHORITY FOR USE OF MAJOR RANGE AND TEST FACILITY 
                   INSTALLATIONS BY COMMERCIAL ENTITIES.

       (a) Permanent Authority.--Subsection (g) of section 2681 of 
     title 10, United States Code, is repealed.
       (b) Repeal of Executed Reporting Requirement.--Subsection 
     (h) of such section is repealed.

     SEC. 218. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN 
                   PROTOTYPE PROJECTS.

       Section 845(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 103-160; 10 U.S.C. 2371 
     note) is amended by striking out ``September 30, 1999'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``September 30, 2001''.

     SEC. 219. NATO ALLIANCE GROUND SURVEILLANCE CONCEPT 
                   DEFINITION.

       Amounts authorized to be appropriated under subtitle A are 
     available for a NATO alliance ground surveillance concept 
     definition that is based on the Joint Surveillance Target 
     Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) Radar Technology Insertion 
     Program (RTIP) sensor of the United States, as follows:
       (1) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under 
     section 201(1), $6,400,000.
       (2) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under 
     section 201(3), $3,500,000.

     SEC. 220. NATO COMMON-FUNDED CIVIL BUDGET.

       Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 
     201(1), $750,000 shall be available for contributions for the 
     common-funded Civil Budget of NATO.

     SEC. 221. PERSIAN GULF ILLNESSES.

       (a) Additional Amount for Persian Gulf Illnesses.--The 
     total amount authorized to be appropriated under this title 
     for research and development relating to Persian Gulf 
     illnesses is the total amount authorized to be appropriated 
     for such purpose under the other provisions of this title 
     plus $10,000,000.
       (b) Reduced Amount for Army Commercial Operations and 
     Support Savings Program.--Of the amount authorized to be 
     appropriated under section 201(1), $23,600,000 shall be 
     available for the Army Commercial Operations and Support 
     Savings Program.

     SEC. 222. DOD/VA COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM.

       (a) Availability of Funds.--(1) The amount authorized to be 
     appropriated by section 201(4) is hereby increased by 
     $10,000,000.
       (2) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 
     201(4), as increased by paragraph (1), $10,000,000 shall be 
     available for the DOD/VA Cooperative Research Program.
       (b) Offset.--(1) The amount authorized to be appropriated 
     by section 201(2) is hereby decreased by $10,000,000.
       (2) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 
     201(2), as decreased by paragraph (1), not more than 
     $18,500,000 shall be available for the Commercial Operations 
     and Support Savings Program.
       (c) Executive Agent.--The Secretary of Defense, acting 
     through the Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and 
     the Naval Operational Medicine Institute, shall be the 
     executive agent for the utilization of the funds made 
     available by subsection (a).

     SEC. 223. LOW COST LAUNCH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

       Of the total amount authorized to be appropriated under 
     section 201(3), $5,000,000 is available for the Low Cost 
     Launch Development Program.

                       Subtitle C--Other Matters

     SEC. 231. POLICY WITH RESPECT TO BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE 
                   COOPERATION.

       As the United States proceeds with efforts to develop 
     defenses against ballistic missile

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     attack, it should seek to foster a climate of cooperation 
     with Russia on matters related to missile defense. In 
     particular, the United States and its NATO allies should seek 
     to cooperate with Russia in such areas as early warning.

     SEC. 232. REVIEW OF PHARMACOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS FOR 
                   REVERSING BRAIN INJURY.

       (a) Review and Report Required.--The Assistant Secretary of 
     Defense for Health Affairs shall review research on 
     pharmacological interventions for reversing brain injury and, 
     not later than March 31, 1999, submit a report on the results 
     of the review to Congress.
       (b) Content of Report.--The report shall include the 
     following:
       (1) The potential for pharmacological interventions for 
     reversing brain injury to reduce mortality and morbidity in 
     cases of head injuries incurred in combat or resulting from 
     exposures to chemical weapons or agents.
       (2) The potential utility of such interventions for the 
     Armed Forces.
       (3) A conclusion regarding whether funding for research on 
     such interventions should be included in the budget for the 
     Department of Defense for fiscal year 2000.

     SEC. 233. LANDMINES.

       (a) Availability of Funds.--(1) Of the amounts authorized 
     to be appropriated in section 201, $17,200,000 shall be 
     available for activities relating to the identification, 
     adaptation, modification, research, and development of 
     existing and new tactics, technologies, and operational 
     concepts that--
       (A) would provide a combat capability that is comparable to 
     the combat capability provided by anti-personnel landmines, 
     including anti-personnel landmines used in mixed mine 
     systems; and
       (B) comply with the Convention on the Prohibition of the 
     Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel 
     Mines and on Their Destruction.
       (2) The amount available under paragraph (1) shall be 
     derived as follows:
       (A) $12,500,000 shall be available from amounts authorized 
     to be appropriated by section 201(1).
       (B) $4,700,000 shall be available from amounts authorized 
     to be appropriated by section 201(4).
       (b) Studies.--(1) Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall enter 
     into a contract with each of two appropriate scientific 
     organizations for purposes of identifying existing and new 
     tactics, technologies, and concepts referred to in subsection 
     (a).
       (2) Each contract shall require the organization concerned 
     to submit a report to the Secretary and to Congress, not 
     later than one year after the execution of such contract, 
     describing the activities under such contract and including 
     recommendations with respect to the adaptation, modification, 
     and research and development of existing and new tactics, 
     technologies, and concepts identified under such contract.
       (3) Amounts available under subsection (a) shall be 
     available for purposes of the contracts under this 
     subsection.
       (c) Reports.--Not later than April 1 of each of 1999 
     through 2001, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report describing the progress made in 
     identifying and deploying tactics, technologies, and concepts 
     referred to in subsection (a).
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Anti-personnel landmine.--The term ``anti-personnel 
     landmine'' has the meaning given the term ``anti-personnel 
     mine'' in Article 2 of the Convention on the Prohibition of 
     the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-
     Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction.
       (2) Mixed mine system.--The term ``mixed mine system'' 
     includes any system in which an anti-vehicle landmine or 
     other munition is constructed with or used with one or more 
     anti-personnel landmines, but does not include an anti-
     handling device as that term is defined in Article 2 of the 
     Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, 
     Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their 
     Destruction.

                  TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

              Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

     SEC. 301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING.

       (a) Amounts Authorized.--Funds are hereby authorized to be 
     appropriated for fiscal year 1999 for the use of the Armed 
     Forces and other activities and agencies of the Department of 
     Defense for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
     operation and maintenance, in amounts as follows:
       (1) For the Army, $17,395,563,000.
       (2) For the Navy, $22,001,302,000.
       (3) For the Marine Corps, $2,621,703,000.
       (4) For the Air Force, $19,213,404,000.
       (5) For the Special Operations Command, $1,251,503,000.
       (6) For Defense-wide activities, $9,025,598,000.
       (7) For the Army Reserve, $1,217,622,000.
       (8) For the Naval Reserve, $943,639,000.
       (9) For the Marine Corps Reserve, $134,593,000.
       (10) For the Air Force Reserve, $1,759,696,000.
       (11) For the Army National Guard, $2,476,815,000.
       (12) For the Air National Guard, $3,113,933,000.
       (13) For the Defense Inspector General, $130,764,000.
       (14) For the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed 
     Forces, $7,324,000.
       (15) For Environmental Restoration, Army, $370,640,000.
       (16) For Environmental Restoration, Navy, $274,600,000.
       (17) For Environmental Restoration, Air Force, 
     $372,100,000.
       (18) For Environmental Restoration, Defense-wide, 
     $23,091,000.
       (19) For Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense 
     Sites, $195,000,000.
       (20) For Overseas Humanitarian, Demining, and CINC 
     Initiatives, $50,000,000.
       (21) For Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug Activities, 
     Defense-wide, $727,582,000.
       (22) For the Kaho'olawe Island Conveyance, Remediation, and 
     Environmental Restoration Trust Fund, $15,000,000.
       (23) For Medical Programs, Defense, $9,653,435,000.
       (24) For Cooperative Threat Reduction programs, 
     $440,400,000.
       (25) For Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund, 
     $746,900,000.
       (26) For Impact Aid, $35,000,000.
       (b) General Limitation.--Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) 
     through (25) of subsection (a), the total amount authorized 
     to be appropriated for fiscal year 1999 under those 
     paragraphs is $93,875,207,000.

     SEC. 302. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS.

       Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
     year 1999 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
     activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 
     providing capital for working capital and revolving funds in 
     amounts as follows:
       (1) For the Defense Working Capital Funds, Air Force, 
     $30,800,000.
       (2) For Defense Working-Capital Fund, Defense-wide, 
     $63,700,000.
       (3) For the National Defense Sealift Fund, $669,566,000.

     SEC. 303. ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME.

       There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
     year 1999 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund 
     the sum of $70,745,000 for the operation of the Armed Forces 
     Retirement Home, including the United States Soldiers' and 
     Airmen's Home and the Naval Home.

     SEC. 304. TRANSFER FROM THE NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE 
                   TRANSACTION FUND.

       (a) Transfer Authority.--To the extent provided in 
     appropriations Acts, not more than $150,000,000 is authorized 
     to be transferred from the National Defense Stockpile 
     Transaction Fund to operation and maintenance accounts for 
     fiscal year 1999 in amounts as follows:
       (1) For the Army, $50,000,000.
       (2) For the Navy, $50,000,000.
       (3) For the Air Force, $50,000,000.
       (b) Treatment of Transfers.--Amounts transferred under this 
     section--
       (1) shall be merged with, and be available for the same 
     purposes and the same period as, the amounts in the accounts 
     to which transferred; and
       (2) may not be expended for an item that has been denied 
     authorization of appropriations by Congress.
       (c) Relationship to Other Transfer Authority.--The transfer 
     authority provided in this section is in addition to the 
     transfer authority provided in section 1001.

    Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations

     SEC. 311. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND COUNTERPROLIFERATION AND 
                   COUNTERTERRORISM ACTIVITIES.

       Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under section 
     301(a)(5), the $18,500,000 available for the Special 
     Operations Command that is not needed for the operation of 
     six of the patrol coastal craft of the Department of Defense 
     in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean in support of 
     the drug interdiction efforts of the United States Southern 
     Command by reason of section 331 shall be available for 
     increased training and related operations in support of that 
     command's counterproliferation of weapons of mass destruction 
     and the command's counterterrorism activities. The amount 
     available under the preceding sentence is in addition to 
     other funds authorized to be appropriated under section 
     301(a)(5) for the Special Operations Command for such 
     purposes.

     SEC. 312. TAGGING SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFICATION OF HYDROCARBON 
                   FUELS USED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) Authority To Conduct Pilot Program.--The Secretary of 
     Defense may conduct a pilot program using existing technology 
     to determine--
       (1) the feasibility of tagging hydrocarbon fuels used by 
     the Department of Defense for the purposes of analyzing and 
     identifying such fuels;
       (2) the deterrent effect of such tagging on the theft and 
     misuse of fuels purchased by the Department; and
       (3) the extent to which such tagging assists in determining 
     the source of surface and underground pollution in locations 
     having separate fuel storage facilities of the Department and 
     of civilian companies.
       (b) System Elements.--The tagging system under the pilot 
     program shall have the following characteristics:
       (1) The tagging system does not harm the environment.
       (2) Each chemical used in the tagging system is--

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       (A) approved for use under the Toxic Substances Control Act 
     (15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.); and
       (B) substantially similar to the fuel to which added, as 
     determined in accordance with criteria established by the 
     Environmental Protection Agency for the introduction of 
     additives into hydrocarbon fuels.
       (3) The tagging system permits a determination if a tag is 
     present and a determination if the concentration of a tag has 
     changed in order to facilitate identification of tagged fuels 
     and detection of dilution of tagged fuels.
       (4) The tagging system does not impair or degrade the 
     suitability of tagged fuels for their intended use.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 30 days after the completion of 
     the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
     report setting forth the results of the pilot program and 
     including any recommendations for legislation relating to the 
     tagging of hydrocarbon fuels by the Department that the 
     Secretary considers appropriate.
       (d) Funding.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated 
     under section 301(a)(6) for operation and maintenance for 
     defense-wide activities, not more than $5,000,000 shall be 
     available for the pilot program.

     SEC. 313. PILOT PROGRAM FOR ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF LANDING 
                   FEES CHARGED FOR USE OF DOMESTIC MILITARY 
                   AIRFIELDS BY CIVIL AIRCRAFT.

       (a) Pilot Program Authorized.--The Secretary of each 
     military department may carry out a pilot program to 
     demonstrate the use of landing fees as a source of funding 
     for the operation and maintenance of airfields of the 
     department.
       (b) Imposition of Landing Fees.--Under a pilot program 
     carried out under this section, the Secretary of a military 
     department may prescribe and impose landing fees for use of 
     any military airfield of the department in the United States 
     by civil aircraft during fiscal years 1999 and 2000. No fee 
     may be charged under the pilot program for a landing after 
     September 30, 2000.
       (c) Use of Proceeds.--Amounts received for a fiscal year in 
     payment of landing fees imposed under the pilot program for 
     use of a military airfield shall be credited to the 
     appropriation that is available for that fiscal year for the 
     operation and maintenance of the military airfield, shall be 
     merged with amounts in the appropriation to which credited, 
     and shall be available for that military airfield for the 
     same period and purposes as the appropriation is available.
       (d) Report.--Not later than March 31, 2000, the Secretary 
     of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the pilot 
     programs carried out under this section by the Secretaries of 
     the military departments. The report shall specify the 
     amounts of fees received and retained by each military 
     department under the pilot program as of December 31, 1999.

     SEC. 314. NATO COMMON-FUNDED MILITARY BUDGET.

       Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 
     30(a)(1), $227,377,000 shall be available for contributions 
     for the common-funded Military Budget of NATO.

                  Subtitle C--Environmental Provisions

     SEC. 321. TRANSPORTATION OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS FROM 
                   ABROAD FOR DISPOSAL IN THE UNITED STATES.

       (a) Authority.--Chapter 157 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 2646. Transportation of polychlorinated biphenyls from 
       abroad; disposal

       ``(a) Authority To Transport.--(1) Subject to paragraph 
     (2), the Secretary of the Defense and the Secretaries of the 
     military departments may provide for the transportation into 
     the customs territory of the United States of polychlorinated 
     biphenyls generated by or under the control of the Department 
     of Defense for purposes of their disposal, treatment, or 
     storage in the customs territory of the United States.
       ``(2) Polychlorinated biphenyls may be transported into the 
     customs territory of the United States under paragraph (1) 
     only if the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency determines that the transportation will not result in 
     an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment.
       ``(b) Disposal.--(1) The disposal, treatment, and storage 
     of polychlorinated biphenyls transported into the customs 
     territory of the United States under subsection (a) shall be 
     governed by the provisions of the Toxic Substances Control 
     Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.).
       ``(2) A chemical waste landfill may not be used for the 
     disposal, treatment, or storage of polychlorinated biphenyls 
     transported into the customs territory of the United States 
     under subsection (a) unless the landfill meets all of the 
     technical requirements specified in section 761.75(b)(3) of 
     title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the 
     date that was one year before the date of enactment of the 
     Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 1999.
       ``(c) Customs Territory of the United States Defined.--In 
     this section, the term `customs territory of the United 
     States' has the meaning given that term in General Note 2. of 
     the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of that chapter is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

``2646. Transportation of polychlorinated biphenyls from abroad; 
              disposal.''.

     SEC. 322. MODIFICATION OF DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS 
                   OF ANNUAL REPORTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES.

       Section 2706 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     striking out ``not later than 30 days'' each place it appears 
     in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``not later than 45 days''.

     SEC. 323. SUBMARINE SOLID WASTE CONTROL.

       (a) Solid Waste Discharge Requirements.--Subsection (c)(2) 
     of section 3 of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (33 
     U.S.C. 1902) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(iii) With regard to submersibles, non-plastic garbage 
     that has been compacted and weighted to ensure negative 
     buoyancy.''; and
       (2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking out ``subparagraph 
     (A)(ii)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``clauses (ii) and 
     (iii) of subparagraph (A)''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (e)(3)(A) of that 
     section is amended by striking out ``garbage that contains 
     more than the minimum amount practicable of''.

     SEC. 324. PAYMENT OF STIPULATED PENALTIES ASSESSED UNDER 
                   CERCLA.

       The Secretary of Defense may pay, from amounts in the 
     Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990 established 
     by section 2906(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure and 
     Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 
     101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note), not more than $15,000 as 
     payment of pay stipulated civil penalties assessed under the 
     Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
     Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) against 
     McClellan Air Force Base, California.

     SEC. 325. AUTHORITY TO PAY NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT FOR 
                   ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP OF FORMERLY USED DEFENSE 
                   SITES IN CANADA.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings with 
     respect to the authorization of payment of settlement with 
     Canada in subsection (b) regarding environmental cleanup at 
     formerly used defense sites in Canada:
       (1) A unique and longstanding national security alliance 
     exists between the United States and Canada.
       (2) The sites covered by the settlement were formerly used 
     by the United States and Canada for their mutual defense.
       (3) There is no formal treaty or international agreement 
     between the United States and Canada regarding the 
     environmental cleanup of the sites.
       (4) Environmental contamination at some of the sites could 
     pose a substantial risk to the health and safety of the 
     United States citizens residing in States near the border 
     between the United States and Canada.
       (5) The United States and Canada reached a negotiated 
     agreement for an ex-gratia reimbursement of Canada in full 
     satisfaction of claims of Canada relating to environmental 
     contamination which agreement was embodied in an exchange of 
     Notes between the Government of the United States and the 
     Government of Canada.
       (6) There is a unique factual basis for authorizing a 
     reimbursement of Canada for environmental cleanup at sites in 
     Canada after the United States departure from such sites.
       (7) The basis for and authorization of such reimbursement 
     does not extend to similar claims by other nations.
       (8) The Government of Canada is committed to spending the 
     entire $100,000,000 of the reimbursement authorized in 
     subsection (b) in the United States, which will benefit 
     United States industry and United States workers.
       (b) Authority To Make Payments.--(1) Subject to paragraph 
     (3), the Secretary of Defense may, using funds specified 
     under subsection (c), make a payment described in paragraph 
     (2) in each of fiscal years 1999 through 2008 for purposes of 
     the ex-gratia reimbursement of Canada in full satisfaction of 
     any and all claims asserted against the United States by 
     Canada for environmental cleanup of sites in Canada that were 
     formerly used for the mutual defense of the United States and 
     Canada.
       (2) A payment referred to in paragraph (1) is a payment of 
     $10,000,000, in constant fiscal year 1996 dollars, into the 
     Foreign Military Sales Trust Account for purposes of Canada.
       (3) A payment may be made under paragraph (1) in any fiscal 
     year after fiscal year 1999 only if the Secretary of Defense 
     submits to Congress with the budget for such fiscal year 
     under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, evidence 
     that the cumulative amount expended by the Government of 
     Canada for environmental cleanup activities in Canada during 
     any fiscal years before such fiscal year in which a payment 
     under that paragraph was authorized was an amount equal to or 
     greater than the aggregate amount of the payments under that 
     paragraph during such fiscal years.
       (c) Source of Funds.--A payment may be made under 
     subsection (b) in a fiscal year from amounts appropriated 
     pursuant to the authorization of appropriations for the 
     Department of Defense for such fiscal year for Operation and 
     Maintenance, Defense-Wide.

     SEC. 326. SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS FOR 
                   ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP OF OVERSEAS SITES 
                   FORMERLY USED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) Notice of Negotiations.--The President shall notify 
     Congress before entering

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     into any negotiations for the ex-gratia settlement of the 
     claims of a government of another country against the United 
     States for environmental cleanup of sites in that country 
     that were formerly used by the Department of Defense.
       (b) Authorization Required for Use Funds for Payment of 
     Settlement.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
     funds may be utilized for any payment under an ex-gratia 
     settlement of any claims described in subsection (a) unless 
     the use of the funds for that purpose is specifically 
     authorized by law, treaty, or international agreement.

     SEC. 327. ARCTIC MILITARY ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION PROGRAM.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The Secretary of Defense has developed a program to 
     address environmental matters relating to the military 
     activities of the Department of Defense in the Arctic region. 
     The program is known as the ``Arctic Military Environmental 
     Cooperation Program''.
       (2) The Secretary has carried out the Arctic Military 
     Environmental Cooperation Program using funds appropriated 
     for Cooperative Threat Reduction programs.
       (b) Activities Under Program.--(1) Subject to paragraph 
     (2), activities under the Arctic Military Environmental 
     Cooperation Program shall include cooperative activities on 
     environmental matters in the Arctic region with the military 
     departments and agencies of other countries, including the 
     Russian Federation.
       (2) Activities under the Arctic Military Environmental 
     Cooperation Program may not include any activities for 
     purposes for which funds for Cooperative Threat Reduction 
     programs have been denied, including the purposes for which 
     funds were denied by section 1503 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104-201; 
     110 Stat. 2732).
       (c) Availability of Fiscal Year 1999 Funds.--(1) Of the 
     amount authorized to be appropriated by section 301(a)(6), 
     $4,000,000 shall be available for carrying out the Arctic 
     Military Environmental Program.
       (2) Amounts available for the Arctic Military Environmental 
     Cooperation Program under paragraph (1) may not be obligated 
     or expended for that Program until 45 days after the date on 
     which the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional 
     defense committees a plan for the Program under paragraph 
     (3).
       (3) The plan for the Arctic Military Environmental 
     Cooperation Program under this paragraph shall include the 
     following:
       (A) A statement of the overall goals and objectives of the 
     Program.
       (B) A statement of the proposed activities under the 
     Program and the relationship of such activities to the 
     national security interests of the United States.
       (C) An assessment of the compatibility of the activities 
     set forth under subparagraph (B) with the purposes of the 
     Cooperative Threat Reduction programs of the Department of 
     Defense (including with any prohibitions and limitations 
     applicable to such programs).
       (D) An estimate of the funding to be required and requested 
     in future fiscal years for the activities set forth under 
     subparagraph (B).
       (E) A proposed termination date for the Program.

     SEC. 328. SENSE OF SENATE REGARDING OIL SPILL PREVENTION 
                   TRAINING FOR PERSONNEL ON BOARD NAVY VESSELS.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
       (1) There have been six significant oil spills in Puget 
     Sound, Washington, in 1998, five at Puget Sound Naval 
     Shipyard (including three from the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk, one 
     from the U.S.S. Carl Vinson, and one from the U.S.S. 
     Sacramento) and one at Naval Station Everett from the U.S.S. 
     Paul F. Foster.
       (2) Navy personnel on board vessels, and not shipyard 
     employees, were primarily responsible for a majority of these 
     oil spills at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
       (3) Oil spills have the potential to damage the local 
     environment, killing microscopic organisms, contributing to 
     air pollution, harming plants and marine animals, and 
     increasing overall pollution levels in Puget Sound.
       (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that 
     the Secretary of the Navy should take immediate action to 
     significantly reduce the risk of vessel oil spills, including 
     the minimization of fuel oil transfers, the assurance of 
     proper training and qualifications of all Naval personnel in 
     occupations that may contribute to or minimize the risk of 
     shipboard oil spills, and the improvement of liaison with 
     local authorities concerning oil spill prevention and 
     response activities.

                  Subtitle D--Counter-Drug Activities

     SEC. 331. PATROL COASTAL CRAFT FOR DRUG INTERDICTION BY 
                   SOUTHERN COMMAND.

       Of the funds authorized to be appropriated under section 
     301(a)(21), relating to drug interdiction and counter-drug 
     activities, $18,500,000 shall be available for the equipping 
     and operation of six of the Cyclone class coastal defense 
     ships of the Department of Defense in the Caribbean Sea and 
     Eastern Pacific Ocean in support of the drug interdiction 
     efforts of the United States Southern Command.

     SEC. 332. PROGRAM AUTHORITY FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT 
                   FOR COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES.

       (a) Extension of Authority.--Subsection (a) of section 1004 
     of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     1991 (10 U.S.C. 374 note) is amended by striking out 
     ``through 1999'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``through 
     2004''.
       (b) Bases and Facilities Support.--(1) Subsection (b)(4) of 
     such section is amended by inserting ``of the Department of 
     Defense or any Federal, State, local, or foreign law 
     enforcement agency'' after ``counter-drug activities''.
       (2) Section 1004 of such Act is further amended by adding 
     at the end the following:
       ``(h) Congressional Notification of Facilities Projects.--
     (1) Not later than 21 days before obligating funds for 
     beginning the work on a project described in paragraph (2), 
     the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a notification of the project, including 
     the scope and estimated total cost of the project.
       ``(2) Paragraph (1) applies to a project for the 
     modification or repair of a Department of Defense facility 
     for the purpose set forth in subsection (b)(4) that is 
     estimated to cost more than $500,000.''.

     SEC. 333. SOUTHWEST BORDER FENCE.

       (a) Limitation of Funding for Expansion.--None of the funds 
     authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense 
     by this Act may be used to expand the Southwest border fence 
     until the Secretary of Defense submits the report required by 
     subsection (b).
       (b) Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a report on the extent to 
     which the Southwest border fence has reduced the illegal 
     transportation of narcotics and other drugs into the United 
     States.
       (c) Southwest Border Fence Defined.--In this section, the 
     term ``Southwest border fence'' means the fence that was 
     constructed, at Department of Defense expense, along the 
     southwestern border of the United States for the purpose of 
     preventing or reducing the illegal transportation of 
     narcotics and other drugs into the United States.

     SEC. 334. REVISION AND CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY FOR FEDERAL 
                   SUPPORT OF NATIONAL GUARD DRUG INTERDICTION AND 
                   COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES.

       (a) Procurement of Equipment.--Subsection (a)(3) of section 
     112 of title 32, United States Code, is amended by striking 
     out ``and leasing of equipment'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``and equipment, and the leasing of equipment,''.
       (b) Training and Readiness.--Subsection (b)(2) of such 
     section is amended to read as follows:
       ``(2)(A) A member of the National Guard serving on full-
     time National Guard duty under orders authorized under 
     paragraph (1) shall participate in the training required 
     under section 502(a) of this title in addition to the duty 
     performed for the purpose authorized under that paragraph. 
     The pay, allowances, and other benefits of the member while 
     participating in the training shall be the same as those to 
     which the member is entitled while performing duty for the 
     purpose of carrying out drug interdiction and counter-drug 
     activities.
       ``(B) Appropriations available for the Department of 
     Defense for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities may 
     be used for paying costs associated with a member's 
     participation in training described in subparagraph (A). The 
     appropriation shall be reimbursed in full, out of 
     appropriations available for paying those costs, for the 
     amounts paid. Appropriations available for paying those costs 
     shall be available for making the reimbursements.''.
       (c) Assistance to Youth and Charitable Organizations.--
     Subsection (b)(3) of such section is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(2) A unit or member of the National Guard of a State may 
     be used, pursuant to a State drug interdiction and counter-
     drug activities plan approved by the Secretary of Defense 
     under this section, to provide services or other assistance 
     (other than air transportation) to an organization eligible 
     to receive services under section 508 of this title if--
       ``(A) the State drug interdiction and counter-drug 
     activities plan specifically recognizes the organization as 
     being eligible to receive the services or assistance;
       ``(B) in the case of services, the provision of the 
     services meets the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
     subsection (a) of section 508 of this title; and
       ``(C) the services or assistance is authorized under 
     subsection (b) or (c) of such section or in the State drug 
     interdiction and counter-drug activities plan.''.
       (d) Definition of Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug 
     Activities.--Subsection (i)(1) of such section is amended by 
     inserting after ``drug interdiction and counter-drug law 
     enforcement activities'' the following: ``, including drug 
     demand reduction activities,''.

     SEC. 335. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PRIORITY OF DRUG 
                   INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES.

       It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense 
     should revise the Global Military Force Policy of the 
     Department of Defense--
       (1) to treat the international drug interdiction and 
     counter-drug activities of the department as a military 
     operation other than war, thereby elevating the priority 
     given such activities under the policy to the next priority 
     below the priority given to war under the policy and to the 
     same priority as

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     is given to peacekeeping operations under the policy; and
       (2) to allocate the assets of the department to drug 
     interdiction and counter-drug activities in accordance with 
     the priority given those activities.

                       Subtitle E--Other Matters

     SEC. 341. LIQUIDITY OF WORKING-CAPITAL FUNDS.

       (a) Increased Cash Balances.--The Secretary of Defense 
     shall administer the working-capital funds of the Department 
     of Defense during fiscal year 1999 so as to ensure that the 
     total amount of the cash balances in such funds on September 
     30, 1999, exceeds the total amount of the cash balances in 
     such funds on September 30, 1998, by $1,300,000,000.
       (b) Actions Regarding Unbudgeted Losses and Gains.--(1) In 
     order to achieve the increase in cash balances in working-
     capital funds required under subsection (a), the Under 
     Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall--
       (A) assess surcharges on the rates charged to Department of 
     Defense activities for the performance of depot-level 
     maintenance and repair workloads for those activities in 
     fiscal year 1999 as necessary to recoup for the working-
     capital funds the amounts of any operational losses that are 
     incurred in the performance of those workloads in excess of 
     the amounts of the losses that are budgeted for fiscal year 
     1999; and
       (B) return to Department of Defense activities any amounts 
     that--
       (i) are realized for the working-capital funds for depot-
     level maintenance and repair workloads in excess of the 
     estimated revenues budgeted for the performance of those 
     workloads that originate in those activities; and
       (ii) are not needed to achieve the required increase in 
     cash balances.
       (2) The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall 
     prescribe policies and procedures for carrying out paragraph 
     (1). The policies and procedures shall include a prohibition 
     on applying assessments of surcharges to a Department of 
     Defense activity more frequently than once every six months.
       (c) Waiver.--(1) The Secretary of Defense may waive the 
     requirements of this section upon certifying to Congress, in 
     writing, that the waiver is necessary to meet requirements 
     associated with--
       (A) a contingency operation (as defined in section 
     101(a)(13) of title 10, United States Code); or
       (B) an operation of the Armed Forces that commenced before 
     October 1, 1998, and continues during fiscal year 1999.
       (2) The waiver authority under paragraph (1) may not be 
     delegated to any official other than the Deputy Secretary of 
     Defense.
       (3) The waiver authority under paragraph (1) does not apply 
     to the limitation in subsection (d) or the limitation in 
     section 2208(l)(3) of title 10, United States Code (as added 
     by subsection (e)).
       (d) Fiscal Year 1999 Limitation on Advance Billings.--(1) 
     The total amount of the advance billings rendered or imposed 
     for the working-capital funds of the Department of Defense 
     and the Defense Business Operations Fund in fiscal year 
     1999--
       (A) for the Department of the Navy, may not exceed 
     $500,000,000; and
       (B) for the Department of the Air Force, may not exceed 
     $500,000,000.
       (2) In paragraph (1), the term ``advance billing'' has the 
     meaning given such term in section 2208(l) of title 10, 
     United States Code.
       (e) Permanent Limitation on Advance Billings.--(1) Section 
     2208(l) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
       (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
     paragraph (3):
       ``(3) The total amount of the advance billings rendered or 
     imposed for all working-capital funds of the Department of 
     Defense in a fiscal year may not exceed $1,000,000,000.''.
       (2) Section 2208(l)(3) of such title, as added by paragraph 
     (1), applies to fiscal years after fiscal year 1999.
       (f) Semiannual Report.--(1) The Under Secretary shall 
     submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and 
     the Committee on National Security of the House of 
     Representatives--
       (A) not later than May 1, 1999, a report on the 
     administration of this section for the 6-month period ending 
     on March 31, 1999; and
       (B) not later than November 1, 1999, a report on the 
     administration of this section for the 6-month period ending 
     on September 30, 1999.
       (2) Each report shall include, for the 6-month period 
     covered by the report, the following:
       (A) The profit and loss status of each working-capital fund 
     activity.
       (B) The actions taken by the Secretary of each military 
     department to use assessments of surcharges to correct for 
     unbudgeted losses and gains.

     SEC. 342. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY TO MANAGE WORKING-CAPITAL 
                   FUNDS AND CERTAIN ACTIVITIES THROUGH THE 
                   DEFENSE BUSINESS OPERATIONS FUND.

       (a) Revision of Certain DBOF Provisions and Reenactment To 
     Apply to Working-Capital Funds Generally.--Section 2208 of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
     the following:
       ``(m) Capital Asset Subaccounts.--Amounts charged for 
     depreciation of capital assets shall be credited to a 
     separate capital asset subaccount established within a 
     working-capital fund.
       ``(n) Separate Accounting, Reporting, and Auditing of Funds 
     and Activities.--The Secretary of Defense, with respect to 
     the working-capital funds of each Defense Agency, and the 
     Secretary of each military department, with respect to the 
     working-capital funds of the military department, shall 
     provide in accordance with this subsection for separate 
     accounting, reporting, and auditing of funds and activities 
     managed through the working-capital funds.
       ``(o) Charges for Goods and Services Provided Through the 
     Fund.--(1) Charges for goods and services provided for an 
     activity through a working-capital fund shall include the 
     following:
       ``(A) Amounts necessary to recover the full costs of the 
     goods and services provided for that activity.
       ``(B) Amounts for depreciation of capital assets, set in 
     accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
       ``(2) Charges for goods and services provided through a 
     working-capital fund may not include the following:
       ``(A) Amounts necessary to recover the costs of a military 
     construction project (as defined in section 2801(b) of this 
     title), other than a minor construction project financed by 
     the fund pursuant to section 2805(c)(1) of this title.
       ``(B) Amounts necessary to cover costs incurred in 
     connection with the closure or realignment of a military 
     installation.
       ``(C) Amounts necessary to recover the costs of functions 
     designated by the Secretary of Defense as mission critical, 
     such as ammunition handling safety, and amounts for ancillary 
     tasks not directly related to the mission of the function or 
     activity managed through the fund.
       ``(p) Procedures For Accumulation of Funds.--The Secretary 
     of Defense, with respect to each working-capital fund of a 
     Defense Agency, and the Secretary of a military department, 
     with respect to each working-capital fund of the military 
     department, shall establish billing procedures to ensure that 
     the balance in that working-capital fund does not exceed the 
     amount necessary to provide for the working-capital 
     requirements of that fund, as determined by the Secretary 
     concerned.
       ``(q) Annual Reports and Budget.--The Secretary of Defense, 
     with respect to each working-capital fund of a Defense 
     Agency, and the Secretary of each military department, with 
     respect to each working-capital fund of the military 
     department, shall annually submit to Congress, at the same 
     time that the President submits the budget under section 1105 
     of title 31, the following:
       ``(1) A detailed report that contains a statement of all 
     receipts and disbursements of the fund (including such a 
     statement for each subaccount of the fund) for the fiscal 
     year ending in the year preceding the year in which the 
     budget is submitted.
       ``(2) A detailed proposed budget for the operation of the 
     fund for the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted.
       ``(3) A comparison of the amounts actually expended for the 
     operation of the fund for the fiscal year referred to in 
     paragraph (1) with the amount proposed for the operation of 
     the fund for that fiscal year in the President's budget.
       ``(4) A report on the capital asset subaccount of the fund 
     that contains the following information:
       ``(A) The opening balance of the subaccount as of the 
     beginning of the fiscal year in which the report is 
     submitted.
       ``(B) The estimated amounts to be credited to the 
     subaccount in the fiscal year in which the report is 
     submitted.
       ``(C) The estimated amounts of outlays to be paid out of 
     the subaccount in the fiscal year in which the report is 
     submitted.
       ``(D) The estimated balance of the subaccount at the end of 
     the fiscal year in which the report is submitted.
       ``(E) A statement of how much of the estimated balance at 
     the end of the fiscal year in which the report is submitted 
     will be needed to pay outlays in the immediately following 
     fiscal year that are in excess of the amount to be credited 
     to the subaccount in the immediately following fiscal 
     year.''.
       (b) Repeal of Authority To Manage Through the Defense 
     Business Operations Fund.--(1) Section 2216a of title 10, 
     United States Code, is repealed.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 131 
     of such title is amended by striking out the item relating to 
     section 2216a.

     SEC. 343. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO RETAIN RECOVERED 
                   COSTS OF DISPOSALS IN WORKING-CAPITAL FUNDS.

       Section 2210(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     to read as follows:
       ``(a)(1) A working-capital fund established pursuant to 
     section 2208 of this title may retain so much of the proceeds 
     of disposals of property referred to in paragraph (2) as is 
     necessary to recover the expenses incurred by the fund in 
     disposing of such property. Proceeds from the sale or 
     disposal of such property in excess of amounts necessary to 
     recover the expenses may be credited to current applicable 
     appropriations of the Department of Defense.
       ``(2) Paragraph (1) applies to disposals of supplies, 
     material, equipment, and other personal property that were 
     not financed by stock funds established under section 2208 of 
     this title.''.

     SEC. 344. BEST COMMERCIAL INVENTORY PRACTICES FOR MANAGEMENT 
                   OF SECONDARY SUPPLY ITEMS.

       (a) Development and Submission of Schedule.--Not later than 
     180 days after the

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     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of each 
     military department shall develop and submit to Congress a 
     schedule for implementing within the military department, for 
     secondary supply items managed by that military department, 
     inventory practices identified by the Secretary as being the 
     best commercial inventory practices for the acquisition and 
     distribution of such supply items consistent with military 
     requirements. The schedule shall provide for the 
     implementation of such practices to be completed not later 
     than five years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (b) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term 
     ``best commercial inventory practice'' includes cellular 
     repair processes, use of third-party logistics providers, and 
     any other practice that the Secretary determines will enable 
     the military department to reduce inventory levels and 
     holding costs while improving the responsiveness of the 
     supply system to user needs.
       (c) GAO Reports on Military Department and Defense 
     Logistics Agency Schedules.--(1) Not later than 240 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
     General shall submit to Congress a report evaluating the 
     extent to which the Secretary of each military department has 
     complied with the requirements of this section.
       (2) Not later than 18 months after the date on which the 
     Director of the Defense Logistics Agency submits to Congress 
     a schedule for implementing best commercial inventory 
     practices under section 395 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85; 
     111 Stat. 1718; 10 U.S.C. 2458 note), the Comptroller General 
     shall submit to Congress an evaluation of the extent to which 
     best commercial inventory practices are being implemented in 
     the Defense Logistics Agency in accordance with that 
     schedule.

     SEC. 345. INCREASED USE OF SMART CARDS.

       (a) Funding for Increased Use Generally.--Of the funds 
     available for the Navy for fiscal year 1999 for operation and 
     maintenance, the Secretary of the Navy shall allocate 
     sufficient amounts, up to $25,000,000, to making significant 
     progress toward ensuring that smart cards having a multi-
     application, multi-technology automated reading capability 
     are issued and used throughout the Navy and the Marine Corps 
     for purposes for which such cards are suitable.
       (b) Deployment of Smart Cards.--(1) Not later than March 
     31, 1999, the Secretary of the Navy shall equip with smart 
     card technology at least one carrier battle group, one 
     carrier air wing, and one amphibious readiness group 
     (including the Marine Corps units embarked on the vessels of 
     such battle and readiness groups) in each of the United 
     States Atlantic Command and the United States Pacific 
     Command.
       (2) None of the funds appropriated pursuant to any 
     authorization of appropriations in this Act may be expended 
     after March 31, 1999, for the procurement of the Joint 
     Uniformed Services Identification card for, or for the 
     issuance of such card to, members of the Navy or the Marine 
     Corps until the Secretary of the Navy certifies in writing to 
     the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
     Committee on National Security of the House of 
     Representatives that the Secretary has completed the issuance 
     of smart cards in accordance with paragraph (1).
       (c) Plan.--Not later than March 31, 1999, the Secretary of 
     the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
     a plan for equipping all operational naval units with smart 
     card technology. The Secretary shall include in the plan 
     estimates of the costs of, and the savings to be derived 
     from, carrying out the plan.
       (d) Smart Card Defined.--In this section, the term ``smart 
     card'' means a credit card size device that contains one or 
     more integrated-circuits.

     SEC. 346. PUBLIC-PRIVATE COMPETITION IN THE PROVISION OF 
                   SUPPORT SERVICES.

       (a) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that the Secretary of Defense should take action to initiate 
     public-private competitions pursuant to Office of Management 
     and Budget Circular A-76 for functions of the Department of 
     Defense involving not fewer than a number of employees 
     equivalent to 30,000 full-time employees for each of fiscal 
     years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.
       (b) Small Functions Qualified for a Waiver of the 
     Notification and Reporting Requirements for Conversion to 
     Contractor Performance.--(1) Section 2461(d) of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by striking out ``20 or 
     fewer'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``50 or fewer''.
       (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no study, 
     notification, or report may be required pursuant to 
     subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 2461 of title 10, 
     United States Code, or Office of Management and Budget 
     Circular A-76 for functions that are being performed by 50 or 
     fewer Department of Defense civilian employees.
       (c) Best Overall Value to the Taxpayer.--Section 2462(a) of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out ``at 
     a cost that is lower'' and all that follows through the 
     period at the end and inserting in lieu thereof: ``at a lower 
     cost than the cost at which the Department can provide the 
     same supply or service or at a better overall value than the 
     value that the Department can provide for the same supply or 
     service. Each determination regarding relative cost or 
     relative overall value shall be based on an objective 
     evaluation of cost and performance-related factors and shall 
     include the consideration of any cost differential required 
     by law, Executive order, or regulation.''.
       (d) Effective Date.--Subsections (b) and (c), and the 
     amendments made by such subsections, shall take effect on 
     January 1, 2001.

     SEC. 347. CONDITION FOR PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR 
                   SUPPORT OF ADDITIONAL DUTIES ASSIGNED TO THE 
                   ARMY NATIONAL GUARD.

       (a) Competitive Source Selection.--Section 113(b) of title 
     32, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Covered Activities.--(1) Except as provided in 
     paragraph (2), financial assistance may be provided for the 
     performance of an activity by the Army National Guard under 
     subsection (a) only if--
       ``(A) the activity is carried out in the performance of a 
     responsibility of the Secretary of the Army under paragraph 
     (6), (10), or (11) of section 3013(b) of title 10; and
       ``(B) the Army National Guard was selected to perform the 
     activity under competitive procedures that permit all 
     responsible private-sector sources to submit offers and be 
     considered for selection to perform the activity on the basis 
     of the offers.
       ``(2) Paragraph (1)(B) does not apply to an activity that, 
     on the date of the enactment of the Strom Thurmond National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, was performed 
     for the Federal Government by employees of the Federal 
     Government or employees of a State.''.
       (b) Prospective Applicability.--Subparagraph (B) of section 
     113(b)(1) of title 32, United States Code (as amended by 
     subsection (a) of this section), does not apply to--
       (1) financial assistance provided under that section before 
     October 1, 1998; or
       (2) financial assistance for an activity that, on or before 
     May 8, 1998, the Secretary of the Army identified in writing 
     as being under consideration for supporting with financial 
     assistance under such section.

     SEC. 348. REPEAL OF PROHIBITION ON JOINT USE OF GRAY ARMY 
                   AIRFIELD, FORT HOOD, TEXAS.

       Section 319 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 1987 (Public Law 99-661; 100 Stat. 3855), 
     relating to a prohibition on the joint military-civilian use 
     of Robert Gray Army Airfield, Fort Hood, Texas, is repealed.

     SEC. 349. INVENTORY MANAGEMENT OF IN-TRANSIT SECONDARY ITEMS.

       (a) Requirement for Plan.--Not later than March 1, 1999, 
     the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a plan to 
     address problems with Department of Defense management of the 
     department's inventories of in-transit secondary items as 
     follows:
       (1) The vulnerability of in-transit secondary items to loss 
     through fraud, waste, and abuse.
       (2) Loss of oversight of in-transit secondary items, 
     including any loss of oversight when items are being 
     transported by commercial carriers.
       (3) Loss of accountability for in-transit secondary items 
     due to either a delay of delivery of the items or a lack of 
     notification of a delivery of the items.
       (b) Content of Plan.-- The plan shall include, for each of 
     the problems described in subsection (a), the following 
     information:
       (1) The actions to be taken to correct the problems.
       (2) Statements of objectives.
       (3) Performance measures and schedules.
       (4) An identification of any resources that may be 
     necessary for correcting the problem, together with an 
     estimate of the annual costs.
       (c) GAO Reviews.--(1) Not later than 60 days after the date 
     on which the Secretary of Defense submits the plan to 
     Congress, the Comptroller General shall review the plan and 
     submit to Congress any comments that the Comptroller General 
     considers appropriate regarding the plan.
       (2) The Comptroller General shall monitor any 
     implementation of the plan and, not later than one year after 
     the date referred to in paragraph (1), submit to Congress an 
     assessment of the extent to which the plan has been 
     implemented.

     SEC. 350. PERSONNEL REDUCTIONS IN ARMY MATERIEL COMMAND.

       Not later than March 31, 1999, the Comptroller General 
     shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
     concerning--
       (1) the effect that the quadrennial defense review's 
     proposed personnel reductions in the Army Materiel Command 
     will have on workload and readiness if implemented; and
       (2) the projected cost savings from such reductions and the 
     manner in which such savings are expected to be achieved.

     SEC. 351. PROHIBITIONS REGARDING EVALUATION OF MERIT OF 
                   SELLING MALT BEVERAGES AND WINE IN COMMISSARY 
                   STORES AS EXCHANGE SYSTEM MERCHANDISE.

       Neither the Secretary of Defense nor any other official of 
     the Department of Defense may--
       (1) by contract or otherwise, conduct a survey of eligible 
     patrons of the commissary store system to determine patron 
     interest in having commissary stores sell malt beverages and 
     wine as exchange store merchandise; or
       (2) conduct a demonstration project to evaluate the merit 
     of selling malt beverages and wine in commissary stores as 
     exchange store merchandise.

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              TITLE IV--MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS

                       Subtitle A--Active Forces

     SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES.

       The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active duty 
     personnel as of September 30, 1999, as follows:
       (1) The Army, 480,000.
       (2) The Navy, 372,696.
       (3) The Marine Corps, 172,200.
       (4) The Air Force, 370,882.

     SEC. 402. LIMITED EXCLUSIONS OF JOINT DUTY OFFICERS FROM 
                   LIMITATIONS ON NUMBER OF GENERAL AND FLAG 
                   OFFICERS.

       (a) One Additional Exemption From Percentage Limitation on 
     Number of Lieutenant Generals and Vice Admirals.--Section 
     525(b)(4)(B) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     striking out ``six'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``seven''.
       (b) Extension of Authority To Exclude Up to 12 Joint Duty 
     Officers From Limitation on Authorized General and Flag 
     Officer Strength.--Section 526(b)(2) of such title is amended 
     by striking out ``October 1, 1998'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``October 1, 2002''.

     SEC. 403. LIMITATION ON DAILY AVERAGE OF PERSONNEL ON ACTIVE 
                   DUTY IN GRADES E-8 AND E-9.

       (a) Fiscal Year Basis for Application of Limitation.--The 
     first sentence of section 517(a) of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking out ``a calendar year'' and inserting in 
     lieu thereof ``a fiscal year''; and
       (2) by striking out ``January 1 of that year'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``the first day of that fiscal 
     year''.
       (b) Correction of Cross Reference.--Such sentence is 
     further amended by striking out ``Except as provided in 
     section 307 of title 37, the'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``The''.

     SEC. 404. REPEAL OF PERMANENT END STRENGTH REQUIREMENT FOR 
                   SUPPORT OF TWO MAJOR REGIONAL CONTINGENCIES.

       (a) Repeal.--Section 691 of title 10, United States Code, 
     is repealed.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 39 of such title is amended by striking 
     out the item relating to section 691.

                       Subtitle B--Reserve Forces

     SEC. 411. END STRENGTHS FOR SELECTED RESERVE.

       (a) In General.--The Armed Forces are authorized strengths 
     for Selected Reserve personnel of the reserve components as 
     of September 30, 1999, as follows:
       (1) The Army National Guard of the United States, 357,000.
       (2) The Army Reserve, 208,000.
       (3) The Naval Reserve, 90,843.
       (4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 40,018.
       (5) The Air National Guard of the United States, 106,991.
       (6) The Air Force Reserve, 74,242.
       (7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 8,000.
       (b) Waiver Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may vary an 
     end strength authorized by subsection (a) by not more than 2 
     percent.
       (c) Adjustments.--The end strengths prescribed by 
     subsection (a) for the Selected Reserve of any reserve 
     component shall be proportionately reduced by--
       (1) the total authorized strength of units organized to 
     serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such component 
     which are on active duty (other than for training) at the end 
     of the fiscal year, and
       (2) the total number of individual members not in units 
     organized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such 
     component who are on active duty (other than for training or 
     for unsatisfactory participation in training) without their 
     consent at the end of the fiscal year.
     Whenever such units or such individual members are released 
     from active duty during any fiscal year, the end strength 
     prescribed for such fiscal year for the Selected Reserve of 
     such reserve component shall be proportionately increased by 
     the total authorized strengths of such units and by the total 
     number of such individual members.

     SEC. 412. END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE DUTY IN 
                   SUPPORT OF THE RESERVES.

       Within the end strengths prescribed in section 411(a), the 
     reserve components of the Armed Forces are authorized, as of 
     September 30, 1999, the following number of Reserves to be 
     serving on full-time active duty or full-time duty, in the 
     case of members of the National Guard, for the purpose of 
     organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or 
     training the reserve components:
       (1) The Army National Guard of the United States, 21,763.
       (2) The Army Reserve, 11,804.
       (3) The Naval Reserve, 15,590.
       (4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,362.
       (5) The Air National Guard of the United States, 10,930.
       (6) The Air Force Reserve, 991.

     SEC. 413. END STRENGTHS FOR MILITARY TECHNICIANS (DUAL 
                   STATUS).

       The reserve components of the Army and the Air Force are 
     authorized strengths for military technicians (dual status) 
     as of September 30, 1999, as follows:
       (1) For the Army Reserve, 5,205.
       (2) For the Army National Guard of the United States, 
     22,179.
       (3) For the Air Force Reserve, 9,761.
       (4) For the Air National Guard of the United States, 
     22,408.

     SEC. 414. EXCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL RESERVE COMPONENT GENERAL 
                   AND FLAG OFFICERS FROM LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF 
                   GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS WHO MAY SERVE ON 
                   ACTIVE DUTY.

       Section 526(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     to read as follows:
       ``(d) Exclusion of Certain Reserve Officers.--(1) Subject 
     to paragraph (2), the limitations of this section do not 
     apply to the following reserve component general or flag 
     officers:
       ``(A) A general or flag officer who is on active duty for 
     training.
       ``(B) A general or flag officer who is on active duty under 
     a call or order specifying a period of less than 180 days.
       ``(C) A general or flag officer who is on active duty under 
     a call or order specifying a period of more than 179 days.
       ``(2) The number of general or flag officers of an armed 
     force that are excluded from the applicability of the 
     limitations of this section under paragraph (1)(C) at any one 
     time may not exceed the number equal to three percent of the 
     number specified for that armed force under subsection 
     (a).''.

     SEC. 415. INCREASE IN NUMBERS OF MEMBERS IN CERTAIN GRADES 
                   AUTHORIZED TO BE ON ACTIVE DUTY IN SUPPORT OF 
                   THE RESERVES.

       (a) Officers.--The table in section 12011(a) of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
       

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                          Air     Marine
               ``Grade                  Army     Navy    Force    Corps 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Major or Lieutenant Commander.......    3,219   1,071     791      140  
Lieutenant Colonel or Commander.....    1,524     520     713       90  
Colonel or Navy Captain.............      438     188     297     30''. 
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       (b) Senior Enlisted Members.--The table in section 12012(a) 
     of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as 
     follows:
       

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                          Air     Marine
               ``Grade                  Army     Navy    Force    Corps 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-9.................................     623     202      395       20  
E-8.................................   2,585     429      997     94''. 
------------------------------------------------------------------------

     SEC. 416. CONSOLIDATION OF STRENGTH AUTHORIZATIONS FOR ACTIVE 
                   STATUS NAVAL RESERVE FLAG OFFICERS OF THE NAVY 
                   MEDICAL DEPARTMENT STAFF CORPS.

       Section 12004(c) of subtitle E of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) in the table in paragraph (1)--
       (A) by striking out the item relating to the Medical Corps 
     and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

  ``Medical Department staff corps............................9''; ....

     and
       (B) by striking out the items relating to the Dental Corps, 
     the Nurse Corps, and the Medical Service Corps; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4)(A) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the Medical 
     Department staff corps referred to in the table are as 
     follows:
       ``(i) The Medical Corps.
       ``(ii) The Dental Corps.
       ``(iii) The Nurse Corps.
       ``(iv) The Medical Service Corps.
       ``(B) Each of the Medical Department staff corps is 
     authorized one rear admiral (lower half) within the strength 
     authorization distributed to the Medical Department staff 
     corps under paragraph (1). The Secretary of the Navy shall 
     distribute the remainder of the strength authorization for 
     the Medical Department staff corps under that paragraph among 
     those staff corps as the Secretary determines appropriate to 
     meet the needs of the Navy.''.

              Subtitle C--Authorization of Appropriations

     SEC. 421. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR MILITARY 
                   PERSONNEL.

       There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
     Department of Defense for military personnel for fiscal year 
     1999 a total of $70,434,386,000. The authorization in the 
     preceding sentence supersedes any other authorization of 
     appropriations (definite or indefinite) for such purpose for 
     fiscal year 1999.

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                   TITLE V--MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY

                  Subtitle A--Officer Personnel Policy

     SEC. 501. STREAMLINED SELECTIVE RETENTION PROCESS FOR REGULAR 
                   OFFICERS.

       (a) Repeal of Requirement for Duplicative Board.--Section 
     1183 of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 1182(c) of such 
     title is amended by striking out ``send the record of 
     proceedings to a board of review convened under section 1183 
     of this title'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``recommend to 
     the Secretary concerned that the officer not be retained on 
     active duty''.
       (2) Section 1184 of such title is amended by striking out 
     ``board of review convened under section 1183 of this title'' 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``board of inquiry convened 
     under section 1182 of this title''.
       (c) Clerical Amendments.--(1) The heading for section 1184 
     of such title is amended by striking out ``review'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``inquiry''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 60 of 
     such title is amended by striking out the items relating to 
     sections 1183 and 1184 and inserting in lieu thereof the 
     following:

``1184. Removal of officer: action by Secretary upon recommendation of 
              board of inquiry.''.

     SEC. 502. PERMANENT APPLICABILITY OF LIMITATIONS ON YEARS OF 
                   ACTIVE NAVAL SERVICE OF NAVY LIMITED DUTY 
                   OFFICERS IN GRADES OF COMMANDER AND CAPTAIN.

       (a) Commanders.--Section 633 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking out ``Except an officer'' and all that 
     follows through ``or section 6383 of this title applies'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``Except an officer of the Navy or 
     Marine Corps who is an officer designated for limited duty to 
     whom section 5596(e) or 6383 of this title applies''; and
       (2) by striking out the second sentence.
       (b) Captains.--Section 634 of such title is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``an officer of the Navy who is designated 
     for limited duty to whom section 6383(a)(4) of this title 
     applies and except'' in the first sentence after ``Except''; 
     and
       (2) by striking out the second sentence.
       (c) Years of Active Naval Service.--Section 6383(a) of such 
     title is amended by striking out paragraph (5).
       (d) Limitations on Selective Retentions.--Section 6383(k) 
     of such title is amended by striking out the last sentence.

     SEC. 503. INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION PAY DENIED FOR OFFICER 
                   DISCHARGED FOR FAILURE OF SELECTION FOR 
                   PROMOTION REQUESTED BY THE OFFICER.

       (a) Ineligibility for Separation Pay.--Section 1174(a) of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
     the following:
       ``(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), an officer 
     discharged for twice failing of selection for promotion to 
     the next higher grade is not entitled to separation pay under 
     this section if the officer submitted a request not to be 
     selected for promotion to any selection board that considered 
     and did not select the officer for promotion to that 
     grade.''.
       (b) Report of Selection Board To Name Officers Requesting 
     Nonselection.--Section 617 of such title is amended by adding 
     at the end the following:
       ``(c) A selection board convened under section 611(a) of 
     this title shall include in its report to the Secretary 
     concerned the name of any regular officer considered and not 
     recommended by the board for promotion who submitted to the 
     board a request not to be selected for promotion.''.
       (c) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made 
     by this section shall take effect on the date of the 
     enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to 
     selection boards convened under section 611(a) of title 10, 
     United States Code, on or after that date.

     SEC. 504. TERM OF OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF THE AIR FORCE NURSE 
                   CORPS.

       Section 8069(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     in the third sentence by striking out ``and'' and inserting 
     in lieu thereof the following: ``except that the Secretary 
     may increase the limit to four years in any case in which the 
     Secretary determines that special circumstances justify a 
     longer term of service in the position. An officer appointed 
     as Chief''.

     SEC. 505. 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 a State which has 
     more scholarship awardees than slots available under the Navy 
     quotas in their State colleges and 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.''.

                 Subtitle B--Reserve Component Matters

     SEC. 511. SERVICE REQUIRED FOR RETIREMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD 
                   OFFICER IN HIGHER GRADE.

       (a) Revision of Requirement.--Subparagraph (E) of section 
     1370(d)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to 
     read as follows:
       ``(E) To the extent authorized by the Secretary of the 
     military department concerned, a person who, after having 
     been found qualified for Federal recognition in a higher 
     grade by a board under section 307 of title 32, serves in a 
     position for which that grade is the minimum authorized grade 
     and is appointed as a reserve officer in that grade may be 
     credited for the purposes of subparagraph (A) as having 
     served in that grade. The period of the service for which 
     credit is afforded under the preceding sentence may only be 
     the period for which the person served in the position after 
     the Senate provides advice and consent for the 
     appointment.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act 
     and shall apply with respect to appointments to higher grades 
     that take effect after that date.

     SEC. 512. REDUCED TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT FOR RESERVE 
                   GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS INVOLUNTARILY 
                   TRANSFERRED FROM ACTIVE STATUS.

       (a) Minimum Service in Active Status.--Section 1370(d)(3) 
     of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 511, 
     is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
     subparagraph:
       ``(F) A person covered by subparagraph (A) who has 
     completed at least six months of satisfactory service in a 
     grade above colonel or (in the case of the Navy) captain and, 
     while serving in an active status in such grade, is 
     involuntarily transferred (other than for cause) from active 
     status may be credited with satisfactory service in the grade 
     in which serving at the time of such transfer, 
     notwithstanding failure of the person to complete three years 
     of service in that grade.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--Subparagraph (F) of such section, as 
     added by subsection (a), shall take effect on the date of the 
     enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to 
     transfers referred to in such subparagraph that are made on 
     or after that date.

     SEC. 513. ELIGIBILITY OF ARMY AND AIR FORCE RESERVE BRIGADIER 
                   GENERALS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR PROMOTION WHILE 
                   ON INACTIVE STATUS LIST.

       (a) Waiver of Active Status Requirement.--Chapter 1405 of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
     the following:

     ``Sec. 14318. Officers on inactive status list: eligibility 
       of Army and Air Force reserve brigadier generals for 
       consideration for promotion

       ``(a) Waiver of One-Year Active Status Rule.--The Secretary 
     concerned may waive the eligibility requirements in section 
     14301(a) of this title (and the requirement in section 
     140101(a) of this title that an officer be on a reserve 
     active-status list) in the case of a general officer referred 
     to in subsection (b) and authorize the officer to be 
     considered for promotion under this chapter by a promotion 
     board convened under section 14101(a) of this title.
       ``(b) Applicability.--Subsection (a) applies to a reserve 
     officer of the Army or Air Force who--
       ``(1) is on the inactive status list of the Standby Reserve 
     in the grade of brigadier general pursuant to a transfer 
     under section 14314(a)(2) of this title;
       ``(2) has been on the inactive status list pursuant to the 
     transfer for less than one year as of the date of the 
     convening of the promotion board that is to consider the 
     officer for promotion; and
       ``(3) during the one-year period ending on the date of the 
     transfer to the inactive status list, continuously performed 
     service on either the reserve active-status list, the active-
     duty list, or a combination of both lists.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

``14318. Officers on inactive status list: eligibility of Army and Air 
              Force reserve brigadier generals for consideration for 
              promotion.''.

     SEC. 514. COMPOSITION OF SELECTIVE EARLY RETIREMENT BOARDS 
                   FOR REAR ADMIRALS OF THE NAVAL RESERVE AND 
                   MAJOR GENERALS OF THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.

       Section 14705(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(b) Boards.--''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) In the case of a board convened to consider the early 
     retirement of officers in the grade of rear admiral in the 
     Naval Reserve or major general in the Marine Corps Reserve, 
     the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe the composition of 
     the board notwithstanding section 14102(b) of this title. In 
     doing so, however, the Secretary shall ensure that each 
     regular commissioned officer of the Navy or the Marine Corps 
     appointed to the board holds a permanent grade higher than

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     the grade of the officers under consideration by the board 
     and that at least one member of the board is a reserve 
     officer who holds the grade of rear admiral or major 
     general.''.

     SEC. 515. USE OF RESERVES FOR EMERGENCIES INVOLVING WEAPONS 
                   OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

       (a) Order to Active Duty.--(1) Section 12304 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (A) in subsection (a), by inserting ``or is necessary to 
     provide assistance referred to in subsection (b)'' after ``to 
     augment the active forces for any operational mission''.
       (B) in subsection (b)--
       (i) by striking out ``(b)'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``(c) Limitations.--(1)''; and
       (ii) by striking out ``, or to provide'' and inserting in 
     lieu thereof ``or, except as provided in subsection (b), to 
     provide'';
       (C) by redesignating subsection (c) as paragraph (2); and
       (D) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
     subsection (b):
       ``(b) Support for Responses to Certain Emergencies.--The 
     authority under subsection (a) includes authority to order a 
     unit or member to active duty to provide assistance in 
     responding to an emergency involving a use or threatened use 
     of a weapon of mass destruction.''.
       (2) Subsection (i) of such section is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(i) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
       ``(1) The term `Individual Ready Reserve mobilization 
     category' means, in the case of any reserve component, the 
     category of the Individual Ready Reserve described in section 
     10144(b) of this title.
       ``(2) The term `weapon of mass destruction' has the meaning 
     given such term in section 1402 of the Defense Against 
     Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 
     2302(1)).''.
       (3) Such section is further amended--
       (A) in subsection (a), by inserting ``Authority.--'' after 
     ``(a)'';
       (B) in subsection (d), by inserting ``Exclusion From 
     Strength Limitations.--'' after ``(d)'';
       (C) in subsection (e), by inserting ``Policies and 
     Procedures.--'' after ``(e)'';
       (D) in subsection (f), by inserting ``Notification of 
     Congress.--'' after ``(f)'';
       (E) in subsection (g), by inserting ``Termination of 
     Duty.--'' after ``(g)''; and
       (F) in subsection (h), by inserting ``Relationship to War 
     Powers Resolution.--'' after ``(h)''.
       (b) Use of Active Guard and Reserve Personnel.--Section 
     12310 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 
     at the end the following:
       ``(c)(1) A Reserve on active duty as described in 
     subsection (a), or a Reserve who is a member of the National 
     Guard serving on full-time National Guard duty under section 
     502(f) of title 32 in connection with functions referred to 
     in subsection (a), may perform any duties in support of 
     emergency preparedness programs to prepare for or to respond 
     to any emergency involving the use of a weapon of mass 
     destruction (as defined in section 1402 of the Defense 
     Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 
     2302(1))).
       ``(2) The costs of the pay, allowances, clothing, 
     subsistence, gratuities, travel, and related expenses for a 
     Reserve performing duties under the authority of paragraph 
     (1) shall be paid from the appropriation that is available to 
     pay such costs for other members of the reserve component of 
     that Reserve who are performing duties as described in 
     subsection (a).''.

                       Subtitle C--Other Matters

      SEC. 521. ANNUAL MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS REPORT.

       Section 115a(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking out the first sentence and inserting in lieu 
     thereof the following: ``The Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit an annual manpower requirements report to Congress 
     each year, not later than 45 days after the date on which the 
     President submits the budget for the next fiscal year to 
     Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31.''.

     SEC. 522. FOUR-YEAR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN FORCE REDUCTION 
                   TRANSITION PERIOD MANAGEMENT AND BENEFITS 
                   AUTHORITIES.

       (a) Active Force Early Retirement.--Section 4403(i) of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (10 
     U.S.C. 1293 note) is amended by striking out ``October 1, 
     1999'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``October 1, 2003''.
       (b) Special Separation Benefits Program.--Section 1174a(h) 
     of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out 
     ``September 30, 1999'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``September 30, 2003''.
       (c) Voluntary Separation Incentive.--Section 1175(d)(3) of 
     such title is amended by striking out ``September 30, 1999'' 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``September 30, 2003''.
       (d) Selective Early Retirement Boards.--Section 638a(a) of 
     such title, is amended by striking out ``nine-year period'' 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``13-year period''.
       (e) Retired Grade.--Section 1370(a)(2)(A) of such title is 
     amended by striking out ``nine-year period'' and inserting in 
     lieu thereof ``13-year period''.
       (f) Minimum Commissioned Service for Voluntary 
     Retirement.--Sections 3911(b), 6323(a)(2), and 8911(b) of 
     such title are amended by striking out ``nine-year period'' 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``13-year period''.
       (g) Travel, Transportation, and Storage Benefits.--(1) 
     Subsections (c)(1)(C) and (f)(2)(B)(v) of section 404 of 
     title 37, United States Code, and subsections (a)(2)(B)(v) 
     and (g)(1)(C) of section 406 of such title are amended by 
     striking out ``nine-year period'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``13-year period''.
       (2) Section 503(c)(1) of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (37 U.S.C. 406 note) is amended by 
     striking out ``nine-year period'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``13-year period''.
       (h) Educational Leave for Public and Community Service.--
     Section 4463(f) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 1993 (10 U.S.C. 1143a note) is amended by 
     striking out ``September 30, 1999'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``September 30, 2003''.
       (i) Health Benefits.--Section 1145 of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsections (a)(1) and (c)(1), by striking out 
     ``nine-year period'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``13-year 
     period''; and
       (2) in subsection (e), by striking out ``five-year period'' 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``nine-year period''.
       (j) Commissary and Exchange Benefits.--Section 1146 of such 
     title is amended--
       (1) by striking out ``nine-year period'' in the first 
     sentence and inserting in lieu thereof ``13-year period''; 
     and
       (2) by striking out ``five-year period'' in the second 
     sentence and inserting in lieu thereof ``nine-year period''.
       (k) Use of Military Housing.--Section 1147(a) of such title 
     10 is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking out ``nine-year period'' 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``13-year period''; and
       (2) in paragraph (2), by striking out ``five-year period'' 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``nine-year period''.
       (l) Continued Enrollment of Dependents in Defense 
     Dependents' Education System.--Section 1407(c)(1) of the 
     Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978 (20 U.S.C. 
     926(c)(1)) is amended by striking out ``nine-year period'' 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``13-year period''.
       (m) Guard and Reserve Transition Initiatives.--Title XLIV 
     of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     1993 (10 U.S.C. 12681 note) is amended--
       (1) in section 4411, by striking out ``September 30, 1999'' 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``September 30, 2003''; and
       (2) in section 4416(b)(1), by striking out ``October 1, 
     1999'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``October 1, 2003''.
       (n) Retired Pay for Nonregular Service-Age and Service 
     Requirements.--(1) Section 12731(f) of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking out ``September 30, 
     1999'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``September 30, 2003''.
       (2) Subsections (a)(1)(B) and (b) of section 12731a of such 
     title are amended by striking out ``October 1, 1999'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``October 1, 2003''.
       (o) Reduction of Time-in-Grade Requirement for Retention of 
     Grade Upon Voluntary Retirement.--Section 1370(d) of such 
     title is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(5) The Secretary of Defense may authorize the Secretary 
     of a military department to reduce the three-year period 
     required by paragraph (3)(A) to a period not less than two 
     years in the case of retirements effective during the period 
     beginning on the date of the enactment of the Strom Thurmond 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 and 
     ending September 30, 2003. The number of the reserved 
     commissioned officers of an armed force in the same grade for 
     whom a reduction is made during any fiscal year in the period 
     of service-in-grade otherwise required under this paragraph 
     may not exceed the number equal to two percent of the 
     strength authorized for that fiscal year for reserve 
     commissioned officers of that armed force in an active status 
     in that grade.''.
       (p) Affiliation With Guard and Reserve Units; Waiver of 
     Certain Limitations.--Section 1150(a) of such title is 
     amended by striking out ``nine-year period'' and inserting in 
     lieu thereof ``13-year period''.
       (q) Time for Use of Montgomery G.I. Bill Entitlement.--
     Section 16133(b)(1)(B) of such title is amended by striking 
     out ``September 30, 1999'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``September 30, 2003''.

     SEC. 523. CONTINUATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR VOLUNTARY 
                   SEPARATION INCENTIVE AFTER INVOLUNTARY LOSS OF 
                   MEMBERSHIP IN READY OR STANDBY RESERVE.

       (a) Period of Eligibility.--Subsection (a) of section 1175 
     of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(a)'';
       (2) by striking out ``, for the period of time the member 
     is serving in a reserve component''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a 
     financial incentive provided a member under this section 
     shall be paid for the period equal to twice the number of 
     years of service of the member, computed as provided in 
     subsection (e)(5).
       ``(B) If, before the expiration of the period otherwise 
     applicable under subparagraph (A) to a member receiving a 
     financial incentive under this section, the member is 
     separated from a reserve component or is transferred to the 
     Retired Reserve, the period for payment of a financial 
     incentive to the member under this section shall terminate on 
     the date of the separation or transfer unless--
       ``(i) the separation or transfer is required by reason of 
     the age or number of years of service of the member;

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       ``(ii) the separation or transfer is required by reason of 
     the failure of selection for promotion or the medical 
     disqualification of the member, except in a case in which the 
     Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Transportation 
     determines that the basis for the separation or transfer is a 
     result of a deliberate action taken by the member with the 
     intent to avoid retention in the Ready Reserve or Standby 
     Reserve; or
       ``(iii) in the case of a separation, the member is 
     separated from the reserve component for appointment or 
     enlistment in or transfer to another reserve component of an 
     armed force for service in the Ready Reserve or Standby 
     Reserve of that armed force.''.
       (b) Repeal of Superseded Provision.--Subsection (e)(1) of 
     such section is amended by striking out the second sentence.

     SEC. 524. REPEAL OF LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORITY TO SET RATES AND 
                   WAIVE REQUIREMENT FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES 
                   INCURRED FOR INSTRUCTION AT SERVICE ACADEMIES 
                   OF PERSONS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

       (a) United States Military Academy.--Section 4344(b) of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in the second sentence of paragraph (2), by striking 
     out ``, except that the reimbursement rates may not be less 
     than the cost to the United States of providing such 
     instruction, including pay, allowances, and emoluments, to a 
     cadet appointed from the United States''; and
       (2) by striking out paragraph (3).
       (b) Naval Academy.--Section 6957(b) of such title is 
     amended--
       (1) in the second sentence of paragraph (2), by striking 
     out ``, except that the reimbursement rates may not be less 
     than the cost to the United States of providing such 
     instruction, including pay, allowances, and emoluments, to a 
     midshipman appointed from the United States''; and
       (2) by striking out paragraph (3).
       (c) Air Force Academy.--Section 9344(b) of such title is 
     amended--
       (1) in the second sentence of paragraph (2), by striking 
     out ``, except that the reimbursement rates may not be less 
     than the cost to the United States of providing such 
     instruction, including pay, allowances, and emoluments, to a 
     cadet appointed from the United States''; and
       (2) by striking out paragraph (3).

     SEC. 525. REPEAL OF RESTRICTION ON CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT OF 
                   ENLISTED MEMBERS.

       (a) Repeal.--Section 974 of title 10, United States Code, 
     is repealed.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 49 of such title is amended by striking 
     out the item relating to section 974.

     SEC. 526. EXTENSION OF REPORTING DATES FOR COMMISSION ON 
                   MILITARY TRAINING AND GENDER-RELATED ISSUES.

       (a) Interim Report.--Subsection (e)(1) of section 562 of 
     the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 
     (Public Law 105-85; 111 Stat. 1754; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is 
     amended by striking out ``April 15, 1998'' and inserting in 
     lieu thereof ``October 15, 1998''.
       (b) Final Report.--Subsection (e)(2) of such section is 
     amended by striking out ``September 16, 1998'' and inserting 
     in lieu thereof ``March 15, 1999''.

     SEC. 527. MORATORIUM ON CHANGES OF GENDER-RELATED POLICIES 
                   AND PRACTICES PENDING COMPLETION OF THE WORK OF 
                   THE COMMISSION ON MILITARY TRAINING AND GENDER-
                   RELATED ISSUES.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, officials of 
     the Department of Defense are prohibited from implementing 
     any change of policy or official practice in the department 
     regarding separation or integration of members of the Armed 
     Forces on the basis of gender that is within the 
     responsibility of the Commission on Military Training and 
     Gender-Related Issues to review under subtitle F of title V 
     of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     1998 (Public Law 105-85; 111 Stat. 1750), before the date on 
     which the commission terminates under section 564 of such 
     Act.

     SEC. 528. TRANSITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR ABUSED DEPENDENT 
                   CHILDREN NOT RESIDING WITH THE SPOUSE OR FORMER 
                   SPOUSE OF A MEMBER CONVICTED OF DEPENDENT 
                   ABUSE.

       (a) Entitlement Not Conditioned on Forfeiture of Spousal 
     Compensation.--Subsection (d) of section 1059 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking out paragraph (1) and inserting in lieu 
     thereof the following:
       ``(1) If the individual was married at the time of the 
     commission of the dependent-abuse offense resulting in the 
     separation, the spouse or former spouse to whom the 
     individual was married at that time shall be paid such 
     compensation, including an amount (determined under 
     subsection (f)(2)) for each, if any, dependent child of the 
     individual described in subsection (b) who resides in the 
     same household as that spouse or former spouse.'';
       (2) in paragraph (2)--
       (A) by striking out ``(but for subsection (g)) would be 
     eligible'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``is or, but for 
     subsection (g), would be eligible''; and
       (B) by striking out ``such compensation'' and inserting in 
     lieu thereof ``compensation under this section''; and
       (3) in paragraph (4), by striking out ``For purposes of 
     paragraphs (2) and (3)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``For 
     purposes of this subsection''.
       (b) Amount of Payment.--Subsection (f)(2) of such section 
     is amended by striking out ``has custody of a dependent child 
     or children of the member'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``has custody of a dependent child of the member who resides 
     in the same household as that spouse or former spouse''.
       (c) Prospective Applicability.--No benefits shall accrue by 
     reason of the amendments made by this section for any month 
     that begins before the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 529. PILOT PROGRAM FOR TREATING GED AND HOME SCHOOL 
                   DIPLOMA RECIPIENTS AS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES FOR 
                   DETERMINATIONS OF ELIGIBILITY FOR ENLISTING IN 
                   THE ARMED FORCES.

       (a) Program Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     establish a pilot program to assess whether the Armed Forces 
     could better meet recruiting requirements by treating GED 
     recipients and home school diploma recipients as having 
     graduated from high school with a high school diploma for the 
     purpose of determining the eligibility of those persons to 
     enlist in the Armed Forces. The Secretary of each military 
     department shall administer the pilot program for the armed 
     force or armed forces under the jurisdiction of the 
     Secretary.
       (b) Eligible Recipients.--(1) Under the pilot program, a 
     person shall be treated as having graduated from high school 
     with a high school diploma for the purpose described in 
     subsection (a) if the person--
       (A) has completed a general education development program 
     while participating in the National Guard Challenge Program 
     and is a GED recipient; or
       (B) is a home school diploma recipient and provides a 
     transcript demonstrating completion of high school to the 
     military department involved under the pilot program.
       (2) For the purposes of this section, a person is a GED 
     recipient if the person, after completing a general education 
     development program, has obtained certification of high 
     school equivalency by meeting State requirements and passing 
     a State approved exam that is administered for the purpose of 
     providing an appraisal of the person's achievement or 
     performance in the broad subject matter areas usually 
     required for high school graduates.
       (3) For the purposes of this section, a person is a home 
     school diploma recipient if the person has received a diploma 
     for completing a program of education through the high school 
     level at a home school, without regard to whether the home 
     school is treated as a private school under the law of the 
     State in which located.
       (c) Annual Limit on Number.--Not more than 1,250 GED 
     recipients, and not more than 1,250 home school diploma 
     recipients, enlisted by an armed force in any fiscal year may 
     be treated under the pilot program as having graduated from 
     high school with a high school diploma.
       (d) Period for Pilot Program.--The pilot program shall be 
     in effect for five fiscal years beginning on October 1, 1998.
       (e) Report.--(1) Not later than February 1, 2004, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit a report on the pilot 
     program to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and 
     the Committee on National Security of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2)(A) The report shall include the assessment of the 
     Secretary of Defense, and any assessment of any of the 
     Secretaries of the military departments, regarding the value 
     of, and any necessity for, authority to treat GED recipients 
     and home school diploma recipients as having graduated from 
     high school with a high school diploma for the purpose of 
     determining the eligibility of those persons to enlist in the 
     Armed Forces.
       (B) The Secretary shall also set forth in the report, by 
     armed force for each fiscal year of the pilot program, a 
     comparison of the performance of the persons who enlisted in 
     that armed force during the fiscal year as GED or home school 
     diploma recipients treated under the pilot program as having 
     graduated from high school with a high school diploma with 
     the performance of the persons who enlisted in that armed 
     force during the same fiscal year after having graduated from 
     high school with a high school diploma, with respect to the 
     following:
       (i) Attrition.
       (ii) Discipline.
       (iii) Adaptability to military life.
       (iv) Aptitude for mastering the skills necessary for 
     technical specialties.
       (v) Reenlistment rates.
       (f) Reference to National Guard Challenge Program.--The 
     National Guard Challenge Program referred to in this section 
     is a program conducted under section 509 of title 32, United 
     States Code.
       (g) State Defined.--In this section, the term ``State'' has 
     the meaning given that term in section 509(l)(1) of title 32, 
     United States Code.

     SEC. 530. WAIVER OF TIME LIMITATIONS FOR AWARD OF CERTAIN 
                   DECORATIONS TO CERTAIN PERSONS.

       (a) Waiver.--Any limitation established by law or policy 
     for the time within which a recommendation for the award of a 
     military decoration or award must be submitted shall not 
     apply to awards of decorations described in this section, the 
     award of each such decoration having been determined by the 
     Secretary of the military department concerned to be 
     warranted in accordance with section 1130 of title 10, United 
     States Code.

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       (b) Distinguished-Service Cross.--Subsection (a) applies to 
     award of the Distinguished-Service Cross of the Army as 
     follows:
       (1) To Isaac Camacho of El Paso, Texas, for extraordinary 
     heroism in actions at Camp Hiep Hoa in Vietnam on November 
     24, 1963, while serving as a member of the Army.
       (2) To Bruce P. Crandall of Mesa, Arizona, for 
     extraordinary heroism in actions at Landing Zone X-Ray in 
     Vietnam on November 14, 1965, while serving as a member of 
     the Army.
       (3) To Leland B. Fair of Jessieville, Arkansas, for 
     extraordinary heroism in actions in the Philippine Islands on 
     July 4, 1945, while serving as a member of the Army.
       (c) Distinguished-Service Medal.--Subsection (a) applies to 
     award of the Distinguished-Service Medal of the Army to 
     Richard P. Sakakida of Fremont, California, for exceptionally 
     meritorious service while a prisoner of war in the Philippine 
     Islands from May 7, 1942, to September 14, 1945, while 
     serving as a member of the Army.
       (d) Distinguished Flying Cross.--Subsection (a) applies to 
     award of the Distinguished Flying Cross for service during 
     World War II or Korea (including multiple awards to the same 
     individual) in the case of each individual (not covered by 
     section 573(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85; 111 Stat. 1757)) 
     concerning whom the Secretary of the Navy (or an officer of 
     the Navy acting on behalf of the Secretary) submitted to the 
     Committee on National Security of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
     Senate, before the date of the enactment of this Act, a 
     notice as provided in section 1130(b) of title 10, United 
     States Code, that the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross 
     to that individual is warranted and that a waiver of time 
     restrictions prescribed by law for recommendation for such 
     award is recommended.

     SEC. 531. PROHIBITION ON ENTRY INTO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES 
                   FOR PRESENTATION OF DECORATIONS TO PERSONS WHO 
                   COMMIT CERTAIN CRIMES BEFORE PRESENTATION.

       (a) Prohibition.--Chapter 57 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 1132. Presentation of decorations: prohibition on 
       entering into correctional facilities for certain 
       presentations

       ``(a) Prohibition.--No member of the armed forces may enter 
     into a Federal, State, or local correctional facility for 
     purposes of presenting a decoration to a person who has been 
     convicted of a serious violent felony.
       ``(b) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) The term `decoration' means any decoration or award 
     that may be presented or awarded to a member of the armed 
     forces.
       ``(2) The term `serious violent felony' has the meaning 
     given that term in section 3359(c)(2)(F) of title 18.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of that chapter is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

``1132. Presentation of decorations: prohibition on entering into 
              correctional facilities for certain presentations.''.

     SEC. 532. ADVANCEMENT OF BENJAMIN O. DAVIS, JUNIOR, TO GRADE 
                   OF GENERAL.

       (a) Authority.--The President is authorized to advance 
     Benjamin O. Davis, Junior, to the grade of general on the 
     retired list of the Air Force.
       (b) Additional Benefits Not To Accrue.--An advancement of 
     Benjamin O. Davis, Junior, to the grade of general on the 
     retired list of the Air Force under subsection (a) shall not 
     increase or change the compensation or benefits from the 
     United States to which any person is now or may in the future 
     be entitled based upon the military service of the said 
     Benjamin O. Davis, Junior.

          TITLE VI--COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS

                     Subtitle A--Pay and Allowances

     SEC. 601. INCREASE IN BASIC PAY FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999.

       (a) Waiver of Section 1009 Adjustment.--Any adjustment 
     required by section 1009 of title 37, United States Code, in 
     the rates of monthly basic pay authorized members of the 
     uniformed services by section 203(a) of such title to become 
     effective during fiscal year 1999 shall not be made.
       (b) Increase in Basic Pay.--Effective on January 1, 1999, 
     the rates of basic pay of members of the uniformed services 
     are increased by 3.6 percent.
       (c) Offsetting Reductions in Authorizations of 
     Appropriations.--(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     title I, the total amount authorized to be appropriated under 
     title II is hereby reduced by $150,000,000.
       (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of title II, the 
     total amount authorized to be appropriated under title II is 
     hereby reduced by $275,000,000.

     SEC. 602. RATE OF PAY FOR CADETS AND MIDSHIPMEN AT THE 
                   SERVICE ACADEMIES.

       (a) Increased Rate.--Section 203(c) of title 37, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking out ``$558.04'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``$600.00''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on January 1, 1999.

     SEC. 603. PAYMENTS FOR MOVEMENTS OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS ARRANGED 
                   BY MEMBERS.

       (a) Monetary Allowance Authorized.--Subsection (b)(1) of 
     section 406 of title 37, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A)--
       (A) by striking out ``, or reimbursement therefor,''; and
       (B) by inserting after the second sentence the following: 
     ``Alternatively, a member may be paid reimbursement or a 
     monetary allowance under subparagraph (F).''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(F) A member entitled to transportation of baggage and 
     household effects under subparagraph (A) may, as an 
     alternative to the provision of transportation, be paid 
     reimbursement or, at the member's request, a monetary 
     allowance in advance for the cost of transportation of the 
     baggage and household effects. The monetary allowance may be 
     paid only if the amount of the allowance does not exceed the 
     cost that would be incurred by the Government under 
     subparagraph (A) for the transportation of the baggage and 
     household effects. Appropriations available to the Department 
     of Defense, the Department of Transportation, and the 
     Department of Health and Human Services for providing 
     transportation of baggage or household effects of members of 
     the uniformed services shall be available to pay a 
     reimbursement or monetary allowance under this subparagraph. 
     The Secretary concerned may prescribe the manner in which the 
     risk of liability for damage, destruction, or loss of baggage 
     or household effects arranged, packed, crated, or loaded by a 
     member is allocated among the member, the United States, and 
     any contractor when a reimbursement or monetary allowance is 
     elected under this subparagraph.''.
       (b) Repeal of Superseded Provision.--Such section is 
     further amended by striking out subsection (j).

     SEC. 604. LEAVE WITHOUT PAY FOR SUSPENDED ACADEMY CADETS AND 
                   MIDSHIPMEN.

       (a) Authority.--Section 702 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) by designating the second sentence of subsection (b) as 
     subsection (d);
       (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
       (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
     subsection (b):
       ``(b) Leave Without Pay.--(1) Under regulations prescribed 
     under subsection (d), the Superintendent of the United States 
     Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, the United 
     States Air Force Academy, or the United States Coast Guard 
     Academy may order a cadet or midshipman of the Academy to be 
     placed on leave involuntarily for any period during which the 
     cadet or midshipman is suspended from duty at the Academy--
       ``(A) pending separation from the Academy;
       ``(B) pending return to the Academy to repeat an academic 
     semester or year; or
       ``(C) for other good cause.
       ``(2) A cadet or midshipman placed on involuntary leave 
     under paragraph (1) is not entitled to any pay under section 
     230(c) of title 37 for the period of the leave.
       ``(3) A return of a cadet or midshipman to a pay status at 
     the Academy from an involuntary leave status under paragraph 
     (1) does not restore any entitlement of the cadet or 
     midshipman to pay for the period of the involuntary leave.''.
       (b) Subsection Headings.--Such section, as amended by 
     subsection (a), is further amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``Graduation Leave.--'' 
     after ``(a)'';
       (2) in subsection (c), by inserting ``Inapplicable Leave 
     Provisions.--'' after ``(c)''; and
       (3) in subsection (d), by inserting ``Regulations.--'' 
     after ``(d)''.

           Subtitle B--Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays

     SEC. 611. THREE-MONTH EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BONUSES AND 
                   SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITIES FOR RESERVE FORCES.

       (a) Special Pay for Health Professionals in Critically 
     Short Wartime Specialties.--Section 302g(f) of title 37, 
     United States Code, is amended by striking out ``September 
     30, 1999'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``December 31, 
     1999''.
       (b) Selected Reserve Reenlistment Bonus.--Section 308b(f) 
     of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking out 
     ``September 30, 1999'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``December 31, 1999''.
       (c) Selected Reserve Enlistment Bonus.--Section 308c(e) of 
     title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking out 
     ``September 30, 1999'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``December 31, 1999''.
       (d) Special Pay for Enlisted Members Assigned to Certain 
     High Priority Units.--Section 308d(c) of title 37, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking out ``September 30, 
     1999'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``December 31, 1999''.
       (e) Selected Reserve Affiliation Bonus.--Section 308e(e) of 
     title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking out 
     ``September 30, 1999'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``December 31, 1999''.
       (f) Ready Reserve Enlistment and Reenlistment Bonus.--
     Section 308h(g) of title 37, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking out ``September 30, 1999'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``December 31, 1999''.
       (g) Prior Service Enlistment Bonus.--Section 308i(f) of 
     title 37, United States Code, as redesignated by section 622, 
     is amended by

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     striking out ``September 30, 1999'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``December 31, 1999''.
       (h) Repayment of Education Loans for Certain Health 
     Professionals Who Serve in the Selected Reserve.--Section 
     16302(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     striking out ``October 1, 1999'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``January 1, 2000''.

     SEC. 612. THREE-MONTH EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BONUSES AND 
                   SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITIES FOR NURSE OFFICER 
                   CANDIDATES, REGISTERED NURSES, AND NURSE 
                   ANESTHETISTS.

       (a) Nurse Officer Candidate Accession Program.--Section 
     2130a(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     striking out ``September 30, 1999'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``December 31, 1999''.
       (b) Accession Bonus for Registered Nurses.--Section 
     302d(a)(1) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by 
     striking out ``September 30, 1999'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``December 31, 1999''.
       (c) Incentive Special Pay for Nurse Anesthetists.--Section 
     302e(a)(1) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by 
     striking out ``September 30, 1999'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``December 31, 1999''.

     SEC. 613. THREE-MONTH EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES RELATING TO 
                   PAYMENT OF OTHER BONUSES AND SPECIAL PAYS.

       (a) Aviation Officer Retention Bonus.--Section 301b(a) of 
     title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking out 
     ``September 30, 1999,'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``December 31, 1999,''.
       (b) Reenlistment Bonus for Active Members.--Section 308(g) 
     of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking out 
     ``September 30, 1999'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``December 31, 1999''.
       (c) Enlistment Bonuses for Members With Critical Skills.--
     Sections 308a(c) and 308f(c) of title 37, United States Code, 
     are each amended by striking out ``September 30, 1999'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``December 31, 1999''.
       (d) Special Pay for Nuclear-Qualified Officers Extending 
     Period of Active Service.--Section 312(e) of title 37, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking out ``September 30, 
     1999'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``December 31, 1999''.
       (e) Nuclear Career Accession Bonus.--Section 312b(c) of 
     title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking out 
     ``September 30, 1999'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``December 31, 1999''.
       (f) Nuclear Career Annual Incentive Bonus.--Section 312c(d) 
     of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking out 
     ``October 1, 1999'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``October 
     1, 1998, and the 15-month period beginning on that date and 
     ending on December 31, 1999''.

     SEC. 614. ELIGIBILITY OF RESERVES FOR SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT 
                   BONUS WHEN REENLISTING OR EXTENDING TO PERFORM 
                   ACTIVE GUARD AND RESERVE DUTY.

       Section 308(a)(1)(D) of title 37, United States Code, is 
     amended by inserting after ``a regular component of the 
     service concerned'' the following: ``, or in a reserve 
     component of the service concerned in the case of a member 
     reenlisting or extending to perform active Guard and Reserve 
     duty (as defined in section 101(d)(6) of title 10),''.

     SEC. 615. REPEAL OF TEN-PERCENT LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS OF 
                   SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUSES IN EXCESS OF 
                   $20,000.

       Section 308(b) of title 37, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking out paragraph (2); and
       (2) in paragraph (1), by striking out ``(1)''.

     SEC. 616. INCREASE OF MAXIMUM AMOUNT AUTHORIZED FOR ARMY 
                   ENLISTMENT BONUS.

       Section 308f(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking out ``$4,000'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``$6,000''.

     SEC. 617. EDUCATION LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM FOR HEALTH 
                   PROFESSIONS OFFICERS SERVING IN SELECTED 
                   RESERVE.

       (a) Eligible Persons.--Subsection (b)(2) of section 16302 
     of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``, 
     or is enrolled in a program of education leading to 
     professional qualifications,'' after ``possesses professional 
     qualifications''.
       (b) Increased Benefits.--Subsection (c) of such section is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2), by striking out ``$3,000'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``$20,000''; and
       (2) in paragraph (3), by striking out ``$20,000'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``$50,000''.

     SEC. 618. INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF BASIC EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 
                   UNDER ALL-VOLUNTEER FORCE PROGRAM FOR PERSONNEL 
                   WITH CRITICALLY SHORT SKILLS OR SPECIALTIES.

       Section 3015(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking out ``$700'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``$950''.

     SEC. 619. RELATIONSHIP OF ENTITLEMENTS TO ENLISTMENT BONUSES 
                   AND BENEFITS UNDER THE ALL-VOLUNTEER FORCE 
                   EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

       (a) Entitlements Not Exclusive.--(1) Subchapter II of 
     chapter 30 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 3019A. Relationship to entitlement to certain 
       enlistment bonuses

       ``The entitlement of an individual to benefits under this 
     chapter is not affected by receipt by that individual of an 
     enlistment bonus under section 308a or 308f of title 37.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
     is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
     3019 the following:

``3019A. Relationship to entitlement to certain enlistment bonuses.''.
       (b) Repeal of Related Limitation.--Section 8013(a) of 
     Public Law 105-56 (111 Stat. 1222) is amended--
       (1) by striking out ``of this Act--'' and all that follows 
     through ``nor shall any amounts'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``of this Act enlists in the armed services for a 
     period of active duty of less that three years, nor shall any 
     amounts''; and
       (2) in the first proviso, by striking out ``in the case of 
     a member covered by clause (1),''.

     SEC. 620. HARDSHIP DUTY PAY.

       (a) Duty for Which Pay Authorized.--Subsection (a) of 
     section 305 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by 
     striking out ``on duty at a location'' and all that follows 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``performing duty in the United 
     States or outside the United States that is designated by the 
     Secretary of Defense as hardship duty.''.
       (b) Repeal of Exception for Members Receiving Career Sea 
     Pay.--Subsection (c) of such section is repealed.
       (c) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Subsections (b) and (d) of 
     such section are amended by striking out ``hardship duty 
     location pay'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``hardship duty 
     pay''.
       (2) Subsection (d) of such section is redesignated as 
     subsection (c).
       (3) The heading for such section is amended by striking out 
     ``location''.
       (4) Section 907(d) of title 37, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking out ``duty at a hardship duty location'' 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``hardship duty''.
       (d) Clerical Amendment.--The item relating to section 305 
     in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 5 of 
     such title is amended to read as follows:

``305. Special pay: hardship duty pay.''.

     SEC. 620A. INCREASED HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY FOR AERIAL FLIGHT 
                   CREWMEMBERS IN PAY GRADES E-4 TO E-9.

       (a) Rates.--The table in section 301(b) of title 37, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking out the items relating to 
     pay grades E-4, E-5, E-6, E-7, E-8, and E-9, and inserting in 
     lieu thereof the following:

``E-9   240
 E-8  240
 E-7  240
 E-6  215
 E-5  90
 E-4  165''.
       (b) Effective Date.--This section and the amendment made by 
     this section shall take effect on October 1, 1998, and shall 
     apply with respect to months beginning on or after that date.

     SEC. 620B. DIVING DUTY SPECIAL PAY FOR DIVERS HAVING DIVING 
                   DUTY AS A NONPRIMARY DUTY.

       (a) Eligibility for Maintaining Proficiency.--Section 
     304(a)(3) of title 37, United States Code, is amended to read 
     as follows:
       ``(3) either--
       ``(A) actually performs diving duty while serving in an 
     assignment for which diving is a primary duty; or
       ``(B) meets the requirements to maintain proficiency as 
     described in paragraph (2) while serving in an assignment 
     that includes diving duty other than as a primary duty.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on October 1, 1998, and shall apply with 
     respect to months beginning on or after that date.

     SEC. 620C. RETENTION INCENTIVES INITIATIVE FOR CRITICALLY 
                   SHORT MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES.

       (a) Requirement for New Incentives.--The Secretary of 
     Defense shall establish and provide for members of the Armed 
     Forces qualified in critically short military occupational 
     specialties a series of new incentives that the Secretary 
     considers potentially effective for increasing the rates at 
     which those members are retained in the Armed Forces for 
     service in such specialties.
       (b) Critically Short Military Occupational Specialties.--
     For the purposes of this section, a military occupational 
     specialty is a critically short military occupational 
     specialty for an armed force if the number of members 
     retained in that armed force in fiscal year 1998 for service 
     in that specialty is less than 50 percent of the number of 
     members of that armed force that were projected to be 
     retained in that armed force for service in the specialty by 
     the Secretary of the military department concerned as of 
     October 1, 1997.
       (c) Incentives.--It is the sense of Congress that, among 
     the new incentives established and provided under this 
     section, the Secretary of Defense should include the 
     following incentives:
       (1) Family support and leave allowances.
       (2) Increased special reenlistment or retention bonuses.
       (3) Repayment of educational loans.
       (4) Priority of selection for assignment to preferred 
     permanent duty station or for extension at permanent duty 
     station.
       (5) Modified leave policies.
       (6) Special consideration for Government housing or 
     additional housing allowances.
       (d) Relationship to Other Incentives.--Incentives provided 
     under this section are in addition to any special pay or 
     other benefit that is authorized under any other provision of 
     law.

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       (e) Reports.--(1) Not later than December 1, 1998, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report that identifies, for each of the 
     Armed Forces, the critically short military occupational 
     specialties to which incentives under this section are to 
     apply.
       (2) Not later than April 15, 1999, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
     that specifies, for each of the Armed Forces, the incentives 
     that are to be provided under this section.

            Subtitle C--Travel and Transportation Allowances

     SEC. 621. TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION FOR REST AND RECUPERATION 
                   IN CONNECTION WITH CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS AND 
                   OTHER DUTY.

       Section 411c of title 37, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
     subparagraphs (A) and (B); and
       (B) by inserting ``In General.--(1)'' after ``(a)'';
       (2) in subsection (b), by striking out ``(b) The 
     transportation authorized by this section'' and inserting in 
     lieu thereof ``(2) The transportation authorized by paragraph 
     (1)''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(b) Contingency Operations and Other Special 
     Situations.--(1) Under uniform regulations prescribed by the 
     Secretaries concerned, a member of the armed forces serving a 
     tour of duty at a duty station, and under conditions, 
     described in paragraph (2) may be paid for or provided 
     transportation to a location described in subsection (a)(1) 
     as part of a program of rest and recuperation specifically 
     authorized for members of the armed forces serving under 
     those conditions at that duty station by the Secretary 
     concerned in advance of the commencement of the member's 
     travel.
       ``(2) Paragraph (1) applies to a member of the armed forces 
     serving at a duty station outside the United States if--
       ``(A) the member is participating in a contingency 
     operation at or from that duty station; or
       ``(B) the payment for or provision of transportation would 
     be in the best interests of members of the armed forces and 
     the United States because of unusual conditions at the duty 
     station, as determined by the Secretary concerned.
       ``(3) Transportation may not be paid for or provided to a 
     member under this subsection for travel that begins--
       ``(A) more than 24 months after the commencement of the 
     tour of duty for which the transportation is authorized; or
       ``(B) after the tour of duty ends.
       ``(4) The transportation authorized by this subsection is 
     limited to one round-trip during any tour of at least 6, but 
     less than 24, consecutive months.
       ``(5) Transportation paid for or provided to a member under 
     this subsection may not be counted as transportation for 
     which the member is eligible under subsection (a).''.

     SEC. 622. PAYMENT FOR TEMPORARY STORAGE OF BAGGAGE OF 
                   DEPENDENT STUDENT NOT TAKEN ON ANNUAL TRIP TO 
                   OVERSEAS DUTY STATION OF SPONSOR.

       Section 430(b) of title 37, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking out the second sentence and inserting in lieu 
     thereof the following: ``The allowance authorized by this 
     section may be prescribed by the Secretaries concerned as 
     transportation in kind or reimbursement therefor, including 
     an amount for the temporary storage of any baggage not taken 
     with the child on the annual trip if determined advantageous 
     to the Government.''.

     SEC. 623. COMMERCIAL TRAVEL OF RESERVES AT FEDERAL SUPPLY 
                   SCHEDULE RATES FOR ATTENDANCE AT INACTIVE DUTY 
                   TRAINING ASSEMBLIES.

       (a) Authority.--Chapter 1217 of title 10, United States 
     Code is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 12603. Commercial travel at Federal supply schedule 
       rates for attendance at inactive duty training assemblies

       ``(a) Federal Supply Schedule Travel.--Commercial travel 
     under Federal supply schedules is authorized for the travel 
     of a Reserve to the location of inactive duty training to be 
     performed by the Reserve or from that location upon 
     completion of the training.
       ``(b) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     prescribe in regulations the requirements, conditions, and 
     restrictions for travel under the authority of subsection (a) 
     that the Secretary considers appropriate. The regulations 
     shall include policies and procedures for preventing abuses 
     of the travel authority.
       ``(c) Reimbursement Not Authorized.--A Reserve is not 
     entitled to Government reimbursement for the cost of travel 
     authorized under subsection (a).
       ``(d) Treatment of Transportation as Use by Military 
     Departments.--For the purposes of section 201(a) of the 
     Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 
     U.S.C. 481(a)), travel authorized under subsection (a) shall 
     be treated as transportation for the use of a military 
     department.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

``12603. Commercial travel at Federal supply schedule rates for 
              attendance at inactive duty training assemblies.''.

    Subtitle D--Retired Pay, Survivor Benefits, and Related Matters

     SEC. 631. PAID-UP COVERAGE UNDER SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN.

       (a) Paid Up at 30 Years of Service and Age 70.--Section 
     1452 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
     the end the following new subsection:
       ``(j) Coverage Paid Up at 30 Years and Attainment of Age 
     70.--(1) Coverage of a survivor of a member under the Plan 
     shall be considered paid up as of the end of the later of--
       ``(A) the 360th month in which the member's retired pay has 
     been reduced under this section; or
       ``(B) the month in which the member attains 70 years of 
     age.
       ``(2) The retired pay of a member shall not be reduced 
     under this section to provide coverage of a survivor under 
     the Plan after the month when the coverage is considered paid 
     up under paragraph (1).''.
       (b) Effective Date.--Section 1452(j) of title 10, United 
     States Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall take effect 
     on October 1, 2003.

     SEC. 632. COURT-REQUIRED SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN COVERAGE 
                   EFFECTUATED THROUGH ELECTIONS AND DEEMED 
                   ELECTIONS.

       (a) Elimination of Disparity in Effective Date 
     Provisions.--Section 1448(b)(3) of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (C)--
       (A) by striking out the second sentence; and
       (B) by striking out ``effective date,'' in the heading; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(E) Effective date.--An election under this paragraph--
       ``(i) in the case of a person required (as described in 
     section 1450(f)(3)(B) of this title) to make the election, is 
     effective as of the first day of the first month which begins 
     after the date of the court order or filing that requires the 
     election; and
       ``(ii) in all other cases, is effective as of the first day 
     of the first calendar month following the month in which the 
     election is received by the Secretary concerned.''.
       (b) Conformity by Cross Reference.--Section 1450(f)(3)(D) 
     of such title is amended by striking out ``the first day of 
     the first month which begins after the date of the court 
     order or filing involved'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``the day referred to in section 1448(b)(3)(E)(i) of this 
     title''.

     SEC. 633. RECOVERY, CARE, AND DISPOSITION OF REMAINS OF 
                   MEDICALLY RETIRED MEMBER WHO DIES DURING 
                   HOSPITALIZATION THAT BEGINS WHILE ON ACTIVE 
                   DUTY.

       (a) In General.--Section 1481(a)(7) of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended to read as follows:
       ``(7) A person who--
       ``(A) dies as a retired member of an armed force under the 
     Secretary's jurisdiction during a continuous hospitalization 
     of the member as a patient in a United States hospital that 
     began while the member was on active duty for a period of 
     more than 30 days; or
       ``(B) is not covered by subparagraph (A) and, while in a 
     retired status by reason of eligibility to retire under 
     chapter 61 of this title, dies during a continuous 
     hospitalization of the person that began while the person was 
     on active duty as a Regular of an armed force, or a member of 
     an armed force without component, under the Secretary's 
     jurisdiction.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     takes effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
     applies with respect to deaths occurring on or after that 
     date.

     SEC. 634. SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD.

       (a) Persons Not Currently Participating in Survivor Benefit 
     Plan.--
       (1) Election of sbp coverage.--An eligible retired or 
     former member may elect to participate in the Survivor 
     Benefit Plan during the open enrollment period specified in 
     subsection (d).
       (2) Election of supplemental annuity coverage.--An eligible 
     retired or former member who elects under paragraph (1) to 
     participate in the Survivor Benefit Plan may also elect 
     during the open enrollment period to participate in the 
     Supplemental Survivor Benefit Plan.
       (3) Eligible retired or former member.--For purposes of 
     paragraphs (1) and (2), an eligible retired or former member 
     is a member or former member of the uniformed services who on 
     the day before the first day of the open enrollment period is 
     not a participant in the Survivor Benefit Plan and--
       (A) is entitled to retired pay; or
       (B) would be entitled to retired pay under chapter 1223 of 
     title 10, United States Code (or chapter 67 of such title as 
     in effect before October 5, 1994), but for the fact that such 
     member or former member is under 60 years of age.
       (4) Status under sbp of persons making elections.--
       (A) Standard annuity.--A person making an election under 
     paragraph (1) by reason of eligibility under paragraph (3)(A) 
     shall be treated for all purposes as providing a standard 
     annuity under the Survivor Benefit Plan.
       (B) Reserve-component annuity.--A person making an election 
     under paragraph (1) by reason of eligibility under paragraph 
     (3)(B) shall be treated for all purposes as providing a 
     reserve-component annuity under the Survivor Benefit Plan.
       (b) Manner of Making Elections.--

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       (1) In general.--An election under this section must be 
     made in writing, signed by the person making the election, 
     and received by the Secretary concerned before the end of the 
     open enrollment period. Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
     any such election shall be made subject to the same 
     conditions, and with the same opportunities for designation 
     of beneficiaries and specification of base amount, that apply 
     under the Survivor Benefit Plan or the Supplemental Survivor 
     Benefit Plan, as the case may be. A person making an election 
     under subsection (a) to provide a reserve-component annuity 
     shall make a designation described in section 1448(e) of 
     title 10, United States Code.
       (2) Election must be voluntary.--An election under this 
     section is not effective unless the person making the 
     election declares the election to be voluntary. An election 
     to participate in the Survivor Benefit Plan under this 
     section may not be required by any court. An election to 
     participate or not to participate in the Survivor Benefit 
     Plan is not subject to the concurrence of a spouse or former 
     spouse of the person.
       (c) Effective Date for Elections.--Any such election shall 
     be effective as of the first day of the first calendar month 
     following the month in which the election is received by the 
     Secretary concerned.
       (d) Open Enrollment Period Defined.--The open enrollment 
     period is the one-year period beginning on March 1, 1999.
       (e) Effect of Death of Person Making Election Within Two 
     Years of Making Election.--If a person making an election 
     under this section dies before the end of the two-year period 
     beginning on the effective date of the election, the election 
     is void and the amount of any reduction in retired pay of the 
     person that is attributable to the election shall be paid in 
     a lump sum to the person who would have been the deceased 
     person's beneficiary under the voided election if the 
     deceased person had died after the end of such two-year 
     period.
       (f) Applicability of Certain Provisions of Law.--The 
     provisions of sections 1449, 1453, and 1454 of title 10, 
     United States Code, are applicable to a person making an 
     election, and to an election, under this section in the same 
     manner as if the election were made under the Survivor 
     Benefit Plan or the Supplemental Survivor Benefit Plan, as 
     the case may be.
       (g) Premiums for Open Enrollment Election.--
       (1) Premiums to be charged.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     prescribe in regulations premiums which a person electing 
     under this section shall be required to pay for participating 
     in the Survivor Benefit Plan pursuant to the election. The 
     total amount of the premiums to be paid by a person under the 
     regulations shall be equal to the sum of--
       (A) the total amount by which the retired pay of the person 
     would have been reduced before the effective date of the 
     election if the person had elected to participate in the 
     Survivor Benefit Plan (for the same base amount specified in 
     the election) at the first opportunity that was afforded the 
     member to participate under chapter 73 of title 10, United 
     States Code;
       (B) interest on the amounts by which the retired pay of the 
     person would have been so reduced, computed from the dates on 
     which the retired pay would have been so reduced at such rate 
     or rates and according to such methodology as the Secretary 
     of Defense determines reasonable; and
       (C) any additional amount that the Secretary determines 
     necessary to protect the actuarial soundness of the 
     Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund against any 
     increased risk for the fund that is associated with the 
     election.
       (2) Premiums to be credited to retirement fund.--Premiums 
     paid under the regulations shall be credited to the 
     Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund.
       (h) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``Survivor Benefit Plan'' means the program 
     established under subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 10, 
     United States Code.
       (2) The term ``Supplemental Survivor Benefit Plan'' means 
     the program established under subchapter III of chapter 73 of 
     title 10, United States Code.
       (3) The term ``retired pay'' includes retainer pay paid 
     under section 6330 of title 10, United States Code.
       (4) The terms ``uniformed services'' and ``Secretary 
     concerned'' have the meanings given those terms in section 
     101 of title 37, United States Code.
       (5) The term ``Department of Defense Military Retirement 
     Fund'' means the Department of Defense Military Retirement 
     Fund established under section 1461(a) of title 10, United 
     States Code.

     SEC. 635. ELIGIBILITY FOR PAYMENTS OF CERTAIN SURVIVORS OF 
                   CAPTURED AND INTERNED VIETNAMESE OPERATIVES WHO 
                   WERE UNMARRIED AND CHILDLESS AT DEATH.

       Section 657(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104-201; 110 Stat. 2585) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) In the case of a decedent who had not been married at 
     the time of death--
       ``(A) to the surviving parents; or
       ``(B) if there are no surviving parents, to the surviving 
     siblings by blood of the decedent, in equal shares.''.

     SEC. 636. CLARIFICATION OF RECIPIENT OF PAYMENTS TO PERSONS 
                   CAPTURED OR INTERNED BY NORTH VIETNAM.

       Section 657(f)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104-201; 110 Stat. 2585) is 
     amended by striking out ``The actual disbursement'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``Notwithstanding any agreement 
     (including a power of attorney) to the contrary, the actual 
     disbursement''.

     SEC. 637. PRESENTATION OF UNITED STATES FLAG TO MEMBERS OF 
                   THE ARMED FORCES.

       (a) Army.--(1) Chapter 353 of title 10, United States Code, 
     is amended by inserting after the table of sections the 
     following:

     ``Sec. 3681. Presentation of flag upon retirement at end of 
       active duty service

       ``(a) Requirement.--The Secretary of the Army shall present 
     a United States flag to a member of any component of the Army 
     upon the release of the member from active duty for 
     retirement.
       ``(b) Multiple Presentations Not Authorized.--A member is 
     not eligible for a presentation of a flag under subsection 
     (a) if the member has previously been presented a flag under 
     this section or section 6141 or 8681 of this title.
       ``(c) No Cost to Recipient.--The presentation of a flag 
     under his section shall be at no cost to the recipient.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
     is amended by inserting before the item relating to section 
     3684 the following:

``3681. Presentation of flag upon retirement at end of active duty 
              service.''.
       (b) Navy and Marine Corps.--(1) Chapter 561 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by inserting after the table 
     of sections the following:

     ``Sec. 6141. Presentation of flag upon retirement at end of 
       active duty service

       ``(a) Requirement.--The Secretary of the Navy shall present 
     a United States flag to a member of any component of the Navy 
     or Marine Corps upon the release of the member from active 
     duty for retirement or for transfer to the Fleet Reserve or 
     the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve.
       ``(b) Multiple Presentations Not Authorized.--A member is 
     not eligible for a presentation of a flag under subsection 
     (a) if the member has previously been presented a flag under 
     this section or section 3681 or 8681 of this title.
       ``(c) No Cost to Recipient.--The presentation of a flag 
     under his section shall be at no cost to the recipient.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
     is amended by inserting before the item relating to section 
     6151 the following:

``6141. Presentation of flag upon retirement at end of active duty 
              service.''.
       (c) Air Force.--(1) Chapter 853 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by inserting after the table of sections the 
     following:

     ``Sec. 8681. Presentation of flag upon retirement at end of 
       active duty service

       ``(a) Requirement.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall 
     present a United States flag to a member of any component of 
     the Air Force upon the release of the member from active duty 
     for retirement.
       ``(b) Multiple Presentations Not Authorized.--A member is 
     not eligible for a presentation of a flag under subsection 
     (a) if the member has previously been presented a flag under 
     this section or section 3681 or 6141 of this title.
       ``(c) No Cost to Recipient.--The presentation of a flag 
     under his section shall be at no cost to the recipient.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
     is amended by inserting before the item relating to section 
     8684 the following:

``8681. Presentation of flag upon retirement at end of active duty 
              service.''.
       (d) Requirement for Advance Appropriations.--The Secretary 
     of a military department may present flags under authority 
     provided the Secretary in section 3681, 6141, or 8681 title 
     10, United States Code (as added by this section), only to 
     the extent that funds for such presentations are appropriated 
     for that purpose in advance.
       (e) Effective Date.--Sections 3681, 6141, and 8681 of title 
     10, United States Code (as added by this section shall take 
     effect on October 1, 1998, and shall apply with respect to 
     releases described in those sections on or after that date.

     SEC. 638. 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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                       Subtitle E--Other Matters

     SEC. 641. DEFINITION OF POSSESSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES FOR 
                   PAY AND ALLOWANCES PURPOSES.

       Section 101(2) of title 37, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking out ``the Canal Zone,''.

     SEC. 642. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COVERAGE FOR 
                   STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN CERTAIN OFFICER 
                   CANDIDATE PROGRAMS.

       (a) Periods of Coverage.--Subsection (a)(2) of section 8140 
     of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(2) during the period of the member's attendance at 
     training or a practice cruise under chapter 103 of title 10, 
     beginning when the authorized travel to the training or 
     practice cruise begins and ending when authorized travel from 
     the training or practice cruise ends.''.
       (b) Line of Duty.--Subsection (b) of such section is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) For the purpose of this section, an injury, 
     disability, death, or illness of a member referred to in 
     subsection (a) may be considered as incurred or contracted in 
     line of duty only if the injury, disability, or death is 
     incurred, or the illness is contracted, by the member during 
     a period described in that subsection. Subject to review by 
     the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of the military 
     department concerned (under regulations prescribed by that 
     Secretary), shall determine whether an injury, disability, or 
     death was incurred, or an illness was contracted, by a member 
     in line of duty.''.
       (c) Clarification of Casualties Covered.--Subsection (a) of 
     such section, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, 
     is further amended by inserting ``, or an illness 
     contracted,'' after ``death incurred'' in the matter 
     preceding paragraph (1).
       (d) Effective Date and Applicability.--The amendments made 
     by subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on the date of 
     the enactment of this Act and apply with respect to injuries, 
     illnesses, disabilities, and deaths incurred or contracted on 
     or after that date.

     SEC. 643. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR 
                   EDUCATION OF CERTAIN DEFENSE DEPENDENTS 
                   OVERSEAS.

       Section 1407(b) of the Defense Dependents' Education Act of 
     1978 (20 U.S.C. 926(b)) is amended--
       (1) by striking out ``(b) Under such circumstances as he 
     may by regulation prescribe, the Secretary of Defense'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``(b) Tuition and Assistance When 
     Schools Unavailable.--(1) Under such circumstances as the 
     Secretary of Defense may prescribe in regulations, the 
     Secretary''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2)(A) The Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of 
     Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not 
     operating as a service of the Navy, may provide financial 
     assistance to sponsors of dependents in overseas areas where 
     schools operated by the Secretary of Defense under subsection 
     (a) are not reasonably available in order to assist the 
     sponsors to defray the costs incurred by the sponsors for the 
     attendance of the dependents at schools in such areas other 
     than schools operated by the Secretary of Defense.
       ``(B) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
     Transportation shall each prescribe regulations relating to 
     the availability of financial assistance under subparagraph 
     (A). Such regulations shall, to the maximum extent 
     practicable, be consistent with Department of State 
     regulations relating to the availability of financial 
     assistance for the education of dependents of Department of 
     State personnel overseas.''.

     SEC. 644. VOTING RIGHTS OF MILITARY PERSONNEL.

       (a) Guarantee of Residency.--Article VII of the Soldiers' 
     and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 (50 U.S.C. App. 590 et 
     seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``Sec. 704. (a) For purposes of voting for an office of the 
     United States or of a State, a person who is absent from a 
     State in compliance with military or naval orders shall not, 
     solely by reason of that absence--
       ``(1) be deemed to have lost a residence or domicile in 
     that State;
       ``(2) be deemed to have acquired a residence or domicile in 
     any other State; or
       ``(3) be deemed to have become resident in or a resident of 
     any other State.
       ``(b) In this section, the term `State' includes a 
     territory or possession of the United States, a political 
     subdivision of a State, territory, or possession, and the 
     District of Columbia.''.
       (b) State Responsibility To Guarantee Military Voting 
     Rights.--(1) Section 102 of the Uniformed and Overseas 
     Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff-1) is 
     amended--
       (A) by inserting ``(a) Elections for Federal Offices.--'' 
     before ``Each State shall--''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(b) Elections for State and Local Offices.--Each State 
     shall--
       ``(1) permit absent uniformed services voters to use 
     absentee registration procedures and to vote by absentee 
     ballot in general, special, primary, and runoff elections for 
     State and local offices; and
       ``(2) accept and process, with respect to any election 
     described in paragraph (1), any otherwise valid voter 
     registration application from an absent uniformed services 
     voter if the application is received by the appropriate State 
     election official not less than 30 days before the 
     election.''.
       (2) The heading of title I of such Act is amended by 
     striking out ``FOR FEDERAL OFFICE''.

                         TITLE VII--HEALTH CARE

     SEC. 701. DEPENDENTS' DENTAL PROGRAM.

       (a) Inflation-Indexed Premium.--(1) Section 1076a(b)(2) of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (A) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(2)''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) Effective as of January 1 of each year, the amount of 
     the premium required under subparagraph (A) shall be 
     increased by the percent equal to the lesser of--
       ``(i) the percent by which the rates of basic pay of 
     members of the uniformed services are increased on such date; 
     or
       ``(ii) the sum of one-half percent and the percent computed 
     under section 5303(a) of title 5 for the increase in rates of 
     basic pay for statutory pay systems for pay periods beginning 
     on or after such date.''.
       (2) The amendment made by subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) 
     shall take effect on January 1, 1999, and shall apply to 
     months after 1998 as if such subparagraph had been in effect 
     since December 31, 1993.
       (b) Offer of Plan Under TRICARE.--(1) Section 1097 of such 
     title is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(f) Dependents' Dental Plan.--A basic dental benefits 
     plan established for eligible dependents under section 1076a 
     of this title may be offered under the TRICARE program.''.
       (2) Subsection (e) of such section is amended by adding at 
     the end the following: ``Charges for a basic dental benefits 
     plan offered under the TRICARE program pursuant to subsection 
     (f) shall be those provided for under section 1076a of this 
     title.''.

     SEC. 702. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR USE OF PERSONAL SERVICES 
                   CONTRACTS FOR PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE AT 
                   MILITARY ENTRANCE PROCESSING STATIONS AND 
                   ELSEWHERE OUTSIDE MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES.

       Section 1091(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended in the second sentence by striking out ``the end of 
     the one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of 
     this paragraph'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``June 30, 
     1999''.

     SEC. 703. TRICARE PRIME AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENTS AND RETIREE 
                   PAYMENT OPTIONS.

       (a) Procedures.--(1) Chapter 55 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by inserting after section 1097 the 
     following new section:

     ``Sec. 1097a. TRICARE Prime: automatic enrollments; payment 
       options

       ``(a) Automatic Enrollment of Certain Dependents.--Each 
     dependent of a member of the uniformed services in grade E4 
     or below who is entitled to medical and dental care under 
     section 1076(a)(2)(A) of this title and resides in the 
     catchment area of a facility of a uniformed service offering 
     TRICARE Prime shall be automatically enrolled in TRICARE 
     Prime at the facility. The Secretary concerned shall provide 
     written notice of the enrollment to the member. The 
     enrollment of a dependent of the member may be terminated by 
     the member or the dependent at any time.
       ``(b) Automatic Renewal of Enrollments of Covered 
     Beneficiaries.--(1) An enrollment of a covered beneficiary in 
     TRICARE Prime shall be automatically renewed upon the 
     expiration of the enrollment unless the renewal is declined.
       ``(2) Not later than 15 days before the expiration date for 
     an enrollment of a covered beneficiary in TRICARE Prime, the 
     Secretary concerned shall--
       ``(A) transmit a written notification of the pending 
     expiration and renewal of enrollment to the covered 
     beneficiary or, in the case of a dependent of a member of the 
     uniformed services, to the member; and
       ``(B) afford the beneficiary or member, as the case may be, 
     an opportunity to decline the renewal of enrollment.
       ``(c) Payment Options for Retirees.--A member or former 
     member of the uniformed services eligible for medical care 
     and dental care under section 1074(b) of this title may elect 
     to have any fee payable by the member or former member for an 
     enrollment in TRICARE Prime withheld from the member's 
     retired pay, retainer pay, or equivalent pay, as the case may 
     be, or to be paid from a financial institution through 
     electronic transfers of funds. The fee shall be paid in 
     accordance with the election.
       ``(d) Regulations.--The administering Secretaries shall 
     prescribe regulations, including procedures, for carrying out 
     this section.
       ``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) The term `TRICARE Prime' means the managed care 
     option of the TRICARE program.
       ``(2) The term `catchment area', with respect to a facility 
     of a uniformed service, means the service area of the 
     facility, as designated under regulations prescribed by the 
     administering Secretaries.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
     is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
     1097 the following new item:

1097a. TRICARE Prime: automatic enrollments; payment options.''.
       (b) Deadline for Implementation.--The regulations required 
     under subsection (d) of section 1097a of title 10, United 
     States Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall be prescribed 
     to take effect not later than January

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     1, 1999. The section shall be applied under TRICARE Prime on 
     and after the date on which the regulations take effect.

     SEC. 704. LIMITED CONTINUED CHAMPUS COVERAGE FOR PERSONS 
                   UNAWARE OF A LOSS OF CHAMPUS COVERAGE RESULTING 
                   FROM ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICARE.

       (a) Continuation of Eligibility.--The eligibility of a 
     person described in subsection (b) for care under CHAMPUS may 
     be continued under regulations prescribed by the 
     administering Secretaries if it is determined under the 
     regulations that the continuation of the eligibility is 
     appropriate in order to ensure that the person has adequate 
     access to health care.
       (b) Eligible Persons.--Subsection (a) applies to a person 
     who--
       (1) has been eligible for health care under CHAMPUS;
       (2) loses eligibility for health care under CHAMPUS solely 
     by reason of paragraph (1) of section 1086(d), United States 
     Code;
       (3) is unaware of the loss of eligibility; and
       (4) satisfies the conditions set forth in subparagraphs (A) 
     and (B) of paragraph (2) of such section 1086(d) at the time 
     health care is provided under CHAMPUS pursuant to a 
     continuation of eligibility in accordance with this section.
       (c) Period of Continued Eligibility.--A continuation of 
     eligibility under this section shall apply with regard to 
     health care provided on or after October 1, 1998, and before 
     July 1, 1999.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``administering Secretaries'' has the meaning 
     given such term in paragraph (3) of section 1072 of title 10, 
     United States Code.
       (2) The term ``CHAMPUS'' means the Civilian Health and 
     Medical Program of the Uniformed Services, as defined in 
     paragraph (4) of such section.

     SEC. 705. ENHANCED DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGAN AND TISSUE 
                   DONOR PROGRAM.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Organ and tissue transplantation is one of the most 
     remarkable medical success stories in the history of 
     medicine.
       (2) Each year, the number of people waiting for organ or 
     tissue transplantation increases. It is estimated that there 
     are approximately 39,000 patients, ranging in age from babies 
     to those in retirement, awaiting transplants of kidneys, 
     hearts, livers, and other solid organs.
       (3) The Department of Defense has made significant progress 
     in increasing the awareness of the importance of organ and 
     tissue donations among members of the Armed Forces.
       (4) The inclusion of organ and tissue donor elections in 
     the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) 
     central database through the Real-time Automated Personnel 
     Identification System (RAPIDS) represents a major step in 
     ensuring that organ and tissue donor elections are a matter 
     of record and are accessible in a timely manner.
       (b) Responsibilities of the Secretary of Defense.--The 
     Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the advanced systems 
     developed for recording Armed Forces members' personal data 
     and information (such as the SMARTCARD, MEDITAG, and Personal 
     Information Carrier) include the capability to record organ 
     and tissue donation elections.
       (c) Responsibilities of the Secretaries of the Military 
     Departments.--The Secretaries of the military departments 
     shall ensure that--
       (1) appropriate information about organ and tissue donation 
     is provided to each recruit and officer candidate of the 
     Armed Forces during initial training;
       (2) members of the Armed Forces are given recurring, 
     specific opportunities to elect to be organ or tissue donors 
     during service in the Armed Forces and upon retirement; and
       (3) members of the Armed Forces electing to be organ or 
     tissue donors are encouraged to advise their next of kin 
     concerning the donation decision and any subsequent change of 
     that decision.
       (d) Responsibilities of the Surgeons General of the 
     Military Department.--The Surgeons General of the Armed 
     Forces shall ensure that--
       (1) appropriate training is provided to enlisted and 
     officer medical personnel to facilitate the effective 
     operation of organ and tissue donation activities under 
     garrison conditions and, to the extent possible, under 
     operational conditions; and
       (2) medical logistical activities can, to the extent 
     possible without jeopardizing operational requirements, 
     support an effective organ and tissue donation program.
       (e) Report.--Not later than September 1, 1999, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security 
     of the House of Representatives a report on the status of the 
     implementation of this section.

     SEC. 706. JOINT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF 
                   VETERANS AFFAIRS REVIEWS RELATING TO 
                   INTERDEPARTMENTAL COOPERATION IN THE DELIVERY 
                   OF MEDICAL CARE.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The military health care system of the Department of 
     Defense and the Veterans Health Administration of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs are national institutions that 
     collectively manage more than 1,500 hospitals, clinics, and 
     health care facilities worldwide to provide services to more 
     than 11,000,000 beneficiaries.
       (2) In the post-Cold War era, these institutions are in a 
     profound transition that involves challenging opportunities.
       (3) During the period from 1988 to 1998, the number of 
     military medical personnel has declined by 15 percent and the 
     number of military hospitals has been reduced by one-third.
       (4) During the two years since 1996, the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs has revitalized its structure by 
     decentralizing authority into 22 Veterans Integrated Service 
     Networks.
       (5) In the face of increasing costs of medical care, 
     increased demands for health care services, and increasing 
     budgetary constraints, the Department of Defense and the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs have embarked on a variety of 
     dynamic and innovative cooperative programs ranging from 
     shared services to joint venture operations of medical 
     facilities.
       (6) In 1984, there was a combined total of 102 Department 
     of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense facilities with 
     sharing agreements. By 1997, that number had grown to 420. 
     During the six years from fiscal year 1992 through fiscal 
     year 1997, shared services increased from slightly over 3,000 
     services to more than 6,000 services ranging from major 
     medical and surgical services, laundry, blood, and laboratory 
     services to unusual speciality care services.
       (7) The Department of Defense and the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs are conducting four health care joint 
     ventures in New Mexico, Nevada, Texas, Oklahoma, and are 
     planning to conduct four more such ventures in Alaska, 
     Florida, Hawaii, and California.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the Department of Defense and the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs are to be commended for the cooperation 
     between the two departments in the delivery of medical care, 
     of which the cooperation involved in the establishment and 
     operation of the Department of Defense and the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs Executive Council is a praiseworthy example;
       (2) the two departments are encouraged to continue to 
     explore new opportunities to enhance the availability and 
     delivery of medical care to beneficiaries by further 
     enhancing the cooperative efforts of the departments; and
       (3) enhanced cooperation is encouraged for--
       (A) the general areas of access to quality medical care, 
     identification and elimination of impediments to enhanced 
     cooperation, and joint research and program development; and
       (B) the specific areas in which there is significant 
     potential to achieve progress in cooperation in a short term, 
     including computerization of patient records systems, 
     participation of the Department of Veterans Affairs in the 
     TRICARE program, pharmaceutical programs, and joint physical 
     examinations.
       (c) Joint Survey of Populations Served.--(1) The Secretary 
     of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
     jointly conduct a survey of their respective medical care 
     beneficiary populations to identify, by category of 
     beneficiary (defined as the Secretaries consider 
     appropriate), the expectations of, requirements for, and 
     behavior patterns of the beneficiaries with respect to 
     medical care. The two Secretaries shall develop the protocol 
     for the survey jointly, but shall obtain the services of an 
     entity independent of the Department of Defense and the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs for carrying out the survey.
       (2) The survey shall include the following:
       (A) Demographic characteristics, economic characteristics, 
     and geographic location of beneficiary populations with 
     regard to catchment or service areas.
       (B) The types and frequency of care required by veterans, 
     retirees, and dependents within catchment or service areas of 
     Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs medical facilities 
     and outside those areas.
       (C) The numbers of, characteristics of, and types of 
     medical care needed by the veterans, retirees, and dependents 
     who, though eligible for medical care in Department of 
     Defense or Department of Veterans Affairs treatment 
     facilities or other federally funded medical programs, choose 
     not to seek medical care from those facilities or under those 
     programs, and the reasons for that choice.
       (D) The obstacles or disincentives for seeking medical care 
     from such facilities or under such programs that veterans, 
     retirees, and dependents perceive.
       (E) Any other matters that the Secretary of Defense and the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs consider appropriate for the 
     survey.
       (3) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs shall submit a report on the results of the survey to 
     the appropriate committees of Congress. The report shall 
     contain the matters described in paragraph (2) and any 
     proposals for legislation that the Secretaries recommend for 
     enhancing Department of Defense and Department of Veterans 
     Affairs cooperative efforts with respect to the delivery of 
     medical care.
       (d) Review of Law and Policies.--(1) The Secretary of 
     Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly 
     conduct a review to identify impediments to cooperation 
     between the Department of Defense and the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs regarding the delivery of medical care. The 
     matters reviewed shall include the following:

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       (A) All laws, policies, and regulations, and any attitudes 
     of beneficiaries of the health care systems of the two 
     departments, that have the effect of preventing the 
     establishment, or limiting the effectiveness, of cooperative 
     health care programs of the departments.
       (B) The requirements and practices involved in the 
     credentialling and licensure of health care providers.
       (C) The perceptions of beneficiaries in a variety of 
     categories (defined as the Secretaries consider appropriate) 
     regarding the various Federal health care systems available 
     for their use.
       (2) The Secretaries shall jointly submit a report on the 
     results of the review to the appropriate committees of 
     Congress. The report shall include any proposals for 
     legislation that the Secretaries recommend for eliminating or 
     reducing impediments to interdepartmental cooperation that 
     are identified during the review.
       (e) Participation in TRICARE.--(1) The Secretary of Defense 
     shall review the TRICARE program to identify opportunities 
     for increased participation by the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs in that program. The ongoing collaboration between 
     Department of Defense officials and Department of Veterans 
     Affairs officials regarding increasing the participation 
     shall be included among the matters reviewed.
       (2) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees of 
     Congress a semiannual report on the status of the review and 
     on efforts to increase the participation of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs in the TRICARE program. No report is 
     required under this paragraph after the submission of a 
     semiannual report in which the Secretaries declare that the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs is participating in the 
     TRICARE program to the extent that can reasonably be expected 
     to be attained.
       (f) Pharmaceutical Benefits and Programs.--(1) The Federal 
     Pharmaceutical Steering Committee shall--
       (A) undertake a comprehensive examination of existing 
     pharmaceutical benefits and programs for beneficiaries of 
     Federal medical care programs, including matters relating to 
     the purchasing, distribution, and dispensing of 
     pharmaceuticals and the management of mail order 
     pharmaceuticals programs; and
       (B) review the existing methods for contracting for and 
     distributing medical supplies and services.
       (2) The committee shall submit a report on the results of 
     the examination to the appropriate committees of Congress.
       (g) Standardization of Physical Examinations for 
     Disability.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate committees 
     of Congress a report on the status of the efforts of the 
     Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     to standardize physical examinations administered by the two 
     departments for the purpose of determining or rating 
     disabilities.
       (h) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--For the 
     purposes of this section, the appropriate committees of 
     Congress are as follows:
       (1) The Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs of the Senate.
       (2) The Committee on National Security and the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives.
       (i) Deadlines for Submission of Reports.--(1) The report 
     required by subsection (c)(3) shall be submitted not later 
     than January 1, 2000.
       (2) The report required by subsection (d)(2) shall be 
     submitted not later than March 1, 1999.
       (3) The semiannual report required by subsection (e)(2) 
     shall be submitted not later than March 1 and September 1 of 
     each year.
       (4) The report on the examination required under subsection 
     (f) shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the 
     completion of the examination.
       (5) The report required by subsection (g) shall be 
     submitted not later than March 1, 1999.

     SEC. 707. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE TO 
                   CERTAIN MEDICARE-ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES OF THE 
                   MILITARY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.

       (a) In General.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall, after 
     consultation with the other administering Secretaries, carry 
     out three demonstration projects (described in subsections 
     (d), (e), and (f)) in order to assess the feasibility and 
     advisability of providing certain medical care coverage to 
     the medicare-eligible individuals described in subsection 
     (b).
       (2) The Secretary shall commence the demonstration projects 
     not later than January 1, 2000, and shall terminate the 
     demonstration projects not later than December 31, 2003.
       (3) The aggregate costs incurred by the Secretary under the 
     demonstration projects in any year may not exceed 
     $60,000,000.
       (b) Eligible Individuals.--An individual eligible to 
     participate in a demonstration project under subsection (a) 
     is a member or former member of the uniformed services 
     described in section 1074(b) of title 10, United States Code, 
     a dependent of the member described in section 1076(a)(2)(B) 
     or 1076(b) of that title, or a dependent of a member of the 
     uniformed services who died while on active duty for a period 
     of more than 30 days, who--
       (1) is 65 years of age or older;
       (2) is entitled to hospital insurance benefits under part A 
     of title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395c et 
     seq.);
       (3) is enrolled in the supplemental medical insurance 
     program under part B of such title XVIII (42 U.S.C. 1395j et 
     seq.); and
       (4) resides in an area of the demonstration project 
     selected by the Secretary under subsection (c).
       (c) Areas of Demonstration Projects.--(1) Subject to 
     paragraph (3), the Secretary shall carry out each 
     demonstration project under this section in two separate 
     areas selected by the Secretary.
       (2) Of the two areas selected for each demonstration 
     project--
       (A) one shall be an area outside the catchment area of a 
     military medical treatment facility in which--
       (i) no eligible organization has a contract in effect under 
     section 1876 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395mm) 
     and no Medicare+Choice organization has a contract in effect 
     under part C of title XVIII of that Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-21); 
     or
       (ii) the aggregate number of enrollees with an eligible 
     organization with a contract in effect under section 1876 of 
     that Act or with a Medicare+Choice organization with a 
     contract in effect under part C of title XVIII of that Act is 
     less than 2.5 percent of the total number of individuals in 
     the area who are entitled to hospital insurance benefits 
     under part A of title XVIII of that Act; and
       (B) one shall be an area outside the catchment area of a 
     military medical treatment facility in which--
       (i) at least one eligible organization has a contract in 
     effect under section 1876 of that Act or one Medicare+Choice 
     organization has a contract in effect under part C of title 
     XVIII of that Act; and
       (ii) the aggregate number of enrollees with an eligible 
     organization with a contract in effect under section 1876 of 
     that Act or with a Medicare+Choice organization with a 
     contract in effect under part C of title XVIII of that Act 
     exceeds 10 percent of the total number of individuals in the 
     area who are entitled to hospital insurance benefits under 
     part A of title XVIII of that Act.
       (3) The Secretary may not carry out a demonstration project 
     under this section in any area in which the Secretary is 
     carrying out any other medical care demonstration project 
     unless the Secretary determines that the conduct of such 
     other medical care demonstration project will not interfere 
     with the conduct or evaluation of the demonstration project 
     under this section.
       (d) FEHBP as Supplement to Medicare Demonstration.--(1)(A) 
     Under one of the demonstration projects under this section, 
     the Secretary shall permit eligible individuals described in 
     subsection (b) who reside in the areas of the demonstration 
     project selected under subsection (c) to enroll in the health 
     benefits plans offered through the Federal Employees Health 
     Benefits program under chapter 89 of title 5, United States 
     Code.
       (B) The Secretary shall carry out the demonstration project 
     under this subsection under an agreement with the Office of 
     Personnel Management.
       (2)(A) An eligible individual described in paragraph (1) 
     shall not be required to satisfy any eligibility criteria 
     specified in chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, as a 
     condition for enrollment in the health benefits plans offered 
     through the Federal Employee Health Benefits program under 
     the demonstration project under this subsection.
       (B) Each eligible individual who enrolls in a health 
     benefits plan under the demonstration project shall be 
     required to remain enrolled in the supplemental medical 
     insurance program under part B of title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act while participating in the demonstration 
     project.
       (3)(A) The authority responsible for approving retired or 
     retainer pay or equivalent pay in the case of a member or 
     former member shall manage the participation of the members 
     or former members who enroll in health benefits plans offered 
     through the Federal Employee Health Benefits program pursuant 
     to paragraph (1).
       (B) Such authority shall distribute program information to 
     eligible individuals, process enrollment applications, 
     forward all required contributions to the Employees Health 
     Benefits Fund established under section 8909 of title 5, 
     United States Code, in a timely manner, assist in the 
     reconciliation of enrollment records with health plans, and 
     prepare such reports as the Office of Personnel Management 
     may require in its administration of chapter 89 of such 
     title.
       (4)(A) The Office of Personnel Management shall require 
     health benefits plans under chapter 89 of title 5, United 
     States Code, that participate in the demonstration project to 
     maintain a separate risk pool for purposes of establishing 
     premium rates for eligible individuals who enroll in such 
     plans in accordance with this subsection.
       (B) The Office shall determine total subscription charges 
     for self only or for family coverage for eligible individuals 
     who enroll in a health benefits plan under chapter 89 of such 
     title in accordance with this subsection, which shall include 
     premium charges paid to the plan and amounts described in 
     section 8906(c) of title 5, United States Code, for 
     administrative expenses and contingency reserves.
       (5) The Secretary shall be responsible for the Government 
     contribution for an eligible individual who enrolls in a 
     health benefits plan under chapter 89 of title 5, United 
     States Code, in accordance with this subsection, except that 
     the amount of the contribution may not exceed the amount of 
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     Government contribution which would be payable if such 
     individual were an employee enrolled in the same health 
     benefits plan and level of benefits.
       (6) The cancellation by a eligible individual of coverage 
     under the Federal Employee Health Benefits program shall be 
     irrevocable during the term of the demonstration project 
     under this subsection.
       (e) TRICARE as Supplement to Medicare Demonstration.--(1) 
     Under one of the demonstration projects under this section, 
     the Secretary shall permit eligible individuals described in 
     subsection (b) who reside in each area of the demonstration 
     project selected under subsection (c) to enroll in the 
     TRICARE program. The demonstration project under this 
     subsection shall be known as the ``TRICARE Senior 
     Supplement''.
       (2) Payment for care and services received by eligible 
     individuals who enroll in the TRICARE program under the 
     demonstration project shall be made as follows:
       (A) First, under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, 
     but only the extent that payment for such care and services 
     is provided for under that title.
       (B) Second, under the TRICARE program, but only to the 
     extent that payment for such care and services is provided 
     under that program and is not provided for under subparagraph 
     (A).
       (C) Third, by the eligible individual concerned, but only 
     to the extent that payment for such care and services is not 
     provided for under subparagraphs (B) and (C).
       (3)(A) The Secretary shall require each eligible individual 
     who enrolls in the TRICARE program under the demonstration 
     project to pay an enrollment fee. The Secretary may provide 
     for payment of the enrollment fee on a periodic basis.
       (B) The amount of the enrollment fee of an eligible 
     individual under subparagraph (A) in any year may not exceed 
     an amount equal to 75 percent of the total subscription 
     charges in that year for self-only or family, fee-for-service 
     coverage under the health benefits plan under the Federal 
     Employees Health Benefits program under chapter 89 of title 
     5, United States Code, that is most similar in coverage to 
     the TRICARE program.
       (f) TRICARE Mail Order Pharmacy Benefit Supplement to 
     Medicare Demonstration.--(1) Under one of the demonstration 
     projects under this section, the Secretary shall permit 
     eligible individuals described in subsection (b) who reside 
     in each area of the demonstration project selected under 
     subsection (c) to participate in the mail order pharmacy 
     benefit available under the TRICARE program.
       (2) The Secretary may collect from eligible individuals who 
     participate in the mail order pharmacy benefit under the 
     demonstration project any premiums, deductibles, copayments, 
     or other charges that the Secretary would otherwise collect 
     from individuals similar to such eligible individuals for 
     participation in the benefit.
       (g) Independent Evaluation.--(1) The Secretary shall 
     provide for an evaluation of the demonstration projects 
     conducted under this section by an appropriate person or 
     entity that is independent of the Department of Defense.
       (2) The evaluation shall include the following:
       (A) An analysis of the costs of each demonstration project 
     to the United States and to the eligible individuals who 
     enroll or participate in such demonstration project.
       (B) An assessment of the extent to which each demonstration 
     project satisfied the requirements of such eligible 
     individuals for the health care services available under such 
     demonstration project.
       (C) An assessment of the effect, if any, of each 
     demonstration project on military medical readiness.
       (D) A description of the rate of the enrollment or 
     participation in each demonstration project of the 
     individuals who were eligible to enroll or participate in 
     such demonstration project.
       (E) An assessment of which demonstration project provides 
     the most suitable model for a program to provide adequate 
     health care services to the population of individuals 
     consisting of the eligible individuals.
       (F) An evaluation of any other matters that the Secretary 
     considers appropriate.
       (3) The Comptroller General shall review the evaluation 
     conducted under paragraph (1). In carrying out the review, 
     the Comptroller General shall--
       (A) assess the validity of the processes used in the 
     evaluation; and
       (B) assess the validity of any findings under the 
     evaluation.
       (4)(A) The Secretary shall submit a report on the results 
     of the evaluation under paragraph (1), together with the 
     evaluation, to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate 
     and the Committee on National Security of the House of 
     Representatives not later than December 31, 2003.
       (B) The Comptroller General shall submit a report on the 
     results of the review under paragraph (3) to the committees 
     referred to in subparagraph (A) not later than February 15, 
     2004.
       (h) Additional Requirements Relating to FEHBP Demonstration 
     Project.--(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), the 
     Secretary shall commence the demonstration project under 
     subsection (d) on July 1, 1999.
       (2) Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Secretary shall 
     carry out the demonstration project under subsection (d) in 
     four separate areas, of which--
       (A) two shall meet the requirements of subsection 
     (c)(1)(A); and
       (B) two others shall meet the requirements of subsection 
     (c)(1)(B).
       (3)(A) Notwithstanding subsection (f), the Secretary shall 
     provide for an annual evaluation of the demonstration project 
     under subsection (d) that meets the requirements of 
     subsection (f)(2).
       (B) The Comptroller shall review each evaluation provided 
     for under subparagraph (A).
       (C) Not later than September 15 in each of 2000 through 
     2004, the Secretary shall submit a report on the results of 
     the evaluation under subparagraph (A) during such year, 
     together with the evaluation, to the Committee on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security 
     of the House of Representatives.
       (D) Not later than December 31 in each of 2000 through 
     2004, the Comptroller General shall submit a report on the 
     results of the review under subparagraph (B) during such year 
     to the committees referred to in subparagraph (C).
       (i) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``administering Secretaries'' has the meaning 
     given that term in section 1072(3) of title 10, United States 
     Code.
       (2) The term ``TRICARE program'' has the meaning given that 
     term in section 1072(7) of title 10, United States Code.
       (j) Competition for Services.--The program under this 
     section will allow retail to compete for services in delivery 
     of pharmacy benefits without increasing costs to the 
     Government or the beneficiaries.

     SEC. 708. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS OF PHYSICIANS PROVIDING 
                   MILITARY HEALTH CARE.

       (a) Requirement for Unrestricted License.--Section 
     1094(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following: ``In the case of a 
     physician, the physician may not provide health care as a 
     physician under this chapter unless the current license is an 
     unrestricted license that is not subject to limitation on the 
     scope of practice ordinarily granted to other physicians for 
     a similar specialty by the jurisdiction that granted the 
     license.''.
       (b) Satisfaction of Continuing Medical Education 
     Requirements.--(1) Chapter 55 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by inserting after section 1094 the 
     following new section:

     ``Sec. 1094a. Continuing medical education requirements: 
       system for monitoring physician compliance

       ``The Secretary of Defense shall establish a mechanism for 
     ensuring that each person under the jurisdiction of the 
     Secretary of a military department who provides health care 
     under this chapter as a physician satisfies the continuing 
     medical education requirements applicable to the 
     physician.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``1094a. Continuing medical education requirements: system for 
              monitoring physician compliance.''.
       (c) Effective Dates.--(1) The amendment made by subsection 
     (a) shall take effect on October 1, 1998.
       (2) The system required by section 1094a of title 10, 
     United States Code (as added by subsection (b)), shall take 
     effect on the date that is three years after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 709. ASSESSMENT OF ESTABLISHMENT OF INDEPENDENT ENTITY 
                   TO EVALUATE POST-CONFLICT ILLNESSES AMONG 
                   MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND HEALTH CARE 
                   PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND 
                   DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS BEFORE AND AFTER 
                   DEPLOYMENT OF SUCH MEMBERS.

       (a) Agreement for Assessment.--The Secretary of Defense 
     shall seek to enter into an agreement with the National 
     Academy of Sciences, or other appropriate independent 
     organization, under which agreement the Academy shall carry 
     out the assessment referred to in subsection (b).
       (b) Assessment.--(1) Under the agreement, the Academy shall 
     assess the need for and feasibility of establishing an 
     independent entity to--
       (A) evaluate and monitor interagency coordination on issues 
     relating to the post-deployment health concerns of members of 
     the Armed Forces, including coordination relating to outreach 
     and risk communication, recordkeeping, research, utilization 
     of new technologies, international cooperation and research, 
     health surveillance, and other health-related activities;
       (B) evaluate the health care (including preventive care and 
     responsive care) provided to members of the Armed Forces both 
     before and after their deployment on military operations;
       (C) monitor and direct government efforts to evaluate the 
     health of members of the Armed Forces upon their return from 
     deployment on military operations for purposes of ensuring 
     the rapid identification of any trends in diseases or 
     injuries among such members as a result of such operations;
       (D) provide and direct the provision of ongoing training of 
     health care personnel of the Department of Defense and the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs in the evaluation and 
     treatment of post-deployment diseases and health conditions, 
     including nonspecific and unexplained illnesses; and
       (E) make recommendations to the Department of Defense and 
     the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding improvements in 
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     provision of health care referred to in subparagraph (B), 
     including improvements in the monitoring and treatment of 
     members referred to in that subparagraph.
       (2) The assessment shall cover the health care provided by 
     the Department of Defense and, where applicable, by the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs.
       (c) Report.--(1) The agreement shall require the Academy to 
     submit to the committees referred to in paragraph (3) a 
     report on the results of the assessment under this section 
     not later than one year after the date of enactment of this 
     Act.
       (2) The report shall include the following:
       (A) The recommendation of the Academy as to the need for 
     and feasibility of establishing an independent entity as 
     described in subsection (b) and a justification of such 
     recommendation.
       (B) If the Academy recommends that an entity be 
     established, the recommendations of the Academy as to--
       (i) the organizational placement of the entity;
       (ii) the personnel and other resources to be allocated to 
     the entity;
       (iii) the scope and nature of the activities and 
     responsibilities of the entity; and
       (iv) mechanisms for ensuring that any recommendations of 
     the entity are carried out by the Department of Defense and 
     the Department of Veterans Affairs.
       (3) The report shall be submitted to the following:
       (A) The Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs of the Senate.
       (B) The Committee on National Security and the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives.

     SEC. 710. LYME DISEASE.

       Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
     for Defense Health Programs, $3,000,000 shall be available 
     for research and surveillance activities relating to Lyme 
     disease and other tick-borne diseases.

     SEC. 711. ACCESSIBILITY TO CARE UNDER TRICARE.

       (a) Rehabilitative Services for Head Injuries.--The 
     Secretary of Defense shall revise the TRICARE policy manual 
     to clarify that rehabilitative services are available to a 
     patient for a head injury when the treating physician 
     certifies that such services would be beneficial for the 
     patient and there is potential for the patient to recover 
     from the injury.
       (b) Review of Adequacy of Provider Network.--The Secretary 
     of Defense shall review the administration of the TRICARE 
     Prime health plans to determine whether, for the region 
     covered by each such plan, there is a sufficient number, 
     distribution, and variety of qualified participating health 
     care providers to ensure that all covered health care 
     services, including specialty services, are available and 
     accessible in a timely manner to all persons covered by the 
     plan. If the Secretary determines during the review that, in 
     the region, there is an inadequate network of providers to 
     provide the covered benefits in proximity to the permanent 
     duty stations of covered members of the uniformed services in 
     the region, or in proximity to the residences of other 
     persons covered by the plan in the region, the Secretary 
     shall take such actions as are necessary to ensure that the 
     TRICARE Prime plan network of providers in the region is 
     adequate to provide for all covered benefits to be available 
     and accessible in a timely manner to all persons covered by 
     the plan.

     SEC. 712. HEALTH BENEFITS FOR ABUSED DEPENDENTS OF MEMBERS OF 
                   THE ARMED FORCES.

       Paragraph (1) of section 1076(e) of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended to read as follows:
       ``(1) The administering Secretary shall furnish an abused 
     dependent of a former member of a uniformed service described 
     in paragraph (4), during that period that the abused 
     dependent is in receipt of transitional compensation under 
     section 1059 of this title, with medical and dental care, 
     including mental health services, in facilities of the 
     uniformed services in accordance with the same eligibility 
     and benefits as were applicable for that abused dependent 
     during the period of active service of the former member.''.

     SEC. 713. PROCESS FOR WAIVING INFORMED CONSENT REQUIREMENT 
                   FOR ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN DRUGS TO MEMBERS 
                   OF ARMED FORCES.

       (a) Limitation and Waiver.--(1) Section 1107 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (A) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and
       (B) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new 
     subsection (f):
       ``(f) Limitation and Waiver.--(1) An investigational new 
     drug or a drug unapproved for its applied use may not be 
     administered to a member of the armed forces pursuant to a 
     request or requirement referred to in subsection (a) unless--
       ``(A) the member provides prior consent to receive the drug 
     in accordance with the requirements imposed under the 
     regulations required under paragraph (4) of section 505(i) of 
     the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355(i)); 
     or
       ``(B) the Secretary obtains--
       ``(i) under such section a waiver of such requirements; and
       ``(ii) a written statement that the President concurs in 
     the determination of the Secretary required under paragraph 
     (2) and with the Secretary's request for the waiver.
       ``(2) The Secretary of Defense may request a waiver 
     referred to in paragraph (1)(B) in the case of any request or 
     requirement to administer a drug under this section if the 
     Secretary determines that obtaining consent is not feasible, 
     is contrary to the best interests of the members involved, or 
     is not in the best interests of national security. Only the 
     Secretary may exercise the authority to make the request for 
     the Department of Defense, and the Secretary may not delegate 
     that authority.
       ``(3) The Secretary shall submit to the chairman and 
     ranking minority member of each congressional defense 
     committee a notification of each waiver granted pursuant to a 
     request of the Secretary under paragraph (2), together with 
     the concurrence of the President under paragraph (1)(B) that 
     relates to the waiver and the justification for the request 
     or requirement under subsection (a) for a member to receive 
     the drug covered by the waiver.
       ``(4) In this subsection, the term `congressional defense 
     committee' means each of the following:
       ``(A) The Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate.
       ``(B) The Committee on National Security and the Committee 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.''.
       (2) The requirements for a concurrence of the President and 
     a notification of committees of Congress that are set forth 
     in section 1107(f) of title 10, United States Code (as added 
     by paragraph (1)(B)) shall apply with respect to--
       (A) each waiver of the requirement for prior consent 
     imposed under the regulations required under paragraph (4) of 
     section 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
     (or under any antecedent provision of law or regulations) 
     that--
       (i) has been granted under that section (or antecedent 
     provision of law or regulations) before the date of the 
     enactment of this Act; and
       (ii) is applied after that date; and
       (B) each waiver of such requirement that is granted on or 
     after that date.
       (b) Time and Form of Notice.--(1) Subsection (b) of such 
     section is amended by striking out ``, if practicable'' and 
     all that follows through ``first administered to the 
     member''.
       (2) Subsection (c) of such section is amended by striking 
     out ``unless the Secretary of Defense determines'' and all 
     that follows through ``alternative method''.

  TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED 
                                MATTERS

     SEC. 801. PARA-ARAMID FIBERS AND YARNS.

       (a) Authorized Sources.--Chapter 141 of title 10, United 
     States Code is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 2410n. Foreign manufactured para-aramid fibers and 
       yarns: procurement

       ``(a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may procure 
     articles containing para-aramid fibers and yarns manufactured 
     in a foreign country referred to in subsection (b).
       ``(b) Foreign Countries Covered.--The authority under 
     subsection (a) applies with respect to a foreign country 
     that--
       ``(1) is a party to a defense memorandum of understanding 
     entered into under section 2531 of this title; and
       ``(2) permits United States firms that manufacture para-
     aramid fibers and yarns to compete with foreign firms for the 
     sale of para-aramid fibers and yarns in that country, as 
     determined by the Secretary of Defense.
       ``(c) Applicability to Subcontracts.--The authority under 
     subsection (a) applies with respect to subcontracts under 
     Department of Defense contracts as well as to such contracts.
       ``(d) Definitions.--In this section, the terms `United 
     States firm' and `foreign firm' have the meanings given such 
     terms in section 2532(d) of this title.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

``2410n. Foreign manufactured para-aramid fibers and yarns: 
              procurement.''.

     SEC. 802. PROCUREMENT OF TRAVEL SERVICES FOR OFFICIAL AND 
                   UNOFFICIAL TRAVEL UNDER ONE CONTRACT.

       (a) Authority.--Chapter 147 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by inserting after section 2490a the 
     following new section:

     ``Sec. 2490b. Travel services: procurement for official and 
       unofficial travel under one contract

       ``(a) Authority.--The head of an agency may enter into a 
     contract for travel-related services that provides for the 
     contractor to furnish services for both official travel and 
     unofficial travel.
       ``(b) Credits, Discounts, Commissions, Fees.--(1) A 
     contract entered into under this section may provide for 
     credits, discounts, or commissions or other fees to accrue to 
     the Department of Defense. The accrual and amounts of 
     credits, discounts, or commissions or other fees may be 
     determined on the basis of the volume (measured in the number 
     or total amount of transactions or otherwise) of the travel-
     related sales that are made by the contractor under the 
     contract.
       ``(2) The evaluation factors applicable to offers for a 
     contract under this section may include a factor that relates 
     to the estimated aggregate value of any credits, discounts, 
     commissions, or other fees that would accrue to the 
     Department of Defense for the travel-related sales made under 
     the contract.

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       ``(3) Commissions or fees received by the Department of 
     Defense as a result of travel-related sales made under a 
     contract entered into under this section shall be distributed 
     as follows:
       ``(A) For amounts relating to sales for official travel, 
     credit to appropriations available for official travel for 
     the fiscal year in which the amounts were charged.
       ``(B) For amounts relating to sales for unofficial travel, 
     deposit in nonappropriated fund accounts available for 
     morale, welfare, and recreation programs.
       ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) The term `head of an agency' has the meaning given 
     that term in section 2302(1) of this title.
       ``(2) The term `official travel' means travel at the 
     expense of the Federal Government.
       ``(3) The term `unofficial travel' means personal travel or 
     other travel that is not paid for or reimbursed by the 
     Federal Government out of appropriated funds.
       ``(d) Inapplicability to Coast Guard and NASA.--This 
     section does not apply to the Coast Guard when it is not 
     operating as a service in the Navy, nor to the National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

``2490b. Travel services: procurement for official and unofficial 
              travel under one contract.''.

     SEC. 803. LIMITATION ON USE OF PRICE PREFERENCE UPON 
                   ATTAINMENT OF CONTRACT GOAL FOR SMALL AND 
                   DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES.

       Section 2323(e)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(3)'';
       (2) by inserting ``, except as provided in (B),'' after 
     ``the head of an agency may'' in the first sentence; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) The head of an agency may not exercise the authority 
     under subparagraph (A) to enter into a contract for a price 
     exceeding fair market cost in the fiscal year following a 
     fiscal year in which the Department of Defense attained the 5 
     percent goal required by subsection (a).''.

     SEC. 804. DISTRIBUTION OF ASSISTANCE UNDER THE PROCUREMENT 
                   TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT 
                   PROGRAM.

       (a) Correction of Description of Geographic Unit.--Section 
     2413(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     striking out ``region'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``district''.
       (b) Allocation of Funds.--(1) Section 2415 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is repealed.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 142 
     of such title is amended by striking the item relating to 
     section 2415.

     SEC. 805. DEFENSE COMMERCIAL PRICING MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Defense Commercial Pricing Management Improvement Act of 
     1998''.
       (b) Commercial Items Exempt From Cost or Pricing Data 
     Certification Requirements.--For the purposes of this 
     section, the term ``exempt item'' means a commercial item 
     that is exempt under subsection (b)(1)(B) of section 2306a of 
     title 10, United States Code, or subsection (b)(1)(B) of 
     section 304A of the Federal Property and Administrative 
     Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 254b), from the requirements 
     for submission of certified cost or pricing data under that 
     section.
       (c) Commercial Pricing Regulations.--(1) The Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation issued in accordance with sections 6 
     and 25 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act shall 
     be revised to clarify the procedures and methods to be used 
     for determining the reasonableness of prices of exempt items.
       (2) The regulations shall, at a minimum, provide specific 
     guidance on--
       (A) the appropriate application and precedence of such 
     price analysis tools as catalog-based pricing, market-based 
     pricing, historical pricing, parametric pricing, and value 
     analysis;
       (B) the circumstances under which contracting officers 
     should require offerors of exempt items to provide--
       (i) uncertified cost or pricing data; or
       (ii) information on prices at which the offeror has 
     previously sold the same or similar items;
       (C) the role and responsibility of Department of Defense 
     support organizations, such as the Defense Contract Audit 
     Agency, in procedures for determining price reasonableness; 
     and
       (D) the meaning and appropriate application of the term 
     ``purposes other than governmental purposes'' in section 
     4(12) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 
     U.S.C. 403(12)).
       (3) This subsection shall cease to be effective one year 
     after the date on which final regulations prescribed pursuant 
     to paragraph (1) take effect.
       (d) Unified Management of Procurement of Exempt Commercial 
     Items.--The Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement 
     procedures to ensure that, to the maximum extent that is 
     practicable and consistent with the efficient operation of 
     the Department of Defense, a single item manager or 
     contracting officer is responsible for negotiating and 
     entering into all contracts for the procurement of exempt 
     items from a single contractor.
       (e) Commercial Price Trend Analysis.--(1) The Secretary of 
     Defense shall develop and implement procedures that, to the 
     maximum extent that is practicable and consistent with the 
     efficient operation of the Department of Defense, provide for 
     the collection and analysis of information on price trends 
     for categories of exempt items described in paragraph (2).
       (2) A category of exempt items referred to in paragraph (1) 
     consists of exempt items--
       (A) that are in a single Federal Supply Group or Federal 
     Supply Class, are provided by a single contractor, or are 
     otherwise logically grouped for the purpose of analyzing 
     information on price trends; and
       (B) for which there is a potential for the price paid to be 
     significantly higher (on a percentage basis) than the prices 
     previously paid in procurements of the same or similar items 
     for the Department of Defense, as determined by the head of 
     the procuring Department of Defense agency or the Secretary 
     of the procuring military department on the basis of criteria 
     prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
       (3) The head of a Department of Defense agency or the 
     Secretary of a military department shall take appropriate 
     action to address any unreasonable escalation in prices being 
     paid for items procured by that agency or military department 
     as identified in an analysis conducted pursuant to paragraph 
     (1).
       (4)(A) Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for 
     Acquisition and Technology shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report describing the procedures 
     prescribed under paragraph (1), including a description of 
     the criteria established for the selection of categories of 
     exempt items for price trend analysis.
       (B) Not later than April 1 of each of fiscal years 2000, 
     2001, and 2002, the Under Secretary of Defense for 
     Acquisition and Technology shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report on the analyses of price trends 
     that were conducted for categories of exempt items during the 
     preceding fiscal year under the procedures prescribed 
     pursuant to paragraph (1). The report shall include a 
     description of the actions taken to identify and address any 
     unreasonable price escalation for the categories of items.
       (f) Secretary of Defense To Act Through Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Acquisition and Technology.--The Secretary of 
     Defense shall act through the Under Secretary of Defense for 
     Acquisition and Technology to carry out subsections (d) and 
     (e).

     SEC. 806. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PURCHASES THROUGH OTHER 
                   AGENCIES.

       (a) Extension of Regulations.--Not later than three months 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall revise the regulations issued pursuant to 
     section 844 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 103-160; 107 Stat. 1720; 31 
     U.S.C. 1535 note) to cover all purchases of goods and 
     services by the Department of Defense under contracts entered 
     into or administered by any other agency pursuant to the 
     authority of section 2304a of title 10, United States Code, 
     or section 303H of the Federal Property and Administrative 
     Services Act (41 U.S.C. 253h).
       (b) Termination.--This section shall cease to be effective 
     1 year after the date on which final regulations prescribed 
     pursuant to subsection (a) take effect.

     SEC. 807. SUPERVISION OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY 
                   STRUCTURE BY UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR 
                   ACQUISITION AND TECHNOLOGY.

       Section 1702 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following: ``The Under Secretary shall 
     prescribe policies and requirements for the educational 
     programs of the defense acquisition university structure 
     established under section 1746 of this title.''.

     SEC. 808. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR DIRECTOR OF ACQUISITION 
                   EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT TO 
                   BE WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF 
                   DEFENSE FOR ACQUISITION AND TECHNOLOGY.

       Section 1703 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     striking out ``within the office of the Under Secretary''.

     SEC. 809. ELIGIBILITY OF INVOLUNTARILY DOWNGRADED EMPLOYEE 
                   FOR MEMBERSHIP IN AN ACQUISITION CORPS.

       Section 1732(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(3) Paragraph (1) of subsection (b) shall not apply to an 
     employee who--
       ``(A) having previously served in a position within a grade 
     referred to in subparagraph (A) of that paragraph, is 
     currently serving in the same position within a grade below 
     GS-13, or in another position within that grade, by reason of 
     a reduction in force or the closure or realignment of a 
     military installation, or for any other reason other by 
     reason of an adverse personnel action for cause; and
       ``(B) except as provided in paragraphs (1) and (2), 
     satisfies the educational, experience, and other requirements 
     prescribed under paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of that 
     subsection.''.

     SEC. 810. PILOT PROGRAMS FOR TESTING PROGRAM MANAGER 
                   PERFORMANCE OF PRODUCT SUPPORT OVERSIGHT 
                   RESPONSIBILITIES FOR LIFE CYCLE OF ACQUISITION 
                   PROGRAMS.

       (a) Designation of Pilot Programs.--The Secretary of 
     Defense, acting through the

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     Secretaries of the military departments, shall designate 10 
     acquisition programs of the military departments as pilot 
     programs on program manager responsibility for product 
     support.
       (b) Responsibilities of Program Managers.--The program 
     manager for each acquisition program designated as a pilot 
     program under this section shall have the responsibility for 
     ensuring that the product support functions for the program 
     are properly carried out over the entire life cycle of the 
     program.
       (c) Report.--Not later than February 1, 1999, the Secretary 
     of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
     committees a report on the pilot programs. The report shall 
     contain the following:
       (1) A description of the acquisition programs designated as 
     pilot programs under subsection (a).
       (2) For each such acquisition program, the specific 
     management actions taken to ensure that the program manager 
     has the responsibility for oversight of the performance of 
     the product support functions.
       (3) Any proposed change to law, policy, regulation, or 
     organization that the Secretary considers desirable, and 
     determines feasible to implement, for ensuring that the 
     program managers are fully responsible under the pilot 
     programs for the performance of all such responsibilities.

     SEC. 811. SCOPE OF PROTECTION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION FROM 
                   DISCLOSURE.

       Section 2371(i)(2)(A) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking out ``cooperative agreement that includes 
     a clause described in subsection (d)'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``cooperative agreement for performance of basic, 
     applied, or advanced research authorized by section 2358 of 
     this title''.

     SEC. 812. PLAN FOR RAPID TRANSITION FROM COMPLETION OF SMALL 
                   BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH INTO DEFENSE 
                   ACQUISITION PROGRAMS.

       (a) Plan Required.--Not later than February 1, 1999, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security 
     of the House of Representatives a plan for facilitating the 
     rapid transition into Department of Defense acquisition 
     programs of successful first phase and second phase 
     activities under the Small Business Innovation Research 
     program under section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
     638).
       (b) Conditions.--The plan submitted under subsection (a) 
     shall--
       (1) be consistent with the Small Business Innovation 
     Research program and with recent acquisition reforms that are 
     applicable to the Department of Defense; and
       (2) provide--
       (A) a high priority for funding the projects under the 
     Small Business Innovation Research program that are likely to 
     be successful under a third phase agreement entered into 
     pursuant to section 9(r) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
     638(r)); and
       (B) for favorable consideration, in the acquisition 
     planning process, for funding projects under the Small 
     Business Innovation Research program that are subject to a 
     third phase agreement described in subparagraph (A).

     SEC. 813. SENIOR EXECUTIVES COVERED BY LIMITATION ON 
                   ALLOWABILITY OF COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN 
                   CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL.

       (a) Defense Contracts.--Section 2324(l)(5) of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
       ``(5) The term `senior executive', with respect to a 
     contractor, means the five most highly compensated employees 
     in management positions at each home office and segment of 
     the contractor.''.
       (b) Non-Defense Contracts.--Section 306(m)(2) of the 
     Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 
     U.S.C. 256(m)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(2) The term `senior executive', with respect to a 
     contractor, means the five most highly compensated employees 
     in management positions at each home office and segment of 
     the contractor.''.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 39(c)(2) of the Office 
     of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 435(c)(2)) is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(2) The term `senior executive', with respect to a 
     contractor, means the five most highly compensated employees 
     in management positions at each home office and segment of 
     the contractor.''.

     SEC. 814. SEPARATE DETERMINATIONS OF EXCEPTIONAL WAIVERS OF 
                   TRUTH IN NEGOTIATION REQUIREMENTS FOR PRIME 
                   CONTRACTS AND SUBCONTRACTS.

       (a) Defense Procurements.--Section 2306a(a)(5) of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
       ``(5) A waiver of requirements for submission of certified 
     cost or pricing data that is granted under subsection 
     (b)(1)(C) in the case of a contract or subcontract does not 
     waive the requirement under paragraph (1)(C) for submission 
     of cost or pricing data in the case of subcontracts under 
     that contract or subcontract unless the head of the agency 
     concerned determines that the requirement under that 
     paragraph should be waived in the case of such subcontracts 
     and justifies in writing the reasons for the 
     determination.''.
       (b) Non-Defense Procurements.--Section 304A(a)(5) of the 
     Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 
     U.S.C. 254b(a)(5)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(5) A waiver of requirements for submission of certified 
     cost or pricing data that is granted under subsection 
     (b)(1)(C) in the case of a contract or subcontract does not 
     waive the requirement under paragraph (1)(C) for submission 
     of cost or pricing data in the case of subcontracts under 
     that contract or subcontract unless the head of the executive 
     agency concerned determines that the requirement under that 
     paragraph should be waived in the case of such subcontracts 
     and justifies in writing the reasons for the 
     determination.''.

     SEC. 815. FIVE-YEAR AUTHORITY FOR SECRETARY OF THE NAVY TO 
                   EXCHANGE CERTAIN ITEMS.

       (a) Barter Authority.--The Secretary of the Navy may enter 
     into a barter agreement to exchange trucks and other tactical 
     vehicles for the repair and remanufacture of ribbon bridges 
     for the Marine Corps in accordance with section 201(c) of the 
     Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 
     U.S.C. 481(c)), except that the requirement for items 
     exchanged under that section to be similar items shall not 
     apply to the authority under this subsection.
       (b) Period of Authority.--The authority to enter into 
     agreements under subsection (a) and to make exchanges under 
     any such agreement is effective during the 5-year period 
     beginning on October 1, 1998, and ending at the end of 
     September 30, 2003.

     SEC. 816. CLARIFICATION OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUBMISSION OF 
                   INFORMATION ON PRICES PREVIOUSLY CHARGED FOR 
                   PROPERTY OR SERVICES OFFERED.

       (a) Armed Services Procurements.--Section 2306a(d)(1) of 
     title 10, United States Code is amended--
       (1) by striking out ``the data submitted shall'' in the 
     second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
     ``the contracting officer shall require that the data 
     submitted''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following: ``Submission of 
     data required of an offeror under the preceding sentence in 
     the case of a contract or subcontract shall be a condition 
     for the eligibility of the offeror to enter into the contract 
     or subcontract.''.
       (b) Civilian Agency Procurements.--Section 304A(d)(1) of 
     the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 
     (41 U.S.C. 254b(d)(1)), is amended--
       (1) by striking out ``the data submitted shall'' in the 
     second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
     ``the contracting officer shall require that the data 
     submitted''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following: ``Submission of 
     data required of an offeror under the preceding sentence in 
     the case of a contract or subcontract shall be a condition 
     for the eligibility of the offeror to enter into the contract 
     or subcontract.''.
       (c) Criteria for Certain Determinations.--Not later than 
     180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be amended to include 
     criteria for contracting officers to apply for determining 
     the specific price information that an offeror should be 
     required to submit under section 2306(d) of title 10, United 
     States Code, or section 304A(d) of the Federal Property and 
     Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 254b(d)).

     SEC. 817. DENIAL OF QUALIFICATION OF A SMALL DISADVANTAGED 
                   BUSINESS SUPPLIER.

       (a) No later than December 1, 1998, the Secretary shall 
     submit to the Congress a report recommending alternative 
     means through which a refiner that qualifies as a small 
     disadvantaged business and that delivers fuel by barge to 
     Defense Energy Supply Point-Anchorage under a contract with 
     the Defense Energy Supply Center can--
       (1) fulfill its contractual obligations,
       (2) maintain its status as a small disadvantaged business, 
     and
       (3) receive the small disadvantaged business premium for 
     the total amount of fuel under the contract,
     when ice conditions in Cook Inlet threaten physical delivery 
     of such fuel.
       (b) Any inability by such refiner to satisfy its 
     contractual obligations to the Defense Energy Supply Center 
     for the delivery of fuel to Defense Energy Supply Point-
     Anchorage may not be used as a basis for the denial of such 
     refiner's small disadvantaged business status or small 
     disadvantaged business premium for the total amount of fuel 
     under the contract, where such inability is a result of ice 
     conditions, as determined by the United States Coast Guard, 
     in Cook Inlet through February 1999, and if the Secretary of 
     Defense determines that such inability will result in an 
     inequity to the refiner.

      TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT

     SEC. 901. REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF 
                   DEFENSE POSITIONS.

       (a) Nine Positions.--Section 138(a) of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking out ``ten'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof ``nine''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--The item relating to the 
     Assistant Secretaries of Defense in section 5315 of title 5, 
     United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
       ``Assistant Secretaries of Defense (9).''.

     SEC. 902. RENAMING OF POSITION OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF 
                   DEFENSE FOR COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS, 
                   AND INTELLIGENCE.

       Section 138(b)(3) of title 10, United States Code is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(3) One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the 
     Assistant Secretary of Defense for

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     Space and Information Superiority. The Assistant Secretary--
       ``(A) shall have as his principal duty the overall 
     supervision of the functions of the Department of Defense 
     that relate to space, intelligence, information security, 
     information operations, command, control, communications, 
     computers, surveillance, reconnaissance, and electromagnetic 
     spectrum; and
       ``(B) shall be the Chief Information Officer of the 
     Department of Defense.''.

     SEC. 903. AUTHORITY TO EXPAND THE NATIONAL DEFENSE 
                   UNIVERSITY.

       Section 2165(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(7) Any other educational institution of the Department 
     of Defense that the Secretary considers appropriate and 
     designates as an institution of the university.''.

     SEC. 904. REDUCTION IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HEADQUARTERS 
                   STAFF.

       (a) Reduction Required.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall 
     reduce the number of Federal Government employees and members 
     of the Armed Forces on the headquarters staffs of Department 
     of Defense organizations in accordance with this section. The 
     Secretary shall achieve the required reductions not later 
     than September 30, 2003.
       (2) The total number of Federal Government employees and 
     members of the Armed Forces on the headquarters staffs of all 
     organizations within a category of organizations described in 
     paragraph (4) shall be reduced below the baseline number for 
     the category by the percentage specified for the category in 
     that paragraph. In the administration of this section, the 
     number of employees employed on a basis other than a full 
     time basis shall be converted to, and expressed as, the 
     equivalent number of full time employees.
       (3) For the purposes of this subsection, the baseline 
     number for the organizations in a category is the total 
     number of Federal Government employees and members of the 
     Armed Forces on the headquarters staffs of those 
     organizations on October 1, 1996.
       (4) The categories of organizations, and the percentages 
     applicable under paragraph (1) to the organizations in such 
     categories, are as follows:
       (A) The Office of the Secretary of Defense and associated 
     activities, a reduction of 33 percent.
       (B) Defense agencies, a reduction of 21 percent.
       (C) Department of Defense field activities and other 
     operating organizations reporting to the Office of the 
     Secretary of Defense, a reduction of 36 percent.
       (D) The Joint Staff and associated activities, a reduction 
     of 29 percent.
       (E) The headquarters of the combatant commands and 
     associated activities, a reduction of 7 percent.
       (F) Other headquarters elements (including the headquarters 
     of the military departments and their major commands) and 
     associated activities, a reduction of 29 percent.
       (b) Limited Relief From Prohibition on Managing by End-
     Strength.--(1) The Secretary may waive the requirements and 
     restrictions of section 129 of title 10, United States Code, 
     for an organization or activity covered by subsection (a) to 
     the extent that the Secretary determines necessary to achieve 
     the personnel reductions required by that subsection.
       (2) Not later than 30 days after exercising the waiver 
     authority under paragraph (1) in the case of an organization 
     or activity, the Secretary shall notify the congressional 
     defense committees of the scope and duration of the waiver 
     and the reasons for granting the waiver.
       (c) Management by Budget.--(1) The Secretary shall waive 
     the requirement under subsection (a) to reduce the number of 
     personnel on the headquarters staff of an organization or 
     activity if the Secretary determines that the budget 
     authority available for the organization or activity for 
     fiscal year 2003 has been reduced below the budget authority 
     available for the organization or activity for fiscal year 
     1996 by at least the percentage equal to one-fifth of the 
     percentage specified in subsection (a)(4) for the category of 
     the organization or activity.
       (2) In this subsection, the term ``budget authority'' has 
     the meaning given that term in section 3(2)(A) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(2)(A)).
       (d) Joint and Defense-Wide Activities.--If the Secretary 
     consolidates functions in a Department of Defense-wide or 
     joint organization or activity described in subparagraph (A), 
     (B), (C), (D), or (E) of subsection (a)(4) in order to meet 
     the requirement for reduction in the personnel of the other 
     headquarters (including the headquarters of the military 
     departments and their major commands) referred to in 
     subparagraph (F) of such subsection, the Secretary may apply 
     to that organization or activity, instead of the percentage 
     that would otherwise apply under such subsection, a lesser 
     percentage that is appropriate to reflect the increased 
     responsibilities of the organization or activity.
       (e) Report.--Not later than March 1, 1999, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
     a report containing a plan to implement the personnel 
     reductions required by this section.
       (f) Categories Defined.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``Office of the Secretary of Defense and 
     associated activities'' means the following organizations and 
     activities:
       (A) The Office of the Secretary of Defense, as defined in 
     section 131 of title 10, United States Code.
       (B) The defense support activities that perform technical 
     and analytical support for the Office of the Secretary of 
     Defense.
       (2) The term ``defense agencies'' means the following 
     organizations and activities:
       (A) The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization.
       (B) The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
       (C) The Defense Commissary Agency.
       (D) The Defense Contract Audit Agency.
       (E) The Defense Finance and Accounting Services.
       (F) The Defense Information Systems Agency.
       (G) The Defense Legal Services Agency.
       (H) The Defense Logistics Agency.
       (I) The Defense Security Assistance Agency.
       (J) The Defense Security Service.
       (K) The Defense Special Weapons Agency.
       (L) The On-Site Inspection Agency.
       (M) The Treaty Compliance and Threat Reduction Agency.
       (3) The term ``Department of Defense field activities and 
     other operating organizations reporting to the Office of the 
     Secretary of Defense'' means the following organizations and 
     activities:
       (A) The American Forces Information Service.
       (B) The TRICARE Support Office.
       (C) The Office of Economic Adjustment.
       (D) The Department of Defense Education Activity.
       (E) Washington Headquarters Services.
       (F) The Department of Defense Human Resources Activity.
       (G) The Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office.
       (H) The Defense Medical Programs Activity.
       (I) The Defense Technology Security Administration.
       (J) The C4I Support Activity.
       (K) The Plans and Program Analysis Support Center.
       (L) The Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office.
       (M) The Defense Acquisition University.
       (N) The Director of Military Support.
       (O) The Defense Technical Information Center.
       (P) The National Defense University.
       (4) The term ``Joint Staff and associated activities'' 
     means the following organizations and activities:
       (A) The Joint Staff referred to in section 155 of title 10, 
     United States Code.
       (B) Department of Defense activities that are controlled by 
     the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and report directly 
     to the Joint Staff.
       (5) The term ``headquarters of the combatant commands'' 
     means the headquarters of the combatant commands, as defined 
     in section 161(c)(3) of title 10, United States Code.
       (6) The term ``other headquarters elements (including the 
     headquarters of the military departments and their major 
     commands)'' means the following organizations and activities:
       (A) The military department headquarters listed and defined 
     in Department of Defense Directive 5100.73, ``Department of 
     Defense Management Headquarters and Headquarters Support 
     Activities'', as in effect on November 12, 1996.
       (B) Other military headquarters elements defined in such 
     directive that are not otherwise covered by paragraphs (1), 
     (2), (3), (4), and (5).
       (g) Repeal of Superseded Provisions.--(1) Sections 130a and 
     194 of title 10, United States Code, are repealed.
       (2)(A) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 3 
     of such title is amended by striking out the item relating to 
     section 130a.
       (B) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 8 of 
     such title is amended by striking out the item relating to 
     section 194.

     SEC. 905. PERMANENT REQUIREMENT FOR QUADRENNIAL DEFENSE 
                   REVIEW.

       (a) Review Required.--Chapter 2 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by inserting after section 116 the 
     following:

     ``Sec. 117. Quadrennial defense review

       ``(a) Review Required.--The Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 
     shall conduct in each year in which a President is 
     inaugurated a comprehensive examination of the defense 
     strategy, force structure, force modernization plans, 
     infrastructure, budget plan, and other elements of the 
     defense program and policies with a view toward determining 
     and expressing the defense strategy of the United States and 
     establishing a revised defense plan for the ensuing 10 years 
     and a revised defense plan for the ensuing 20 years.
       ``(b) Consideration of Reports of National Defense Panel.--
     In conducting the review, the Secretary shall take into 
     consideration the reports of the National Defense Panel 
     submitted under section 181(d) of this title.
       ``(c) Report to Congress.--The Secretary shall submit a 
     report on each review to the Committee on Armed Services of 
     the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the 
     House of Representatives not later than September 30 of the 
     year in which the review is conducted. The report shall 
     include the following:
       ``(1) The results of the review, including a comprehensive 
     discussion of the defense strategy of the United States and 
     the force structure best suited to implement that strategy.

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       ``(2) The threats examined for purposes of the review and 
     the scenarios developed in the examination of such threats.
       ``(3) The assumptions used in the review, including 
     assumptions relating to the cooperation of allies and 
     mission-sharing, levels of acceptable risk, warning times, 
     and intensity and duration of conflict.
       ``(4) The effect on the force structure of preparations for 
     and participation in peace operations and military operations 
     other than war.
       ``(5) The effect on the force structure of the utilization 
     by the Armed Forces of technologies anticipated to be 
     available for the ensuing 10 years and technologies 
     anticipated to be available for the ensuing 20 years, 
     including precision guided munitions, stealth, night vision, 
     digitization, and communications, and the changes in doctrine 
     and operational concepts that would result from the 
     utilization of such technologies.
       ``(6) The manpower and sustainment policies required under 
     the defense strategy to support engagement in conflicts 
     lasting more than 120 days.
       ``(7) The anticipated roles and missions of the reserve 
     components in the defense strategy and the strength, 
     capabilities, and equipment necessary to assure that the 
     reserve components can capably discharge those roles and 
     missions.
       ``(8) The appropriate ratio of combat forces to support 
     forces (commonly referred to as the ``tooth-to-tail'' ratio) 
     under the defense strategy, including, in particular, the 
     appropriate number and size of headquarter units and Defense 
     Agencies for that purpose.
       ``(9) The air-lift and sea-lift capabilities required to 
     support the defense strategy.
       ``(10) The forward presence, pre-positioning, and other 
     anticipatory deployments necessary under the defense strategy 
     for conflict deterrence and adequate military response to 
     anticipated conflicts.
       ``(11) The extent to which resources must be shifted among 
     two or more theaters under the defense strategy in the event 
     of conflict in such theaters.
       ``(12) The advisability of revisions to the Unified Command 
     Plan as a result of the defense strategy.
       ``(13) Any other matter the Secretary considers 
     appropriate.''.
       (b) National Defense Panel.--Chapter 7 of such title is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 181. National Defense Panel

       ``(a) Establishment.--Not later than January 1 of each year 
     immediately preceding a year in which a President is to be 
     inaugurated, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a 
     nonpartisan, independent panel to be known as the National 
     Defense Panel. The Panel shall have the duties set forth in 
     this section.
       ``(b) Membership.--The Panel shall be composed of a 
     chairman and eight other individuals appointed by the 
     Secretary, in consultation with the chairman and ranking 
     member of the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and 
     the chairman and ranking member of the Committee on National 
     Security of the House of Representatives, from among 
     individuals in the private sector who are recognized experts 
     in matters relating to the national security of the United 
     States.
       ``(c) Duties.--The Panel shall--
       ``(1) conduct and submit to the Secretary of Defense and to 
     the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
     Committee on National Security of the House of 
     Representatives a comprehensive assessment of the defense 
     strategy, force structure, force modernization plans, 
     infrastructure, budget plan, and other elements of the 
     defense program and policies with a view toward recommending 
     a defense strategy of the United States and a revised defense 
     plan for the ensuing 10 years and a revised defense plan for 
     the ensuing 20 years; and
       ``(2) identify issues that the Panel recommends for 
     assessment during the next review to be conducted under 
     section 117 of this title.
       ``(d) Report.--(1) The Panel, in the year that it is 
     conducting an assessment under subsection (c), shall submit 
     to the Secretary of Defense and to the Committee on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security 
     of the House of Representatives two reports on its activities 
     and the findings and recommendations of the Panel, including 
     any recommendations for legislation that the Panel considers 
     appropriate, as follows:
       ``(A) An interim report not later than July 1 of the year.
       ``(B) A final report not later than December 1 of the year.
       ``(2) Not later than December 15 of the year in which the 
     Secretary receive a final report under paragraph (1)(B), the 
     Secretary shall submit to the committees referred to in 
     subsection (b) a copy of the report together with the 
     Secretary's comments on the report.
       ``(e) Information From Federal Agencies.--The Panel may 
     secure directly from the Department of Defense and any of its 
     components and from any other Federal department and agency 
     such information as the Panel considers necessary to carry 
     out its duties under this section. The head of the department 
     or agency concerned shall ensure that information requested 
     by the Panel under this subsection is promptly provided.
       ``(f) Personnel Matters.--(1) Each member of the Panel 
     shall be compensated at a rate equal to the daily equivalent 
     of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level IV of 
     the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5 for each 
     day (including travel time) during which the member is 
     engaged in the performance of the duties of the Panel.
       ``(2) The members of the Panel shall be allowed travel 
     expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates 
     authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of 
     chapter 57 of title 5 while away from their homes or regular 
     places of business in the performance of services for the 
     Panel.
       ``(3)(A) The chairman of the Panel may, without regard to 
     the civil service laws and regulations, appoint and terminate 
     an executive director and a staff if the Panel determines 
     that an executive director and staff are necessary in order 
     for the Panel to perform its duties effectively. The 
     employment of an executive director shall be subject to 
     confirmation by the Panel.
       ``(B) The chairman may fix the compensation of the 
     executive director without regard to the provisions of 
     chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5 
     relating to classification of positions and General Schedule 
     pay rates, except that the rate of pay for the executive 
     director may not exceed the rate payable for level V of the 
     Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title.
       ``(4) Any Federal Government employee may be detailed to 
     the Panel without reimbursement of the employee's agency, and 
     such detail shall be without interruption or loss of civil 
     service status or privilege. The Secretary shall ensure that 
     sufficient personnel are detailed to the Panel to enable the 
     Panel to carry out its duties effectively.
       ``(5) To the maximum extent practicable, the members and 
     employees of the Panel shall travel on military aircraft, 
     military ships, military vehicles, or other military 
     conveyances when travel is necessary in the performance of a 
     duty of the Panel, except that no such aircraft, ship, 
     vehicle, or other conveyance may be scheduled primarily for 
     the transportation of any such member or employee when the 
     cost of commercial transportation is less expensive.
       ``(g) Administrative Provisions.--(1) The Panel may use the 
     United States mails and obtain printing and binding services 
     in the same manner and under the same conditions as other 
     departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
       ``(2) The Secretary shall furnish the Panel any 
     administrative and support services requested by the Panel.
       ``(3) The Panel may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or 
     donations of services or property.
       ``(h) Payment of Panel Expenses.--The compensation, travel 
     expenses, and per diem allowances of members and employees of 
     the Panel shall be paid out of funds available to the 
     Department of Defense for the payment of compensation, travel 
     allowances, and per diem allowances, respectively, of 
     civilian employees of the Department. The other expenses of 
     the Panel shall be paid out of funds available to the 
     Department for the payment of similar expenses incurred by 
     the Department.
       ``(i) Termination.--The Panel shall terminate at the end of 
     the year following the year in which the Panel submits its 
     final report under subsection (d)(1)(B). For the period that 
     begins 90 days after the date of submittal of the report, the 
     activities and staff of the panel shall be reduced to a level 
     that the Secretary of Defense considers sufficient to 
     continue the availability of the panel for consultation with 
     the Secretary of Defense and with the Committee on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security 
     of the House of Representatives.''.
       (c) Clerical Amendments.--(1) The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 2 of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by inserting after the item relating to section 116 
     the following:

``117. Quadrennial defense review.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 7 of 
     such title is amended by adding at the end the following:

``181. National Defense Panel.''.
       (d) Continuation of 1997 National Defense Panel.--Section 
     924(j) of the Military Force Structure Review Act of 1996 
     (subtitle B of title IX of Public Law 104-201; 110 Stat. 
     2626; 10 U.S.C. 111 note) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(j) Termination.--The Panel shall continue until the 
     first National Defense Panel is established under section 
     181(a) of title 10, United States Code, and shall then 
     terminate. The activities and staff of the panel shall be 
     reduced to a level that the Secretary of Defense considers 
     sufficient to continue the availability of the panel for 
     consultation with the Secretary of Defense and with the 
     Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee 
     on National Security of the House of Representatives.''.

     SEC. 906. MANAGEMENT REFORM FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, 
                   AND EVALUATION.

       (a) Requirements for Analysis and Plan.--(1) The Secretary 
     of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for 
     Acquisition and Technology, shall analyze the structures and 
     processes of the Department of Defense for management of its 
     laboratories and test and evaluation centers and, taking into 
     consideration the analysis, develop a plan for improving the 
     management of the laboratories and centers. The plan shall 
     include the reorganizations and reforms that the Secretary 
     considers appropriate.
       (2) The analysis shall include the following:

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       (A) Opportunities to achieve efficiency and reduce 
     duplication of efforts by consolidating responsibilities for 
     research, development, test, and evaluation, by area or 
     function, in a military department as a lead agency or 
     executive agent.
       (B) Reforms of the management processes of Department of 
     Defense laboratories and test and evaluation centers that 
     would reduce costs and increase efficiency in the conduct of 
     research, development, test, and evaluation.
       (C) Opportunities for Department of Defense laboratories 
     and test and evaluation centers to enter into partnership 
     arrangements with laboratories in industry, academia, and 
     other Federal agencies that demonstrate leadership, 
     initiative, and innovation in research, development, test, 
     and evaluation.
       (D) The benefits of consolidating test ranges and test 
     facilities under one management structure.
       (E) Personnel demonstration projects and pilot projects 
     that are being carried out to address the challenges for and 
     constraints on recruitment and retention of scientists and 
     engineers.
       (F) The extent to which there is disseminated within the 
     Department of Defense laboratories and test and evaluation 
     centers information regarding initiatives that have 
     successfully improved efficiency through reform of management 
     processes and other means.
       (G) Any cost savings that can be derived directly from 
     reorganization of management structures.
       (H) Options for reinvesting any such cost savings in the 
     Department of Defense laboratories and test and evaluation 
     centers.
       (3) The Secretary shall submit the plan required under 
     paragraph (1) to the congressional defense committees not 
     later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.
       (b) Cost-Based Management Information System.--(1) The 
     Secretary of Defense shall develop a plan, including a 
     schedule, for establishing a cost-based management 
     information system for Department of Defense laboratories and 
     test and evaluation centers. The system shall provide for 
     accurately identifying and comparing the costs of operating 
     each laboratory and each center.
       (2) In preparing the plan, the Secretary shall assess the 
     feasibility and desirability of establishing a common 
     methodology for assessing costs. The Secretary shall consider 
     the use of a revolving fund as one potential methodology.
       (3) The Secretary shall submit the plan required under 
     paragraph (1) to the congressional defense committees not 
     later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.

     SEC. 907. RESTRUCTURING OF ADMINISTRATION OF FISHER HOUSES.

       (a) Administration as Nonappropriated Fund 
     Instrumentality.--(1) Chapter 147 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 2490b. Fisher Houses: administration as 
       nonappropriated fund instrumentality

       ``(a) Fisher Houses and Suites.--(1) For the purposes of 
     this section, a Fisher House is a housing facility that--
       ``(A) is located in proximity to a health care facility of 
     the Army, the Air Force, or the Navy;
       ``(B) is available for residential use on a temporary basis 
     by patients of that health care facility, members of the 
     families of such patients, and others providing the 
     equivalent of familial support for such patients; and
       ``(C) has been constructed and donated by--
       ``(i) the Zachary and Elizabeth M. Fisher Armed Services 
     Foundation; or
       ``(ii) another source, if the Secretary designates the 
     housing facility as a Fisher House.
       ``(2) For the purposes of this section, a Fisher Suite is 
     one or more rooms that meet the requirements of subparagraph 
     (A) and (B) of paragraph (1), are constructed, altered, or 
     repaired and donated by a source described in subparagraph 
     (C) of that paragraph, and are designated by the Secretary 
     concerned as a Fisher Suite.
       ``(b) Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality.--The Secretary 
     of a military department shall administer all Fisher Houses 
     and Fisher Suites associated with health care facilities of 
     that military department as a nonappropriated fund 
     instrumentality of the United States.
       ``(c) Governance.--The Secretary shall establish a system 
     for the governance of the nonappropriated fund 
     instrumentality.
       ``(d) Central Fund.--The Secretary shall establish a single 
     fund as the source of funding for the operation, maintenance, 
     and improvement of all Fisher Houses and Fisher Suites of the 
     nonappropriated fund instrumentality.
       ``(e) Acceptance of Contributions and Fees.--The Secretary 
     of a military department may accept money, property, and 
     services donated for the support of a Fisher House or Fisher 
     Suite, and may impose fees relating to the use of the Fisher 
     Houses and Fisher Suites. All monetary donations, and the 
     proceeds of the disposal of any other donated property, 
     accepted by the Secretary under this subsection shall be 
     credited to the fund established under subsection (d) for the 
     Fisher Houses and Fisher Suites of that military department 
     and shall be available for all Fisher Houses and Fisher 
     Suites of that military department.
       ``(f) Annual Report.--Not later than January 15 of each 
     year, the Secretary of each military department shall submit 
     a report on Fisher House operations to the Committee on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security 
     of the House of Representatives. The report shall include, at 
     a minimum, the following:
       ``(1) The amount in the fund established by the Secretary 
     for the Fisher Houses and Fisher Suites under subsection (d), 
     as of October 1 of the previous year.
       ``(2) The operation of the fund during the fiscal year 
     ending on the day before that date, including--
       ``(A) all gifts, fees, and interest credited to the fund; 
     and
       ``(B) the disbursements from the fund.
       ``(3) The budget for the operation of the Fisher Houses and 
     Fisher Suites for the fiscal year in which the report is 
     submitted.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
     is amended by adding at the end the following:

``2490b. Fisher Houses: administration as nonappropriated fund 
              instrumentality.''.
       (b) Funding Transition.--(1) Not later than 90 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary of each 
     military department shall--
       (A) establish the fund required under section 2490b(d) of 
     title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)); 
     and
       (B) close the Fisher House trust fund for that department 
     and transfer the amounts in the closed fund to the newly 
     established fund.
       (2) Of the amounts appropriated for the Navy pursuant to 
     section 301, the Secretary of the Navy shall transfer to the 
     fund established by the Secretary under section 2490b(d) of 
     title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)) 
     such amount as the Secretary considers appropriate for 
     establishing in the fund a corpus sufficient for operating 
     Fisher Houses and Fisher Suites of the Navy.
       (3) Of the amounts appropriated for the Air Force pursuant 
     to section 301, the Secretary of the Air Force shall transfer 
     to the fund established by the Secretary under section 
     2490b(d) of title 10, United States Code (as added by 
     subsection (a)) such amount as the Secretary considers 
     appropriate for establishing in the fund a corpus sufficient 
     for operating Fisher Houses and Fisher Suites of the Air 
     Force.
       (4) The Secretary of each military department, upon 
     completing the actions required of the Secretary under the 
     preceding paragraphs of this subsection, shall submit to 
     Congress a report containing--
       (A) the Secretary's certification that those actions have 
     been completed; and
       (B) a statement of the amount deposited in the newly 
     established fund.
       (5) Amounts transferred to a fund established under section 
     2490b(d) of title 10, United States Code (as added by 
     subsection (a)), shall be available without fiscal year 
     limitation for the purposes for which the fund is established 
     and shall be administered as nonappropriated funds.
       (c) Conforming Repeals.--(1) Section 2221 of title 10, 
     United States Code, and the item relating to that section in 
     the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 131 of such 
     title, are repealed.
       (2) Section 1321(a) of title 31, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking out paragraphs (92), (93), and (94).
       (3) The amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall 
     take effect 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.

     SEC. 908. REDESIGNATION OF DIRECTOR OF DEFENSE RESEARCH AND 
                   ENGINEERING AS DIRECTOR OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY 
                   AND COUNTERPROLIFERATION AND TRANSFER OF 
                   RESPONSIBILITIES.

       (a) Redesignation.--Subsection (a) of section 137 of title 
     10, United States Code, is amended by striking out ``Director 
     of Defense Research and Engineering'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``Director of Defense Technology and 
     Counterproliferation''.
       (b) Duties.--Subsection (b) of such section 137 is amended 
     to read as follows:
       ``(b) The Director of Defense Technology and 
     Counterproliferation shall--
       ``(1) except as otherwise prescribed by the Secretary of 
     Defense, perform such duties relating to research and 
     engineering as the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition 
     and Technology may prescribe;
       ``(2) advise the Secretary of Defense on matters relating 
     to nuclear energy and nuclear weapons;
       ``(3) serve as the Staff Director of the Joint Nuclear 
     Weapons Council under section 179 of this title; and
       ``(4) perform such other duties as the Secretary of Defense 
     may prescribe.''.
       (c) Abolishment of Position of Assistant to the Secretary 
     of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense 
     Programs.--Section 142 of such title is repealed.
       (d) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Title 5, United States 
     Code, is amended as follows:
       (A) In section 5315, by striking out ``Director of Defense 
     Research and Engineering'' and inserting in lieu thereof the 
     following:
       ``Director of Defense Technology and 
     Counterproliferation''.
       (B) In section 5316, by striking out ``Assistant to the 
     Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological 
     Defense Programs, Department of Defense.''.
       (2) Title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows:
       (A) In section 131(b), by striking out paragraph (6) and 
     inserting in lieu thereof the following:

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       ``(6) Director of Defense Technology and 
     Counterproliferation.''.
       (B) In section 138(d), by striking out ``Director of 
     Defense Research and Engineering'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``Director of Defense Technology and 
     Counterproliferation''.
       (C) In section 179(c)(2), by striking out ``Assistant to 
     the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and 
     Biological Defense Programs'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``Director of Defense Technology and Counterproliferation''.
       (D) In section 2350a(g)(3), by striking out ``Deputy 
     Director, Defense Research and Engineering (Test and 
     Evaluation)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Under Secretary 
     of Defense for Acquisition and Technology''.
       (E) In section 2617(a), by striking out ``Director of 
     Defense Research and Engineering'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``Director of Defense Technology and 
     Counterproliferation''.
       (F) In section 2902(b), by striking out paragraph (1) and 
     inserting in lieu thereof the following:
       ``(1) The Director of Defense Technology and 
     Counterproliferation.''.
       (3) Section 257(a) of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (10 U.S.C. 2358 note) is amended by 
     striking out ``Director of Defense Research and Engineering'' 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``Director of Defense 
     Technology and Counterproliferation''.
       (4) The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     1994 is amended as follows:
       (A) In section 802(a) (10 U.S.C. 2358 note), by striking 
     out ``Director of Defense Research and Engineering'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``Director of Defense Technology 
     and Counterproliferation''.
       (B) In section 1605(a)(5), (22 U.S.C. 2751 note) by 
     striking out ``Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for 
     Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``Director of Defense Technology 
     and Counterproliferation''.
       (e) Clerical Amendments.--(1) The section heading of 
     section 137 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to 
     read as follows:

     ``Sec. 137. Director of Defense Technology and 
       Counterproliferation''.

       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 4 of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (A) by striking out the item relating to section 137 and 
     inserting in lieu thereof the following:

``137. Director of Defense Technology and Counterproliferation.'';
     and
       (B) by striking out the item relating to section 142.

     SEC. 909. CENTER FOR HEMISPHERIC DEFENSE STUDIES.

       (a) Funding for Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies.--
     (1) Chapter 108 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 2166. National Defense University: funding of 
       component institution

       ``Funds available for the payment of personnel expenses 
     under the Latin American cooperation authority set forth in 
     section 1050 of this title are also available for the costs 
     of the operation of the Center for Hemispheric Defense 
     Studies.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
     is amended by adding at the end the following:

``2166. National Defense University: funding of component 
              institution.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1050 of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended by inserting ``Secretary of Defense 
     or the'' before ``Secretary of a military department''.

     SEC. 910. MILITARY AVIATION ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) In February 1996, the Government Accounting Office 
     released a report highlighting a 75 percent reduction in 
     aviation Class A mishaps, a 70 percent reduction in aviation 
     mishap fatalities and a 65 percent reduction in Class A 
     mishap rates from 1975-1995 (Military Aircraft Safety--
     Significant Improvements since 1975).
       (2) In February 1998, the Government Accounting Office 
     completed a follow-up review of military aircraft safety, 
     noting that the military experienced fewer serious aviation 
     mishaps in fiscal years 1996 and 1997 than in previous fiscal 
     years (Military Aircraft Safety: Serious Accidents Remain at 
     Historically Low Levels).
       (3) The report required by section 1046 of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 1998 (Public Law 
     105-85; 111 Stat. 1888) concluded, ``DoD found no evidence 
     that changing existing investigation processes to more 
     closely resemble those of the NTSB would help DoD to find 
     more answers more quickly, or accurately''.
       (4) The Department of Defense must further improve its 
     aviation safety by fully examining all options for improving 
     or replacing its current aviation accident investigation 
     processes.
       (5) The inter-service working group formed as a result of 
     that report has contributed to progress in military aviation 
     accident investigations by identifying ways to improve family 
     assistance, as has the formal policy direction coordinated by 
     the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
       (6) Such progress includes the issuance of Air Force 
     Instruction 90-701 entitled ``Assistance to Families of 
     Persons Involved in Air Force Aviation Mishaps'', that 
     attempts to meet the need for a more timely flow of relevant 
     information to families, a family liaison officer, and the 
     establishment of the Air Force Office of Family Assistance. 
     However, formal policy directions and Air Force instructions 
     have not adequately addressed the failure to provide primary 
     next of kin of members of the Armed Forces involved in 
     military aviation accidents with interim reports regarding 
     the course of investigations into such accidents, and the 
     Department of Defense must improve its procedures for 
     informing the families of the persons involved in military 
     aviation mishaps.
       (7) The report referred to in paragraph (3) concluded that 
     the Department would ``benefit from the disappearance of the 
     misperception that the privileged portion of the safety 
     investigation exists to hide unfavorable information''.
       (8) That report further specified that ``[e]ach Military 
     Department has procedures in place to place to provide 
     redacted copies of the final [privileged] safety report to 
     the families. However, families must formally request a copy 
     of the final safety investigation report''.
       (9) Current efforts to improve family notification would be 
     enhanced by the issuance by the Secretary of Defense of 
     uniform regulations to improve the timeliness and reliability 
     of information provided to the primary next of kin of persons 
     involved in military aviation accidents during and following 
     both the legal investigation and safety investigation phases 
     of such investigations.
       (b) Evaluation of Department of Defense Aviation Accident 
     Investigation Procedures.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall 
     establish a task force to--
       (A) review the procedures employed by the Department of 
     Defense to conduct military aviation accident investigations; 
     and
       (B) identify mechanisms for improving such investigations 
     and the military aviation accident investigation process.
       (2) The Secretary shall appoint to the task force the 
     following:
       (A) An appropriate number of members of the Armed Forces, 
     including both members of the regular components and the 
     reserve components, who have experience relating to military 
     aviation or investigations into military aviation accidents.
       (B) An appropriate number of former members of the Armed 
     Forces who have such experience.
       (C) With the concurrence of the member concerned, a member 
     of the National Transportation Safety Board.
       (3)(A) The task force shall submit to Congress an interim 
     report and a final report on its activities under this 
     subsection. The interim report shall be submitted on December 
     1, 1998, and the final report shall be submitted on March 31, 
     1999.
       (B) Each report under subparagraph (A) shall include the 
     following:
       (i) An assessment of the advisability of conducting all 
     military aviation accident investigations through an entity 
     that is independent of the military departments.
       (ii) An assessment of the effectiveness of the current 
     military aviation accident investigation process in 
     identifying the cause of military aviation accidents and 
     correcting problems so identified in a timely manner.
       (iii) An assessment whether or not the procedures for 
     sharing the results of military aviation accident 
     investigations among the military departments should be 
     improved.
       (iv) An assessment of the advisability of centralized 
     training and instruction for military aircraft investigators.
       (v) An assessment of any costs or cost avoidances that 
     would result from the elimination of any overlap in military 
     aviation accident investigation activities conducted under 
     the current so-called ``two-track'' investigation process.
       (vi) Any improvements or modifications in the current 
     military aviation accident investigation process that the 
     task force considers appropriate to reduce the potential for 
     aviation accidents and increase public confidence in the 
     process.
       (c) Uniform Regulations for Release of Interim Safety 
     Investigation Reports.--(1)(A) Not later than May 1, 1999, 
     the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations that 
     provide for the release to the family members of persons 
     involved in military aviation accidents, and to members of 
     the public, of reports referred to in paragraph (2).
       (B) The regulations shall apply uniformly to each military 
     department.
       (2) A report under paragraph (1) is a report on the 
     findings of any ongoing privileged safety investigation into 
     an accident referred to in that paragraph. Such report shall 
     be in a redacted form or other form appropriate to preserve 
     witness confidentiality and to minimize the effects of the 
     release of information in such report on national security.
       (3) Reports under paragraph (1) shall be made available--
       (A) in the case of family members, at least once every 30 
     days or upon the development of a new or significantly 
     changed finding during the course of the investigation 
     concerned; and
       (B) in the case of members of the public, on request.

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                      TITLE X--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                     Subtitle A--Financial Matters

     SEC. 1001. TRANSFER AUTHORITY.

       (a) Authority To Transfer Authorizations.--(1) Upon 
     determination by the Secretary of Defense that such action is 
     necessary in the national interest, the Secretary may 
     transfer amounts of authorizations made available to the 
     Department of Defense in this division for fiscal year 1999 
     between any such authorizations for that fiscal year (or any 
     subdivisions thereof). Amounts of authorizations so 
     transferred shall be merged with and be available for the 
     same purposes as the authorization to which transferred.
       (2) The total amount of authorizations that the Secretary 
     may transfer under the authority of this section may not 
     exceed $2,000,000,000.
       (b) Limitations.--The authority provided by this section to 
     transfer authorizations--
       (1) may only be used to provide authority for items that 
     have a higher priority than the items from which authority is 
     transferred; and
       (2) may not be used to provide authority for an item that 
     has been denied authorization by Congress.
       (c) Effect on Authorization Amounts.--A transfer made from 
     one account to another under the authority of this section 
     shall be deemed to increase the amount authorized for the 
     account to which the amount is transferred by an amount equal 
     to the amount transferred.
       (d) Notice to Congress.--The Secretary shall promptly 
     notify Congress of each transfer made under subsection (a).

     SEC. 1002. AUTHORIZATION OF EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
                   FISCAL YEAR 1999.

       (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Funds are hereby 
     authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense 
     for fiscal year 1999 for incremental costs of operations of 
     the Armed Forces in and around Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 
     total amount of $1,858,600,000, as follows:
       (1) For military personnel, in addition to the amounts 
     authorized to be appropriated in title IV of this Act:
       (A) For the Army, $297,700,000.
       (B) For the Navy, $9,700,000.
       (C) For the Marine Corps, $2,700,000.
       (D) For the Air Force, $33,900,000.
       (E) For the Naval Reserve, $2,200,000.
       (2) For operation and maintenance for the Overseas 
     Contingency Operations Transfer Fund, in addition to the 
     total amount authorized to be appropriated for that fund in 
     section 301(a)(25) of this Act, $1,512,400,000.
       (b) Transfer Authority.--Upon determination by the 
     Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in the 
     national interest, the Secretary may transfer amounts of 
     authorizations made available to the Department of Defense in 
     subsection (a)(2) for fiscal year 1999 to any of the 
     authorizations for that fiscal year in section 301. Amounts 
     of authorizations so transferred shall be merged with and be 
     available for the same purposes as the authorization to which 
     transferred. The transfer authority under this subsection is 
     in addition to any other transfer authority provided in this 
     Act.
       (c) Designation as Emergency.--Funds authorized to be 
     appropriated in accordance with subsection (a) are designated 
     as emergency requirements pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985.

     SEC. 1003. AUTHORIZATION OF PRIOR EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL 
                   APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998.

       Amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 
     Defense for fiscal year 1998 in the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85) 
     are hereby adjusted, with respect to any such authorized 
     amount, by the amount by which appropriations pursuant to 
     such authorization were increased (by a supplemental 
     appropriation) or decreased (by a rescission), or both, in 
     the 1998 Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Act 
     (Public Law 105-174).

     SEC. 1004. PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE INFORMATION SYSTEM 
                   MANAGEMENT.

       Funds authorized to be appropriated under titles II and III 
     of this Act shall be available for Partnership for Peace 
     information management systems as follows:
       (1) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under 
     section 201(4) for Defense-wide activities, $2,000,000.
       (2) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under 
     section 301 for Defense-wide activities, $3,000,000.

     SEC. 1005. REDUCTIONS IN FISCAL YEAR 1998 AUTHORIZATIONS OF 
                   APPROPRIATIONS FOR DIVISION A AND DIVISION B 
                   AND INCREASES IN CERTAIN AUTHORIZATIONS OF 
                   APPROPRIATIONS.

       (a) Total Reduction.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
     in this division, amounts authorized to be appropriated under 
     other provisions of this division are reduced in accordance 
     with subsection (b) by the total amount of $421,900,000 in 
     order to reflect savings resulting from revised economic 
     assumptions.
       (b) Distribution of Reduction.--
       (1) Procurement.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated for 
     procurement under title I are reduced as follows:
       (A) Army.--For the Army:
       (i) Aircraft.--For aircraft under section 101(1), by 
     $4,000,000.
       (ii) Missiles.--For missiles under section 101(2), by 
     $4,000,000.
       (iii) Weapons and tracked combat vehicles.--For weapons and 
     tracked combat vehicles under section 101(3), by $4,000,000.
       (iv) Ammunition.--For ammunition under section 101(4), by 
     $3,000,000.
       (v) Other procurement.--For other procurement under section 
     101(5), by $9,000,000.
       (B) Navy and marine corps.--For the Navy, Marine Corps, or 
     both the Navy and Marine Corps:
       (i) Aircraft.--For aircraft under section 102(a)(1), by 
     $22,000,000.
       (ii) Weapons.--For weapons, including missiles and 
     torpedoes, under section 102(a)(2), by $4,000,000.
       (iii) Shipbuilding and conversion.--For shipbuilding and 
     conversion under section 102(a)(3), by $18,000,000.
       (iv) Other procurement.--For other procurement under 
     section 102(a)(4), by $12,000,000.
       (v) Marine corps procurement.--For procurement for the 
     Marine Corps under section 102(b), by $2,000,000.
       (vi) Ammunition.--For ammunition under section 102(c), by 
     $1,000,000.
       (C) Air Force.--For the Air Force:
       (i) Aircraft.--For aircraft under section 103(1), by 
     $23,000,000.
       (ii) Missiles.--For missiles under section 103(2), by 
     $7,000,000.
       (iii) Ammunition.--For ammunition under section 103(3), by 
     $1,000,000.
       (iv) Other procurement.--For other procurement under 
     section 103(4), by $17,500,000.
       (D) Defense-wide activities.--For the Department of Defense 
     for Defense-wide activities under section 104, by $5,800,000.
       (E) Chemical demilitarization program.--For the destruction 
     of lethal chemical agents and munitions and of chemical 
     warfare material under section 107, by $3,000,000.
       (2) R D T & E.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated for 
     research, development, test, and evaluation under title II 
     are reduced as follows:
       (A) Army.--For the Army under section 201(1), by 
     $10,000,000.
       (B) Navy.--For the Navy under section 201(2), by 
     $20,000,000.
       (C) Air force.--For the Air Force under section 201(3), by 
     $39,000,000.
       (D) Defense-wide activities.--For Defense-wide activities 
     under section 201(4), by $26,700,000.
       (3) Operation and maintenance.--Amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated for operation and maintenance under title III 
     are reduced as follows:
       (A) Army.--For the Army under section 301(a)(1), by 
     $24,000,000.
       (B) Navy.--For the Navy under section 301(a)(2), by 
     $32,000,000.
       (C) Marine corps.--For the Marine Corps under section 
     301(a)(3), by $4,000,000.
       (D) Air force.--For the Air Force under section 301(a)(4), 
     by $31,000,000.
       (E) Defense-wide activities.--For Defense-wide activities 
     under section 301(a)(6), by $17,600,000.
       (F) Army reserve.--For the Army Reserve under section 
     301(a)(7), by $2,000,000.
       (G) Naval reserve.--For the Naval Reserve under section 
     301(a)(8), by $2,000,000.
       (H) Air force reserve.--For the Air Force Reserve under 
     section 301(a)(10), by $2,000,000.
       (I) Army national guard.--For the Army National Guard under 
     section 301(a)(11), by $4,000,000.
       (J) Air national guard.--For the Air National Guard under 
     section 301(a)(12), by $4,000,000.
       (K) Environmental restoration, army.--For Environmental 
     Restoration, Army under section 301(a)(15), by $1,000,000.
       (L) Environmental restoration, navy.--For Environmental 
     Restoration, Navy under section 301(a)(16), by $1,000,000.
       (M) Environmental restoration, air force.--For 
     Environmental Restoration, Air Force under section 
     301(a)(17), by $1,000,000.
       (N) Environmental restoration, defense-wide.--For 
     Environmental Restoration, Defense-wide under section 
     301(a)(18), by $1,000,000.
       (O) Drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense-
     wide.--For Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug Activities, 
     Defense-wide under section 301(a)(21), by $2,000,000.
       (P) Medical programs, defense.--For Medical Programs, 
     Defense under section 301(a)(23), by $36,000,000.
       (4) Military construction, army.--Amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated for military construction, Army, under title XXI 
     by section 2104(a) are reduced by $5,000,000, of which 
     $3,000,000 shall be a reduction of support of military family 
     housing under section 2104(a)(5)(B).
       (5) Military construction, navy.--Amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated for military construction, Navy, under title 
     XXII by section 2204(a) are reduced by $5,000,000, of which--
       (A) $1,000,000 shall be a reduction of construction and 
     acquisition of military family housing under section 
     2204(a)(5)(A); and
       (B) $3,000,000 shall be a reduction of support of military 
     family housing under section 2204(a)(5)(B).
       (6) Military construction, air force.--Amounts authorized 
     to be appropriated for military construction, Air Force, 
     under title XXIII by section 2304(a) are reduced by 
     $4,000,000, of which--
       (A) $1,000,000 shall be a reduction of construction and 
     acquisition of military family housing under section 
     2304(a)(5)(A); and
       (B) $2,000,000 shall be a reduction of support of military 
     family housing under section 2304(a)(5)(B).

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       (7) Military construction, defense agencies.--Amounts 
     authorized to be appropriated for military construction, 
     Defense Agencies, under title XXIV by section 2404(a) are 
     reduced by $6,300,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be a 
     reduction of defense base closure and realignment under 
     section 2404(a)(10), of which--
       (A) $1,000,000 shall be a reduction of defense base closure 
     and realignment, Army;
       (B) $2,000,000 shall be a reduction of defense base closure 
     and realignment, Navy; and
       (C) $2,000,000 shall be a reduction of defense base closure 
     and realignment, Air Force.
       (8) North atlantic treaty organization security investment 
     program.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated for 
     contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
     Security Investment program under title XXV by section 2502 
     are reduced by $1,000,000.
       (c) Proportionate Reductions Within Accounts.--The amount 
     provided for each budget activity, budget activity group, 
     budget subactivity group, program, project, or activity under 
     an authorization of appropriations reduced by subsection (b) 
     is hereby reduced by the percentage computed by dividing the 
     total amount of that authorization of appropriations (before 
     the reduction) into the amount by which that total amount is 
     so reduced.
       (d) Increase in Certain Authorizations of Appropriations.--
       (1) Operation and maintenance, army national guard.--The 
     amount authorized to be appropriated by section 301(a)(11), 
     as reduced by subsection (b)(3)(I), is increased by 
     $120,000,000.
       (2) Other defense programs, department of energy.--The 
     amount authorized to be appropriated by section 3103 is 
     increased by $20,000,000, which amount shall be available for 
     verification and control technology under paragraph (1)(C) of 
     that section.

     SEC. 1006. AMOUNT AUTHORIZED FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR NATO 
                   COMMON-FUNDED BUDGETS.

       (a) Total Amount.--Contributions are authorized to be made 
     in fiscal year 1999 for the common-funded budgets of NATO, 
     out of funds available for the Department of Defense for that 
     purpose, in the total amount that is equal to the sum of (1) 
     the amounts of the unexpended balances, as of the end of 
     fiscal year 1998, of funds appropriated for fiscal years 
     before fiscal year 1999 for payments for such budgets, (2) 
     the amount authorized to be appropriated under section 
     301(a)(1) that is available for contributions for the NATO 
     common-funded military budget under section 314, (3) the 
     amount authorized to be appropriated under section 201(1) 
     that is available for contribution for the NATO common-funded 
     civil budget under section 219, and (4) the total amount of 
     the contributions authorized to be made under section 2501.
       (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``common-funded 
     budgets of NATO'' means the Military Budget, the Security 
     Investment Program, and the Civil Budget of NATO (and any 
     successor or additional account or program of NATO).

                       Subtitle B--Naval Vessels

     SEC. 1011. IOWA CLASS BATTLESHIP RETURNED TO NAVAL VESSEL 
                   REGISTER.

       The U.S.S. Iowa shall be listed, and maintained, on the 
     Naval Vessel Register under section 1011 of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 
     104-106; 110 Stat. 421) instead of the U.S.S. New Jersey, 
     which shall be stricken from the register. The preceding 
     sentence does not affect the continued effectiveness of 
     subsection (d) of such section.

     SEC. 1012. LONG-TERM CHARTER OF THREE VESSELS IN SUPPORT OF 
                   SUBMARINE RESCUE, ESCORT, AND TOWING.

       (a) Authority.--The Secretary of the Navy may to enter into 
     one or more long-term charters in accordance with section 
     2401 of title 10, United States Code, for three vessels to 
     support the rescue, escort, and towing of submarines.
       (b) Vessels.--The vessels that may be chartered under 
     subsection (a) are as follows:
       (1) The Carolyn Chouest (United States official number 
     D102057).
       (2) The Kellie Chouest (United States official number 
     D1038519).
       (3) The Dolores Chouest (United States official number 
     D600288).
       (c) Charter Period.--The period for which a vessel is 
     chartered under subsection (a) may not extend beyond October 
     1, 2004.
       (d) Funding.--The funds used for charters entered into 
     under subsection (a) shall be funds authorized to be 
     appropriated under section 301(a)(2).

     SEC. 1013. TRANSFERS OF CERTAIN NAVAL VESSELS TO CERTAIN 
                   FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

       (a) Authority.--
       (1) Argentina.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to 
     transfer to the Government of Argentina on a grant basis the 
     tank landing ship Newport (LST 1179).
       (2) Brazil.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to 
     transfer vessels to the Government of Brazil as follows:
       (A) On a sale basis, the Newport class tank landing ships 
     Cayuga (LST 1186) and Peoria (LST 1183).
       (B) On a combined lease-sale basis, the Cimarron class 
     oiler Merrimack (AO 179).
       (3) Chile.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to 
     transfer vessels to the Government of Chile on a sale basis 
     as follows:
       (A) The Newport class tank landing ship San Bernardino (LST 
     1189).
       (B) The auxiliary repair dry dock Waterford (ARD 5).
       (4) Greece.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to 
     transfer vessels to the Government of Greece as follows:
       (A) On a sale basis, the following vessels:
       (i) The Oak Ridge class medium dry dock Alamogordo (ARDM 
     2).
       (ii) The Knox class frigates Vreeland (FF 1068) and Trippe 
     (FF 1075).
       (B) On a combined lease-sale basis, the Kidd class guided 
     missile destroyers Kidd (DDG 993), Callaghan (DDG 994), Scott 
     (DDG 995) and Chandler (DDG 996).
       (C) On a grant basis, the following vessels:
       (i) The Knox class frigate Hepburn (FF 1055).
       (ii) The Adams class guided missile destroyers Strauss (DDG 
     16), Semmes (DDG 18), and Waddell (DDG 24).
       (5) Mexico.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to 
     transfer to the Government of Mexico on a sale basis the 
     auxiliary repair dry dock San Onofre (ARD 30) and the Knox 
     class frigate Pharris (FF 1094).
       (6) Philippines.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized 
     to transfer to the Government of the Philippines on a sale 
     basis the Stalwart class ocean surveillance ship Triumph (T-
     AGOS 4).
       (7) Portugal.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to 
     transfer to the Government of Portugal on a grant basis the 
     Stalwart class ocean surveillance ship Assurance (T-AGOS 5).
       (8) Spain.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to 
     transfer to the Government of Spain on a sale basis the 
     Newport class tank landing ships Harlan County (LST 1196) and 
     Barnstable County (LST 1197).
       (9) Taiwan.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to 
     transfer vessels to the Taipei Economic and Cultural 
     Representative Office in the United States (which is the 
     Taiwan instrumentality designated pursuant to section 10(a) 
     of the Taiwan Relations Act) on a sale basis as follows:
       (A) The Knox class frigates Peary (FF 1073), Joseph Hewes 
     (FF 1078), Cook (FF 1083), Brewton (FF 1086), Kirk (FF 1087) 
     and Barbey (FF 1088).
       (B) The Newport class tank landing ships Manitowoc (LST 
     1180) and Sumter (LST 1181).
       (C) The floating dry dock Competent (AFDM 6).
       (D) The Anchorage class dock landing ship Pensacola (LSD 
     38).
       (10) Turkey.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to 
     transfer vessels to the Government of Turkey as follows:
       (A) On a sale basis, the following vessels:
       (i) The Oliver Hazard Perry class guided missile frigates 
     Mahlon S. Tisdale (FFG 27), Reid (FFG 30) and Duncan (FFG 
     10).
       (ii) The Knox class frigates Reasoner (FF 1063), Fanning 
     (FF 1076), Bowen (FF 1079), McCandless (FF 1084), Donald 
     Beary (FF 1085), Ainsworth (FF 1090), Thomas C. Hart (FF 
     1092), and Capodanno (FF 1093).
       (B) On a grant basis, the Knox class frigates Paul (FF 
     1080), Miller (FF 1091), W.S. Simms (FF 1059).
       (11) Venezuela.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to 
     transfer to the Government of Venezuela on a sale basis the 
     unnamed medium auxiliary floating dry dock AFDM 2.
       (b) Bases of Transfer.--
       (1) Grant.--A transfer of a naval vessel authorized to be 
     made on a grant basis under subsection (a) shall be made 
     under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2321j).
       (2) Sale.--A transfer of a naval vessel authorized to be 
     made on a sale basis under subsection (a) shall be made under 
     section 21 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761).
       (3) Combined lease-sale.--(A) A transfer of a naval vessel 
     authorized to be made on a combined lease-sale basis under 
     subsection (a) shall be made under sections 61 and 21 of the 
     Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2796 and 2761, 
     respectively) in accordance with this paragraph.
       (B) For each naval vessel authorized by subsection (a) for 
     transfer on a lease-sale basis, the Secretary of the Navy is 
     authorized to transfer the vessel under the terms of a lease, 
     with lease payments suspended for the term of the lease, if 
     the country entering into the lease of the vessel 
     simultaneously enters into a foreign military sales agreement 
     for the transfer of title to the leased vessel. Delivery of 
     title to the purchasing country shall not be made until the 
     purchase price of the vessel has been paid in full. Upon 
     delivery of title to the purchasing country, the lease shall 
     terminate.
       (C) If the purchasing country fails to make full payment of 
     the purchase price by the date required under the sales 
     agreement, the sales agreement shall be immediately 
     terminated, the suspension of lease payments under the lease 
     shall be vacated, and the United States shall retain all 
     funds received on or before the date of the termination under 
     the sales agreement, up to the amount of the lease payments 
     due and payable under the lease and all other costs required 
     by the lease to be paid to that date. No interest shall be 
     payable to the recipient by the United States on any amounts 
     that are paid to the United States by the recipient under the 
     sales agreement and are not retained by the United States 
     under the lease.
       (c) Requirement for Provision in Advance in an 
     Appropriations Act.--Authority to transfer vessels on a sale 
     or combined lease-sale basis under subsection (a) shall be

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     effective only to the extent that authority to effectuate 
     such transfers, together with appropriations to cover the 
     associated cost (as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 
     U.S.C. 661a)), are provided in advance in an appropriations 
     Act.
       (d) Notification of Congress.--Not later than 30 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
     Navy shall submit to Congress, for each naval vessel that is 
     to be transferred under this section before January 1, 1999, 
     the notifications required under section 516 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j) and section 525 of 
     the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
     Programs Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-118; 111 
     Stat. 2413).
       (e) Grants not Counted in Annual Total of Transferred 
     Excess Defense Articles.--The value of the naval vessels 
     authorized by subsection (a) to be transferred on a grant 
     basis under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     (22 U.S.C. 2321j) shall not be counted for the purposes of 
     that section in the aggregate value of excess defense 
     articles transferred to countries under that section in any 
     fiscal year.
       (f) Costs of Transfers.--Any expense of the United States 
     in connection with a transfer authorized by subsection (a) 
     shall be charged to the recipient (notwithstanding section 
     516(e)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2321j(e)(1)) in the case of a transfer authorized to be made 
     on a grant basis under subsection (a)).
       (g) Repair and Refurbishment in United States Shipyards.--
     The Secretary of the Navy shall require, as a condition of 
     the transfer of a vessel under this section, that the country 
     to which the vessel is transferred have such repair or 
     refurbishment of the vessel as is needed, before the vessel 
     joins the naval forces of that country, performed at a 
     shipyard located in the United States, including a United 
     States Navy shipyard.
       (h) Expiration of Authority.--The authority to transfer a 
     vessel under subsection (a) shall expire at the end of the 
     two-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of 
     this Act.

     SEC. 1014. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING THE NAMING OF AN LPD-
                   17 VESSEL.

       It is the sense of Congress that, consistent with section 
     1018 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 1996 (Public Law 104-106; 110 Stat. 425), the next 
     unnamed vessel of the LPD-17 class of amphibious vessels 
     should be named the U.S.S. Clifton B. Cates, in honor of 
     Marine General Clifton B. Cates (1893-1970), a native of 
     Tennessee whose distinguished career of service in the Marine 
     Corps included combat service in World War I so heroic that 
     he became the most decorated Marine Corps officer of World 
     War I, included exemplary combat leadership from Guadalcanal 
     to Tinian and Iwo Jima and beyond in the Pacific Theater 
     during World War II, and culminated in Lieutenant General 
     Cates being appointed the 19th Commandant of the Marine 
     Corps, a position in which he led the Marine Corps' efficient 
     and alacritous response to the invasion of the Republic of 
     South Korea by Communist North Korea.

     SEC. 1015. CONVEYANCE OF NDRF VESSEL EX-U.S.S. LORAIN COUNTY.

       (a) Authority To Convey.--The Secretary of Transportation 
     may convey all right, title, and interest of the Federal 
     Government in and to the vessel ex-U.S.S. LORAIN COUNTY (LST-
     1177) to the Ohio War Memorial, Inc., located in Sandusky, 
     Ohio (in this section referred to as the ``recipient''), for 
     use as a memorial to Ohio veterans.
       (b) Terms of Conveyance.--
       (1) Delivery of vessel.--In carrying out subsection (a), 
     the Secretary shall deliver the vessel--
       (A) at the place where the vessel is located on the date of 
     conveyance;
       (B) in its condition on that date; and
       (C) at no cost to the Federal Government.
       (2) Required conditions.--The Secretary may not convey a 
     vessel under this section unless--
       (A) the recipient agrees to hold the Government harmless 
     for any claims arising from exposure to hazardous materials, 
     including asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls, after 
     conveyance of the vessel, except for claims arising before 
     the date of the conveyance of from use of the vessel by the 
     Government after that date; and
       (B) the recipient has available, for use to restore the 
     vessel, in the form of cash, liquid assets, or a written loan 
     commitment, financial resources of at least $100,000.
       (3) Additional terms.--The Secretary may require such 
     additional terms and conditions in connection with the 
     conveyance authorized by this section as the Secretary 
     considers appropriate.
       (c) Other Unneeded Equipment.--The Secretary may convey to 
     the recipient of the vessel conveyed under this section any 
     unneeded equipment from other vessels in the National Defense 
     Reserve Fleet, for use to restore the vessel conveyed under 
     this section to museum quality.

     SEC. 1016. HOMEPORTING OF THE U.S.S. IOWA BATTLESHIP IN SAN 
                   FRANCISCO.

       It is the sense of Congress that the U.S.S. Iowa should be 
     homeported at the Port of San Francisco, California.

     SEC. 1017. SHIP SCRAPPING PILOT PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Navy shall carry out 
     a vessel scrapping pilot program within the United States 
     during fiscal years 1999 and 2000. The scope of the program 
     shall be that which the Secretary determines is sufficient to 
     gather data on the cost of scrapping Government vessels 
     domestically and to demonstrate cost effective technologies 
     and techniques to scrap such vessels in a manner that is 
     protective of worker safety and health and the environment.
       (b) Contract Award.--(1) The Secretary shall award a 
     contract or contracts under subsection (a) to the offeror or 
     offerors that the Secretary determines will provide the best 
     value to the United States, taking into account such factors 
     as the Secretary considers appropriate.
       (2) In making a best value determination under this 
     subsection, the Secretary shall give a greater weight to 
     technical and performance-related factors than to cost and 
     price-related factors.
       (3) The Secretary shall give significant weight to the 
     technical qualifications and past performance of the 
     contractor and the major subcontractors or team members of 
     the contractor in complying with applicable Federal, State, 
     and local laws and regulations for environmental and worker 
     protection. In accordance with the requirements of the 
     Federal Acquisition Regulation, in the case of an offeror 
     without a record of relevant past performance or for whom 
     information on past performance is not available, the offeror 
     may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past 
     performance.
       (c) Contract Terms and Conditions.--The contract or 
     contracts awarded by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (b) 
     shall, at a minimum, provide for--
       (1) the transfer of the vessel or vessels to the contractor 
     or contractors;
       (2) the sharing, by any appropriate contracting method, of 
     the costs of scrapping the vessel or vessels between the 
     Government and the contractor or contractors;
       (3) a performance incentive for a successful record of 
     environmental and worker protection; and
       (4) Government access to contractor records in accordance 
     with the requirements of section 2313 of title 10, United 
     States Code.
       (d) Reports.--(1) Not later than September 30, 1999, the 
     Secretary of the Navy shall submit an interim report on the 
     pilot program to the congressional defense committees. The 
     report shall contain the following:
       (A) The procedures used for the solicitation and award of a 
     contract or contracts under the pilot program.
       (B) The contract or contracts awarded under the pilot 
     program.
       (2) Not later than September 30, 2000, the Secretary of the 
     Navy shall submit a final report on the pilot program to the 
     congressional defense committees. The report shall contain 
     the following:
       (A) The results of the pilot program and the performance of 
     the contractors under such program.
       (B) The Secretary's procurement strategy for future ship 
     scrapping activities.

       Subtitle C--Miscellaneous Report Requirements and Repeals

     SEC. 1021. REPEAL OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) Reports Required by Title 10.--
       (1) Health and medical care studies and demonstrations.--
     Section 1092(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking out paragraph (3).
       (2) Annual report on use of money rentals for leases of 
     non-excess property.--Section 2667(d) of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (1)(A)(ii), by striking out ``paragraph 
     (4) or (5)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``paragraph (3) or 
     (4)''.
       (B) by striking out paragraph (3); and
       (C) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs 
     (3) and (4), respectively.
       (b) Report Required by Military Construction Authorization 
     Act.--Section 2819 of the National Defense Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Year 1989 (Public Law 100-456; 102 Stat. 2119; 10 
     U.S.C. 2391 note,), relating to the Commission on Alternative 
     Utilization of Military Facilities, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a) by striking out ``(a) Establishment 
     of Commission.--''; and
       (2) by striking out subsections (b) and (c).

     SEC. 1022. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FINANCIAL 
                   MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

       Not later than 60 days after the date on which the 
     Secretary of Defense submits the first biennial financial 
     management improvement plan required by section 2222 of title 
     10, United States Code, the Comptroller General shall submit 
     to Congress an analysis of the plan. The analysis shall 
     include a discussion of the content of the plan and the 
     extent to which the plan--
       (1) complies with the requirements of such section 2222; 
     and
       (2) is a workable plan for addressing the financial 
     management problems of the Department of Defense.

     SEC. 1023. FEASIBILITY STUDY OF PERFORMANCE OF DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING FUNCTIONS BY 
                   PRIVATE SECTOR SOURCES OR OTHER FEDERAL 
                   GOVERNMENT SOURCES.

       (a) Study Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry 
     out a study of the feasibility and advisability of selecting 
     on a competitive basis the source or sources for performing 
     the finance and accounting functions of the Department of 
     Defense from among private sector sources, the Defense

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     Finance and Accounting Service of the Department of Defense, 
     the military departments, and other Federal Government 
     agencies.
       (b) Report.--Not later than October 1, 1999, the Secretary 
     shall submit a written report on the results of the study to 
     Congress. The report shall include the following:
       (1) A discussion of how the finance and accounting 
     functions of the Department of Defense are performed, 
     including the necessary operations, the operations actually 
     performed, the personnel required for the operations, and the 
     core competencies that are necessary for the performance of 
     those functions.
       (2) A comparison of the performance of the finance and 
     accounting functions by the Defense Finance and Accounting 
     Service with the performance of finance and accounting 
     functions by the other sources referred to in subsection (a) 
     that exemplify the best finance and accounting practices and 
     results, together with a comparison of the costs of the 
     performance of such functions by the Defense Finance and 
     Accounting Service and the estimated costs of the performance 
     of such functions by those other sources.
       (3) The finance and accounting functions, if any, that are 
     appropriate for performance by those other sources, together 
     with a concept of operations that--
       (A) specifies the mission;
       (B) identifies the finance and accounting operations to be 
     performed;
       (C) describes the work force that is necessary to perform 
     those operations;
       (D) discusses where the operations are to be performed;
       (E) describes how the operations are to be performed; and
       (F) discusses the relationship between how the operations 
     are to be performed and the mission.
       (4) An analysis of how Department of Defense programs or 
     processes would be affected by the performance of the finance 
     and accounting functions of the Department of Defense by one 
     or more of those other sources.
       (5) The status of the efforts within the Department of 
     Defense to consolidate and eliminate redundant finance and 
     accounting systems and to better integrate the automated and 
     manual systems of the department that provide input to 
     financial management or accounting systems of the department.
       (6) A description of a feasible and effective process for 
     selecting, on a competitive basis, sources to perform the 
     finance and accounting functions of the Department of Defense 
     from among the sources referred to in subsection (a), 
     including a discussion of the selection criteria considered 
     appropriate.
       (7) Any recommended policy for selecting sources to perform 
     the finance and accounting functions of the Department of 
     Defense on a competitive basis from among the sources 
     referred to in subsection (a), together with such other 
     recommendations that the Secretary considers appropriate.
       (8) An analysis of the costs and benefits of the various 
     policies and actions recommended.
       (9) A discussion of any findings, analyses, and 
     recommendations of the performance of the finance and 
     accounting functions of the Department of Defense that have 
     been made by the Task Force on Defense Reform appointed by 
     the Secretary of Defense.
       (c) Market Research.--In carrying out the study, the 
     Secretary shall perform market research to determine whether 
     the availability of responsible private sector sources of 
     finance and accounting services is sufficient for there to be 
     a reasonable expectation of meaningful competition for any 
     contract for the procurement of finance and accounting 
     services for the Department of Defense.

     SEC. 1024. REORGANIZATION AND CONSOLIDATION OF OPERATING 
                   LOCATIONS OF THE DEFENSE FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING 
                   SERVICE.

       (a) Limitation.--No operating location of the Defense 
     Finance and Accounting Service may be closed before the date 
     that is six months after the date on which the Secretary 
     submits to Congress the plan required by subsection (b).
       (b) Plan Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit 
     to Congress a strategic plan for improving the financial 
     management operations at each of the operating locations of 
     the Defense Finance and Accounting Service.
       (c) Content of Plan.--The plan shall include, at a minimum, 
     the following:
       (1) The workloads that it is necessary to perform at the 
     operating locations each fiscal year.
       (2) The capacity and number of operating locations that are 
     necessary for performing the workloads.
       (3) A discussion of the costs and benefits that could 
     result from reorganizing the operating locations of the 
     Defense Finance and Accounting Service on the basis of 
     function performed, together with the Secretary's assessment 
     of the feasibility of carrying out such a reorganization.
       (d) Submittal of Plan.--The plan shall be submitted to the 
     Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee 
     on National Security of the House of Representatives not 
     later than December 15, 1998.

     SEC. 1025. REPORT ON INVENTORY AND CONTROL OF MILITARY 
                   EQUIPMENT.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than March 1, 1999, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security 
     of the House of Representatives a report on the inventory and 
     control of the military equipment of the Department of 
     Defense as of the end of fiscal year 1998. The report shall 
     address the inventories of each of the Army, Navy, Air Force, 
     and Marine Corps separately.
       (b) Content.--The report shall include the following:
       (1) For each item of military equipment in the inventory, 
     stated by item nomenclature--
       (A) the quantity of the item in the inventory as of the 
     beginning of the fiscal year;
       (B) the quantity of acquisitions of the item during the 
     fiscal year;
       (C) the quantity of disposals of the item during the fiscal 
     year;
       (D) the quantity of losses of the item during the 
     performance of military missions during the fiscal year; and
       (E) the quantity of the item in the inventory as of the end 
     of the fiscal year.
       (2) A reconciliation of the quantity of each item in the 
     inventory as of the beginning of the fiscal year with the 
     quantity of the item in the inventory as of the end of fiscal 
     year.
       (3) For each item of military equipment that cannot be 
     reconciled--
       (A) an explanation of why the quantities cannot be 
     reconciled; and
       (B) a discussion of the remedial actions planned to be 
     taken, including target dates for accomplishing the remedial 
     actions.
       (4) Supporting schedules identifying the location of each 
     item that are available to Congress or auditors of the 
     Comptroller General upon request.
       (c) Military Equipment Defined.--For the purposes of this 
     section, the term ``military equipment'' means all equipment 
     that is used in support of military missions and is 
     maintained on the visibility systems of the Army, Navy, Air 
     Force, or Marine Corps.
       (d) Inspector General Review.--Not later than June 1, 1999, 
     the Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall 
     review the report submitted to the committees under 
     subsection (a) and shall submit to the committees any 
     comments that the Inspector General considers appropriate.

     SEC. 1026. REPORT ON CONTINUITY OF ESSENTIAL OPERATIONS AT 
                   RISK OF FAILURE BECAUSE OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS 
                   THAT ARE NOT YEAR 2000 COMPLIANT.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Because of the way computers store and process dates, 
     most computers will not function properly, or at all, after 
     January 1, 2000, a problem that is commonly referred to as 
     the year 2000 problem.
       (2) The United States Government is currently conducting a 
     massive program to identify and correct computer systems that 
     suffer from the year 2000 problem.
       (3) The cost to the Department of Defense of correcting 
     this problem in its computer systems has been estimated to be 
     more than $1,000,000,000.
       (4) Other nations have failed to initiate aggressive action 
     to identify and correct the year 2000 problem within their 
     own computers.
       (5) Unless other nations initiate aggressive actions to 
     ensure the reliability and stability of certain 
     communications and strategic systems, United States 
     nationally security may be jeopardized.
       (b) Report Required.--The Secretary of Defense and the 
     Director of Central Intelligence shall jointly submit to the 
     Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee 
     on National Security of the House of Representatives a report 
     on the plans of the Department of Defense and the 
     intelligence community for ensuring the continuity of 
     performance of essential operations that are at risk of 
     failure because of computer systems and other information and 
     support systems that are not year 2000 compliant.
       (c) Content.--The report shall contain, at a minimum, the 
     following:
       (1) A prioritization of mission critical systems to ensure 
     that the most critical systems have the highest priority for 
     efforts to reprogram computers to be year 2000 compliant.
       (2) A discussion of the private and other public 
     information and support systems relied on by the national 
     security community, including the intelligence community, and 
     the efforts under way to ensure that those systems are year 
     2000 compliant.
       (3) The efforts under way to repair the underlying 
     operating systems and infrastructure.
       (4) The plans for comprehensive testing of Department of 
     Defense systems, including simulated operational tests in 
     mission areas.
       (5) A comprehensive contingency plan, for the entire 
     national security community, which provides for resolving 
     emergencies resulting from a system that is not year 2000 
     compliant and includes provision for the creation of crisis 
     action teams for use in resolving such emergencies.
       (6) A discussion of the efforts undertaken to ensure the 
     continued reliability of service on the systems used by the 
     President and other leaders of the United States for 
     communicating with the leaders of other nations.
       (7) A discussion of the vulnerability of allied armed 
     forces to failure systems that are not, or have critical 
     components that are not, year 2000 compliant, together with 
     an assessment of the potential problems for interoperability 
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     the United States and allied armed forces because of the 
     potential for failure of such systems.
       (8) An estimate of the total cost of making the computer 
     systems and other information and support systems comprising 
     the computer networks of the Department of Defense and the 
     intelligence community year 2000 compliant.
       (9) The countries that have critical computer-based systems 
     any disruption of which, due to not being year 2000 
     compliant, would cause a significant potential national 
     security risk to the United States.
       (10) A discussion of the cooperative arrangements between 
     the United States and other nations to assist those nations 
     in identifying and correcting (to the extent necessary to 
     meet national security interests of the United States) any 
     problems in their communications and strategic systems, or 
     other systems identified by the Secretary of Defense, that 
     make the systems not year 2000 compliant.
       (11) A discussion of the threat posed to the national 
     security interests of the United States from any potential 
     failure of strategic systems of foreign countries that are 
     not year 2000 compliant.
       (d) Submittal.--The report shall be submitted not later 
     than March 31, 1999, in classified form and, as necessary, 
     unclassified form.
       (e) International Cooperative Arrangements.--The Secretary 
     of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State 
     may enter into a cooperative arrangement with a 
     representative of any foreign government to provide for the 
     United States to assist the foreign government in identifying 
     and correcting (to the extent necessary to meet national 
     security interests of the United States) any problems in 
     communications, strategic, or other systems of that foreign 
     government that make the systems not year 2000 compliant.
       (f) Year 2000 Compliant.--In this section, the term ``year 
     2000 compliant'', with respect to a computer system or any 
     other information or support system, means that the programs 
     of the system correctly recognize dates in years after 1999 
     as being dates after 1999 for the purposes of program 
     functions for which the correct date is relevant to the 
     performance of the functions.

     SEC. 1027. REPORTS ON NAVAL SURFACE FIRE-SUPPORT 
                   CAPABILITIES.

       (a) Navy Report.--(1) Not later than March 31, 1999, the 
     Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Committee on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security 
     of the House of Representatives a report on battleship 
     readiness for meeting requirements of the Armed Forces for 
     naval surface fire support.
       (2) The report shall contain the following:
       (A) The reasons for the Secretary's failure to comply with 
     the requirements of section 1011 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104-106; 
     110 Stat. 421) until February 1998.
       (B) The requirements for Air-Naval Gunfire Liaison 
     Companies.
       (C) The plans of the Navy for retaining and maintaining 16-
     inch ammunition for the main guns of battleships.
       (D) The plans of the Navy for retaining the hammerhead 
     crane essential for lifting battleship turrets.
       (E) An estimate of the cost of reactivating Iowa-class 
     battleships for listing on the Naval Vessel Register, 
     restoring the vessels to seaworthiness with operational 
     capabilities necessary to meet requirements for naval surface 
     fire-support, and maintaining the battleships in that 
     condition for continued listing on the register, together 
     with an estimate of the time necessary to reactivate and 
     restore the vessels to that condition.
       (3) The Secretary shall act through the Director of 
     Expeditionary Warfare Division (N85) of the Office of the 
     Chief of Naval Operations in preparing the report.
       (b) GAO Report.--(1) The Comptroller General shall submit 
     to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
     Committee on National Security of the House of 
     Representatives a report on the naval surface fire-support 
     capabilities of the Navy.
       (2) The report shall contain the following:
       (A) An assessment of the extent of the compliance by the 
     Secretary of the Navy with the requirements of section 1011 
     of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     1996 (Public Law 104-106; 110 Stat. 421).
       (B) The plans of the Navy for executing the naval surface 
     fire-support mission of the Navy.
       (C) An assessment of the short-term costs and the long-term 
     costs associated with the plans.
       (D) An assessment of the short-term costs and the long-term 
     costs associated with alternative methods for executing the 
     naval surface fire-support mission of the Navy, including the 
     alternative of reactivating two battleships.

     SEC. 1028. REPORT ON ROLES IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AVIATION 
                   ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than March 31, 1999, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the 
     roles of the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Joint 
     Staff in the investigation of Department of Defense aviation 
     accidents.
       (b) Content of Report.--The report shall include the 
     following:
       (1) An assessment of whether the Office of the Secretary of 
     Defense and the Joint Staff should have more direct 
     involvement in the investigation of military aviation 
     accidents.
       (2) The advisability of the Office of the Secretary of 
     Defense, the Joint Staff, or another Department of Defense 
     entity independent of the military departments supervising 
     the conduct of aviation accident investigations.
       (3) An assessment of the minimum training and experience 
     required for aviation accident investigation board presidents 
     and board members.

     SEC. 1029. STRATEGIC PLAN FOR EXPANDING DISTANCE LEARNING 
                   INITIATIVES.

       (a) Plan Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall develop 
     a strategic plan for guiding and expanding distance learning 
     initiatives within the Department of Defense. The plan shall 
     provide for an expansion of such initiatives over five 
     consecutive fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 2000.
       (b) Content of Plan.--The strategic plan shall, at a 
     minimum, contain the following:
       (1) A statement of measurable goals and objectives and 
     outcome-related performance indicators (consistent with 
     section 1115 of title 31, United States Code, relating to 
     agency performance plans) for the development and execution 
     of distance learning initiatives throughout the Department of 
     Defense.
       (2) A detailed description of how distance learning 
     initiatives are to be developed and managed within the 
     Department of Defense.
       (3) An assessment of the estimated costs and the benefits 
     associated with developing and maintaining an appropriate 
     infrastructure for distance learning.
       (4) A statement of planned expenditures for the investments 
     necessary to build and maintain the infrastructure.
       (5) A description of the mechanisms that are to be used to 
     supervise the development and coordination of the distance 
     learning initiatives of the Department of Defense.
       (c) Relationship to Existing Initiative.--In developing the 
     strategic plan, the Secretary may take into account the 
     ongoing collaborative effort among the Department of Defense, 
     other Federal agencies, and private industry that is known as 
     the Advanced Distribution Learning initiative. However, the 
     Secretary shall ensure that the strategic plan is 
     specifically focused on the training and education goals and 
     objectives of the Department of Defense.
       (d) Submission to Congress.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit the strategic plan to Congress not later than March 1, 
     1999.

     SEC. 1030. REPORT ON INVOLVEMENT OF ARMED FORCES IN 
                   CONTINGENCY AND ONGOING OPERATIONS.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than January 31, 1999, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report on the involvement of the Armed 
     Forces of the United States in major contingency operations 
     and major ongoing operations since the end of the Persian 
     Gulf War, including such operations as the involvement in the 
     Stabilization Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Operation 
     Southern Watch, and Operation Northern Watch. The report 
     shall contain the following:
       (1) A discussion of the effects of that involvement on 
     retention and reenlistment of personnel in the Armed Forces.
       (2) The extent to which the use of combat support and 
     combat service support personnel and equipment of the Armed 
     Forces in the operations has resulted in shortages of Armed 
     Forces personnel and equipment in other regions of the world.
       (3) The accounts from which funds have been drawn to pay 
     for the operations and the specific programs for which the 
     funds were available until diverted to pay for the 
     operations.
       (4) The vital interests of the United States that are 
     involved in each operation or, if none, the interests of the 
     United States that are involved in each operation and a 
     characterization of those interests.
       (5) What clear and distinct objectives guide the activities 
     of United States forces in each operation.
       (6) What the President has identified on the basis of those 
     objectives as the date, or the set of conditions, that 
     defines the end of each operation.
       (b) Form of Report.--The report shall be submitted in 
     unclassified form, but may also be submitted in a classified 
     form if necessary.
       (c) Major Operation Defined.--For the purposes of this 
     section, a contingency operation or an ongoing operation is a 
     major contingency operation or a major ongoing operation, 
     respectively, if the operation involves more than 500 members 
     of the Armed Forces.

     SEC. 1031. SUBMISSION OF REPORT ON OBJECTIVES OF A 
                   CONTINGENCY OPERATION WITH FIRST REQUEST FOR 
                   FUNDING THE OPERATION.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) On May 3, 1994, the President issued Presidential 
     Decision Directive 25 declaring that American participation 
     in United Nations and other peace operations would depend in 
     part on whether the role of United States forces is tied to 
     clear objectives and an endpoint for United States 
     participation can be identified.
       (2) Between that date and mid-1998, the President and other 
     executive branch officials have obligated or requested 
     appropriations of approximately $9,400,000,000 for military-
     related operations throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina without 
     providing to Congress, in conjunction with the budget 
     submission for any fiscal year, a strategic plan for such 
     operations under the criteria set forth in that Presidential 
     Decision Directive.

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       (3) Between November 27, 1995, and mid-1998 the President 
     has established three deadlines, since elapsed, for the 
     termination of United States military-related operations 
     throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.
       (4) On December 17, 1997, the President announced that 
     United States ground combat forces would remain in Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina for an unknown period of time.
       (5) Approximately 47,880 United States military personnel 
     (excluding personnel serving in units assigned to the 
     Republic of Korea) have participated in 14 international 
     contingency operations between fiscal years 1991 and 1998.
       (6) The 1998 posture statements of the Navy and Air Force 
     included declarations that the pace of military operations 
     over fiscal year 1997 adversely affected the readiness of 
     non-deployed forces, personnel retention rates, and spare 
     parts inventories of the Navy and Air Force.
       (b) Information To Be Reported With Funding Request.--
     Section 113 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(l) Information To Accompany Initial Funding Request for 
     Contingency Operation.--Whenever the President submits to 
     Congress a request for appropriations for costs associated 
     with a contingency operation that involves, or likely will 
     involve, the deployment of more than 500 members of the armed 
     forces, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a 
     report on the objectives of the operation. The report shall 
     include a discussion of the following:
       ``(1) What clear and distinct objectives guide the 
     activities of United States forces in the operation.
       ``(2) What the President has identified on the basis of 
     those objectives as the date, or the set of conditions, that 
     defines the endpoint of the operation.''.

     SEC. 1032. REPORTS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EUROPEAN 
                   SECURITY AND DEFENSE IDENTITY.

       (a) Requirement for Reports.--The Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit to the congressional defense committees in 
     accordance with this section reports on the development of 
     the European Security and Defense Identity (ESDI) within the 
     NATO Alliance that would enable the Western European Union 
     (WEU), with the consent of the NATO Alliance, to assume the 
     political control and strategic direction of NATO assets and 
     capabilities made available by the Alliance.
       (b) Reports To Be Submitted.--The reports required to be 
     submitted under subsection (a) are as follows:
       (1) An initial report, submitted not later than December 
     15, 1998, that contains a discussion of the actions taken, 
     and the plans for future actions, to build the European 
     Security and Defense Identity, together with the matters 
     required under subsection (c).
       (2) A semiannual report on the progress made toward 
     establishing the European Security and Defense Identity, 
     submitted not later than March 15 and December 15 of each 
     year after 1998.
       (c) Content of Reports.--The Secretary shall include in 
     each report under this section the following:
       (1) A discussion of the arrangements between NATO and the 
     Western European Union for the release, transfer, monitoring, 
     return, and recall of NATO assets and capabilities.
       (2) A discussion of the development of such planning and 
     other capabilities by the Western European Union that are 
     necessary to provide political control and strategic 
     direction of NATO assets and capabilities.
       (3) A discussion of the development of terms of reference 
     for the Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, with respect 
     to the European Security and Defense Identity.
       (4) A discussion of the arrangements for the assignment or 
     appointment of NATO officers to serve in two positions 
     concurrently (commonly referred to as ``dual-hatting'').
       (5) A discussion of the development of the Combined Joint 
     Task Force (CJTF) concept, including lessons-learning from 
     the NATO-led Stabilization Force in Bosnia.
       (6) Identification within the NATO Alliance of the types of 
     separable but not separate capabilities, assets, and support 
     assets for Western European Union-led operations.
       (7) Identification of separable but not separate 
     headquarters, headquarters elements, and command positions 
     for command and conduct of Western European Union-led 
     operations.
       (8) The conduct by NATO, at the request of and in 
     coordination with the Western European Union, of military 
     planning and exercises for illustrative missions.
       (9) A discussion of the arrangements between NATO and the 
     Western European Union for the sharing of information, 
     including intelligence.
       (10) Such other information as the Secretary considers 
     useful for a complete understanding of the establishment of 
     the European Security and Defense Identity within the NATO 
     Alliance.
       (d) Termination of Semiannual Reporting Requirement.--No 
     report is required under subsection (b)(2) after the 
     Secretary submits under that subsection a report in which the 
     Secretary states that the European Security and Defense 
     Identity has been fully established.

     SEC. 1033. REPORT ON REDUCTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS AT 
                   BROOKS AIR FORCE BASE, TEXAS.

       (a) Requirement.--Not later than December 31, 1998, the 
     Secretary of the Air Force shall, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Defense, submit to the congressional defense 
     committees a report on means of reducing significantly the 
     infrastructure costs at Brooks Air Force Base, Texas, while 
     also maintaining or improving the support for Department of 
     Defense missions and personnel provided through Brooks Air 
     Force Base.
       (b) Elements.--The report shall include the following:
       (1) A description of any barriers (including barriers under 
     law and through policy) to improved infrastructure management 
     at Brooks Air Force Base.
       (2) A description of means of reducing infrastructure 
     management costs at Brooks Air Force Base through cost-
     sharing arrangements and more cost-effective utilization of 
     property.
       (3) A description of any potential public partnerships or 
     public-private partnerships to enhance management and 
     operations at Brooks Air Force Base.
       (4) An assessment of any potential for expanding 
     infrastructure management opportunities at Brooks Air Force 
     Base as a result of initiative considered at the Base or at 
     other installations.
       (5) An analysis (including appropriate data) on current and 
     projected costs of the ownership or lease of Brooks Air Force 
     Base under a variety of ownership or leasing scenarios, 
     including the savings that would accrue to the Air Force 
     under such scenarios and a schedule for achieving such 
     savings.
       (6) Any recommendations relating to reducing the 
     infrastructure costs at Brooks Air Force Base that the 
     Secretary considers appropriate.

     SEC. 1034. ANNUAL GAO REVIEW OF F/A-18E/F AIRCRAFT PROGRAM.

       (a) Review and Report Required.--Not later than June 15 of 
     each year, the Comptroller General shall review the F/A-18E/F 
     aircraft program and submit to Congress a report on the 
     results of the review. The Comptroller General shall also 
     submit to Congress with each report a certification regarding 
     whether the Comptroller General has had access to sufficient 
     information to make informed judgments on the matters covered 
     by the report.
       (b) Content of Report.--The report submitted on the program 
     each year shall include the following:
       (1) The extent to which engineering and manufacturing 
     development and operational test and evaluation under the 
     program are meeting the goals established for engineering and 
     manufacturing development and operational test and evaluation 
     under the program, including the performance, cost, and 
     schedule goals.
       (2) The status of modifications expected to have a 
     significant effect on the cost or performance of the F/A-18E/
     F aircraft.
       (c) Duration of Requirement.--The Comptroller General shall 
     submit the first report under this section not later than 
     June 15, 1999. No report is required under this section after 
     the full rate production contract is awarded under the 
     program.
       (d) Requirement to Support Annual GAO Review.--The 
     Secretary of Defense and the prime contractors under the F/A-
     18E/F aircraft program shall timely provide the Comptroller 
     General with such information on the program, including 
     information on program performance, as the Comptroller 
     General considers necessary to carry out the responsibilities 
     under this section.

     SEC. 1035. REVIEW AND REPORT REGARDING THE DISTRIBUTION OF 
                   NATIONAL GUARD RESOURCES AMONG STATES.

       (a) Requirement for Review.--The Chief of the National 
     Guard Bureau shall review the process used for allocating and 
     distributing resources, including all categories of full-time 
     manning, among the States for the National Guard of the 
     States.
       (b) Purpose of Review.--The purpose of the review is to 
     determine whether the process provides for adequately funding 
     the National Guard of the States that have within the 
     National Guard no unit or few (15 or less) units categorized 
     in readiness tiers I, II, and III.
       (c) Matters Reviewed.--The matters reviewed shall include 
     the following:
       (1) The factors considered for the process of determining 
     the distribution of resources, including the weights assigned 
     to the factors.
       (2) The extent to which the process results in funding for 
     the units of the States described in subsection (b) at the 
     levels necessary to optimize the preparedness of the units to 
     meet the mission requirements applicable to the units.
       (3) The effects that funding at levels determined under the 
     process will have on the National Guard of those States in 
     the future, including the effects on all categories of full-
     time manning, and unit readiness, recruitment, and continued 
     use of existing National Guard armories and other facilities.
       (d) Report.--Not later than March 15, 1999, the Chief of 
     the National Guard Bureau shall submit a report on the 
     results of the review to the congressional defense 
     committees.

     SEC. 1036. REPORT ON THE PEACEFUL EMPLOYMENT OF FORMER SOVIET 
                   EXPERTS ON WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than January 31, 1999, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report on the need for and the 
     feasibility of programs, other than those involving the 
     development or promotion of commercially viable proposals, to 
     further United States nonproliferation objectives regarding 
     former Soviet experts in ballistic missiles or weapons of 
     mass destruction. The report shall contain an analysis of the 
     following:

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       (1) The number of such former Soviet experts who are, or 
     are likely to become within the coming decade, unemployed, 
     underemployed, or unpaid and, therefore, at risk of accepting 
     export orders, contracts, or job offers from countries 
     developing weapons of mass destruction.
       (2) The extent to which the development of nonthreatening, 
     commercially viable products and services, with or without 
     United States assistance, can reasonably be expected to 
     employ such former experts.
       (3) The extent to which projects that do not involve the 
     development of commercially viable products or services could 
     usefully employ additional such former experts.
       (4) The likely cost and benefits of a 10-year program of 
     United States or international assistance to projects of the 
     sort discussed in paragraph (3).
       (b) Consultation Requirement.--The report shall be prepared 
     in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 
     Energy, and such other officials as the Secretary of Defense 
     considers appropriate.

                       Subtitle D--Other Matters

     SEC. 1041. COOPERATIVE COUNTERPROLIFERATION PROGRAM.

       (a) Assistance Authorized.--Subject to subsection (b), the 
     Secretary of Defense may provide a foreign country or any of 
     its instrumentalities with assistance that the Secretary 
     determines necessary for destroying, removing, or obtaining 
     from that country--
       (1) weapons of mass destruction; or
       (2) materials, equipment, or technology related to the 
     delivery or development of weapons of mass destruction.
       (b) Certification Required.--(1) Not later than 15 days 
     before providing assistance under subsection (a) regarding 
     weapons, materials, equipment, or technology referred to in 
     that subsection, the Secretary of Defense shall certify to 
     the congressional defense committees that the weapons, 
     materials, equipment, or technology meet each of the 
     following requirements:
       (A) The weapons, materials, equipment, or technology are at 
     risk of being sold or otherwise transferred to a restricted 
     foreign state or entity.
       (B) The transfer of the weapons, materials, equipment, or 
     technology would pose a significant threat to national 
     security interests of the United States or would 
     significantly advance a foreign country's weapon program that 
     threatens national security interests of the United States.
       (C) Other options for securing or otherwise preventing the 
     transfer of the weapons, materials, equipment, or technology 
     have been considered and rejected as ineffective or 
     inadequate.
       (2) The Secretary may waive the deadline for submitting a 
     certification required under paragraph (1) in any case if the 
     Secretary determines that compliance with the requirement 
     would compromise national security objectives of the United 
     States in that case. The Secretary shall promptly notify the 
     Chairman and ranking minority members of the congressional 
     defense committees regarding the waiver and submit the 
     certification not later than 45 days after completing the 
     action of providing the assistance in the case.
       (3) No assistance may be provided under subsection (a) in 
     any case unless the Secretary submits the certification 
     required under paragraph (1) or a notification required under 
     paragraph (2) in such case.
       (c) Annual Reports.--(1) Not later than January 30 of each 
     year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a report on the activities 
     carried out under this section. The first annual report shall 
     be submitted not later than January 30, 2000.
       (2) Each annual report shall set forth in separate sections 
     for the previous year the following:
       (A) The assistance provided under this section and the 
     purposes for which provided.
       (B) The sources of funds for the assistance provided.
       (C) Any assistance provided for the Department of Defense 
     under this section by any other department or agency of the 
     Federal Government, together with the source or sources of 
     that assistance.
       (D) Any other information that the Secretary considers 
     appropriate for informing the appropriate congressional 
     committees about actions taken under this section.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``restricted foreign state or entity'', with 
     respect to weapons, materials, equipment, or technology 
     covered by a certification of the Secretary of Defense under 
     subsection (b), means--
       (A) any foreign country the government of which has 
     repeatedly provided support for acts of international 
     terrorism, as determined by the Secretary of State determines 
     under section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2371); or
       (B) any foreign state or entity that the Secretary of 
     Defense determines would constitute a military threat to the 
     territory of the United States, national security interests 
     of the United States, or allies of the United States, if that 
     foreign state or entity were to possess the weapons, 
     materials, equipment, or technology.
       (2) The term ``weapon of mass destruction'' has the meaning 
     given that term in section 1402 of the Defense Against 
     Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 2302(1)).

     SEC. 1042. EXTENSION OF COUNTERPROLIFERATION AUTHORITIES FOR 
                   SUPPORT OF UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL COMMISSION ON 
                   IRAQ.

       Section 1505 of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Control Act 
     of 1992 (title XV of Public Law 102-484; 22 U.S.C. 5859a) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (d)(3), by striking out ``or $15,000,000 
     for fiscal year 1998'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``or 
     $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 and 1999''; and
       (2) in subsection (f), by striking out ``fiscal year 1998'' 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``fiscal year 1999''.

     SEC. 1043. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OR 
                   DISMANTLEMENT OF STRATEGIC NUCLEAR DELIVERY 
                   SYSTEMS.

       Section 1302 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85; 111 Stat. 1948) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking out ``during fiscal year 1998'' each place 
     it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ``during any fiscal 
     year''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(g) Applicability to Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999.--This 
     section applies to fiscal years 1998 and 1999.''.

     SEC. 1044. DIRECT-LINE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN UNITED STATES 
                   AND RUSSIAN COMMANDERS OF STRATEGIC FORCES.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that a 
     direct line of communication between the commanders in chief 
     of the United States Strategic and Space Commands and the 
     Commander of the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces could be a 
     useful confidence-building tool.
       (b) Report.--Not later than two months after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and 
     to the Committee on National Security of the House of 
     Representatives a report on the feasibility of initiating 
     discussions on direct-line communication described in 
     subsection (a).

     SEC. 1045. CHEMICAL WARFARE DEFENSE.

       (a) Review and Modification of Policies and Doctrine.--The 
     Secretary of Defense shall review the policies and doctrines 
     of the Department of Defense on chemical warfare defense and 
     modify the policies and doctrine as appropriate to achieve 
     the objectives set forth in subsection (b).
       (b) Objectives.--The objectives for the modification of 
     policies and doctrines of the Department of Defense on 
     chemical warfare defense are as follows:
       (1) To provide for adequate protection of personnel from 
     any low-level exposure to a chemical warfare agent that would 
     endanger the health of exposed personnel because of the 
     deleterious effects of--
       (A) a single exposure to the agent;
       (B) exposure to the agent concurrently with other dangerous 
     exposures, such as exposures to--
       (i) other potentially toxic substances in the environment, 
     including pesticides, other insect and vermin control agents, 
     and environmental pollutants;
       (ii) low-grade nuclear and electromagnetic radiation 
     present in the environment;
       (iii) preventive medications (that are dangerous when taken 
     concurrently with other dangerous exposures referred to in 
     this paragraph); and
       (iv) occupational hazards, including battlefield hazards; 
     and
       (C) repeated exposures to the agent, or some combination of 
     one or more exposures to the agent and other dangerous 
     exposures referred to in subparagraph (B), over time.
       (2) To provide for--
       (A) the prevention of and protection against, and the 
     detection (including confirmation) of, exposures to a 
     chemical warfare agent (whether intentional or inadvertent) 
     at levels that, even if not sufficient to endanger health 
     immediately, are greater than the level that is recognized 
     under Department of Defense policies as being the maximum 
     safe level of exposure to that agent for the general 
     population; and
       (B) the recording, reporting, coordinating, and retaining 
     of information on possible exposures described in 
     subparagraph (A), including the monitoring of the health 
     effects of exposures on humans and animals, and the 
     documenting and reporting of those health effects 
     specifically by location.
       (3) Provide solutions for the concerns and mission 
     requirements that are specifically applicable for one or more 
     of the Armed Forces in a protracted conflict when exposures 
     to chemical agents could be complex, dynamic, and occurring 
     over an extended period.
       (c) Research Program.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     develop and carry out a plan to establish a research program 
     for determining the effects of chronic and low-dose exposures 
     to chemical warfare agents. The research shall be designed to 
     yield results that can guide the Secretary in the evolution 
     of policy and doctrine on low-level exposures to chemical 
     warfare agents. The plan shall state the objectives and scope 
     of the program and include a 5-year funding plan.
       (d) Report.--Not later than May 1, 1999, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of 
     the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the 
     House of Representatives a report on the results of the 
     review under subsection (a) and on the research program 
     developed under subsection (c). The report shall include the 
     following:
       (1) Each modification of chemical warfare defense policy 
     and doctrine resulting from the review.

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       (2) Any recommended legislation regarding chemical warfare 
     defense.
       (3) The plan for the research program.

     SEC. 1046. ACCOUNTING TREATMENT OF ADVANCE PAYMENT OF 
                   PERSONNEL.

       (a) Treatment.--Section 1006 of title 37, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(l) Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 15 of title 
     31, an amount paid a member under this section in advance of 
     the fiscal year in which the member's entitlement to that 
     amount accrues--
       ``(1) shall be treated as being obligated and expended in 
     that fiscal year; and
       ``(2) may not be treated as reducing the unobligated 
     balance of the appropriations available for military 
     personnel, Reserve personnel, or National Guard personnel, as 
     the case may be, for the fiscal year in which paid.''.
       (b) Applicability.--Subsection (l) of section 1006 of title 
     37, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall 
     apply to advance payments made under such section in fiscal 
     years beginning after September 30, 1997.

     SEC. 1047. REINSTATEMENT OF DEFINITION OF FINANCIAL 
                   INSTITUTION IN AUTHORITIES FOR REIMBURSING 
                   DEFENSE PERSONNEL FOR GOVERNMENT ERRORS IN 
                   DIRECT DEPOSITS OF PAY.

       (a) Members of the Armed Forces.--Section 1053(d)(1) of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
       ``(1) The term `financial institution' means a bank, 
     savings and loan association or similar institution, or a 
     credit union chartered by the United States Government or a 
     State.''.
       (b) Civilian Employees.--Section 1594(d)(1) of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
       ``(1) The term `financial institution' means a bank, 
     savings and loan association or similar institution, or a 
     credit union chartered by the United States Government or a 
     State.''.

     SEC. 1048. PILOT PROGRAM ON ALTERNATIVE NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF 
                   LEGAL PROCESS FOR GARNISHMENT OF FEDERAL PAY 
                   FOR CHILD SUPPORT AND ALIMONY.

       (a) Program Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     conduct a pilot program on alternative notice procedures for 
     withholding or garnishment of pay for the payment of child 
     support and alimony under section 459 of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 659).
       (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the pilot program is to test 
     the efficacy of providing notice in accordance with 
     subsection (c) to the person whose pay is to be withheld or 
     garnisheed.
       (c) Notice Requirements.--Under the pilot program, if an 
     agent designated under paragraph (1) of section 459(c) of the 
     Social Security Act for members of the Armed Forces or 
     employees of the Department of Defense receives notice or 
     service of a court order, notice to withhold, or other legal 
     process regarding a child support or alimony obligation of 
     such a member or employee, the agent may omit from the notice 
     that the agent sends to the member or employee under 
     paragraph (2)(A) of that section the copy of the notice or 
     service received by the agent. The agent shall include in the 
     notice, which shall be in writing, the following:
       (1) A description of the court order, notice to withhold, 
     or other legal process.
       (2) The identity of the court, administrative agency, or 
     official that issued the order.
       (3) The case number assigned by the court, administrative 
     agency, or official.
       (4) The amount of the obligation.
       (5) The name of each person for whom the support or alimony 
     is provided.
       (6) The name, address, and telephone number of the person 
     or office from which a copy of the notice or service may be 
     obtained.
       (d) Period of Pilot Program.--The Secretary shall commence 
     the pilot program not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act. The pilot program shall terminate 
     on September 30, 2000.
       (e) Report.--Not later than April 1, 2001, the Secretary 
     shall submit a report on the pilot program to Congress. The 
     report shall contain the following:
       (1) The number of notices that were issued in accordance 
     with subsection (c) during the period of the pilot program.
       (2) The number of persons who requested copies of the 
     notice or service of the court order, notice of withholding, 
     or other legal process involved.
       (3) Any communication received by the Secretary or an agent 
     referred to in subsection (c) complaining about not being 
     furnished a copy of the notice or service of the court order, 
     notice of withholding, or other legal process with the 
     agent's notice.

     SEC. 1049. COSTS PAYABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND 
                   OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES FOR SERVICES PROVIDED TO 
                   THE DEFENSE COMMISSARY AGENCY.

       (a) Limitation.--Section 2482(b)(1) of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
     ``However, the Defense Commissary Agency may not pay for any 
     such service any amount that exceeds the price at which the 
     service could be procured in full and open competition (as 
     such term is defined in section 4(6) of the Office of Federal 
     Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(6)).''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act 
     and shall apply with respect to services provided or obtained 
     on or after that date.

     SEC. 1050. COLLECTION OF DISHONORED CHECKS PRESENTED AT 
                   COMMISSARY STORES.

       Section 2486 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(g) Collection of Dishonored Checks.--(1) The Secretary 
     of Defense may impose a charge for the collection of a check 
     accepted at a commissary store that is not honored by the 
     financial institution on which the check is drawn. The 
     imposition and amounts of charges shall be consistent with 
     practices of commercial grocery stores regarding dishonored 
     checks.
       ``(2)(A) The following persons are liable to the United 
     States for the amount of a check referred to in paragraph (1) 
     that is returned unpaid to the United States, together with 
     any charge imposed under that paragraph:
       ``(i) The person who presented the check.
       ``(ii) Any person whose status and relationship to the 
     person who presented the check provide the basis for that 
     person's eligibility to make purchases at a commissary store.
       ``(B) Any amount for which a person is liable under 
     subparagraph (A) may be collected by deducting and 
     withholding such amount from any amounts payable to that 
     person by the United States.
       ``(3) Amounts collected as charges imposed under paragraph 
     (1) shall be credited to the commissary trust revolving fund.
       ``(4) Appropriated funds may be used to pay any costs 
     incurred in the collection of checks and charges referred to 
     in paragraph (1). An appropriation account charged a cost 
     under the preceding sentence shall be reimbursed the amount 
     of that cost out of funds in the commissary trust revolving 
     fund.
       ``(5) In this subsection, the term `commissary trust 
     revolving fund' means the trust revolving fund maintained by 
     the Department of Defense for surcharge collections and 
     proceeds of sales of commissary stores.''.

     SEC. 1051. DEFENSE COMMISSARY AGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

       (a) Use of FTS 2000 / 2001.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     prescribe in regulations authority for the Defense Commissary 
     Agency to meet its telecommunication requirements by 
     obtaining telecommunication services and related items under 
     the FTS 2000 / 2001 contract through a frame relay system 
     procured for the agency.
       (b) Report.--Upon the initiation of telecommunication 
     service for the Defense Commissary Agency under the FTS 2000 
     / 2001 contract through the frame relay system, the Secretary 
     of Defense shall submit to Congress a notification that the 
     service has been initiated.
       (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``FTS 2000 / 
     2001 contract'' means the contract for the provision of 
     telecommunication services for the Federal Government that 
     was entered into by the Defense Information Technology 
     Contract Organization.

     SEC. 1052. RESEARCH GRANTS COMPETITIVELY AWARDED TO SERVICE 
                   ACADEMIES.

       (a) United States Military Academy.--(1) Chapter 403 of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new section:

     ``Sec. 4358. Research grants: acceptance, application, and 
       use

       ``(a) Acceptance of Competitively Awarded Grants.--The 
     Superintendent of the Academy may accept a research grant 
     that is awarded on a competitive basis by a source referred 
     to in subsection (b) for a research project that is to be 
     carried out by a professor or instructor of the Academy for a 
     scientific, literary, or educational purpose.
       ``(b) Application for Grants.--A professor or instructor of 
     the Academy, together with the Superintendent, may apply for 
     a research grant referred to in subsection (a) from any 
     corporation, fund, foundation, educational institution, or 
     similar entity that is organized and operated primarily for 
     scientific, literary, or educational purposes.
       ``(c) Administration of Grant Proceeds.--The Superintendent 
     shall establish a special account for administering the 
     proceeds of a research grant accepted under subsection (a) 
     and shall use the account for the administration of such 
     proceeds in accordance with applicable regulations and the 
     terms and conditions of the grant.
       ``(d) Related Expenses.--Subject to such limitations as may 
     be provided in appropriations Acts, appropriations available 
     for the Academy may be used to pay expenses incurred by the 
     Academy in pursuit of an award of a research grant authorized 
     to be accepted under subsection (a).
       ``(e) Regulations.--The Secretary of the Army shall 
     prescribe in regulations the requirements, restrictions, and 
     conditions that the Secretary considers appropriate for the 
     exercise and administration of the authority under this 
     section.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``4358. Research grants: acceptance, application, and use.''.
       (b) United States Naval Academy.--(1) Chapter 603 of title 
     10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new section:

     ``Sec. 6977. Research grants: acceptance, application, and 
       use

       ``(a) Acceptance of Competitively Awarded Grants.--The 
     Superintendent of the Academy may accept a research grant 
     that is awarded on a competitive basis by a

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     source referred to in subsection (b) for a research project 
     that is to be carried out by a professor or instructor of the 
     Academy for a scientific, literary, or educational purpose.
       ``(b) Application for Grants.--A professor or instructor of 
     the Academy, together with the Superintendent, may apply for 
     a research grant referred to in subsection (a) from any 
     corporation, fund, foundation, educational institution, or 
     similar entity that is organized and operated primarily for 
     scientific, literary, or educational purposes.
       ``(c) Administration of Grant Proceeds.--The Superintendent 
     shall establish a special account for administering the 
     proceeds of a research grant accepted under subsection (a) 
     and shall use the account for the administration of such 
     proceeds in accordance with applicable regulations and the 
     terms and conditions of the grant.
       ``(d) Related Expenses.--Subject to such limitations as may 
     be provided in appropriations Acts, appropriations available 
     for the Academy may be used to pay expenses incurred by the 
     Academy in pursuit of an award of a research grant authorized 
     to be accepted under subsection (a).
       ``(e) Regulations.--The Secretary of the Navy shall 
     prescribe in regulations the requirements, restrictions, and 
     conditions that the Secretary considers appropriate for the 
     exercise and administration of the authority under this 
     section.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``6977. Research grants: acceptance, application, and use.''.
       (c) United States Air Force Academy.--(1) Chapter 903 of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new section:

     ``Sec. 9357. Research grants: acceptance, application, and 
       use

       ``(a) Acceptance of Competitively Awarded Grants.--The 
     Superintendent of the Academy may accept a research grant 
     that is awarded on a competitive basis by a source referred 
     to in subsection (b) for a research project that is to be 
     carried out by a professor or instructor of the Academy for a 
     scientific, literary, or educational purpose.
       ``(b) Application for Grants.--A professor or instructor of 
     the Academy, together with the Superintendent, may apply for 
     a research grant referred to in subsection (a) from any 
     corporation, fund, foundation, educational institution, or 
     similar entity that is organized and operated primarily for 
     scientific, literary, or educational purposes.
       ``(c) Administration of Grant Proceeds.--The Superintendent 
     shall establish a special account for administering the 
     proceeds of a research grant accepted under subsection (a) 
     and shall use the account for the administration of such 
     proceeds in accordance with applicable regulations and the 
     terms and conditions of the grant.
       ``(d) Related Expenses.--Subject to such limitations as may 
     be provided in appropriations Acts, appropriations available 
     for the Academy may be used to pay expenses incurred by the 
     Academy in pursuit of an award of a research grant authorized 
     to be accepted under subsection (a).
       ``(e) Regulations.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall 
     prescribe in regulations the requirements, restrictions, and 
     conditions that the Secretary considers appropriate for the 
     exercise and administration of the authority under this 
     section.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``9357. Research grants: acceptance, application, and use.''.

     SEC. 1053. CLARIFICATION AND SIMPLIFICATION OF 
                   RESPONSIBILITIES OF INSPECTORS GENERAL 
                   REGARDING WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS.

       (a) Roles of Inspectors General of the Armed Forces.--(1) 
     Subsection (c) of section 1034 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (A) by striking out paragraph (1) and inserting in lieu 
     thereof the following:
       ``(1) If a member of the armed forces submits to an 
     Inspector General an allegation that a personnel action 
     prohibited by subsection (b) has been taken (or threatened) 
     against the member with respect to a communication described 
     in paragraph (2), the Inspector General of the Department of 
     Defense or the Inspector General of the armed force concerned 
     shall take the action required under paragraph (3).''; and
       (B) by striking out paragraph (3) and inserting in lieu 
     thereof the following:
       ``(3) The Inspector General receiving an allegation as 
     described in paragraph (1) shall expeditiously determine 
     whether there is sufficient evidence to warrant an 
     investigation of the allegation. Upon determining that an 
     investigation is warranted, the Inspector General shall 
     expeditiously investigate the allegation. In the case of an 
     allegation received by the Inspector General of the 
     Department of Defense, the Inspector General may delegate 
     that duty to the Inspector General of the armed force 
     concerned. Neither an initial determination nor an 
     investigation is required under this paragraph in the case of 
     an allegation made more than 60 days after the date on which 
     the member becomes aware of the personnel action that is the 
     subject of the allegation.
       ``(4) If an Inspector General within a military department 
     receives an allegation covered by this subsection, that 
     Inspector General shall promptly notify the Inspector General 
     of the Department of Defense of the allegation in accordance 
     with regulations prescribed under subsection (h).
       ``(5) The Inspector General of the Department of Defense, 
     or the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation 
     (in the case of a member of the Coast Guard when the Coast 
     Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy), shall 
     ensure that the inspector general conducting the 
     investigation of an allegation under this paragraph is 
     outside the immediate chain of command of both the member 
     submitting the allegation and the individual or individuals 
     alleged to have taken the retaliatory action.''.
       (2) Subsection (d) of such section is amended--
       (A) by striking out ``the Inspector General shall conduct'' 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``an Inspector General shall 
     conduct''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following: ``In the case of an 
     allegation received by the Inspector General of the 
     Department of Defense, the Inspector General may delegate 
     that duty to the Inspector General of the armed force 
     concerned.''.
       (b) Mismanagement Covered by Protected Communications.--
     Subsection (c)(2)(B) of such section is amended by striking 
     out ``Mismanagement'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Gross 
     mismanagement''.
       (c) Simplified Reporting and Notice Requirements.--(1) 
     Paragraph (1) of subsection (e) of such section is amended--
       (A) by striking out ``the Inspector General shall submit a 
     report on'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``the Inspector 
     General conducting the investigation shall provide''; and
       (B) inserting ``shall transmit a copy of the report on the 
     results of the investigation to'' before ``the member of the 
     armed forces''.
       (2) Paragraph (2) of such subsection is amended by adding 
     at the end the following: ``However, the copy need not 
     include summaries of interviews conducted, nor any document 
     acquired, during the course of the investigation. Such items 
     shall be transmitted to the member if the member requests the 
     items, whether before or after the copy of the report is 
     transmitted to the member.''.
       (3) Paragraph (3) of such subsection is amended by striking 
     out ``90 days'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``120 days''.
       (d) Repeal of Post-Investigation Interview Requirement.--
     Subsection (h) of such section is repealed.
       (e) Inspector General Defined.--Subsection (j)(2) of such 
     section is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (G) 
     and, in that subparagraph, by striking out ``an officer'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``An officer'';
       (2) by striking out subparagraph (A) and inserting in lieu 
     thereof the following:
       ``(A) The Inspector General of the Department of Defense.
       ``(B) The Inspector General of the Department of 
     Transportation, in the case of a member of the Coast Guard 
     when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the 
     Navy.
       ``(C) The Inspector General of the Army, in the case of a 
     member of the Army.
       ``(D) The Naval Inspector General, in the case of a member 
     of the Navy.
       ``(E) The Inspector General of the Air Force, in the case 
     of a member of the Air Force.
       ``(F) The Deputy Naval Inspector General for Marine Corps 
     Matters, in the case of a member of the Marine Corps.''; and
       (3) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
     out ``means--'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``means the 
     following:''.
       (f) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--(1) Subsections 
     (i) and (j) of such section are redesignated as subsections 
     (h) and (i), respectively.
       (2) Subsection (b)(1)(B)(ii) of such section is amended by 
     striking out ``subsection (j))'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``subsection (i)) or any other Inspector General 
     appointed under the Inspector General Act of 1978''.

     SEC. 1054. AMOUNTS RECOVERED FROM CLAIMS AGAINST THIRD 
                   PARTIES FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE TO PERSONAL PROPERTY 
                   SHIPPED OR STORED AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 163 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     section:

     ``Sec. 2739. Amounts recovered from claims against third 
       parties for loss or damage to personal property shipped or 
       stored at Government expense

       ``(a) Crediting of Collections.--Amounts collected as 
     described in subsection (b) by or for a military department 
     in any fiscal year shall be credited to the appropriation 
     that is available for that fiscal year for the military 
     department for the payment of claims for loss or damage of 
     personal property shipped or stored at Government expense. 
     Amounts so credited shall be merged with the funds in the 
     appropriation and shall be available for the same period and 
     purposes as the funds with which merged.
       ``(b) Collections Covered.--An amount authorized for 
     crediting in accordance with subsection (a) is any amount 
     that a military department collects under sections 3711, 
     3716, 3717 and 3721 of title 31 from a third party for a loss 
     or damage to personal property that occurred during shipment 
     or storage of the property at Government expense and for 
     which the Secretary of the military department paid the owner 
     in settlement of a claim.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new item:


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``2739. Amounts recovered from claims against third parties for loss or 
              damage to personal property shipped or stored at 
              government expense.''.

     SEC. 1055. ELIGIBILITY FOR ATTENDANCE AT DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE DOMESTIC DEPENDENT ELEMENTARY AND 
                   SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

       (a) Military Dependents.--Subsection (a) of section 2164 of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by designating the first sentence as paragraph (1);
       (2) by designating the second sentence as paragraph (2); 
     and
       (3) by adding at the end of paragraph (2), as so 
     designated, the following: ``The Secretary may also permit a 
     dependent of a member of the armed forces to enroll in such a 
     program if the dependent is residing in such a jurisdiction, 
     whether on or off a military installation, while the member 
     is assigned away from that jurisdiction on a remote or 
     unaccompanied assignment under permanent change of station 
     orders.''.
       (b) Employee Dependents.--Subsection (c)(2) of such section 
     is amended by striking out subparagraph (B) and inserting in 
     lieu thereof the following:
       ``(B) The Secretary may extend the enrollment of a 
     dependent referred to in subparagraph (A) in the program for 
     more than five consecutive school years if the Secretary 
     determines that the dependent is eligible under paragraph 
     (1), space is available in the program, and adequate 
     arrangements are made for reimbursement of the Secretary for 
     the costs to the Secretary of the educational services 
     provided for the dependent. An extension shall be for only 
     one school year, but the Secretary may authorize a successive 
     extension each year for the next school year upon making the 
     determinations required under the preceding sentence for that 
     next school year.''.
       (c) Customs Service Employee Dependents in Puerto Rico.--
     (1) Subsection (c) of such section is further amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(4)(A) A dependent of a United States Customs Service 
     employee who resides in Puerto Rico but not on a military 
     installation may enroll in an educational program provided by 
     the Secretary pursuant to subsection (a) in Puerto Rico.
       ``(B) Notwithstanding the limitation on duration of 
     enrollment set forth in paragraph (2), a dependent described 
     in subparagraph (A) who is enrolled in an education program 
     described in that subparagraph may be removed from the 
     program only for good cause (as determined by the Secretary). 
     No requirement under that paragraph for reimbursement of the 
     Secretary for the costs of educational services provided for 
     the dependent shall apply with respect to the dependent.
       ``(C) In the event of the death in the line of duty of an 
     employee described in subparagraph (A), a dependent of the 
     employee may remain enrolled in an educational program 
     described in that subparagraph until--
       ``(i) the end of the academic year in which the death 
     occurs; or
       ``(ii) the dependent is removed for good cause (as so 
     determined).''.
       (2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect 
     on the date of enactment of this Act and apply to academic 
     years beginning on or after that date.

     SEC. 1056. FEES FOR PROVIDING HISTORICAL INFORMATION TO THE 
                   PUBLIC.

       (a) Army.--(1) Chapter 437 of title 10, United States Code, 
     is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 4595. Army Military History Institute: fee for 
       providing historical information to the public

       ``(a) Authority.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
     Secretary of the Army may charge a person a fee for providing 
     the person with information requested by the person that is 
     provided from the United States Army Military History 
     Institute.
       ``(b) Exceptions.--A fee may not be charged under this 
     section--
       ``(1) to a person for information that the person requests 
     to carry out a duty as a member of the armed forces or an 
     officer or employee of the United States; or
       ``(2) for a release of information under section 552 of 
     title 5.
       ``(c) Limitation on Amount of Fee.--The amount of the fee 
     charged under this section for providing information may not 
     exceed the cost of providing the information.
       ``(d) Retention of Fees.--Amounts received under subsection 
     (a) for providing information in any fiscal year shall be 
     credited to the appropriation or appropriations charged the 
     costs of providing information to the public from the United 
     States Army Military History Institute during that fiscal 
     year.
       ``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) The term `United States Army Military History 
     Institute' means the archive for historical records and 
     materials of the Army that the Secretary of the Army 
     designates as the primary archive for such records and 
     materials.
       ``(2) The terms `officer of the United States' and 
     `employee of the United States' have the meanings given those 
     terms in sections 2104 and 2105, respectively, of title 5.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
     is amended by adding at the end the following:

``4595. Army Military History Institute: fee for providing historical 
              information to the public.''.
       (b) Navy.--(1) Chapter 649 of such title 10 is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new section:

     ``Sec. 7582. Naval and Marine Corps Historical Centers: fee 
       for providing historical information to the public

       ``(a) Authority.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
     Secretary of the Navy may charge a person a fee for providing 
     the person with information requested by the person that is 
     provided from the United States Naval Historical Center or 
     the Marine Corps Historical Center.
       ``(b) Exceptions.--A fee may not be charged under this 
     section--
       ``(1) to a person for information that the person requests 
     to carry out a duty as a member of the armed forces or an 
     officer or employee of the United States; or
       ``(2) for a release of information under section 552 of 
     title 5.
       ``(c) Limitation on Amount of Fee.--The amount of the fee 
     charged under this section for providing information may not 
     exceed the cost of providing the information.
       ``(d) Retention of Fees.--Amounts received under subsection 
     (a) for providing information from the United States Naval 
     Historical Center or the Marine Corps Historical Center in 
     any fiscal year shall be credited to the appropriation or 
     appropriations charged the costs of providing information to 
     the public from that historical center during that fiscal 
     year.
       ``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) The term `United States Naval Historical Center' 
     means the archive for historical records and materials of the 
     Navy that the Secretary of the Navy designates as the primary 
     archive for such records and materials.
       ``(2) The term `Marine Corps Historical Center' means the 
     archive for historical records and materials of the Marine 
     Corps that the Secretary of the Navy designates as the 
     primary archive for such records and materials.
       ``(3) The terms `officer of the United States' and 
     `employee of the United States' have the meanings given those 
     terms in sections 2104 and 2105, respectively, of title 5.''.
       (2) The heading of such chapter is amended by striking out 
     ``RELATED''.
       (3)(A) The table of sections at the beginning of such 
     chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     item:

``7582. Naval and Marine Corps Historical Centers: fee for providing 
              historical information to the public.''.
       (B) The item relating to such chapter in the tables of 
     chapters at the beginning of subtitle C of title 10, United 
     States Code, and the beginning of part IV of such subtitle is 
     amended by striking out ``Related''.
       (c) Air Force.--(1) Chapter 937 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     section:

     ``Sec. 9594. Air Force Military History Institute: fee for 
       providing historical information to the public

       ``(a) Authority.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
     Secretary of the Air Force may charge a person a fee for 
     providing the person with information requested by the person 
     that is provided from the United States Air Force Military 
     History Institute.
       ``(b) Exceptions.--A fee may not be charged under this 
     section--
       ``(1) to a person for information that the person requests 
     to carry out a duty as a member of the armed forces or an 
     officer or employee of the United States; or
       ``(2) for a release of information under section 552 of 
     title 5.
       ``(c) Limitation on Amount of Fee.--The amount of the fee 
     charged under this section for providing information may not 
     exceed the cost of providing the information.
       ``(d) Retention of Fees.--Amounts received under subsection 
     (a) for providing information in any fiscal year shall be 
     credited to the appropriation or appropriations charged the 
     costs of providing information to the public from the United 
     States Air Force Military History Institute during that 
     fiscal year.
       ``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) The term `United States Air Force Military History 
     Institute' means the archive for historical records and 
     materials of the Air Force that the Secretary of the Air 
     Force designates as the primary archive for such records and 
     materials.
       ``(2) The terms `officer of the United States' and 
     `employee of the United States' have the meanings given those 
     terms in sections 2104 and 2105, respectively, of title 5.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
     937 is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``9594. Air Force Military History Institute: fee for providing 
              historical information to the public.''.

     SEC. 1057. PERIODIC INSPECTION OF THE ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT 
                   HOME.

       (a) Inspection by Inspectors General of the Armed Forces.--
     Section 1518 of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 
     (24 U.S.C. 418) is amended to read as follows:

     ``SEC. 1518. INSPECTION OF RETIREMENT HOME.

       ``(a) Triennial Inspection.--Every three years the 
     Inspector General of an armed force shall inspect the 
     Retirement Home, including the records of the Retirement 
     Home.
       ``(b) Alternating Duty Among Inspectors General.--The duty 
     to inspect the Retirement Home shall alternate among the 
     Inspector General of the Army, the Naval Inspector General, 
     and the Inspector General

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     of the Air Force on such schedule as the Secretary of Defense 
     shall direct.
       ``(c) Reports.--Not later than 45 days after completing an 
     inspection under subsection (a), the Inspector General 
     carrying out the inspection shall submit to the Retirement 
     Home Board, the Secretary of Defense, and Congress a report 
     describing the results of the inspection and containing such 
     recommendations as the Inspector General considers 
     appropriate.''.
       (b) First Inspection.--The first inspection under section 
     1518 of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991, as 
     amended by subsection (a), shall be carried out during fiscal 
     year 1999.

     SEC. 1058. TRANSFER OF F-4 PHANTOM II AIRCRAFT TO FOUNDATION.

       (a) Authority.--The Secretary of the Air Force may convey, 
     without consideration to the Collings Foundation, Stow, 
     Massachusetts (in this section referred to as the 
     ``foundation''), all right, title, and interest of the United 
     States in and to one surplus F-4 Phantom II aircraft. The 
     conveyance shall be made by means of a conditional deed of 
     gift.
       (b) Condition of Aircraft.--The Secretary may not convey 
     ownership of the aircraft under subsection (a) until the 
     Secretary determines that the foundation has altered the 
     aircraft in such manner as the Secretary determines necessary 
     to ensure that the aircraft does not have any capability for 
     use as a platform for launching or releasing munitions or any 
     other combat capability that it was designed to have. The 
     Secretary is not required to repair or alter the condition of 
     the aircraft before conveying ownership of the aircraft.
       (c) Reverter Upon Breach of Conditions.--The Secretary 
     shall include in the instrument of conveyance of the 
     aircraft--
       (1) a condition that the foundation not convey any 
     ownership interest in, or transfer possession of, the 
     aircraft to any other party without the prior approval of the 
     Secretary of the Air Force;
       (2) a condition that the operation and maintenance of the 
     aircraft comply with all applicable limitations and 
     maintenance requirements imposed by the Administrator of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration; and
       (3) a condition that if the Secretary of the Air Force 
     determines at any time that the foundation has conveyed an 
     ownership interest in, or transferred possession of, the 
     aircraft to any other party without the prior approval of the 
     Secretary, or has failed to comply with the condition set 
     forth in paragraph (2), all right, title, and interest in and 
     to the aircraft, including any repair or alteration of the 
     aircraft, shall revert to the United States, and the United 
     States shall have the right of immediate possession of the 
     aircraft.
       (d) Conveyance at No Cost to the United States.--The 
     conveyance of an aircraft authorized by this section shall be 
     made at no cost to the United States. Any costs associated 
     with such conveyance, costs of determining compliance with 
     subsection (b), and costs of operation and maintenance of the 
     aircraft conveyed shall be borne by the foundation.
       (e) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary of the 
     Air Force may require such additional terms and conditions in 
     connection with the conveyance under this section as the 
     Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of 
     the United States.
       (f) Clarification of Liability.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, upon the conveyance of ownership of the F-4 
     Phantom II aircraft to the foundation under subsection (a), 
     the United States shall not be liable for any death, injury, 
     loss, or damage that results from any use of that aircraft by 
     any person other than the United States.

     SEC. 1059. ACT CONSTITUTING PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL OF VESSEL 
                   WAR RISK INSURANCE REQUESTED BY THE SECRETARY 
                   OF DEFENSE.

       Section 1205(b) of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 (46 
     U.S.C. App. 1285(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following: ``The signature of the President (or of an 
     official designated by the President) on the agreement shall 
     be treated as an expression of the approval required under 
     section 1202(a) to provide the insurance.''.

     SEC. 1060. COMMENDATION AND MEMORIALIZATION OF THE UNITED 
                   STATES NAVY ASIATIC FLEET.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The United States established the Asiatic Fleet of the 
     Navy in 1910 to protect American nationals, policies, and 
     possessions in the Far East.
       (2) The sailors and Marines of the Asiatic Fleet ensured 
     the safety of United States citizens and foreign nationals, 
     and provided humanitarian assistance, in that region during 
     the Chinese civil war, the Yangtze Flood of 1931, and the 
     outbreak of Sino-Japanese hostilities.
       (3) In 1940, due to deteriorating political relations and 
     increasing tensions between the United States and Japan, a 
     reinforced Asiatic Fleet began concentrating on the defense 
     of the Philippines and engaged in extensive training to 
     ensure maximum operational readiness for any eventuality.
       (4) Following the declaration of war against Japan, the 
     warships, submarines, and aircraft of the Asiatic Fleet 
     singly or in task forces courageously fought many naval 
     battles against a superior Japanese armada.
       (5) The Asiatic Fleet directly suffered the loss of 22 
     ships, 1,826 men killed or missing in action, and 518 men 
     captured and imprisoned under the worst of conditions with 
     many of them dying while held as prisoners of war.
       (b) Commendation.--Congress--
       (1) commends the personnel who served in the Asiatic Fleet 
     of the United States Navy during the period 1910 to 1942; and
       (2) honors those who gave their lives in the line of duty 
     while serving in the Asiatic Fleet.
       (c) United States Navy Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day.--The 
     President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation 
     designating March 1, 1999 as ``United States Navy Asiatic 
     Fleet Memorial Day'' and calling upon the people of the 
     United States to observe United States Navy Asiatic Fleet 
     Memorial Day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and 
     activities.

     SEC. 1061. PROGRAM TO COMMEMORATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 
                   KOREAN WAR.

       (a) Reference to Korean War.--Section 1083 of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 
     105-85; 111 Stat. 1918; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended--
       (1) in the section heading, by striking out ``KOREAN 
     CONFLICT'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``KOREAN WAR'';
       (2) by striking out ``Korean conflict'' each place it 
     appears and inserting in lieu thereof ``Korean War''; and
       (3) in subsections (c) and (d)(1), by striking out ``Korean 
     Conflict'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Korean War''.
       (b) Limitation on Expenditures.--Subsection (f) of such 
     section is amended to read as follows:
       ``(f) Limitation on Expenditures.--The total amount 
     expended for the commemorative program for fiscal years 1998 
     through 2004 by the Department of Defense 50th Anniversary of 
     the Korean War Commemorative Committee established by the 
     Secretary of Defense may not exceed $10,000,000.''.

     SEC. 1062. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE USE OF FREQUENCY SPECTRUM.

       (a) Finding.--Congress finds that the report submitted to 
     Congress by the Secretary of Defense on April 2, 1998, 
     regarding the reallocation of the frequency spectrum used or 
     dedicated to the Department of Defense and the intelligence 
     community, does not include a discussion of the costs to the 
     Department of Defense that are associated with past and 
     potential future reallocations of the frequency spectrum, 
     although such a discussion was to be included in the report 
     as directed in connection with the enactment of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998.
       (b) Additional Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall, not 
     later than October 31, 1998, submit to the Committee on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security 
     of the House of Representatives a report that discusses the 
     costs referred to in subsection (a).
       (c) Relocation of Federal Frequencies.--Section 113(g)(1) 
     of the National Telecommunications and Information 
     Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 923(g)(1)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking out ``(1) In general.--In order'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof the following:
       ``(1) In general.--
       ``(A) Authority of federal entities to accept 
     compensation.--In order'';
       (2) in subparagraph (A), as so designated, by striking out 
     the second, third, and fourth sentences and inserting in lieu 
     thereof the following: ``Any such Federal entity which 
     proposes to so relocate shall notify the NTIA, which in turn 
     shall notify the Commission, before the auction concerned of 
     the marginal costs anticipated to be associated with such 
     relocation or with modifications necessary to accommodate 
     prospective licensees. The Commission in turn shall notify 
     potential bidders of the estimated relocation or modification 
     costs based on the geographic area covered by the proposed 
     licenses before the auction; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) Requirement to compensate federal entities.--Any 
     person on whose behalf a Federal entity incurs costs under 
     subparagraph (A) shall compensate the Federal entity in 
     advance for such costs. Such compensation may take the form 
     of a cash payment or in-kind compensation.
       ``(C) Disposition of payments.--
       ``(i) Payment by electronic funds transfer.--A person 
     making a cash payment under this paragraph shall make the 
     cash payment by depositing the amount of the payment by 
     electronic funds transfer in the account of the Federal 
     entity concerned in the Treasury of the United States or in 
     another account as authorized by law.
       ``(ii) Availability.--Subject to the provisions of 
     authorization Acts and appropriations Acts, amounts deposited 
     under this subparagraph shall be available to the Federal 
     entity concerned to pay directly the costs of relocation 
     under this paragraph, to repay or make advances to 
     appropriations or funds which do or will initially bear all 
     or part of such costs, or to refund excess sums when 
     necessary.
       ``(D) Application to certain other relocations.--The 
     provisions of this paragraph also apply to any Federal entity 
     that operates a Federal Government station assigned to used 
     electromagnetic spectrum identified for reallocation under 
     subsection (a) if before August 5, 1997, the Commission has 
     not identified that spectrum for service or assigned licenses 
     or otherwise authorized service for that spectrum.

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       ``(E) Implementation procedures.--The NTIA and the 
     Commission shall develop procedures for the implementation of 
     this paragraph, which procedures shall include a process for 
     resolving any differences that arise between the Federal 
     Government and commercial licensees regarding estimates of 
     relocation or modification costs under this paragraph.
       ``(F) Inapplicability to certain relocations.--With the 
     exception of spectrum located at 1710-1755 Megahertz, the 
     provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to Federal 
     spectrum identified for reallocation in the first 
     reallocation report submitted to the President and Congress 
     under subsection (a).''.
       (d) Reports on Costs of Relocations.--The head of each 
     department or agency of the Federal Government shall include 
     in the annual budget submission of such department or agency 
     to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget a 
     report assessing the costs to be incurred by such department 
     or agency as a result of any frequency relocations of such 
     department or agency that are anticipated under section 113 
     of the National Telecommunications Information Administration 
     Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 923) as of the date of such 
     report.

     SEC. 1063. TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.

       (a) Title 10, United States Code.--Title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended as follows:
       (1) The item relating to section 484 in the table of 
     sections at the beginning of chapter 23 is amended to read as 
     follows:

``484. Annual report on aircraft inventory.''.
       (2) Section 517(a) is amended by striking out ``Except as 
     provided in section 307 of title 37, the'' and inserting in 
     lieu thereof ``The''.
       (3) The item relating to section 2302c in the table of 
     sections at the beginning of chapter 137 is amended to read 
     as follows:

``2302c. Implementation of electronic commerce capability.''.
       (4) The table of subchapters at the beginning of chapter 
     148 is amended by striking out ``2491'' in the item relating 
     to subchapter I and inserting in lieu thereof ``2500''.
       (5) Section 7045(c) is amended by striking out ``the'' 
     after ``are subject to''.
       (6) Section 7572(b) is repealed.
       (7) Section 12683(b)(2) is amended by striking out ``; or'' 
     at the end and inserting in lieu thereof a period.
       (b) Public Law 105-85.--Effective as of November 18, 1997, 
     and as if included therein as enacted, the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85) is 
     amended as follows:
       (1) Section 1006(a) (111 Stat. 1869) is amended by striking 
     out ``or'' in the quoted matter and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``and''.
       (2) Section 3133(b)(3) (111 Stat. 2036) is amended by 
     striking out ``III'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``XIV''.
       (c) Other Acts.--
       (1) Section 18(c)(1) of the Office of Federal Procurement 
     Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 416(c)(1)) is amended by striking out 
     the period at the end of subparagraph (A) and inserting in 
     lieu thereof a semicolon.
       (2) Section 3(c)(2) of Public Law 101-533 (22 U.S.C. 
     3142(c)(2)) is amended by striking out ``included in the most 
     recent plan submitted to the Congress under section 2506 of 
     title 10'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``identified in the 
     most recent assessment prepared under section 2505 of title 
     10''.
       (d) Coordination With Other Amendments.--For purposes of 
     applying amendments made by provisions of this Act other than 
     provisions of this section, this section shall be treated as 
     having been enacted immediately before the other provisions 
     of this Act.

     SEC. 1064. EXTENSION AND REAUTHORIZATION OF DEFENSE 
                   PRODUCTION ACT OF 1950.

       (a) Extension of Termination Date.--Section 717(a) of the 
     Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2166(a)) is 
     amended by striking ``September 30, 1998'' and inserting 
     ``September 30, 1999''.
       (b) Extension of Authorization.--Section 711(b) of the 
     Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2161(b)) is 
     amended by striking ``and 1998'' and inserting ``1998, and 
     1999''.

     SEC. 1065. BUDGETING FOR CONTINUED PARTICIPATION OF UNITED 
                   STATES FORCES IN NATO OPERATIONS IN BOSNIA AND 
                   HERZEGOVINA.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Funding levels in the Department of Defense budget have 
     not been sufficient to pay for the deployment of United 
     States ground combat forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina that 
     began in fiscal year 1996.
       (2) The Department of Defense has used funds from the 
     operation and maintenance accounts of the Armed Forces to pay 
     for the operations because the funding levels included in the 
     defense budgets for fiscal years 1996 and 1997 have not been 
     adequate to maintain operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
       (3) Funds necessary to continue United States participation 
     in the NATO operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to 
     replace operation and maintenance funds used for the 
     operations, have been requested by the President as 
     supplemental appropriations in fiscal years 1996 and 1997. 
     The Department of Defense has also proposed to reprogram 
     previously appropriated funds to make up the shortfall for 
     continued United States operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
       (4) In February 1998, the President certified to Congress 
     that the continued presence of United States forces in Bosnia 
     and Herzegovina after June 30, 1998, was necessary in order 
     to meet national security interests of the United States.
       (5) The discretionary spending limit established for the 
     defense category for fiscal year 1998 in the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 does not take into 
     account the continued deployment of United States forces in 
     Bosnia and Herzegovina after June 30, 1998. Therefore, the 
     President requested emergency supplemental appropriations for 
     the Bosnia and Herzegovina mission through September 30, 
     1998.
       (6) Amounts for operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina were 
     not included in the original budget proposed by the President 
     for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1999.
       (7) The President requested $1,858,600,000 in emergency 
     appropriations in his March 4, 1998 amendment to the fiscal 
     year 1999 budget to cover the shortfall in funding in the 
     fiscal year 1999 for the costs of extending the mission in 
     Bosnia.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the President should include in the budget for the 
     Department of Defense that the President submits to Congress 
     under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for 
     each fiscal year sufficient amounts to pay for any proposed 
     continuation of the participation of United States forces in 
     NATO operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina for that fiscal 
     year; and
       (2) amounts included in the budget for that purpose should 
     not be transferred from amounts that would otherwise be 
     proposed in the budget of any of the Armed Forces in 
     accordance with the future-years defense program related to 
     that budget, or any other agency of the Executive Branch, 
     but, instead, should be an overall increase in the budget for 
     the Department of Defense.

     SEC. 1066. NATO PARTICIPATION IN THE PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC 
                   SECURITY FUNCTIONS OF CIVILIAN AUTHORITIES IN 
                   BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has 
     approved the creation of a multi-national specialized unit of 
     gendarmes- or para-military police composed of European 
     security forces to help promote public security in Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina as a part of the post-June 1998 mission for the 
     Stabilization Force (SFOR) authorized under the United 
     Nations Security Council Resolution 1088 (December 12, 1996).
       (2) On at least four occasions, beginning in July 1997, the 
     Stabilization Force (SFOR) has been involved, pursuant to 
     military annex 1(A) of the Dayton Agreement, in carrying out 
     missions for the specific purpose of detaining war criminals, 
     and on at least one of those occasions United States forces 
     were directly involved in carrying out the mission.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     United States forces should not serve as civil police in 
     Bosnia and Herzegovina.
       (c) Requirement for Report.--The President shall submit to 
     Congress, not later than October 1, 1998, a report on the 
     status of the NATO force of gendarmes or paramilitary police 
     referred to in subsection (a)(1), including the mission of 
     the force, the composition of the force, and the extent, if 
     any, to which members of the Armed Forces of the United 
     States are participating (or are to participate) in the 
     force.

     SEC. 1067. PILOT PROGRAM FOR REVITALIZING THE LABORATORIES 
                   AND TEST AND EVALUATION CENTERS OF THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Officials of the Department of Defense are critically 
     dependent on the science and technology laboratories and test 
     and evaluation centers, of the department--
       (A) to exploit commercial technology for unique military 
     purposes;
       (B) to develop advanced technology in precise areas;
       (C) to provide the officials with objective advice and 
     counsel on science and technology matters; and
       (D) to lead the decisionmaking that identifies the most 
     cost-effective procurements of military equipment and 
     services.
       (2) The laboratories and test and evaluation centers are 
     facing a number of challenges that, if not overcome, could 
     limit the productivity and self-sustainability of the 
     laboratories and centers, including--
       (A) the declining funding provided for science and 
     technology in the technology base program of the Department 
     of Defense;
       (B) difficulties experienced in recruiting, retaining, and 
     motivating high-quality personnel; and
       (C) the complex web of policies and regulatory constraints 
     that restrict authority of managers to operate the 
     laboratories and centers in a businesslike fashion.
       (3) Congress has provided tools to deal with the changing 
     nature of technological development in the defense sector by 
     encouraging closer cooperation with industry and university 
     research and by authorizing demonstrations of alternative 
     personnel systems.
       (4) A number of laboratories and test and evaluation 
     centers have addressed the challenges and are employing a 
     variety of innovative methods, such as the so-called 
     ``Federated Lab Concept'' undertaken at the Army Research 
     Laboratory, to maintain the

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     high quality of the technical program, to provide a 
     challenging work environment for researchers, and to meet the 
     high cost demands of maintaining facilities that are equal or 
     superior in quality to comparable facilities anywhere in the 
     world.
       (b) Commendation.--Congress commends the Secretary of 
     Defense for the progress made by the science and technology 
     laboratories and test and evaluation centers to achieve the 
     results described in subsection (a)(4) and encourages the 
     Secretary to take the actions necessary to ensure continued 
     progress for the laboratories and test and evaluation centers 
     in developing cooperative relationships with universities and 
     other private sector entities for the performance of research 
     and development functions.
       (c) Pilot Program.--(1) In conjunction with the plan for 
     restructuring and revitalizing the science and technology 
     laboratories and test and evaluation centers of the 
     Department of Defense that is required by section 906 of this 
     Act, the Secretary of Defense may carry out a pilot program 
     to demonstrate improved cooperative relationships with 
     universities and other private sector entities for the 
     performance of research and development functions.
       (2) Under the pilot program, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     provide the director of one science and technology 
     laboratory, and the director of one test and evaluation 
     center, of each military department with authority for the 
     following:
       (A) To explore innovative methods for quickly, efficiently, 
     and fairly entering into cooperative relationships with 
     universities and other private sector entities with respect 
     to the performance of research and development functions.
       (B) To waive any restrictions on the demonstration and 
     implementation of such methods that are not required by law.
       (C) To develop or expand innovative methods of operation 
     that provide more defense research for each dollar of cost, 
     including to carry out such initiatives as focusing on the 
     performance of core functions and adopting more business-like 
     practices.
       (3) In selecting the laboratories and centers for 
     participation in the pilot program, the Secretary shall 
     consider laboratories and centers where innovative management 
     techniques have been demonstrated, particularly as documented 
     under sections 1115 through 1119 of title 31, United States 
     Code, relating to Government agency performance and results.
       (4) The Secretary may carry out the pilot program at each 
     selected laboratory and center for a period of three years 
     beginning not later than March 1, 1999.
       (d) Reports.--(1) Not later than March 1, 1999, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit a report on the 
     implementation of the pilot program to Congress. The report 
     shall include the following:
       (A) Each laboratory and center selected for the pilot 
     program.
       (B) To the extent possible, a description of the innovative 
     concepts that are to be tested at each laboratory or center.
       (C) The criteria to be used for measuring the success of 
     each concept to be tested.
       (2) Promptly after the expiration of the period for 
     participation of a laboratory or center in the pilot program, 
     the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a final 
     report on the participation of the laboratory or center in 
     the pilot program. The report shall contain the following:
       (A) A description of the concepts tested.
       (B) The results of the testing.
       (C) The lessons learned.
       (D) Any proposal for legislation that the Secretary 
     recommends on the basis of the experience at the laboratory 
     or center under the pilot program.

     SEC. 1068. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE HEROISM, 
                   SACRIFICE, AND SERVICE OF FORMER SOUTH 
                   VIETNAMESE COMMANDOS IN CONNECTION WITH UNITED 
                   STATES ARMED FORCES DURING THE VIETNAM 
                   CONFLICT.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) South Vietnamese commandos were recruited by the United 
     States as part of OPLAN 34A or its predecessor or OPLAN 35 
     from 1961 to 1970.
       (2) The commandos conducted covert operations in North 
     Vietnam during the Vietnam conflict.
       (3) Many of the commandos were captured and imprisoned by 
     North Vietnamese forces, some for as long as 20 years.
       (4) The commandos served and fought proudly during the 
     Vietnam conflict.
       (5) Many of the commandos lost their lives serving in 
     operations conducted by the United States during the Vietnam 
     conflict.
       (6) Many of the Vietnamese commandos now reside in the 
     United States.
       (b) Sense of Congress--Congress recognizes and honors the 
     former South Vietnamese commandos for their heroism, 
     sacrifice, and service in connection with United States armed 
     forces during the Vietnam conflict.

     SEC. 1069. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING DECLASSIFICATION OF 
                   CLASSIFIED INFORMATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.

       It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Defense 
     and the Secretary of Energy should submit to Congress a 
     request for funds in fiscal year 2000 for activities relating 
     to the declassification of information under the jurisdiction 
     of such Secretaries in order to fulfill the obligations and 
     commitments of such Secretaries under Executive Order No. 
     12958 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et 
     seq.) and to the stakeholders.

     SEC. 1070. RUSSIAN NONSTRATEGIC NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

       (a) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that--
       (1) the 7,000 to 12,000 or more nonstrategic (or 
     ``tactical'') nuclear weapons estimated by the United States 
     Strategic Command to be in the Russian arsenal may present 
     the greatest threat of sale or theft of a nuclear warhead in 
     the world today;
       (2) as the number of deployed strategic warheads in the 
     Russian and United States arsenals declines to just a few 
     thousand under the START accords, Russia's vast superiority 
     in tactical nuclear warheads--many of which have yields 
     equivalent to strategic nuclear weapons--could become 
     strategically destabilizing;
       (3) while the United States has unilaterally reduced its 
     inventory of tactical nuclear weapons by nearly 90 percent 
     since the end of the Cold War, Russia is behind schedule in 
     implementing the steep tactical nuclear arms reductions 
     pledged by former Soviet President Gorbachev in 1991 and 
     Russian President Yeltsin in 1992, perpetuating the dangers 
     from Russia's tactical nuclear stockpile; and
       (4) the President of the United States should call on the 
     Russian Federation to expedite reduction of its tactical 
     nuclear arsenal in accordance with the promises made in 1991 
     and 1992.
       (b) Report.--Not later than March 15, 1999, the Secretary 
     of Defense shall submit to the Congress a report on Russia's 
     nonstrategic nuclear weapons, including--
       (1) estimates regarding the current numbers, types, yields, 
     viability, and locations of such warheads;
       (2) an assessment of the strategic implications of the 
     Russian Federation's nonstrategic arsenal, including the 
     potential use of such warheads in a strategic role or the use 
     of their components in strategic nuclear systems;
       (3) an assessment of the extent of the current threat of 
     theft, sale, or unauthorized use of such warheads, including 
     an analysis of Russian command and control as it concerns the 
     use of tactical nuclear warheads; and
       (4) a summary of past, current, and planned efforts to work 
     cooperatively with the Russian Federation to account for, 
     secure, and reduce Russia's stockpile of tactical nuclear 
     warheads and associated fissile material.
       (c) Views.--This report shall include the views of the 
     Director of Central Intelligence and the Commander in Chief 
     of the United States Strategic Command.

     SEC. 1071. SENSE OF SENATE ON NUCLEAR TESTS IN SOUTH ASIA.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate finds that--
       (1) on May 11 and 13, 1998, the Government of India 
     conducted a series of underground nuclear tests;
       (2) on May 28 and 30, 1998, the Government of Pakistan 
     conducted a series of underground nuclear tests;
       (3) although not recognized or accepted as such by the 
     United Nations Security Council, India and Pakistan have 
     declared themselves nuclear weapon states;
       (4) India and Pakistan have conducted extensive nuclear 
     weapons research over several decades, resulting in the 
     development of nuclear capabilities and the potential for the 
     attainment of nuclear arsenals and the dangerous 
     proliferation of nuclear weaponry;
       (5) India and Pakistan have refused to enter into 
     internationally recognized nuclear non-proliferation 
     agreements, including the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, the 
     Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and full-
     scope safeguards agreements with the International Atomic 
     Energy Agency;
       (6) India and Pakistan, which have been at war with each 
     other 3 times in the past 50 years, have urgent bilateral 
     conflicts, most notably over the disputed territory of 
     Kashmir;
       (7) the testing of nuclear weapons by India and Pakistan 
     has created grave and serious tensions on the Indian 
     subcontinent; and
       (8) the United States response to India and Pakistan's 
     nuclear tests has included the imposition of wide-ranging 
     sanctions as called for under the Arms Export Control Act and 
     the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act of 1994.
       (b) Sense of Senate.--The Senate--
       (1) strongly condemns the decisions by the governments of 
     India and Pakistan to conduct nuclear tests in May 1998;
       (2) supports the President's decision to carry out the 
     provisions of the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act of 
     1994 with respect to India and Pakistan and invoke all 
     sanctions in that Act;
       (3) calls upon members of the international community to 
     impose similar sanctions against India and Pakistan to those 
     imposed by the United States;
       (4) calls for the governments of India and Pakistan to 
     commit not to conduct any additional nuclear tests;
       (5) urges the governments of India and Pakistan to take 
     immediate steps, bilaterally and under the auspices of the 
     United Nations, to reduce tensions between them;
       (6) urges India and Pakistan to engage in high-level 
     dialogue aimed at reducing the likelihood of armed conflict, 
     enacting confidence and security building measures, and 
     resolving areas of dispute;

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       (7) commends all nations to take steps which will reduce 
     tensions in South Asia, including appropriate measures to 
     prevent the transfer of technology that could further 
     exacerbate the arms race in South Asia, and thus avoid 
     further deterioration of security there;
       (8) calls upon the President to seek a diplomatic solution 
     between the governments of India and Pakistan to promote 
     peace and stability in South Asia and resolve the current 
     impasse;
       (9) encourages United States leadership in assisting the 
     governments of India and Pakistan to resolve their 50-year 
     conflict over the disputed territory in Kashmir;
       (10) urges India and Pakistan to take immediate, binding, 
     and verifiable steps to roll back their nuclear programs and 
     come into compliance with internationally accepted norms 
     regarding the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; 
     and
       (11) urges the United States to reevaluate its bilateral 
     relationship with India and Pakistan, in light of the new 
     regional security realities in South Asia, with the goal of 
     preventing further nuclear and ballistic missile 
     proliferation, diffusing long-standing regional rivalries 
     between India and Pakistan, and securing commitments from 
     them which, if carried out, could result in a calibrated 
     lifting of United States sanctions imposed under the Arms 
     Export Control Act and the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention 
     Act of 1994.

     SEC. 1072. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CONTINUED 
                   PARTICIPATION OF UNITED STATES FORCES IN 
                   OPERATIONS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The contributions of the people of the United States 
     and other nations have, in large measure, resulted in the 
     suspension of fighting and alleviated the suffering of the 
     people of Bosnia and Herzegovina since December 1995.
       (2) the people of the United States have expended 
     approximately $9,500,000,000 in tax dollars between 1992 and 
     mid-1998 just in support of the United States military 
     operations in Bosnia to achieve those results.
       (3) Efforts to restore the economy and political structure 
     in Bosnia and Herzegovina have achieved some success in 
     accordance with the Dayton Agreement.
       (4) In February 1998, the President certified to Congress 
     that the continued presence of United States forces in Bosnia 
     and Herzegovina after June 30, 1998, was necessary in order 
     to meet national security interests of the United States.
       (5) There is, however, no accurate estimate of the time 
     needed to accomplish the civilian implementation tasks 
     outlined in the Dayton Agreement.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) United States ground combat forces should not remain in 
     Bosnia and Herzegovina indefinitely in view of the world-wide 
     commitments of the Armed Forces of the United States;
       (2) the President should work with NATO allies and the 
     other nations whose military forces are participating in the 
     NATO-led Stabilization Force to withdraw United States ground 
     combat forces from Bosnia and Herzegovina within a reasonable 
     period of time, consistent with the safety of those forces 
     and the accomplishment of the Stabilization Force's military 
     tasks;
       (3) a NATO-led force without the participation of United 
     States ground combat forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina might 
     be suitable for a follow-on force for Bosnia and Herzegovina 
     if the European Security and Defense Identity is not 
     sufficiently developed or is otherwise considered 
     inappropriate for such a mission;
       (4) the United States may decide to provide appropriate 
     support to a Western European Union-led or NATO-led follow-on 
     force for Bosnia and Herzegovina, including command and 
     control, intelligence, logistics, and, if necessary, a ready 
     reserve force in the region;
       (5) the President should inform the European NATO allies of 
     this expression of the sense of Congress and should strongly 
     urge them to undertake preparations for establishing a 
     Western European Union-led or a NATO-led force as a follow-on 
     force to the NATO-led Stabilization Force if needed to 
     maintain peace and stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina; and
       (6) the President should consult closely with the 
     congressional leadership and the congressional defense 
     committees with respect to the progress being made toward 
     achieving a sustainable peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and 
     the progress being made toward a reduction and ultimate 
     withdrawal of United States ground combat forces from Bosnia 
     and Herzegovina.
       (c) One-Time Reports.--The President shall submit to 
     Congress the following reports:
       (1) Not later than September 30, 1998, a report containing 
     a discussion of the likely impact on the security situation 
     in Bosnia and Herzegovina and on the prospects for 
     establishing self-sustaining peace and stable local 
     government there that would result from a phased reduction in 
     the number of United States military personnel stationed in 
     Bosnia and Herzegovina under the following alternatives:
       (A) A phased reduction to 5,000 by February 2, 1999, to 
     3,500 by June 30, 1999, and to 2,500 by February 2, 2000.
       (B) A phased reduction by February 2, 2000, to the number 
     of personnel that is approximately equal to the mean average 
     of--
       (i) the number of military personnel of the United Kingdom 
     that are stationed in Bosnia and Herzegovina on that date;
       (ii) the number of military personnel of Germany that are 
     stationed there on that date;
       (iii) the number of military personnel of France that are 
     stationed there on that date; and
       (iv) the number of military personnel of Italy that are 
     stationed there on that date.
       (2) Not later than October 1, 1998, a report on the status 
     of the NATO force of gendarmes or paramilitary police 
     referred to in subsection (a)(1), including the mission of 
     the force, the composition of the force, and the extent, if 
     any, to which members of the Armed Forces of the United 
     States are participating (or are to participate) in the 
     force.
       (d) Report To Accompany Each Request for Funding.--(1) Each 
     time that the President submits to Congress a proposal for 
     funding continued operations of United States forces in 
     Bosnia and Herzegovina, the President shall submit to 
     Congress a report on the missions of United States forces 
     there. The first report shall be submitted at the same time 
     that the President submits the budget for fiscal year 2000 to 
     Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
     Code.
       (2) Each report under paragraph (1) shall include the 
     following:
       (A) The performance objectives and schedule for the 
     implementation of the Dayton Agreement, including--
       (i) the specific objectives for the reestablishment of a 
     self-sustaining peace and a stable local government in Bosnia 
     and Herzegovina, taking into account (I) each of the areas of 
     implementation required by the Dayton Agreement, as well as 
     other areas that are not covered specifically in the Dayton 
     Agreement but are essential for reestablishing such a peace 
     and local government and to permitting an orderly withdrawal 
     of the international peace implementation force from Bosnia 
     and Herzegovina, and (II) the benchmarks reported in the 
     latest semiannual report submitted under section 7(b)(2) of 
     the 1998 Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Act 
     (revised as necessary to be current as of the date of the 
     report submitted under this subsection); and
       (ii) the schedule, specified by fiscal year, for achieving 
     the objectives.
       (B) The military and non-military missions that the 
     President has directed for United States forces in Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina in support of the objectives identified pursuant 
     to paragraph (1), including a specific discussion of--
       (i) the mission of the United States forces, if any, in 
     connection with the pursuit and apprehension of war 
     criminals;
       (ii) the mission of the United States forces, if any, in 
     connection with civilian police functions;
       (iii) the mission of the United States forces, if any, in 
     connection with the resettlement of refugees; and
       (iv) the missions undertaken by the United States forces, 
     if any, in support of international and local civilian 
     authorities.
       (C) An assessment of the risk for the United States forces 
     in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including, for each mission 
     identified pursuant to subparagraph (B), the assessment of 
     the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff regarding the 
     nature and level of risk of the mission for the safety and 
     well-being of United States military personnel.
       (D) An assessment of the cost to the United States, by 
     fiscal year, of carrying out the missions identified pursuant 
     to subparagraph (B) for the period indicated in the schedule 
     provided pursuant to subparagraph (A).
       (E) A joint assessment by the Secretary of Defense and the 
     Secretary of State of the status of planning for--
       (i) the assumption of all remaining military missions 
     inside Bosnia and Herzegovina by European military and 
     paramilitary forces; and
       (ii) the establishment and support of forward-based United 
     States rapid response force outside of Bosnia and Herzegovina 
     that would be capable of deploying rapidly to defeat military 
     threats to a European follow-on force inside Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina, and of providing whatever logistical, 
     intelligence, and air support is needed to ensure that a 
     European follow-on force is fully capable of accomplishing 
     its missions under the Dayton Agreement.
       (e) Dayton Agreement Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``Dayton Agreement'' means the General Framework Agreement 
     for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, together with annexes 
     relating thereto, done at Dayton, November 10 through 16, 
     1995.

     SEC. 1073. COMMISSION TO ASSESS THE RELIABILITY, SAFETY, AND 
                   SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES NUCLEAR 
                   DETERRENT.

       (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established a 
     commission to be known as the ``Commission for Assessment of 
     the Reliability, Safety, and Security of the United States 
     Nuclear Deterrent''.
       (b) Composition.--(1) The Commission shall be composed of 
     six members who shall be appointed from among private 
     citizens of the United States with knowledge and expertise in 
     the technical aspects of design, maintenance, and deployment 
     of nuclear weapons, as follows:
       (A) Two members appointed by the Majority Leader of the 
     Senate.
       (B) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the 
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       (C) Two members appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (D) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the 
     House of Representatives.
       (2) The Senate Majority Leader and the Speaker of the House 
     of Representatives shall each appoint one member to serve for 
     five years and one member to serve for two years. The 
     Minority Leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives 
     shall each appoint one member to serve for five years. A 
     member may be reappointed.
       (3) Any vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the 
     same manner as the original appointment.
       (4) All members of the Commission shall hold appropriate 
     security clearances.
       (c) Chairman.--The Majority Leader of the Senate, after 
     consultation with the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
     and the Minority Leaders of the Senate and House of 
     Representatives, shall designate one of the members of the 
     Commission, without regard to the term of appointment of that 
     member, to serve as Chairman of the Commission.
       (d) Duties of Commission.--(1) Each year the Commission 
     shall assess, for Congress--
       (A) the safety, security, and reliability of the nuclear 
     deterrent forces of the United States; and
       (B) the annual certification on the safety, security, and 
     reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile of the United 
     States that is provided by the directors of the national 
     weapons laboratories through the Secretary of Energy to the 
     President.
       (2) The Commission shall submit to Congress an annual 
     report, in classified form, setting forth the findings and 
     conclusions resulting from each assessment.
       (e) Cooperation of Other Agencies.--(1) The Commission may 
     secure directly from the Department of Energy, the Department 
     of Defense, or any of the national weapons laboratories or 
     plants or any other Federal department or agency information 
     that the Commission considers necessary for the Commission to 
     carry out its duties.
       (2) For carrying out its duties, the Commission shall be 
     provided full and timely cooperation by the Secretary of 
     Energy, the Secretary of Defense, the Commander of United 
     States Strategic Command, the Directors of the Los Alamos 
     National Laboratory, the Lawrence Livermore National 
     Laboratory, the Sandia National Laboratories, the Savannah 
     River Site, the Y-12 Plant, the Pantex Facility, and the 
     Kansas City Plant, and any other official of the United 
     States that the Chairman determines as having information 
     described in paragraph (1).
       (3) The Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Defense 
     shall each designate at least one officer or employee of the 
     Department of Energy and the Department of Defense, 
     respectively, to serve as a liaison officer between the 
     department and the Commission.
       (f) Commission Procedures.--(1) The Commission shall meet 
     at the call of the Chairman.
       (2) Four members of the Commission shall constitute a 
     quorum, except that the Commission may designate a lesser 
     number of members as a quorum for the purpose of holding 
     hearings. The Commission shall act by resolution agreed to by 
     a majority of the members of the Commission.
       (3) Any member or agent of the Commission may, if 
     authorized by the Commission, take any action that the 
     Commission is authorized to take under this section.
       (4) The Commission may establish panels composed of less 
     than the full membership of the Commission for the purpose of 
     carrying out the Commission's duties. Findings and 
     conclusions of a panel of the Commission may not be 
     considered findings and conclusions of the Commission unless 
     approved by the Commission.
       (5) The Commission or, at its direction, any panel or 
     member of the Commission, may, for the purpose of carrying 
     out its duties, hold hearings, sit and act at times and 
     places, take testimony, receive evidence, and administer 
     oaths to the extent that the Commission or any panel or 
     member considers advisable.
       (g) Personnel Matters.--(1) A member of the Commission 
     shall be compensated at the daily equivalent of the rate of 
     basic pay established for level V of the Executive Schedule 
     under 5316 of title 5, United States Code, for each day on 
     which the member is engaged in any meeting, hearing, 
     briefing, or other work in the performance of duties of the 
     Commission.
       (2) A member of the Commission shall be allowed travel 
     expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates 
     authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of 
     chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away from 
     the member's home or regular place of business in the 
     performance of services for the Commission.
       (3) The Chairman of the Commission may, without regard to 
     the provisions of the title 5, United States Code, governing 
     appointments in the competitive service, appoint a staff 
     director and such additional personnel as may be necessary to 
     enable the Commission to perform its duties. The Chairman of 
     the Commission may fix the pay of the staff director and 
     other personnel without regard to the provisions of chapter 
     51, and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United 
     States Code, relating to classification of positions and 
     General Schedule pay rates, except that the rate of pay fixed 
     under this paragraph for the staff director may not exceed 
     the rate payable for level V of the Executive Schedule under 
     section 5316 of such title.
       (4) Upon the request of the Chairman of the Commission, the 
     head of any Federal department or agency may detail, on a 
     nonreimbursable basis, any personnel of that department or 
     agency to the Commission to assist it in carrying out its 
     duties.
       (5) The Chairman of the Commission may procure temporary 
     and intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, 
     United States Code, at rates for individuals which do not 
     exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay 
     payable for level V of the Executive Schedule and under 
     section 5316 of such title.
       (h) Miscellaneous Administrative Provisions.--(1) The 
     Commission may use the United States mails and obtain 
     printing and binding services in the same manner and under 
     the same conditions as other departments and agencies of the 
     Federal Government.
       (2) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy 
     shall furnish the Commission with any administrative and 
     support services requested by the Commission and with office 
     space within the Washington, District Columbia, metropolitan 
     area that is sufficient for the administrative offices of the 
     Commission and for holding general meetings of Commission.
       (i) Funding.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
     Energy shall each contribute 50 percent of the amount of 
     funds that are necessary for the Commission to carry out its 
     duties. Upon receiving from the Chairman of the Commission a 
     written certification of the amount of funds that is 
     necessary for funding the activities of the Commission for a 
     period, the Secretaries shall promptly make available to the 
     Commission funds in the total amount specified in the 
     certification. Funds available for the Department of Defense 
     for Defense-wide research, development, test, and evaluation 
     shall be available for the Department of Defense 
     contribution. Funds available for the Department of Energy 
     for atomic energy defense activities shall be available for 
     the Department of Energy contribution.
       (j) Termination of the Commission.--The Commission shall 
     terminate three years after the date of the appointment of 
     the member designated as Chairman.
       (k) Initial Implementation.--All appointments to the 
     Commission shall be made not later than 45 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act. The Commission shall 
     convene its first meeting not later than 30 days after the 
     date as of which all members of the Commission have been 
     appointed.

     SEC. 1074. AUTHORITY FOR WAIVER OF MORATORIUM ON ARMED FORCES 
                   USE OF ANTIPERSONNEL LANDMINES.

       Section 580 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 
     and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 
     104-107; 110 Stat. 751) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
     subsection (b):
       ``(b) Waiver Authority.--(1) The President may waive the 
     moratorium set forth in subsection (a) if the President 
     determines that the waiver is necessary in the national 
     security interests of the United States.
       ``(2) The President shall notify the President pro tempore 
     of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
     of the exercise of the authority provided by paragraph 
     (1).''.

     SEC. 1075. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE 
                   NAVAL HOME.

       (a) Appointment and Qualifications of Director and Deputy 
     Director.--Subsection (a) of section 1517 of the Armed Forces 
     Retirement Home Act of 1991 (24 U.S.C. 417) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2)--
       (A) by striking out ``Each Director'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``The Director of the United States Soldiers' and 
     Airmen's Home''; and
       (B) by striking out subparagraph (B) and inserting in lieu 
     thereof the following:
       ``(B) meet the requirements of paragraph (4).'';
       (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (5); and
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
     paragraphs (3) and (4):
       ``(3) The Director, and any Deputy Director, of the Naval 
     Home shall be appointed by the Secretary of Defense from 
     among persons recommended by the Secretaries of the military 
     departments who--
       ``(A) in the case of the position of Director, are 
     commissioned officers of the Armed Forces serving on active 
     duty in a pay grade above 0-5;
       ``(B) in the case of the position of Deputy Director, are 
     commissioned officers of the Armed Forces serving on active 
     duty in a pay grade above 0-4; and
       ``(C) meet the requirements of paragraph (4).
       ``(4) Each Director shall have appropriate leadership and 
     management skills, an appreciation and understanding of the 
     culture and norms associated with military service, and 
     significant military background.''.
       (b) Term of Director and Deputy Director.--Subsection (c) 
     of such section is amended--
       (1) by striking out ``(c) Term of Director.--'' and all 
     that follows through ``A Director'' in the second sentence 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``(c) Terms of Directors.--(1) 
     The term of office of the Director of the United States 
     Soldiers' and Airmen's Home shall be five years. The 
     Director''; and

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       (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(2) The Director and the Deputy Director of the Naval 
     Home shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of 
     Defense.''.
       (c) Definitions.--Such section is further amended by adding 
     at the end the following:
       ``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) The term `United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home' 
     means the separate facility of the Retirement Home that is 
     known as the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home.
       ``(2) The term `Naval Home' means the separate facility of 
     the Retirement Home that is known as the Naval Home.''.
       (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on October 1, 1998.

     SEC. 1076. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON THE DEFENSE SCIENCE AND 
                   TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.

       (a) Funding Requirements for the Defense Science and 
     Technology Program Budget.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that for each of the fiscal years 2000 through 2008, it 
     should be an objective of the Secretary of Defense to 
     increase the budget for the Defense Science and Technology 
     Program for the fiscal year over the budget for that program 
     for the preceding fiscal year by a percent that is at least 
     two percent above the rate of inflation as determined by the 
     Office of Management and Budget.
       (b) Guidelines for the Defense Science and Technology 
     Program.--
       (1) Relationship of defense science and technology program 
     to university research.--It is the sense of the Congress that 
     the following should be key objectives of the Defense Science 
     and Technology Program--
       (A) the sustainment of research capabilities in scientific 
     and engineering disciplines critical to the Department of 
     Defense;
       (B) the education and training of the next generation of 
     scientists and engineers in disciplines that are relevant to 
     future defense systems, particularly through the conduct of 
     basic research; and
       (C) the Continued support of the Defense Experimental 
     Program to Stimulate Competitive Research and research 
     programs at historically black colleges and universities and 
     minority institutions.
       (2) Relationship of the defense science and technology 
     program to commercial research and technology.--
       (A) It is the sense of the Congress that in supporting 
     projects within the Defense Science and Technology Program, 
     the Secretary of Defense should attempt to leverage 
     commercial research, technology, products, and processes for 
     the benefit of the Department of Defense.
       (B) It is the sense of the Congress that funds made 
     available for projects and programs of the Defense Science 
     and Technology Program should be used only for the benefit of 
     the Department of Defense, which includes--
       (i) the development of technology that has only military 
     applications;
       (ii) the development of militarily useful, commercially 
     viable technology; or
       (iii) the adaption of commercial technology, products, or 
     processes for military purposes.
       (3) Synergistic management of research and development.--It 
     is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Defense 
     may allocate a combination of funds available for the 
     Department of Defense for basic and applied research and for 
     advanced development to support any individual project or 
     program within the Defense Science and Technology Program. 
     This flexibility is not intended to change the allocation of 
     funds in any fiscal year among basic and applied research and 
     advanced development.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``Defense Science and Technology Program'' 
     means basic and applied research and advanced development.
       (2) The term ``basic and applied research'' means work 
     funded in program elements for defense research and 
     development under Department of Defense R&D Budget Activities 
     1 or 2.
       (3) The term ``advanced development'' means work funded in 
     program elements for defense research and development under 
     Department of Defense R&D Budget Activity 3.

     SEC. 1077. DEMILITARIZATION AND EXPORTATION OF DEFENSE 
                   PROPERTY.

       (a) Centralized Assignment of Demilitarization Codes for 
     Defense Property.--(1) Chapter 153 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by inserting after section 2572 the 
     following:

     ``Sec. 2573. Demilitarization codes for defense property

       ``(a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense shall--
       ``(1) assign the demilitarization codes to the property 
     (other than real property) of the Department of Defense; and
       ``(2) take any action that the Secretary considers 
     necessary to ensure that the property assigned 
     demilitarization codes is demilitarized in accordance with 
     the assigned codes.
       ``(b) Supremacy of Codes.--A demilitarization code assigned 
     to an item of property by the Secretary of Defense under this 
     section shall take precedence over any demilitarization code 
     assigned to the item before the date of enactment of the 
     Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 1999 by any other official in the Department of Defense.
       ``(c) Enforcement.--The Secretary of Defense shall commit 
     the personnel and resources to the exercise of authority 
     under subsection (a) that are necessary to ensure that--
       ``(1) appropriate demilitarization codes are assigned to 
     property of the Department of Defense; and
       ``(2) property is demilitarized in accordance with the 
     assigned codes.
       ``(d) Annual Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     include in the annual reports submitted to Congress under 
     section 113(c)(1) of this title in 1999 and 2000 a discussion 
     of the following:
       ``(1) The exercise of the authority under this section 
     during the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in which the 
     report is submitted.
       ``(2) Any changes in the exercise of the authority that are 
     taking place in the fiscal year in which the report is 
     submitted or are planned for that fiscal year or any 
     subsequent fiscal year.
       ``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) The term `demilitarization code', with respect to 
     property, means a code that identifies the extent to which 
     the property must be demilitarized before disposal.
       ``(2) The term `demilitarize', with respect to property, 
     means to destroy the military offensive or defensive 
     advantages inherent in the property, by mutilation, cutting, 
     crushing, scrapping, melting, burning, or altering the 
     property so that the property cannot be used for the purpose 
     for which it was originally made.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
     153 is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
     section 2572 the following:

``2573. Demilitarization codes for defense property.''.
       (b) Criminal Offense.--(1) Chapter 27 of title 18, United 
     States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 554. Violations of regulated acts involving the 
       exportation of United States property

       ``(a) Any person who--
       ``(1) fraudulently or knowingly exports or otherwise sends 
     from the United States (as defined in section 545 of this 
     title), or attempts to export or send from the United States 
     any merchandise contrary to any law of the United States; or
       ``(2) receives, conceals, buys, sells, or in any manner 
     facilitates, the transportation, concealment, or sale of any 
     merchandise prior to exportation, knowing that the 
     merchandise is intended for exportation in violation of 
     Federal law;
     shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 
     years, or both.
       ``(b) The penalties under this section shall be in addition 
     to any other applicable criminal penalty.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
     is amended by adding at the end the following:

``554. Violations of regulated acts involving the exportation of United 
              States property.''.

     SEC. 1078. DESIGNATION OF AMERICA'S NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM.

       (a) Designation of America's National Maritime Museum.--The 
     Mariners' Museum building located at 100 Museum Drive, 
     Newport News, Virginia, and the South Street Seaport Museum 
     buildings located at 207 Front Street, New York, New York, 
     shall be known and designated as ``America's National 
     Maritime Museum''.
       (b) Reference to America's National Maritime Museum.--Any 
     reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or 
     other record of the United States to the buildings referred 
     to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to 
     America's National Maritime Museum.
       (c) Later Additions of Other Museums Not Precluded.--The 
     designation of museums named in subsection (a) as America's 
     National Maritime Museum does not preclude the addition of 
     any other museum to the group of museums covered by that 
     designation.
       (d) Criteria for Later Additions.--A museum is appropriate 
     for designation as a museum of America's National Maritime 
     Museum if the museum--
       (1) houses a collection of maritime artifacts clearly 
     representing America's maritime heritage; and
       (2) provides outreach programs to educate the public on 
     America's maritime heritage.

     SEC. 1079. 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.

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       (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;
       (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.

     SEC. 1080. CHEMICAL STOCKPILE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM.

       Section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authorization 
     Act, 1986 (Public Law 99-145; 50 U.S.C. 1521) is amended by 
     adding at the end of subsection (c) the following:
       ``(4)(A) The Director of the Federal Emergency Management 
     Agency shall carry out a program to provide assistance to 
     State and local governments in developing capabilities to 
     respond to emergencies involving risks to the public health 
     or safety within their jurisdictions that are identified by 
     the Secretary as being risks resulting from--
       ``(i) the storage of any such agents and munitions at 
     military installations in the continental United States; or
       ``(ii) the destruction of such agents and munitions at 
     facilities referred to in paragraph (1)(B).
       ``(B) No assistance may be provided under this paragraph 
     after the completion of the destruction of the United States 
     stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions.''.

     SEC. 1081. SENSE OF SENATE REGARDING THE AUGUST 1995 
                   ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST PRESIDENT 
                   SHEVARDNADZE OF GEORGIA.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) On Tuesday, August 29, 1995, President Eduard 
     Shevardnadze of Georgia narrowly survived a car bomb attack 
     as he departed his offices in the Georgian Parliament 
     building to attend the signing ceremony for the new 
     constitution of Georgia.
       (2) The former Chief of the Georgian National Security 
     Service, Lieutenant General Igor Giorgadze, after being 
     implicated in organizing the August 29, 1995, assassination 
     attempt on President Shevardnadze, fled Georgia from the 
     Russian-controlled Varziani airbase on a Russian military 
     aircraft.
       (3) Lieutenant General Giorgadze has been seen openly in 
     Moscow and is believed to have been given residence at a 
     Russian government facility despite the fact that Interpol is 
     conducting a search for Lieutenant General Giorgadze for his 
     role in the assassination attempt against President 
     Shervardnadze.
       (4) The Russian Interior Ministry claims that it is unable 
     to locate Lieutenant General Giorgadze in Moscow.
       (5) The Georgian Security and Interior Ministries presented 
     information to the Russian Interior Ministry on November 13, 
     1996; January 17, 1997; March 7, 1997; March 24, 1997 and 
     August 12, 1997, which included the exact location in Moscow 
     of where Lieutenant General Giorgadze's family lived, the 
     exact location where Lieutenant General Giorgadze lived 
     outside of Moscow in a dacha of the Russian Ministry of 
     Defense; as well as the changing official Russian government 
     license tag numbers and description of the automobile that 
     Lieutenant General Giorgadze uses; the people he associates 
     with; the apartments he visits, and the places including 
     restaurants, markets, and companies, that he frequents.
       (6) On May 12, 1998, the Moscow-based Russian newspaper 
     Zavtra carried an interview with Lieutenant General Giorgadze 
     in which Lieutenant General Giorgadze calls for the overthrow 
     of the Government of Georgia.
       (7) Title II of the Foreign Operations Appropriations, 
     Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
     1998 (Public Law 105-118) prohibits assistance to any 
     government of the new independent states of the former Soviet 
     Union if that government directs any action in violation of 
     the national sovereignty of any other new independent state.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that the Secretary of Defense should--
       (1) urge the Government of the Russian Federation to 
     extradite the former Chief of the Georgian National Security 
     Service, Lieutenant General Igor Giorgadze, to Georgia for 
     the purpose of standing trial for his role in the attempted 
     assassination of Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze on 
     August 29, 1995;
       (2) request cooperation from the Minister of Defense of the 
     Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian 
     Federation to ensure that Russian military bases on Georgian 
     territory are no longer used to facilitate the escape of 
     assassins seeking to kill the freely elected President of 
     Georgia and to otherwise respect the national sovereignty of 
     Georgia; and
       (3) use all authorities available to the United States 
     Government to provide urgent and immediate assistance to 
     ensure to the maximum extent practicable the personal 
     security of President Shevardnadze.

     SEC. 1082. ISSUANCE OF BURIAL FLAGS FOR DECEASED MEMBERS AND 
                   FORMER MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED RESERVE.

       Section 2301(a) of title 38, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking out ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1);
       (2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (2) 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) deceased individual who--
       ``(A) was serving as a member of the Selected Reserve (as 
     described in section 10143 of title 10) at the time of death;
       ``(B) had served at least one enlistment, or the period of 
     initial obligated service, as a member of the Selected 
     Reserve and was discharged from service in the Armed Forces 
     under conditions not less favorable than honorable; or
       ``(C) was discharged from service in the Armed Forces under 
     conditions not less favorable than honorable by reason of a 
     disability incurred or aggravated in line of duty during the 
     individual's initial enlistment, or period of initial 
     obligated service, as a member of the Selected Reserve.''.

     SEC. 1083. ELIMINATING SECRET SENATE HOLDS.

       (a) Standing Order.--It is a standing order of the Senate 
     that a Senator who provides notice to leadership of his or 
     her intention to object to proceeding to a motion or matter 
     shall disclose the objection or hold in the Congressional 
     Record not later than 2 session days after the date of the 
     notice.
       (b) Rulemaking.--This section is adopted--
       (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate 
     and as such it is deemed a part of the rules of the Senate 
     and it supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is 
     inconsistent with such rules; and
       (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
     the Senate to change its rules at any time, in the same 
     manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other 
     rule of the Senate.

     SEC. 1084. DEFENSE BURDENSHARING.

       (a) Revised Goals for Efforts To Increase Allied 
     Burdensharing.--Subsection (a) of section 1221 of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 
     (Public Law 105-85; 111 Stat. 1935; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note) is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(a) Efforts To Increase Allied Burdensharing.--The 
     President shall seek to have each nation that has cooperative 
     military relations with the United States (including security 
     agreements, basing arrangements, or mutual participation in 
     multinational military organizations or operations) take one 
     or more of the following actions:
       ``(1) For any nation in which United States military 
     personnel are assigned to permanent duty ashore, increase its 
     financial contributions to the payment of the nonpersonnel 
     costs incurred by the United States Government for stationing 
     United States military personnel in that nation, with a goal 
     of achieving by September 30, 2000, 75 percent of such costs. 
     An increase in financial contributions by any nation under 
     this paragraph may include the elimination of taxes, fees, or 
     other charges levied on United States military personnel, 
     equipment, or facilities stationed in that nation.
       ``(2) Increase its annual budgetary outlays for national 
     defense as a percentage of its gross domestic product by 10 
     percent or at least to a percentage level commensurate to 
     that of the United States by September 30, 1999.
       ``(3) Increase the military assets (including personnel, 
     equipment, logistics, support and other resources) that it 
     contributes or has pledged to contribute to multinational 
     military activities worldwide by 10 percent by September 30, 
     1999.
       ``(4) Increase its annual budgetary outlays for foreign 
     assistance (funds to promote democratization, governmental 
     accountability and transparency, economic stabilization and 
     development, defense economic conversion, respect for the 
     rule of law and internationally recognized human rights, or 
     humanitarian relief efforts) by 10 percent, or to provide 
     such foreign assistance at a minimum annual rate equal to one 
     percent of its gross domestic product, by September 30, 
     1999.''.
       (b) Revised Requirement for Report on Progress in 
     Increasing Allied Burdensharing.--Subsection (c) of such 
     section is amended to read as follows:
       ``(c) Report on Progress in Increasing Allied 
     Burdensharing.--Not later than March 1, 1999, the Secretary 
     of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on--
       ``(1) steps taken by other nations toward completing the 
     actions described in subsection (a);
       ``(2) all measures taken by the President, including those 
     authorized in subsection (b), to achieve the actions 
     described in subsection (a);

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       ``(3) the difference between the amount allocated by other 
     nations for each of the actions described in subsection (a) 
     during the period beginning on October 1, 1996, and ending on 
     September 30, 1997, and during the period beginning on 
     October 1, 1997, and ending on September 30, 1998, or, in the 
     case of any nation for which the data for such periods is 
     inadequate, the difference between the amounts for the latest 
     periods for which adequate data is available; and
       ``(4) the budgetary savings to the United States that are 
     expected to accrue as a result of the steps described under 
     paragraph (1).''.
       (c) Extension of Deadline for Report Regarding National 
     Security Bases for Forward Deployment and Burdensharing 
     Relationships.--Subsection (d)(2) of such section is amended 
     by striking out ``March 1, 1998'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``March 1, 1999''.

     SEC. 1085. REVIEW OF DEFENSE AUTOMATED PRINTING SERVICE 
                   FUNCTIONS.

       (a) Review Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     provide for a review of the functions of the Defense 
     Automated Printing Service in accordance with this section 
     and submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate 
     and the Committee on National Security of the House of 
     Representatives the matters required under subsection (d) not 
     later than March 31, 1999.
       (b) Performance by Independent Entity.--The Secretary of 
     Defense shall select the General Accounting Office, an 
     experienced entity in the private sector, or any other entity 
     outside the Department of Defense to perform the review. The 
     Comptroller General shall perform the review if the Secretary 
     selects the Comptroller General to do so.
       (c) Report.--The entity performing the review under this 
     section shall submit to the Secretary of Defense a report 
     that sets forth the findings and recommendations of that 
     entity resulting from the review. The report shall contain 
     the following:
       (1) The functions that are inherently national security 
     functions and, as such, need to be performed within the 
     Department of Defense, together with a detailed justification 
     for the determination for each such function.
       (2) The functions that are appropriate for transfer to 
     another appropriate entity to perform, including private 
     sector entity.
       (3) Any recommended legislation and any administrative 
     action that is necessary for transferring or outsourcing the 
     functions.
       (4) A discussion of the costs or savings associated with 
     the transfers or outsourcing.
       (5) A description of the management structure of the 
     Defense Automated Printing Service.
       (6) A list of all sites where functions of the Defense 
     Automated Printing Service are performed by the Defense 
     Automated Printing Service.
       (7) The total number of the personnel employed by the 
     Defense Automated Printing Service and the locations where 
     the personnel perform the duties as employees.
       (8) A description of the functions performed by the Defense 
     Automated Printing Service and, for each such function, the 
     number of employees of the Defense Automated Printing Service 
     that perform the function.
       (9) For each site identified under paragraph (6), an 
     assessment of each type of equipment at the site.
       (10) The type and explanation of the networking and 
     technology integration linking all of the sites referred to 
     in paragraph (6).
       (11) The current and future requirements of customers of 
     the Defense Automated Printing Service.
       (12) An assessment of the effectiveness of the current 
     structure of the Defense Automated Printing Service in 
     supporting current and future customer requirements and plans 
     to address any deficiencies in supporting such requirements.
       (13) A description and discussion of the best business 
     practices that are used by the Defense Automated Printing 
     Service and of other best business that could be used by the 
     Defense Automated Printing Service.
       (14) Options for maximizing the Defense Automated Printing 
     Service structure and services to provide the most cost 
     effective service to its customers.
       (d) Review and Comments of Secretary of Defense.--(1) After 
     reviewing the report, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
     the report to Congress, together with the Secretary's 
     comments on the report and a plan to transfer or outsource 
     from the Defense Automated Printing Service to another 
     appropriate entity the functions of the Defense Automated 
     Printing Service that--
       (1) are not identified in the report as being inherently 
     national security functions; and
       (2) the Secretary believes should be transferred or 
     outsourced for performance outside the Department of Defense 
     in accordance with law.
       (e) Extension of Requirement for Competitive Procurement of 
     Services.--Section 351(a) of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104-106; 
     110 Stat. 266), as amended by section 351(a) of Public Law 
     104-201 (110 Stat. 2490) and section 387(a)(1) of Public Law 
     105-85 (111 Stat. 1713), is further amended by striking out 
     ``1998'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``1999''.

     SEC. 1086. INCREASED MISSILE THREAT IN ASIA-PACIFIC REGION.

       (a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a 
     study of the architecture requirements for the establishment 
     and operation of a theater ballistic missile defense system 
     in the Asia-Pacific region that would have the capability to 
     protect key regional allies of the United States.
       (b) Report.--(1) Not later than January 1, 1999, the 
     Secretary shall submit to the Committee on National Security 
     of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed 
     Services of the Senate a report containing--
       (A) the results of the study conducted under subsection 
     (a);
       (B) the factors used to obtain such results; and
       (C) a description of any existing United States missile 
     defense system that could be transferred to key allies of the 
     United States in the Asia-Pacific region to provide for their 
     self-defense against limited ballistic missile attacks.
       (2) The report shall be submitted in both classified and 
     unclassified form.

     SEC. 1087. COOPERATION BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY AND 
                   THE EPA IN MEETING CWC REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate finds that:
       (1) Compliance with international obligations to destroy 
     the United States chemical stockpile by April 28, 2007, as 
     required under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), is a 
     national priority.
       (2) The President should ensure that the Department of 
     Defense and the Department of the Army receive all necessary 
     assistance from Federal agencies in expediting and 
     accelerating the destruction of the lethal chemical 
     stockpile.
       (3) The Environmental Protection Agency, as one of the 
     Federal agencies with responsibilities to assist the 
     Department of Defense and the Department of the Army, has 
     asserted that it is not adequately funded to provide, or meet 
     its National responsibilities under the Resource Conservation 
     and Recovery Act (RCRA) permitting requirements, in order to 
     assist the United States Government in meeting its 
     international obligations to destroy its lethal chemical 
     stockpile.
       (4) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should work 
     in concert with the State and local governments in this 
     process, and that they should properly budget for this 
     process.
       (b) Report Required.--The Department of Defense, in 
     coordination with the Environmental Protection Agency, shall 
     report to the congressional defense committees by April 1, 
     1999, on the following--
       (1) responsibilities associated with obligations under the 
     Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) permitting 
     process related to United States international obligations 
     under the CWC to destroy the United States chemical 
     stockpile;
       (2) technical assistance provided by the EPA to its 
     regional offices and the States and local governments in the 
     permitting process, and how that assistance facilitates the 
     issuance of the environmental permits at the various sites;
       (3) responsibility of the Department of Defense to provide 
     funding to the EPA, for the facilitation of meetings of the 
     National Chemical Agent Demilitarization Workgroup, meetings 
     between the Office of Solid Waste and the affected EPA 
     Regional Offices and States, and meetings between the Office 
     of Solid Waste, the Program Manager for Chemical 
     Demilitarization and the Department of Defense; and
       (4) responsibility of the Department of Defense and the 
     Department of the Army to provide funds to the Environmental 
     Protection Agency to hire full-time equivalents to assist in 
     the formulation of RCRA permits.

           TITLE XI--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL

     SEC. 1101. REPEAL OF EMPLOYMENT PREFERENCE NOT NEEDED FOR 
                   RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF QUALIFIED CHILD 
                   CARE PROVIDERS.

       Section 1792 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking out subsection (d); and

     SEC. 1102. MAXIMUM PAY RATE COMPARABILITY FOR FACULTY MEMBERS 
                   OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF 
                   TECHNOLOGY.

       Section 9314(b)(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking out ``section 5306(e)'' and inserting in 
     lieu thereof ``section 5373''.
       (2) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d).

     SEC. 1103. FOUR-YEAR EXTENSION OF VOLUNTARY SEPARATION 
                   INCENTIVE PAY AUTHORITY.

       Section 5597(e) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking out ``September 30, 2001'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``September 30, 2003''.

     SEC. 1104. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EMPLOYEE VOLUNTARY EARLY 
                   RETIREMENT AUTHORITY.

       (a) Civil Service Retirement System.--Section 8336 of title 
     5, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (d)(2), by inserting ``except in the case 
     of an employee described in subsection (o)(1),'' after 
     ``(2)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(o)(1) An employee of the Department of Defense who is 
     separated from the service under conditions described in 
     paragraph (2) after completing 25 years of service or after 
     becoming 50 years of age and completing 20 years of service 
     is entitled to an annuity.
       ``(2) Paragraph (1) applies to an employee who--

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       ``(A) has been employed continuously by the Department of 
     Defense for more than 30 days before the date on which the 
     Secretary concerned requests the determinations required 
     under in subparagraph (D)(i);
       ``(B) is serving under an appointment that is not limited 
     by time;
       ``(C) has not received a decision notice of involuntary 
     separation for misconduct or unacceptable performance that is 
     pending decision; and
       ``(D) is separated from the service voluntarily during a 
     period in which--
       ``(i) the Department of Defense or the military department 
     or subordinate organization within the Department of Defense 
     or military department in which the employee is serving is 
     undergoing a major reorganization, a major reduction in 
     force, or a major transfer of function, and employees 
     comprising a significant percentage of the employees serving 
     in that department or organization are to be separated or 
     subject to an immediate reduction in the rate of basic pay 
     (without regard to subchapter VI of chapter 53, or comparable 
     provisions of law), as determined by the Office of Personnel 
     Management (under regulations prescribed by the Office) upon 
     the request of the Secretary concerned; and
       ``(ii) the employee is within the scope of an offer of 
     voluntary early retirement (as defined by organizational 
     unit, occupational series or level, geographical location, 
     any other similar factor that the Office of Personnel 
     Management determines appropriate, or any combination of such 
     definitions of scope), as determined by the Secretary 
     concerned under regulations prescribed by the Office.
       ``(3) In this subsection, the term `Secretary concerned' 
     means--
       ``(A) the Secretary of Defense, with respect to an employee 
     of the Department of Defense not employed in a position in a 
     military department;
       ``(B) the Secretary of the Army, with respect to an 
     employee of the Department of the Army;
       ``(C) the Secretary of the Navy, with respect to an 
     employee of the Department of the Navy;
       ``(D) the Secretary of the Air Force, with respect to an 
     employee of the Department of the Air Force.''.
       (b) Federal Employees' Retirement System.--Section 8414 of 
     such title is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)(1)(B), inserting ``except in the case 
     of an employee described in subsection (d)(1),'' after 
     ``(B)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(d)(1) An employee of the Department of Defense who is 
     separated from the service under conditions described in 
     paragraph (2) after completing 25 years of service or after 
     becoming 50 years of age and completing 20 years of service 
     is entitled to an annuity.
       ``(2) Paragraph (1) applies to an employee who--
       ``(A) has been employed continuously by the Department of 
     Defense for more than 30 days before the date on which the 
     Secretary concerned requests the determinations required 
     under subparagraph (D)(i);
       ``(B) is serving under an appointment that is not limited 
     by time;
       ``(C) has not received a decision notice of involuntary 
     separation for misconduct or unacceptable performance that is 
     pending decision; and
       ``(D) is separated from the service voluntarily during a 
     period in which--
       ``(i) the Department of Defense or the military department 
     or subordinate organization within the Department of Defense 
     or military department in which the employee is serving is 
     undergoing a major reorganization, a major reduction in 
     force, or a major transfer of function, and employees 
     comprising a significant percentage of the employees serving 
     in that department or organization are to be separated or 
     subject to an immediate reduction in the rate of basic pay 
     (without regard to subchapter VI of chapter 53, or comparable 
     provisions of law), as determined by the Office of Personnel 
     Management (under regulations prescribed by the Office) upon 
     the request of the Secretary concerned; and
       ``(ii) the employee is within the scope of an offer of 
     voluntary early retirement (as defined by organizational 
     unit, occupational series or level, geographical location, 
     any other similar factor that the Office of Personnel 
     Management determines appropriate, or any combination of such 
     definitions of scope), as determined by the Secretary 
     concerned under regulations prescribed by the Office.
       ``(3) In this subsection, the term `Secretary concerned' 
     means--
       ``(A) the Secretary of Defense, with respect to an employee 
     of the Department of Defense not employed in a position in a 
     military department;
       ``(B) the Secretary of the Army, with respect to an 
     employee of the Department of the Army;
       ``(C) the Secretary of the Navy, with respect to an 
     employee of the Department of the Navy;
       ``(D) the Secretary of the Air Force, with respect to an 
     employee of the Department of the Air Force.''.
       (c) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 8339(h) of such 
     title is amended by striking out ``or (j)'' in the first 
     sentence and inserting in lieu thereof ``(j), or (o)''.
       (2) Section 8464(a)(1)(A)(i) of such title is amended by 
     striking out ``or (b)(1)(B)'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``, (b)(1)(B), or (d)''.

     SEC. 1105. DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY 
                   EXPERIMENTAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR 
                   TECHNICAL PERSONNEL.

       (a) Program Authorized.--During the 5-year period beginning 
     on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Defense may carry out a program of experimental use of 
     special personnel management authority provided in this 
     section in order to facilitate the recruitment of eminent 
     experts in science or engineering for research and 
     development projects administered by the Defense Advanced 
     Research Projects Agency.
       (b) Special Personnel Management Authority.--Under the 
     program, the Secretary may--
       (1) appoint scientists and engineers from outside the civil 
     service and uniformed services (as such terms are defined in 
     section 2101 of title 5, United States Code) to not more than 
     20 scientific and engineering positions in the Defense 
     Advanced Research Projects Agency without regard to any 
     provision of title 5, United States Code, governing the 
     appointment of employees in the civil service;
       (2) prescribe the rates of basic pay for positions to which 
     employees are appointed under paragraph (1) at rates not in 
     excess of the maximum rate of basic pay authorized for 
     senior-level positions under section 5376 of title 5, United 
     States Code, notwithstanding any provision of such title 
     governing the rates of pay or classification of employees in 
     the executive branch; and
       (3) pay any employee appointed under paragraph (1) payments 
     in addition to basic pay within the limit applicable to the 
     employee under subsection (d)(1).
       (c) Limitation on Term of Appointment.--(1) Except as 
     provided in paragraph (2), the service of an employee under 
     an appointment under subsection (b)(1) may not exceed four 
     years.
       (2) The Secretary may, in the case of a particular 
     employee, extend the period to which service is limited under 
     paragraph (1) by up to two years if the Secretary determines 
     that such action is necessary to promote the efficiency of 
     the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
       (d) Limitations on Additional Payments.--(1) The total 
     amount of the additional payments paid to an employee under 
     subsection (b)(3) for any 12-month period may not exceed the 
     least of the following amounts:
       (A) $25,000.
       (B) The amount equal to 25 percent of the employee's annual 
     rate of basic pay.
       (C) The amount of the limitation that is applicable for a 
     calendar year under section 5307(a)(1) of title 5, United 
     States Code.
       (2) An employee appointed under subsection (b)(1) is not 
     eligible for any bonus, monetary award, or other monetary 
     incentive for service except for payments authorized under 
     subsection (b)(3).
       (e) Period of Program.--(1) The program authorized under 
     this section shall terminate at the end of the 5-year period 
     referred to in subsection (a).
       (2) After the termination of the program--
       (A) no appointment may be made under paragraph (1) of 
     subsection (b);
       (B) a rate of basic pay prescribed under paragraph (2) of 
     that subsection may not take effect for a position; and
       (C) no period of service may be extended under subsection 
     (c)(1).
       (f) Savings Provisions.--In the case of an employee who, on 
     the day before the termination of the program, is serving in 
     a position pursuant to an appointment under subsection 
     (b)(1)--
       (1) the termination of the program does not terminate the 
     employee's employment in that position before the expiration 
     of the lesser of--
       (A) the period for which the employee was appointed; or
       (B) the period to which the employee's service is limited 
     under subsection (c), including any extension made under 
     paragraph (2) of that subsection before the termination of 
     the program; and
       (2) the rate of basic pay prescribed for the position under 
     subsection (b)(2) may not be reduced for so long (within the 
     period applicable to the employee under paragraph (1)) as the 
     employee continues to serve in the position without a break 
     in service.
       (g) Annual Report.--(1) Not later than October 15 of each 
     year, beginning in 1999, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit a report on the program to the Committee on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security 
     of the House of Representatives. The report submitted in a 
     year shall cover the 12-month period ending on the day before 
     the anniversary, in that year, of the date of the enactment 
     of this Act.
       (2) The annual report shall contain, for the period covered 
     by the report, the following:
       (A) A detailed discussion of the exercise of authority 
     under this section.
       (B) The sources from which appointees were recruited.
       (C) The methodology used for identifying and selecting 
     appointees.
       (D) Any additional information that the Secretary considers 
     helpful for assessing the utility of the authority under this 
     section.

              TITLE XII--JOINT WARFIGHTING EXPERIMENTATION

     SEC. 1201. FINDINGS.

       Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the 
     unprecedented explosion of technological advances that could 
     fundamentally redefine military threats and military 
     capabilities in the future have generated a need to assess 
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     force structure necessary to meet future defense requirements 
     of the United States.
       (2) The assessment conducted by the administration of 
     President Bush (known as the ``Base Force'' assessment) and 
     the assessment conducted by the administration of President 
     Clinton (known as the ``Bottom-Up Review'') were important 
     attempts to redefine the defense strategy of the United 
     States and the force structure of the Armed Forces necessary 
     to execute that strategy.
       (3) Those assessments have become inadequate as a result of 
     the pace of global geopolitical change and the speed of 
     technological change, which have been greater than expected.
       (4) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff reacted to 
     the changing environment by developing and publishing in May 
     1996 a vision statement, known as ``Joint Vision 2010'', to 
     be a basis for the transformation of United States military 
     capabilities. The vision statement embodies the improved 
     intelligence and command and control that is available in the 
     information age and sets forth the operational concepts of 
     dominant maneuver, precision engagement, full-dimensional 
     protection, and focused logistics to achieve the objective of 
     full spectrum dominance.
       (5) In 1996 Congress, concerned about the shortcomings in 
     defense policies and programs derived from the Base-Force 
     Review and the Bottom-Up Review, determined that there was a 
     need for a new, comprehensive assessment of the defense 
     strategy of the United States and the force structure of the 
     Armed Forces necessary for meeting the threats to the United 
     States in the 21st century.
       (6) As a result of that determination, Congress passed the 
     Military Force Structure Review Act of 1996 (subtitle B of 
     title IX of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 1997), which required the Secretary of Defense to 
     complete in 1997 a quadrennial defense review of the defense 
     program of the United States. The review was required to 
     include a comprehensive examination of the defense strategy, 
     force structure, force modernization plans, infrastructure, 
     and other elements of the defense program and policies with a 
     view toward determining and expressing the defense strategy 
     of the United States and establishing a revised defense 
     program through 2005. The Act also established a National 
     Defense Panel to assess the Quadrennial Defense Review and to 
     conduct an independent, nonpartisan review of the strategy, 
     force structure, and funding required to meet anticipated 
     threats to the national security of the United States through 
     2010 and beyond.
       (7) The Quadrennial Defense Review, completed by the 
     Secretary of Defense in May 1997, defined the defense 
     strategy in terms of ``Shape, Respond, and Prepare Now''. The 
     Quadrennial Defense Review placed greater emphasis on the 
     need to prepare now for an uncertain future by exploiting the 
     revolution in technology and transforming the force toward 
     Joint Vision 2010. It concluded that our future force will be 
     different in character than our current force.
       (8) The National Defense Panel Report, published in 
     December 1997, concluded that ``the Department of Defense 
     should accord the highest priority to executing a 
     transformation strategy for the United States military, 
     starting now.'' The panel recommended the establishment of a 
     Joint Forces Command with the responsibility to be the joint 
     force integrator and provider and the responsibility for 
     driving the process for transforming United States forces, 
     including the conduct of joint experimentation, and to have 
     the budget for carrying out those responsibilities.
       (9) The assessments of both the Quadrennial Defense Review 
     and the National Defense Panel provide Congress with a 
     compelling argument that the future security environment and 
     the military challenges to be faced by the United States in 
     the future will be fundamentally different than the current 
     environment and challenges. The assessments also reinforce 
     the foundational premise of the Goldwater-Nichols Department 
     of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 that warfare, in all of 
     its varieties, will be joint warfare requiring the execution 
     of developed joint operational concepts.
       (10) A process of joint experimentation is necessary for--
       (A) integrating advances in technology with changes in the 
     organizational structure of the Armed Forces and the 
     development of joint operational concepts that will be 
     effective against national security threats anticipated for 
     the future; and
       (B) identifying and assessing the interdependent aspects of 
     joint warfare that are key for transforming the conduct of 
     military operations by the United States to meet those 
     anticipated threats successfully.
       (11) It is critical for future readiness that the Armed 
     Forces of the United States innovatively investigate and test 
     technologies, forces, and joint operational concepts in 
     simulations, wargames, and virtual settings, as well as in 
     field environments under realistic conditions against the 
     full range of future challenges. It is essential that an 
     energetic and innovative organization be established and 
     empowered to design and implement a process of joint 
     experimentation to develop and validate new joint warfighting 
     concepts, along with experimentation by the Armed Forces, 
     that is directed at transforming the Armed Forces to meet the 
     threats to the national security that are anticipated for the 
     early 21st century. That process will drive changes in 
     doctrine, organization, training and education, materiel, 
     leadership, and personnel.
       (12) The Department of Defense is committed to conducting 
     aggressive experimentation as a key component of its 
     transformation strategy.
       (13) The competition of ideas is critical for achieving 
     effective transformation. Experimentation by each of the 
     Armed Forces has been, and will continue to be, a vital 
     aspect of the pursuit of effective transformation. Joint 
     experimentation leverages the effectiveness of each of the 
     Armed Forces and the Defense Agencies.

     SEC. 1202. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

       (a) Designation of Commander To Have Joint Warfighting 
     Experimentation Mission.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     Congress supports the initiative of the Secretary of Defense 
     and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to designate a 
     commander of a combatant command to have the mission for 
     joint warfighting experimentation, consistent with the 
     understanding of Congress that the Chairman of the Joint 
     Chiefs of Staff will assign the designated commander the 
     tasks to develop and validate new joint warfighting concepts 
     and capabilities, and to determine the implications, for 
     doctrine, organization, training and education, materiel, 
     leadership, and personnel, of the Department of Defense 
     strategy for transforming the Armed Forces to meet the 
     national security threats of the future.
       (b) Resources of Commander.--It is, further, the sense of 
     Congress that the commander designated to have the joint 
     warfighting experimentation mission should--
       (1) have sufficient freedom of action and authority over 
     the necessary forces to successfully establish and conduct 
     the process of joint warfighting experimentation;
       (2) be provided resources adequate for the joint 
     warfighting experimentation process; and
       (3) have authority over the use of the resources for the 
     planning, preparation, conduct, and assessment of joint 
     warfighting experimentation.
       (c) Authority and Responsibilities of Commander.--It is, 
     further, the sense of Congress that, for the conduct of joint 
     warfighting experimentation to be effective, it is necessary 
     that the commander designated to have the joint warfighting 
     experimentation mission also have the authority and 
     responsibility for the following:
       (1) Developing and implementing a process of joint 
     experimentation to formulate and validate concepts critical 
     for joint warfighting in the future, including (in such 
     process) analyses, simulations, wargames, information 
     superiority and other experiments, advanced concept 
     technology demonstrations, and joint exercises conducted in 
     virtual and actual field environments.
       (2) Planning, preparing, and conducting the program of 
     joint warfighting experimentation.
       (3) Assessing the effectiveness of organizational 
     structures, operational concepts, and technologies employed 
     in joint experimentation, investigating opportunities for 
     coordinating the evolution of the organizational structure of 
     the Armed Forces compatibly with the concurrent evolution of 
     advanced technologies, and investigating new concepts for 
     transforming joint warfighting capabilities to meet the 
     operational challenges expected to be encountered by the 
     Armed Forces in the early 21st century.
       (4) Coordinating with each of the Armed Forces and the 
     Defense Agencies regarding the development of the equipment 
     (including surrogate or real technologies, platforms, and 
     systems) necessary for the conduct of joint experimentation, 
     or, if necessary, developing such equipment directly.
       (5) Coordinating with each of the Armed Forces and the 
     Defense Agencies regarding the acquisition of the materiel, 
     supplies, services, and surrogate or real technology 
     resources necessary for the conduct of joint experimentation, 
     or, if necessary, acquiring such items and services directly.
       (6) Developing scenarios and measures of effectiveness for 
     joint experimentation.
       (7) Conducting so-called ``red team'' vulnerability 
     assessments as part of joint experimentation.
       (8) Assessing the interoperability of equipment and forces.
       (9) Providing the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of 
     the Joint Chiefs of Staff with the commander's 
     recommendations (developed on the basis of joint 
     experimentation) for reducing unnecessary redundancy of 
     equipment and forces.
       (10) Providing the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of 
     the Joint Chiefs of Staff with the commander's 
     recommendations (developed on the basis of joint 
     experimentation) regarding synchronization of the fielding of 
     advanced technologies among the Armed Forces to enable the 
     development and execution of joint operational concepts.
       (11) Submitting, reviewing, and making recommendations (in 
     conjunction with the joint experimentation and evaluation 
     process) to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on 
     mission needs statements and operational requirements 
     documents.
       (12) Exploring new operational concepts (including those 
     developed within the Office of the Secretary of Defense and 
     Defense Agencies, other unified commands, the Armed Forces, 
     and the Joint Staff), and integrating and testing in joint 
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     warfighting experimentation by the Armed Forces and the 
     Defense Agencies.
       (13) Developing, planning, refining, assessing, and 
     recommending to the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of 
     the Joint Chiefs of Staff the most promising joint concepts 
     and capabilities for experimentation and assessment.
       (14) Assisting the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of 
     the Joint Chiefs of Staff to prioritize joint requirements 
     and acquisition programs on the basis of joint warfighting 
     experimentation.
       (d) Continued Experimentation by Other Defense 
     Organizations.--It is, further, the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the Armed Forces are expected to continue to develop 
     concepts and conduct intraservice and multiservice 
     warfighting experimentation within their core competencies; 
     and
       (2) the commander of United States Special Operations 
     Command is expected to continue to develop concepts and 
     conduct joint experimentation associated with special 
     operations forces.
       (e) Congressional Review.--It is, further, the sense of 
     Congress that--
       (1) Congress will carefully review the initial report and 
     annual reports on joint warfighting experimentation required 
     under section 1203 to determine the adequacy of the scope and 
     pace of the transformation of the Armed Forces to meet future 
     challenges to the national security; and
       (2) if the progress is inadequate, Congress will consider 
     legislation to establish a unified combatant command with the 
     mission, forces, budget, responsibilities, and authority 
     described in the preceding provisions of this section.

     SEC. 1203. REPORTS ON JOINT WARFIGHTING EXPERIMENTATION.

       (a) Initial Report.--(1) On such schedule as the Secretary 
     of Defense shall direct, the commander of the combatant 
     command assigned the mission for joint warfighting 
     experimentation shall submit to the Secretary an initial 
     report on the implementation of joint experimentation. Not 
     later than April 1, 1999, the Secretary shall submit the 
     report, together with any comments that the Secretary 
     considers appropriate and any comments that the Chairman of 
     the Joint Chiefs of Staff considers appropriate, to the 
     Chairmen of the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and 
     the Committee on National Security of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) The initial report of the commander shall include the 
     following:
       (A) The commander's understanding of the commander's 
     specific authority and responsibilities and of the 
     commander's relationship to the Secretary of Defense, the 
     Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Joint Staff, the 
     commanders of other combatant commands, the Armed Forces, and 
     the Defense Agencies and activities.
       (B) The organization of the commander's combatant command, 
     and of its staff, for carrying out the joint warfighting 
     experimentation mission.
       (C) The process established for tasking forces to 
     participate in joint warfighting experimentation and the 
     commander's specific authority over the forces.
       (D) Any forces designated or made available as joint 
     experimentation forces.
       (E) The resources provided for joint warfighting 
     experimentation, including the personnel and funding for the 
     initial implementation of joint experimentation, the process 
     for providing the resources to the commander, the categories 
     of the funding, and the authority of the commander for budget 
     execution.
       (F) The authority of the commander, and the process 
     established, for the development and acquisition of the 
     material, supplies, services, and equipment necessary for the 
     conduct of joint warfighting experimentation, including the 
     authority and process for development and acquisition by the 
     Armed Forces and the Defense Agencies and the authority and 
     process for development and acquisition by the commander 
     directly.
       (G) The authority of the commander to design, prepare, and 
     conduct joint experiments (including the scenarios and 
     measures of effectiveness used) for assessing operational 
     concepts for meeting future challenges to the national 
     security.
       (H) The role assigned the commander for--
       (i) integrating and testing in joint warfighting 
     experimentation the systems that emerge from warfighting 
     experimentation by the Armed Forces or the Defense Agencies;
       (ii) assessing the effectiveness of organizational 
     structures, operational concepts, and technologies employed 
     in joint warfighting experimentation; and
       (iii) assisting the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman 
     of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in prioritizing acquisition 
     programs in relationship to future joint warfighting 
     capabilities.
       (I) Any other comments that the commander considers 
     appropriate.
       (b) Annual Report.--(1) On such schedule as the Secretary 
     of Defense shall direct, the commander of the combatant 
     command assigned the mission for joint warfighting 
     experimentation shall submit to the Secretary an annual 
     report on the conduct of joint experimentation activities for 
     the fiscal year ending in the year of the report. Not later 
     than December 1 of each year, the Secretary shall submit the 
     report, together with any comments that the Secretary 
     considers appropriate and any comments that the Chairman of 
     the Joint Chiefs of Staff considers appropriate, to the 
     Chairmen of the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and 
     the Committee on National Security of the House of 
     Representatives. The first annual report shall be submitted 
     in 1999.
       (2) The annual report of the commander shall include, for 
     the fiscal year covered by the report, the following:
       (A) Any changes in--
       (i) the commander's authority and responsibilities for 
     joint warfighting experimentation;
       (ii) the commander's relationship to the Secretary of 
     Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Joint 
     Staff, the commanders of the other combatant commands, the 
     Armed Forces, or the Defense Agencies or activities;
       (iii) the organization of the commander's command and staff 
     for joint warfighting experimentation;
       (iv) any forces designated or made available as joint 
     experimentation forces;
       (v) the process established for tasking forces to 
     participate in joint experimentation activities or the 
     commander's specific authority over the tasked forces;
       (vi) the procedures for providing funding for the 
     commander, the categories of funding, or the commander's 
     authority for budget execution;
       (vii) the authority of the commander, and the process 
     established, for the development and acquisition of the 
     material, supplies, services, and equipment necessary for the 
     conduct of joint warfighting experimentation;
       (viii) the commander's authority to design, prepare, and 
     conduct joint experiments (including the scenarios and 
     measures of effectiveness used) for assessing operational 
     concepts for meeting future challenges to the national 
     security; or
       (ix) any role described in subsection (a)(2)(H).
       (B) The conduct of joint warfighting experimentation 
     activities, including the number of activities, the forces 
     involved, the national security challenges addressed, the 
     operational concepts assessed, and the scenarios and measures 
     of effectiveness used.
       (C) An assessment of the results of warfighting 
     experimentation within the Department of Defense.
       (D) The effect of warfighting experimentation on the 
     process for transforming the Armed Forces to meet future 
     challenges to the national security.
       (E) Any recommendations that the commander considers 
     appropriate regarding--
       (i) the development or acquisition of advanced 
     technologies; or
       (ii) changes in organizational structure, operational 
     concepts, or joint doctrine.
       (F) An assessment of the adequacy of resources, and any 
     recommended changes for the process of providing resources, 
     for joint warfighting experimentation.
       (G) Any recommended changes in the authority or 
     responsibilities of the commander.
       (H) Any additional comments that the commander considers 
     appropriate.

            DIVISION B--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS

     SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE.

       This division may be cited as the ``Military Construction 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999''.

                            TITLE XXI--ARMY

     SEC. 2101. AUTHORIZED ARMY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND ACQUISITION 
                   PROJECTS.

       (a) Inside the United States.--Using amounts appropriated 
     pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
     2104(a)(1), the Secretary of the Army may acquire real 
     property and carry out military construction projects for the 
     installations and locations inside the United States, and in 
     the amounts, set forth in the following table:
       

                     Army: Inside the United States                     
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Installation or                  
               State                      location            Amount    
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama...........................  Anniston Army Depot.      $3,550,000
                                    Fort Rucker.........     $10,000,000
Alaska............................  Fort Wainwright.....     $22,600,000
California........................  Fort Irwin..........      $7,000,000
Georgia...........................  Fort Benning........     $28,600,000
                                    Fort Stewart........     $17,000,000
Hawaii............................  Schofield Barracks..     $67,500,000
Illinois..........................  Rock Island Arsenal.      $5,300,000
Indiana...........................  Crane Army                $7,100,000
                                     Ammunition Activity.               
Kentucky..........................  Bluegrass Army Depot      $5,300,000
                                    Fort Campbell.......     $41,000,000
Louisiana.........................  Fort Polk...........      $8,300,000
Maryland..........................  Fort Detrick........      $3,550,000
                                    Fort Meade..........      $5,300,000
Missouri..........................  Fort Leonard Wood...      $5,200,000
New York..........................  Fort Drum...........      $4,650,000
                                    United States            $85,000,000
                                     Military Academy,                  
                                     West Point.                        
North Carolina....................  Fort Bragg..........     $85,300,000
Oklahoma..........................  Fort Sill...........     $13,800,000
                                    McAlester Army           $10,800,000
                                     Ammunition Plant.                  
Texas.............................  Fort Bliss..........      $4,100,000
                                    Fort Hood...........     $32,500,000
                                    Fort Sam Houston....     $21,800,000
Utah..............................  Tooele Army Depot...      $3,900,000
Virginia..........................  Charlottesville.....     $46,200,000
                                    Fort Eustis.........     $36,531,000
Washington........................  Fort Lewis..........     $18,200,000
CONUS Classified..................  Classified Locations      $4,600,000
                                                         ---------------
                                      Total:............    $604,681,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       (b) Outside the United States.--Using amounts appropriated 
     pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
     2104(a)(2), the Secretary of the Army may acquire real 
     property and carry out military

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     construction projects for the locations outside the United 
     States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table:
       

                     Army: Outside the United States                    
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Installation or                  
              Country                     location            Amount    
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Belgium...........................  80th Area Support         $6,300,000
                                     Group.                             
Germany...........................  Schweinfurt.........     $18,000,000
                                    Wuerzburg...........      $4,250,000
Korea.............................  Camp Casey..........     $13,400,000
                                    Camp Castle.........     $18,226,000
                                    Camp Humphreys......      $8,500,000
                                    Camp Stanley........      $5,800,000
Kwajalein.........................  Kwajalein Atoll.....     $48,600,000
                                                         ---------------
                                      Total:............    $123,076,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

     SEC. 2102. FAMILY HOUSING.

       (a) Construction and Acquisition.--Using amounts 
     appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
     in section 2104(a)(5)(A), the Secretary of the Army may 
     construct or acquire family housing units (including land 
     acquisition) at the installations, for the purposes, and in 
     the amounts set forth in the following table:
       

                                              Army: Family Housing                                              
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 State                   Installation or location             Purpose                 Amount    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama...............................  Redstone Arsenal.........  118 Units....................     $14,000,000
Hawaii................................  Schofield Barracks.......  64 Units.....................     $14,700,000
North Carolina........................  Fort Bragg...............  170 Units....................     $19,800,000
Texas.................................  Fort Hood................  154 Units....................     $21,600,000
                                                                                                 ---------------
                                                                     Total:.....................     $70,100,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

       (b) Planning and Design.--Using amounts appropriated 
     pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
     2104(a)(5)(A), the Secretary of the Army may carry out 
     architectural and engineering services and construction 
     design activities with respect to the construction or 
     improvement of family housing units in an amount not to 
     exceed $7,490,000.

     SEC. 2103. IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING UNITS.

       Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States Code, 
     and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization 
     of appropriations in section 2104(a)(5)(A), the Secretary of 
     the Army may improve existing military family housing units 
     in an amount not to exceed $46,029,000.

     SEC. 2104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, ARMY.

       (a) In General.--Funds are hereby authorized to be 
     appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 
     1998, for military construction, land acquisition, and 
     military family housing functions of the Department of the 
     Army in the total amount of $1,983,304,000 as follows:
       (1) For military construction projects inside the United 
     States authorized by section 2101(a), $516,681,000.
       (2) For military construction projects outside the United 
     States authorized by section 2101(b), $87,076,000.
       (3) For unspecified minor construction projects authorized 
     by section 2805 of title 10, United States Code, $10,000,000.
       (4) For architectural and engineering services and 
     construction design under section 2807 of title 10, United 
     States Code, $65,295,000.
       (5) For military family housing functions:
       (A) For construction and acquisition, planning and design, 
     and improvement of military family housing and facilities, 
     $123,619,000.
       (B) For support of military family housing (including the 
     functions described in section 2833 of title 10, United 
     States Code), $1,104,733,000.
       (6) For the Homeowners Assistance Program as authorized by 
     section 2832 of title 10, United States Code, $12,800,000.
       (7) For the construction of the missile software 
     engineering annex, phase II, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, 
     authorized by section 2101(a) of the Military Construction 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (division B of Public 
     Law 105-85; 111 Stat. 1966), $13,600,000.
       (8) For the construction of a disciplinary barracks, phase 
     II, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, authorized by section 2101(a) 
     of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 1998, $29,000,000.
       (9) For the construction of the whole barracks complex 
     renewal, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, authorized by section 2101(a) 
     of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 1998, $20,500,000.
       (b) Limitation on Total Cost of Construction Projects.--
     Notwithstanding the cost variations authorized by section 
     2853 of title 10, United States Code, and any other cost 
     variation authorized by law, the total cost of all projects 
     carried out under section 2101 of this Act may not exceed--
       (1) the total amount authorized to be appropriated under 
     paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a);
       (2) $73,000,000 (the balance of the amount authorized to be 
     appropriated under section 2101(a) of this Act for the 
     construction of the Cadet Physical Development project at the 
     United States Military Academy, West Point, New York);
       (3) $15,000,000 (the balance of the amount authorized to be 
     appropriated under section 2101(a) of this Act for the 
     construction of a rail head facility at Fort Hood, Texas); 
     and
       (4) $36,000,000 (the balance of the amount authorized to be 
     appropriated under section 2101(b) of this Act for the 
     construction of a power plant on Roi Namur Island, Kwajalein 
     Atoll).
       (c) Adjustment.--The total amount authorized to be 
     appropriated pursuant to paragraphs (1) through (5) of 
     subsection (a) is the sum of the amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated in such paragraphs reduced by $1,639,000, which 
     represents the combination of project savings in military 
     construction resulting from favorable bids, reduced overhead 
     costs, and cancellations due to force structure changes.
       (d) Availability of Certain Funds.--Notwithstanding section 
     2701 or any other provision of law, the amounts appropriated 
     pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in subsection 
     (a)(6) shall remain available until expended.

     SEC. 2105. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FISCAL YEAR 
                   1998 PROJECT.

       The table in section 2101(a) of the Military Construction 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (division B of Public 
     Law 105-85; 111 Stat. 1967) is amended in the item relating 
     to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, by striking out ``$25,000,000'' in 
     the amount column and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``$28,500,000''.
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) The table in section 
     2101(a) of that Act is amended in the item relating to the 
     total by striking out ``$598,750,000'' in the amount column 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``$602,250,000''.
       (2) Section 2104 of that Act (111 Stat. 1968) is amended--
       (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking out 
     ``$2,010,466,000'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``$2,013,966,000''; and
       (B) in paragraph (1), by striking out ``$435,350,000'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``$438,850,000''.

                            TITLE XXII--NAVY

     SEC. 2201. AUTHORIZED NAVY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND ACQUISITION 
                   PROJECTS.

       (a) Inside the United States.--Using amounts appropriated 
     pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
     2204(a)(1), the Secretary of the Navy may acquire real 
     property and carry out military construction projects for the 
     installations and locations inside the United States, and in 
     the amounts, set forth in the following table:
       

                     Navy: Inside the United States                     
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Installation or                  
               State                      location            Amount    
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arizona...........................  Marine Corps Air         $11,010,000
                                     Station, Yuma.                     
                                    Naval Observatory           $990,000
                                     Detachment,                        
                                     Flagstaff.                         
California........................  Marine Corps Air         $29,570,000
                                     Station, Miramar.                  
                                    Marine Corps Base,       $28,240,000
                                     Camp Pendleton.                    
                                    Naval Air Station,       $20,640,000
                                     Lemoore.                           
                                    Naval Air Warfare         $3,240,000
                                     Center Weapons                     
                                     Division, China                    
                                     Lake.                              
                                    Naval Facility, San       $8,350,000
                                     Clemente Island.                   
                                    Naval Submarine          $11,400,000
                                     Base, San Diego.                   
Connecticut.......................  Naval Submarine          $12,510,000
                                     Base, New London.                  
District of Columbia..............  Naval District,             $790,000
                                     Washington.                        
Florida...........................  Naval Air Station,        $3,730,000
                                     Key West.                          
                                    Naval Air Station,        $1,400,000
                                     Whiting Field.                     
Georgia...........................  Naval Submarine           $2,550,000
                                     Base, Kings Bay.                   
Hawaii............................  Marine Corps Air         $27,410,000
                                     Station, Kaneohe                   
                                     Bay.                               
                                    Marine Corps Base,       $23,570,000
                                     Hawaii.                            
                                    Naval Communications      $1,970,000
                                     &                                  
                                     Telecommunications                 
                                     Area Master Station                
                                     Eastern Pacific,                   
                                     Wahiawa.                           
                                    Naval Shipyard,          $11,400,000
                                     Pearl Harbor.                      
                                    Naval Submarine           $8,060,000
                                     Base, Pearl Harbor.                
                                    Navy Public Works        $28,967,000
                                     Center, Pearl                      
                                     Harbor.                            
                                    Fleet and Industrial      $9,730,000
                                     Supply Center,                     
                                     Pearl Harbor.                      
                                    Naval Station, Pearl     $18,180,000
                                     Harbor.                            
Illinois..........................  Naval Training            $5,750,000
                                     Center, Great Lakes.               
                                    Naval Training            $7,410,000
                                     Center, Great Lakes.               
Maryland..........................  Naval Surface             $6,680,000
                                     Warfare Center,                    
                                     Indian Head                        
                                     Division, Indian                   
                                     Head.                              
                                    United States Naval       $4,300,000
                                     Academy.                           
Mississippi.......................  Naval Construction       $10,670,000
                                     Battalion Center,                  
                                     Gulfport.                          
North Carolina....................  Marine Corps Air          $6,040,000
                                     Station, Cherry                    
                                     Point.                             
                                    Marine Corps Base,       $30,300,000
                                     Camp LeJeune.                      
Rhode Island......................  Naval Education and       $5,630,000
                                     Training Center,                   
                                     Newport.                           
                                    Naval Undersea            $9,140,000
                                     Warfare Center                     
                                     Division, Newport.                 
South Carolina....................  Marine Corps Air          $1,770,000
                                     Station, Beaufort.                 
                                    Marine Corps Recruit      $7,960,000
                                     Depot, Parris                      
                                     Island.                            
                                    Naval Weapons             $9,737,000
                                     Station, Charleston.               
Virginia..........................  Fleet and Industrial      $1,770,000
                                     Supply Center,                     
                                     Norfolk (Craney                    
                                     Island).                           
                                    Fleet Training            $5,700,000
                                     Center, Norfolk.                   
                                    Naval Shipyard,           $6,180,000
                                     Norfolk, Portsmouth.               
                                    Naval Station,           $45,530,000
                                     Norfolk.                           
                                    Naval Surface             $5,130,000
                                     Warfare Center,                    
                                     Dahlgren.                          
                                    Tactical Training         $2,430,000
                                     Group Atlantic, Dam                
                                     Neck.                              
Washington........................  Strategic Weapons         $2,750,000
                                     Facility Pacific,                  
                                     Bremerton.                         
                                    Naval Shipyard,           $4,300,000
                                     Puget Sound,                       
                                     Bremerton.                         
                                                         ---------------
                                      Total:............    $442,884,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       (b) Outside the United States.--Using amounts appropriated 
     pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
     2204(a)(2), the Secretary of the Navy may acquire real 
     property and carry out military construction projects for the 
     installations and locations outside the United States, and in 
     the amounts, set forth in the following table:
       

                     Navy: Outside the United States                    
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Installation or                  
              Country                     location            Amount    
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Greece............................  Naval Support             $5,260,000
                                     Activity, Souda Bay.               
Guam..............................  Naval Activities,        $10,310,000
                                     Guam.                              
Italy.............................  Naval Support            $18,270,000
                                     Activity, Naples.                  

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United Kingdom....................  Joint Maritime            $2,010,000
                                     Communications                     
                                     Center, St. Mawgan.                
                                                         ---------------
                                      Total:............     $35,850,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

     SEC. 2202. FAMILY HOUSING.

       (a) Construction and Acquisition.--Using amounts 
     appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
     in section 2204(a)(5)(A), the Secretary of the Navy may 
     construct or acquire family housing units (including land 
     acquisition) at the installations, for the purposes, and in 
     the amounts set forth in the following table:
       

                                              Navy: Family Housing                                              
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 State                   Installation or location             Purpose                 Amount    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
California............................  Naval Air Station,         162 Units....................     $30,379,000
                                         Lemoore.                                                               
Hawaii................................  Navy Public Works Center,  150 Units....................     $29,125,000
                                         Pearl Harbor.                                                          
                                                                                                 ---------------
                                                                     Total:.....................     $59,504,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

       (b) Planning and Design.--Using amounts appropriated 
     pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
     2204(a)(5)(A), the Secretary of the Navy may carry out 
     architectural and engineering services and construction 
     design activities with respect to the construction or 
     improvement of military family housing units in an amount not 
     to exceed $15,618,000.

     SEC. 2203. IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING UNITS.

       Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States Code, 
     and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization 
     of appropriations in section 2204(a)(5)(A), the Secretary of 
     the Navy may improve existing military family housing units 
     in an amount not to exceed $211,991,000.

     SEC. 2204. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NAVY.

       (a) In General.--Funds are hereby authorized to be 
     appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 
     1998, for military construction, land acquisition, and 
     military family housing functions of the Department of the 
     Navy in the total amount of $1,737,021,000 as follows:
       (1) For military construction projects inside the United 
     States authorized by section 2201(a), $429,384,000.
       (2) For military construction projects outside the United 
     States authorized by section 2201(b), $35,850,000.
       (3) For unspecified minor construction projects authorized 
     by section 2805 of title 10, United States Code, $8,900,000.
       (4) For architectural and engineering services and 
     construction design under section 2807 of title 10, United 
     States Code, $60,481,000.
       (5) For military family housing functions:
       (A) For construction and acquisition, planning and design, 
     and improvement of military family housing and facilities, 
     $287,113,000.
       (B) For support of military housing (including functions 
     described in section 2833 of title 10, United States Code), 
     $915,293,000.
       (b) Limitation on Total Cost of Construction Projects.--
     Notwithstanding the cost variations authorized by section 
     2853 of title 10, United States Code, and any other cost 
     variation authorized by law, the total cost of all projects 
     carried out under section 2201 of this Act may not exceed--
       (1) the total amount authorized to be appropriated under 
     paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a); and
       (2) $13,500,000 (the balance of the amount authorized under 
     section 2201(a) of this Act for the construction of a 
     berthing pier at Naval Station, Norfolk, Virginia).
       (c) Adjustment.--The total amount authorized to be 
     appropriated pursuant to paragraphs (1) through (5) of 
     subsection (a) is the sum of the amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated in such paragraphs reduced by $6,323,000, which 
     represents the combination of project savings in military 
     construction resulting from favorable bids, reduced overhead 
     costs, and cancellations due to force structure changes.

                         TITLE XXIII--AIR FORCE

     SEC. 2301. AUTHORIZED AIR FORCE CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 
                   ACQUISITION PROJECTS.

       (a) Inside the United States.--Using amounts appropriated 
     pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
     2304(a)(1), the Secretary of the Air Force may acquire real 
     property and carry out military construction projects for the 
     installations and locations inside the United States, and in 
     the amounts, set forth in the following table:
       

                   Air Force: Inside the United States                  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Installation or                  
               State                      location            Amount    
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama...........................  Maxwell Air Force        $19,398,000
                                     Base.                              
Alaska............................  Eielson Air Force        $10,552,000
                                     Base.                              
Arkansas..........................  Little Rock Air           $1,500,000
                                     Force Base.                        
California........................  Edwards Air Force        $10,361,000
                                     Base.                              
                                    Travis Air Force          $4,250,000
                                     Base.                              
                                    Vandenberg Air Force     $18,709,000
                                     Base.                              
Colorado..........................  Falcon Air Force          $9,601,000
                                     Station.                           
                                    United States Air         $4,413,000
                                     Force Academy.                     
Delaware..........................  Dover Air Force Base      $1,600,000
District of Columbia..............  Bolling Air Force         $2,948,000
                                     Base.                              
Florida...........................  Eglin Air Force Base     $20,437,000
                                    Eglin Auxiliary           $3,837,000
                                     Field 9.                           
                                    MacDill Air Force         $5,008,000
                                     Base.                              
Georgia...........................  Robins Air Force         $11,894,000
                                     Base.                              
Hawaii............................  Hickam Air Force          $5,890,000
                                     Base.                              
Idaho.............................  Mountain Home Air        $17,897,000
                                     Force Base.                        
Kansas............................  McConnell Air Force       $2,900,000
                                     Base.                              
Maryland..........................  Andrews Air Force         $4,448,000
                                     Base.                              
Massachusetts.....................  Hanscom Air Force        $10,000,000
                                     Base.                              
Mississippi.......................  Keesler Air Force        $35,526,000
                                     Base.                              
                                    Columbus Air Force        $8,200,000
                                     Base.                              
Montana...........................  Malmstrom Air Force      $13,200,000
                                     Base.                              
Nevada............................  Indian Springs......     $15,013,000
                                    Nellis Air Force          $6,378,000
                                     Base.                              
New Jersey........................  McGuire Air Force         $6,044,000
                                     Base.                              
New Mexico........................  Cannon Air Force          $6,500,000
                                     Base.                              
                                    Kirtland Air Force        $8,574,000
                                     Base.                              
North Carolina....................  Seymour Johnson Air       $6,100,000
                                     Force Base.                        
North Dakota......................  Grand Forks Air           $2,686,000
                                     Force Base.                        
                                    Minot Air Force Base      $8,500,000
Ohio..............................  Wright-Patterson Air     $22,000,000
                                     Force Base.                        
Oklahoma..........................  Altus Air Force Base      $4,000,000
                                    Tinker Air Force         $24,985,000
                                     Base.                              
                                    Vance Air Force Base      $6,223,000
South Carolina....................  Charleston Air Force     $24,330,000
                                     Base.                              
                                    Shaw Air Force Base.      $8,500,000
South Dakota......................  Ellsworth Air Force       $6,500,000
                                     Base.                              
Texas.............................  Dyess Air Force Base      $1,400,000
                                    Lackland Air Force        $6,800,000
                                     Base.                              
                                    Lackland Training         $8,130,000
                                     Annex.                             
                                    Randolph Air Force        $3,166,000
                                     Base.                              
Utah..............................  Hill Air Force Base.      $4,100,000
Washington........................  Fairchild Air Force      $11,520,000
                                     Base.                              
                                      Total:............    $465,865,000
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       (b) Outside the United States.--Using amounts appropriated 
     pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
     2304(a)(2), the Secretary of the Air Force may acquire real 
     property and carry out military construction projects for the 
     installations and locations outside the United States, and in 
     the amounts, set forth in the following table:
       

                  Air Force: Outside the United States                  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Installation or                  
              Country                     location            Amount    
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Germany...........................  Spangdahlem Air Base     $13,967,000
Korea.............................  Kunsan Air Base.....      $5,958,000
                                    Osan Air Base.......      $7,496,000
Turkey............................  Incirlik Air Base...      $2,949,000
United Kingdom....................  Royal Air Force,         $15,838,000
                                     Lakenheath.                        
                                    Royal Air Force,         $24,960,000
                                     Mildenhall.                        
                                      Total:............     $71,168,000
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     SEC. 2302. FAMILY HOUSING.

       (a) Construction and Acquisition.--Using amounts 
     appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
     in section 2304(a)(5)(A), the Secretary of the Air Force may 
     construct or acquire family housing units (including land 
     acquisition) at the installations, for the purposes, and in 
     the amounts set forth in the following table:
       

                                            Air Force: Family Housing                                           
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  State                    Installation or location             Purpose               Amount    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama.................................  Maxwell Air Force Base....  143 Units.................     $16,300,000
Alaska..................................  Eielson Air Force Base....  46 Units..................     $12,932,000
California..............................  Edwards Air Force Base....  48 Units..................     $12,580,000
                                          Vandenberg Air Force Base.  95 Units..................     $18,499,000
Delaware................................  Dover Air Force Base......  55 Units..................      $8,998,000
Florida.................................  MacDill Air Force Base....  48 Units..................      $7,609,000
                                          Patrick Air Force Base....  46 Units..................      $9,692,000
                                          Tyndall Air Force Base....  122 Units.................     $14,500,000
Mississippi.............................  Columbus Air Force Base...  52 Units..................      $6,800,000
                                          Keesler Air Force Base....  52 Units..................      $6,800,000

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Nebraska................................  Offutt Air Force Base.....  Housing Maintenance               $900,000
                                                                       Facility.                                
                                          Offutt Air Force Base.....  Housing Office............        $870,000
                                          Offutt Air Force Base.....  90 Units..................     $12,212,000
New Mexico..............................  Kirtland Air Force Base...  37 Units..................      $6,400,000
Ohio....................................  Wright-Patterson Air Force  40 Units..................      $5,600,000
                                           Base.                                                                
Texas...................................  Dyess Air Force Base......  64 Units..................      $9,415,000
                                          Sheppard Air Force Base...  115 Units.................     $12,800,000
Washington..............................  Fairchild Air Force Base..  Housing Office and              $1,692,000
                                                                       Maintenance Facility.                    
                                          Fairchild Air Force Base..  14 Units..................      $2,300,000
                                                                        Total:..................    $166,899,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

       (b) Planning and Design.--Using amounts appropriated 
     pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
     2304(a)(5)(A), the Secretary of the Air Force may carry out 
     architectural and engineering services and construction 
     design activities with respect to the construction or 
     improvement of military family housing units in an amount not 
     to exceed $12,622,000.

     SEC. 2303. IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING UNITS.

       Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States Code, 
     and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization 
     of appropriations in section 2304(a)(5)(A), the Secretary of 
     the Air Force may improve existing military family housing 
     units in an amount not to exceed $90,888,000.

     SEC. 2304. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, AIR FORCE.

       (a) In General.--Funds are hereby authorized to be 
     appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 
     1998, for military construction, land acquisition, and 
     military family housing functions of the Department of the 
     Air Force in the total amount of $1,649,334,000 as follows:
       (1) For military construction projects inside the United 
     States authorized by section 2301(a), $465,865,000.
       (2) For military construction projects outside the United 
     States authorized by section 2301(b), $71,168,000.
       (3) For unspecified minor construction projects authorized 
     by section 2805 of title 10, United States Code, $7,135,000.
       (4) For architectural and engineering services and 
     construction design under section 2807 of title 10, United 
     States Code, $44,762,000.
       (5) For military housing functions:
       (A) For construction and acquisition, planning and design, 
     and improvement of military family housing and facilities, 
     $270,409,000.
       (B) For support of military family housing (including the 
     functions described in section 2833 of title 10, United 
     States Code), $789,995,000.
       (b) Limitation on Total Cost of Construction Projects.--
     Notwithstanding the cost variations authorized by section 
     2853 of title 10, United States Code, and any other cost 
     variation authorized by law, the total cost of all projects 
     carried out under section 2301 of this Act may not exceed the 
     total amount authorized to be appropriated under paragraphs 
     (1) and (2) of subsection (a).
       (c) Adjustment.--The total amount authorized to be 
     appropriated pursuant to paragraphs (1) through (5) of 
     subsection (a) is the sum of the amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated in such paragraphs reduced by $7,584,000, which 
     represents the combination of project savings in military 
     construction resulting from favorable bids, overhead costs, 
     and cancellations due to force structure changes.

                      TITLE XXIV--DEFENSE AGENCIES

     SEC. 2401. AUTHORIZED DEFENSE AGENCIES CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 
                   ACQUISITION PROJECTS.

       (a) Inside the United States.--Using amounts appropriated 
     pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
     2404(a)(1), the Secretary of Defense may acquire real 
     property and carry out military construction projects for the 
     installations and locations inside the United States, and in 
     the amounts, set forth in the following table:
       

               Defense Agencies: Inside the United States               
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Installation or                  
              Agency                      location            Amount    
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chemical Demilitarization Program.  Aberdeen Proving                    
                                     Ground, Maryland...    $186,350,000
                                    Newport Army Depot,                 
                                     Indiana............    $191,550,000
Defense Logistics Agency..........  Defense Fuel Support                
                                     Point, Fort Sill,                  
                                     Oklahoma...........      $3,500,000
                                    Defense Fuel Support                
                                     Point, Jacksonville                
                                     Annex, Mayport,                    
                                     Florida............     $11,020,000
                                    Defense Fuel Support                
                                     Point,                             
                                     Jacksonville,                      
                                     Florida............     $11,000,000
                                    Defense General                     
                                     Supply Center,                     
                                     Richmond (DLA),                    
                                     Virginia...........     $10,500,000
                                    Defense Fuel Supply                 
                                     Center, Camp                       
                                     Shelby, Mississippi      $5,300,000
                                    Defense Fuel Supply                 
                                     Center, Elmendorf                  
                                     Air Force Base,                    
                                     Alaska.............     $19,500,000
                                    Defense Fuel Supply                 
                                     Center, Pope Air                   
                                     Force Base, North                  
                                     Carolina...........      $4,100,000
                                    Various Locations...      $1,300,000
Defense Medical Facilities Office.  Barksdale Air Force                 
                                     Base, Louisiana....      $3,450,000
                                    Beale Air Force                     
                                     Base, California...      $3,500,000
                                    Carlisle Barracks,                  
                                     Pennsylvania.......      $4,678,000
                                    Cheatham Annex,                     
                                     Virginia...........     $11,300,000
                                    Edwards Air Force                   
                                     Base, California...      $6,000,000
                                    Eglin Air Force                     
                                     Base, Florida......      $9,200,000
                                    Fort Bragg, North                   
                                     Carolina...........      $6,500,000
                                    Fort Hood, Texas....     $14,100,000
                                    Fort Stewart/Hunter                 
                                     Army Air Field,                    
                                     Georgia............     $10,400,000
                                    Grand Forks Air                     
                                     Force Base, North                  
                                     Dakota.............      $5,600,000
                                    Holloman Air Force                  
                                     Base, New Mexico...      $1,300,000
                                    Keesler Air Force                   
                                     Base, Mississippi..        $700,000
                                    Marine Corps Air                    
                                     Station, Camp                      
                                     Pendleton,                         
                                     California.........      $6,300,000
                                    McChord Air Force                   
                                     Base, Washington...     $20,000,000
                                    Moody Air Force                     
                                     Base, Georgia......     $11,000,000
                                    Naval Air Station,                  
                                     Pensacola, Florida.     $25,400,000
                                    Naval Hospital,                     
                                     Bremerton,                         
                                     Washington.........     $28,000,000
                                    Naval Hospital,                     
                                     Great Lakes,                       
                                     Illinois...........      $7,100,000
                                    Naval Station, San                  
                                     Diego, California..      $1,350,000
                                    Naval Submarine                     
                                     Base, Bangor,                      
                                     Washington.........      $5,700,000
                                    Travis Air Force                    
                                     Base, California...      $1,700,000
Defense Education Activity........  Marine Corps Base,                  
                                     Camp LeJeune, North                
                                     Carolina...........     $16,900,000
                                    United States                       
                                     Military Academy,                  
                                     West Point, New                    
                                     York...............      $2,840,000
National Security Agency..........  Fort Meade, Maryland        $668,000
Special Operations Command........  Eglin Auxiliary                     
                                     Field 3, Florida...      $2,210,000
                                    Eglin Auxiliary                     
                                     Field 9, Florida...      $2,400,000
                                    Fort Campbell,                      
                                     Kentucky...........     $15,000,000
                                    MacDill Air Force                   
                                     Base, Florida......      $8,400,000
                                    Mississippi Army                    
                                     Ammunition Plant/                  
                                     Stennis Space                      
                                     Center, Mississippi      $5,500,000
                                    Naval Amphibious                    
                                     Base, Coronado,                    
                                     California.........      $3,600,000
                                                         ---------------
                                      Total:............    $684,916,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       (b) Outside the United States.--Using amounts appropriated 
     pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
     2404(a)(2), the Secretary of Defense may acquire real 
     property and carry out military construction projects for the 
     installations and locations outside the United States, and in 
     the amounts, set forth in the following table:
       

               Defense Agencies: Outside the United States              
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Installation or                  
              Agency                      location            Amount    
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ballistic Missile Defense           Kwajalein Atoll,                    
 Organization.                       Kwajalein..........      $4,600,000
Defense Logistics Agency..........  Lajes Field, Azores,                
                                     Portugal...........      $7,700,000
Defense Medical Facilities Office.  Naval Air Station,                  
                                     Sigonella, Italy...      $5,300,000
                                    Royal Air Force,                    
                                     Lakenheath, United                 
                                     Kingdom............     $10,800,000

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Defense Education Activity........  Fort Buchanan,                      
                                     Puerto Rico........      $8,805,000
                                    Naval Activities,                   
                                     Guam...............     $13,100,000
Special Operations Command........  Naval Station,                      
                                     Roosevelt Roads,                   
                                     Puerto Rico........      $9,600,000
                                                         ---------------
                                      Total:............     $59,905,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

     SEC. 2402. IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING UNITS.

       Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States Code, 
     and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization 
     of appropriation in section 2404(a)(11)(A), the Secretary of 
     Defense may improve existing military family housing units in 
     an amount not to exceed $345,000.

     SEC. 2403. ENERGY CONSERVATION PROJECTS.

       Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of 
     appropriations in section 2404(a)(9), the Secretary of 
     Defense may carry out energy conservation projects under 
     section 2865 of title 10, United States Code.

     SEC. 2404. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, DEFENSE AGENCIES.

       (a) In General.--Funds are hereby authorized to be 
     appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 
     1998, for military construction, land acquisition, and 
     military family housing functions of the Department of 
     Defense (other than the military departments), in the total 
     amount of $2,346,923,000 as follows:
       (1) For military construction projects inside the United 
     States authorized by section 2401(a), $340,866,000.
       (2) For military construction projects outside the United 
     States authorized by section 2401(b), $59,905,000.
       (3) For military construction projects at Portsmouth Naval 
     Hospital, Virginia, hospital replacement, authorized by 
     section 2401(a) of the Military Construction Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (division B of Public Law 
     101-189; 106 Stat. 1640), as amended by section 2406 of this 
     Act, $17,954,000.
       (4) For construction of the Ammunition Demilitarization 
     Facility, Pine Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas, authorized by section 
     2401 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 1995 (division B of Public Law 103-337; 108 Stat. 
     3040), as amended by section 2407 of the Military 
     Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (division 
     B of Public Law 104-106; 110 Stat. 539), section 2408 of the 
     Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 
     (111 Stat. 1982), and section 2405 of this Act, $10,000,000.
       (5) For construction of the Ammunition Demilitarization 
     Facility, Umatilla Army Depot, Oregon, authorized by section 
     2401 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 1995, as amended by section 2407 of the Military 
     Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996, section 
     2408 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 1998, and section 2405 of this Act, $30,950,000.
       (6) For unspecified minor construction projects under 
     section 2805 of title 10, United States Code, $13,394,000.
       (7) For contingency construction projects of the Secretary 
     of Defense under section 2804 of title 10, United States 
     Code, $9,390,000.
       (8) For architectural and engineering services and 
     construction design under section 2807 of title 10, United 
     States Code, $42,566,000.
       (9) For energy conservation projects authorized by section 
     2404, $46,950,000.
       (10) For base closure and realignment activities as 
     authorized by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 
     1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 
     2687 note), $1,730,704,000.
       (11) For military family housing functions:
       (A) For improvement of military family housing and 
     facilities, $345,000.
       (B) For support of military housing (including functions 
     described in section 2833 of title 10, United States Code), 
     $36,899,000 of which not more than $31,139,000 may be 
     obligated or expended for the leasing of military family 
     housing units worldwide.
       (C) For credit to the Department of Defense Family Housing 
     Improvement Fund established by section 2883(a)(1) of title 
     10, United States Code, $7,000,000.
       (b) Limitation of Total Cost of Construction Projects.--
     Notwithstanding the cost variations authorized by section 
     2853 of title 10, United States Code, and any other cost 
     variations authorized by law, the total cost of all projects 
     carried out under section 2401 of this Act may not exceed--
       (1) the total amount authorized to be appropriated under 
     paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a);
       (2) $174,550,000 (the balance of the amount authorized 
     under section 2401(a) of this Act for the construction of a 
     chemical demilitarization facility at Newport Army Depot, 
     Indiana); and
       (3) $169,500,000 (the balance of the amount authorized 
     under section 2401(a) of this Act for the construction of a 
     chemical demilitarization facility at Aberdeen Proving 
     Ground, Maryland).

     SEC. 2405. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN 
                   FISCAL YEAR 1995 PROJECTS.

       The table in section 2401 of the Military Construction 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (division B of Public 
     Law 103-337; 108 Stat. 3040), as amended by section 2407 of 
     the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     1996 (division B of Public Law 104-106; 110 Stat. 539) and 
     section 2408 of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 1998 (division B of Public Law 105-85; 111 
     Stat. 1982), under the agency heading relating to Chemical 
     Weapons and Munitions Destruction, is amended--
       (1) in the item relating to Pine Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas, 
     by striking out $134,000,000'' in the amount column and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``$154,400,000''; and
       (2) in the item relating to Umatilla Army Depot, Oregon, by 
     striking out ``$187,000,000'' in the amount column and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``$193,377,000''.

     SEC. 2406. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FISCAL YEAR 
                   1990 PROJECT.

       The table in section 2401(a) of the Military Construction 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (division B 
     of Public Law 100-189; 103 Stat. 1640) is amended in the item 
     relating to Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Virginia, by striking 
     out ``$330,000,000'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``$351,354,000''.

   TITLE XXV--NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION SECURITY INVESTMENT 
                                PROGRAM

     SEC. 2501. AUTHORIZED NATO CONSTRUCTION AND LAND ACQUISITION 
                   PROJECTS.

       The Secretary of Defense may make contributions for the 
     North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment 
     program as provided in section 2806 of title 10, United 
     States Code, in an amount not to exceed the sum of the amount 
     authorized to be appropriated for this purpose in section 
     2502 and the amount collected from the North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization as a result of construction previously financed 
     by the United States.

     SEC. 2502. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NATO.

       Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
     years beginning after September 30, 1998, for contributions 
     by the Secretary of Defense under section 2806 of title 10, 
     United States Code, for the share of the United States of the 
     cost of projects for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
     Security Investment program authorized by section 2501, in 
     the amount of $159,000,000.

            TITLE XXVI--GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES

     SEC. 2601. AUTHORIZED GUARD AND RESERVE CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 
                   ACQUISITION PROJECTS.

       There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 
     beginning after September 30, 1998, for the costs of 
     acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and 
     construction of facilities for the Guard and Reserve Forces, 
     and for contributions therefor, under chapter 1803 of title 
     10, United States Code (including the cost of acquisition of 
     land for those facilities), the following amounts:
       (1) For the Department of the Army--
       (A) for the Army National Guard of the United States, 
     $122,574,000; and
       (B) for the Army Reserve, $116,109,000.
       (2) For the Department of the Navy, for the Naval and 
     Marine Corps Reserve, $19,371,000.
       (3) For the Department of the Air Force--
       (A) for the Air National Guard of the United States, 
     $161,932,000; and
       (B) for the Air Force Reserve, $23,625,000.

     SEC. 2602. REDUCTION IN FISCAL YEAR 1998 AUTHORIZATION OF 
                   APPROPRIATIONS FOR ARMY RESERVE MILITARY 
                   CONSTRUCTION.

       Section 2601(a)(1)(B) of the Military Construction 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (division B of Public 
     Law 105-85; 111 Stat. 1983) is amended by striking out 
     ``$66,267,000'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``$53,553,000''.

     SEC. 2603. NATIONAL GUARD MILITARY EDUCATIONAL FACILITY, FORT 
                   BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA.

       Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 
     2601(1)(A), $1,000,000 may be available for purposes of 
     Planning and Design of the National Guard Military 
     Educational Facility at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

        TITLE XXVII--EXPIRATION AND EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS

     SEC. 2701. EXPIRATION OF AUTHORIZATIONS AND AMOUNTS REQUIRED 
                   TO BE SPECIFIED BY LAW.

       (a) Expiration of Authorizations After Three Years.--Except 
     as provided in subsection (b), all authorizations contained 
     in titles XXI through XXVI for military construction 
     projects, land acquisition, family housing projects and 
     facilities, and contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization Security Investment program (and authorizations 
     of appropriations therefor) shall expire on the later of--
       (1) October 1, 2001; or
       (2) the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for 
     military construction for fiscal year 2002.
       (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to 
     authorizations for military construction projects, land 
     acquisition, family housing projects and facilities, and 
     contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
     Security Investment program (and authorizations of 
     appropriations therefor), for which appropriated funds have 
     been obligated before the later of--
       (1) October 1, 2001; or
       (2) the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for 
     fiscal year 2002 for military construction projects, land 
     acquisition, family housing projects and facilities, or 
     contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
     Security Investment program.

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     SEC. 2702. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS OF CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 
                   1996 PROJECTS.

       (a) Extensions.--Notwithstanding section 2701 of the 
     Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 
     (division B of Public Law 104-106; 110 Stat. 541), 
     authorizations for the projects set forth in the tables in 
     subsection (b), as provided in sections 2201, 2302, or 2601 
     of that Act, shall remain in effect until October 1, 1999, or 
     the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for 
     military construction for fiscal year 2000, whichever is 
     later.
       (b) Tables.--The tables referred to in subsection (a) are 
     as follows:
       

                                  Navy: Extension of 1996 Project Authorization                                 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  State                      Installation or location              Project              Amount  
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Puerto Rico..............................  Naval Station Roosevelt       Housing Office.............    $710,000
                                            Roads.                                                              
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



                               Air Force: Extension of 1996 Project Authorization                               
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  State                     Installation or location             Project               Amount   
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Texas...................................  Lackland Air Force Base....  Family Housing (67 units)..    $6,200,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



                          Army National Guard: Extension of 1996 Project Authorization                          
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  State                     Installation or location             Project               Amount   
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mississippi.............................  Camp Shelby................  Multipurpose Range Complex     $5,000,000
                                                                        (Phase I).                              
Missouri................................  National Guard Training      Multipurpose Range.........    $2,236,000
                                           Site, Jefferson City.                                                
                                                                         Total:...................    $7,236,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     SEC. 2703. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF FISCAL YEAR 1995 
                   PROJECT.

       (a) Extension.--Notwithstanding section 2701 of the 
     Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 
     (division B of Public Law 103-337; 108 Stat. 3046), the 
     authorization for the project set forth in the table in 
     subsection (b), as provided in section 2201 of that Act and 
     extended by section 2702 of the Military Construction 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (division B of Public 
     Law 105-85; 111 Stat. 1985), shall remain in effect until 
     October 1, 1999, or the date of enactment of an Act 
     authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 
     2000, whichever is later.
       (b) Table.--The table referred to in subsection (a) is as 
     follows:
       

                                  Navy: Extension of 1995 Project Authorization                                 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  State                    Installation or location             Project               Amount    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maryland................................  Indian Head Naval Surface   Denitrification/Acid            $6,400,000
                                           Warfare Center.             Mixing Facility.                         
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     SEC. 2704. AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
                   AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING PROJECTS.

       (a) Additional Army Construction Projects Inside the United 
     States.--In addition to the projects authorized by section 
     2101(a), and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the 
     authorization of appropriations in section 2104(a)(1), as 
     increased by subsection (d), the Secretary of the Army may 
     also acquire real property and carry out military 
     construction projects for the installations and locations 
     inside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in 
     the following table:


                     Army: Inside the United States                     
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Installation or                  
               State                      location            Amount    
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kansas............................  Fort Riley..........     $16,500,000
Kentucky..........................  Fort Campbell.......     $15,500,000
Maryland..........................  Fort Detrick........      $7,100,000
New York..........................  Fort Drum...........      $7,000,000
Texas.............................  Fort Sam Houston....      $5,500,000
Virginia..........................  Fort Eustis.........      $4,650,000
                                    Fort Meyer..........      $6,200,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       (b) Additional Army Construction Project Outside the United 
     States.--In addition to the projects authorized by section 
     2101(b), and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the 
     authorization of appropriations in section 2104(a)(2), as 
     increased by subsection (d), the Secretary of the Army may 
     also acquire real property and carry out the military 
     construction project for the location outside the United 
     States, and in the amount, set forth in the following table:


                     Army: Outside the United States                    
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Installation or                  
              Country                     location            Amount    
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Korea.............................  Camp Casey..........      $8,000,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       (c) Improvement of Army Family Housing at White Sands 
     Missile Range, New Mexico.--In addition to the projects 
     authorized by section 2103, and using amounts appropriated 
     pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
     2104(a)(5)(A), as increased by subsection (d), the Secretary 
     of the Army may also improve existing military family housing 
     units (36 units) at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, in 
     an amount not to exceed $3,650,000.
       (d) Additional Authorizations of Appropriations, Army 
     Military Construction.--(1) The total amount authorized to be 
     appropriated by section 2104(a) is hereby increased by 
     $74,100,000.
       (2) The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 
     2104(a)(1) is hereby increased by $62,450,000.
       (3) The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 
     2104(a)(2) is hereby increased by $8,000,000.
       (4) The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 
     2104(a)(5)(A) is hereby increased by $3,650,000.
       (e) Additional Navy Construction Projects Inside the United 
     States.--In addition to the projects authorized by section 
     2201(a), and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the 
     authorization of appropriations in section 2204(a)(1), as 
     increased by subsection (g), the Secretary of the Navy may 
     also acquire real property and carry out military 
     construction projects for the installations and locations 
     inside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in 
     the following table:


                     Navy: Inside the United States                     
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Installation or                  
               State                      location            Amount    
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Florida...........................  Naval Station,            $3,400,000
                                     Mayport.                           
Maine.............................  Naval Air Station,       $15,220,000
                                     Brunswick.                         
Pennsylvania......................  Naval Inventory           $1,600,000
                                     Control Point,                     
                                     Mechanisburg.                      
                                    Naval Inventory           $1,550,000
                                     Control Point,                     
                                     Philadelphia.                      

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South Carolina....................  Marine Corps Recruit      $8,030,000
                                     Depot, Parris                      
                                     Island.                            
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       (f) Improvement of Navy Family Housing at Whidbey Island 
     Naval Air Station, Washington.--In addition to the projects 
     authorized by section 2203, and using amounts appropriated 
     pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
     2204(a)(5)(A), as increased by subsection (g), the Secretary 
     of the Navy may also improve existing military family housing 
     units (80 units) at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, 
     Washington, in an amount not to exceed $5,800,000.
       (g) Additional Authorizations of Appropriations, Navy 
     Military Construction.--(1) The total amount authorized to be 
     appropriated by section 2204(a) is hereby increased by 
     $35,600,000.
       (2) The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 
     2204(a)(1) is hereby increased by $29,800,000.
       (3) The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 
     2204(a)(5)(A) is hereby increased by $5,800,000.
       (h) Additional Air Force Construction Projects Inside the 
     United States.--In addition to the projects authorized by 
     section 2301(a), and using amounts appropriated pursuant to 
     the authorization of appropriations in section 2304(a)(1), as 
     increased by subsection (k), the Secretary of the Air Force 
     may also acquire real property and carry out military 
     construction projects for the installations and locations 
     inside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in 
     the following table:


                   Air Force: Inside the United States                  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Installation or                  
               State                      location            Amount    
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Colorado..........................  Falcon Air Force          $5,800,000
                                     Station.                           
Georgia...........................  Robins Air Force          $6,000,000
                                     Base.                              
Louisiana.........................  Barksdale Air Force       $9,300,000
                                     Base.                              
North Dakota......................  Grand Forks Air           $8,800,000
                                     Force Base.                        
Ohio..............................  Wright-Patterson Air      $4,600,000
                                     Force Base.                        
Texas.............................  Goodfellow Air Force      $7,300,000
                                     Base.                              
Wyoming...........................  F.E. Warren Air           $3,850,000
                                     Force Base.                        
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       (i) Construction and Acquisition of Air Force Family 
     Housing.--In addition to the projects authorized by section 
     2302(a), and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the 
     authorization of appropriations in section 2304(a)(5)(A), as 
     increased by subsection (k), the Secretary of the Air Force 
     may also construct or acquire family housing units (including 
     land acquisition) at the installation, for the purpose, and 
     in the amount set forth in the following table:


                                            Air Force: Family Housing                                           
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  State                    Installation or location             Purpose               Amount    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Montana.................................  Malmstrom Air Force Base..  62 Units..................     $12,300,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

       (j) Improvement of Air Force Family Housing.--In addition 
     to the projects authorized by section 2303, and using amounts 
     appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
     in section 2304(a)(5)(A), as increased by subsection (k), the 
     Secretary of the Air Force may also improve existing military 
     family housing units as follows:
       (1) Travis Air Force Base, California, 105 units, in an 
     amount not to exceed $10,500,000.
       (2) Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, 68 units, in an amount 
     not to exceed $5,220,000.
       (3) McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, 50 units, in an 
     amount not to exceed $5,800,000.
       (4) Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, 95 
     units, in an amount not to exceed $10,830,000.
       (k) Additional Authorizations of Appropriations, Air Force 
     Military Construction.--(1) The total amount authorized to be 
     appropriated by section 2304(a) is hereby increased by 
     $90,300,000.
       (2) The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 
     2304(a)(1) is hereby increased by $45,650,000.
       (3) The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 
     2304(a)(5)(A) is hereby increased by $44,650,000.

     SEC. 2705. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       Titles XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, and XXVI shall take 
     effect on the later of--
       (1) October 1, 1998; or
       (2) the date of enactment of this Act.

                    TITLE XXVIII--GENERAL PROVISIONS

 Subtitle A--Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing 
                                Changes

     SEC. 2801. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY RELATING TO 
                   ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES AND 
                   CONSTRUCTION DESIGN.

       (a) Covered Projects.--Subsection (a) of section 2807 of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended in the first 
     sentence by striking out ``not otherwise authorized by law.'' 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``without regard to the 
     authority under this chapter utilized in carrying out the 
     projects and without regard to whether the projects are 
     authorized by law.''.
       (b) Increase in Threshold for Notice to Congress.--
     Subsection (b) of that section is amended by striking out 
     ``$300,000'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``$500,000''.
       (c) Availability of Appropriations.--Subsection (d) of that 
     section is amended by striking out ``study, planning, design, 
     architectural, and engineering services'' and inserting in 
     lieu thereof ``architectural and engineering services and 
     construction design''.

     SEC. 2802. EXPANSION OF ARMY OVERSEAS FAMILY HOUSING LEASE 
                   AUTHORITY.

       (a) Alternative Maximum Unit Amounts.--Section 2828(e) of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting, ``, and the Secretary 
     of the Army may lease not more than 500 units of family 
     housing in Italy,'' after ``family housing in Italy'';
       (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs 
     (4) and (5), respectively; and
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
     paragraph (3):
       ``(3) In addition to the 450 units of family housing 
     referred to in paragraph (1) for which the maximum lease 
     amount is $25,000 per unit per year, the Secretary of the 
     Army may lease not more than 800 units of family housing in 
     Korea subject to that maximum lease amount.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Paragraph (4) of that section, 
     as redesignated by subsection (a)(2) of this section, is 
     amended by striking out ``and (2)'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``, (2), and (3)''.

        Subtitle B--Real Property and Facilities Administration

     SEC. 2811. INCREASE IN THRESHOLDS FOR REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 
                   RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS.

       Section 2662 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     striking out ``$200,000'' each place it appears in 
     subsections (a), (b), and (e) and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``$500,000''.

     SEC. 2812. EXCEPTIONS TO REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTION REPORTING 
                   REQUIREMENTS FOR WAR AND CERTAIN EMERGENCY AND 
                   OTHER OPERATIONS.

       (a) Exceptions.--Section 2662 of title 10, United States 
     Code, as amended by section 2811 of this Act, is further 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(g) Exceptions for Transactions for War and Certain 
     Emergency and Other Operations.--(1) The reporting 
     requirement set forth in subsection (a) shall not apply with 
     respect to a real property transaction otherwise covered by 
     that subsection, and the reporting requirement set forth in 
     subsection (e) shall not apply with respect to a real 
     property transaction otherwise covered by that subsection, if 
     such transaction is made as a result of the following:
       ``(A) A declaration of war.
       ``(B) A declaration of a national emergency by the 
     President pursuant to the National Emergencies Act (Public 
     Law 94-412; 50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).
       ``(C) A declaration of an emergency or major disaster 
     pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
     Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
       ``(D) The use of the militia or the armed forces after a 
     proclamation to disperse under section 334 of this title.
       ``(E) A contingency operation.
       ``(2) The reporting requirement set forth in subsection (a) 
     shall not apply with respect to

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     a real property transaction otherwise covered by that 
     subsection if the Secretary concerned determines that--
       ``(A) an event listed in paragraph (1) is imminent; and
       ``(B) the transaction is necessary for purposes of 
     preparation for such event.
       ``(3) Not later than 30 days after entering into a real 
     property transaction covered by paragraph (1) or (2), the 
     Secretary concerned shall submit to the committees named in 
     subsection (a) a report on the transaction. The report shall 
     set forth any facts or information which would otherwise have 
     been submitted in a report on the transaction under 
     subsection (a) or (e), as the case may be, but for the 
     operation of paragraph (1) or (2).''.
       (b) Amendments for Stylistic Uniformity.--That section is 
     further amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``General Notice and 
     Wait Requirements.--'' after ``(a)'';
       (2) in subsection (b), by inserting ``Annual Reports on 
     Certain Minor Transactions.--'' after ``(b)'';
       (3) in subsection (c), by inserting ``Geographic Scope; 
     Excepted Projects.--'' after ``(c)'';
       (4) in subsection (d), by inserting ``Statements of 
     Compliance in Transaction Instruments.--'' after ``(d)'';
       (5) in subsection (e), by inserting ``Notice and Wait 
     Regarding Leases of Space for DoD by GSA.--'' after ``(e)''; 
     and
       (6) in subsection (f), by inserting ``Reports on 
     Transactions Involving Intelligence Components.--'' after 
     ``(f)''.

     SEC. 2813. WAIVER OF APPLICABILITY OF PROPERTY DISPOSAL LAWS 
                   TO LEASES AT INSTALLATIONS TO BE CLOSED OR 
                   REALIGNED UNDER THE BASE CLOSURE LAWS.

       Section 2667(f) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) as 
     paragraphs (3) through (6), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new 
     paragraph (2):
       ``(2) The Secretary of a military department may waive the 
     applicability of a provision of title II of the Federal 
     Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 
     481 et seq.) that is inconsistent with a provision of this 
     subsection if the waiver is required for purposes of a lease 
     of property under this subsection.''.

     SEC. 2814. RESTORATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE LANDS USED BY 
                   ANOTHER FEDERAL AGENCY.

       (a) Restoration as Term of Agreement.--Section 2691 of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new subsection:
       ``(c)(1) As a condition of any lease, permit, license, or 
     other grant of access entered into by the Secretary of a 
     military department with another Federal agency authorizing 
     the agency to use lands under the control of the Secretary, 
     the Secretary may require the agency to agree to remove any 
     improvements and to take any other action necessary in the 
     judgment of the Secretary to restore the land used by the 
     agency to its condition before its use by the agency.
       ``(2) In lieu of performing any removal or restoration work 
     under paragraph (1), a Federal agency may elect, with the 
     consent of the Secretary, to reimburse the Secretary for the 
     costs incurred by the military department in performing such 
     removal and restoration work.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendments.--(1) The heading of such section 
     is amended to read as follows:

     ``Sec. 2691. Restoration of land used by permit or lease''.

       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 159 
     of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the 
     item relating to section 2691 and inserting in lieu thereof 
     the following new item:

``2691. Restoration of land used by permit or lease.''.

                      Subtitle C--Land Conveyances

     SEC. 2821. LAND CONVEYANCE, INDIANA ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT, 
                   CHARLESTOWN, INDIANA.

       (a) Conveyance Authorized.--The Secretary of the Army may 
     convey to the Indiana Army Ammunition Plant Reuse Authority 
     (in this section referred to as the ``Reuse Authority'') all 
     right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a 
     parcel of real property, including improvements thereon, 
     consisting of up to approximately 4660 acres located at the 
     Indiana Army Ammunition Plant, Charlestown, Indiana, for the 
     purpose of developing the parcel as an industrial park to 
     replace all or part of the economic activity lost at the 
     inactivated plant.
       (b) Consideration.--Except as provided in subsection (d), 
     as consideration for the conveyance under subsection (a), the 
     Reuse Authority shall pay to the Secretary an amount equal to 
     the fair market value of the conveyed property as of the time 
     of the conveyance, determined by the Secretary in accordance 
     with Federal appraisal standards and procedures.
       (c) Time for Payment.--The consideration required under 
     subsection (b) shall be paid by the Reuse Authority at the 
     end of the 10-year period beginning on the date on which the 
     conveyance under subsection (a) is completed.
       (d) Effect of Reconveyance or Lease.--(1) If the Reuse 
     Authority reconveys all or any part of the conveyed property 
     during the 10-year period specified in subsection (c), the 
     Reuse Authority shall pay to the United States an amount 
     equal to the fair market value of the reconveyed property as 
     of the time of the reconveyance, excluding the value of any 
     improvements made to the property by the Reuse Authority, 
     determined by the Secretary in accordance with Federal 
     appraisal standards and procedures.
       (2) The Secretary may treat a lease of the property within 
     such 10-year period as a reconveyance if the Secretary 
     determines that the lease is being used to avoid application 
     of paragraph (1).
       (e) Deposit of Proceeds.--The Secretary shall deposit any 
     proceeds received under subsection (b) or (d) in the special 
     account established pursuant to section 204(h)(2) of the 
     Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 
     U.S.C. 485(h)(2)).
       (f) Administrative Expenses.--In connection with the 
     conveyance under subsection (a), the Secretary may accept 
     amounts provided by the Reuse Authority or other persons to 
     cover administrative expenses incurred by the Secretary in 
     making the conveyance. Amounts received under this subsection 
     for administrative expenses shall be credited to the 
     appropriation, fund, or account from which the expenses were 
     paid. Amounts so credited shall be merged with funds in such 
     appropriation, fund, or account and shall be available for 
     the same purposes and subject to the same limitations as the 
     funds with which merged.
       (g) Description of Property.--The property to be conveyed 
     under subsection (a) includes the administrative area of the 
     Indiana Army Ammunition Plant as well as open space in the 
     southern end of the plant. The exact acreage and legal 
     description of the property to be conveyed shall be 
     determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary. The 
     cost of the survey shall be borne by the Reuse Authority.
       (h) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary may 
     require such additional terms and conditions in connection 
     with the conveyance under subsection (a) as the Secretary 
     considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United 
     States.

     SEC. 2822. LAND CONVEYANCE, ARMY RESERVE CENTER, BRIDGTON, 
                   MAINE.

       (a) Conveyance Authorized.--(1) The Secretary of the Army 
     may convey, without consideration, to the Town of Bridgton, 
     Maine (in this section referred to as the ``Town''), all 
     right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a 
     parcel of excess real property, including improvements 
     thereon, consisting of approximately 3.65 acres and located 
     in Bridgton, Maine, the site of the Army Reserve Center, 
     Bridgton, Maine.
       (2) The conveyance is for the public benefit and will 
     facilitate the expansion of the municipal office complex in 
     Bridgton, Maine.
       (b) Reversion.--If the Secretary determines at any time 
     that the real property conveyed under subsection (a) is not 
     being used by the Town for purposes of a municipal office 
     complex, all right, title, and interest in and to the real 
     property, including any improvements thereon, shall revert to 
     the United States, and the United States shall have the right 
     of immediate entry thereon.
       (c) Description of Property.--The exact acreage and legal 
     description of the real property to be conveyed under 
     subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory 
     to the Secretary. The cost of the survey shall be borne by 
     the Town.
       (d) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary may 
     require such additional terms and conditions in connection 
     with the conveyance under subsection (a) as the Secretary 
     considers appropriate to protect the interest of the United 
     States.

     SEC. 2823. LAND CONVEYANCE, VOLUNTEER ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT, 
                   CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.

       (a) Conveyance Authorized.--The Secretary of the Army may 
     convey to Hamilton County, Tennessee (in this section 
     referred to as the ``County''), all right, title, and 
     interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real 
     property, including improvements thereon, consisting of 
     approximately 1033 acres located at the Volunteer Army 
     Ammunition Plant, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the purpose of 
     developing the parcel as an industrial park to replace all or 
     part of the economic activity lost at the inactivated plant.
       (b) Consideration.--Except as provided in subsection (d), 
     as consideration for the conveyance under subsection (a), the 
     County shall pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the fair 
     market value of the conveyed property as of the time of the 
     conveyance, determined by the Secretary in accordance with 
     Federal appraisal standards and procedures.
       (c) Time for Payment.--The consideration required under 
     subsection (b) shall be paid by the County at the end of the 
     10-year period beginning on the date on which the conveyance 
     under subsection (a) is completed.
       (d) Effect of Reconveyance or Lease.--(1) If the County 
     reconveys all or any part of the conveyed property during the 
     10-year period specified in subsection (c), the County shall 
     pay to the United States an amount equal to the fair market 
     value of the reconveyed property as of the time of the 
     reconveyance, excluding the value of any improvements made to 
     the property by the County, determined by the Secretary in 
     accordance with Federal appraisal standards and procedures.
       (2) The Secretary may treat a lease of the property within 
     such 10-year period as a reconveyance if the Secretary 
     determines that

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     the lease is being used to avoid application of paragraph 
     (1).
       (e) Deposit of Proceeds.--The Secretary shall deposit any 
     proceeds received under subsection (b) or (d) in the special 
     account established pursuant to section 204(h)(2) of the 
     Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 
     U.S.C. 485(h)(2)).
       (f) Effect on Existing Leases.--The conveyance of the real 
     property under subsection (a) shall not affect the terms or 
     length of any contract entered into by the Secretary before 
     the date of the enactment of this Act with regard to the 
     property to be conveyed.
       (g) Administrative Expenses.--In connection with the 
     conveyance under subsection (a), the Secretary may accept 
     amounts provided by the County or other persons to cover 
     administrative expenses incurred by the Secretary in making 
     the conveyance. Amounts received under this subsection for 
     administrative expenses shall be credited to the 
     appropriation, fund, or account from which the expenses were 
     paid. Amounts so credited shall be merged with funds in such 
     appropriation, fund, or account and shall be available for 
     the same purposes and subject to the same limitations as the 
     funds with which merged.
       (h) Description of Property.--The exact acreage and legal 
     description of the property to be conveyed under subsection 
     (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the 
     Secretary. The cost of the survey shall be borne by the 
     County.
       (i) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary may 
     require such additional terms and conditions in connection 
     with the conveyance under subsection (a) as the Secretary 
     considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United 
     States.

     SEC. 2824. RELEASE OF INTERESTS IN REAL PROPERTY, FORMER 
                   KENNEBEC ARSENAL, AUGUSTA, MAINE.

       (a) Authority To Release.--The Secretary of the Army may 
     release, without consideration, all right, title, and 
     interest of the United States in and to the real property 
     described in subsection (b).
       (b) Covered Property.--The real property referred to in 
     subsection (a) is the parcel of real property consisting of 
     approximately 40 acres located in Augusta, Maine, and 
     formerly known as the Kennebec Arsenal, which parcel was 
     conveyed by the Secretary of War to the State of Maine under 
     the provisions of the Act entitled ``An Act Authorizing the 
     Secretary of War to convey the Kennebec Arsenal property, 
     situated in Augusta, Maine, to the State of Maine for public 
     purposes'', approved March 3, 1905 (33 Stat. 1270), as 
     amended by section 771 of the Department of Defense 
     Appropriations Act, 1981 (Public Law 96-527; 94 Stat. 3093).
       (c) Instrument of Release.--The Secretary of the Army shall 
     execute and file in the appropriate office a deed of release, 
     amended deed, or other appropriate instrument effectuating 
     the release of interests authorized by this section.

     SEC. 2825. LAND EXCHANGE, NAVAL RESERVE READINESS CENTER, 
                   PORTLAND, MAINE.

       (a) Conveyance Authorized.--(1) The Secretary of the Navy 
     may convey to the Gulf of Maine Aquarium Development 
     Corporation, Portland, Maine (in this section referred to as 
     the ``Corporation''), all right, title, and interest of the 
     United States in and to a parcel of real property, including 
     improvements thereon, consisting of approximately 3.72 acres 
     in Portland, Maine, the site of the Naval Reserve Readiness 
     Center, Portland, Maine.
       (2) As part of the conveyance under paragraph (1), the 
     Secretary shall also convey to the Corporation any interest 
     of the United States in the submerged lands adjacent to the 
     real property conveyed under that paragraph that is 
     appurtenant to the real property conveyed under that 
     paragraph.
       (3) The purpose of the conveyance under this subsection is 
     to facilitate economic development in accordance with the 
     plan of the Corporation for the construction of an aquarium 
     and marine research facility in Portland, Maine.
       (b) Consideration.--(1) As consideration for the conveyance 
     authorized by subsection (a), the Corporation shall provide 
     for such facilities as the Secretary determines appropriate 
     for the Naval Reserve to replace the facilities conveyed 
     under that subsection--
       (A) by--
       (i) conveying to the United States all right, title, and 
     interest in and to a parcel of real property determined by 
     the Secretary to be an appropriate location for such 
     facilities; and
       (ii) designing and constructing such facilities on the 
     parcel of real property conveyed under clause (i); or
       (B) by designing and constructing such facilities on such 
     parcel of real property under the jurisdiction of the 
     Secretary as the Secretary shall specify.
       (2) The Secretary shall select the form of consideration 
     under paragraph (1) for the conveyance under subsection (a).
       (c) Description of Property.--The exact acreage and legal 
     description of the real property to be conveyed under 
     subsection (a)(1), of any interest to be conveyed under 
     subsection (a)(2), and of the real property, if any, to be 
     conveyed under subsection (b)(1)(A)(i), shall be determined 
     by surveys satisfactory to the Secretary. The cost of the 
     surveys shall be borne by the Corporation.
       (d) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary may 
     require such additional terms and conditions in connection 
     with the conveyance under subsection (a) as the Secretary 
     considers appropriate to protect the interest of the United 
     States.

     SEC. 2826. LAND CONVEYANCE, AIR FORCE STATION, LAKE CHARLES, 
                   LOUISIANA.

       (a) Conveyance Authorized.--The Secretary of the Air Force 
     may convey, without consideration, to McNeese State 
     University in Lake Charles, Louisiana (in this section 
     referred to as the ``University''), all right, title, and 
     interest of the United States in and to approximately 4.38 
     acres of real property, including improvements thereon, 
     located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and comprising the Lake 
     Charles Air Force Station.
       (b) Conditions of Conveyance.--The conveyance under 
     subsection (a) shall be subject to the following conditions:
       (1) That the University accept the property subject to such 
     easements or rights of way as the Secretary considers 
     appropriate.
       (2) That the University utilize the property as the site of 
     a research facility.
       (c) Reversion.--If the Secretary determines at any time 
     that the real property conveyed under subsection (a) is not 
     being used in accordance with subsection (b)(2), all right, 
     title, and interest in and to the real property, including 
     any improvements thereon, shall revert to the United States, 
     and the United States shall have the right of immediate entry 
     thereon.
       (d) Description of Property.--The exact acreage and legal 
     description of the real property to be conveyed under 
     subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory 
     to the Secretary. The cost of the survey shall be borne by 
     the University.
       (e) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary may 
     require such additional terms and conditions in connection 
     with the conveyance under subsection (a) as the Secretary 
     considers appropriate to protect the interest of the United 
     States.

     SEC. 2827. EXPANSION OF LAND CONVEYANCE AUTHORITY, EGLIN AIR 
                   FORCE BASE, FLORIDA.

       Section 809(c) of the Military Construction Authorization 
     Act, 1979 (Public Law 95-356; 92 Stat. 587), as amended by 
     section 2826 of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 
     1989 (division B of Public Law 100-456; 102 Stat. 2123), is 
     further amended by striking out ``and a third parcel 
     containing forty-two acres'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``, a third parcel containing forty-two acres, a fourth 
     parcel containing approximately 3.43 acres, and a fifth 
     parcel containing approximately 0.56 acres''.

     SEC. 2828. CONVEYANCE OF WATER RIGHTS AND RELATED INTERESTS, 
                   ROCKY MOUNTAIN ARSENAL, COLORADO, FOR PURPOSES 
                   OF ACQUISITION OF PERPETUAL CONTRACTS FOR 
                   WATER.

       (a) Conveyance Authorized.--Subject to subsection (c), the 
     Secretary of the Army may convey any and all interest of the 
     United States in the water rights and related rights at Rocky 
     Mountain Arsenal, Colorado, described in subsection (b) to 
     the City and County of Denver, Colorado, acting through its 
     Board of Water Commissioners.
       (b) Covered Water Rights and Related Rights.--The water 
     rights and related rights authorized to be conveyed under 
     subsection (a) are the following:
       (1) Any and all interest in 300 acre rights to water from 
     Antero Reservoir as set forth in Antero Reservoir Contract 
     No. 382 dated August 22, 1923, for 160 acre rights; Antero 
     Reservoir Contract No. 383 dated August 22, 1923, for 50 acre 
     rights; Antero Reservoir Contract No. 384 dated October 30, 
     1923, for 40 acre rights; Antero Reservoir Contract No. 387 
     dated March 3, 1923, for 50 acre rights; and Supplemental 
     Contract No. 382-383-384-387 dated July 24, 1932, defining 
     the amount of water to be delivered under the 300 acre rights 
     in the prior contracts as 220 acre feet.
       (2) Any and all interest in the 305 acre rights of water 
     from the High Line Canal, diverted at its headgate on the 
     South Platte River and delivered to the Fitzsimons Army 
     Medical Center and currently subject to cost assessments 
     pursuant to Denver Water Department contract #001990.
       (3) Any and all interest in the 2,603.55 acre rights of 
     water from the High Line Canal, diverted at its headgate on 
     the South Platte River and delivered to the Rocky Mountain 
     Arsenal in Adams County, Colorado, and currently subject to 
     cost assessments by the Denver Water Department, including 
     680 acre rights transferred from Lowry Field to the Rocky 
     Mountain Arsenal by the October 5, 1943, agreement between 
     the City and County of Denver, acting by and through its 
     Board of Water Commissioners, and the United States of 
     America.
       (4) Any and all interest in 4,058.34 acre rights of water 
     not currently subject to cost assessments by the Denver Water 
     Department.
       (5) A new easement for the placement of water lines 
     approximately 50 feet wide inside the Southern boundary of 
     Rocky Mountain Arsenal and across the Reserve Center along 
     the northern side of 56th Avenue.
       (6) A permanent easement for utilities where Denver has an 
     existing temporary easement near the southern and western 
     boundaries of Rocky Mountain Arsenal.
       (c) Consideration.--(1) The Secretary of the Army may make 
     the conveyance under subsection (a) only if the Board of 
     Water Commissioners, on behalf of the City and County of 
     Denver, Colorado--
       (A) enters into a permanent contract with the Secretary of 
     the Army for purposes of ensuring the delivery of nonpotable 
     water and potable water to Rocky Mountain Arsenal; and

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       (B) enters into a permanent contract with the Secretary of 
     the Interior for purposes of ensuring the delivery of 
     nonpotable water and potable water to Rocky Mountain Arsenal 
     National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado.
       (2) Section 2809(e) of title 10, United States Code, shall 
     not operate to limit the term of the contract entered into 
     under paragraph (1)(A).
       (d) Requirement Relating to Conveyance.--The Secretary of 
     the Army may not make the conveyance authorized by subsection 
     (a) until the execution of the proposed agreement provided 
     for under subsection (c) between the City and County of 
     Denver, Colorado, acting through its Board of Water 
     Commissioners, the South Adams County Water and Sanitation 
     District, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and 
     the Army.
       (e) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary of the 
     Army may require such additional terms and conditions in 
     connection with the conveyance under subsection (a) as the 
     Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of 
     the United States.

     SEC. 2829. LAND CONVEYANCE, NAVAL AIR RESERVE CENTER, 
                   MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

       (a) Conveyance Authorized.--The Secretary of the Navy may 
     convey, without any consideration other than the 
     consideration provided for under subsection (c), to the 
     Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission, 
     Minnesota (in this section referred to as the 
     ``Commission''), all right, title, and interest of the United 
     States in and to a parcel of real property, including 
     improvements thereon, consisting of approximately 32 acres 
     located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and comprising the Naval 
     Air Reserve Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The purpose of 
     the conveyance is to facilitate expansion of the Minneapolis-
     St. Paul International Airport.
       (b) Alternative Lease Authority.--(1) The Secretary may, in 
     lieu of the conveyance authorized by subsection (a), elect to 
     lease the property referred to in that subsection to the 
     Commission if the Secretary determines that a lease of the 
     property would better serve the interests of the United 
     States.
       (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term of 
     the lease under this subsection may not exceed 99 years.
       (3) The Secretary may not require any consideration as part 
     of the lease under this subsection other than the 
     consideration provided for under subsection (c).
       (c) Consideration.--As consideration for the conveyance 
     under subsection (a), or the lease under subsection (b), the 
     Commission shall--
       (1) provide for such facilities as the Secretary considers 
     appropriate for the Naval Reserve to replace the facilities 
     conveyed or leased under this section--
       (A) by--
       (i) conveying to the United States, without any 
     consideration other than the consideration provided for under 
     subsection (a), all right, title, and interest in and to a 
     parcel of real property determined by the Secretary to be an 
     appropriate location for such facilities, if the Secretary 
     elects to make the conveyance authorized by subsection (a); 
     or
       (ii) leasing to the United States, for a term of 99 years 
     and without any consideration other than the consideration 
     provided for under subsection (b), a parcel of real property 
     determined by the Secretary to be an appropriate location for 
     such facilities, if the Secretary elects to make the lease 
     authorized by subsection (b); and
       (B) assuming the costs of designing and constructing such 
     facilities on the parcel conveyed or leased under 
     subparagraph (A); and
       (2) assume any reasonable costs incurred by the Secretary 
     in relocating the operations of the Naval Air Reserve Center 
     to the facilities constructed under paragraph (1)(B).
       (d) Requirement Relating to Conveyance.--The Secretary may 
     not make the conveyance authorized by subsection (a), or 
     enter into the lease authorized by subsection (b), until the 
     facilities to be constructed under subsection (c) are 
     available for the relocation of the operations of the Naval 
     Air Reserve Center.
       (e) Agreement Relating to Conveyance.--If the Secretary 
     determines to proceed with the conveyance authorized by 
     subsection (a), or the lease authorized by subsection (b), 
     the Secretary and the Commission shall enter into an 
     agreement specifying the terms and conditions under which the 
     conveyance or lease will occur.
       (f) Description of Property.--The exact acreage and legal 
     description of the real property to be conveyed under 
     subsection (a), or leased under subsection (b), and to be 
     conveyed or leased under subsection (c)(1)(A), shall be 
     determined by surveys satisfactory to the Secretary. The cost 
     of the surveys shall be borne by the Commission.
       (g) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary may 
     require such additional terms and conditions in connection 
     with the conveyance under subsection (a), or the lease under 
     subsection (b), as the Secretary considers appropriate to 
     protect the interests of the United States.

     SEC. 2830. LAND CONVEYANCE, ARMY RESERVE CENTER, PEORIA, 
                   ILLINOIS.

       (a) Conveyance Authorized.--The Secretary of the Army may 
     convey, without consideration, to the Peoria School District 
     #150 of Peoria, Illinois (in this section referred to as the 
     ``School District''), all right, title, and interest of the 
     United States in and to a parcel of real property (including 
     improvements thereon) comprising the location of the Army 
     Reserve Center located at 1429 Northmoor Road in Peoria, 
     Illinois, for the purposes of staff, student and community 
     education and training, additional maintenance and 
     transportation facilities, and for other purposes.
       (b) Description of Property.--The exact acreage and legal 
     description of the real property to be conveyed under 
     subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory 
     to the Secretary. The cost of the survey shall be borne by 
     the School District.
       (c) Reversion.--If the Secretary determines at any time 
     that the real property conveyed under subsection (a) is not 
     being used in accordance with subsection (a), all right, 
     title, and interest in and to the real property, including 
     any improvements thereon, shall revert to the United States, 
     and the United States shall have the right of immediate entry 
     thereon.
       (d) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary may 
     require such additional terms and conditions in connection 
     with the conveyance under subsection (a) as the Secretary 
     considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United 
     States.

     SEC. 2830A. LAND CONVEYANCE, SKANEATELES, NEW YORK.

       (a) Conveyance Authorized.--The Secretary of the Army may 
     convey, without consideration, to the Town of Skaneateles, 
     New York (in this section referred to as the ``Town''), all 
     right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a 
     parcel of real property, together with any improvements 
     thereon, consisting of approximately 147.10 acres in 
     Skaneateles, New York, and commonly known as the ``Federal 
     Farm''. The purpose of the conveyance is to permit the Town 
     to develop the parcel for public benefit, including for 
     recreational purposes.
       (b) Reversion.--If the Secretary determines at any time 
     that the real property conveyed under subsection (a) is not 
     being used by the Town in accordance with that subsection, 
     all right, title, and interest in and to the real property, 
     including any improvements thereon, shall revert to the 
     United States, and the United States shall have the right of 
     immediate entry thereon.
       (c) Description of Property.--The exact acreage and legal 
     description of the real property to be conveyed under 
     subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory 
     to the Secretary. The cost of the survey shall be borne by 
     the Town.
       (d) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary may 
     require such additional terms and conditions in connection 
     with the conveyance under subsection (a) as the Secretary 
     considers appropriate to protect the interest of the United 
     States.

     SEC. 2830B. REAUTHORIZATION OF LAND CONVEYANCE, ARMY RESERVE 
                   CENTER, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.

       (a) Conveyance Authorized.--The Secretary of the Army may 
     convey, without consideration, to the City of Youngstown, 
     Ohio (in this section referred to as the ``City''), all 
     right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a 
     parcel of excess real property, including improvements 
     thereon, that is located at 399 Miller Street in Youngstown, 
     Ohio, and contains the Kefurt Army Reserve Center.
       (b) Condition of Conveyance.--The conveyance authorized 
     under subsection (a) shall be subject to the condition that 
     the City retain the conveyed property for purposes of 
     activities relating to public schools in Youngstown, Ohio.
       (c) Description of Property.--The exact acreage and legal 
     description of the real property to be conveyed under 
     subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory 
     to the Secretary. The cost of the survey shall be borne by 
     the City.
       (d) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary may 
     require such additional terms and conditions in connection 
     with the conveyance under subsection (a) as the Secretary 
     considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United 
     States.
       (e) Repeal of Superseded Authority.--Section 2861 of the 
     Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 
     (division B of Public Law 104-106; 110 Stat. 573) is 
     repealed.

     SEC. 2830C. CONVEYANCE OF UTILITY SYSTEMS, LONE STAR ARMY 
                   AMMUNITION PLANT, TEXAS.

       (a) Conveyance Authorized.--The Secretary of the Army may 
     convey at fair market value all right, title, and interest of 
     the United States in and to any utility system, or part 
     thereof, including any real property associated with such 
     system, at the Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant, Texas, to the 
     redevelopment authority for the Red River Army Depot, Texas, 
     in conjunction with the disposal of property at the Depot 
     under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 
     (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 
     note).
       (b) Construction.--Nothing in subsection (a) may be 
     construed to prohibit or otherwise limit the Secretary from 
     conveying any utility system referred to in that subsection 
     under any other provision of law, including section 2688 of 
     title 10, United States Code.
       (c) Utility System Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``utility system'' has the meaning given that term in section 
     2688(g) of title 10, United States Code.

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     SEC. 2830D. MODIFICATION OF LAND CONVEYANCE AUTHORITY, FINLEY 
                   AIR FORCE STATION, FINLEY, NORTH DAKOTA.

       Section 2835 of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 1995 (division B of Public Law 103-337; 108 
     Stat. 3063) is amended--
       (1) by striking out subsections (a), (b), and (c) and 
     inserting in lieu thereof the following new subsections (a), 
     (b), and (c):
       ``(a) Conveyance Authorized.--(1) The Secretary of the Air 
     Force may convey, without consideration, to the City of 
     Finley, North Dakota (in this section referred to as the 
     `City'), all right, title, and interest of the United States 
     in and to the parcels of real property, including any 
     improvements thereon, in the vicinity of Finley, North 
     Dakota, described in paragraph (2).
       ``(2) The real property referred to in paragraph (1) is the 
     following:
       ``(A) A parcel of approximately 14 acres that served as the 
     support complex of the Finley Air Force Station and Radar 
     Site.
       ``(B) A parcel of approximately 57 acres known as the 
     Finley Air Force Station Complex.
       ``(C) A parcel of approximately 6 acres that includes a 
     well site and wastewater treatment system.
       ``(3) The purpose of the conveyance authorized by paragraph 
     (1) is to encourage and facilitate the economic redevelopment 
     of Finley, North Dakota, following the closure of the Finley 
     Air Force Station and Radar Site.
       ``(b) Reversion.--If the Secretary determines at any time 
     that the real property conveyed under subsection (a) is not 
     being used for purposes of the economic development of 
     Finley, North Dakota, all right, title, and interest in and 
     to the property, including any improvements thereon, shall 
     revert to the United States, and the United States shall have 
     the right of immediate entry thereon.
       ``(c) Abatement.--The Secretary of the Air Force may, prior 
     to conveyance, abate any hazardous substances in the 
     improvements to be conveyed.''.

                       Subtitle D--Other Matters

     SEC. 2831. PURCHASE OF BUILD-TO-LEASE FAMILY HOUSING AT 
                   EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, ALASKA.

       (a) Authority To Purchase.--The Secretary of the Air Force 
     may purchase the entire interest of the developer in the 
     military family housing project at Eielson Air Force Base, 
     Alaska, described in subsection (b) if the Secretary 
     determines that the purchase is in the best economic 
     interests of the Air Force.
       (b) Description of Project.--The military family housing 
     project referred to in this section is the 366-unit military 
     family housing project at Eielson Air Force Base that was 
     constructed by the developer and is being leased by the 
     Secretary under the authority of former subsection (g) of 
     section 2828 of title 10, United States Code (now section 
     2835 of such title), as added by section 801 of the Military 
     Construction Authorization Act, 1984 (Public Law 98-115; 97 
     Stat. 782).
       (c) Purchase Price.--The purchase price to be paid by the 
     Secretary under this section for the interest of the 
     developer in the military family housing project may not 
     exceed an amount equal to the amount of the outstanding 
     indebtedness of the developer to the lender for the project 
     that would have remained at the time of the purchase under 
     this section if the developer had paid down its indebtedness 
     to the lender for the project in accordance with the original 
     debt instruments for the project.
       (d) Time for Purchase.--(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the 
     Secretary may elect to make the purchase authorized by 
     subsection (a) at any time during or after the term of the 
     lease for the military family housing project.
       (2) The Secretary may not make the purchase until 30 days 
     after the date on which the Secretary notifies the 
     congressional defense committees of the Secretary's election 
     to make the purchase under paragraph (1).

     SEC. 2832. BEACH REPLENISHMENT, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

       (a) Project Authorized.--The Secretary of the Navy may, 
     using funds available under subsection (b), carry out beach 
     replenishment in and around San Diego, California. The 
     Secretary may use sand obtained from any location for the 
     replenishment.
       (b) Funding.--Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary 
     shall carry out the beach replenishment authorized by 
     subsection (a) using the following:
       (1) Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of 
     appropriations in section 2204(a)(1) of the Military 
     Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (division 
     B of Public Law 104-201; 110 Stat. 2769) for the project 
     authorized by section 2201(a) of that Act (110 Stat. 2766) at 
     Naval Air Station North Island, California, that remain 
     available for obligation and expenditure on the date of 
     enactment of this Act.
       (2) Amounts contributed to the cost of such project by the 
     State of California and by local governments under the 
     agreement under section 2205 of that Act (110 Stat. 2770).
       (c) Limitation on United States Share of Cost.--The amount 
     utilized by the Secretary under subsection (b)(1) for the 
     beach replenishment authorized by subsection (a) may not 
     exceed $9,630,000.
       (d) Treatment of Contributions.--(1)(A) The Secretary shall 
     credit any contributions that the Secretary receives from the 
     State of California and local governments under the agreement 
     referred to in subsection (b)(2) to the account to which 
     amounts were appropriated pursuant to the authorization of 
     appropriations referred to in subsection (b)(1) for the 
     project referred to in such subsection (b)(1).
       (B) Amounts credited under subparagraph (A) shall be merged 
     with funds in the account to which credited.
       (2) The amount of contributions credited under paragraph 
     (1) may be applied only to costs of beach replenishment under 
     this section that are incurred after the date of enactment of 
     this Act.
       (e) Notice and Wait.--The Secretary may not obligate funds 
     to carry out the beach replenishment authorized by subsection 
     (a) until 30 days after the date on which the Secretary 
     submits to the congressional defense committees a report 
     setting forth the following:
       (1) An explanation why the sand originally proposed to be 
     utilized for the purpose of beach replenishment under the 
     project relating to Naval Air Station North Island authorized 
     in section 2201(a)(1) of the Military Construction 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 could not be utilized 
     for that purpose.
       (2) A comprehensive explanation why the beach replenishment 
     plan at Naval Air Station North Island covered by such 
     project was abandoned.
       (3) A description of any administrative action taken 
     against any agency or individual as a result of the 
     abandonment of the plan.
       (4) A statement of the total amount of funds available 
     under subsection (b) for the beach replenishment authorized 
     by subsection (a).
       (5) A statement of the amount of the contributions of the 
     State of California and local governments under the agreement 
     referred to in subsection (b)(2).
       (6) An estimate of the total cost of the beach 
     replenishment authorized by subsection (a).
       (7) The total amount of financial aid the State of 
     California has received from the Federal Government for the 
     purpose of beach restoration and replenishment during the 10-
     year period ending on the date of enactment of this Act.
       (8) The amount of financial aid the State of California has 
     requested from the Federal Government for the purpose of 
     beach restoration or replenishment as a result of the 1997-
     1998 El Nino event.
       (9) A current analysis that compares the costs and benefits 
     of homeporting the U.S.S. John C. Stennis (CVN-74) at Naval 
     Station North Island with the costs and benefits of 
     homeporting that vessel at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, 
     Hawaii, and the costs and benefits of homeporting that vessel 
     at Naval Station Bremerton, Washington.
       (f) Repeal of Superseded Authority.--Section 2205 of the 
     Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 
     is repealed.

     SEC. 2833. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY RELATING TO DEPARTMENT 
                   OF DEFENSE LABORATORY REVITALIZATION 
                   DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.

       (a) Program Requirements.--Subsection (c) of section 2892 
     of the National Defense Authorization for Fiscal Year 1996 
     (Public Law 104-106; 110 Stat. 590; 10 U.S.C. 2805 note) is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(c) Program Requirements.--(1) Not later than 30 days 
     before commencing the program, the Secretary shall establish 
     procedures for the review and approval of requests from 
     Department of Defense laboratories for construction under the 
     program.
       ``(2) The laboratories at which construction may be carried 
     out under the program may not include Department of Defense 
     laboratories that are contractor-owned.''.
       (b) Report.--Subsection (d) of that section is amended to 
     read as follows:
       ``(d) Report.--Not later than February 1, 2003, the 
     Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the program. 
     The report shall include the Secretary's conclusions and 
     recommendation regarding the desirability of making the 
     authority set forth under subsection (b) permanent.''.
       (c) Extension.--Subsection (g) of that section is amended 
     by striking out ``September 30, 1998'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``September 30, 2003''.

     SEC. 2834. REPORT AND REQUIREMENT RELATING TO ``1 PLUS 1 
                   BARRACKS INITIATIVE''.

       (a) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, in 
     consultation with the Secretaries of the military 
     departments, submit to Congress a report on the costs and 
     benefits of implementing the initiative to build single 
     occupancy barracks rooms with a shared bath, the so-called 
     ``1 plus 1 barracks initiative''.
       (b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) A justification for the initiative referred to in 
     subsection (a), including a description of the manner in 
     which the initiative is designed to assure the retention of 
     first-term enlisted members of the Armed Forces in adequate 
     numbers.
       (2) A description of the experiences of the military 
     departments with the retention of first-term enlisted members 
     of the Armed Forces, including--
       (A) a comparison of such experiences before implementation 
     of the initiative with such experiences after implementation 
     of the initiative; and
       (B) an analysis of the basis for any change in retention 
     rates of such members that has

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     arisen since implementation of the initiative.
       (3) Any information indicating that the lack of single 
     occupancy barracks rooms with a shared bath has been or is 
     the basis of the decision of first-term members of the Armed 
     Forces not to reenlist in the Armed Forces.
       (4) Any information indicating that the lack of such 
     barracks rooms has hampered recruitment for the Armed Forces 
     or that the construction of such barracks rooms would 
     substantially improve recruitment.
       (5) The cost for each Armed Force of implementing the 
     initiative, including the amount of funds obligated or 
     expended on the initiative before the date of enactment of 
     this Act and the amount of funds required to be expended 
     after that date to complete the initiative.
       (6) The views of each of the Chiefs of Staff of the Armed 
     Forces regarding the initiative and regarding any 
     alternatives to the initiative having the potential of 
     assuring the retention of first-term enlisted members of the 
     Armed Forces in adequate numbers.
       (7) A cost-benefit analysis of the initiative.
       (c) Limitation on FY 2000 Funding Request.--The Secretary 
     of Defense may not submit to Congress any request for funding 
     for the so-called ``1 plus 1 barracks initiative'' in fiscal 
     year 2000 unless the Secretary certifies to Congress that 
     further implementation of the initiative is necessary in 
     order to assure the retention of first-term enlisted members 
     of the Armed Forces in adequate numbers.

     SEC. 2835. DEVELOPMENT OF FORD ISLAND, HAWAII.

       Not later than December 1, 1998, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit to the President and the congressional defense 
     committees a report regarding the potential for development 
     of Ford Island within the Pearl Harbor Naval Complex, Oahu, 
     Hawaii through an integrated resourcing plan incorporating 
     both appropriated funds and one or more public-private 
     ventures. This report shall consider innovative resource 
     development measures, including but not limited to, an 
     enhanced-use leasing program similar to that of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs as well as the sale or other 
     disposal of land in Hawaii under the control of the Navy as 
     part of an overall program for Ford Island development. The 
     report shall include proposed legislation for carrying out 
     the measures recommended therein.

     SEC. 2836. REPORT ON LEASING AND OTHER ALTERNATIVE USES OF 
                   NON-EXCESS MILITARY PROPERTY.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The Secretary of Defense, with the support of the 
     chiefs of staff of the Armed Forces, is calling for the 
     closure of additional military installations in the United 
     States as a means of eliminating excess capacity in such 
     installations.
       (2) Excess capacity in Department of Defense installations 
     is a valuable asset, and the utilization of such capacity 
     presents a potential economic benefit for the Department and 
     the Nation.
       (3) The experiences of the Department have demonstrated 
     that the military departments and private businesses can 
     carry out activities at the same military installation 
     simultaneously.
       (4) Section 2667 of title 10, United States Code, 
     authorizes the Secretaries of the military departments to 
     lease, upon terms that promote the national defense or are in 
     the public interest, real property that is--
       (A) under the control of such departments;
       (B) not for the time needed for public use; and
       (C) not excess to the requirements of the United States.
       (b) Report.--Not later than February 1, 1999, the Secretary 
     shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate 
     and the Committee on National Security of the House of 
     Representatives a report setting forth the following:
       (1) The number and purpose of the leases entered into under 
     section 2667 of title 10, United States Code, during the 
     five-year period ending on the date of enactment of this Act.
       (2) The types and amounts of payments received under the 
     leases specified in paragraph (1).
       (3) The costs, if any, foregone as a result of the leases 
     specified in paragraph (1).
       (4) A discussion of the positive and negative aspects of 
     leasing real property and surplus capacity at military 
     installations to the private sector, including the potential 
     impact on force protection.
       (5) A description of the current efforts of the Department 
     of Defense to identify for the private sector any surplus 
     capacity at military installations that could be leased or 
     otherwise used by the private sector.
       (6) A proposal for any legislation that the Secretary 
     considers appropriate to enhance the ability of the 
     Department to utilize surplus capacity in military 
     installations in order to improve military readiness, achieve 
     cost savings with respect to such installations, or decrease 
     the cost of operating such installations.
       (7) An estimate of the amount of income that could accrue 
     to the Department as a result of the enhanced authority 
     proposed under paragraph (6) during the five-year period 
     beginning on the effective date of such enhanced authority.
       (8) A discussion of the extent to which any such income 
     should be reserved for the use of the installations 
     exercising such authority and of the extent to which 
     installations are likely to enter into such leases if they 
     cannot retain such income.

     SEC. 2837. EMERGENCY REPAIRS AND STABILIZATION MEASURES, 
                   FOREST GLEN ANNEX OF WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL 
                   CENTER, MARYLAND.

       Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act, 
     $2,000,000 may be available for the completion of roofing and 
     other emergency repairs and stabilization measures at the 
     historic district of the Forest Glen Annex of Walter Reed 
     Army Medical Center, Maryland, in accordance with the plan 
     submitted under section 2865 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (division B of Public 
     Law 104-201; 110 Stat. 2806).

                       Subtitle E--Base Closures

     SEC. 2851. MODIFICATION OF LIMITATIONS ON GENERAL AUTHORITY 
                   RELATING TO BASE CLOSURES AND REALIGNMENTS.

       (a) Actions Covered by Notice and Wait Procedures.--
     Subsection (a) of section 2687 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by striking out paragraphs (1) and (2) and 
     inserting in lieu thereof the following new paragraphs (1) 
     and (2)--
       ``(1) the closure of any military installation at which at 
     least 225 civilian personnel are authorized to be employed;
       ``(2) any realignment with respect to a military 
     installation referred to in paragraph (1) if such realignment 
     will result in an aggregate reduction in the number of 
     civilian personnel authorized to be employed at such military 
     installation during the fiscal year in which notice of such 
     realignment is submitted to Congress under subsection (b) 
     equal to or greater than--
       ``(A) 750 such civilian personnel; or
       ``(B) the number equal to 40 percent of the total number of 
     civilian personnel authorized to be employed at such military 
     installation at the beginning of such fiscal year; or''.
       (b) Definitions.--Subsection (e) of that section is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``(including a 
     consolidation)'' after ``any action''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) The term `closure' includes any action to inactivate 
     or abandon a military installation or to transfer a military 
     installation to caretaker status.''.

     SEC. 2852. PROHIBITION ON CLOSURE OF A BASE WITHIN FOUR YEARS 
                   AFTER A REALIGNMENT OF THE BASE.

       (a) Prohibition.--(1) Chapter 159 of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2687 the 
     following:

     ``Sec. 2688. Base closures and realignments: closure 
       prohibited within four years after realignment in certain 
       cases

       ``(a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, no action may be taken, and no funds appropriated or 
     otherwise available to the Department of Defense may be 
     obligated or expended, to effect or implement the closure of 
     a military installation within 4 years after the completion 
     of a realignment of the installation that, alone or with 
     other causes, reduced the number of civilian personnel 
     employed at that installation below 225.
       ``(b) Definitions.--In this section, the terms `military 
     installation', `civilian personnel', and `realignment' have 
     the meanings given such terms in section 2687(e) of this 
     title.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
     is amended by inserting after the item related to section 
     2687 the following:

``2688. Base closures and realignments: closure prohibited within four 
              years after realignment in certain cases.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 2687(a) of such title is 
     amended by inserting ``(other than section 2688 of this 
     title)'' after ``Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law''.

     SEC. 2853. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON FURTHER ROUNDS OF BASE 
                   CLOSURES.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate finds that:
       (1) While the Department of Defense has proposed further 
     rounds of base closures, there is no need to authorize in 
     1998 a new base closure commission that would not begin its 
     work until three years from now, in 2001.
       (2) While the Department of Defense has submitted a report 
     to the Congress in response to section 2824 of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998, that report--
       (A) based its estimates of the costs and savings of 
     previous base closure rounds on data that the General 
     Accounting Office has described as ``inconsistent'', 
     ``unreliable'' and ``incomplete'';
       (B) failed to demonstrate that the Defense Department is 
     working effectively to improve its ability to track base 
     closure costs and savings resulting from the 1993 and 1995 
     base closure rounds, which are ongoing;
       (C) modeled the savings to be achieved as a result of 
     further base closure rounds on the 1993 and 1995 rounds, 
     which are as yet incomplete and on which the Department's 
     information is faulty; and
       (D) projected that base closure rounds in 2001 and 2005 
     would not produce substantial savings until 2008, a decade 
     after the Federal Government will have achieved unified 
     budget balance, and 5 years beyond the planning period for 
     the current congressional budget and Future Years Defense 
     Plan.

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       (3) Section 2824 required that the Congressional Budget 
     Office and the General Accounting Office review the Defense 
     Department's report, and--
       (A) the General Accounting Office stated on May 1 that ``we 
     are now conducting our analysis to be able to report any 
     limitations that may exist in the required level of detail. . 
     . . [W]e are awaiting some supporting documentation from the 
     military services to help us finish assessing the report's 
     information.'';
       (B) the Congressional Budget Office stated on May 1 that 
     its review is ongoing, and that ``it is important that CBO 
     take the time necessary to provide a thoughtful and accurate 
     evaluation of DOD's report, rather than issue a preliminary 
     and potentially inaccurate assessment.''.
       (4) The Congressional Budget Office recommended that ``The 
     Congress could consider authorizing an additional round of 
     base closures if the Department of Defense believes that 
     there is a surplus of military capacity after all rounds of 
     BRAC have been carried out. That consideration, however, 
     should follow an interval during which DOD and independent 
     analysts examine the actual impact of the measures that have 
     been taken thus far.''.
       (b) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that--
       (1) Congress should not authorize further rounds of base 
     closures and realignments until all actions authorized by the 
     Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 are 
     completed; and
       (2) the Department of Defense should submit forthwith to 
     the Congress the report required by section 2815 of Public 
     Law 103-337, analyzing the effects of base closures and 
     realignments on the ability of the Armed Forces to 
     remobilize, describing the military construction projects 
     needed to facilitate such remobilization, and discussing the 
     assets, such as air space, that would be difficult to 
     reacquire in the event of such remobilization.

               TITLE XXIX--JUNIPER BUTTE RANGE WITHDRAWAL

     SEC. 2901. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Juniper Butte Range 
     Withdrawal Act''.

     SEC. 2902. WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION.

       (a) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights and 
     except as otherwise provided in this title, the lands at the 
     Juniper Butte Range, Idaho, referred to in subsection (c), 
     are withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the 
     public land laws, including the mining laws and the mineral 
     and geothermal leasing laws, but not the Materials Act of 
     1947 (30 U.S.C. 601-604).
       (b) Reserved Uses.--The lands withdrawn under subsection 
     (a) are reserved for use by the Secretary of the Air Force 
     for--
       (1) a high hazard training area;
       (2) dropping non-explosive training ordnance with spotting 
     charges;
       (3) electronic warfare and tactical maneuvering and air 
     support; and
       (4) other defense-related purposes consistent with the 
     purposes specified in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), including 
     continued natural resource management and environmental 
     remediation in accordance with section 2916.
       (c) Site Development Plans.--Site development plans shall 
     be prepared prior to construction; site development plans 
     shall be incorporated in the Integrated Natural Resource 
     Management Plan identified in section 2909; and, except for 
     any minimal improvements, development on the withdrawn lands 
     of any facilities beyond those proposed and analyzed in the 
     Air Force's Enhanced Training in Idaho Environmental Impact 
     Statement, the Enhanced Training in Idaho Record of Decision 
     dated March 10, 1998, and the site development plans shall be 
     contingent upon review and approval of the Idaho State 
     Director, Bureau of Land Management.
       (d) General Description.--The public lands withdrawn and 
     reserved by this section comprise approximately 11,300 acres 
     of public land in Owhyee County, Idaho, as generally depicted 
     on the map entitled ``Juniper Butte Range Withdrawal--
     Proposed'', dated June 1998, that will be filed in accordance 
     with section 2903. The withdrawal is for an approximately 
     10,600-acre tactical training range, a 640-acre no-drop 
     target site, four 5-acre no-drop target sites and nine 1-acre 
     electronic threat emitter sites.

     SEC. 2903. MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.

       (a) In General.--As soon as practicable after the effective 
     date of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall--
       (1) publish in the Federal Register a notice containing the 
     legal description of the lands withdrawn and reserved by this 
     title; and
       (2) file a map or maps and the legal description of the 
     lands withdrawn and reserved by this title with the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and with the 
     Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives.
       (b) Incorporation by Reference.--Such maps and legal 
     description shall have the same force and effect as if 
     included in this title.
       (c) Correction of Errors.--The Secretary of the Interior 
     may correct clerical and typographical errors in such map or 
     maps and legal description.
       (d) Availability.--Copies of such map or maps and the legal 
     description shall be available for public inspection in the 
     office of the Idaho State Director of the Bureau of Land 
     Management; the offices of the managers of the Lower Snake 
     River District, Bureau Field Office and Jarbidge Field Office 
     of the Bureau of Land Management; and the Office of the 
     Commander, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. To the extent 
     practicable, the Secretary of the Interior shall adopt the 
     legal description and maps prepared by the Secretary of the 
     Air Force in support of this title.
       (e) The Secretary of the Air Force shall reimburse the 
     Secretary of the Interior for the costs incurred by the 
     Department of the Interior in implementing this section.

     SEC. 2904. AGENCY AGREEMENT

       The Bureau of Land Management and the Air Force have agreed 
     upon additional mitigation measures associated with this land 
     withdrawal as specified in the ``ENHANCED TRAINING IN IDAHO 
     Memorandum of Understanding Between The Bureau of Land 
     Management and The United States Air Force'' that is dated 
     June 11, 1998. This agreement specifies that these mitigation 
     measures will be adopted as part of the Air Force's Record of 
     Decision for Enhanced Training in Idaho. Congress endorses 
     this collaborative effort between the agencies and directs 
     that the agreement be implemented: Provided, however, That 
     the parties may, in accordance with the National 
     Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, mutually agree 
     to modify the mitigation measures specified in the agreement 
     in light of experience gained through the actions called for 
     in the agreement or as a result of changed military 
     circumstances: Provided further, That neither the agreement, 
     any modification thereof, nor this section creates any right, 
     benefit, or trust responsibility, substantive or procedural, 
     enforceable at law or equity by a party against the United 
     States, its agencies, its officers, or any person.

     SEC. 2905. RIGHT-OF-WAY GRANTS.

       In addition to the withdrawal under section 2902 and in 
     accordance with all applicable laws, the Secretary of the 
     Interior shall process and grant the Secretary of the Air 
     Force rights-of-way using the Department of the Interior 
     regulations and policies in effect at the time of filing 
     applications for the one-quarter acre electronic warfare 
     threat emitter sites, roads, powerlines, and other ancillary 
     facilities as described and analyzed in the Enhanced Training 
     in Idaho Final Environmental Impact Statement, dated January 
     1998.

     SEC. 2906. INDIAN SACRED SITES.

       (a) Management.--In the management of the Federal lands 
     withdrawn and reserved by this title, the Air Force shall, to 
     the extent practicable and not clearly inconsistent with 
     essential agency functions, (1) accommodate access to and 
     ceremonial use of Indian sacred sites by Indian religious 
     practitioners and (2) avoid adversely affecting the integrity 
     of such sacred sites. The Air Force shall maintain the 
     confidentiality of such sites where appropriate. The term 
     ``sacred site'' shall mean any specific, discrete, narrowly 
     delineated location on Federal land that is identified by an 
     Indian tribe, or Indian individual determined to be an 
     appropriately authoritative representative of an Indian 
     religion, as sacred by virtue of its established religious 
     significance to, or ceremonial use by, an Indian religion: 
     Provided, That the tribe or appropriately authoritative 
     representative of an Indian religion has informed the Air 
     Force of the existence of such a site. The term ``Indian 
     tribe'' means an Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, 
     pueblo, village, or community that the Secretary of the 
     Interior acknowledges to exist as an Indian tribe pursuant to 
     Public Law 103-454 (108 Stat. 4791), and ``Indian'' refers to 
     a member of such an Indian tribe.
       (b) Consultation.--Air Force officials at Mountain Home Air 
     Force Base shall regularly consult with the Tribal Chairman 
     of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation 
     to assure that tribal government rights and concerns are 
     fully considered during the development of the Juniper Butte 
     Range.

     SEC. 2907. ACTIONS CONCERNING RANCHING OPERATIONS IN 
                   WITHDRAWN AREA.

       The Secretary of the Air Force is authorized and directed 
     to, upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the 
     Air Force considers just and in the national interest, 
     conclude and implement agreements with the grazing permittees 
     to provide appropriate consideration, including future 
     grazing arrangements. Upon the conclusion of these 
     agreements, the Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals 
     Management, shall grant rights-of-way and approvals and take 
     such actions as are necessary to implement promptly this 
     title and the agreements with the grazing permittees. The 
     Secretary of the Air Force and the Secretary of the Interior 
     shall allow the grazing permittees for lands withdrawn and 
     reserved by this title to continue their activities on the 
     lands in accordance with the permits and their applicable 
     regulations until the Secretary of the Air Force has fully 
     implemented the agreement with the grazing permittees under 
     this section. Upon the implementation of these agreements, 
     the Bureau of Land Management is authorized and directed, 
     subject to the limitations included in this section, to 
     terminate grazing on the lands withdrawn.

     SEC. 2908. MANAGEMENT OF WITHDRAWN AND RESERVED LANDS.

       (a) In General.--Except as provided in section 2916(d), 
     during the withdrawal and reservation of any lands under this 
     title, the Secretary of the Air Force shall manage such lands 
     for purposes relating to the uses set forth in section 
     2902(b).
       (b) Management According To Plan.--The lands withdrawn and 
     reserved by this title

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     shall be managed in accordance with the provisions of this 
     title under the integrated natural resources management plan 
     prepared under section 2909.
       (c) Authority To Close Land.--If the Secretary of the Air 
     Force determines that military operations, public safety, or 
     the interests of national security require the closure to 
     public use of any road, trail or other portion of the lands 
     withdrawn by this title that are commonly in public use, the 
     Secretary of the Air Force may take such action: Provided, 
     That such closures shall be limited to the minimum areas and 
     periods required for the purposes specified in this 
     subsection. During closures, the Secretary of the Air Force 
     shall keep appropriate warning notices posted and take 
     appropriate steps to notify the public about the closure.
       (d) Lease Authority.--The Secretary of the Air Force may 
     enter into leases for State lands with the State of Idaho in 
     support of the Juniper Butte Range and operations at the 
     Juniper Butte Range.
       (e) Prevention and Suppression of Fire.--
       (1) The Secretary of the Air Force shall take appropriate 
     precautions to prevent and suppress brush fires and range 
     fires that occur within the boundaries of the Juniper Butte 
     Range, as well as brush and range fires occurring outside the 
     boundaries of the Range resulting from military activities.
       (2) Notwithstanding section 2465 of title 10, United States 
     Code, the Secretary of the Air Force may obligate funds 
     appropriated or otherwise available to the Secretary of the 
     Air Force to enter into contracts for fire-fighting.
       (3)(A) The memorandum of understanding under section 2910 
     shall provide for the Bureau of Land Management to assist the 
     Secretary of the Air Force in the suppression of the fires 
     described in paragraph (1).
       (B) The memorandum of understanding shall provide that the 
     Secretary of the Air Force reimburse the Bureau of Land 
     Management for any costs incurred by the Bureau of Land 
     Management under this paragraph.
       (f) Use of Mineral Materials.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of this title or the Act of July 31, 1947 (commonly 
     known as the ``Materials Act of 1947'') (30 U.S.C. 601 et 
     seq.), the Secretary of the Air Force may use, from the lands 
     withdrawn and reserved by this title, sand, gravel, or 
     similar mineral material resources of the type subject to 
     disposition under the Act of July 31, 1947, when the use of 
     such resources is required for construction needs of the 
     Juniper Butte Range.

     SEC. 2909. INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN.

       (a) Requirement.--
       (1) Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of 
     this title, the Secretary of the Air Force shall, in 
     cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior, the State of 
     Idaho and Owyhee County, develop an integrated natural 
     resources management plan to address the management of the 
     resources of the lands withdrawn and reserved by this title 
     during their withdrawal and reservation under this title. 
     Additionally, the Integrated Natural Resource Management Plan 
     will address mitigation and monitoring activities by the Air 
     Force for State and Federal lands affected by military 
     training activities associated with the Juniper Butte Range. 
     The foregoing will be done cooperatively between the Air 
     Force and the Bureau of Land Management, the State of Idaho 
     and Owyhee County.
       (2) Except as otherwise provided under this title, the 
     integrated natural resources management plan under this 
     section shall be developed in accordance with, and meet the 
     requirements of, section 101 of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 
     670a).
       (3) Site development plans shall be prepared prior to 
     construction of facilities. These plans shall be reviewed by 
     the Bureau of Land Management for Federal lands and the State 
     of Idaho for State lands for consistency with the proposal 
     assessed in the Enhanced Training in Idaho Environmental 
     Impact Statement. The portion of the site development plans 
     describing reconfigurable or replacement targets may be 
     conceptual.
       (b) Elements.--The integrated natural resources management 
     plan under subsection (a) shall--
       (1) include provisions for the proper management and 
     protection of the natural, cultural, and other resources and 
     values of the lands withdrawn and reserved by this title and 
     for the use of such resources in a manner consistent with the 
     uses set forth in section 2902(b);
       (2) permit livestock grazing at the discretion of the 
     Secretary of the Air Force in accordance with section 2907 or 
     any other authorities relating to livestock grazing that are 
     available to that Secretary;
       (3) permit fencing, water pipeline modifications and 
     extensions, and the construction of aboveground water 
     reservoirs, and the maintenance and repair of these items on 
     the lands withdrawn and reserved by this title, and on other 
     lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land 
     Management; and
       (4) otherwise provide for the management by the Secretary 
     of the Air Force of any lands withdrawn and reserved by this 
     title while retained under the jurisdiction of that Secretary 
     under this title.
       (c) Periodic Review.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall, 
     in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior and the 
     State of Idaho, review the adequacy of the provisions of the 
     integrated natural resources management plan developed under 
     this section at least once every 5 years after the effective 
     date of the plan.

     SEC. 2910. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

       (a) Requirement.--The Secretary of the Air Force, the 
     Secretary of the Interior, and the Governor of the State of 
     Idaho shall jointly enter into a memorandum of understanding 
     to implement the integrated natural resources management plan 
     required under section 2909.
       (b) Term.--The memorandum of understanding under subsection 
     (a) shall apply to any lands withdrawn and reserved by this 
     title until their relinquishment by the Secretary of the Air 
     Force under this title.
       (c) Modification.--The memorandum of understanding under 
     subsection (a) may be modified by agreement of all the 
     parties specified in that subsection.

     SEC. 2911. MAINTENANCE OF ROADS.

       The Secretary of the Air Force shall enter into agreements 
     with the Owyhee County Highway District, Idaho, and the Three 
     Creek Good Roads Highway District, Idaho, under which the 
     Secretary of the Air Force shall pay the costs of road 
     maintenance incurred by such districts that are attributable 
     to Air Force operations associated with the Juniper Butte 
     Range.

     SEC. 2912. MANAGEMENT OF WITHDRAWN AND ACQUIRED MINERAL 
                   RESOURCES.

       Except as provided in subsection 2908(f), the Secretary of 
     the Interior shall manage all withdrawn and acquired mineral 
     resources within the boundaries of the Juniper Butte Range in 
     accordance with the Act of February 28, 1958 (known as the 
     Engle Act; 43 U.S.C. 155-158).

     SEC. 2913. HUNTING, FISHING, AND TRAPPING.

       All hunting, fishing, and trapping on the lands withdrawn 
     and reserved by this title shall be conducted in accordance 
     with the provision of section 2671 of title 10, United States 
     Code.

     SEC. 2914. WATER RIGHTS.

       (a) Limitation.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall not 
     seek or obtain any water rights associated with any water 
     pipeline modified or extended, or aboveground water reservoir 
     constructed, for purposes of consideration under section 
     2907.
       (b) New Rights.--
       (1) Nothing in this title shall be construed to establish a 
     reservation in favor of the United States with respect to any 
     water or water right on the lands withdrawn and reserved by 
     this title.
       (2) Nothing in this title shall be construed to authorize 
     the appropriation of water on the lands withdrawn and 
     reserved by this title by the United States after the date of 
     enactment of this title unless such appropriation is carried 
     out in accordance with the laws of the State of Idaho.
       (c) Applicability.--This section may not be construed to 
     affect any water rights acquired by the United States before 
     the date of enactment of this title.

     SEC. 2915. DURATION OF WITHDRAWAL.

       (a) Termination.--
       (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section and 
     section 2916, the withdrawal and reservation of lands by this 
     title shall, unless extended as provided herein, terminate at 
     one minute before midnight on the 25th anniversary of the 
     date of the enactment of this title.
       (2) At the time of termination, the previously withdrawn 
     lands shall not be open to the general land laws including 
     the mining laws and the mineral and geothermal leasing laws 
     until the Secretary of the Interior publishes in the Federal 
     Register an appropriate order which shall state the date upon 
     which such lands shall be opened.
       (b) Relinquishment.--
       (1) If the Secretary of the Air Force determines under 
     subsection (c) of this section that the Air Force has no 
     continuing military need for any lands withdrawn and reserved 
     by this title, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to 
     the Secretary of the Interior a notice of intent to 
     relinquish jurisdiction over such lands back to the Secretary 
     of the Interior.
       (2) The Secretary of the Interior may accept jurisdiction 
     over any lands covered by a notice of intent to relinquish 
     jurisdiction under paragraph (1) if the Secretary of the 
     Interior determines that the Secretary of the Air Force has 
     completed the environmental review required under section 
     2916(a) and the conditions under section 2916(c) have been 
     met.
       (3) If the Secretary of the Interior decides to accept 
     jurisdiction over lands under paragraph (2) before the date 
     of termination, as provided for in subsection (a)(1) of this 
     section, the Secretary of the Interior shall publish in the 
     Federal Register an appropriate order which shall--
       (A) revoke the withdrawal and reservation of such lands 
     under this title;
       (B) constitute official acceptance of administrative 
     jurisdiction over the lands by the Secretary of the Interior; 
     and
       (C) state the date upon which such lands shall be opened to 
     the operation of the general land laws, including the mining 
     laws and the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, if 
     appropriate.
       (4) The Secretary of the Interior shall manage any lands 
     relinquished under this subsection as multiple use status 
     lands.
       (5) If the Secretary of the Interior declines pursuant to 
     paragraph (b)(2) of this section to accept jurisdiction of 
     any parcel of the land proposed for relinquishment, that 
     parcel shall remain under the continued administration of the 
     Secretary of the Air Force pursuant to section 2916(d).

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       (c) Extension.--
       (1) In general.--In the case of any lands withdrawn and 
     reserved by this title that the Air Force proposes to include 
     in a notice of extension because of continued military need 
     under paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Secretary of the 
     Air Force shall prior to issuing the notice under paragraph 
     (2)--
       (A) evaluate the environmental effects of the extension of 
     the withdrawal and reservation of such lands in accordance 
     with all applicable laws and regulations; and
       (B) hold at least one public meeting in the State of Idaho 
     regarding that evaluation.
       (2) Notice of need for extension of withdrawal.--
       (A) Not later than 2 years before the termination of the 
     withdrawal and reservation of lands by this title under 
     subsection (a), the Secretary of the Air Force shall notify 
     Congress and the Secretary of the Interior as to whether or 
     not the Air Force has a continuing military need for any of 
     the lands withdrawn and reserved by this title, and not 
     previously relinquished under this section, after the 
     termination date as specified in subsection (a) of this 
     section.
       (B) The Secretary of the Air force shall specify in the 
     notice under subparagraph (A) the duration of any extension 
     or further extension of withdrawal and reservation of such 
     lands under this title: Provided however, That the duration 
     of each extension or further extension shall not exceed 25 
     years.
       (C) The notice under subparagraph (A) shall be published in 
     the Federal Register and a newspaper of local distribution 
     with the opportunity for comments, within a 60-day period, 
     which shall be provided to the Secretary of the Air Force and 
     the Secretary of the Interior.
       (3) Effect of notification.--
       (A) Subject to subparagraph (B), in the case of any lands 
     withdrawn and reserved by this title that are covered by a 
     notice of extension under subsection (c)(2), the withdrawal 
     and reservation of such lands shall extend under the 
     provisions of this title after the termination date otherwise 
     provided for under subsection (a) for such period as is 
     specified in the notice under subsection (c)(2).
       (B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to any 
     lands covered by a notice referred to in that paragraph until 
     90 legislative days after the date on which the notice with 
     respect to such lands is submitted to Congress under 
     paragraph (2).

     SEC. 2916. ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION OF RELINQUISHED 
                   WITHDRAWN LANDS OR UPON TERMINATION OF 
                   WITHDRAWAL.

       (a) Environmental Review.--
       (1) Before submitting under section 2915 a notice of an 
     intent to relinquish jurisdiction over lands withdrawn and 
     reserved by this title, and in all cases not later than 2 
     years prior to the date of termination of withdrawal and 
     reservation, the Secretary of the Air Force shall, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, complete a 
     review that fully characterizes the environmental conditions 
     of such lands (including any water and air associated with 
     such lands) in order to identify any contamination on such 
     lands.
       (2) The Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the 
     Secretary of the Interior a copy of the review prepared with 
     respect to any lands under paragraph (1). The Secretary of 
     the Air Force shall also submit at the same time any notice 
     of intent to relinquish jurisdiction over such lands under 
     section 2915.
       (3) The Secretary of the Air Force shall submit a copy of 
     any such review to Congress.
       (b) Environmental Remediation of Lands.--The Secretary of 
     the Air Force shall, in accordance with applicable State and 
     Federal law, carry out and complete environmental 
     remediation--
       (1) before relinquishing jurisdiction to the Secretary of 
     the Interior over any lands identified in a notice of intent 
     to relinquish under subsection 2915(b); or
       (2) prior to the date of termination of the withdrawal and 
     reservation, except as provided under subsection (d) of this 
     section.
       (c) Postponement of Relinquishment.--The Secretary of the 
     Interior shall not accept jurisdiction over any lands that 
     are the subject of activities under subsection (b) of this 
     section until the Secretary of the Interior determines that 
     environmental conditions on the lands are such that--
       (1) all necessary environmental remediation has been 
     completed by the Secretary of the Air Force;
       (2) the lands are safe for nonmilitary uses; and
       (3) the lands could be opened consistent with the Secretary 
     of the Interior's public land management responsibilities.
       (d) Jurisdiction When Withdrawal Terminates.--If the 
     determination required by section (c) cannot be achieved for 
     any parcel of land subject to the withdrawal and reservation 
     prior to the termination date of the withdrawal and 
     reservation, the Secretary of the Air Force shall retain 
     administrative jurisdiction over such parcels of land 
     notwithstanding the termination date for the limited purposes 
     of--
       (1) environmental remediation activities under subsection 
     (b); and,
       (2) any activities relating to the management of such lands 
     after the termination of the withdrawal reservation for 
     military purposes that are provided for in the integrated 
     natural resources management plan under section 2909.
       (e) Request for Appropriations.--The Secretary of the Air 
     Force shall request an appropriation pursuant to section 2919 
     sufficient to accomplish the remediation under this title.

     SEC. 2917. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.

       (a) Air Force Functions.--Except for executing the 
     agreement referred to in section 2907, the Secretary of the 
     Air Force may delegate that Secretary's functions under this 
     title.
       (b) Interior Functions.--
       (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary of 
     the Interior may delegate that Secretary's functions under 
     this title.
       (2) The order referred to in section 2915(b)(3) may be 
     approved and signed only by the Secretary of the Interior, 
     the Deputy Secretary of the Interior, or an Assistant 
     Secretary of the Interior.
       (3) The approvals granted by the Bureau of Land Management 
     shall be pursuant to the decisions of the Secretary of the 
     Interior, or the Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals 
     Management.

     SEC. 2918. SENSE OF SENATE REGARDING MONITORING OF WITHDRAWN 
                   LANDS.

       (a) Finding.--The Senate finds that there is a need for the 
     Department of the Air Force, the Bureau of Land Management, 
     the State of Idaho, and Owyhee County to develop a 
     cooperative effort to monitor the impact of military 
     activities on the natural, cultural, and other resources and 
     values of the lands withdrawn and reserved by this title as 
     well as other Federal and State lands affected by military 
     activities associated with the Juniper Butte Range.
       (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that 
     the Secretary of the Air Force should ensure that the 
     budgetary planning of the Department of the Air Force makes 
     available sufficient funds to assure Air Force participation 
     in the cooperative effort developed by the Department of the 
     Air Force, the Bureau of Land Management, and the State of 
     Idaho to monitor the impact of military activities on the 
     natural, cultural, and other resources and values of the 
     lands withdrawn and reserved by this title as well as other 
     Federal and State lands affected by military activities 
     associated with the Juniper Butte Range.

     SEC. 2919. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
     necessary to carry out this title.

               DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL

            SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS

      TITLE XXXI--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS

         Subtitle A--National Security Programs Authorizations

     SEC. 3101. WEAPONS ACTIVITIES.

       (a) In General.--Funds are hereby authorized to be 
     appropriated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 1999 
     for weapons activities in carrying out programs necessary for 
     national security in the amount of $4,519,700,000, to be 
     allocated as follows:
       (1) Stockpile stewardship.--Funds are hereby authorized to 
     be appropriated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 
     1999 for stockpile stewardship in carrying out weapons 
     activities necessary for national security programs in the 
     amount of $2,123,375,000, to be allocated as follows:
       (A) For core stockpile stewardship, $1,556,375,000, to be 
     allocated as follows:
       (i) For operation and maintenance, $1,440,832,000.
       (ii) For plant projects (including maintenance, 
     restoration, planning, construction, acquisition, 
     modification of facilities, and the continuation of projects 
     authorized in prior years, and land acquisition related 
     thereto), $115,543,000, to be allocated as follows:

       Project 99-D-102, rehabilitation of maintenance facility, 
     Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, 
     California, $6,500,000.
       Project 99-D-103, isotope sciences facilities, Lawrence 
     Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, 
     $4,000,000.
       Project 99-D-104, protection of real property (roof 
     replacement-Phase II), Lawrence Livermore National 
     Laboratory, Livermore, California, $7,300,000.
       Project 99-D-105, central health physics calibration 
     facility, TA-36, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, 
     New Mexico, $3,900,000.
       Project 99-D-106, model validation and system certification 
     test center, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New 
     Mexico, $1,600,000.
       Project 99-D-107, Joint Computational Engineering 
     Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New 
     Mexico, $1,800,000.
       Project 99-D-108, renovate existing roadways, Nevada Test 
     Site, Nevada, $2,000,000.
       Project 97-D-102, dual-axis radiographic hydrotest facility 
     (DARHT), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New 
     Mexico, $36,000,000.
       Project 96-D-102, stockpile stewardship facilities 
     revitalization, Phase VI, various locations, $20,423,000.
       Project 96-D-103, ATLAS, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 
     Los Alamos, New Mexico, $6,400,000.
       Project 96-D-104, processing and environmental technology 
     laboratory (PETL), Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, 
     New Mexico, $18,920,000.

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       Project 96-D-105, contained firing facility (CFF) addition, 
     Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, 
     California, $6,700,000.

       (B) For inertial fusion, $498,000,000, to be allocated as 
     follows:
       (i) For operation and maintenance, $213,800,000.
       (ii) For the following plant project (including 
     maintenance, restoration, planning, construction, 
     acquisition, and modification of facilities, and land 
     acquisition related thereto), $284,200,000, to be allocated 
     as follows:

       Project 96-D-111, national ignition facility (NIF), 
     Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, 
     California, $284,200,000.

       (C) For technology partnerships and education, $69,000,000, 
     to be allocated as follows:
       (i) For technology partnerships, $60,000,000.
       (ii) For education, $9,000,000.
       (2) Stockpile management.--Funds are hereby authorized to 
     be appropriated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 
     1999 for stockpile management in carrying out weapons 
     activities necessary for national security programs in the 
     amount of $2,140,825,000, to be allocated as follows:
       (A) For operation and maintenance, $2,040,803,000.
       (B) For plant projects (including maintenance, restoration, 
     planning, construction, acquisition, modification of 
     facilities, and the continuation of projects authorized in 
     prior years, and land acquisition related thereto), 
     $100,022,000, to be allocated as follows:
       Project 99-D-122, rapid reactivation, various locations, 
     $11,200,000.
       Project 99-D-123, replace mechanical utility systems, Y-12 
     Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $1,900,000.
       Project 99-D-125, replace boilers and controls, Kansas City 
     Plant, Kansas City, Missouri, $1,000,000.
       Project 99-D-127, stockpile management restructuring 
     initiative, Kansas City Plant, Kansas City, Missouri, 
     $13,700,000.
       Project 99-D-128, stockpile management restructuring 
     initiative, Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas, $1,108,000.
       Project 99-D-132, nuclear materials safeguards and security 
     upgrades project, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, 
     New Mexico, $9,700,000.
       Project 98-D-123, stockpile management restructuring 
     initiative, tritium factory modernization and consolidation, 
     Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina, $27,500,000.
       Project 98-D-124, stockpile management restructuring 
     initiative, Y-12 Plant consolidation, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 
     $10,700,000.
       Project 97-D-122, nuclear materials storage facility 
     renovation, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New 
     Mexico, $4,864,000.
       Project 97-D-123, structural upgrades, Kansas City Plant, 
     Kansas City, Missouri, $6,400,000.
       Project 96-D-122, sewage treatment quality upgrade (STQU), 
     Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas, $3,700,000.
       Project 95-D-102, chemistry and metallurgy research 
     building (CMR) upgrades project, Los Alamos National 
     Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, $5,000,000.
       Project 93-D-122, life safety upgrades, Y-12 Plant, Oak 
     Ridge, Tennessee, $3,250,000.
       (3) Program direction.--Funds are hereby authorized to be 
     appropriated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 1999 
     for program direction in carrying out weapons activities 
     necessary for national security programs in the amount of 
     $255,500,000.
       (b) Adjustment.--The total amount authorized to be 
     appropriated in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection 
     (a) is the sum of the amounts authorized to be appropriated 
     by such paragraphs reduced by the sum of $145,000,000 for use 
     of prior year balances.

     SEC. 3102. ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT.

       (a) In General.--Funds are hereby authorized to be 
     appropriated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 1999 
     for environmental restoration and waste management in 
     carrying out programs necessary for national security in the 
     amount of $5,323,143,000, to be allocated as follows:
       (1) Site and project completion.--Funds are hereby 
     authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy for 
     fiscal year 1999 for site project and completion in carrying 
     out environmental restoration and waste management activities 
     necessary for national security programs in the amount of 
     $1,047,253,000, to be allocated as follows:
       (A) For operation and maintenance, $848,090,000.
       (B) For plant projects (including maintenance, restoration, 
     planning, construction, acquisition, modification of 
     facilities, and the continuation of projects authorized in 
     prior years, and land acquisition related thereto), 
     $199,163,000, to be allocated as follows:
       Project 99-D-402, tank farm support services, F&H area, 
     Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina, $2,745,000.
       Project 99-D-404, health physics instrumentation 
     laboratory, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental 
     Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho, $950,000.
       Project 98-D-401, H-tank farm storm water systems upgrade, 
     Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina, $3,120,000.
       Project 98-D-453, plutonium stabilization and handling 
     system for plutonium finishing plant, Richland, Washington, 
     $26,814,000.
       Project 98-D-700, road rehabilitation, Idaho National 
     Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 
     $7,710,000.
       Project 97-D-450, actinide packaging and storage facility, 
     Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina, $79,184,000.
       Project 97-D-470, regulatory monitoring and bioassay 
     laboratory, Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina, 
     $7,000,000.
       Project 96-D-406, spent nuclear fuels canister storage and 
     stabilization facility, Richland, Washington, $38,680,000.
       Project 96-D-408, waste management upgrades, Kansas City 
     Plant, Kansas City, Missouri, and Savannah River Site, Aiken, 
     South Carolina, $4,512,000.
       Project 96-D-464, electrical and utility systems upgrade, 
     Idaho Chemical Processing Plant, Idaho National Engineering 
     and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 
     $11,544,000.
       Project 96-D-471, chlorofluorocarbon heating, ventilation, 
     and air conditioning and chiller retrofit, Savannah River 
     Site, Aiken, South Carolina, $8,000,000.
       Project 95-D-456, security facilities consolidation, Idaho 
     Chemical Processing Plant, Idaho National Engineering and 
     Environmental Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho, $485,000.
       Project 92-D-140, F-canyon and H-canyon exhaust upgrades, 
     Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina, $3,667,000.
       Project 86-D-103, decontamination and waste treatment 
     facility, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, 
     California, $4,752,000.
       (2) Post 2006 completion.--Funds are hereby authorized to 
     be appropriated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 
     1999 for post 2006 project completion in carrying out 
     environmental restoration and waste management activities 
     necessary for national security programs in the amount of 
     $2,683,451,000, to be allocated as follows:
       (A) For operation and maintenance, $2,602,195,000.
       (B) For plant projects (including maintenance, restoration, 
     planning, construction, acquisition, modification of 
     facilities, and the continuation of projects authorized in 
     prior years, and land acquisition related thereto), 
     $81,256,000, to be allocated as follows:
       Project 99-D-403, privatization phase I infrastructure 
     support, Richland, Washington, $14,800,000.
       Project 97-D-402, tank farm restoration and safe 
     operations, Richland, Washington, $22,723,000.
       Project 96-D-408, waste management upgrades, Richland, 
     Washington, $171,000.
       Project 94-D-407, initial tank retrieval systems, Richland, 
     Washington, $32,860,000.
       Project 93-D-187, high-level waste removal from filled 
     waste tanks, Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina, 
     $10,702,000.
       (3) Closure projects.--Funds are hereby authorized to be 
     appropriated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 1999 
     for closure projects carried out in accordance with section 
     3143 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 1997 (Public Law 104-201; 110 Stat. 2836; 42 U.S.C. 
     7274n) in the amount of $1,006,240,000.
       (4) Technology development.--Funds are hereby authorized to 
     be appropriated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 
     1999 for science and technology in carrying out environmental 
     restoration and waste management activities necessary for 
     national security programs in the amount of $250,000,000.
       (5) Program direction.--Funds are hereby authorized to be 
     appropriated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 1999 
     for program direction in carrying out environmental 
     restoration and waste management activities necessary for 
     national security programs in the amount of $336,199,000.
       (b) Adjustment.--The total amount authorized to be 
     appropriated in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (5) of 
     subsection (a) is the sum of the amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated by such paragraphs reduced by the sum of 
     $21,000,000 for use of prior year balances.

     SEC. 3103. OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES.

       Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
     Department of Energy for fiscal year 1999 for other defense 
     activities in carrying out programs necessary for national 
     security in the amount of $1,672,160,000, to be allocated as 
     follows:
       (1) Verification and control technology.--For verification 
     and control technology, $483,500,000, to be allocated as 
     follows:
       (A) For nonproliferation and verification research and 
     development, $210,000,000.
       (B) For arms control, $236,900,000.
       (C) For intelligence, $36,600,000.
       (2) Nuclear safeguards and security.--For nuclear 
     safeguards and security, $53,200,000.
       (3) Security investigations.--For security investigations, 
     $30,000,000.
       (4) Emergency management.--For emergency management, 
     $23,700,000.
       (5) Program direction.--For program direction, 
     nonproliferation and national security, $84,900,000.
       (6) Worker and community transition assistance.--For worker 
     and community transition assistance, $40,000,000, to be 
     allocated as follows:
       (A) For worker and community transition, $36,000,000.
       (B) For program direction, worker and community transition 
     assistance, $4,000,000.
       (7) Fissile materials control and disposition.--For fissile 
     materials control and disposition, $168,960,000, to be 
     allocated as follows:
       (A) For operation and maintenance, $111,372,000.

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       (B) For program direction, fissile materials control and 
     disposition, $4,588,000.
       (C) For plant projects (including maintenance, restoration, 
     planning, construction, acquisition, modification of 
     facilities, and land acquisition related thereto), 
     $53,000,000, to be allocated as follows:
       Project 99-D-141, pit disassembly and conversion facility, 
     location to be determined, $25,000,000.
       Project 99-D-143, mixed oxide fuel fabrication facility, 
     location to be determined, $28,000,000.
       (8) Environment, safety, and health.--For environment, 
     safety, and health, defense, $69,000,000, to be allocated as 
     follows:
       (A) For the Office of Environment, Safety, and Health 
     (Defense), $64,231,000.
       (B) For program direction, environment, safety, and health 
     (defense), $4,769,000.
       (9) Office of hearings and appeals.--For the Office of 
     Hearings and Appeals, $2,400,000.
       (10) International nuclear safety.--For international 
     nuclear safety, $35,000,000.
       (11) Naval reactors.--For naval reactors, $681,500,000, to 
     be allocated as follows:
       (A) For naval reactors development, $661,400,000, to be 
     allocated as follows:
       (i) For operation and maintenance, $639,600,000.
       (ii) For plant projects (including maintenance, 
     restoration, planning, construction, acquisition, 
     modification of facilities, and the continuation of projects 
     authorized in prior years, and land acquisition related 
     thereto), $12,800,000, to be allocated as follows:

       Project 98-D-200, site laboratory/facility upgrade, various 
     locations, $7,000,000.
       Project 90-N-102, expended core facility dry cell project, 
     Naval Reactors facility, Idaho Falls, Idaho, $5,800,000.

       (iii) For general plant projects, $9,000,000, to be 
     allocated as follows:

       Project GPN-101, general plant projects, various locations, 
     $9,000,000.

       (B) For program direction, naval reactors, $20,100,000.

     SEC. 3104. DEFENSE NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL.

       Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
     Department of Energy for fiscal year 1999 for payment to the 
     Nuclear Waste Fund established in section 302(c) of the 
     Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(c)) in the 
     amount of $190,000,000.

     SEC. 3105. DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PRIVATIZATION.

       (a) In General.--Funds are hereby authorized to be 
     appropriated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 1999 
     for privatization initiatives in carrying out environmental 
     restoration and waste management activities necessary for 
     national security programs in the amount of $273,857,000, to 
     be allocated as follows:
       Project 99-PVT-1, remote handled transuranic waste 
     transportation, Carlsbad, New Mexico, $19,605,000.
       Project 98-PVT-2, spent nuclear fuel dry storage, Idaho 
     Falls, Idaho, $20,000,000.
       Project 98-PVT-5, waste disposal, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 
     $33,500,000.
       Project 97-PVT-1, tank waste remediation system phase I, 
     Hanford, Washington, $113,500,000.
       Project 97-PVT-2, advanced mixed waste treatment facility, 
     Idaho Falls, Idaho, $87,252,000.
       (b) Adjustment.--The amount authorized to be appropriated 
     in subsection (a) is the sum of the amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated for the projects set forth in that subsection 
     reduced by the sum of $32,000,000 for use of prior year 
     balances of funds for defense environmental management 
     privatization.

                Subtitle B--Recurring General Provisions

     SEC. 3121. REPROGRAMMING.

       (a) In General.--Until the Secretary of Energy submits to 
     the congressional defense committees the report referred to 
     in subsection (b) and a period of 30 days has elapsed after 
     the date on which such committees receive the report, the 
     Secretary may not use amounts appropriated pursuant to this 
     title for any program--
       (1) in amounts that exceed, in a fiscal year--
       (A) 110 percent of the amount authorized for that program 
     by this title; or
       (B) $1,000,000 more than the amount authorized for that 
     program by this title; or
       (2) which has not been presented to, or requested of, 
     Congress.
       (b) Report.--(1) The report referred to in subsection (a) 
     is a report containing a full and complete statement of the 
     action proposed to be taken and the facts and circumstances 
     relied upon in support of such proposed action.
       (2) In the computation of the 30-day period under 
     subsection (a), there shall be excluded any day on which 
     either House of Congress is not in session because of an 
     adjournment of more than 3 days to a day certain.
       (c) Limitations.--(1) In no event may the total amount of 
     funds obligated pursuant to this title exceed the total 
     amount authorized to be appropriated by this title.
       (2) Funds appropriated pursuant to this title may not be 
     used for an item for which Congress has specifically denied 
     funds.

     SEC. 3122. LIMITS ON GENERAL PLANT PROJECTS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy may carry out any 
     construction project under the general plant projects 
     authorized by this title if the total estimated cost of the 
     construction project does not exceed $5,000,000.
       (b) Report to Congress.--If, at any time during the 
     construction of any general plant project authorized by this 
     title, the estimated cost of the project is revised because 
     of unforeseen cost variations and the revised cost of the 
     project exceeds $5,000,000, the Secretary shall immediately 
     furnish a complete report to the congressional defense 
     committees explaining the reasons for the cost variation.

     SEC. 3123. LIMITS ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

       (a) In General.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
     construction on a construction project may not be started or 
     additional obligations incurred in connection with the 
     project above the total estimated cost, whenever the current 
     estimated cost of the construction project, which is 
     authorized by section 3101, 3102, or 3103, or which is in 
     support of national security programs of the Department of 
     Energy and was authorized by any previous Act, exceeds by 
     more than 25 percent the higher of--
       (A) the amount authorized for the project; or
       (B) the amount of the total estimated cost for the project 
     as shown in the most recent budget justification data 
     submitted to Congress.
       (2) An action described in paragraph (1) may be taken if--
       (A) the Secretary of Energy has submitted to the 
     congressional defense committees a report on the actions and 
     the circumstances making such action necessary; and
       (B) a period of 30 days has elapsed after the date on which 
     the report is received by the committees.
       (3) In the computation of the 30-day period under paragraph 
     (2), there shall be excluded any day on which either House of 
     Congress is not in session because of an adjournment of more 
     than 3 days to a day certain.
       (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to any 
     construction project which has a current estimated cost of 
     less than $5,000,000.

     SEC. 3124. FUND TRANSFER AUTHORITY.

       (a) Transfer to Other Federal Agencies.--The Secretary of 
     Energy may transfer funds authorized to be appropriated to 
     the Department of Energy pursuant to this title to other 
     Federal agencies for the performance of work for which the 
     funds were authorized. Funds so transferred may be merged 
     with and be available for the same purposes and for the same 
     period as the authorizations of the Federal agency to which 
     the amounts are transferred.
       (b) Transfer Within Department of Energy.--(1) Subject to 
     paragraph (2), the Secretary of Energy may transfer funds 
     authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy 
     pursuant to this title between any such authorizations. 
     Amounts of authorizations so transferred may be merged with 
     and be available for the same purposes and for the same 
     period as the authorization to which the amounts are 
     transferred.
       (2) Not more than five percent of any such authorization 
     may be transferred between authorizations under paragraph 
     (1). No such authorization may be increased or decreased by 
     more than five percent by a transfer under such paragraph.
       (c) Limitation.--The authority provided by this section to 
     transfer authorizations--
       (1) may only be used to provide funds for items relating to 
     activities necessary for national security programs that have 
     a higher priority than the items from which the funds are 
     transferred; and
       (2) may not be used to provide funds for an item for which 
     Congress has specifically denied funds.
       (d) Notice to Congress.--The Secretary of Energy shall 
     promptly notify the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate 
     and the Committee on National Security of the House of 
     Representatives of any transfer of funds to or from 
     authorizations under this title.

     SEC. 3125. AUTHORITY FOR CONCEPTUAL AND CONSTRUCTION DESIGN.

       (a) Requirement for Conceptual Design.--(1) Subject to 
     paragraph (2) and except as provided in paragraph (3), before 
     submitting to Congress a request for funds for a construction 
     project that is in support of a national security program of 
     the Department of Energy, the Secretary of Energy shall 
     complete a conceptual design for that project.
       (2) If the estimated cost of completing a conceptual design 
     for a construction project exceeds $3,000,000, the Secretary 
     shall submit to Congress a request for funds for the 
     conceptual design before submitting a request for funds for 
     the construction project.
       (3) The requirement in paragraph (1) does not apply to a 
     request for funds--
       (A) for a construction project the total estimated cost of 
     which is less than $5,000,000; or
       (B) for emergency planning, design, and construction 
     activities under section 3126.
       (b) Authority for Construction Design.--(1) Within the 
     amounts authorized by this title, the Secretary of Energy may 
     carry out construction design (including architectural and 
     engineering services) in connection with any proposed 
     construction project if the total estimated cost for such 
     design does not exceed $600,000.
       (2) If the total estimated cost for construction design in 
     connection with any construction project exceeds $600,000, 
     funds for such design must be specifically authorized by law.

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     SEC. 3126. AUTHORITY FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING, DESIGN, AND 
                   CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.

       (a) Authority.--The Secretary of Energy may use any funds 
     available to the Department of Energy pursuant to an 
     authorization in this title, including those funds authorized 
     to be appropriated for advance planning and construction 
     design under sections 3101, 3102, and 3103, to perform 
     planning, design, and construction activities for any 
     Department of Energy national security program construction 
     project that, as determined by the Secretary, must proceed 
     expeditiously in order to protect public health and safety, 
     to meet the needs of national defense, or to protect 
     property.
       (b) Limitation.--The Secretary may not exercise the 
     authority under subsection (a) in the case of any 
     construction project until the Secretary has submitted to the 
     congressional defense committees a report on the activities 
     that the Secretary intends to carry out under this section 
     and the circumstances making such activities necessary.
       (c) Specific Authority.--The requirement of section 
     3125(b)(2) does not apply to emergency planning, design, and 
     construction activities conducted under this section.

     SEC. 3127. FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR ALL NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS 
                   OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.

       Subject to the provisions of appropriations Acts and 
     section 3121, amounts appropriated pursuant to this title for 
     management and support activities and for general plant 
     projects are available for use, when necessary, in connection 
     with all national security programs of the Department of 
     Energy.

     SEC. 3128. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.

       (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), when 
     so specified in an appropriations Act, amounts appropriated 
     for operation and maintenance or for plant projects may 
     remain available until expended.
       (b) Exception for Program Direction Funds.--Amounts 
     appropriated for program direction pursuant to an 
     authorization of appropriations in subtitle A shall remain 
     available to be expended only until the end of fiscal year 
     2001.

     SEC. 3129. TRANSFERS OF DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
                   FUNDS.

       (a) Transfer Authority for Defense Environmental Management 
     Funds.--The Secretary of Energy shall provide the manager of 
     each field office of the Department of Energy with the 
     authority to transfer defense environmental management funds 
     from a program or project under the jurisdiction of the 
     office to another such program or project.
       (b) Limitations.--(1) Only one transfer may be made to or 
     from any program or project under subsection (a) in a fiscal 
     year.
       (2) The amount transferred to or from a program or project 
     under subsection (a) may not exceed $5,000,000 in a fiscal 
     year.
       (3) A transfer may not be carried out by a manager of a 
     field office under subsection (a) unless the manager 
     determines that the transfer is necessary to address a risk 
     to health, safety, or the environment or to assure the most 
     efficient use of defense environmental management funds at 
     the field office.
       (4) Funds transferred pursuant to subsection (a) may not be 
     used for an item for which Congress has specifically denied 
     funds or for a new program or project that has not been 
     authorized by Congress.
       (c) Exemption From Reprogramming Requirements.--The 
     requirements of section 3121 shall not apply to transfers of 
     funds pursuant to subsection (a).
       (d) Notification.--The Secretary, acting through the 
     Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management, 
     shall notify Congress of any transfer of funds pursuant to 
     subsection (a) not later than 30 days after such transfer 
     occurs.
       (e) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``program or project'' means, with respect to 
     a field office of the Department of Energy, any of the 
     following:
       (A) An activity carried out pursuant to paragraph (1), (2), 
     or (3) of section 3102(a).
       (B) A project or program not described in subparagraph (A) 
     that is for environmental restoration or waste management 
     activities necessary for national security programs of the 
     Department, that is being carried out by the office, and for 
     which defense environmental management funds have been 
     authorized and appropriated before the date of enactment of 
     this Act.
       (2) The term ``defense environmental management funds'' 
     means funds appropriated to the Department of Energy pursuant 
     to an authorization for carrying out environmental 
     restoration and waste management activities necessary for 
     national security programs.
       (f) Duration of Authority.--The managers of the field 
     offices of the Department may exercise the authority provided 
     under subsection (a) during the period beginning on October 
     1, 1998, and ending on September 30, 1999.

   Subtitle C--Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations

     SEC. 3131. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP.

       (a) Funding Prohibition.--No funds authorized to be 
     appropriated or otherwise available to the Department of 
     Energy for fiscal year 1999 may be obligated or expended to 
     conduct any activities associated with international 
     cooperative stockpile stewardship.
       (b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) does not apply to the 
     following:
       (1) Activities conducted between the United States and the 
     United Kingdom.
       (2) Activities conducted between the United States and 
     France.
       (3) Activities carried out under title III of this Act 
     relating to cooperative threat reduction with states of the 
     former Soviet Union.

     SEC. 3132. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR BALLISTIC MISSILE 
                   DEFENSE AND THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE.

       No funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made 
     available to the Department of Energy by this title for 
     fiscal year 1999 may be obligated or expended for any 
     activities (including research, development, test, and 
     evaluation activities, demonstration activities, or studies) 
     relating to ballistic missile defense or theater missile 
     defense.

     SEC. 3133. LICENSING OF CERTAIN MIXED OXIDE FUEL FABRICATION 
                   AND IRRADIATION FACILITIES.

       (a) License Requirement.--Notwithstanding section 110 a. of 
     the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2140(a)), no person 
     may construct or operate a facility referred to in subsection 
     (b) without obtaining a license from the Nuclear Regulatory 
     Commission.
       (b) Covered Facilities.--(1) Except as provided in 
     paragraph (2), subsection (a) applies to any facility under a 
     contract with and for the account of the Department of Energy 
     that fabricates mixed plutonium-uranium oxide nuclear reactor 
     fuel for use in a commercial nuclear reactor.
       (2) Subsection (a) does not apply to any such facility that 
     is utilized for research, development, demonstration, 
     testing, or analysis purposes.
       (c) Availability of Funds for Licensing by NRC.--Section 
     210 of the Department of Energy National Security and 
     Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 
     1981 (42 U.S.C. 7272) shall not apply to any licensing 
     activities required as a result of subsection (a).
       (d) Applicability of Occupational Safety and Health 
     Requirements to Activities under License.--Any activities 
     carried out under a license referred to in subsection (a) 
     shall be subject to regulation under the Occupational Safety 
     and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.).

     SEC. 3134. CONTINUATION OF PROCESSING, TREATMENT, AND 
                   DISPOSITION OF LEGACY NUCLEAR MATERIALS.

       The Secretary of Energy shall continue operations and 
     maintain a high state of readiness at the F-canyon and H-
     canyon facilities at the Savannah River site and shall 
     provide technical staff necessary to operate and so maintain 
     such facilities.

     SEC. 3135. AUTHORITY FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FEDERALLY 
                   FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS TO 
                   PARTICIPATE IN MERIT-BASED TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH 
                   AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.

       Section 217(f)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103-337; 108 Stat. 2695) is 
     amended by inserting ``or of the Department of Energy'' after 
     ``the Department of Defense''.

     SEC. 3136. SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE VICINITY OF 
                   LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY, NEW MEXICO.

       (a) Availability of Funds.--Of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of 
     Energy by this title, $5,000,000 shall be available for 
     payment by the Secretary of Energy to the educational 
     foundation chartered to enhance educational activities in the 
     public schools in the vicinity of Los Alamos National 
     Laboratory, New Mexico (in this section referred to as the 
     ``Foundation'').
       (b) Use of Funds.--(1) The Foundation shall utilize funds 
     provided under subsection (a) as a contribution to an 
     endowment fund for the Foundation.
       (2) The Foundation shall use the income generated from 
     investments in the endowment fund that are attributable to 
     the payment made under subsection (a) to fund programs to 
     support the educational needs of children in public schools 
     in the vicinity of Los Alamos National Laboratory.

     SEC. 3137. COST-SHARING FOR OPERATION OF THE HAZARDOUS 
                   MATERIALS MANAGEMENT AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE 
                   TRAINING FACILITY, RICHLAND, WASHINGTON.

       The Secretary of Energy may enter into partnership 
     arrangements with Federal and non-Federal entities to share 
     the costs of operating the Hazardous Materials Management and 
     Emergency Response training facility authorized under section 
     3140 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 1995 (Public Law 103-337; 108 Stat. 3088). Such 
     arrangements may include the exchange of equipment and 
     services.

     SEC. 3138. HANFORD HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORK.

       Of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise 
     made available to the Department of Energy by section 3102, 
     $2,500,000 shall be available for activities relating to the 
     Hanford Health Information Network established pursuant to 
     the authority in section 3138 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 
     104 Stat. 1834), as amended by section 3138(b) of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 
     (Public Law 103-337; 108 Stat. 3087).

     SEC. 3139. NONPROLIFERATION ACTIVITIES.

       (a) Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention Program.--Of 
     the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 
     3103(1)(B),

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     $30,000,000 may be available for the Initiatives for 
     Proliferation Prevention program.
       (b) Nuclear Cities Initiative.--Of the amount authorized to 
     be appropriated by section 3103(1)(B), $30,000,000 may be 
     available for the purpose of implementing the initiative 
     arising pursuant to the March 1998 discussions between the 
     Vice President of the United States and the Prime Minister of 
     the Russian Federation and between the Secretary of Energy of 
     the United States and the Minister of Atomic Energy of the 
     Russian Federation (the so-called ``nuclear cities'' 
     initiative).

     SEC. 3140. ACTIVITIES OF THE CONTRACTOR-OPERATED FACILITIES 
                   OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.

       (a) Research and Activities on Behalf of Non-Department 
     Persons and Entities.--(1) The Secretary of Energy may 
     conduct research and other activities referred to in 
     paragraph (2) through contractor-operated facilities of the 
     Department of Energy on behalf of other departments and 
     agencies of the Government, agencies of State and local 
     governments, and private persons and entities.
       (2) The research and other activities that may be conducted 
     under paragraph (1) are those which the Secretary is 
     authorized to conduct by law, and include, but are not 
     limited to, research and activities authorized under the 
     following:
       (A) Section 33 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
     2053).
       (B) Section 107 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 
     (42 U.S.C. 5817).
       (C) The Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development 
     Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5901 et seq.).
       (b) Charges.--(1) The Secretary shall impose on the 
     department, agency, or person or entity for whom research and 
     other activities are carried out under subsection (a) a 
     charge for such research and activities equal to not more 
     than the full cost incurred by the contractor concerned in 
     carrying out such research and activities, which cost shall 
     include--
       (A) the direct cost incurred by the contractor in carrying 
     out such research and activities; and
       (B) the overhead cost including site-wide indirect costs 
     associated with such research and activities.
       (2)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall 
     also impose on the department, agency, or person or entity 
     concerned a Federal administrative charge (which includes any 
     depreciation and imputed interest charges) in an amount not 
     to exceed 3 percent of the full cost incurred by the 
     contractor concerned in carrying out the research and 
     activities concerned.
       (B) The Secretary may waive the imposition of the Federal 
     administrative charge required by subparagraph (A) in the 
     case of research and other activities conducted on behalf of 
     small business concerns, institutions of higher education, 
     non-profit entities, and State and local governments.
       (3) Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary shall terminate any waiver of charges 
     under section 33 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
     2053) that were made before such date, unless the Secretary 
     determines that such waiver should be continued.
       (c) Pilot Program of Reduced Facility Overhead Charges.--
     (1) The Secretary may, with the cooperation of participating 
     contractors of the contractor-operated facilities of the 
     Department, carry out a pilot program under which the 
     Secretary and such contractors reduce the facility overhead 
     charges imposed under this section for research and other 
     activities conducted under this section.
       (2) The Secretary shall carry out the pilot program at 
     contractor-operated facilities selected by the Secretary in 
     consultation with the contractors concerned.
       (3) The Secretary shall determine the facility overhead 
     charges to be imposed under the pilot program based on their 
     joint review of all items included in the overhead costs of 
     the facility concerned in order to determine which items are 
     appropriately incurred as facility overhead charges by the 
     contractor in carrying out research and other activities at 
     such facility under this section.
       (4) The Secretary shall commence carrying out the pilot 
     program not later than October 1, 1999, and shall terminate 
     the pilot program on September 30, 2003.
       (5) Not later than January 31, 2003, the Secretary shall 
     submit to the congressional defense committees, the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, and other 
     appropriate committees of the House of Representatives an 
     interim report on the results of the pilot program under this 
     subsection. The report shall include any recommendations for 
     the extension or expansion of the pilot program, including 
     the establishment of multiple rates of overhead charges for 
     various categories of persons and entities seeking research 
     and other activities in contractor-operated facilities of the 
     Department.
       (d) Partnerships and Interactions.--(1) The Secretary of 
     Energy may encourage partnerships and interactions between 
     each contractor-operated facility of the Department of Energy 
     and universities and private businesses.
       (2) The Secretary may take into account the progress of 
     each contractor-operated facility of the Department in 
     developing and expanding partnerships and interactions under 
     paragraph (1) in evaluating the annual performance of such 
     contractor-operated facility.
       (e) Small Business Technology Partnership Program.--(1) The 
     Secretary may require that each contractor operating a 
     facility of the Department establish a program at such 
     facility under which the contractor may enter into 
     partnerships with small businesses at such facility relating 
     to technology.
       (2) The amount of funds expended by a contractor under a 
     program under paragraph (1) at a particular facility may not 
     exceed an amount equal to 0.25 percent of the total operating 
     budget of the facility.
       (3) Amounts expended by a contractor under a program--
       (A) shall be used to cover the costs (including research 
     and development costs and technical assistance costs) 
     incurred by the contractor in connection with activities 
     under the program; and
       (B) may not be used for direct grants to small businesses.
       (4) The Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 
     committees, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 
     the Senate, and the appropriate committee of the House of 
     Representatives, together with the budget of the President 
     for each fiscal year that is submitted to Congress under 
     section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, an assessment 
     of the program under this subsection during the preceding 
     year, including the effectiveness of the program in providing 
     opportunities for small businesses to interact with and use 
     the resources of the contractor-operated facilities of the 
     Department, the cost of the program to the Federal Government 
     and any impact on the execution of the Department's mission.

     SEC. 3140A. RELOCATION OF NATIONAL ATOMIC MUSEUM, 
                   ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO.

       The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Defense 
     Committees of Congress a plan for the design, construction, 
     and relocation of the National Atomic Museum in Albuquerque, 
     New Mexico.

                       Subtitle D--Other Matters

     SEC. 3141. REPEAL OF FISCAL YEAR 1998 STATEMENT OF POLICY ON 
                   STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM.

       Section 3156 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85; 111 Stat. 2045; 42 
     U.S.C. 2121 note) is repealed.

     SEC. 3142. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM RATE OF PAY FOR SCIENTIFIC, 
                   ENGINEERING, AND TECHNICAL PERSONNEL 
                   RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFETY AT DEFENSE NUCLEAR 
                   FACILITIES.

       Section 3161(a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (42 U.S.C. 7231 note) is amended by 
     striking out ``level IV of the Executive Schedule under 
     section 5315'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``level III of 
     the Executive Schedule under section 5314''.

     SEC. 3143. SENSE OF SENATE REGARDING TREATMENT OF FORMERLY 
                   UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM UNDER A 
                   NONDEFENSE DISCRETIONARY BUDGET FUNCTION.

       It is the sense of the Senate that the Office of Management 
     and Budget should, beginning with fiscal year 2000, transfer 
     the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program from the 
     050 budget function to a nondefense discretionary budget 
     function.

     SEC. 3144. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN 
                   SCIENTIFIC, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNICAL 
                   PERSONNEL.

       Section 3161(c)(1) of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (42 U.S.C. 7231 note) is amended by 
     striking out ``September 30, 1999'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``September 30, 2000''.

     SEC. 3145. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TO 
                   PAY VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.

       (a) Extension.--Notwithstanding subsection (c)(2)(D) of 
     section 663 of the Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
     Government Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-208; 110 
     Stat. 3009-383; 5 U.S.C. 5597 note), the Department of Energy 
     may pay voluntary separation incentive payments to qualifying 
     employees who voluntarily separate (whether by retirement or 
     resignation) before January 1, 2001.
       (b) Exercise of Authority.--The Department shall pay 
     voluntary separation incentive payments under subsection (a) 
     in accordance with the provisions of such section 663.

     SEC. 3146. INSPECTION OF PERMANENT RECORDS PRIOR TO 
                   DECLASSIFICATION.

       Section 3155 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 1996 (P.L. 104-106) is amended by inserting the 
     following:
       ``(c) Agencies, including the National Archives and Records 
     Administration, shall conduct a visual inspection of all 
     permanent records of historical value which are 25 years old 
     or older prior to declassification to ascertain that they 
     contain no pages with Restricted Data (RD) or Formerly 
     Restricted Data (FRD) markings (as defined by the Atomic 
     Energy Act of 1954, as amended). Record collection in which 
     marked RD or FRD is found shall be set aside pending the 
     completion of a review by the Department of Energy.''.

     SEC. 3147. SENSE OF SENATE REGARDING MEMORANDA OF 
                   UNDERSTANDING WITH THE STATE OF OREGON RELATING 
                   TO HANFORD.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
       (1) The Department of Energy and the State of Washington 
     have entered into

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     memoranda of understanding with the State of Oregon to 
     provide the State of Oregon greater involvement in decisions 
     regarding the Hanford Reservation.
       (2) Hanford has an impact on the State of Oregon, and the 
     State of Oregon has an interest in the decisions made 
     regarding Hanford.
       (3) The Department of Energy and the State of Washington 
     are to be congratulated for entering into the memoranda of 
     understanding with the State of Oregon regarding Hanford.
       (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate to--
       (1) encourage the Department of Energy and the State of 
     Washington to implement the memoranda of understanding 
     regarding Hanford in ways that result in continued 
     involvement by the State of Oregon in decisions of concern to 
     the State of Oregon regarding Hanford; and
       (2) encourage the Department of Energy and the State of 
     Washington to continue similar efforts to permit ongoing 
     participation by the State of Oregon in the decisions 
     regarding Hanford that may affect the environment or public 
     health or safety of the citizens of the State of Oregon.

     SEC. 3148. REVIEW OF CALCULATION OF OVERHEAD COSTS OF CLEANUP 
                   AT DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SITES.

       (a) Review.--(1) The Comptroller General shall--
       (A) carry out a review of the methods currently used by the 
     Department of Energy for calculating overhead costs 
     (including direct overhead costs and indirect overhead costs) 
     associated with the cleanup of Department sites; and
       (B) pursuant to the review, identify how such costs are 
     allocated among different program and budget accounts of the 
     Department.
       (2) The review shall include the following:
       (A) All activities whose costs are spread across other 
     accounts of a Department site or of any contractor performing 
     work at a site.
       (B) Support service overhead costs, including activities or 
     services which are paid for on a per-unit-used basis.
       (C) All fees, awards, and other profit on indirect and 
     support service overhead costs or fees that are not 
     attributed to performance on a single project.
       (D) Any portion of contractor costs for which there is no 
     competitive bid.
       (E) All computer service and information management costs 
     that have been previously reported as overhead costs.
       (F) Any other costs that the Comptroller General considers 
     appropriate to categorize as direct or indirect overhead 
     costs.
       (b) Report.--Not later than January 31, 1999, the 
     Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report setting 
     forth the findings of the Comptroller as a result of the 
     review under subsection (a). The report shall include the 
     recommendations of the Comptroller regarding means of 
     standardizing the methods used by the Department for 
     allocating and reporting overhead costs associated with the 
     cleanup of Department sites.

     SEC. 3149. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON FUNDING REQUIREMENTS FOR 
                   THE NONPROLIFERATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
                   ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.

       (a) Funding Requirements for the Nonproliferation Science 
     and Technology Activities Budget.--It is the sense of the 
     Congress that for each of the fiscal years 2000 through 2008, 
     it should be an objective of the Secretary of Energy to 
     increase the budget for the nonproliferation science and 
     technology activities for the fiscal year over the budget for 
     those activities for the preceding fiscal year by a percent 
     that is at least two percent above the rate of inflation as 
     determined by the Office of Management and Budget.
       (b) Nonproliferation Science and Technology Activities 
     Defined.--In this section, the term ``nonproliferation 
     science and technology activities'' means activities 
     (including program direction activities) relating to 
     preventing and countering the proliferation of weapons of 
     mass destruction that are funded by the Department of Energy 
     under the following programs and projects:
       (1) The Verification and Control Technology program within 
     the Office of Nonproliferation and National Security.
       (2) Projects under the ``Technology and Systems 
     Development'' element of the Nuclear Safeguards and Security 
     program within the Office of Nonproliferation and National 
     Security.
       (3) Projects relating to a national capability to assess 
     the credibility of radiological and extortion threats, or to 
     combat nuclear materials trafficking or terrorism, under the 
     Emergency Management program within the Office of 
     Nonproliferation and National Security.
       (4) Projects relating to the development or integration of 
     new technology to respond to emergencies and threats 
     involving the presence, or possible presence, of weapons of 
     mass destruction, radiological emergencies, and related 
     terrorist threats, under the Office of Defense Programs.

     SEC. 3150. DEADLINE FOR SELECTION OF TECHNOLOGY FOR TRITIUM 
                   PRODUCTION.

       (a) Deadline.--The Secretary of Energy shall select a 
     technology for the production of tritium not later than 
     December 31, 1998.
       (b) Options Available for Selection.--Notwithstanding any 
     provision of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et 
     seq.), after the completion of the Department of Energy's 
     evaluation of their Interagency Review on the production of 
     tritium, the Secretary shall make the selection for tritium 
     production consistent with the laws, regulations and 
     procedures of the Department of Energy as stated in 
     subsection (a).

Subtitle E--Maximum Age for New Department of Energy Nuclear Materials 
                                Couriers

     SEC. 3161. MAXIMUM AGE TO ENTER NUCLEAR COURIER FORCE.

       Section 3307 of title 5, United States Code, is amended as 
     follows--
       (1) by striking in subsection (a) ``and (d)'' and inserting 
     in its place ``(d), (e), and (f)''; and
       (2) by adding the following new subsection (f) after 
     subsection (e):
       ``(f) The Secretary of Energy may determine and fix the 
     maximum age limit for an original appointment to a position 
     as a Department of Energy nuclear materials courier, so 
     defined by section 8331(27) of this title.

     SEC. 3162. DEFINITION.

       Section 8331 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding the following new paragraph (27) after paragraph (26):
       ``(27) Department of Energy nuclear materials courier means 
     an employee of the Department of Energy or its predecessor 
     agencies, the duties of whose position are primarily to 
     transport, and provide armed escort and protection during 
     transit of, nuclear weapons, nuclear weapon components, 
     strategic quantities of special nuclear materials or other 
     materials related to national security, including an employee 
     who remains fully certified to engage in this activity who is 
     transferred to a supervisory, training, or administrative 
     position.''.

     SEC. 3163. AMENDING SECTION 8334(A)(1) OF TITLE 5, U.S.C.

       (a) The first sentence of section 8334(a)(1) of title 5, 
     United States Code, is amended by striking ``and a 
     firefighter'', and inserting in its place ``a firefighter, 
     and a Department of Energy nuclear materials courier,''.
       (b) Section 8334(c) of title 5, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding the following new schedule after the 
     schedule for a Member of the Capitol Police:

                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
``Department of Energy nuclear          5.....................  July 1, 1942 to June 30, 1948.                  
 materials courier for courier service                          July 1, 1948 to October 31, 1956.               
 (while employed by DOE and its         6.....................                                                  
 predecessor agencies).                                                                                         
                                        6\1/2\................  November 1, 1956 to December 31, 1969.          
                                        7.....................  January 1, 1970 to December 31, 1974.           
                                        7\1/2\................  After December 31, 1974.''.                     
                                                                                                                

     SEC. 3164. AMENDING SECTION 8336(C)(1) OF TITLE 5, U.S.C.

       Section 8336(c)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking ``or firefighter'' and inserting in its 
     place, ``a firefighter, or a Department of Energy nuclear 
     materials courier,''.

     SEC. 3165. AMENDING SECTION 8401 OF TITLE 5, U.S.C.

       Section 8401 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding the following new paragraph (33) after paragraph (32):
       ``(33) Department of Energy nuclear materials courier means 
     an employee of the Department of Energy or its predecessor 
     agencies, the duties of whose position are primarily to 
     transport, and provide armed escort and protection during 
     transit of, nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons components, 
     strategic quantities of special nuclear materials, or other 
     materials related to national security, including an employee 
     who remains fully certified to engage in this activity who is 
     transferred to a supervisory, training, or administrative 
     position.''.

     SEC. 3166. AMENDING SECTION 8412(D) OF TITLE 5, U.S.C.

       Section 8412(d) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking ``or firefighter'' in paragraphs (1) and (2) and 
     inserting in its place, ``a firefighter, or a Department of 
     Energy nuclear materials courier,''.

     SEC. 3167. AMENDING SECTION 8415(G) OF TITLE 5, U.S.C.

       Section 8415(g) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking ``firefighter'' and inserting in its place 
     ``firefighter, Department of Energy nuclear materials 
     courier,''.

     SEC. 3168. AMENDING SECTION 8422(A)(3) OF TITLE 5, U.S.C.

       Section 8422(a)(3) of title 5, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking ``firefighter'' in the schedule and 
     inserting in its place ``firefighter, Department of Energy 
     nuclear materials courier,''.

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     SEC. 3169. AMENDING SECTIONS 8423(A) (1)(B)(I) AND (3)(A) OF 
                   TITLE 5, U.S.C.

       Sections 8423(a)(1)(B)(i) and 8423(a)(3)(A) of title 5, 
     United States Code, are amended by striking ``Firefighters'' 
     and inserting in its place ``firefighters, Department of 
     Energy nuclear materials couriers,''.

     SEC. 3170. AMENDING SECTION 8335(B) OF TITLE 5, U.S.C.

       Section 8335(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding the words ``or Department of Energy Nuclear 
     Materials Couriers'' after the word ``officer'' in the second 
     sentence.

     SEC. 3171. PAYMENTS.

       Any payments made by the Department of Energy to the Civil 
     Service Retirement or Disability Fund pursuant to this Act 
     shall be made from the Weapons Activities account.

     SEC. 3172. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       These amendments are effective at the beginning of the 
     first pay period in fiscal year 2000, and applies only to 
     those employees who retire after fiscal year 1999.

          TITLE XXXII--DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD

     SEC. 3201. AUTHORIZATION.

       There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
     1999, $17,500,000 for the operation of the Defense Nuclear 
     Facilities Safety Board under chapter 21 of the Atomic Energy 
     Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2286 et seq.).

                TITLE XXXIII--NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE

     SEC. 3301.  DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) The term ``National Defense Stockpile'' means the 
     stockpile provided for in section 4 of the Strategic and 
     Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98c).
       (2) The term ``National Defense Stockpile Transaction 
     Fund'' means the fund in the Treasury of the United States 
     established under section 9(a) of the Strategic and Critical 
     Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h(a)).

     SEC. 3302. AUTHORIZED USES OF STOCKPILE FUNDS.

       (a) Obligation of Stockpile Funds.--During fiscal year 
     1999, the National Defense Stockpile Manager may obligate up 
     to $83,000,000 of the funds in the National Defense Stockpile 
     Transaction Fund for the authorized uses of such funds under 
     section 9(b)(2) of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock 
     Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h(b)(2)), including the disposal of 
     hazardous materials that are environmentally sensitive.
       (b) Additional Obligations.--The National Defense Stockpile 
     Manager may obligate amounts in excess of the amount 
     specified in subsection (a) if the National Defense Stockpile 
     Manager notifies Congress that extraordinary or emergency 
     conditions necessitate the additional obligations. The 
     National Defense Stockpile Manager may make the additional 
     obligations described in the notification after the end of 
     the 45-day period beginning on the date Congress receives the 
     notification.
       (c) Limitations.--The authorities provided by this section 
     shall be subject to such limitations as may be provided in 
     appropriations Acts.

     SEC. 3303. AUTHORITY TO DISPOSE OF CERTAIN MATERIALS IN 
                   NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE.

       (a) Disposal Required.--Subject to subsection (c), the 
     President shall dispose of materials contained in the 
     National Defense Stockpile and specified in the table in 
     subsection (b) so as to result in receipts to the United 
     States in the amount of $103,000,000 by the end of fiscal 
     year 1999 and $377,000,000 by the end of fiscal year 2003.
       (b) Limitation on Disposal Quantity.--The total quantities 
     of materials authorized for disposal by the President under 
     subsection (a) may not exceed the amounts set forth in the 
     following table:


                     Authorized Stockpile Disposals                     
------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Material for disposal                      Quantity          
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Beryllium Metal, vacuum cast..............  227 short tons              
Chromium Metal--EL........................  8,511 short tons            
Columbium Carbide Powder..................  21,372 pounds contained     
Columbium Ferro...........................  249,395 pounds contained    
Columbium Concentrates....................  1,733,454 pounds contained  
Chromium Ferroalloy.......................  92,000 short tons           
Diamond, Stones...........................  3,000,000 carats            
Germanium Metal...........................  28,198 kilograms            
Indium....................................  14,248 troy ounces          
Palladium.................................  1,227,831 troy ounces       
Platinum..................................  439,887 troy ounces         
Tantalum Carbide Powder...................  22,681 pounds contained     
Tantalum Metal Powder.....................  50,000 pounds contained     
Tantalum Minerals.........................  1,751,364 pounds contained  
Tantalum Oxide............................  122,730 pounds contained    
Tungsten Ferro............................  2,024,143 pounds            
Tungsten Carbide Powder...................  2,032,954 pounds            
Tungsten Metal Powder.....................  1,898,009 pounds            
Tungsten Ores & Concentrates..............  76,358,230 pounds.          
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       (c) Minimization of Disruption and Loss.--The President may 
     not dispose of materials under subsection (a) to the extent 
     that the disposal will result in--
       (1) undue disruption of the usual markets of producers, 
     processors, and consumers of the materials proposed for 
     disposal; or
       (2) avoidable loss to the United States.
       (d) Relationship to Other Disposal Authority.--The disposal 
     authority provided in subsection (a) is new disposal 
     authority and is in addition to, and shall not affect, any 
     other disposal authority provided by law regarding the 
     materials specified in such subsection.
       (e) Authorization of Sale.--The authority provided by this 
     section to dispose of materials contained in the National 
     Defense Stockpile so as to result in receipts of $100,000,000 
     of the amount specified for fiscal year 1999 in subsection 
     (a) by the end of that fiscal year shall be effective only to 
     the extent provided in advance in appropriation Acts.

     SEC. 3304. USE OF STOCKPILE FUNDS FOR CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL 
                   REMEDIATION, RESTORATION, WASTE MANAGEMENT, AND 
                   COMPLIANCE ACTIVITIES.

       Section 9(b)(2) of the Strategic and Critical Materials 
     Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h(b)(2)) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (J) and (K) as 
     subparagraphs (K) and (L), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the following new 
     subparagraph (J):
       ``(J) Performance of environmental remediation, 
     restoration, waste management, or compliance activities at 
     locations of the stockpile that are required under a Federal 
     law or are undertaken by the Government under an 
     administrative decision or negotiated agreement.''.

                 TITLE XXXIV--NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES

     SEC. 3401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       (a) Amount.--There is hereby authorized to be appropriated 
     to the Secretary of Energy $117,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 
     for the purposes of carrying out--
       (1) activities under chapter 641 of title 10, United States 
     Code, relating to the naval petroleum reserves (as defined in 
     section 7420(2) of such title); and
       (2) activities necessary to terminate the administration of 
     Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 by the Secretary after the 
     sale of that reserve under subtitle B of title XXXIV of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 
     (Public Law 104-106; 10 U.S.C. 7420 note).
       (b) Availability.--Funds appropriated pursuant to the 
     authorization in subsection (a) shall remain available until 
     expended.

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                  TITLE XXXV--PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION

     SEC. 3501. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES TO PANAMA CANAL ACT OF 
                   1979.

       (a) Short Title.--This title may be cited as the ``Panama 
     Canal Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999''.
       (b) References to Panama Canal Act of 1979.--Except as 
     otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this title an 
     amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, 
     or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference 
     shall be considered to be made to a section or other 
     provision of the Panama Canal Act of 1979 (22 U.S.C. 3601 et 
     seq.).

     SEC. 3502. AUTHORIZATION OF EXPENDITURES.

       (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Panama 
     Canal Commission is authorized to use amounts in the Panama 
     Canal Revolving Fund to make such expenditures within the 
     limits of funds and borrowing authority available to it in 
     accordance with law, and to make such contracts and 
     commitments, as may be necessary under the Panama Canal Act 
     of 1979 (22 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) for the operation, 
     maintenance, improvement, and administration of the Panama 
     Canal for fiscal year 1999.
       (b) Limitations.--For fiscal year 1999, the Panama Canal 
     Commission may expend from funds in the Panama Canal 
     Revolving Fund not more than $90,000 for official reception 
     and representation expenses, of which--
       (1) not more than $28,000 may be used for official 
     reception and representation expenses of the Supervisory 
     Board of the Commission;
       (2) not more than $14,000 may be used for official 
     reception and representation expenses of the Secretary of the 
     Commission; and
       (3) not more than $48,000 may be used for official 
     reception and representation expenses of the Administrator of 
     the Commission.

     SEC. 3503. PURCHASE OF VEHICLES.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the funds 
     available to the Commission shall be available for the 
     purchase and transportation to the Republic of Panama of 
     passenger motor vehicles, the purchase price of which shall 
     not exceed $23,000 per vehicle.

     SEC. 3504. EXPENDITURES ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH TREATIES.

       Expenditures authorized under this title may be made only 
     in accordance with the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977 and any 
     law of the United States implementing those treaties.

     SEC. 3505. DONATIONS TO THE COMMISSION.

       Section 1102b (22 U.S.C. 3612b) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following new subsection:
       ``(f)(1) The Commission may seek and accept donations of 
     funds, property, and services from individuals, foundations, 
     corporations, and other private and public entities for the 
     purpose of carrying out its promotional activities.
       ``(2) The Commission shall establish written guidelines 
     setting forth the criteria to be used in determining whether 
     the acceptance of funds, property, or services authorized by 
     paragraph (1) would reflect unfavorably upon the ability of 
     the Commission (or any employee of the Commission) to carry 
     out its responsibilities or official duties in a fair and 
     objective manner or would compromise the integrity or the 
     appearance of the integrity of its programs or of any 
     official in those programs.''.

     SEC. 3506. AGREEMENTS FOR UNITED STATES TO PROVIDE POST-
                   TRANSFER ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR CERTAIN 
                   EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.

       Section 1110 (22 U.S.C. 3620) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following new subsection:
       ``(c)(1) The Secretary of State may enter into one or more 
     agreements to provide for the United States to furnish 
     administrative services relating to the benefits described in 
     paragraph (2) after December 31, 1999, and to establish 
     appropriate procedures for providing advance funding for the 
     services.
       ``(2) The benefits referred to in paragraph (1) are the 
     following:
       ``(A) Pension, disability, and medical benefits provided by 
     the Panama Canal Commission pursuant to section 1245.
       ``(B) Compensation for work injuries covered by chapter 81 
     of title 5, United States Code.''.

     SEC. 3507. SUNSET OF UNITED STATES OVERSEAS BENEFITS JUST 
                   BEFORE TRANSFER.

       (a) Repeals.--Effective 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time), 
     December 30, 1999, the following provisions are repealed and 
     any right or condition of employment provided for in, or 
     arising from, those provisions is terminated: sections 1206 
     (22 U.S.C. 3646), 1207 (22 U.S.C. 3647), 1217(a), (22 U.S.C. 
     3657(a)), and 1224(11) (22 U.S.C. 3664(11)), subparagraphs 
     (A), (B), (F), (G), and (H) of section 1231(a)(2) (22 U.S.C. 
     3671(a)(2)) and section 1321(e) (22 U.S.C. 3731(e)).
       (b) Savings Provision for Basic Pay.--Notwithstanding 
     subsection (a), benefits based on basic pay, as listed in 
     paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (5), and (6) of section 1218 of the 
     Panama Canal Act of 1979, shall be paid as if sections 
     1217(a) and 1231(a)(2) (A) and (B) of that Act had been 
     repealed effective 12:00 p.m., December 31, 1999. The 
     exception under the preceding sentence shall not apply to any 
     pay for hours of work performed on December 31, 1999.
       (c) Nonapplicability to Agencies in Panama Other Than 
     Panama Canal Commission.--Section 1212(b)(3) (22 U.S.C. 
     3652(b)(3)) is amended by striking out ``the Panama Canal 
     Transition Facilitation Act of 1997'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``the Panama Canal Transition Facilitation Act of 
     1997 (subtitle B of title XXXV of Public Law 105-85; 110 
     Stat. 2062), or the Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 1999''.

     SEC. 3508. CENTRAL EXAMINING OFFICE.

       Section 1223 (22 U.S.C. 3663) is repealed.

     SEC. 3509. LIABILITY FOR VESSEL ACCIDENTS.

       (a) Commission Liability Subject to Claimant Insurance.--
     (1) Section 1411(a) (22 U.S.C. 3771(a)) is amended by 
     inserting ``to section 1419(b) of this Act and'' after 
     ``Subject'' in the first sentence.
       (2) Section 1412 (22 U.S.C. 3772) is amended by striking 
     out ``The Commission'' in the first sentence and inserting in 
     lieu thereof ``Subject to section 1419(b) of this Act, the 
     Commission''.
       (3) Section 1416 (22 U.S.C. 3776) is amended by striking 
     out ``A claimant'' in the first sentence and inserting in 
     lieu thereof ``Subject to section 1419(b) of this Act, a 
     claimant''.
       (b) Limitation on Liability.--Section 1419 (22 U.S.C. 3779) 
     is amended by designating the text as subsection (a) and by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(b) The Commission may not consider or pay any claim 
     under section 1411 or 1412 of this Act, nor may an action for 
     damages lie thereon, unless the claimant is covered by one or 
     more valid policies of insurance totalling at least 
     $1,000,000 against the injuries specified in those sections. 
     The Commission's liability on any such claim shall be limited 
     to damages in excess of all amounts recovered or recoverable 
     by the claimant from its insurers. The Commission may not 
     consider or pay any claim by an insurer or subrogee of a 
     claimant under section 1411 or 1412 of this Act.''.

     SEC. 3510. PLACEMENT OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS IN POSITIONS 
                   WITH THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.

       Section 1232 (22 U.S.C. 3672) is amended--
       (1) by striking out subsection (d);
       (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
       (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
     subsection (c):
       ``(c)(1) Upon the request of an employee or former employee 
     of the Panama Canal Commission described in paragraph (2), 
     the employee shall be afforded eligibility for appointment on 
     a noncompetitive basis to vacant positions in the competitive 
     service of the civil service within--
       ``(A) an area determined by the Director of the Office of 
     Personnel Management as being within a reasonable commuting 
     distance of the employee's residence; or
       ``(B) in the case of an employee in the Republic of Panama 
     who chooses to so designate, any Standard Federal Region 
     designated by the employee.
       ``(2) Paragraph (1) applies to a person who--
       ``(A) is a citizen of the United States;
       ``(B) was an employee of the Panama Canal Commission on or 
     after July 1, 1998; and
       ``(C) is in receipt of a notice of separation by reason of 
     a reduction in force.
       ``(3) A person's eligibility for a noncompetitive 
     appointment under paragraph (1) expires one year after the 
     date of the separation of that person from employment by the 
     Panama Canal Commission.
       ``(4) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(B), an employee of 
     the dissolution office established to manage Panama Canal 
     Commission Dissolution Fund established by section 1305 is an 
     employee of the Panama Canal Commission.
       ``(5) In this subsection, the terms `civil service' and 
     `competitive service' have the meanings given such terms in 
     sections 2101(1) and 2102, respectively, of title 5, United 
     States Code.''.

     SEC. 3511. PANAMA CANAL BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS.

       (a) Establishment and Pay of Board.--Section 3102(a) (22 
     U.S.C. 3862(a)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking out ``shall'' in the 
     first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof ``may''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(3) Compensation for members of the Board of Contract 
     Appeals shall be established by the Commission's supervisory 
     board. The annual compensation established for members may 
     not exceed the rate of basic pay established for level IV of 
     the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United 
     States Code. The compensation of a member may not be reduced 
     during the member's term of office from the level established 
     at the time of the appointment of the member.''.
       (b) Deadline for Commencement of Board.--Section 3102(e) 
     (22 U.S.C. 3862(e)) is amended by striking out ``, but not 
     later than January 1, 1999''.

     SEC. 3512. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

       (a) Panama Canal Act of 1979.--The Panama Canal Act of 1979 
     is amended as follows:
       (1) Section 1202(c) (22 U.S.C. 3642(c)) is amended--
       (A) by striking out ``the day before the date of the 
     enactment of the Panama Canal Transition Facilitation Act of 
     1997'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``November 17, 1997,'';
       (B) by striking out ``on or after that date''; and
       (C) by striking out ``the day before the date of 
     enactment'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``that date''.

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       (2) Section 1212(b)(3) (22 U.S.C. 3652(b)(3)) is amended by 
     inserting ``the'' after ``by the head of''.
       (3) Section 1313 (22 U.S.C. 3723) is amended by striking 
     out ``subsection (d)'' in each of subsections (a), (b), and 
     (d) and inserting in lieu thereof ``subsection (c)''.
       (4) Sections 1411(a) and 1412 (22 U.S.C. 3771(a), 3772) are 
     amended by striking out ``the date of the enactment of the 
     Panama Canal Transition Facilitation Act of 1997'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``by November 18, 1998''.
       (5) Section 1416 (22 U.S.C. 3776) is amended by striking 
     out ``the date of the enactment of the Panama Canal 
     Transition Facilitation Act of 1997'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``by May 17, 1998''.
       (b) Public Law 104-201.--Effective as of September 23, 
     1996, and as if included therein as enacted, section 
     3548(b)(3) of the Panama Canal Act Amendments of 1996 
     (subtitle B of title XXXV of Public Law 104-201; 110 Stat. 
     2869) is amended by striking out ``section'' in both items of 
     quoted matter and inserting in lieu thereof ``sections''.

     SEC. 3513. OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DESIGNATED AS 
                   A MEMBER OF THE PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION 
                   SUPERVISORY BOARD.

       (a) Authority.--Section 1102(a) (22 U.S.C. 3612(a)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking out the first sentence and inserting in 
     lieu thereof the following: ``The Commission shall be 
     supervised by a Board composed of nine members. An officer of 
     the Department of Defense designated by the Secretary of 
     Defense shall be one of the members of the Board.''; and
       (2) in the last sentence, by striking out ``Secretary of 
     Defense or a designee of the Secretary of Defense'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``the officer of the Department of 
     Defense designated by the Secretary of Defense to be a member 
     of the Board''.
       (b) Repeal of Superseded Provision.--Section 302 of Public 
     Law 105-18 (111 Stat. 168) is repealed.

     TITLE XXXVI--COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES OF PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY

     SEC. 3601. APPLICATION OF AUTHORITIES UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL 
                   EMERGENCY ECONOMIC POWERS ACT TO CHINESE 
                   MILITARY COMPANIES.

       (a) Determination of Communist Chinese Military 
     Companies.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), not 
     later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
     Attorney General, the Director of Central Intelligence, and 
     the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall 
     compile a list of persons who are Communist Chinese military 
     companies and who are operating directly or indirectly in the 
     United States or any of its territories and possessions, and 
     shall publish the list of such persons in the Federal 
     Register. On an ongoing basis, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with the Attorney General, the Director of 
     Central Intelligence, and the Director of the Federal Bureau 
     of Investigation, shall make additions or deletions to the 
     list based on the latest information available.
       (2) Communist chinese military company.--For purposes of 
     making the determination required by paragraph (1), the term 
     ``Communist Chinese military company''--
       (A) means a person that is--
       (i) engaged in providing commercial services, 
     manufacturing, producing, or exporting, and
       (ii) owned or controlled by the People's Liberation Army, 
     and
       (B) includes, but is not limited to, any person identified 
     in the United States Defense Intelligence Agency publication 
     numbered VP-1920-271-90, dated September 1990, or PC-1921-57-
     95, dated October 1995, and any update of such reports for 
     the purposes of this title.
       (b) Presidential Authority.--
       (1) Authority.--The President may exercise the authorities 
     set forth in section 203(a) of the International Emergency 
     Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702(a)) with respect to any 
     commercial activity in the United States by a Communist 
     Chinese military company (except with respect to authorities 
     relating to importation), without regard to section 202 of 
     that Act.
       (2) Penalties.--The penalties set forth in section 206 of 
     the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
     1705) shall apply to violations of any license, order, or 
     regulation issued under paragraph (1).

     SEC. 3602. DEFINITION.

       For purposes of this title, the term ``People's Liberation 
     Army'' means the land, naval, and air military services, the 
     police, and the intelligence services of the Communist 
     Government of the People's Republic of China, and any member 
     of any such service or of such police.

                TITLE XXXVII--FORCED OR INDENTURED LABOR

     SEC. 3701. FINDINGS.

       Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The United States Customs Service has identified goods, 
     wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or 
     manufactured under conditions of convict labor, forced labor, 
     or indentured labor, in several countries.
       (2) The United States Customs Service has made limited 
     attempts to prohibit the import of products made with forced 
     labor, resulting in only a few seizures, detention orders, 
     fines, and criminal prosecutions.
       (3) The United States Customs Service has taken 21 formal 
     administrative actions in the form of detention orders 
     against different products destined for the United States 
     market, found to have been made with forced labor, including 
     products from the People's Republic of China.
       (4) However, the United States Customs Service has never 
     formally investigated or pursued enforcement with respect to 
     attempts to import products made with forced or indentured 
     child labor.
       (5) The United States Customs Service can use additional 
     resources and tools to obtain the timely and in-depth 
     verification necessary to identify and interdict products 
     made with forced labor or indentured labor, including forced 
     or indentured child labor, that are destined for the United 
     States market.
       (6) The International Labor Organization estimates that 
     approximately 250,000,000 children between the ages of 5 and 
     14 are working in developing countries, including millions of 
     children in bondage or otherwise forced to work for little or 
     no pay.
       (7) Congress has clearly indicated in Public Law 105-61, 
     Treasury-Postal Service Appropriations, 1998, that forced or 
     indentured child labor constitutes forced labor under section 
     307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).

     SEC. 3702. AUTHORIZATION FOR ADDITIONAL CUSTOMS PERSONNEL TO 
                   MONITOR THE IMPORTATION OF PRODUCTS MADE WITH 
                   FORCED OR INDENTURED LABOR.

       There are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 1999 to the United States Customs Service to 
     monitor the importation of products made with forced labor or 
     indentured labor, including forced or indentured child labor, 
     the importation of which violates section 307 of the Tariff 
     Act of 1930 or section 1761 of title 18, United States Code.

     SEC. 3703. REPORTING REQUIREMENT ON FORCED LABOR OR 
                   INDENTURED LABOR PRODUCTS DESTINED FOR THE 
                   UNITED STATES MARKET.

       (a) Report to Congress.--Not later than 1 year after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of Customs 
     shall prepare and transmit to Congress a report on products 
     made with forced labor or indentured labor, including forced 
     or indentured child labor that are destined for the United 
     States market.
       (b) Contents of Report.--The report under subsection (a) 
     shall include information concerning the following:
       (1) The extent of the use of forced labor or indentured 
     labor, including forced or indentured child labor in 
     manufacturing or mining products destined for the United 
     States market.
       (2) The volume of products made or mined with forced labor 
     or indentured labor, including forced or indentured child 
     labor that is--
       (A) destined for the United States market,
       (B) in violation of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 
     or section 1761 of title 18, United States Code, and
       (C) seized by the United States Customs Service.
       (3) The progress of the United States Customs Service in 
     identifying and interdicting products made with forced labor 
     or indentured labor, including forced or indentured child 
     labor that are destined for the United States market.

     SEC. 3704. RENEGOTIATING MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING ON FORCED 
                   LABOR.

       It is the sense of Congress that the President should 
     determine whether any country with which the United States 
     has a memorandum of understanding with respect to reciprocal 
     trade that involves goods made with forced labor or 
     indentured labor, including forced or indentured child labor 
     is frustrating implementation of the memorandum. If an 
     affirmative determination be made, the President should 
     immediately commence negotiations to replace the current 
     memorandum of understanding with one providing for effective 
     procedures for the monitoring of forced labor or indentured 
     labor, including forced or indentured child labor. The 
     memorandum of understanding should include improved 
     procedures for requesting investigations of suspected work 
     sites by international monitors.

     SEC. 3705. DEFINITION OF FORCED LABOR.

       (a) Definition.--In this Act, the term ``forced labor'' 
     means convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor, as 
     such terms are used in section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930. 
     The term includes forced or indentured child labor--
       (1) that is exacted from any person under 15 years of age, 
     either in payment for the debts of a parent, relative, or 
     guardian, or drawn under false pretexts; and
       (2) with respect to which such person is confined against 
     the person's will.
       (b) Amendment to Tariff Act of 1930.--Section 307 of the 
     Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307) is amended by adding at 
     the end the following new paragraph:
       ``For purposes of this section, forced or indentured labor 
     includes forced or indentured child labor.''.

             TITLE XXXVIII--FAIR TRADE IN AUTOMOTIVE PARTS

     SEC. 3801. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Fair Trade in Automotive 
     Parts Act of 1998''.

     SEC. 3802. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) Japanese markets.--The term ``Japanese markets'' refers 
     to markets, including markets in the United States and Japan, 
     where automotive parts and accessories,

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     both original equipment and aftermarket, are purchased for 
     use in the manufacture or repair of Japanese automobiles.
       (2) Japanese and other asian markets.--The term ``Japanese 
     and other Asian markets'' refers to markets, including 
     markets in the United States, Japan, and other Asian 
     countries, where automotive parts and accessories, both 
     original equipment and aftermarket, are purchased for use in 
     the manufacture or repair of Japanese, American, or other 
     Asian automobiles.

     SEC. 3803. RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF INITIATIVE ON AUTOMOTIVE PARTS 
                   SALES TO JAPAN.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Commerce shall re-
     establish the initiative to increase the sale of United 
     States made automotive parts and accessories to Japanese 
     markets.
       (b) Functions.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary 
     shall--
       (1) foster increased access for United States made 
     automotive parts and accessories to Japanese companies, 
     including specific consultations on access to Japanese 
     markets;
       (2) facilitate the exchange of information between United 
     States automotive parts manufacturers and the Japanese 
     automobile industry;
       (3) collect data and market information on the Japanese 
     automotive industry regarding needs, trends, and procurement 
     practices, including the types, volume, and frequency of 
     parts sales to Japanese automobile manufacturers;
       (4) establish contacts with Japanese automobile 
     manufacturers in order to facilitate contact between United 
     States automotive parts manufacturers and Japanese automobile 
     manufacturers;
       (5) report on and attempt to resolve disputes, policies or 
     practices, whether public or private, that result in barriers 
     to increased commerce between United States automotive parts 
     manufacturers and Japanese automobile manufacturers;
       (6) take actions to initiate periodic consultations with 
     officials of the Government of Japan regarding sales of 
     United States-made automotive parts in Japanese markets; and
       (7) transmit to Congress the annual report prepared by the 
     Special Advisory Committee under section 3804(c)(5).

     SEC. 3804. ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON 
                   AUTOMOTIVE PARTS SALES IN JAPANESE AND OTHER 
                   ASIAN MARKETS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Commerce shall seek the 
     advice of the United States automotive parts industry in 
     carrying out this title.
       (b) Establishment of Committee.--The Secretary of Commerce 
     shall establish a Special Advisory Committee for purposes of 
     carrying out this title.
       (c) Functions.--The Special Advisory Committee established 
     under subsection (b) shall--
       (1) report to the Secretary of Commerce on barriers to 
     sales of United States-made automotive parts and accessories 
     in Japanese and other Asian markets;
       (2) review and consider data collected on sales of United 
     States-made automotive parts and accessories in Japanese and 
     other Asian markets;
       (3) advise the Secretary of Commerce during consultations 
     with other governments on issues concerning sales of United 
     States-made automotive parts in Japanese and other Asian 
     markets;
       (4) assist in establishing priorities for the initiative 
     established under section 3803, and otherwise provide 
     assistance and direction to the Secretary of Commerce in 
     carrying out the intent of that section; and
       (5) assist the Secretary in reporting to Congress by 
     submitting an annual written report to the Secretary on the 
     sale of United States-made automotive parts in Japanese and 
     other Asian markets, as well as any other issues with respect 
     to which the Committee provides advice pursuant to this 
     title.
       (d) Authority.--The Secretary of Commerce shall draw on 
     existing budget authority in carrying out this title.

     SEC. 3805. EXPIRATION DATE.

       The authority under this title shall expire on December 31, 
     2003.

                     TITLE XXXIX --RADIO FREE ASIA

     SEC. 3901. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Radio Free Asia Act of 
     1998''.

     SEC. 3902. FINDINGS.

       The Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The Government of the People's Republic of China 
     systematically controls the flow of information to the 
     Chinese people.
       (2) The Government of the People's Republic of China 
     demonstrated that maintaining its monopoly on political power 
     is a higher priority than economic development by announcing 
     in January 1996 that its official news agency, Xinhua, will 
     supervise wire services selling economic information, 
     including Dow Jones-Telerate, Bloomberg, and Reuters 
     Business, and in announcing in February 1996 the ``Interim 
     Internet Management Rules'', which have the effect of 
     censoring computer networks.
       (3) Under the May 30, 1997, order of Premier Li Peng, all 
     organizations that engage in business activities related to 
     international computer networking must now apply for a 
     license, increasing still further government control over 
     access to the Internet.
       (4) Both Radio Free Asia and the Voice of America, as a 
     surrogate for a free press in the People's Republic of China, 
     provide an invaluable source of uncensored information to the 
     Chinese people, including objective and authoritative news of 
     in-country and regional events, as well as accurate news 
     about the United States and its policies.
       (5) Enhanced broadcasting service to China and Tibet can 
     efficiently be established through a combination of Radio 
     Free Asia and Voice of America programming.
       (6) Radio Free Asia and Voice of America, in working toward 
     continuously broadcasting to the People's Republic of China 
     in multiple languages, have the capability to establish 24-
     hour-a-day Mandarin broadcasting to that nation by staggering 
     the hours of Radio Free Asia and Voice of America.
       (7) Simultaneous broadcastings on Voice of America radio 
     and Worldnet television 7 days a week in Mandarin are also 
     important and needed capabilities.

     SEC. 3903. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR INCREASED 
                   FUNDING FOR RADIO FREE ASIA AND VOICE OF 
                   AMERICA BROADCASTING TO CHINA.

       (a) Authorization of Appropriations for Radio Free Asia.--
       (1) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated for ``Radio Free Asia'' $30,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 1998 and $22,000,000 for fiscal year 1999.
       (2) Limitations.--Of the funds under paragraph (1) 
     authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1998, 
     $8,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated for one-time 
     capital costs.
       (3) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that of 
     the funds under paragraph (1), a significant amount shall be 
     directed towards broadcasting to China and Tibet in the 
     appropriate languages and dialects.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations for International 
     Broadcasting to China.--In addition to such sums as are 
     otherwise authorized to be appropriated for ``International 
     Broadcasting Activities'' for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, 
     there are authorized to be appropriated for ``International 
     Broadcasting Activities'' $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
     $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, which shall be available 
     only for enhanced Voice of America broadcasting to China. Of 
     the funds authorized under this subsection $100,000 is 
     authorized to be appropriated for each of the fiscal years 
     1998 and 1999 for additional personnel to staff Hmong 
     language broadcasting.
       (c) Authorization of Appropriations for Radio 
     Construction.--In addition to such sums as are otherwise 
     authorized to be appropriated for ``Radio Construction'' for 
     fiscal years 1998 and 1999, there are authorized to be 
     appropriated for ``Radio Construction'' $10,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 1998 and $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, which 
     shall be available only for construction in support of 
     enhanced broadcasting to China, including the timely 
     augmentation of transmitters at Tinian, the Commonwealth of 
     the Northern Mariana Islands.

     SEC. 3904. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.

       (a) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Broadcasting Board of Governors 
     shall prepare and submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees an assessment of the board's efforts to increase 
     broadcasting by Radio Free Asia and Voice of America to China 
     and Tibet. This report shall include an analysis of Chinese 
     government control of the media, the ability of independent 
     journalists and news organizations to operate in China, and 
     the results of any research conducted to quantify 
     listenership.
       (b) Purposes.--For purposes of this section, appropriate 
     congressional committees are defined as the Senate Committees 
     on Foreign Relations and Appropriations and the House 
     Committees on International Relations and Appropriations.

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