[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 105 (Thursday, July 30, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9455-S9475]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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             DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999

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                      GRASSLEY AMENDMENT NO. 3390

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. GRASSLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill (S. 2132) making appropriations for the Department of Defense 
for fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. Effective on June 30, 1999, section 8106(a) of 
     the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997 (titles I 
     through VIII of the matter under section 101(b) of Public Law 
     104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-111; 10 U.S.C. 113 note), is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking out ``not later than June 30, 1997,'', and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``not later than June 30, 1999,''; 
     and
       (2) by striking out ``$1,000,000'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``$500,000''.
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                STEVENS (AND INOUYE) AMENDMENT NO. 3391

  Mr. STEVENS (for himself and Mr. Inouye) proposed an amendment to the 
bill, S. 2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, in between lines 17 and 18, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. 8104(a) On page 34, line 24, strike out all after 
     ``$94,500,000'' down to and including ``1999'' on page 35, 
     line 7.
       (b) On page 42, line 1, strike out the amount 
     ``$2,000,000,000'', and insert the amount ``$1,775,000,000''.
       (c) In addition to funds provided under title I of this 
     Act, the following amounts are hereby appropriated: for 
     ``Military Personnel, Army'', $58,000,000; for ``Military 
     Personnel, Navy'', $43,000,000; for ``Military Personnel, 
     Marine Corps'', $14,000,000; for ``Military Personnel, Air 
     Force'', $44,000,000; for ``Reserve Personnel, Army'', 
     $5,377,000; for ``Reserve Personnel, Navy'', $3,684,000; for 
     ``Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps'', $1,103,000; for 
     ``Reserve Personnel, Air Force'', $1,000,000; for ``National 
     Guard Personnel, Army'', $9,392,000; and ``National Guard 
     Personnel, Air Force'', $4,112,000''.
       (d) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, the 
     total amount available in this Act for ``Quality of Life 
     Enhancements, Defense'', real property maintenance is hereby 
     decreased by reducing the total amounts appropriated in the 
     following accounts: ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', by 
     $58,000,000; ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', by 
     $43,000,000; ``Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps'', by 
     $14,000,000; and ``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'', 
     $44,000,000.
       (e) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, the 
     total amount appropriated under the heading ``National Guard 
     and Reserve Equipment'', is hereby reduced by $24,668,000.
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                       STEVENS AMENDMENT NO. 3392

  Mr. STEVENS proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 2132, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec.   . For an additional amount for ``Overseas 
     Contingency Operations Transfer Fund,'' $1,858,600,000: 
     Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may transfer these 
     funds only to military personnel accounts, operation and 
     maintenance accounts, procurement accounts, the defense 
     health program appropriations and working capital funds: 
     Provided further, That the funds transferred shall be merged 
     with and shall be available for the same purposes and for the 
     same time period, as the appropriation to which transferred: 
     Provided further, That the transfer authority provided in 
     this paragraph is in addition to any other transfer authority 
     available to the Department of Defense: Provided further, 
     That such amount is designated by Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
     amended.
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                       ROBERTS AMENDMENT NO. 3393

  Mr. ROBERTS proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 2132, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available under this Act may be obligated or expended 
     for any deployment of forces of the Armed Forces of the 
     United States to Yugoslavia, Albania, or Macedonia unless and 
     until the President, after consultation with the Speaker of 
     the House of Representatives, the Majority Leader of the 
     Senate, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, 
     and the Minority Leader of the Senate, transmits to Congress 
     a report on the deployment that includes the following:
       (1) The President's certification that the presence of 
     those forces in each country to which the forces are to be 
     deployed is necessary in the national security interests of 
     the United States.
       (2) The reasons why the deployment is in the national 
     security interests of the United States.
       (3) The number of United States military personnel to be 
     deployed to each country.
       (4) The mission and objectives of forces to be deployed.
       (5) The expected schedule for accomplishing the objectives 
     of the deployment.
       (6) The exit strategy for United States forces engaged in 
     the deployment.
       (7) The costs associated with the deployment and the 
     funding sources for paying those costs.
       (8) The anticipated effects of the deployment on the 
     morale, retention, and effectiveness of United States forces.
       (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a deployment of 
     forces--
       (1) in accordance with United Nations Security Council 
     Resolution 795; or
       (2) under circumstances determined by the President to be 
     an emergency necessitating immediate deployment of the 
     forces.
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                      SANTORUM AMENDMENT NO. 3394

  Mr. SANTORUM proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 2132, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 26, line 8, increase the amount by $8,200,000.
       On page 10, line 6, reduce the first amount by $8,200,000.

 Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, this amendment to S. 2132, the 
Fiscal Year 1999 Defense Appropriations Act, seeks to add $8.2 million 
for the procurement of M888, 60-millimeter, high-explosive munitions 
for the Marine Corps.

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  The additional funds would help alleviate training constraints for 
Marine Corps units due to shortages in this term, and will help reduce 
the coming ``bow-wave'' of procurement requirements we may not have the 
resources to fund in future years. The Marine Corps has stated that 
procurement at this level would be consistent with its acquisition 
strategy regarding ammunition.
  I would like to clarify that funds for this procurement have been 
identified. In order to fund this important acquisition I have 
identified the Air Force war reserve materials account.
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                     KEMPTHORNE AMENDMENT NO. 3395

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. KEMPTHORNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill, S. 2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 11, line 7 after the period insert the following: 
     ``Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading, $35,000,000 shall be made available only for use for 
     Impact Aid to local educational agencies.''
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                      FAIRCLOTH AMENDMENT NO. 3396

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. FAIRCLOTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill, S. 2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8014. (a) Not later than six months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit 
     to Congress a report containing a comprehensive assessment of 
     the TRICARE program.
       (b) The assessment under subsection (a) shall include the 
     following:
       (1) A comparison of the health care benefits available 
     under the health care options of the TRICARE program known as 
     TRICARE Standard, TRICARE Prime, and TRICARE Extra with the 
     health care benefits available under the health care plan of 
     the Federal Employees Health Benefits program most similar to 
     each such option that has the most subscribers as of the date 
     of enactment of this Act, including--
       (A) the types of health care services offered by each 
     option and plan under comparison;
       (B) the ceilings, if any, imposed on the amounts paid for 
     covered services under each option and plan under comparison; 
     and
       (C) the timeliness of payments to physicians providing 
     services under each option and plan under comparison.
       (2) An assessment of the effect on the subscription choices 
     made by potential subscribers to the TRICARE program of the 
     Department of Defense policy to grant priority in the 
     provision of health care services to subscribers to a 
     particular option.
       (3) An assessment whether or not the implementation of the 
     TRICARE program has discouraged medicare-eligible individuals 
     from obtaining health care services from military treatment 
     facilities, including--
       (A) an estimate of the number of such individuals 
     discouraged from obtaining health care services from such 
     facilities during the two-year period ending with the 
     commencement of the implementation of the TRICARE program; 
     and
       (B) an estimate of the number of such individuals 
     discouraged from obtaining health care services from such 
     facilities during the two-year period following the 
     commencement of the implementation of the TRICARE program.
       (4) An assessment of any other matters that the Comptroller 
     General considers appropriate for purposes of this section.
       (c) In this section:
       (1) The term ``Federal Employees Health Benefits program'' 
     means the health benefits program under chapter 89 of title 
     5, United States Code.
       (2) The term ``TRICARE program'' has the meaning given that 
     term in section 1072(7) of title 10, United States Code.
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                FEINGOLD (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3397

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. Kohl, and Mr. Bryan) submitted an 
amendment to be proposed by him to the bill, S. 2132, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 13, line 9, increase the amount by $219,700,000.
       On page 25, line 25, reduce the amount by $219,700,000.
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                         KYL AMENDMENT NO. 3398

  Mr. KYL proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 2312, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     may be obligated or expended for the establishment or 
     operation of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency until the 
     Secretary of Defense takes the following actions:
       (1) Establishes within the Office of the Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Policy the position of Deputy Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Technology Security Policy and designates that 
     official to serve as the Director of the Defense Security 
     Technology Agency with only the following duties:
       (A) To develop for the Department of Defense policies and 
     positions regarding the appropriate export control policies 
     and procedures that are necessary to protect the national 
     security interests of the United States.
       (B) To supervise activities of the Department of Defense 
     relating to export controls.
       (C) As the Director of the Defense Security Technology 
     Agency--
       (i) to administer the technology security program of the 
     Department of Defense;
       (ii) to review, under that program, international transfers 
     of defense-related technology, goods, services, and munitions 
     in order to determine whether such transfers are consistent 
     with United States foreign policy and national security 
     interests and to ensure that such international transfers 
     comply with Department of Defense technology security 
     policies;
       (iii) to ensure (using automation and other computerized 
     techniques to the maximum extent practicable) that the 
     Department of Defense role in the processing of export 
     license applications is carried out as expeditiously as is 
     practicable consistent with the national security interests 
     of the United States; and
       (iv) to actively support intelligence and enforcement 
     activities of the Federal Government to restrain the flow of 
     defense-related technology, goods, services, and munitions to 
     potential adversaries.
       (2) Submits to Congress a written certification that--
       (A) the Defense Security Technology Agency is to remain a 
     Defense Agency independent of all other Defense Agencies of 
     the Department of Defense and the military departments; and
       (B) no funds are to be obligated or expended for 
     integrating the Defense Security Technology Agency into 
     another Defense Agency.
       (b) The Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Technology 
     Security Policy may report directly to the Secretary of 
     Defense on the matters that are within the duties of the 
     Deputy Under Secretary.
       (c) Not later than 10 days after the Secretary of Defense 
     establishes the position of Deputy Under Secretary of Defense 
     for Technology Security Policy, the Secretary shall submit to 
     the Committees on Armed Services and on Appropriations of the 
     Senate and the Committees on National Security and on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report on 
     the establishment of the position. The report shall include 
     the following:
       (1) A description of any organizational changes that have 
     been made or are to be made within the Department of Defense 
     to satisfy the conditions set forth in subsection (a) and 
     otherwise to implement this section.
       (2) A description of the role of the Chairman of the Joint 
     Chiefs of Staff in the export control activities of the 
     Department of Defense after the establishment of the 
     position, together with a discussion of how that role 
     compares to the Chairman's role in those activities before 
     the establishment of the position.
       (d) Unless specifically authorized and appropriated for 
     such purpose, funds may not be obligated to relocate any 
     office or personnel of the Defense Technology Security 
     Administration to any location that is more than five miles 
     from the Pentagon Reservation (as defined in section 2674(f) 
     of title 10, United States Code).
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                       BAUCUS AMENDMENT NO. 3399

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. BAUCUS submitted an amendment to be proposed by him to the bill, 
S. 2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 18, line 22, insert before the period at the end 
     the following: ``Provided further, That of the amounts 
     available under this heading, $150,000 shall be made 
     available to the Bear Paw Development Council, Montana, for 
     the management and conversion of the Havre Air Force Base and 
     Training Site, Montana, for public benefit purposes, 
     including public schools, housing for the homeless, and 
     economic development''.
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               BINGAMAN (AND DOMENICI) AMENDMENT NO. 3400

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. Domenici) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by them to the bill, S. 2132, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 99, in between lines 17 and 18, insert before the 
     period at the end the following: ``: Sec. 8104(a) that of the 
     amount available under Air National Guard, Operations and 
     Maintenance for flying hours and related personnel support, 
     $4,500,000 shall be available for the Defense Systems 
     Evaluation program for support of test and training 
     operations at White Sands Missile range, New Mexico, and Fort 
     Bliss, Texas''.
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                  GRAHAM (AND MACK) AMENDMENT NO. 3401

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Mack) submitted an amendment intended 
to be proposed by them to the bill, S. 2132, supra; as follows:


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       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
                       TITLE IX--COMMERCIAL SPACE

     SEC. 901. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Commercial Space Act of 
     1998''.

     SEC. 902. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
     Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration.
       (2) Commercial provider.--The term ``commercial provider'' 
     means any person providing space transportation services or 
     other space-related activities, primary control of which is 
     held by persons other than Federal, State, local, and foreign 
     governments.
       (3) Payload.--The term ``payload'' means anything that a 
     person undertakes to transport to, from, or within outer 
     space, or in suborbital trajectory, by means of a space 
     transportation vehicle, but does not include the space 
     transportation vehicle itself except for its components which 
     are specifically designed or adapted for that payload.
       (4) Space-related activities.--The term ``space-related 
     activities'' includes research and development, 
     manufacturing, processing, service, and other associated and 
     support activities.
       (5) Space transportation services.--The term ``space 
     transportation services'' means the preparation of a space 
     transportation vehicle and its payloads for transportation 
     to, from, or within outer space, or in suborbital trajectory, 
     and the conduct of transporting a payload to, from, or within 
     outer space, or in suborbital trajectory.
       (6) Space transportation vehicle.--The term ``space 
     transportation vehicle''--
       (A) means any vehicle constructed for the purpose of 
     operating in, or transporting a payload to, from, or within, 
     outer space, or in suborbital trajectory; and
       (B) includes any component of that vehicle not specifically 
     designed or adapted for a payload.
       (7) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
     States of the Union, the District of Columbia, the 
     Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, 
     American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
     Islands, and any other commonwealth, territory, or possession 
     of the United States.
       (8) United states commercial provider.--The term ``United 
     States commercial provider'' means a commercial provider, 
     organized under the laws of the United States or of a State, 
     that is--
       (A) more than 50 percent owned by United States nationals; 
     or
       (B) a subsidiary of a foreign company and the Secretary of 
     Transportation finds that--
       (i) that subsidiary has in the past evidenced a substantial 
     commitment to the United States market through--

       (I) investments in the United States in long-term research, 
     development, and manufacturing (including the manufacture of 
     major components and subassemblies); and
       (II) significant contributions to employment in the United 
     States; and

       (ii)(I) each country in which that foreign company is 
     incorporated or organized; and
       (II) if appropriate, in which that foreign company 
     principally conducts its business, affords reciprocal 
     treatment to companies described in subparagraph (A) 
     comparable to that afforded to that foreign company's 
     subsidiary in the United States, as evidenced by--

       (aa) providing comparable opportunities for companies 
     described in subparagraph (A) to participate in Government 
     sponsored research and development similar to that authorized 
     under this Act;
       (bb) providing no barriers, to companies described in 
     subparagraph (A) with respect to local investment 
     opportunities, that are not provided to foreign companies in 
     the United States; and
       (cc) providing adequate and effective protection for the 
     intellectual property rights of companies described in 
     subparagraph (A).

     SEC. 903. COMMERCIALIZATION OF SPACE STATION.

       (a) Policy.--Congress declares that--
       (1) a priority goal of constructing the International Space 
     Station is the economic development of Earth orbital space;
       (2) free and competitive markets create the most efficient 
     conditions for promoting economic development, and should 
     therefore govern the economic development of Earth orbital 
     space; and
       (3) the use of free market principles in operating, 
     servicing, allocating the use of, and adding capabilities to 
     the Space Station, and the resulting fullest possible 
     engagement of commercial providers and participation of 
     commercial users, will reduce International Space Station 
     operational costs for all partners and the Federal 
     Government's share of the United States burden to fund 
     operations.
       (b) Reports.--
       (1) In general.--The Administrator shall deliver to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
     Senate and the Committee on Science of the House of 
     Representatives, not later than 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, a study that identifies and examines--
       (A) the opportunities for commercial providers to play a 
     role in International Space Station activities, including 
     operation, use, servicing, and augmentation;
       (B) the potential cost savings to be derived from 
     commercial providers playing a role in each of these 
     activities;
       (C) which of the opportunities described in subparagraph 
     (A) the Administrator plans to make available to commercial 
     providers during fiscal years 1999 and 2000;
       (D) the specific policies and initiatives the Administrator 
     is advancing to encourage and facilitate these commercial 
     opportunities; and
       (E) the revenues and cost reimbursements to the Federal 
     Government from commercial users of the International Space 
     Station.
       (2) Study.--
       (A) In general.--The Administrator shall deliver to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
     Senate and the Committee on Science of the House of 
     Representatives, not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, an independently-conducted market 
     study that examines and evaluates potential industry interest 
     in providing commercial goods and services for the operation, 
     servicing, and augmentation of the International Space 
     Station, and in the commercial use of the International Space 
     Station.
       (B) Additional requirements.--In addition to meeting the 
     requirements under subparagraph (A), the study under this 
     paragraph shall also include updates to the cost savings and 
     revenue estimates made in the study described in paragraph 
     (1) based on the external market assessment.
       (3) Submission of report.--The Administrator shall deliver 
     to Congress, no later than the submission of the President's 
     annual budget request for fiscal year 2000 submitted in 
     accordance with section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
     Code, a report detailing how many proposals (whether 
     solicited or not) the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration received during calendar year 1998 regarding 
     commercial operation, servicing, utilization, or augmentation 
     of the International Space Station, broken down by each of 
     those 4 categories, and specifying how many agreements the 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration has entered 
     into in response to these proposals, also broken down by 
     those 4 categories.
       (4) Role of state governments.--Each of the studies and 
     reports required by paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) shall 
     include consideration of the potential role of State 
     governments as brokers in promoting commercial participation 
     in the International Space Station program.

     SEC. 904. COMMERCIAL SPACE LAUNCH AMENDMENTS.

       (a) Amendments.--Chapter 701 of title 49, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) in the table of sections--
       (A) by amending the item relating to section 70104 to read 
     as follows:

``70104. Restrictions on launches, operations, and reentries.'';

       (B) by amending the item relating to section 70108 to read 
     as follows:

``70108. Prohibition, suspension, and end of launches, operation of 
              launch sites and reentry sites, and reentries.'';

       (C) by amending the item relating to section 70109 to read 
     as follows:

``70109. Preemption of scheduled launches or reentries.'';

     and
       (D) by adding at the end the following new items:

``70120. Regulations.
``70121. Report to Congress.''.

       (2) in section 70101--
       (A) by inserting ``microgravity research,'' after 
     ``information services,'' in subsection (a)(3);
       (B) by inserting ``, reentry,'' after ``launching'' both 
     places it appears in subsection (a)(4);
       (C) by inserting ``, reentry vehicles,'' after ``launch 
     vehicles'' in subsection (a)(5);
       (D) by inserting ``and reentry services'' after ``launch 
     services'' in subsection (a)(6);
       (E) by inserting ``, reentries,'' after ``launches'' both 
     places it appears in subsection (a)(7);
       (F) by inserting ``, reentry sites,'' after ``launch 
     sites'' in subsection (a)(8);
       (G) by inserting ``and reentry services'' after ``launch 
     services'' in subsection (a)(8);
       (H) by inserting ``reentry sites,'' after ``launch sites,'' 
     in subsection (a)(9);
       (I) by inserting ``and reentry site'' after ``launch site'' 
     in subsection (a)(9);
       (J) by inserting ``, reentry vehicles,'' after ``launch 
     vehicles'' in subsection (b)(2);
       (K) by striking ``launch'' in subsection (b)(2)(A);
       (L) by inserting ``and reentry'' after ``conduct of 
     commercial launch'' in subsection (b)(3);
       (M) by striking ``launch'' after ``and transfer 
     commercial'' in subsection (b)(3); and
       (N) by inserting ``and development of reentry sites,'' 
     after ``launch-site support facilities,'' in subsection 
     (b)(4);
       (3) in section 70102--
       (A) in paragraph (3)--
       (i) by striking ``and any payload'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``or reentry vehicle and any payload from Earth'';
       (ii) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C) 
     and inserting in lieu thereof a comma; and
       (iii) by adding after subparagraph (C) the following:

     ``including activities involved in the preparation of a 
     launch vehicle or payload for launch, when those activities 
     take place at a launch site in the United States.'';

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       (B) by inserting ``or reentry vehicle'' after ``means of a 
     launch vehicle'' in paragraph (8);
       (C) by redesignating paragraphs (10), (11), and (12) as 
     paragraphs (14), (15), and (16), respectively;
       (D) by inserting after paragraph (10) the following new 
     paragraphs:
       ``(10) `reenter' and `reentry' mean to return or attempt to 
     return a reentry vehicle and its payload, if any, from Earth 
     orbit or from outer space to Earth.
       ``(11) `reentry services' means--
       ``(A) activities involved in the preparation of a reentry 
     vehicle and its payload, if any, for reentry; and
       ``(B) the conduct of a reentry.
       ``(12) `reentry site' means the location on Earth to which 
     a reentry vehicle is intended to return (as defined in a 
     license the Secretary issues or transfers under this 
     chapter).
       ``(13) `reentry vehicle' means a vehicle designed to return 
     from Earth orbit or outer space to Earth, or a reusable 
     launch vehicle designed to return from Earth orbit or outer 
     space to Earth, substantially intact.''; and
       (E) by inserting ``or reentry services'' after ``launch 
     services'' each place it appears in paragraph (15), as so 
     redesignated by subparagraph (C) of this paragraph;
       (4) in section 70103(b)--
       (A) by inserting ``and Reentries'' after ``Launches'' in 
     the subsection heading;
       (B) by inserting ``and reentries'' after ``commercial space 
     launches'' in paragraph (1); and
       (C) by inserting ``and reentry'' after ``space launch'' in 
     paragraph (2);
       (5) in section 70104--
       (A) by amending the section designation and heading to read 
     as follows:

     ``Sec. 70104. Restrictions on launches, operations, and 
       reentries'';

       (B) by inserting ``or reentry site, or to reenter a reentry 
     vehicle,'' after ``operate a launch site'' each place it 
     appears in subsection (a);
       (C) by inserting ``or reentry'' after ``launch or 
     operation'' in subsection (a)(3) and (4);
       (D) in subsection (b)--
       (i) by striking ``launch license'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``license'';
       (ii) by inserting ``or reenter'' after ``may launch''; and
       (iii) by inserting ``or reentering'' after ``related to 
     launching''; and
       (E) in subsection (c)--
       (i) by amending the subsection heading to read as follows: 
     ``Preventing Launches and Reentries.--'';
       (ii) by inserting ``or reentry'' after ``prevent the 
     launch''; and
       (iii) by inserting ``or reentry'' after ``decides the 
     launch'';
       (6) in section 70105--
       (A) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``A person may apply'' in 
     subsection (a);
       (B) by striking ``receiving an application'' both places it 
     appears in subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``accepting an application in accordance with criteria 
     established pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(D)'';
       (C) by adding at the end of subsection (a) the following: 
     ``The Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee 
     on Science of the House of Representatives a written notice 
     not later than 30 days after any occurrence when a license is 
     not issued within the deadline established by this 
     subsection.
       ``(2) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary may 
     establish procedures for safety approvals of launch vehicles, 
     reentry vehicles, safety systems, processes, services, or 
     personnel that may be used in conducting licensed commercial 
     space launch or reentry activities.'';
       (D) by inserting ``or a reentry site, or the reentry of a 
     reentry vehicle,'' after ``operation of a launch site'' in 
     subsection (b)(1);
       (E) by striking ``or operation'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``, operation, or reentry'' in subsection (b)(2)(A);
       (F) by striking ``and'' at the end of subsection (b)(2)(B);
       (G) by striking the period at the end of subsection 
     (b)(2)(C) and inserting in lieu thereof ``; and'';
       (H) by adding at the end of subsection (b)(2) the following 
     new subparagraph:
       ``(D) regulations establishing criteria for accepting or 
     rejecting an application for a license under this chapter 
     within 60 days after receipt of such application.''; and
       (I) by inserting ``, including the requirement to obtain a 
     license,'' after ``waive a requirement'' in subsection 
     (b)(3);
       (7) in section 70106(a)--
       (A) by inserting ``or reentry site'' after ``observer at a 
     launch site'';
       (B) by inserting ``or reentry vehicle'' after ``assemble a 
     launch vehicle''; and
       (C) by inserting ``or reentry vehicle'' after ``with a 
     launch vehicle'';
       (8) in section 70108--
       (A) by amending the section designation and heading to read 
     as follows:

     ``Sec. 70108. Prohibition, suspension, and end of launches, 
       operation of launch sites and reentry sites, and 
       reentries'';

     and
       (B) in subsection (a)--
       (i) by inserting ``or reentry site, or reentry of a reentry 
     vehicle,'' after ``operation of a launch site''; and
       (ii) by inserting ``or reentry'' after ``launch or 
     operation'';
       (9) in section 70109--
       (A) by amending the section designation and heading to read 
     as follows:

     ``Sec. 70109. Preemption of scheduled launches or 
       reentries'';

       (B) in subsection (a)--
       (i) by inserting ``or reentry'' after ``ensure that a 
     launch'';
       (ii) by inserting ``, reentry site,'' after ``United States 
     Government launch site'';
       (iii) by inserting ``or reentry date commitment'' after 
     ``launch date commitment'';
       (iv) by inserting ``or reentry'' after ``obtained for a 
     launch'';
       (v) by inserting ``, reentry site,'' after ``access to a 
     launch site'';
       (vi) by inserting ``, or services related to a reentry,'' 
     after ``amount for launch services''; and
       (vii) by inserting ``or reentry'' after ``the scheduled 
     launch''; and
       (C) in subsection (c), by inserting ``or reentry'' after 
     ``prompt launching'';
       (10) in section 70110--
       (A) by inserting ``or reentry'' after ``prevent the 
     launch'' in subsection (a)(2); and
       (B) by inserting ``or reentry site, or reentry of a reentry 
     vehicle,'' after ``operation of a launch site'' in subsection 
     (a)(3)(B);
       (11) in section 70111--
       (A) by inserting ``or reentry'' after ``launch'' in 
     subsection (a)(1)(A);
       (B) by inserting ``and reentry services'' after ``launch 
     services'' in subsection (a)(1)(B);
       (C) by inserting ``or reentry services'' after ``or launch 
     services'' in subsection (a)(2);
       (D) by striking ``source.'' in subsection (a)(2) and 
     inserting ``source, whether such source is located on or off 
     a Federal range.'';
       (E) by inserting ``or reentry'' after ``commercial launch'' 
     both places it appears in subsection (b)(1);
       (F) by inserting ``or reentry services'' after ``launch 
     services'' in subsection (b)(2)(C);
       (G) by inserting after subsection (b)(2) the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(3) The Secretary shall ensure the establishment of 
     uniform guidelines for, and consistent implementation of, 
     this section by all Federal agencies.'';
       (H) by striking ``or its payload for launch'' in subsection 
     (d) and inserting in lieu thereof ``or reentry vehicle, or 
     the payload of either, for launch or reentry''; and
       (I) by inserting ``, reentry vehicle,'' after 
     ``manufacturer of the launch vehicle'' in subsection (d);
       (12) in section 70112--
       (A) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ``launch or 
     reentry'' after ``(1) When a'';
       (B) by inserting ``or reentry'' after ``one launch'' in 
     subsection (a)(3);
       (C) by inserting ``or reentry services'' after ``launch 
     services'' in subsection (a)(4);
       (D) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ``launch or 
     reentry'' after ``(1) A'';
       (E) by inserting ``or reentry services'' after ``launch 
     services'' each place it appears in subsection (b);
       (F) by inserting ``applicable'' after ``carried out under 
     the'' in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b);
       (G) by striking ``, Space, and Technology'' in subsection 
     (d)(1);
       (H) by inserting ``or Reentries'' after ``Launches'' in the 
     heading for subsection (e);
       (I) by inserting ``or reentry site or a reentry'' after 
     ``launch site'' in subsection (e); and
       (J) in subsection (f), by inserting ``launch or reentry'' 
     after ``carried out under a'';
       (13) in section 70113--by inserting ``or reentry'' after 
     ``one launch'' each place it appears in paragraphs (1) and 
     (2) of subsection (d);
       (14) in section 70115(b)(1)(D)(i)--
       (A) by inserting ``reentry site,'' after ``launch site,''; 
     and
       (B) by inserting ``or reentry vehicle'' after ``launch 
     vehicle'' both places it appears;
       (15) in section 70117--
       (A) by inserting ``or reentry site, or to reenter a reentry 
     vehicle'' after ``operate a launch site'' in subsection (a);
       (B) by inserting ``or reentry'' after ``approval of a space 
     launch'' in subsection (d);
       (C) by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:
       ``(f) Launch Not an Export; Reentry Not an Import.--A 
     launch vehicle, reentry vehicle, or payload that is launched 
     or reentered is not, because of the launch or reentry, an 
     export or import, respectively, for purposes of a law 
     controlling exports or imports, except that payloads launched 
     pursuant to foreign trade zone procedures as provided for 
     under the Foreign Trade Zones Act (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u) shall 
     be considered exports with regard to customs entry.''; and
       (D) in subsection (g)--
       (i) by striking ``operation of a launch vehicle or launch 
     site,'' in paragraph (1) and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``reentry, operation of a launch vehicle or reentry vehicle, 
     or operation of a launch site or reentry site,''; and
       (ii) by inserting ``reentry,'' after ``launch,'' in 
     paragraph (2); and
       (16) by adding at the end the following new sections:

     ``Sec. 70120. Regulations

       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation, not 
     later than 9 months after the date of the enactment of this 
     section, shall issue regulations to carry out this chapter 
     that include--
       ``(1) guidelines for industry and State governments to 
     obtain sufficient insurance coverage for potential damages to 
     third parties;
       ``(2) procedures for requesting and obtaining licenses to 
     launch a commercial launch vehicle;
       ``(3) procedures for requesting and obtaining operator 
     licenses for launch;

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       ``(4) procedures for requesting and obtaining launch site 
     operator licenses; and
       ``(5) procedures for the application of government 
     indemnification.
       ``(b) Reentry.--The Secretary of Transportation, not later 
     than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this 
     section, shall issue a notice of proposed rulemaking to carry 
     out this chapter that includes--
       ``(1) procedures for requesting and obtaining licenses to 
     reenter a reentry vehicle;
       ``(2) procedures for requesting and obtaining operator 
     licenses for reentry; and
       ``(3) procedures for requesting and obtaining reentry site 
     operator licenses.

     ``Sec. 70121. Report to Congress

       ``The Secretary of Transportation shall submit to Congress 
     an annual report to accompany the President's budget request 
     submitted under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
     Code, that--
       ``(1) describes all activities undertaken under this 
     chapter, including a description of the process for the 
     application for and approval of licenses under this chapter 
     and recommendations for legislation that may further 
     commercial launches and reentries; and
       ``(2) reviews the performance of the regulatory activities 
     and the effectiveness of the Office of Commercial Space 
     Transportation.''.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 70119 of 
     title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

     ``Sec. 70119. Authorization of appropriations

       ``There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
     of Transportation for the activities of the Office of the 
     Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation--
       ``(1) $6,275,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     1999; and
       ``(2) $6,600,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2000.''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection 
     (a)(6)(B) shall take effect upon the effective date of final 
     regulations issued pursuant to section 70105(b)(2)(D) of 
     title 49, United States Code, as added by subsection 
     (a)(6)(H).

     SEC. 905. PROMOTION OF UNITED STATES GLOBAL POSITIONING 
                   SYSTEM STANDARDS.

       (a) Finding.--Congress finds that the Global Positioning 
     System, including satellites, signal equipment, ground 
     stations, data links, and associated command and control 
     facilities, has become an essential element in civil, 
     scientific, and military space development because of the 
     emergence of a United States commercial industry which 
     provides Global Positioning System equipment and related 
     services.
       (b) International Cooperation.--In order to support and 
     sustain the Global Positioning System in a manner that will 
     most effectively contribute to the national security, public 
     safety, scientific, and economic interests of the United 
     States, Congress encourages the President to--
       (1) ensure the operation of the Global Positioning System 
     on a continuous worldwide basis free of direct user fees;
       (2) enter into international agreements that promote 
     cooperation with foreign governments and international 
     organizations to--
       (A) establish the Global Positioning System and its 
     augmentations as an acceptable international standard; and
       (B) eliminate any foreign barriers to applications of the 
     Global Positioning System worldwide; and
       (3) provide clear direction and adequate resources to 
     United States representatives so that on an international 
     basis they can--
       (A) achieve and sustain efficient management of the 
     electromagnetic spectrum used by the Global Positioning 
     System; and
       (B) protect that spectrum from disruption and interference.

     SEC. 906. ACQUISITION OF SPACE SCIENCE DATA.

       (a) Acquisition From Commercial Providers.--In order to 
     satisfy the scientific and educational requirements of the 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and where 
     practicable of other Federal agencies and scientific 
     researchers, the Administrator shall to the maximum extent 
     practicable acquire, if cost effective, space science data 
     from a commercial provider.
       (b) Treatment of Space Science Data as Commercial Item 
     Under Acquisition Laws.--Acquisitions of space science data 
     by the Administrator shall be carried out in accordance with 
     applicable acquisition laws and regulations (including 
     chapters 137 and 140 of title 10, United States Code), except 
     that space science data shall be considered to be a 
     commercial item for purposes of such laws and regulations. 
     Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to preclude the 
     United States from acquiring sufficient rights in data to 
     meet the needs of the scientific and educational community or 
     the needs of other government activities.
       (c) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term 
     ``space science data'' includes scientific data concerning 
     the elemental and mineralogical resources of the moon, 
     asteroids, planets and their moons, and comets, microgravity 
     acceleration, and solar storm monitoring.
       (d) Safety Standards.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to prohibit the Federal Government from requiring 
     compliance with applicable safety standards.
       (e) Limitation.--This section does not authorize the 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration to provide 
     financial assistance for the development of commercial 
     systems for the collection of space science data.

     SEC. 907. ADMINISTRATION OF COMMERCIAL SPACE CENTERS.

       The Administrator shall administer the Commercial Space 
     Center program in a coordinated manner from National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration headquarters in 
     Washington, D.C.

     SEC. 908. LAND REMOTE SENSING POLICY ACT OF 1992 AMENDMENTS.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) a robust domestic United States industry in high 
     resolution Earth remote sensing is in the economic, 
     employment, technological, scientific, and national security 
     interests of the United States;
       (2) to secure its national interests the United States must 
     nurture a commercial remote sensing industry that leads the 
     world;
       (3) the Federal Government must provide policy and 
     regulations that promote a stable business environment for 
     that industry to succeed and fulfill the national interest;
       (4) it is the responsibility of the Federal Government to 
     create domestic and international conditions favorable to the 
     health and growth of the United States commercial remote 
     sensing industry;
       (5) it is a fundamental goal of United States policy to 
     support and enhance United States industrial competitiveness 
     in the field of remote sensing, while at the same time 
     protecting the national security concerns and international 
     obligations of the United States;
       (6) it is fundamental that the States be able to deploy and 
     utilize that technology in their land management 
     responsibilities;
       (7) to date, very few States have the ability to deploy and 
     utilize that technology in the manner described in paragraph 
     (6) without engaging the academic institutions within their 
     boundaries; and
       (8) in order to develop a market for the commercial sector, 
     the States must have the capacity to fully utilize that 
     technology.
       (b) Amendments.--The Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992 
     is amended--
       (1) in section 2 (15 U.S.C. 5601)--
       (A) by amending paragraph (5) to read as follows:
       ``(5) Commercialization of land remote sensing is a near-
     term goal, and should remain a long-term goal, of United 
     States policy.'';
       (B) by striking paragraph (6) and redesignating paragraphs 
     (7) through (16) as paragraphs (6) through (15), 
     respectively;
       (C) in paragraph (11), as redesignated by subparagraph (B) 
     of this paragraph, by striking ``determining the design'' and 
     all that follows through ``international consortium'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``ensuring the continuity of 
     Landsat quality data''; and
       (D) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(16) The United States should encourage remote sensing 
     systems to promote access to land remote sensing data by 
     scientific researchers and educators.
       ``(17) It is in the best interest of the United States to 
     encourage remote sensing systems whether privately-funded or 
     publicly-funded, to promote widespread affordable access to 
     unenhanced land remote sensing data by scientific researchers 
     and educators and to allow such users appropriate rights for 
     redistribution for scientific and educational noncommercial 
     purposes.'';
       (2) in section 101 (15 U.S.C. 5611)--
       (A) in subsection (c)--
       (i) by inserting ``and'' at the end of paragraph (6);
       (ii) by striking paragraph (7); and
       (iii) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (7); and
       (B) in subsection (e)(1)--
       (i) by inserting ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (A);
       (ii) by striking ``, and'' at the end of subparagraph (B) 
     and inserting in lieu thereof a period; and
       (iii) by striking subparagraph (C);
       (3) in section 201 (15 U.S.C. 5621)--
       (A) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``National Security.--'' in 
     subsection (b);
       (B) in subsection (b)(1), as redesignated by subparagraph 
     (A) of this paragraph--
       (i) by striking ``No license shall be granted by the 
     Secretary unless the Secretary determines in writing that the 
     applicant will comply'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``The 
     Secretary shall grant a license if the Secretary determines 
     that the activities proposed in the application are 
     consistent'';
       (ii) by inserting ``, and that the applicant has provided 
     assurances adequate to indicate, in combination with other 
     information available to the Secretary that is relevant to 
     activities proposed in the application, that the applicant 
     will comply with all terms of the license'' after ``concerns 
     of the United States''; and
       (iii) by inserting ``and policies'' after ``international 
     obligations'';
       (C) by adding at the end of subsection (b) the following 
     new paragraph:
       ``(2) The Secretary, not later than 6 months after the date 
     of the enactment of the Department of Defense Appropriations 
     Act, 1999, shall publish in the Federal Register a complete 
     and specific list of all information required to comprise a 
     complete application for a license under this title. An 
     application shall be considered complete when the applicant 
     has provided all information required by the list most 
     recently published in the Federal Register before the date 
     the application was first submitted. Unless the Secretary 
     has, within 30 days after receipt of an application, notified 
     the applicant of information necessary to complete

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     an application, the Secretary may not deny the application on 
     the basis of the absence of any such information.''; and
       (D) in subsection (c), by amending the second sentence 
     thereof to read as follows: ``If the Secretary has not 
     granted the license within such 120-day period, the Secretary 
     shall inform the applicant, within such period, of any 
     pending issues and actions required to be carried out by the 
     applicant or the Secretary in order to result in the granting 
     of a license.'';
       (4) in section 202 (15 U.S.C. 5622)--
       (A) by striking ``section 506'' in subsection (b)(1) and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``section 507'';
       (B) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``as soon as such 
     data are available and on reasonable terms and conditions'' 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``on reasonable terms and 
     conditions, including the provision of such data in a timely 
     manner subject to United States national security and foreign 
     policy interests'';
       (C) in subsection (b)(6), by striking ``any agreement'' and 
     all that follows through ``nations or entities'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``any significant or substantial 
     agreement''; and
       (D) by inserting after paragraph (6) of subsection (b) the 
     following:

     ``The Secretary may not seek to enjoin a company from 
     entering into a foreign agreement the Secretary receives 
     notification of under paragraph (6) unless the Secretary has, 
     within 30 days after receipt of such notification, 
     transmitted to the licensee a statement that such agreement 
     is inconsistent with the national security, foreign policy, 
     or international obligations of the United States, including 
     an explanation of that inconsistency.'';
       (5) in section 203(a)(2) (15 U.S.C. 5623(a)(2)), by 
     striking ``under this title and'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``under this title or'';
       (6) in section 204 (15 U.S.C. 5624), by striking ``may'' 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``shall'';
       (7) in section 205(c) (15 U.S.C. 5625(c)), by striking ``if 
     such remote sensing space system is licensed by the Secretary 
     before commencing operation'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``if such private remote sensing space system will be 
     licensed by the Secretary before commencing its commercial 
     operation'';
       (8) by adding at the end of title II the following new 
     section:

     ``SEC. 206. NOTIFICATION.

       ``(a) Limitations on Licensee.--Not later than 30 days 
     after a determination by the Secretary to require a licensee 
     to limit collection or distribution of data from a system 
     licensed under this title, the Secretary shall provide 
     written notification to Congress of such determination, 
     including the reasons therefor, the limitations imposed on 
     the licensee, and the period during which those limitations 
     apply.
       ``(b) Termination, Modification, or Suspension.--Not later 
     than 30 days after an action by the Secretary to seek an 
     order of injunction or other judicial determination pursuant 
     to section 202(b) or section 203(a)(2), the Secretary shall 
     provide written notification to Congress of that action and 
     the reasons for that action.'';
       (9) in section 301 (15 U.S.C. 5631)--
       (A) by inserting ``, that are not being commercially 
     developed'' after ``and its environment'' in subsection 
     (a)(2)(B); and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(d) Duplication of Commercial Sector Activities.--The 
     Federal Government shall not undertake activities under this 
     section which duplicate activities available from the United 
     States commercial sector, unless such activities would result 
     in significant cost savings to the Federal Government, or are 
     necessary for reasons of national security or international 
     obligations or policies.'';
       (10) in section 302 (15 U.S.C. 5632)--
       (A) by striking ``(a) General Rule.--'';
       (B) by striking ``, including unenhanced data gathered 
     under the technology demonstration program carried out 
     pursuant to section 303,''; and
       (C) by striking subsection (b);
       (11) by striking section 303 (15 U.S.C. 5633);
       (12) in section 401(b)(3) (15 U.S.C. 5641(b)(3)), by 
     striking ``, including any such enhancements developed under 
     the technology demonstration program under section 303,'';
       (13) in section 501(a) (15 U.S.C. 5651(a)), by striking 
     ``section 506'' and inserting ``section 507'';
       (14) in section 502(c)(7) (15 U.S.C. 5652(c)(7)), by 
     striking ``section 506'' and inserting ``section 507''; and
       (15) in section 507 (15 U.S.C. 5657)--
       (A) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
       ``(a) Responsibility of the Secretary of Defense.--The 
     Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of Defense on all 
     matters under title II affecting national security. The 
     Secretary of Defense shall be responsible for determining 
     those conditions, consistent with this Act, necessary to meet 
     national security concerns of the United States, and for 
     notifying the Secretary promptly of such conditions. The 
     Secretary of Defense shall convey to the Secretary the 
     determinations for a license issued under title II, 
     consistent with this Act, that the Secretary of Defense 
     determines necessary to meet the national security concerns 
     of the United States.'';
       (B) by striking subsection (b)(1) and (2) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(b) Responsibility of the Secretary of State.--(1) The 
     Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of State on all 
     matters under title II affecting international obligations 
     and policies of the United States. The Secretary of State 
     shall be responsible for determining those conditions, 
     consistent with this Act, necessary to meet international 
     obligations and policies of the United States and for 
     notifying the Secretary promptly of such conditions. The 
     Secretary of State shall convey to the Secretary the 
     determinations for a license issued under title II, 
     consistent with this Act, that the Secretary of State 
     determines necessary to meet the international obligations 
     and policies of the United States.
       ``(2) Appropriate United States Government agencies are 
     authorized and encouraged to provide to developing nations, 
     as a component of international aid, resources for purchasing 
     remote sensing data, training, and analysis from commercial 
     providers. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
     United States Geological Survey, and National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration should develop and implement a 
     program to aid the transfer of remote sensing technology and 
     Mission to Planet Earth (OES) science at the state level''; 
     and
       (C) in subsection (d), by striking ``Secretary may 
     require'' and inserting ``Secretary shall, if appropriate, 
     require''.

     SEC. 909. ACQUISITION OF EARTH SCIENCE DATA.

       (a) Acquisition.--For purposes of meeting Government goals 
     for Mission to Planet Earth, and in order to satisfy the 
     scientific and educational requirements of the National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration, and if appropriate, of 
     other Federal agencies and scientific researchers, the 
     Administrator shall to the maximum extent practicable 
     acquire, if cost-effective, space-based and airborne Earth 
     remote sensing data, services, distribution, and applications 
     from a commercial provider.
       (b) Treatment as Commercial Item Under Acquisition Laws.--
     Acquisitions by the Administrator of the data, services, 
     distribution, and applications referred to in subsection (a) 
     shall be carried out in accordance with applicable 
     acquisition laws and regulations (including chapters 137 and 
     140 of title 10, United States Code), except that those data, 
     services, distribution, and applications shall be considered 
     to be a commercial item for purposes of such laws and 
     regulations. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to 
     preclude the United States from acquiring sufficient rights 
     in data to meet the needs of the scientific and educational 
     community or the needs of other government activities.
       (c) Safety Standards.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to prohibit the Federal Government from requiring 
     compliance with applicable safety standards.
       (d) Administration and Execution.--This section shall be 
     carried out as part of the Commercial Remote Sensing Program 
     at the Stennis Space Center.

     SEC. 910. REQUIREMENT TO PROCURE COMMERCIAL SPACE 
                   TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.

       (a) In General.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
     section, the Federal Government shall acquire space 
     transportation services from United States commercial 
     providers in any case in which those services are required in 
     the course of its activities. To the maximum extent 
     practicable, the Federal Government shall plan missions to 
     accommodate the space transportation services capabilities of 
     United States commercial providers.
       (b) Exceptions.--The Federal Government shall not be 
     required to acquire space transportation services under 
     subsection (a) if, on a case-by-case basis, the Administrator 
     or, in the case of a national security issue, the Secretary 
     of the Air Force, determines that--
       (1) a payload requires the unique capabilities of the Space 
     Shuttle;
       (2) cost effective space transportation services that meet 
     specific mission requirements would not be reasonably 
     available from United States commercial providers when 
     required;
       (3) the use of space transportation services from United 
     States commercial providers poses an unacceptable risk of 
     loss of a unique scientific opportunity;
       (4) the use of space transportation services from United 
     States commercial providers is inconsistent with national 
     security objectives;
       (5) the use of space transportation services from United 
     States commercial providers is inconsistent with foreign 
     policy purposes, or launch of the payload by a foreign entity 
     serves foreign policy purposes;
       (6) it is more cost effective to transport a payload in 
     conjunction with a test or demonstration of a space 
     transportation vehicle owned by the Federal Government; or
       (7) a payload may make use of the available cargo space on 
     a Space Shuttle mission as a secondary payload, and that 
     payload is consistent with the requirements of research, 
     development, demonstration, scientific, commercial, and 
     educational programs authorized by the Administrator.
       (c) Delayed Effect.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to 
     space transportation services and space transportation 
     vehicles acquired or owned by the Federal Government before 
     the date of enactment of this Act, or with respect to which a 
     contract for that acquisition or ownership has been entered 
     into before that date.
       (d) Historical Purposes.--This section shall not be 
     construed to prohibit the Federal Government from acquiring, 
     owning, or maintaining space transportation vehicles solely 
     for historical display purposes.

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     SEC. 911. ACQUISITION OF COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION 
                   SERVICES.

       (a) Treatment of Commercial Space Transportation Services 
     as Commercial Item Under Acquisition Laws.--Acquisitions of 
     space transportation services by the Federal Government shall 
     be carried out in accordance with applicable acquisition laws 
     and regulations (including chapters 137 and 140 of title 10, 
     United States Code), except that space transportation 
     services shall be considered to be a commercial item for 
     purposes of those laws and regulations.
       (b) Safety Standards.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to prohibit the Federal Government from requiring 
     compliance with applicable safety standards.

     SEC. 912. LAUNCH SERVICES PURCHASE ACT OF 1990 AMENDMENTS.

       The Launch Services Purchase Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 2465b 
     et seq.) is amended--
       (1) by striking section 202;
       (2) in section 203--
       (A) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2); and
       (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs 
     (1) and (2), respectively;
       (3) by striking sections 204 and 205; and
       (4) in section 206--
       (A) by striking ``(a) Commercial Payloads on the Space 
     Shuttle.--''; and
       (B) by striking subsection (b).

     SEC. 913. SHUTTLE PRIVATIZATION.

       (a) Policy and Preparation.--The Administrator shall 
     prepare for an orderly transition from the Federal operation, 
     or Federal management of contracted operation, of space 
     transportation systems to the Federal purchase of commercial 
     space transportation services for all nonemergency launch 
     requirements, including human, cargo, and mixed payloads. In 
     those preparations, the Administrator shall take into account 
     the need for short-term economies, as well as the goal of 
     restoring the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 
     research focus and its mandate to promote the fullest 
     possible commercial use of space. As part of those 
     preparations, the Administrator shall plan for the potential 
     privatization of the Space Shuttle program. That plan shall 
     keep safety and cost effectiveness as high priorities. 
     Nothing in this section shall prohibit the National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration from studying, 
     designing, developing, or funding upgrades or modifications 
     essential to the safe and economical operation of the Space 
     Shuttle fleet.
       (b) Feasibility Study.--The Administrator shall conduct a 
     study of the feasibility of implementing the recommendation 
     of the Independent Shuttle Management Review Team that the 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration transition 
     toward the privatization of the Space Shuttle. The study 
     shall identify, discuss, and, where possible, present options 
     for resolving, the major policy and legal issues that must be 
     addressed before the Space Shuttle is privatized, including--
       (1) whether the Federal Government or the Space Shuttle 
     contractor should own the Space Shuttle orbiters and ground 
     facilities;
       (2) whether the Federal Government should indemnify the 
     contractor for any third party liability arising from Space 
     Shuttle operations, and, if so, under what terms and 
     conditions;
       (3) whether payloads other than National Aeronautics and 
     Space Administration payloads should be allowed to be 
     launched on the Space Shuttle, how missions will be 
     prioritized, and who will decide which mission flies and 
     when;
       (4) whether commercial payloads should be allowed to be 
     launched on the Space Shuttle and whether any classes of 
     payloads should be made ineligible for launch consideration;
       (5) whether National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
     and other Federal Government payloads should have priority 
     over non-Federal payloads in the Space Shuttle launch 
     assignments, and what policies should be developed to 
     prioritize among payloads generally;
       (6) whether the public interest requires that certain Space 
     Shuttle functions continue to be performed by the Federal 
     Government; and
       (7) how much cost savings, if any, will be generated by 
     privatization of the Space Shuttle.
       (c) Report to Congress.--Within 60 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration shall complete the study required under 
     subsection (b) and shall submit a report on the study to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
     Senate and the Committee on Science of the House of 
     Representatives.

     SEC. 914. USE OF EXCESS INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES.

       (a) In general.--The Federal Government shall not--
       (1) convert any missile described in subsection (c) to a 
     space transportation vehicle configuration or otherwise use 
     any such missile to place a payload in space; or
       (2) transfer ownership of any such missile to another 
     person, except as provided in subsection (b).
       (b) Authorized Federal Uses.--
       (1) A missile described in subsection (c) may be converted 
     for use as a space transportation vehicle by the Federal 
     Government if except as provided in paragraph (2), at least 
     30 days before that conversion the agency seeking to use the 
     missile as a space transportation vehicle transmits to the 
     Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee 
     on National Security and the Committee Science of the House 
     of Representatives, shall ensure in writing that the use of 
     that missile--
       (A) would result in cost savings to the Federal Government 
     when compared to the cost of acquiring space transportation 
     services from United States commercial providers;
       (B) meets all mission requirements of the agency, including 
     performance, schedule, and risk requirements;
       (C) is consistent with international obligations of the 
     United States; and
       (D) is approved by the Secretary of Defense or his 
     designee.
       (2) The requirement under paragraph (1) that the assurance 
     described in that paragraph must be transmitted at least 30 
     days before conversion of the missile shall not apply if the 
     Secretary of Defense determines that compliance with that 
     requirement would be inconsistent with meeting immediate 
     national security requirements.
       (c) Missiles Referred to.-- The missiles referred to in 
     this section are missiles owned by the United States that--
       (1) were formerly used by the Department of Defense for 
     national defense purposes as intercontinental ballistic 
     missiles; and
       (2) have been declared excess to United States national 
     defense needs and are in compliance with international 
     obligations of the United States.

     SEC. 915. NATIONAL LAUNCH CAPABILITY.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) a robust satellite and launch industry in the United 
     States serves the interest of the United States by--
       (A) contributing to the economy of the United States;
       (B) strengthening employment, technological, and scientific 
     interests of the United States; and
       (C) serving the foreign policy and national security 
     interests of the United States.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Defense.
       (2) Total potential national mission model.--The term 
     ``total potential national mission model'' means a model 
     that--
       (A) is determined by the Secretary, in consultation with 
     the Administrator, to assess the total potential space 
     missions to be conducted by the United States during a 
     specified period of time; and
       (B) includes all United States launches (including launches 
     conducted on or off a Federal range).
       (c) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, in consultation 
     with the Administrator and appropriate representatives of the 
     satellite and launch industry and the governments of States 
     and political subdivisions thereof--
       (A) prepare a report that meets the requirements of this 
     subsection; and
       (B) submit that report to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee 
     on Science of the House of Representatives.
       (2) Requirements for report.--The report prepared under 
     this section shall--
       (A) identify the total potential national mission model for 
     the period beginning on the date of the report and ending on 
     December 31, 2007;
       (B) identify the resources that are necessary to carry out 
     the total potential national mission model described in 
     subparagraph (A), including providing for--
       (i) launch property and services of the Department of 
     Defense; and
       (ii) the ability to support a launch within 6 hours after 
     the appropriate official of the Federal Government receives 
     notification by telephone at Government facilities located 
     at--

       (I) Cape Canaveral in Florida; or
       (II) Vandenberg Air Force Base in California;

       (C) identify each deficiency in the resources referred to 
     in subparagraph (B);
       (D) with respect to the deficiencies identified under 
     subparagraph (C), including estimates of the level of funding 
     necessary to address those deficiencies for the period 
     described in subparagraph (A);
       (E) identify opportunities for investment by non-Federal 
     entities (including States and political subdivisions thereof 
     and private sector entities) to assist the Federal Government 
     in providing launch capabilities for the commercial space 
     industry in the United States;
       (F) identify 1 or more methods by which, if sufficient 
     resources referred to in subparagraph (D) are not available 
     to the Department of Defense, the control of the launch 
     property and launch services of the Department of Defense may 
     be transferred from the Department of Defense to--
       (i) 1 or more other Federal agencies;
       (ii) 1 or more States (or subdivisions thereof);
       (iii) 1 or more private sector entities; or
       (iv) any combination of the entities described in clauses 
     (i) through (iii); and
       (G) identify the technical, structural, and legal 
     impediments associated with making launch sites in the United 
     States cost-competitive on an international level.
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                    HARKIN AMENDMENTS NOS. 3402-3404

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)

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  Mr. HARKIN submitted three amendments intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill, S. 2132, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 3402

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. (a) Of the total amount appropriated under title 
     IV for research, development, test and evaluation, Defense-
     wide, for basic research, $29,646,000 is available for 
     research and development relating to Persian Gulf illnesses.
       (b) Notwithstanding any provision of title IV, the total 
     amount available under title IV for the Foreign Military 
     Comparative Testing program is $10,000,000 less than the 
     amount provided for that program under that title.
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                           Amendment No. 3403

       On page 36, line 22, before the period at the end insert 
     the following: ``Provided, That the total amount available 
     under this heading is hereby increased by $50,000,000, which 
     shall be available for making smoking cessation therapy 
     available for members of the Armed Forces (including retired 
     members), former members of the Armed Forces entitled to 
     retired or retainer pay, and dependents of such members and 
     former members who are identified as persons likely to 
     benefit from effective smoking cessation therapy, including 
     providing subsidies for defraying costs incurred by the 
     members, former members, and dependents for counseling and 
     nicotine replacement: Provided, further, That the total 
     amount appropriated under title IV is hereby reduced by 
     $50,000,000, to be derived from amounts appropriated under 
     that title for advisory and assistance services''.
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                           Amendment No. 3404

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. (a) Out of funds appropriated by this Act, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall make available to the Army Reserve 
     Personnel Command, the Bureau of Naval Personnel, and the Air 
     Force Personnel Center, and the National Archives and Records 
     Administration funds in amounts necessary to ensure the 
     elimination of the backlog in satisfying requests of former 
     members of the Armed Forces for replacement medals and 
     replacements for other decorations that such personnel have 
     earned in the military service of the United States, and 
     shall make any additional allocations of resources that the 
     Secretary considers necessary to ensure the elimination of 
     that backlog.
       (b) An allocation of funds may be made under subsection (a) 
     only if and to the extent that the allocation does not 
     detract from the performance of other personnel service and 
     personnel support activities within the Department of 
     Defense.
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                        FRIST AMENDMENT NO. 3405

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. FRIST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, S. 2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 9, line 13, increase the amount by $5,000,000.
       On page 24, line 16, increase the amount by $2,000,000.
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                        LEAHY AMENDMENT NO. 3406

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. LEAHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, S. 2132, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:

     SEC.   . TRAINING AND OTHER PROGRAMS.

       (a) Prohibition.--None of the funds made available by this 
     Act may be used to support any training program or exercise 
     involving a unit of the security forces of a foreign country 
     if the Secretary of Defense has credible information that a 
     member of such unit has committed a gross violation of human 
     rights.
       (b) Monitoring.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
     with the Secretary of State, shall establish procedures to 
     ensure full consideration of all available information 
     relating to human rights violations by foreign security 
     forces.
       (c) Waiver.--The Secretary of Defense, after consultation 
     with the Secretary of State, may waive the prohibition in 
     paragraph (a) if he determines that such waiver is required 
     by extraordinary circumstances.
       (d) Report.--Not more than 15 days after the exercise of 
     any waiver under paragraph (c), the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit a report to the congressional defense committees 
     describing the extraordinary circumstances, the purpose and 
     duration of the training program, the United States forces 
     and the foreign security forces involved in the training 
     program, and the information relating to human rights 
     violations that necessitates the waiver.
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                COATS (AND LIEBERMAN) AMENDMENT NO. 3407

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. COATS (for himself and Mr. Lieberman) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by them to the bill, S. 2132, supra; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert:

                   JOINT WAR FIGHTING EXPERIMENTATION

     SEC.  FINDINGS.

       The Senate 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 
     the defense policy, strategy, and 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 the Senate 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 Untied 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

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     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. 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.  . SENSE OF SENATE.

       (a) Designation of Commander To Have Joint Warfighting 
     Experimentation Mission.--It is the sense of Senate 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 warefighting experimentation, consistent with the 
     understanding of the Senate 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 
     Senate 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 Senate 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 
     experimentation the systems and concepts that result from 
     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 Senate 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 
     Senate that--
       (1) The Senate 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, the Senate 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.     . 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 U.S. 
     Senate.
       (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

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     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 U.S. 
     Senate. 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 
     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 recommendation 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.
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                      BINGAMAN AMENDMENT NO. 3408

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. BINGAMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, S. 2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. (a) The Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
     with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall carry 
     out a program to distribute surplus dental equipment of the 
     Department of Defense, at no cost to the recipients, to 
     Federally-qualified health centers (within the meaning of 
     section 1905(l)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1396d(l)(2)(B))) that serve special medically underserved 
     populations including migratory and seasonal agricultural 
     workers, the homeless, and residents of public housing.
       (b) Not later than March 15, 1999, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit to Congress a report on the program, including 
     the actions taken under the program.
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               HUTCHISON (AND ABRAHAM) AMENDMENT NO. 3409

  Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself and Mr. Abraham) proposed an amendment to 
the bill, S 2132, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:
       SEC. (a): Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Since 1989,
       (A) The national defense budget has been cut in half as a 
     percentage of the gross domestic product;
       (B) The national defense budget has been cut by over $120 
     billion in real terms;
       (C) The U.S. military force structure has been reduced by 
     more than 30 percent;
       (D) The Department of Defense's operations and maintenance 
     accounts have been reduced by 40 percent;
       (E) The Department of Defense's procurement funding has 
     declined by more than 50 percent;
       (F) U.S. military operational commitments have increased 
     fourfold;
       (G) The Army has reduced its ranks by over 630,000 soldiers 
     and civilians, closed over 700 installations at home and 
     overseas, and cut 10 divisions from its force structure;
       (H) The Army has reduced its presence in Europe from 
     215,000 to 65,000 personnel;
       (I) The Army has averaged 14 deployments every four years, 
     increased significantly from the Cold War trend of one 
     deployment every four years;
       (J) The Air Force has downsized by nearly 40 percent, while 
     experiencing a four-fold increase in operational commitments.
       (2) In 1992, 37 percent of the Navy's fleet was deployed at 
     any given time. Today that number is 57 percent; at its 
     present rate, it will climb to 62 percent by 2005.
       (3) The Navy Surface Warfare Officer community will fall 
     short of its needs a 40 percent increase in retention to meet 
     requirements;
       (4) The Air Force is 18 percent short of its retention goal 
     for second-term airmen;
       (5) The Air Force is more than 800 pilots short, and more 
     than 70 percent eligible for retention bonuses have turned 
     them down in favor of separation;
       (6) The Army faces critical personnel shortages in combat 
     units, forcing unit commanders to borrow troops from other 
     units just to participate in training exercises.
       (7) An Air Force F-16 squadron commander testified before 
     the House National Security Committee that his unit was 
     forced to borrow three aircraft and use cannibalized parts 
     from four other F-16s in order to deploy to Southwest Asia;
       (8) In 1997, the Army averaged 31,000 soldiers deployed 
     away from their home station in support of military 
     operations in 70 countries with the average deployment 
     lasting 125 days;
       (9) Critical shortfalls in meeting recruiting and retention 
     goals is seriously affecting the ability of the Army to train 
     and deploy. The Army reduced its recruiting goals for 1998 by 
     12,000 personnel;
       (10) In fiscal year 1997, the Army fell short of its 
     recruiting goal for critical infantry soldiers by almost 
     5,000. As of February 15, 1998, Army-wide shortages existed 
     for 28 Army specialities. Many positions in squads and crews 
     are left unfilled or minimally filled because personnel are 
     diverted to work in key positions elsewhere;
       (11) The Navy reports it will fall short of enlisted sailor 
     recruitment for 1998 by 10,000
       (12) One in ten Air Force front-line units are not combat 
     ready;
       (13) Ten Air Force technical specialties, representing 
     thousands of airmen, deployed away from their home station 
     for longer than the Air Force standard 120-day mark in 1997;
       (14) The Air Force fell short of its reenlistment rate for 
     mid-career enlisted personnel by an average of six percent, 
     with key war fighting career fields experiencing even larger 
     drops in reenlistments;
       (15) In 1997, U.S. Marines in the operating forces have 
     deployed on more than 200 exercises, rotational deployments, 
     or actual contingencies.
       (16) U.S. Marine Corps maintenance forces are only able to 
     maintain 92 percent ground equipment and 77 percent aviation 
     equipment readiness rates due to excessive deployments of 
     troops and equipment;
       (17) The National Security Strategy of the United States 
     assumes the ability of the U.S. Armed Forces to prevail in 
     two major regional conflicts nearly simultaneously.
       (18) To execute the National Security of the United States, 
     the U.S. Army's five later-deploying divisions, which 
     constitute almost half of the Army's active combat forces, 
     are critical to the success of specific war plans;
       (19) According to commanders in these divisions, the 
     practice of under staffing squads and crews that are 
     responsible for training, and assigning personnel to other 
     units as fillers for exercises and operations, has become 
     common and is degrading unit capability and readiness.
       (20) In the aggregate, the Army's later-deploying divisions 
     were assigned 93 percent of their authorized personnel at the 
     beginning of fiscal year 1998. In one specific case, the 1st 
     Armored Division was staffed at 94 percent in the aggregate; 
     however, its combat support and service support specialties 
     were filled at below 85 percent, and captains and majors were 
     filled at 73 percent.
       (21) At the 10th Infantry Division, only 138 of 162 
     infantry squads were fully or minimally filled, and 36 of the 
     filled squads were unqualified. At the 1st Brigade of the 1st 
     Infantry Division, only 56 percent of the authorized infantry 
     soldiers for its Bradley Fighting Vehicles were assigned, and 
     in the 2nd Brigade, 21 of 48 infantry squads had no personnel 
     assigned. At the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Armored Division, 
     only 16 of 116 M1A1 tanks had full crews and were qualified, 
     and in one of the Brigade's two armor battalions, 14 of 58 
     tanks had no crewmembers assigned because the personnel were 
     deployed to Bosnia.
       (23) At the beginning of fiscal year 1998, the five later-
     deploying divisions critical to the execution of the U.S. 
     National Security Strategy were short nearly 1,900 of the 
     total 25,357 Non-Commissioned Officers authorized, and as of 
     February 15, 1998, this shortage had grown to almost 2,200.
       (24) Rotation of units to Bosnia is having a direct and 
     negative impact on the ability of later-deploying divisions 
     to maintain the training and readiness levels needed to 
     execute their mission in a major regional conflict. 
     Indications of this include:
       (A) The reassignment by the Commander of the 3rd Brigade 
     Combat Team of 63 soldiers within the brigade to serve in 
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     squads of a deploying unit of 800 troops, stripping non-
     deploying infantry and armor units of maintenance personel, 
     and reassigning Non-Commissioned Officers and support 
     personnel to the task force from throughout the brigade;
       (B) Cancellation of gunnery exercises for at least two 
     armor battalions in later-deploying divisions, causing 43 of 
     116 tank crews to lose their qualifications on the weapon 
     system;
       (C) Hiring of outside contract personnel by 1st Armored and 
     1st Infantry later-deploying divisions to perform routine 
     maintenance.
       (25) National Guard budget shortfalls compromise the 
     Guard's readiness levels, capabilities, force structure, and 
     end strength, putting the Guard's personel, schools, 
     training, full-time support, retention and recruitment, and 
     morale at risk.
       (26) The President's budget requests for the National Guard 
     have been insufficient, notwithstanding the frequent calls on 
     the Guard to handle wide-ranging tasks, including deployments 
     in Bosnia, Iraq, Haiti, and Somalia.
       (b) Sense of Congress:
       (1) It is the sense of Congress that--
       (A) The readiness of U.S. military forces to execute the 
     National Security Strategy of the United States is being 
     eroded from a combination of declining defense budgets and 
     expanded missions;
       (B) The ongoing, open-ended commitment of U.S. forces to 
     the peacekeeping mission in Bosnia is causing assigned and 
     supporting units to compromise their principle wartime 
     assignments;
       (C) Defense appropriations are not keeping pace with the 
     expanding needs of the armed forces.
       (c) Report Requirement.
       (1) Not later than June 1, 1999, the President shall submit 
     to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
     Committee on National Security of the House of 
     Representatives, and to the Committees on Appropriations in 
     both Houses, a report on the military readiness of the Armed 
     Forces of the United States. The President shall include in 
     the report a detailed discussion of the competition for 
     resources service-by-service caused by the ongoing commitment 
     to the peacekeeping operation in Bosnia, including in those 
     units that are supporting but not directly deployed to 
     Bosnia. The President shall specifically include in the 
     report the following:
       (A) an assessment of current force structure and its 
     sufficiency to execute the National Security Strategy of the 
     United States;
       (B) an outline of the service-by-service force structure 
     expected to be committed to a major regional contingency as 
     envisioned in the National Security Strategy of the United 
     States;
       (C) a comparison of the force structures outlined in sub-
     paragraph (c)(1)(B) above with the service-by-service order 
     of battle in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, as a 
     representative and recent major regional conflict;
       (D) the force structure and defense appropriation increases 
     that are necessary to execute the National Security Strategy 
     of the United States assuming current projected ground force 
     levels assigned to the peacekeeping mission in Bosnia are 
     unchanged;
       (E) a discussion of the U.S. ground force level in Bosnia 
     that can be sustained without impacting the ability of the 
     Armed Forces to execute the National Security Strategy of the 
     United States, assuming no increases in force structure and 
     defense appropriations during the period in which ground 
     forces are assigned to Bosnia.
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                HARKIN (AND BUMPERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3410

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. HARKIN (for himself and Mr. Bumpers) submitted and amendment 
intended to be proposed by them to the bill, S. 2132, supra; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec.    . No later than the date that the Senate passes S. 
     2132, CBO shall revise and reduce its estimates of outlays 
     for fiscal year 1999 for nondefense outlays in a manner 
     consistent with the adjustments and reductions made by the 
     Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate of 
     outlays for fiscal year 1999 for defense outlays.
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                       HARKIN AMENDMENT NO. 3411

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. HARKIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, S. 2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. (a) The Secretary of Defense shall take such 
     actions as are necessary to ensure the elimination of the 
     backlog of incomplete actions on requests of former members 
     of the Armed Forces for replacement medals and replacements 
     for other decorations that such personnel have earned in the 
     military service of the United States.
       (b)(1) The actions taken under subsection (a) shall 
     include, except as provided in paragraph (2), allocations of 
     additional resources to improve relevant staffing levels at 
     the Army Reserve Personnel Command, the Bureau of Naval 
     Personnel, and the Air Force Personnel Center, allocations of 
     Department of Defense resources to the National Archives and 
     Records Administration, and any additional allocations of 
     resources that the Secretary considers necessary to carry out 
     subsection (a).
       (2) An allocation of resources may be made under paragraph 
     (1) only if and to the extent that the allocation does not 
     detract from the performance of other personnel service and 
     personnel support activities within the Department of 
     Defense.
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                COATS (AND LIEBERMAN) AMENDMENT NO. 3412

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. COATS (for himself, and Mr. Lieberman) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by them to the bill, S. 2132, supra; as 
follows:
       At the appropriate place, insert:

     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, 2001. 
     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.
       ``(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, 2000, 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

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     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 QDR.
       ``(d) Report.--(1) The Panel, (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, 2000.
       ``(B) A final report not later than December 1, 2000.
       ``(2) Not later than December 15, 2000, 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.''.
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               HUTCHISON (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3413

  Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Craig, Mr. Sessions, 
Mr. Smith of Oregon, and Mr. Feingold) proposed an amendment to the 
bill, S. 2132, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:
       Sec.   . (a) The Congress finds the following:
       (1) United States Armed Forces in the Republic of Bosnia 
     and Herzegovina have accomplished the military mission 
     assigned to them as a component of the Implementation and 
     Stabilization Forces.
       (2) The continuing and open-ended commitment of U.S. ground 
     forces in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina is subject 
     to the oversight authority of the Congress.
       (3) Congress may limit the use of appropriated funds to 
     create the conditions for an orderly and honorable withdrawal 
     of U.S. troops from the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
       (4) On November 27, 1995, the President affirmed that 
     United States participation in the multinational military 
     Implementation Force in the Republic of Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina would terminate in about one year.
       (5) The President declared the expiration date of the 
     mandate for the Implementation Force to be December 20, 1996.
       (6) The Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint 
     Chiefs of Staff expressed confidence that the Implementation 
     Force would complete its mission in about one year.
       (7) the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint 
     Chiefs of Staff expressed the critical importance of 
     establishing a firm deadline, in the absence of which there 
     is a potential for expansion of the mission of U.S. forces.
       (8) On October 3, 1996, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
     Staff announced the intention of the United States 
     Administration to delay the removal of United States Armed 
     Forces personnel from the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina 
     until March 1997.
       (9) In November 1996 the President announced his intention 
     to further extend the deployment of United States Armed 
     Forces in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina until June 
     1998.
       (10) The President did not request authorization by the 
     Congress of a policy that would result in the further 
     deployment of United States Armed Forces in the Republic of 
     Bosnia and Herzegovina until June 1998.
       (11) Notwithstanding the passage of two previously 
     established deadlines, the reaffirmation of those deadlines 
     by senior national security officials, and the endorsement by 
     those same national security officials of the importance of 
     having a deadline as a hedge against an expanded mission, the 
     President announced on December 17, 1997 that establishing 
     a deadline had been a mistake and that U.S. ground combat 
     forces were committed to the NATO-led mission in Bosnia 
     for the indefinite future.
       (12) NATO military forces have increased their 
     participation in law enforcement, particularly police 
     activities.
       (13) U.S. Commanders of NATO have stated on several 
     occasions that, in accordance with the Dayton Peace Accords, 
     the principal responsibility for such law enforcement and 
     police activities lies with the Bosnian parties themselves.

     SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OF FUNDS.

       (a) Funds appropriated or otherwise made available for the 
     Department of Defense for any fiscal year may not be 
     obligated for the ground elements of the United States Armed 
     Forces in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina except as 
     conditioned below.
       (1) The President shall continue the ongoing withdrawal of 
     American forces from the NATO Stabilization Force in the 
     Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina such that U.S. ground 
     forces in that force or the planned multi-national successor 
     force shall not exceed:
       (A) 6500, by February 2, 1999;
       (B) 5000, by October 1, 1999.
       (b) Exceptions.--The limitation in subsection (a) shall not 
     apply--
       (1) to the extent necessary for U.S. ground forces to 
     protect themselves as the drawdowns outlined in sub-paragraph 
     (a)(1) proceeds;
       (2) to the extent necessary to support a limited number of 
     United States military personnel sufficient only to protect 
     United States diplomatic facilities in existence on the date 
     of the enactment of this Act; or
       (3) to the extent necessary to support non-combat military 
     personnel sufficient only to

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     advise the commanders North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
     peacekeeping operations in the Republic of Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina; and
       (4) to U.S. ground forces that may be deployed as part of 
     NATO containment operations in regions surrounding the 
     Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
       (v) Construction of Section.--Nothing in this section shall 
     be deemed to restrict the authority of the President under 
     the Constitution to protect the lives of the United States 
     citizens.
       (d) Limitation on Support for Law Enforcement Activities in 
     Bosnia.--None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available to the Department of Defense for any fiscal year 
     may be obligated or expended after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act for the--
       (1) conduct of, or direct support for, law enforcement and 
     police activities in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
     except for the training of law enforcement personnel or to 
     prevent imminent loss of life;
       (2) conduct of, or support for, any activity in the 
     Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina that may have the effect 
     of jeopardizing the primary mission of the NATO-lead force in 
     preventing armed conflict between the Federation of Bosnia 
     and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska (``Bosnian 
     Entities'');
       (3) transfer of refugees within the Republic of Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina that, in the opinion of the commander of NATO 
     Forces involved in such transfer--
       (A) has as one of its purposes the acquisition of control 
     by a Bosnian Entity of territory allocated to the other 
     Bosnian Entity under the Dayton Peace Agreement; or
       (B) may expose United States Armed Forces to substantial 
     risk to their personal safety; and
       (4) implementation of any decision to change the legal 
     status of any territory within the Republic of Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina unless expressly agreed to by all signatories to 
     the Dayton Peace Agreement.

     SEC. 4. PRESIDENTIAL REPORT.

       (a) Not later than December 1, 1998, the President shall 
     submit to Congress a report on the progress towards meeting 
     the drawdown limit established in section 2(a).
       (b) The report under paragraph (a) shall include an 
     identification of the specific steps taken by the United 
     States Government to transfer the United States portion of 
     the peacekeeping mission in the Republic of Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina to European allied nations or organizations.
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                        DODD AMENDMENT NO. 3414

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. DODD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill, S. 2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. (a) Of the total amount appropriated for the 
     Army, the Army Reserve, and the Army National Guard under 
     title I, $1,700,000 shall be available for taking the actions 
     required under this section to eliminate the backlog of 
     unpaid retired pay and to submit a report.
       (b) 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).
       (c) 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 (b).
       (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.
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                        DODD AMENDMENT NO. 3415

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. DODD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill, S. 2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. Of the funds available under title VI for the 
     Defense Health Program, $3,000,000 shall be available for 
     Department of Defense programs relating to Lyme disease and 
     other tick-borne diseases, which shall include programs 
     involving risk assessments at military installations, 
     training for medical personnel in the detection, diagnosis 
     and treatment of such diseases, improvement of educational 
     and awareness programs for Armed Forces personnel, 
     development of diagnostic tests for such diseases, testing of 
     repellents, and field testing of new control technologies, 
     and may include other programs.
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                      MURKOWSKI AMENDMENT NO. 3416

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill, S. 2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following 
     new section: ``From within the funds provided, with the 
     heading ``Operations and Maintenance, Army'', up to $500,000 
     shall be available for paying subcontractors and suppliers 
     for work performed at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, in 1994, under 
     Army services contract number DACA85-93-C-0065''.
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                        LOTT AMENDMENT NO. 3417

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. LOTT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill, S. 2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. The Department of Defense shall, in allocating 
     funds for the Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative, give 
     full consideration to the allocation of funds to the regional 
     partnerships that will best leverage Department investments 
     in the Major Shared Resource Centers and Distributed Centers 
     of the Department, including the high performance networks 
     associated with such centers.
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                        ROBB AMENDMENT NO. 3418

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. ROBB submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill, S. 2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by title II of this Act under the heading 
     ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', $45,000,000 shall be 
     available for emergency and extraordinary expenses associated 
     with the accident involving a United States Marine Corps A-6 
     aircraft on February 3, 1998, near Cavalese, Italy: Provided, 
     That the amount available under this section shall remain 
     available until expended: Provided further, That the amount 
     available under this section shall be available only for 
     payments to persons, communities, or other entities in Italy 
     for reimbursement for damages resulting from the expenses, or 
     for settlement of claims arising from deaths, associated with 
     the accident described in this section: Provided further, 
     That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount 
     available under this section may be used to rebuild or 
     replace the funicular system in Cavalese, Italy, destroyed on 
     February 3, 1998, by United States aircraft: Provided 
     further, That any amount paid to any individual or entity 
     from the amount available under this section shall be 
     credited against any amount subsequently determined to be 
     payable to that individual or entity under section 127 or 
     chapter 163 of title 10, United States Code, or any other 
     provision of law for administrative settlement of claims 
     against the United States with respect to damages arising 
     from the accident described in this section: Provided 
     further, That payment of an amount under this section shall 
     not be considered to constitute a statement of legal 
     liability on the part of the United States or otherwise to 
     prejudge any judicial proceeding or investigation arising 
     from the accident described in this section.
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               HUTCHINSON (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3419

  Mr. HUTCHINSON (for himself, Mr. Levin, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Biden, and Mr. 
Lieberman) proposed an amendment to amendment No. 3124 proposed by Mr. 
Hutchinson to the bill, S. 2132, supra; as follows:

       Strike all after the word ``TITLE'' and insert the 
     following:

                                   IX

                         HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA

                 Subtitle A--Forced Abortions in China

       Sec. 9001. This subtitle may be cited as the ``Forced 
     Abortion Condemnation Act''.
       Sec. 9002. Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Forced abortion was rightly denounced as a crime 
     against humanity by the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal.
       (2) For over 15 years there have been frequent and credible 
     reports of forced abortion and forced sterilization in 
     connection with the population control policies of the 
     People's Republic of China. These reports indicate the 
     following:
       (A) Although it is the stated position of the politburo of 
     the Chinese Communist Party that forced abortion and forced 
     sterilization have no role in the population control program, 
     in fact the Communist Chinese Government encourages both 
     forced abortion and forced sterilization through a 
     combination of strictly enforced birth quotas and immunity 
     for local population control officials who engage in 
     coercion. Officials acknowledge that there have been 
     instances of forced abortions and sterilization, and no 
     evidence has been made available to suggest that the 
     perpetrators have been punished.
       (B) People's Republic of China population control 
     officials, in cooperation with employers and works unit 
     officials, routinely monitor women's menstrual cycles and 
     subject women who conceive without government authorization 
     to extreme psychological pressure, to harsh economic 
     sanctions, including unpayable fines and loss of employment, 
     and often to physical force.
       (C) Official sanctions for giving birth to unauthorized 
     children include fines in amounts several times larger than 
     the per capita annual incomes of residents of the People's 
     Republic of China. In Fujian, for example, the average fine 
     is estimated to be

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     twice a family's gross annual income. Families which cannot 
     pay the fine may be subject to confiscation and destruction 
     of their homes and personal property.
       (D) Especially harsh punishments have been inflicted on 
     those whose resistance is motivated by religion. For example, 
     according to a 1995 Amnesty International report, the 
     Catholic inhabitants of 2 villages in Hebei Province were 
     subjected to population control under the slogan ``better to 
     have more graves than one more child''. Enforcement measures 
     included torture, sexual abuse, and the detention of 
     resisters' relatives as hostages.
       (E) Forced abortions in Communist China often have taken 
     place in the very late stages of pregnancy.
       (F) Since 1994 forced abortion and sterilization have been 
     used in Communist China not only to regulate the number of 
     children, but also to eliminate those who are regarded as 
     defective in accordance with the official eugenic policy 
     known as the ``Natal and Health Care Law''.
       Sec. 9003. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     the Secretary of State may not utilize any funds appropriated 
     or otherwise available for the Department of State for fiscal 
     year 1999 to issue any visa to any official of any country 
     (except the head of state, the head of government, and 
     cabinet level ministers) who the Secretary finds, based on 
     credible and specific information, has been directly involved 
     in the establishment or enforcement of population control 
     policies forcing a woman to undergo an abortion against her 
     free choice, or forcing a man or woman to undergo 
     sterilization against his or her free choice or policies 
     condoning the practice of genital mutilation.
       (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Attorney General may not utilize any funds appropriated or 
     otherwise available for the Department of Justice for fiscal 
     year 1999 to admit to the United States any national covered 
     by subsection (a).
       (c) The President may waive the prohibition in subsection 
     (a) or (b) if the President--
       (1) determines that it is in the national interest of the 
     United States to do so; and
       (2) provides written notification to Congress containing a 
     justification for the waiver.

                Subtitle B--Freedom on Religion in China

       Sec. 9011. (a) It is the sense of Congress that the 
     President should make freedom of religion one of the major 
     objectives of United States foreign policy with respect to 
     China.
       (b) As part of this policy, the Department of State should 
     raise in every relevant bilateral and multilateral forum the 
     issue of individuals imprisoned, detained, confined, or 
     otherwise harassed by the Chinese Government on religious 
     grounds.
       (c) In its communications with the Chinese Government, the 
     Department of State should provide specific names of 
     individuals of concern and request a complete and timely 
     response from the Chinese Government regarding the 
     individuals' whereabouts and condition, the charges against 
     them, and sentence imposed.
       (d) The goal of these official communications should be the 
     expeditious release of all religious prisoners in China and 
     Tibet and the end of the Chinese Government's policy and 
     practice of harassing and repressing religious believers.
       Sec. 9012. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     the Secretary of State may not utilize any funds appropriated 
     or otherwise available for the Department of State for fiscal 
     year 1999 to issue a visa to any official or any country 
     (except the head of state, the head of government, and 
     cabinet level ministers) who the Secretary of State finds, 
     based on credible and specific information, has been directly 
     involved in the establishment or enforcement of policies or 
     practices designed to restrict religious freedom.
       (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Attorney General may not utilize any funds appropriated or 
     otherwise available for the Department of Justice for fiscal 
     year 1999 to admit to the United States any national covered 
     by subsection (a).
       (c) The President may waive the prohibition in subsection 
     (a) or (b) with respect to an individual described in such 
     subsection if the President--
       (1) determines that it is vital to the national interest to 
     do so; and
       (2) provides written notification to the appropriate 
     congressional committees containing a justification for the 
     waiver.
       Sec. 9014. In this subtitle, the term ``appropriate 
     congressional committees'' means the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International 
     Relations of the House of Representatives.
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                 AKAKA (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3420

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Akaka for himself, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
Coats, Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. Inouye) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 33, line 25, insert before the period at the end 
     the following: ``:Provided, That of the funds appropriated 
     under this heading, $12,000,000 shall be available only to 
     continue development of electric and hybrid-electric 
     vehicles''.
                                 ______
                                 

               BINGAMAN (AND DOMENICI) AMENDMENT NO. 3421

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Bingaman for himself and Mr. Domenici) proposed 
an amendment to the bill, S. 2132, supra; as follows:'

       On page 99, in between lines 17 and 18, insert before the 
     period at the end the following: ``: Sec. 8104(a), That of 
     the amount available under Air National Guard, Operations and 
     Maintenance for flying hours and related personnel support, 
     2,250,000 shall be available for the Defense Systems 
     Evaluation program for support of test and training 
     operations at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, and Fort 
     Bliss, Texas''.
                                 ______
                                 

                       COCHRAN AMENDMENT NO. 3422

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Cochran) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, insert at the appropriate place the following 
     new section:
       Sec.   . That of the funds appropriated for Defense-wide 
     research, development test and evaluation, $1,000,000 is 
     available for Acoustic Sensor Technology Development 
     Planning.
                                 ______
                                 

                DOMENICI (AND HARKIN) AMENDMENT NO. 3423

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Domenici for himself and Mr. Harkin) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, S. 2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. (a) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives a report on food stamp assistance for members 
     of the Armed Forces. The Secretary shall submit the report at 
     the same time that the Secretary submits to Congress, in 
     support of the fiscal year 2000 budget, the materials that 
     relate to the funding provided in that budget for the 
     Department of Defense.
       (b) The report shall include the following:
       (1) The number of members of the Armed Forces and 
     dependents of members of the Armed Forces who are eligible 
     for food stamps.
       (2) The number of members of the Armed Forces and 
     dependents of members of the Armed Forces who received food 
     stamps in fiscal year 1998.
       (3) A proposal for using, as a means for eliminating or 
     reducing significantly the need of such personnel for food 
     stamps, the authority under section 2828 of title 10, United 
     States Code, to lease housing facilities for enlisted members 
     of the Armed Forces and their families when Government 
     quarters are not available for such personnel.
       (4) A proposal for increased locality adjustments through 
     the basic allowance for housing and other methods as a means 
     for eliminating or reducing signficantly the need of such 
     personnel for food stamps.
       (5) Other potential alternative actions (including any 
     recommended legislation) for eliminating or reducing 
     significantly the need of such personnel for food stamps.
       (6) A discussion of the potential for each alternative 
     action referred to in paragraph (3) or (4) to result in the 
     elimination or a significant reduction in the need of such 
     personnel for food stamps.
       (c) Each potential alternative action included in the 
     report under paragraph (3) or (4) of subsection (b) shall 
     meet the following requirements:
       (1) Apply only to persons referred to in paragraph (1) of 
     such subsection.
       (2) Be limited in cost to the lowest amount feasible to 
     achieve the objectives.
       (d) In this section:
       (1) The term ``fiscal year 2000 budget'' means the budget 
     for fiscal year 2000 that the President submits to Congress 
     under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code.
       (2) The term ``food stamps'' means assistance under the 
     Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.).
       Sec. 8105. (a) The Comptroller General shall carry out a 
     study of issues relating to family life, morale, and 
     retention of members of the Armed Forces and, not later than 
     June 25, 1999, submit the results of the study to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives. The Comptroller General may submit to the 
     committees an interim report on the matters described in 
     paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (c). Any such interim 
     report shall be submitted by February 12, 1999.
       (b) In carrying out the study, the Comptroller General 
     shall consult with experts on the subjects of the study who 
     are independent of the Department of Defense.
       (c) The study shall include the following matters:
       (1) The conditions of the family lives of members of the 
     Armed Forces and the members' needs regarding their family 
     lives, including a discussion of each of the following:
       (A) How leaders of the Department of Defense and leaders of 
     each of the Armed Forces--
       (i) collect, organize, validate, and assess information to 
     determine those conditions and needs;
       (ii) determine consistency and variations among the 
     assessments and assessed information for each of the Armed 
     Forces; and
       (iv) use the information and assessments to address those 
     conditions and needs.

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       (B) How the information on those conditions and needs 
     compares with any corresponding information that is available 
     on the conditions of the family lives of civilians in the 
     United States and the needs of such civilians regarding their 
     family lives.
       (C) How the conditions of the family lives of members of 
     each of the Armed Forces and the members' needs regarding 
     their family lives compare with those of the members of each 
     of the other Armed Forces.
       (D) How the conditions and needs of the members compare or 
     vary among members in relation to the pay grades of the 
     members.
       (E) How the conditions and needs of the members compare or 
     vary among members in relation to the occupational 
     specialties of the members.
       (F) What, if any, effects high operating tempos of the 
     Armed Forces have had on the family lives of members, 
     including effects on the incidence of substance abuse, 
     physical or emotional abuse of family members, and divorce.
       (G) The extent to which family lives of members of the 
     Armed Forces prevent members from being deployed.
       (2) The rates of retention of members of the Armed Forces, 
     including the following:
       (A) The rates based on the latest information available 
     when the report is prepared.
       (B) Projected rates for future periods for which reasonably 
     reliable projections can be made.
       (C) An analysis of the rates under subparagraphs (A) and 
     (B) for each of the Armed Forces, each pay grade, and each 
     major occupational specialty.
       (3) The relationships among the quality of the family lives 
     of members of the Armed Forces, high operating tempos of the 
     Armed Forces, and retention of the members in the Armed 
     Forces, analyzed for each of the Armed Forces, each pay 
     grade, and each occupational specialty, including, to the 
     extent ascertainable and relevant to the analysis of the 
     relationships, the reasons expressed by members of the Armed 
     Forces for separating from the Armed Forces and the reasons 
     expressed by the members of the Armed Forces for remaining in 
     the Armed Forces.
       (4) The programs and policies of the Department of Defense 
     (including programs and policies specifically directed at 
     quality of life) that have tended to improve, and those that 
     have tended to degrade, the morale of members of the Armed 
     Forces and members of their families, the retention of 
     members of the Armed Forces, and the perceptions of members 
     of the Armed Forces and members of their families regarding 
     the quality of their lives.
       (d) In this section, the term ``major occupational 
     specialty'' means the aircraft pilot specialty and each other 
     occupational specialty that the Comptroller General considers 
     a major occupational specialty of the Armed Forces.
                                 ______
                                 

                       DURBIN AMENDMENT NO. 3424

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Durbin) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec.   . (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     no funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act 
     may be used to carry out any conveyance of land at the former 
     Fort Sheridan, Illinois, unless such conveyance is consistent 
     with a regional agreement among the communities and 
     jurisdictions in the vicinity of Fort Sheridan and in 
     accordance with section 2862 of the Military Construction 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (division B of Public 
     Law 104-106; 110 Stat. 573).
       (2) The land referred to in paragraph (1) is a parcel of 
     real property, including any improvements thereon, located at 
     the former Fort Sheridan, Illinois, consisting of 
     approximately 14 acres, and known as the northern Army 
     Reserve enclave area, that is covered by the authority in 
     section 2862 of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 1996 and has not been conveyed pursuant to 
     that authority as of the date of enactment of this Act.
                                 ______
                                 

                        GREGG AMENDMENT NO. 3425

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Gregg) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. (a) Conveyance Required.--The Secretary of the 
     Air Force shall convey, without consideration, to the Town of 
     Newington, New Hampshire, all right, title, and interest of 
     the United States in and to a parcel of real property, 
     together with improvements thereon, consisting of 
     approximately 1.3 acres located at former Pease Air Force 
     Base, New Hampshire, and known as the site of the old Stone 
     School.
       (b) Exception from Screening Requirement.--The Secretary 
     shall make the conveyance under subsection (a) without regard 
     to the requirement under section 2696 of title 10, United 
     States Code, that the property be screened for further 
     Federal use in accordance with the Federal Property and 
     Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.).
       (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 Secretary.
       (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.
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                      HOLLINGS AMENDMENT NO. 3426

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Hollings) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
     available for the Department of Defense by this Act, up to 
     $10,000,000 may be available for the Department of Defense 
     share of environmental remediation and restoration activities 
     at Defense Logistics Agency inventory location 429 (Macalloy 
     site) in Charleston, South Carolina.
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                    INOUYE AMENDMENTS NOS. 3427-3429

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Inouye) proposed three amendments to the bill, 
S. 2132, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 3427

       On page 99, insert in the appropriate place the following 
     new general provision:
       Sec. 8104. Of the funds provided under Title IV of this Act 
     under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and 
     Evaluation, Defense-Wide'', for Materials and Electronics 
     Technology, $2,000,000 shall be made available only for the 
     Strategic Materials Manufacturing Facility project.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 3428

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. (a) Chapter 157 of title 10, United States Code, 
     is amended by inserting after section 2641 the following:

     ``Sec. 2641a. Transportation of American Samoa veterans on 
       Department of Defense aircraft for certain medical care in 
       Hawaii

       ``(a) Transportation Authorized.--The Secretary of Defense 
     may provide transportation on Department of Defense aircraft 
     for the purpose of transporting any veteran specified in 
     subsection (b) between American Samoa and the State of Hawaii 
     if such transportation is required in order to provide 
     hospital care to such veteran as described in that 
     subsection.
       ``(b) Veterans Eligible for Transport.--A veteran eligible 
     for transport under subsection (a) is any veteran who--
       ``(1) resides in and is located in American Samoa; and
       ``(2) as determined by an official of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs designated for that purpose by the Secretary 
     of Veterans Affairs, must be transported to the State of 
     Hawaii in order to receive hospital care to which such 
     veteran is entitled under chapter 17 of title 38 in 
     facilities of such Department in the State of Hawaii.
       ``(c) Administration.--(1) Transportation may be provided 
     to veterans under this section only on a space-available 
     basis.
       ``(2) A charge may not be imposed on a veteran for 
     transportation provided to the veteran under this section.
       ``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) The term `veteran' has the meaning given that term in 
     section 101(2) of title 38.
       ``(2) The term `hospital care' has the meaning given that 
     term in section 1701(5) of title 38.''.
       (b) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 157 
     of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating 
     to section 2641 the following new item:

``2641a. Transportation of American Samoa veterans on Department of 
              Defense aircraft for certain medical care in Hawaii.''.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 3424

       Sec.    . 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 
     resources 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.
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                       KENNEDY AMENDMENT NO. 3430

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Kennedy) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, insert in the appropriate place the following 
     new general provision:
       Sec. 8104. Within the amounts appropriated under Title IV 
     of this Act under the heading ``Research, Development, Test 
     and Evaluation, Navy'', the amount available for S-3 Weapon 
     System Improvement is hereby reduced by $8,000,000: Provided, 
     Within the amounts appropriated under Title IV of this Act 
     under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and 
     Evaluation, Air Force'', the

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     amount available for a cyber-security program is hereby 
     increased by $8,000,000: Provided further, That the funds are 
     made available for the cyber-security program to conduct 
     research and development on issues relating to security 
     information assurance and to facilitate the transition of 
     information assurance technology to the defense community.
                                 ______
                                 

               SARBANES (AND CAMPBELL) AMENDMENT NO. 3431

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Sarbanes for himself and Mr. Campbell) proposed 
an amendment to the bill, S. 2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:

     SEC. 8____. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR KOREAN WAR VETERANS 
                   MEMORIAL.

       Section 3 of Public Law 99-572 (40 U.S.C. 1003 note) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(c) Additional Funding.--
       ``(1) In general.--In addition to amounts made available 
     under subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary of the Army may 
     expend, from any funds available to the Secretary on the date 
     of enactment of this paragraph, $2,000,000 for repair of the 
     memorial.
       ``(2) Disposition of funds received from claims.--Any funds 
     received by the Secretary of the Army as a result of any 
     claim against a contractor in connection with construction of 
     the memorial shall be deposited in the general fund of the 
     Treasury.''.
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               McCONNELL (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3432

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. McConnell for himself, Mr. Ford, and Mr. Shelby) 
proposed an amendment to the bill, S 2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. Of the funds available under title VI for 
     chemical agents and munitions destruction, Defense, for 
     research and design, $18,000,000 shall be made available for 
     the program manager for the Assembled Chemical Weapons 
     Assessment (under section 8065 of the Department of Defense 
     Appropriations Act, 1997) for demonstrations of technologies 
     under the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment, for planning 
     and preparation to proceed from demonstration of an 
     alternative technology immediately into the development of a 
     pilot-scale facility for the technology, and for the design, 
     construction, and operation of a pilot facility for the 
     technology.
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                        MACK AMENDMENT NO. 3433

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Mack) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8014. (a) The Secretary of the Navy may lease to the 
     University of Central Florida (in this section referred to as 
     the ``University''), or a representative or agent of the 
     University designated by the University, such portion of the 
     property known as the Naval Air Warfare Center, Training 
     Systems Division, Orlando, Florida, as the Secretary 
     considers appropriate as a location for the establishment of 
     a center for research in the fields of law enforcement, 
     public safety, civil defense, and national defense.
       (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term of 
     the lease under subsection (a) may not exceed 50 years.
       (c) As consideration for the lease under subsection (a), 
     the University shall--
       (1) undertake and incur the cost of the planning, design, 
     and construction required to establish the center referred to 
     in that subsection; and
       (2) during the term of the lease, provide the Secretary 
     such space in the center for activities of the Navy as the 
     Secretary and the University jointly consider appropriate.
       (d) The Secretary may require such additional terms and 
     conditions in connection with the lease authorized by 
     subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to 
     protect the interest of the United States.
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                      MIKULSKI AMENDMENT NO. 3434

  Mr. STEVENS (for Ms. Mikulski) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99 in between lines 17 and 18, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. 8104. Funds appropriated under O&M Navy are available 
     for a vessel scrapping pilot program which the Secretary of 
     the Navy may carry out during fiscal year 1999 and 
     (notwithstanding the expiration of authority to obligate 
     funds appropriated under this heading) fiscal year 2000, and 
     for which the Secretary may define the program scope as that 
     which the Secretary determines sufficient for gathering data 
     on the cost of scrapping Government vessels and for 
     demonstrating cost effective technologies and techniques to 
     scrap such vessels in a manner that is protective of worker 
     safety and health and the environment''.
                                 ______
                                 

                        LOTT AMENDMENT NO. 3435

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Lott) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. The Department of Defense shall, in allocating 
     funds for the Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative, give 
     full consideration to the allocation of funds to the regional 
     partnerships that will best leverage Department investments 
     in the DoD Major Shared Resource Centers and Centers with 
     supercomputers purchased using DoD RDT&E funds, including the 
     high performance networks associated with such centers.
                                 ______
                                 

                      MURKOWSKI AMENDMENT NO. 3436

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Murkowski) proposed an amenment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following 
     new section: ``From within the funds provided, with the 
     heading, ``Operations and Maintenance, Army'', up to $500,000 
     shall be available for paying subcontractors and suppliers 
     for work performed at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, in 1994, under 
     Army services contract number DACA85- 93-C-0065''.
                                 ______
                                 

                       SHELBY AMENDMENT NO. 3437

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Shelby) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, insert in the appropriate place the following 
     new general provision:
       Sec. 8104. Of the funds provided under Title IV of this Act 
     under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and 
     Evaluation, Army'', for Industrial Preparedness, $2,000,000 
     shall be made available only for the Electronic Circuit Board 
     Manufacturing Development Center.
                                 ______
                                 

                       SPECTER AMENDMENT NO. 3438

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Specter) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:

     SEC.   . COMMISSION TO ASSESS THE ORGANIZATION OF THE FEDERAL 
                   GOVERNMENT TO COMBAT THE PROLIFERATION OF 
                   WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

       The Combatting Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction 
     Act of 1996 (as contained in Public Law 104-293) is amended--
       (1) in section 711(b), in the text above paragraph (1), by 
     striking ``eight'' and inserting ``twelve'';
       (2) in section 711(b)(2), by striking ``one'' and inserting 
     ``three'';
       (3) in section 711(b)(4), by striking ``one'' and inserting 
     ``three'';
       (4) in section 711(e), by striking ``on which all members 
     of the Commission have been appointed'' and inserting ``on 
     which the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1999, is 
     enacted, regardless of whether all members of the Commission 
     have been appointed''; and
       (5) in section 712(c), by striking ``not later than 18 
     months after the date of enactment of this Act,'' and 
     inserting ``Not later than June 15, 1999,''.
                                 ______
                                 

                       STEVENS AMENDMENT NO. 3439

  Mr. STEVENS proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 2132, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 99, insert in the appropriate place the following 
     general provision:
       Sec. 8104. Of the funds provided under Title III of this 
     Act under the heading ``Other Procurement, Army'', for 
     Training Devices $4,000,000 shall be made available only for 
     procurement of Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System 
     (MILES) equipment to support Department of Defense Cope 
     Thunder exercises.
                                 ______
                                 

                       STEVENS AMENDMENT NO. 3440

  Mr. STEVENS proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 2132, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 73, line 4 of the bill, revise the text ``rescinded 
     from'' to read ``rescinded as of the date of enactment of 
     this act from''.
                                 ______
                                 

                       COCHRAN AMENDMENT NO. 3441

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Cochran) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, insert in the appropriate place the following 
     new general provision:
       Sec. 8104. Within the amounts appropriated under Title IV 
     of this Act under the heading ``Research, Development, Test 
     and Evaluation, Army'', the amount available for Joint 
     Tactical Radio is hereby reduced by $10,981,000, and the 
     amount available for Army Data Distribution System 
     development is hereby increased by $10,981,000.
                                 ______
                                 

                       WARNER AMENDMENT NO. 3442

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Warner) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, insert in the appropriate place the following 
     new general provision:
       Sec. 8104. Of the funds provided under Title IV of this Act 
     under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and 
     Evaluation, Army'', for Digitization, $2,000,000 shall be 
     made

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     available only for the Ditigal Intelligence Situation 
     Mapboard (DISM).
                                 ______
                                 

                        BOXER AMENDMENT NO. 3443

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mrs. Boxer) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. Of the funds available for the Navy for 
     research, development, test, and evaluation under title IV, 
     $5,000,000 shall be available for the Shortstop Electronic 
     Protection System''.
                                 ______
                                 

                  FORD (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3444

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Ford for himself, Mr. Bond, and Mr. Lott) 
proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. (a) 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) 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) 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) 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,''.
                                 ______
                                 

                        DODD AMENDMENT NO. 3445

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Dodd) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 36, line 22, insert before the period at the end 
     the following: ``: Provided, That, of the funds available 
     under this heading, $3,000,000 shall be available for 
     research and surveillance activities relating to Lyme disease 
     and other tick-borne diseases''.
                                 ______
                                 

                        KERRY AMENDMENT NO. 3446

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Kerry) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. Of the amounts appropriated by title IV of this 
     Act under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and 
     Evaluation, Army'', $3,000,000 shall be available for 
     advanced research relating to solid state dye lasers.
                                 ______
                                 

                  McCAIN (AND KYL) AMENDMENT NO. 3447

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. McCain for himself and Mr. Kyl) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, S. 2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. (a) The Secretary of the Air Force may enter 
     into an agreement to lease from the City of Phoenix, Arizona, 
     the parcel of real property described in subsection (b), 
     together with improvements on the property, in consideration 
     of annual rent not in excess of one dollar.
       (b) The real property referred to in subsection (a) is a 
     parcel, known as Auxiliary Field 3, that is located 
     approximately 12 miles north of Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, 
     in section 4 of township 3 north, range 1 west of the Gila 
     and Salt River Base and Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona, 
     is bounded on the north by Bell Road, on the east by 
     Litchfield Road, on the south by Greenway Road, and on the 
     west by agricultural land, and is composed of approximately 
     638 acres, more or less, the same property that was formerly 
     an Air Force training and emergency field developed during 
     World War II.
       (c) The Secretary may require such additional terms and 
     conditions in connection with the lease under subsection (a) 
     as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the 
     interests of the United States.
                                 ______
                                 

                  McCAIN (AND KYL) AMENDMENT NO. 3448

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. McCain for himself and Mr. Kyl) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, S. 2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, insert in the appropriate place the following 
     new general provision:
       Sec. 8104. Of the funds provided under Title IV of this Act 
     under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and 
     Evaluation, Army'', up to $1,300,000 may be made available 
     only to integrate and evaluate enhanced, active and passive, 
     passenger safety system for heavy tactical trucks.
                                 ______
                                 

                      GRASSLEY AMENDMENT NO. 3449

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Grassley) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       At the end of title VIII, add the following:
       Sec. ____. Effective on June 30, 1999, section 8106(a) of 
     the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997 (titles I 
     through VIII of the matter under section 101(b) of Public Law 
     104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-111; 10 U.S.C. 113 note), is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking out ``not later than June 30, 1997,'', and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``not later than June 30, 1999,''; 
     and
       (2) by striking out ``$1,000,000'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``$500,000''.
                                 ______
                                 

                       HARKIN AMENDMENT NO. 3450

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Harkin) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. (a) Of the total amount appropriated under title 
     IV for research, development, test and evaluation, Defense-
     wide, for basic research, $29,646,000 is available for 
     research and development relating to Persian Gulf illnesses.
                                 ______
                                 

                       STEVENS AMENDMENT NO. 3451

  Mr. STEVENS proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 2132, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 99, insert in the appropriate place the following 
     new general provision:
       Sec. 8104. Within the amounts appropriated under Title IV 
     of this Act under the heading ``Research, Development, Test 
     and Evaluation, Navy'', the amount available for Hard and 
     Deeply Buried Target Defeat System is hereby reduced by 
     $9,827,000, and the amount available for Consolidated 
     Training Systems Development is hereby increased by 
     $9,827,000.
                                 ______
                                 

                      FAIRCLOTH AMENDMENT NO. 3452

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Faircloth) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8014. (a) Not later than six months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit 
     to Congress a report containing a comprehensive assessment of 
     the TRICARE program.
       (b) The assessment under subsection (a) shall include the 
     following:
       (1) A comparison of the health care benefits available 
     under the health care options of the TRICARE program known as 
     TRICARE Standard, TRICARE Prime, and TRICARE Extra with the 
     health care benefits available under the health care plan of 
     the Federal Employees Health Benefits program most similar to 
     each such option that has the most subscribers as of the date 
     of enactment of this Act, including--
       (A) the types of health care services offered by each 
     option and plan under comparison;
       (B) the ceilings, if any, imposed on the amounts paid for 
     covered services under each option and plan under comparison; 
     and
       (C) the timeliness of payments to physicians providing 
     services under each option and plan under comparison.
       (2) An assessment of the effect on the subscription choices 
     made by potential subscribers to the TRICARE program of the 
     Department of Defense policy to grant priority in the 
     provision of health care services to subscribers to a 
     particular option.
       (3) An assessment whether or not the implementation of the 
     TRICARE program has discouraged medicare-eligible individuals 
     from obtaining health care services from military treatment 
     facilities, including--

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       (A) an estimate of the number of such individuals 
     discouraged from obtaining health care services from such 
     facilities during the two-year period ending with the 
     commencement of the implementation of the TRICARE program; 
     and
       (B) an estimate of the number of such individuals 
     discouraged from obtaining health-care services from such 
     facilities during the two-year period following the 
     commencement of the implementation of the TRICARE program.
       (4) An assessment of any other matters that the Comptroller 
     General considers appropriate for purposes of this section.
       (c) In this section:
       (1) The term ``Federal Employees Health Benefits program'' 
     means the health benefits program under chapter 89 of title 
     5, United States Code.
       (2) The term ``TRICARE program'' has the meaning given that 
     term in section 1072(7) of title 10, United States Code.
                                 ______
                                 

                       STEVENS AMENDMENT NO. 3453

  Mr. STEVENS proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 2132, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. (a) The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary 
     of the Air Force may each enter into one or more multiyear 
     leases of non-tactical firefighting equipment, non-tactical 
     crash rescue equipment, or non-tactical snow removal 
     equipment. The period of a lease entered into under this 
     section shall be for any period not in excess of 10 years. 
     Any such lease shall provide that performance under the lease 
     during the second and subsequent years of the contract is 
     contingent upon the appropriation of funds and shall provide 
     for a cancellation payment to be made to the lessor if such 
     appropriations are not made.
       (b) Lease payments made under subsection (a) shall be made 
     from amounts provided in this or future appropriations Acts.
       (c) This section is effective for all fiscal years 
     beginning after September 30, 1998.
                                 ______
                                 

                       BUMPERS AMENDMENT NO. 3454

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Bumpers) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill in Title VIII, insert 
     the following:
       ``Sec.   . Of the amounts appropriated in this bill for the 
     Defense Threat seduction and Treaty Compliance Agency and for 
     Operations and Maintenance, National Guard, $1,500,000 shall 
     be available to develop training materials and a curriculum 
     for a Domestic Preparedness Sustainment Training Center at 
     Pine Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas.''
                                 ______
                                 

                      FAIRCLOTH AMENDMENT NO. 3455

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Faircloth) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, insert in the appropriate place the following 
     new general provision:
       Sec. 8104. Of the funds provided under Title IV of this Act 
     under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and 
     Evaluation, Army'', up to $10,000,000 may be made available 
     only for the efforts associated with building and 
     demonstrating a deployable mobile large aerostat system 
     platform.
                                 ______
                                 

                       BAUCUS AMENDMENT NO. 3456

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Baucus) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert before the 
     period at the end the following: ``: Sec.  . That of the 
     amounts available under this heading, $150,000 shall be made 
     available to the Bear Paw Development Council, Montana, for 
     the management and conversion of the Havre Air Force Base and 
     Training Site, Montana, for public benefit purposes, 
     including public schools, housing for the homeless, and 
     economic development''.
                                 ______
                                 

               McCAIN (AND HUTCHISON) AMENDMENT NO. 3457

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. McCain for himself and Mrs. Hutchison) proposed 
an amendment to the bill, S. 2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. (a) 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) 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) 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).
                                 ______
                                 

                       DORGAN AMENDMENT NO. 3458

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Dorgan) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 54, strike Section 8023 and insert the following:
       Sec. 8023. (a) In addition to the funds provided elsewhere 
     in this Act, $8,000,000 is appropriated only for incentive 
     payments authorized by Section 504 of the Indian Financing 
     Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544): Provided, That contractors 
     participating in the test program established by section 854 
     of Public Law 101-189 (15 U.S.C. 637 note) shall be eligible 
     for the program established by section 504 of the Indian 
     Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544).
       (b) Section 8024 of the Department of Defense 
     Appropriations Act (Public Law 105-56) is amended by striking 
     out ``That these payments'' and all that follows through 
     ``Provided further,''.
                                 ______
                                 

               McCONNELL (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3459

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. McConnell for himself, Mr. Ford, and Mr. Shelby) 
proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. Out of the funds available for the Department of 
     Defense under title VI of this Act for chemical agents and 
     munitions, Defense, or the unobligated balances of funds 
     available for chemical agents and munitions destruction, 
     Defense, under any other Act making appropriations for 
     military functions administered by the Department of Defense 
     for any fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense may use not 
     more than $25,000,000 for the Assembled Chemical Weapons 
     Assessment to complete the demonstration of alternatives to 
     baseline incineration for the destruction of chemical agents 
     and munitions and to carry out the pilot program 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). The amount specified in the 
     preceding sentence is in addition to any other amount that is 
     made available under title VI of this Act to complete the 
     demonstration of the alternatives and to carry out the pilot 
     program: Provided, That none of these funds shall be taken 
     from any ongoing operational chemical munition destruction 
     programs.
                                 ______
                                 

                      WELLSTONE AMENDMENT NO. 3460

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Wellstone) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, add the following:
       Findings:
       child experts estimate that as many as 250,000 children 
     under the age of 18 are currently serving in armed forces or 
     armed groups in more than 30 countries around the world;
       contemporary armed conflict has caused the deaths of 
     2,000,000 minors in the last decade alone, and has left an 
     estimated 6,000,000 children seriously injured or permanently 
     disabled;
       children are uniquely vulnerable to military recruitment 
     because of their emotional and physical immaturity, are 
     easily manipulated, and can be drawn into violence that they 
     are too young to resist or understand;
       children are most likely to become child soldiers if they 
     are poor, separated from their families, displaced from their 
     homes, living in a combat zone, or have limited access to 
     education;
       orphans and refugees are particularly vulnerable to 
     recruitment;
       one of the most egregious examples of the use of child 
     soldiers is the abduction of some 10,000 children, some as 
     young as 8 years of age, by the Lord's Resistance Army (in 
     this resolution referred to as the ``LRA'') in northern 
     Uganda;
       the Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights 
     Practices for 1997 reports that in Uganda the LRA kills, 
     maims, and rapes large numbers of civilians, and forces 
     abducted children into ``virtual slavery as guards, 
     concubines, and soldiers'';
       children abducted by the LRA are forced to raid and loot 
     villages, fight in the front line of battle against the 
     Ugandan army and the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA); 
     serve as sexual slaves to rebel commanders, and participate 
     in the killing of other children who try to escape;
       former LRA child captives report witnessing Sudanese 
     government soldiers delivering food supplies, vehicles, 
     ammunition, and arms to LRA base camps in government-
     controlled southern Sudan;
       children who manage to escape from LRA captivity have 
     little access to trauma care and rehabilitation programs, and 
     many find their families displaced, unlocatable, dead, or 
     fearful of having their children return home;
       Graca Machel, the former United Nations expert on the 
     impact of armed conflict on

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     children, identified the immediate demobilization of all 
     child soldiers as an urgent priority, and recommended the 
     establishment through an optional protocol to the Convention 
     on the Rights of the Child of 18 as the minimum age for 
     recruitment and participation in armed forces; and
       the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United 
     Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations High 
     Commission on Refugees, and the United Nations High 
     Commissioner on Human Rights, as well as many nongovernmental 
     organizations, also support the establishment of 18 as the 
     minimum age for military recruitment and participation in 
     armed conflict:
       Sec. 1. (a) The Senate hereby--
       (1) deplores the global use of child soldiers and supports 
     their immediate demobilization;
       (2) condemns the abduction of Ugandan children by the LRA;
       (3) calls on the Government of Sudan to use its influence 
     with the LRA to secure the release of abducted children and 
     to halt further abductions; and
       (4) encourages the United States delegation not to block 
     the drafting of an optional protocol to the Convention on the 
     Rights of the Child that would establish 18 as the minimum 
     age for participation in armed conflict.
       (b) It is the sense of the Senate that the President and 
     the Secretary of State should--
       (1) support efforts to end the abduction of children by the 
     LRA, secure their release, and facilitate their 
     rehabilitation and reintegration into society;
       (2) not block efforts to establish 18 as the minimum age 
     for participation in conflict through an optional protocol to 
     the Convention on the Rights of the Child; and
       (3) provide greater support to United Nations agencies and 
     nongovernmental organizations working for the rehabilitation 
     and reintegration of former child soldiers into society.
       Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Senate shall transmit a copy 
     of this resolution to the President and the Secretary of 
     State.
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                      FAIRCLOTH AMENDMENT NO. 3461

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Faircloth) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, insert in the appropriate place the following 
     new general provision:
       Sec. 8104. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall obligate the funds provided for 
     Counterterror Technical Support in the Department of Defense 
     Appropriations Act, 1998 (under title IV of Public Law 105-
     56) for the projects and in the amounts provided for in House 
     Report 105-265 of the House of Representatives, 105th 
     Congress, first session: Provided, That the funds available 
     for the Pulsed Fast Neutron Analysis Project should be 
     executed through cooperation with the Office of National Drug 
     Control Policy.
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                       BENNETT AMENDMENT NO. 3462

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Bennett) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, insert in the appropriate place the following 
     new general provision:
       Sec. 8104. Of the funds provided under Title IV of this Act 
     under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and 
     Evaluation, Navy'', up to $1,000,000 may be made available 
     only for the development and testing of alternate turbine 
     engines for missiles.
                                 ______
                                 

                        GRAMM AMENDMENT NO. 3463

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Gramm) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC.   . 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. 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) Registration and Balloting.--Section 102 of the 
     Uniformed and Overseas Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff-
     1) is amended--
       (A) by inserting ``(a) Elections for Federal Offices.--'' 
     before ``Each State shall--''; and
       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 run-off 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) Conforming Amendment.--The heading for title I of such 
     Act is amended by striking out ``FOR FEDERAL OFFICE''.
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                    MOSELEY-BRAUN AMENDMENT NO. 3464

  Mr. INOUYE (for Ms. Moseley-Braun) proposed an amendment to the bill, 
S. 2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8014. From amounts made available by this Act, up to 
     $10,000,000 may be available to convert the Eighth Regiment 
     National Guard Armory into a Chicago Military Academy: 
     Provided, That the Academy shall provide a 4 year college 
     prepatory curriculum combined with a mandatory JROTC 
     instruction program.
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                       DURBIN AMENDMENT NO. 3465

  Mr. DURBIN proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 2132, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used to initiate or conduct 
     offensive military operations by United States Armed Forces 
     except in accordance with Article I, Section 8 of the 
     Constitution, which vests in Congress the power to declare 
     war and take certain other related actions.
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                       D'AMATO AMENDMENT NO. 3466

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. D'Amato) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. (a) The Air National Guard shall, during the 
     period beginning on April 15, 1999, and ending on October 15, 
     1999, provide support at the Francis S. Gabreski Airport, 
     Hampton, New York, for seasonal search and rescue mission 
     requirements of the Coast Guard in the vicinity of Hampton, 
     New York.
       (b) The support provided under subsection (a) shall include 
     access to and use of appropriate facilities at Francis S. 
     Gabreski Airport, including runways, hangars, the operations 
     center, and aircraft berthing and maintenance spaces.
       (c)(1) The adjutant general of the National Guard of the 
     State of New York and the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall 
     enter into a memorandum of understanding regarding the 
     support to be provided under subsection (a).
       (2) Not later than December 1, 1998, the adjutant general 
     and the Commandant shall jointly submit to the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives a copy of the 
     memorandum of understanding entered into under paragraph (1).
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                      BINGAMAN AMENDMENT NO. 3467

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Bingaman) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. (a) The Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
     with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, may carry 
     out a program to distribute surplus dental equipment of the 
     Department of Defense, at no cost to DoD Indian Health 
     Service facilities and to Federally-qualified health centers 
     (within the meaning of section 1905(l)(2)(B) of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(1)(2)(B))).
       (b) Not later than March 15, 1999, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit to Congress a report on the program, including 
     the actions taken under the program.
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                      BINGAMAN AMENDMENT NO. 3468

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Bingaman) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. (a) Not later than March 15, 1999, the Secretary 
     of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
     and on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committees on 
     Appropriations and on National Security of the House of 
     Representatives a report on the policies, practices, and 
     experience of the uniformed services pertaining to the 
     furnishing of dental care to dependents of members of the 
     uniformed services on active duty who are 18 years of age and 
     younger.
       (b) The report shall include (1) the rates of usage of 
     various types of dental services under the health care system 
     of the uniformed services by the dependents, set forth in 
     categories defined by the age and the gender of the 
     dependents and by the rank of the members of the uniformed 
     services who are the sponsors for those dependents, (2) an 
     assessment of the feasibility of providing the dependents 
     with dental benefits (including initial dental visits for 
     children) that conform with the guidelines of the American 
     Academy of Pediatric Dentistry regarding infant oral health 
     care, and (3) an evaluation

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     of the feasibility and potential effects of offering general 
     anesthesia as a dental health care benefit available under 
     TRICARE to the dependents.
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                        DODD AMENDMENT NO. 3469

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Dodd) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. (a) Of the total amount appropriated for the 
     Army, the Army Reserve, and the Army National Guard under 
     title I, $1,700,000 may be available for taking the actions 
     required under this section to eliminate the backlog of 
     unpaid retired pay and to submit a report.
       (b) The Secretary of the Army may 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).
       (c) 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 (b).
       (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.
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                       HARKIN AMENDMENT NO. 3470

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Harkin) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. (a) The Secretary of Defense may take such 
     actions as are necessary to ensure the elimination of the 
     backlog of incomplete actions on requests of former members 
     of the Armed Forces for replacement medals and replacements 
     for other decorations that such personnel have earned in the 
     military service of the United States.
       (b)(1) The actions taken under subsection (a) may include, 
     except as provided in paragraph (2), allocations of 
     additional resources to improve relevant staffing levels at 
     the Army Reserve Personnel Command, the Bureau of Naval 
     Personnel, and the Air Force Personnel Center, allocations of 
     Department of Defense resources to the National Archives and 
     Records Administration, and any additional allocations of 
     resources that the Secretary considers necessary to carry out 
     subsection (a).
       (2) An allocation of resources may be made under paragraph 
     (1) only if and to the extent that the allocation does not 
     detract from the performance of other personnel service and 
     personnel support activities within the Department of 
     Defense.
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                       HARKIN AMENDMENT NO. 3471

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Harkin) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. Beginning no later than 60 days after enactment, 
     effective tobacco cessation products and counseling may be 
     provided for members of the Armed Forces (including retired 
     members), former members of the Armed Forces entitled to 
     retired or retainer pay, and dependents of such members and 
     former members, who are identified as likely to benefit from 
     such assistance in a manner that does not impose costs upon 
     the individual.
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                        FRIST AMENDMENT NO. 3472

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Frist) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. (a) Of the amounts appropriated by title II of 
     this Act under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, 
     Marine Corps'', $5,000,000 may be available for procurement 
     of lightweight maintenance enclosures (LME).
       (b) Of the amounts appropriated by title III of this Act 
     under the heading ``Other Procurement, Army'', $2,000,000 may 
     be available for procurement of light-weight maintenance 
     enclosures (LME).
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                       DORGAN AMENDMENT NO. 3473

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Dorgan) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 10, line 15, before the period, insert the 
     following: ``: Provided further, that out of the funds 
     available under this heading, $300,000 may be available for 
     the abatement of hazardous substances in housing at the 
     Finley Air Force Station, Finley, North Dakota''.
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                       DeWINE AMENDMENT NO. 3474

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. DeWine) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104: Of the funds available for Drug Interdiction, up 
     to $8,500,000 may be made available to support restoration of 
     enhanced counter-narcotics operations around the island of 
     Hispaniola, for operation and maintenance for establishment 
     of ground-based radar coverage at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, 
     Cuba, for procurement of 2 Schweizer observation/spray 
     aircraft, and for upgrades for 3 UH-IH helicopter for 
     Colombia.
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                      WELLSTONE AMENDMENT NO. 3475

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Wellstone) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       On page 99, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8104. (a) The Secretary of Defense shall study the 
     policies, procedures, and practices of the military 
     departments for protecting the confidentiality of 
     communications between--
       (1) a dependent of a member of the Armed Forces who--
       (A) is a victim of sexual harassment, sexual assault, or 
     intrafamily abuse; or
       (B) has engaged in such misconduct; and
       (2) a therapist, counselor, advocate, or other professional 
     from whom the victim seeks professional services in 
     connection with effects of such misconduct.
       (b)(1) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe in 
     regulations the policies and procedures that the Secretary 
     considers necessary to provide the maximum possible 
     protections for the confidentiality of communications 
     described in subsection (a) relating to misconduct described 
     in that subsection.
       (2) The regulations shall provide the following:
       (A) Complete confidentiality of the records of the 
     communications of dependents of members of the Armed Forces.
       (B) Characterization of the records under family advocacy 
     programs of the Department of Defense as primary medical 
     records for purposes of the protections from disclosure that 
     are associated with primary medical records.
       (C) Facilitated transfer of records under family advocacy 
     programs in conjunction with changes of duty stations of 
     persons to whom the records relate in order to provide for 
     continuity in the furnishing of professional services.
       (D) Adoption of standards of confidentiality and ethical 
     standards that are consistent with standards issued by 
     relevant professional associations.
       (3) In prescribing the regulations, the Secretary shall 
     consider the following:
       (A) Any risk that the goals of advocacy and counseling 
     programs for helping victims recover from adverse effects of 
     misconduct will not be attained if there is no assurance that 
     the records of the communications (including records of 
     counseling sessions) will be kept confidential.
       (B) The extent, if any, to which a victim's safety and 
     privacy should be factors in determinations regarding--
       (i) disclosure of the victim's identity to the public or 
     the chain of command of a member of the Armed Forces alleged 
     to have engaged in the misconduct toward the victim; or
       (ii) any other action that facilitates such a disclosure 
     without the consent of the victim.
       (C) The eligibility for care and treatment in medical 
     facilities of the uniformed services for any person having a 
     uniformed services identification card (including a card 
     indicating the status of a person as a dependent of a member 
     of the uniformed services) that is valid for that person.
       (D) The appropriateness of requiring that so-called Privacy 
     Act statements be presented as a condition for proceeding 
     with the furnishing of treatment or other services by 
     professionals referred to in subsection (a).
       (E) The appropriateness of adopting the same standards of 
     confidentiality and ethical standards that have been issued 
     by such professional associations as the American Psychiatric 
     Association and the National Association of Social Workers.
       (4) The regulations may not prohibit the disclosure of 
     information to a Federal or State agency for a law 
     enforcement or other governmental purpose.
       (c) The Secretary of Defense shall consult with the 
     Attorney General in carrying out this section.
       (d) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
     Congress a report on the actions taken under this section. 
     The report shall include a discussion of the results of the 
     study under subsection (a) and the comprehensive discussion 
     of the regulations prescribed under subsection (b).
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                        ROBB AMENDMENT NO. 3476

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Robb) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert:
       Findings:
       On the third of February a United States Marine Corps jet 
     aircraft, flying a low-level training mission out of Aviano, 
     Italy, flew below its prescribed altitude and severed the 
     cables supporting a gondola at the Italian ski resort near 
     Cavalese, resulting in the death of twenty civilians;
       The crew of the aircraft, facing criminal charges, is 
     entitled to a speedy trial and is being provided that and all 
     the other protections and advantages of the U.S. system of 
     justice;

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       The United States, to maintain its credibility and honor 
     amongst its allies and all nations of the world, should make 
     prompt reparations for an accident clearly caused by a United 
     States military aircraft;
       A high-level delegation, including the U.S. Ambassador to 
     Italy, recently visited Cavalese and, as a result, 20 million 
     dollars was promised to the people in Cavalese for their 
     property damage and business losses;
       Without our prompt action, these families continue to 
     suffer financial agonies, our credibility in the European 
     community continues to suffer, and our own citizens remain 
     puzzled and angered by our lack of accountability;
       Under the current arrangement we have with Italy in the 
     context of our Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), civil 
     claims arising from the accident at Cavalese must be brought 
     against the Government of Italy, in accordance with the laws 
     and regulations of Italy, as if the armed forces of Italy had 
     been responsible for the accident;
       Under Italian law, every claimant for property damage, 
     personal injury or wrongful death must file initially an 
     administrative claim for damages with the Ministry of Defense 
     in Rome which is expected to take 12-18 months, and, if the 
     Ministry's offer in settlement is not acceptable, which it is 
     not likely to be, the claimant must thereafter resort to the 
     Italian court system, where civil cases for wrongful death 
     are reported to take up to ten years to resolve;
       While under the SOFA process, the United States--as the 
     ``sending state''--will be responsible for 75 percent of any 
     damages awarded, and the Government of Italy--as the 
     ``receiving state''--will be responsible for 25 percent, the 
     United States has agreed to pay all damages awarded in this 
     case;
       It is the Sense of the Congress that the United States 
     should resolve the claims of the victims of the February 8, 
     1998 U.S. Marine Corps aircraft incident in Cavalese, Italy 
     as quickly and fairly as possible.
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                        LEAHY AMENDMENT NO. 3477

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Leahy) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2132, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:

     SEC.  . TRAINING AND OTHER PROGRAMS.

       (a) Prohibition.--None of the funds made available by this 
     Act may be used to support any training program involving a 
     unit of the security forces of a foreign country if the 
     Secretary of Defense has received credible information from 
     the Department of State that a member of such unit has 
     committed a gross violation of human rights, unless all 
     necessary corrective steps have been taken.
       (b) Monitoring.--Not more than 90 days after enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of State, shall establish procedures to ensure that 
     prior to a decision to conduct any training program referred 
     to in paragraph (a), full consideration is given to all 
     information available to the Department of State relating to 
     human rights violations by foreign security forces.
       (c) Waiver.--The Secretary of Defense, after consultation 
     with the Secretary of State, may waive the prohibition in 
     paragraph (a) if he determines that such waiver is required 
     by extraordinary circumstances.
       (d) Report.--Not more than 15 days after the exercise of 
     any waiver under paragraph (c), the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit a report to the congressional defense committees 
     describing the extraordinary circumstances, the purpose and 
     duration of the training program, the United States forces 
     and the foreign security forces involved in the training 
     program, and the information relating to human rights 
     violations that necessitates the waiver.
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                 KERREY (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3478

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Kerrey, for himself, Mr. Moynihan, and Mr. 
Breaux) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 2132, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert:

     SECTION 1. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING PAYROLL TAX RELIEF.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate finds the following:
       (1) The payroll tax under the Federal Insurance 
     Contributions Act (FICA) is the biggest, most regressive tax 
     paid by working families.
       (2) The payroll tax constitutes a 15.3 percent tax burden 
     on the wages and self-employment income of each American, 
     with 12.4 percent of the payroll tax used to pay social 
     security benefits to current beneficiaries and 2.9 percent 
     used to pay the medicare benefits of current beneficiaries.
       (3) The amount of wages and self-employment income subject 
     to the social security portion of the payroll tax is capped 
     at $68,400. Therefore, the lower a family's income, the more 
     they pay in payroll tax as a percentage of income. The 
     Congressional Budget Office has estimated that for those 
     families who pay payroll taxes, 80 percent pay more in 
     payroll taxes than in income taxes.
       (4) In 1996, the median household income was $35,492, and a 
     family earning that amount and taking standard deductions and 
     exemptions paid $2,719 in Federal income tax, but lost $5,430 
     in income to the payroll tax.
       (5) Ownership of wealth is essential for everyone to have a 
     shot at the American dream, but the payroll tax is the 
     principal burden to savings and wealth creation for working 
     families.
       (6) Since 1983, the payroll tax has been higher than 
     necessary to pay current benefits.
       (7) Since most of the payroll tax receipts are deposited in 
     the social security trust funds, which masks the real amount 
     of Government borrowing, those whom the payroll tax hits 
     hardest, working families, have shouldered a disproportionate 
     share of the Federal budget deficit reduction and, therefore, 
     a disproportionate share of the creation of the Federal 
     budget surplus.
       (8) Over the next 10 years, the Federal Government will 
     generate a budget surplus of $1,550,000,000,000, and all but 
     $32,000,000,000 of that surplus will be generated by excess 
     payroll taxes.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that--
       (1) if Congress decides to provide tax relief, reducing the 
     burden of payroll taxes should be a top priority; and
       (2) Congress and the President should work to reduce this 
     payroll tax burden on American families.

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