[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 87 (Monday, July 10, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6350-S6352]
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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
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                WELLSTONE (AND GRAMS) AMENDMENT NO. 3771

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. WELLSTONE (for himself and Mr. Grams) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by them to the bill (H.R. 4578) making 
appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes; 
as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert:


                         national forest system

       For an additional amount for `National Forest System' for 
     emergency expenses resulting from damages from wind storms, 
     $7,249,000, to become available upon enactment of this act 
     and to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
     entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: 
     Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available 
     only to the extent an official budget request for a specific 
     dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire amount 
     of the request as an emergency requirement as defined by such 
     Act, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
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                      WELLSTONE AMENDMENT NO. 3772

  Mr. WELLSTONE (for himself and Mr. Grams) proposed an amendment to 
the bill 4578, supra; as follows:

       On page 165, between lines 18 and 19, insert the following:
       For an additional amount for emergency expenses resulting 
     from damage from windstorms, $7,249,000, to become available 
     upon enactment of this Act, and to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That the entire amount shall be available 
     only to the extent that the President submits to Congress an 
     official budget request for a specific dollar amount that 
     includes designation of the entire amount of the request as 
     an emergency requirement for the purposes of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
     900 et seq.): Provided further, That the entire amount is 
     designated by Congress as an emergency requirement under 
     section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)).
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                       GORTON AMENDMENT NO. 3773

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. GORTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, H.R. 4578, supra; as follows:

       On page 167, line 15 of the bill, insert the number ``0'' 
     between the numbers ``1'' and ``5''.
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                       STEVENS AMENDMENT NO. 3774

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. STEVENS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, H.R. 4578, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place insert the following:
       Sec.   . Sections 5104, 5106 and 5109 of division B of H.R. 
     4425 as presented to the President on July 1, 2000 (106th 
     Congress), are repealed.
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        NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001

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                      DOMENICI AMENDMENT NO. 3775

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. DOMENICI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill (S. 2549) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 353, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following:

     SEC. 914. COORDINATION AND FACILITATION OF DEVELOPMENT OF 
                   DIRECTED ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, SYSTEMS, AND 
                   WEAPONS.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Directed energy systems are available to address many 
     current challenges with respect to military weapons, 
     including offensive weapons and defensive weapons.
       (2) Directed energy weapons offer the potential to maintain 
     an asymmetrical technological edge over adversaries of the 
     United States for the foreseeable future.
       (3) It is in the national interest that funding for 
     directed energy science and technology programs be increased 
     in order to support priority acquisition programs and to 
     develop new technologies for future applications.
       (4) It is in the national interest that the level of 
     funding for directed energy science and technology programs 
     correspond to the level of funding for large-scale 
     demonstration programs in order to ensure the growth

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     of directed energy science and technology programs and to 
     ensure the successful development of other weapons systems 
     utilizing directed energy systems.
       (5) The industrial base for several critical directed 
     energy technologies is in fragile condition and lacks 
     appropriate incentives to make the large-scale investments 
     that are necessary to address current and anticipated 
     Department of Defense requirements for such technologies.
       (6) It is in the national interest that the Department of 
     Defense utilize and expand upon directed energy research 
     currently being conducted by the Department of Energy, other 
     Federal agencies, the private sector, and academia.
       (7) It is increasingly difficult for the Federal Government 
     to recruit and retain personnel with skills critical to 
     directed energy technology development.
       (8) The implementation of the recommendations contained in 
     the High Energy Laser Master Plan of the Department of 
     Defense is in the national interest.
       (9) Implementation of the management structure outlined in 
     the Master Plan will facilitate the development of 
     revolutionary capabilities in directed energy weapons by 
     achieving a coordinated and focused investment strategy under 
     a new management structure featuring a joint technology 
     office with senior-level oversight provided by a technology 
     council and a board of directors.
       (b) Coordination and Oversight Under High Energy Laser 
     Master Plan.--(1) Subchapter II of Chapter 8 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new section:

     ``Sec. 204. Joint Technology Office

       ``(a) Establishment.--(1) There is in the Department of 
     Defense a Joint Technology Office (in this section referred 
     to as the `Office'). The Office shall be considered an 
     independent office within the Office of the Secretary of 
     Defense.
       ``(2) The Secretary of Defense may delegate responsibility 
     for authority, direction, and control of the Office to the 
     Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology.
       ``(b) Director.--(1) The head of the Office shall be a 
     civilian employee of the Department of Defense in the Senior 
     Executive Service who is designated by the Secretary of 
     Defense for that purpose. The head of the Office shall be 
     known as the `Director of the Joint Technology Office'.
       ``(2) The Director shall report directly to the Deputy 
     Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology.
       ``(c) Other Staff.--The Secretary of Defense shall provide 
     the Office such civilian and military personnel and other 
     resources as are necessary to permit the Office to carry out 
     its duties under this section.
       ``(d) Duties.--The duties of the Office shall be to--
       ``(1) develop and oversee the management of a Department of 
     Defense-wide program of science and technology relating to 
     directed energy technologies, systems, and weapons;
       ``(2) serve as a point of coordination for initiatives for 
     science and technology relating to directed energy 
     technologies, systems, and weapons from throughout the 
     Department of Defense;
       ``(3) develop and promote a program (to be known as the 
     `National Directed Energy Technology Alliance') to foster the 
     exchange of information and cooperative activities on 
     directed energy technologies, systems, and weapons between 
     and among the Department of Defense, other Federal agencies, 
     institutions of higher education, and the private sector;
       ``(4) initiate and oversee the coordination of the high-
     energy laser and high power microwave programs and offices of 
     the military departments; and
       ``(5) carry out such other activities relating to directed 
     energy technologies, systems, and weapons as the Deputy Under 
     Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology considers 
     appropriate.
       ``(e) Coordination Within Department of Defense.--(1) The 
     Director of the Office shall assign to appropriate personnel 
     of the Office the performance of liaison functions with the 
     other Defense Agencies and with the military departments.
       ``(2) The head of each military department and Defense 
     Agency having an interest in the activities of the Office 
     shall assign personnel of such department or Defense Agency 
     to assist the Office in carrying out its duties. In providing 
     such assistance, such personnel shall be known collectively 
     as `Technology Area Working Groups'.
       ``(f) Joint Technology Board of Directors.--(1) There is 
     established in the Department of Defense a board to be known 
     as the `Joint Technology Board of Directors' (in this section 
     referred to as the `Board').
       ``(2) The Board shall be composed of 9 members as follows:
       ``(A) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
     Technology, who shall serve as chairperson of the Board.
       ``(B) The Director of Defense Research and Engineering, who 
     shall serve as vice-chairperson of the Board.
       ``(C) The senior acquisition executive of the Department of 
     the Army.
       ``(D) The senior acquisition executive of the Department of 
     the Navy.
       ``(E) The senior acquisition executive of the Department of 
     the Air Force.
       ``(F) The senior acquisition executive of the Marine Corps.
       ``(G) The Director of the Defense Advanced Research 
     Projects Agency.
       ``(H) The Director of the Ballistic Missile Defense 
     Organization.
       ``(I) The Director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
       ``(3) The duties of the Board shall be--
       ``(A) to review and comment on recommendations made and 
     issues raised by the Council under this section; and
       ``(B) to review and oversee the activities of the Office 
     under this section.
       ``(g) Joint Technology Council.--(1) There is established 
     in the Department of Defense a council to be known as the 
     `Joint Technology Council' (in this section referred to as 
     the `Council').
       ``(2) The Council shall be composed of 8 members as 
     follows:
       ``(A) The Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Science and 
     Technology, who shall be chairperson of the Council.
       ``(B) The senior science and technology executive of the 
     Department of the Army.
       ``(C) The senior science and technology executive of the 
     Department of the Navy.
       ``(D) The senior science and technology executive of the 
     Department of the Air Force.
       ``(E) The senior science and technology executive of the 
     Marine Corps.
       ``(F) The senior science and technology executive of the 
     Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
       ``(G) The senior science and technology executive of the 
     Ballistic Missile Defense Organization.
       ``(H) The senior science and technology executive of the 
     Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
       ``(3) The duties of the Council shall be--
       ``(A) to review and recommend priorities among programs, 
     projects, and activities proposed and evaluated by the Office 
     under this section;
       ``(B) to make recommendations to the Board regarding 
     funding for such programs, projects, and activities; and
       ``(C) to otherwise review and oversee the activities of the 
     Office under this section.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter II 
     of chapter 8 of such title is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new section:

``204. Joint Technology Office.''.

       (3)(A) The Secretary of Defense shall locate the Joint 
     Technology Office under section 204 of title 10, United 
     States Code (as added by this subsection), at a location 
     determined appropriate by the Secretary, not later than 
     October 1, 2000.
       (B) In determining the location of the Office, the 
     Secretary shall, in consultation with the Deputy Under 
     Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology, evaluate 
     whether to locate the Office at a site at which occur a 
     substantial proportion of the directed energy research, 
     development, test, and evaluation activities of the 
     Department of Defense.
       (c) Technology Area Working Groups under High Energy Laser 
     Master Plan.--The Secretary of Defense shall provide for the 
     implementation of the portion of the High Energy Laser Master 
     Plan relating to technology area working groups.
       (d) Enhancement of Industrial Base.--(1) The Secretary of 
     Defense shall develop and undertake initiatives, including 
     investment initiatives, for purposes of enhancing the 
     industrial base for directed energy technologies and systems.
       (2) Initiatives under paragraph (1) shall be designed to--
       (A) stimulate the development by institutions of higher 
     education and the private sector of promising directed energy 
     technologies and systems; and
       (B) stimulate the development of a workforce skilled in 
     such technologies and systems.
       (e) Enhancement of Test and Evaluation Capabilities.--The 
     Secretary of Defense shall consider modernizing the High 
     Energy Laser Test Facility at White Sands Missile Range, New 
     Mexico, in order to enhance the test and evaluation 
     capabilities of the Department of Defense with respect to 
     directed energy weapons.
       (f) Cooperative Programs and Activities.--(1) The Secretary 
     of Defense shall evaluate the feasibility and advisability of 
     entering into cooperative programs or activities with other 
     Federal agencies, institutions of higher education, and the 
     private sector, including the national laboratories of the 
     Department of Energy, for the purpose of enhancing the 
     programs, projects, and activities of the Department of 
     Defense relating to directed energy technologies, systems, 
     and weapons. The Secretary shall carry out the evaluation in 
     consultation with the Joint Technology Board of Directors 
     established by section 204 of title 10, United States Code 
     (as added by subsection (b) of this section).
       (2) The Secretary shall enter into any cooperative program 
     or activity determined under the evaluation under paragraph 
     (1) to be feasible and advisable for the purpose set forth in 
     that paragraph.
       (g) Participation of Joint Technology Council in 
     Activities.--The Secretary of Defense shall, to the maximum 
     extent practicable, carry out activities under subsections 
     (c), (d), (e), and (f), through the Joint Technology Council 
     established pursuant to section 204 of title 10, United 
     States Code.
       (h) Funding for Fiscal Year 2001.--(1)(A) Of the amount 
     authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4) for research, 
     development, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide, up to 
     $50,000,000 may be available for science and technology 
     activities relating to directed energy technologies, systems, 
     and weapons.

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       (2) The Director of the Joint Technology Office established 
     pursuant to section 204 of title 10, United States Code, 
     shall allocate amounts available under paragraph (1) among 
     appropriate program elements of the Department of Defense, 
     and among cooperative programs and activities under this 
     section, in accordance with such procedures as the Director 
     shall establish.
       (3) In establishing procedures for purposes of the 
     allocation of funds under paragraph (2), the Director shall 
     provide for the competitive selection of programs, projects, 
     and activities to be the recipients of such funds.
       (i) Directed Energy Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``directed energy'', with respect to technologies, systems, 
     or weapons, means technologies, systems, or weapons that 
     provide for the directed transmission of energies across the 
     energy and frequency spectrum, including high energy lasers 
     and high power microwaves.
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                       SHELBY AMENDMENT NO. 3776

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. SHELBY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, H.R. 4578, supra; as follows:

       On page 163, after line 23, insert the following:

     SEC. 1__. MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT PENALTIES.

       Section 6 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 707) 
     is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``$15,000'' and 
     inserting ``$5,000''; and
       (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
       ``(c) Placement of Bait.--Notwithstanding section 3571 of 
     title 18, United States Code--
       ``(1) an individual who violates section 3(b)(2) shall be 
     fined not more than $5,000, imprisoned not more than 180 
     days, or both; and
       ``(2) a person, other than an individual, that violates 
     section 3(b)(2) shall be fined not more than $10,000, 
     imprisoned not more than 180 days, or both.''.
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              DISABLED VETERANS' LIFE MEMORIAL LEGISLATION

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                       THOMAS AMENDMENT NO. 3777

  Mr. WARNER (for Mr. Thomas) proposed an amendment to the bill (S. 
311) to authorize the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation to 
establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs, and 
for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 2, line 1, strike ``American''.
       On page 2, line 10, strike ``American''.
       On page 3, after line 16, insert the following new section 
     and redesignate the following sections accordingly:

     ``SEC. 201 SHORT TITLE.

       ``This title may be cited as the ``Commemorative Works 
     Clarification and Revision Act of 2000''.
       4. On page 8, line 6, through page 9, line 6, strike 
     subsection (h) in its entirety and insert the following:
       ``(h) Section 8 of the Act (40 U.S.C. 1008) is amended as 
     follows:
       ``(1) In subsection (a)(3) and (a)(4) and in subsection (b) 
     by striking ``person'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``sponsor'';
       ``(2) By amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
       ``(b) In addition to the foregoing criteria, no 
     construction permit shall be issued unless the sponsor 
     authorized to construct the commemorative work has donated an 
     amount equal to 10 percent of the total estimated cost of 
     construction to offset the costs of perpetual maintenance and 
     preservation of the commemorative work. All such proceeds 
     shall be available for the nonrecurring repair of the 
     sponsor's commemorative work pursuant to the provisions of 
     this subsection. The provisions of this subsection shall not 
     apply in instances when the commemorative work is constructed 
     by a Department or agency of the Federal Government and less 
     than 50 percent of the funding for such work is provided by 
     private sources.
       ``(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, money on 
     deposit in the Treasury on the date of enactment of this 
     subsection provided by a sponsor for maintenance pursuant to 
     this subsection shall be credited to a separate account in 
     the Treasury.
       ``(2) Money provided by a sponsor pursuant to the 
     provisions of this subsection after the date of enactment of 
     the Commemorative Works Clarification and Revision Act of 
     2000 shall be credited to a separate account with the 
     National Park Foundation.
       ``(3) Upon request, the Secretary of the Treasury or the 
     National Park Foundation shall make all or a portion of such 
     moneys available to the Secretary or the Administrator (as 
     appropriate) for the maintenance of a commemorative work. 
     Under no circumstances may the Secretary or Administrator 
     request funds from a separate account exceeding the total 
     money in the account established under paragraph (1) or (2). 
     The Secretary and the Administrator shall maintain an 
     inventory of funds available for such purposes. Funds 
     provided under this paragraph shall be available without 
     further appropriation and shall remain available until 
     expended.''; and
       ``(3) By amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
       ``(c) The sponsor shall be required to submit to the 
     Secretary or the Administrator (as appropriate) an annual 
     report of operations, including financial statements audited 
     by an independent certified public accountant, paid for by 
     the sponsor authorized to construct the commemorative 
     work.''.
       5. On page 10, after line 17, insert the following:

     ``SEC. 204. PREVIOUSLY APPROVED MEMORIALS.

       ``Nothing in this title shall apply to a memorial whose 
     site was approved, in accordance with the Commemorative Works 
     Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-652; 40 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), 
     prior to the date of enactment of this title.''.

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