[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 112 (Monday, August 31, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9695-S9713]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


             DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999

  (The text of the bill, H.R. 4103, the Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 1999, as passed by the Senate on July 30, 1998, is 
as follows:)

       Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives 
     (H.R. 4103) entitled ``An Act making appropriations for the 
     Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 
     30, 1999, and for other purposes.'', do pass with the 
     following amendment:
       Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
     That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 1999, for military functions 
     administered by the Department of Defense, and for other 
     purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                           MILITARY PERSONNEL

                        Military Personnel, Army

       For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 
     interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station 
     travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational 
     movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between 
     permanent duty stations, for members of the Army on active 
     duty (except members of reserve components provided for 
     elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; and for payments 
     pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as amended (42 
     U.S.C. 402 note), to section 229(b) of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), and to the Department of Defense 
     Military Retirement Fund; $20,822,051,000.

                        Military Personnel, Navy

       For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 
     interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station 
     travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational 
     movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between 
     permanent duty stations, for members of the Navy on active 
     duty (except members of the Reserve provided for elsewhere), 
     midshipmen, and aviation cadets; and for payments pursuant to 
     section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 
     note), to section 229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 429(b)), and to the Department of Defense Military 
     Retirement Fund; $16,532,153,000.

                    Military Personnel, Marine Corps

       For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 
     interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station 
     travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational 
     movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between 
     permanent duty stations, for members of the Marine Corps on 
     active duty (except members of the Reserve provided for 
     elsewhere); and for payments pursuant to section 156 of 
     Public Law 97-377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), to 
     section 229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), 
     and to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund; 
     $6,253,189,000.

                     Military Personnel, Air Force

       For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 
     interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station 
     travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational 
     movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between 
     permanent duty stations, for members of the Air Force on 
     active duty (except members of reserve components provided 
     for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; and for payments 
     pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as amended (42 
     U.S.C. 402 note), to section 229(b) of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), and to the Department of Defense 
     Military Retirement Fund; $17,205,660,000.

                        Reserve Personnel, Army

       For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
     travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army 
     Reserve on active duty under sections 10211, 10302, and 3038 
     of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on active 
     duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, 
     in connection with performing duty specified in section 
     12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing 
     reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent 
     duty or other duty, and for members of the Reserve Officers' 
     Training Corps, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of 
     title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the 
     Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund; 
     $2,152,075,000.

                        Reserve Personnel, Navy

       For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
     travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Navy 
     Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, 
     United States Code, or while serving on active duty under 
     section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in 
     connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) 
     of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve 
     training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and 
     for members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and 
     expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United 
     States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense 
     Military Retirement Fund; $1,387,379,000.

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                    Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps

       For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
     travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine 
     Corps Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, 
     United States Code, or while serving on active duty under 
     section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in 
     connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) 
     of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve 
     training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and 
     for members of the Marine Corps platoon leaders class, and 
     expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United 
     States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense 
     Military Retirement Fund; $401,888,000.

                      Reserve Personnel, Air Force

       For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
     travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Force 
     Reserve on active duty under sections 10211, 10305, and 8038 
     of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on active 
     duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, 
     in connection with performing duty specified in section 
     12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing 
     reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent 
     duty or other duty, and for members of the Air Reserve 
     Officers' Training Corps, and expenses authorized by section 
     16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to 
     the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund; 
     $856,176,000.

                     National Guard Personnel, Army

       For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
     travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army 
     National Guard while on duty under section 10211, 10302, or 
     12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States 
     Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of 
     title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, 
     in connection with performing duty specified in section 
     12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing 
     training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or 
     other duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 
     10, United States Code; and for payments to the Department of 
     Defense Military Retirement Fund; $3,499,595,000.

                  National Guard Personnel, Air Force

       For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
     travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air 
     National Guard on duty under section 10211, 10305, or 12402 
     of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States Code, 
     or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of title 10 
     or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, in 
     connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) 
     of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing 
     training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or 
     other duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 
     10, United States Code; and for payments to the Department of 
     Defense Military Retirement Fund; $1,376,097,000.

                                TITLE II

                       OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

                    Operation and Maintenance, Army


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
     operation and maintenance of the Army, as authorized by law; 
     and not to exceed $11,437,000 can be used for emergencies and 
     extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or 
     authority of the Secretary of the Army, and payments may be 
     made on his certificate of necessity for confidential 
     military purposes; $17,212,463,000 and, in addition, 
     $50,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the National 
     Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund: Provided, That of the 
     funds appropriated under this heading, $130,000,000 shall be 
     transferred to the Quality of Life Enhancements, Defense 
     account in this Act and shall be available only for expenses, 
     not otherwise provided for, resulting from unfunded 
     shortfalls in the repair and maintenance of real property of 
     the Department of the Army (including minor construction and 
     major maintenance and repair of military housing and 
     barracks): Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
     in this paragraph, not less than $375,000,000 shall be made 
     available only for conventional ammunition care and 
     maintenance.

                    Operation and Maintenance, Navy


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
     operation and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine Corps, 
     as authorized by law; and not to exceed $5,360,000 can be 
     used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be 
     expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of the 
     Navy, and payments may be made on his certificate of 
     necessity for confidential military purposes; $21,813,315,000 
     and, in addition, $50,000,000 shall be derived by transfer 
     from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund: 
     Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
     $48,000,000 shall be transferred to the Quality of Life 
     Enhancements, Defense account in this Act and shall be 
     available only for expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
     resulting from unfunded shortfalls in the repair and 
     maintenance of real property of the Department of the Navy 
     (including minor construction and major maintenance and 
     repair of military housing and barracks).

                Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
     operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, as authorized 
     by law; $2,576,190,000: Provided, That of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading, $36,000,000 shall be 
     transferred to the Quality of Life Enhancements, Defense 
     account in this Act and shall be available only for expenses, 
     not otherwise provided for, resulting from unfunded 
     shortfalls in the repair and maintenance of real property of 
     the Marine Corps (including minor construction and major 
     maintenance and repair of military housing and barracks).

                  Operation and Maintenance, Air Force


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
     operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as authorized by 
     law; and not to exceed $7,968,000 can be used for emergencies 
     and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or 
     authority of the Secretary of the Air Force, and payments may 
     be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential 
     military purposes; $19,064,941,000 and, in addition, 
     $50,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the National 
     Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund: Provided, That of the 
     funds appropriated under this heading, $50,000,000 shall be 
     transferred to the Quality of Life Enhancements, Defense 
     account in this Act and shall be available only for expenses, 
     not otherwise provided for, resulting from unfunded 
     shortfalls in the repair and maintenance of real property of 
     the Air Force (including minor construction and major 
     maintenance and repair of military housing and barracks): 
     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.

                Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
     operation and maintenance of activities and agencies of the 
     Department of Defense (other than the military departments), 
     as authorized by law; $10,259,231,000, of which not to exceed 
     $25,000,000 may be available for the CINC initiative fund 
     account; and of which not to exceed $29,000,000 can be used 
     for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on 
     the approval or authority of the Secretary of Defense, and 
     payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for 
     confidential military purposes: Provided, That of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made 
     available only for use in federally owned educational 
     facilities located on military installations for the purpose 
     of transferring title of such facilities to the local 
     educational facilities.

                Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
     operation and maintenance, including training, organization, 
     and administration, of the Army Reserve; repair of facilities 
     and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and 
     transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of 
     services, supplies, and equipment; and communications; 
     $1,202,622,000.

                Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
     operation and maintenance, including training, organization, 
     and administration, of the Navy Reserve; repair of facilities 
     and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and 
     transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of 
     services, supplies, and equipment; and communications; 
     $928,639,000.

            Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
     operation and maintenance, including training, organization, 
     and administration, of the Marine Corps Reserve; repair of 
     facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
     travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; 
     procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and 
     communications; $114,593,000.

              Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
     operation and maintenance, including training, organization, 
     and administration, of the Air Force Reserve; repair of 
     facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
     travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; 
     procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and 
     communications; $1,744,696,000.

             Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard

       For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the 
     Army National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment 
     and related expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, 
     operation, and repairs to structures and facilities; hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles; personnel services in the National 
     Guard Bureau; travel expenses (other than mileage), as 
     authorized by law for Army personnel on active duty, for Army 
     National Guard division, regimental, and battalion commanders 
     while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard 
     Bureau regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, 
     National Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army 
     National Guard as authorized by law; and expenses of repair, 
     modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 
     equipment (including aircraft); $2,661,815,000: Provided, 
     That not later than March 15, 1999, the Director of the Army 
     National Guard shall provide a report to the congressional 
     defense committees identifying the allocation, by 
     installation and activity, of all base operations funds 
     appropriated under this heading.

             Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard

       For operation and maintenance of the Air National Guard, 
     including medical and hospital treatment and related expenses 
     in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, operation, repair, and 
     other necessary expenses of facilities for the training and 
     administration of the Air National Guard, including repair of 
     facilities, maintenance, operation, and modification of 
     aircraft; transportation of things, hire of passenger motor 
     vehicles; supplies, materials, and equipment, as authorized 
     by law for the Air National

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     Guard; and expenses incident to the maintenance and use of 
     supplies, materials, and equipment, including such as may be 
     furnished from stocks under the control of agencies of the 
     Department of Defense; travel expenses (other than mileage) 
     on the same basis as authorized by law for Air National Guard 
     personnel on active Federal duty, for Air National Guard 
     commanders while inspecting units in compliance with National 
     Guard Bureau regulations when specifically authorized by the 
     Chief, National Guard Bureau; $3,113,933,000.

             Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For expenses directly relating to Overseas Contingency 
     Operations by United States military forces; $746,900,000: 
     Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may transfer these 
     funds only to operation and maintenance accounts within this 
     title, 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 contained elsewhere 
     in this Act.

          United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

       For salaries and expenses necessary for the United States 
     Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; $7,324,000, of which 
     not to exceed $2,500 can be used for official representation 
     purposes.

                    Environmental Restoration, Army


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the Department of the Army, $370,640,000, to remain 
     available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of 
     the Army shall, upon determining that such funds are required 
     for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of 
     hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of 
     the Department of the Army, or for similar purposes, transfer 
     the funds made available by this appropriation to other 
     appropriations made available to the Department of the Army, 
     to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes 
     and for the same time period as the appropriations to which 
     transferred: Provided further, That upon a determination that 
     all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation 
     are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 
     amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 
     Provided further, That not more than twenty-five per centum 
     of funds provided under this heading may be obligated for 
     environmental remediation by the Corps of Engineers under 
     total environmental remediation contracts.

                    Environmental Restoration, Navy


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the Department of the Navy, $274,600,000, to remain 
     available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of 
     the Navy shall, upon determining that such funds are required 
     for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of 
     hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of 
     the Department of the Navy, or for similar purposes, transfer 
     the funds made available by this appropriation to other 
     appropriations made available to the Department of the Navy, 
     to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes 
     and for the same time period as the appropriations to which 
     transferred: Provided further, That upon a determination that 
     all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation 
     are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 
     amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation.

                  Environmental Restoration, Air Force


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the Department of the Air Force, $372,100,000, to 
     remain available until transferred: Provided, That the 
     Secretary of the Air Force shall, upon determining that such 
     funds are required for environmental restoration, reduction 
     and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings 
     and debris of the Department of the Air Force, or for similar 
     purposes, transfer the funds made available by this 
     appropriation to other appropriations made available to the 
     Department of the Air Force, to be merged with and to be 
     available for the same purposes and for the same time period 
     as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, 
     That upon a determination that all or part of the funds 
     transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the 
     purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred 
     back to this appropriation.

                Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the Department of Defense, $23,091,000, to remain 
     available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of 
     Defense shall, upon determining that such funds are required 
     for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of 
     hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of 
     the Department of Defense, or for similar purposes, transfer 
     the funds made available by this appropriation to other 
     appropriations made available to the Department of Defense, 
     to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes 
     and for the same time period as the appropriations to which 
     transferred: Provided further, That upon a determination that 
     all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation 
     are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 
     amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation.

         Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the Department of the Army, $225,000,000, to remain 
     available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of 
     the Army shall, upon determining that such funds are required 
     for environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of 
     hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris at 
     sites formerly used by the Department of Defense, transfer 
     the funds made available by this appropriation to other 
     appropriations made available to the Department of the Army, 
     to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes 
     and for the same time period as the appropriations to which 
     transferred: Provided further, That upon a determination that 
     all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation 
     are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 
     amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation.

             Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid

       For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian, 
     Disaster, and Civic Aid programs of the Department of Defense 
     (consisting of the programs provided under sections 401, 402, 
     404, 2547, and 2551 of title 10, United States Code); 
     $50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000.

                  Former Soviet Union Threat Reduction

       For assistance to the republics of the former Soviet Union, 
     including assistance provided by contract or by grants, for 
     facilitating the elimination and the safe and secure 
     transportation and storage of nuclear, chemical and other 
     weapons; for establishing programs to prevent the 
     proliferation of weapons, weapons components, and weapon-
     related technology and expertise; for programs relating to 
     the training and support of defense and military personnel 
     for demilitarization and protection of weapons, weapons 
     components and weapons technology and expertise; 
     $440,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001: 
     Provided, That of the amounts provided under this heading, 
     $35,000,000 shall be available only to support the 
     dismantling and disposal of nuclear submarines and submarine 
     reactor components in the Russian Far East.

                 Quality of Life Enhancements, Defense


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

         For expenses, not otherwise provided for, resulting from 
     unfunded shortfalls in the repair and maintenance of real 
     property of the Department of Defense (including military 
     housing and barracks); $264,000,000 shall be derived by 
     transfer from the Operation and Maintenance accounts, for the 
     maintenance of real property of the Department of Defense 
     (including minor construction and major maintenance and 
     repair), which shall remain available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2000.

                   Pentagon Renovation Transfer Fund


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, resulting from 
     the Department of Defense renovation of the Pentagon 
     Reservation; $279,820,000 derived by transfer from the 
     Operation and Maintenance accounts, for the renovation of the 
     Pentagon Reservation, which shall remain available for 
     obligation until September 30, 2000, as follows:
       Army, $96,000,000;
       Navy, $32,087,000;
       Marine Corps, $9,513,000;
       Air Force, $52,200,000; and
       Defense-Wide, $90,020,000.

 Morale, Welfare and Recreation and Personnel Support for Contingency 
                              Deployments


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, to provide 
     necessary morale, welfare and recreation support, family 
     support, and to sustain necessary retention and re-enlistment 
     of military personnel in critical military occupational 
     specialties, resulting from the deployment of military 
     personnel to Bosnia and Southwest Asia; $50,000,000 to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of 
     Defense may transfer these funds only to operation and 
     maintenance accounts for the military services: Provided 
     further, That the funds transferred shall be available only 
     for the purposes as described under this heading: Provided 
     further, That the transfer authority provided in this 
     paragraph is in addition to any other transfer authority 
     contained elsewhere in this Act.

                               TITLE III

                              PROCUREMENT

                       Aircraft Procurement, Army

       For construction, procurement, production, modification, 
     and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance, 
     ground handling equipment, spare parts, and accessories 
     therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; 
     expansion of public and private plants, including the land 
     necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
     lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
     construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; 
     and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 
     and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 
     and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and 
     other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes; 
     $1,408,652,000, to remain available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2001.

                       Missile Procurement, Army

       For construction, procurement, production, modification, 
     and modernization of missiles, equipment, including ordnance, 
     ground handling equipment, spare parts, and accessories 
     therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; 
     expansion of public and private plants, including the land 
     necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
     lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
     construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; 
     and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 
     and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 
     and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and

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     other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes; 
     $1,188,739,000, to remain available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2001.

        Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army

       For construction, procurement, production, and modification 
     of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, equipment, including 
     ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 
     equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 
     private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for 
     the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, 
     may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to 
     approval of title; and procurement and installation of 
     equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and 
     private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-
     owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 
     foregoing purposes; $1,484,055,000, to remain available for 
     obligation until September 30, 2001.

                    Procurement of Ammunition, Army

       For construction, procurement, production, and modification 
     of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized 
     equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 
     private plants, including ammunition facilities authorized by 
     section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, and the land 
     necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
     lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
     construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; 
     and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 
     and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 
     and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and 
     other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes; 
     $998,655,000, to remain available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2001.

                        Other Procurement, Army

       For construction, procurement, production, and modification 
     of vehicles, including tactical and non-tracked combat 
     vehicles and the lease of support vehicles; communications 
     and electronic equipment; other support equipment; spare 
     parts, ordnance, and accessories therefor; specialized 
     equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 
     private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for 
     the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, 
     may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to 
     approval of title; and procurement and installation of 
     equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and 
     private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-
     owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 
     foregoing purposes; $3,395,729,000, to remain available for 
     obligation until September 30, 2001.

                       Aircraft Procurement, Navy

       For construction, procurement, production, modification, 
     and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance, 
     spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment; 
     expansion of public and private plants, including the land 
     necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may 
     be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to 
     approval of title; and procurement and installation of 
     equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and 
     private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-
     owned equipment layaway; $7,473,403,000, to remain available 
     for obligation until September 30, 2001.

                       Weapons Procurement, Navy

       For construction, procurement, production, modification, 
     and modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weapons, and 
     related support equipment including spare parts, and 
     accessories therefor; expansion of public and private plants, 
     including the land necessary therefor, and such lands and 
     interests therein, may be acquired, and construction 
     prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
     procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
     machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
     Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; 
     $1,324,045,000, to remain available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2001.

            Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps

       For construction, procurement, production, and modification 
     of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized 
     equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 
     private plants, including ammunition facilities authorized by 
     section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, and the land 
     necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
     lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
     construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; 
     and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 
     and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 
     and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and 
     other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes; 
     $488,939,000, to remain available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2001.

                   Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy

       For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisition, 
     or conversion of vessels as authorized by law, including 
     armor and armament thereof, plant equipment, appliances, and 
     machine tools and installation thereof in public and private 
     plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 
     equipment layaway; procurement of critical, long leadtime 
     components and designs for vessels to be constructed or 
     converted in the future; and expansion of public and private 
     plants, including land necessary therefor, and such lands and 
     interests therein, may be acquired, and construction 
     prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title, as follows:
       NSSN, $1,498,165,000;
       NSSN (AP), $504,736,000;
       CVN-77 (AP), $124,515,000;
       CVN Refuelings (AP), $274,980,000;
       DDG-51 destroyer program, $2,672,078,000;
       DDG-51 destroyer program (AP), $7,396,000;
       LPD-17 amphibious transport dock ship, $638,780,000;
       LHD-8 (AP), $50,000,000;
       Oceanographic ship program, $60,341,000;
       LCAC landing craft air cushion program, $16,000,000; and
       For craft, outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and 
     first destination transportation, $220,281,000;
     In all: $6,067,272,000, to remain available for obligation 
     until September 30, 2003: Provided, That additional 
     obligations may be incurred after September 30, 2003, for 
     engineering services, tests, evaluations, and other such 
     budgeted work that must be performed in the final stage of 
     ship construction: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     provided under this heading for the construction or 
     conversion of any naval vessel to be constructed in shipyards 
     in the United States shall be expended in foreign facilities 
     for the construction of major components of such vessel: 
     Provided further, That none of the funds provided under this 
     heading shall be used for the construction of any naval 
     vessel in foreign shipyards.

                        Other Procurement, Navy

       For procurement, production, and modernization of support 
     equipment and materials not otherwise provided for, Navy 
     ordnance (except ordnance for new aircraft, new ships, and 
     ships authorized for conversion); lease of passenger motor 
     vehicles; expansion of public and private plants, including 
     the land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests 
     therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon 
     prior to approval of title; and procurement and installation 
     of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and 
     private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-
     owned equipment layaway; $3,886,475,000, to remain available 
     for obligation until September 30, 2001.

                       Procurement, Marine Corps

       For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, 
     and modification of missiles, armament, military equipment, 
     spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant equipment, 
     appliances, and machine tools, and installation thereof in 
     public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and 
     contractor-owned equipment layaway; lease of passenger motor 
     vehicles; and expansion of public and private plants, 
     including land necessary therefor, and such lands and 
     interests therein, may be acquired, and construction 
     prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; $954,177,000, 
     to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2001.

                    Aircraft Procurement, Air Force

       For construction, procurement, lease, and modification of 
     aircraft and equipment, including armor and armament, 
     specialized ground handling equipment, and training devices, 
     spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment; 
     expansion of public and private plants, Government-owned 
     equipment and installation thereof in such plants, erection 
     of structures, and acquisition of land, for the foregoing 
     purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be 
     acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to 
     approval of title; reserve plant and Government and 
     contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses 
     necessary for the foregoing purposes including rents and 
     transportation of things; $7,967,023,000, to remain available 
     for obligation until September 30, 2001.

                     Missile Procurement, Air Force

       For construction, procurement, and modification of 
     missiles, spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, 
     including spare parts and accessories therefor, ground 
     handling equipment, and training devices; expansion of public 
     and private plants, Government-owned equipment and 
     installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, 
     and acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
     lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
     construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; 
     reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 
     layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing 
     purposes including rents and transportation of things; 
     $2,219,299,000, to remain available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2001.

                  Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force

       For construction, procurement, production, and modification 
     of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized 
     equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 
     private plants, including ammunition facilities authorized by 
     section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, and the land 
     necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
     lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
     construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; 
     and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 
     and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 
     and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and 
     other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes; 
     $384,161,000, to remain available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2001.

                      Other Procurement, Air Force

       For procurement and modification of equipment (including 
     ground guidance and electronic control equipment, and ground 
     electronic and communication equipment), and supplies, 
     materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise provided 
     for; lease of passenger motor vehicles; and expansion of 
     public and private plants, Government-owned equipment and 
     installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, 
     and acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
     lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
     construction prosecuted thereon, prior to approval of title; 
     reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment

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     layaway; $6,904,164,000, to remain available for obligation 
     until September 30, 2001.

                       Procurement, Defense-Wide

       For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department 
     of Defense (other than the military departments) necessary 
     for procurement, production, and modification of equipment, 
     supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise 
     provided for; the lease of passenger motor vehicles; 
     expansion of public and private plants, equipment, and 
     installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, 
     and acquisition of land for the foregoing purposes, and such 
     lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
     construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; 
     reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 
     layaway; $1,932,250,000, to remain available for obligation 
     until September 30, 2001.

                  National Guard and Reserve Equipment

       For procurement of aircraft, missiles, tracked combat 
     vehicles, ammunition, other weapons, and other procurement 
     for the reserve components of the Armed Forces; $500,000,000, 
     to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2001: 
     Provided, That the Chiefs of the Reserve and National Guard 
     components shall, not later than 30 days after the enactment 
     of this Act, individually submit to the congressional defense 
     committees the modernization priority assessment for their 
     respective Reserve or National Guard component.

                                TITLE IV

               RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION

            Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army

       For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific 
     research, development, test and evaluation, including 
     maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of 
     facilities and equipment; $4,891,640,000, to remain available 
     for obligation until September 30, 2000.

            Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy

       For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific 
     research, development, test and evaluation, including 
     maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of 
     facilities and equipment; $8,215,519,000, to remain available 
     for obligation until September 30, 2000.

         Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force

       For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific 
     research, development, test and evaluation, including 
     maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of 
     facilities and equipment; $13,693,153,000, to remain 
     available for obligation until September 30, 2000.

        Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide

       For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department 
     of Defense (other than the military departments), necessary 
     for basic and applied scientific research, development, test 
     and evaluation; advanced research projects as may be 
     designated and determined by the Secretary of Defense, 
     pursuant to law; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and 
     operation of facilities and equipment; $9,032,908,000, to 
     remain available for obligation until September 30, 2000: 
     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.

               Developmental Test and Evaluation, Defense

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, of independent 
     activities of the Director, Test and Evaluation in the 
     direction and supervision of developmental test and 
     evaluation, including performance and joint developmental 
     testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in 
     connection therewith; $249,106,000, to remain available for 
     obligation until September 30, 2000.

                Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
     independent activities of the Director, Operational Test and 
     Evaluation in the direction and supervision of operational 
     test and evaluation, including initial operational test and 
     evaluation which is conducted prior to, and in support of, 
     production decisions; joint operational testing and 
     evaluation; and administrative expenses in connection 
     therewith; $25,245,000, to remain available for obligation 
     until September 30, 2000.

                                TITLE V

                     REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS

                     Defense Working Capital Funds


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the Defense Working Capital Funds; $94,500,000.

                     National Defense Sealift Fund

       For National Defense Sealift Fund programs, projects, and 
     activities, and for expenses of the National Defense Reserve 
     Fleet, as established by section 11 of the Merchant Ship 
     Sales Act of 1946 (50 U.S.C. App. 1744); $669,566,000, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the 
     funds provided in this paragraph shall be used to award a new 
     contract that provides for the acquisition of any of the 
     following major components unless such components are 
     manufactured in the United States: auxiliary equipment, 
     including pumps, for all shipboard services; propulsion 
     system components (that is; engines, reduction gears, and 
     propellers); shipboard cranes; and spreaders for shipboard 
     cranes: Provided further, That the exercise of an option in a 
     contract awarded through the obligation of previously 
     appropriated funds shall not be considered to be the award of 
     a new contract: Provided further, That the Secretary of the 
     military department responsible for such procurement may 
     waive these restrictions on a case-by-case basis by 
     certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate, that adequate 
     domestic supplies are not available to meet Department of 
     Defense requirements on a timely basis and that such an 
     acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for 
     national security purposes.

                                TITLE VI

                  OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS

                         Defense Health Program

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical and 
     health care programs of the Department of Defense, as 
     authorized by law; $10,337,322,000, of which $9,684,935,000 
     shall be for Operation and maintenance, of which not to 
     exceed two per centum shall remain available until September 
     30, 1999, of which $402,387,000, to remain available for 
     obligation until September 30, 2001, shall be for 
     Procurement, and of which $250,000,000, to remain available 
     for obligation until September 30, 2000, shall be for 
     Research, development, test and evaluation: 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.

           Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
     destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal chemical 
     agents and munitions in accordance with the provisions of 
     section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 
     1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the destruction of other 
     chemical warfare materials that are not in the chemical 
     weapon stockpile, $780,150,000, of which $491,700,000 shall 
     be for Operation and maintenance, $115,670,000 shall be for 
     Procurement to remain available until September 30, 2001, and 
     $172,780,000 shall be for Research, development, test and 
     evaluation to remain available until September 30, 2000: 
     Provided, That of the funds available under this heading, 
     $1,000,000 shall be available until expended each year only 
     for a Johnston Atoll off-island leave program: Provided 
     further, That the Secretaries concerned shall, pursuant to 
     uniform regulations, prescribe travel and transportation 
     allowances for travel by participants in the off-island leave 
     program.

         Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of the 
     Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations 
     available to the Department of Defense for military personnel 
     of the reserve components serving under the provisions of 
     title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for Operation and 
     maintenance; for Procurement; and for Research, development, 
     test and evaluation; $742,582,000: Provided, That the funds 
     appropriated under this head shall be available for 
     obligation for the same time period and for the same purpose 
     as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, 
     That the transfer authority provided in this paragraph is in 
     addition to any transfer authority contained elsewhere in 
     this Act.

                    Office of the Inspector General

       For expenses and activities of the Office of the Inspector 
     General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
     General Act of 1978, as amended; $132,064,000, of which 
     $130,764,000 shall be for Operation and maintenance, of which 
     not to exceed $500,000 is available for emergencies and 
     extraordinary expenses to be expended on the approval or 
     authority of the Inspector General, and payments may be made 
     on his certificate of necessity for confidential military 
     purposes; and of which $1,300,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2001, shall be for Procurement.

                               TITLE VII

                            RELATED AGENCIES

   Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund

       For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement 
     and Disability System Fund, to maintain proper funding level 
     for continuing the operation of the Central Intelligence 
     Agency Retirement and Disability System; $201,500,000.

               Intelligence Community Management Account


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Community 
     Management Account; $134,623,000, of which $39,011,000 for 
     the Advanced Research and Development Committee and the 
     Environmental Intelligence and Applications Program shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That of 
     the funds appropriated under this heading, $27,000,000 shall 
     be transferred to the Department of Justice for the National 
     Drug Intelligence Center to support the Department of 
     Defense's counter-drug intelligence responsibilities, and of 
     the said amount, $1,500,000 for Procurement shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2001, and $3,000,000 for 
     Research, development, test and evaluation shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2000.

Payment to Kaho'olawe Island Conveyance, Remediation, and Environmental 
                            Restoration Fund

       For payment to Kaho'olawe Island Conveyance, Remediation, 
     and Environmental Restoration Fund, as authorized by law; 
     $25,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                 National Security Education Trust Fund

       For the purposes of title VIII of Public Law 102-183, 
     $3,000,000, to be derived from the National Security 
     Education Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.

                               TITLE VIII

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be used for publicity or

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     propaganda purposes not authorized by the Congress.
       Sec. 8002. During the current fiscal year, provisions of 
     law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or employment 
     of, any person not a citizen of the United States shall not 
     apply to personnel of the Department of Defense: Provided, 
     That salary increases granted to direct and indirect hire 
     foreign national employees of the Department of Defense 
     funded by this Act shall not be at a rate in excess of the 
     percentage increase authorized by law for civilian employees 
     of the Department of Defense whose pay is computed under the 
     provisions of section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, or 
     at a rate in excess of the percentage increase provided by 
     the appropriate host nation to its own employees, whichever 
     is higher: Provided further, That this section shall not 
     apply to Department of Defense foreign service national 
     employees serving at United States diplomatic missions whose 
     pay is set by the Department of State under the Foreign 
     Service Act of 1980: Provided further, That the limitations 
     of this provision shall not apply to foreign national 
     employees of the Department of Defense in the Republic of 
     Turkey.
       Sec. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year, unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 8004. No more than 20 per centum of the appropriations 
     in this Act which are limited for obligation during the 
     current fiscal year shall be obligated during the last two 
     months of the fiscal year: Provided, That this section shall 
     not apply to obligations for support of active duty training 
     of reserve components or summer camp training of the Reserve 
     Officers' Training Corps.


                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of Defense 
     that such action is necessary in the national interest, he 
     may, with the approval of the Office of Management and 
     Budget, transfer not to exceed $1,775,000,000 of working 
     capital funds of the Department of Defense or funds made 
     available in this Act to the Department of Defense for 
     military functions (except military construction) between 
     such appropriations or funds or any subdivision thereof, to 
     be merged with and to be available for the same purposes, and 
     for the same time period, as the appropriation or fund to 
     which transferred: Provided, That such authority to transfer 
     may not be used unless for higher priority items, based on 
     unforeseen military requirements, than those for which 
     originally appropriated and in no case where the item for 
     which funds are requested has been denied by Congress: 
     Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify 
     the Congress promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this 
     authority or any other authority in this Act: Provided 
     further, That no part of the funds in this Act shall be 
     available to prepare or present a request to the Committees 
     on Appropriations for reprogramming of funds, unless for 
     higher priority items, based on unforeseen military 
     requirements, than those for which originally appropriated 
     and in no case where the item for which reprogramming is 
     requested has been denied by the Congress.


                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 8006. During the current fiscal year, cash balances in 
     working capital funds of the Department of Defense 
     established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, United 
     States Code, may be maintained in only such amounts as are 
     necessary at any time for cash disbursements to be made from 
     such funds: Provided, That transfers may be made between such 
     funds: Provided further, That transfers may be made between 
     working capital funds and the ``Foreign Currency 
     Fluctuations, Defense'' appropriation and the ``Operation and 
     Maintenance'' appropriation accounts in such amounts as may 
     be determined by the Secretary of Defense, with the approval 
     of the Office of Management and Budget, except that such 
     transfers may not be made unless the Secretary of Defense has 
     notified the Congress of the proposed transfer. Except in 
     amounts equal to the amounts appropriated to working capital 
     funds in this Act, no obligations may be made against a 
     working capital fund to procure or increase the value of war 
     reserve material inventory, unless the Secretary of Defense 
     has notified the Congress prior to any such obligation.
       Sec. 8007. Funds appropriated by this Act may not be used 
     to initiate a special access program without prior 
     notification 30 calendar days in session in advance to the 
     congressional defense committees.
       Sec. 8008. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
     available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that employs 
     economic order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 
     in any one year of the contract or that includes an unfunded 
     contingent liability in excess of $20,000,000; or (2) a 
     contract for advance procurement leading to a multiyear 
     contract that employs economic order quantity procurement in 
     excess of $20,000,000 in any one year, unless the 
     congressional defense committees have been notified at least 
     30 days in advance of the proposed contract award: Provided, 
     That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
     be available to initiate a multiyear contract for which the 
     economic order quantity advance procurement is not funded at 
     least to the limits of the Government's liability: Provided 
     further, That no part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be available to initiate multiyear procurement 
     contracts for any systems or component thereof if the value 
     of the multiyear contract would exceed $500,000,000 unless 
     specifically provided in this Act: Provided further, That no 
     multiyear procurement contract can be terminated without 10-
     day prior notification to the congressional defense 
     committees: Provided further, That the execution of multiyear 
     authority shall require the use of a present value analysis 
     to determine lowest cost compared to an annual procurement.
       Funds appropriated in title III of this Act may be used for 
     multiyear procurement contracts as follows:
       E-2C aircraft;
       Longbow Hellfire missile; and
       Medium tactical vehicle replacement (MTVR).
       Sec. 8009. Within the funds appropriated for the operation 
     and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are hereby 
     appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, United 
     States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance costs 
     under chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code. Such funds 
     may also be obligated for humanitarian and civic assistance 
     costs incidental to authorized operations and pursuant to 
     authority granted in section 401 of chapter 20 of title 10, 
     United States Code, and these obligations shall be reported 
     to Congress on September 30 of each year: Provided, That 
     funds available for operation and maintenance shall be 
     available for providing humanitarian and similar assistance 
     by using Civic Action Teams in the Trust Territories of the 
     Pacific Islands and freely associated states of Micronesia, 
     pursuant to the Compact of Free Association as authorized by 
     Public Law 99-239: Provided further, That upon a 
     determination by the Secretary of the Army that such action 
     is beneficial for graduate medical education programs 
     conducted at Army medical facilities located in Hawaii, the 
     Secretary of the Army may authorize the provision of medical 
     services at such facilities and transportation to such 
     facilities, on a nonreimbursable basis, for civilian patients 
     from American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
     Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of 
     Micronesia, Palau, and Guam.
       Sec. 8010. (a) During fiscal year 1999, the civilian 
     personnel of the Department of Defense may not be managed on 
     the basis of any end-strength, and the management of such 
     personnel during that fiscal year shall not be subject to any 
     constraint or limitation (known as an end-strength) on the 
     number of such personnel who may be employed on the last day 
     of such fiscal year.
       (b) The fiscal year 2000 budget request for the Department 
     of Defense as well as all justification material and other 
     documentation supporting the fiscal year 2000 Department of 
     Defense budget request shall be prepared and submitted to the 
     Congress as if subsections (a) and (b) of this provision were 
     effective with regard to fiscal year 2000.
       (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to 
     military (civilian) technicians.
       Sec. 8011. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
     of the funds made available by this Act shall be used by the 
     Department of Defense to exceed, outside the 50 United 
     States, its territories, and the District of Columbia, 
     125,000 civilian workyears: Provided, That workyears shall be 
     applied as defined in the Federal Personnel Manual: Provided 
     further, That workyears expended in dependent student hiring 
     programs for disadvantaged youths shall not be included in 
     this workyear limitation.
       Sec. 8012. None of the funds made available by this Act 
     shall be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to 
     influence congressional action on any legislation or 
     appropriation matters pending before the Congress.
       Sec. 8013. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     shall be used to make contributions to the Department of 
     Defense Education Benefits Fund pursuant to section 2006(g) 
     of title 10, United States Code, representing the normal cost 
     for future benefits under section 3015(c) of title 38, United 
     States Code, for any member of the armed services who, on or 
     after the date of enactment of this Act--
       (1) enlists in the armed services for a period of active 
     duty of less than three years; or
       (2) receives an enlistment bonus under section 308a or 308f 
     of title 37, United States Code,

     nor shall any amounts representing the normal cost of such 
     future benefits be transferred from the Fund by the Secretary 
     of the Treasury to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs pursuant 
     to section 2006(d) of title 10, United States Code; nor shall 
     the Secretary of Veterans Affairs pay such benefits to any 
     such member: Provided, That in the case of a member covered 
     by clause (1), these limitations shall not apply to members 
     in combat arms skills or to members who enlist in the armed 
     services on or after July 1, 1989, under a program continued 
     or established by the Secretary of Defense in fiscal year 
     1991 to test the cost-effective use of special recruiting 
     incentives involving not more than nineteen noncombat arms 
     skills approved in advance by the Secretary of Defense: 
     Provided further, That this subsection applies only to active 
     components of the Army.
       (b) None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
     available for the basic pay and allowances of any member of 
     the Army participating as a full-time student and receiving 
     benefits paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from the 
     Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund when time spent 
     as a full-time student is credited toward completion of a 
     service commitment: Provided, That this subsection shall not 
     apply to those members who have reenlisted with this option 
     prior to October 1, 1987: Provided further, That this 
     subsection applies only to active components of the Army.
       Sec. 8014. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall 
     be available to convert to contractor performance an activity 
     or function of the Department of Defense that, on or after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, is performed by more than 
     ten Department of Defense civilian employees until a most 
     efficient and cost-effective organization analysis is 
     completed on such activity or function and certification of 
     the analysis is made to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That 
     this section shall not apply to a commercial or industrial 
     type function of the Department of Defense that: (1) is 
     included on

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     the procurement list established pursuant to section 2 of the 
     Act of June 25, 1938 (41 U.S.C. 47), popularly referred to as 
     the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act; (2) is planned to be converted 
     to performance by a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind 
     or by a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely 
     handicapped individuals in accordance with that Act; or (3) 
     is planned to be converted to performance by a qualified firm 
     under 51 per centum Native American ownership.


                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 8015. Funds appropriated in title III of this Act for 
     the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Protege Program may be 
     transferred to any other appropriation contained in this Act 
     solely for the purpose of implementing a Mentor-Protege 
     Program developmental assistance agreement pursuant to 
     section 831 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2301 note), 
     as amended, under the authority of this provision or any 
     other transfer authority contained in this Act.
       Sec. 8016. None of the funds in this Act may be available 
     for the purchase by the Department of Defense (and its 
     departments and agencies) of welded shipboard anchor and 
     mooring chain 4 inches in diameter and under unless the 
     anchor and mooring chain are manufactured in the United 
     States from components which are substantially manufactured 
     in the United States: Provided, That for the purpose of this 
     section manufactured will include cutting, heat treating, 
     quality control, testing of chain and welding (including the 
     forging and shot blasting process): Provided further, That 
     for the purpose of this section substantially all of the 
     components of anchor and mooring chain shall be considered to 
     be produced or manufactured in the United States if the 
     aggregate cost of the components produced or manufactured in 
     the United States exceeds the aggregate cost of the 
     components produced or manufactured outside the United 
     States: Provided further, That when adequate domestic 
     supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense 
     requirements on a timely basis, the Secretary of the service 
     responsible for the procurement may waive this restriction on 
     a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the 
     Committees on Appropriations that such an acquisition must be 
     made in order to acquire capability for national security 
     purposes.
       Sec. 8017. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     available for the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the 
     Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) shall be available for the 
     reimbursement of any health care provider for inpatient 
     mental health service for care received when a patient is 
     referred to a provider of inpatient mental health care or 
     residential treatment care by a medical or health care 
     professional having an economic interest in the facility to 
     which the patient is referred: Provided, That this limitation 
     does not apply in the case of inpatient mental health 
     services provided under the program for the handicapped under 
     subsection (d) of section 1079 of title 10, United States 
     Code, provided as partial hospital care, or provided pursuant 
     to a waiver authorized by the Secretary of Defense because of 
     medical or psychological circumstances of the patient that 
     are confirmed by a health professional who is not a Federal 
     employee after a review, pursuant to rules prescribed by the 
     Secretary, which takes into account the appropriate level of 
     care for the patient, the intensity of services required by 
     the patient, and the availability of that care.
       Sec. 8018. Funds available in this Act may be used to 
     provide transportation for the next-of-kin of individuals who 
     have been prisoners of war or missing in action from the 
     Vietnam era to an annual meeting in the United States, under 
     such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe.
       Sec. 8019. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     during the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense may, 
     by executive agreement, establish with host nation 
     governments in NATO member states a separate account into 
     which such residual value amounts negotiated in the return of 
     United States military installations in NATO member states 
     may be deposited, in the currency of the host nation, in lieu 
     of direct monetary transfers to the United States Treasury: 
     Provided, That such credits may be utilized only for the 
     construction of facilities to support United States military 
     forces in that host nation, or such real property maintenance 
     and base operating costs that are currently executed through 
     monetary transfers to such host nations: Provided further, 
     That the Department of Defense's budget submission for fiscal 
     year 2000 shall identify such sums anticipated in residual 
     value settlements, and identify such construction, real 
     property maintenance or base operating costs that shall be 
     funded by the host nation through such credits: Provided 
     further, That all military construction projects to be 
     executed from such accounts must be previously approved in a 
     prior Act of Congress: Provided further, That each such 
     executive agreement with a NATO member host nation shall be 
     reported to the congressional defense committees, the 
     Committee on International Relations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate 30 days prior to the conclusion and endorsement of any 
     such agreement established under this provision.
       Sec. 8020. None of the funds available to the Department of 
     Defense may be used to demilitarize or dispose of M-1 
     Carbines, M-1 Garand rifles, M-14 rifles, .22 caliber rifles, 
     .30 caliber rifles, or M-1911 pistols.
       Sec. 8021. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
     of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to 
     pay more than 50 per centum of an amount paid to any person 
     under section 308 of title 37, United States Code, in a lump 
     sum.
       Sec. 8022. A member of a reserve component whose unit or 
     whose residence is located in a State which is not contiguous 
     with another State is authorized to travel in a space 
     required status on aircraft of the Armed Forces between home 
     and place of inactive duty training, or place of duty in lieu 
     of unit training assembly, when there is no road or railroad 
     transportation (or combination of road and railroad 
     transportation between those locations): Provided, That a 
     member traveling in that status on a military aircraft 
     pursuant to the authority provided in this section is not 
     authorized to receive travel, transportation, or per diem 
     allowances in connection with that travel.
       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,''.
       Sec. 8024. During the current fiscal year, funds 
     appropriated or otherwise available for any Federal agency, 
     the Congress, the judicial branch, or the District of 
     Columbia may be used for the pay, allowances, and benefits of 
     an employee as defined by section 2105 of title 5, United 
     States Code, or an individual employed by the government of 
     the District of Columbia, permanent or temporary indefinite, 
     who--
       (1) is a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces, 
     as described in section 10101 of title 10, United States 
     Code, or the National Guard, as described in section 101 of 
     title 32;
       (2) performs, for the purpose of providing military aid to 
     enforce the law or providing assistance to civil authorities 
     in the protection or saving of life or property or prevention 
     of injury--
       (A) Federal service under sections 331, 332, 333, or 12406 
     of title 10, or other provision of law, as applicable; or
       (B) full-time military service for his or her State, the 
     District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a 
     territory of the United States; and
       (3) requests and is granted--
       (A) leave under the authority of this section; or
       (B) annual leave, which may be granted without regard to 
     the provisions of sections 5519 and 6323(b) of title 5, if 
     such employee is otherwise entitled to such annual leave:

     Provided, That any employee who requests leave under 
     subsection (3)(A) for service described in subsection (2) of 
     this section is entitled to such leave, subject to the 
     provisions of this section and of the last sentence of 
     section 6323(b) of title 5, and such leave shall be 
     considered leave under section 6323(b) of title 5.
       Sec. 8025. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall 
     be available to perform any cost study pursuant to the 
     provisions of OMB Circular A-76 if the study being performed 
     exceeds a period of 24 months after initiation of such study 
     with respect to a single function activity or 48 months after 
     initiation of such study for a multi-function activity.
       Sec. 8026. Funds appropriated by this Act for the American 
     Forces Information Service shall not be used for any national 
     or international political or psychological activities.
       Sec. 8027. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or 
     regulation, the Secretary of Defense may adjust wage rates 
     for civilian employees hired for certain health care 
     occupations as authorized for the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs by section 7455 of title 38, United States Code.
       Sec. 8028. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
     in this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish the 
     operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of the 
     Air Force Reserve, if such action would reduce the WC-130 
     Weather Reconnaissance mission below the levels funded in 
     this Act.
       Sec. 8029. (a) Of the funds for the procurement of supplies 
     or services appropriated by this Act, qualified nonprofit 
     agencies for the blind or other severely handicapped shall be 
     afforded the maximum practicable opportunity to participate 
     as subcontractors and suppliers in the performance of 
     contracts let by the Department of Defense.
       (b) During the current fiscal year, a business concern 
     which has negotiated with a military service or defense 
     agency a subcontracting plan for the participation by small 
     business concerns pursuant to section 8(d) of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)) shall be given credit toward 
     meeting that subcontracting goal for any purchases made from 
     qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind or other severely 
     handicapped.
       (c) For the purpose of this section, the phrase ``qualified 
     nonprofit agency for the blind or other severely 
     handicapped'' means a nonprofit agency for the blind or other 
     severely handicapped that has been approved by the Committee 
     for the Purchase from the Blind and Other Severely 
     Handicapped under the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46-
     48).
       Sec. 8030. During the current fiscal year, net receipts 
     pursuant to collections from third party payers pursuant to 
     section 1095 of title 10, United States Code, shall be made 
     available to the local facility of the uniformed services 
     responsible for the collections and shall be over and above 
     the facility's direct budget amount.
       Sec. 8031. During the current fiscal year, the Department 
     of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of not to 
     exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in section 
     2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipation of 
     receipt of contributions, only from the Government of Kuwait, 
     under that section: Provided, That, upon

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     receipt, such contributions from the Government of Kuwait 
     shall be credited to the appropriations or fund which 
     incurred such obligations.
       Sec. 8032. Of the funds made available in this Act, not 
     less than $23,964,000 shall be available for the Civil Air 
     Patrol, of which $20,654,000 shall be available for operation 
     and maintenance.
       Sec. 8033. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
     are available to establish a new Department of Defense 
     (department) federally funded research and development center 
     (FFRDC), either as a new entity, or as a separate entity 
     administrated by an organization managing another FFRDC, or 
     as a nonprofit membership corporation consisting of a 
     consortium of other FFRDCs and other non-profit entities.
       (b) Limitation on Compensation--Federally Funded Research 
     and Development Center (FFRDC).--No member of a Board of 
     Directors, Trustees, Overseers, Advisory Group, Special 
     Issues Panel, Visiting Committee, or any similar entity of a 
     defense FFRDC, and no paid consultant to any defense FFRDC, 
     except when acting in a technical advisory capacity, may be 
     compensated for his or her services as a member of such 
     entity, or as a paid consultant by more than one FFRDC in a 
     fiscal year: Provided, That a member of any such entity 
     referred to previously in this subsection shall be allowed 
     travel expenses and per diem as authorized under the Federal 
     Joint Travel Regulations, when engaged in the performance of 
     membership duties.
       (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
     funds available to the department from any source during 
     fiscal year 1999 may be used by a defense FFRDC, through a 
     fee or other payment mechanism, for construction of new 
     buildings, for payment of cost sharing for projects funded by 
     government grants, for absorption of contract overruns, or 
     for certain charitable contributions, not to include employee 
     participation in community service and/or development.
       (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the 
     funds available to the department during fiscal year 1999, 
     not more than 6,206 staff years of technical effort (staff 
     years) may be funded for defense FFRDCs: Provided, That of 
     the specific amount referred to previously in this 
     subsection, not more than 1,105 staff years may be funded for 
     the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs.
       (e) Within 60 days after enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report presenting the specific amounts 
     of staff years of technical effort to be allocated by the 
     department for each defense FFRDC during fiscal year 1999: 
     Provided, That, after the submission of the report required 
     by this subsection, the department may not reallocate more 
     than five per centum of an FFRDC's staff years among other 
     defense FFRDCs until 30 days after a detailed justification 
     for any such reallocation is submitted to the congressional 
     defense committees.
       (f) The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submission of 
     the department's fiscal year 2000 budget request, submit a 
     report presenting the specific amounts of staff years of 
     technical effort to be allocated for each defense FFRDC 
     during that fiscal year.
       Sec. 8034. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
     in this Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy or armor 
     steel plate for use in any Government-owned facility or 
     property under the control of the Department of Defense which 
     were not melted and rolled in the United States or Canada: 
     Provided, That these procurement restrictions shall apply to 
     any and all Federal Supply Class 9515, American Society of 
     Testing and Materials (ASTM) or American Iron and Steel 
     Institute (AISI) specifications of carbon, alloy or armor 
     steel plate: Provided further, That the Secretary of the 
     military department responsible for the procurement may waive 
     this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in 
     writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate that adequate domestic 
     supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense 
     requirements on a timely basis and that such an acquisition 
     must be made in order to acquire capability for national 
     security purposes: Provided further, That these restrictions 
     shall not apply to contracts which are in being as of the 
     date of enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 8035. For the purposes of this Act, the term 
     ``congressional defense committees'' means the National 
     Security Committee of the House of Representatives, the Armed 
     Services Committee of the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense 
     of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the 
     Subcommittee on National Security of the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
       Sec. 8036. During the current fiscal year, the Department 
     of Defense may acquire the modification, depot maintenance 
     and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels as well as the 
     production of components and other Defense-related articles, 
     through competition between Department of Defense depot 
     maintenance activities and private firms: Provided, That the 
     Senior Acquisition Executive of the military department or 
     defense agency concerned, with power of delegation, shall 
     certify that successful bids include comparable estimates of 
     all direct and indirect costs for both public and private 
     bids: Provided further, That Office of Management and Budget 
     Circular A-76 shall not apply to competitions conducted under 
     this section.
       Sec. 8037. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after 
     consultation with the United States Trade Representative, 
     determines that a foreign country which is party to an 
     agreement described in paragraph (2) has violated the terms 
     of the agreement by discriminating against certain types of 
     products produced in the United States that are covered by 
     the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall rescind the 
     Secretary's blanket waiver of the Buy American Act with 
     respect to such types of products produced in that foreign 
     country.
       (2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any 
     reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of understanding, 
     between the United States and a foreign country pursuant to 
     which the Secretary of Defense has prospectively waived the 
     Buy American Act for certain products in that country.
       (b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a 
     report on the amount of Department of Defense purchases from 
     foreign entities in fiscal year 1999. Such report shall 
     separately indicate the dollar value of items for which the 
     Buy American Act was waived pursuant to any agreement 
     described in subsection (a)(2), the Trade Agreement Act of 
     1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or any international agreement 
     to which the United States is a party.
       (c) For purposes of this section, the term ``Buy American 
     Act'' means title III of the Act entitled ``An Act making 
     appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments 
     for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, and for other 
     purposes'', approved March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.).
       Sec. 8038. Appropriations contained in this Act that remain 
     available at the end of the current fiscal year as a result 
     of energy cost savings realized by the Department of Defense 
     shall remain available for obligation for the next fiscal 
     year to the extent, and for the purposes, provided in section 
     2865 of title 10, United States Code.
       Sec. 8039. During the current fiscal year, appropriations 
     available to the Department of Defense may be used to 
     reimburse a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces 
     who is not otherwise entitled to travel and transportation 
     allowances and who occupies transient government housing 
     while performing active duty for training or inactive duty 
     training: Provided, That such members may be provided lodging 
     in kind if transient government quarters are unavailable as 
     if the member was entitled to such allowances under 
     subsection (a) of section 404 of title 37, United States 
     Code: Provided further, That if lodging in kind is provided, 
     any authorized service charge or cost of such lodging may be 
     paid directly from funds appropriated for operation and 
     maintenance of the reserve component of the member concerned.
       Sec. 8040. The President shall include with each budget for 
     a fiscal year submitted to the Congress under section 1105 of 
     title 31, United States Code, materials that shall identify 
     clearly and separately the amounts requested in the budget 
     for appropriation for that fiscal year for salaries and 
     expenses related to administrative activities of the 
     Department of Defense, the military departments, and the 
     Defense Agencies.
       Sec. 8041. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     funds available for ``Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug 
     Activities, Defense'' may be obligated for the Young Marines 
     program.
       Sec. 8042. During the current fiscal year, amounts 
     contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military 
     Facility Investment Recovery Account established by section 
     2921(c)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act of 1991 
     (Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) shall be available 
     until expended for the payments specified by section 
     2921(c)(2) of that Act: Provided, That none of the funds made 
     available for expenditure under this section may be 
     transferred or obligated until thirty days after the 
     Secretary of Defense submits a report which details the 
     balance available in the Overseas Military Facility 
     Investment Recovery Account, all projected income into the 
     account during fiscal years 1999 and 2000, and the specific 
     expenditures to be made using funds transferred from this 
     account during fiscal year 1999.
       Sec. 8043. Of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act, not more than $119,200,000 shall be 
     available for payment of the operating costs of NATO 
     Headquarters: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may 
     waive this section for Department of Defense support provided 
     to NATO forces in and around the former Yugoslavia.
       Sec. 8044. During the current fiscal year, appropriations 
     which are available to the Department of Defense for 
     operation and maintenance may be used to purchase items 
     having an investment item unit cost of not more than 
     $100,000.
       Sec. 8045. (a) During the current fiscal year, none of the 
     appropriations or funds available to the Department of 
     Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the purchase 
     of an investment item for the purpose of acquiring a new 
     inventory item for sale or anticipated sale during the 
     current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to customers 
     of the Department of Defense Working Capital Funds if such an 
     item would not have been chargeable to the Department of 
     Defense Business Operations Fund during fiscal year 1994 and 
     if the purchase of such an investment item would be 
     chargeable during the current fiscal year to appropriations 
     made to the Department of Defense for procurement.
       (b) The fiscal year 2000 budget request for the Department 
     of Defense as well as all justification material and other 
     documentation supporting the fiscal year 2000 Department of 
     Defense budget shall be prepared and submitted to the 
     Congress on the basis that any equipment which was classified 
     as an end item and funded in a procurement appropriation 
     contained in this Act shall be budgeted for in a proposed 
     fiscal year 2000 procurement appropriation and not in the 
     supply management business area or any other area or category 
     of the Department of Defense Working Capital Funds.
       Sec. 8046. None of the funds provided in this Act and 
     hereafter shall be available for use by a military department 
     to modify an aircraft, weapon, ship or other item of 
     equipment, that the military department concerned plans to 
     retire or otherwise dispose of within 5 years after

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     completion of the modification: Provided, That this 
     prohibition shall not apply to safety modifications: Provided 
     further, That this prohibition may be waived by the Secretary 
     of a military department if the Secretary determines it is in 
     the best national security interest of the United States to 
     provide such waiver and so notifies the congressional defense 
     committees in writing.
       Sec. 8047. None of the funds appropriated by this Act for 
     programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall remain 
     available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, 
     except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for 
     Contingencies, which shall remain available until September 
     30, 2000: Provided, That funds appropriated, transferred or 
     otherwise credited to the Central Intelligence Agency Central 
     Services Working Capital Fund during this or any prior or 
     subsequent fiscal year shall remain available until expended.
       Sec. 8048. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     funds made available in this Act for the Defense Intelligence 
     Agency may be used for the design, development, and 
     deployment of General Defense Intelligence Program 
     intelligence communications and intelligence information 
     systems for the Services, the Unified and Specified Commands, 
     and the component commands.
       Sec. 8049. Of the funds appropriated by the Department of 
     Defense under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, 
     Defense-Wide'', not less than $8,000,000 shall be made 
     available only for the mitigation of environmental impacts, 
     including training and technical assistance to tribes, 
     related administrative support, the gathering of information, 
     documenting of environmental damage, and developing a system 
     for prioritization of mitigation and cost to complete 
     estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands resulting from 
     Department of Defense activities.
       Sec. 8050. Amounts collected for the use of the facilities 
     of the National Science Center for Communications and 
     Electronics during the current fiscal year pursuant to 
     section 1459(g) of the Department of Defense Authorization 
     Act, 1986, and deposited to the special account established 
     under subsection 1459(g)(2) of that Act are appropriated and 
     shall be available until expended for the operation and 
     maintenance of the Center as provided for in subsection 
     1459(g)(2).
       Sec. 8051. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may 
     be used to fill the commander's position at any military 
     medical facility with a health care professional unless the 
     prospective candidate can demonstrate professional 
     administrative skills.
       Sec. 8052. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
     may be expended by an entity of the Department of Defense 
     unless the entity, in expending the funds, complies with the 
     Buy American Act. For purposes of this subsection, the term 
     ``Buy American Act'' means title III of the Act entitled ``An 
     Act making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office 
     Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934, and for 
     other purposes'', approved March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a et 
     seq.).
       (b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a person 
     has been convicted of intentionally affixing a label bearing 
     a ``Made in America'' inscription to any product sold in or 
     shipped to the United States that is not made in America, the 
     Secretary shall determine, in accordance with section 2410f 
     of title 10, United States Code, whether the person should be 
     debarred from contracting with the Department of Defense.
       (c) In the case of any equipment or products purchased with 
     appropriations provided under this Act, it is the sense of 
     the Congress that any entity of the Department of Defense, in 
     expending the appropriation, purchase only American-made 
     equipment and products, provided that American-made equipment 
     and products are cost-competitive, quality-competitive, and 
     available in a timely fashion.
       Sec. 8053. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall 
     be available for a contract for studies, analysis, or 
     consulting services entered into without competition on the 
     basis of an unsolicited proposal unless the head of the 
     activity responsible for the procurement determines--
       (1) as a result of thorough technical evaluation, only one 
     source is found fully qualified to perform the proposed work; 
     or
       (2) the purpose of the contract is to explore an 
     unsolicited proposal which offers significant scientific or 
     technological promise, represents the product of original 
     thinking, and was submitted in confidence by one source; or
       (3) the purpose of the contract is to take advantage of 
     unique and significant industrial accomplishment by a 
     specific concern, or to insure that a new product or idea of 
     a specific concern is given financial support:

     Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to contracts 
     in an amount of less than $25,000, contracts related to 
     improvements of equipment that is in development or 
     production, or contracts as to which a civilian official of 
     the Department of Defense, who has been confirmed by the 
     Senate, determines that the award of such contract is in the 
     interest of the national defense.
       Sec. 8054. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and 
     (c), none of the funds made available by this Act may be 
     used--
       (1) to establish a field operating agency; or
       (2) to pay the basic pay of a member of the Armed Forces or 
     civilian employee of the department who is transferred or 
     reassigned from a headquarters activity if the member or 
     employee's place of duty remains at the location of that 
     headquarters.
       (b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military 
     department may waive the limitations in subsection (a), on a 
     case-by-case basis, if the Secretary determines, and 
     certifies to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and Senate that the granting of the waiver 
     will reduce the personnel requirements or the financial 
     requirements of the department.
       (c) This section does not apply to field operating agencies 
     funded within the National Foreign Intelligence Program.
       Sec. 8055. Funds appropriated by this Act for intelligence 
     activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the 
     Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Security 
     Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 1999 until the 
     enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 1999.
       Sec. 8056. Notwithstanding section 303 of Public Law 96-487 
     or any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Navy is 
     authorized to lease real and personal property at Naval Air 
     Facility, Adak, Alaska, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2667(f), for 
     commercial, industrial or other purposes: Provided, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
     the Navy may remove hazardous materials from facilities, 
     buildings, and structures at Adak, Alaska, and may demolish 
     or otherwise dispose of such facilities, buildings, and 
     structures.


                             (RESCISSIONS)

       Sec. 8057. Of the funds provided in Department of Defense 
     Appropriations Acts, the following funds are hereby rescinded 
     as of the date of enactment of this Act from the following 
     accounts in the specified amounts:
       ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1998/2002'', 
     $25,000,000;
       ``Other Procurement, Army, 1998/2000'', $24,000,000;
       ``Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, 1998/2000'', 
     $10,800,000; and
       ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide, 
     1997/1998'', $10,000,000.
       Sec. 8058. None of the funds available in this Act may be 
     used to reduce the authorized positions for military 
     (civilian) technicians of the Army National Guard, the Air 
     National Guard, Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve for the 
     purpose of applying any administratively imposed civilian 
     personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on military 
     (civilian) technicians, unless such reductions are a direct 
     result of a reduction in military force structure.
       Sec. 8059. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available in this Act may be obligated or expended for 
     assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea 
     unless specifically appropriated for that purpose.
       Sec. 8060. During the current fiscal year, funds 
     appropriated in this Act are available to compensate members 
     of the National Guard for duty performed pursuant to a plan 
     submitted by a Governor of a State and approved by the 
     Secretary of Defense under section 112 of title 32, United 
     States Code: Provided, That during the performance of such 
     duty, the members of the National Guard shall be under State 
     command and control: Provided further, That such duty shall 
     be treated as full-time National Guard duty for purposes of 
     sections 12602(a)(2) and (b)(2) of title 10, United States 
     Code.
       Sec. 8061. Funds appropriated in this Act for operation and 
     maintenance of the Military Departments, Unified and 
     Specified Commands and Defense Agencies shall be available 
     for reimbursement of pay, allowances and other expenses which 
     would otherwise be incurred against appropriations for the 
     National Guard and Reserve when members of the National Guard 
     and Reserve provide intelligence support to Unified Commands, 
     Defense Agencies and Joint Intelligence Activities, including 
     the activities and programs included within the National 
     Foreign Intelligence Program (NFIP), the Joint Military 
     Intelligence Program (JMIP) and the Tactical Intelligence and 
     Related Activities (TIARA) aggregate: Provided, That nothing 
     in this section authorizes deviation from established Reserve 
     and National Guard personnel and training procedures.
       Sec. 8062. During the current fiscal year, none of the 
     funds appropriated in this Act may be used to reduce the 
     civilian medical and medical support personnel assigned to 
     military treatment facilities below the September 30, 1997 
     level: Provided, That the Service Surgeons General may waive 
     this section by certifying to the congressional defense 
     committees that the beneficiary population is declining in 
     some catchment areas and civilian strength reductions may be 
     consistent with responsible resource stewardship and 
     capitation-based budgeting.


                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 8063. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may 
     be transferred to or obligated from the Pentagon Reservation 
     Maintenance Revolving Fund, unless the Secretary of Defense 
     certifies that the total cost for the planning, design, 
     construction and installation of equipment for the renovation 
     of the Pentagon Reservation will not exceed $1,118,000,000.
       Sec. 8064. (a) None of the funds available to the 
     Department of Defense for any fiscal year for drug 
     interdiction or counter-drug activities may be transferred to 
     any other department or agency of the United States except as 
     specifically provided in an appropriations law.
       (b) None of the funds available to the Central Intelligence 
     Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction and counter-
     drug activities may be transferred to any other department or 
     agency of the United States except as specifically provided 
     in an appropriations law.


                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 8065. Appropriations available in this Act under the 
     heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' for 
     increasing energy and water efficiency in Federal buildings 
     may, during their period of availability, be transferred to 
     other appropriations or funds of the Department of Defense 
     for projects related to increasing energy and water 
     efficiency, to be merged with and to be available for the 
     same general purposes, and for the same time period, as the 
     appropriation or fund to which transferred.

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       Sec. 8066. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
     be used for the procurement of ball and roller bearings other 
     than those produced by a domestic source and of domestic 
     origin: Provided, That the Secretary of the military 
     department responsible for such procurement may waive this 
     restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 
     to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate, that adequate domestic 
     supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense 
     requirements on a timely basis and that such an acquisition 
     must be made in order to acquire capability for national 
     security purposes.
       Sec. 8067. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     funds available to the Department of Defense shall be made 
     available to provide transportation of medical supplies and 
     equipment, on a nonreimbursable basis, to American Samoa: 
     Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     funds available to the Department of Defense shall be made 
     available to provide transportation of medical supplies and 
     equipment, on a nonreimbursable basis, to the Indian Health 
     Service when it is in conjunction with a civil-military 
     project.
       Sec. 8068. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
     purchase any supercomputer which is not manufactured in the 
     United States, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies to 
     the congressional defense committees that such an acquisition 
     must be made in order to acquire capability for national 
     security purposes that is not available from United States 
     manufacturers.
       Sec. 8069. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Naval shipyards of the United States shall be eligible to 
     participate in any manufacturing extension program financed 
     by funds appropriated in this or any other Act.
       Sec. 8070. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each 
     contract awarded by the Department of Defense during the 
     current fiscal year for construction or service performed in 
     whole or in part in a State which is not contiguous with 
     another State and has an unemployment rate in excess of the 
     national average rate of unemployment as determined by the 
     Secretary of Labor, shall include a provision requiring the 
     contractor to employ, for the purpose of performing that 
     portion of the contract in such State that is not contiguous 
     with another State, individuals who are residents of such 
     State and who, in the case of any craft or trade, possess or 
     would be able to acquire promptly the necessary skills: 
     Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive the 
     requirements of this section, on a case-by-case basis, in the 
     interest of national security.
       Sec. 8071. (a) The Secretary of Defense shall submit, on a 
     quarterly basis, a report to the congressional defense 
     committees, the Committee on International Relations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate setting forth all costs (including 
     incremental costs) incurred by the Department of Defense 
     during the preceding quarter in implementing or supporting 
     resolutions of the United Nations Security Council, including 
     any such resolution calling for international sanctions, 
     international peacekeeping operations, and humanitarian 
     missions undertaken by the Department of Defense. The 
     quarterly report shall include an aggregate of all such 
     Department of Defense costs by operation or mission.
       (b) The Secretary of Defense shall detail in the quarterly 
     reports all efforts made to seek credit against past United 
     Nations expenditures and all efforts made to seek 
     compensation from the United Nations for costs incurred by 
     the Department of Defense in implementing and supporting 
     United Nations activities.
       Sec. 8072. (a) Limitation on Transfer of Defense Articles 
     and Services.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     none of the funds available to the Department of Defense for 
     the current fiscal year may be obligated or expended to 
     transfer to another nation or an international organization 
     any defense articles or services (other than intelligence 
     services) for use in the activities described in subsection 
     (b) unless the congressional defense committees, the 
     Committee on International Relations of the House of 
     Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
     the Senate are notified 15 days in advance of such transfer.
       (b) Covered Activities.--This section applies to--
       (1) any international peacekeeping or peace-enforcement 
     operation under the authority of chapter VI or chapter VII of 
     the United Nations Charter under the authority of a United 
     Nations Security Council resolution; and
       (2) any other international peacekeeping, peace-
     enforcement, or humanitarian assistance operation.
       (c) Required Notice.--A notice under subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) A description of the equipment, supplies, or services 
     to be transferred.
       (2) A statement of the value of the equipment, supplies, or 
     services to be transferred.
       (3) In the case of a proposed transfer of equipment or 
     supplies--
       (A) a statement of whether the inventory requirements of 
     all elements of the Armed Forces (including the reserve 
     components) for the type of equipment or supplies to be 
     transferred have been met; and
       (B) a statement of whether the items proposed to be 
     transferred will have to be replaced and, if so, how the 
     President proposes to provide funds for such replacement.
       Sec. 8073. To the extent authorized by subchapter VI of 
     chapter 148 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall issue loan guarantees in support of United 
     States defense exports not otherwise provided for: Provided, 
     That the total contingent liability of the United States for 
     guarantees issued under the authority of this section may not 
     exceed $15,000,000,000: Provided further, That the exposure 
     fees charged and collected by the Secretary for each 
     guarantee, shall be paid by the country involved and shall 
     not be financed as part of a loan guaranteed by the United 
     States: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 
     quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations, Armed 
     Services and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committees on Appropriations, National Security and 
     International Relations in the House of Representatives on 
     the implementation of this program: Provided further, That 
     amounts charged for administrative fees and deposited to the 
     special account provided for under section 2540c(d) of title 
     10, shall be available for paying the costs of administrative 
     expenses of the Department of Defense that are attributable 
     to the loan guarantee program under subchapter VI of chapter 
     148 of title 10.
       Sec. 8074. None of the funds available to the Department of 
     Defense shall be obligated or expended to make a financial 
     contribution to the United Nations for the cost of an United 
     Nations peacekeeping activity (whether pursuant to assessment 
     or a voluntary contribution) or for payment of any United 
     States arrearage to the United Nations.
       Sec. 8075. None of the funds available to the Department of 
     Defense under this Act shall be obligated or expended to pay 
     a contractor under a contract with the Department of Defense 
     for costs of any amount paid by the contractor to an employee 
     when--
       (1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in excess of 
     the normal salary paid by the contractor to the employee; and
       (2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs associated 
     with a business combination.
       Sec. 8076. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available in this Act may be used to transport or 
     provide for the transportation of chemical munitions or 
     agents to the Johnston Atoll for the purpose of storing or 
     demilitarizing such munitions or agents.
       (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to 
     any obsolete World War II chemical munition or agent of the 
     United States found in the World War II Pacific Theater of 
     Operations.
       (c) The President may suspend the application of subsection 
     (a) during a period of war in which the United States is a 
     party.
       Sec. 8077. None of the funds provided in title II of this 
     Act for ``Former Soviet Union Threat Reduction'' may be 
     obligated or expended to finance housing for any individual 
     who was a member of the military forces of the Soviet Union 
     or for any individual who is or was a member of the military 
     forces of the Russian Federation.
       Sec. 8078. During the current fiscal year, no more than 
     $15,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act under the 
     heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' may be 
     transferred to appropriations available for the pay of 
     military personnel, to be merged with, and to be available 
     for the same time period as the appropriations to which 
     transferred, to be used in support of such personnel in 
     connection with support and services for eligible 
     organizations and activities outside the Department of 
     Defense pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United States 
     Code.
       Sec. 8079. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 31, 
     United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations made in 
     this Act under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
     Navy'' shall be considered to be for the same purpose as any 
     subdivision under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
     Navy'' appropriations in any prior year, and the 1 percent 
     limitation shall apply to the total amount of the 
     appropriation.
       Sec. 8080. During the current fiscal year, in the case of 
     an appropriation account of the Department of Defense for 
     which the period of availability for obligation has expired 
     or which has closed under the provisions of section 1552 of 
     title 31, United States Code, and which has a negative 
     unliquidated or unexpended balance, an obligation or an 
     adjustment of an obligation may be charged to any current 
     appropriation account for the same purpose as the expired or 
     closed account if--
       (1) the obligation would have been properly chargeable 
     (except as to amount) to the expired or closed account before 
     the end of the period of availability or closing of that 
     account;
       (2) the obligation is not otherwise properly chargeable to 
     any current appropriation account of the Department of 
     Defense; and
       (3) in the case of an expired account, the obligation is 
     not chargeable to a current appropriation of the Department 
     of Defense under the provisions of section 1405(b)(8) of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, 
     Public Law 101-510, as amended (31 U.S.C. 1551 note): 
     Provided, That in the case of an expired account, if 
     subsequent review or investigation discloses that there was 
     not in fact a negative unliquidated or unexpended balance in 
     the account, any charge to a current account under the 
     authority of this section shall be reversed and recorded 
     against the expired account: Provided further, That the total 
     amount charged to a current appropriation under this section 
     may not exceed an amount equal to 1 percent of the total 
     appropriation for that account.


                          (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       Sec. 8081. Upon enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall make the following transfers of funds: 
     Provided, That the amounts transferred shall be available for 
     the same purposes as the appropriations to which transferred, 
     and for the same time period as the appropriation from which 
     transferred: Provided further, That the amounts shall be 
     transferred between the following appropriations in the 
     amount specified:
       From:
       Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 
     1991/2001'':
       DDG-51 destroyer program, $1,500,000;
       LHD-1 amphibious assault ship program, $7,500,000;

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       LSD-41 cargo variant ship program, $1,227,000;
       LCAC landing craft, air cushioned program, $392,000;
       MHC coastal minehunter program, $2,400,000;
       To:
       Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 
     1991/2001'':
       SSN-21 attack submarine program, $13,019,000;
       From:
       Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 
     1994/1998'':
       LHD-1 amphibious assault ship program, $5,729,000;
       To:
       Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 
     1994/1998'':
       MCS(C) mine warfare command and control ship program, 
     $5,729,000;
       From:
       Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 
     1996/2000'':
       SSN-21 attack submarine program, $26,526,000;
       To:
       Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 
     1991/2001'':
       SSN-21 attack submarine program, $16,967,000;
       Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 
     1995/2001'':
       Carrier replacement program, $8,007,000;
       Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 
     1996/2000'':
       Fast Patrol craft program, $345,000;
       Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 
     1997/2000'':
       AGOR SWATH oceanographic research program, $1,207,000;
       From:
       Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 
     1996/2000'':
       LHD-1 amphibious assault ship program, $3,400,000;
       To:
       Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 
     1995/2001'':
       Carrier replacement program, $3,400,000;
       From:
       Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 
     1998/2002'':
       CVN Refuelings, $14,791,000;
       To:
       Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 
     1995/2001'':
       Carrier replacement program, $14,791,000;
       From:
       Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 
     1998/2002'':
       DDG-51(AP) destroyer program, $9,009,000;
       To:
       Under the heading, ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 
     1998/2002'':
       DDG-51 destroyer program, $9,009,000.
       Sec. 8082. The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) 
     shall submit to the congressional defense committees by 
     February 1, 1999, a detailed report identifying, by amount 
     and by separate budget activity, activity group, subactivity 
     group, line item, program element, program, project, 
     subproject, and activity, any activity for which the fiscal 
     year 2000 budget request was reduced because Congress 
     appropriated funds above the President's budget request for 
     that specific activity for fiscal year 1999.
       Sec. 8083. Funds appropriated in title II of this Act for 
     supervision and administration costs for facilities 
     maintenance and repair, minor construction, or design 
     projects may be obligated at the time the reimbursable order 
     is accepted by the performing activity: Provided, That for 
     the purpose of this section, supervision and administration 
     costs includes all in-house Government cost.
       Sec. 8084. The Secretary of Defense may waive reimbursement 
     of the cost of conferences, seminars, courses of instruction, 
     or similar educational activities of the Asia-Pacific Center 
     for Security Studies for military officers and civilian 
     officials of foreign nations if the Secretary determines that 
     attendance by such personnel, without reimbursement, is in 
     the national security interest of the United States: 
     Provided, That costs for which reimbursement is waived 
     pursuant to this subsection shall be paid from appropriations 
     available for the Asia-Pacific Center.
       Sec. 8085. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may permit the use of 
     equipment of the National Guard Distance Learning Project by 
     any person or entity on a space-available, reimbursable 
     basis. The Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall establish 
     the amount of reimbursement for such use on a case-by-case 
     basis.
       (b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be 
     credited to funds available for the National Guard Distance 
     Learning Project and be available to defray the costs 
     associated with the use of equipment of the project under 
     that subsection. Such funds shall be available for such 
     purposes without fiscal year limitation.
       Sec. 8086. During the current fiscal year, the amounts 
     which are necessary for the operation and maintenance of the 
     Fisher Houses administered by the Departments of the Army, 
     the Navy, and the Air Force are hereby appropriated, to be 
     derived from amounts which are available in the applicable 
     Fisher House trust fund established under 10 U.S.C. 2221 for 
     the Fisher Houses of each such department.
       Sec. 8087. During the current fiscal year, refunds 
     attributable to the use of the Government travel card by 
     military personnel and civilian employees of the Department 
     of Defense may be credited to operation and maintenance 
     accounts of the Department of Defense which are current when 
     the refunds are received.
       Sec. 8088. During the current fiscal year, not more than a 
     total of $60,000,000 in withdrawal credits may be made by the 
     Marine Corps Supply Management activity group of the Navy 
     Working Capital Fund, Department of Defense Working Capital 
     Funds, to the credit of current applicable appropriations of 
     a Department of Defense activity in connection with the 
     acquisition of critical low density repairables that are 
     capitalized into the Navy Working Capital Fund.
       Sec. 8089. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3902, during the 
     current fiscal year interest penalties may be paid by the 
     Department of Defense from funds financing the operation of 
     the military department or defense agency with which the 
     invoice or contract payment is associated.
       Sec. 8090. At the time the President submits his budget for 
     fiscal year 2000, the Department of Defense shall transmit to 
     the congressional defense committees a budget justification 
     document for the active and reserve Military Personnel 
     accounts, to be known as the ``M-1'', which shall identify, 
     at the budget activity, activity group, and subactivity group 
     level, the amounts requested by the President to be 
     appropriated to the Department of Defense for military 
     personnel in any budget request, or amended budget request, 
     for fiscal year 2000.
       Sec. 8091. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of 
     Defense may award contracts for capital assets having a 
     development or acquisition cost of not less than $100,000 of 
     a Working Capital Fund in advance of the availability of 
     funds in the Working Capital Fund for minor construction, 
     automatic data processing equipment, software, equipment, and 
     other capital improvements.
       Sec. 8092. None of the funds appropriated in title IV of 
     this Act may be used to procure end-items for delivery to 
     military forces for operational training, operational use or 
     inventory requirements: Provided, That this restriction does 
     not apply to end-items used in development, prototyping, and 
     test activities preceding and leading to acceptance for 
     operational use: Provided further, That this restriction does 
     not apply to programs funded within the National Foreign 
     Intelligence Program: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
     Defense may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by 
     certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate that it is in the 
     national security interest to do so.
       Sec. 8093. The budget of the President for fiscal year 2000 
     submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 
     United States Code, and each annual budget request 
     thereafter, shall include budget activity groups (known as 
     ``subactivities'') in the operation and maintenance accounts 
     of the military departments and other appropriation accounts, 
     as may be necessary, to separately identify all costs 
     incurred by the Department of Defense to support the 
     expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The 
     budget justification materials submitted to Congress in 
     support of the budget of the Department of Defense for fiscal 
     year 2000, and subsequent fiscal years, shall provide 
     complete, detailed estimates for the incremental costs of 
     such expansion.
       Sec. 8094. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a case-by-
     case basis, waive with respect to a foreign country each 
     limitation on the procurement of defense items from foreign 
     sources provided in law if the Secretary determines that the 
     application of the limitation with respect to that country 
     would invalidate cooperative programs entered into between 
     the Department of Defense and the foreign country, or would 
     invalidate reciprocal trade agreements for the procurement of 
     defense items entered into under section 2531 of title 10, 
     United States Code, and the country does not discriminate 
     against the same or similar defense items produced in the 
     United States for that country.
       (b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to--
       (1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on or after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act; and
       (2) options for the procurement of items that are exercised 
     after such date under contracts that are entered into before 
     such date if the option prices are adjusted for any reason 
     other than the application of a waiver granted under 
     subsection (a).
       (c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation regarding 
     construction of warships, ball and roller bearings, and 
     clothing or textile materials as defined by section 11 
     (chapters 50-65) of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule and 
     products classified under headings 4010, 4202, 4203, 6401 
     through 6406, 6505, 7019, and 9404.
       Sec. 8095. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1552(a), of the funds 
     provided in Department of Defense Appropriations Acts, not 
     more than the specified amounts from the following accounts 
     shall remain available for the payment of satellite on-orbit 
     incentive fees until the fees are paid:
       Missile Procurement, Air Force, 1995/1997, $20,978,000;
       Missile Procurement, Air Force, 1996/1998, $16,782,400.
       Sec. 8096. During fiscal year 1999, advance billing for 
     services provided or work performed by the Working Capital 
     Fund activities of the Department of the Air Force in excess 
     of $100,000,000 is prohibited.
       Sec. 8097. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, 
     the total amount appropriated in title II is hereby reduced 
     by $150,000,000 to reflect savings resulting from 
     consolidations and personnel reductions as mandated in the 
     Defense Reform Initiative.
       Sec. 8098. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, 
     the total amount appropriated in this Act is hereby reduced 
     by $400,600,000 to reflect savings from revised economic 
     assumptions, to be distributed as follows:
       Operation and Maintenance, Army, $24,000,000;
       Operation and Maintenance, Navy, $32,000,000;
       Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps, $4,000,000;
       Operation and Maintenance, Air Force, $31,000,000;

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       Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, $17,600,000;
       Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve, $2,000,000;
       Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve, $2,000,000;
       Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve, $2,000,000;
       Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard, $4,000,000;
       Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard, $4,000,000;
       Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense, 
     $2,000,000;
       Environmental Restoration, Army, $1,000,000;
       Environmental Restoration, Navy, $1,000,000;
       Environmental Restoration, Air Force, $1,000,000;
       Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide, $1,000,000;
       Defense Health Program, $36,000,000;
       Aircraft Procurement, Army, $4,000,000;
       Missile Procurement, Army, $4,000,000;
       Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army, 
     $4,000,000;
       Procurement of Ammunition, Army, $3,000,000;
       Other Procurement, Army, $9,000,000;
       Aircraft Procurement, Navy, $22,000,000;
       Weapons Procurement, Navy, $4,000,000;
       Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps, 
     $1,000,000;
       Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, $18,000,000;
       Other Procurement, Navy, $12,000,000;
       Procurement, Marine Corps, $2,000,000;
       Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, $23,000,000;
       Missile Procurement, Air Force, $7,000,000;
       Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force, $1,000,000;
       Other Procurement, Air Force, $17,500,000;
       Procurement, Defense-Wide, $5,800,000;
       Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense, 
     $3,000,000;
       Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army, 
     $10,000,000;
       Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy, 
     $20,000,000;
       Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force, 
     $39,000,000; and
       Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide, 
     $26,700,000:

     Provided, That these reductions shall be applied 
     proportionally to each budget activity, activity group and 
     subactivity group and each program, project, and activity 
     within each appropriation account.
       Sec. 8099. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of 
     the revenue collected by the Department of Defense Working 
     Capital Funds, such amounts as may be required shall be made 
     available for obligation and expenditure for indemnification 
     of the leasing entity or entities to accomplish the lease of 
     aircraft engines for C-135-type aircraft: Provided, That the 
     funds made available pursuant to this section shall remain 
     available until expended.
       Sec. 8100. (a) The Secretary of the Navy is hereby 
     authorized to transfer naval vessels on a sale or combined 
     lease-sale basis in accordance with the text of Amendment No. 
     2449 intended to be proposed to the bill, S. 2057, 105th 
     Congress, second session, as filed in the Senate on June 4, 
     1998.
       (b) There is hereby established in the Treasury of the 
     United States a special account to be known as the Defense 
     Vessels Transfer Program Account. There is hereby 
     appropriated into that account such sums as may be necessary 
     for paying the costs (as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 
     U.S.C. 661a)) associated with the lease-sale transfers 
     authorized under section (a). Funds in that account are 
     available only for the purpose of covering those costs.
       Sec. 8101. Amendment No. 2448 as submitted to the Senate 
     and reported in the Congressional Record on June 4, 1998, is 
     hereby enacted into law.
       Sec. 8102. Amendment No. 2447 as submitted to the Senate 
     and reported in the Congressional Record on June 4, 1998, is 
     hereby enacted into law.
       Sec. 8103. None of the funds made available by this Act 
     shall be used by the Army to reduce civilian personnel 
     workforce levels at United States Army, Pacific (USARPAC) 
     bases and at Major Range and Test Facility Bases (MRTFBs) in 
     the United States in fiscal year 1999 below levels assumed in 
     this Act unless the Secretary of the Army notifies the 
     Congressional defense committees not less than 30 days prior 
     to implementation of any civilian personnel workforce 
     reductions.
       Sec. 8104. (a) 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 for ``National Guard 
     Personnel, Air Force'', $4,112,000.
       (b) 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'', by 
     $44,000,000.
       (c) 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.
       Sec. 8105. 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)(A) of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
       Sec. 8106. (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.
       Sec. 8107. 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.
       Sec. 8108. That of the funds appropriated for Defense-wide 
     research, development, test and evaluation, $1,000,000 is 
     available for Acoustic Sensor Technology Development 
     Planning.
       Sec. 8109. (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 significantly 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. 8110. (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 
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     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
       (iii) use the information and assessments to address those 
     conditions and needs.
       (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.
       Sec. 8111. (a) 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).
       (b) The land referred to in subsection (a) 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.
       Sec. 8112. (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.
       Sec. 8113. 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.
       Sec. 8114. 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.
       Sec. 8115. (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.''.

       Sec. 8116. Not later than December 1, 1998, the Secretary 
     of Defense shall submit to the President and the 
     Congressional Defense Committees a report regarding the 
     potential for development of Ford Island within the Pearl 
     Harbor Naval Complex, Oahu, Hawaii through an integrated 
     resourcing plan incorporating both appropriated funds and one 
     or more public-private ventures. This report shall consider 
     innovative resource development measures, including but not 
     limited to, an enhanced-use leasing program similar to that 
     of the Department of Veterans Affairs as well as the sale or 
     other disposal of land in Hawaii under the control of the 
     Navy as part of an overall program for Ford Island 
     development. The report shall include proposed legislation 
     for carrying out the measures recommended therein.
       Sec. 8117. 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, 
     That within the amounts appropriated under title IV of this 
     Act under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and 
     Evaluation, Air Force'', the 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.
       Sec. 8118. 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.''.
       Sec. 8119. 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 
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     facility for the technology, and for the design, 
     construction, and operation of a pilot facility for the 
     technology.
       Sec. 8120. (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.
       Sec. 8121. 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.
       Sec. 8122. 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 Department of Defense Major Shared Resource Centers 
     and centers with supercomputers purchased using Department of 
     Defense RDT&E funds, including the high performance networks 
     associated with such centers.
       Sec. 8123. 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.
       Sec. 8124. 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.
       Sec. 8125. 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,''.
       Sec. 8126. 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.
       Sec. 8127. 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.
       Sec. 8128. 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 available only for the Digital Intelligence Situation 
     Mapboard (DISM).
       Sec. 8129. 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.
       Sec. 8130. (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,''.
       Sec. 8131. 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.
       Sec. 8132. (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.
       Sec. 8133. 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.
       Sec. 8134. 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''.
       Sec. 8135. 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.
       Sec. 8136. 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.
       Sec. 8137. (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 
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       (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.
       Sec. 8138. (a) The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary 
     of the Air Force may each enter into one or more multiyear 
     leases of nontactical firefighting equipment, nontactical 
     crash rescue equipment, or nontactical 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.
       Sec. 8139. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act for the 
     Defense Threat Reduction 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.
       Sec. 8140. 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.
       Sec. 8141. 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.
       Sec. 8142. (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).
       Sec. 8143. 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 munitions destruction 
     programs.
       Sec. 8144. (a) Findings.--The Senate finds that--
       (1) 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;
       (2) 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;
       (3) 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;
       (4) 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;
       (5) orphans and refugees are particularly vulnerable to 
     recruitment;
       (6) 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 section referred to as the ``LRA'') in northern Uganda;
       (7) 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'';
       (8) 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;
       (9) 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;
       (10) 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;
       (11) Graca Machel, the former United Nations expert on the 
     impact of armed conflict on 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
       (12) 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.
       (b) In General.--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.
       (c) Sense of the Senate.--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. 8145. 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, One Hundred 
     Fifth 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.
       Sec. 8146. 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.
       Sec. 8147. 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
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(b) Elections for State and Local Offices.--Each State 
     shall--
       ``(1) permit absent uniformed services voters to use 
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     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''.
       Sec. 8148. 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.
       Sec. 8149. (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).
       Sec. 8150. (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 the Department of 
     Defense, 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(l)(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.
       Sec. 8151. (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 of the feasibility and potential 
     effects of offering general anesthesia as a dental health 
     care benefit available under TRICARE to the dependents.
       Sec. 8152. (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.
       Sec. 8153. (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.
       Sec. 8154. 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.
       Sec. 8155. (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 lightweight maintenance 
     enclosures (LME).
       Sec. 8156. 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 helicopters for 
     Colombia.
       Sec. 8157. (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).
       Sec. 8158. (a) Findings.--The Senate finds that--
       (1) 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;
       (2) 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 United States 
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       (3) 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;
       (4) a high-level delegation, including the United States 
     Ambassador to Italy, recently visited Cavalese and, as a 
     result, $20,000,000 was promised to the people in Cavalese 
     for their property damage and business losses;
       (5) 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;
       (6) 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;
       (7) 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;
       (8) 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.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that the United States should resolve the claims of the 
     victims of the February 8, 1998 United States Marine Corps 
     aircraft incident in Cavalese, Italy as quickly and fairly as 
     possible.
       Sec. 8159. 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 subsection (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 
     subsection (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 subsection (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.
       Sec. 8160. (a) Findings.--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 
     $120,000,000,000 in real terms;
       (C) the United States 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) United States 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 ever four years, 
     increased significantly from the Cold War trend of one 
     deployment ever four years;
       (J) the Air Force has downsized by nearly 40 percent, while 
     experiencing a fourfold 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 of 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-16's 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 goal 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 specialties. 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, United States Marines in the operating forces 
     have deployed on more than 200 exercises, rotational 
     deployments, or actual contingencies.
       (16) United States 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 United States Armed Forces to 
     prevail in two major regional conflicts nearly 
     simultaneously.
       (18) To execute the National Security of the United States, 
     the United States 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.
       (22) 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 United 
     States 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 
     infantry squads of a deploying unit of 800 troops, stripping 
     nondeploying infantry and armor units of maintenance 
     personnel, 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 personnel, 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.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the readiness of United States 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;
       (2) the ongoing, open-ended commitment of United States 
     forces to the peacekeeping mission in Bosnia is causing 
     assigned and supporting units to compromise their principle 
     wartime assignments;
       (3) defense appropriations are not keeping pace with the 
     expanding needs of the Armed Forces.
       (c) Report Requirement.--Not later than June 1, 1999, the 
     President shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of 
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     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--
       (1) an assessment of current force structure and its 
     sufficiency to execute the National Security Strategy of the 
     United States;
       (2) 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;
       (3) a comparison of the force structures outlined in 
     paragraph (2) with the service-by-service order of battle in 
     Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, as a representative and 
     recent major regional conflict;
       (4) 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;
       (5) a discussion of the United States 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.
       Sec. 8161. 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.

         TITLE IX --MONITORING OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN CHINA

       Sec. 9001. Short Title. This title may be cited as the 
     ``Political Freedom in China Act of 1998''.
       Sec. 9002. Findings. Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Congress concurs in the following conclusions of the 
     United States State Department on human rights in the 
     People's Republic of China in 1996:
       (A) The People's Republic of China is ``an authoritarian 
     state'' in which ``citizens lack the freedom to peacefully 
     express opposition to the party-led political system and the 
     right to change their national leaders or form of 
     government''.
       (B) The Government of the People's Republic of China has 
     ``continued to commit widespread and well-documented human 
     rights abuses, in violation of internationally accepted 
     norms, stemming from the authorities' intolerance of dissent, 
     fear of unrest, and the absence of inadequacy of laws 
     protecting basic freedoms''.
       (C) ``abuses include torture and mistreatment of prisoners, 
     forced confessions, and arbitrary and incommunicado 
     detention''.
       (D) ``prison conditions remained harsh and the Government 
     continued severe restrictions on freedom of speech, the 
     press, assembly, association, religion, privacy, and worker 
     rights''.
       (E) ``although the Government denies that it holds 
     political prisoners, the number of persons detained or 
     serving sentences for `counterrevolutionary crimes' or 
     `crimes against the state', or for peaceful political or 
     religious activities are believed to number in the 
     thousands''.
       (F) ``nonapproved religious groups, including Protestant 
     and Catholic groups . . . experienced intensified 
     repression''.
       (G) ``serious human rights abuses persist in minority 
     areas, including Tibet, Xinjiang, and Inner Mongolia, and 
     controls on religion and on other fundamental freedoms in 
     these areas have also intensified''.
       (H) ``overall in 1996, the authorities stepped up efforts 
     to cut off expressions of protest or criticism. All public 
     dissent against the party and government was effectively 
     silenced by intimidation, exile, the imposition of prison 
     terms, administrative detention, or house arrest. No 
     dissidents were known to be active at year's end.''.
       (2) In addition to the State Department, credible 
     independent human rights organizations have documented an 
     increase in repression in China during 1995, and effective 
     destruction of the dissident movement through the arrest and 
     sentencing of the few remaining pro-democracy and human 
     rights activists not already in prison or exile.
       (3) Among those were Li Hai, sentenced to 9 years in prison 
     on December 18, 1996, for gathering information on the 
     victims of the 1989 crackdown, which according to the court's 
     verdict constituted ``state secrets''; Liu Nianchun, an 
     independent labor organizer, sentenced to 3 years of ``re-
     education through labor'' on July 4, 1996, due to his 
     activities in connection with a petition campaign calling for 
     human rights reforms; and Ngodrup Phuntsog, a Tibetan 
     national, who was arrested in Tibet in 1987 immediately after 
     he returned from a 2-year trip to India, where the Tibetan 
     government in exile is located, and following a secret trial 
     was convicted by the Government of the People's Republic of 
     China of espionage on behalf of the ``Ministry of Security of 
     the Dalai clique''.
       (4) Many political prisoners are suffering from poor 
     conditions and ill-treatment leading to serious medical and 
     health problems, including--
       (A) Gao Yu, a journalist sentenced to 6 years in prison in 
     November 1994 and honored by UNESCO in May 1997, has a heart 
     condition; and
       (B) Chen Longde, a leading human rights advocate now 
     serving a 3-year re-education through labor sentence imposed 
     without trial in August 1995, has reportedly been subject to 
     repeated beatings and electric shocks at a labor camp for 
     refusing to confess his guilt.
       (5) The People's Republic of China, as a member of the 
     United Nations, is expected to abide by the provisions of the 
     Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
       (6) The People's Republic of China is a party to numerous 
     international human rights conventions, including the 
     Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or 
     Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
       Sec. 9003. Conduct of Foreign Relations. (a) Release of 
     Prisoners.--The Secretary of State, in all official meetings 
     with the Government of the People's Republic of China, should 
     request the immediate and unconditional release of Ngodrup 
     Phuntsog and other prisoners of conscience in Tibet, as well 
     as in the People's Republic of China.
       (b) Access to Prisons.--The Secretary of State should seek 
     access for international humanitarian organizations to 
     Drapchi prison and other prisons in Tibet, as well as in the 
     People's Republic of China, to ensure that prisoners are not 
     being mistreated and are receiving necessary medical 
     treatment.
       (c) Dialogue on Future of Tibet.--The Secretary of State, 
     in all official meetings with the Government of the People's 
     Republic of China, should call on that country to begin 
     serious discussions with the Dalai Lama or his 
     representatives, without preconditions, on the future of 
     Tibet.
       Sec. 9004. Authorization of Appropriations for Additional 
     Personnel at Diplomatic Posts To Monitor Human Rights in the 
     People's Republic of China. There are authorized to be 
     appropriated to support personnel to monitor political 
     repression in the People's Republic of China in the United 
     States Embassies in Beijing and Kathmandu, as well as the 
     American consulates in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenyang, 
     Chengdu, and Hong Kong, $2,200,000 for fiscal year 1999 and 
     $2,200,000 for fiscal year 2000.
       Sec. 9005. Democracy Building in China. (a) Authorization 
     of Appropriations for NED.--In addition to such sums as are 
     otherwise authorized to be appropriated for the ``National 
     Endowment for Democracy'' for fiscal years 1999 and 2000, 
     there are authorized to be appropriated for the ``National 
     Endowment for Democracy'' $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and 
     $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, which shall be available to 
     promote democracy, civil society, and the development of the 
     rule of law in China.
       (b) East Asia-Pacific Regional Democracy Fund.--The 
     Secretary of State shall use funds available in the East 
     Asia-Pacific Regional Democracy Fund to provide grants to 
     nongovernmental organizations to promote democracy, civil 
     society, and the development of the rule of law in China.
       Sec. 9006. Human Rights in China. (a) Reports.--Not later 
     than March 30, 1999, and each subsequent year thereafter, the 
     Secretary of State shall submit to the International 
     Relations Committee of the House of Representatives and the 
     Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate an annual report on 
     human rights in China, including religious persecution, the 
     development of democratic institutions, and the rule of law. 
     Reports shall provide information on each region of China.
       (b) Prisoner Information Registry.--The Secretary of State 
     shall establish a Prisoner Information Registry for China 
     which shall provide information on all political prisoners, 
     prisoners of conscience, and prisoners of faith in China. 
     Such information shall include the

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     charges, judicial processes, administrative actions, use of 
     forced labor, incidences of torture, length of imprisonment, 
     physical and health conditions, and other matters related to 
     the incarceration of such prisoners in China. The Secretary 
     of State is authorized to make funds available to 
     nongovernmental organizations presently engaged in monitoring 
     activities regarding Chinese political prisoners to assist in 
     the creation and maintenance of the registry.
       Sec. 9007. Sense of Congress Concerning Establishment of a 
     Commission on Security and Cooperation in Asia. It is the 
     sense of Congress that Congress, the President, and the 
     Secretary of State should work with the governments of other 
     countries to establish a Commission on Security and 
     Cooperation in Asia which would be modeled after the 
     Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe.
       Sec. 9008. Sense of Congress Regarding Democracy in Hong 
     Kong. It is the sense of Congress that the people of Hong 
     Kong should continue to have the right and ability to freely 
     elect their legislative representatives, and that the 
     procedure for the conduct of the elections of the legislature 
     of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region should be 
     determined by the people of Hong Kong through an election law 
     convention, a referendum, or both.
       Sec. 9009. Sense of Congress Relating to Organ Harvesting 
     and Transplanting in the People's Republic of China. It is 
     the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the Government of the People's Republic of China should 
     stop the practice of harvesting and transplanting organs for 
     profit from prisoners that it executes;
       (2) the Government of the People's Republic of China should 
     be strongly condemned for such organ harvesting and 
     transplanting practice;
       (3) the President should bar from entry into the United 
     States any and all officials of the Government of the 
     People's Republic of China known to be directly involved in 
     such organ harvesting and transplanting practice;
       (4) individuals determined to be participating in or 
     otherwise facilitating the sale of such organs in the United 
     States should be prosecuted to the fullest possible extent of 
     the law; and
       (5) the appropriate officials in the United States should 
     interview individuals, including doctors, who may have 
     knowledge of such organ harvesting and transplanting 
     practice.

                                TITLE X

                         HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA

                 Subtitle A--Forced Abortions in China

       Sec. 10001. This subtitle may be cited as the ``Forced 
     Abortion Condemnation Act''.
       Sec. 10002. 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 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. 10003. (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. 10011. (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. 10012. (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 of 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. 10013. 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.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Defense 
     Appropriations Act, 1999''.

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