[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 11720-11784]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000

  On May 27, 1999, the bill, S. 1060, was passed by the Senate. The 
text of the bill is as follows:

                                S. 1060

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000''.

     SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees defined.

                          TITLE I--PROCUREMENT

              Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 101. Army.
Sec. 102. Navy and Marine Corps.
Sec. 103. Air Force.
Sec. 104. Defense-wide activities.
Sec. 105. Defense Inspector General.
Sec. 106. Chemical demilitarization program.
Sec. 107. Defense health programs.

                       Subtitle B--Army Programs

Sec. 111. Multiyear procurement authority for certain Army programs.
Sec. 112. Close combat tactical trainer program.
Sec. 113. Army aviation modernization.
Sec. 114. Multiple Launch Rocket System.

                       Subtitle C--Navy Programs

Sec. 121. LHD-8 amphibious dock ship program.
Sec. 122. Arleigh Burke class destroyer program.
Sec. 123. Repeal of requirement for annual report from shipbuilders 
              under certain nuclear attack submarine programs.
Sec. 124. Cooperative engagement capability program.
Sec. 125. F/A-18E/F aircraft program.

                     Subtitle D--Air Force Programs

Sec. 131. F-22 aircraft program.

                       Subtitle E--Other Matters

Sec. 141. Extension of authority to carry out Armament Retooling and 
              Manufacturing Support Initiative.
Sec. 142. Extension of pilot program on sales of manufactured articles 
              and services of certain Army industrial facilities 
              without regard to availability from domestic sources.
Sec. 143. D-5 Missile program.

         TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

              Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 202. Amount for basic and applied research.

    Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations

Sec. 211. NATO common-funded civil budget.
Sec. 212. Micro-satellite technology development program.
Sec. 213. Space control technology.
Sec. 214. Space maneuver vehicle.
Sec. 215. Manufacturing technology program.
Sec. 216. Testing of airblast and improvised explosives.

                 Subtitle C--Ballistic Missile Defense

Sec. 221. Theater missile defense upper tier acquisition strategy.
Sec. 222. Repeal of requirement to implement technical and price 
              competition for theater high altitude area defense 
              system.
Sec. 223. Space-based laser program.
Sec. 224. Airborne laser program.
Sec. 225. Sense of Congress regarding ballistic missile defense 
              technology funding.
Sec. 226. Report on National Missile Defense.
Sec. 227. Options for Air Force cruise missiles.

      Subtitle D--Research and Development for Long-Term Military 
                              Capabilities

Sec. 231. Annual report on emerging operational concepts.
Sec. 232. Technology area review and assessment.
Sec. 233. Report by Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
              Technology.
Sec. 234. Incentives to produce innovative new technologies.
Sec. 235. DARPA competitive prizes award program for encouraging 
              development of advanced technologies.
Sec. 236. Additional pilot program for revitalizing Department of 
              Defense laboratories.
Sec. 237. Exemption of defense laboratory employees from certain 
              workforce management restrictions.
Sec. 238. Use of working-capital funds for financing research and 
              development of the military departments.
Sec. 239. Efficient utilization of defense laboratories.

                       Subtitle E--Other Matters

Sec. 251. Report on Air Force distributed mission training.

                  TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

              Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding.
Sec. 302. Working-capital funds.
Sec. 303. Armed Forces Retirement Home.
Sec. 304. Transfer from National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund.
Sec. 305. Operational Meteorology and Oceanography and UNOLS.
Sec. 306. Armed Forces Emergency Services.

    Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations

Sec. 311. NATO common-funded military budget.
Sec. 312. Use of humanitarian and civic assistance funding for pay and 
              allowances of special operations command reserves 
              furnishing demining training and related assistance as 
              humanitarian assistance.
Sec. 313. National Defense Features Program.
Sec. 314. Additional amounts for drug interdiction and counter-drug 
              activities.

                  Subtitle C--Environmental Provisions

Sec. 321. Environmental technology management.
Sec. 322. Establishment of environmental restoration accounts for 
              installations closed or realigned under the base closure 
              laws and for formerly used defense sites.
Sec. 323. Extension of limitation on payment of fines and penalties 
              using funds in environmental restoration accounts.
Sec. 324. Modification of requirements for annual reports on 
              environmental compliance activities.
Sec. 325. Modification of membership of Strategic Environmental 
              Research and Development Program Council.
Sec. 326. Extension of pilot program for sale of air pollution emission 
              reduction incentives.
Sec. 327. Reimbursement of Environmental Protection Agency for certain 
              costs in connection with Fresno Drum Superfund Site, 
              Fresno, California.
Sec. 328. Payment of stipulated penalties assessed under CERCLA in 
              connection with F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming.
Sec. 329. Provision of information and guidance to the public regarding 
              environmental contamination at United States military 
              installations formerly operated by the United States that 
              have been closed.
Sec. 330. Ordnance mitigation study.

                       Subtitle D--Other Matters

Sec. 341. Extension of warranty claims recovery pilot program.
Sec. 342. Additional matters to be reported before prime vendor 
              contract for depot-level maintenance and repair is 
              entered into.
Sec. 343. Implementation of jointly approved changes in defense retail 
              systems.
Sec. 344. Waiver of required condition for sales of articles and 
              services of industrial facilities to purchasers outside 
              the Department of Defense.
Sec. 345. Eligibility to receive financial assistance available for 
              local educational agencies that benefit dependents of 
              Department of Defense personnel.
Sec. 346. Use of Smart Card technology in the Department of Defense.
Sec. 347. Study on use of Smart Card as PKI authentication device 
              carrier for the Department of Defense.
Sec. 348. Revision of authority to donate certain Army materiel for 
              funeral ceremonies.
Sec. 349. Modification of limitation on funding assistance for 
              procurement of equipment for the National Guard for drug 
              interdiction and counter-drug activities.
Sec. 350. Authority for payment of settlement claims.
Sec. 351. Sense of Senate regarding settlement of claims of American 
              servicemen's families regarding deaths resulting from the 
              accident off the coast of Namibia on September 13, 1997.

              TITLE IV--MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS

                       Subtitle A--Active Forces

Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces.
Sec. 402. Revision in permanent end strength levels.
Sec. 403. Reduction of end strengths below levels for two major 
              regional contingencies.

                       Subtitle B--Reserve Forces

Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve.

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Sec. 412. End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the 
              reserves.
Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians.
Sec. 414. Increase in numbers of members in certain grades authorized 
              to be on active duty in support of the Reserves.

              Subtitle C--Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 421. Authorization of appropriations for military personnel.

                   TITLE V--MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY

                  Subtitle A--Officer Personnel Policy

Sec. 501. Extension of requirement for competition for joint 4-star 
              officer positions.
Sec. 502. Additional three-star officer positions for Superintendents 
              of Service Academies.
Sec. 503. Increase in maximum number of officers authorized to be on 
              active-duty list in frocked grade of brigadier general or 
              rear admiral.
Sec. 504. Reserve officers requesting or otherwise causing nonselection 
              for promotion.
Sec. 505. Minimum grade of officers eligible to serve on boards of 
              inquiry.
Sec. 506. Minimum selection of warrant officers for promotion from 
              below the promotion zone.
Sec. 507. Increase in threshold period of active duty for applicability 
              of restriction on holding of civil office by retired 
              regular officers and reserve officers.
Sec. 508. Exemption of retiree council members from recalled retiree 
              limits.

                 Subtitle B--Reserve Component Matters

Sec. 511. Additional exceptions for reserve component general and flag 
              officers from limitation on authorized strength of 
              general and flag officers on active duty.
Sec. 512. Duties of Reserves on active duty in support of the reserves.
Sec. 513. Repeal of limitation on number of Reserves on full-time 
              active duty in support of preparedness for responses to 
              emergencies involving weapons of mass destruction.
Sec. 514. Extension of period for retention of reserve component majors 
              and lieutenant commanders who twice fail of selection for 
              promotion.
Sec. 515. Continuation of officer on reserve active-status list for 
              disciplinary action.
Sec. 516. Retention of reserve component chaplains until age 67.
Sec. 517. Reserve credit for participation in health professions 
              scholarship and financial assistance program.
Sec. 518. Exclusion of reserve officers on educational delay from 
              eligibility for consideration for promotion.
Sec. 519. Exclusion of period of pursuit of professional education from 
              computation of years of service for reserve officers.
Sec. 520. Correction of reference relating to crediting of satisfactory 
              service by reserve officers in highest grade held.
Sec. 521. Establishment of Office of the Coast Guard Reserve.
Sec. 522. Chiefs of reserve components and the additional general 
              officers at the National Guard Bureau.

              Subtitle C--Military Education and Training

Sec. 531. Authority to exceed temporarily a strength limitation for the 
              service academies.
Sec. 532. Repeal of limitation on amount of reimbursement authorized to 
              be waived for foreign students at the service academies.
Sec. 533. Expansion of foreign exchange programs of the service 
              academies.
Sec. 534. Permanent authority for ROTC scholarships for graduate 
              students.
Sec. 535. Authority for award of master of strategic studies degree by 
              the United States Army War College.
Sec. 536. Minimum educational requirements for faculty of the Community 
              College of the Air Force.
Sec. 537. Conferral of graduate-level degrees by Air University.
Sec. 538. Payment of tuition for education and training of members in 
              the defense acquisition workforce.
Sec. 539. Financial assistance program for pursuit of degrees by 
              officer candidates in Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class 
              Program.

           Subtitle D--Decorations, Awards, and Commendations

Sec. 551. Waiver of time limitations for award of certain decorations 
              to certain persons.
Sec. 552. Authority for award of Medal of Honor to Alfred Rascon for 
              valor during the Vietnam conflict.
Sec. 553. Elimination of backlog in requests for replacement of 
              military medals and other decorations.
Sec. 554. Retroactive award of Navy Combat Action Ribbon.

       Subtitle E--Amendments to Uniform Code of Military Justice

Sec. 561. Increase in sentencing jurisdiction of special courts-martial 
              authorized to adjudge a bad conduct discharge.
Sec. 562. Reduced minimum blood and breath alcohol levels for offense 
              of drunken operation or control of a vehicle, aircraft, 
              or vessel.

                       Subtitle F--Other Matters

Sec. 571. Funeral honors details at funerals of veterans.
Sec. 572. Increased authority to extend delayed entry period for 
              enlistments of persons with no prior military service.
Sec. 573. Army college first pilot program.
Sec. 574. Reduction in required frequency of reporting on the Selected 
              Reserve Educational Assistance Program under the 
              Montgomery GI Bill.
Sec. 575. Participation of members in management of organizations 
              abroad that promote international understanding.
Sec. 576. Forensic pathology investigations by Armed Forces Medical 
              Examiner.
Sec. 577. Nondisclosure of information on missing persons returned to 
              United States control.
Sec. 578. Use of recruiting materials for public relations purposes.
Sec. 579. Improvement and transfer of jurisdiction of troops-to-
              teachers program.
Sec. 580. Support for expanded child care services and youth program 
              services for dependents.
Sec. 581. Responses to domestic violence in the Armed Forces.
Sec. 582. Posthumous advancement of Rear Admiral (retired) Husband E. 
              Kimmel and Major General (Retired) Walter C. Short on 
              retired lists.
Sec. 583. Exit survey for separating members.
Sec. 584. Administration of defense reform initiative enterprise 
              program for military manpower and personnel information.

          TITLE VI--COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS

                     Subtitle A--Pay and Allowances

Sec. 601. Fiscal year 2000 increase and restructuring of basic pay.
Sec. 602. Pay increases for fiscal years 2001 through 2006.
Sec. 603. Special subsistence allowance for food stamp eligible 
              members.
Sec. 604. Payment for unused leave in conjunction with a reenlistment.
Sec. 605. Continuance of pay and allowances while in duty status 
              (whereabouts unknown).
Sec. 606. Equitable treatment of class of 1987 of the Uniformed 
              Services University of the Health Sciences.

           Subtitle B--Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays

Sec. 611. One-year extension of authorities relating to payment of 
              certain bonuses and special pays.
Sec. 612. One-year extension of certain bonuses and special pay 
              authorities for reserve forces.
Sec. 613. One-year extension of certain bonuses and special pay 
              authorities for nurse officer candidates, registered 
              nurses, and nurse anesthetists.
Sec. 614. Amount of aviation career incentive pay for air battle 
              managers formerly eligible for hazardous duty pay.
Sec. 615. Aviation career officer special pay.
Sec. 616. Career enlisted flyer incentive pay.
Sec. 617. Retention bonus for special warfare officers extending 
              periods of active duty.
Sec. 618. Retention bonus for surface warfare officers extending 
              periods of active duty.
Sec. 619. Additional special pay for board certified veterinarians in 
              the Armed Forces and Public Health Service.
Sec. 620. Increase in rate of diving duty special pay.
Sec. 621. Increase in maximum amount authorized for reenlistment bonus 
              for active members.
Sec. 622. Critical skills enlistment bonus.
Sec. 623. Selected Reserve enlistment bonus.
Sec. 624. Special pay for members of the Coast Guard Reserve assigned 
              to high priority units of the Selected Reserve.
Sec. 625. Reduced minimum period of enlistment in Army in critical 
              skill for eligibility for enlistment bonus.
Sec. 626. Eligibility for reserve component prior service enlistment 
              bonus upon attaining a critical skill.

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Sec. 627. Increase in special pay and bonuses for nuclear-qualified 
              officers.
Sec. 628. Increase in maximum monthly rate authorized for foreign 
              language proficiency pay.
Sec. 629. Sense of the Senate regarding tax treatment of members 
              receiving special pay.

            Subtitle C--Travel and Transportation Allowances

Sec. 641. Payment of temporary lodging expenses to enlisted members 
              making first permanent change of station.
Sec. 642. Destination airport for emergency leave travel to the 
              continental United States.
Sec. 643. Clarification of per diem eligibility of certain military 
              technicians (dual status) serving on active duty without 
              pay outside the United States.
Sec. 644. Expansion and codification of authority for space required 
              travel on military aircraft for Reserves performing 
              inactive-duty training outside the continental United 
              States.
Sec. 645. Reimbursement of travel expenses incurred by members of the 
              Armed Forces in connection with leave canceled for 
              involvement in Kosovo-related activities.

    Subtitle D--Retired Pay, Survivor Benefits, and Related Matters

Sec. 651. Retired pay options for personnel entering uniformed services 
              on or after August 1, 1986.
Sec. 652. Participation in Thrift Savings Plan.
Sec. 653. Special retention initiative.
Sec. 654. Repeal of reduction in retired pay for civilian employees.
Sec. 655. Credit toward paid-up SBP coverage for months covered by 
              make-up premium paid by persons electing SBP coverage 
              during special open enrollment period.
Sec. 656. Paid-up coverage under Retired Serviceman's Family Protection 
              Plan.
Sec. 657. Permanent authority for payment of annuities to certain 
              military surviving spouses.
Sec. 658. Effectuation of intended SBP annuity for former spouse when 
              not elected by reason of untimely death of retiree.
Sec. 659. Special compensation for severely disabled uniformed services 
              retirees.
Sec. 660. Computation of survivor benefits.

  Subtitle E--Montgomery GI Bill Benefits and Other Education Benefits

                  Part I--Montgomery GI Bill Benefits

Sec. 671. Increase in rates of educational assistance for full-time 
              education.
Sec. 672. Termination of reductions of basic pay.
Sec. 673. Accelerated payments of educational assistance.
Sec. 674. Transfer of entitlement to educational assistance by certain 
              members of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 675. Availability of educational assistance benefits for 
              preparatory courses for college and graduate school 
              entrance exams.

                  Part II--Other Educational Benefits

Sec. 681. Accelerated payments of certain educational assistance for 
              members of Selected Reserve.
Sec. 682. Modification of time for use by certain members of Selected 
              Reserve of entitlement to certain educational assistance.

                            Part III--Report

Sec. 685. Report on effect of educational benefits improvements on 
              recruitment and retention of members of the Armed Forces.

                       Subtitle F--Other Matters

Sec. 691. Annual report on effects of initiatives on recruitment and 
              retention.
Sec. 692. Members under burdensome PERSTEMPO.
Sec. 693. Increased tuition assistance for members of the Armed Forces 
              deployed in support of a contingency operation or similar 
              operation.
Sec. 694. Administration of Selected Reserve education loan repayment 
              program for Coast Guard Reserve.
Sec. 695. Extension to all uniformed services of authority for 
              presentation of United States flag to members upon 
              retirement.
Sec. 696. Participation of additional members of the Armed Forces in 
              Montgomery GI Bill program.
Sec. 697. Revision of educational assistance interval payment 
              requirements.
Sec. 698. Implementation of the special supplemental nutrition program.

                         TITLE VII--HEALTH CARE

                      Subtitle A--TRICARE Program

Sec. 701. Improvement of TRICARE benefits and management.
Sec. 702. Expansion and revision of authority for dental programs for 
              dependents and Reserves.
Sec. 703. Sense of Congress regarding automatic enrollment of medicare-
              eligible beneficiaries in the TRICARE Senior Prime 
              demonstration program.
Sec. 704. TRICARE beneficiary advocates.
Sec. 705. Open enrollment demonstration program.

                       Subtitle B--Other Matters

Sec. 711. Care at former uniformed services treatment facilities for 
              active duty members stationed at certain remote 
              locations.
Sec. 712. One-year extension of chiropractic health care demonstration 
              program.
Sec. 713. Program year stability in health care benefits.
Sec. 714. Best value contracting.
Sec. 715. Authority to order reserve component members to active duty 
              for health surveillance studies.
Sec. 716. Continuation of previously provided custodial care benefits 
              for certain CHAMPUS beneficiaries.
Sec. 717. Enhancement of dental benefits for retirees.
Sec. 718. Medical and dental care for certain members incurring 
              injuries on inactive-duty training.
Sec. 719. Health care quality information and technology enhancement.
Sec. 720. Joint telemedicine and telepharmacy demonstration projects by 
              the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans 
              Affairs.

  TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED 
                                MATTERS

Sec. 801. Extension of test program for negotiation of comprehensive 
              small business subcontracting plans.
Sec. 802. Mentor-protege program improvements.
Sec. 803. Report on transition of small business innovation research 
              program activities into defense acquisition programs.
Sec. 804. Authority to carry out certain prototype projects.
Sec. 805. Pilot program for commercial services.
Sec. 806. Streamlined applicability of cost accounting standards.
Sec. 807. Guidance on use of task order and delivery order contracts.
Sec. 808. Clarification of definition of commercial items with respect 
              to associated services.
Sec. 809. Use of special simplified procedures for purchases of 
              commercial items in excess of the simplified acquisition 
              threshold.
Sec. 810. Extension of interim reporting rule for certain procurements 
              less than $100,000.
Sec. 811. Contract goal for small disadvantaged businesses and certain 
              institutions of higher education.

      TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT

                          Subtitle A--General

Sec. 901. Number of management headquarters and headquarters support 
              activities personnel.
Sec. 902. Additional matters for annual reports on joint warfighting 
              experimentation.
Sec. 903. Acceptance of guarantees in connection with gifts to the 
              United States Military Academy.
Sec. 904. Management of the Civil Air Patrol.
Sec. 905. Minimum interval for updating and revising Department of 
              Defense strategic plan.
Sec. 906. Permanent requirement for quadrennial defense review.

Subtitle B--Commission To Assess United States National Security Space 
                      Management and Organization

Sec. 911. Establishment of commission.
Sec. 912. Duties of commission.
Sec. 913. Report.
Sec. 914. Powers.
Sec. 915. Commission procedures.
Sec. 916. Personnel matters.
Sec. 917. Miscellaneous administrative provisions.
Sec. 918. Funding.
Sec. 919. Termination of the commission.

                      TITLE X--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                     Subtitle A--Financial Matters

Sec. 1001. Transfer authority.
Sec. 1002. Second biennial financial management improvement plan.
Sec. 1003. Single payment date for invoice for various subsistence 
              items.
Sec. 1004. Authority to require use of electronic transfer of funds for 
              Department of Defense personnel payments.
Sec. 1005. Payment of foreign licensing fees out of proceeds of sales 
              of maps, charts, and navigational books.
Sec. 1006. Authority for disbursing officers to support use of 
              automated teller machines on naval vessels for financial 
              transactions.

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Sec. 1007. Central transfer account for combating terrorism.
Sec. 1008. United States contribution to NATO common-funded budgets in 
              fiscal year 2000.
Sec. 1009. Responsibilities and accountability for financial 
              management.
Sec. 1010. Authorization of emergency supplemental appropriations for 
              fiscal year 1999.

                Subtitle B--Naval Vessels and Shipyards

Sec. 1011. Sales of naval shipyard articles and services to nuclear 
              ship contractors.
Sec. 1012. Period of delay after notice of proposed transfer of vessel 
              stricken from Naval Vessel Register.
Sec. 1013. Transfer of naval vessel to foreign country.

       Subtitle C--Miscellaneous Report Requirements and Repeals

Sec. 1021. Preservation of certain defense reporting requirements.
Sec. 1022. Annual report on combatant command requirements.
Sec. 1023. Report on assessments of readiness to execute the national 
              military strategy.
Sec. 1024. Report on inventory and control of military equipment.
Sec. 1025. Space technology guide.
Sec. 1026. Report and regulations on Department of Defense policies on 
              protecting the confidentiality of communications with 
              professionals providing therapeutic or related services 
              regarding sexual or domestic abuse.
Sec. 1027. Comptroller General report on anticipated effects of 
              proposed changes in operation of storage sites for lethal 
              chemical agents and munitions.
Sec. 1028. Report on deployments of rapid assessment and initial 
              detection teams across State boundaries.
Sec. 1029. Report on consequence management program integration office 
              unit readiness.
Sec. 1030. Analysis of relationship between threats and budget 
              submission for fiscal year 2001.
Sec. 1031. Report on NATO's Defense Capabilities Initiative.
Sec. 1032. Review of incidence of State motor vehicle violations by 
              Army personnel.
Sec. 1033. Report on use of National Guard facilities and 
              infrastructure for support of provision of veterans 
              services.
Sec. 1034. Report on military-to-military contacts with the People's 
              Republic of China.

                       Subtitle D--Other Matters

Sec. 1041. Limitation on retirement or dismantlement of strategic 
              nuclear delivery systems.
Sec. 1042. Limitation on reduction in United States strategic nuclear 
              forces.
Sec. 1043. Counterproliferation program review committee.
Sec. 1044. Limitation regarding Cooperative Threat Reduction programs.
Sec. 1045. Period covered by annual report on accounting for United 
              States assistance under Cooperative Threat Reduction 
              Programs.
Sec. 1046. Support of United Nations-sponsored efforts to inspect and 
              monitor Iraqi weapons activities.
Sec. 1047. Information assurance initiative.
Sec. 1048. Defense Science Board task force on television and radio as 
              a propaganda instrument in time of military conflict.
Sec. 1049. Prevention of interference with Department of Defense use of 
              frequency spectrum.
Sec. 1050. Off-shore entities interfering with Department of Defense 
              use of the frequency spectrum.
Sec. 1051. Repeal of limitation on amount of Federal expenditures for 
              the National Guard Challenge Program.
Sec. 1052. Nondisclosure of information on personnel of overseas, 
              sensitive, or routinely deployable units.
Sec. 1053. Nondisclosure of operational files of the National Imagery 
              and Mapping Agency.
Sec. 1054. Nondisclosure of information of the National Imagery and 
              Mapping Agency having commercial significance.
Sec. 1055. Continued enrollment of dependents in Department of Defense 
              domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools after 
              loss of eligibility.
Sec. 1056. Unified school boards for all Department of Defense Domestic 
              Dependent Schools in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and 
              Guam.
Sec. 1057. Department of Defense STARBASE Program.
Sec. 1058. Program to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Korean 
              War.
Sec. 1059. Extension and reauthorization of Defense Production Act of 
              1950.
Sec. 1060. Extension to naval aircraft of Coast Guard authority for 
              drug interdiction activities.
Sec. 1061. Regarding the need for vigorous prosecution of war crimes, 
              genocide, and crimes against humanity in the former 
              Republic of Yugoslavia.
Sec. 1062. Expansion of list of diseases presumed to be service-
              connected for radiation-exposed veterans.
Sec. 1063. Legal effect on the new strategic concept of NATO.
Sec. 1064. Multinational economic embargoes against governments in 
              armed conflict with the United States.
Sec. 1065. Conditions for lending obsolete or condemned rifles for 
              funeral ceremonies.
Sec. 1066. Prohibition on the return of veterans memorial objects to 
              foreign nations without specific authorization in law.
Sec. 1067. Military assistance to civil authorities for responding to 
              terrorism.
Sec. 1068. Sense of the Congress regarding the continuation of 
              sanctions against Libya.
Sec. 1069. Investigations of violations of export controls by United 
              States satellite manufacturers.
Sec. 1070. Enhancement of activities of Defense Threat Reduction 
              Agency.
Sec. 1071. Improvement of licensing activities by the Department of 
              State.
Sec. 1072. Enhancement of intelligence community activities.
Sec. 1073. Adherence of People's Republic of China to Missile 
              Technology Control Regime.
Sec. 1074. United States commercial space launch capacity.
Sec. 1075. Annual reports on security in the Taiwan Strait.
Sec. 1076. Declassification of restricted data and formerly restricted 
              data.
Sec. 1077. Disengaging from noncritical overseas missions involving 
              United States combat forces.
Sec. 1078. Sense of the Senate on negotiations with indicted war 
              criminals.
Sec. 1079. Coast Guard education funding.
Sec. 1080. Technical amendment to prohibition on release of contractor 
              proposals under the Freedom of Information Act.
Sec. 1081. Attendance at professional military education schools by 
              military personnel of the new member nations of NATO.
Sec. 1082. Sense of Congress regarding United States-Russian 
              cooperation in commercial space launch services.
Sec. 1083. Recovery and identification of remains of certain World War 
              II servicemen.
Sec. 1084. Chemical agents used for defensive training.
Sec. 1085. Russian nonstrategic nuclear arms.
Sec. 1086. Commemoration of the victory of freedom in the Cold War.

           TITLE XI--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL

Sec. 1101. Accelerated implementation of voluntary early retirement 
              authority.
Sec. 1102. Deference to EEOC procedures for investigation of complaints 
              of sexual harassment made by employees.
Sec. 1103. Restoration of leave of emergency essential employees 
              serving in a combat zone.
Sec. 1104. Leave without loss of benefits for military reserve 
              technicians on active duty in support of combat 
              operations.
Sec. 1105. Work schedules and premium pay of service academy faculty.
Sec. 1106. Salary schedules and related benefits for faculty and staff 
              of the Uniformed Services University of the Health 
              Sciences.
Sec. 1107. Extension of certain temporary authorities to provide 
              benefits for employees in connection with defense 
              workforce reductions and restructuring.

        TITLE XII--NATIONAL MILITARY MUSEUM AND RELATED MATTERS

           Subtitle A--Commission on National Military Museum

Sec. 1201. Establishment.
Sec. 1202. Duties of commission.
Sec. 1203. Report.
Sec. 1204. Powers.
Sec. 1205. Commission procedures.
Sec. 1206. Personnel matters.
Sec. 1207. Miscellaneous administrative provisions.
Sec. 1208. Funding.
Sec. 1209. Termination of commission.

                      Subtitle B--Related Matters

Sec. 1211. Future use of Navy Annex property, Arlington, Virginia.

             TITLE XIII--MILITARY VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1999

Sec. 1301. Short title.
Sec. 1302. Guarantee of residency.

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Sec. 1303. State responsibility to guarantee military voting rights.

     SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DEFINED.

       For purposes of this Act, the term ``congressional defense 
     committees'' means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

                          TITLE I--PROCUREMENT

              Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

     SEC. 101. ARMY.

       Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
     year 2000 for procurement for the Army as follows:
       (1) For aircraft, $1,498,188,000.
       (2) For missiles, $1,411,104,000.
       (3) For weapons and tracked combat vehicles, 
     $1,678,865,000.
       (4) For ammunition, $1,209,816,000.
       (5) For other procurement, $3,647,370,000.

     SEC. 102. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS.

       (a) Navy.--Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated 
     for fiscal year 2000 for procurement for the Navy as follows:
       (1) For aircraft, $8,927,255,000.
       (2) For weapons, including missiles and torpedoes, 
     $1,392,100,000.
       (3) For shipbuilding and conversion, $7,016,454,000.
       (4) For other procurement, $4,197,791,000.
       (b) Marine Corps.--Funds are hereby authorized to be 
     appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for procurement for the 
     Marine Corps in the amount of $1,295,570,000.
       (c) Navy and Marine Corps Ammunition.--Funds are hereby 
     authorized to be appropriated for procurement of ammunition 
     for the Navy and the Marine Corps in the amount of 
     $542,700,000.

     SEC. 103. AIR FORCE.

       Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
     year 2000 for procurement for the Air Force as follows:
       (1) For aircraft, $9,704,866,000.
       (2) For missiles, $2,389,208,000.
       (3) For ammunition, $411,837,000.
       (4) For other procurement, $7,142,177,000.

     SEC. 104. DEFENSE-WIDE ACTIVITIES.

       Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
     year 2000 for Defense-wide procurement in the amount of 
     $2,293,417,000.

     SEC. 105. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL.

       Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
     year 2000 for procurement for the Inspector General of the 
     Department of Defense in the amount of $2,100,000.

     SEC. 106. CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION PROGRAM.

       There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
     year 2000 the amount of $1,164,500,000 for--
       (1) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions 
     in accordance with section 1412 of the Department of Defense 
     Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521); and
       (2) the destruction of chemical warfare material of the 
     United States that is not covered by section 1412 of such 
     Act.

     SEC. 107. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAMS.

       Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
     year 2000 for the Department of Defense for procurement for 
     carrying out health care programs, projects, and activities 
     of the Department of Defense in the total amount of 
     $356,970,000.

                       Subtitle B--Army Programs

     SEC. 111. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN ARMY 
                   PROGRAMS.

       Beginning with the fiscal year 2000 program year, the 
     Secretary of the Army may, in accordance with section 2306b 
     of title 10, United States Code, enter into multiyear 
     contracts for procurement of the following:
       (1) The M270A1 launcher.
       (2) The Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles, except that the 
     period of a multiyear contract may not exceed three years.
       (3) The Command Launch Unit for the Javelin Advanced Anti-
     tank Weapon System-Medium.
       (4) The missile for the Javelin Advanced Anti-tank Weapon 
     System-Medium, except that the period of a multiyear contract 
     may not exceed four years.
       (5) The AH-64D Longbow Apache aircraft.
       (6) The Wolverine heavy assault bridge.
       (7) The system enhancement program for the M1A2 Abrams tank 
     assembly.
       (8) The Second Generation Forward Looking Infrared system 
     for the M1A2 Abrams tank.
       (9) The C2V Command and Control Vehicle, except that the 
     period of a multiyear contract may not exceed four years.
       (10) The Second Generation Forward Looking Infrared system 
     for the Bradley A3 fighting vehicle, except that the period 
     of a multiyear contract may not exceed four years.
       (11) The improved Bradley acquisition system for the 
     Bradley A3 fighting vehicle, except that the period of a 
     multiyear contract may not exceed four years.
       (12) The Bradley A3 fighting vehicle, except that the 
     period of a multiyear contract may not exceed four years.

     SEC. 112. CLOSE COMBAT TACTICAL TRAINER PROGRAM.

       None of the funds authorized to be appropriated under 
     section 101(5) may be used for the procurement of the close 
     combat tactical trainers configured to mobile or fixed sites 
     for tanks or to mobile or fixed sites for the Bradley A3 
     fighting vehicle under the Close Combat Tactical Trainer 
     program of the Army until--
       (1) the Secretary of the Army has submitted to the 
     congressional defense committees a report containing--
       (A) a discussion of the actions taken to correct the 
     deficiencies in such trainers that have been identified by 
     the Director of Operations Test and Evaluation of the 
     Department of Defense before the date of the report; and
       (B) the Secretary's certification that the close combat 
     tactical trainers satisfy the reliability requirements 
     established for the trainers under the program; and
       (2) thirty days have elapsed since the date of the 
     submittal of the report.

     SEC. 113. ARMY AVIATION MODERNIZATION.

       (a) Modernization Plan.--The Secretary of the Army shall 
     submit to the congressional defense committees a 
     comprehensive plan for the modernization of the Army's 
     helicopter forces. The plan shall include provisions for the 
     following:
       (1) For the AH-64D Apache Longbow program:
       (A) Restoration of the original procurement objective of 
     the program to the procurement of 747 aircraft and 227 fire 
     control radars.
       (B) Qualification and training of reserve component pilots 
     as augmentation crews to ensure 24-hour warfighting 
     capability in deployed attack helicopter units.
       (C) Fielding of a sufficient number of aircraft in reserve 
     component aviation units to implement the provisions of the 
     plan required under subparagraph (B).
       (2) For AH-1 Cobra helicopters, retirement of all AH-1 
     Cobra helicopters remaining in the fleet.
       (3) For the RAH-66 Comanche program:
       (A) Review of the total requirements and acquisition 
     objectives for the program.
       (B) Fielding of Comanche helicopters to the existing 
     aviation force structure.
       (C) Support for the plan for the AH-64D Apache program 
     required under paragraph (1).
       (4) For the UH-1 Huey helicopter program:
       (A) A UH-1 modernization program.
       (B) Revision of total force requirements for the aircraft 
     to reflect the warfighting support requirements and State 
     mission requirements for aircraft utilized by the Army 
     National Guard.
       (5) For the UH-60 helicopter program:
       (A) Identification of the requirements for the aircraft.
       (B) An acquisition strategy for meeting requirements that 
     cannot be met by UH-1 Huey helicopters among the warfighting 
     support requirements and State mission requirements for 
     aircraft utilized by the Army National Guard.
       (C) An upgrade program for fielded aircraft.
       (6) For the CH-47 Chinook helicopter service life extension 
     program, maintenance of the schedule and funding.
       (7) For the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters, a 
     modernization program.
       (8) A revised assessment of the Army's present and future 
     requirements for helicopters and its present and future 
     helicopter inventory, including the number of aircraft, 
     average age of aircraft, availability of spare parts, flight 
     hour costs, roles and functions assigned to the fleet as a 
     whole and to each type of aircraft, and the mix of active 
     component and reserve component aircraft in the fleet.
       (b) Limitation.--Not more than 90 percent of the amount 
     authorized to be appropriated under section 101(2) may be 
     obligated before the date that is 30 days after the date on 
     which the Secretary of the Army submits the plan required 
     under subsection (a) to the congressional defense committees.

     SEC. 114. MULTIPLE LAUNCH ROCKET SYSTEM.

       Of the funds authorized to be appropriated under section 
     101(2), $500,000 may be made available to complete the 
     development of reuse and demilitarization tools and 
     technologies for use in the disposition of Army MLRS 
     inventory.

                       Subtitle C--Navy Programs

     SEC. 121. LHD-8 AMPHIBIOUS DOCK SHIP PROGRAM.

       (a) Authorization of Ship.--The Secretary of the Navy is 
     authorized to procure the amphibious dock ship to be 
     designated LHD-8, subject to the availability of 
     appropriations for that purpose.
       (b) Amount Authorized.--Of the amount authorized to be 
     appropriated under section 102(a)(3) for fiscal year 2000, 
     $375,000,000 is available for the advance procurement and 
     advance construction of components for the LHD-8 amphibious 
     dock ship program. The Secretary of the Navy may enter into a 
     contract or contracts with the shipbuilder and other entities 
     for the advance procurement and advance construction of those 
     components.

     SEC. 122. ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS DESTROYER PROGRAM.

       (a) Authority for Multiyear Procurement of 6 Additional 
     Vessels.--(1) Subsection (b) of section 122 of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 
     104-201; 110 Stat. 2446) is amended in the first sentence--
       (A) by striking ``12 Arleigh Burke class destroyers'' and 
     inserting ``18 Arleigh Burke class destroyers''; and

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       (B) by striking ``and 2001'' and inserting ``2001, 2002, 
     and 2003''.
       (2) The heading for such subsection is amended by striking 
     ``Twelve'' and inserting ``18''.
       (b) Fiscal Year 2001 Advance Procurement.--(1) Subject to 
     paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary of the Navy is 
     authorized, in fiscal year 2001, to enter into contracts for 
     advance procurement for the Arleigh Burke class destroyers 
     that are to be constructed under contracts entered into after 
     fiscal year 2001 under section 122(b) of Public Law 104-201, 
     as amended by subsection (a)(1).
       (2) The authority to contract for advance procurement under 
     paragraph (1) is subject to the availability of funds 
     authorized and appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for that 
     purpose in Acts enacted after September 30, 1999.
       (3) The aggregate amount of the contracts entered into 
     under paragraph (1) may not exceed $371,000,000.
       (c) Other Funds for Advance Procurement.--Notwithstanding 
     any other provision of this Act, of the funds authorized to 
     be appropriated under section 102(a) for procurement 
     programs, projects, and activities of the Navy, up to 
     $190,000,000 may be made available, as the Secretary of the 
     Navy may direct, for advance procurement for the Arleigh 
     Burke class destroyer program. Authority to make transfers 
     under this subsection is in addition to the transfer 
     authority provided in section 1001.

     SEC. 123. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL REPORT FROM 
                   SHIPBUILDERS UNDER CERTAIN NUCLEAR ATTACK 
                   SUBMARINE PROGRAMS.

       (a) Repeal.--Paragraph (3) of section 121(g) of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 
     (Public Law 104-201; 110 Stat. 2444) is repealed.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Paragraph (5) of such section is 
     amended by striking ``reports referred to in paragraphs (3) 
     and (4)'' and inserting ``report referred to in paragraph 
     (4)''.

     SEC. 124. COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT CAPABILITY PROGRAM.

       (a) Limitation.--Cooperative engagement equipment procured 
     under the Cooperative Engagement Capability program of the 
     Navy may not be installed into a commissioned vessel until 
     the completion of operational test and evaluation of the 
     shipboard cooperative engagement capability.
       (b) Construction.--Subsection (a) shall not be construed to 
     limit the installation of cooperative engagement equipment in 
     new construction ships.

     SEC. 125. F/A-18E/F AIRCRAFT PROGRAM.

       (a) Authority.--Beginning with the fiscal year 2000 program 
     year, the Secretary of the Navy may, in accordance with 
     section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, enter into a 
     multiyear procurement contract for the procurement of F/A-
     18E/F aircraft.
       (b) Limitation.--The Secretary may not exercise the 
     authority under subsection (a) to enter into a multiyear 
     contract for the procurement of F/A-18E/F aircraft or 
     authorize entry of the F/A-18E/F aircraft program into full-
     rate production until--
       (1) the Secretary of Defense certifies to the Committees on 
     Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives the 
     results of operational test and evaluation of the F/A-18E/F 
     aircraft.
       (2) the Secretary of Defense determines that the results of 
     operational test and evaluation demonstrate that the version 
     of the aircraft to be procured under the multiyear contract 
     in the higher quantity than the other version satisfies all 
     key performance parameters appropriate to that version of 
     aircraft in the operational requirements document for the F/
     A-18E/F program, as submitted on April 1, 1997, except that 
     with respect to the range performance parameter a deviation 
     of 1 percent shall be permitted.

                     Subtitle D--Air Force Programs

     SEC. 131. F-22 AIRCRAFT PROGRAM.

       Before awarding the contract for low-rate initial 
     production under the F-22 aircraft program, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall certify to the congressional defense committees 
     that--
       (1) the test plan in the engineering and manufacturing 
     development program is adequate for determining the 
     operational effectiveness and suitability of the F-22 
     aircraft; and
       (2) the engineering and manufacturing development program 
     and the production program can each be executed within the 
     limitation on total cost applicable to that program under 
     subsection (a) or (b), respectively, of section 217 of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 
     (Public Law 105-85; 111 Stat. 1660).

                       Subtitle E--Other Matters

     SEC. 141. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT ARMAMENT 
                   RETOOLING AND MANUFACTURING SUPPORT INITIATIVE.

       Section 193(a) of the Armament Retooling and Manufacturing 
     Support Act of 1992 (subtitle H of title I of Public Law 102-
     484; 10 U.S.C. 2501 note) is amended by striking ``During 
     fiscal years 1993 through 1999'' and inserting ``During 
     fiscal years 1993 through 2001''.

     SEC. 142. EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAM ON SALES OF MANUFACTURED 
                   ARTICLES AND SERVICES OF CERTAIN ARMY 
                   INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES WITHOUT REGARD TO 
                   AVAILABILITY FROM DOMESTIC SOURCES.

       (a) Extension of Program.--Section 141 of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 
     105-85; 111 Stat. 1652; 10 U.S.C. 4543 note) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``During fiscal years 
     1998 and 1999'' and inserting ``During fiscal years 1998 
     through 2001''; and
       (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``during fiscal year 
     1998 or 1999'' and inserting ``during a fiscal year covered 
     by the pilot program''.
       (b) Extension of Deadline for Inspector General Report.--
     Subsection (c) of such section is amended by striking ``July 
     1, 1999'' and inserting ``July 1, 2000''.

     SEC. 143. D-5 MISSILE PROGRAM.

       (a) Report.--Not later than October 31, 1999, the Secretary 
     of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services 
     of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the D-
     5 missile program.
       (b) Report Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) An inventory management plan for the D-5 missile 
     program covering the life of the program, including--
       (A) the location of D-5 missiles during the fueling of 
     submarines;
       (B) rotation of inventory; and
       (C) expected attrition rate due to flight testing, loss, 
     damage, or termination of service life.
       (2) The cost of terminating procurement of D-5 missiles for 
     each fiscal year prior to the current plan.
       (3) An assessment of the capability of the Navy of meeting 
     strategic requirements with a total procurement of less than 
     425 D-5 missiles, including an assessment of the consequences 
     of--
       (A) loading Trident submarines with fewer than 24 D-5 
     missiles; and
       (B) reducing the flight test rate for D-5 missiles.
       (4) An assessment of the optimal commencement date for the 
     development and deployment of replacement systems for the 
     current land-based and sea-based missile forces.
       (5) The Secretary's plan for maintaining D-5 missiles and 
     Trident submarines under START II and proposed START III, and 
     whether requirements for such missiles and submarines would 
     be reduced under such treaties.

         TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

              Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

     SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
     year 2000 for the use of the Department of Defense for 
     research, development, test, and evaluation as follows:
       (1) For the Army, $4,695,894,000.
       (2) For the Navy, $8,207,616,000.
       (3) For the Air Force, $13,573,308,000.
       (4) For Defense-wide activities, $9,389,081,000, of which--
       (A) $253,457,000 is authorized for the activities of the 
     Director, Test and Evaluation; and
       (B) $24,434,000 is authorized for the Director of 
     Operational Test and Evaluation.

     SEC. 202. AMOUNT FOR BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH.

       (a) Fiscal Year 2000.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated by section 201, $4,156,812,000 shall be 
     available for basic research and applied research projects.
       (b) Basic Research and Applied Research Defined.--For 
     purposes of this section, the term ``basic research and 
     applied research'' means work funded in program elements for 
     defense research and development under Department of Defense 
     category 6.1 or 6.2.

    Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations

     SEC. 211. NATO COMMON-FUNDED CIVIL BUDGET.

       Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 
     201(1), $750,000 shall be available for contributions for the 
     common-funded Civil Budget of NATO.

     SEC. 212. MICRO-SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

       (a) Funding.--Of the funds authorized to be appropriated 
     under section 201(3), $25,000,000 is available for continued 
     implementation of the micro-satellite technology program 
     established pursuant to section 215 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85; 
     111 Stat. 1659).
       (b) Micro-Satellite Technology Development Plan.--The 
     Secretary of Defense shall develop a micro-satellite 
     technology development plan to guide technology investment 
     decisions and prioritize technology demonstration activities.
       (c) Report.--Not later than April 15, 1999, the Secretary 
     shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
     regarding the plan developed under subsection (b).

     SEC. 213. SPACE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY.

       (a) Funds Available for Air Force Execution.--Of the funds 
     authorized to be appropriated under section 201(3), 
     $19,822,000 shall be available for space control technology 
     development pursuant to the Department of Defense Space 
     Control Technology Plan of 1999.
       (b) Funds Available for Army Execution.--Of the funds 
     authorized to be appropriated under section 201(1), 
     $41,000,000 shall

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     be available for space control technology development. Of the 
     funds made available pursuant to the preceding sentence, the 
     Commanding General of the United States Army Space and 
     Missile Defense Command may utilize such amounts as are 
     necessary for any or all of the following activities:
       (1) Continued development of the kinetic energy anti-
     satellite technology program necessary to retain an option of 
     conducting a flight test within two years of any decision to 
     do so.
       (2) Technology development associated with the kinetic 
     energy anti-satellite kill vehicle to temporarily disrupt 
     satellite functions.
       (3) Cooperative technology development with the Air Force, 
     pursuant to the Department of Defense Space Control 
     Technology Plan of 1999.

     SEC. 214. SPACE MANEUVER VEHICLE.

       (a) Funding.--Of the funds authorized to be appropriated 
     under section 201(3), $35,000,000 is available for the space 
     maneuver vehicle program.
       (b) Acquisition of Second Flight Test Article.--The amount 
     available for the space maneuver vehicle program under 
     subsection (a) may be used only to acquire a second flight 
     test article for the joint Air Force and National Aeronautics 
     and Space Administration X-37 program in support of the Air 
     Force Space Maneuver Vehicle program.

     SEC. 215. MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.

       (a) Support of High-Risk Projects To Meet Essential 
     Requirements.--Subsection (b) of section 2525 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking paragraph (4);
       (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as 
     paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) respectively; and
       (3) by inserting after ``program--'' the following new 
     paragraph (1):
       ``(1) to focus Department of Defense support for advanced 
     manufacturing technologies on high-risk projects for the 
     development and application of technologies for use to 
     satisfy manufacturing requirements essential to the national 
     defense, as well as for use for repair and remanufacturing in 
     support of the operations of systems commands, depots, air 
     logistics centers, and shipyards;''.
       (b) Execution.--Subsection (c) of such section is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (4); and
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
       ``(2) The Secretary shall require that manufacturing 
     technology projects proposed to be carried out under the 
     program be selected principally on the basis of the extent to 
     which the projects satisfy the purpose set forth in 
     subsection (b)(1), as determined by a panel established to 
     review the proposed projects and to make the selections.
       ``(3) A manufacturing technology project selected for the 
     program may be carried out only if the head of the program 
     office of a systems command, depot, air logistics center, or 
     shipyard serves as a sponsor for the project by certifying 
     that funds available to the program office will be used to 
     pay the costs of implementing a manufacturing technology 
     developed and applied under the project to the successful 
     satisfaction of requirements described in subsection 
     (b)(1).''.
       (c) Consideration of Cost-Sharing Proposals.--Subsection 
     (d) of such section is amended--
       (1) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3);
       (2) by striking ``(A)'' following ``(d) Competition and 
     Cost Sharing.--(1)''; and
       (3) by striking ``(B) For each'' and all that follows 
     through ``competitive procedures.'' and inserting the 
     following: ``(2) The competitive procedures shall include 
     among the factors to be considered in the evaluation of a 
     proposal for a grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or 
     other transaction for a project the extent to which the 
     proposal provides for the prospective recipient to share in 
     defraying the costs of the project.''.

     SEC. 216. TESTING OF AIRBLAST AND IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVES.

       Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under section 
     201(4)--
       (1) $4,000,000 is available for testing of airblast and 
     improvised explosives (in PE 63122D); and
       (2) the amount provided for sensor and guidance technology 
     (in PE 63762E) is reduced by $4,000,000.

                 Subtitle C--Ballistic Missile Defense

     SEC. 221. THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE UPPER TIER ACQUISITION 
                   STRATEGY.

       (a) Revised Upper Tier Strategy.--The Secretary of Defense 
     shall establish an acquisition strategy for the upper tier 
     missile defense systems that--
       (1) retains funding for both of the upper tier systems in 
     separate, independently managed program elements throughout 
     the future-years defense program;
       (2) bases funding decisions and program schedules for each 
     upper tier system on the performance of each system 
     independent of the performance of the other system; and
       (3) provides for accelerating the deployment of both of the 
     upper tier systems to the maximum extent practicable.
       (b) Upper Tier Systems Defined.--For purposes of this 
     section, the upper tier missile defense systems are the 
     following:
       (1) The Navy Theater Wide system.
       (2) The Theater High-Altitude Area Defense system.

     SEC. 222. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT TO IMPLEMENT TECHNICAL AND 
                   PRICE COMPETITION FOR THEATER HIGH ALTITUDE 
                   AREA DEFENSE SYSTEM.

       Subsection (a) of section 236 of the Strom Thurmond 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 
     (Public Law 105-261; 112 Stat. 1953) is repealed.

     SEC. 223. SPACE-BASED LASER PROGRAM.

       (a) Structure of Program.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     structure the space-based laser program to include--
       (1) a near-term integrated flight experiment; and
       (2) an ongoing activity for developing an objective system 
     design, including developing, testing, and operating a 
     prototype system.
       (b) Integrated Flight Experiment.--The Secretary shall 
     structure the integrated flight experiment to provide for the 
     following:
       (1) Establishment of an objective to carry out an early 
     demonstration of the fundamental end-to-end capability to 
     detect, track, and destroy a boosting ballistic missile with 
     a lethal laser from space.
       (2) Utilization, to the maximum extent possible, of 
     technology that has been demonstrated in principle or can be 
     developed in the near-term with a low degree of risk.
       (3) A goal of launching the experiment by 2006.
       (c) Development of Objective System Design.--In order to 
     develop an objective system design suited to the operational 
     and technological environment that will exist when such a 
     system can be deployed, the Secretary shall structure the 
     space-based laser program schedule to include the following:
       (1) Robust research and development on advanced 
     technologies in parallel with the development of the 
     integrated flight experiment.
       (2) Architecture studies to assess alternative space-based 
     laser constellation and system performance characteristics.
       (3) Planning for the development of a space-based laser 
     prototype that--
       (A) utilizes the lessons learned from the integrated flight 
     experiment;
       (B) is supported by ongoing architecture and advanced 
     technology research and development efforts; and
       (C) is scheduled to be launched approximately two years 
     before the date by which the objective space-based laser 
     system configuration is to be completed.
       (d) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the structure required by this section for the space-based 
     laser program is consistent with the joint venture 
     contracting approach and overall objective that the 
     Department of Defense has established for the space-based 
     laser program.
       (e) Revised Program Baseline.--The Secretary, in 
     consultation with the space-based laser joint venture team, 
     shall promptly revise the space-based laser program baseline 
     to reflect the requirements of this section.
       (f) Funds Available for Ballistic Missile Defense 
     Organization Execution.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated under section 201(4), $75,000,000 shall be 
     available for the space-based laser program. Amounts made 
     available under this subsection may be transferred to the Air 
     Force for execution in support of the space-based laser 
     program.
       (g) Funds Available for Air Force Execution.--Of the 
     amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 201(3), 
     $88,840,000 shall be available for the space-based laser 
     program.

     SEC. 224. AIRBORNE LASER PROGRAM.

       (a) Modification of Program Definition and Risk Reduction 
     Aircraft.--The Secretary of the Air Force may not commence 
     any modification of the program definition and risk reduction 
     aircraft for the Airborne Laser program until the Secretary 
     of Defense certifies to Congress that he has determined that 
     the commencement of the aircraft modification according to 
     the existing schedule is justified on the basis of the 
     results of test and analysis involving the following 
     activities:
       (1) The North Oscura Peak dynamic test program.
       (2) Scintillometry data collection and analysis.
       (3) The lethality/vulnerability program.
       (4) The countermeasures test and analysis effort.
       (5) Reduction and analysis of other existing data.
       (b) Authority-to-Proceed-2.--Before the Authority-to-
     Proceed-2 may be approved for the Airborne Laser program, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall--
       (1) ensure that the Secretary of the Air Force has 
     developed an appropriate plan for resolving the technical 
     challenges identified in the Airborne Laser Program 
     Assessment;
       (2) approve the plan; and
       (3) submit a report on the plan to the congressional 
     defense committees.
       (c) Milestone II Exit Criteria.--The Secretary of Defense 
     shall restructure the Airborne Laser program schedule and 
     Milestone II exit criteria to ensure that, prior to the

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     making of a Milestone II decision approving entry of the 
     program into engineering and manufacturing development--
       (1) no modification of the engineering and manufacturing 
     development aircraft is begun;
       (2) the program definition and risk reduction aircraft is 
     utilized in a robust series of flight tests that validates 
     the technical maturity of the Airborne Laser program and 
     provides sufficient information regarding the performance of 
     the system across the full range of its validated operational 
     requirements; and
       (3) sufficient technical information is available to 
     determine whether adequate progress is being made in the 
     ongoing effort to address the operational issues identified 
     in the Airborne Laser Program Assessment.
       (d) Airborne Laser Program Assessment Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``Airborne Laser Program Assessment'' means 
     the Assessment of Technical and Operational Aspects of the 
     Airborne Laser Program that was submitted to Congress by the 
     Secretary of Defense on March 9, 1999.

     SEC. 225. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING BALLISTIC MISSILE 
                   DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY FUNDING.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) because technology development provides the basis for 
     future weapon systems, it is important to maintain a healthy 
     funding balance between ballistic missile defense technology 
     development and ballistic missile defense acquisition 
     programs;
       (2) funding planned within the future years defense program 
     of the Department of Defense should be sufficient to support 
     the development of technology for future and follow-on 
     ballistic missile defense systems while simultaneously 
     supporting ballistic missile defense acquisition programs;
       (3) the Secretary of Defense should seek to ensure that 
     funding in the future years defense program is adequate for 
     both advanced ballistic missile defense technology 
     development and for existing ballistic missile defense major 
     defense acquisition programs; and
       (4) the Secretary should submit a report to the 
     congressional defense committees by March 15, 2000, on the 
     Secretary's plan for dealing with the matters identified in 
     this section.

     SEC. 226. REPORT ON NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE.

       Not later than March 15, 2000, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit to Congress the Secretary's assessment of the 
     advantages or disadvantages of a two-site deployment of a 
     ground-based National Missile Defense system, with special 
     reference to considerations of the worldwide ballistic 
     missile threat, defensive coverage, redundancy and 
     survivability, and economies of scale.

     SEC. 227. OPTIONS FOR AIR FORCE CRUISE MISSILES.

       (a) Study.--(1) The Secretary of the Air Force shall 
     conduct a study of the options for meeting the requirements 
     being met as of the date of the enactment of this Act by the 
     conventional air launched cruise missile (CALCM) once the 
     inventory of that missile has been depleted. In conducting 
     the study, the Secretary shall consider the following 
     options:
       (A) Restarting of production of the conventional air 
     launched cruise missile.
       (B) Acquisition of a new type of weapon with the same 
     lethality characteristics as those of the conventional air 
     launched cruise missile or improved lethality 
     characteristics.
       (C) Utilization of current or planned munitions, with 
     upgrades as necessary.
       (2) The Secretary shall submit the results of this study to 
     the Armed Services Committees of the House and Senate by 
     January 15, 2000, so that the results might be--
       (A) reflected in the budget for fiscal year 2001 submitted 
     to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United States 
     Code; and
       (B) reported to Congress as required under subsection (b).
       (b) Report.--The report shall include a statement of how 
     the Secretary intends to meet the requirements referred to in 
     subsection (a)(1) in a timely manner as described in that 
     subsection.

      Subtitle D--Research and Development for Long-Term Military 
                              Capabilities

     SEC. 231. ANNUAL REPORT ON EMERGING OPERATIONAL CONCEPTS.

       (a) Extension of Reporting Requirement.--Subsection (a) of 
     section 1042 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104-201; 110 Stat. 2642; 10 
     U.S.C. 113 note) is amended by striking ``2000'' and 
     inserting ``2002''.
       (b) Identification of Technological Objectives for Research 
     and Development.--That section is further amended by adding 
     at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(c) Additional Matters To Be Included in Reports After 
     1999.--Each report under this section after 1999 shall set 
     forth the military capabilities that are necessary for 
     meeting national security requirements over the next two to 
     three decades, including--
       ``(1) the most significant strategic and operational 
     capabilities (including both armed force-specific and joint 
     capabilities) that are necessary for the Armed Forces to 
     prevail against the most dangerous threats, including 
     asymmetrical threats, that could be posed to the national 
     security interests of the United States by potential 
     adversaries from 2020 to 2030;
       ``(2) the key characteristics and capabilities of future 
     military systems (including both armed force-specific and 
     joint systems) that will be needed to meet each such threat; 
     and
       ``(3) the most significant research and development 
     challenges that must be met, and the technological 
     breakthroughs that must be made, to develop and field such 
     systems.''.

     SEC. 232. TECHNOLOGY AREA REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT.

       Section 270(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104-201; 110 Stat. 2469; 10 
     U.S.C. 2501 note) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Technology Area Review and Assessment.--With the 
     submission of the plan under subsection (a) each year, the 
     Secretary shall also submit to the committees referred to in 
     that subsection a summary of each technology area review and 
     assessment conducted by the Department of Defense in support 
     of that plan.''.

     SEC. 233. REPORT BY UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR 
                   ACQUISITION AND TECHNOLOGY.

       (a) Requirement.--The Under Secretary of Defense for 
     Acquisition and Technology shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report on the actions that are necessary 
     to promote the research base and technological development 
     that will be needed for ensuring that the Armed Forces have 
     the military capabilities that are necessary for meeting 
     national security requirements over the next two to three 
     decades.
       (b) Content.--The report shall include the actions that 
     have been taken or are planned to be taken within the 
     Department of Defense to ensure that--
       (1) the Department of Defense laboratories place an 
     appropriate emphasis on revolutionary changes in military 
     operations and the new technologies that will be necessary to 
     support those operations;
       (2) the Department helps sustain a high-quality national 
     research base that includes organizations attuned to the 
     needs of the Department, the fostering and creation of 
     revolutionary technologies useful to the Department, and the 
     capability to identify opportunities for new military 
     capabilities in emerging scientific knowledge;
       (3) the Department can identify, provide appropriate 
     funding for, and ensure the coordinated development of joint 
     technologies that will serve the needs of more than one of 
     the Armed Forces;
       (4) the Department can identify militarily relevant 
     technologies that are developed in the private sector, 
     rapidly incorporate those technologies into defense systems, 
     and effectively utilize technology transfer processes;
       (5) the Department can effectively and efficiently manage 
     the transition of new technologies from the applied research 
     and advanced technological development stage through the 
     product development stage in a manner that ensures that 
     maximum advantage is obtained from advances in technology; 
     and
       (6) the Department's educational institutions for the 
     officers of the uniformed services incorporate into their 
     officer education and training programs, as appropriate, 
     materials necessary to ensure that the officers have the 
     familiarity with the processes, advances, and opportunities 
     in technology development that is necessary for making 
     decisions that ensure the superiority of United States 
     defense technology in the future.

     SEC. 234. INCENTIVES TO PRODUCE INNOVATIVE NEW TECHNOLOGIES.

       (a) Technical Risk and Profit Incentive.--The Department of 
     Defense profit guidelines established in subpart 215.9 of the 
     Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition 
     Regulation shall be modified to place increased emphasis on 
     technical risk as a factor for determining appropriate profit 
     margins and otherwise to provide an increased profit 
     incentive for contractors to develop and produce complex and 
     innovative new technologies, rather than to produce mature 
     technologies with low technical risk.
       (b) Expiration of Authority.--This section shall cease to 
     be effective one year after the date on which the Secretary 
     of Defense publishes in the Federal Register final 
     regulations modifying the guidelines in accordance with 
     subsection (a).

     SEC. 235. DARPA COMPETITIVE PRIZES AWARD PROGRAM FOR 
                   ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED 
                   TECHNOLOGIES.

       (a) Authority.--Chapter 139 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by inserting after section 2374 the 
     following:

     ``Sec. 2374a. Prizes for advanced technology

       ``(a) Authority.--The Director of the Defense Advanced 
     Research Projects Agency may carry out a program to award 
     prizes in recognition of outstanding achievements in basic, 
     advanced, and applied research, technology development, and 
     prototype development that have the potential for application 
     to the performance of the military missions of the Department 
     of Defense.
       ``(b) Competition Requirements.--The Director shall use a 
     competitive process for the selection of recipients of prizes 
     under this section. The process shall include the widely-

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     advertised solicitation of submissions of research results, 
     technology developments, and prototypes.
       ``(c) Form of Prize.--A prize awarded under this section 
     shall be a monetary award together with a trophy, plaque, or 
     medal or other emblem.
       ``(d) Limitations.--(1) The total amount made available for 
     award of cash prizes in a fiscal year may not exceed 
     $10,000,000.
       ``(2) No prize competition may result in the award of more 
     than $1,000,000 in cash prizes without the approval of the 
     Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology.
       ``(e) Relationship to Other Authority.--The Director may 
     exercise the authority under this section in conjunction with 
     or in addition to the exercise of any other authority of the 
     Director to acquire, support, or stimulate basic, advanced 
     and applied research, technology development, or prototype 
     projects.
       ``(f) Annual Report.--Promptly after the end of each fiscal 
     year, the Director shall submit to the Committees on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 
     report on the administration of the program for the fiscal 
     year. The report shall include the following:
       ``(1) The military applications of the research, 
     technology, or prototypes for which prizes were awarded.
       ``(2) The total amount of the prizes awarded.
       ``(3) The methods used for solicitation and evaluation of 
     submissions, together with an assessment of the effectiveness 
     of those methods.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the 
     item relating to section 2374 the following:

``2374a. Prizes for advanced technology.''.

     SEC. 236. ADDITIONAL PILOT PROGRAM FOR REVITALIZING 
                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE LABORATORIES.

       (a) Authority.--(1) The Secretary of Defense may carry out 
     a pilot program to demonstrate improved cooperative 
     relationships with universities and other private sector 
     entities for the performance of research and development 
     functions. The pilot program under this section is in 
     addition to the pilot program carried out under section 246 
     of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 112 Stat. 1955: 10 
     U.S.C. 2358 note)
       (2) Under the pilot program, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     provide the director of one science and technology 
     laboratory, and the director of one test and evaluation 
     laboratory, of each military department with authority for 
     the following:
       (A) To ensure that the defense laboratories can attract a 
     balanced workforce of permanent and temporary personnel with 
     an appropriate level of skills and experience, and can 
     effectively compete in hiring processes to obtain the finest 
     scientific talent.
       (B) To develop or expand innovative methods of operation 
     that provide more defense research for each dollar of cost, 
     including to carry out such initiatives as focusing on the 
     performance of core functions and adopting more business-like 
     practices.
       (C) To waive any restrictions not required by law that 
     apply to the demonstration and implementation of methods for 
     achieving the objectives in subparagraphs (A) and (B).
       (3) In selecting the laboratories for participation in the 
     pilot program, the Secretary shall consider laboratories 
     where innovative management techniques have been 
     demonstrated, particularly as documented under sections 1115 
     through 1119 of title 31, United States Code, relating to 
     Government agency performance and results.
       (4) The Secretary may carry out the pilot program at each 
     selected laboratory for a period of three years beginning not 
     later than March 1, 2000.
       (b) Report.--(1) Not later than March 1, 2000, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit a report on the 
     implementation of the pilot program to Congress. The report 
     shall include the following:
       (A) Each laboratory selected for the pilot program.
       (B) To the extent possible, a description of the innovative 
     concepts that are to be tested at each laboratory or center.
       (C) The criteria to be used for measuring the success of 
     each concept to be tested.
       (2) Promptly after the expiration of the period for 
     participation of a laboratory in the pilot program, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a final report 
     on the participation of the laboratory in the pilot program. 
     The report shall contain the following:
       (A) A description of the concepts tested.
       (B) The results of the testing.
       (C) The lessons learned.
       (D) Any proposal for legislation that the Secretary 
     recommends on the basis of the experience at the laboratory 
     under the pilot program.

     SEC. 237. EXEMPTION OF DEFENSE LABORATORY EMPLOYEES FROM 
                   CERTAIN WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT RESTRICTIONS.

       (a) Strength Management.--Section 342 of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 
     103-337; 108 Stat. 2721) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(4) The employees of a laboratory covered by a personnel 
     demonstration project carried out under this section shall be 
     exempt from, and may not be counted for the purposes of, any 
     constraint or limitation in a statute or regulation in terms 
     of man years, end strength, full time equivalent positions, 
     supervisory ratios, or maximum number of employees in any 
     category or categories of employment that may otherwise be 
     applicable to the employees. The employees shall be managed 
     by the director of the laboratory subject to the supervision 
     of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
     Technology.''.
       (b) Reductions in Force.--Notwithstanding any provision of 
     law that requires a reduction in the size of the defense 
     acquisition workforce--
       (1) the employees of a Department of Defense laboratory 
     shall not be considered as being included in that workforce 
     for the purpose of that provision of law; and
       (2) the Secretary of Defense, in carrying out the reduction 
     under that provision of law, shall consider the size of the 
     required reduction as being lowered by--
       (A) the percent determined by dividing (on the basis of the 
     equivalent of full-time employees) the total number of 
     employees in the defense acquisition workforce as of the 
     beginning of the reduction in force into the number of 
     laboratory employees that, except for paragraph (1), would 
     otherwise have been considered as being in the workforce to 
     be reduced under that provision of law; or
       (B) any other factor that the Secretary determines as being 
     a more appropriate measure for the adjustment.

     SEC. 238. USE OF WORKING-CAPITAL FUNDS FOR FINANCING RESEARCH 
                   AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS.

       (a) Authority.--Section 2208 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(r) Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation.--(1) 
     Working-capital funds shall be used for financing all 
     research, development, test, and evaluation activities and 
     programs of the military departments.
       ``(2) The following transactions are authorized for the use 
     of working-capital funds for activities and programs 
     described in paragraph (1):
       ``(A) Acceptance of reimbursable orders from authorized 
     customers.
       ``(B) Crediting of working-capital funds, out of funds 
     available for a military department for research, 
     development, test, and evaluation or any other appropriate 
     source of funds, for goods and services provided to that 
     military department.
       ``(3) The policies, procedures, and regulations of the 
     Department of Defense that are applicable to the use and 
     management of Department of Defense revolving funds shall be 
     applied uniformly to all uses of working-capital funds for 
     financing the activities and programs described in paragraph 
     (1).''.
       (b) Implementation.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall 
     amend the Department of Defense Financial Management 
     Regulation to ensure that subsection (r)(3) of section 2208 
     of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), 
     is fully implemented.
       (2) Not later than April 1, 2000, and August 1, 2000, the 
     Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall submit to the 
     Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives written status reports on the progress made 
     in implementing subsection (r) of section 2208 of title 10, 
     United States Code, as added by subsection (a). Each status 
     report shall, at a minimum, include the following:
       (A) The schedule for completing the key actions necessary 
     for implementation.
       (B) The progress made in the implementation by the military 
     departments and the other agencies of the Department of 
     Defense through the date of the report.
       (C) Each delay and obstacle encountered in the 
     implementation, together with an explanation of the actions 
     taken in each such case to ensure timely implementation.

     SEC. 239. EFFICIENT UTILIZATION OF DEFENSE LABORATORIES.

       (a) Analysis by Independent Panel.--(1) Not later than 45 
     days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall convene a panel of independent 
     experts under the auspices of the Defense Science Board to 
     conduct an analysis of the resources and capabilities of all 
     of the laboratories and test and evaluation facilities of the 
     Department of Defense, including those of the military 
     departments. In conducting the analysis, the panel shall 
     identify opportunities to achieve efficiency and reduce 
     duplication of efforts by consolidating responsibilities by 
     area or function or by designating lead agencies or executive 
     agents in cases considered appropriate. The panel shall 
     report its findings to the Secretary of Defense and to 
     Congress not later than August 1, 2000.
       (2) The analysis required by paragraph (1) shall, at a 
     minimum, address the capabilities of the laboratories and 
     test and evaluation facilities in the areas of air vehicles, 
     armaments, command, control, communications, and 
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     electronic warfare, medicine, corporate laboratories, civil 
     engineering, geophysics, and the environment.
       (b) Performance Review Process.--Not later than 180 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall develop an appropriate performance review 
     process for rating the quality and relevance of work 
     performed by the Department of Defense laboratories. The 
     process shall include customer evaluation and peer review by 
     Department of Defense personnel and appropriate experts from 
     outside the Department of Defense. The process shall provide 
     for rating all laboratories of the Army, Navy, and Air Force 
     on a consistent basis.

                       Subtitle E--Other Matters

     SEC. 251. REPORT ON AIR FORCE DISTRIBUTED MISSION TRAINING.

       (a) Requirement.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall 
     submit to Congress, not later than January 31, 2000, a report 
     on the Air Force Distributed Mission Training program.
       (b) Content of Report.--The report shall include a 
     discussion of the following:
       (1) The progress that the Air Force has made to demonstrate 
     and prove the Air Force Distributed Mission Training concept 
     of linking geographically separated, high-fidelity simulators 
     to provide a mission rehearsal capability for Air Force 
     units, and any units of any of the other Armed Forces as may 
     be necessary, to train together from their home stations.
       (2) The actions that have been taken or are planned to be 
     taken within the Department of the Air Force to ensure that--
       (A) an independent study of all requirements, technologies, 
     and acquisition strategies essential to the formulation of a 
     sound Distributed Mission Training program is under way; and
       (B) all Air Force laboratories and other Air Force 
     facilities necessary to the research, development, testing, 
     and evaluation of the Distributed Mission Training program 
     have been assessed regarding the availability of the 
     necessary resources to demonstrate and prove the Air Force 
     Distributed Mission Training concept.

                  TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

              Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations

     SEC. 301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING.

       (a) Amounts Authorized.--Funds are hereby authorized to be 
     appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for the use of the Armed 
     Forces and other activities and agencies of the Department of 
     Defense for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
     operation and maintenance, in amounts as follows:
       (1) For the Army, $18,340,094,000.
       (2) For the Navy, $22,182,615,000.
       (3) For the Marine Corps, $2,612,529,000.
       (4) For the Air Force, $20,342,403,000.
       (5) For Defense-wide activities, $10,963,033,000.
       (6) For the Army Reserve, $1,376,813,000.
       (7) For the Naval Reserve, $927,347,000.
       (8) For the Marine Corps Reserve, $125,766,000.
       (9) For the Air Force Reserve, $1,726,837,000.
       (10) For the Army National Guard, $2,912,249,000.
       (11) For the Air National Guard, $3,119,518,000.
       (12) For the Defense Inspector General, $138,244,000.
       (13) For the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed 
     Forces, $7,621,000.
       (14) For Environmental Restoration, Army, $378,170,000.
       (15) For Environmental Restoration, Navy, $284,000,000.
       (16) For Environmental Restoration, Air Force, 
     $376,800,000.
       (17) For Environmental Restoration, Defense-wide, 
     $25,370,000.
       (18) For Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense 
     Sites, $239,214,000.
       (19) For Overseas Humanitarian, Demining, and CINC 
     Initiatives, $55,800,000.
       (20) For Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug Activities, 
     Defense-wide, $745,265,000.
       (21) For the Kaho'olawe Island Conveyance, Remediation, and 
     Environmental Restoration Trust Fund, $15,000,000.
       (22) For Medical Programs, Defense, $10,453,487,000.
       (23) For Cooperative Threat Reduction programs, 
     $475,500,000.
       (24) For Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund, 
     $2,387,600,000.
       (25) For Combating Terrorism Activities Transfer Fund, 
     $1,954,430,000.
       (26) For quality of life enhancements, $1,845,370,000.
       (27) For defense transfer programs, $31,000,000.
       (b) General Limitation.--Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) 
     through (27) of subsection (a), the total amount authorized 
     to be appropriated for fiscal year 2000 under those 
     paragraphs is $104,042,075,000.

     SEC. 302. WORKING-CAPITAL FUNDS.

       Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
     year 2000 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
     activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 
     providing capital for working-capital and revolving funds in 
     amounts as follows:
       (1) For the Army Working-Capital Fund, $62,344,000.
       (2) For the Defense Working-Capital Fund, Air Force, 
     $28,000,000.
       (3) For the National Defense Sealift Fund, $394,700,000.

     SEC. 303. ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME.

       There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
     year 2000 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund 
     the sum of $68,295,000 for the operation of the Armed Forces 
     Retirement Home, including the United States Soldiers' and 
     Airmen's Home and the Naval Home.

     SEC. 304. TRANSFER FROM NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE 
                   TRANSACTION FUND.

       (a) Transfer Authority.--To the extent provided in 
     appropriations Acts, not more than $150,000,000 is authorized 
     to be transferred from the National Defense Stockpile 
     Transaction Fund to operation and maintenance accounts for 
     fiscal year 2000 in amounts as follows:
       (1) For the Army, $50,000,000.
       (2) For the Navy, $50,000,000.
       (3) For the Air Force, $50,000,000.
       (b) Treatment of Transfers.--Amounts transferred under this 
     section--
       (1) shall be merged with, and be available for the same 
     purposes and the same period as, the amounts in the accounts 
     to which transferred; and
       (2) may not be expended for an item that has been denied 
     authorization of appropriations by Congress.
       (c) Relationship to Other Transfer Authority.--The transfer 
     authority provided in this section is in addition to the 
     transfer authority provided in section 1001.

     SEC. 305. OPERATIONAL METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY AND UNOLS.

       Of the funds authorized to be appropriated in section 
     301(a), an additional $10,000,000 may be expended for 
     Operational Meteorology and Oceanography and UNOLS.

     SEC. 306. ARMED FORCES EMERGENCY SERVICES.

       Of the funds in section 301(a)(5), $23,000,000 shall be 
     made available to the American Red Cross to fund the Armed 
     Forces Emergency Services.

    Subtitle B--Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations

     SEC. 311. NATO COMMON-FUNDED MILITARY BUDGET.

       Of the amount authorized to be appropriated pursuant to 
     section 301(a)(1) for operation and maintenance for the Army, 
     $216,400,000 shall be available for contributions for the 
     common-funded Military Budget of the North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization.

     SEC. 312. USE OF HUMANITARIAN AND CIVIC ASSISTANCE FUNDING 
                   FOR PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS 
                   COMMAND RESERVES FURNISHING DEMINING TRAINING 
                   AND RELATED ASSISTANCE AS HUMANITARIAN 
                   ASSISTANCE.

       Section 401(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) Up to 5 percent of the funds available in any fiscal 
     year for humanitarian and civic assistance described in 
     subsection (e)(5) may be expended for the pay and allowances 
     of reserve component personnel of the Special Operations 
     Command for periods of duty for which the personnel, for a 
     humanitarian purpose, furnish education and training on the 
     detection and clearance of landmines or furnish related 
     technical assistance.''.

     SEC. 313. NATIONAL DEFENSE FEATURES PROGRAM.

       Section 2218 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (k) as subsection (l);
       (2) by inserting after subsection (j) the following new 
     subsection (k):
       ``(k) Contracts for Incorporation of Defense Features in 
     Commercial Vessels.--(1) The head of any agency, after making 
     a determination of the economic soundness of an offer to do 
     so, may enter into a contract with the offeror for the 
     offeror to install and maintain defense features for national 
     defense purposes in one or more commercial vessels owned or 
     controlled by the offeror in accordance with the purpose for 
     which funds in the National Defense Sealift Fund are 
     available under subsection (c)(1)(C).
       ``(2) The head of an agency may make advance payments to 
     the contractor under the contract in one lump sum, annual 
     payments, or any combination thereof for costs associated 
     with the installation and maintenance of the defense features 
     on one or more commercial vessels, as follows:
       ``(A) The costs to build, procure, and install any defense 
     feature in a vessel.
       ``(B) The costs to maintain and test any defense feature on 
     a vessel periodically.
       ``(C) Any increased costs of operation or any loss of 
     revenue attributable to the installation or maintenance of 
     any defense feature on a vessel.
       ``(D) Any additional costs associated with the terms and 
     conditions of the contract.
       ``(3) For any contract under which the United States 
     provides advance payments for the costs associated with 
     installation or maintenance of any defense feature on a 
     commercial vessel, the contractor shall provide to the United 
     States any security interest in the vessel, by way of a 
     preferred mortgage under section 31322 of title 46 or 
     otherwise, that the head of the agency prescribes in order 
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     States against loss for the total amount of those costs.
       ``(4) Each contract entered into under this subsection 
     shall--
       ``(A) set forth terms and conditions under which, so long 
     as a vessel covered by the contract is owned or controlled by 
     the contractor, the contractor is to operate the vessel for 
     the Department of Defense notwithstanding any other contract 
     or commitment of that contractor; and
       ``(B) provide that the contractor operating the vessel for 
     the Department of Defense shall be paid for that operation at 
     fair and reasonable rates.
       ``(5) The head of an agency may not delegate authority 
     under this subsection to any person in a position below the 
     level of head of a procuring activity.''; and
       (3) by adding at the end of subsection (l), as redesignated 
     by paragraph (1), the following:
       ``(5) The term `head of an agency' has the meaning given 
     the term in section 2302(1) of this title.''.

     SEC. 314. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FOR DRUG INTERDICTION AND 
                   COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES.

       (a) Authorization of Additional Amount.--Notwithstanding 
     any other provision of this Act, the amount authorized to be 
     appropriated by section 301(a)(20) is hereby increased by 
     $59,200,000.
       (b) Use of Additional Amounts.--Of the amounts authorized 
     to be appropriated by section 301(a)(20), as increased by 
     subsection (a) of this section, funds shall be available in 
     the following amounts for the following purposes:
       (1) $6,000,000 shall be available for Operation Caper 
     Focus.
       (2) $17,500,000 shall be available for a Relocatable Over 
     the Horizon (ROTHR) capability for the Eastern Pacific based 
     in the continental United States.
       (3) $2,700,000 shall be available for forward looking 
     infrared radars for P-3 aircraft.
       (4) $8,000,000 shall be available for enhanced intelligence 
     capabilities.
       (5) $5,000,000 shall be used for Mothership Operations.
       (6) $20,000,000 shall be used for National Guard State 
     plans.

                  Subtitle C--Environmental Provisions

     SEC. 321. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT.

       (a) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are--
       (1) to hold the Department of Defense and the military 
     departments accountable for achieving performance-based 
     results in the management of environmental technology by 
     providing a connection between program direction and the 
     achievement of specific performance-based results;
       (2) to assure the identification of end-user requirements 
     for environmental technology within the military departments;
       (3) to assure results, quality of effort, and appropriate 
     levels of service and support for end-users of environmental 
     technology within the military departments; and
       (4) to promote improvement in the performance of 
     environmental technologies by establishing objectives for 
     environmental technology programs, measuring performance 
     against such objectives, and making public reports on the 
     progress made in such performance.
       (b) Environmental Technology Management.--Chapter 139 of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
     section 2358 the following new section:

     ``Sec. 2358a. Research and development: environmental 
       technology

       ``(a) Management of Research and Development.--The 
     Secretary of Defense shall provide in accordance with this 
     section for the management of projects engaged in under 
     section 2358 of this title for the research, development, and 
     evaluation of environmental technologies for the Department 
     of Defense and the military departments.
       ``(b) Responsibilities of Secretary of Defense.--The 
     Secretary of Defense shall--
       ``(1) establish guidelines for the development by the 
     Department of Defense and the military departments of an 
     investment control process for the selection, management, and 
     evaluation of environmental technologies within the 
     Department of Defense;
       ``(2) develop a strategic plan for the development of 
     environmental technologies within the Department of Defense 
     which shall specify goals and objectives for the development 
     of environmental technologies within the Department and 
     provide specific mechanisms for assuring the achievement of 
     such goals and objectives;
       ``(3) establish guidelines for use by the officials 
     concerned in preparing the annual performance plans and 
     performance reports required by this section;
       ``(4) determine the feasibility of permitting such 
     officials to develop quantifiable and measurable performance 
     objectives for particular environmental technology projects; 
     and
       ``(5) if the Secretary determines that the development of 
     performance objectives for particular technology projects by 
     the officials referred to in that paragraph is not feasible, 
     establish a schedule for meeting the performance plan 
     requirements set forth in subsection (c).
       ``(c) Responsibilities Within Department of Defense.--(1) 
     Each official concerned shall--
       ``(A) develop and implement an investment control process 
     for the selection, management, and evaluation of 
     environmental technologies by the department or agencies; and
       ``(B) establish at the beginning of each fiscal year a 
     performance plan for the environmental technology program of 
     the department or agencies.
       ``(2) An investment control process under paragraph (1)(A) 
     shall include, for the department or agency concerned, 
     mechanisms--
       ``(A) to ensure the identification of end-user requirements 
     for environmental technologies;
       ``(B) to prioritize such requirements within the context of 
     funding constraints and the overall environmental technology 
     requirements of the Department of Defense;
       ``(C) to avoid duplication and overlap in the research and 
     development of environmental technologies both within the 
     Department of Defense and between the Department of Defense 
     and other public and private entities and persons;
       ``(D) to provide for the conduct of performance-based 
     reviews of environmental technologies that take into account 
     end-user evaluations of such technologies and permit a 
     measurement of return on investments in such technologies;
       ``(E) to ensure that the environmental technology effort 
     responds in an appropriate manner to end-user requirements, 
     program and funding priorities and constraints, and the 
     reviews conducted pursuant to subparagraph (D); and
       ``(F) to ensure appropriate protection of United States 
     interests in any intellectual property rights associated with 
     environmental technologies developed by or with the 
     assistance of the department or agencies concerned.
       ``(3) A performance plan under paragraph (1)(B) for the 
     environmental technology program of a department or agency 
     for a fiscal year shall--
       ``(A) unless the Secretary of Defense determines that it is 
     not feasible under subsection (b)(5), establish performance 
     objectives for each environmental technology project under 
     the program for the fiscal year based on end-user 
     requirements and program priorities under the program, and 
     express such objectives in a quantifiable and measurable 
     form;
       ``(B) provide a basis for comparing the actual results of 
     each project at the end of the fiscal year with the 
     performance objectives for the project for the fiscal year;
       ``(C) establish means to validate the achievement of 
     performance objectives for each project or to specify the 
     extent to which such validation is not possible;
       ``(D) establish performance indicators for purposes of 
     measuring or assessing relevant outputs and outcomes for each 
     project for the fiscal year; and
       ``(E) establish mechanisms for determining the operational 
     processes, skills and technology, human capital, information, 
     or other resources necessary to meet the performance 
     objectives for each project for the fiscal year.
       ``(d) Annual Report.--(1) Not later than March 31 each 
     year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress, at 
     the same time as the Secretary submits the report required by 
     section 2706(b) of this title, a report on the environmental 
     technology program of the Department of Defense during the 
     preceding fiscal year.
       ``(2) Each report under paragraph (1) shall, with respect 
     to each project under the environmental technology program of 
     the Department--
       ``(A) set forth the performance objectives established for 
     the project for the fiscal year under subsection (c)(3) and 
     assess the performance achieved with respect to the project 
     in light of performance indicators for the project;
       ``(B) describe the extent to which the project met the 
     performance objectives established for the project for the 
     fiscal year;
       ``(C) if a project did not meet the performance objectives 
     for the project for the fiscal year, include--
       ``(i) an explanation for the failure of the project to meet 
     the performance objectives; and
       ``(ii) either--
       ``(I) a modified schedule for meeting the performance 
     objectives; or
       ``(II) in the case of any performance objective determined 
     to be impracticable or infeasible to meet, a statement of 
     alternative actions to be taken with respect to the project; 
     and
       ``(D) set forth the level of effort, including the funds 
     obligated and expended, in the fiscal year for the 
     achievement of each performance objective for the project.
       ``(e) Official Concerned Defined.--In this section, the 
     term `official concerned' means the following:
       ``(1) The Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Environmental 
     Security), with respect to the environmental technology 
     program of the Defense Agencies.
       ``(2) The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
     Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health, with respect to 
     the environmental technology program of the Army or

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     any environmental program technology for which the Army is 
     the executive agent.
       ``(3) The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy 
     (Environment and Safety), with respect to the environmental 
     technology program of the Navy or any environmental 
     technology program for which the Navy is the executive agent.
       ``(4) The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force 
     (Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health), with respect 
     to the environmental technology program of the Air Force or 
     any environmental technology program for which the Air Force 
     is the executive agent.''.
       (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 139 of such title is amended by 
     inserting after the item relating to section 2358 the 
     following new item:

``2358a. Research and development: environmental technology.''.

     SEC. 322. ESTABLISHMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION ACCOUNTS 
                   FOR INSTALLATIONS CLOSED OR REALIGNED UNDER THE 
                   BASE CLOSURE LAWS AND FOR FORMERLY USED DEFENSE 
                   SITES.

       (a) Account for Formerly Used Defense Sites.--Subsection 
     (a) of section 2703 of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(5) An account to be known as the `Environmental 
     Restoration Account, Army, Formerly Used Defense Sites'.''.
       (b) Account for Defense Base Closure and Realignment.--That 
     subsection is further amended by adding at the end the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(6) An account to be known as the `Environmental 
     Restoration Account, Defense Base Closure and 
     Realignment'.''.
       (c) Use of Funds in Base Closure and Realignment Account.--
     (1) Subsection (b) of that section is amended--
       (A) by striking ``Funds authorized'' and inserting ``(1) 
     Except as provided in paragraph (2), funds authorized''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2)(A) Funds authorized for deposit in the Environmental 
     Restoration Account, Defense Base Closure and Realignment 
     established under subsection (a)(6) may be obligated and 
     expended from the account only for carrying out environmental 
     restoration required as the result of the closure or 
     realignment of military installations pursuant to a base 
     closure law. Such funds shall be the exclusive source of 
     funds for such environmental restoration.
       ``(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the term `base 
     closure law' means the following:
       ``(i) Section 2687 of this title.
       ``(ii) The Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 
     (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 
     note).
       ``(iii) Title II of the Defense Authorization Amendments 
     and Base Closure and Realignment Act (Public Law 100-526; 10 
     U.S.C. 2687 note).''.
       (2) Section 2906 of the Defense Base Closure and 
     Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 
     101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) is amended by striking 
     subsection (e).
       (d) Transfer of BRAC Environmental Restoration Funds.--The 
     Secretary of Defense shall transfer from the Department of 
     Defense Base Closure Account 1990 established by section 
     2906(a) of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 
     1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 
     2687 note) to the Environmental Restoration Account, Defense 
     Base Closure and Realignment established by section 
     2703(a)(6) of title 10, United States Code (as amended by 
     subsection (b)), such portion of the unobligated balance in 
     the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990 as of 
     October 1, 2000, as the Secretary determines necessary to 
     carry out environmental restoration in accordance with 
     section 2703(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code (as 
     amended by subsection (c)(1)).
       (e) Funding of Administrative Expenses and Technical 
     Assistance.--Section 2705(g) of title 10, United States Code, 
     is amended to read as follows:
       ``(g) Funding.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
     funds in the accounts established by section 2703(a) of this 
     title shall be available for administrative expenses and 
     technical assistance under this section.
       ``(2) Funds in the account established by section 
     2703(a)(6) of this title shall be available for 
     administrative expenses and technical assistance under this 
     section with respect to an installation approved for closure 
     or realignment under a base closure law only to the extent 
     that the base closure law under which the installation is 
     being closed or realigned provides for the funding of 
     environmental restoration at the installation from an account 
     established for purposes of carrying out the closure or 
     realignment of installations.''.
       (f) Effective Date.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph 
     (2), this section and the amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (2) The amendments made by subsections (b) and (c) shall 
     take effect on October 1, 2000.

     SEC. 323. EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON PAYMENT OF FINES AND 
                   PENALTIES USING FUNDS IN ENVIRONMENTAL 
                   RESTORATION ACCOUNTS.

       Section 2703(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking ``through 1999,'' both places it appears and 
     inserting ``through 2010,''.

     SEC. 324. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR ANNUAL REPORTS ON 
                   ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE ACTIVITIES.

       (a) Modification of Requirements.--Subsection (b) of 
     section 2706 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to 
     read as follows:
       ``(b) Report on Environmental Quality Programs and Other 
     Environmental Activities.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to Congress each year, not later than 45 days after 
     the date on which the President submits to Congress the 
     budget for a fiscal year, a report on the progress made in 
     carrying out activities under the environmental quality 
     programs of the Department of Defense and the military 
     departments.
       ``(2) Each report shall include the following:
       ``(A) A description of the environmental quality program of 
     the Department of Defense, and of each of the military 
     departments, during the period consisting of the four fiscal 
     years preceding the fiscal year in which the report is 
     submitted, the fiscal year in which the report is submitted, 
     and the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the 
     report is submitted, including--
       ``(i) for each of the major activities under the program--
       ``(I) the amount expended, or proposed to be expended, in 
     each fiscal year of the period;
       ``(II) an explanation for any significant change in the 
     aggregate amount to be expended in the fiscal year in which 
     the report is submitted, and in the following fiscal year, 
     when compared with the fiscal year preceding each such fiscal 
     year; and
       ``(III) an assessment of the manner in which the scope of 
     the activities have changed over the course of the period; 
     and
       ``(ii) a summary of the major achievements of the program 
     and of any major problems with the program.
       ``(B) A list of the planned or ongoing projects necessary 
     to support the environmental quality program of the 
     Department of Defense, and of each of the military 
     departments, during the period described in subparagraph (A) 
     the cost of which has exceeded or is anticipated to exceed 
     $1,500,000, including--
       ``(i) a separate list of the projects inside the United 
     States and of the projects outside the United States;
       ``(ii) for each project commenced during the first four 
     fiscal years of the period--
       ``(I) the amount specified in the initial budget request 
     for the project;
       ``(II) the aggregate amount allocated to the project 
     through the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in which 
     the report is submitted; and
       ``(III) the aggregate amount obligated for the project 
     through that fiscal year;
       ``(iii) for each project commenced or to be commenced in 
     the fiscal year in which the report is submitted--
       ``(I) the amount specified for the project in the budget 
     for the fiscal year; and
       ``(II) the amount allocated to the project in the fiscal 
     year;
       ``(iv) for each project to be commenced in the last fiscal 
     year of the period, the amount, if any, specified for the 
     project in the budget for the fiscal year; and
       ``(v) if the anticipated aggregate cost of any project 
     covered by the report will exceed by more than 25 percent the 
     amount specified in the initial budget request for such 
     project, a justification for that variance.
       ``(C) A statement of the fines and penalties imposed or 
     assessed against the Department of Defense and the military 
     departments under Federal, State, or local environmental laws 
     during the fiscal year in which the report is submitted and 
     the four preceding fiscal years, setting forth--
       ``(i) each Federal environmental statute under which a fine 
     or penalty was imposed or assessed during each such fiscal 
     year;
       ``(ii) with respect to each such Federal statute--
       ``(I) the aggregate amount of fines and penalties imposed 
     under the statute during each such fiscal year;
       ``(II) the aggregate amount of fines and penalties paid 
     under the statute during each such fiscal year; and
       ``(III) the total amount required during such fiscal years 
     for supplemental environmental projects in lieu of the 
     payment of a fine or penalty under the statute and the extent 
     to which the cost of such projects during such fiscal years 
     has exceeded the original amount of the fine or penalty; and
       ``(iii) the amount of fines and penalties imposed or 
     assessed during each such fiscal year with respect to each 
     military installation inside and outside the United States.
       ``(D) A statement of the amounts expended, and anticipated 
     to be expended, during the period described in subparagraph 
     (A) for any activities overseas relating to the environment, 
     including amounts for activities relating to environmental 
     remediation, compliance, conservation, pollution prevention, 
     and environmental technology and amounts for conferences, 
     meetings, and studies for pilot programs, and for travel 
     related to such activities.''.
       (b) Conforming Repeal.--That section is further amended--

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       (1) by striking subsection (d); and
       (2) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d).
       (c) Definitions.--Subsection (d) of that section, as 
     redesignated by subsection (b)(2) of this section, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4) The term `environmental quality program' means a 
     program of activities relating to environmental compliance, 
     conservation, pollution prevention, environmental technology, 
     and such other activities relating to environmental quality 
     as the Secretary concerned may designate for purposes of the 
     program.
       ``(5) The term `major activities', with respect to an 
     environmental quality program, means the following activities 
     under the program:
       ``(A) Environmental compliance activities.
       ``(B) Conservation activities.
       ``(C) Pollution prevention activities.
       ``(D) Activities relating to environmental technology.''.

     SEC. 325. MODIFICATION OF MEMBERSHIP OF STRATEGIC 
                   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 
                   COUNCIL.

       Section 2902(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking ``Director of Defense Research and 
     Engineering'' and inserting ``Deputy Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Science and Technology''.

     SEC. 326. EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAM FOR SALE OF AIR 
                   POLLUTION EMISSION REDUCTION INCENTIVES.

       Section 351(a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85; 111 Stat. 1692; 10 
     U.S.C. 2701 note) is amended by striking ``beginning on the 
     date of the enactment of this Act and ending two years after 
     such date'' and inserting ``beginning on November 18, 1997, 
     and ending on September 30, 2001''.

     SEC. 327. REIMBURSEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
                   FOR CERTAIN COSTS IN CONNECTION WITH FRESNO 
                   DRUM SUPERFUND SITE, FRESNO, CALIFORNIA.

       (a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may pay, using 
     funds described in subsection (b), to the Fresno Drum Special 
     Account within the Hazardous Substance Superfund established 
     by section 9507 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 
     U.S.C. 9507) to reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency 
     for costs incurred by the Agency for actions taken under 
     CERCLA at the Fresno Industrial Supply, Inc., site in Fresno, 
     California, the following amounts:
       (1) Not more than $778,425 for past response costs incurred 
     by the Agency.
       (2) The amount of the costs identified as ``interest'' 
     costs pursuant to the agreement known as the ``CERCLA Section 
     122(h)(1) Agreement for Payment of Future Response Costs and 
     Recovery of Past Response Costs In the Matter of: Fresno 
     Industrial Supply Inc. Site, Fresno, California'' that was 
     entered into by the Department of Defense and the 
     Environmental Protection Agency on May 22, 1998.
       (b) Source of Funds for Payment.--(1) Subject to paragraph 
     (2), any payment under subsection (a) shall be made using the 
     following amounts:
       (A) Amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 301 to 
     the Environmental Restoration Account, Defense, established 
     by section 2703(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code.
       (B) Amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 301 to 
     the Environmental Restoration Account, Army, established by 
     section 2703(a)(2) of that title.
       (C) Amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 301 to 
     the Environmental Restoration Account, Navy, established by 
     section 2703(a)(3) of that title.
       (D) Amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 301 to 
     the Environmental Restoration Account, Air Force, established 
     by section 2703(a)(4) of that title.
       (2) The portion of a payment under paragraph (1) that is 
     derived from any account referred to in that paragraph shall 
     bear the same ratio to the total amount of such payment as 
     the amount of the hazardous substances at the Fresno 
     Industrial Supply, Inc., site that are attributable to the 
     department concerned bears to the total amount of the 
     hazardous substances at that site.
       (c) CERCLA Defined.--In this section, the term ``CERCLA'' 
     means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
     and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.).

     SEC. 328. PAYMENT OF STIPULATED PENALTIES ASSESSED UNDER 
                   CERCLA IN CONNECTION WITH F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE 
                   BASE, WYOMING.

       (a) Authority.--The Secretary of the Air Force may pay, 
     using funds described in subsection (b), not more than 
     $20,000 as payment of stipulated civil penalties assessed on 
     January 13, 1998, against F.E. Warren Air Force Base, 
     Wyoming, under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
     Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et 
     seq.).
       (b) Source of Funds for Payment.--Any payment under 
     subsection (a) shall be made using amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated by section 301 to the Environmental Restoration 
     Account, Air Force, established by section 2703(a)(4) of 
     title 10, United States Code.

     SEC. 329. PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE TO THE PUBLIC 
                   REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AT UNITED 
                   STATES MILITARY INSTALLATIONS FORMERLY OPERATED 
                   BY THE UNITED STATES THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED.

       (a) Disclosure.--
       (1) Requirement to provide information and guidance.--The 
     Secretary of Defense shall publicly disclose existing, 
     available information relevant to a foreign nation's 
     determination of the nature and extent of environmental 
     contamination, if any, at a site in that foreign nation where 
     the United States operated a military base, installation, and 
     facility that has been closed as of the date of enactment of 
     this Act.
       (2) Congressional list.--Not later than September 30, 2000, 
     the Secretary of Defense shall provide Congress a list of 
     information made public pursuant to paragraph (1).
       (b) Limitation.--The requirement to provide information and 
     guidance under subsection (a) may not be construed to 
     establish on the part of the United States any liability or 
     obligation for the costs of environmental restoration or 
     remediation at any site referred to in subsection (a).
       (c) National Security.--Information the Secretary of 
     Defense believes could adversely affect United States 
     National Security shall not be released pursuant to this 
     provision.

     SEC. 330. ORDNANCE MITIGATION STUDY.

       (a) The Secretary of Defense is directed to undertake a 
     study and is authorized to remove ordnance infiltrating the 
     Federal navigation channel and adjacent shorelines of the 
     Toussaint River.
       (b) The Secretary shall report to the congressional defense 
     committees and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works on long-term solutions and costs related to the removal 
     of ordnance in the Toussaint River, Ohio. The Secretary shall 
     also evaluate any ongoing use of Lake Erie as an ordnance 
     firing range and justify the need to continue such activities 
     by the Department of Defense or its contractors. The 
     Secretary shall report not later than April 1, 2000.
       (c) This provision shall not modify any responsibilities 
     and authorities provided in the Water Resources Development 
     Act of 1986, as amended (Public Law 99-662).
       (d) The Secretary is authorized to use any funds available 
     to the Secretary to carry out the authority provided in 
     subsection (a).

                       Subtitle D--Other Matters

     SEC. 341. EXTENSION OF WARRANTY CLAIMS RECOVERY PILOT 
                   PROGRAM.

       Section 391(f) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 104-85; 111 Stat. 1716; 10 
     U.S.C. 2304 note) is amended by striking ``September 30, 
     1999'' and inserting ``September 30, 2000''.

     SEC. 342. ADDITIONAL MATTERS TO BE REPORTED BEFORE PRIME 
                   VENDOR CONTRACT FOR DEPOT-LEVEL MAINTENANCE AND 
                   REPAIR IS ENTERED INTO.

       Section 346(a) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 
     112 Stat. 1979; 10 U.S.C. 2464 note) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1);
       (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and 
     inserting a semicolon; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) contains an analysis of the extent to which the 
     contract conforms to the requirements of section 2466 of 
     title 10, United States Code; and
       ``(4) describes the measures taken to ensure that the 
     contract does not violate the core logistics policies, 
     requirements, and restrictions set forth in section 2464 of 
     that title.''.

     SEC. 343. IMPLEMENTATION OF JOINTLY APPROVED CHANGES IN 
                   DEFENSE RETAIL SYSTEMS.

       (a) Recommendations of Joint Exchange Due Diligence 
     Study.--Subsection (c) of section 367 of the Strom Thurmond 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 
     (Public Law 105-261; 112 Stat. 1987; 10 U.S.C. 2482 note) is 
     amended by striking ``may not be implemented unless 
     implementation of the recommendation'' and inserting ``may be 
     implemented only if implementation of the recommendation is 
     approved by all of the Secretaries of the military 
     departments or''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (b) of such section 
     is amended by striking ``The operation'' and inserting 
     ``Except as provided in subsection (c), the operation''.

     SEC. 344. WAIVER OF REQUIRED CONDITION FOR SALES OF ARTICLES 
                   AND SERVICES OF INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES TO 
                   PURCHASERS OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

       (a) Sales to Defense Contractors.--Section 2208(j) of title 
     10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
     subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
       (2) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(j)''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Waiver Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may waive 
     the requirement for the conditions in paragraph (1) in the 
     case of a particular sale if the Secretary determines that 
     the waiver is necessary for reasons of national security and 
     notifies Congress regarding the reasons for the waiver.''.
       (b) Sales to Purchasers Generally.--Section 2553 of title 
     10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) as 
     subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h), respectively; and

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       (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new 
     subsection (d):
       ``(d) Waiver Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may waive 
     the requirement for the condition in subsections (a)(1) and 
     (c)(1) in the case of a particular sale if the Secretary 
     determines that the waiver is necessary for reasons of 
     national security and notifies Congress regarding the reasons 
     for the waiver.''.

     SEC. 345. ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
                   AVAILABLE FOR LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES THAT 
                   BENEFIT DEPENDENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
                   PERSONNEL.

       Section 386(c)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102-484; 20 U.S.C. 7703 
     note) is amended by striking ``in that fiscal year are'' and 
     inserting ``during the preceding school year were''.

     SEC. 346. USE OF SMART CARD TECHNOLOGY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE.

       (a) Leadership, Planning, and Execution of Smart Card 
     Program.--(1) Not later than October 1, 1999, the Secretary 
     of Defense shall designate the Department of the Navy to be 
     the lead agency for the development and implementation of a 
     Smart Card program for the Department of Defense effective as 
     of the date of the designation.
       (2) The Secretary of Defense shall direct the Secretary of 
     the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force to establish 
     Smart Card project offices for the Department of the Army and 
     the Department of the Air Force, respectively, not later than 
     November 30, 1999. The designated offices shall coordinate 
     closely with the lead agency to develop implementation plans 
     for exploiting the capability of Smart Card technology as a 
     means for enhancing readiness and improving business 
     processes throughout the military departments.
       (3) Not later than November 30, 1999, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall establish a senior coordinating group chaired 
     by a representative of the Secretary of the Navy. The group 
     shall include senior representatives from each of the Armed 
     Forces. The senior coordinating group shall develop and 
     implement Department-wide interoperability standards for use 
     of Smart Card technology and a plan to exploit Smart Card 
     technology as a means for enhancing readiness and improving 
     business processes.
       (4) The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air 
     Force, in coordination with the Secretary of the Navy, shall 
     each develop and implement a program to demonstrate the 
     benefits of Smart Card technology in the Army and the Air 
     Force, respectively.
       (b) Increased Use Targeted to Certain Naval Regions.--Not 
     later than November 30, 1999, the Secretary of the Navy shall 
     establish a business plan to implement the use of Smart Cards 
     in one major Naval region of the continental United States 
     that is in the area of operations of the United States 
     Atlantic Command and one major Naval region of the 
     continental United States that is in the area of operations 
     of the United States Pacific Command. The regions selected 
     shall include a major fleet concentration area. The 
     implementation of the use of Smart Cards in each region shall 
     cover the Navy and Marine Corps bases and all non-deployed 
     units in the region. The Secretary of the Navy shall submit 
     the business plan to the congressional defense committees.
       (c) Funding for Increased Use of Smart Cards.--(1) Of the 
     funds authorized to be appropriated for the Navy for fiscal 
     year 2000 under section 102(a)(4) or 301(a)(2), the Secretary 
     of the Navy--
       (A) shall allocate sufficient amounts, up to $30,000,000, 
     for ensuring that significant progress is made toward 
     complete implementation of the use of Smart Card technology 
     in the Department of the Navy; and
       (B) may allocate additional amounts for the conversion of 
     paper-based records to electronic media for records systems 
     that have been modified to use Smart Card technology.
       (2) Of the funds authorized to be appropriated under 
     section 301(a)(1), up to $5,000,000 shall be available for 
     Army demonstration programs under subsection (a)(4). Of the 
     funds authorized to be appropriated under section 301(a)(4), 
     up to $5,000,000 shall be available for Air Force 
     demonstration programs under subsection (a)(4).
       (d) Report.--Not later than March 31, 2000, the Secretary 
     of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services 
     of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report 
     containing a detailed discussion of the progress made by the 
     senior coordinating group in carrying out its duties under 
     subsection (a)(3).
       (e) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``Smart Card'' means a credit card-size 
     device, normally for carrying and use by personnel, that 
     contains one or more integrated circuits and may also employ 
     one or more of the following technologies:
       (A) Magnetic stripe.
       (B) Bar codes, linear or two-dimensional.
       (C) Non-contact and radio frequency transmitters.
       (D) Biometric information.
       (E) Encryption and authentication.
       (F) Photo identification.
       (2) The term ``Smart Card technology'' means a Smart Card 
     together with all of the associated information technology 
     hardware and software that comprise the system for support 
     and operation.
       (f) Repeal of Requirement for Automated Identification 
     Technology Office.--Section 344(b) of the Strom Thurmond 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 
     (Public Law 105-261; 112 Stat. 1977; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is 
     repealed.

     SEC. 347. STUDY ON USE OF SMART CARD AS PKI AUTHENTICATION 
                   DEVICE CARRIER FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) Study Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct 
     a study to determine the potential benefits of Department of 
     Defense use of the Smart Card for addressing the need of the 
     Department of Defense for a Public-Private Key Infrastructure 
     (PKI) authentication device carrier.
       (b) Report.--Not later than January 31, 2000, the Secretary 
     shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the 
     results of the study. The report shall include the 
     Secretary's findings and any recommendations that the 
     Secretary considers appropriate regarding Department of 
     Defense use of the Smart Card for addressing the need 
     identified in subsection (a).
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``Smart Card'' means a credit card-size 
     device, normally for carrying and use by personnel, that 
     contains one or more integrated circuits and may also employ 
     one or more of the following technologies:
       (A) Magnetic stripe.
       (B) Bar codes, linear or two-dimensional.
       (C) Non-contact and radio frequency transmitters.
       (D) Biometric information.
       (E) Encryption and authentication.
       (F) Photo identification.
       (2) The term ``Public-Private Key Infrastructure (PKI) 
     authentication device carrier'' means a device that 
     physically stores, carries, and employs electronic 
     authentication or encryption keys necessary to create a 
     unique digital signature, digital certificate, or other mark 
     on an electronic document or file.

     SEC. 348. REVISION OF AUTHORITY TO DONATE CERTAIN ARMY 
                   MATERIEL FOR FUNERAL CEREMONIES.

       (a) Authority.--Section 4683 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
       (A) by striking ``lend obsolete or condemned rifles (not 
     more than 10)'' and inserting ``conditionally lend or donate 
     excess M1 rifles (not more than 15)''; and
       (B) by striking ``any local unit of any national veterans' 
     organization recognized by the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, for use by that unit'' and inserting ``a unit or 
     other organization of honor guards recognized by the 
     Secretary of the Army as honor guards for a national 
     cemetery, a law enforcement agency, or a local unit of any 
     organization that, as determined by the Secretary of the 
     Army, is a nationally recognized veterans' organization, for 
     use by that unit, organization, or agency''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(c) Conditions on Donations.--In lending or donating 
     rifles under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Army may 
     impose any condition on the use of the rifles that the 
     Secretary considers appropriate.''.
       (b) Technical Amendments.--Such section is further 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``Authority.--'' after 
     ``(a)''; and
       (2) in subsection (b), by inserting ``Relief From 
     Liability.--'' after ``(b)''.

     SEC. 349. MODIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON FUNDING ASSISTANCE 
                   FOR PROCUREMENT OF EQUIPMENT FOR THE NATIONAL 
                   GUARD FOR DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG 
                   ACTIVITIES.

       Section 112(a)(3) of title 32, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking ``per purchase order'' in the second 
     sentence and inserting ``per item''.

     SEC. 350. AUTHORITY FOR PAYMENT OF SETTLEMENT CLAIMS.

       (a) Authority to Make Payments.--Subject to the provisions 
     of this section, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to 
     make payments for the settlement of the claims arising from 
     the deaths caused by the accident involving a United States 
     Marine Corps EA-6B aircraft on February 3, 1998, near 
     Cavalese, Italy and the subsequent determination that parties 
     involved in the accident obstructed the investigation by 
     disposing of evidence.
       (b) Deadline for Exercise of Authority.--The Secretary 
     shall make the decision to exercise the authority in 
     subsection (a) not later than 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act.
       (c) Source of Payments.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, of the amounts appropriated or otherwise 
     made available for the Department of Navy for operation and 
     maintenance for fiscal year 2000 or other unexpended balances 
     from prior years, the Secretary shall make available 
     $40,000,000 only for emergency and extraordinary expenses 
     associated with the settlement of the claims arising from the 
     accident and the subsequent determination that parties 
     involved in the accident obstructed the investigation by 
     disposing of evidence described in subsection (a).
       (d) Amount of Payment.--The amount of the payment under 
     this section in settlement of the claims arising from the 
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     any person associated with the accident described in 
     subsection (a) may not exceed $2,000,000.
       (e) Treatment of Payments.--Any amount paid to a person 
     under this section is intended to supplement any amount 
     subsequently determined to be payable to the person under 
     section 127 or chapter 163 of title 10, United States Code, 
     or any other provision of law for administrative settlement 
     of claims against the United States with respect to damages 
     arising from the accident described in subsection (a).
       (f) Construction.--The payment of an amount under this 
     section may not be considered to constitute a statement of 
     legal liability on the part of the United States or otherwise 
     as evidence of any material fact in any judicial proceeding 
     or investigation arising from the accident described in 
     subsection (a).
       (g) Resolution of Other Claims.--No payments under this 
     section or any other provision of law for the settlement of 
     claims arising from the accident described in subsection (a) 
     shall be made to citizens of Germany until the Government of 
     Germany provides a comparable settlement of the claims 
     arising from the deaths of the United States servicemen 
     caused by the collision between a United States Air Force C-
     141 Starlifter aircraft and a German Luftwaffe Tupelov TU-
     154M aircraft off the coast of Namibia, on September 13, 
     1997.

     SEC. 351. SENSE OF SENATE REGARDING SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS OF 
                   AMERICAN SERVICEMEN'S FAMILIES REGARDING DEATHS 
                   RESULTING FROM THE ACCIDENT OFF THE COAST OF 
                   NAMIBIA ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1997.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
       (1) On September 13, 1997, a German Luftwaffe Tupelov TU-
     154M aircraft collided with a United States Air Force C-141 
     Starlifter aircraft off the coast of Namibia.
       (2) As a result of that collision nine members of the 
     United States Air Force were killed, namely Staff Sergeant 
     Stacey D. Bryant, 32, loadmaster, Providence, Rhode Island; 
     Staff Sergeant Gary A. Bucknam, 25, flight engineer, Oakland, 
     Maine; Captain Gregory M. Cindrich, 28, pilot, Byrans Road, 
     Maryland; Airman 1st Class Justin R. Drager, 19, loadmaster, 
     Colorado Springs, Colorado; Staff Sergeant Robert K. Evans, 
     31, flight engineer, Garrison, Kentucky; Captain Jason S. 
     Ramsey, 27, pilot, South Boston, Virginia; Staff Sergeant 
     Scott N. Roberts, 27, flight engineer, Library, Pennsylvania; 
     Captain Peter C. Vallejo, 34, aircraft commander, Crestwood, 
     New York; and Senior Airman Frankie L. Walker, 23, crew 
     chief, Windber, Pennsylvania.
       (3) The Final Report of the Ministry of Defense of the 
     Defense Committee of the German Bundestag states 
     unequivocally that, following an investigation, the 
     Directorate of Flight Safety of the German Federal Armed 
     Forces assigned responsibility for the collision to the 
     Aircraft Commander/Commandant of the Luftwaffe Tupelov TU-
     154M aircraft for flying at a flight level that did not 
     conform to international flight rules.
       (4) The United States Air Force accident investigation 
     report concluded that the primary cause of the collision was 
     the Luftwaffe Tupelov TU-154M aircraft flying at an incorrect 
     cruise altitude.
       (5) Procedures for filing claims under the Status of Forces 
     Agreement are unavailable to the families of the members of 
     the United States Air Force killed in the collision.
       (6) The families of the members of the United States Air 
     Force killed in the collision have filed claims against the 
     Government of Germany.
       (7) The Senate has adopted an amendment authorizing the 
     payment to citizens of Germany of a supplemental settlement 
     of claims arising from the deaths caused by the accident 
     involving a United States Marine Corps EA-6B aircraft on 
     February 3, 1998, near Cavalese, Italy.
       (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) the Government of Germany should promptly settle with 
     the families of the members of the United States Air Force 
     killed in a collision between a United States Air Force C-141 
     Starlifter aircraft and a German Luftwaffe Tupelov TU-154M 
     aircraft off the coast of Namibia on September 13, 1997; and
       (2) the United States should not make any payment to 
     citizens of Germany as settlement of such citizens' claims 
     for deaths arising from the accident involving a United 
     States Marine Corps EA-6B aircraft on February 3, 1998, near 
     Cavalese, Italy, until a comparable settlement is reached 
     between the Government of Germany and the families described 
     in paragraph (1) with respect to the collision described in 
     that paragraph.

              TITLE IV--MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS

                       Subtitle A--Active Forces

     SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES.

       The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active duty 
     personnel as of September 30, 2000, as follows:
       (1) The Army, 480,000.
       (2) The Navy, 371,781.
       (3) The Marine Corps, 172,240.
       (4) The Air Force, 360,877.

     SEC. 402. REVISION IN PERMANENT END STRENGTH LEVELS.

       (a) Revised End Strength Floors.--Subsection (b) of section 
     691 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2), by striking out ``372,696'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``371,781'';
       (2) in paragraph (3), by striking out ``172,200'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``172,148''; and
       (3) in paragraph (4), by striking out ``370,802'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``360,877''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on October 1, 1999.

     SEC. 403. REDUCTION OF END STRENGTHS BELOW LEVELS FOR TWO 
                   MAJOR REGIONAL CONTINGENCIES.

       Section 691(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking ``unless'' and all that follows and inserting 
     ``unless the Secretary of Defense first submits to Congress a 
     written notification of the proposed lower end strength 
     together with the justification for the lower end strength. 
     The Secretary may submit the notification and justification 
     with the budget for the department for the fiscal year.''.

                       Subtitle B--Reserve Forces

     SEC. 411. END STRENGTHS FOR SELECTED RESERVE.

       (a) In General.--The Armed Forces are authorized strengths 
     for Selected Reserve personnel of the reserve components as 
     of September 30, 2000, as follows:
       (1) The Army National Guard of the United States, 350,623.
       (2) The Army Reserve, 205,000.
       (3) The Naval Reserve, 90,288.
       (4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 39,624.
       (5) The Air National Guard of the United States, 106,744.
       (6) The Air Force Reserve, 73,764.
       (7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 8,000.
       (b) Adjustments.--The end strengths prescribed by 
     subsection (a) for the Selected Reserve of any reserve 
     component shall be proportionately reduced by--
       (1) the total authorized strength of units organized to 
     serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such component 
     which are on active duty (other than for training) at the end 
     of the fiscal year; and
       (2) the total number of individual members not in units 
     organized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such 
     component who are on active duty (other than for training or 
     for unsatisfactory participation in training) without their 
     consent at the end of the fiscal year.
     Whenever such units or such individual members are released 
     from active duty during any fiscal year, the end strength 
     prescribed for such fiscal year for the Selected Reserve of 
     such reserve component shall be proportionately increased by 
     the total authorized strengths of such units and by the total 
     number of such individual members.
       (c) Permanent Waiver Authority.--Section 115(c) of title 
     10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking the ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1);
       (2) by striking the period at the end of the paragraph (2) 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) increase the end strength authorized pursuant to 
     subsection (a)(2) for a fiscal year for the Selected Reserve 
     of a reserve component of any of the armed forces by a number 
     equal to not more than 2 percent of that end strength.''.

     SEC. 412. END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE DUTY IN 
                   SUPPORT OF THE RESERVES.

       Within the end strengths prescribed in section 411(a), the 
     reserve components of the Armed Forces are authorized, as of 
     September 30, 2000, the following number of Reserves to be 
     serving on full-time active duty or full-time duty, in the 
     case of members of the National Guard, for the purpose of 
     organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or 
     training the reserve components:
       (1) The Army National Guard of the United States, 22,430.
       (2) The Army Reserve, 12,804.
       (3) The Naval Reserve, 15,010.
       (4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,272.
       (5) The Air National Guard of the United States, 11,157.
       (6) The Air Force Reserve, 1,134.

     SEC. 413. END STRENGTHS FOR MILITARY TECHNICIANS.

       (a) Dual Status Technicians.--The minimum number of 
     military technicians (dual status) as of September 30, 2000, 
     for the reserve components of the Army and the Air Force 
     (notwithstanding section 129 of title 10, United States Code) 
     shall be the following:
       (1) For the Army Reserve, 5,179.
       (2) For the Army National Guard of the United States, 
     22,396.
       (3) For the Air Force Reserve, 9,785.
       (4) For the Air National Guard of the United States, 
     22,247.
       (b) Non-Dual Status Technicians.--The reserve components of 
     the Army and Air Force are (notwithstanding section 129 of 
     title 10, United States Code) authorized strengths for 
     military technicians (non-dual status) as of September 30, 
     2000, as follows:
       (1) For the Army Reserve, 1,295.
       (2) For the Army National Guard of the United States, 
     1,800.

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       (3) For the Air Force Reserve, 342.
       (4) For the Air National Guard of the United States, 342.

     SEC. 414. INCREASE IN NUMBERS OF MEMBERS IN CERTAIN GRADES 
                   AUTHORIZED TO BE ON ACTIVE DUTY IN SUPPORT OF 
                   THE RESERVES.

       (a) Officers.--The table in section 12011(a) of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
       

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           Air    Marine
                ``Grade                   Army    Navy    Force   Corps
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Major or Lieutenant Commander..........   3,227   1,071     860      140
Lieutenant Colonel or Commander........   1,611     520     777       90
Colonel or Navy Captain................     471     188     297    30''.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       (b) Senior Enlisted Members.--The table in section 12012(a) 
     of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as 
     follows:
       

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           Air    Marine
                ``Grade                   Army    Navy    Force   Corps
------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-9....................................     645     202     405       20
E-8....................................   2,593     429   1,041    94''.
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              Subtitle C--Authorization of Appropriations

     SEC. 421. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR MILITARY 
                   PERSONNEL.

       There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
     Department of Defense for military personnel for fiscal year 
     2000 a total of $71,693,093,000, and in addition funds in the 
     total amount of $1,838,426,000 are authorized to be 
     appropriated as emergency appropriations to the Department of 
     Defense for fiscal year 2000 for military personnel, as 
     appropriated in section 2012 of the 1999 Emergency 
     Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law 106-31). The 
     authorization in the preceding sentence supersedes any other 
     authorization of appropriations (definite or indefinite) for 
     such purpose for fiscal year 2000.

                   TITLE V--MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY

                  Subtitle A--Officer Personnel Policy

     SEC. 501. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT FOR COMPETITION FOR JOINT 
                   4-STAR OFFICER POSITIONS.

       (a) Extension of Requirement.--Section 604(c) of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by striking ``September 30, 
     2000'' and inserting ``September 30, 2003''.
       (b) Grade Relief.--Section 525(b)(5)(C) of such title is 
     amended by striking ``September 30, 2000'' and inserting 
     ``September 30, 2003''.

     SEC. 502. ADDITIONAL THREE-STAR OFFICER POSITIONS FOR 
                   SUPERINTENDENTS OF SERVICE ACADEMIES.

       (a) Exclusion of Superintendents From Grade Limitation.--
     Section 525(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(7) An officer while serving in the position of 
     Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, 
     Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy, or 
     Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy, if 
     serving in the grade of lieutenant general or vice admiral, 
     is in addition to the number that would otherwise be 
     permitted for that officer's armed force for that grade under 
     subsection (a) or paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection.''.
       (b) Retirement of Superintendents.--(1)(A) Chapter 367 of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
     section 3920 the following:

     ``Sec. 3921. Mandatory retirement: Superintendent of the 
       United States Military Academy

       ``Upon the termination of a detail of an officer to the 
     position of Superintendent of the United States Military 
     Academy, the Secretary of the Army shall retire the officer 
     under any provision of this chapter under which the officer 
     is eligible to retire.''.
       (B) Chapter 403 of such title is amended by inserting after 
     section 4333 the following:

     ``Sec. 4333a. Superintendent: condition for detail to 
       position

       ``To be eligible for detail to the position of 
     Superintendent of the Academy, an officer shall enter into an 
     agreement with the Secretary of the Army to accept retirement 
     upon termination of the detail.''.
       (2)(A) Chapter 573 of such title is amended by inserting 
     after the table of sections at the beginning of the chapter 
     the following:

     ``Sec. 6371. Mandatory retirement: Superintendent of the 
       United States Naval Academy

       ``Upon the termination of a detail of an officer to the 
     position of Superintendent of the United States Naval 
     Academy, the Secretary of the Navy shall retire the officer 
     under any provision of chapter 571 of this title under which 
     the officer is eligible to retire.''.
       (B) Chapter 603 of such title is amended by inserting after 
     section 6951 the following:

     ``Sec. 6951a. Superintendent

       ``(a) There is a Superintendent of the United States Naval 
     Academy. The immediate governance of the Naval Academy is 
     under the Superintendent.
       ``(b) The Superintendent shall be detailed to the position 
     by the President. To be eligible for detail to the position, 
     an officer shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary 
     of the Navy to accept retirement upon termination of the 
     detail.''.
       (3)(A) Chapter 867 of such title is amended by inserting 
     after section 8920 the following:

     ``Sec. 8921. Mandatory retirement: Superintendent of the 
       United States Air Force Academy

       ``Upon the termination of a detail of an officer to the 
     position of Superintendent of the United States Air Force 
     Academy, the Secretary of the Air Force shall retire the 
     officer under any provision of this chapter under which the 
     officer is eligible to retire.''.
       (B) Chapter 903 of such title is amended by inserting after 
     section 9333 the following:

     ``Sec. 9333a. Superintendent: condition for detail to 
       position

       ``To be eligible for detail to the position of 
     Superintendent of the Academy, an officer shall enter into an 
     agreement with the Secretary of the Air Force to accept 
     retirement upon termination of the detail.''.
       (c) Clerical Amendments.--(1)(A) The table of sections at 
     the beginning of chapter 367 of title 10, United States Code, 
     is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
     3920 the following:

``3921. Mandatory retirement: Superintendent of the United States 
              Military Academy.''.
       (B) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 403 
     of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating 
     to section 4333 the following:

``4333a. Superintendent: condition for detail to position.''.
       (2)(A) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 
     573 of such title is amended by inserting before the item 
     relating to section 6383 the following:

``6371. Mandatory retirement: Superintendent of the United States Naval 
              Academy.''.
       (B) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 603 
     of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating 
     to section 6951 the following:

``6951a. Superintendent.''.
       (3)(A) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 
     867 of such title is amended by inserting after the item 
     relating to section 8920 the following:

``8921. Mandatory retirement: Superintendent of the United States Air 
              Force Academy.''.
       (B) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 903 
     of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating 
     to section 9333 the following:

``9333a. Superintendent: condition for detail to position.''.
       (d) Savings Provision.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall not apply to an officer serving on the date of the 
     enactment of this Act in the position of Superintendent of 
     the United States Military Academy, Superintendent of the 
     United States Naval Academy, or Superintendent of the United 
     States Air Force Academy for so long as the officer continues 
     on and after that date to serve in the position without a 
     break in the service in the position.

     SEC. 503. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM NUMBER OF OFFICERS AUTHORIZED 
                   TO BE ON ACTIVE-DUTY LIST IN FROCKED GRADE OF 
                   BRIGADIER GENERAL OR REAR ADMIRAL.

       Section 777(d)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking ``the following:'' and all that follows 
     and inserting ``55.''.

     SEC. 504. RESERVE OFFICERS REQUESTING OR OTHERWISE CAUSING 
                   NONSELECTION FOR PROMOTION.

       (a) Reporting Requirement.--Section 617(c) of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by striking ``regular''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act 
     and shall apply with respect to boards convened under section 
     611(a) of title 10, United States Code, on or after that 
     date.

     SEC. 505. MINIMUM GRADE OF OFFICERS ELIGIBLE TO SERVE ON 
                   BOARDS OF INQUIRY.

       (a) Retention Boards for Regular Officers.--Section 1187 of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
       ``(a) Active Duty Officers.--Each officer who serves on a 
     board convened under this chapter shall--
       ``(1) be an officer of the same armed force as the officer 
     being required to show cause for retention on active duty;
       ``(2) be serving on active duty in a grade that--
       ``(A) in the case of the President of the board, is above 
     lieutenant colonel or commander; or
       ``(B) in the case of any other member of the board, is 
     above major or lieutenant commander; and
       ``(3) be senior in grade and rank to any officer considered 
     by that board.
       ``(b) Retired Officers.--If qualified officers on active 
     duty are not available in sufficient numbers to comprise a 
     board convened under this chapter, the Secretary of the 
     military department concerned shall complete the membership 
     of the board by appointing retired officers of the same armed 
     force whose retired grade--
       ``(1) is--
       ``(A) in the case of the President of the board, above 
     lieutenant colonel or commander; or
       ``(B) in the case of any other member of the board, above 
     major or lieutenant commander; and

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       ``(2) is senior to the grade of any officer considered by 
     the board.
       ``(c) Ineligibility by Reason of Previous Consideration of 
     Case.--No person may be a member of more than one board 
     convened under this chapter to consider the same officer.
       ``(d) Exclusion From Strength Limitation.--A retired 
     general or flag officer who is on active duty for the purpose 
     of serving on a board convened under this chapter shall not, 
     while so serving, be counted against any limitation on the 
     number of general and flag officers who may be on active 
     duty.''.
       (b) Retention Boards for Reserve Officers.--Subsection (a) 
     of section 14906 of such title is amended to read as follows:
       ``(a) Active Status Officers.--Each officer who serves on a 
     board convened under this chapter shall--
       ``(1) be an officer of the same armed force as the officer 
     being required to show cause for retention in an active 
     status;
       ``(2) hold a grade that--
       ``(A) in the case of the President of the board, is above 
     lieutenant colonel or commander; or
       ``(B) in the case of any other member of the board, is 
     above major or lieutenant commander; and
       ``(3) be senior in grade and rank to any officer considered 
     by that board.''.

     SEC. 506. MINIMUM SELECTION OF WARRANT OFFICERS FOR PROMOTION 
                   FROM BELOW THE PROMOTION ZONE.

       Section 575(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``If 
     the number determined under this subsection with respect to a 
     promotion zone within a grade (or grade and competitive 
     category) is less than one, the board may recommend one such 
     officer for promotion from below the zone within that grade 
     (or grade and competitive category).''.

     SEC. 507. INCREASE IN THRESHOLD PERIOD OF ACTIVE DUTY FOR 
                   APPLICABILITY OF RESTRICTION ON HOLDING OF 
                   CIVIL OFFICE BY RETIRED REGULAR OFFICERS AND 
                   RESERVE OFFICERS.

       Section 973(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``180 days'' and 
     inserting ``270 days''; and
       (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``180 days'' and 
     inserting ``270 days''.

     SEC. 508. EXEMPTION OF RETIREE COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM RECALLED 
                   RETIREE LIMITS.

       Section 690(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph 
     (D):
       ``(D) Any member of the Retiree Council of the Army, Navy, 
     or Air Force for the period on active duty to attend the 
     annual meeting of the Retiree Council.''.

                 Subtitle B--Reserve Component Matters

     SEC. 511. ADDITIONAL EXCEPTIONS FOR RESERVE COMPONENT GENERAL 
                   AND FLAG OFFICERS FROM LIMITATION ON AUTHORIZED 
                   STRENGTH OF GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS ON ACTIVE 
                   DUTY.

       Section 526(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     to read as follows:
       ``(d) Exclusion of Certain Reserve Component Officers.--(1) 
     The limitations of this section do not apply to the following 
     reserve component general or flag officers:
       ``(A) An officer on active duty for training.
       ``(B) An officer on active duty under a call or order 
     specifying a period of less than 180 days.
       ``(2) Up to 25 reserve component general and flag officers 
     serving on active duty at any one time under calls or orders 
     specifying periods of 180 days or more may be excluded from 
     the limitations of this section. Officers excluded under the 
     preceding sentence are in addition to any other reserve 
     component general or flag officers on active duty under calls 
     or orders specifying periods of 180 days or more who are 
     excluded from the limitations of this section under authority 
     other than this paragraph.''.

     SEC. 512. DUTIES OF RESERVES ON ACTIVE DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE 
                   RESERVES.

       (a) Duties.--Section 12310 of title 10, United States Code, 
     is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (d) and 
     transferring such subsection, as so redesignated, to the end 
     of the section; and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
     subsection (b):
       ``(b) Duties.--A Reserve on active duty as described in 
     subsection (a) may be assigned only duties in connection with 
     the functions described in that subsection, which may include 
     the following:
       ``(1) Supporting operations or missions assigned in whole 
     or in part to reserve components.
       ``(2) Supporting operations or missions performed or to be 
     performed by--
       ``(A) a unit composed of elements from more than one 
     component of the same armed force; or
       ``(B) a joint forces unit that includes--
       ``(i) one or more reserve component units; or
       ``(ii) if no reserve component unit, any member of a 
     reserve component whose reserve component assignment is in a 
     position in an element of the joint forces unit.
       ``(3) Advising the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a 
     military department, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, or the 
     commander of a unified combatant command regarding reserve 
     component matters.''.
       (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Section 12310 of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``Grade.--'' after 
     ``(a)'';
       (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``(c)(1) A Reserve'' 
     and inserting ``(c) Duties Relating to Defense Against 
     Weapons of Mass Destruction.--(1) Notwithstanding subsection 
     (b), a Reserve''; and
       (3) in subsection (d), as redesignated and transferred by 
     subsection (a)(1), by inserting ``Training.--'' after 
     ``(d)''.
       (c) Review of Use of Reserves on Active Duty in Support of 
     the Reserves.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall review how 
     the Reserves on active duty in support of the reserves are 
     used in relation to the duties set forth under subsection (b) 
     of section 12310 of title 10, United States Code, as added by 
     subsection (a)(2).
       (2) Not later than March 1, 2000, the Secretary shall 
     submit a report on the results of the review to the 
     Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives. The report shall address, at a minimum, the 
     following issues:
       (1) Whether the Reserves on active duty in support of the 
     reserve should be considered as a separate category of 
     Reserves on active duty.
       (2) Whether those Reserves should be counted within the 
     active component end strengths and funded by the 
     appropriations for active component military personnel.

     SEC. 513. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF RESERVES ON FULL-
                   TIME ACTIVE DUTY IN SUPPORT OF PREPAREDNESS FOR 
                   RESPONSES TO EMERGENCIES INVOLVING WEAPONS OF 
                   MASS DESTRUCTION.

       (a) Repeal.--Paragraph (4) of section 12310(c) of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by striking the first 
     sentence.
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--Paragraph (6) of such section 
     is amended--
       (1) by striking ``or to increase the number of personnel 
     authorized by paragraph (4)'' in the matter preceding 
     subparagraph (A); and
       (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or for the requested 
     additional personnel'' and all that follows through ``Federal 
     levels''.

     SEC. 514. EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR RETENTION OF RESERVE 
                   COMPONENT MAJORS AND LIEUTENANT COMMANDERS WHO 
                   TWICE FAIL OF SELECTION FOR PROMOTION.

       (a) Parity With Officers in Grades O-2 and O-3.--Section 
     14506 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``the later of (1)'' after ``in accordance 
     with section 14513 of this title on''; and
       (2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
     following: ``, or (2) the first day of the seventh month 
     after the month in which the President approves the report of 
     the board which considered the officer for the second time''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act 
     and shall apply with respect to removals of reserve officers 
     from reserve active-status lists under section 14506 of title 
     10, United States Code, on or after that date.

     SEC. 515. CONTINUATION OF OFFICER ON RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS 
                   LIST FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION.

       (a) Authority.--Chapter 1407 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     section:

     ``Sec. 14518. Continuation on reserve active-status list to 
       complete disciplinary action

       ``When any action has been commenced against an officer on 
     a reserve active-status list with a view to trying the 
     officer by court-martial, the Secretary concerned may delay 
     the separation or retirement of the officer under the 
     provisions of this chapter until the completion of the 
     action.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end:

``14518. Continuation on reserve active-status list to complete 
              disciplinary action.''.

     SEC. 516. RETENTION OF RESERVE COMPONENT CHAPLAINS UNTIL AGE 
                   67.

       Section 14703(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking ``(or, in the case of a reserve officer 
     of the Army in the Chaplains or a reserve officer of the Air 
     Force designated as a chaplain, 60 years of age)''.

     SEC. 517. RESERVE CREDIT FOR PARTICIPATION IN HEALTH 
                   PROFESSIONS SCHOLARSHIP AND FINANCIAL 
                   ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

       Section 2126(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(2) Service credited under paragraph (1) counts only for 
     the award of retirement points for computation of years of 
     service under section 12732 of this title and for computation 
     of retired pay under section 12733 of this title.
       ``(3) The number of points credited to a member under 
     paragraph (1) for a year of

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     participation in a course of study is 50. The points shall be 
     credited to the member for one of the years of that 
     participation at the end of each year after the completion of 
     the course of study that the member serves in the Selected 
     Reserve and is credited under section 12732(a)(2) of this 
     title with at least 50 points. The points credited for the 
     participation shall be recorded in the member's records as 
     having been earned in the year of the participation in the 
     course of study.'';
       (2) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new 
     paragraph (5):
       ``(5) A member of the Selected Reserve may be considered to 
     be in an active status while pursuing a course of study under 
     this subchapter only for purposes of sections 12732(a) and 
     12733(3) of this title.''.

     SEC. 518. EXCLUSION OF RESERVE OFFICERS ON EDUCATIONAL DELAY 
                   FROM ELIGIBILITY FOR CONSIDERATION FOR 
                   PROMOTION.

       (a) Exclusion.--Section 14301 of title 10, United States 
     Code is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(h) Officers on Educational Delay.--An officer on a 
     reserve active-status list is ineligible for consideration 
     for promotion, but shall remain on the reserve active-status 
     list, while the officer is--
       ``(1) pursuing a program of graduate level education in an 
     educational delay status approved by the Secretary concerned; 
     and
       ``(2) receiving from the Secretary financial assistance in 
     connection with the pursuit of the program in that status.''.
       (b) Retroactive Effect.--(1) Subsection (h) of section 
     14301 of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection 
     (a)), shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 
     Act and shall apply with respect to boards convened under 
     section 14101(a) of such title before, on, or after that 
     date.
       (2) The Secretary of the military department concerned, 
     upon receipt of request in a form and manner prescribed by 
     the Secretary, shall expunge from the military records of an 
     officer any indication of a failure of selection of the 
     officer for promotion by a board referred to in paragraph (1) 
     while the officer was ineligible for consideration by the 
     board by reason of section 14301(h) of title 10, United 
     States Code.

     SEC. 519. EXCLUSION OF PERIOD OF PURSUIT OF PROFESSIONAL 
                   EDUCATION FROM COMPUTATION OF YEARS OF SERVICE 
                   FOR RESERVE OFFICERS.

       (a) Exclusion.--The text of section 14706 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
       ``(a) In General.--For the purpose of this chapter and 
     chapter 1407 of this title, a reserve officer's years of 
     service include all service of the officer as a commissioned 
     officer of any uniformed service other than the following:
       ``(1) Service as a warrant officer.
       ``(2) Constructive service.
       ``(3) Except as provided in subsection (b), service as a 
     commissioned officer of a reserve component while pursuing a 
     program of advanced education leading to the first 
     professional degree required for appointment, designation, or 
     assignment as an officer in the Medical Corps, the Dental 
     Corps, the Veterinary Corps, the Medical Service Corps, the 
     Nurse Corps, the Army Medical Specialists Corps, or as a 
     chaplain or judge advocate if the service--
       ``(A) follows appointment as a commissioned officer of a 
     reserve component; and
       ``(B) precedes the officer's initial service on active duty 
     or initial service in the Ready Reserve in the professional 
     specialty for which the degree if required.
       ``(b) Prior Service Professional Personnel.--The exclusion 
     in subsection (a)(3) does not apply to service described in 
     that subsection that is performed by an officer who, prior to 
     the described service--
       ``(1) served on active duty; or
       ``(2) participated as a member of the Ready Reserve other 
     than in a student status.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act 
     and shall apply with respect to service as a commissioned 
     officer on or after that date.

     SEC. 520. CORRECTION OF REFERENCE RELATING TO CREDITING OF 
                   SATISFACTORY SERVICE BY RESERVE OFFICERS IN 
                   HIGHEST GRADE HELD.

       Section 1370(d)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking ``chapter 1225'' and inserting ``chapter 
     1223''.

     SEC. 521. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF THE COAST GUARD RESERVE.

       (a) Establishment.--Chapter 3 of title 14, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 53. Office of the Coast Guard Reserve; Director

       ``(a) Establishment of Office; Director.--There is in the 
     executive part of the Coast Guard an Office of the Coast 
     Guard Reserve. The head of the Office is the Director of the 
     Coast Guard Reserve. The Director of the Coast Guard Reserve 
     is the principal adviser to the Commandant on Coast Guard 
     Reserve matters and may have such additional functions as the 
     Commandant may direct.
       ``(b) Appointment.--The President, by and with the advice 
     and consent of the Senate, shall appoint the Director of the 
     Coast Guard Reserve, from officers of the Coast Guard not on 
     active duty, or on active duty under section 10211 of title 
     10, who--
       ``(1) have had at least 10 years of commissioned service;
       ``(2) are in a grade above captain; and
       ``(3) have been recommended by the Secretary of 
     Transportation.
       ``(c) Term.--(1) The Director of the Coast Guard Reserve 
     holds office for a term determined by the President, normally 
     two years, but not more than four years. An officer may be 
     removed from the position of Director for cause at any time.
       ``(2) The Director of the Coast Guard Reserve, while so 
     serving, holds a grade above Captain, without vacating the 
     officer's permanent grade.
       ``(d) Budget.--The Director of the Coast Guard Reserve is 
     the official within the executive part of the Coast Guard 
     who, subject to the authority, direction, and control of the 
     Secretary of Transportation and the Commandant, is 
     responsible for preparation, justification, and execution of 
     the personnel, operation and maintenance, and construction 
     budgets for the Coast Guard Reserve. As such, the Director of 
     the Coast Guard Reserve is the director and functional 
     manager of appropriations made for the Coast Guard Reserve in 
     those areas.
       ``(e) Annual Report.--The Director of the Coast Guard 
     Reserve shall submit to the Secretary of Transportation and 
     the Secretary of Defense an annual report on the state of the 
     Coast Guard Reserve and the ability of the Coast Guard 
     Reserve to meet its missions. The report shall be prepared in 
     conjunction with the Commandant and may be submitted in 
     classified and unclassified versions.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the 
     item relating to section 52 the following:

``53. Office of the Coast Guard Reserve; Director.''.

     SEC. 522. CHIEFS OF RESERVE COMPONENTS AND THE ADDITIONAL 
                   GENERAL OFFICERS AT THE NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU.

       (a) Grade of Chief of Army Reserve.--Section 3038(c) of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ``major 
     general'' and inserting ``lieutenant general''.
       (b) Grade of Chief of Naval Reserve.--Section 5143(c)(2) of 
     such title is amended by striking ``rear admiral (lower 
     half)'' and inserting ``rear admiral''.
       (c) Grade of Commander, Marine Forces Reserve.--Section 
     5144(c)(2) of such title is amended by striking ``brigadier 
     general'' and inserting ``major general''.
       (d) Grade of Chief of Air Force Reserve.--Section 8038(c) 
     of such title is amended by striking ``major general'' and 
     inserting ``lieutenant general''.
       (e) The Additional General Officers for the National Guard 
     Bureau.--Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 10506(a)(1) of 
     such title are each amended by striking ``major general'' and 
     inserting ``lieutenant general''.
       (f) Exclusion From Limitation on General and Flag 
     Officers.--Section 526(d) of such title is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(d) Exclusion of Certain Reserve Component Officers.--The 
     limitations of this section do not apply to the following 
     reserve component general or flag officers:
       ``(1) An officer on active duty for training.
       ``(2) An officer on active duty under a call or order 
     specifying a period of less than 180 days.
       ``(3) The Chief of Army Reserve, the Chief of Naval 
     Reserve, the Chief of Air Force Reserve, the Commander, 
     Marine Forces Reserve, and the additional general officers 
     assigned to the National Guard Bureau under section 
     10506(a)(1) of this title.''.
       (g) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made 
     by this section shall take effect 60 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act.

              Subtitle C--Military Education and Training

     SEC. 531. AUTHORITY TO EXCEED TEMPORARILY A STRENGTH 
                   LIMITATION FOR THE SERVICE ACADEMIES.

       Section 511(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public Law 102-190; 105 Stat. 
     1359; 10 U.S.C. 4342 note) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(a) Reduction in 
     Authorized Strengths.--''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) The Secretary of the military department concerned 
     may authorize the strength for an academy for any class year 
     to exceed the strength limitation set forth in paragraph (1) 
     by not more than 5 percent. Before granting that authority, 
     the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a written 
     notification of the determination to authorize the excessive 
     strength for that year. The notification shall include a 
     discussion of the justification for exceeding the strength 
     limitation and the actions that the Secretary plans to take 
     to reduce the strength to a level within the strength 
     limitation.''.

     SEC. 532. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF REIMBURSEMENT 
                   AUTHORIZED TO BE WAIVED FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS AT 
                   THE SERVICE ACADEMIES.

       (a) Repeal.--Sections 4344(b)(3), 6957(b)(3), and 
     9344(b)(3) of title 10, United States Code, are repealed.

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       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act 
     and shall apply with respect to the academic year that 
     includes that date and academic years that begin after that 
     date.

     SEC. 533. EXPANSION OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE PROGRAMS OF THE 
                   SERVICE ACADEMIES.

       (a) United States Military Academy.--Section 4345 of title 
     10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``10 cadets'' and 
     inserting ``24 cadets''; and
       (2) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ``$50,000'' and 
     inserting ``$120,000''.
       (b) United States Naval Academy.--Section 6957a of such 
     title is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``10 midshipmen'' and 
     inserting ``24 midshipmen''; and
       (2) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ``$50,000'' and 
     inserting ``$120,000''.
       (c) United States Air Force Academy.--Section 9345 of such 
     title is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``10 Air Force cadets'' 
     and inserting ``24 Air Force cadets''; and
       (2) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ``$50,000'' and 
     inserting ``$120,000''.

     SEC. 534. PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR ROTC SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 
                   GRADUATE STUDENTS.

       Section 2107(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(2) The Secretary of the military department concerned 
     may provide financial assistance, as described in paragraph 
     (1), to a student enrolled in an advanced education program 
     beyond the baccalaureate degree level if the student also is 
     a cadet or midshipman in an advanced training program. Not 
     more than 15 percent of the total number of scholarships 
     awarded under this section in any year may be awarded under 
     this paragraph.''.

     SEC. 535. AUTHORITY FOR AWARD OF MASTER OF STRATEGIC STUDIES 
                   DEGREE BY THE UNITED STATES ARMY WAR COLLEGE.

       (a) Authority for Degree.--Chapter 401 of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 4321. United States Army War College: master of 
       strategic studies degree

       ``Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the 
     Army, the Commandant of the United States Army War College, 
     upon the recommendation of the faculty and Dean of the 
     College, may confer the degree of master of strategic studies 
     upon graduates of the college who have fulfilled the 
     requirements for the degree.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

``4321. United States Army War College: master of strategic studies 
              degree.''.

     SEC. 536. MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR FACULTY OF THE 
                   COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF THE AIR FORCE.

       Section 9315 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(d) Educational Qualifications of Faculty.--
     Notwithstanding section 3308 of title 5 or any other 
     provision of law, the commander of the Air Education and 
     Training Command may prescribe the minimum educational 
     qualifications required for the professors and instructors of 
     the college. The required qualifications shall equal or 
     exceed the qualifications necessary to satisfy accreditation 
     standards applicable to the college.''.

     SEC. 537. CONFERRAL OF GRADUATE-LEVEL DEGREES BY AIR 
                   UNIVERSITY.

       (a) Authority.--Section 9317(a) of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended to read as follows:
       ``(a) Authority.--Upon the recommendation of the faculty of 
     a school of the Air University, the Commander of the Air 
     University may confer a degree upon graduates of that school 
     who fulfill the requirements for the degree, as follows:
       ``(1) The degree of master of strategic studies, for the 
     Air War College.
       ``(2) The degree of master of military operational art and 
     science, for the Air Command and Staff College.
       ``(3) The degree of master of airpower art and science, for 
     the School of Advanced Airpower Studies.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendments.--(1) The heading of that section 
     is amended to read as follows:

     ``Sec. 9317. Air University: graduate-level degrees''.

       (2) The item relating to such section in the table of 
     sections at the beginning of chapter 901 of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended to read as follows:

``9317. Air University: graduate-level degrees.''.

     SEC. 538. PAYMENT OF TUITION FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF 
                   MEMBERS IN THE DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE.

       Section 1745(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     to read as follows:
       ``(a) Tuition Reimbursement and Training.--(1) The 
     Secretary of Defense shall provide for tuition reimbursement 
     and training (including a full-time course of study leading 
     to a degree) for acquisition personnel in the Department of 
     Defense.
       ``(2) For civilian personnel, the reimbursement and 
     training shall be provided under section 4107(b) of title 5 
     for the purposes described in that section. For purposes of 
     such section 4107(b), there is deemed to be, until September 
     30, 2001, a shortage of qualified personnel to serve in 
     acquisition positions in the Department of Defense.
       ``(3) In the case of members of the armed forces, the 
     limitation in section 2007(a) of this title shall not apply 
     to tuition reimbursement and training provided for under this 
     subsection.''.

     SEC. 539. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR PURSUIT OF DEGREES 
                   BY OFFICER CANDIDATES IN MARINE CORPS PLATOON 
                   LEADERS CLASS PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--(1) Part IV of subtitle E of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

         ``CHAPTER 1610--OTHER EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

``Sec.
``16401. Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class Program: officer candidates 
              pursuing degrees.

     ``Sec. 16401. Marine Corps Platoon Leader's Class Program: 
       officer candidates pursuing degrees

       ``(a) Authority.--The Secretary of the Navy may provide 
     financial assistance to an eligible enlisted member of the 
     Marine Corps Reserve for expenses of the member while the 
     member is pursuing on a full-time basis at an institution of 
     higher education a program of education approved by the 
     Secretary that leads to--
       ``(1) a baccalaureate degree in less than five academic 
     years; or
       ``(2) a doctor of jurisprudence or bachelor of laws degree 
     in not more than three academic years.
       ``(b) Eligibility.--(1) To be eligible for receipt of 
     financial assistance under this section, an enlisted member 
     of the Marine Corps Reserve shall--
       ``(A) be an officer candidate in the Marine Corps Platoon 
     Leaders Class Program and have successfully completed one 
     six-week (or longer) increment of military training required 
     under the program;
       ``(B) satisfy the applicable age requirement of paragraph 
     (2);
       ``(C) be enrolled on a full-time basis in a program of 
     education referred to in subsection (a) at any institution of 
     higher education;
       ``(D) enter into a written agreement with the Secretary--
       ``(i) to accept an appointment as a commissioned officer in 
     the Marine Corps, if tendered by the President;
       ``(ii) to serve on active duty for at least five years; and
       ``(iii) under such terms and conditions as shall be 
     prescribed by the Secretary, to serve in the Marine Corps 
     Reserve until the eighth anniversary of the date of the 
     appointment.
       ``(2)(A) To meet the age requirements of this paragraph, a 
     member pursuing a baccalaureate degree may not be over 26 
     years of age on June 30 of the calendar year in which the 
     member is projected to be eligible for appointment as a 
     commissioned officer in the Marine Corps through the Marine 
     Corps Platoon Leaders Class Program, except that any such 
     member who has served on active duty in the armed forces may, 
     on such date, be any age under 30 years that exceeds 26 years 
     by a number of months that is not more than the number of 
     months that the member served on active duty.
       ``(B) To meet the age requirements of this paragraph, a 
     member pursuing a doctor of jurisprudence or bachelor of laws 
     degree may not be over 30 years of age on June 30 of the 
     calendar year in which the member is projected to be eligible 
     for appointment as a commissioned officer in the Marine Corps 
     through the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class Program, 
     except that any such member who has served on active duty in 
     the armed forces may, on such date, be any age under 35 years 
     that exceeds 30 years by a number of months that is not more 
     than the number of months that the member served on active 
     duty.
       ``(c) Covered Expenses.--Expenses for which financial 
     assistance may be provided under this section are tuition and 
     fees charged by the institution of higher education involved, 
     the cost of books, and, in the case of a program of education 
     leading to a baccalaureate degree, laboratory expenses.
       ``(d) Amount.--The amount of financial assistance provided 
     to a member under this section shall be prescribed by the 
     Secretary, but may not exceed $5,200 for any academic year.
       ``(e) Limitations.--(1) Financial assistance may be 
     provided to a member under this section only for three 
     consecutive academic years.
       ``(2) Not more than 1,200 members may participate in the 
     financial assistance program under this section in any 
     academic year.
       ``(f) Failure To Complete Program.--A member in receipt of 
     financial assistance under this section may be ordered to 
     active duty in the Marine Corps by the Secretary to serve in 
     an appropriate enlisted grade for

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     such period as the Secretary prescribes, but not for more 
     than four years, if the member--
       ``(1) completes the military and academic requirements of 
     the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class Program and refuses to 
     accept a commission when offered;
       ``(2) fails to complete the military or academic 
     requirements of the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class 
     Program; or
       ``(3) is disenrolled from the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders 
     Class Program for failure to maintain eligibility for an 
     original appointment as a commissioned officer under section 
     532 of this title.
       ``(g) Institution of Higher Education Defined.--In this 
     section, the term `institution of higher education' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 101 of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).''.
       (2) The tables of chapters at the beginning of subtitle E 
     of such title and at the beginning of part IV of such 
     subtitle are amended by adding at the end the following:

``1610. Other Educational Assistance Programs..............16401''.....

       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 3695(a)(5) of title 38, 
     United States Code, is amended by striking ``Chapters 106 and 
     107'' and inserting ``Chapters 107, 1606, and 1610''.
       (c) Computation of Creditable Service.--Section 205 of 
     title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
     the following:
       ``(f) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the years of service 
     of a commissioned officer appointed under section 12209 of 
     title 10 after receiving financial assistance under section 
     16401 of such title may not include a period of service after 
     the date of the establishment of the program of financial 
     assistance by the Secretary that the officer performed 
     concurrently as a member of the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders 
     Class Program and the Marine Corps Reserve, except for any 
     period of service that the officer performed (concurrently 
     with the period of service as a member of the Marine Corps 
     Platoon Leaders Class Program) as an enlisted member on 
     active duty or as a member of the Selected Reserve.''.
       (d) Transition Provision.--(1) An enlisted member of the 
     Marine Corps Reserve selected for training as an officer 
     candidate under section 12209 of title 10, United States 
     Code, before implementation of a financial assistance program 
     under section 12216 of such title (as added by subsection 
     (a)) may, upon application, participate in the financial 
     assistance program established under section 12216 of such 
     title (as added by subsection (a)) if the member--
       (A) is eligible for financial assistance under such section 
     12216;
       (B) submits a request for the financial assistance to the 
     Secretary of the Navy not later than 180 days after the date 
     on which the Secretary establishes the financial assistance 
     program; and
       (C) enters in a written agreement described in subsection 
     (b)(4) of such section 12216.
       (2) Section 205(f) of title 37, United States Code, as 
     added by subsection (c), applies to a member referred to in 
     paragraph (1).

           Subtitle D--Decorations, Awards, and Commendations

     SEC. 551. WAIVER OF TIME LIMITATIONS FOR AWARD OF CERTAIN 
                   DECORATIONS TO CERTAIN PERSONS.

       (a) Waiver.--Any limitation established by law or policy 
     for the time within which a recommendation for the award of a 
     military decoration or award must be submitted shall not 
     apply to award of the decoration as described in subsection 
     (b), the award of such decoration having been determined by 
     the Secretary of Transportation to be warranted in accordance 
     with section 1130 of title 10, United States Code.
       (b) Coast Guard Commendation Medal.--Subsection (a) applies 
     to the award of the Coast Guard Commendation Medal to Mark H. 
     Freeman, of Seattle, Washington for heroic achievement 
     performed in a manner above that normally to be expected 
     during rescue operations for the S.S. Seagate, in September 
     1956, while serving as a member of the Coast Guard at Gray 
     Harbor Lifeboat Station, Westport, Washington.

     SEC. 552. AUTHORITY FOR AWARD OF MEDAL OF HONOR TO ALFRED 
                   RASCON FOR VALOR DURING THE VIETNAM CONFLICT.

       (a) Waiver of Time Limitations.--Notwithstanding the time 
     limitations specified in section 3744 of title 10, United 
     States Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the 
     awarding of certain medals to persons who served in the Army, 
     the President may award the Medal of Honor under section 3741 
     of that title to Alfred Rascon, of Laurel, Maryland, for the 
     acts of valor described in subsection (b).
       (b) Action Described.--The acts of valor referred to in 
     subsection (a) are the actions of Alfred Rascon on March 16, 
     1966, as an Army medic, serving in the grade of Specialist 
     Four in the Republic of Vietnam with the Reconnaissance 
     Platoon, Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 
     173rd Airborne Brigade (Separate), during a combat operation 
     known as Silver City.

     SEC. 553. ELIMINATION OF BACKLOG IN REQUESTS FOR REPLACEMENT 
                   OF MILITARY MEDALS AND OTHER DECORATIONS.

       (a) Sufficient Resourcing Required.--The Secretary of 
     Defense shall make available funds and other resources at the 
     levels that are necessary for ensuring the elimination of the 
     backlog of the unsatisfied requests made to the Department of 
     Defense for the issuance or replacement of military 
     decorations for former members of the Armed Forces. The 
     organizations to which the necessary funds and other 
     resources are to be made available for that purpose are as 
     follows:
       (1) The Army Reserve Personnel Command.
       (2) The Bureau of Naval Personnel.
       (3) The Air Force Personnel Center.
       (4) The National Archives and Records Administration
       (b) Condition.--The Secretary shall allocate funds and 
     other resources under subsection (a) in a manner that does 
     not detract from the performance of other personnel service 
     and personnel support activities within the Department of 
     Defense.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 45 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
     to Congress a report on the status of the backlog described 
     in subsection (a). The report shall include a plan for 
     eliminating the backlog.
       (d) Replacement Decoration Defined.--For the purposes of 
     this section, the term ``decoration'' means a medal or other 
     decoration that a former member of the Armed Forces was 
     awarded by the United States for military service of the 
     United States.

     SEC. 554. RETROACTIVE AWARD OF NAVY COMBAT ACTION RIBBON.

       The Secretary of the Navy may award the Navy Combat Action 
     Ribbon (established by Secretary of the Navy Notice 1650, 
     dated February 17, 1969) to a member of the Navy and Marine 
     Corps for participation in ground or surface combat during 
     any period after December 6, 1941, and before March 1, 1961 
     (the date of the otherwise applicable limitation on 
     retroactivity for the award of such decoration), if the 
     Secretary determines that the member has not been previously 
     recognized in appropriate manner for such participation.

       Subtitle E--Amendments to Uniform Code of Military Justice

     SEC. 561. INCREASE IN SENTENCING JURISDICTION OF SPECIAL 
                   COURTS-MARTIAL AUTHORIZED TO ADJUDGE A BAD 
                   CONDUCT DISCHARGE.

       (a) Increase in Jurisdiction.--Section 819 of title 10, 
     United States Code (article 19 of the Uniform Code of 
     Military Justice), is amended--
       (1) in the second sentence, by striking ``six months'' both 
     places it appears and inserting ``one year''; and
       (2) in the third sentence, by inserting after ``A bad 
     conduct discharge'' the following: ``, confinement for more 
     than six months, or forfeiture of pay for more than six 
     months''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on the first day of the sixth month 
     following the month in which this Act is enacted, and shall 
     apply with respect to charges referred to trial by special 
     courts-martial on or after that effective date.

     SEC. 562. REDUCED MINIMUM BLOOD AND BREATH ALCOHOL LEVELS FOR 
                   OFFENSE OF DRUNKEN OPERATION OR CONTROL OF A 
                   VEHICLE, AIRCRAFT, OR VESSEL.

       (a) Standard.--Section 911(2) of title 10, United States 
     Code (article 111(2) of the Uniform Code of Military 
     Justice), is amended by striking ``0.10 grams'' both places 
     it appears and inserting ``0.08 grams''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act and 
     shall apply with respect to acts committed on or after that 
     date.

                       Subtitle F--Other Matters

     SEC. 571. FUNERAL HONORS DETAILS AT FUNERALS OF VETERANS.

       (a) Responsibility of Secretary of Defense.--Subsection (a) 
     of section 1491 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     to read as follows:
       ``(a) Responsibility.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     ensure that, upon request, a funeral honors detail is 
     provided for the funeral of any veteran that occurs after 
     December 31, 1999.''.
       (b) Eligibility for Honors.--Subsection (f) of such section 
     is amended to read as follows:
       ``(h) Veteran Defined.--In this section, the term `veteran' 
     means the following:
       ``(1) A decedent who was a veteran, as defined in section 
     101(2) of title 38.
       ``(2) A decedent who, by reason of having been a member of 
     the Selected Reserve, is eligible for a flag to drape the 
     casket under section 2301(f) of title 38.''.
       (c) Composition of Funeral Honors Details.--(1) Subsection 
     (b) of such section is amended--
       (A) by striking ``Honor Guard Details.--'' and inserting 
     ``Funeral Honors Details.--(1)'' ;
       (B) by striking ``honor guard detail'' and inserting 
     ``funeral honors detail''; and
       (C) by striking ``not less than three persons'' and all 
     that follows and inserting the following: ``two or more 
     persons.''.
       (2) Subsection (c) of such section is amended--
       (A) by striking ``(c) Persons Forming Honor Guards.--An 
     honor guard detail'' and inserting ``(2) At least two members 
     of the funeral honors detail for the veteran's funeral shall 
     be members of the armed forces.

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     At least one of those members shall be a member of the armed 
     force of which the veteran was a member. The remainder of the 
     detail''; and
       (B) by striking the second sentence and inserting the 
     following: ``Each member of the armed forces in the detail 
     shall wear the appropriate uniform of the member's armed 
     force while serving in the detail.''.
       (d) Ceremony, Support, and Waiver.--Such section is further 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections 
     (f) and (g), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
       ``(c) Ceremony.--A funeral honors detail shall, at a 
     minimum, perform at the funeral a ceremony that includes the 
     folding and presentation of the flag of the United States to 
     the veteran's family and the playing of Taps. Unless a bugler 
     is a member of the detail, the detail shall play a recorded 
     version of Taps using audio equipment which the detail shall 
     provide if adequate audio equipment is not otherwise 
     available for use at the funeral.
       ``(d) Support.--To provide a funeral honors detail under 
     this section, the Secretary of a military department may 
     provide the following:
       ``(1) Transportation, or reimbursement for transportation, 
     and expenses for a person who participates in the funeral 
     honors detail under this section and is not a member of the 
     armed forces or an employee of the United States.
       ``(2) Materiel, equipment, and training for members of a 
     veterans organization or other organization referred to in 
     subsection (b)(2).
       ``(e) Waiver Authority.--(1) The Secretary of Defense may 
     waive any requirement provided in or pursuant to this section 
     when the Secretary considers it necessary to do so to meet 
     the requirements of war, national emergency, or a contingency 
     operation, or other military requirements.
       ``(2) Before or promptly after granting a waiver under 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary shall transmit a notification of 
     the waiver to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
     and House of Representatives.''.
       (e) Regulations.--The text of subsection (f) of such 
     section, as redesignated by subsection (d)(1), is amended to 
     read as follows:
       ``The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations to 
     carry out this section. The regulations shall include the 
     following:
       ``(1) A system for selection of units of the armed forces 
     and other organizations to provide funeral honors details.
       ``(2) Procedures for responding and coordinating responses 
     to requests for funeral honors details.
       ``(3) Procedures for establishing standards and protocol.
       ``(4) Procedures for providing training and ensuring 
     quality of performance.''.
       (f) Acceptance of Voluntary Services.--Section 1588(a) of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
     the following:
       ``(4) Voluntary services as a member of a funeral honors 
     detail under section 1491 of this title.''.
       (g) Duty Status of Reserves in Funeral Honors Details.--(1) 
     Chapter 1 of title 32, United States Code, is amended--
       (A) in section 114--
       (i) by striking ``honor guard functions'' both places that 
     it appears and inserting ``funeral honors functions''; and
       (ii) by striking ``drill or training otherwise required'' 
     and inserting ``drill or training, but may be performed as 
     funeral honors duty under section 115 of this title''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 115. Funeral honors duty performed as a Federal 
       function

       ``(a) Order to Duty.--A member of the Army National Guard 
     of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United 
     States may be ordered to funeral honors duty, with the 
     consent of the member, to prepare for or perform funeral 
     honors functions at the funeral of a veteran under section 
     1491 of title 10. However, a member of the Army National 
     Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the 
     United States may not be ordered to perform funeral honors 
     functions under this section without the consent of the 
     Governor or other appropriate authority of the State 
     concerned.
       ``(b) Service Credit.--A member ordered to funeral honors 
     duty under this section shall be required to perform a 
     minimum of two hours of such duty in order to receive--
       ``(1) service credit under section 12732(a)(2)(E) of title 
     10; and
       ``(2) if authorized by the Secretary concerned, the 
     allowance under section 435 of title 37.
       ``(c) Reimbursable Expenses.--A member who performs funeral 
     honors duty under this section may be paid reimbursement for 
     travel and transportation expenses incurred in conjunction 
     with such duty as authorized under chapter 7 of title 37 if 
     such duty is performed at a location 100 miles or more from 
     the member's residence.
       ``(d) Regulations.--The exercise of authority under 
     subsection (a) is subject to regulations prescribed by the 
     Secretary of Defense.''.
       (2) Chapter 1213 of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 12503. Ready Reserve: funeral honors duty

       ``(a) Order to Duty.--A member of the Ready Reserve may be 
     ordered to funeral honors duty, with the consent of the 
     member, in preparation for or to perform funeral honors 
     functions at the funeral of a veteran as defined in section 
     1491 of this title.
       ``(b) Service Credit.--A member ordered to funeral honors 
     duty under this section shall be required to perform a 
     minimum of two hours of such duty in order to receive--
       ``(1) service credit under section 12732(a)(2)(E) of this 
     title; and
       ``(2) if authorized by the Secretary concerned, the 
     allowance under section 435 of title 37.
       ``(c) Reimbursable Expenses.--A member who performs funeral 
     honors duty under this section may be paid reimbursement for 
     travel and transportation expenses incurred in conjunction 
     with such duty as authorized under chapter 7 of title 37 if 
     such duty is performed at a location 100 miles or more from 
     the member's residence.
       ``(d) Regulations.--The exercise of authority under 
     subsection (a) is subject to regulations prescribed by the 
     Secretary of Defense.
       ``(e) Members of the National Guard.--This section does not 
     apply to members of the Army National Guard of the United 
     States or the Air National Guard of the United States. The 
     performance of funeral honors duty by such members is 
     provided for in section 115 of title 32.''.
       (3) Section 12552 of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (A) by striking ``honor guard functions'' and inserting 
     ``funeral honors functions''; and
       (B) by striking ``drill or training otherwise required'' 
     and inserting ``drill or training, but may be performed as 
     funeral honors duty under section 12503 of this title''.
       (h) Crediting of One Point for Reserve Serving on Detail.--
     Section 12732(a)(2) of such title is amended--
       (1) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
       ``(E) One point for each day on which funeral honors duty 
     is performed for at least two hours under section 12503 of 
     this title or section 115 of title 32, unless the duty is 
     performed while in a status for which credit is provided 
     under another subparagraph of this paragraph.''; and
       (2) by striking ``, and (D)'' in the second sentence and 
     inserting ``, (D), and (E)''.
       (i) Benefits for Members in Funeral Honors Duty Status.--
     (1) Section 1074a(a) of such title is amended--
       (A) in each of paragraphs (1) and (2)--
       (i) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (A);
       (ii) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) 
     and inserting ``; or''; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(C) service on funeral honors duty under section 12503 of 
     this title or section 115 of title 32.''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4) Each member of the armed forces who incurs or 
     aggravates an injury, illness, or disease in the line of duty 
     while remaining overnight immediately before serving on 
     funeral honors duty under section 12503 of this title or 
     section 115 of title 32 at or in the vicinity of the place at 
     which the member was to so serve, if the place is outside 
     reasonable commuting distance from the member's residence.''.
       (2) Section 1076(a)(2) of such title is amended by adding 
     at the end the following:
       ``(E) A member who died from an injury, illness, or disease 
     incurred or aggravated while the member--
       ``(i) was serving on funeral honors duty under section 
     12503 of this title or section 115 of title 32;
       ``(ii) was traveling to or from the place at which the 
     member was to so serve; or
       ``(iii) remained overnight at or in the vicinity of that 
     place immediately before so serving, if the place is outside 
     reasonable commuting distance from the member's residence.''.
       (3) Section 1204(2) of such title is amended--
       (A) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (A);
       (B) by inserting ``or'' after the semicolon at the end of 
     subparagraph (B); and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(C) is a result of an injury, illness, or disease 
     incurred or aggravated in line of duty--
       ``(i) while the member was serving on funeral honors duty 
     under section 12503 of this title or section 115 of title 32;
       ``(ii) while the member was traveling to or from the place 
     at which the member was to so serve; or
       ``(iii) while the member remained overnight at or in the 
     vicinity of that place immediately before so serving, if the 
     place is outside reasonable commuting distance from the 
     member's residence;''.
       (4) Section 1206(2) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(2) the disability is a result of an injury, illness, or 
     disease incurred or aggravated in line of duty--
       ``(A) while--
       ``(i) performing active duty or inactive-duty training;
       ``(ii) traveling directly to or from the place at which 
     such duty is performed; or
       ``(iii) remaining overnight immediately before the 
     commencement of inactive-duty

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     training, or while remaining overnight between successive 
     periods of inactive-duty training, at or in the vicinity of 
     the site of the inactive-duty training, if the site is 
     outside reasonable commuting distance of the member's 
     residence; or
       ``(B) while the member--
       ``(i) was serving on funeral honors duty under section 
     12503 of this title or section 115 of title 32;
       ``(ii) was traveling to or from the place at which the 
     member was to so serve; or
       ``(iii) remained overnight at or in the vicinity of that 
     place immediately before so serving, if the place is outside 
     reasonable commuting distance from the member's residence;''.
       (5) Section 1481(a)(2) of such title is amended--
       (A) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (D);
       (B) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (E) 
     and inserting ``; or''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(F) either--
       ``(i) serving on funeral honors duty under section 12503 of 
     this title or section 115 of title 32;
       ``(ii) traveling directly to or from the place at which to 
     so serve; or
       ``(iii) remaining overnight at or in the vicinity of that 
     place before so serving, if the place is outside reasonable 
     commuting distance from the member's residence.''.
       (j) Funeral Honors Duty Allowance.--Chapter 4 of title 37, 
     United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

     ``Sec. 435. Allowance for funeral honors duty

       ``(a) Authority.--The Secretary concerned may authorize 
     payment of an allowance to a member of the Ready Reserve for 
     each day on which the member performs at least two hours of 
     funeral honors duty pursuant to section 12503 of title 10 or 
     section 115 of title 32.
       ``(b) Amount.--The daily rate of an allowance paid under 
     this section is $50.
       ``(c) Full Compensation.--Except for expenses reimbursed 
     under subsection (c) of section 12503 of title 10 or 
     subsection (c) of section 115 of title 32, the allowance paid 
     under this section is the only monetary compensation 
     authorized to be paid a member for the performance of funeral 
     honors duty pursuant to such section, regardless of the grade 
     in which serving, and shall constitute payment in full to the 
     member.''.
       (k) Clerical Amendments.--(1)(A) The heading for section 
     1491 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as 
     follows:

     ``Sec. 1491. Funeral honors functions at funerals for 
       veterans''.

       (B) The heading for section 12552 of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended to read as follows:

     ``Sec. 12552. Funeral honors functions at funerals for 
       veterans''.

       (2)(A) The item relating to section 1491 in the table of 
     sections at the beginning of chapter 75 of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended to read as follows:

``1491. Funeral honors functions at funerals for veterans.''.
       (B) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 1213 
     of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
     end the following:

``12503. Ready Reserve: funeral honors duty.''.
       (C) The item relating to section 12552 table of sections at 
     the beginning of chapter 1215 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended to read as follows:

``12552. Funeral honors functions at funerals for veterans.''.
       (3)(A) The heading for section 114 of title 32, United 
     States Code, is amended to read as follows:

     ``Sec. 114. Funeral honors functions at funerals for 
       veterans''.

       (B) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 1 of 
     title 32, United States Code, is amended by striking the item 
     relating to section 114 and inserting the following:

``114. Funeral honors functions at funerals for veterans.
``115. Funeral honors duty performed as a Federal function.''.
       (4) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 4 of 
     title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
     the following:

``435. Allowance for funeral honors duty.''.

     SEC. 572. INCREASED AUTHORITY TO EXTEND DELAYED ENTRY PERIOD 
                   FOR ENLISTMENTS OF PERSONS WITH NO PRIOR 
                   MILITARY SERVICE.

       (a) Maximum Period of Extension.--Section 513(b)(1) of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ``180 
     days'' in the second sentence and inserting ``365 days''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on October 1, 1999, and shall apply with 
     respect to enlistments entered into on or after that date.

     SEC. 573. ARMY COLLEGE FIRST PILOT PROGRAM.

       (a) Program Required.--The Secretary of the Army shall 
     establish a pilot program to assess whether the Army could 
     increase the number of, and the level of the qualifications 
     of, persons accessed into the Army by encouraging recruits to 
     pursue higher education or vocational or technical training 
     before entry into active service in the Army.
       (b) Delayed Entry With Allowance for Higher Education.--
     Under the pilot program, the Secretary may exercise the 
     authority under section 513 of title 10, United States Code--
       (1) to accept the enlistment of a person as a Reserve for 
     service in the Selected Reserve or Individual Ready Reserve 
     of the Army Reserve or, notwithstanding the scope of the 
     authority under subsection (a) of that section, in the Army 
     National Guard of the United States;
       (2) to authorize, notwithstanding the period limitation in 
     subsection (b) of such section, a delay of the enlistment of 
     that person in a regular component under that subsection for 
     the period during which the person is enrolled in and 
     pursuing a program of education at an institution of higher 
     education, or a program of vocational or technical training, 
     on a full-time basis that is to be completed within two years 
     after the date of the enlistment as a Reserve; and
       (3) in the case of a person enlisted in a reserve component 
     for service in the Individual Ready Reserve, pay an allowance 
     to the person for each month of that period.
       (c) Maximum Period of Delay.--The period of delay 
     authorized a person under paragraph (2) of subsection (b) may 
     not exceed the two-year period beginning on the date of the 
     person's enlistment accepted under paragraph (1) of such 
     subsection.
       (d) Amount of Allowance.--(1) The monthly allowance paid 
     under subsection (b)(3) is $150. The allowance may not be 
     paid for more than 24 months.
       (2) An allowance under this section is in addition to any 
     other pay and allowances to which a member of a reserve 
     component is entitled by reason of participation in the Ready 
     Reserve of that component.
       (e) Comparison Group.--To perform the assessment under 
     subsection (a), the Secretary may define and study any group 
     not including persons receiving a benefit under subsection 
     (b) and compare that group with any group or groups of 
     persons who receive such benefits under the pilot program.
       (f ) Duration of Pilot Program.--The pilot program shall be 
     in effect during the period beginning on October 1, 1999, and 
     ending on September 30, 2004.
       (g) Report.--Not later than February 1, 2004, the Secretary 
     shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the pilot 
     program. The report shall include the following:
       (1) The assessment of the Secretary regarding the value of 
     the authority under this section for achieving the objectives 
     of increasing the number of, and the level of the 
     qualifications of, persons accessed into the Army.
       (2) Any recommendation for legislation or other actions 
     that the Secretary considers appropriate to achieve such 
     objectives through grants of entry delays and financial 
     benefits for advanced education and training of recruits.

     SEC. 574. REDUCTION IN REQUIRED FREQUENCY OF REPORTING ON THE 
                   SELECTED RESERVE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
                   UNDER THE MONTGOMERY GI BILL.

       The text of section 16137 of title 10, United States Code, 
     is amended to read as follows:
       ``The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a 
     report not later than March 1 of every other year concerning 
     the operation of the educational assistance program 
     established by this chapter. The report shall cover the two 
     fiscal years preceding the fiscal year in which the report is 
     submitted and shall include the number of members of the 
     Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of each armed force 
     receiving, and the number entitled to receive, educational 
     assistance under this chapter during the period covered by 
     the report. The Secretary may submit the report more 
     frequently and adjust the period covered by the report 
     accordingly.''.

     SEC. 575. PARTICIPATION OF MEMBERS IN MANAGEMENT OF 
                   ORGANIZATIONS ABROAD THAT PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL 
                   UNDERSTANDING.

       Section 1033(b)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
       ``(E) An entity that, operating in a foreign nation where 
     United States personnel are serving at United States military 
     activities, promotes understanding and tolerance between such 
     personnel (and their families) and the people of that host 
     foreign nation through programs that foster social relations 
     between those persons.''.

     SEC. 576. FORENSIC PATHOLOGY INVESTIGATIONS BY ARMED FORCES 
                   MEDICAL EXAMINER.

       (a) Investigation Authority.--Chapter 75 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by striking the heading for 
     the chapter and inserting the following:

                    ``CHAPTER 75--DECEASED PERSONNEL

``Subchapter                                                       Sec.
``I. Death Investigations......................................1471....

``II. Death Benefits...........................................1475....

                  ``SUBCHAPTER I--DEATH INVESTIGATIONS

``Sec.
``1471. Forensic pathology investigations.

     ``Sec. 1471. Forensic pathology investigations

       ``(a) Authority.--Under regulations prescribed by the 
     Secretary of Defense, the

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     Armed Forces Medical Examiner may conduct a forensic 
     pathology investigation to determine the cause or manner of 
     death of a deceased person under circumstances described in 
     subsection (b). The investigation may include an autopsy of 
     the decedent's remains.
       ``(b) Basis for Investigation.--A forensic pathology 
     investigation of a death under this section is justified if--
       ``(1) either--
       ``(A) it appears that the decedent was killed or that, 
     whatever the cause of the decedent's death, the cause was 
     unnatural;
       ``(B) the cause or manner of death is unknown;
       ``(C) there is reasonable suspicion that the death was by 
     unlawful means;
       ``(D) it appears that the death resulted from an infectious 
     disease or from the effects of a hazardous material that may 
     have an adverse effect on the military installation or 
     community involved; or
       ``(E) the identity of the decedent is unknown; and
       ``(2) either--
       ``(A) the decedent--
       ``(i) was found dead or died at an installation garrisoned 
     by units of the armed forces that is under the exclusive 
     jurisdiction of the United States;
       ``(ii) was a member of the armed forces on active duty or 
     inactive duty for training;
       ``(iii) was a former member recently retired under chapter 
     61 of this title as a result of an injury or illness incurred 
     while a member on active duty or inactive duty for training; 
     or
       ``(iv) was a civilian dependent of a member of the armed 
     forces and was found dead or died outside the United States;
       ``(B) in any other authorized Department of Defense 
     investigation of matters which involves the death, a factual 
     determination of the cause or manner of the death is 
     necessary; or
       ``(C) in any other authorized investigation being conducted 
     by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National 
     Transportation Safety Board, or any other Federal agency, an 
     authorized official of such agency with authority to direct a 
     forensic pathology investigation requests that the Armed 
     Forces Medical Examiner conduct such an investigation.
       ``(c) Determination of Justification.--(1) Subject to 
     paragraph (2), the determination under paragraph (1) of 
     subsection (b) shall be made by the Armed Forces Medical 
     Examiner.
       ``(2) A commander may make the determination under 
     paragraph (1) of subsection (b) and require a forensic 
     pathology investigation under this section without regard to 
     a determination made by the Armed Forces Medical Examiner 
     if--
       ``(A) in a case involving circumstances described in 
     paragraph (2)(A)(i) of that subsection, the commander is the 
     commander of the installation where the decedent was found 
     dead or died; or
       ``(B) in a case involving circumstances described in 
     paragraph (2)(A)(ii) of that subsection, the commander is the 
     commander of the decedent's unit at a level in the chain of 
     command designated for such purpose in the regulations 
     prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
       ``(d) Limitation in Concurrent Jurisdiction Cases.--(1) The 
     exercise of authority under this section is subject to the 
     exercise of primary jurisdiction for the investigation of a 
     death--
       ``(A) in the case of a death in a State, by the State or a 
     local government of the State; or
       ``(B) in the case of a death in a foreign country, by that 
     foreign country under any applicable treaty, status of forces 
     agreement, or other international agreement between the 
     United States and that foreign country.
       ``(2) Paragraph (1) does not limit the authority of the 
     Armed Forces Medical Examiner to conduct a forensic pathology 
     investigation of a death that is subject to the exercise of 
     primary jurisdiction by another sovereing if the 
     investigation by the other sovereing is concluded without a 
     forensic pathology investigation that the Armed Forces 
     Medical Examiner considers complete. For the purposes of the 
     preceding sentence a forensic pathology investigation is 
     incomplete if the investigation does not include an autopsy 
     of the decedent.
       ``(e) Procedures.--For a forensic pathology investigation 
     under this section, the Armed Forces Medical Examiner shall--
       ``(1) designate one or more qualified pathologists to 
     conduct the investigation;
       ``(2) to the extent practicable and consistent with 
     responsibilities under this section, give due regard to any 
     applicable law protecting religious beliefs;
       ``(3) as soon as practicable, notify the decedent's family, 
     if known, that the forensic pathology investigation is being 
     conducted;
       ``(4) as soon as practicable after the completion of the 
     investigation, authorize release of the decedent's remains to 
     the family, if known; and
       ``(5) promptly report the results of the forensic pathology 
     investigation to the official responsible for the overall 
     investigation of the death.
       ``(f) Definition of State.--In this section, the term 
     `State' includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
     of Puerto Rico, and Guam.''.
       (b) Repeal of Authority for Existing Inquest Procedures.--
     Sections 4711 and 9711 of title 10, United States Code, are 
     repealed.
       (c) Technical and Clerical Amendments.--(1) Chapter 75 of 
     such title, as amended by subsection (a), is further amended 
     by inserting before section 1475 the following:

                   ``SUBCHAPTER II--DEATH BENEFITS''.

       (2) The item relating to chapter 75 in the tables of 
     chapters at the beginning subtitle A of such title and at the 
     beginning of part II of such subtitle is amended to read as 
     follows

``75. Deceased Personnel....................................1471''.....

       (3) The table of sections at the beginning chapter 445 of 
     such title is amended by striking the item relating to 
     section 4711.
       (4) The table of sections at the beginning chapter 945 of 
     such title is amended by striking the item relating to 
     section 9711.

     SEC. 577. NONDISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION ON MISSING PERSONS 
                   RETURNED TO UNITED STATES CONTROL.

       Section 1506 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(f) Nondisclosure of Certain Information.--A record of 
     the content of a debriefing of a missing person returned to 
     United States control during the period beginning July 8, 
     1959, and ending February 10, 1996, that was conducted by an 
     official of the United States authorized to conduct the 
     debriefing is privileged information and, notwithstanding 
     sections 552 and 552a of title 5, may not be disclosed, in 
     whole or in part, under either such section.''.

     SEC. 578. USE OF RECRUITING MATERIALS FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS 
                   PURPOSES.

       (a) Authority.--Subchapter I of chapter 134 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

     ``Sec. 2249c. Use of recruiting materials for public 
       relations

       ``Advertising materials developed for use for recruitment 
     and retention of personnel for the armed forces may be used 
     for public relations purposes of the Department of Defense 
     under such conditions and subject to such restrictions as the 
     Secretary of Defense shall prescribe.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such subchapter is amended by adding at the end 
     the following:

``2249c. Use of recruiting materials for public relations.''.

     SEC. 579. IMPROVEMENT AND TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION OF TROOPS-
                   TO-TEACHERS PROGRAM.

       (a) Recodification, Improvement, and Transfer of Program.--
     (1) Section 1151 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     to read as follows:

     ``Sec. 1151. Assistance to certain separated or retired 
       members to obtain certification and employment as teachers

       ``(a) Program Authorized.--The administering Secretary may 
     carry out a program--
       ``(1) to assist eligible members of the armed forces after 
     their discharge or release, or retirement, from active duty 
     to obtain certification or licensure as elementary or 
     secondary school teachers or as vocational or technical 
     teachers; and
       ``(2) to facilitate the employment of such members by local 
     educational agencies identified under subsection (b)(1).
       ``(b) Identification of Local Educational Agencies and 
     States.--(1)(A) In carrying out the program, the 
     administering Secretary shall periodically identify local 
     educational agencies that--
       ``(i) are receiving grants under title I of the Elementary 
     and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) 
     as a result of having within their jurisdictions 
     concentrations of children from low-income families; or
       ``(ii) are experiencing a shortage of qualified teachers, 
     in particular a shortage of science, mathematics, special 
     education, or vocational or technical teachers.
       ``(B) The administering Secretary may identify local 
     educational agencies under subparagraph (A) through surveys 
     conducted for that purpose or by utilizing information on 
     local educational agencies that is available to the Secretary 
     of Education from other sources.
       ``(2) In carrying out the program, the administering 
     Secretary shall also conduct a survey of States to identify 
     those States that have alternative certification or licensure 
     requirements for teachers, including those States that grant 
     credit for service in the armed forces toward satisfying 
     certification or licensure requirements for teachers.
       ``(c) Eligible Members.--(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the 
     following members shall be eligible for selection to 
     participate in the program:
       ``(A) Any member who--
       ``(i) during the period beginning on October 1, 1990, and 
     ending on September 30, 1999, was involuntarily discharged or 
     released from active duty for purposes of a reduction of 
     force after six or more years of continuous active duty 
     immediately before the discharge or release; and

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       ``(ii) satisfies such other criteria for eligibility as the 
     administering Secretary may prescribe.
       ``(B) Any member--
       ``(i) who, on or after October 1, 1999--
       ``(I) is retired for length of service with at least 20 
     years of active service computed under section 3925, 3926, 
     8925, or 8926 of this title or for purposes of chapter 571 of 
     this title; or
       ``(II) is retired under section 1201 or 1204 of this title;
       ``(ii) who--
       ``(I) in the case of a member applying for assistance for 
     placement as an elementary or secondary school teacher, has 
     received a baccalaureate or advanced degree from an 
     accredited institution of higher education; or
       ``(II) in the case of a member applying for assistance for 
     placement as a vocational or technical teacher--

       ``(aa) has received the equivalent of one year of college 
     from an accredited institution of higher education and has 10 
     or more years of military experience in a vocational or 
     technical field; or
       ``(bb) otherwise meets the certification or licensure 
     requirements for a vocational or technical teacher in the 
     State in which such member seeks assistance for placement 
     under the program; and

       ``(iii) who satisfies any criteria prescribed under 
     subparagraph (A)(ii).
       ``(2) A member described in paragraph (1) shall be eligible 
     to participate in the program only if the member's last 
     period of service in the armed forces was characterized as 
     honorable by the Secretary concerned.
       ``(d) Information Regarding Program.--(1) The administering 
     Secretary shall provide information regarding the program, 
     and make applications for the program available, to members 
     as part of preseparation counseling provided under section 
     1142 of this title.
       ``(2) The information provided to members shall--
       ``(A) indicate the local educational agencies identified 
     under subsection (b)(1); and
       ``(B) identify those States surveyed under subsection 
     (b)(2) that have alternative certification or licensure 
     requirements for teachers, including those States that grant 
     credit for service in the armed forces toward satisfying such 
     requirements.
       ``(e) Selection of Participants.--(1)(A) Selection of 
     members to participate in the program shall be made on the 
     basis of applications submitted to the administering 
     Secretary on a timely basis. An application shall be in such 
     form and contain such information as that Secretary may 
     require.
       ``(B) An application shall be considered to be submitted on 
     a timely basis if the application is submitted as follows:
       ``(i) In the case of an applicant who is eligible under 
     subsection (c)(1)(A), not later than September 30, 2003.
       ``(ii) In the case of an applicant who is eligible under 
     subsection (c)(1)(B), not later than four years after the 
     date of the retirement of the applicant from active duty.
       ``(2) In selecting participants to receive assistance for 
     placement as elementary or secondary school teachers or 
     vocational or technical teachers, the administering Secretary 
     shall give priority to members who--
       ``(A) have educational or military experience in science, 
     mathematics, special education, or vocational or technical 
     subjects and agree to seek employment as science, 
     mathematics, or special education teachers in elementary or 
     secondary schools or in other schools under the jurisdiction 
     of a local educational agency; or
       ``(B) have educational or military experience in another 
     subject area identified by that Secretary, in consultation 
     with the National Governors Association, as important for 
     national educational objectives and agree to seek employment 
     in that subject area in elementary or secondary schools.
       ``(3) The administering Secretary may not select a member 
     to participate in the program unless that Secretary has 
     sufficient appropriations for the program available at the 
     time of the selection to satisfy the obligations to be 
     incurred by the United States under subsection (g) with 
     respect to that member.
       ``(f) Agreement.--A member selected to participate in the 
     program shall be required to enter into an agreement with the 
     administering Secretary in which the member agrees--
       ``(1) to obtain, within such time as that Secretary may 
     require, certification or licensure as an elementary or 
     secondary school teacher or vocational or technical teacher; 
     and
       ``(2) to accept an offer of full-time employment as an 
     elementary or secondary school teacher or vocational or 
     technical teacher for not less than four school years with a 
     local educational agency identified under subparagraph (A) or 
     (B) of subsection (b)(1), to begin the school year after 
     obtaining that certification or licensure.
       ``(g) Stipend and Bonus for Participants.--(1)(A) Subject 
     to subparagraph (B), the administering Secretary shall pay to 
     each participant in the program a stipend in an amount equal 
     to $5,000.
       ``(B) The total number of stipends that may be paid under 
     this paragraph in any fiscal year may not exceed 3,000.
       ``(2)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the administering 
     Secretary may, in lieu of paying a stipend under paragraph 
     (1), pay a bonus of $10,000 to each participant in the 
     program who agrees under subsection (f) to accept full-time 
     employment as an elementary or secondary school teacher or 
     vocational or technical teacher for not less than four years 
     in a high need school.
       ``(B) The total number of bonuses that may be paid under 
     this paragraph in any fiscal year may not exceed 1,000.
       ``(C) In this paragraph, the term `high need school' means 
     an elementary school or secondary school that meets one or 
     more of the following criteria:
       ``(i) A drop out rate that exceeds the national average 
     school drop out rate.
       ``(ii) A large percentage of students (as determined by the 
     Secretary of Education in consultation with the National 
     Assessment Governing Board) who speak English as a second 
     language.
       ``(iii) A large percentage of students (as so determined) 
     who are at risk of educational failure by reason of limited 
     proficiency in English, poverty, race, geographic location, 
     or economic circumstances.
       ``(iv) A population of students at least one-half of which 
     are from families with an income below the poverty line (as 
     that term is defined by the Office of Management and Budget 
     and revised annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the 
     Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) 
     applicable to a family of the size involved.
       ``(v) A large percentage of students (as so determined) who 
     qualify for assistance under part B of the Individuals with 
     Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.).
       ``(vi) Any other criteria established by the administering 
     Secretary in consultation with the National Assessment 
     Governing Board.
       ``(3) Stipends and bonuses paid under this subsection shall 
     be taken into account in determining the eligibility of the 
     participant concerned for Federal student financial 
     assistance provided under title IV of the Higher Education 
     Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.).
       ``(h) Reimbursement Under Certain Circumstances.--(1) If a 
     participant in the program fails to obtain teacher 
     certification or licensure or employment as an elementary or 
     secondary school teacher or vocational or technical teacher 
     as required under the agreement or voluntarily leaves, or is 
     terminated for cause, from the employment during the four 
     years of required service, the participant shall be required 
     to reimburse the administering Secretary for any stipend paid 
     to the participant under subsection (g)(1) in an amount that 
     bears the same ratio to the amount of the stipend as the 
     unserved portion of required service bears to the four years 
     of required service.
       ``(2) If a participant in the program who is paid a bonus 
     under subsection (g)(2) fails to obtain employment for which 
     the bonus was paid, or voluntarily leaves or is terminated 
     for cause from the employment during the four years of 
     required service, the participant shall be required to 
     reimburse the administering Secretary for the bonus in an 
     amount that bears the same ratio to the amount of the bonus 
     as the unserved portion of required service bears to the four 
     years of required service.
       ``(3)(A) The obligation to reimburse the administering 
     Secretary under this subsection is, for all purposes, a debt 
     owing the United States.
       ``(B) A discharge in bankruptcy under title 11 shall not 
     release a participant from the obligation to reimburse the 
     administering Secretary under this subsection.
       ``(C) Any amount owed by a participant under paragraph (1) 
     or (2) shall bear interest at the rate equal to the highest 
     rate being paid by the United States on the day on which the 
     reimbursement is determined to be due for securities having 
     maturities of ninety days or less and shall accrue from the 
     day on which the participant is first notified of the amount 
     due.
       ``(i) Exceptions to Reimbursement Provisions.--(1) A 
     participant in the program shall not be considered to be in 
     violation of an agreement entered into under subsection (f) 
     during any period in which the participant--
       ``(A) is pursuing a full-time course of study related to 
     the field of teaching at an eligible institution;
       ``(B) is serving on active duty as a member of the armed 
     forces;
       ``(C) is temporarily totally disabled for a period of time 
     not to exceed three years as established by sworn affidavit 
     of a qualified physician;
       ``(D) is unable to secure employment for a period not to 
     exceed 12 months by reason of the care required by a spouse 
     who is disabled;
       ``(E) is seeking and unable to find full-time employment as 
     a teacher in an elementary or secondary school or as a 
     vocational or technical teacher for a single period not to 
     exceed 27 months; or
       ``(F) satisfies the provisions of additional reimbursement 
     exceptions that may be prescribed by the administering 
     Secretary.
       ``(2) A participant shall be excused from reimbursement 
     under subsection (h) if the participant becomes permanently 
     totally disabled as established by sworn affidavit of a

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     qualified physician. The administering Secretary may also 
     waive reimbursement in cases of extreme hardship to the 
     participant, as determined by that Secretary.
       ``(j) Relationship to Educational Assistance Under 
     Montgomery GI Bill.--The receipt by a participant in the 
     program of any assistance under the program shall not reduce 
     or otherwise affect the entitlement of the participant to any 
     benefits under chapter 30 of title 38 or chapter 1606 of this 
     title.
       ``(k) Discharge of State Activities Through Consortia of 
     States.--The administering Secretary may permit States 
     participating in the program to carry out activities 
     authorized for such States under this section through one or 
     more consortia of such States.
       ``(l) Assistance to States in Activities Under Program.--
     (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the administering Secretary may 
     make grants to States participating in the program, or to 
     consortia of such States, in order to permit such States or 
     consortia of States to operate offices for purposes of 
     recruiting eligible members for participation in the program 
     and facilitating the employment of participants in the 
     program in schools in such States or consortia of States.
       ``(2) The total amount of grants under paragraph (1) in any 
     fiscal year may not exceed $4,000,000.
       ``(m) Limitation on Use of Funds for Management 
     Infrastructure.--The administering Secretary may utilize not 
     more than five percent of the funds available to carry out 
     the program for a fiscal year for purposes of establishing 
     and maintaining the management infrastructure necessary to 
     support the program.
       ``(n) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) The term `administering Secretary', with respect to 
     the program authorized by this section, means the following:
       ``(A) The Secretary of Defense with respect to the armed 
     forces (other than the Coast Guard) for the period beginning 
     on October 23, 1992, and ending on the date of the completion 
     of the transfer of responsibility for the program to the 
     Secretary of Education under section 579(c) of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000.
       ``(B) The Secretary of Transportation with respect to the 
     Coast Guard for the period referred to in subparagraph (A).
       ``(C) The Secretary of Education for any period after the 
     period referred to in subparagraph (A).
       ``(2) The term `State' includes the District of Columbia, 
     American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the 
     Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Commonwealth of the 
     Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
     the Republic of Palau, and the United States Virgin Islands.
       ``(3) The term `alternative certification or licensure 
     requirements' means State or local teacher certification or 
     licensure requirements that permit a demonstrated competence 
     in appropriate subject areas gained in careers outside of 
     education to be substituted for traditional teacher training 
     course work.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 58 of 
     such title is amended by striking the item relating to 
     section 1151 and inserting the following new item:

``1151. Assistance to certain separated or retired members to obtain 
              certification and employment as teachers.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on October 1, 1999.
       (c) Transfer of Jurisdiction over Current Program.--(1) The 
     Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Transportation, and 
     Secretary of Education shall provide for the transfer to the 
     Secretary of Education of any on-going functions and 
     responsibilities of the Secretary of Defense and the 
     Secretary of Transportation with respect to the program 
     authorized by section 1151 of title 10, United States Code, 
     for the period beginning on October 23, 1992, and ending on 
     September 30, 2001.
       (2) The Secretaries shall complete the transfer under 
     paragraph (1) not later than October 1, 2001.
       (3) After completion of the transfer, the Secretary of 
     Education shall discharge that Secretary's functions and 
     responsibilities with respect to the program in consultation 
     with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
     Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard.
       (d) Reports.--(1) Not later than March 31, 2002, the 
     Secretary of Education (in consultation with the Secretary of 
     Defense and the Secretary of Transportation) and the 
     Comptroller General shall each submit to Congress a report on 
     the effectiveness of the program authorized by section 1151 
     of title 10, United States Code (as amended by subsection 
     (a)), in the recruitment and retention of qualified personnel 
     by local educational agencies identified under subsection 
     (b)(1) of such section 1151.
       (2) The report under paragraph (1) shall include 
     information on the following:
       (A) The number of participants in the program.
       (B) The schools in which such participants are employed.
       (C) The grade levels at which such participants teach.
       (D) The subject matters taught by such participants.
       (E) The effectiveness of the teaching of such participants, 
     as indicated by any relevant test scores of the students of 
     such participants.
       (F) The extent of any academic improvement in the schools 
     in which such participants teach by reason of their teaching.
       (G) The rates of retention of such participants by the 
     local educational agencies employing such participants.
       (H) The effect of any stipends or bonuses under subsection 
     (g) of such section 1151 in enhancing participation in the 
     program or in enhancing recruitment or retention of 
     participants in the program by the local educational agencies 
     employing such participants.
       (I) Such other matters as the Secretary of Education or the 
     Comptroller General, as the case may be, considers 
     appropriate.
       (3) The report of the Comptroller General under paragraph 
     (1) shall also include any recommendations of the Comptroller 
     General as to means of improving the program, including means 
     of enhancing the recruitment and retention of participants in 
     the program.

     SEC. 580. SUPPORT FOR EXPANDED CHILD CARE SERVICES AND YOUTH 
                   PROGRAM SERVICES FOR DEPENDENTS.

       (a) Authority.--(1) Subchapter II of chapter 88 of title 
     10, United States Code, is amended--
       (A) by redesignating section 1798 as section 1800; and
       (B) by inserting after section 1797 the following:

     ``Sec. 1798. Child care services and youth program services 
       for dependents: financial assistance for providers

       ``(a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may provide 
     financial assistance to an eligible civilian provider of 
     child care services or youth program services that furnishes 
     such services for members of the armed forces and employees 
     of the Federal Government if the Secretary determines that 
     providing the assistance--
       ``(1) is in the best interest of the Department of Defense;
       ``(2) enables supplementation or expansion of furnishing of 
     the services for military installations; and
       ``(3) ensures that the eligible provider is able to comply, 
     and does comply, with the regulations, policies, and 
     standards of the Department of Defense that are applicable to 
     the furnishing of such services.
       ``(b) Eligible Provider.--A provider of child care services 
     or youth program services is eligible for financial 
     assistance under paragraph (1) if the provider--
       ``(1) is licensed to provide the services under applicable 
     State and local law;
       ``(2) has previously provided such services for members of 
     the armed forces or employees of the Federal Government; and
       ``(3) either--
       ``(A) is a provider of otherwise federally funded or 
     sponsored child development services;
       ``(B) provides the services in a child development center 
     owned and operated by a private, not-for-profit organization;
       ``(C) is a provider of family child care services;
       ``(D) conducts a before-school or after-school child care 
     program in a public school facility;
       ``(E) conducts an otherwise federally funded or federally 
     sponsored school age child care or youth services program;
       ``(F) conducts a school age child care or youth services 
     program that is owned and operated by a not-for-profit 
     organization; or
       ``(G) is a provider of another category of child care 
     services or youth services determined by the Secretary of 
     Defense as appropriate for meeting the needs of members of 
     the armed forces or employees of the Department of Defense.
       ``(c) Funding.--To provide financial assistance under this 
     subsection, the Secretary of Defense may use any funds 
     available for the Department of Defense.
       ``(d) Biennial Report.--(1) Every two years the Secretary 
     of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the exercise 
     of authority under this section. The report shall include an 
     evaluation of the effectiveness of the authority for meeting 
     the needs of members of the armed forces or employees of the 
     Department of Defense for child care services and youth 
     program services. The report may include any recommendations 
     for legislation that the Secretary considers appropriate to 
     enhance the capability of the Department of Defense to meet 
     those needs.
       ``(2) A biennial report under this subsection may be 
     combined with the biennial report under section 1799(d) of 
     this title into one report for submission to Congress.

     ``Sec. 1799. Child care services and youth program services 
       for dependents: participation by children and youth 
       otherwise ineligible

       ``(a) Authority.--The Secretary may authorize participation 
     in child care or youth programs of the Department of Defense, 
     to the extent of the availability of space and services, by 
     children and youth under the age of 19 who are not dependents 
     of members

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     of the armed forces or of employees of the Department of 
     Defense and are not otherwise eligible for participation in 
     the programs.
       ``(b) Limitation.--Authorization of participation in a 
     program under subsection (a) shall be limited to situations 
     in which the participation promotes the attainment of the 
     objectives set forth in subsection (c), as determined by the 
     Secretary.
       ``(c) Objectives.--The objectives for authorizing 
     participation in a program under subsection (a) are as 
     follows:
       ``(1) To support the integration of children and youth of 
     military families into civilian communities.
       ``(2) To make more efficient use of Department of Defense 
     facilities and resources.
       ``(3) To establish or support a partnership or consortium 
     arrangement with schools and other youth services 
     organizations serving children of the armed forces.
       ``(d) Biennial Report.--(1) Every two years the Secretary 
     of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the exercise 
     of authority under this section. The report shall include an 
     evaluation of the effectiveness of the authority for 
     achieving the objectives set out under subsection (c). The 
     report may include any recommendations for legislation that 
     the Secretary considers appropriate to enhance the capability 
     of the Department of Defense to attain those objectives.
       ``(2) A biennial report under this subsection may be 
     combined with the biennial report under section 1798(d) of 
     this title into one report for submission to Congress.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such 
     subchapter is amended by striking the item relating to 
     section 1798 and inserting the following:

``1798. Child care services and youth program services for dependents: 
              financial assistance for providers.''.
``1799. Child care services and youth program services for dependents: 
              participation by children and youth otherwise ineligible.
``1800. Definitions.''.
       (b) First Biennial Reports.--The first biennial reports 
     under sections 1798(d) and 1799(d) of title 10, United States 
     Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall be submitted not 
     later than March 31, 2002, and shall cover fiscal years 2000 
     and 2001.

     SEC. 581. RESPONSES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE ARMED FORCES.

       (a) Military-Civilian Task Force on Domestic Violence.--(1) 
     The Secretary of Defense shall establish a Military-Civilian 
     Task Force on Domestic Violence. The Secretary shall appoint 
     the members of the task force in accordance with this section 
     not later than six months after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act.
       (2)(A) Not later than six months after the date on which 
     all members of the task force are appointed, the task force 
     shall submit to the Secretary of Defense recommendations on 
     the matters set out under subsection (b). The task force 
     shall, thereafter, submit to the Secretary of Defense from 
     time to time any analyses and recommendations for policies 
     regarding how the Armed Forces can effectively respond, and 
     improve responses, to cases of domestic violence that the 
     task force considers appropriate.
       (B) The task force shall submit to Congress an annual 
     report containing a detailed discussion of the achievements 
     in responses to domestic violence in the Armed Forces, 
     pending research on domestic violence, and any 
     recommendations for actions to improve the responses of the 
     Armed Forces to domestic violence in the Armed Forces that 
     the task force considers appropriate.
       (C) The task force shall--
       (i) meet in plenary session at least once annually; and
       (ii) visit military installations overseas annually and 
     military installations within the United States semiannually.
       (3) The Secretary shall appoint the members of the task 
     force. The task force shall include the following:
       (A) Representatives of Department of Defense family 
     advocacy programs.
       (B) Medical personnel.
       (C) Judge advocates.
       (D) Military police or other law enforcement personnel of 
     the Armed Forces.
       (E) Commanders.
       (F) Personnel who plan, execute, and evaluate training of 
     the Armed Forces.
       (G) Civilian personnel who are experts on domestic 
     violence, family advocates, providers of services 
     specifically for victims of domestic violence, and 
     researchers in domestic violence including, but not limited 
     to, the following:
       (i) At least two representatives from the national domestic 
     violence resource center and the special issue resource 
     centers referred to in section 308 of the Family Violence 
     Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 10407).
       (ii) At least two representatives from national domestic 
     violence and sexual assault policy organizations.
       (iii) At least two representatives from selected States' 
     domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions.
       (iv) At least two local domestic violence and sexual 
     assault service providers in communities located near 
     military installations.
       (H) Civilian law enforcement personnel (appointed in 
     consultation with the Attorney General).
       (I) Representatives of the Department of Justice (appointed 
     in consultation with the Attorney General) from the following 
     offices:
       (i) The Office on Violence Against Women.
       (ii) The Violence Against Women Grants Office.
       (J) Representatives of the Department of Health and Human 
     Services (appointed in consultation with the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services) from the Family Violence 
     Prevention and Services Office.
       (4) The Secretary shall ensure that the task force includes 
     the following:
       (A) Representatives of the Office of the Secretary of 
     Defense.
       (B) General and flag officers.
       (C) Noncommissioned officers.
       (D) Other enlisted personnel.
       (5) The Secretary of Defense shall annually designate to 
     chair the task force one member of the task force from among 
     the members on a list of nominees submitted to the Secretary 
     for that purpose by the task force.
       (6) Each member of the task force shall serve without 
     compensation (other than the compensation to which entitled 
     as a member of the Armed Forces or an officer or employee of 
     the United States, as the case may be), but shall be allowed 
     travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, 
     at rates authorized for employees of agencies under 
     subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, 
     while away from the member's home or regular places of 
     business in the performance of services for the task force.
       (7) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management 
     Policy, under the direction of the Under Secretary of Defense 
     for Personnel and Readiness, shall provide oversight of the 
     task force and shall provide the task force with the 
     personnel, facilities, and other administrative support that 
     is necessary for the performance of the task force's duties. 
     The Assistant Secretary shall provide for the Secretaries of 
     the military department to provide support described in 
     paragraph (8)(B) for the task force on a rotating basis.
       (8) The Secretary of the military department concerned 
     shall--
       (A) coordinate visits of the task force to military 
     installations; and
       (B) as designated by the Assistant Secretary of Defense and 
     in coordination with Assistant Secretary, provide 
     administrative, logistical, and other support for the 
     meetings of the task force.
       (9) The task force shall terminate three years after the 
     date on which all members of the task force are appointed.
       (b) Uniform Responses.--Not later than six months after 
     receiving the report of the task force under subsection 
     (a)(2)(A), the Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation 
     with the task force, prescribe the following:
       (1) Standard formats for memorandums of agreement or 
     understanding to be used by the Secretaries of the military 
     departments for entering into agreements with civilian law 
     enforcement authorities relating to acts of domestic violence 
     involving members of the Armed Forces.
       (2) A requirement for a commanding officer of a member of 
     the Armed Forces ordered by a superior not to have contact 
     with a person to give a written copy of the order to each 
     person protected by the order within 24 hours after the 
     issuance of the order.
       (3) Standard guidance on the factors for commanders to 
     consider when determining appropriate action for 
     substantiated allegations of domestic violence by a person 
     subject to that Code.
       (4) A standard training program for all commanding officers 
     in the Armed Forces, including a standard curriculum, on the 
     handling of domestic violence cases.
       (c) Reporting Requirements.--(1) The Secretary shall 
     establish a central database of information on the cases of 
     domestic violence involving members of the Armed Forces.
       (2) The Secretary shall require the administrator of each 
     family advocacy program of the Armed Forces to maintain and 
     report annually to the administrator of the database 
     established under paragraph (1), the information received or 
     developed under the program on the following matters:
       (A) Each domestic violence case reported to a commander, 
     any law enforcement authority of the Armed Forces, or a 
     family advocacy program of the Department of Defense.
       (B) The number of the cases that involve evidence 
     determined sufficient for supporting disciplinary action and, 
     for each such case, a description of the substantiated 
     allegation and the action taken by command authorities in the 
     case.
       (C) The number of the cases that involve evidence 
     determined insufficient for supporting disciplinary action 
     and, for each such case, a description of the allegation.
       (3) The Secretary shall submit to Congress an annual report 
     on the data submitted to the central database established 
     under paragraph (1).

     SEC. 582. POSTHUMOUS ADVANCEMENT OF REAR ADMIRAL (RETIRED) 
                   HUSBAND E. KIMMEL AND MAJOR GENERAL (RETIRED) 
                   WALTER C. SHORT ON RETIRED LISTS.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The late Rear Admiral (retired) Husband E. Kimmel, 
     formerly serving in the

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     grade of admiral as the Commander in Chief of the United 
     States Fleet and the Commander in Chief, United States 
     Pacific Fleet, had an excellent and unassailable record 
     throughout his career in the United States Navy prior to the 
     December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
       (2) The late Major General (retired) Walter C. Short, 
     formerly serving in the grade of lieutenant general as the 
     Commander of the United States Army Hawaiian Department, had 
     an excellent and unassailable record throughout his career in 
     the United States Army prior to the December 7, 1941 attack 
     on Pearl Harbor.
       (3) Numerous investigations following the attack on Pearl 
     Harbor have documented that then Admiral Kimmel and then 
     Lieutenant General Short were not provided necessary and 
     critical intelligence that was available, that foretold of 
     war with Japan, that warned of imminent attack, and that 
     would have alerted them to prepare for the attack, including 
     such essential communiques as the Japanese Pearl Harbor Bomb 
     Plot message of September 24, 1941, and the message sent from 
     the Imperial Japanese Foreign Ministry to the Japanese 
     Ambassador in the United States from December 6-7, 1941, 
     known as the Fourteen-Part Message.
       (4) On December 16, 1941, Admiral Kimmel and Lieutenant 
     General Short were relieved of their commands and returned to 
     their permanent ranks of rear admiral and major general.
       (5) Admiral William Harrison Standley, who served as a 
     member of the investigating commission known as the Roberts 
     Commission that accused Admiral Kimmel and Lieutenant General 
     Short of ``dereliction of duty'' only six weeks after the 
     attack on Pearl Harbor, later disavowed the report 
     maintaining that ``these two officers were martyred'' and 
     ``if they had been brought to trial, both would have been 
     cleared of the charge''.
       (6) On October 19, 1944, a Naval Court of Inquiry--
       (A) exonerated Admiral Kimmel on the grounds that his 
     military decisions and the disposition of his forces at the 
     time of the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor were 
     proper ``by virtue of the information that Admiral Kimmel had 
     at hand which indicated neither the probability nor the 
     imminence of an air attack on Pearl Harbor'';
       (B) criticized the higher command for not sharing with 
     Admiral Kimmel ``during the very critical period of 26 
     November to 7 December 1941, important information . . . 
     regarding the Japanese situation''; and
       (C) concluded that the Japanese attack and its outcome was 
     attributable to no serious fault on the part of anyone in the 
     naval service.
       (7) On June 15, 1944, an investigation conducted by Admiral 
     T. C. Hart at the direction of the Secretary of the Navy 
     produced evidence, subsequently confirmed, that essential 
     intelligence concerning Japanese intentions and war plans was 
     available in Washington but was not shared with Admiral 
     Kimmel.
       (8) On October 20, 1944, the Army Pearl Harbor Board of 
     Investigation determined that--
       (A) Lieutenant General Short had not been kept ``fully 
     advised of the growing tenseness of the Japanese situation 
     which indicated an increasing necessity for better 
     preparation for war'';
       (B) detailed information and intelligence about Japanese 
     intentions and war plans were available in ``abundance'', but 
     were not shared with Lieutenant General Short's Hawaii 
     command; and
       (C) Lieutenant General Short was not provided ``on the 
     evening of December 6th and the early morning of December 
     7th, the critical information indicating an almost immediate 
     break with Japan, though there was ample time to have 
     accomplished this''.
       (9) The reports by both the Naval Court of Inquiry and the 
     Army Pearl Harbor Board of Investigation were kept secret, 
     and Rear Admiral (retired) Kimmel and Major General (retired) 
     Short were denied their requests to defend themselves through 
     trial by court-martial.
       (10) The joint committee of Congress that was established 
     to investigate the conduct of Admiral Kimmel and Lieutenant 
     General Short completed, on May 31, 1946, a 1,075-page report 
     which included the conclusions of the committee that the two 
     officers had not been guilty of dereliction of duty.
       (11) The Officer Personnel Act of 1947, in establishing a 
     promotion system for the Navy and the Army, provided a legal 
     basis for the President to honor any officer of the Armed 
     Forces of the United States who served his country as a 
     senior commander during World War II with a placement of that 
     officer, with the advice and consent of the Senate, on the 
     retired list with the highest grade held while on the active 
     duty list.
       (12) On April 27, 1954, the then Chief of Naval Personnel, 
     Admiral J. L. Holloway, Jr., recommended that Rear Admiral 
     Kimmel be advanced in rank in accordance with the provisions 
     of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947.
       (13) On November 13, 1991, a majority of the members of the 
     Board for the Correction of Military Records of the 
     Department of the Army found that the late Major General 
     (retired) Short ``was unjustly held responsible for the Pearl 
     Harbor disaster'' and that ``it would be equitable and just'' 
     to advance him to the rank of lieutenant general on the 
     retired list''.
       (14) In October 1994, the then Chief of Naval Operations, 
     Admiral Carlisle Trost, withdrew his 1988 recommendation 
     against the advancement of Rear Admiral (retired) Kimmel (by 
     then deceased) and recommended that the case of Rear Admiral 
     Kimmel be reopened.
       (15) Although the Dorn Report, a report on the results of a 
     Department of Defense study that was issued on December 15, 
     1995, did not provide support for an advancement of the late 
     Rear Admiral (retired) Kimmel or the late Major General 
     (retired) Short in grade, it did set forth as a conclusion of 
     the study that ``responsibility for the Pearl Harbor disaster 
     should not fall solely on the shoulders of Admiral Kimmel and 
     Lieutenant General Short, it should be broadly shared''.
       (16) The Dorn Report found--
       (A) that ``Army and Navy officials in Washington were privy 
     to intercepted Japanese diplomatic communications . . . which 
     provided crucial confirmation of the imminence of war'';
       (B) that ``the evidence of the handling of these messages 
     in Washington reveals some ineptitude, some unwarranted 
     assumptions and misestimations, limited coordination, 
     ambiguous language, and lack of clarification and follow-up 
     at higher levels''; and
       (C) that ``together, these characteristics resulted in 
     failure . . . to appreciate fully and to convey to the 
     commanders in Hawaii the sense of focus and urgency that 
     these intercepts should have engendered''.
       (17) On July 21, 1997, Vice Admiral David C. Richardson 
     (United States Navy, retired) responded to the Dorn Report 
     with his own study which confirmed findings of the Naval 
     Court of Inquiry and the Army Pearl Harbor Board of 
     Investigation and established, among other facts, that the 
     war effort in 1941 was undermined by a restrictive 
     intelligence distribution policy, and the degree to which the 
     commanders of the United States forces in Hawaii were not 
     alerted about the impending attack on Hawaii was directly 
     attributable to the withholding of intelligence from then 
     Admiral Kimmel and Lieutenant General Short.
       (18) Rear Admiral (retired) Kimmel and Major General 
     (retired) Short are the only two officers eligible for 
     advancement under the Officer Personnel Act of 1947 as senior 
     World War II commanders who were excluded from the list of 
     retired officers presented for advancement on the retired 
     lists to their highest wartime ranks under that Act.
       (19) This singular exclusion from advancement of Rear 
     Admiral (retired) Kimmel and Major General (retired) Short 
     from the Navy retired list and the Army retired list, 
     respectively, serves only to perpetuate the myth that the 
     senior commanders in Hawaii were derelict in their duty and 
     responsible for the success of the attack on Pearl Harbor, 
     and is a distinct and unacceptable expression of dishonor 
     toward two of the finest officers who have served in the 
     Armed Forces of the United States.
       (20) Major General (retired) Walter Short died on September 
     23, 1949, and Rear Admiral (retired) Husband Kimmel died on 
     May 14, 1968, without having been accorded the honor of being 
     returned to their wartime ranks as were their fellow veterans 
     of World War II.
       (21) The Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Pearl Harbor 
     Survivors Association, the Admiral Nimitz Foundation, the 
     Naval Academy Alumni Association, the Retired Officers 
     Association, the Pearl Harbor Commemorative Committee, and 
     other associations and numerous retired military officers 
     have called for the rehabilitation of the reputations and 
     honor of the late Rear Admiral (retired) Kimmel and the late 
     Major General (retired) Short through their posthumous 
     advancement on the retired lists to their highest wartime 
     grades.
       (b) Request for Advancement on Retired Lists.--(1) The 
     President is requested--
       (A) to advance the late Rear Admiral (retired) Husband E. 
     Kimmel to the grade of admiral on the retired list of the 
     Navy; and
       (B) to advance the late Major General (retired) Walter C. 
     Short to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list 
     of the Army.
       (2) Any advancement in grade on a retired list requested 
     under paragraph (1) shall not increase or otherwise modify 
     the compensation or benefits from the United States to which 
     any person is now or may in the future be entitled based upon 
     the military service of the officer advanced.
       (c) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the late Rear Admiral (retired) Husband E. Kimmel 
     performed his duties as Commander in Chief, United States 
     Pacific Fleet, competently and professionally, and, 
     therefore, the losses incurred by the United States in the 
     attacks on the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and other 
     targets on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, 
     were not a result of dereliction in the performance of those 
     duties by the then Admiral Kimmel; and
       (2) the late Major General (retired) Walter C. Short 
     performed his duties as Commanding General, Hawaiian 
     Department,

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     competently and professionally, and, therefore, the losses 
     incurred by the United States in the attacks on Hickam Army 
     Air Field and Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, and other targets 
     on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, were not 
     a result of dereliction in the performance of those duties by 
     the then Lieutenant General Short.

     SEC. 583. EXIT SURVEY FOR SEPARATING MEMBERS.

       (a) Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense shall develop 
     and carry out a survey on attitudes toward military service 
     to be completed by members of the Armed Forces who 
     voluntarily separate from the Armed Forces or transfer from a 
     regular component to a reserve component during the period 
     beginning on January 1, 2000, and ending on June 30, 2000, or 
     such later date as the Secretary determines necessary in 
     order to obtain enough survey responses to provide a 
     sufficient basis for meaningful analysis of survey results. 
     Completion of the survey shall be required of such personnel 
     as part of outprocessing activities. The Secretary of each 
     military department shall suspend exit surveys and interviews 
     of that department during the period described in the first 
     sentence.
       (b) Survey Content.--The survey shall, at a minimum, cover 
     the following subjects:
       (1) Reasons for leaving military service.
       (2) Plans for activities after separation (such as 
     enrollment in school, use of Montgomery GI Bill benefits, and 
     work).
       (3) Affiliation with a Reserve component, together with the 
     reasons for affiliating or not affiliating, as the case may 
     be.
       (4) Attitude toward pay and benefits for service in the 
     Armed Forces.
       (5) Extent of job satisfaction during service as a member 
     of the Armed Forces.
       (6) Such other matters as the Secretary determines 
     appropriate to the survey concerning reasons for choosing to 
     separate from the Armed Forces.
       (c) Report.--Not later than February 1, 2001, the Secretary 
     shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of 
     the surveys. The report shall include an analysis of the 
     reasons why military personnel voluntarily separate from the 
     Armed Forces and the post-separation plans of those 
     personnel. The Secretary shall utilize the report's findings 
     in crafting future responses to declining retention and 
     recruitment.

     SEC. 584. ADMINISTRATION OF DEFENSE REFORM INITIATIVE 
                   ENTERPRISE PROGRAM FOR MILITARY MANPOWER AND 
                   PERSONNEL INFORMATION.

       (a) Executive Agent.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     designate the Secretary of the Navy as the executive agent 
     for carrying out the defense reform initiative enterprise 
     pilot program for military manpower and personnel information 
     established under section 8147 of the Department of Defense 
     Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-262; 112 Stat. 2341; 
     10 U.S.C. 113 note).
       (b) Action Officials.--In carrying out the pilot program, 
     the Secretary of the Navy shall act through the head of the 
     Systems Executive Office for Manpower and Personnel, who 
     shall act in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense 
     for Personnel and Readiness and the Chief Information Officer 
     of the Department of Defense.

          TITLE VI--COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS

                     Subtitle A--Pay and Allowances

     SEC. 601. FISCAL YEAR 2000 INCREASE AND RESTRUCTURING OF 
                   BASIC PAY.

       (a) Waiver of Section 1009 Adjustment.--Any adjustment 
     required by section 1009 of title 37, United States Code, in 
     the rates of monthly basic pay authorized members of the 
     uniformed services by section 203(a) of such title to become 
     effective during fiscal year 2000 shall not be made.
       (b) January 1, 2000, Increase in Basic Pay.--Effective on 
     January 1, 2000, the rates of monthly basic pay for members 
     of the uniformed services shall be increased by 4.8 percent.
       (c) Basic Pay Reform.--Effective on July 1, 2000, the rates 
     of monthly basic pay for members of the uniformed services 
     within each pay grade are as follows:
       

                        COMMISSIONED OFFICERS \1\
 Years of service computed under section 205 of title 37, United States
                                  Code
------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Pay Grade     2 or less    Over 2     Over 3     Over 4     Over 6
------------------------------------------------------------------------
O-10 \2\........      $0.00      $0.00      $0.00      $0.00       $0.00
O-9.............       0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00        0.00
O-8.............   6,594.30   6,810.30   6,953.10   6,993.30    7,171.80
O-7.............   5,479.50   5,851.80   5,851.50   5,894.40    6,114.60
O-6.............   4,061.10   4,461.60   4,754.40   4,754.40    4,772.40
O-5.............   3,248.40   3,813.90   4,077.90   4,127.70    4,291.80
O-4.............   2,737.80   3,333.90   3,556.20   3,606.04    3,812.40
O-3 \3\.........   2,544.00   2,884.20   3,112.80   3,364.80    3,525.90
O-2 \3\.........   2,218.80   2,527.20   2,910.90   3,000.00    3,071.10
O-1 \3\.........   1,926.30   2,004.90   2,423.10   2,423.10    2,423.10
                 -------------------------------------------------------
                    Over 8    Over 10    Over 12    Over 14     Over 16
                 -------------------------------------------------------
O-10 \2\........      $0.00      $0.00      $0.00      $0.00       $0.00
O-9.............       0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00        0.00
O-8.............   7,471.50   7,540.80   7,824.60   7,906.20    8,150.10
O-7.............   6,282.00   6,475.80   6,669.00   6,863.10    7,471.50
O-6.............   4,976.70   5,004.00   5,004.00   5,169.30    5,791.20
O-5.............   4,291.80   4,420.80   4,659.30   4,971.90    5,286.00
O-4.............   3,980.40   4,251.50   4,464.00   4,611.00    4,758.90
O-3 \3\.........   3,702.60   3,850.20   4,040.40   4,139.10    4,139.10
O-2 \3\.........   3,071.10   3,071.10   3,071.10   3,071.10    3,071.10
O-1 \3\.........   2,423.10   2,423.10   2,423.10   2,423.10    2,423.10
                 -------------------------------------------------------
                   Over 18    Over 20    Over 22    Over 24     Over 26
                 -------------------------------------------------------
O-10 \2\........      $0.00  $10,655.1  $10,707.6  $10,930.2  $11,318.40
                                     0          0          0
O-9.............       0.00   9,319.50   9,453.60   9,647.70    9,986.40
O-8.............   8,503.80   8,830.20   9,048.00   9,048.00    9,048.00
O-7.............   7,985.40   7,985.40   7,985.40   7,985.40    8,025.60
O-6.............   6,086.10   6,381.30   6,549.00   6,719.10    7,049.10
O-5.............   5,436.00   5,583.60   5,751.90   5,751.90    5,751.90
O-4.............   4,808.70   4,808.70   4,808.70   4,808.70    4,808.70
O-3 \3\.........   4,139.10   4,139.10   4,139.10   4,139.10    4,139.10
O-2 \3\.........   3,071.10   3,071.10   3,071.10   3,071.10    3,071.10
O-1 \3\.........   2,423.10   2,423.10   2,423.10   2,423.10   2,423.10
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Basic pay for these officers is limited to the rate of basic pay for
  level V of the Executive Schedule.
\2\ While serving as Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
  Staff, Chief of Staff of the Army, Chief of Naval Operations, Chief of
  Staff of the Air Force, Commandant of the Marine Corps, or Commandant
  of the Coast Guard, basic pay for this grade is calculated to be
  $12,441.00, regardless of cumulative years of service computed under
  section 205 of title 37, United States Code. Nevertheless, basic pay
  for these officers is limited to the rate of basic pay for level V of
  the Executive Schedule.
\3\ Does not apply to commissioned officers who have been credited with
  over 4 years of active duty service as an enlisted member or warrant
  officer.


  COMMISSIONED OFFICERS WITH OVER 4 YEARS OF ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE AS AN
                   ENLISTED MEMBER OR WARRANT OFFICER
 Years of service computed under section 205 of title 37, United States
                                  Code
------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Pay Grade     2 or less    Over 2     Over 3     Over 4     Over 6
------------------------------------------------------------------------
O-3E............      $0.00      $0.00      $0.00  $3,364.80   $3,525.90

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O-2E............       0.00       0.00       0.00   3,009.00    3,071.10
O-1E............       0.00       0.00       0.00   2,423.10    2,588.40
                 -------------------------------------------------------
                    Over 8    Over 10    Over 12    Over 14     Over 16
                 -------------------------------------------------------
O-3E............  $3,702.60  $3,850.20  $4,040.40  $4,200.30   $4,291.80
O-2E............   3,168.60   3,333.90   3,461.40   3,556.20    3,556.20
O-1E............   2,683.80   2,781.30   2,877.60   3,009.00    3,009.00
                 -------------------------------------------------------
                   Over 18    Over 20    Over 22    Over 24     Over 26
                 -------------------------------------------------------
O-3E............  $4,416.90  $4,416.90  $4,416.90  $4,416.90   $4,416.90
O-2E............   3,556.20   3,556.20   3,556.20   3,556.20    3,556.20
O-1E............   3,009.00   3,009.00   3,009.00   3,009.00    3,009.00
------------------------------------------------------------------------



                            WARRANT OFFICERS
 Years of service computed under section 205 of title 37, United States
                                  Code
------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Pay Grade     2 or less    Over 2     Over 3     Over 4     Over 6
------------------------------------------------------------------------
W-5.............      $0.00      $0.00      $0.00      $0.00       $0.00
W-4.............   2,592.00   2,788.50   2,868.60   2,947.50    3,083.40
W-3.............   2,355.90   2,555.40   2,555.40   2,588.40    2,694.30
W-2.............   2,063.40   2,232.60   2,232.60   2,305.80    2,423.10
W-1.............   1,719.00   1,971.00   1,971.00   2,135.70    2,232.60
                 -------------------------------------------------------
                    Over 8    Over 10    Over 12    Over 14     Over 16
                 -------------------------------------------------------
W-5.............      $0.00      $0.00      $0.00      $0.00       $0.00
W-4.............   3,217.20   3,352.80   3,485.10   3,622.20    3,753.60
W-3.............   2,814.90   2,974.20   3,071.10   3,177.00    3,298.20
W-2.............   2,555.40   2,852.60   2,749.80   2,844.30    2,949.00
W-1.............   2,332.80   2,433.30   2,533.20   2,634.00    2,734.80
                 -------------------------------------------------------
                   Over 18    Over 20    Over 22    Over 24     Over 26
                 -------------------------------------------------------
W-5.............      $0.00  $4,475.10  $4,628.70  $4,782.90   $4,937.40
W-4.............   3,888.00   4,019.00   4,155.60   4,289.70    4,427.10
W-3.............   3,418.50   3,539.10   3,659.40   3,780.00    3,900.90
W-2.............   3,058.40   3,163.80   3,270.90   3,378.30    3,378.30
W-1.............   2,835.00   2,910.90   2,910.90   2,910.90    2,910.90
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                            ENLISTED MEMBERS
 Years of service computed under section 205 of title 37, United States
                                  Code
------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Pay Grade      2 or less    Over 2     Over 3     Over 4     Over 6
------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-9 \4\..........      $0.00      $0.00      $0.00      $0.00      $0.00
E-8..............       0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00
E-7..............   1,765.80   1,927.80   2,001.00   2,073.00   2,147.70
E-6..............   1,518.90   1,678.20   1,752.60   1,824.30   1,899.30
E-5..............   1,332.60   1,494.00   1,566.00   1,640.40   1,714.50
E-4..............   1,242.90   1,373.10   1,447.20   1,520.10   1,593.90
E-3..............   1,171.50   1,260.60   1,334.10   1,335.90   1,335.90
E-2..............   1,127.40   1,127.40   1,127.40   1,127.40   1,127.40
E-1..............  \5\ 1,005   1,005.60   1,005.60   1,005.60   1,005.60
                         .60
                  ------------------------------------------------------
                     Over 8    Over 10    Over 12    Over 14    Over 16
                  ------------------------------------------------------
E-9 \4\..........      $0.00  $3,015.30  $3,083.40  $3,169.80  $3,271.50
E-8..............   2,528.40   2,601.60   2,669.70   2,751.60   2,840.10
E-7..............   2,220.90   2,294.10   2,367.30   2,439.30   2,514.00
E-6..............   1,973.10   2,047.20   2,118.60   2,191.50   2,244.60
E-5..............   1,789.50   1,861.50   1,936.20   1,936.20   1,936.20
E-4..............   1,593.90   1,593.90   1,593.90   1,593.90   1,593.90
E-3..............   1,335.90   1,335.90   1,335.90   1,335.90   1,335.90
E-2..............   1,127.40   1,127.40   1,127.40   1,127.40   1,127.40
E-1..............   1,005.60   1,005.60   1,005.60   1,005.60   1,005.60
                  ------------------------------------------------------
                    Over 18    Over 20    Over 22    Over 24    Over 26
                  ------------------------------------------------------
E-9 \4\..........  $3,373.20  $3,473.40  $3,609.30  $3,744.00  $3,915.80
E-8..............   2,932.50   3,026.10   3,161.10   3,295.50   3,483.60
E-7..............   2,588.10   2,660.40   2,787.60   2,926.20   3,134.40
E-6..............   2,283.30   2,283.30   2,285.70   2,285.70   2,285.70
E-5..............   1,936.20   1,936.20   1,936.20   1,936.20   1,936.20
E-4..............   1,593.90   1,593.90   1,593.90   1,593.90   1,593.90
E-3..............   1,335.90   1,335.90   1,335.90   1,335.90   1,335.90
E-2..............   1,127.40   1,127.40   1,127.40   1,123.20   1,127.40
E-1..............   1,005.60   1,005.60   1,005.60   1,005.60  1,005.60
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\4\ While serving as Sergeant Major of the Army, Master Chief Petty
  Officer of the Navy, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, Sergeant
  Major of the Marine Corps, or Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast
  Guard, basic pay for this grade is $4,701.00, regardless of cumulative
  years of service computed under section 205 of title 37, United States
  Code.
\5\ In the case of members in the grade E-1 who have served less than 4
  months on active duty, basic pay is $930.30.

     SEC. 602. PAY INCREASES FOR FISCAL YEARS 2001 THROUGH 2006.

       (a) ECI+0.5 Percent Increase for All Members.--Section 
     1009(c) of title 37, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(c) Equal Percentage 
     Increase for All Members.--''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), but subject to 
     subsection (d), an adjustment taking effect under this 
     section during each of fiscal years 2001 through 2006 shall 
     provide all eligible members with an increase in the

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     monthly basic pay by the percentage equal to the sum of one 
     percent plus the percentage calculated as provided under 
     section 5303(a) of title 5 for such fiscal year (without 
     regard to whether rates of pay under the statutory pay 
     systems are actually increased during such fiscal year under 
     that section by the percentage so calculated).''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on October 1, 2000.

     SEC. 603. SPECIAL SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE FOR FOOD STAMP 
                   ELIGIBLE MEMBERS.

       (a) Allowance.--(1) Chapter 7 of title 37, United States 
     Code, is amended by inserting after section 402 the following 
     new section:

     ``Sec. 402a. Special subsistence allowance: members eligible 
       for food stamps

       ``(a) Entitlement.--Upon the application of an eligible 
     member of a uniformed service described in subsection (b)(1), 
     the Secretary concerned shall pay the member a special 
     subsistence allowance for each month for which the member is 
     eligible to receive food stamp assistance, as determined by 
     the Secretary.
       ``(b) Covered Members.--(1) A member referred to subsection 
     (a) is an enlisted member in pay grade E-5 or below.
       ``(2) For the purposes of this section, a member shall be 
     considered as being eligible to receive food stamp assistance 
     if the household of the member meets the income standards of 
     eligibility established under section 5(c)(2) of the Food 
     Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2014(c)(2)), not taking into 
     account the special subsistence allowance that may be payable 
     to the member under this section and any allowance that is 
     payable to the member under section 403 or 404a of this 
     title.
       ``(c) Termination of Entitlement.--The entitlement of a 
     member to receive payment of a special subsistence allowance 
     terminates upon the occurrence of any of the following 
     events:
       ``(1) Termination of eligibility for food stamp assistance.
       ``(2) Payment of the special subsistence allowance for 12 
     consecutive months.
       ``(3) Promotion of the member to a higher grade.
       ``(4) Transfer of the member in a permanent change of 
     station.
       ``(d) Reestablished Entitlement.--(1) After a termination 
     of a member's entitlement to the special subsistence 
     allowance under subsection (c), the Secretary concerned shall 
     resume payment of the special subsistence allowance to the 
     member if the Secretary determines, upon further application 
     of the member, that the member is eligible to receive food 
     stamps.
       ``(2) Payments resumed under this subsection shall 
     terminate under subsection (c) upon the occurrence of an 
     event described in that subsection after the resumption of 
     the payments.
       ``(3) The number of times that payments are resumed under 
     this subsection is unlimited.
       ``(e) Documentation of Eligibility.--A member of the 
     uniformed services applying for the special subsistence 
     allowance under this section shall furnish the Secretary 
     concerned with such evidence of the member's eligibility for 
     food stamp assistance as the Secretary may require in 
     connection with the application.
       ``(f) Amount of Allowance.--The monthly amount of the 
     special subsistence allowance under this section is $180.
       ``(g) Relationship to Basic Allowance for Subsistence.--The 
     special subsistence allowance under this section is in 
     addition to the basic allowance for subsistence under section 
     402 of this title.
       ``(h) Food Stamp Assistance Defined.--In this section, the 
     term `food stamp assistance' means assistance under the Food 
     Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.).
       ``(i) Termination of Authority.--No special subsistence 
     allowance may be made under this section for any month 
     beginning after September 30, 2004.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
     is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
     402 the following:

``402a. Special subsistence allowance: members eligible for food 
              stamps.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--Section 402a of title 37, United 
     States Code, shall take effect on the first day of the first 
     month that begins not less than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act.
       (c) Annual Report.--(1) Not later than March 1 of each year 
     after 1999, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress 
     a report setting forth the number of members of the uniformed 
     services who are eligible for assistance under the Food Stamp 
     Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.).
       (2) In preparing the report, the Secretary shall consult 
     with the Secretary of Transportation (with respect to the 
     Coast Guard), who shall provide the Secretary of Defense with 
     any information that the Secretary determines necessary to 
     prepare the report.
       (3) No report is required under this section after March 1, 
     2004.

     SEC. 604. PAYMENT FOR UNUSED LEAVE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A 
                   REENLISTMENT.

       Section 501 of title 37, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ``, termination of 
     an enlistment in conjunction with the commencement of a 
     successive enlistment (without regard to the date of the 
     expiration of the term of the enlistment being terminated),'' 
     after ``honorable conditions''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``, or entering into 
     an enlistment,''.

     SEC. 605. CONTINUANCE OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES WHILE IN DUTY 
                   STATUS (WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN).

       (a) Continuance of Pay and Allowances.--(1) Chapter 10 of 
     title 37, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
     section 552 the following:

     ``Sec. 552a. Pay and allowances: continuation while in a duty 
       status (whereabouts unknown); limitations

       ``For any period that a member of a uniformed service on 
     active duty or performing inactive-duty training is in a duty 
     status (whereabouts unknown), section 552 of this title, 
     except for subsections (d) and (e), shall apply to the member 
     as if the member were in a missing status for that period.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 10 of 
     such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
     section 552 the following:

``552a. Pay and allowances: continuation while in a duty status 
              (whereabouts unknown); limitations.''.
       (b) Definition of Duty Status (Whereabouts Unknown).--
     Section 551 of such title is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
     paragraph (3):
       ``(3) The term `duty status (whereabouts unknown)' means a 
     transitory casualty status designated for a member of 
     uniformed service by a commander responsible for accounting 
     for the member when the commander suspects that the member is 
     a casualty whose absence is involuntary and does not consider 
     the available relevant evidence sufficient for making a 
     definite determination that the member is missing, has 
     deserted, is absent without leave, or is dead.''.

     SEC. 606. EQUITABLE TREATMENT OF CLASS OF 1987 OF THE 
                   UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH 
                   SCIENCES.

       (a) Years of Service Credit.--An officer of the uniformed 
     services who entered the Uniformed Services University of the 
     Health Sciences as a student in 1983 and who successfully 
     completed the course of instruction at the University in 1987 
     shall be treated for purposes of determining pay and years of 
     service in the same manner as a student at the University who 
     graduated in 1986, notwithstanding the enactment of the 
     Defense Officer Personnel Management Act (Public Law 96-513; 
     94 Stat. 2835).
       (b) Prospective Applicability.--This section shall take 
     effect on October 1, 1999. No entitlement to increased pay or 
     allowances accrues for periods before such date, and no 
     eligibility accrues for consideration for selection for 
     promotions by boards convened before such date.

           Subtitle B--Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays

     SEC. 611. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES RELATING TO 
                   PAYMENT OF CERTAIN BONUSES AND SPECIAL PAYS.

       (a) Aviation Officer Retention Bonus.--Section 301b(a) of 
     title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking 
     ``December 31, 1999,'' and inserting ``December 31, 2000,''.
       (b) Reenlistment Bonus for Active Members.--Section 308(g) 
     of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking 
     ``December 31, 1999'' and inserting ``December 31, 2000''.
       (c) Enlistment Bonuses for Members With Critical Skills.--
     Sections 308a(c) and 308f(c) of title 37, United States Code, 
     are each amended by striking ``December 31, 1999'' and 
     inserting ``December 31, 2000''.
       (d) Special Pay for Nuclear-Qualified Officers Extending 
     Period of Active Service.--Section 312(e) of title 37, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking ``December 31, 1999'' and 
     inserting ``December 31, 2000''.
       (e) Nuclear Career Accession Bonus.--Section 312b(c) of 
     title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking 
     ``December 31, 1999'' and inserting ``December 31, 2000''.
       (f) Nuclear Career Annual Incentive Bonus.--Section 312c(d) 
     of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking ``any 
     fiscal year beginning before October 1, 1998, and the 15-
     month period beginning on that date and ending on December 
     31, 1999'' and inserting ``the 15-month period beginning on 
     October 1, 1998, and ending on December 31, 1999, and any 
     year beginning after December 31, 1999, and ending before 
     January 1, 2001''.

     SEC. 612. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BONUSES AND SPECIAL 
                   PAY AUTHORITIES FOR RESERVE FORCES.

       (a) Special Pay for Health Professionals in Critically 
     Short Wartime Specialties.--Section 302g(f) of title 37, 
     United States Code, is amended by striking ``December 31, 
     1999'' and inserting ``December 31, 2000''.
       (b) Selected Reserve Reenlistment Bonus.--Section 308b(f) 
     of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking 
     ``December 31, 1999'' and inserting ``December 31, 2000''.

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       (c) Selected Reserve Enlistment Bonus.--Section 308c(e) of 
     title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking 
     ``December 31, 1999'' and inserting ``December 31, 2000''.
       (d) Special Pay for Enlisted Members Assigned to Certain 
     High Priority Units.--Section 308d(c) of title 37, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking ``December 31, 1999'' and 
     inserting ``December 31, 2000''.
       (e) Selected Reserve Affiliation Bonus.--Section 308e(e) of 
     title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking 
     ``December 31, 1999'' and inserting ``December 31, 2000''.
       (f) Ready Reserve Enlistment and Reenlistment Bonus.--
     Section 308h(g) of title 37, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking ``December 31, 1999'' and inserting ``December 
     31, 2000''.
       (g) Prior Service Enlistment Bonus.--Section 308i(f) of 
     title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking 
     ``December 31, 1999'' and inserting ``December 31, 2000''.
       (h) Repayment of Education Loans for Certain Health 
     Professionals Who Serve in the Selected Reserve.--Section 
     16302(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     striking ``January 1, 2000'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``January 1, 2001''.

     SEC. 613. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BONUSES AND SPECIAL 
                   PAY AUTHORITIES FOR NURSE OFFICER CANDIDATES, 
                   REGISTERED NURSES, AND NURSE ANESTHETISTS.

       (a) Nurse Officer Candidate Accession Program.--Section 
     2130a(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     striking ``December 31, 1999'' and inserting ``December 31, 
     2000''.
       (b) Accession Bonus for Registered Nurses.--Section 
     302d(a)(1) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by 
     striking ``December 31, 1999'' and inserting ``December 31, 
     2000''.
       (c) Incentive Special Pay for Nurse Anesthetists.--Section 
     302e(a)(1) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by 
     striking ``December 31, 1999'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``December 31, 2000''.

     SEC. 614. AMOUNT OF AVIATION CAREER INCENTIVE PAY FOR AIR 
                   BATTLE MANAGERS FORMERLY ELIGIBLE FOR HAZARDOUS 
                   DUTY PAY.

       (a) Save Pay Provision.--Section 301a(b) of title 37, 
     United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(4) The amount of the monthly incentive pay payable under 
     this section to an air battle manager who was receiving 
     incentive pay under section 301(c)(2)(A) of this title 
     immediately before becoming eligible for incentive pay under 
     this section shall be the higher of--
       ``(A) the monthly rate of incentive pay that the member was 
     receiving under section 301(c)(2)(A) of this title; or
       ``(B) the rate applicable to the member under paragraph 
     (1), (2), or (3).''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on October 1, 1999, and shall apply with 
     respect to months beginning on or after that date.

     SEC. 615. AVIATION CAREER OFFICER SPECIAL PAY.

       (a) Period of Authority.--Subsection (a) of section 301b of 
     title 37, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``Authorized.--'';
       (2) by striking ``during the period beginning on January 1, 
     1989, and ending on December 31, 1999,'' and inserting 
     ``during the period described in paragraph (2),''; and
       (3) adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Paragraph (1) applies with respect to agreements 
     executed during the period beginning on the first day of the 
     first month that begins on or after the date of the enactment 
     of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2000 and ending on December 31, 2004.''.
       (b) Repeal of Limitation to Certain Years of Career 
     Aviation Service.--Subsection (b) of such section is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking paragraph (5);
       (2) by inserting ``and'' at the end of paragraph (4); and
       (3) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (5).
       (c) Repeal of Lower Alternative Amount for Agreement To 
     Serve for 3 or Fewer Years.--Subsection (c) of such section 
     is amended by striking ``than--'' and all that follows and 
     inserting ``than $25,000 for each year covered by the written 
     agreement to remain on active duty.''.
       (d) Proration Authority for Coverage of Increased Period of 
     Eligibility.--Subsection (d) of such section is amended by 
     striking ``14 years of commissioned service'' and inserting 
     ``25 years of aviation service''.
       (e) Terminology.--Such section is further amended--
       (1) in subsection (f), by striking ``A retention bonus'' 
     and inserting ``Any amount''; and
       (2) in subsection (i)(1), by striking ``retention bonuses'' 
     in the first sentence and inserting ``special pay under this 
     section''.
       (f) Repeal of Content Requirements for Annual Report.--
     Subsection (i)(1) of such section is further amended by 
     striking the second sentence.
       (g) Technical Amendment.--Subsection (g)(3) of such section 
     if amended by striking the second sentence.
       (h) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made 
     by this section shall take effect on the first day of the 
     first month that begins on or after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act.

     SEC. 616. CAREER ENLISTED FLYER INCENTIVE PAY.

       (a) Incentive Pay Authorized.--(1) Chapter 5 of title 37, 
     United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 
     301e the following new section 301f:

     ``Sec. 301f. Incentive pay: career enlisted flyers

       ``(a) Pay Authorized.--An enlisted member described in 
     subsection (b) may be paid career enlisted flyer incentive 
     pay as provided in this section.
       ``(b) Eligible Members.--An enlisted member referred to in 
     subsection (a) is an enlisted member of the armed forces 
     who--
       ``(1) is entitled to basic pay under section 204 of this 
     title or is entitled to compensation under paragraph (1) or 
     (2) of section 206(a) of this title;
       ``(2) holds a military occupational specialty or military 
     rating designated as a career enlisted flyer specialty or 
     rating by the Secretary concerned in regulations prescribed 
     under subsection (f) and continues to be proficient in the 
     skills required for that specialty or rating, or is in 
     training leading to the award of such a specialty or rating; 
     and
       ``(3) is qualified for aviation service.
       ``(c) Monthly Payment.--(1) Career enlisted flyer incentive 
     pay may be paid a member referred to in subsection (b) for 
     each month in which the member performs aviation service that 
     involves frequent and regular performance of operational 
     flying duty by the member.
       ``(2)(A) Career enlisted flyer incentive pay may be paid a 
     member referred to in subsection (b) for each month in which 
     the member performs service, without regard to whether or the 
     extent to which the member performs operational flying duty 
     during the month, as follows:
       ``(i) In the case of a member who has performed at least 6, 
     and not more than 15, years of aviation service, the member 
     may be so paid after the member has frequently and regularly 
     performed operational flying duty in each of 72 months if the 
     member so performed in at least that number of months before 
     completing the member's first 10 years of performance of 
     aviation service.
       ``(ii) In the case of a member who has performed more than 
     15, and not more than 20, years of aviation service, the 
     member may be so paid after the member has frequently and 
     regularly performed operational flying duty in each of 108 
     months if the member so performed in at least that number of 
     months before completing the member's first 15 years of 
     performance of aviation service.
       ``(iii) In the case of a member who has performed more than 
     20, and not more than 25, years of aviation service, the 
     member may be so paid after the member has frequently and 
     regularly performed operational flying duty in each of 168 
     months if the member so performed in at least that number of 
     months before completing the member's first 20 years of 
     performance of aviation service.
       ``(B) The Secretary concerned, or a designee of the 
     Secretary concerned not below the level of personnel chief of 
     the armed force concerned, may reduce the minimum number of 
     months of frequent and regular performance of operational 
     flying duty applicable in the case of a particular member 
     under--
       ``(i) subparagraph (A)(i) to 60 months;
       ``(ii) subparagraph (A)(ii) to 96 months; or
       ``(iii) subparagraph (A)(iii) to 144 months.
       ``(C) A member may not be paid career enlisted flyer 
     incentive pay in the manner provided under subparagraph (A) 
     after the member has completed 25 years of aviation service.
       ``(d) Monthly Rates.--(1) The monthly rate of any career 
     enlisted flyer incentive pay paid under this section to a 
     member on active duty shall be prescribed by the Secretary 
     concerned, but may not exceed the following:

``Years of aviation service                                Monthly rate
  4 or less...................................................$150 ....

  Over 4......................................................$225 ....

  Over 8......................................................$350 ....

  Over 14.....................................................$400.....

       ``(2) The monthly rate of any career enlisted flyer 
     incentive pay paid under this section to a member of a 
     reserve component for each period of inactive-duty training 
     during which aviation service is performed shall be equal to 
     \1/30\ of the monthly rate of career enlisted flyer incentive 
     pay provided under paragraph (1) for a member on active duty 
     with the same number of years of aviation service.
       ``(e) Nonapplicability to Members Receiving Hazardous Duty 
     Incentive Pay or Special Pay for Diving Duty.--A member 
     receiving incentive pay under section 301(a) of this title or 
     special pay under section 304 of this title may not be paid 
     special pay under this section for the same period of 
     service.
       ``(f) Regulations.--The Secretary concerned shall prescribe 
     regulations for the administration of this section. The 
     regulations shall include the following:
       ``(1) Definitions of the terms `aviation service' and 
     `frequently and regularly performed

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     operational flying duty' for purposes of this section.
       ``(2) The military occupational specialties or military 
     rating, as the case may be, that are designated as career 
     enlisted flyer specialties or ratings, respectively, for 
     purposes of this section.
       ``(g) Definition.--In this section, the term `operational 
     flying duty' means--
       ``(1) flying performed under competent orders while serving 
     in assignments in which basic flying skills normally are 
     maintained in the performance of assigned duties as 
     determined by the Secretary concerned; and
       ``(2) flying performed by members in training that leads to 
     the award of a military occupational specialty or rating 
     referred to in subsection (b)(2).''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 5 of 
     title 37, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
     the item relating to section 301e the following new item:

``301f. Incentive pay; career enlisted flyers.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on October 1, 1999.
       (c) Save Pay Provision.--In the case of an enlisted member 
     of a uniformed service who is a designated career enlisted 
     flyer entitled to receive hazardous duty incentive pay under 
     section 301(b) or 301(c)(2)(A) of title 37, United States 
     Code, as of October 1, 1999, the member shall be entitled 
     from that date to payment of incentive pay at the monthly 
     rate that is the higher of--
       (1) the monthly rate of incentive pay authorized by such 
     section 301(b) or 301(c)(2)(A) as of September 30, 1999; or
       (2) the monthly rate of incentive pay authorized by section 
     301f of title 37, United States Code, as added by subsection 
     (a).

     SEC. 617. RETENTION BONUS FOR SPECIAL WARFARE OFFICERS 
                   EXTENDING PERIODS OF ACTIVE DUTY.

       (a) Bonus Authorized.--(1) Chapter 5 of title 37, United 
     States Code, is amended by inserting after section 301f, as 
     added by section 616 of this Act, the following new section:

     ``Sec. 301g. Special pay: special warfare officers extending 
       period of active duty

       ``(a) Bonus Authorized.--A special warfare officer 
     described in subsection (b) who executes a written agreement 
     to remain on active duty in special warfare service for at 
     least one year may, upon the acceptance of the agreement by 
     the Secretary concerned, be paid a retention bonus as 
     provided in this section.
       ``(b) Covered Officers.--A special warfare officer referred 
     to in subsection (a) is an officer of a uniformed service 
     who--
       ``(1) is qualified for a military occupational specialty or 
     designator identified by the Secretary concerned as a special 
     warfare military occupational specialty or designator and is 
     serving in a position for which that specialty or designator 
     is authorized;
       ``(2) is in pay grade O-3, or is in pay grade O-4 and is 
     not on a list of officers recommended for promotion, at the 
     time the officer applies for an agreement under this section;
       ``(3) has completed at least 6, but not more than 14, years 
     of active commissioned service; and
       ``(4) has completed any service commitment incurred to be 
     commissioned as an officer.
       ``(c) Amount of Bonus.--The amount of a retention bonus 
     paid under this section may not be more than $15,000 for each 
     year covered by the written agreement.
       ``(d) Proration.--The term of an agreement under subsection 
     (a) and the amount of the bonus payable under subsection (c) 
     may be prorated as long as such agreement does not extend 
     beyond the date on which the officer making such agreement 
     would complete 14 years of active commissioned service.
       ``(e) Payment.--Upon acceptance of a written agreement 
     under subsection (a) by the Secretary concerned, the total 
     amount payable pursuant to the agreement becomes fixed and 
     may be paid--
       ``(1) in a lump sum equal to the amount of half the total 
     amount payable under the agreement at the time the agreement 
     is accepted by the Secretary concerned followed by payments 
     of equal annual installments on the anniversary of the 
     acceptance of the agreement until the payment in full of the 
     balance of the amount that remains payable under the 
     agreement after the payment of the lump sum amount under this 
     paragraph; or
       ``(2) in graduated annual payments under regulations 
     prescribed by the Secretary concerned with the first payment 
     being payable at the time the agreement is accepted by the 
     Secretary concerned and subsequent payments being payable on 
     the anniversaries of the acceptance of the agreement.
       ``(f) Additional Pay.--A retention bonus paid under this 
     section is in addition to any other pay and allowances to 
     which an officer is entitled.
       ``(g) Repayment.--(1) If an officer who has entered into a 
     written agreement under subsection (a) and has received all 
     or part of a retention bonus under this section fails to 
     complete the total period of active duty in special warfare 
     service as specified in the agreement, the Secretary 
     concerned may require the officer to repay the United States, 
     on a pro rata basis and to the extent that the Secretary 
     determines conditions and circumstances warrant, all sums 
     paid the officer under this section.
       ``(2) An obligation to repay the United States imposed 
     under paragraph (1) is for all purposes a debt owed to the 
     United States.
       ``(3) A discharge in bankruptcy under title 11 that is 
     entered less than five years after the termination of a 
     written agreement entered into under subsection (a) does not 
     discharge the officer signing the agreement from a debt 
     arising under such agreement or under paragraph (1).
       ``(h) Regulations.--The Secretaries concerned shall 
     prescribe regulations to carry out this section, including 
     the definition of the term `special warfare service' for 
     purposes of this section. Regulations prescribed by the 
     Secretary of a military department under this section shall 
     be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Defense.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 5 of 
     title 37, United States Code, as amended by section 110(a) of 
     this Act, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
     section 301f the following new item:

``301g. Special pay: special warfare officers extending period of 
              active duty.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on October 1, 1999.

     SEC. 618. RETENTION BONUS FOR SURFACE WARFARE OFFICERS 
                   EXTENDING PERIODS OF ACTIVE DUTY.

       (a) Bonus Authorized.--(1) Chapter 5 of title 37, United 
     States Code, is amended by inserting after section 301g, as 
     added by section 617 of this Act, the following new section:

     ``Sec. 301h. Special pay: surface warfare officers extending 
       period of active duty

       ``(a) Special Pay Authorized.--(1) A surface warfare 
     officer described in subsection (b) who executes a written 
     agreement described in paragraph (2) may, upon the acceptance 
     of the agreement by the Secretary of the Navy, be paid a 
     retention bonus as provided in this section.
       ``(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is an 
     agreement in which the officer concerned agrees--
       ``(A) to remain on active duty for at least two years and 
     through the tenth year of active commissioned service; and
       ``(B) to complete tours of duty to which the officer may be 
     ordered during the period covered by subparagraph (A) as a 
     department head afloat.
       ``(b) Covered Officers.--A surface warfare officer referred 
     to in subsection (a) is an officer of the Regular Navy or 
     Naval Reserve on active duty who--
       ``(1) is designated and serving as a surface warfare 
     officer;
       ``(2) is in pay grade O-3 at the time the officer applies 
     for an agreement under this section;
       ``(3) has been selected for assignment as a department head 
     on a surface ship;
       ``(4) has completed at least four, but not more than eight, 
     years of active commissioned service; and
       ``(5) has completed any service commitment incurred to be 
     commissioned as an officer.
       ``(c) Amount of Bonus.--The amount of a retention bonus 
     paid under this section may not be more than $15,000 for each 
     year covered by the written agreement.
       ``(d) Proration.--The term of an agreement under subsection 
     (a) and the amount of the bonus payable under subsection (c) 
     may be prorated as long as such agreement does not extend 
     beyond the date on which the officer making such agreement 
     would complete 10 years of active commissioned service.
       ``(e) Payment.--Upon acceptance of a written agreement 
     under subsection (a) by the Secretary of the Navy, the total 
     amount payable pursuant to the agreement becomes fixed and 
     may be paid--
       ``(1) in a lump sum equal to the amount of half the total 
     amount payable under the agreement at the time the agreement 
     is accepted by the Secretary followed by payments of equal 
     annual installments on the anniversary of the acceptance of 
     the agreement until the payment in full of the balance of the 
     amount that remains payable under the agreement after the 
     payment of the lump sum amount under this paragraph; or
       ``(2) in equal annual payments with the first payment being 
     payable at the time the agreement is accepted by the 
     Secretary and subsequent payments being payable on the 
     anniversaries of the acceptance of the agreement.
       ``(f) Additional Pay.--A retention bonus paid under this 
     section is in addition to any other pay and allowances to 
     which an officer is entitled.
       ``(g) Repayment.--(1) If an officer who has entered into a 
     written agreement under subsection (a) and has received all 
     or part of a retention bonus under this section fails to 
     complete the total period of active duty specified in the 
     agreement, the Secretary of the Navy may require the officer 
     to repay the United States, on a pro rata basis and to the 
     extent that the Secretary determines conditions and 
     circumstances warrant, all sums paid under this section.
       ``(2) An obligation to repay the United States imposed 
     under paragraph (1) is for all purposes a debt owned to the 
     United States.

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       ``(3) A discharge in bankruptcy under title 11 that is 
     entered less than five years after the termination of a 
     written agreement entered into under subsection (a) does not 
     discharge the officer signing the agreement from a debt 
     arising under such agreement or under paragraph (1).
       ``(h) Regulations.--The Secretary of the Navy shall 
     prescribe regulations to carry out this section.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 5 of 
     title 37, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
     the item relating to section 301g, as added by section 111(a) 
     of this Act, the following new item:

``301h. Special pay: surface warfare officers extending period of 
              active duty.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on October 1, 1999.

     SEC. 619. ADDITIONAL SPECIAL PAY FOR BOARD CERTIFIED 
                   VETERINARIANS IN THE ARMED FORCES AND PUBLIC 
                   HEALTH SERVICE.

       (a) Authority.--Section 303 of title 37, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(a) Monthly Special Pay.--'' before 
     ``Each''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(b) Additional Special Pay for Board Certification.--A 
     commissioned officer entitled to special pay under subsection 
     (a) who has been awarded a diploma as a Diplomate in a 
     specialty recognized by the American Veterinarian Medical 
     Association is entitled to special pay (in addition to the 
     special pay under that subsection) at the same rate as is 
     provided under section 302c(b) of this title for an officer 
     referred to in that section who has the same number of years 
     of creditable service as the commissioned officer.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--Section 303(b) of title 37, United 
     States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with 
     respect to months beginning after September 30, 1999.

     SEC. 620. INCREASE IN RATE OF DIVING DUTY SPECIAL PAY.

       (a) Increase.--Section 304(b) of title 37, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking ``$200'' and inserting ``$240''; and
       (2) by striking ``$300'' and inserting ``$340''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on October 1, 1999, and shall apply with 
     respect to special pay paid under section 304 of title 37, 
     United States Code, for months beginning on or after that 
     date.

     SEC. 621. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM AMOUNT AUTHORIZED FOR 
                   REENLISTMENT BONUS FOR ACTIVE MEMBERS.

       (a) Increase in Maximum Amount.--Section 308(a)(2) of title 
     37, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ``ten'' and inserting 
     ``15''; and
       (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``$45,000'' and 
     inserting ``$60,000''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on October 1, 1999, and shall apply with 
     respect to reenlistments and extensions of enlistments taking 
     effect on or after that date.

     SEC. 622. CRITICAL SKILLS ENLISTMENT BONUS.

       (a) Increase.--Section 308a(a) of title 37, United States 
     Code, is amended in the first sentence by striking 
     ``$12,000'' and inserting ``$20,000''.
       (b) Lump-Sum Payment of Critical Skills Enlistment Bonus.--
     Section 308a(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(a)'';
       (2) by striking all after ``may be paid a bonus'' and 
     inserting a period; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) The appropriate Secretary shall prescribe in 
     regulations the following:
       ``(A) The amount of the bonus, but not more than $12,000.
       ``(B) Provisions for payment of the bonus in a single lump 
     sum or periodic installments in relation to the attainment of 
     one or more specified career milestones appropriate to ensure 
     that the terms of the enlistment or extension are 
     satisfied.''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on October 1, 1999, and shall apply with 
     respect enlistments and extensions of enlistments taking 
     effect on or after that date.

     SEC. 623. SELECTED RESERVE ENLISTMENT BONUS.

       (a) Elimination of Requirement for Minimum Period of 
     Enlistment.--Subsection (a) of section 308c of title 37, 
     United States Code, is amended by striking ``for a term of 
     enlistment of not less than six years''.
       (b) Increased Maximum Amount.--Subsection (b) of such 
     section is amended by striking ``$5,000'' and inserting 
     ``$8,000''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) 
     and (b) shall take effect on October 1, 1999, and shall apply 
     with respect to enlistments entered into on or after that 
     date.

     SEC. 624. SPECIAL PAY FOR MEMBERS OF THE COAST GUARD RESERVE 
                   ASSIGNED TO HIGH PRIORITY UNITS OF THE SELECTED 
                   RESERVE.

       Section 308d(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended 
     by inserting ``, or the Secretary of Transportation with 
     respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a 
     service in the Navy, '' after ``Secretary of Defense''.

     SEC. 625. REDUCED MINIMUM PERIOD OF ENLISTMENT IN ARMY IN 
                   CRITICAL SKILL FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR ENLISTMENT 
                   BONUS.

       (a) Reduced Requirement.--Paragraph (3) of section 308f(a) 
     of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking ``3 
     years'' and inserting ``2 years''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on October 1, 1999, and shall apply with 
     respect to enlistments entered into on or after that date.

     SEC. 626. ELIGIBILITY FOR RESERVE COMPONENT PRIOR SERVICE 
                   ENLISTMENT BONUS UPON ATTAINING A CRITICAL 
                   SKILL.

       (a) Newly Attained Critical Skill.--Section 308i(a) of 
     title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking 
     paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
       ``(2) A bonus may only be paid under this section to a 
     person who meets each of the following requirements:
       ``(A) The person has completed that person's military 
     service obligation but has less than 14 years of total 
     military service.
       ``(B) The person has received an honorable discharge at the 
     conclusion of military service.
       ``(C) The person is not being released from active service 
     for the purpose of enlistment in a reserve component.
       ``(D) The person is position eligible under paragraph (3).
       ``(E) The person has not previously been paid a bonus 
     (except under this section) for enlistment, reenlistment, or 
     extension of enlistment in a reserve component.
       ``(3) A person is position eligible for the purposes of 
     paragraph (2)(D) if the person--
       ``(A) is projected to occupy a position as a member of the 
     Selected Reserve in a specialty in which the person--
       ``(i) successfully served while a member on active duty; 
     and
       ``(ii) attained a level of qualification while a member on 
     active duty commensurate with the grade and years of service 
     of the member; or
       ``(B) is occupying a position as a member of the Selected 
     Reserve in a specialty in which the person--
       ``(i) has completed training or retraining in the specialty 
     skill that is designated as critically short; and
       ``(ii) has attained a level of qualification in the 
     designated critically short specialty skill that is 
     commensurate with the member's grade and years of service.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act 
     and shall apply to enlistments beginning on or after that 
     date.

     SEC. 627. INCREASE IN SPECIAL PAY AND BONUSES FOR NUCLEAR-
                   QUALIFIED OFFICERS.

       (a) Special Pay for Nuclear-Qualified Officers Extending 
     Period of Active Service.--Section 312(a) of title 37, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking ``$15,000'' and inserting 
     ``$25,000''.
       (b) Nuclear Career Accession Bonus.--Section 312b(a)(1) of 
     title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking 
     ``$10,000'' and inserting ``$20,000''.
       (c) Nuclear Career Annual Incentive Bonuses.--Section 312c 
     of title 37, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``$12,000'' and 
     inserting ``$22,000''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``$5,500'' and 
     inserting ``$10,000''.
       (d) Effective Date.--(1) The amendments made by this 
     section shall take effect on October 1, 1999.
       (2) The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall 
     apply with respect to agreements accepted under section 
     312(a) and 312b(a), respectively, of title 37, United States 
     Code, on or after October 1, 1999.
       (3) The amendments made by subsection (c) shall apply with 
     respect to nuclear service years beginning on or after 
     October 1, 1999.

     SEC. 628. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM MONTHLY RATE AUTHORIZED FOR 
                   FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY PAY.

       (a) Increase in Maximum Monthly Rate.--Section 316(b) of 
     title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking ``$100'' 
     and inserting ``$300''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on October 1, 1999, and shall apply with 
     respect to foreign language proficiency pay paid under 
     section 316 of title 37, United States Code, for months 
     beginning on or after that date.

     SEC. 629. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING TAX TREATMENT OF 
                   MEMBERS RECEIVING SPECIAL PAY.

       It is the sense of the Senate that members of the Armed 
     Forces who receive special pay for duty subject to hostile 
     fire or imminent danger (37 U.S.C. 310) should receive the 
     same tax treatment as members serving in combat zones.

            Subtitle C--Travel and Transportation Allowances

     SEC. 641. PAYMENT OF TEMPORARY LODGING EXPENSES TO ENLISTED 
                   MEMBERS MAKING FIRST PERMANENT CHANGE OF 
                   STATION.

       Section 404a(a) of title 37, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'' at the end of the 
     paragraph;

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       (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``or'' after the 
     semicolon; and
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
       ``(3) in the case of an enlisted member, to the member's 
     first permanent duty station from the member's home of record 
     or initial technical training school;''.

     SEC. 642. DESTINATION AIRPORT FOR EMERGENCY LEAVE TRAVEL TO 
                   THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES.

       Section 411d(b)(1)(A) of title 37, United States Code, is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(A) to either--
       ``(i) the international airport in the continental United 
     States closest to the location from which the member and the 
     member's dependents departed; or
       ``(ii) any other airport in the continental United States 
     that is closer to the destination than is that international 
     airport if the cost of the transportation to the other 
     airport is less expensive than the cost of the transportation 
     to that international airport; or''.

     SEC. 643. CLARIFICATION OF PER DIEM ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN 
                   MILITARY TECHNICIANS (DUAL STATUS) SERVING ON 
                   ACTIVE DUTY WITHOUT PAY OUTSIDE THE UNITED 
                   STATES.

       (a) Clarification.--Section 1002(b) of title 37, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(b)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) If the Secretary concerned determines that a military 
     technician (dual status) on leave from technician employment 
     under section 6323(d) of title 5 is performing active duty 
     without pay outside the United States without having been 
     afforded an adequate opportunity to satisfy administrative 
     requirements for a commutation of subsistence and quarters 
     under paragraph (1), the Secretary concerned may authorize 
     payment of a per diem allowance to the technician under 
     chapter 4 of this title instead of the commutation while the 
     technician is performing that duty.''.
       (b) Definition.--Section 101 of such title is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(27) The term `military technician (dual status)' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 10216(a) of title 10.''.
       (c) Retroactive Effective Date.--The amendments made by 
     this section shall be effective as of February 10, 1996.

     SEC. 644. EXPANSION AND CODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY FOR SPACE 
                   REQUIRED TRAVEL ON MILITARY AIRCRAFT FOR 
                   RESERVES PERFORMING INACTIVE-DUTY TRAINING 
                   OUTSIDE THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES.

       (a) Authority.--(1) Chapter 1209 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     section:

     ``Sec. 12322. Reserves traveling to inactive-duty training 
       OCONUS: space required travel

       ``A member of a reserve component is authorized to travel 
     in a space required status on aircraft of the armed forces 
     between the member's home and place of inactive-duty training 
     outside the continental United States (including a place 
     other than the place of the member's unit training assembly 
     if the member is performing the inactive-duty training in 
     another location) when there is no transportation between 
     those locations by means of road, railroad, or a combination 
     of road and railroad. A member traveling in that status on 
     any such aircraft under the authority of this section is not 
     authorized to receive travel, transportation, or per diem 
     allowances in connection with the travel.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of that chapter 
     is amended by adding at the end the following:

``12322. Reserves traveling to inactive-duty training OCONUS: space 
              required travel.''.
       (b) Repeal of Superseded Authority.--Section 8023 of Public 
     Law 105-262 (112 Stat. 2302) is repealed.
       (c) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made 
     by this section shall take effect on the date of the 
     enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to travel 
     commencing on or after that date.

     SEC. 645. REIMBURSEMENT OF TRAVEL EXPENSES INCURRED BY 
                   MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES IN CONNECTION WITH 
                   LEAVE CANCELED FOR INVOLVEMENT IN KOSOVO-
                   RELATED ACTIVITIES.

       (a) Authority.--The Secretary of the military department 
     concerned may reimburse a member of the Armed Forces under 
     the jurisdiction of the Secretary for expenses of travel (to 
     the extent not otherwise reimbursable under law) that have 
     been incurred by the member in connection with approved leave 
     canceled to meet an exigency in connection with United States 
     participation in Operation Allied Force.
       (b) Administrative Provisions.--The Secretary of Defense 
     shall prescribe the procedures and documentation required for 
     application for, and payment of, reimbursements to members of 
     the Armed Forces under subsection (a).

    Subtitle D--Retired Pay, Survivor Benefits, and Related Matters

     SEC. 651. RETIRED PAY OPTIONS FOR PERSONNEL ENTERING 
                   UNIFORMED SERVICES ON OR AFTER AUGUST 1, 1986.

       (a) Reduced Retired Pay Only for Members Electing 15-Year 
     Service Bonus.--(1) Paragraph (2) of section 1409(b) of title 
     10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after ``July 
     31, 1986,'' the following: ``has elected to receive a bonus 
     under section 318 of title 37,''.
       (2)(A) Paragraph (2)(A) of section 1401a(b) of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by striking ``The Secretary 
     shall increase the retired pay of each member and former 
     member who first became a member of a uniformed service 
     before August 1, 1986,'' and inserting ``Except as otherwise 
     provided in this subsection, the Secretary shall increase the 
     retired pay of each member and former member''.
       (B) Paragraph (3) of such section 1401a(b) is amended by 
     inserting after ``August 1, 1986,'' the following: ``and has 
     elected to receive a bonus under section 318 of title 37,''.
       (3) Section 1410 of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by inserting after ``August 1, 1986,'' the following: 
     ``who has elected to receive a bonus under section 318 of 
     title 37,''.
       (b) Optional Lump-Sum Bonus at 15 Years of Service.--(1) 
     Chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new section:

     ``Sec. 318. Special pay: 15-year service bonus elected by 
       members entering on or after August 1, 1986

       ``(a) Payment of Bonus.--The Secretary concerned shall pay 
     a bonus to a member of a uniformed service who is eligible 
     and elects to receive the bonus under this section.
       ``(b) Eligibility for Bonus.--A member of a uniformed 
     service serving on active duty is eligible to receive a bonus 
     under this section if the member--
       ``(1) first became a member of a uniformed service on or 
     after August 1, 1986;
       ``(2) has completed 15 years of active duty in the 
     uniformed services; and
       ``(3) if not already obligated to remain on active duty for 
     a period that would result in at least 20 years of active-
     duty service, executes a written agreement (prescribed by the 
     Secretary concerned) to remain continuously on active duty 
     for five years after the date of the completion of 15 years 
     of active-duty service.
       ``(c) Election.--(1) A member eligible to receive a bonus 
     under this section may elect to receive the bonus. The 
     election shall be made in such form and within such period as 
     the Secretary concerned requires.
       ``(2) An election made under this subsection is 
     irrevocable.
       ``(d) Notification of Eligibility.--The Secretary concerned 
     shall transmit a written notification of the opportunity to 
     elect to receive a bonus under this section to each member 
     who is eligible (or upon execution of an agreement described 
     in subsection (b)(3), would be eligible) to receive the 
     bonus. The Secretary shall complete the notification within 
     180 days after the date on which the member completes 15 
     years of active duty. The notification shall include the 
     procedures for electing to receive the bonus and an 
     explanation of the effects under sections 1401a, 1409, and 
     1410 of title 10 that such an election has on the computation 
     of any retired or retainer pay which the member may become 
     eligible to receive.
       ``(e) Form and Amount of Bonus.--A bonus under this section 
     shall be paid in one lump sum of $30,000.
       ``(f) Time for Payment.--Payment of a bonus to a member 
     electing to receive the bonus under this section shall be 
     made not later than the first month that begins on or after 
     the date that is 60 days after the Secretary concerned 
     receives from the member an election that satisfies the 
     requirements imposed under subsection (c).
       ``(g) Repayment of Bonus.--(1) If a person paid a bonus 
     under this section fails to complete the total period of 
     active duty specified in the agreement entered into under 
     subsection (b)(3), the person shall refund to the United 
     States the amount that bears the same ratio to the amount of 
     the bonus payment as the unserved part of that total period 
     bears to the total period.
       ``(2) Subject to paragraph (3), an obligation to reimburse 
     the United States imposed under paragraph (1) is for all 
     purposes a debt owed to the United States.
       ``(3) The Secretary concerned may waive, in whole or in 
     part, a refund required under paragraph (1) if the Secretary 
     concerned determines that recovery would be against equity 
     and good conscience or would be contrary to the best 
     interests of the United States.
       ``(4) A discharge in bankruptcy under title 11 that is 
     entered less than five years after the termination of an 
     agreement under this section does not discharge the member 
     signing such agreement from a debt arising under the 
     agreement or this subsection.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``318. Special pay: 15-year service bonus elected by members entering 
              on or after August 1, 1986.''.
       (c) Conforming Amendments to Survivor Benefit Plan 
     Provisions.--(1) Section 1451(h)(3) of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended by inserting ``of certain members'' 
     after ``retirement''.
       (2) Section 1452(i) of such title is amended by striking 
     ``When the retired pay'' and inserting ``Whenever the retired 
     pay''.

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       (d) Related Technical Amendments.--(1) Section 1401a(b) of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (A) by striking the heading for paragraph (1) and inserting 
     ``Increase required.--'';
       (B) by striking the heading for paragraph (2) and inserting 
     ``Percentage increase.--''; and
       (C) by striking the heading for paragraph (3) and inserting 
     ``Reduced percentage for certain post-august 1, 1986 
     members.--''.
       (2) Section 1409(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by inserting ``certain'' after ``Reduction applicable 
     to'' in the paragraph heading.
       (3)(A) The heading of section 1410 of such title is amended 
     by inserting ``certain'' before ``members''.
       (B) The item relating to such section in the table of 
     sections at the beginning of chapter 71 of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended by inserting ``certain'' before 
     ``members''.

     SEC. 652. PARTICIPATION IN THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN.

       (a) Participation Authority.--(1)(A) Chapter 3 of title 37, 
     United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

     ``Sec. 211. Participation in Thrift Savings Plan

       ``(a) Authority.--A member of the uniformed services 
     serving on active duty and a member of the Ready Reserve in 
     any pay status may participate in the Thrift Savings Plan in 
     accordance with section 8440e of title 5.
       ``(b) Rule of Construction Regarding Separation.--For the 
     purposes of section 8440e of title 5, the following actions 
     shall be considered separation of a member of the uniformed 
     services from Government employment:
       ``(1) Release of the member from active-duty service (not 
     followed by a resumption of active-duty service within 30 
     days after the effective date of the release).
       ``(2) Transfer of the member by the Secretary concerned to 
     a retired list maintained by the Secretary.''.
       (B) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
     is amended by adding at the end the following:

``211. Participation in Thrift Savings Plan.''.
       (2)(A) Subchapter III of chapter 84 of title 5, United 
     States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 8440e. Members of the uniformed services on active 
       duty

       ``(a) Participation Authorized.--(1) A member of the 
     uniformed services authorized to participate in the Thrift 
     Savings Plan under section 211(a) of title 37 may contribute 
     to the Thrift Savings Fund.
       ``(2) An election to contribute to the Thrift Savings Fund 
     under paragraph (1) may be made only during a period provided 
     under section 8432(b) for individuals subject to this 
     chapter.
       ``(b) Applicability of Thrift Savings Plan Provisions.--
     Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions 
     of this subchapter and subchapter VII of this chapter shall 
     apply with respect to members of the uniformed services 
     making contributions to the Thrift Savings Fund as if such 
     members were employees within the meaning of section 
     8401(11).
       ``(c) Maximum Contribution from Pay or Compensation.--(1) 
     The amount contributed by a member of the uniformed services 
     for any pay period out of basic pay may not exceed 5 percent 
     of such member's basic pay for such pay period.
       ``(2) The amount contributed by a member of the Ready 
     Reserve for any pay period for any compensation received 
     under section 206 of title 37 may not exceed 5 percent of 
     such member's compensation for such pay period, to the extent 
     allowable under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
       ``(d) Other Member Contributions.--A member of the 
     uniformed services making contributions to the Thrift Savings 
     Fund out of basic pay, or out of compensation under section 
     206 of title 37, may also contribute (by direct transfer to 
     the Fund) any part of any special or incentive pay that the 
     member receives under section 308, 308a through 308h, or 318 
     of title 37, to the extent allowable under the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986.
       ``(e) Agency Contributions Generally Prohibited.--Except as 
     provided in section 211(c) of title 37, no contribution under 
     section 8432(c) of this title may be made for the benefit of 
     a member of the uniformed services making contributions to 
     the Thrift Savings Fund under subsection (a).
       ``(f) Benefits and Elections of Benefits.--In applying 
     section 8433 to a member of the uniformed services who has an 
     account balance in the Thrift Savings Fund--
       ``(1) any reference in such section to separation from 
     Government employment shall be construed to refer to an 
     action described in section 211(b) of title 37; and
       ``(2) the reference in section 8433(g)(1) to contributions 
     made under section 8432(a) shall be treated as being a 
     reference to contributions made to the Fund by the member, 
     whether made under section 8351, 8432(a), or this section.
       ``(g) Basic Pay Defined.--For purposes of this section, the 
     term `basic pay' means basic pay that is payable under 
     section 204 of title 37.''.
       (B) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 84 of 
     title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding after the 
     item relating to section 8440d the following:

``8440e. Members of the uniformed services on active duty.''.
       (3) Section 8432b(b) of title 5, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Each employee'' and 
     inserting ``Except as provided in paragraph (4), each 
     employee'';
       (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
       (C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new 
     paragraph (4):
       ``(4) No contribution may be made under this section for a 
     period for which an employee made a contribution under 
     section 8440e.''.
       (4) Section 8473 of title 5, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``14 members'' and 
     inserting ``15 members''; and
       (B) in subsection (b)--
       (i) by striking ``14 members'' and inserting ``15 
     members'';
       (ii) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (8);
       (iii) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (9) 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (iv) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(10) 1 shall be appointed to represent participants 
     (under section 8440e) who are members of the uniformed 
     services.''.
       (5) Paragraph (11) of section 8351(b) of title 5, United 
     States Code, is redesignated as paragraph (8).
       (b) Applicability.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph 
     (2), the authority of members of the uniformed services to 
     participate in the Thrift Savings Plan under section 211 of 
     title 37, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)(1)), 
     shall take effect on July 1, 2000.
       (2)(A) The Secretary of Defense may postpone the authority 
     of members of the Ready Reserve to so participate in the 
     Thrift Savings Plan until 180 days after the date specified 
     in paragraph (1) if the Secretary, after consultation with 
     the Executive Director appointed by the Federal Thrift 
     Retirement Investment Board, determines that permitting such 
     members to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan on that 
     date would place an excessive burden on the administrative 
     capacity of the Board to accommodate participants in the 
     Thrift Savings Plan.
       (B) The Secretary shall notify the congressional defense 
     committees of any determination made under subparagraph (A).
       (c) Regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Executive Director appointed 
     by the Federal Thrift Retirement Investment Board shall issue 
     regulations to implement section 8440e of title 5, United 
     States Code (as added by subsection (a)(2)) and section 211 
     of title 37, United States Code (as added by subsection 
     (a)(1)).

     SEC. 653. SPECIAL RETENTION INITIATIVE.

       Section 211 of title 37, United States Code, as added by 
     section 652, is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(c) Agency Contributions for Retention in Critical 
     Specialties.--(1) The Secretary concerned may enter into an 
     agreement with a member to make contributions to the Thrift 
     Savings Fund for the benefit of the member if the member--
       ``(A) is in a specialty designated by the Secretary as 
     critical to meet requirements (whether such specialty is 
     designated as critical to meet wartime or peacetime 
     requirements); and
       ``(B) commits in such agreement to continue to serve on 
     active duty in that specialty for a period of six years.
       ``(2) Under any agreement entered into with a member under 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make contributions to the 
     Fund for the benefit of the member for each pay period of the 
     6-year period of the agreement for which the member makes a 
     contribution out of basic pay to the Fund under this section. 
     Paragraph (2) of section 8432(c) applies to the Secretary's 
     obligation to make contributions under this paragraph, except 
     that the reference in such paragraph to contributions under 
     paragraph (1) of such section does not apply.''.

     SEC. 654. REPEAL OF REDUCTION IN RETIRED PAY FOR CIVILIAN 
                   EMPLOYEES.

       (a) Repeal.--(1) Section 5532 of title 5, United States 
     Code, is repealed.
       (2) The chapter analysis at the beginning of chapter 55 of 
     such title is amended by striking the item relating to 
     section 5532.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on the first day of the first month that 
     begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 655. CREDIT TOWARD PAID-UP SBP COVERAGE FOR MONTHS 
                   COVERED BY MAKE-UP PREMIUM PAID BY PERSONS 
                   ELECTING SBP COVERAGE DURING SPECIAL OPEN 
                   ENROLLMENT PERIOD.

       Section 642 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 
     112 Stat. 2045; 10 U.S.C. 1448 note) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new 
     subsection (h):
       ``(h) Credit Toward Paid-Up Coverage.--Upon payment of the 
     total amount of the premiums charged a person under 
     subsection

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     (g), the retired pay of a person participating in the 
     Survivor Benefit Plan pursuant to an election under this 
     section shall be treated, for the purposes of subsection (j) 
     of section 1452 of title 10, United States Code, as having 
     been reduced under such section 1452 for the months in the 
     period for which the person's retired pay would have been 
     reduced if the person had elected to participate in the 
     Survivor Benefit Plan at the first opportunity that was 
     afforded the person to participate.''.

     SEC. 656. PAID-UP COVERAGE UNDER RETIRED SERVICEMAN'S FAMILY 
                   PROTECTION PLAN.

       (a) Conditions.--Subchapter I of chapter 73 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 
     1436 the following:

     ``Sec. 1436a. Coverage paid up at 30 years and age 70

       ``Effective October 1, 2008, no reduction may be made in a 
     person's retired pay or retainer pay pursuant to an election 
     under section 1431(b) or 1432 of this title for any month 
     after the later of--
       ``(1) the 360th month for which the person retired pay or 
     retainer pay is reduced pursuant to such an election; and
       ``(2) the month during which the person attains 70 years of 
     age.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such subchapter is amended by inserting after 
     the item relating to section 1436 the following:

``1436a. Coverage paid up at 30 years and age 70.''.

     SEC. 657. PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR PAYMENT OF ANNUITIES TO 
                   CERTAIN MILITARY SURVIVING SPOUSES.

       Subsection (f) of section 644 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85; 
     111 Stat. 1801; 10 U.S.C. 1448 note) is repealed.

     SEC. 658. EFFECTUATION OF INTENDED SBP ANNUITY FOR FORMER 
                   SPOUSE WHEN NOT ELECTED BY REASON OF UNTIMELY 
                   DEATH OF RETIREE.

       (a) Cases Not Covered by Existing Authority.--Paragraph (3) 
     of section 1450(f) of title 10, United States Code, as in 
     effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, shall apply 
     in the case of a former spouse of any person referred to in 
     that paragraph who--
       (1) incident to a proceeding of divorce, dissolution, or 
     annulment--
       (A) entered into a written agreement on or after August 21, 
     1983, to make an election under section 1448(b) of such title 
     to provide an annuity to the former spouse (the agreement 
     thereafter having been incorporated in or ratified or 
     approved by a court order or filed with the court of 
     appropriate jurisdiction in accordance with applicable State 
     law); or
       (B) was required by a court order dated on or after such 
     date to make such an election for the former spouse; and
       (2) before making the election, died within 21 days after 
     the date of the agreement referred to in paragraph (1)(A) or 
     the court order referred to in paragraph (1)(B), as the case 
     may be.
       (b) Adjusted Time Limit for Request by Former Spouse.--For 
     the purposes of paragraph (3)(C) of section 1450(f) of title 
     10, United States Code, a court order or filing referred to 
     in subsection (a)(1) of this section that is dated before 
     October 19, 1984, shall be deemed to be dated on the date of 
     the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 659. SPECIAL COMPENSATION FOR SEVERELY DISABLED 
                   UNIFORMED SERVICES RETIREES.

       (a) Authority.--(1) Chapter 71 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     section:

     ``Sec. 1413. Special compensation for certain severely 
       disabled uniformed services retirees

       ``(a) Authority.--The Secretary concerned shall, subject to 
     the availability of appropriations for such purpose, pay to 
     each eligible disabled uniformed services retiree a monthly 
     amount determined under subsection (b).
       ``(b) Amount.--The amount to be paid to an eligible 
     disabled uniformed services retiree in accordance with 
     subsection (a) is the following:
       ``(1) For any month for which the retiree has a qualifying 
     service-connected disability rated as total, $300.
       ``(2) For any month for which the retiree has a qualifying 
     service-connected disability rated as 90 percent, $200.
       ``(3) For any month for which the retiree has a qualifying 
     service-connected disability rated as 80 percent or 70 
     percent, $100.
       ``(c) Eligible Members.--An eligible disabled uniformed 
     services retiree referred to in subsection (a) is a member of 
     the uniformed services in a retired status (other than a 
     member who is retired under chapter 61 of this title) who--
       ``(1) completed at least 20 years of service in the 
     uniformed services that are creditable for purposes of 
     computing the amount of retired pay to which the member is 
     entitled; and
       ``(2) has a qualifying service-connected disability.
       ``(d) Qualifying Service-Connected Disability Defined.--In 
     this section, the term `qualifying service-connected 
     disability' means a service-connected disability that--
       ``(1) was incurred or aggravated in the performance of duty 
     as a member of a uniformed service, as determined by the 
     Secretary concerned; and
       ``(2) is rated as not less than 70 percent disabling--
       ``(A) by the Secretary concerned as of the date on which 
     the member is retired from the uniformed services; or
       ``(B) by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs within four 
     years following the date on which the member is retired from 
     the uniformed services.
       ``(e) Status of Payments.--Payments under this section are 
     not retired pay.
       ``(f) Source of Funds.--Payments under this section for any 
     fiscal year shall be paid out of funds appropriated for pay 
     and allowances payable by the Secretary concerned for that 
     fiscal year.
       ``(g) Other Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) The term `service-connected' has the meaning give 
     that term in section 101 of title 38.
       ``(2) The term `disability rated as total' means--
       ``(A) a disability that is rated as total under the 
     standard schedule of rating disabilities in use by the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs; or
       ``(B) a disability for which the scheduled rating is less 
     than total but for which a rating of total is assigned by 
     reason of inability of the disabled person concerned to 
     secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation as a 
     result of service-connected disabilities.
       ``(3) The term `retired pay' includes retainer pay, 
     emergency officers' retirement pay, and naval pension.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``1413. Special compensation for certain severely disabled uniformed 
              services retirees.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--Section 1413 of title 10, United 
     States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on 
     October 1, 1999, and shall apply to months that begin on or 
     after that date. No benefit may be paid to any person by 
     reason of that section for any period before that date.

     SEC. 660. COMPUTATION OF SURVIVOR BENEFITS.

       (a) Increased Basic Annuity.--(1) Subsection (a)(1)(B)(i) 
     of section 1451 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking ``35 percent of the base amount.'' and inserting 
     ``the product of the base amount and the percent applicable 
     for the month. The percent applicable for a month is 35 
     percent for months beginning on or before the date of the 
     enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2000, 40 percent for months beginning after such 
     date and before October 2004, and 45 percent for months 
     beginning after September 2004.''.
       (2) Subsection (a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of such section is amended 
     by striking ``35 percent'' and inserting ``the percent 
     specified under subsection (a)(1)(B)(i) as being applicable 
     for the month''.
       (3) Subsection (c)(1)(B)(i) of such section is amended--
       (A) by striking ``35 percent'' and inserting ``the 
     applicable percent''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following: ``The percent 
     applicable for a month under the preceding sentence is the 
     percent specified under subsection (a)(1)(B)(i) as being 
     applicable for the month.''.
       (4) The heading for subsection (d)(2)(A) of such section is 
     amended to read as follows: ``Computation of annuity.--''.
       (b) Adjusted Supplemental Annuity.--Section 1457(b) of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking ``5, 10, 15, or 20 percent'' and inserting 
     ``the applicable percent''; and
       (2) by inserting after the first sentence the following: 
     ``The percent used for the computation shall be an even 
     multiple of 5 percent and, whatever the percent specified in 
     the election, may not exceed 20 percent for months beginning 
     on or before the date of the enactment of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000, 15 percent 
     for months beginning after that date and before October 2004, 
     and 10 percent for months beginning after September 2004.''.
       (c) Recomputation of Annuities.--(1) Effective on the first 
     day of each month referred to in paragraph (2)--
       (A) each annuity under section 1450 of title 10, United 
     States Code, that commenced before that month, is computed 
     under a provision of section 1451 of that title amended by 
     subsection (a), and is payable for that month shall be 
     recomputed so as to be equal to the amount that would be in 
     effect if the percent applicable for that month under that 
     provision, as so amended, had been used for the initial 
     computation of the annuity; and
       (B) each supplemental survivor annuity under section 1457 
     of such title that commenced before that month and is payable 
     for that month shall be recomputed so as to be equal to the 
     amount that would be in effect if the percent applicable for 
     that month under that section, as amended by this section, 
     had been used for the initial computation of the supplemental 
     survivor annuity.
       (2) The requirements for recomputation of annuities under 
     paragraph (1) apply with respect to the following months:
       (A) The first month that begins after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       (B) October 2004.
       (d) Recomputation of Retired Pay Reductions for 
     Supplemental Survivor Annuities.--The Secretary of Defense 
     shall take

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     such actions as are necessitated by the amendments made by 
     subsection (b) and the requirements of subsection (c)(1)(B) 
     to ensure that the reductions in retired pay under section 
     1460 of title 10, United States Code, are adjusted to achieve 
     the objectives set forth in subsection (b) of that section.

  Subtitle E--Montgomery GI Bill Benefits and Other Education Benefits

                  PART I--MONTGOMERY GI BILL BENEFITS

     SEC. 671. INCREASE IN RATES OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR 
                   FULL-TIME EDUCATION.

       (a) Increase.--Section 3015 of title 38, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``$528'' and 
     inserting ``$600''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``$429'' and 
     inserting ``$488''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on October 1, 1999, and shall apply with 
     respect to educational assistance allowances paid for months 
     after September 1999. However, no adjustment in rates of 
     educational assistance shall be made under subsection (g) of 
     section 3015 of title 38, United States Code, for fiscal year 
     2000.

     SEC. 672. TERMINATION OF REDUCTIONS OF BASIC PAY.

       (a) Repeals.--(1) Section 3011 of title 38, United States 
     Code, is amended by striking subsection (b).
       (2) Section 3012 of such title is amended by striking 
     subsection (c).
       (3) The amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall 
     take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
     shall apply to individuals whose initial obligated period of 
     active duty under section 3011 or 3012 of title 38, United 
     States Code, as the case may be, begins on or after such 
     date.
       (b) Termination of Reductions in Progress.--Any reduction 
     in the basic pay of an individual referred to in section 
     3011(b) of title 38, United States Code, by reason of such 
     section 3011(b), or of any individual referred to in section 
     3012(c) of such title by reason of such section 3012(c), as 
     of the date of the enactment of this Act shall cease 
     commencing with the first month beginning after such date, 
     and any obligation of such individual under such section 
     3011(b) or 3012(c), as the case may be, as of the day before 
     such date shall be deemed to be fully satisfied as of such 
     date.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 3034(e)(1) of title 38, 
     United States Code, is amended in the second sentence by 
     striking ``as soon as practicable'' and all that follows 
     through ``such additional times'' and inserting ``at such 
     times''.

     SEC. 673. ACCELERATED PAYMENTS OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

       Section 3014 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``The Secretary shall 
     pay''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection (b):
       ``(b)(1) Whenever the Secretary determines it appropriate 
     under the regulations prescribed pursuant to paragraph (6), 
     the Secretary may make payments of basic educational 
     assistance under this subchapter on an accelerated basis.
       ``(2) The Secretary may pay basic educational assistance on 
     an accelerated basis only to an individual entitled to 
     payment of such assistance under this subchapter who has made 
     a request for payment of such assistance on an accelerated 
     basis.
       ``(3) If an adjustment under section 3015(g) of this title 
     in the monthly rate of basic educational assistance will 
     occur during a period for which a payment of such assistance 
     is made on an accelerated basis under this subsection, the 
     Secretary shall--
       ``(A) pay on an accelerated basis the amount such 
     assistance otherwise payable under this subchapter for the 
     period without regard to the adjustment under that section; 
     and
       ``(B) pay on the date of the adjustment any additional 
     amount of such assistance that is payable for the period as a 
     result of the adjustment.
       ``(4) The entitlement to basic educational assistance under 
     this subchapter of an individual who is paid such assistance 
     on an accelerated basis under this subsection shall be 
     charged at a rate equal to one month for each month of the 
     period covered by the accelerated payment of such assistance.
       ``(5) Basic educational assistance shall be paid on an 
     accelerated basis under this subsection as follows:
       ``(A) In the case of assistance for a course leading to a 
     standard college degree, at the beginning of the quarter, 
     semester, or term of the course in a lump-sum amount 
     equivalent to the aggregate amount of monthly assistance 
     otherwise payable under this subchapter for the quarter, 
     semester, or term, as the case may be, of the course.
       ``(B) In the case of assistance for a course other than a 
     course referred to in subparagraph (A)--
       ``(i) at the later of (I) the beginning of the course, or 
     (II) a reasonable time after the request for payment by the 
     individual concerned; and
       ``(ii) in any amount requested by the individual concerned 
     up to the aggregate amount of monthly assistance otherwise 
     payable under this subchapter for the period of the course.
       ``(6) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations for 
     purposes of making payments of basic educational assistance 
     on an accelerated basis under this subsection. Such 
     regulations shall specify the circumstances under which 
     accelerated payments may be made and include requirements 
     relating to the request for, making and delivery of, and 
     receipt and use of such payments.''.

     SEC. 674. TRANSFER OF ENTITLEMENT TO EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 
                   BY CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

       (a) Authority To Transfer to Family Members.--Subchapter II 
     of chapter 30 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new section:

     ``Sec. 3020. Transfer of entitlement to basic educational 
       assistance: members of the Armed Forces

       ``(a)(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the 
     Secretary concerned may, for the purpose of enhancing 
     recruiting and retention and at that Secretary's sole 
     discretion, permit an individual described in paragraph (2) 
     who is entitled to basic educational assistance under this 
     subchapter to elect to transfer such individual's entitlement 
     to such assistance, in whole or in part, to the dependents 
     specified in subsection (b).
       ``(2) An individual referred to in paragraph (1) is any 
     individual who is a member of the Armed Forces at the time of 
     the approval by the Secretary concerned of the individual's 
     request to transfer entitlement to educational assistance 
     under this section.
       ``(3) Subject to the time limitation for use of entitlement 
     under section 3031 of this title, an individual approved to 
     transfer entitlement to educational assistance under this 
     section may transfer such entitlement at any time after the 
     approval of individual's request to transfer such entitlement 
     without regard to whether the individual is a member of the 
     Armed Forces when the transfer is executed.
       ``(b) An individual approved to transfer an entitlement to 
     basic educational assistance under this section may transfer 
     the individual's entitlement to such assistance as follows:
       ``(1) To the individual's spouse.
       ``(2) To one or more of the individual's children.
       ``(3) To a combination of the individuals referred to in 
     paragraphs (1) and (2).
       ``(c)(1) An individual transferring an entitlement to basic 
     educational assistance under this section shall--
       ``(A) designate the dependent or dependents to whom such 
     entitlement is being transferred and the percentage of such 
     entitlement to be transferred to each such dependent; and
       ``(B) specify the period for which the transfer shall be 
     effective for each dependent designated under subparagraph 
     (A).
       ``(2) The aggregate amount of the entitlement transferable 
     by an individual under this section may not exceed the 
     aggregate amount of the entitlement of such individual to 
     basic educational assistance under this subchapter.
       ``(3) An individual transferring an entitlement under this 
     section may modify or revoke the transfer at any time before 
     the use of the transferred entitlement begins. An individual 
     shall make the modification or revocation by submitting 
     written notice of the action to the Secretary concerned.
       ``(d)(1) The use of any entitlement transferred under this 
     section shall be charged against the entitlement of the 
     individual making the transfer at the rate of one month for 
     each month of transferred entitlement that is used.
       ``(2) Except as provided in under subsection (c)(1)(B) and 
     subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), a dependent to whom 
     entitlement is transferred under this section is entitled to 
     basic educational assistance under this subchapter in the 
     same manner and at the same rate as the individual from whom 
     the entitlement was transferred.
       ``(3) Notwithstanding section 3031 of this title, a child 
     to whom entitlement is transferred under this section may not 
     use any entitlement so transferred after attaining the age of 
     26 years.
       ``(4) The administrative provisions of this chapter 
     (including the provisions set forth in section 3034(a)(1) of 
     this title) shall apply to the use of entitlement transferred 
     under this section, except that the dependent to whom the 
     entitlement is transferred shall be treated as the eligible 
     veteran for purposes of such provisions.
       ``(e) In the event of an overpayment of basic educational 
     assistance with respect to a dependent to whom entitlement is 
     transferred under this section, the dependent and the 
     individual making the transfer shall be jointly and severally 
     liable to the United States for the amount of the overpayment 
     for purposes of section 3685 of this title.
       ``(f) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations 
     for purposes of this section. Such regulations shall specify 
     the manner and effect of an election to modify or revoke a 
     transfer of entitlement under subsection (c)(3) and shall 
     specify the manner of the applicability of the administrative 
     provisions referred to in subsection (d)(4) to a dependent to 
     whom entitlement is transferred under this section.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such chapter is

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     amended by inserting after the item relating to section 3019 
     the following new item:

``3020. Transfer of entitlement to basic educational assistance: 
              members of the Armed Forces.''.

     SEC. 675. AVAILABILITY OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE BENEFITS FOR 
                   PREPARATORY COURSES FOR COLLEGE AND GRADUATE 
                   SCHOOL ENTRANCE EXAMS.

       Section 3002(3) of title 38, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (A);
       (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(C) includes--
       ``(i) a preparatory course for a test that is required or 
     utilized for admission to an institution of higher education; 
     and
       ``(ii) a preparatory course for test that is required or 
     utilized for admission to a graduate school.''.

                  PART II--OTHER EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS

     SEC. 681. ACCELERATED PAYMENTS OF CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL 
                   ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERS OF SELECTED RESERVE.

       Section 16131 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(j)(1) Whenever a person entitled to an educational 
     assistance allowance under this chapter so requests and the 
     Secretary concerned, in consultation with the Chief of the 
     reserve component concerned, determines it appropriate, the 
     Secretary may make payments of the educational assistance 
     allowance to the person on an accelerated basis.
       ``(2) An educational assistance allowance shall be paid to 
     a person on an accelerated basis under this subsection as 
     follows:
       ``(A) In the case of an allowance for a course leading to a 
     standard college degree, at the beginning of the quarter, 
     semester, or term of the course in a lump-sum amount 
     equivalent to the aggregate amount of monthly allowance 
     otherwise payable under this chapter for the quarter, 
     semester, or term, as the case may be, of the course.
       ``(B) In the case of an allowance for a course other than a 
     course referred to in subparagraph (A)--
       ``(i) at the later of (I) the beginning of the course, or 
     (II) a reasonable time after the Secretary concerned receives 
     the person's request for payment on an accelerated basis; and
       ``(ii) in any amount requested by the person up to the 
     aggregate amount of monthly allowance otherwise payable under 
     this chapter for the period of the course.
       ``(3) If an adjustment in the monthly rate of educational 
     assistance allowances will be made under subsection (b)(2) 
     during a period for which a payment of the allowance is made 
     to a person on an accelerated basis, the Secretary concerned 
     shall--
       ``(A) pay on an accelerated basis the amount of the 
     allowance otherwise payable for the period without regard to 
     the adjustment under that subsection; and
       ``(B) pay on the date of the adjustment any additional 
     amount of the allowance that is payable for the period as a 
     result of the adjustment.
       ``(4) A person's entitlement to an educational assistance 
     allowance under this chapter shall be charged at a rate equal 
     to one month for each month of the period covered by an 
     accelerated payment of the allowance to the person under this 
     subsection.
       ``(5) The regulations prescribed by the Secretary of 
     Defense and the Secretary of Transportation under subsection 
     (a) shall provide for the payment of an educational 
     assistance allowance on an accelerated basis under this 
     subsection. The regulations shall specify the circumstances 
     under which accelerated payments may be made and the manner 
     of the delivery, receipt, and use of the allowance so paid.
       ``(6) In this subsection, the term `Chief of the reserve 
     component concerned' means the following:
       ``(A) The Chief of Army Reserve, with respect to members of 
     the Army Reserve.
       ``(B) the Chief of Naval Reserve, with respect to members 
     of the Naval Reserve.
       ``(C) The Chief of Air Force Reserve, with respect to 
     members of the Air Force Reserve.
       ``(D) The Commander, Marine Reserve Forces, with respect to 
     members of the Marine Corps Reserve.
       ``(E) The Chief of the National Guard Bureau, with respect 
     to members of the Army National Guard and the Air National 
     Guard.
       ``(F) The Commandant of the Coast Guard, with respect to 
     members of the Coast Guard Reserve.''.

     SEC. 682. MODIFICATION OF TIME FOR USE BY CERTAIN MEMBERS OF 
                   SELECTED RESERVE OF ENTITLEMENT TO CERTAIN 
                   EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

       Section 16133(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(5)(A) In the case of a person who continues to serve as 
     member of the Selected Reserve as of the end of the 10-year 
     period applicable to the person under subsection (a), as 
     extended, if at all, under paragraph (4), the period during 
     which the person may use the person's entitlement shall 
     expire at the end of the 5-year period beginning on the date 
     the person is separated from the Selected Reserve.
       ``(B) The provisions of paragraph (4) shall apply with 
     respect to any period of active duty of a person referred to 
     in subparagraph (A) during the 5-year period referred to in 
     that subparagraph.''.

                            PART III--REPORT

     SEC. 685. REPORT ON EFFECT OF EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS 
                   IMPROVEMENTS ON RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF 
                   MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

       Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a report assessing the 
     effects of the provisions of this subtitle, and the 
     amendments made by such provisions, on the recruitment and 
     retention of the members of the Armed Forces. The report 
     shall include such recommendations (including recommendations 
     for legislative action) as the Secretary considers 
     appropriate.

                       Subtitle F--Other Matters

     SEC. 691. ANNUAL REPORT ON EFFECTS OF INITIATIVES ON 
                   RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.

       (a) Requirement for Report.--On December 1 of each year, 
     the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report 
     that sets forth the Secretary's assessment of the effects 
     that the improved pay and other benefits under this title and 
     under the amendments made by this title are having on 
     recruitment and retention of personnel for the Armed Forces.
       (b) First Report.--The first report under this section 
     shall be submitted not later than December 1, 2000.

     SEC. 692. MEMBERS UNDER BURDENSOME PERSTEMPO.

       (a) Management of Deployments of Individuals.--Part II of 
     subtitle A of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     inserting after chapter 49 the following:

          ``CHAPTER 50--MISCELLANEOUS COMMAND RESPONSIBILITIES

``Sec.
``991. Management of deployments of members.

     ``Sec. 991. Management of deployments of members

       ``(a) General or Flag Officer Responsibilities.--The first 
     general officer or flag officer in the chain of command of a 
     member of the armed forces shall manage a deployment of the 
     member when the total number of the days on which the member 
     has been deployed out of 365 consecutive days is in excess of 
     180 days. That officer shall ensure that the member is not 
     deployed or continued in a deployment on any day on which the 
     total number of the days on which the member has been 
     deployed would exceed 200 out of 365 consecutive days unless 
     a general or flag officer in the grade of general or admiral 
     in the member's chain of command approves the deployment or 
     continued deployment of the member.
       ``(b) Deployment Defined.--(1) For the purposes of this 
     section, a member of the armed forces is deployed or in a 
     deployment on any day on which, pursuant to orders, the 
     member is performing service in a training exercise or 
     operation at a location or under circumstances that make it 
     infeasible for the member to spend off-duty time in the 
     housing in which the member resides when on garrison duty at 
     the member's permanent duty station.
       ``(2) For the purposes of this section, a member is not 
     deployed or in a deployment when performing service as a 
     student or trainee at a school (including any Federal 
     Government school) or performing administrative, guard, or 
     detail duties in garrison at the member's permanent duty 
     station.
       ``(c) Recordkeeping.--The Secretary of each military 
     department shall establish a system for tracking and 
     recording the number of days that each member of an armed 
     force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary is deployed.
       ``(d) National Security Waiver Authority.--The Secretary of 
     Defense may suspend the applicability of this section to a 
     member or any group of members when the Secretary determines 
     that it is necessary to do so in the national security 
     interests of the United States.
       ``(e) Inapplicability to Coast Guard.--This section does 
     not apply to a member of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard 
     is not operating as a service in the Navy.''.
       (b) Per Diem Allowance for Lengthy or Numerous 
     Deployments.--Chapter 7 of title 37, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new section:

     ``Sec. 435. Per diem allowance for lengthy or numerous 
       deployments

       ``(a) Per Diem Required.--The Secretary of the military 
     department concerned shall pay a per diem allowance to a 
     member of an armed force for each day that the member is 
     deployed in excess of 220 days out of 365 consecutive days.
       ``(b) Definition of Deployed.--In this section, the term 
     `deployed', with respect to a member, means that the member 
     is deployed or in a deployment within the meaning of section 
     991(b) of title 10.
       ``(c) Amount of Per Diem.--The amount of the per diem 
     payable to a member under this section is $100.
       ``(d) Payment of Claims.--A claim of a member for payment 
     of the per diem allowance that is not fully substantiated by 
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     applicable recordkeeping system applicable to the member 
     under section 991(c) of title 10 shall be paid if the member 
     furnishes the Secretary concerned with other evidence 
     determined by the Secretary as being sufficient to 
     substantiate the claim.
       ``(e) Relationship to Other Allowances.--Any per diem 
     payable to a member under this section is in addition to any 
     other per diem, allowance, special pay, or incentive that is 
     payable to the member under any other provision of law.
       ``(f) National Security Waiver.--No per diem may be paid 
     under this section to a member of an armed force for any day 
     on which the applicability of section 991 of title 10 to the 
     member is suspended under subsection (d) of such section.
       ``(g) Inapplicability to Coast Guard.--This section does 
     not apply to a member of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard 
     is not operating as a service in the Navy.''.
       (c) Clerical Amendments.--(1) The tables of chapters at the 
     beginning of subtitle A of title 10, United States Code, and 
     the beginning of part II of such subtitle are amended by 
     inserting after the item relating to chapter 49 the 
     following:

``50. Miscellaneous Command Responsibilities.................991''.....

       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 7 of 
     title 37, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
     the item relating to section 434 the following:

``435. Per diem allowance for lengthy or numerous deployments.''.
       (d) Applicability and Implementation.--(1) Section 991 of 
     title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), 
     and section 435 of title 37, United States Code (as added by 
     subsection (b)), shall apply with respect to service 
     performed after September 30, 2000.
       (2) Not later than June 1, 2000, the Secretary of each 
     military department shall prescribe in regulations the 
     policies and procedures for implementing such provisions of 
     law for that military department.

     SEC. 693. INCREASED TUITION ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERS OF THE 
                   ARMED FORCES DEPLOYED IN SUPPORT OF A 
                   CONTINGENCY OPERATION OR SIMILAR OPERATION.

       (a) Inapplicability of Limitation on Amount.--Section 
     2007(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (2);
       (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (3) and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4) in the case of a member deployed outside the United 
     States in support of a contingency operation or similar 
     operation, all of the charges may be paid while the member is 
     so deployed.''.
       (b) Increased Authority Subject to Appropriations.--The 
     authority to pay additional tuition assistance under 
     paragraph (4) of section 2007(a) of title 10, United States 
     Code, as added by subsection (a), may be exercised only to 
     the extent provided for in appropriations Acts.

     SEC. 694. ADMINISTRATION OF SELECTED RESERVE EDUCATION LOAN 
                   REPAYMENT PROGRAM FOR COAST GUARD RESERVE.

       Subsection (a)(1) of section 16301 of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended by inserting after ``the Secretary of 
     Defense'' the following: ``, or the Secretary of 
     Transportation in the case of a member of the Selected 
     Reserve of the Coast Guard Reserve when the Coast Guard is 
     not operating as a service in the Navy,''.

     SEC. 695. EXTENSION TO ALL UNIFORMED SERVICES OF AUTHORITY 
                   FOR PRESENTATION OF UNITED STATES FLAG TO 
                   MEMBERS UPON RETIREMENT.

       (a) Public Health Service.--Section 221 of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 213a) is amended--
       (1) by adding at the end of subsection (a) the following:
       ``(17) Section 6141, Presentation of United States flag 
     upon retirement.''; and
       (2) in subsection (b), by inserting ``the Secretary of a 
     military department,'' after `` `the Secretary concerned',''.
       (b) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.--
     Section 3 of the Act entitled ``An Act to revise, codify, and 
     enact into law, title 10 of the United States Code, entitled 
     `Armed Forces', and title 32 of the United States Code, 
     entitled `National Guard' '', approved August 10, 1956 (33 
     U.S.C. 857a), is amended--
       (1) by adding at the end of subsection (a) the following:
       ``(17) Section 6141, Presentation of United States flag 
     upon retirement.''; and
       (2) in subsection (b), by inserting ``the Secretary of a 
     military department,'' after `` `the Secretary concerned',''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) 
     and (b) shall take effect as of October 1, 1998, and shall 
     apply with respect to releases from active duty for 
     retirement on or after that date from service in the 
     commissioned Regular Corps of the Public Health Service or 
     for service as a commissioned officer of the National Oceanic 
     and Atmospheric Administration on the active list, as the 
     case may be.

     SEC. 696. PARTICIPATION OF ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
                   FORCES IN MONTGOMERY GI BILL PROGRAM.

       (a) Participation Authorized.--(1) Subchapter II of chapter 
     30 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
     after section 3018C the following new section:

     ``Sec. 3018D. Opportunity to enroll: certain VEAP 
       participants; active duty personnel not previously enrolled

       ``(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an 
     individual who--
       ``(1) either--
       ``(A)(i) is a participant on the date of the enactment of 
     this section in the educational benefits program provided by 
     chapter 32 of this title; or
       ``(ii) disenrolled from participation in that program 
     before that date; or
       ``(B) has made an election under section 3011(c)(1) or 
     3012(d)(1) of this title not to receive educational 
     assistance under this chapter and has not withdrawn that 
     election under section 3018(a) of this title as of the date 
     of the enactment of this section;
       ``(2) is serving on active duty (excluding periods referred 
     to in section 3202(1)(C) of this title in the case of an 
     individual described in paragraph (1)(A)) on the date of the 
     enactment of this section;
       ``(3) before applying for benefits under this section, has 
     completed the requirements of a secondary school diploma (or 
     equivalency certificate) or has successfully completed the 
     equivalent of 12 semester hours in a program of education 
     leading to a standard college degree;
       ``(4) if discharged or released from active duty before the 
     date on which the individual makes an election described in 
     paragraph (5), is discharged with an honorable discharge or 
     released with service characterized as honorable by the 
     Secretary concerned; and
       ``(5) during the one-year period beginning on the date of 
     the enactment of this section, makes an irrevocable election 
     to receive benefits under this section in lieu of benefits 
     under chapter 32 of this title or withdraws the election made 
     under section 3011(c)(1) or 3012(d)(1) of this title, as the 
     case may be, pursuant to procedures which the Secretary of 
     each military department shall provide in accordance with 
     regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for the 
     purpose of carrying out this section or which the Secretary 
     of Transportation shall provide for such purpose with respect 
     to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in 
     the Navy;

     is entitled to basic educational assistance under this 
     chapter.
       ``(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), in 
     the case of an individual who makes an election under 
     subsection (a)(5) to become entitled to basic educational 
     assistance under this chapter--
       ``(A) the basic pay of the individual shall be reduced (in 
     a manner determined by the Secretary of Defense) until the 
     total amount by which such basic pay is reduced is--
       ``(i) $1,200, in the case of an individual described in 
     subsection (a)(1)(A); or
       ``(ii) $1,500, in the case of an individual described in 
     subsection (a)(1)(B); or
       ``(B) to the extent that basic pay is not so reduced before 
     the individual's discharge or release from active duty as 
     specified in subsection (a)(4), the Secretary shall collect 
     from the individual an amount equal to the difference between 
     the amount specified for the individual under subparagraph 
     (A) and the total amount of reductions with respect to the 
     individual under that subparagraph, which shall be paid into 
     the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts.
       ``(2) In the case of an individual previously enrolled in 
     the educational benefits program provided by chapter 32 of 
     this title, the Secretary shall reduce the total amount of 
     the reduction in basic pay otherwise required by paragraph 
     (1) by an amount equal to so much of the unused contributions 
     made by the individual to the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans 
     Education Account under section 3222(a) of this title as do 
     not exceed $1,200.
       ``(3) An individual may at any time pay the Secretary an 
     amount equal to the difference between the total of the 
     reductions otherwise required with respect to the individual 
     under this subsection and the total amount of the reductions 
     with respect to the individual under this subsection at the 
     time of the payment. Amounts paid under this paragraph shall 
     be paid into the Treasury of the United States as 
     miscellaneous receipts.
       ``(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), an individual 
     who is enrolled in the educational benefits program provided 
     by chapter 32 of this title and who makes the election 
     described in subsection (a)(5) shall be disenrolled from the 
     program as of the date of such election.
       ``(2) For each individual who is disenrolled from such 
     program, the Secretary shall refund--
       ``(A) to the individual in the manner provided in section 
     3223(b) of this title so much of the unused contributions 
     made by the individual to the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans 
     Education Account as are not used to reduce the amount of the 
     reduction in the individual's basic pay under subsection 
     (b)(2); and
       ``(B) to the Secretary of Defense the unused contributions 
     (other than contributions made under section 3222(c) of this 
     title) made by such Secretary to the Account on behalf of 
     such individual.
       ``(3) Any contribution made by the Secretary of Defense to 
     the Post-Vietnam Era

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     Veterans Education Account pursuant to section 3222(c) of 
     this title on behalf of an individual referred to in 
     paragraph (1) shall remain in such account to make payments 
     of benefits to the individual under section 3015(f) of this 
     title.
       ``(d)(1) The requirements of sections 3011(a)(3) and 
     3012(a)(3) of this title shall apply to an individual who 
     makes an election described in subsection (a)(5), except that 
     the completion of service referred to in such section shall 
     be the completion of the period of active duty being served 
     by the individual on the date of the enactment of this 
     section.
       ``(2) The procedures provided in regulations referred to in 
     subsection (a) shall provide for notice of the requirements 
     of subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) of section 3011(a)(3) of 
     this title and of subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) of section 
     3012(a)(3) of this title. Receipt of such notice shall be 
     acknowledged in writing.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 30 of 
     that title is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
     section 3018C the following new item:

``3018D. Opportunity to enroll: certain VEAP participants; active duty 
              personnel not previously enrolled.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 3015(f) of that title is 
     amended by striking ``or 3018C'' and inserting ``3018C, or 
     3018D''.
       (c) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     any law enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act 
     which includes provisions terminating or reducing the 
     contributions of members of the Armed Forces for basic 
     educational assistance under subchapter II of chapter 30 of 
     title 38, United States Code, should terminate or reduce by 
     an identical amount the contributions of members of the Armed 
     Forces for such assistance under section of section 3018D of 
     that title, as added by subsection (a).

     SEC. 697. REVISION OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE INTERVAL PAYMENT 
                   REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) In General.--Clause (C) of the third sentence of 
     section 3680(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
     to read as follows:
       ``(C) during periods between school terms where the 
     educational institution certifies the enrollment of the 
     eligible veteran or eligible person on an individual term 
     basis if (i) the period between such terms does not exceed 
     eight weeks, and (ii) both the term preceding and the term 
     following the period are not shorter in length than the 
     period.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply with respect to payments of educational 
     assistance under title 38, United States Code, for months 
     beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 698. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL 
                   NUTRITION PROGRAM.

       (a) Clarification of Benefits Responsibility.--Subsection 
     (a) of section 1060a of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking ``may carry out a program to provide 
     special supplemental food benefits'' and inserting ``shall 
     carry out a program to provide supplemental foods and 
     nutrition education''.
       (b) Funding.--Subsection (b) of such section is amended to 
     read as follows:
       ``(b) Federal Payments.--The Secretary of Defense shall use 
     funds available for the Department of Defense to provide 
     supplemental foods and nutrition education and to pay for 
     costs for nutrition services and administration under the 
     program required under subsection (a).''.
       (c) Program Administration.--Subsection (c)(1)(A) of such 
     section is amended by adding at the end the following: ``In 
     the determining of eligibility for the program benefits, a 
     person already certified for participation in the special 
     supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and 
     children under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1996 
     (42 U.S.C. 1786) shall be considered eligible for the 
     duration of the certification period under that program.''.
       (d) Nutritional Risk Standards.--Subsection (c)(1)(B) of 
     such section is amended by inserting ``and nutritional risk 
     standards'' after ``income eligibility standards''.
       (e) Definitions.--Subsection (f) of such section is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4) The terms `costs for nutrition services and 
     administration', `nutrition education' and `supplemental 
     foods' have the meanings given the terms in paragraphs (4), 
     (7), and (14), respectively, of section 17(b) of the Child 
     Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(b)).''.

                         TITLE VII--HEALTH CARE

                      Subtitle A--TRICARE Program

     SEC. 701. IMPROVEMENT OF TRICARE BENEFITS AND MANAGEMENT.

       (a) Improvement of TRICARE Program.--(1) Chapter 55 of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
     section 1097a the following:

     ``Sec. 1097b. TRICARE: benefits and services

       ``(a) Comparability to FEHBP Benefits.--The Secretary of 
     Defense shall, to the maximum extent practicable, ensure that 
     the health care coverage available through the TRICARE 
     program is substantially similar to the health care coverage 
     available under similar health benefits plans offered under 
     the Federal Employees Health Benefits program established 
     under chapter 89 of title 5.
       ``(b) Portability.--The Secretary of Defense shall provide 
     that any covered beneficiary enrolled in the TRICARE program 
     may receive benefits under that program at facilities that 
     provide benefits under that program throughout the various 
     regions of that program.
       ``(c) Access.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, minimize the authorization or 
     certification requirements imposed upon covered beneficiaries 
     under the TRICARE program as a condition of access to 
     benefits under that program.
       ``(2) The Secretary of Defense shall, to the maximum extent 
     practicable, utilize practices for processing claims under 
     the TRICARE program that are similar to the best industry 
     practices for processing claims for health care services in a 
     simplified and expedited manner. To the maximum extent 
     practicable, such practices shall include electronic 
     processing of claims.
       ``(d) Consultation Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense 
     shall carry out the responsibilities under this section after 
     consultation with the other administering Secretaries.

     ``Sec. 1097c. TRICARE: financial management

       ``(a) Reimbursement of Providers.--(1) Subject to paragraph 
     (2), the Secretary of Defense may reimburse health care 
     providers under the TRICARE program at rates higher than the 
     reimbursement rates otherwise authorized for the providers 
     under that program if the Secretary determines that 
     application of the higher rates is necessary in order to 
     ensure the availability of an adequate number of qualified 
     health care providers under that program.
       ``(2) The amount of reimbursement provided under paragraph 
     (1) with respect to a health care service may not exceed the 
     lesser of--
       ``(A) the amount equal to the local usual and customary 
     charge for the service in the service area (as determined by 
     the Secretary) in which the service is provided; or
       ``(B) the amount equal to 115 per cent of the CHAMPUS 
     maximum allowable charge for the service.
       ``(b) Third-Party Collections.--(1) A medical treatment 
     facility of the uniformed services under the TRICARE program 
     has the same right as the United States under section 1095 of 
     this title to collect from a third-party payer the reasonable 
     costs of health care services described in paragraph (2) that 
     are incurred by the facility on behalf of a covered 
     beneficiary under that program.
       ``(2) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations 
     for the administration of this subsection. The regulations 
     shall set forth the method to be used for the computation of 
     the reasonable costs of inpatient, outpatient, and other 
     health care services. The method of computation may be--
       ``(A) a method that is based on--
       ``(i) per diem rates;
       ``(ii) all-inclusive rates for each visit;
       ``(iii) diagnosis-related groups; or
       ``(iv) rates prescribed under the regulations implementing 
     sections 1079 and 1086 of this title; or
       ``(B) any other method considered appropriate.
       ``(c) Consultation Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense 
     shall carry out the responsibilities under this section after 
     consultation with the other administering Secretaries.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 55 of 
     such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
     section 1097a the following new item:

``1097b. TRICARE: benefits and services.
``1097c. TRICARE: financial management.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect one year after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act.
       (c) Report on Implementation.--(1) Not later than 6 months 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Defense, in consultation with the other administering 
     Secretaries, shall submit to Congress a report assessing the 
     effects of the implementation of the requirements and 
     authorities set forth in sections 1097b and 1097c of title 
     10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)).
       (2) The report shall include the following:
       (A) An assessment of the cost of the implementation of such 
     requirements and authorities.
       (B) An assessment of whether the implementation of any such 
     requirements and authorities will result in the utilization 
     by the TRICARE program of the best industry practices with 
     respect to the matters covered by such requirements and 
     authorities.
       (3) In this subsection, the term ``administering 
     Secretaries'' has the meaning given that term in section 
     1072(3) of title 10, United States Code.

     SEC. 702. EXPANSION AND REVISION OF AUTHORITY FOR DENTAL 
                   PROGRAMS FOR DEPENDENTS AND RESERVES.

       (a) Authority.--Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, 
     is amended by striking sections 1076a and 1076b and inserting 
     the following:

     ``Sec. 1076a. TRICARE dental program

       ``(a) Establishment of Dental Plans.--The Secretary of 
     Defense may establish, and in the case of the dental plan 
     described in

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     paragraph (1) shall establish, the following voluntary 
     enrollment dental plans:
       ``(1) Plan for selected reserve and individual ready 
     reserve.--A dental insurance plan for members of the Selected 
     Reserve of the Ready Reserve and for members of the 
     Individual Ready Reserve described in subsection 10144(b) of 
     this title.
       ``(2) Plan for other reserves.--A dental insurance plan for 
     members of the Individual Ready Reserve not eligible to 
     enroll in the plan established under paragraph (1).
       ``(3) Plan for active duty dependents.--Dental benefits 
     plans for eligible dependents of members of the uniformed 
     services who are on active duty for a period of more than 30 
     days.
       ``(4) Plan for ready reserve dependents.--A dental benefits 
     plan for eligible dependents of members of the Ready Reserve 
     of the reserve components who are not on active duty for more 
     than 30 days.
       ``(b) Administration of Plans.--The plans established under 
     this section shall be administered under regulations 
     prescribed by the Secretary of Defense in consultation with 
     the other administering Secretaries.
       ``(c) Care Available Under Plans.--Dental plans established 
     under subsection (a) may provide for the following dental 
     care:
       ``(1) Diagnostic, oral examination, and preventive services 
     and palliative emergency care.
       ``(2) Basic restorative services of amalgam and composite 
     restorations, stainless steel crowns for primary teeth, and 
     dental appliance repairs.
       ``(3) Orthodontic services, crowns, gold fillings, bridges, 
     complete or partial dentures, and such other services as the 
     Secretary of Defense considers to be appropriate.
       ``(d) Premiums.--
       ``(1) Premium Sharing Plans.--(A) The dental insurance plan 
     established under subsection (a)(1) and the dental benefits 
     plans established under subsection (a)(3) are premium sharing 
     plans.
       ``(B) Members enrolled in a premium sharing plan for 
     themselves or for their dependents shall be required to pay a 
     share of the premium charged for the benefits provided under 
     the plan. The member's share of the premium charge may not 
     exceed $20 per month for the enrollment.
       ``(C) Effective as of January 1 of each year, the amount of 
     the premium required under subparagraph (A) shall be 
     increased by the percent equal to the lesser of--
       ``(i) the percent by which the rates of basic pay of 
     members of the uniformed services are increased on such date; 
     or
       ``(ii) the sum of one-half percent and the percent computed 
     under section 5303(a) of title 5 for the increase in rates of 
     basic pay for statutory pay systems for pay periods beginning 
     on or after such date.
       ``(D) The Secretary of Defense may reduce the monthly 
     premium required to be paid under paragraph (1) in the case 
     of enlisted members in pay grade E-1, E-2, E-3, or E-4 if the 
     Secretary determines that such a reduction is appropriate to 
     assist such members to participate in a dental plan referred 
     to in subparagraph (A).
       ``(2) Full premium plans.--(A) The dental insurance plan 
     established under subsection (a)(2) and the dental benefits 
     plan established under subsection (a)(4) are full premium 
     plans.
       ``(B) Members enrolled in a full premium plan for 
     themselves or for their dependents shall be required to pay 
     the entire premium charged for the benefits provided under 
     the plan.
       ``(3) Payment procedures.--A member's share of the premium 
     for a plan established under subsection (a) may be paid by 
     deductions from the basic pay of the member and from 
     compensation paid under section 206 of title 37, as the case 
     may be. The regulations prescribed under subsection (b) shall 
     specify the procedures for payment of the premiums by 
     enrollees who do not receive such pay.
       ``(e) Copayments Under Premium Sharing Plans.--A member or 
     dependent who receives dental care under a premium sharing 
     plan referred to in subsection (d)(1) shall--
       ``(1) in the case of care described in subsection (c)(1), 
     pay no charge for the care;
       ``(2) in the case of care described in subsection (c)(2), 
     pay 20 percent of the charges for the care; and
       ``(3) in the case of care described in subsection (c)(3), 
     pay a percentage of the charges for the care that is 
     determined appropriate by the Secretary of Defense, after 
     consultation with the other administering Secretaries.
       ``(f) Transfer of Members.--If a member whose dependents 
     are enrolled in the plan established under subsection (a)(3) 
     is transferred to a duty station where dental care is 
     provided to the member's eligible dependents under a program 
     other than that plan, the member may discontinue 
     participation under the plan. If the member is later 
     transferred to a duty station where dental care is not 
     provided to such member's eligible dependents except under 
     the plan established under subsection (a)(3), the member may 
     re-enroll the dependents in that plan.
       ``(g) Care Outside the United States.--The Secretary of 
     Defense may exercise the authority provided under subsection 
     (a) to establish dental insurance plans and dental benefits 
     plans for dental benefits provided outside the United States 
     for the eligible members and dependents of members of the 
     uniformed services. In the case of such an overseas dental 
     plan, the Secretary may waive or reduce any copayments 
     required by subsection (e) to the extent the Secretary 
     determines appropriate for the effective and efficient 
     operation of the plan.
       ``(h) Waiver of Requirements for Surviving Dependents.--The 
     Secretary of Defense may waive (in whole or in part) any 
     requirements of a dental plan established under this section 
     as the Secretary determines necessary for the effective 
     administration of the plan for a dependent who is an eligible 
     dependent described in subsection (k)(2).
       ``(i) Authority Subject to Appropriations.--The authority 
     of the Secretary of Defense to enter into a contract under 
     this section for any fiscal year is subject to the 
     availability of appropriations for that purpose.
       ``(j) Limitation on Reduction of Benefits.--The Secretary 
     of Defense may not reduce benefits provided under a plan 
     established under this section until--
       ``(1) the Secretary provides notice of the Secretary's 
     intent to reduce such benefits to the Committees on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives; and
       ``(2) one year has elapsed following the date of such 
     notice.
       ``(k) Eligible Dependent Defined.--In this section, the 
     term `eligible dependent'--
       ``(1) means a dependent described in subparagraph (A), (D), 
     or (I) of section 1072(2) of this title; and
       ``(2) includes any such dependent of a member who dies 
     while on active duty for a period of more than 30 days or a 
     member of the Ready Reserve if the dependent is enrolled on 
     the date of the death of the member in a dental benefits plan 
     established under subsection (a), except that the term does 
     not include the dependent after the end of the one-year 
     period beginning on the date of the member's death.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 55 of such title is amended by striking 
     out the items relating to sections 1076a and 1076b and 
     inserting the following:

``1076a. TRICARE dental program.''.

     SEC. 703. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT OF 
                   MEDICARE-ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES IN THE TRICARE 
                   SENIOR PRIME DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) any person who is enrolled in a managed health care 
     program of the Department of Defense where the TRICARE Senior 
     Prime demonstration program is implemented and who attains 
     eligibility for medicare should be automatically authorized 
     to enroll in the TRICARE Senior Prime demonstration program; 
     and
       (2) the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 
     other administering Secretaries referred to in section 
     1072(3) of title 10, United States Code, should modify 
     existing policies and procedures for the TRICARE Senior Prime 
     demonstration program as necessary to permit the automatic 
     enrollment.

     SEC. 704. TRICARE BENEFICIARY ADVOCATES.

       (a) Establishment of Positions.--The Secretary of Defense 
     shall require in regulations that--
       (1) each lead agent under the TRICARE program--
       (A) designate a person to serve full-time as a beneficiary 
     advocate for TRICARE beneficiaries; and
       (B) provide for toll-free telephone communication between 
     TRICARE beneficiaries and the beneficiary advocate; and
       (2) the commander of each medical care facility under 
     chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, designate a 
     person to serve, as a primary or collateral duty, as 
     beneficiary advocate for TRICARE beneficiaries served at that 
     facility.
       (b) Duties.--The Secretary shall prescribe the duties of 
     the position of beneficiary advocate in the regulations.
       (c) Initial Designations.--Each beneficiary advocate 
     required under the regulations shall be designated not later 
     than January 15, 2000.

     SEC. 705. OPEN ENROLLMENT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.

       Section 724 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104-201; 10 U.S.C. 1073 note) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(g) Open Enrollment Demonstration Program.--(1) The 
     Secretary of Defense shall conduct a demonstration program 
     under which covered beneficiaries shall be permitted to 
     enroll at any time in a managed care plan offered by a 
     designated provider consistent with the enrollment 
     requirements for the TRICARE Prime option under the TRICARE 
     program but without regard to the limitation in subsection 
     (b). Any demonstration program under this subsection shall 
     cover designated providers, selected by the Department of 
     Defense, and the service areas of the designated providers.
       ``(2) Any demonstration program carried out under this 
     section shall commence on October 1, 1999, and end on 
     September 30, 2001.
       ``(3) Not later than March 15, 2001, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 
     the Senate and

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     the House of Representatives a report on any demonstration 
     program carried out under this subsection. The report shall 
     include, at a minimum, an evaluation of the benefits of the 
     open enrollment opportunity to covered beneficiaries and a 
     recommendation concerning whether to authorize open 
     enrollments in the managed care plans of designated providers 
     permanently.''.

                       Subtitle B--Other Matters

     SEC. 711. CARE AT FORMER UNIFORMED SERVICES TREATMENT 
                   FACILITIES FOR ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS STATIONED AT 
                   CERTAIN REMOTE LOCATIONS.

       (a) Authority.--Care may be furnished by a designated 
     provider pursuant to any contract entered into by the 
     designated provider under section 722(b) of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 
     104-201; 10 U.S.C. 1073 note) to eligible members who reside 
     within the service area of the designated provider.
       (b) Eligibility.--A member of the Armed Forces is eligible 
     for care under subsection (a) if the member is a member 
     described in section 731(c) of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85; 
     111 Stat. 1811; 10 U.S.C. 1074 note).
       (c) Applicable Policies.--In furnishing care to an eligible 
     member under subsection (a), a designated provider shall 
     adhere to the Department of Defense policies applicable to 
     the furnishing of care under the TRICARE Prime Remote 
     program, including coordinating with uniformed services 
     medical authorities for hospitalizations and all referrals 
     for specialty care.
       (d) Reimbursement Rates.--The Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with the designated providers, shall prescribe 
     reimbursement rates for care furnished to eligible members 
     under subsection (a). The rates prescribed for care may not 
     exceed the amounts allowable under the TRICARE Standard plan 
     for the same care.

     SEC. 712. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH CARE 
                   DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.

       Section 731(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103-337; 10 U.S.C. 1092 
     note) is amended by striking ``1999'' and inserting ``2000''.

     SEC. 713. PROGRAM YEAR STABILITY IN HEALTH CARE BENEFITS.

       Section 1073 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(a) Responsible Officials.--'' at the 
     beginning of the text of the section; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(b) Stability in Program of Benefits.--The Secretary of 
     Defense shall, to the maximum extent practicable, provide a 
     stable program of benefits under this chapter throughout each 
     fiscal year. To achieve the stability in the case of 
     contracts entered into under this chapter, the contracts 
     shall be administered so as to implement at the beginning of 
     a fiscal year all changes in benefits and administration that 
     are to be made for that fiscal year. However, the Secretary 
     of Defense may implement any such change after the fiscal 
     year begins if the Secretary determines that the change would 
     significantly improve the provision of care to eligible 
     beneficiaries under this chapter or that the later 
     implementation of the change would, for other reasons, result 
     in a more effective provision of care to eligible 
     beneficiaries.''.

     SEC. 714. BEST VALUE CONTRACTING.

       (a) Authority.--Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, 
     is amended by inserting after section 1073 the following:

     ``Sec. 1073a. Contracts for health care: best value 
       contracting

       ``(a) Authority.--Under regulations prescribed by the 
     administering Secretaries, health care contracts shall be 
     awarded in the administration of this chapter to the offeror 
     or offerors that will provide the best value to the United 
     States to the maximum extent consistent with furnishing high-
     quality health care in a manner that protects the fiscal and 
     other interests of the United States.
       ``(b) Factors Considered.--In the determination of best 
     value--
       ``(1) consideration shall be given to the factors specified 
     in the regulations; and
       ``(2) greater weight shall be accorded to technical and 
     performance-related factors than to cost and price-related 
     factors.
       ``(c) Applicability.--The authority under the regulations 
     shall apply to any contract in excess of $5,000,000.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the 
     item relating to section 1073 the following:

``1073a. Contracts for health care: best value contracting.''.

     SEC. 715. AUTHORITY TO ORDER RESERVE COMPONENT MEMBERS TO 
                   ACTIVE DUTY FOR HEALTH SURVEILLANCE STUDIES.

       Section 12301 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(h) When authorized by the Secretary of Defense, the 
     Secretary concerned may order a member of a reserve component 
     to active duty, with the consent of that member, for a 
     Department of Defense health surveillance study required 
     under other authority, including any associated medical 
     evaluation of the member. The Secretary concerned may, with 
     the member's consent, retain the member on active duty for 
     medical treatment authorized by law for a condition 
     associated with the study or evaluation. A member of the Army 
     National Guard of the United States or of the Air National 
     Guard of the United States may not be ordered to active duty 
     under this subsection without the consent of the governor or 
     other appropriate authority of the State concerned.''.

     SEC. 716. CONTINUATION OF PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED CUSTODIAL CARE 
                   BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN CHAMPUS BENEFICIARIES.

       (a) Continuation of Coverage.--Subject to subsection (c), 
     the Secretary of Defense may continue payment under the 
     Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services 
     (as defined in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code) 
     for domiciliary or custodial care services, otherwise 
     excluded by regulations implementing section 1077(b)(1) of 
     such title, on behalf of beneficiaries described in 
     subsection (b).
       (b) Covered Beneficiaries.--Beneficiaries referred to in 
     subsection (a) are covered beneficiaries (as defined in 
     section 1072 of such title) who, prior to the effective date 
     of final regulations to implement the individual case 
     management program authorized by section 1079(a)(17) of such 
     title, were provided domiciliary or custodial care services 
     for which the Secretary provided payment.
       (c) Secretarial Authority.--The authority provided by 
     subsection (a) is subject to a case-by-case determination by 
     the Secretary that discontinuation of payment for domiciliary 
     or custodial care services or transition under the case 
     management program authorized by such section 1079(a)(17) to 
     alternative programs and services would be inadequate to meet 
     the needs of, and unjust to, the beneficiary.

     SEC. 717. ENHANCEMENT OF DENTAL BENEFITS FOR RETIREES.

       Subsection (d) of section 1076c of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended to read as follows:
       ``(d) Benefits Available Under the Plan.--The dental 
     insurance plan established under subsection (a) shall provide 
     benefits for dental care and treatment which may be 
     comparable to the benefits authorized under section 1076a of 
     this title for plans established under that section and shall 
     include diagnostic services, preventative services, 
     endodontics and other basic restorative services, surgical 
     services, and emergency services.''.

     SEC. 718. MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS 
                   INCURRING INJURIES ON INACTIVE-DUTY TRAINING.

       (a) Order to Active Duty Authorized.--(1) Chapter 1209 of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
     the following:

     ``Sec. 12322. Active duty for health care

       ``A member of a uniformed service described in paragraph 
     (1)(B) or (2)(B) of section 1074a(a) of this title may be 
     ordered to active duty, and a member of a uniformed service 
     described in paragraph (1)(A) or (2)(A) of such section may 
     be continued on active duty, for a period of more than 30 
     days while the member is being treated for (or recovering 
     from) an injury, illness, or disease incurred or aggravated 
     in the line of duty as described in such paragraph.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
     is amended by adding at the end the following:

``12322. Active duty for health care.''.
       (b) Medical and Dental Care for Members.--Subsection (e) of 
     section 1074a of such title is amended to read as follows:
       ``(e)(1) A member of a uniformed service on active duty for 
     health care or recuperation reasons, as described in 
     paragraph (2), is entitled to medical and dental care on the 
     same basis and to the same extent as members covered by 
     section 1074(a) of this title while the member remains on 
     active duty.
       ``(2) Paragraph (1) applies to a member described in 
     paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) who, while being 
     treated for (or recovering from) an injury, illness, or 
     disease incurred or aggravated in the line of duty, is 
     continued on active duty pursuant to a modification or 
     extension of orders, or is ordered to active duty, so as to 
     result in active duty for a period of more than 30 days.''.
       (c) Medical and Dental Care for Dependents.--Subparagraph 
     (D) of section 1076(a)(2) of such title is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(D) A member on active duty who is entitled to benefits 
     under subsection (e) of section 1074a of this title by reason 
     of paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a) of such 
     section.''.

     SEC. 719. HEALTH CARE QUALITY INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY 
                   ENHANCEMENT.

       (a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this section to ensure 
     that the Department of Defense addresses issues of medical 
     quality surveillance and implements solutions for those 
     issues in a timely manner that is consistent with national 
     policy and industry standards.
       (b) Department of Defense Center for Medical Informatics 
     and Data.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall establish a 
     Department of Defense Center for Medical Informatics to carry 
     out a program to support the Assistant Secretary of Defense 
     for Health Affairs in efforts--

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       (A) to develop parameters for assessing the quality of 
     health care information;
       (B) to develop the defense digital patient record;
       (C) to develop a repository for data on quality of health 
     care;
       (D) to develop a capability for conducting research on 
     quality of health care;
       (E) to conduct research on matters of quality of health 
     care;
       (F) to develop decision support tools for health care 
     providers;
       (G) to refine medical performance report cards; and
       (H) to conduct educational programs on medical informatics 
     to meet identified needs.
       (2) The Center shall serve as a primary resource for the 
     Department of Defense for matters concerning the capture, 
     processing, and dissemination of data on health care quality.
       (c) Automation and Capture of Clinical Data.--The Secretary 
     of Defense shall accelerate the efforts of the Department of 
     Defense to automate, capture, and exchange controlled 
     clinical data and present providers with clinical guidance 
     using a personal information carrier, clinical lexicon, or 
     digital patient record.
       (d) Enhancement Through DoD-DVA Medical Informatics 
     Council.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall establish a 
     Medical Informatics Council consisting of the following:
       (A) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
       (B) The Director of the TRICARE Management Activity of the 
     Department of Defense.
       (C) The Surgeon General of the Army.
       (D) The Surgeon General of the Navy.
       (E) The Surgeon General of the Air Force.
       (F) Representatives of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
     whom the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall designate.
       (G) Representatives of the Department of Health and Human 
     Services, whom the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     shall designate.
       (H) Any additional members that the Secretary of Defense 
     may appoint to represent health care insurers and managed 
     care organizations, academic health institutions, health care 
     providers (including representatives of physicians and 
     representatives of hospitals), and accreditors of health care 
     plans and organizations.
       (2) The primary mission of the Medical Informatics Council 
     shall be to coordinate the development, deployment, and 
     maintenance of health care informatics systems that allow for 
     the collection, exchange, and processing of health care 
     quality information for the Department of Defense in 
     coordination with other departments and agencies of the 
     Federal Government and with the private sector. Specific 
     areas of responsibility shall include:
       (A) Evaluation of the ability of the medical informatics 
     systems at the Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs to 
     monitor, evaluate, and improve the quality of care provided 
     to beneficiaries.
       (B) Coordination of key components of medical informatics 
     systems including digital patient records both within the 
     Federal Government, and between the Federal Government and 
     the private sector.
       (C) Coordination of the development of operational 
     capabilities for executive information systems and clinical 
     decision support systems within the Departments of Defense 
     and Veterans Affairs.
       (D) Standardization of processes used to collect, evaluate, 
     and disseminate health care quality information.
       (E) Refinement of methodologies by which the quality of 
     health care provided within the Departments of Defense and 
     Veterans Administration is evaluated.
       (F) Protecting the confidentiality of personal health 
     information.
       (3) The Council shall submit to Congress an annual report 
     on the activities of the Council and on the coordination of 
     development, deployment, and maintenance of health care 
     informatics systems within the Federal Government and between 
     the Federal Government and the private sector.
       (4) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs 
     shall consult with the Council on the issues described in 
     paragraph (2).
       (5) A member of the Council is not, by reason of service on 
     the Council, an officer or employee of the United States.
       (6) No compensation shall be paid to members of the Council 
     for service on the Council. In the case of a member of the 
     Council who is an officer or employee of the Federal 
     Government, the preceding sentence does not apply to 
     compensation paid to the member as an officer or employee of 
     the Federal Government.
       (7) The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2) 
     shall not apply to the Council.
       (e) Annual Report.--The Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
     Health Affairs shall submit to Congress each year a report on 
     the quality of health care furnished under the health care 
     programs of the Department of Defense. The report shall cover 
     the most recent fiscal year ending before the date of the 
     report and shall contain a discussion of the quality of the 
     health care measured on the basis of each statistical and 
     customer satisfaction factor that the Assistant Secretary 
     determines appropriate, including, at a minimum, the 
     following:
       (1) Health outcomes.
       (2) Extent of use of health report cards.
       (3) Extent of use of standard clinical pathways.
       (4) Extent of use of innovative processes for surveillance.
       (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to other 
     amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Department of 
     Defense for fiscal year 2000 by other provisions of this Act, 
     that are available to carry out subsection (b), there is 
     authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense 
     for such fiscal year for carrying out this subsection the sum 
     of $2,000,000.

     SEC. 720. JOINT TELEMEDICINE AND TELEPHARMACY DEMONSTRATION 
                   PROJECTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND 
                   DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense and Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs shall carry out joint demonstration projects 
     for purposes of evaluating the feasibility and practicability 
     of providing health care services and pharmacy services by 
     means of telecommunications.
       (b) Services To Be Provided.--The services provided under 
     the demonstration projects shall include the following:
       (1) Radiology and imaging services.
       (2) Diagnostic services.
       (3) Referral services.
       (4) Clinical pharmacy services.
       (5) Any other health care services or pharmacy services 
     designated by the Secretaries.
       (c) Selection of Locations.--(1) The Secretaries shall 
     carry out the demonstration projects at not more than five 
     locations selected by the Secretaries from locations in which 
     are located both a uniformed services treatment facility and 
     a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center that are 
     affiliated with academic institutions having a demonstrated 
     expertise in the provision of health care services or 
     pharmacy services by means of telecommunications.
       (2) Representatives of a facility and medical center 
     selected under paragraph (1) shall, to the maximum extent 
     practicable, carry out the demonstration project in 
     consultation with representatives of the academic institution 
     or institutions with which affiliated.
       (d) Period of Demonstration Projects.--The Secretaries 
     shall carry out the demonstration projects during the three-
     year period beginning on October 1, 1999.
       (e) Report.--Not later than December 31, 2002, the 
     Secretaries shall jointly submit to Congress a report on the 
     demonstration projects. The report shall include--
       (1) a description of each demonstration project; and
       (2) an evaluation, based on the demonstration projects, of 
     the feasibility and practicability of providing health care 
     services and pharmacy services, including the provision of 
     such services to field hospitals of the Armed Forces and to 
     Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient health care 
     clinics, by means of telecommunications.

  TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED 
                                MATTERS

     SEC. 801. EXTENSION OF TEST PROGRAM FOR NEGOTIATION OF 
                   COMPREHENSIVE SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTING 
                   PLANS.

       Section 834(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101-189; 15 U.S.C. 
     637 note) is amended by striking ``September 30, 2000'' and 
     inserting ``September 30, 2005''.

     SEC. 802. MENTOR-PROTEGE PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS.

       (a) Program Participation Term.--Subsection (e)(2) of 
     section 831 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 1991 (10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(2) A program participation term for any period of not 
     more than three years, except that the term may be a period 
     of up to five years if the Secretary of Defense determines in 
     writing that unusual circumstances justify a program 
     participation term in excess of three years.''.
       (b) Incentives Authorized for Mentor Firms.--Subsection (g) 
     of such section is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``shall'' and inserting 
     ``may'';
       (2) in paragraph (2)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A)--
       (i) by striking ``shall'' and inserting ``may'';
       (ii) by striking ``subsection (f)'' and all that follows 
     through ``(i) as a line item'' and inserting ``subsection (f) 
     as provided for in a line item'';
       (iii) by striking the semicolon preceding clause (ii) and 
     inserting ``, except that this clause does not apply in a 
     case in which the Secretary of Defense determines in writing 
     that unusual circumstances justify reimbursement using a 
     separate contract.''; and
       (iv) by striking clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv); and
       (B) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(B) The determinations made in annual performance reviews 
     of a mentor firm's mentor-protege agreement under subsection 
     (l)(2)

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     shall be a major factor in the determinations of amounts of 
     reimbursement, if any, that the mentor firm is eligible to 
     receive in the remaining years of the program participation 
     term under the agreement.
       ``(C) The total amount reimbursed under this paragraph to a 
     mentor firm for costs of assistance furnished in a fiscal 
     year to a protege firm may not exceed $1,000,000, except in a 
     case in which the Secretary of Defense determines in writing 
     that unusual circumstances justify a reimbursement of a 
     higher amount.''; and
       (3) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``either subparagraph 
     (A) or (C) of paragraph (2) or are reimbursed pursuant to 
     subparagraph (B) of such paragraph'' and inserting 
     ``paragraph (2)''.
       (c) Five-Year Extension of Authority.--Subsection (j) of 
     such section is amended to read as follows:
       ``(j) Expiration of Authority.--(1) No mentor-protege 
     agreement may be entered into under subsection (e) after 
     September 30, 2004.
       ``(2) No reimbursement may be paid, and no credit toward 
     the attainment of a subcontracting goal may be granted, under 
     subsection (g) for any cost incurred after September 30, 
     2005.''.
       (d) Reports and Reviews.--Subsection (l) of such section is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(l) Reports and Reviews.--(1) The mentor firm and protege 
     firm under a mentor-protege agreement shall submit to the 
     Secretary of Defense an annual report on the progress made by 
     the protege firm in employment, revenues, and participation 
     in Department of Defense contracts during the fiscal year 
     covered by the report. The requirement for submission of an 
     annual report applies with respect to each fiscal year 
     covered by the program participation term under the agreement 
     and each of the two fiscal years following the expiration of 
     the program participation term. The Secretary shall prescribe 
     the timing and form of the annual report.
       ``(2)(A) The Secretary shall conduct an annual performance 
     review of each mentor-protege agreement that provides for 
     reimbursement of costs. The Secretary shall determine on the 
     basis of the review whether--
       ``(i) all costs reimbursed to the mentor firm under the 
     agreement were reasonably incurred to furnish assistance to 
     the protege firm in accordance with the requirements of this 
     section and applicable regulations; and
       ``(ii) the mentor firm and protege firm accurately reported 
     progress made by the protege firm in employment, revenues, 
     and participation in Department of Defense contracts during 
     the program participation term covered by the mentor-protege 
     agreement and the two fiscal years following the expiration 
     of the program participation term.
       ``(B) The Secretary shall act through the Commander of the 
     Defense Contract Management Command in carrying out the 
     reviews and making the determinations under subparagraph (A).
       ``(3) Not later than 6 months after the end of each of 
     fiscal years 2000 through 2004, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit to Congress an annual report on the mentor-
     protege program for that fiscal year.
       ``(2) The annual report for a fiscal year shall include, at 
     a minimum, the following:
       ``(A) The number of mentor-protege agreements that were 
     entered into during the fiscal year.
       ``(B) The number of mentor-protege agreements that were in 
     effect during the fiscal year.
       ``(C) The total amount reimbursed to mentor firms pursuant 
     to subsection (g) during the fiscal year.
       ``(D) Each mentor-protege agreement, if any, that was 
     approved during the fiscal year in accordance with subsection 
     (e)(2) to provide a program participation term in excess of 3 
     years, together with the justification for the approval.
       ``(E) Each reimbursement of a mentor firm in excess of the 
     limitation in subsection (g)(2)(C) that was made during the 
     fiscal year pursuant to an approval granted in accordance 
     with that subsection, together with the justification for the 
     approval.
       ``(F) Trends in the progress made in employment, revenues, 
     and participation in Department of Defense contracts by the 
     protege firms participating in the program during the fiscal 
     year and the protege firms that completed or otherwise 
     terminated participation in the program during the preceding 
     two fiscal years.''.
       (e) Repeal of Limitation on Availability of Funding.--
     Subsection (n) of such section is repealed.
       (f) Effective Date and Savings Provision.--(1) The 
     amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 
     1, 1999, and shall apply with respect to mentor-protege 
     agreements that are entered into under section 831(e) of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 on or 
     after that date.
       (2) Section 831 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 1991, as in effect on September 30, 1999, 
     shall continue to apply with respect to mentor-protege 
     agreements entered into before October 1, 1999.

     SEC. 803. REPORT ON TRANSITION OF SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION 
                   RESEARCH PROGRAM ACTIVITIES INTO DEFENSE 
                   ACQUISITION PROGRAMS.

       (a) Requirement for Report.--Not later than March 1, 2000, 
     the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on 
     the status of the implementation of the Small Business 
     Innovation Research program transition plan that was 
     developed pursuant to section 818 of the Strom Thurmond 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 
     (Public Law 105-261; 112 Stat. 2089).
       (b) Content of Report.--The report shall include the 
     following:
       (1) The status of the implementation of each of the 
     provisions in the transition plan.
       (2) For any provision of the plan that has not been fully 
     implemented as of the date of the report--
       (A) the reasons for the provision not having been fully 
     implemented; and
       (B) a schedule, with specific milestones, for the 
     implementation of the provision.

     SEC. 804. AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN PROTOTYPE PROJECTS.

       (a) GAO Examination of Records.--Section 845 of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 
     (Public Law 103-160; 107 Stat. 1721; 10 U.S.C. 2371 note) is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
       ``(c) Comptroller General Review.--(1) Each agreement 
     entered into by an official referred to in subsection (a) to 
     carry out a project under that subsection that provides for 
     payments in a total amount in excess of $5,000,000 shall 
     include a clause that provides for the Comptroller General, 
     in the discretion of the Comptroller General, to examine the 
     records of any party to the agreement or any entity that 
     participates in the performance of the agreement.
       ``(2) The official referred to in subsection (a) who is 
     entering into an agreement described in paragraph (1) may 
     waive the applicability of the requirement in that paragraph 
     to the agreement if the official determines that it would not 
     be in the public interest to apply the requirement to the 
     agreement. The waiver shall be effective with respect to the 
     agreement only if the official transmits a notification of 
     the waiver to Congress and the Comptroller General before 
     entering into the agreement. The notification shall include 
     the rationale for the determination.
       ``(3) The Comptroller General may not examine records 
     pursuant to a clause included in an agreement under paragraph 
     (1) more than three years after the final payment is made by 
     the United States under the agreement.''.
       (b) Technical Correction.--Subsection (b)(1) of such 
     section is amended by striking ``(e)(2) and (e)(3) of such 
     section 2371'' and inserting ``(e)(1)(B) and (e)(2) of such 
     section 2371''.

     SEC. 805. PILOT PROGRAM FOR COMMERCIAL SERVICES.

       (a) Program Authorized.--The Secretary of Defense may carry 
     out a pilot program to treat procurements of commercial 
     services as procurements of commercial items.
       (b) Designation of Pilot Program Categories.--The Secretary 
     of Defense may designate the following categories of services 
     as commercial services covered by the pilot program:
       (1) Utilities and housekeeping services.
       (2) Education and training services.
       (3) Transportation, travel and relocation services.
       (c) Treatment as Commercial Items.--A Department of Defense 
     contract for the procurement of commercial services 
     designated by the Secretary for the pilot program shall be 
     treated as a contract for the procurement of commercial 
     items, as defined in section 4(12) of the Office of Federal 
     Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12)), if the source of 
     the services provides similar services contemporaneously to 
     the general public under terms and conditions similar to 
     those offered to the Federal Government. These items shall 
     not be considered commercial items for purposes of section 
     4202(e) of the Clinger-Cohen Act (10 U.S.C. 2304 note).
       (d) Guidance.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue guidance to 
     procurement officials on contracting for commercial services 
     under the pilot program. The guidance shall place particular 
     emphasis on ensuring that negotiated prices for designated 
     services, including prices negotiated without competition, 
     are fair and reasonable.
       (e) Duration of Pilot Program.--(1) The pilot program shall 
     begin on the date that the Secretary issues the guidance 
     required by subsection (d) and may continue for a period, not 
     in excess of five years, that the Secretary shall establish.
       (2) The pilot program shall cover Department of Defense 
     contracts for the procurement of commercial services 
     designated by the Secretary under subsection (b) that are 
     awarded or modified during the period of the pilot program, 
     regardless of whether the contracts are performed during the 
     period.
       (f) Report to Congress.--(1) The Secretary shall submit to 
     Congress a report on the impact of the pilot program on--
       (A) prices paid by the Federal Government under contracts 
     for commercial services covered by the pilot program;
       (B) the quality and timeliness of the services provided 
     under such contracts;

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       (C) the number of Federal Government personnel that are 
     necessary to enter into and administer such contracts; and
       (D) the impact of the program on levels of contracting with 
     small business concerns, HUBZone small business concerns, 
     small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and 
     economically disadvantaged individuals, and small business 
     concerns owned and controlled by women.
       (2) The Secretary shall submit the report--
       (A) not later than 90 days after the end of the third full 
     fiscal year for which the pilot program is in effect; or
       (B) if the period established for the pilot program under 
     subsection (e)(1) does not cover three full fiscal years, not 
     later than 90 days after the end of the designated period.
       (g) Price Trend Analysis.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     apply the procedures developed pursuant to section 803(c) of 
     the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 112 Stat. 2081; 10 
     U.S.C. 2306a note) to collect and analyze information on 
     price trends for all services covered by the pilot program 
     and for the services in such categories of services not 
     covered by the pilot program to which the Secretary considers 
     it appropriate to apply those procedures.
       (h) Relationship to Preference on Transportation of 
     Supplies.--Nothing in this section shall be construed as 
     modifying, superseding, impairing, or restricting 
     requirements, authorities, or responsibilities under section 
     2631 of title 10, United States Code.
       (i) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``small business concern'' means a business 
     concern that meets the applicable size standards prescribed 
     pursuant to section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
     632(a)).
       (2) The term ``small business concern owned and controlled 
     by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals'' has 
     the meaning given the term in section 8(d)(3)(C) of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(3)(C)).
       (3) The term ``small business concern owned and controlled 
     by women'' has the meaning given the term in section 
     8(d)(3)(D) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
     637(d)(3)(D)).
       (4) The term ``HUBZone small business concern'' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 3(p)(3) of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(3)).

     SEC. 806. STREAMLINED APPLICABILITY OF COST ACCOUNTING 
                   STANDARDS.

       (a) Applicability.--Paragraph (2) of section 26(f) of the 
     Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 
     422(f)(2)) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D);
       (2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(B) The cost accounting standards shall not apply to a 
     contractor or subcontractor for a fiscal year (or other one-
     year period used for cost accounting by the contractor or 
     subcontractor) if the total value of all of the contracts and 
     subcontracts covered by the cost accounting standards that 
     were entered into by the contractor or subcontractor, 
     respectively, in the previous or current fiscal year (or 
     other one-year cost accounting period) was less than 
     $50,000,000.
       ``(C) Subparagraph (A) does not apply to the following 
     contracts or subcontracts for the purpose of determining 
     whether the contractor or subcontractor is subject to the 
     cost accounting standards:
       ``(i) Contracts or subcontracts for the acquisition of 
     commercial items.
       ``(ii) Contracts or subcontracts where the price negotiated 
     is based on prices set by law or regulation.
       ``(iii) Firm, fixed-price contracts or subcontracts awarded 
     on the basis of adequate price competition without submission 
     of certified cost or pricing data.
       ``(iv) Contracts or subcontracts with a value that is less 
     than $5,000,000.''.
       (b) Waiver.--Such section is further amended by adding at 
     the end the following:
       ``(5)(A) The head of an executive agency may waive the 
     applicability of cost accounting standards for a contract or 
     subcontract with a value less than $10,000,000 if that 
     official determines in writing that--
       ``(i) the contractor or subcontractor is primarily engaged 
     in the sale of commercial items; and
       ``(ii) the contractor or subcontractor would not otherwise 
     be subject to the cost accounting standards.
       ``(B) The head of an executive agency may also waive the 
     applicability of cost accounting standards for a contract or 
     subcontract under extraordinary circumstances when necessary 
     to meet the needs of the agency. A determination to waive the 
     applicability of cost accounting standards under this 
     subparagraph shall be set forth in writing and shall include 
     a statement of the circumstances justifying the waiver.
       ``(C) The head of an executive agency may not delegate the 
     authority under subparagraph (A) or (B) to any official in 
     the executive agency below the senior policymaking level in 
     the executive agency.
       ``(D) The Federal Acquisition Regulation shall include the 
     following:
       ``(i) Criteria for selecting an official to be delegated 
     authority to grant waivers under subparagraph (A) or (B).
       ``(ii) The specific circumstances under which such a waiver 
     may be granted.
       ``(E) The head of each executive agency shall report the 
     waivers granted under subparagraphs (A) and (B) for that 
     agency to the Board on an annual basis.''.
       (c) Construction Regarding Certain Not-For-Profit 
     Entities.--The amendments made by this section shall not be 
     construed as modifying or superseding, nor as intended to 
     impair or restrict, the applicability of the cost accounting 
     standards to--
       (1) any educational institution or federally funded 
     research and development center that is associated with an 
     educational institution in accordance with Office of 
     Management and Budget Circular A-21, as in effect on January 
     1, 1999; or
       (2) any contract with a nonprofit entity that provides 
     research and development and related products or services to 
     the Department of Defense.

     SEC. 807. GUIDANCE ON USE OF TASK ORDER AND DELIVERY ORDER 
                   CONTRACTS.

       (a) Guidance in the Federal Acquisition Regulation.--Not 
     later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulation issued in accordance 
     with sections 6 and 25 of the Office of Federal Procurement 
     Policy Act shall be revised to provide guidance to agencies 
     on the appropriate use of task order and delivery order 
     contracts in accordance with sections 2304a through 2304d of 
     title 10, United States Code, and sections 303H through 303K 
     of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
     1949 (41 U.S.C. 253h through 253k).
       (b) Content of Guidance.--The regulations issued pursuant 
     to subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, provide the following:
       (1) Specific guidance on the appropriate use of government-
     wide and other multiagency contracts entered in accordance 
     with the provisions of law referred to in that subsection.
       (2) Specific guidance on steps that agencies should take in 
     entering and administering multiple award task order and 
     delivery order contracts to ensure compliance with--
       (A) the requirement in section 5122 of the Clinger-Cohen 
     Act (40 U.S.C. 1422) for capital planning and investment 
     control in purchases of information technology products and 
     services;
       (B) the requirement in section 2304c(b) of title 10, United 
     States Code, and section 303J(b) of the Federal Property and 
     Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253j(b)) to 
     ensure that all contractors are afforded a fair opportunity 
     to be considered for the award of task orders and delivery 
     orders; and
       (C) the requirement in section 2304c(c) of title 10, United 
     States Code, and section 303J(c) of the Federal Property and 
     Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253j(c)) for a 
     statement of work in each task order or delivery order issued 
     that clearly specifies all tasks to be performed or property 
     to be delivery under the order.
       (c) GSA Federal Supply Schedules Program.--The 
     Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy shall consult 
     with the Administrator of General Services to assess the 
     effectiveness of the multiple awards schedule program of the 
     General Services Administration referred to in section 
     309(b)(3) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services 
     Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 259(b)(3)) that is administered as the 
     Federal Supply Schedules program. The assessment shall 
     include examination of the following:
       (1) The administration of the program by the Administrator 
     of General Services.
       (2) The ordering and program practices followed by Federal 
     customer agencies in using schedules established under the 
     program.
       (d) GAO Report.--Not later than one year after the date on 
     which the regulations required by subsection (a) are 
     published in the Federal Register, the Comptroller General 
     shall submit to Congress an evaluation of executive agency 
     compliance with the regulations, together with any 
     recommendations that the Comptroller General considers 
     appropriate.

     SEC. 808. CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF COMMERCIAL ITEMS 
                   WITH RESPECT TO ASSOCIATED SERVICES.

       Section 4(12) (E) of the Office of Federal Procurement 
     Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(E)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(E) Installation services, maintenance services, repair 
     services, training services, and other services if--
       ``(i) the services are procured for support of an item 
     referred to in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D), regardless 
     of whether such services are provided by the same source or 
     at the same time as the item; and
       ``(ii) the source of the services provides similar services 
     contemporaneously to the general public under terms and 
     conditions similar to those offered to the Federal 
     Government.''.

     SEC. 809. USE OF SPECIAL SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES FOR PURCHASES 
                   OF COMMERCIAL ITEMS IN EXCESS OF THE SIMPLIFIED 
                   ACQUISITION THRESHOLD.

       (a) Extension of Authority.--Section 4202(e) of the 
     Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (divisions D and E of Public Law 
     104-106; 110 Stat. 654; 10 U.S.C. 2304 note) is amended by 
     striking ``three years after the date on which such 
     amendments take effect pursuant to section 4401(b)'' and 
     inserting ``January 1, 2002''.

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       (b) GAO Report.--Not later than March 1, 2001, the 
     Comptroller General shall submit to Congress an evaluation of 
     the test program authorized by section 4204 of the Clinger-
     Cohen Act of 1996, together with any recommendations that the 
     Comptroller General considers appropriate regarding the test 
     program or the use of special simplified procedures for 
     purchases of commercial items in excess of the simplified 
     acquisition threshold.

     SEC. 810. EXTENSION OF INTERIM REPORTING RULE FOR CERTAIN 
                   PROCUREMENTS LESS THAN $100,000.

       Section 31(e) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy 
     Act (41 U.S.C. 427(e)) is amended by striking ``October 1, 
     1999'' and inserting ``October 1, 2004''.

     SEC. 811. CONTRACT GOAL FOR SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES 
                   AND CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

       Subsection (k) of section 2323 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by striking ``2000'' both places it appears 
     and inserting ``2003''.

      TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT

                          Subtitle A--General

     SEC. 901. NUMBER OF MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS 
                   SUPPORT ACTIVITIES PERSONNEL.

       (a) Revised Limitation.--Section 130a of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``75 percent'' and 
     inserting ``65 percent''; and
       (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``October 1, 1997'' and 
     inserting ``October 1, 1989''.
       (b) Repeal of Phased Reduction Requirement.--Subsection (b) 
     of such section is repealed.
       (c) Conforming Repeal.--Subsection (g) of such section is 
     repealed.
       (d) Technical Amendment.--Subsections (c), (d), (e), and 
     (f) are redesignated as subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e), 
     respectively.

     SEC. 902. ADDITIONAL MATTERS FOR ANNUAL REPORTS ON JOINT 
                   WARFIGHTING EXPERIMENTATION.

       Section 485(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) Any recommendations that the commander considers 
     appropriate regarding--
       ``(A) the development or procurement of advanced 
     technologies, systems, or weapons or systems platforms, or 
     other changes in doctrine, organization, training, materiel, 
     leadership, personnel, or the allocation of resources, as a 
     result of joint warfighting experimentation activities;
       ``(B) the elimination of unnecessary equipment and 
     redundancies in capabilities and forces across the armed 
     forces; and
       ``(C) the fielding of advanced technologies across the 
     armed forces for purposes of the development of joint 
     operational concepts or the conduct of joint warfighting 
     experiments.
       ``(6) A description of any actions taken by the Secretary 
     of Defense to implement the recommendations of the 
     commander.''.

     SEC. 903. ACCEPTANCE OF GUARANTEES IN CONNECTION WITH GIFTS 
                   TO THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY.

       (a) Authority.--Chapter 403 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     section:

     ``Sec. 4359. Acceptance of guarantees with gifts for major 
       projects

       ``(a) Acceptance Authority.--The Secretary of the Army may, 
     subject to subsection (c), accept from a donor a qualified 
     guarantee for the completion of a major project for the 
     benefit of the Academy.
       ``(b) Obligation Authority.--Funds available for a project 
     for which a guarantee has been accepted under this section 
     may be obligated and expended for the project without regard 
     to whether the total amount of the funds and other resources 
     available for the project (not taking into account the amount 
     of the guarantee) is sufficient to pay for completion of the 
     project.
       ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) Major project.--The term `major project' means a 
     project for the purchase or other procurement of real or 
     personal property, or for the construction of any improvement 
     to real property, the total cost of which is, or is estimated 
     to be, at least $1,000,000.
       ``(2) Qualified guarantee.--The term `qualified guarantee', 
     with respect to a major project, means a guarantee that--
       ``(A) is made by a person in connection with the person's 
     donation, specifically for the project, of a total amount in 
     cash or securities that, as determined by the Secretary of 
     the Army, is sufficient to defray a substantial portion of 
     the total cost of the project;
       ``(B) is made to facilitate or expedite the completion of 
     the project in reasonable anticipation that other donors will 
     contribute sufficient funds or other resources in amounts 
     sufficient to pay for completion of the project;
       ``(C) is set forth as a written agreement that provides for 
     the donor to furnish in cash or securities, in addition to 
     the donor's other gift or gifts for the project, any 
     additional amount that may become necessary for paying the 
     cost of completing the project by reason of a failure to 
     obtain from other donors or sources funds or other resources 
     in amounts sufficient to pay the cost of completing the 
     project; and
       ``(D) is accompanied by--
       ``(i) an unconditional letter of credit for the benefit of 
     the Academy that is in the amount of the guarantee and is 
     issued by a major United States commercial bank; or
       ``(ii) a qualified account control agreement.
       ``(3) Qualified account control agreement.--The term 
     `qualified account control agreement', with respect to a 
     guarantee of a donor, means an agreement among the donor, the 
     Secretary of the Army, and a major United States investment 
     management firm that--
       ``(A) ensures the availability of sufficient funds or other 
     financial resources to pay the amount guaranteed during the 
     period of the guarantee;
       ``(B) provides for the perfection of a security interest in 
     the assets of the account for the United States for the 
     benefit of the Academy with the highest priority available 
     for liens and security interests under applicable law;
       ``(C) requires the donor to maintain in an account with the 
     investment management firm assets having a total value that 
     is not less than 130 percent of the amount guaranteed; and
       ``(D) requires the investment management firm, at any time 
     that the value of the account is less than the value required 
     to be maintained under subparagraph (C), to liquidate any 
     noncash assets in the account and reinvest the proceeds in 
     Treasury bills issued under section 3104 of title 31.
       ``(4) Major united states commercial bank.--The term `major 
     United States commercial bank' means a commercial bank that--
       ``(A) is headquartered in the United States; and
       ``(B) has net assets in a total amount considered by the 
     Secretary of the Army to qualify the bank as a major bank.
       ``(5) Major united states investment management firm.--The 
     term `major United States investment management firm' means 
     an investment company (as defined in section 3 of the 
     Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3)) that--
       ``(A) is headquartered in the United States; and
       ``(B) manages for others the investment of assets in a 
     total amount considered by the Secretary of the Army to 
     qualify the firm as a major investment management firm.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new item:

``4359. Acceptance of guarantees with gifts for major projects.''.

     SEC. 904. MANAGEMENT OF THE CIVIL AIR PATROL.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that no 
     major change to the governance structure of the Civil Air 
     Patrol should be mandated by Congress until a review of 
     potential improvements in the management and oversight of 
     Civil Air Patrol operations is conducted.
       (b) GAO Study.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a 
     study of potential improvements to Civil Air Patrol 
     operations, including Civil Air Patrol financial management, 
     Air Force and Civil Air Patrol oversight, and the Civil Air 
     Patrol safety program. Not later than February 15, 2000, the 
     Inspector General shall submit a report on the results of the 
     study to the congressional defense committees.
       (c) Inspector General Review.--(1) The Inspector General of 
     the Department of Defense shall review the financial and 
     management operations of the Civil Air Patrol. The review 
     shall include an audit.
       (2) Not later than February 15, 2000, the Inspector General 
     shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
     on the review, including, specifically, the results of the 
     audit. The report shall include any recommendations that the 
     Inspector General considers appropriate regarding actions 
     necessary to ensure the proper oversight of the financial and 
     management operations of the Civil Air Patrol.

     SEC. 905. MINIMUM INTERVAL FOR UPDATING AND REVISING 
                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STRATEGIC PLAN.

       Section 306(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking ``, and shall be updated and revised at least 
     every three years.'' and inserting a period and the 
     following: ``The strategic plan shall be updated and revised 
     at least every three years, except that the strategic plan 
     for the Department of Defense shall be updated and revised at 
     least every four years.''.

     SEC. 906. PERMANENT REQUIREMENT FOR QUADRENNIAL DEFENSE 
                   REVIEW.

       (a) Review Required.--Chapter 2 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by inserting after section 117 the 
     following:

     ``Sec. 118. Quadrennial defense review

       ``(a) Review Required.--The Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 
     shall conduct in each year in which a President is 
     inaugurated a comprehensive examination of the defense 
     strategy, force structure, force modernization plans, 
     infrastructure, budget plan, and other elements of the 
     defense program

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     and policies with a view toward determining and expressing 
     the defense strategy of the United States and establishing a 
     revised defense plan for the ensuing 10 years and a revised 
     defense plan for the ensuing 20 years.
       ``(b) Consideration of Reports of National Defense Panel.--
     In conducting the review, the Secretary shall take into 
     consideration the reports of the National Defense Panel 
     submitted under section 184(d) of this title.
       ``(c) Report to Congress.--The Secretary shall submit a 
     report on each review to the Committees on Armed Services of 
     the Senate and the House of Representatives not later than 
     September 30 of the year in which the review is conducted. 
     The report shall include the following:
       ``(1) The results of the review, including a comprehensive 
     discussion of the defense strategy of the United States and 
     the force structure best suited to implement that strategy, 
     expressed in terms of size, characteristics, and 
     organization, or in other terms suitable for characterizing 
     the force structure.
       ``(2) The size, characteristics, and organization of an 
     alternative force structure that is suited for implementing 
     the strategy but is significantly larger than the force 
     structure discussed under paragraph (1), together with the 
     benefits and risks associated with the larger force 
     structure.
       ``(3) The size, characteristics, and organization of an 
     alternative force structure that is suited for implementing 
     the strategy but is significantly smaller than the force 
     structure discussed under paragraph (1), together with the 
     benefits and risks associated with the smaller force 
     structure.
       ``(4) The threats examined for purposes of the review and 
     the scenarios developed in the examination of such threats.
       ``(5) The assumptions used in the review, including 
     assumptions relating to the cooperation of allies and 
     mission-sharing, levels of acceptable risk, warning times, 
     and intensity and duration of conflict.
       ``(6) The effect on the force structure of preparations for 
     and participation in peace operations and military operations 
     other than war.
       ``(7) The effect on the force structure of the utilization 
     by the armed forces of technologies anticipated to be 
     available for the ensuing 10 years and technologies 
     anticipated to be available for the ensuing 20 years, 
     including precision guided munitions, stealth, night vision, 
     digitization, and communications, and the changes in 
     organization, doctrine, and operational concepts that would 
     result from the utilization of such technologies.
       ``(8) The manpower and sustainment policies required under 
     the defense strategy to support engagement in conflicts 
     lasting more than 120 days.
       ``(9) The anticipated roles and missions of the reserve 
     components in the defense strategy and the strength, 
     capabilities, and equipment necessary to assure that the 
     reserve components can capably discharge those roles and 
     missions.
       ``(10) The appropriate ratio of combat forces to support 
     forces (commonly referred to as the ``tooth-to-tail'' ratio) 
     under the defense strategy, including, in particular, the 
     appropriate number and size of headquarters units and Defense 
     Agencies for that purpose.
       ``(11) The air-lift and sea-lift capabilities required to 
     support the defense strategy.
       ``(12) The forward presence, pre-positioning, and other 
     anticipatory deployments necessary under the defense strategy 
     for conflict deterrence and adequate military response to 
     anticipated conflicts.
       ``(13) The extent to which resources must be shifted among 
     two or more theaters under the defense strategy in the event 
     of conflict in such theaters.
       ``(14) The advisability of revisions to the Unified Command 
     Plan as a result of the defense strategy.
       ``(15) Any other matter the Secretary considers 
     appropriate.''.
       (b) National Defense Panel.--Chapter 7 of such title is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 184. National Defense Panel

       ``(a) Establishment.--Not later than January 1 of each year 
     immediately preceding a year in which a President is to be 
     inaugurated, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a 
     nonpartisan, independent panel to be known as the National 
     Defense Panel. The Panel shall have the duties set forth in 
     this section.
       ``(b) Membership and Chairman.--(1) The Panel shall be 
     composed of nine members appointed from among persons in the 
     private sector who are recognized experts in matters relating 
     to the national security of the United States, as follows:
       ``(A) Three members appointed by the Secretary of Defense.
       ``(B) Three members appointed by the Chairman of the 
     Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, in consultation 
     with the ranking member of the committee.
       ``(C) Three members appointed by the Chairman of the 
     Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, 
     in consultation with the ranking member of the committee.
       ``(2) The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
     chairmen and ranking members of the Committees on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 
     shall designate one of the members to serve as the chairman 
     of the Panel
       ``(c) Duties.--(1) The Panel shall--
       ``(A) assess the matters referred to in paragraph (2);
       ``(B) assess the current and projected strategic 
     environment, together with the progress made by the armed 
     forces in transforming to meet the environment;
       ``(C) identify the most dangerous threats to the national 
     security interests of the United States that are to be 
     countered by the United States in the ensuing 10 years and 
     those that are to be encountered in the ensuing 20 years;
       ``(D) identify the strategic and operational challenges for 
     the armed forces to address in order to prepare to counter 
     the threats identified under subparagraph (C);
       ``(E) develop--
       ``(i) a recommendation on the priority that should be 
     accorded to each of the strategic and operational challenges 
     identified under subparagraph (D); and
       ``(ii) a recommendation on the priority that should be 
     accorded to the development of each joint capability needed 
     to meet each such challenge; and
       ``(F) identify the issues that the Panel recommends for 
     assessment during the next quadrennial review to be conducted 
     under section 118 of this title.
       ``(2) The matters to be assessed under paragraph (1)(A) are 
     the defense strategy, force structure, force modernization 
     plans, infrastructure, budget plan, and other elements of the 
     defense program and policies established since the previous 
     quadrennial defense review under section 118 of this title.
       ``(3) The Panel shall conduct the assessments under 
     paragraph (1) with a view toward recommending--
       ``(A) the most critical changes that should be made to the 
     defense strategy of the United States for the ensuing 10 
     years and the most critical changes that should be made to 
     the defense strategy of the United States for the ensuing 20 
     years; and
       ``(B) any changes considered appropriate by the Panel 
     regarding the major weapon systems programmed for the force, 
     including any alternatives to those weapon systems.
       ``(d) Report.--(1) The Panel, in the year that it is 
     conducting an assessment under subsection (c), shall submit 
     to the Secretary of Defense and to the Committees on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives two 
     reports on the assessment, including a discussion of the 
     Panel's activities, the findings and recommendations of the 
     Panel, and any recommendations for legislation that the Panel 
     considers appropriate, as follows:
       ``(A) A status report and an outline of current activities 
     not later than July 1 of the year.
       ``(B) A final report not later than December 1 of the year.
       ``(2) Not later than December 15 of the year in which the 
     Secretary receives a final report under paragraph (1)(B), the 
     Secretary shall submit to the committees referred to in 
     subsection (b) a copy of the report together with the 
     Secretary's comments on the report.
       ``(e) Information From Federal Agencies.--The Panel may 
     secure directly from the Department of Defense and any of its 
     components and from any other Federal department and agency 
     such information as the Panel considers necessary to carry 
     out its duties under this section. The head of the department 
     or agency concerned shall ensure that information requested 
     by the Panel under this subsection is promptly provided.
       ``(f) Personnel Matters.--(1) Each member of the Panel 
     shall be compensated at a rate equal to the daily equivalent 
     of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level IV of 
     the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5 for each 
     day (including travel time) during which the member is 
     engaged in the performance of the duties of the Panel.
       ``(2) The members of the Panel shall be allowed travel 
     expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates 
     authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of 
     chapter 57 of title 5 while away from their homes or regular 
     places of business in the performance of services for the 
     Panel.
       ``(3)(A) The chairman of the Panel may, without regard to 
     the civil service laws and regulations, appoint and terminate 
     an executive director and a staff if the Panel determines 
     that an executive director and staff are necessary in order 
     for the Panel to perform its duties effectively. The 
     employment of an executive director shall be subject to 
     confirmation by the Panel.
       ``(B) The chairman may fix the compensation of the 
     executive director without regard to the provisions of 
     chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5 
     relating to classification of positions and General Schedule 
     pay rates, except that the rate of pay for the executive 
     director may not exceed the rate payable for level V of the 
     Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title.
       ``(4) Any Federal Government employee may be detailed to 
     the Panel without reimbursement of the employee's agency, and 
     such detail shall be without interruption or

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     loss of civil service status or privilege. The Secretary 
     shall ensure that sufficient personnel are detailed to the 
     Panel to enable the Panel to carry out its duties 
     effectively.
       ``(5) To the maximum extent practicable, the members and 
     employees of the Panel shall travel on military aircraft, 
     military ships, military vehicles, or other military 
     conveyances when travel is necessary in the performance of a 
     duty of the Panel, except that no such aircraft, ship, 
     vehicle, or other conveyance may be scheduled primarily for 
     the transportation of any such member or employee when the 
     cost of commercial transportation is less expensive.
       ``(g) Administrative Provisions.--(1) The Panel may use the 
     United States mails and obtain printing and binding services 
     in the same manner and under the same conditions as other 
     departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
       ``(2) The Secretary shall furnish the Panel any 
     administrative and support services requested by the Panel.
       ``(3) The Panel may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or 
     donations of services or property.
       ``(h) Payment of Panel Expenses.--The compensation, travel 
     expenses, and per diem allowances of members and employees of 
     the Panel shall be paid out of funds available to the 
     Department of Defense for the payment of compensation, travel 
     allowances, and per diem allowances, respectively, of 
     civilian employees of the Department. The other expenses of 
     the Panel shall be paid out of funds available to the 
     Department for the payment of similar expenses incurred by 
     the Department.
       ``(i) Termination.--The Panel shall terminate at the end of 
     the year following the year in which the Panel submits its 
     final report under subsection (d)(1)(B). For the period that 
     begins 90 days after the date of submittal of the report, the 
     activities and staff of the panel shall be reduced to a level 
     that the Secretary of Defense considers sufficient to 
     continue the availability of the panel for consultation with 
     the Secretary of Defense and with the Committees on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives.''.
       (c) Clerical Amendments.--(1) The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 2 of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by inserting after the item relating to section 117 
     the following:

``118. Quadrennial defense review.''.

       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 7 of 
     such title is amended by adding at the end the following:

``184. National Defense Panel.''.

Subtitle B--Commission To Assess United States National Security Space 
                      Management and Organization

     SEC. 911. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.

       (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established a 
     commission known as the ``Commission To Assess United States 
     National Security Space Management and Organization'' 
     (hereafter in this subtitle referred to as the 
     ``Commission'').
       (b) Composition.--The Commission shall be composed of nine 
     members appointed by the Secretary of Defense. In selecting 
     individuals for appointment to the Commission, the Secretary 
     should consult with--
       (1) the Speaker of the House of Representatives concerning 
     the appointment of three of the members of the Commission;
       (2) the majority leader of the Senate concerning the 
     appointment of three of the members of the Commission; and
       (3) the minority leader of the House of Representatives and 
     the minority leader of the Senate concerning the appointment 
     of three of the members of the Commission.
       (c) Qualifications.--Members of the Commission shall be 
     appointed from among private citizens of the United States 
     who have knowledge and expertise in the areas of national 
     security space policy, programs, organizations, and future 
     national security concepts.
       (d) Chairman.--The Speaker of the House of Representatives, 
     after consultation with the majority leader of the Senate and 
     the minority leaders of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate, shall designate one of the members of the Commission 
     to serve as chairman of the Commission.
       (e) Period of Appointment; Vacancies.--Members shall be 
     appointed for the life of the Commission. Any vacancy in the 
     Commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original 
     appointment.
       (f) Security Clearances.--All members of the Commission 
     shall hold appropriate security clearances.
       (g) Initial Organization Requirements.--(1) All 
     appointments to the Commission shall be made not later than 
     90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (2) The Commission shall convene its first meeting not 
     later than 60 days after the date as of which all members of 
     the Commission have been appointed, but not earlier than 
     October 15, 1999.

     SEC. 912. DUTIES OF COMMISSION.

       (a) Review of United States National Security Space 
     Management and Organization.--The Commission shall, with a 
     focus on changes to be implemented over the near-term, 
     medium-term, and long-term that would strengthen United 
     States national security, review the following:
       (1) The relationship between the intelligence and 
     nonintelligence aspects of national security space (so-called 
     ``white space'' and ``black space''), and the potential 
     benefits of a partial or complete merger of the programs, 
     projects, or activities that are differentiated by the two 
     aspects.
       (2) The benefits of establishing any of the following:
       (A) An independent military department and service 
     dedicated to the national security space mission.
       (B) A corps within the Air Force dedicated to the national 
     security space mission.
       (C) A position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space 
     within the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
       (D) Any other change to the existing organizational 
     structure of the Department of Defense for national security 
     space management and organization.
       (3) The benefits of establishing a new major force program, 
     or other budget mechanism, for managing national security 
     space funding within the Department of Defense.
       (b) Cooperation From Government Officials.--In carrying out 
     its duties, the Commission should receive the full and timely 
     cooperation of the Secretary of Defense, the Director of 
     Central Intelligence, and any other United States Government 
     official responsible for providing the Commission with 
     analyses, briefings, and other information necessary for the 
     fulfillment of its responsibilities.

      SEC. 913. REPORT.

       The Commission shall, not later than six months after the 
     date of its first meeting, submit to Congress a report on its 
     findings and conclusions.

      SEC. 914. POWERS.

       (a) Hearings.--The Commission or, at its direction, any 
     panel or member of the Commission, may, for the purpose of 
     carrying out the provisions of this subtitle, hold hearings, 
     sit and act at times and places, take testimony, receive 
     evidence, and administer oaths to the extent that the 
     Commission or any panel or member considers advisable.
       (b) Information.--The Commission may secure directly from 
     the Department of Defense, the other departments and agencies 
     of the intelligence community, and any other Federal 
     department or agency information that the Commission 
     considers necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its 
     responsibilities under this subtitle.

      SEC. 915. COMMISSION PROCEDURES.

       (a) Meetings.--The Commission shall meet at the call of the 
     Chairman.
       (b) Quorum.--(1) Five members of the Commission shall 
     constitute a quorum other than for the purpose of holding 
     hearings.
       (2) The Commission shall act by resolution agreed to by a 
     majority of the members of the Commission.
       (c) Commission.--The Commission may establish panels 
     composed of less than full membership of the Commission for 
     the purpose of carrying out the Commission's duties. The 
     actions of each such panel shall be subject to the review and 
     control of the Commission. Any findings and determinations 
     made by such a panel shall not be considered the findings and 
     determinations of the Commission unless approved by the 
     Commission.
       (d) Authority of Individuals To Act for Commission.--Any 
     member or agent of the Commission may, if authorized by the 
     Commission, take any action which the Commission is 
     authorized to take under this subtitle.

      SEC. 916. PERSONNEL MATTERS.

       (a) Pay of Members.--Members of the Commission shall serve 
     without pay by reason of their work on the Commission.
       (b) Travel Expenses.--The members of the Commission shall 
     be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
     subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies 
     under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States 
     Code, while away from their homes or regular places of 
     business in the performance of services for the Commission.
       (c) Staff.--(1) The chairman of the Commission may, without 
     regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, 
     governing appointments in the competitive service, appoint a 
     staff director and such additional personnel as may be 
     necessary to enable the Commission to perform its duties. The 
     appointment of a staff director shall be subject to the 
     approval of the Commission.
       (2) The chairman of the Commission may fix the pay of the 
     staff director and other personnel without regard to the 
     provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of 
     title 5, United States Code, relating to classification of 
     positions and General Schedule pay rates, except that the 
     rate of pay fixed under this paragraph for the staff director 
     may not exceed the rate payable for level V of the Executive 
     Schedule under section 5316 of such title and the rate of pay 
     for other personnel may not exceed the maximum rate payable 
     for grade GS-15 of the General Schedule.
       (d) Detail of Government Employees.--Upon request of the 
     chairman of the Commission, the head of any Federal 
     department or agency may detail, on a nonreimbursable basis, 
     any personnel of that department or agency to the Commission 
     to assist it in carrying out its duties.
       (e) Procurement of Temporary and Intermittent Services.--
     The chairman of

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     the Commission may procure temporary and intermittent 
     services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 
     Code, at rates for individuals which do not exceed the daily 
     equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay payable for level 
     V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title.

      SEC. 917. MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

       (a) Postal and Printing Services.--The Commission may use 
     the United States mails and obtain printing and binding 
     services in the same manner and under the same conditions as 
     other departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
       (b) Miscellaneous Administrative and Support Services.--The 
     Secretary of Defense shall furnish the Commission, on a 
     reimbursable basis, any administrative and support services 
     requested by the Commission.

      SEC. 918. FUNDING.

       Funds for activities of the Commission shall be provided 
     from amounts appropriated for the Department of Defense for 
     operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities for 
     fiscal year 2000. Upon receipt of a written certification 
     from the Chairman of the Commission specifying the funds 
     required for the activities of the Commission, the Secretary 
     of Defense shall promptly disburse to the Commission, from 
     such amounts, the funds required by the Commission as stated 
     in such certification.

      SEC. 919. TERMINATION OF THE COMMISSION.

       The Commission shall terminate 60 days after the date of 
     the submission of its report under section 913.

                      TITLE X--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                     Subtitle A--Financial Matters

     SEC. 1001. TRANSFER AUTHORITY.

       (a) Authority To Transfer Authorizations.--(1) Upon 
     determination by the Secretary of Defense that such action is 
     necessary in the national interest, the Secretary may 
     transfer amounts of authorizations made available to the 
     Department of Defense in this division for fiscal year 2000 
     between any such authorizations for that fiscal year (or any 
     subdivisions thereof). Amounts of authorizations so 
     transferred shall be merged with and be available for the 
     same purposes as the authorization to which transferred.
       (2) The total amount of authorizations that the Secretary 
     may transfer under the authority of this section may not 
     exceed $2,000,000,000.
       (b) Limitations.--The authority provided by this section to 
     transfer authorizations--
       (1) may only be used to provide authority for items that 
     have a higher priority than the items from which authority is 
     transferred; and
       (2) may not be used to provide authority for an item that 
     has been denied authorization by Congress.
       (c) Effect on Authorization Amounts.--A transfer made from 
     one account to another under the authority of this section 
     shall be deemed to increase the amount authorized for the 
     account to which the amount is transferred by an amount equal 
     to the amount transferred.
       (d) Notice to Congress.--The Secretary shall promptly 
     notify Congress of each transfer made under subsection (a).

     SEC. 1002. SECOND BIENNIAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT 
                   PLAN.

       The second biennial financial management improvement plan 
     submitted to Congress under section 2222 of title 10, United 
     States Code, shall include the following matters:
       (1) An inventory of the finance and accounting systems and 
     data feeder systems of the Department of Defense and, for 
     each such system--
       (A) a statement regarding whether the system complies with 
     the requirements applicable to the system under sections 
     3512, 3515, and 3521 of title 31, United States Code;
       (B) a statement regarding whether the system is to be 
     retained, consolidated, or eliminated;
       (C) a detailed plan of the actions that are being taken or 
     are to be taken within the Department of Defense (including 
     provisions for schedule, performance objectives, interim 
     milestones, and necessary resources)--
       (i) to ensure easy and reliable interfacing of the system 
     (or a consolidated or successor system) with the department's 
     core finance and accounting systems and with other data 
     feeder systems; and
       (ii) to institute appropriate internal controls that, among 
     other benefits, ensure the integrity of the data in the 
     system (or a consolidated or successor system);
       (D) for each system that is to be consolidated or 
     eliminated, a detailed plan of the actions that are being 
     taken or are to be taken (including provisions for schedule 
     and interim milestones) in carrying out the consolidation or 
     elimination, including a discussion of both the interim or 
     migratory systems and any further consolidation that may be 
     involved; and
       (E) a list of the officials in the Department of Defense 
     who are responsible for ensuring that actions referred to in 
     subparagraphs (C) and (D) are taken in a timely manner.
       (2) A description of each major procurement action that is 
     being taken within the Department of Defense to replace or 
     improve a finance and accounting system or a data feeder 
     system listed in the inventory under paragraph (1) and, for 
     each such procurement action, the measures that are being 
     taken or are to be taken to ensure that the new or enhanced 
     system--
       (A) provides easy and reliable interfacing of the system 
     with the core finance and accounting systems of the 
     department and with other data feeder systems; and
       (B) includes appropriate internal controls that, among 
     other benefits, ensure the integrity of the data in the 
     system.
       (3) A financial management competency plan that includes 
     performance objectives, milestones (including interim 
     objectives), responsible officials, and the necessary 
     resources to accomplish the performance objectives, together 
     with the following:
       (A) A description of the actions necessary to ensure that 
     the person in each comptroller position (or comparable 
     position) in the Department of Defense, whether a member of 
     the Armed Forces or a civilian employee, has the education, 
     technical competence, and experience to perform in accordance 
     with the core competencies necessary for financial 
     management.
       (B) A description of the education that is necessary for a 
     financial manager in a senior grade to be knowledgeable in--
       (i) applicable laws and administrative and regulatory 
     requirements, including the requirements and procedures 
     relating to Government performance and results under sections 
     1105(a)(28), 1115, 1116, 1117, 1118, and 1119 of title 31, 
     United States Code;
       (ii) the strategic planning process and how the process 
     relates to resource management;
       (iii) budget operations and analysis systems;
       (iv) management analysis functions and evaluation; and
       (v) the principles, methods, techniques, and systems of 
     financial management.
       (C) The advantages and disadvantages of establishing and 
     operating a consolidated Department of Defense school that 
     instructs in the principles referred to in subparagraph 
     (B)(v).
       (D) The applicable requirements for formal civilian 
     education.
       (4) A detailed plan (including performance objectives and 
     milestones and standards for measuring progress toward 
     attainment of the objectives) for--
       (A) improving the internal controls and internal review 
     processes of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service to 
     provide reasonable assurances that--
       (i) obligations and costs are in compliance with the 
     applicable laws;
       (ii) funds, property, and other assets are safeguarded 
     against waste, loss, unauthorized use, and misappropriation;
       (iii) revenues and expenditures applicable to agency 
     operations are properly recorded and accounted for so as to 
     permit the preparation of accounts and reliable financial and 
     statistical reports and to maintain accountability over 
     assets;
       (iv) obligations and expenditures are recorded 
     contemporaneously with each transaction;
       (v) organizational and functional duties are performed 
     separately at each step in the cycles of transactions 
     (including, in the case of a contract, the specification of 
     requirements, the formation of the contract, the 
     certification of contract performance, receiving and 
     warehousing, accounting, and disbursing); and
       (vi) use of progress payment allocation systems results in 
     posting of payments to appropriation accounts consistent with 
     section 1301 of title 31, United States Code.
       (B) ensuring that the Defense Finance and Accounting 
     Service has--
       (i) a single standard transaction general ledger that, at a 
     minimum, uses double-entry bookkeeping and complies with the 
     United States Government Standard General Ledger at the 
     transaction level as required under section 803(a) of the 
     Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 (31 
     U.S.C. 3512 note);
       (ii) an integrated data base for finance and accounting 
     functions; and
       (iii) automated cost, performance, and other output 
     measures;
       (C) providing a single, consistent set of policies and 
     procedures for financial transactions throughout the 
     Department of Defense;
       (D) ensuring compliance with applicable policies and 
     procedures for financial transactions throughout the 
     Department of Defense; and
       (E) reviewing safeguards for preservation of assets and 
     verifying the existence of assets.
       (5) An internal controls checklist which, consistent with 
     the authority in sections 3511 and 3512 of title 31, United 
     States Code, the Comptroller General shall prescribe as the 
     standards for use throughout the Department of Defense, 
     together with a statement of the Department of Defense policy 
     on use of the checklist throughout the department.

     SEC. 1003. SINGLE PAYMENT DATE FOR INVOICE FOR VARIOUS 
                   SUBSISTENCE ITEMS.

       Section 3903 of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
     subsection (c):

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       ``(c) A contract for the procurement of subsistence items 
     that is entered into under the prime vendor program of the 
     Defense Logistics Agency may specify for the purposes of 
     section 3902 of this title a single required payment date 
     that is to be applicable to an invoice for subsistence items 
     furnished under the contract when more than one payment due 
     date would otherwise be applicable to the invoice under the 
     regulations prescribed under paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of 
     subsection (a) or under any other provisions of law. The 
     required payment date specified in the contract shall be 
     consistent with prevailing industry practices for the 
     subsistence items, but may not be more than 10 days after the 
     date of receipt of the invoice or the certified date of 
     receipt of the items. The Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget shall provide in the regulations under 
     subsection (a) that when a required payment date is so 
     specified for an invoice, no other payment due date applies 
     to the invoice.''.

     SEC. 1004. AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE USE OF ELECTRONIC TRANSFER OF 
                   FUNDS FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PERSONNEL 
                   PAYMENTS.

       (a) Authority.--Chapter 165 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 2784. Payments to personnel: electronic transfers of 
       funds

       ``(a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may require that 
     pay, allowances, retired or retainer pay, and any other 
     payments out of funds available to the Department of Defense 
     to or for members of the armed forces, former members of the 
     armed forces, employees or former employees of the Department 
     of Defense, or dependents of such personnel be made by 
     electronic transfer of funds. For any such requirement, the 
     Secretary of Defense may prescribe in regulations any 
     exceptions that the Secretary considers appropriate.
       ``(b) Relationship to Other Law.--The authority under 
     subsection (a) is independent of the authority provided under 
     section 3332 of title 31 and may be exercised without regard 
     to any exception provided under that section.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

``2784. Payments to personnel: electronic transfers of funds.''.

       (c) Study and Report on Department of Defense Electronic 
     Fund Transfers.--(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary 
     of Defense shall conduct a feasibility study to determine--
       (A) whether all electronic payments issued by the 
     Department of Defense should be routed through the Regional 
     Finance Centers of the Department of the Treasury for 
     verification and reconciliation;
       (B) whether all electronic payments made by the Department 
     of Defense should be subjected to the same level of 
     reconciliation as United States Treasury checks, including 
     matching each payment issued with each corresponding deposit 
     at financial institutions;
       (C) whether the appropriate computer security controls are 
     in place in order to ensure the integrity of electronic 
     payments;
       (D) the estimated costs of implementing the processes and 
     controls described in subparagraphs (A), (B), (C); and
       (E) the period that would be required to implement the 
     processes and controls.
       (2) Not later than March 1, 2000, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit a report to Congress containing the results of 
     the study required by paragraph (1).
       (3) In this subsection, the term ``electronic payment'' 
     means any transfer of funds, other than a transaction 
     originated by check, draft, or similar paper instrument, 
     which is initiated through an electronic terminal, telephonic 
     instrument, or computer or magnetic tape so as to order, 
     instruct, or authorize a debit or credit to a financial 
     account.

     SEC. 1005. PAYMENT OF FOREIGN LICENSING FEES OUT OF PROCEEDS 
                   OF SALES OF MAPS, CHARTS, AND NAVIGATIONAL 
                   BOOKS.

       (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 22 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by redesignating section 456 as section 457; and
       (2) by inserting after section 455 the following new 
     section 456:

     ``Sec. 456. Maps, charts, and navigational publications: use 
       of proceeds of sale for foreign licensing and other fees

       ``(a) Authority To Pay Foreign Licensing Fees.--The 
     Secretary of Defense may pay, out of the proceeds of sales of 
     maps, charts, and other publications of the National Imagery 
     and Mapping Agency (which are hereby made available for the 
     purpose), any licensing or other fees imposed by foreign 
     countries or international organizations for the acquisition 
     or use of data or products by the Agency.
       ``(b) Disposition of Other Proceeds.--Any proceeds of sales 
     not paid under the authority in subsection (a) shall be 
     deposited by the Secretary of Defense in the Treasury as 
     miscellaneous receipts.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of that subchapter is amended by striking the item 
     relating to section 456 and inserting the following new 
     items:

``456. Maps, charts, and navigational publications: use of proceeds of 
              sale for foreign licensing and other fees.
``457. Civil actions barred.''.

     SEC. 1006. AUTHORITY FOR DISBURSING OFFICERS TO SUPPORT USE 
                   OF AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINES ON NAVAL VESSELS 
                   FOR FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS.

       Section 3342(a) of title 31, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (2);
       (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (3)(B) 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph (4):
       ``(4) with respect to automated teller machines on naval 
     vessels--
       ``(A) provide operating funds to the automated teller 
     machines; and
       ``(B) accept, for safekeeping, deposits and transfers of 
     funds made through the automated teller machines.''.

     SEC. 1007. CENTRAL TRANSFER ACCOUNT FOR COMBATING TERRORISM.

       (a) Amount for Fiscal Year 2000.--(1) Of the amounts 
     authorized to be appropriated under this Act for the 
     Department of Defense for fiscal year 2000, $1,954,430,000 
     shall be available from the sources and in the amounts 
     specified in paragraph (2) for the missions of the Department 
     of Defense related to combating terrorism inside and outside 
     the United States.
       (2) The amounts and sources referred to in paragraph (1) 
     are as follows:
       (A) $229,820,000 of the total amount authorized to be 
     appropriated pursuant to title I for fiscal year 2000.
       (B) $212,510,000 of the total amount authorized to be 
     appropriated pursuant to title II for fiscal year 2000.
       (C) $1,512,100,000 of the total amount authorized to be 
     appropriated pursuant to title III for fiscal year 2000 
     (except for the amount authorized to be appropriated under 
     section 301(a)(25)).
       (b) Transfer.--(1) The amounts made available under 
     subsection (a) from the authorizations of appropriations 
     referred to in that subsection shall be transferred to the 
     amount authorized to be appropriated under section 
     301(a)(25).
       (2) The transfer authority provided in this section is in 
     addition to the transfer authority provided in section 1001.
       (c) Budget Proposals for Fiscal Years After Fiscal Year 
     2000.--The budget of the United States Government submitted 
     to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United States 
     Code, for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2000 shall set 
     forth separately for a single account the amount requested 
     for the missions of the Department of Defense related to 
     combating terrorism inside and outside the United States.

     SEC. 1008. UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTION TO NATO COMMON-FUNDED 
                   BUDGETS IN FISCAL YEAR 2000.

       (a) Fiscal Year 2000 Limitation.--The total amount 
     contributed by the Secretary of Defense in fiscal year 2000 
     for the common-funded budgets of NATO may be any amount up 
     to, but not in excess of, the amount specified in subsection 
     (b) (rather than the maximum amount that would otherwise be 
     applicable to those contributions under the fiscal year 1998 
     baseline limitation).
       (b) Total Amount.--The amount of the limitation applicable 
     under subsection (a) is the sum of the following:
       (1) The amounts of unexpended balances, as of the end of 
     fiscal year 1999, of funds appropriated for fiscal years 
     before fiscal year 2000 for payments for those budgets.
       (2) The amount authorized to be appropriated under section 
     301(a)(1) that is available for contributions for the NATO 
     common-funded military budget under section 311.
       (3) The amount authorized to be appropriated under section 
     201 that is available for contribution for the NATO common-
     funded civil budget under section 211.
       (4) The total amount of the contributions authorized to be 
     made under section 2501.
       (c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
       (1) Common-funded budgets of nato.--The term ``common-
     funded budgets of NATO'' means the Military Budget, the 
     Security Investment Program, and the Civil Budget of the 
     North Atlantic Treaty Organization (and any successor or 
     additional account or program of NATO).
       (2) Fiscal year 1998 baseline limitation.--The term 
     ``fiscal year 1998 baseline limitation'' means the maximum 
     annual amount of Department of Defense contributions for 
     common-funded budgets of NATO that is set forth as the annual 
     limitation in section 3(2)(C)(ii) of the resolution of the 
     Senate giving the advice and consent of the Senate to the 
     ratification of the Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 
     1949 on the Accession of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech 
     Republic (as defined in section 4(7) of that resolution), 
     approved by the Senate on April 30, 1998.

     SEC. 1009. RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR FINANCIAL 
                   MANAGEMENT.

       (a) Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).--(1) Section 
     135 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--

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       (A) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections 
     (e) and (f), respectively; and
       (B) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
       ``(d)(1) The Under Secretary is responsible for ensuring 
     that the financial statements of the Department of Defense 
     are in a condition to receive an unqualified audit opinion 
     and that such an opinion is obtained for the statements.
       ``(2) If the Under Secretary delegates the authority to 
     perform a duty, including any duty relating to disbursement 
     or accounting, to another officer, employee, or entity of the 
     United States, the Under Secretary continues after the 
     delegation to be responsible and accountable for the 
     activity, operation, or performance of a system covered by 
     the delegated authority.''.
       (2) Subsection (c)(1) of such section is amended by 
     inserting ``and to ensure accountability to the citizens of 
     the United States, Congress, the President, and managers 
     within the Department of Defense'' before the semicolon at 
     the end.
       (b) Management of Credit Cards.--(1) The Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Comptroller) shall prescribe regulations governing 
     the use and control of all credit cards and convenience 
     checks that are issued to Department of Defense personnel for 
     official use. The regulations shall be consistent with 
     regulations that apply government-wide regarding use of 
     credit cards by Federal Government personnel for official 
     purposes.
       (2) The regulations shall include safeguards and internal 
     controls to ensure the following:
       (A) There is a record of all credited card holders that is 
     annotated with the limitations on amounts that are applicable 
     to the use of each card by each credit card holder.
       (B) The credit card holders and authorizing officials are 
     responsible for reconciling the charges appearing on each 
     statement of account with receipts and other supporting 
     documentation and for forwarding reconciled statements to the 
     designated disbursing office in a timely manner.
       (C) Disputes and discrepancies are resolved in the manner 
     prescribed in the applicable Governmentwide credit card 
     contracts entered into by the Administrator of General 
     Services.
       (D) Credit card payments are made promptly within 
     prescribed deadlines to avoid interest penalties.
       (E) Rebates and refunds based on prompt payment on credit 
     card accounts are properly recorded in the books of account.
       (F) Records of a credit card transaction (including records 
     on associated contracts, reports, accounts, and invoices) are 
     retained in accordance with standard Federal Government 
     policies on the disposition of records.
       (c) Remittance Addresses.--The Under Secretary of Defense 
     (Comptroller) shall prescribe regulations setting forth 
     controls on alteration of remittance addresses. The 
     regulations shall ensure that--
       (1) a remittance address for a disbursement that is 
     provided by an officer or employee of the Department of 
     Defense authorizing or requesting the disbursement is not 
     altered by any officer or employee of the department 
     authorized to prepare the disbursement; and
       (2) a remittance address for a disbursement is altered only 
     if the alteration is--
       (A) requested by the person to whom the disbursement is 
     authorized to be remitted; and
       (B) made by an officer or employee authorized to do so who 
     is not an officer or employee referred to in paragraph (1).

     SEC. 1010. AUTHORIZATION OF EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL 
                   APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999.

       Amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 
     Defense for fiscal year 1999 in the Strom Thurmond National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 
     105-261) are hereby adjusted, with respect to any such 
     authorized amount, by the amount by which appropriations 
     pursuant to such authorization were increased (by a 
     supplemental appropriation) or decreased (by a rescission), 
     or both, in the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
     Act.

                Subtitle B--Naval Vessels and Shipyards

     SEC. 1011. SALES OF NAVAL SHIPYARD ARTICLES AND SERVICES TO 
                   NUCLEAR SHIP CONTRACTORS.

       (a) Waiver of Required Conditions.--Chapter 633 of title 
     10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 
     7299a the following:

     ``Sec. 7300. Contracts for nuclear ships: sales of naval 
       shipyard articles and services to contractors

       ``The conditions set forth in section 2208(j)(2) of this 
     title and subsections (a)(1) and (c)(1) of section 2553 of 
     this title shall not apply to a sale of articles or services 
     of a naval shipyard that is made to a contractor under a 
     Department of Defense contract for a nuclear ship in order to 
     facilitate the contractor's fulfillment of that contract.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the 
     item relating to section 7299a the following:

``7300. Contracts for nuclear ships: sales of naval shipyard articles 
              and services to contractors.''.

     SEC. 1012. PERIOD OF DELAY AFTER NOTICE OF PROPOSED TRANSFER 
                   OF VESSEL STRICKEN FROM NAVAL VESSEL REGISTER.

       Section 7306(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``(1)'';
       (2) by striking ``(A)'' and inserting ``(1)''; and
       (3) by striking ``(B)'' and all that follows and inserting 
     the following:
       ``(2) following the date on which such notice is sent to 
     Congress, there has elapsed 60 days on which at least one of 
     the Houses of Congress has been in session.''.

     SEC. 1013. TRANSFER OF NAVAL VESSEL TO FOREIGN COUNTRY.

       (a) Thailand.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to 
     transfer to the Government of Thailand the CYCLONE class 
     coastal patrol craft CYCLONE (PC1) or a craft with a similar 
     hull. The transfer shall be made on a sale, lease, lease/buy, 
     or grant basis under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j).
       (b) Costs.--Any expense incurred by the United States in 
     connection with the transfer authorized under subsection (a) 
     shall be charged to the Government of Thailand.
       (c) Repair and Refurbishment in United States Shipyards.--
     To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary of the Navy 
     shall require, as a condition of the transfer of the vessel 
     to the Government of Thailand under this section, that the 
     Government of Thailand have such repair or refurbishment of 
     the vessel as is needed, before the vessel joins the naval 
     forces of that country, performed at a United States Naval 
     shipyard or other shipyard located in the United States.
       (d) Expiration of Authority.--The authority to transfer a 
     vessel under subsection (a) shall expire at the end of the 
     two-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of 
     this Act.

       Subtitle C--Miscellaneous Report Requirements and Repeals

     SEC. 1021. PRESERVATION OF CERTAIN DEFENSE REPORTING 
                   REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) Preservation.--Any provision of law specified in 
     subsections (b) through (i) that requires the submittal to 
     Congress (or any committee of the Congress) of any annual, 
     semiannual, or other regular periodic report shall remain in 
     effect with respect to that requirement (notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law) in accordance with the terms of the 
     specified provision of law.
       (b) Title 10.--Subsection (a) applies with respect to the 
     following provisions of title 10, United States Code, listed 
     in the Clerk's Report (defined in subsection (j)):
       (1) Sections 113(c) and 113(j), listed on page 57 of the 
     Clerk's Report.
       (2) Section 115a(a), listed on page 57 of the Clerk's 
     Report as 10 U.S.C. 115(b)(3)(A).
       (3) Section 139(f), listed on page 62 of the Clerk's Report 
     as 10 U.S.C. 138(g)(1).
       (4) Section 221, listed on page 64 of the Clerk's Report as 
     10 U.S.C. 114.
       (5) Section 226, specified on page 149 of the Clerk's 
     Report as section 1002 of Public Law 102-190.
       (6) Section 662(b), listed on page 58 of the Clerk's 
     Report.
       (7) Section 1464(c), listed on page 60 of the Clerk's 
     Report.
       (8) Section 2006(e)(3), listed on page 76 of the Clerk's 
     Report.
       (9) Section 2010, listed on page 57 of the Clerk's Report.
       (10) Section 2011(e), listed on page 56 of the Clerk's 
     Report as Pub. L. 102-190, Sec. 1052(a).
       (11) Section 2208(q), listed on page 64 of the Clerk's 
     Report as 10 U.S.C. 2208(i).
       (12) Section 2391(c), listed on page 62 of the Clerk's 
     Report.
       (13) Section 2431(a), listed on page 63 of the Clerk's 
     Report.
       (14) Section 2432, listed on page 63 of the Clerk's Report.
       (15) Section 2433, listed on page 63 of the Clerk's Report 
     as 10 U.S.C. 2433(e)(1) and 2433(e)(2)(A).
       (16) Section 2461(g), listed on page 62 of the Clerk's 
     Report as 10 U.S.C. 2304 note.
       (17) Section 2662(b), listed on pages 69, 74, and 76 of the 
     Clerk's Report.
       (18) Section 2687(b), listed on page 62 of the Clerk's 
     Report.
       (19) Section 2706, listed on page 60 of the Clerk's Report.
       (20) Section 2859, listed on page 58 of the Clerk's Report.
       (21) Section 2902(g)(2), specified on page 148 of the 
     Clerk's Report as section 1804(a) of Public Law 101-510.
       (22) Section 10541(a), listed on page 57 of the Clerk's 
     Report as 10 U.S.C. 115(a).
       (23) Section 12302(d), listed on page 14 of the Clerk's 
     Report as 10 U.S.C. 673(d).
       (24) Section 16137, listed on page 59 of the Clerk's Report 
     as 10 U.S.C. 2137.
       (c) Title 37.--Subsection (a) applies with respect to 
     sections 1008(a) and 1008(b) of title 37, United States Code, 
     listed on page 14 of the Clerk's Report (defined in 
     subsection (j)).
       (d) National Defense and Military Construction 
     Authorization Acts.--Subsection (a) applies with respect to 
     provisions of law listed in the Clerk's Report (defined in 
     subsection (j)), as follows:
       (1) Fiscal year 1982.--The following provisions of the 
     Military Construction Authorization Act, 1982 (Public Law 97-
     99):

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       (A) Section 703(g) (95 Stat. 1376), listed on page 62 of 
     the Clerk's Report.
       (B) Section 704 (95 Stat. 1377), listed on pages 68, 73, 
     and 75 of the Clerk's Report.
       (2) Fiscal years 1988 and 1989.--Section 1121(f) of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1988 and 
     1989 (Public Law 100-180; 101 Stat. 1148; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) 
     (listed on page 61 of the Clerk's Report).
       (3) Fiscal years 1990 and 1991.--Section 113(b) of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1990 and 
     1991 (Public Law 101-189; 103 Stat. 1373) (listed on page 2 
     of the Clerk's Report).
       (4) Fiscal years 1992 and 1993.--The following provisions 
     of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 
     1992 and 1993 (Public Law 102-190):
       (A) Section 822(b) (42 U.S.C. 6687(b)), listed on page 36 
     of the Clerk's Report.
       (B) Section 1097 (22 U.S.C. 2751 note), listed on page 15 
     of the Clerk's Report.
       (e) Other National Security Laws.--Subsection (a) applies 
     with respect to provisions of law listed in the Clerk's 
     Report (defined in subsection (j)), as follows:
       (1) Strategic and critical materials stock piling act.--Any 
     provision of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock 
     Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.), referred to on page 169 of 
     the Clerk's Report.
       (2) National security act of 1947.--Section 108 of the 
     National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404a), listed on 
     page 33 of the Clerk's Report as Pub. L. 99-433, Sec. 
     603(a)).
       (3) Iraq resolution.--Section 3 of the Authorization for 
     Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 
     note), listed on page 14 of the Clerk's Report as Pub. L. 
     102-1, Sec. 3).
       (4) Military selective service act.--Section 10(g) of the 
     Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 460(g)) 
     (listed on page 191 of the Clerk's Report).
       (5) National emergencies act.--The following provisions of 
     the National Emergencies Act:
       (A) Section 202(d) (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), listed on page 33 
     of the Clerk's Report.
       (B) Section 401(c) (50 U.S.C. 1641(c)), listed on page 33 
     of the Clerk's Report.
       (6) Food and forage act.--Section 3732 of the Revised 
     Statutes, popularly known as the ``Food and Forage Act'' 
     (listed on page 64 of the Clerk's Report as 41 U.S.C. 11).
       (7) Special national defense contracting authority.--
     Section 4 of the Act entitled ``An Act to authorize the 
     making, amending, and modification of contracts to facilitate 
     the national defense'', approved August 28, 1958 (listed on 
     several pages of the Clerk's Report, including pages 9, 48, 
     51, 64, 69, 74, 76, 134, 142, 174, 179, and 186, as 50 U.S.C. 
     1434).
       (f) Other Laws Administered by the Department of Defense.--
     Subsection (a) applies with respect to the following 
     provisions of law listed in the Clerk's Report (defined in 
     subsection (j)):
       (1) Defense dependents' education act of 1978.--Section 
     1405 of the Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978 (title 
     XIV of Public Law 95-561; 20 U.S.C. 924) (listed on page 77 
     of the Clerk's Report).
       (2) Armed forces retirement home act of 1991.--Section 
     1516(f) of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 
     (title XV of Public Law 101-510; 104 Stat. 1728; 24 U.S.C. 
     416) (listed on page 56 of the Clerk's Report).
       (g) Provisions of Law Requiring Department of Energy 
     Reports.--Subsection (a) applies with respect to provisions 
     of law listed in part IV-A-5 of the Clerk's Report (defined 
     in subsection (j)), relating to reports to be submitted by 
     the Secretary of Energy (or any other official of the 
     Department of Energy), as follows:
       (1) National defense authorization acts.--The following 
     provisions of provisions law:
       (A) Section 1436(e) of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act, Fiscal Year 1989 (Public Law 100-456; 42 U.S.C. 2121 
     note) (listed on page 83 of the Clerk's Report).
       (B) Section 3141(c) of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101-189; 42 
     U.S.C. 7274a(c)) (listed on page 87 of the Clerk's Report).
       (C) Section 3134 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 42 U.S.C. 7274c) 
     (listed on page 87 of the Clerk's Report).
       (2) Title 10, united states code.--Sections 7424(b), 
     7425(b), and 7431(c) of title 10, United States Code (listed 
     on page 89 of the Clerk's Report).
       (3) Energy policy and conservation act.--Section 165(b) of 
     the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (Public Law 94-163; 42 
     U.S.C. 6245(b)) (listed on page 89 of the Clerk's Report).
       (h) Other Titles of the United States Code.--Subsection (a) 
     applies with respect to provisions of the United States Code 
     listed in the Clerk's Report (defined in subsection (j)), as 
     follows:
       (1) Title 31.--The following provisions of title 31:
       (A) Section 3554(e)(2) of title 31, United States Code 
     (listed on page 8 of the Clerk's Report as 31 U.S.C. 
     3554(e)(2)).
       (B) Section 9503(a) (listed on page 151 of the Clerk's 
     Report as 31 U.S.C. 9503(a)(1)(B)).
       (2) Title 36.--Section 300110(b) of title 36, listed on 
     page 65 of the Clerk's Report as 36 U.S.C. 6.
       (i) Other Laws.--Subsection (a) applies with respect to the 
     following provisions of law listed in the Clerk's Report 
     (defined in subsection (j)):
       (1) Supplemental appropriations act, 1982.--Section 503(f) 
     of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1987 (Public Law 100-
     71; 101 Stat. 471; 5 U.S.C. 7301 note) (listed on page 151 of 
     the Clerk's Report), insofar as the report under that section 
     relates to activities of the Department of Defense.
       (2) Barry goldwater scholarship and excellence in education 
     act.--Section 1411(b) of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and 
     Excellence in Education Act (title XIV of Public Law 99-661 
     (20 U.S.C. 4710(b)) (listed on page 174 of the Clerk's 
     Report).
       (3) Federal property and administrative services act of 
     1949.--Section 205(b) of the Federal Property and 
     Administrative Services Act of 1949 (listed on page 8 of the 
     Clerk's Report as 40 U.S.C. 486(b)).
       (4) Uniformed and overseas citizens absentee voting act.--
     Section 101(b)(6) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens 
     Absentee Voting Act (listed on page 151 of the Clerk's Report 
     as 42 U.S.C. 1973ff(b)(6)).
       (5) National science and technology policy, organization, 
     and priorities act of 1976.--Section 603(e) of the National 
     Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities 
     Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6683(e)) (specified on page 36 of the 
     Clerk's Report as section 841(a) of Public Law 101-189).
       (6) Laws requiring maritime administration reports.--
     Provisions of law listed under the heading ``Maritime 
     Administration'' in Part IV-A-12 in the Clerk's Report, 
     relating to reports to be submitted by the Secretary of 
     Transportation (or any other official of the Department of 
     Transportation), listed on page 139.
       (j) Clerk's Report Defined.--For the purposes of this 
     section, the term ``Clerk's Report'' means the document 
     submitted by the Clerk of House of Representatives to the 
     Speaker of the House of Representatives on January 5, 1993 
     (designated as House Document No. 103-7) for the first 
     session of the 103d Congress pursuant to clause 2 of Rule III 
     of the Rules of the House of Representatives, requiring the 
     Clerk to prepare, at the commencement of every regular 
     session of Congress, a list of reports which it is the duty 
     of any officer or department to make to Congress.

     SEC. 1022. ANNUAL REPORT ON COMBATANT COMMAND REQUIREMENTS.

       Section 153 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(c) Annual Report on Combatant Command Requirements.--(1) 
     Not later than August 15 of each year, the Chairman shall 
     submit to the committees of Congress named in paragraph (2) a 
     report on the requirements of the combatant commands 
     established under section 161 of this title. The report shall 
     contain the following:
       ``(A) A consolidation of the integrated priority lists of 
     requirements of the combatant commands.
       ``(B) The Chairman's views on the consolidated lists.
       ``(2) The committees of Congress referred to in paragraph 
     (1) are the Committees on Armed Services and on 
     Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives.''.

     SEC. 1023. REPORT ON ASSESSMENTS OF READINESS TO EXECUTE THE 
                   NATIONAL MILITARY STRATEGY.

       (a) Requirement for Report.--(1) The Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
     Senate and House of Representatives in unclassified form a 
     report on assessments of the readiness of the United States 
     to execute the National Military Strategy. The report shall 
     contain the following:
       (A) All models used by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to assess 
     the capability of the United States to execute the strategy 
     and all other models used by the Armed Forces to assess the 
     capability.
       (B) The assessments that would result from the use of those 
     models if it were necessary to execute the National Military 
     Strategy under the scenario set forth in paragraph (2), 
     including the levels of the casualties that the United States 
     would be projected to incur.
       (C) The increasing levels of the casualties that would be 
     projected under that scenario over a range of risks of 
     prosecuting two major theater wars that proceeds from low-
     moderate risk to moderate-high risk.
       (D) An estimate of--
       (i) the total resources needed to attain a moderate-high 
     risk under the scenario;
       (ii) the total resources needed to attain a low-moderate 
     risk under the scenario; and
       (iii) the incremental resources needed to decrease the 
     level of risk from moderate-high to low-moderate.
       (2) The scenario to be used for purposes of subparagraphs 
     (B), (C), and (D) of paragraph (1) assumes that--
       (A) while the Armed Forces are engaged in operations at the 
     level of the operations ongoing as of the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, international armed conflict begins in 
     Southwest Asia and on the Korean peninsula; and
       (B) the Armed Forces are equipped, supplied, manned, and 
     trained at levels current as of such date.
       (b) Limitation on Use of Funds Pending Submittal of 
     Report.--Of the funds authorized to be appropriated under 
     section

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     301(a)(5) for the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the 
     Joint Chiefs of Staff, not more than 75 percent of such funds 
     may be expended until the report required in subsection (a) 
     is submitted.

     SEC. 1024. REPORT ON INVENTORY AND CONTROL OF MILITARY 
                   EQUIPMENT.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than August 31, 2000, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 
     report on the inventory and control of the military equipment 
     of the Department of Defense as of the end of fiscal year 
     1999. The report shall address the inventories of each of the 
     Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps separately.
       (b) Content.--The report shall include the following:
       (1) For each item of military equipment in the inventory, 
     stated by item nomenclature--
       (A) the quantity of the item in the inventory as of the 
     beginning of the fiscal year;
       (B) the quantity of acquisitions of the item during the 
     fiscal year;
       (C) the quantity of disposals of the item during the fiscal 
     year;
       (D) the quantity of losses of the item during the 
     performance of military missions during the fiscal year; and
       (E) the quantity of the item in the inventory as of the end 
     of the fiscal year.
       (2) A reconciliation of the quantity of each item in the 
     inventory as of the beginning of the fiscal year with the 
     quantity of the item in the inventory as of the end of fiscal 
     year.
       (3) For each item of military equipment that cannot be 
     reconciled--
       (A) an explanation of why the quantities cannot be 
     reconciled; and
       (B) a discussion of the remedial actions planned to be 
     taken, including target dates for accomplishing the remedial 
     actions.
       (4) Supporting schedules identifying the location of each 
     item that are available to Congress or auditors of the 
     Comptroller General upon request.
       (c) Military Equipment Defined.--For the purposes of this 
     section, the term ``military equipment'' means all equipment 
     that is used in support of military missions and is 
     maintained on the visibility systems of the Army, Navy, Air 
     Force, or Marine Corps.
       (d) Inspector General Review.--Not later than November 30, 
     2000, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense 
     shall review the report submitted to the committees under 
     subsection (a) and shall submit to the committees any 
     comments that the Inspector General considers appropriate.

     SEC. 1025. SPACE TECHNOLOGY GUIDE.

       (a) Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense shall develop a 
     detailed guide for investment in space science and 
     technology, demonstrations of space technology, and planning 
     and development for space technology systems. In the 
     development of the guide, the goal shall be to identify the 
     technologies and technology demonstrations needed for the 
     United States to take full advantage of use of space for 
     national security purposes.
       (b) Relationship to Future-Years Defense Program.--The 
     space technology guide shall include two alternative 
     technology paths. One shall be consistent with the applicable 
     funding limitations associated with the future-years defense 
     program. The other shall reflect the assumption that it is 
     not constrained by funding limitations.
       (c) Relationship to Activities Outside the Department of 
     Defense.--The Secretary shall include in the guide a 
     discussion of the potential for cooperative investment and 
     technology development with other departments and agencies of 
     the United States and with private sector entities.
       (d) Utilization of Previous Studies and Reports.--The 
     Secretary shall take into consideration previously completed 
     studies and reports that may be relevant to the development 
     of the guide, including the United States Space Command's 
     Long Range Plan of March 1998 and the Air Force Space 
     Command's Strategic Master Plan of December 1997.
       (e) Report.--Not later than April 15, 2000, the Secretary 
     shall submit a report on the space technology guide to the 
     congressional defense committees.

     SEC. 1026. REPORT AND REGULATIONS ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
                   POLICIES ON PROTECTING THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF 
                   COMMUNICATIONS WITH PROFESSIONALS PROVIDING 
                   THERAPEUTIC OR RELATED SERVICES REGARDING 
                   SEXUAL OR DOMESTIC ABUSE.

       (a) Study and Report.--(1) The Comptroller General shall 
     study the policies, procedures, and practices of the military 
     departments for protecting the confidentiality of 
     communications between--
       (A) a dependent of a member of the Armed Forces who--
       (i) is a victim of sexual harassment, sexual assault, or 
     intrafamily abuse; or
       (ii) has engaged in such misconduct; and
       (B) a therapist, counselor, advocate, or other professional 
     from whom the dependent seeks professional services in 
     connection with effects of such misconduct.
       (2) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, the Comptroller General shall conclude the study 
     and submit a report on the results of the study to Congress 
     and the Secretary of Defense.
       (b) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe 
     in regulations the policies and procedures that the Secretary 
     considers appropriate to provide the maximum protections for 
     the confidentiality of communications described in subsection 
     (a) relating to misconduct described in that subsection, 
     consistent with--
       (1) the findings of the Comptroller General;
       (2) the standards of confidentiality and ethical standards 
     issued by relevant professional organizations;
       (3) applicable requirements of Federal and State law;
       (4) the best interest of victims of sexual harassment, 
     sexual assault, or intrafamily abuse;
       (5) military necessity; and
       (6) such other factors as the Secretary, in consultation 
     with the Attorney General, may consider appropriate.
       (c) Report by Secretary of Defense.--Not later than January 
     21, 2000, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a 
     report on the actions taken under subsection (b) and any 
     other actions taken by the Secretary to provide the maximum 
     possible protections for confidentiality described in that 
     subsection.

     SEC. 1027. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON ANTICIPATED EFFECTS 
                   OF PROPOSED CHANGES IN OPERATION OF STORAGE 
                   SITES FOR LETHAL CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than March 31, 2000, the 
     Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 
     report on the proposal in the latest quadrennial defense 
     review to reduce the Federal civilian workforce involved in 
     the operation of the eight storage sites for lethal chemical 
     agents and munitions in the continental United States and to 
     convert to contractor operation of the storage sites. The 
     workforce reductions addressed in the report shall include 
     those that are to be effectuated by fiscal year 2002.
       (b) Content of Report.--The report shall include the 
     following:
       (1) For each site, a description of the assigned chemical 
     storage, chemical demilitarization, and industrial missions.
       (2) A description of the criteria and reporting systems 
     applied to ensure that the storage sites and the workforce 
     operating the storage sites have--
       (A) the capabilities necessary to respond effectively to 
     emergencies involving chemical accidents; and
       (B) the industrial capabilities necessary to meet 
     replenishment and surge requirements.
       (3) The risks associated with the proposed workforce 
     reductions and contractor performance, particularly regarding 
     chemical accidents, incident response capabilities, 
     community-wide emergency preparedness programs, and current 
     or planned chemical demilitarization programs.
       (4) The effects of the proposed workforce reductions and 
     contractor performance on the capability to satisfy permit 
     requirements regarding environmental protection that are 
     applicable to the performance of current and future chemical 
     demilitarization and industrial missions.
       (5) The effects of the proposed workforce reductions and 
     contractor performance on the capability to perform assigned 
     industrial missions, particularly the materiel replenishment 
     missions for chemical or biological defense or for chemical 
     munitions.
       (6) Recommendations for mitigating the risks and adverse 
     effects identified in the report.

     SEC. 1028. REPORT ON DEPLOYMENTS OF RAPID ASSESSMENT AND 
                   INITIAL DETECTION TEAMS ACROSS STATE 
                   BOUNDARIES.

       Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a 
     report on out-of-State use of Rapid Assessment and Initial 
     Detection Teams for responses to incidents involving a weapon 
     of mass destruction. The report shall include a specific 
     description and analysis of the procedures that have been 
     established or agreed to by States for the use in one State 
     of a team that is based in another State.

     SEC. 1029. REPORT ON CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM 
                   INTEGRATION OFFICE UNIT READINESS.

       (a) Joint Readiness Review.--(1) The Secretary of Defense 
     shall include in the quarterly report submitted to Congress 
     under section 482 of title 10, United States Code, for the 
     first quarter beginning after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act an assessment of the readiness, training status, and 
     future funding requirements of all active and reserve 
     component units that are considered assets of the Consequence 
     Management Program Integration Office of the Department of 
     Defense.
       (2) The Secretary of Defense shall set forth the assessment 
     in an annex to the quarterly report. The Secretary shall 
     include in the annex a detailed description of how the active 
     and reserve component units are integrated with the Rapid 
     Assessment and Initial Detection Teams in the overall 
     Consequence Management Program Integration Office of the 
     Department of Defense.

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       (b) Decontamination Readiness Plan.--The Secretary of 
     Defense shall prepare a decontamination readiness plan for 
     the Consequence Management Program Integration Office. The 
     plan shall include the following:
       (1) The actions necessary to ensure that the units 
     designated to carry out decontamination missions under the 
     program are at the highest level of readiness for carrying 
     out the missions.
       (2) The funding necessary for attaining and maintaining 
     that level of readiness.
       (3) Procedures for ensuring that each decontamination unit 
     is available to respond to an incident in the United States 
     that involves a weapon of mass destruction within 12 hours 
     after being notified of the incident by a Rapid Assessment 
     and Initial Detection Team.

     SEC. 1030. ANALYSIS OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THREATS AND 
                   BUDGET SUBMISSION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001.

       (a) Requirement for Report.--The Secretary of Defense, in 
     coordination with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 
     and the Director of Central Intelligence, shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees, on the date that the 
     President submits the budget for fiscal year 2001 to Congress 
     under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a 
     report on the relationship between the budget proposed for 
     budget function 050 (National Defense) for that fiscal year 
     and the then-current and emerging threats to the national 
     security interests of the United States identified in the 
     annual national security strategy report required under 
     section 108 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
     404a).
       (b) Content.--The report shall contain the following:
       (1) A detailed description of the threats referred to in 
     subsection (a);
       (2) An analysis of such threats in terms of the probability 
     that an attack or other threat event will actually occur, the 
     military challenge posed by the threats, and the potential 
     damage that the threats could have to the national security 
     interests of the United States.
       (3) An analysis of the allocation of funds in the fiscal 
     year 2001 budget and the future-years defense program that 
     addresses the threats in each category.
       (4) A justification for each major defense acquisition 
     program (as defined in section 2430 of title 10, United 
     States Code) that is provided for in the budget in light of 
     the description and analyses set forth in the report.
       (c) Form of Report.--The report shall be submitted in 
     unclassified form, but may also be submitted in classified 
     form if necessary.

     SEC. 1031. REPORT ON NATO'S DEFENSE CAPABILITIES INITIATIVE.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) At the Washington Summit meeting of the North Atlantic 
     Council in April 1999, NATO Heads of State and Governments 
     launched a Defense Capabilities Initiative.
       (2) The Defense Capabilities Initiative is designed to 
     improve the defense capabilities of the individual nations of 
     the NATO Alliance to ensure the effectiveness of future 
     operations across the full spectrum of Alliance missions in 
     the present and foreseeable security environment.
       (3) Under the Defense Capabilities Initiative, special 
     focus will be given to improving interoperability among 
     Alliance forces and to increasing defense capabilities 
     through improvements in the deployability and mobility of 
     Alliance forces, the sustainability and logistics of the 
     forces, the survivability and effective engagement capability 
     of the forces, and command and control and information 
     systems.
       (4) The successful implementation of the Defense 
     Capabilities Initiative will serve to enable all NATO allies 
     to make a more equitable contribution to the full spectrum of 
     Alliance missions, thereby increasing burdensharing within 
     the Alliance and enhancing the ability of European allies to 
     undertake operations pursuant to the European Security and 
     Defense Identity within the Alliance.
       (b) Annual Report.--(1) Not later than January 31 of each 
     year, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of State, shall submit to the Committees on Armed 
     Services and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committees on Armed Services and International Relations of 
     the House of Representatives a report on implementation of 
     the Defense Capabilities Initiative by the nations of the 
     NATO Alliance. The report shall include the following:
       (A) A discussion of the work of the temporary High-Level 
     Steering Group, or any successor group, established to 
     oversee the implementation of the Defense Capabilities 
     Initiative and to meet the requirement of coordination and 
     harmonization among relevant planning disciplines.
       (B) A description of the actions taken, including 
     implementation of the Multinational Logistics Center concept 
     and development of the C3 system architecture, by the 
     Alliance as a whole to further the Defense Capabilities 
     Initiative.
       (C) A description of the actions taken by each of our NATO 
     allies to improve the capabilities of their forces in each of 
     the following areas:
       (i) Interoperability with other Alliance forces.
       (ii) Deployability and mobility.
       (iii) Sustainability and logistics.
       (iv) Survivability and effective engagement capability.
       (v) Command and control and information systems.
       (4) The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
     may also be submitted in classified form if necessary.

     SEC. 1032. REVIEW OF INCIDENCE OF STATE MOTOR VEHICLE 
                   VIOLATIONS BY ARMY PERSONNEL.

       (a) Review and Report Required.--The Secretary of the Army 
     shall review the incidence of violations of State and local 
     motor vehicle laws applicable to the operation and parking of 
     Army motor vehicles by Army personnel during fiscal year 
     1999, and, not later than March 31, 2000, submit a report on 
     the results of the review to Congress.
       (b) Content of Report.--The report under subsection (a) 
     shall include the following:
       (1) A quantitative description of the extent of the 
     violations described in subsection (a).
       (2) An estimate of the total amount of the fines that are 
     associated with citations issued for the violations.
       (3) Any recommendations that the Inspector General 
     considers appropriate to curtail the incidence of the 
     violations.

     SEC. 1033. REPORT ON USE OF NATIONAL GUARD FACILITIES AND 
                   INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SUPPORT OF PROVISION OF 
                   VETERANS SERVICES.

       (a) Report.--(1) The Chief of the National Guard Bureau 
     shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs, submit to the Secretary of Defense a report 
     assessing the feasibility and desirability of using the 
     facilities and electronic infrastructure of the National 
     Guard for support of the provision of services to veterans by 
     the Secretary. The report shall include an assessment of any 
     costs and benefits associated with the use of such facilities 
     and infrastructure for such support.
       (2) The Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Congress the 
     report submitted under paragraph (1), together with any 
     comments on the report that the Secretary considers 
     appropriate.
       (b) Transmittal Date.--The report shall be transmitted 
     under subsection (a)(2) not later than April 1, 2000.

     SEC. 1034. REPORT ON MILITARY-TO-MILITARY CONTACTS WITH THE 
                   PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

       (a) Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
     Congress a report on military-to-military contacts between 
     the United States and the People's Republic of China.
       (b) Report Elements.--The report shall include the 
     following:
       (1) A list of the general and flag grade officers of the 
     People's Liberation Army who have visited United States 
     military installations since January 1, 1993.
       (2) The itinerary of the visits referred to in paragraph 
     (2), including the installations visited, the duration of the 
     visits, and the activities conducted during the visits.
       (3) The involvement, if any, of the general and flag 
     officers referred to in paragraph (2) in the Tiananmen Square 
     massacre of June 1989.
       (4) A list of facilities in the People's Republic of China 
     that United States military officers have visited as a result 
     of any military-to-military contact program between the 
     United States and the People's Republic of China since 
     January 1, 1993.
       (5) A list of facilities in the People's Republic of China 
     that have been the subject of a requested visit by the 
     Department of Defense which has been denied by People's 
     Republic of China authorities.
       (6) A list of facilities in the United States that have 
     been the subject of a requested visit by the People's 
     Liberation Army which has been denied by the United States.
       (7) Any official documentation, such as memoranda for the 
     record, after-action reports and final itineraries, and all 
     receipts for expenses over $1,000, concerning military-to-
     military contacts or exchanges between the United States and 
     the People's Republic of China in 1999.
       (8) An assessment regarding whether or not any People's 
     Republic of China military officials have been shown 
     classified material as a result of military-to-military 
     contacts or exchanges between the United States and the 
     People's Republic of China.
       (9) The report shall be submitted no later than March 31, 
     2000, and shall be unclassified but may contain a classified 
     annex.

                       Subtitle D--Other Matters

     SEC. 1041. LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OR DISMANTLEMENT OF 
                   STRATEGIC NUCLEAR DELIVERY SYSTEMS.

       (a) One-Year Extension.--Subsection (g) of section 1302 of 
     the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 
     (Public Law 105-85; 111 Stat. 1948), as amended by section 
     1501 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 112 Stat. 2171), is 
     further amended by striking ``and 1999'' and inserting 
     ``through 2000''.
       (b) Minimum Levels for Certain Systems.--Subsection (a) of 
     such section is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``71'' and inserting 
     ``76''; and

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       (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``18'' and inserting 
     ``14''.

     SEC. 1042. LIMITATION ON REDUCTION IN UNITED STATES STRATEGIC 
                   NUCLEAR FORCES.

       (a) Limitation on Reduction of United States Strategic 
     Nuclear Forces.--None of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated by this or any other Act for fiscal year 2000 
     may be used to reduce the number of United States strategic 
     nuclear forces below the maximum number of those forces, for 
     each category of nuclear arms, permitted the United States 
     under the START II Treaty unless the President submits to 
     Congress a report containing an assessment indicating that 
     such reductions would not impede the capability of the United 
     States to respond militarily to any militarily significant 
     increase in the challenge to United States security or 
     strategic stability posed by nuclear weapon modernization 
     programs of the People's Republic of China or any other 
     nation.
       (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
     construed to authorize the retirement or dismantlement, or 
     the preparation for retirement or dismantlement, of any 
     strategic nuclear delivery system described in section 1302 
     of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     1998 (Public Law 105-85) below the level specified for the 
     system in that section, as amended by section 1041.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) START II treaty defined.--The term ``START II Treaty'' 
     means the Treaty Between the United States of America and the 
     Russian Federation on Further Reduction and Limitation of 
     Strategic Offensive Arms, and related protocols and 
     memorandum of understanding, signed at Moscow on January 3, 
     1993.
       (2) United states strategic nuclear forces.--The term 
     ``United States strategic nuclear forces'' includes 
     intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and ICBM 
     launchers, submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) and 
     SLBM launchers, heavy bombers, ICBM warheads, SLBM warheads, 
     and heavy bomber nuclear armaments.

     SEC. 1043. COUNTERPROLIFERATION PROGRAM REVIEW COMMITTEE.

       (a) Extension of Committee.--Section 1605(f) of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 
     (Public Law 103-160; 22 U.S.C. 2751 note) is amended by 
     striking ``September 30, 2000'' and inserting ``September 30, 
     2004''.
       (b) Executive Secretary of the Committee.--Paragraph (5) of 
     section 1605(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 1994 (22 U.S.C. 2751 note) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(5) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and 
     Threat Reduction shall serve as executive secretary to the 
     committee.''.
       (c) Earlier Deadline for Annual Report on 
     Counterproliferation Activities and Programs.--Section 
     1503(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 1995 (22 U.S.C. 2751 note) is amended by striking ``May 
     1 of each year'' and inserting ``February 1 of each year''.

     SEC. 1044. LIMITATION REGARDING COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION 
                   PROGRAMS.

       Funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act may not 
     be obligated or expended for assistance for a country under 
     any Cooperative Threat Reduction program specified under 
     section 1501 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104-201; 50 U.S.C. 2362 note) 
     until the President certifies to Congress that the government 
     of that country is committed to--
       (1) complying with all relevant arms control agreements;
       (2) facilitating United States verification of weapons 
     destruction;
       (3) forgoing any use of fissionable and other components of 
     destroyed nuclear weapons in new nuclear weapons;
       (4) forgoing the replacement of destroyed weapons of mass 
     destruction; and
       (5) forgoing any military modernization program that 
     exceeds legitimate defense requirements.

     SEC. 1045. PERIOD COVERED BY ANNUAL REPORT ON ACCOUNTING FOR 
                   UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE UNDER COOPERATIVE 
                   THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAMS.

       Section 1206(a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104-106, 110 Stat. 471; 
     22 U.S.C. 5955 note) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(2) The report shall be submitted under this section not 
     later than January 31 of each year and shall cover the fiscal 
     year ending in the preceding year. No report is required 
     under this section after the completion of the Cooperative 
     Threat Reduction programs.''.

     SEC. 1046. SUPPORT OF UNITED NATIONS-SPONSORED EFFORTS TO 
                   INSPECT AND MONITOR IRAQI WEAPONS ACTIVITIES.

       (a) Limitation on Amount of Assistance in Fiscal Year 
     2000.--The total amount of the assistance for fiscal year 
     2000 that is provided by the Secretary of Defense under 
     section 1505 of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Control Act 
     of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5859a) as activities of the Department of 
     Defense in support of activities under that Act may not 
     exceed $15,000,000.
       (b) Extension of Authority To Provide Assistance.--
     Subsection (f) of section 1505 of the Weapons of Mass 
     Destruction Control Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5859a) is amended 
     by striking ``1999'' and inserting ``2000''.

     SEC. 1047. INFORMATION ASSURANCE INITIATIVE.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The United States is becoming increasingly dependent 
     upon information systems for national security, economic 
     security, and a broad range of other vital national 
     interests.
       (2) Presidential Decision Directive 63, dated May 22, 1998, 
     recognizes the importance of information assurance and sets 
     forth policy and organizational recommendations for 
     addressing the information assurance challenges.
       (3) The Department of Defense has undertaken significant 
     steps to address threats to the Defense Information 
     Infrastructure, including the establishment of a Defense 
     Information Assurance Program.
       (4) Notwithstanding those actions and other important 
     actions taken by the President and the Secretary of Defense 
     to address the challenges of information assurance, the 
     Department of Defense, other Federal departments and 
     agencies, and a broad range of private sector entities 
     continue to face new challenges and threats to their 
     information systems.
       (5) Although the Secretary of Defense can and should play 
     an important role in helping address a broad range of 
     information warfare threats to the United States, the 
     Secretary necessarily focuses primarily on addressing the 
     vulnerabilities of the information systems and other 
     infrastructures, within and outside of the Department of 
     Defense, on which the Department of Defense depends for the 
     conduct of daily operations and the conduct of operations in 
     crises.
       (6) It is important for the Secretary of Defense to work 
     closely with the heads of all departments and agencies of the 
     Federal Government concerned to identify areas in which the 
     Department of Defense can contribute to securing critical 
     national infrastructures beyond the areas under the direct 
     oversight and control of the Secretary of Defense.
       (b) Defense Information Assurance Program.--(1) The 
     Secretary of Defense shall carry out an information assurance 
     program.
       (2) The Secretary shall submit to Congress an annual report 
     on the program. The annual report shall include the 
     Department of Defense information assurance guide applicable 
     under subsection (c) as of the date of the report. The first 
     report shall be submitted not later than March 15, 1999.
       (c) Defense Information Assurance Guide.--(1) The Secretary 
     of Defense shall prepare a Department of Defense information 
     assurance guide for the development of appropriate 
     organizational structures and technologies for information 
     assurance under the program. The Secretary shall modify or 
     replace the guide from time to time to maintain the current 
     relevance of the guide.
       (2) The Department of Defense information assurance guide 
     shall include the following:
       (A) A plan for developing information assurance 
     technologies, including the criteria used to prioritize 
     research, development, and procurement investments in such 
     technologies.
       (B) A plan for organizing the Department of Defense to 
     defend against information warfare threats, including the 
     organizational changes that are planned or being considered 
     together with a recitation of the organizational changes that 
     have been implemented.
       (C) A plan for joint efforts by the Department of Defense 
     with other departments and agencies of the Federal Government 
     and with State and local organizations to strengthen the 
     security of the information systems and infrastructures in 
     the United States, with particular emphasis on the systems 
     and elements of the infrastructure on which the Department of 
     Defense depends for the conduct of daily operations and the 
     conduct of operations in crises.
       (D) An assessment of the threats to information systems and 
     infrastructures on which the Department of Defense depends 
     for the conduct of daily operations and the conduct of 
     operations in crises, including an assessment of technical or 
     other vulnerabilities in Defense Department information and 
     communications systems.
       (E) A plan for conducting exercises, war games, 
     simulations, experiments, and other activities designed to 
     prepare the Department of Defense to respond to information 
     warfare threats.
       (F) Any proposal for legislation that the Secretary 
     considers necessary for implementing the Defense information 
     assurance program or for otherwise responding to information 
     warfare threats.
       (G) Any other information that the Secretary determines 
     relevant.
       (d) Information Assurance Testbed.--(1) The Secretary of 
     Defense shall develop an information assurance testbed. In 
     developing the testbed, the Secretary shall consult with the 
     heads of the other departments and agencies of the Federal 
     Government that the Secretary determines as being concerned 
     with defense information assurance.
       (2) The information assurance testbed shall be organized to 
     provide the following:
       (A) An integrated organizational structure within the 
     Department of Defense to plan

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     and facilitate the conduct of simulations, wargames, 
     exercises, experiments, and other activities designed to 
     prepare and inform the Department of Defense regarding 
     information warfare threats.
       (B) Organizational and planning means for the conduct by 
     the Department of Defense of integrated or joint exercises 
     and experiments with the commercial organizations and other 
     non-Department of Defense organizations that are responsible 
     for the oversight and management of critical information 
     systems and infrastructures on which the Department of 
     Defense depends for the conduct of daily operations and the 
     conduct of operations in crises.
       (e) Funding.--(1) Of the amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated under section 104--
       (A) $10,000,000 is available for procurement by the Defense 
     Information Systems Agency of secure terminal equipment for 
     use by the Armed Forces and Defense Agencies; and
       (B) $10,000,000 is available for development and 
     procurement of tools for real-time computer intrusion 
     detection, analysis, and warning.
       (2) Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under 
     section 201(4)--
       (A) $5,000,000 in program element 65710D8 is available for 
     establishing and operating the information assurance testbed 
     established pursuant to subsection (d); and
       (B) $85,000,000 in program element 33140G is available 
     for--
       (i) secure wireless communications;
       (ii) public key infrastructure;
       (iii) tool development by the Information Operations 
     Technology Center;
       (iv) critical infrastructure modeling; and
       (v) software security research.
       (3) Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under 
     section 301(a)(5), $10,000,000 is available for training, 
     education, and retention of information technology 
     professionals of the Department of Defense.

     SEC. 1048. DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD TASK FORCE ON TELEVISION AND 
                   RADIO AS A PROPAGANDA INSTRUMENT IN TIME OF 
                   MILITARY CONFLICT.

       (a) Defense Science Board Task Force on Radio and 
     Television as a Propaganda Instrument in Time of Conflict.--
     The Secretary of Defense shall establish a task force of the 
     Defense Science Board to examine the use of radio and 
     television broadcasting as a propaganda instrument and the 
     adequacy of the capabilities of the United States Armed 
     Forces in this area to deal with situations such as the 
     conflict in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
       (b) Duties of the Task Force.--The task force shall assess 
     and develop recommendations as to the appropriate 
     capabilities, if any, that the United States Armed Forces 
     should have to broadcast radio and television into an area so 
     as to ensure that the general public in that area are exposed 
     to the facts of the conflict. In making the assessment and 
     developing the recommendations, the task force shall review 
     the following:
       (1) The capabilities of the United States Armed Forces to 
     develop programming and to broadcast factual information that 
     can reach a large segment of the general public in a country 
     like the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
       (2) The potential of various airborne or land-based 
     mechanisms to have capabilities described in paragraph (1), 
     including but not limited to desirable improvements to the 
     EC-130 Commando Solo aircraft, and the utilization of other 
     airborne platforms, unmanned aerial vehicles, and land-based 
     transmitters in conjunction with satellites.
       (3) Other issues relating to the use of television and 
     radio as a propaganda instrument in time of conflict.
       (c) Report.--The task force shall submit to the Secretary 
     of Defense a report containing its assessments and 
     recommendations not later than February 1, 2000. The 
     Secretary shall submit the report, together with the comments 
     and recommendations of the Secretary of Defense, to the 
     congressional defense committees not later than March 1, 
     2000.
       (d) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``Federal Republic of Yugoslavia'' means 
     the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro).

     SEC. 1049. PREVENTION OF INTERFERENCE WITH DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE USE OF FREQUENCY SPECTRUM.

       (a) Compatibility With Defense Systems.--A non-Department 
     of Defense entity operating a communication system, device, 
     or apparatus on any portion of the frequency spectrum used by 
     the Department of Defense, whether or not licensed to do so, 
     shall ensure that the system, device, or apparatus is 
     designed not to interfere with and not to receive 
     interference from the communication systems that are operated 
     by or for the Department of Defense on that portion of the 
     frequency spectrum as of the date of the enactment of this 
     Act. The preceding sentence does not apply to the operation, 
     by a non-Department of Defense entity, of a communication 
     system, device, or apparatus on any portion of the frequency 
     spectrum that is reserved for exclusively nongovernment use.
       (b) Costs of Redesign or Rebuilding of Military Systems.--
     If it is necessary for the Department of Defense to redesign 
     or rebuild a communication system used by the department 
     because of a violation of subsection (a) by a non-Department 
     of Defense entity, that entity shall be liable to the United 
     States for the costs incurred by the United States for the 
     redesign or rebuilding of the Department of Defense system 
     or, if the entity is a department or agency of the United 
     States, shall transfer to the Department of Defense funds in 
     the amount of such costs.
       (c) Effective Date.--This section applies with respect to 
     operation of a communication system, device, or apparatus 
     fielded on or after October 1, 1999.
       (d) Nonapplicability.--This section does not apply to any 
     upgrades, modifications, or system redesign to a Department 
     of Defense communication system made after the date of 
     enactment of this Act where that modification, upgrade or 
     redesign would result in interference with or receiving 
     interference from a non-Department of Defense system.

     SEC. 1050. OFF-SHORE ENTITIES INTERFERING WITH DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE USE OF THE FREQUENCY SPECTRUM.

       (a) Limitation on Use of Funds.--Funds authorized to be 
     appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other 
     Act may not be obligated to enter into any contract with, 
     make any payment to, or issue any broadcast or other license 
     or permit to any entity that broadcasts from outside the 
     United States into the United States on any frequency that, 
     as of the date of the enactment of this Act, is reserved to 
     or used by the Department of Defense, unless the broadcasting 
     is authorized under law.
       (b) Savings Provision.--The provisions of subsection (a) 
     shall not be construed to interfere with the enforcement 
     authority of the Federal Communications Commission under the 
     Communications Act of 1934 or any other law.

     SEC. 1051. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF FEDERAL 
                   EXPENDITURES FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD CHALLENGE 
                   PROGRAM.

       Section 509(b) of title 32, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking ``, except that Federal expenditures under the 
     program may not exceed $50,000,000 for any fiscal year''.

     SEC. 1052. NONDISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION ON PERSONNEL OF 
                   OVERSEAS, SENSITIVE, OR ROUTINELY DEPLOYABLE 
                   UNITS.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 3 of title 10, United States Code, 
     is amended by inserting after section 130a the following:

     ``Sec. 130b. Nondisclosure of information: personnel in 
       overseas, sensitive, or routinely deployable units

       ``(a) Exemption From Disclosure.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the Secretary of Defense and, with respect 
     to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in 
     the Navy, the Secretary of Transportation may authorize to be 
     withheld from disclosure to the public the name, rank, duty 
     address, official title, and information regarding the pay 
     of--
       ``(1) members of the armed forces assigned to overseas, 
     sensitive, or routinely deployable units; and
       ``(2) employees of the Department of Defense or of the 
     Coast Guard whose duty stations are with overseas, sensitive, 
     or routinely deployable units.
       ``(b) Exceptions.--(1) The authority in subsection (a) is 
     subject to such exceptions as the President may direct.
       ``(2) Subsection (a) does not authorize any official to 
     withhold, or to authorize the withholding of, information 
     from Congress.
       ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) The term `unit' means a military organization of the 
     armed forces designated as a unit by competent authority.
       ``(2) The term `overseas unit' means a unit that is located 
     outside the continental United States and its territories.
       ``(3) The term `sensitive unit' means a unit that is 
     primarily involved in training for the conduct of, or 
     conducting, special activities or classified missions, 
     including the following:
       ``(A) A unit involved in collecting, handling, disposing, 
     or storing of classified information and materials.
       ``(B) A unit engaged in training--
       ``(i) special operations units;
       ``(ii) security group commands weapons stations; or
       ``(iii) communications stations.
       ``(C) Any other unit that is designated as a sensitive unit 
     by the Secretary of Defense or, in the case of the Coast 
     Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, by 
     the Secretary of Transportation.
       ``(4) The term `routinely deployable unit'--
       ``(A) means a unit that normally deploys from its permanent 
     home station on a periodic or rotating basis to meet 
     peacetime operational requirements that, or to participate in 
     scheduled training exercises that, routinely require 
     deployments outside the United States and its territories; 
     and
       ``(B) includes a unit that is alerted for deployment 
     outside the United States and its territories during an 
     actual execution of a contingency plan or in support of a 
     crisis operation.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

``130b. Nondisclosure of information: personnel in overseas, sensitive, 
              or routinely deployable units.''.

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     SEC. 1053. NONDISCLOSURE OF OPERATIONAL FILES OF THE NATIONAL 
                   IMAGERY AND MAPPING AGENCY.

       (a) Authority To Withhold.--Subchapter II of chapter 22 of 
     title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 1005, is 
     further amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 458. Withholding of operational files from public 
       disclosure

       ``(a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may withhold 
     from public disclosure operational files described in 
     subsection (b) to the same extent that operational files may 
     be withheld under section 701 of the National Security Act of 
     1947 (50 U.S.C. 431).
       ``(b) Covered Operational Files.--The authority under 
     subsection (a) applies to operational files in the possession 
     of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency that--
       ``(1) as of September 22, 1996, were maintained by the 
     National Photographic Interpretation Center; or
       ``(2) concern the activities of the Agency that, as of such 
     date, were performed by the National Photographic 
     Interpretation Center.
       ``(c) Operational Files Defined.--In this section, the term 
     `operational files' has the meaning given the term in section 
     701(b) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
     431(b)).''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such subchapter, as amended by section 1005, is 
     further amended by adding at the end the following:

``458. Withholding of operational files from public disclosure.''.

     SEC. 1054. NONDISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION OF THE NATIONAL 
                   IMAGERY AND MAPPING AGENCY HAVING COMMERCIAL 
                   SIGNIFICANCE.

       (a) Authority To Withhold.--Subchapter II of chapter 22 of 
     title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 1053, is 
     further amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 459. Withholding of certain commercially significant 
       information from public disclosure

       ``(a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may withhold 
     from public disclosure information in the possession of the 
     National Imagery and Mapping Agency if the Secretary 
     determines in writing that--
       ``(1) public disclosure of the information would compete 
     with or otherwise adversely affect commercial operations in 
     any existing or emerging commercial industry or the operation 
     of any existing or emerging commercial market; and
       ``(2) withholding the information from public disclosure is 
     consistent with the national security interests of the United 
     States.
       ``(b) Relationship to DCI Authority.--(1) Nothing in this 
     section shall be construed as superseding, limiting, or 
     otherwise affecting the authority and responsibilities of the 
     Director of Central Intelligence to withhold or require the 
     withholding of imagery and imagery intelligence from public 
     disclosure under the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
     401 et seq.), Executive Order No. 12951 or any successor 
     Executive order, or directives of the President.
       ``(2) In the administration of the authority under 
     subsection (a) with respect to imagery and imagery 
     intelligence, the Secretary of Defense shall be subject to 
     the policies and directives prescribed by the Director of 
     Central Intelligence for the public disclosure of such 
     information.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such subchapter, as amended by section 1053, is 
     further amended by adding at the end the following:

``459. Withholding of certain commercially significant information from 
              public disclosure.''.

     SEC. 1055. CONTINUED ENROLLMENT OF DEPENDENTS IN DEPARTMENT 
                   OF DEFENSE DOMESTIC DEPENDENT ELEMENTARY AND 
                   SECONDARY SCHOOLS AFTER LOSS OF ELIGIBILITY.

       Section 2164(c)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(3) The Secretary may, for good cause, authorize a 
     dependent of a member of the armed forces or of a Federal 
     employee to continue enrollment in a program under this 
     subsection notwithstanding a change in the status of the 
     member or employee that, except for this paragraph, would 
     otherwise terminate the eligibility of the dependent to be 
     enrolled in the program. The enrollment may continue for as 
     long as the Secretary considers appropriate. The Secretary 
     may remove the dependent from the program at any time that 
     the Secretary determines that there is good cause for the 
     removal.''.

     SEC. 1056. UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARDS FOR ALL DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE DOMESTIC DEPENDENT SCHOOLS IN THE 
                   COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO AND GUAM.

       Section 2164(d)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following: ``The Secretary 
     may provide for the establishment of one school board for all 
     such schools in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and one 
     school board for all such schools in Guam instead of one 
     school board for each military installation in those 
     locations.''.

     SEC. 1057. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STARBASE PROGRAM.

       (a) Program Authority.--Chapter 111 of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2193 the 
     following:

     ``Sec. 2193b. Improvement of education in technical fields: 
       program for support of elementary and secondary education 
       in science, mathematics, and technology

       ``(a) Authority for Program.--The Secretary of Defense may 
     conduct a science, mathematics, and technology education 
     improvement program known as the `Department of Defense 
     STARBASE Program'. The Secretary shall carry out the program 
     through the secretaries of the military departments.
       ``(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the program is to improve 
     knowledge and skills of students in kindergarten through 
     twelfth grade in mathematics, science, and technology.
       ``(c) STARBASE Academies.--(1) The Secretary shall provide 
     for the establishment of at least 25 academies under the 
     program.
       ``(2) An academy established under the program shall 
     provide the following:
       ``(A) For each elementary and secondary grade level, the 
     presentation of a curricula of 20 hours of instruction in 
     science, mathematics, and technology.
       ``(B) Outreach programs for the support of elementary and 
     secondary level instruction in science, mathematics, and 
     technology at other locations.
       ``(3) The Secretary may support the establishment and 
     operation of any academy in excess of two academies in a 
     State only if the Secretary has first authorized in writing 
     the establishment of the academy and the costs of the 
     establishment and operation of the academy are paid out of 
     funds provided by sources other than the Department of 
     Defense. Any such costs that are paid out of appropriated 
     funds shall be considered as paid out of funds provided by 
     such other sources if such sources fully reimburse the United 
     States for the costs.
       ``(d) Authorized Support.--The following support may be 
     provided for activities under the program:
       ``(1) Administrative and instructional personnel.
       ``(2) Facilities.
       ``(3) Instructional materials, including textbooks.
       ``(4) Equipment.
       ``(5) To the extent considered appropriate by the Secretary 
     of the military department concerned, any additional 
     resources (including transportation and billeting) that may 
     be available.
       ``(e) Persons Eligible To Participate in Program.--The 
     Secretary of Defense shall prescribe the standards and 
     procedures for selecting persons to participate in the 
     program.
       ``(f) Program Personnel.--(1) The Secretary of the military 
     department concerned may--
       ``(1) authorize members of the armed forces to provide 
     command, administrative, training, or supporting services for 
     the program on a full-time basis; and
       ``(2) employ or procure by contract civilian personnel to 
     provide such services.
       ``(g) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     prescribe regulations governing the conduct of the program.
       ``(g) Funding.--(1) The Secretary shall ensure that each 
     academy meeting at least the minimum operating standards 
     established for academies under the program is funded at a 
     level of at least $200,000 for each fiscal year.
       ``(2) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the 
     military departments may accept financial and other support 
     for the program from other departments and agencies of the 
     Federal Government, State governments, local governments, and 
     not-for-profit and other organizations in the private sector.
       ``(h) Annual Report.--Within 90 days after the end of each 
     fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report 
     on the program to Congress. The report shall contain a 
     discussion of the design and conduct of the program and an 
     evaluation of the effectiveness of the program.
       ``(i) State Defined.--In this section, the term `State' 
     includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
     Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and Guam.''.
       (b) Existing STARBASE Academies.--While continuing in 
     operation, the academies existing on the date of the 
     enactment of this Act under the Department of Defense 
     STARBASE Program, as such program is in effect on such date, 
     shall be counted for the purpose of meeting the requirement 
     under section 2193b(c)(1) of title 10, United States Code (as 
     added by subsection (a)), relating to the minimum number of 
     STARBASE academies.
       (c) Reorganization of Chapter.--Chapter 111 of title 10, 
     United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), is further 
     amended--
       (1) by inserting after section 2193 and before the section 
     2193b added by subsection (a) the following:

     ``Sec. 2193a. Improvement of education in technical fields: 
       general authority for support of elementary and secondary 
       education in science and mathematics'';

       (2) by transferring subsection (b) of section 2193 to 
     section 2193a (as added by paragraph (1)), inserting such 
     subsection after the heading for section 2193a, and striking 
     out ``(b)''; and

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       (3) by redesignating subsection (c) of section 2193 as 
     subsection (b).
       (d) Clerical Amendments.--(1) The heading for section 2192 
     of such title is amended to read as follows:

     ``Sec. 2192. Improvement of education in technical fields: 
       general authority regarding education in science, 
       mathematics, and engineering''.

       (2) The heading for section 2193 is amended to read as 
     follows:

     ``Sec. 2193. Improvement of education in technical fields: 
       grants for higher education in science and mathematics''.

       (3) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
     is amended by striking the items relating to sections 2192 
     and 2193 and inserting the following:

``2192. Improvement of education in technical fields: general authority 
              regarding education in science, mathematics, and 
              engineering.
``2193. Improvement of education in technical fields: grants for higher 
              education in science and mathematics.
``2193a. Improvement of education in technical fields: general 
              authority for support of elementary and secondary 
              education in science and mathematics.
``2193b. Improvement of education in technical fields: program for 
              support of elementary and secondary education in science, 
              mathematics, and technology.''.

     SEC. 1058. PROGRAM TO COMMEMORATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 
                   KOREAN WAR.

       (a) Period of Program.--Section 1083(a) of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 
     105-85; 111 Stat. 1918; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended by 
     striking ``The Secretary of Defense'' and inserting ``During 
     fiscal years 2000 through 2004, the Secretary of Defense''.
       (b) Change of Name.--(1) Section 1083(c) of such Act is 
     amended by striking `` `The Department of Defense Korean War 
     Commemoration' '' and inserting in lieu thereof `` `The 
     United States of America Korean War Commemoration' ''.
       (2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) may not be 
     construed to supersede rights that are established or vested 
     before the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (c) Funding.--Section 1083(f) of such Act is amended to 
     read as follows:
       ``(f) Use of Funds.--(1) Funds appropriated for the Army 
     for fiscal years 2000 through 2004 for operation and 
     maintenance shall be available for the program authorized 
     under subsection (a).
       ``(2) The total amount expended by the Department of 
     Defense through the Department of Defense 50th Anniversary of 
     the Korean War Commemoration Committee, an entity within the 
     Department of the Army, to carry out the program authorized 
     under subsection (a) for fiscal years 2000 through 2004 may 
     not exceed $7,000,000.
       ``(3) The limitation in paragraph (2) shall not apply to 
     expenditures by a unit of the Armed Forces or a similar 
     organization to commemorate the Korean War from funds 
     available to the unit or similar organization for that 
     purpose.''.
       (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on October 1, 1999.

     SEC. 1059. EXTENSION AND REAUTHORIZATION OF DEFENSE 
                   PRODUCTION ACT OF 1950.

       (a) Extension of Termination Date.--Section 717(a) of the 
     Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2166(a)) is 
     amended by striking ``September 30, 1999'' and inserting 
     ``September 30, 2000''.
       (b) Extension of Authorization.--Section 711(b) of the 
     Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2161(b)) is 
     amended by striking ``the fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, and 
     1999'' and inserting ``fiscal years 1996 through 2000''.

     SEC. 1060. EXTENSION TO NAVAL AIRCRAFT OF COAST GUARD 
                   AUTHORITY FOR DRUG INTERDICTION ACTIVITIES.

       Section 637(c) of title 14, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (1);
       (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and 
     inserting ``; or''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(3) it is a naval aircraft on which one or more members 
     of the Coast Guard are assigned.''.

     SEC. 1061. REGARDING THE NEED FOR VIGOROUS PROSECUTION OF WAR 
                   CRIMES, GENOCIDE, AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY 
                   IN THE FORMER REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA.

       (a) The Senate finds that--
       (1) the United Nations Security Council created the 
     International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (in 
     this section referred to as the ``ICTY'') by resolution on 
     May 25, 1993;
       (2) although the ICTY has indicted 84 people since its 
     creation, these indictments have only resulted in the trial 
     and conviction of 8 criminals;
       (3) the ICTY has jurisdiction to investigate: Grave 
     breaches of the 1949 Geneva Conventions (Article 2); 
     violations of the laws or customs of war (Article 3); 
     genocide (Article 4); and crimes against humanity (Article 
     5);
       (4) the Chief Prosecutor of the ICTY, Justice Louise 
     Arbour, stated on July 7, 1998, to the Contact Group for the 
     former Yugoslavia that ``[t]he Prosecutor believes that the 
     nature and scale of the fighting indicate that an `armed 
     conflict', within the meaning of international law, exists in 
     Kosovo. As a consequence, she intends to bring charges for 
     crimes against humanity or war crimes, if evidence of such 
     crimes is established'';
       (5) reports from Kosovar Alabanian refugees provide 
     detailed accounts of systematic efforts to displace the 
     entire Muslim population of Kosovo;
       (6) in furtherance of this plan, Serbian troops, police, 
     and paramilitary forces have engaged in detention and summary 
     execution of men of all ages, wanton destruction of civilian 
     housing, forcible expulsions, mass executions in at least 60 
     villages and towns, as well as widespread organized rape of 
     women and young girls;
       (7) these reports of atrocities provide prima facie 
     evidence of war crimes, crimes against humanity, as well as 
     genocide;
       (8) any criminal investigation is best served by the 
     depositions and interviews of witnesses as soon after the 
     commission of the crime as possible;
       (9) the indictment, arrest, and trial of war criminals 
     would provide a significant deterrent to further atrocities;
       (10) the ICTY has issued 14 international warrants for war 
     crimes suspects that have yet to be served, despite knowledge 
     of the suspects' whereabouts;
       (11) vigorous prosecution of war crimes after the conflict 
     in Bosnia may have prevented the ongoing atrocities in 
     Kosovo; and
       (12) investigative reporters have identified specific 
     documentary evidence implicating the Serbian leadership in 
     the commission of war crimes.
       (b) It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the United States, in coordination with other United 
     Nations contributors, should provide sufficient resources for 
     an expeditious and thorough investigation of allegations of 
     the atrocities and war crimes committed in Kosovo;
       (2) the United States, through its intelligence services, 
     should provide all possible cooperation in the gathering of 
     evidence of sufficient specificity and credibility to secure 
     the indictment of those responsible for the commission of war 
     crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in the former 
     Yugoslavia;
       (3) where evidence warrants, indictments for war crimes, 
     crimes against humanity, and genocide should be issued 
     against suspects regardless of their position within the 
     Serbian leadership;
       (4) the United States and all nations have an obligation to 
     honor arrest warrants issued by the ICTY, and the United 
     States should use all appropriate means to apprehend war 
     criminals already under indictment; and
       (5) NATO should not accept any diplomatic resolution to the 
     conflict in Kosovo that would bar the indictment, 
     apprehension, or prosecution of war criminals for crimes 
     committed during operations in Kosovo.

     SEC. 1062. EXPANSION OF LIST OF DISEASES PRESUMED TO BE 
                   SERVICE-CONNECTED FOR RADIATION-EXPOSED 
                   VETERANS.

       Section 1112(c)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(P) Lung cancer.
       ``(Q) Colon cancer.
       ``(R) Tumors of the brain and central nervous system.''.

     SEC. 1063. LEGAL EFFECT OF THE NEW STRATEGIC CONCEPT OF NATO.

       (a) Certification Required.--Not later than 30 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall 
     determine and certify to the Senate whether or not the new 
     Strategic Concept of NATO imposes any new commitment or 
     obligation on the United States.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that, if the President certifies under subsection (a) that 
     the new Strategic Concept of NATO imposes any new commitment 
     or obligation on the United States, the President should 
     submit the new Strategic Concept of NATO to the Senate as a 
     treaty for the Senate's advice and consent to ratification 
     under Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution of 
     the United States.
       (c) Report.--Together with the certification made under 
     subsection (a), the President shall submit to the Senate a 
     report containing an analysis of the potential threats facing 
     NATO in the first decade of the next millennium, with 
     particular reference to those threats facing a member nation, 
     or several member nations, where the commitment of NATO 
     forces will be ``out of area'' or beyond the borders of NATO 
     member nations.
       (d) Definition.--For the purposes of this section, the term 
     ``new Strategic Concept of NATO'' means the document approved 
     by the Heads of State and Government participating in the 
     meeting of the North Atlantic

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     Council in Washington, DC, on April 23 and 24, 1999.

     SEC. 1064. MULTINATIONAL ECONOMIC EMBARGOES AGAINST 
                   GOVERNMENTS IN ARMED CONFLICT WITH THE UNITED 
                   STATES.

       (a) Policy on the Establishment of Embargoes.--
       (1) In general.--It is the policy of the United States, 
     that upon the use of the Armed Forces of the United States to 
     engage in hostilities against any foreign country, the 
     President shall as appropriate--
       (A) seek the establishment of a multinational economic 
     embargo against such country; and
       (B) seek the seizure of its foreign financial assets.
       (b) Reports.--Not later than 20 days, or earlier than 14 
     days, after the first day of the engagement of the United 
     States in any armed conflict described in subsection (a), the 
     President shall, if the armed conflict continues, submit a 
     report to Congress setting forth--
       (1) the specific steps the United States has taken and will 
     continue to take to institute the embargo and financial asset 
     seizures pursuant to subsection (a); and
       (2) any foreign sources of trade of revenue that directly 
     or indirectly support the ability of the adversarial 
     government to sustain a military conflict against the Armed 
     Forces of the United States.

     SEC. 1065. CONDITIONS FOR LENDING OBSOLETE OR CONDEMNED 
                   RIFLES FOR FUNERAL CEREMONIES.

       Section 4683(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(2) issue and deliver those rifles, together with blank 
     ammunition, to those units without charge if the rifles and 
     ammunition are to be used for ceremonies and funerals in 
     honor of veterans at national or other cemeteries.''.

     SEC. 1066. PROHIBITION ON THE RETURN OF VETERANS MEMORIAL 
                   OBJECTS TO FOREIGN NATIONS WITHOUT SPECIFIC 
                   AUTHORIZATION IN LAW.

       (a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding section 2572 of title 10, 
     United States Code, or any other provision of law, the 
     President may not transfer a veterans memorial object to a 
     foreign country or entity controlled by a foreign government, 
     or otherwise transfer or convey such object to any person or 
     entity for purposes of the ultimate transfer or conveyance of 
     such object to a foreign country or entity controlled by a 
     foreign government, unless specifically authorized by law.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Entity controlled by a foreign government.--The term 
     ``entity controlled by a foreign government'' has the meaning 
     given that term in section 2536(c)(1) of title 10, United 
     States Code.
       (2) Veterans memorial object.--The term ``veterans memorial 
     object'' means any object, including a physical structure or 
     portion thereof, that--
       (A) is located at a cemetery of the National Cemetery 
     System, war memorial, or military installation in the United 
     States;
       (B) is dedicated to, or otherwise memorializes, the death 
     in combat or combat-related duties of members of the United 
     States Armed Forces; and
       (C) was brought to the United States from abroad as a 
     memorial of combat abroad.

     SEC. 1067. MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO CIVIL AUTHORITIES FOR 
                   RESPONDING TO TERRORISM.

       (a) Authority.--During fiscal year 2000, the Secretary of 
     Defense, upon the request of the Attorney General, may 
     provide assistance to civil authorities in responding to an 
     act or threat of an act of terrorism, including an act of 
     terrorism or threat of an act of terrorism that involves a 
     weapon of mass destruction, within the United States if the 
     Secretary of Defense determines that--
       (1) special capabilities and expertise of the Department of 
     Defense are necessary and critical to respond to the act or 
     threat; and
       (2) the provision of such assistance will not adversely 
     affect the military preparedness of the armed forces.
       (b) Nature of Assistance.--Assistance provided under 
     subsection (a) may include the deployment of Department of 
     Defense personnel and the use of any Department of Defense 
     resources to the extent and for such period as the Secretary 
     of Defense determines necessary to prepare for, prevent, or 
     respond to an act or threat described in that subsection. 
     Actions taken to provide the assistance may include the 
     prepositioning of Department of Defense personnel, equipment, 
     and supplies.
       (c) Reimbursement.--(1) Assistance provided under this 
     section shall normally be provided on a reimbursable basis. 
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amounts of 
     reimbursement shall be limited to the amounts of the 
     incremental costs of providing the assistance. In 
     extraordinary circumstances, the Secretary of Defense may 
     waive reimbursement upon determining that a waiver of the 
     reimbursement is in the national security interests of the 
     United States and submitting to Congress a notification of 
     the determination.
       (2) If funds are appropriated for the Department of Justice 
     to cover the costs of responding to an act or threat for 
     which assistance is provided under subsection (a), the 
     Department of Defense shall be reimbursed out of such funds 
     for the costs incurred by the department in providing the 
     assistance without regard to whether the assistance was 
     provided on a nonreimbursable basis.
       (d) Limitation on Funding.--Not more than $10,000,000 may 
     be obligated to provide assistance pursuant to subsection (a) 
     in a fiscal year.
       (e) Personnel Restrictions.--In carrying out this section, 
     a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps may 
     not, unless authorized by another provision of law--
       (1) directly participate in a search, seizure, arrest, or 
     other similar activity; or
       (2) collect intelligence for law enforcement purposes.
       (f) Nondelegability of Authority.--(1) The Secretary of 
     Defense may not delegate to any other official authority to 
     make determinations and to authorize assistance under this 
     section.
       (2) The Attorney General may not delegate to any other 
     official authority to make a request for assistance under 
     subsection (a).
       (h) Relationship to Other Authority.--(1) The authority 
     provided in this section is in addition to any other 
     authority available to the Secretary of Defense.
       (2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict 
     any authority regarding use of members of the armed forces or 
     equipment of the Department of Defense that was in effect 
     before the date of enactment of this Act.
       (i) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``threat of an act of terrorism'' includes any 
     circumstance providing a basis for reasonably anticipating an 
     act of terrorism, as determined by the Secretary of Defense 
     in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary 
     of the Treasury.
       (2) The term ``weapon of mass destruction'' has the meaning 
     given the term in section 1403 of the Defense Against Weapons 
     of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 2302(1)).

     SEC. 1068. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING THE CONTINUATION 
                   OF SANCTIONS AGAINST LIBYA.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) On December 21, 1988, 270 people, including 189 United 
     States citizens, were killed in a terrorist bombing on Pan Am 
     Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
       (2) Britain and the United States indicted two Libyan 
     intelligence agents, Abd al-Baset Ali al-Megrahi and Al-Amin 
     Khalifah Fhimah, in 1991 and sought their extradition from 
     Libya to the United States or the United Kingdom to stand 
     trial for this heinous terrorist act.
       (3) The United Nations Security Council called for the 
     extradition of the suspects in Security Council Resolution 
     731 and imposed sanctions on Libya in Security Council 
     Resolutions 748 and 883 because Libyan leader Colonel Muammar 
     Qadhafi refused to transfer the suspects to either the United 
     States or the United Kingdom to stand trial.
       (4) The United Nations Security Council Resolutions 731, 
     748, and 883 demand that Libya cease all support for 
     terrorism, turn over the two suspects, cooperate with the 
     investigation and the trial, and address the issue of 
     appropriate compensation.
       (5) The sanctions in United Nations Security Council 
     Resolutions 748 and 883 include--
       (A) a worldwide ban on Libya's national airline;
       (B) a ban on flights into and out of Libya by other 
     nations' airlines; and
       (C) a prohibition on supplying arms, airplane parts, and 
     certain oil equipment to Libya, and a blocking of Libyan 
     Government funds in other countries.
       (6) Colonel Muammar Qadhafi for many years refused to 
     extradite the suspects to either the United States or the 
     United Kingdom and had insisted that he would only transfer 
     the suspects to a third and neutral country to stand trial.
       (7) On August 24, 1998, the United States and the United 
     Kingdom agreed to the proposal that Colonel Qadhafi transfer 
     the suspects to The Netherlands, where they would stand trial 
     under a Scottish court, under Scottish law, and with a panel 
     of Scottish judges.
       (8) The United Nations Security Council endorsed the United 
     States-United Kingdom proposal on August 27, 1998 in United 
     Nations Security Council Resolution 1192.
       (9) The United States, consistent with United Nations 
     Security Council resolutions, called on Libya to ensure the 
     production of evidence, including the presence of witnesses 
     before the court, and to comply fully with all the 
     requirements of the United Nations Security Council 
     resolutions.
       (10) After years of intensive diplomacy, Colonel Qadhafi 
     finally transferred the two Libyan suspects to The 
     Netherlands on April 5, 1999, and the United Nations Security 
     Council, in turn, suspended its sanctions against Libya that 
     same day.
       (11) Libya has only fulfilled one of four conditions (the 
     transfer of the two suspects accused in the Lockerbie 
     bombing) set forth in United Nations Security Council 
     Resolutions 731, 748, and 883 that would justify the lifting 
     of United Nations Security Council sanctions against Libya.
       (12) Libya has not fulfilled the other three conditions 
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     investigation and trial; renunciation of and ending support 
     for terrorism; and payment of appropriate compensation) 
     necessary to lift the United Nations Security Council 
     sanctions.
       (13) The United Nations Secretary General is expected to 
     issue a report to the Security Council on or before July 5, 
     1999, on the issue of Libya's compliance with the remaining 
     conditions.
       (14) Any member of the United Nations Security Council has 
     the right to introduce a resolution to lift the sanctions 
     against Libya after the United Nations Secretary General's 
     report has been issued.
       (15) The United States Government considers Libya a state 
     sponsor of terrorism and the State Department Report, 
     ``Patterns of Global Terrorism; 1998'', stated that Colonel 
     Qadhafi ``continued publicly and privately to support 
     Palestinian terrorist groups, including the PIJ and the PFLP-
     GC''.
       (16) United States Government sanctions (other than 
     sanctions on food or medicine) should be maintained on Libya, 
     and in accordance with United States law, the Secretary of 
     State should keep Libya on the list of countries the 
     governments of which have repeatedly provided support for 
     acts of international terrorism under section 6(j) of the 
     Export Administration Act of 1979 in light of Libya's ongoing 
     support for terrorist groups.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the President should use all diplomatic means necessary, 
     including the use of the United States veto at the United 
     Nations Security Council, to prevent the Security Council 
     from lifting sanctions against Libya until Libya fulfills all 
     of the conditions set forth in United Nations Security 
     Council Resolutions 731, 748, and 883.

     SEC. 1069. INVESTIGATIONS OF VIOLATIONS OF EXPORT CONTROLS BY 
                   UNITED STATES SATELLITE MANUFACTURERS.

       (a) Notice to Congress of Investigations.--The President 
     shall promptly notify Congress whenever an investigation is 
     undertaken of an alleged violation of United States export 
     control laws in connection with a commercial satellite of 
     United States origin.
       (b) Notice to Congress of Certain Export Waivers.--The 
     President shall promptly notify Congress whenever an export 
     waiver is granted on behalf of any United States person or 
     firm that is the subject of an investigation described in 
     subsection (a). The notice shall include a justification for 
     the waiver.
       (c) Notice in Applications.--It is the sense of Congress 
     that any United States person or firm subject to an 
     investigation described in subsection (a) that submits to the 
     United States an application for the export of a commercial 
     satellite should include in the application a notice of the 
     investigation.
       (d) Protection of Classified and Other Sensitive 
     Information.--The Senate and the House of Representatives 
     shall each establish, by rule or resolution of such House, 
     procedures to protect from unauthorized disclosure classified 
     information, informatioin relating to intelligence sources 
     and methods, and sensitive law enforcement information that 
     is furnished to Congress pursuant to this section.
       (e) Exception.--The requirements of subsections (a) and (b) 
     shall not apply if the President determines that notification 
     of Congress would jeopardize an on-going criminal 
     investigation. If the President makes such a determination he 
     shall provide written notification to the Majority Leader of 
     the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of 
     the House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the 
     House of Representatives. Such notification shall include a 
     justification for any such determination.

     SEC. 1070. ENHANCEMENT OF ACTIVITIES OF DEFENSE THREAT 
                   REDUCTION AGENCY.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     prescribe regulations--
       (1) to authorize the personnel of the Defense Threat 
     Reduction Agency (DTRA) who monitor satellite launch 
     campaigns overseas to suspend such campaigns at any time if 
     the suspension is required for purposes of the national 
     security of the United States;
       (2) to establish appropriate professional and technical 
     qualifications for such personnel;
       (3) to allocate funds and other resources to the Agency at 
     levels sufficient to prevent any shortfalls in the number of 
     such personnel;
       (4) to establish mechanisms in accordance with the 
     provisions of section 1514(a)(2)(A) of the Strom Thurmond 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 
     (Public Law 105-261; 112 Stat. 2175; 22 U.S.C. 2778 note) 
     that provide for--
       (A) the allocation to the Agency, in advance of a launch 
     campaign, of an amount equal to the amount estimated to be 
     required by the Agency to monitor the launch campaign; and
       (B) the reimbursement of the Department, at the end of a 
     launch campaign, for amounts expended by the Agency in 
     monitoring the launch campaign;
       (5) to establish a formal technology training program for 
     personnel of the Agency who monitor satellite launch 
     campaigns overseas, including a structured framework for 
     providing training in areas of export control laws;
       (6) to review and improve guidelines on the scope of 
     permissible discussions with foreign persons regarding 
     technology and technical information, including the 
     technology and technical information that should not be 
     included in such discussions;
       (7) to provide, on at least an annual basis, briefings to 
     the officers and employees of United States commercial 
     satellite entities on United States export license standards, 
     guidelines, and restrictions, and encourage such officers and 
     employees to participate in such briefings;
       (8) to establish a system for--
       (A) the preparation and filing by personnel of the Agency 
     who monitor satellite launch campaigns overseas of detailed 
     reports of all activities observed by such personnel in the 
     course of monitoring such campaigns;
       (B) the systematic archiving of reports filed under 
     subparagraph (A); and
       (C) the preservation of such reports in accordance with 
     applicable laws; and
       (9) to establish a counterintelligence program within the 
     Agency as part of its satellite launch monitoring program.
       (b) Annual Report on Implementation of Satellite Technology 
     Safeguards.--(1) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 
     of State shall each submit to Congress each year, as part of 
     the annual report for that year under section 1514(a)(8) of 
     the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 1999, the following:
       (A) A summary of the satellite launch campaigns and related 
     activities monitored by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency 
     during the preceding year.
       (B) A description of any license infractions or violations 
     that may have occurred during such campaigns and activities.
       (C) A description of the personnel, funds, and other 
     resources dedicated to the satellite launch monitoring 
     program of the Agency during that year.
       (D) An assessment of the record of United States satellite 
     makers in cooperating with Agency monitors, and in complying 
     with United States export control laws, during that year.
       (2) Each report under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in 
     classified form and unclassified form.

     SEC. 1071. IMPROVEMENT OF LICENSING ACTIVITIES BY THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of State shall prescribe regulations 
     to provide, consistent with the need to protect classified, 
     law enforcement, or other sensitive information, timely 
     notice to the manufacturer of a commercial satellite of 
     United States origin of the reasons for a denial or approval 
     with conditions, as the case may be, of the application for 
     license involving the overseas launch of such satellite.

     SEC. 1072. ENHANCEMENT OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.

       (a) Consultation with DCI.--The Secretary of State and 
     Secretary of Defense shall consult with the Director of 
     Central Intelligence throughout the review of an application 
     for a license involving the overseas launch of a commercial 
     satellite of United States origin in order to assure that the 
     launch of the satellite, if the license is approved, will 
     meet any requirements necessary to protect the national 
     security interests of the United States.
       (b) Advisory Group.--The Director of Central Intelligence 
     shall establish within the intelligence community an advisory 
     group to provide information and analysis to Congress upon 
     request, and to appropriate departments and agencies of the 
     Federal Government, on licenses involving the overseas launch 
     of commercial satellites of United States origin.
       (c) Annual Reports on Efforts To Acquire Sensitive United 
     States Technology and Technical Information.--The Director of 
     Central Intelligence shall submit each year to Congress and 
     appropriate officials of the executive branch a report on the 
     efforts of foreign governments and entities during the 
     preceding year to acquire sensitive United States technology 
     and technical information. The report shall include an 
     analysis of the applications for licenses for export that 
     were submitted to the United States during that year.
       (d) Intelligence Community Defined.--In this section, the 
     term ``intelligence community'' has the meaning given that 
     term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
     U.S.C. 401a(4)).

     SEC. 1073. ADHERENCE OF PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TO MISSILE 
                   TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the President should take all actions appropriate to 
     obtain a bilateral agreement with the People's Republic of 
     China to adhere to the Missile Technology Control Regime 
     (MTCR) and the MTCR Annex; and
       (2) the People's Republic of China should not be permitted 
     to join the Missile Technology Control Regime as a member 
     without having--
       (A) demonstrated a sustained and verified commitment to the 
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       (B) adopted an effective export control system for 
     implementing guidelines under the Missile Technology Control 
     Regime and the MTCR Annex.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``Missile Technology Control Regime'' means 
     the policy statement, between the United States, the United 
     Kingdom, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, 
     Canada, and Japan, announced on April 16, 1987, to restrict 
     sensitive missile-relevant transfers based on the MTCR Annex, 
     and any amendments thereto.
       (2) The term ``MTCR Annex'' means the Guidelines and 
     Equipment and Technology Annex of the Missile Technology 
     Control Regime, and any amendments thereto.

     SEC. 1074. UNITED STATES COMMERCIAL SPACE LAUNCH CAPACITY.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) Congress and the President should work together to 
     stimulate and encourage the expansion of a commercial space 
     launch capacity in the United States, including by taking 
     actions to eliminate legal or regulatory barriers to long-
     term competitiveness in the United States commercial space 
     launch industry; and
       (2) Congress and the President should--
       (A) reexamine the current United States policy of 
     permitting the export of commercial satellites of United 
     States origin to the People's Republic of China for launch;
       (B) review the advantages and disadvantages of phasing out 
     the policy over time, including advantages and disadvantages 
     identified by Congress, the executive branch, the United 
     States satellite industry, the United States space launch 
     industry, the United States telecommunications industry, and 
     other interested persons; and
       (C) if the phase out of the policy is adopted, permit 
     launches of commercial satellites of United States origin by 
     the People's Republic of China only if--
       (i) such launches are licensed as of the commencement of 
     the phase out of the policy; and
       (ii) additional actions are taken to minimize the transfer 
     of technology to the People's Republic of China during the 
     course of such launches.

     SEC. 1075. ANNUAL REPORTS ON SECURITY IN THE TAIWAN STRAIT.

       (a) In General.--Not later than February 1 of each year, 
     beginning in the first calendar year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
     to the appropriate congressional committees a report, in both 
     classified and unclassified form, detailing the security 
     situation in the Taiwan Strait.
       (b) Report Elements.--Each report shall include--
       (1) an analysis of the military forces facing Taiwan from 
     the People's Republic of China;
       (2) an evaluation of additions during the preceding year to 
     the offensive military capabilities of the People's Republic 
     of China; and
       (3) an assessment of any challenges during the preceding 
     year to the deterrent forces of the Republic of China on 
     Taiwan, consistent with the commitments made by the United 
     States in the Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96-8).
       (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of 
     the Senate and the Committee on International Relations and 
     the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives.

     SEC. 1076. DECLASSIFICATION OF RESTRICTED DATA AND FORMERLY 
                   RESTRICTED DATA.

       Section 3161(b) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 
     112 Stat. 2260; 50 U.S.C. 435 note) is amended by adding at 
     the end the following:
       ``(9) The actions to be taken to ensure that records 
     subject to Executive Order No. 12958 that have previously 
     been determined to be suitable for release to the public are 
     reviewed on a page by page basis for Restricted Data or 
     Formerly Restricted Data unless such records have been 
     determined to be highly unlikely to contain Restricted Data 
     or Formerly Restricted Data.''.

     SEC. 1077. DISENGAGING FROM NONCRITICAL OVERSEAS MISSIONS 
                   INVOLVING UNITED STATES COMBAT FORCES.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) It is the National Security Strategy of the United 
     States to ``deter and defeat large-scale, cross-border 
     aggression in two distant theaters in overlapping time 
     frames''.
       (2) The deterrence of Iraq and Iran in Southwest Asia and 
     the deterrence of North Korea in Northeast Asia represent two 
     such potential large-scale, cross-border theater 
     requirements.
       (3) The United States has 120,000 troops permanently 
     assigned to those theaters.
       (4) The United States has an additional 70,000 forces 
     assigned to non-NATO/non-Pacific threat foreign countries.
       (5) The United States has more than 6,000 troops in Bosnia-
     Herzegovina on indefinite assignment.
       (6) The United States has diverted permanently assigned 
     resources from other theaters to support operations in the 
     Balkans.
       (7) The United States provides military forces to seven 
     active United Nations peacekeeping operations, including some 
     missions that have continued for decades.
       (8) Between 1986 and 1998, the number of American military 
     deployments per year has nearly tripled at the same time the 
     Department of Defense budget has been reduced in real terms 
     by 38 percent.
       (9) The Army has 10 active-duty divisions today, down from 
     18 in 1991, while on an average day in fiscal year 1998, 
     28,000 United States Army soldiers were deployed to more than 
     70 countries for over 300 separate missions.
       (10) Active Air Force fighter wings have gone from 22 to 13 
     since 1991, while 70 percent of air sorties in Operation 
     Allied Force over the Balkans are United States-flown and the 
     Air Force continues to enforce northern and southern no-fly 
     zones in Iraq. In response, the Air Force has initiated a 
     ``stop loss'' program to block normal retirements and 
     separations.
       (11) The United States Navy has been reduced in size to 339 
     ships, its lowest level since 1938, necessitating the 
     redeployment of the only overseas homeported aircraft carrier 
     from the Western Pacific to the Mediterranean to support 
     Operation Allied Force.
       (12) In 1998 just 10 percent of eligible carrier naval 
     aviators--27 out of 261--accepted continuation bonuses and 
     remained in service.
       (13) In 1998 48 percent of Air Force pilots eligible for 
     continuation opted to leave the service.
       (14) The Army could fall 6,000 below Congressionally 
     authorized troop strength by the end of 1999.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that:
       (1) The readiness of United States military forces to 
     execute the National Security Strategy of the United States 
     is being eroded from a combination of declining defense 
     budgets and expanded missions.
       (2) There may be missions to which the United States is 
     contributing Armed Forces from which the United States can 
     begin disengaging.
       (c) Report Requirement.--Not later than March 1, 2000, the 
     President shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of 
     the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the 
     House of Representatives, and to the Committees on 
     Appropriations in both Houses, a report prioritizing the 
     ongoing global missions to which the United States is 
     contributing troops. The President shall include in the 
     report a feasibility analysis of how the United States can--
       (1) shift resources from low priority missions in support 
     of higher priority missions;
       (2) consolidate or reduce United States troop commitments 
     worldwide;
       (3) end low priority missions.

     SEC. 1078. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON NEGOTIATIONS WITH INDICTED 
                   WAR CRIMINALS.

       (a) In General.--It is the sense of the Senate that the 
     United States, as a member of NATO, should not negotiate with 
     Slobodan Milosevic, an indicted war criminal, or any other 
     indicted war criminal with respect to reaching an end to the 
     conflict in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
       (b) Yugoslavia Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``Federal Republic of Yugoslavia'' means the Federal Republic 
     of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro).

     SEC. 1079. COAST GUARD EDUCATION FUNDING.

       Section 2006 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Department of Defense education 
     liabilities'' in subsection (a) and inserting ``armed forces 
     education liabilities'';
       (2) by striking paragraph (1) of subsection (b) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(1) The term `armed forces educational liabilities' means 
     liabilities of the armed forces for benefits under chapter 30 
     of title 38 and for Department of Defense benefits under 
     chapter 1606 of this title.'';
       (3) by inserting ``Department of Defense'' after ``future'' 
     in subsection (b)(2)(C);
       (4) by striking ``106'' in subsection (b)(2)(C) and 
     inserting ``1606'';
       (5) by inserting ``and the Secretary of the Department in 
     which the Coast Guard is operating'' after ``Defense'' in 
     subsection (c)(1);
       (6) by striking ``Department of Defense'' in subsection (d) 
     and inserting ``armed forces'';
       (7) by inserting ``the Secretary of the Department in which 
     the Coast Guard is operating'' in subsection (d) after 
     ``Secretary of Defense,'';
       (8) by inserting ``and the Department in which the Coast 
     Guard is operating'' after ``Department of Defense'' in 
     subsection (f)(5);
       (9) by inserting ``and the Secretary of the Department in 
     which the Coast Guard is operating'' in paragraphs (1) and 
     (2) of subsection (g) after ``The Secretary of Defense''; and
       (10) by striking ``of a military department.'' in 
     subsection (g)(3) and inserting ``concerned.''.

     SEC. 1080. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO PROHIBITION ON RELEASE OF 
                   CONTRACTOR PROPOSALS UNDER THE FREEDOM OF 
                   INFORMATION ACT.

       Section 2305(g) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     in paragraph (1) by striking ``the Department of Defense'' 
     and inserting

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     ``an agency named in section 2303 of this title''.

     SEC. 1081. ATTENDANCE AT PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION 
                   SCHOOLS BY MILITARY PERSONNEL OF THE NEW MEMBER 
                   NATIONS OF NATO.

       (a) Finding.--Congress finds that it is in the national 
     interests of the United States to fully integrate Poland, 
     Hungary, and the Czech Republic, the new member nations of 
     the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, into the NATO 
     alliance as quickly as possible.
       (b) Military Education and Training Programs.--The 
     Secretary of each military department shall give due 
     consideration to according a high priority to the attendance 
     of military personnel of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech 
     Republic at professional military education schools and 
     training programs in the United States, including the United 
     States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, the 
     United States Air Force Academy, the National Defense 
     University, the war colleges of the Armed Forces, the command 
     and general staff officer courses of the Armed Forces, and 
     other schools and training programs of the Armed Forces that 
     admit personnel of foreign armed forces.

     SEC. 1082. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING UNITED STATES-RUSSIAN 
                   COOPERATION IN COMMERCIAL SPACE LAUNCH 
                   SERVICES.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the United States should agree to increase the 
     quantitative limitations applicable to commercial space 
     launch services provided by Russian space launch service 
     providers if the Government of the Russian Federation 
     demonstrates a sustained commitment to seek out and prevent 
     the illegal transfer from Russia to Iran or any other country 
     of any prohibited ballistic missile equipment or any 
     technology necessary for the acquisition or development by 
     the recipient country of any ballistic missile;
       (2) the United States should demand full and complete 
     cooperation from the Government of the Russian Federation on 
     preventing the illegal transfer from Russia to Iran or any 
     other country of any prohibited fissile material or ballistic 
     missile equipment or any technology necessary for the 
     acquisition or development by the recipient country of any 
     nuclear weapon or ballistic missile; and
       (3) the United States should take every appropriate measure 
     necessary to encourage the Government of the Russian 
     Federation to seek out and prevent the illegal transfer from 
     Russia to Iran or any other country of any prohibited fissile 
     material or ballistic missile equipment or any technology 
     necessary for the acquisition or development by the recipient 
     country of any nuclear weapon or ballistic missile.
       (b) Definitions.--
       (1) In general.--The terms ``commercial space launch 
     services'' and ``Russian space launch service providers'' 
     have the same meanings given those terms in Article I of the 
     Agreement Between the Government of the United States of 
     America and the Government of the Russian Federation 
     Regarding International Trade in Commercial Space Launch 
     Services, signed in Washington, D.C., on September 2, 1993.
       (2) Quantitative limitations applicable to commercial space 
     launch services.--The term ``quantitative limitations 
     applicable to commercial space launch services'' means the 
     quantitative limits applicable to commercial space launch 
     services contained in Article IV of the Agreement Between the 
     Government of the United States of America and the Government 
     of the Russian Federation Regarding International Trade in 
     Commercial Space Launch Services, signed in Washington, D.C., 
     on September 2, 1993, as amended by the agreement between the 
     United States and the Russian Federation done at Washington, 
     D.C., on January 30, 1996.

     SEC. 1083. RECOVERY AND IDENTIFICATION OF REMAINS OF CERTAIN 
                   WORLD WAR II SERVICEMEN.

       (a) Responsibilities of the Secretary of the Army.--(1) The 
     Secretary of the Army, in consultation with the Secretary of 
     Defense, shall make every reasonable effort, as a matter of 
     high priority, to search for, recover, and identify the 
     remains of United States servicemen of the United States 
     aircraft lost in the Pacific theater of operations during 
     World War II, including in New Guinea.
       (2) The Secretary of the Army shall submit to Congress not 
     later than September 30, 2000, a report detailing the efforts 
     made by the United States Army Central Identification 
     Laboratory to accomplish the objectives described in 
     paragraph (1).
       (b) Responsibilities of the Secretary of State.--The 
     Secretary of State, upon request by the Secretary of the 
     Army, shall work with officials of governments of sovereign 
     nations in the Pacific theater of operations of World War II 
     to overcome any political obstacles that have the potential 
     for precluding the Secretary of the Army from accomplishing 
     the objectives described in subsection (a)(1).

     SEC. 1084. CHEMICAL AGENTS USED FOR DEFENSIVE TRAINING.

       (a) Authority To Transfer Agents.--(1) The Secretary of 
     Defense may transfer to the Attorney General, in accordance 
     with the Chemical Weapons Convention, quantities of lethal 
     chemical agents required to support training at the Center 
     for Domestic Preparedness in Fort McClellan, Alabama. The 
     quantity of lethal chemical agents transferred under this 
     section may not exceed that required to support training for 
     emergency first-response personnel in addressing the health, 
     safety, and law enforcement concerns associated with 
     potential terrorist incidents that might involve the use of 
     lethal chemical weapons or agents, or other training 
     designated by the Attorney General.
       (2) The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 
     Attorney General, shall determine the amount of lethal 
     chemical agents that shall be transferred under this section. 
     Such amount shall be transferred from quantities of lethal 
     chemical agents that are produced, acquired, or retained by 
     the Department of Defense.
       (3) The Secretary of Defense may not transfer lethal 
     chemical agents under this section until--
       (A) the Center referred to in paragraph (1) is transferred 
     from the Department of Defense to the Department of Justice; 
     and
       (B) the Secretary determines that the Attorney General is 
     prepared to receive such agents.
       (4) To carry out the training described in paragraph (1) 
     and other defensive training not prohibited by the Chemical 
     Weapons Convention, the Secretary of Defense may transport 
     lethal chemical agents from a Department of Defense facility 
     in one State to a Department of Justice or Department of 
     Defense facility in another State.
       (5) Quantities of lethal chemical agents transferred under 
     this section shall meet all applicable requirements for 
     transportation, storage, treatment, and disposal of such 
     agents and for any resulting hazardous waste products.
       (b) Annual Report.--The Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with Attorney General, shall report annually to 
     Congress regarding the disposition of lethal chemical agents 
     transferred under this section.
       (c) Non-Interference With Treaty Obligations.--Nothing in 
     this section may be construed as interfering with United 
     States treaty obligations under the Chemical Weapons 
     Convention.
       (d) Chemical Weapons Convention Defined.--In this section, 
     the term ``Chemical Weapons Convention'' means the Convention 
     on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, 
     Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their 
     Destruction, opened for signature on January 13, 1993.

     SEC. 1085. RUSSIAN NONSTRATEGIC NUCLEAR ARMS.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) it is in the interest of Russia to fully implement the 
     Presidential Nuclear Initiatives announced in 1991 and 1992 
     by then-President of the Soviet Union Gorbachev and then-
     President of Russia Yeltsin;
       (2) the President of the United States should call on 
     Russia to match the unilateral reductions in the United 
     States inventory of tactical nuclear weapons, which have 
     reduced the inventory by nearly 90 percent; and
       (3) if the certification under section 1044 is made, the 
     President should emphasize the continued interest of the 
     United States in working cooperatively with Russia to reduce 
     the dangers associated with Russia's tactical nuclear 
     arsenal.
       (b) Annual Reporting Requirement.--(1) Each annual report 
     on accounting for United States assistance under Cooperative 
     Threat Reduction programs that is submitted to Congress under 
     section 1206 of Public Law 104-106 (110 Stat. 471; 22 U.S.C. 
     5955 note) after fiscal year 1999 shall include, regarding 
     Russia's arsenal of tactical nuclear warheads, the following:
       (A) Estimates regarding current types, numbers, yields, 
     viability, locations, and deployment status of the warheads.
       (B) An assessment of the strategic relevance of the 
     warheads.
       (C) An assessment of the current and projected threat of 
     theft, sale, or unauthorized use of the warheads.
       (D) A summary of past, current, and planned United States 
     efforts to work cooperatively with Russia to account for, 
     secure, and reduce Russia's stockpile of tactical nuclear 
     warheads and associated fissile material.
       (2) The Secretary shall include in the annual report, with 
     the matters included under paragraph (1), the views of the 
     Director of Central Intelligence and the views of the 
     Commander in Chief of the United States Strategic Command 
     regarding those matters.
       (c) Views of the Director of Central Intelligence.--The 
     Director of Central Intelligence shall submit to the 
     Secretary of Defense, for inclusion in the annual report 
     under subsection (b), the Director's views on the matters 
     described in paragraph (1) of that subsection regarding 
     Russia's tactical nuclear weapons.

     SEC. 1086. COMMEMORATION OF THE VICTORY OF FREEDOM IN THE 
                   COLD WAR.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The Cold War between the United States and the former 
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     costly struggle for democracy and freedom in the history of 
     mankind.
       (2) Whether millions of people all over the world would 
     live in freedom hinged on the outcome of the Cold War.
       (3) Democratic countries bore the burden of the struggle 
     and paid the costs in order to preserve and promote democracy 
     and freedom.
       (4) The Armed Forces and the taxpayers of the United States 
     bore the greatest portion of such a burden and struggle in 
     order to protect such principles.
       (5) Tens of thousands of United States soldiers, sailors, 
     Marines, and airmen paid the ultimate price during the Cold 
     War in order to preserve the freedoms and liberties enjoyed 
     in democratic countries.
       (6) The Berlin Wall erected in Berlin, Germany, epitomized 
     the totalitarianism that the United States struggled to 
     eradicate during the Cold War.
       (7) The fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, marked 
     the beginning of the end for Soviet totalitarianism, and thus 
     the end of the Cold War.
       (8) November 9, 1999, is the 10th anniversary of the fall 
     of the Berlin Wall.
       (b) Designation of Victory in the Cold War Day.--Congress 
     hereby--
       (1) designates November 9, 1999, as ``Victory in the Cold 
     War Day''; and
       (2) requests that the President issue a proclamation 
     calling on the people of the United States to observe that 
     week with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
       (c) Cold War Medal.--(1) Chapter 57 of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 1133. Cold War medal: award

       ``(a) Award.--There is hereby authorized an award of an 
     appropriate decoration, as provided for under subsection (b), 
     to all individuals who served honorably in the United States 
     Armed Forces during the Cold War in order to recognize the 
     contributions of such individuals to United States victory in 
     the Cold War.
       ``(b) Design.--The Joint Chiefs of Staff shall, under 
     regulations prescribed by the President, design for purposes 
     of this section a decoration called the `Victory in the Cold 
     War Medal'. The decoration shall be of appropriate design, 
     with ribbons and appurtenances.
       ``(c) Period of Cold War.--For purposes of subsection (a), 
     the term `Cold War' shall mean the period beginning on August 
     14, 1945, and ending on November 9, 1989.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``1133. Cold War medal: award.''.
       (d) Participation of Armed Forces in Celebration of 
     Anniversary of End of Cold War.--(1) Subject to paragraphs 
     (2) and (3), amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 
     301(1) shall be available for the purpose of covering the 
     costs of the Armed Forces in participating in a celebration 
     of the 10th anniversary of the end of the Cold War to be held 
     in Washington, District of Columbia, on November 9, 1999.
       (2) The total amount of funds available under paragraph (1) 
     for the purpose set forth in that paragraph may not exceed 
     $15,000,000.
       (3)(A) The Secretary of Defense may accept contributions 
     from the private sector for the purpose of reducing the costs 
     of the Armed Forces described in paragraph (1).
       (B) The amount of funds available under paragraph (1) for 
     the purpose set forth in that paragraph shall be reduced by 
     an amount equal to the amount of contributions accepted by 
     the Secretary under subparagraph (A).
       (e) Commission on Victory in the Cold War.--(1) There is 
     hereby established a commission to be known as the 
     ``Commission on Victory in the Cold War'' (in this subsection 
     to be referred to as the ``Commission'').
       (2) The Commission shall be composed of twelve individuals, 
     as follows:
       (A) Two shall be appointed by the President.
       (B) Two shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the 
     Senate.
       (C) Two shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the 
     House of Representatives.
       (D) Three shall be appointed by the Majority Leader of the 
     Senate.
       (E) Three shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (3) The Commission shall have as its duty the review and 
     approval of the expenditure of funds by the Armed Forces 
     under subsection (d) prior to the participation of the Armed 
     Forces in the celebration referred to in paragraph (1) of 
     that subsection, whether such funds are derived from funds of 
     the United States or from amounts contributed by the private 
     sector under paragraph (3)(A) of that subsection.
       (4) In addition to the duties provided for under paragraph 
     (3), the Commission shall also have the authority to design 
     and award medals and decorations to current and former public 
     officials and other individuals whose efforts were vital to 
     United States victory in the Cold War.
       (5) The Commission shall be chaired by two individuals as 
     follows:
       (A) One selected by and from among those appointed pursuant 
     to subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (2).
       (B) One selected by and from among those appointed pursuant 
     to subparagraphs (D) and (E) of paragraph (2).

           TITLE XI--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL

     SEC. 1101. ACCELERATED IMPLEMENTATION OF VOLUNTARY EARLY 
                   RETIREMENT AUTHORITY.

       Section 1109(d)(1) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 
     112 Stat. 2145; 5 U.S.C. 8336 note) is amended by striking 
     ``October 1, 2000'' and inserting ``October 1, 1999''.

     SEC. 1102. DEFERENCE TO EEOC PROCEDURES FOR INVESTIGATION OF 
                   COMPLAINTS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT MADE BY 
                   EMPLOYEES.

       Section 1561(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking ``or a civilian employee under the supervision of 
     the officer''.

     SEC. 1103. RESTORATION OF LEAVE OF EMERGENCY ESSENTIAL 
                   EMPLOYEES SERVING IN A COMBAT ZONE.

       (a) Service in a Combat Zone as Exigency of the Public 
     Business.--Section 6304(d) of title 5, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding a the end the following:
       ``(4)(A) For the purpose of this subsection, service of a 
     Department of Defense emergency essential employee in a 
     combat zone is an exigency of the public business for that 
     employee. Any leave that, by reason of such service, is lost 
     by the employee by operation of this section (regardless of 
     whether such leave was scheduled) shall be restored to the 
     employee and shall be credited and available in accordance 
     with paragraph (2).
       ``(B) As used in subparagraph (A)--
       ``(i) the term `Department of Defense emergency essential 
     employee' means an employee of the Department of Defense who 
     is designated under section 1580 of title 10 as an emergency 
     essential employee; and
       ``(ii) the term `combat zone' has the meaning given such 
     term in section 112(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986.''.
       (b) Designation of Emergency Essential Employees.--(1) 
     Chapter 81 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     inserting after the table of sections at the beginning of 
     such chapter the following new section 1580:

     ``Sec. 1580. Emergency essential employees: designation

       ``(a) Criteria for Designation.--The Secretary of Defense 
     or the Secretary of the military department concerned may 
     designate as an emergency essential employee any employee of 
     the Department of Defense, whether permanent or temporary, 
     the duties of whose position meet all of the following 
     criteria:
       ``(1) It is the duty of the employee to provide immediate 
     and continuing support for combat operations or to support 
     maintenance and repair of combat essential systems of the 
     armed forces.
       ``(2) It is necessary for the employee to perform that duty 
     in a combat zone after the evacuation of nonessential 
     personnel, including any dependents of members of the armed 
     forces, from the zone in connection with a war, a national 
     emergency declared by Congress or the President, or the 
     commencement of combat operations of the armed forces in the 
     zone.
       ``(3) It is impracticable to convert the employee's 
     position to a position authorized to be filled by a member of 
     the armed forces because of a necessity for that duty to be 
     performed without interruption.
       ``(b) Eligibility of Employees of Nonappropriated Fund 
     Instrumentalities.--A nonappropriated fund instrumentality 
     employee is eligible for designation as an emergency 
     essential employee under subsection (a).
       ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) The term `combat zone' has the meaning given that 
     term in section 112(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986.
       ``(2) The term `nonappropriated fund instrumentality 
     employee' has the meaning given that term in section 
     1587(a)(1) of this title.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
     is amended by inserting before the item relating to section 
     1581 the following:

``1580. Emergency essential employees: designation.''.

     SEC. 1104. LEAVE WITHOUT LOSS OF BENEFITS FOR MILITARY 
                   RESERVE TECHNICIANS ON ACTIVE DUTY IN SUPPORT 
                   OF COMBAT OPERATIONS.

       (a) Elimination of Restriction to Situations Involving 
     Noncombat Operations.--Section 6323(d)(1) of title 5, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking ``noncombat''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act 
     and shall apply with respect to days of leave under section 
     6323(d)(1) of title 5, United States Code, on or after that 
     date.

     SEC. 1105. WORK SCHEDULES AND PREMIUM PAY OF SERVICE ACADEMY 
                   FACULTY.

       (a) United States Military Academy.--Section 4338 of title 
     10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection (c):
       ``(c) The Secretary of the Army may, notwithstanding the 
     provisions of subchapter V of chapter 55 of title 5 or 
     section 6101 of such title, prescribe for persons employed 
     under this section the following:

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       ``(1) The work schedule, including hours of work and tours 
     of duty, set forth with such specificity and other 
     characteristics as the Secretary determines appropriate.
       ``(2) Any premium pay or compensatory time off for hours of 
     work or tours of duty in excess of the regularly scheduled 
     hours or tours of duty.''.
       (b) United States Naval Academy.--Section 6952 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by--
       (1) redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
       (2) inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
     subsection (c):
       ``(c) The Secretary of the Navy may, notwithstanding the 
     provisions of subchapter V of chapter 55 of title 5 or 
     section 6101 of such title, prescribe for persons employed 
     under this section the following:
       ``(1) The work schedule, including hours of work and tours 
     of duty, set forth with such specificity and other 
     characteristics as the Secretary determines appropriate.
       ``(2) Any premium pay or compensatory time off for hours of 
     work or tours of duty in excess of the regularly scheduled 
     hours or tours of duty.''.
       (c) United States Air Force Academy.--Section 9338 of title 
     10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection (c):
       ``(c) The Secretary of the Air Force may, notwithstanding 
     the provisions of subchapter V of chapter 55 of title 5 or 
     section 6101 of such title, prescribe for persons employed 
     under this section the following:
       ``(1) The work schedule, including hours of work and tours 
     of duty, set forth with such specificity and other 
     characteristics as the Secretary determines appropriate.
       ``(2) Any premium pay or compensatory time off for hours of 
     work or tours of duty in excess of the regularly scheduled 
     hours or tours of duty.''.

     SEC. 1106. SALARY SCHEDULES AND RELATED BENEFITS FOR FACULTY 
                   AND STAFF OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY 
                   OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES.

       Section 2113(f) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) The limitations in sections 5307 and 5373 of title 5 
     do not apply to the authority of the Secretary under 
     paragraph (1) to prescribe salary schedules and other related 
     benefits.''.

     SEC. 1107. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN TEMPORARY AUTHORITIES TO 
                   PROVIDE BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYEES IN CONNECTION 
                   WITH DEFENSE WORKFORCE REDUCTIONS AND 
                   RESTRUCTURING.

       (a) Lump-Sum Payment of Severance Pay.--Section 5595(i)(4) 
     of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ``the 
     date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 1996 and before October 1, 1999'' and 
     inserting ``February 10, 1996, and before October 1, 2003''.
       (b) Voluntary Separation Incentive.--Section 5597(e) of 
     such title is amended by striking ``September 30, 2001'' and 
     inserting ``September 30, 2003''.
       (c) Continuation of FEHBP Eligibility.--Section 
     8905a(d)(4)(B) of such title is amended by striking clauses 
     (i) and (ii) and inserting the following:
       ``(i) October 1, 2003; or
       ``(ii) February 1, 2004, if specific notice of such 
     separation was given to such individual before October 1, 
     2003.''.

        TITLE XII--NATIONAL MILITARY MUSEUM AND RELATED MATTERS

           Subtitle A--Commission on National Military Museum

     SEC. 1201. ESTABLISHMENT.

       (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established a 
     commission known as the ``Commission on the National Military 
     Museum'' (in this subtitle referred to as the 
     ``Commission'').
       (b) Composition.--(1) The Commission shall be composed of 
     10 individuals appointed from among individuals who have an 
     expertise in military or museum matters, of whom--
       (A) six shall be appointed by the President;
       (B) one shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Committee 
     on Armed Services of the Senate;
       (C) one shall be appointed by the Ranking Member of the 
     Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
       (D) one shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Committee 
     on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; and
       (E) one shall be appointed by the Ranking Member of the 
     Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
       (2) The following shall be ex officio members of the 
     Commission:
       (A) The Secretary of Defense.
       (B) The Secretary of the Army.
       (C) The Secretary of the Navy.
       (D) The Secretary of the Air Force.
       (E) The Commandant of the Marine Corps.
       (F) The Commandant of the Coast Guard.
       (G) The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
       (H) The Chairman of the National Capital Planning 
     Commission.
       (I) The Chairperson of the Commission of Fine Arts.
       (c) Original Chairperson.--The President shall designate 
     one of the individuals first appointed to the Commission 
     under subsection (b)(1) as the chairperson of the Commission.
       (d) Period of Appointment; Vacancies.--Members shall be 
     appointed for the life of the Commission. Any vacancy in the 
     Commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original 
     appointment.
       (e) Initial Organization Requirements.--(1) All 
     appointments to the Commission shall be made not later than 
     90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (2) The Commission shall convene its first meeting not 
     later than 60 days after the date as of which all members of 
     the Commission have been appointed, but not earlier than 
     October 15, 1999.

     SEC. 1202. DUTIES OF COMMISSION.

       (a) In General.--The Commission shall conduct a study in 
     order to make recommendations to Congress regarding an 
     authorization for the construction of a national military 
     museum in the National Capital Area.
       (b) Study Elements.--In conducting the study, the 
     Commission shall--
       (1) determine whether existing military museums, historic 
     sites, and memorials in the United States are adequate--
       (A) to provide in a cost-effective manner for display of, 
     and interaction with, adequately visited and adequately 
     preserved artifacts and representations of the Armed Forces 
     and of the wars in which the United States has been engaged;
       (B) to honor the service to the United States of the active 
     and reserve members of the Armed Forces and the veterans of 
     the United States;
       (C) to educate current and future generations regarding the 
     Armed Forces and the sacrifices of members of the Armed 
     Forces and the Nation in furtherance of the defense of 
     freedom; and
       (D) to foster public pride in the achievements and 
     activities of the Armed Forces;
       (2) determine whether adequate inventories of artifacts and 
     representations of the Armed Forces and of the wars in which 
     the United States has been engaged are available, either in 
     current inventories or in private or public collections, for 
     loan or other provision to a national military museum; and
       (3) develop preliminary proposals for--
       (A) the dimensions and design of a national military museum 
     in the National Capital Area;
       (B) the location of the museum in that Area; and
       (C) the approximate cost of the final design and 
     construction of the museum and of the costs of operating the 
     museum.
       (c) Additional Duties.--If the Commission determines to 
     recommend that Congress authorize the construction of a 
     national military museum in the National Capital Area, the 
     Commission shall also--
       (1) recommend one or more sites for the museum;
       (2) propose a schedule for construction of the museum;
       (3) assess the potential effects of the museum on the 
     environment, facilities, and roadways in the vicinity of the 
     site or sites where the museum is proposed to be located;
       (4) recommend the percentages of funding for the museum to 
     be provided by the Federal Government, State and local 
     governments, and private sources, respectively;
       (5) assess the potential for fundraising for the museum 
     during the 20-year period following the authorization of 
     construction of the museum; and
       (6) assess and recommend various governing structures for 
     the museum, including a governing structure that places the 
     museum within the Smithsonian Institution.

     SEC. 1203. REPORT.

       The Commission shall, not later than 12 months after the 
     date of its first meeting, submit to Congress a report on its 
     findings and conclusions under this subtitle, including any 
     recommendations under section 1202.

     SEC. 1204. POWERS.

       (a) Hearings.--The Commission or, at its direction, any 
     panel or member of the Commission, may, for the purpose of 
     carrying out the provisions of this subtitle, hold hearings, 
     sit and act at times and places, take testimony, receive 
     evidence, and administer oaths to the extent that the 
     Commission or any panel or member considers advisable.
       (b) Information.--The Commission may secure directly from 
     the Department of Defense and any other Federal department or 
     agency information that the Commission considers necessary to 
     enable the Commission to carry out its responsibilities under 
     this subtitle.

     SEC. 1205. COMMISSION PROCEDURES.

       (a) Meetings.--The Commission shall meet at the call of the 
     Chairman.
       (b) Quorum.--(1) Five members of the Commission shall 
     constitute a quorum other than for the purpose of holding 
     hearings.
       (2) The Commission shall act by resolution agreed to by a 
     majority of the members of the Commission.
       (c) Commission.--The Commission may establish panels 
     composed of less than full membership of the Commission for 
     the purpose of carrying out the Commission's duties. The 
     actions of each such panel shall be subject to the review and 
     control of the Commission. Any findings and determinations

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     made by such a panel shall not be considered the findings and 
     determinations of the Commission unless approved by the 
     Commission.
       (d) Authority of Individuals To Act for Commission.--Any 
     member or agent of the Commission may, if authorized by the 
     Commission, take any action which the Commission is 
     authorized to take under this subtitle.

     SEC. 1206. PERSONNEL MATTERS.

       (a) Pay of Members.--Members of the Commission shall serve 
     without pay by reason of their work on the Commission.
       (b) Travel Expenses.--The members of the Commission shall 
     be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
     subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies 
     under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States 
     Code, while away from their homes or regular places of 
     business in the performance of services for the Commission.
       (c) Staff.--(1) The chairman of the Commission may, without 
     regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, 
     governing appointments in the competitive service, appoint a 
     staff director and such additional personnel as may be 
     necessary to enable the Commission to perform its duties. The 
     appointment of a staff director shall be subject to the 
     approval of the Commission.
       (2) The chairman of the Commission may fix the pay of the 
     staff director and other personnel without regard to the 
     provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of 
     title 5, United States Code, relating to classification of 
     positions and General Schedule pay rates, except that the 
     rate of pay fixed under this paragraph for the staff director 
     may not exceed the rate payable for level V of the Executive 
     Schedule under section 5316 of such title and the rate of pay 
     for other personnel may not exceed the maximum rate payable 
     for grade GS-15 of the General Schedule.
       (d) Detail of Government Employees.--Upon request of the 
     chairman of the Commission, the head of any Federal 
     department or agency may detail, on a nonreimbursable basis, 
     any personnel of that department or agency to the Commission 
     to assist it in carrying out its duties.
       (e) Procurement of Temporary and Intermittent Services.--
     The chairman of the Commission may procure temporary and 
     intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, 
     United States Code, at rates for individuals which do not 
     exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay 
     payable for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 
     5316 of such title.

     SEC. 1207. MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

       (a) Postal and Printing Services.--The Commission may use 
     the United States mails and obtain printing and binding 
     services in the same manner and under the same conditions as 
     other departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
       (b) Miscellaneous Administrative and Support Services.--The 
     Secretary of Defense shall furnish the Commission, on a 
     reimbursable basis, any administrative and support services 
     requested by the Commission.

     SEC. 1208. FUNDING.

       (a) In General.--Funds for activities of the Commission 
     shall be provided from amounts appropriated for the 
     Department of Defense for operation and maintenance for 
     Defense-wide activities for fiscal year 2000.
       (b) Request.--Upon receipt of a written certification from 
     the Chairman of the Commission specifying the funds required 
     for the activities of the Commission, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall promptly disburse to the Commission, from such 
     amounts, the funds required by the Commission as stated in 
     such certification.
       (c) Availability of Certain Funds.--Of the funds available 
     for activities of the Commission under this section, 
     $2,000,000 shall be available for the activities, if any, of 
     the Commission under section 1202(c).

     SEC. 1209. TERMINATION OF COMMISSION.

       The Commission shall terminate 60 days after the date of 
     the submission of its report under section 1203.

                      Subtitle B--Related Matters

     SEC. 1211. FUTURE USE OF NAVY ANNEX PROPERTY, ARLINGTON, 
                   VIRGINIA.

       (a) Limitation on Future Use.--No transfer of any real 
     property of the Navy Annex property, or other use of that 
     property not authorized as of the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, may be carried out until 2 years after the later 
     of--
       (1) the date of the submittal of the study on the expansion 
     of Arlington Cemetery required by the Joint Explanatory 
     Statement of the Committee of Conference to accompany the 
     Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     1999 (Public Law 105-261); or
       (2) the date of the submittal of the report of the 
     Commission on the National Military Museum under section 
     1203.
       (b) Navy Annex Property Described.--For purposes of 
     subsection (a), the Navy Annex property is the parcels of 
     real property under the jurisdiction of the Federal 
     Government located in Arlington, Virginia, as follows:
       (1) A parcel bounded by Columbia Pike to the south and 
     east, the rear property line of the residential properties 
     fronting Oak Street to the west, and the southern limit of 
     Southgate Road to the north.
       (2) A parcel bounded by Shirley Memorial Boulevard 
     (Interstate Route 395) to the south, the eastern edge of the 
     Department of Transportation of the Commonwealth of Virginia 
     to the west, Columbia Pike to the north, and the access road 
     to Shirley Memorial Boulevard immediately east of Joyce 
     Street to the east.

             TITLE XIII--MILITARY VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1999

     SEC. 1301. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Military Voting Rights Act 
     of 1999''.

     SEC. 1302. GUARANTEE OF RESIDENCY.

       Article VII of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act 
     of 1940 (50 U.S.C. 700 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following:
       ``SEC. 704. (a) For purposes of voting for an office of the 
     United States or of a State, a person who is absent from a 
     State in compliance with military or naval orders shall not, 
     solely by reason of that absence--
       ``(1) be deemed to have lost a residence or domicile in 
     that State;
       ``(2) be deemed to have acquired a residence or domicile in 
     any other State; or
       ``(3) be deemed to have become resident in or a resident of 
     any other State.
       ``(b) In this section, the term `State' includes a 
     territory or possession of the United States, a political 
     subdivision of a State, territory, or possession, and the 
     District of Columbia.''.

     SEC. 1303. STATE RESPONSIBILITY TO GUARANTEE MILITARY VOTING 
                   RIGHTS.

       (a) Registration and Balloting.--Section 102 of the 
     Uniformed and Overseas Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff-
     1) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(a) Elections for Federal Offices.--'' 
     before ``Each State shall--''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(b) Elections for State and Local Offices.--Each State 
     shall--
       ``(1) permit absent uniformed services voters to use 
     absentee registration procedures and to vote by absentee 
     ballot in general, special, primary, and run-off elections 
     for State and local offices; and
       ``(2) accept and process, with respect to any election 
     described in paragraph (1), any otherwise valid voter 
     registration application from an absent uniformed services 
     voter if the application is received by the appropriate State 
     election official not less than 30 days before the 
     election.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--The heading for title I of such 
     Act is amended by striking out ``FOR FEDERAL OFFICE''.

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