[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 80 (Tuesday, June 8, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6648-S6653]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2000
The Senate continued with the consideration of the bill.
Privilege Of The Floor
Mr. STEVENS. I ask unanimous consent that Danelle Scotka, a fellow in
the office of Senator Hutchison, be granted the privilege of the floor
during consideration of S. 1122.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative assistant proceeded to call the roll.
Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for
the quorum call be rescinded.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Amendment No. 547
(Purpose: To set aside $63,041,000 of Air Force research, development,
test, and evaluation funds for C-5 aircraft modernization)
Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, at the request of the senior Senator from
Delaware, Mr. Biden, I offer an amendment and ask that it be
temporarily set aside.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
The Senator from Hawaii [Mr. Inouye], for Mr. Biden,
proposes an amendment numbered 547.
The amendment is as follows:
On page 107, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following:
Sec. 8109. Of the funds appropriated in title IV under the
heading ``Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air
Force'', $63,041,000 shall be available for C-5 aircraft
modernization.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment is numbered and set aside.
Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative assistant proceeded to call the roll.
Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for
the quorum call be rescinded.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Privilege Of The Floor
Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Ms. Sandi
Dittig, on the staff of Senator Graham of Florida, be granted full
privileges of the floor during this debate.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative assistant proceeded to call the roll.
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for
the quorum call be rescinded.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Amendment No. 548
(Purpose: To prohibit the use of refugee relief funds for long-term,
regional development or reconstruction in Southeastern Europe)
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
The legislative assistant read as follows:
The Senator from New Hampshire [Mr. Gregg] proposes an
amendment numbered 548.
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the
amendment be dispensed with.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The amendment is as follows:
At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following
new section:
SEC. . PROHIBITION ON USE OF REFUGEE RELIEF FUNDS FOR LONG-
TERM REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OR RECONSTRUCTION IN
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE.
None of the funds made available in the 1999 Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law 106-31) for
emergency support of refugees and displaced persons and the
local communities directly affected by the influx of refugees
may be made available to implement a long-term, regional
program of development or reconstruction in Southeastern
Europe except pursuant to specific statutory authorization
enacted on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, the purpose of this amendment, which I will
agree to have set aside whenever the chairman decides to do so, is to
address the issue of the reconstruction of Kosovo and funds that might
be spent in Kosovo for reconstruction. The concept of reconstruction,
of course, is something that is going to have to be dealt with by the
Congress and the President over the next few months, no matter what
happens relative to the air war.
One of the concerns I have, and I think many Americans have, is that
America will end up paying a disproportionate cost of the
reconstruction of Kosovo and potentially Yugoslavia. It is my opinion
that no American funds should be spent for the reconstruction of
Yugoslavia until Milosevic is removed as its leader.
It is further my view that America's participation in the cost of
long-term reconstruction of Kosovo should be extremely limited, that
our cost should be minor, a fraction of the amount of the cost of
reconstruction, and that the vast majority of the burden of
reconstruction should be borne by the European nations.
As a nation, the United States has borne a disproportionate amount of
the cost of the war that has gone on in Yugoslavia. It is, after all, a
European issue more than an American issue. The United States had no
national strategic interest in this part of the world. Not until the
hundreds of thousands of refugees were created did we really have any
significant interest at all in this part of the world; the refugees, of
course, being a function of part of the diplomacy of this
administration, which, in my opinion, has been a gross blunder in this
region of the world.
In any event, this is a European issue which should be addressed by
the European nations. Certainly, the reconstruction issue is a European
issue which should be addressed by the European nations, and American
taxpayers should not be asked to bear the cost of it.
What my amendment does is simply state that the emergency
appropriations, which we eventually pass for purposes of fighting the
war in Kosovo, will be limited in their application so they cannot be
used for long-term structural reform of the economy or the capital
needs of Kosovo, without the President coming to Congress and
requesting those funds be used in that way and without him putting
forward a strategic plan which reflects how much it is going to cost us
as a nation to reconstruct the Kosovo infrastructure. Until we receive
that plan and it is approved by the Congress, these funds would not be
made available for that sort of effort.
It does not limit these funds being used for humanitarian purposes.
It does not limit these funds being used for the immediate needs of our
own military, should our own military be interjected into Kosovo for
some reason. It does not limit the funds being used for things such as
replacing wells and getting people back in their homes with electricity
temporarily.
What it does limit is any long-term attempt to rebuild Kosovo's
infrastructure, which would be part of an overall plan for
reconstruction, without us first getting such a plan and knowing
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how much it is going to cost the American taxpayers. I do think the
administration has an obligation to be honest with the taxpayers and
tell us exactly what they are really thinking we are going to have to
pay in terms of costs.
I have read news reports coming out of the European Union that
suggested the European Union position is that the U.S. taxpayer should
pay for half of the cost of the reconstruction of Kosovo. To me, that
would be unacceptable. I have read other news reports from folks who
work for our agencies saying the United States may be willing to pay up
to 25 percent of the long-term cost of the reconstruction of Kosovo. We
are talking about, potentially, 5, 10, 15 years, with significant
capital expenditures in that region of the world, and 25 percent would
be a huge number.
If that is the administration's position, we need to know what that
number is before we start down that road. This amendment is a minor
attempt to keep us from starting down that road and to get the
administration to be forthright as to what are these costs.
Mr. STEVENS. Will the Senator yield?
Mr. GREGG. Yes.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I will discuss this matter later, but I
will say that the Senator's amendment is consistent with my
understanding of the purposes for which we passed the 1999
supplemental. The moneys in that supplemental were for assistance to
the refugees and for conducting the air war. It is my understanding
that there was no money for the ground war, no money for the subsequent
force--whatever it may be--that follows after the cessation of
hostilities in that area. As the Senator stated, it would be for the
long-term reconstruction and not for the temporary things that might be
done to assist the Kosovo refugees to go back to their former homes. I
think that will be probably something that will have to have money
immediately, once we have a cessation of hostilities, which I pray will
be very soon.
I think this ought to be a marker that we put down that we want to
see how these costs are going to be met in this area after the
hostilities cease. The economy of the European Union now is greater
than ours. Their employment picture is even better than ours. I don't
see any reason why there should be an assumption that we will carry on
at the past level of expenditures. There is no question that the
expenditures made in the war so far are overwhelmingly U.S.
expenditures. I do not deny the participation of the NATO allies in the
activities, but their costs are infinitesimal compared to ours when you
view the long line that our supplies have to follow to get there and
the cost of maintaining our forces there as compared to those who go
home every night, in terms of the participants from the European Union.
I hope the Senate will take a very careful look at the Senator's
suggestion. I want to make sure that it does not impede the activities
of our forces to really provide for their own protection, as well as
the facilities that will be needed by our people if they move into the
area immediately after the cessation of hostilities. But I do think
when we get to a long-range concept, a new Marshall Plan for this area,
it is something that the Congress must be involved in, and the
taxpayers must know what our share is going to be before we commence
such activities.
I urge the Senator to lay his amendment aside.
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I believe my amendment is in sync with the
opinions expressed by the chairman. I ask that my amendment be set
aside.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. GREGG. I yield the floor.
Mr. BYRD addressed the Chair.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West Virginia is recognized.
Amendments Nos. 549 And 550, En Bloc
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I send two amendments to the desk and ask
for their immediate consideration.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
The Senator from West Virginia [Mr. Byrd] proposes
amendments numbered 549 and 550, en bloc.
The amendments are as follows:
amendment no. 549
(Purpose: To set aside $10,000,000 of Operation and Maintenance,
Defense-Wide funds for carrying out first-year actions of the 5-year
research plan for addressing low-level exposures to chemical warfare
agents)
On page 107, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following:
Sec. 8109. Of the funds appropriated in title II under the
heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' for the
Office of the Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of
Defense for Gulf War Illnesses, $10,000,000 shall be
available for carrying out the first-year actions under the
5-year research plan outlined in the report entitled
``Department of Defense Strategy to Address Low-Level
Exposures to Chemical Warfare Agents (CWAs)'', dated May
1999, that was submitted to committees of Congress pursuant
to section 247(d) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261;
112 Stat. 1957).
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amendment no. 550
(Purpose: To increase by $10,000,000 the amount provided for the Army
for other procurement for an immediate assessment of biometrics sensors
and templates repository requirements, and for combining and
consolidating biometrics security technology and other information
assurance technologies to accomplish a more focused and effective
information assurance effort)
On page 107, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following:
Sec. 8109. Of the funds appropriated in title III under the
heading ``Other Procurement, Army'', $51,250,000 shall be
available for the Information System Security Program, of
which $10,000,000 shall be available for an immediate
assessment of biometrics sensors and templates repository
requirements and for combining and consolidating biometrics
security technology and other information assurance
technologies to accomplish a more focused and effective
information assurance effort.
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Department of Defense operates over two million separate
computers and 25,000 distinct computer systems to conduct its mission.
These computer systems are integral parts of a wide variety of
Department of Defense (DOD) programs. Many of these programs are
critical to the direct fulfillment of military or intelligence
missions; but other vital activities also affected include command and
control, satellites, inventory and transportation management, medical
equipment, payment of checks, and personnel records.
The Department is now becoming aware that attacks on these systems
may be capable of significantly affecting our military power, just as
surely as a direct physical assault. Experience with ``hackers'' and
DOD exercises indicate that defense systems, often globally-linked and
readily-accessed, are vulnerable to unauthorized penetration of their
information networks. Newspapers have been filled with reports in
recent days about ``hackers'' attacking the web sites of the FBI, the
White House, the Department of Interior, and even the Senate.
For example, I am told that by using unsophisticated ``hacker
tools,'' intruders are able to crack systems passwords, establish
super-user status (network control), search for and turn on microphones
or cameras on personal computers connected to the installation campus
area network. Hackers may then capture intra-office conversations and
live video and download it to their computers. A simple test of the
microphone sensitivity revealed low-level conversations were easily
heard from roughly thirty feet away. This is particulary critical in
areas where classified and sensitive information is stored and
discussed.
The compelling need for controlling access to our Nation's vital
information networks through computers becomes immediately evident when
one considers just one battlefield scenario--the possibility that one
of our important command and control outposts on the ground is overrun
by hostile forces. Just imagine what leverage that would provide to a
computer-sophisticated enemy. And, I am told that the Department has
learned from its experience in Kosovo that this kind of a threat is not
limited to major world powers.
At the present time, the basic process the Department relies upon to
protect its computer systems are some kind of card and/or passwords
including random characters. Users often are required to have several
such cards or passwords in connection with their work. This approach to
information security has some serious drawbacks for the long run.
Passwords can be forgotten, shared, or observed, and cards can
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be lost, stolen, or duplicated. Moreover, as the need for even more
security grows with advancing technology, the situation will become
more cumbersome and less effective. On the other hand, more
sophisticated means are expected to become available to make unwanted
intrusions, necessitating even more complex password and card systems.
There is an emerging technology available to the Department that
promises to provide a more effective information security system, and
that is biometrics. Almost everyone is familiar with fingerprints.
Fingerprints are a biometric signature. Others are voice, face
recognition, the iris of the eye, and keystroke dynamics or typing
patterns; and I understand there are others as well. With this
approach, access to a particular computer or network of computers is
controlled by comparing one or several biometric signatures of the
person asking to use the machine, with a template on file in a central
location that contains the biometric identification of the authorized
user of that computer. There is no card. There is no password. The test
is whether the potential user is who he or she claims to be. The system
authenticates a claimed identity from previously enrolled patterns or
distinguishable traits. I understand that in the commercial world there
are some examples of biometric identification already in use. Some ATM
machines, for instance, now rely on iris signatures to permit access
rather than the familiar card we all carry.
The Army has a particular interest in developing an effective control
over the access to its information systems through computers, because
of the far flung nature of its forces, and because its battle systems
are becoming increasingly dependent on information networks.
This bill already includes $5.0 million in the Other Procurement,
Army, appropriation for an initial biometrics computer information
assurance system prototype project. I understand that the Army has
exhibited strong leadership in the exploration and development of
technologies in the biometrics arena, and is a natural leading
candidate to be considered as the executive agent in this work for the
Department of Defense and perhaps the federal government. The amendment
I am offering is intended to respond to the immediacy of the critical
information assurance requirement of the Army, and to build on the
Army's leadership role in biometrics technology. The amendment also
builds on the biometrics prototype project to explore a more focused
and synergistic effort to develop information assurance technology.
Finally, it also builds on and anticipates a working relationship with
the Criminal Justice Information Services Division of the FBI, which
houses and operates the world's finest single biometric data base--
fingerprints. Specifically, my amendment provides an additional $10.0
million for an immediate assessment of biometrics sensors and templates
repository requirements, and for combining and consolidating biometrics
security technology and other information assurance technologies to
accomplish a more focused and effective information assurance effort.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendments will be laid aside.
Mr. DORGAN addressed the Chair.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair recognizes the Senator from North
Dakota.
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I am not going to offer an amendment to
this bill. In fact, I am a member of the subcommittee and I commend the
Senator from Alaska, Mr. Stevens, and the Senator from Hawaii, Mr.
Inouye, for their leadership and work on this legislation. I am pleased
to work with them on a range of issues that deal with the defense of
this country and with the strengthening of the Armed Forces. I think
they do an excellent job.
There is one area--and not just on this legislation--of the policy
debate in Congress I wanted to mention during the discussion on
funding, and that is the area of national missile defense. I do have
some concerns about the policy and direction of national missile
defense. I wanted to express them now because I think this is the
appropriate place.
I don't quarrel with the question of research for national missile
defense. We have been involved in a robust research program on missile
defense. Hopefully, that research, at some point, will bear fruit
sufficient that if a threat exists that would persuade us to deploy, we
would deploy a national missile defense system that is a workable
system and one that provides real and significant protection to our
country.
Last week--I think perhaps it was a week ago tomorrow--I was driving
on a road up in far northeastern North Dakota. I looked to my left and
I saw this huge concrete structure. It is, of course, the only
antiballistic missile system that was ever built in the free world. It
was built in the late 1960s, early 1970s. It was built in Nekoma, ND,
up in the northeastern corner of our State. The very month it was
declared operational it was also mothballed. Apparently, in today's
dollars, somewhere around $20 billion was spent. We still have the
massive quantities of concrete poured into a building that looks very
much like a modern-day pyramid up in the vast reaches of northeastern
North Dakota. That is a legacy, I suppose, to the taxpayers who say
sometimes you can have a very expensive program that doesn't turn out
quite the way you expected. Some will say, well, that program was just
fine; it was a bargaining chip in arms control, and it was mothballed
the very month it was declared operational because that was part of the
strategic calculation of our country. Of course, that is not the case.
I want to talk for a moment about the range of threats against our
country. One of those threats is the threat of a terrorist nation, or
an adversary, acquiring an intercontinental ballistic missile and
affixing to the top of this missile a nuclear warhead and then firing
that missile at the United States of America. If that should happen, do
we want to have in place a national missile defense system to intercept
it? Of course. The answer is yes, of course.
What are the likely threats? I mentioned an intercontinental
ballistic missile being acquired by a terrorist nation. But, it is far
more likely that it would not be an intercontinental ballistic missile
but a cruise missile; they are much more widely dispersed, and it would
be much more easily acquired. That cruise missile would travel 500 feet
above the ground, at 500 or 600 miles an hour, and would be launched
from a barge, or a submarine, or a plane just off our shores. That is
not going to be intercepted by a national missile defense system.
Some say we are working on theater defense that will intercept cruise
missiles. Yes, but that theater defense isn't part of what is going to
protect the perimeter of our country. It is far more likely that a
terrorist nation would acquire a cruise missile. Is there a defense
system against a cruise missile?
It is far more likely a terrorist nation would, in fact, terrorize
our country with a deadly vial of biological or chemical weapons that
could cause the kind of chaos that nearly occurred in Japan a couple of
years ago, where the right kind of deadly biological agents can kill
thousands, hundreds of thousands, perhaps a million people. It is far
more likely that a major U.S. city would be threatened by a suitcase
bomb placed in the trunk of a rusty Yugo car on a New York City dock by
a terrorist nation. That is far more likely than them acquiring a
sophisticated intercontinental ballistic missile.
The potential, for example, of an adversary such as Russia, which has
substantial nuclear might, accidentally launching tubes full of
missiles from a Russian submarine would not be defeated by the national
missile defense system we are talking about because the system being
discussed could only potentially defeat a handful of missiles, not an
accidental launch of all the tubes of a Russian submarine. Only a
handful of missiles could be intercepted by the missile defense system
that is currently under discussion. That doesn't suggest that we ought
not consider it. But the question I ask is this: Consideration at what
price and with what other consequences?
First, as we begin to make decisions about a national missile defense
system, I don't think we ought to just throw money at the system. I
think some who have an appetite for it say
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we should just keep pouring money in there and somehow a system will
emerge that will protect our country. I think that would lead to a
great deal of waste.
Second, the debate we have about deploying a national missile defense
system, as soon as technologically possible or feasible, is a debate
that worries me, because it seems to suggest all of the consequences
are less important and all of the consequences should be set aside.
What are those other consequences? One is a program we now have under
way with Russia in which we actually saw the wings off Russian bombers.
We actually remove Russian missiles from their silos and remove the
warheads from the missile. We are reducing in a dramatic way the number
of missiles and bombers and the capabilities of delivering warheads
aimed at this country.
I have in this desk drawer a little vial which, with the consent of
the Presiding Officer, I will show. This little vial of material is
wiring that was ground up. It is from a Russian submarine that carried
missiles aimed at the United States. That submarine is reduced to small
pieces of metal. It is cut up. It doesn't exist anymore. I have some of
the wiring right here.
How do we acquire the wiring of a Russian ballistic missile
submarine? You could shoot it and destroy it. That is one way. Or, the
other way is with an agreement between ourselves and the Russians to
reduce weapons of mass destruction and the delivery capabilities of
each side. We have seen submarines and bombers and nuclear warheads
being systematically reduced in a very aggressive way.
That is exactly what is happening here. That happens through the
Nunn-Lugar funds that are offered in this kind of legislation. It is a
very important program. It has been remarkably successful. I do not
want to, by what we are doing in other areas, jeopardize that kind of
arms reduction and arms control.
One other point, Mr. President: It is true that this is an
increasingly difficult and dangerous world. North Korea is testing
medium-range missiles. Iran is testing medium-range missiles. Pakistan
and India do not like each other, and they exploded nuclear weapons
right under each other's nose. It is a difficult and dangerous world.
I support research on missile defense. But I do not support efforts
that would say let us demand deployment of any system as soon as
technologically feasible, even if it is at the expense of injuring
other efforts to reduce the proliferation of nuclear weapons, or to
eliminate delivery systems of nuclear weapons under current arms
control regimes.
Some say the ABM Treaty is for a country that no longer exists, the
old Soviet Union; don't worry about it; ignore it.
The fact is that we have made significant progress under our arms
control agreements. I think we need to be very careful as we proceed
down this road not to do one thing at the expense of others that we
know will work.
I only wanted to say again that the national missile defense program
is one that I have provided support for by substantial amounts of
research. I do worry sometimes that the amount of money offered is
exceeding the amount of money the system is capable of using
effectively. It is a difficult technology to hit a bullet with a bullet
at intercontinental missile speeds. Some of my colleagues make the
point that it is not one program, it is many programs in a seamless
transition of dealing with suppression of missile threats in the
theater, and also dealing with intercontinental ballistic missile
threats.
It is true that these programs represent a number of different kinds
of programs. But the largest of them is the national missile defense
program, commonly referred to as that, which would be deployed to
defend against an intercontinental ballistic missile. Representing a
State that has housed the only ABM or national missile defense program
that was ever built in the Free World, I have some acquaintance with
it.
It is my hope that when and if this country deploys a system in the
future, it not be done at the expense of arms control reductions that
exist in other arms control agreements. That we not decide to focus so
much on this issue that we do so at the expense of the nonproliferation
efforts this country ought to have as job one. We ought to worry very
much every day and in every way about efforts to prevent the
proliferation and spread of weapons of mass destruction.
I think there is a lot of evidence out there about which we need to
be very concerned. Frankly, I think it has taken a back seat in recent
years. I think it has taken a back seat in Congress and a back seat in
the administration. I don't think we have had nearly as much effort as
I would feel comfortable with to try to combat the proliferation of
weapons of mass destruction.
There are not too many countries that have nuclear weapons at this
point, but many countries want to acquire them. There is a black market
in the weapons material and production of nuclear weapons. As all of
those countries are seeking to acquire weapons of mass destruction,
including nuclear weapons, I hope, as we discuss all of these issues,
our country will understand that to prevent proliferation of these
weapons, we should not just discuss national missile defense in a way
that says it is more important than any other area. If we are to build
a safer future for ourselves and our children, it must be a priority
for us to say that the proliferation of nuclear weapons around the
world is a very serious problem that this country ought to pay serious
attention to, and it ought to command a substantial amount of our time.
Mr. President, I yield the floor and I make a point of order that a
quorum is not present.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative assistant proceeded to call the roll.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order
for the quorum call be rescinded.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Amendment No. 551
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
The Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens), for Mr. Nickles,
proposes an amendment numbered 551.
At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:
``None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this or any other act may be made available for
reconstruction activities in the Republic of Serbia
(excluding the province of Kosovo) as long as Slobodan
Milosevic remains the President of the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro).''
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the
amendment be set aside.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the amendment will be set
aside.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order
for the quorum call be rescinded.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Amendments Nos. 552 Through 573, En Bloc
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I send to the desk a portion of the
managers' package that we have been working on. I will delineate each
amendment, send them to the desk, and ask they be considered en bloc.
The first is an amendment of Senator Inhofe pertaining to the
Starstreak missile. The next is an amendment of Senator Mack, $6
million for advanced-track acquisition; another amendment of Senator
Mack, $3 million electronic propulsion systems; Senator Mack, $5
million for the tropical remote sensing radar; an amendment of Senator
Burns, $6 million for pollution/waste systems, research and
development; Senator McConnell, $13 million for the MK-45, and $19
million for the Close In Weapon System.
I have an amendment for $1.5 million for the Pallet-Loading System;
Senator Bennett, $1 million for the alternative missile engine; Senator
Hollings, $3 million for the Environmental Pollution Preventive
Initiative; Senator
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Reid, $4.5 million for hot gas decontamination projects; Senator
Lieberman, $2 million for the Medical Informatics; Senator Reid, $2.8
million for the K-Band Test Obscuration Pairing System; Senator Kerrey,
$2 million for recombinant vaccine research; Senator Lautenberg, an
Army firefighting equipment amendment; Senator Biden, $3 million for
advanced composite materials processing; Senator Domenici, $5 million
for Army warfare analysis; Senator Domenici, $7.5 million for shield
imaging; Senators Wyden and Smith, $4 million for laser fusion; an
amendment of mine for $20 million for supersonic noise reduction;
Senator Leahy, JCETS reporting requirement; Senator Shelby, $5 million
for the DAU pilot program; Senator Inouye, an amendment for training by
the Center of Excellence for Disaster Management.
As I indicated, these amendments are part of the managers' group and
I ask they be considered en bloc.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the clerk will report the
amendments by number.
The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
The Senator from Alaska [Mr. Stevens] for himself and Mr.
Inouye, and on behalf of other Senators, proposes en bloc
amendments numbered 552 through 573.
Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I have studied the measures. I have no
objection.
Mr. STEVENS. These amendments have been cleared on both sides. I ask
they be considered en bloc, passed and adopted en bloc, and the motion
to reconsider be laid upon the table.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The amendments (Nos. 552 through 573) agreed to en bloc are as
follows:
amendment no. 552
At the end of the general provisions, insert the following:
Sec. . The Department of the Army is directed to conduct
a live fire, side-by-side operational test of the air-to-air
Starstreak and air-to-air Stinger missiles from the AH-64D
Longbow helicopter. The operational test is to be completed
utilizing funds provided for in this bill in addition to
funding provided for this purpose in the Fiscal Year 1999
Defense Appropriations Act (P.L. 105-262): Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department is
to ensure that the development, procurement or integration of
any missile for use on the AH-64 or RAH-66 helicopters, as an
air-to-air missile, is subject to a full and open competition
which includes the conduct of a live-fire, side-by-side test
as an element of the source selection criteria: Provided
further, That the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition &
Technology) will conduct an independent review of the need,
and the merits of acquiring an air-to-air missile to provide
self-protection for the AH-64 and RAH-66 from the threat of a
hostile forces. The Secretary is to provide his findings in a
report to the Defense Oversight Committees, no later than
March 31, 2000.
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amendment no. 553
(Purpose: To authorize use of $6,000,000 of Air Force RDT&E funds (in
PE 604604F) for the 3-D advanced track acquisition and imaging system)
At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:
Sec. 8109. Of the funds appropriated in title IV under the
heading ``Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air
Force'', up to $6,000,000 may be made available for the 3-D
advanced track acquisition and imaging system.
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amendment no. 554
(Purpose: To authorize use of $3,000,000 of Research, Development, Test
and Evaluation, Navy funds for electronic propulsion systems)
At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:
Sec. 8109. Of the funds appropriated in title IV under the
heading ``Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation,
Navy'', up to $3,000,000 may be made available for electronic
propulsion systems.
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Amendment No. 555
(Purpose: To authorize use of $5,000,000 of Drug Interdiction and
Counter-Drug Activities, Defense funds for a ground processing station
to support a tropical remote sensing radar)
At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:
Sec. . Of the funds appropriated in title IV under the
heading ``Counter-Drug Activities, Defense,'' up to
$5,000,000 may be made available for a ground processing
station to support a tropical remote sensing radar.
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Amendment No. 556
(Purpose: To provide additional funding for research and development to
reduce pollution associated with industrial manufacturing waste
systems)
Insert at the appropriate place in the bill the following:
``Sec. . Of the funds made available under the heading
``Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army'', up to
$6,000,000 may be provided to the U.S. Army Construction
Engineering Research Laboratory to continue research and
development to reduce pollution associated with industrial
manufacturing waste systems.''
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Amendment No. 557
(Purpose: To correct the allocation of Navy operation and maintenance
funds between two naval gun depot overhaul programs)
At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:
Sec. . Of the funds appropriated in title II under the
heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy,'' up to
$13,000,000 may be available for depot overhaul of the MK-45
weapon system, and up to $19,000,000 may be available for
depot overhaul of the Close In Weapon System.
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Amendment No. 558
(Purpose: To provide additional funding for prototyping and testing of
a water distributor for the Pallet-Loading System Engineer Mission
Module System)
At the end of the general provisions, add the following:
Sec. . Of the funds appropriated in Title IV under the
heading ``Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation,
Army,'' up to $1,500,000 may be available for prototyping and
testing of a water distributor for the Pallet-Loading System
Engineer Mission Module System.
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Amendment No. 559
(Purpose: To designate funds for the development of alternate missile
engines)
At the appropriate place in the bill insert the following
new general provision:
Sec. . Of the funds provided under Title IV of this Act
under ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air
Force'', up to $1,000,000 may be made available only for
alternative missile engine source development.
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Amendment No. 560
(Purpose: To set aside $3,000,000 of Army research, development, test,
and evaluation funds for the National Defense Center for Environmental
Excellence Pollution Prevention Initiative)
At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:
Sec. 8109. Of the funds appropriate in title IV under the
heading ``Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation,
Army'', up to $3,000,000 may be made available for the
National Defense Center for Environmental Excellence
Pollution Prevention Initiative.
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Amendment No. 561
(Purpose: To provide funds for a hot gas decontamination facility)
At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following
new section:
Sec. . Of the funds made available in Title IV of this Act
under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and
Evaluation, Defense-Wide'', up to $4,500,000 may be made
available for a hot gas decontamination facility.
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Amendment No. 562
(Purpose: To support a DoD Center for Medical Informatics)
At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:
Sec. . Of the funds made available under the heading
``Defense Health Program'', up to $2,000,000 may be made
available to support the establishment of a DoD Center for
Medical Informatics.
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amendment no. 563
(Purpose: To increase funds for the K-Band Test Obscuration Pairing
System)
On page 107, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following:
Sec. . Of the funds appropriated in Title III under the
heading ``Procurement, Marine Corps'', up to $2,800,000 may
be made available for the K-Band Test Obscuration Pairing
System.
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amendment no. 564
(Purpose: To support recombinant vaccine recombinant vaccine research)
At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:
Sec. . Of the funds made available under the heading
``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army'', up to
$2,000,000 may be made available to continue and expand on-
going work in recombinant vaccine research against biological
warfare agents.
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AMENDMENT NO. 565
(Purpose: To require conveyance of certain Army firefighting equipment
at Military Ocean Terminal, New Jersey)
At the end of the general provisions, add the following:
Sec. 8109. (a) The purpose of this section is to provide
means for the City of Bayonne, New Jersey, to furnish fire
protection through the City's municipal fire department for
the tenants, including the Coast
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Guard, and property at Military Ocean Terminal, New Jersey,
thereby enhancing the City's capability for furnishing safety
services that is a fundamental capability necessary for
encouraging the economic development of Military Ocean
Terminal.
(b) The Secretary of the Army may, notwithstanding title II
of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of
1949, convey without consideration to the Bayonne Local
Redevelopment Authority, Bayonne, New Jersey, and to the City
of Bayonne, New Jersey, jointly, all right, title, and
interest of the United States in and to the firefighting
equipment described in subsection (c).
(c) The equipment to be conveyed under subsection (b) is
firefighting equipment at Military Ocean Terminal, Bayonne,
New Jersey, as follows:
(1) Pierce Dash 2000 Gpm Pumper, manufactured September
1995.
(2) Pierce Arrow 100-foot Tower Ladder, manufactured
February 1994.
(3) Pierce HAZMAT truck, manufactured 1993.
(4) Ford E-350, manufactured 1992.
(5) Ford E-302, manufactured 1990.
(6) Bauer Compressor, Bauer-UN 12-E#5000psi, manufactured
November 1989.
(d) The conveyance and delivery of the property shall be at
no cost to the United States.
(e) The Secretary may require such additional terms and
conditions in connection with the conveyance under this
section as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the
interests of the United States.
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AMENDMENT NO. 566
(Purpose: To provide $3,000,000 (in PE 62234N) for the Navy for basic
research on advanced composite materials processing (specifically,
resin transfer molding, vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding, and co-
infusion resin transfer molding))
At the end of the general provisions, add the following:
Sec. 8109. Of the funds appropriated in title IV under the
heading ``Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation,
Navy'', up to $3,000,000 may be made available for basic
research on advanced composite materials processing
(specifically, resin transfer molding, vacuum-assisted resin
transfer molding, and co-infusion resin transfer molding).
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AMENDMENT NO. 567
(Purpose: To set aside $5,000,000 of Army RDT&E funds (in PE 605604A)
for Information Warfare Vulnerability Analysis)
At the appropriate place in the bill, insert:
Sec. 8109. Of the funds appropriated in title IV under the
heading ``Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation,
Army'', up to $5,000,000 may be available for Information
Warfare Vulnerability Analysis.
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AMENDMENT NO. 568
(Purpose: To set aside $7,500,000 of Air Force RDT&E funds (in PE
603605F) for the GEO High Resolution Space Object Imaging Program)
At the appropriate place in the bill, insert:
Sec. 8109. Of the funds appropriated in title IV under the
heading ``Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air
Force'', up to $7,500,000 may be made available for the GEO
High Resolution Space Object Imaging Program.
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AMENDMENT NO. 569
(Purpose: To set aside $4,000,000 for research, development, test, and
evaluation of elastin-based artificial tissues and dye targeted laser
fusion techniques for healing internal injuries)
At the appropriate place in the bill, insert:
Sec. 8109. Of the funds appropriated in title IV under the
heading ``Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation,
Army'', up to $4,000,000 may be available solely for
research, development, test, and evaluation of elastin-based
artificial tissues and dye targeted laser fusion techniques
for healing internal injuries.
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amendment no. 570
(Purpose: To provide funds for supersonic aircraft noise mitigation
research)
In the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following
new section:
Sec. . Of the funds made available in title IV of this
Act for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency under
the heading ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Defense-Wide'', up to $20,000,000 may be made available for
supersonic aircraft noise mitigation research and development
efforts.
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amendment no. 571
On line 22, page 97, insert the following:
(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 necessitate the waiver.
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amendment no. 572
At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:
Sec. . From within the funds provided for the Defense
Acquisition University, up to $5,000,000 may be spent on a
pilot program using state-of-the-art training technology that
would train the acquisition workforce in a simulated
government procurement environment.
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amendment no. 573
(Purpose: To stipulate training activities of Center of Excellence for
Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance)
At the appropriate place in the bill add the following:
Sec. . During the current fiscal year, under regulations
prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Center of
Excellence for Disaster Management and Humanitarian
Assistance may also pay, or authorize payment for, the
expenses of providing or facilitating education and training
for appropriate military and civilian personnel of foreign
countries in disaster management and humanitarian assistance:
Provided, That not later than April 1, 2001, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees
a report regarding the training of foreign personnel
conducted under this authority during the preceding fiscal
year for which expenses were paid under the section: Provided
further, That the report shall specify the countries in which
the training was conducted, the type of training conducted,
and the foreign personnel trained.
Mr. STEVENS. We have several other amendments we are trying to get
agreed to. I plead with Members of the Senate to bring forth the
amendments so we may study them and know the amendments that we will
debate later today. It is my hope we will finish this bill this
evening.
Let me state for the information of Members of the Senate, this is
not a military construction bill. This is the defense bill. Military
construction items will be in a separate bill. That bill will be marked
up by the Senate tomorrow. Members who have amendments concerning
military construction at home or abroad should present those to the
subcommittee for consideration at markup tomorrow. We have had some
suggested amendments to this bill; we do not want those to come to this
bill. This is not within the jurisdiction of the Defense Subcommittee.
We will be forced to oppose any amendment that is offered that deals
with military construction.
I suggest the absence of a quorum.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order
for the quorum call be rescinded.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Amendment No. 574
(Purpose: To authorize a project at Brooks Air Force Base, Texas, to
evaluate methods of improving efficiency in the operation of military
installations)
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Hutchison, I send an
amendment to the desk and ask that it be qualified.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
The Senator from Alaska [Mr. Stevens], for Mrs. Hutchison,
proposes an amendment numbered 574.
(The text of the amendment is printed in today's Record under
``Amendments Submitted.'')
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment will be set aside.
Mr. STEVENS. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative assistant proceeded to call the roll.
Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for
the quorum call be rescinded.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be
recognized as in morning business for 3 minutes.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
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