[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the quorum call be rescinded.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the quorum call be rescinded.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).
                                  ____



                           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.
                                  ____



                           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.
                                  ____



                           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.
                                  ____



                           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.
                                  ____



                           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.''
                                  ____



                           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.
                                  ____



                           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.
                                  ____



                           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.
                                  ____



                           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.
                                  ____



                           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.
                                  ____



                           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.
                                  ____



                           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.
                                  ____



                           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.
                                  ____



                           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.
                                  ____



                           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).
                                  ____



                           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.
                                  ____



                           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.
                                  ____



                           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.
                                  ____



                           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.
                                  ____



                           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.
                                  ____



                           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.
                                  ____



                           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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