[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 85 (Monday, June 24, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5964-S5966]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 3966. Mr. INOUYE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2514, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2003 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       On page 100, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:

     SEC. 503. INCREASED GRADE FOR HEADS OF NURSE CORPS.

       (a) Army.--Section 3069(b) of title 10, United States Code, 
     is amended by striking ``brigadier general'' in the second 
     sentence and inserting ``major general''.
       (b) Navy.--The first sentence of section 5150(c) of such 
     title is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``rear admiral (upper half) in the case of 
     an officer in the Nurse Corps or'' after ``for promotion to 
     the grade of''; and
       (2) by inserting ``in the case of an officer in the Medical 
     Service Corps'' after ``rear admiral (lower half)''.
       (c) Air Force.--Section 8069(b) of such title is amended by 
     striking ``brigadier general'' in the second sentence and 
     inserting ``major general''.
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  SA 3967. Mrs. CLINTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2514, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2003 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       At the end of subtitle E of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1065. AUTHORITY TO MAKE PAYMENT TO HARRIET TUBMAN HOME, 
                   AUBURN, NEW YORK.

       (a) Authority.--(1) The Secretary of Defense may, out of 
     any amounts available for obligation, make a payment to the 
     Harriet Tubman Home in Auburn, New York, in the amount of 
     $11,750.
       (2) The amount specified in paragraph (1) is the amount of 
     widow's pension that Harriet Tubman should have received from 
     January 1899 to March 1913 under various laws authorizing 
     pension for the death of her husband, Nelson Davis, a 
     deceased veteran of the Civil War, but did not receive, 
     adjusted for inflation since March 1913.
       (b) Use of Amounts.--The Harriet Tubman Home shall use any 
     amounts received paid under subsection (a) for purposes of--
       (1) preserving and maintaining the Harriet Tubman Home; and
       (2) honoring the memory of Harriet Tubman.
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  SA 3968. Mr. SANTORUM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2514, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2003 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       On page 23, line 24, increase the amount by $1,000,000.
       On page 13, line 15, reduce the amount by $1,000,000.
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  SA 3969. Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire (for himself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. 
Grassley, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Reed, Mr. Craig, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Harkin, 
Mrs. Boxer, and Ms. Mikulski) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 
2514, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 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 125, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:

     SEC. 554. WEAR OF ABAYAS BY FEMALE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
                   FORCES IN SAUDI ARABIA.

       (a) Prohibitions Relating to Wear of Abayas.--No member of 
     the Armed Forces having authority over a member of the Armed 
     Forces and no officer or employee of the United States having 
     authority over a member of the Armed Forces may--
       (1) require or encourage that member to wear the abaya 
     garment or any part of the abaya garment while the member is 
     in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia pursuant to a permanent change 
     of station or orders for temporary duty; or
       (2) take any adverse action, whether formal or informal, 
     against the member for choosing not to wear the abaya garment 
     or any part of the abaya garment while the member is in the 
     Kingdom of Saudi Arabia pursuant to a permanent change of 
     station or orders for temporary duty.
       (b) Instruction.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall 
     provide each female member of the Armed Forces ordered to a 
     permanent change of station or temporary duty in the Kingdom 
     of Saudi Arabia with instructions regarding the prohibitions 
     in subsection (a) immediately upon the arrival of the member 
     at a United States military installation within the Kingdom 
     of Saudi Arabia. The instructions shall be presented orally 
     and in writing. The written instruction shall include the 
     full text of this section.
       (2) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall act 
     through the Commander in Chief, United States Central Command 
     and Joint Task Force Southwest Asia, and the commanders of 
     the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps components of the 
     United States Central Command and Joint Task Force Southwest 
     Asia.
       (c) Prohibition on Use of Funds for Procurement of 
     Abayas.--Funds appropriated or otherwise made available to 
     the Department of Defense may not be used to procure abayas 
     for regular or routine issuance to members of the Armed 
     Forces serving in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or for any 
     personnel of contractors accompanying the Armed Forces in the 
     Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the performance of contracts 
     entered

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     into with such contractors by the United States.
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  SA 3970. Mr. DURBIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2514, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2003 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

  [The amendment was not available for printing. It will appear in a 
future edition of the Record.]
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  SA 3971. Mr. BOND submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2514, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2003 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       At the end of the bill add the following new Title (and 
     renumber accordingly):

TITLE XXXIII--NATIONAL URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TASK FORCE AUTHORIZATION

     SEC. 3301. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``National Urban Search and 
     Rescue Task Force Assistance Act of 2002''.

     ``SEC. 3302. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

       (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
       (1) the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 
     established the National Urban Search and Rescue Response 
     System in 1989 pursuant to requirement in the Earthquakes 
     Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 which directed FEMA to provide 
     adequate search and rescue capacity in the event of an 
     earthquake.
       (2) once the President has issued a major disaster 
     declaration following a request by a governor, FEMA may 
     activate up to three task forces that are closest to the 
     disaster and additional task forces may be activated as 
     necessary;
       (3) each task force must be able to deploy all personnel 
     and equipment within six hours of activation and are expected 
     to be able to sustain themselves for the first 72 hours of 
     operations;
       (4) each task force must be capable of deploying at least 
     62 fully trained individuals, with each position staffed 
     three deep to ensure the availability of at least two 
     alternatives available in reserve for each position for a 
     total of 186 members in each task force;
       (5) task forces are supported by Incident Support Teams 
     which provide technical assistance to state and local 
     emergency managers, coordinate the activities of multiple 
     task forces and provide logistical support;
       (6) in fiscal year 2001, FEMA provided $7,200,000 to the 
     task forces for training and equipment, allocated according 
     to need;
       (7) in fiscal year 2001, FEMA provided some $6,000,000 for 
     upgrading the capability of six task forces to respond to 
     disaster resulting from the use of weapons of mass 
     destruction, including the capacity to search and provide 
     assistance in an environment with chemical, biological, or 
     radiological contamination;
       (8) there currently are 28 task forces throughout the 
     United States;
       (9) since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the 
     need for fully equipped and trained task forces is obvious;
       (10) by noon of September 12, 2001, eight task forces were 
     working valiantly with the courageous New York firefighters 
     to address the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the 
     World Trade Center, four task forces responded to the attacks 
     on the Pentagon, and 25 of 28 task forces were deployed over 
     a three-week period;
       (11) each task force is currently in need of additional 
     training and support equipment with each task force being 
     deployed with some 80,000 lbs. of search, rescue and support 
     equipment valued at some $1,800,000;
       (12) each task force is supported by some $150,000 per year 
     in operating costs with with needs of approximately 
     $1,500,000 to maintain optimum operational efficiency;
       (13) many task forces have inadequate transportation to 
     ensure a timely response to disasters, including acts of 
     terrorism;
       (14) the cost of maintaining FEMA's Incident Support Teams 
     as part of the search and rescue task forces is $5,000,000 
     per year;
       (15) the Federal Government needs to ensure that each task 
     force is adequately trained and equipped to perform urban 
     search and rescue functions in all environments, including 
     the aftermath from acts of terrorism involving weapons of 
     mass destruction;
       (16) the Federal Government needs to ensure that each task 
     force has adequate equipment to meet all operational needs 
     and staff support.
       (17) the Federal Government needs to ensure that each task 
     force has the capability to put two full teams in the field 
     to meet any disaster or act of terrorism;
       (18) the Federal Government needs to ensure that designated 
     task forces have the capability to deploy internationally to 
     provide search and rescue functions vital to our interests 
     and those of our allies; and
       (19) while these task forces were originally created for 
     earthquake response, these highly capable task forces have an 
     expanding and vital role in responding to acts of terrorism, 
     including those involving weapons of mass destruction.
       (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this act is to provide the 
     needed funds, equipment and training to ensure that all urban 
     search and rescue task forces have the full capability to 
     respond to all emergency search and rescue needs arising from 
     any disaster, including acts of terrorism involving a weapon 
     of mass destruction.

     SEC. 3303. DEFINITIONS.

       For purposes of this title, the following definitions 
     apply:
       (1) The term ``Director'' shall mean the Director of the 
     Federal Emergency Management Agency.
       (2) The term ``urban search and rescue task force'' shall 
     be any of the 28 urban search and rescue task forces 
     currently designated by FEMA.
       (3) The term ``urban search and rescue equipment'' means 
     any equipment, determined by the Director, as necessary to 
     respond to any emergency, designated as a disaster by the 
     President of the United States, including any emergency for 
     which the proximate cause is a terrorist act, including 
     biological, nuclear/radioactive, or chemical terrorism.

     SEC. 3304. ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Eligible Activities.--The Director may provide one or 
     more grants to each urban search and rescue task force for:
       (1) operational costs in excess of the funds provided under 
     subsection (b) of this section;
       (2) the cost of all needed urban search and rescue 
     equipment;
       (3) the cost of equipment needed to allow a task force to 
     operate in an environment contaminated by weapons of mass of 
     destruction, including chemical, biological, and nuclear/
     radioactive contaminants;
       (4) the cost of training, including training for operating 
     in an environment contaminated by weapons of mass 
     destruction, including chemical, biological, and nuclear/
     radioactive weapons;
       (5) the cost of transportation;
       (6) the cost of task force expansion; and
       (7) the cost of Incident Support Teams, including the cost 
     to conduct appropriate task force readiness evaluations.
       (b) Cost of Operations.--The Director shall provide not 
     less than $1,500,000 for operational costs to each urban 
     search and rescue task force in each fiscal year.
       (c) Priority for Funding.--The Director shall prioritize 
     all funding under this section to ensure that all urban 
     search and rescue task forces have the capacity, including 
     all needed equipment and training, to deploy two separate 
     task forces simultaneously from each sponsoring agency.

     SEC. 3305. GRANT REQUIREMENTS.

       The Director shall establish such requirements as necessary 
     to award grants under this Act.

     SEC. 3306. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR COORDINATION.

       The Director may award no more than four percent of the 
     funds appropriated for any fiscal year under section 3309 for 
     technical assistance to allow urban search and rescue task 
     forces to coordinate with other agencies and organizations, 
     including career and volunteer fire departments, to meet 
     state and local disasters, including those resulting from 
     acts of terrorism involving the use of a weapon of mass 
     destruction including chemical, biological, and nuclear/
     radioactive weapons.

     SEC. 3307. ADDITIONAL TASK FORCES.

       The Director is authorized to establish additional urban 
     search and rescue teams pursuant to a finding of need. No 
     additional urban search and rescue teams may be designated or 
     funded until the first 28 teams are fully funded and able to 
     deploy simultaneously two task forces from each sponsoring 
     agency with all necessary equipment, training and 
     transportation.

     SEC. 3308. PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES.

       For purpose of ensuring the effectiveness of the urban 
     search and rescue task forces assisted under this Act, the 
     Director may use the authority under section 306 of the 
     Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
     Act of 1988, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5149), to incur any 
     additional obligations as determined necessary by the 
     Director.

     SEC. 3309. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       There is authorized to be appropriated $160,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 2003 of which each task force is to receive not 
     less than $1,500,000 for operational costs (including the 
     costs of basic search and rescue equipment), and there is 
     authorized to be appropriated such sums as necessary for all 
     subsequent fiscal years.
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  SA 3972. Mr. LOTT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2514, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2003 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:


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       At the end of subtitle B of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1024. TRANSFERS OF NAVAL VESSELS TO CERTAIN FOREIGN 
                   COUNTRIES.

       (a) Transfers by Sale.--The Secretary of the Navy is 
     authorized to transfer vessels to foreign countries on a sale 
     basis under section 21 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2761) as follows:
       (1) Taiwan.--To the Taipei Economic and Cultural 
     Representative Office in the United States (which is the 
     Taiwan instrumentality designated pursuant to section 10(a) 
     of the Taiwan Relations Act), the KIDD class guided missile 
     destroyers KIDD (DDG 993), CALLAGHAN (DDG 994), SCOTT (DDG 
     995), and CHANDLER (DDG 996).
       (2) Turkey.--To the Government of Turkey, the OLIVER HAZARD 
     PERRY class guided missile frigates ESTOCIN (FFG 15) and 
     SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON (FFG 13).
       (3) Mexico.--To the Government of Mexico, the NEWPORT class 
     tank landing ship FREDERICK (LST 1184).
       (b) Construction With Other Transfer Authority.--The 
     authority to transfer vessels on a sale basis under paragraph 
     (1) or (2) of subsection (a) is in addition to the authority 
     to transfer the vessels referred to in the such paragraph 
     under section 1011(b) of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107-107; 115 Stat. 
     1210).
       (c) Requirement for Provision in Advance in an 
     Appropriations Act.--Authority to transfer vessels on a sale 
     basis under subsection (a) is effective only to the extent 
     that authority to effectuate such transfers, together with 
     appropriations to cover the associated cost (as defined in 
     section 502 of the Congressional Budget of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
     661(a)), are provided in advance in an appropriations Act.
       (d) Notification of Congress.--Not later than 30 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
     Navy shall submit to Congress, for each naval vessel that is 
     to be transferred under this section before January 1, 2003, 
     the notifications required under section 516 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2331j) and section 525 of 
     the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
     Programs Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-118; 111 
     Stat. 2413).
       (e) Costs of Transfers.--Any expense incurred by the United 
     States in connection with a transfer authorized by this 
     section shall be charged to the recipient.
       (f) Repair and Refurbishment in United States Shipyards.--
     To the maximum extent practicable, the President shall 
     require, as a condition of the transfer of a vessel under 
     this section, that the country to which the vessel is 
     transferred have such repair or refurbishment of the vessel 
     as is needed, before the vessel joins the naval forces of 
     that country, performed at a shipyard located in the United 
     States, including a United States Navy shipyard.
       (g) Expiration of Authority.--The authority to transfer a 
     vessel under this section shall expire at the end of the two-
     year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.

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