[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 17221-17226]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



   MAKING IN ORDER AT ANY TIME CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2586, NATIONAL 
             DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002

  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that it be in order 
at any time for the Speaker, as though pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 
XVIII, to declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
2586) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for fiscal year 2002, and for other purposes, and 
that consideration of the bill proceed according to the following 
order:
  The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with.
  All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived.
  General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed 1 
hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Armed Services.
  After general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under 
the 5-minute rule.
  It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose 
of amendment under the 5-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Armed Services now printed 
in the bill. The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute 
shall be considered as read. All points of order against the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived.
  No amendment to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute 
shall be in order except those that I have placed at the desk and 
amendments en bloc described in this request.
  Except as specified in this request, each such amendment shall be 
considered only in the order that I have placed at the desk and may be 
offered only by a Member designated on the amendment or a designee. 
Each such amendment shall be considered as read, shall not be subject 
to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the 
Committee of the Whole, shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally 
divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, and shall not 
be subject to amendment (except that the

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chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed Services 
each may offer one pro forma amendment for the purpose of further 
debate on any pending amendment).
  All points of order against such amendments are waived.
  It shall be in order at any time for the chairman of the Committee on 
Armed Services or his designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting 
of amendments not earlier disposed of or germane modifications of any 
such amendment. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this request 
shall be considered as read (except that modifications shall be 
reported). Debate on each en bloc amendment shall be equally divided 
and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Armed Services or their designees. For the purpose of 
inclusion in such amendments en bloc, an amendment printed in the form 
of a motion to strike may be modified to the form of a germane 
perfecting amendment to the text originally proposed to be stricken. 
The original proponent of an amendment included in such amendments en 
bloc may insert a statement in the Congressional Record immediately 
before the disposition of the amendments en bloc.
  The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may recognize for 
consideration of any amendment out of the order that I have placed at 
the desk, but not sooner than 1 hour after the chairman of the 
Committee on Armed Services or a designee announces from the floor a 
request to that effect.
  After disposition of such amendments, the Committee of the Whole 
shall rise without motion; and no further consideration of the bill 
shall be in order except pursuant to a subsequent order of the House.
  And further, that the amendments that I have placed at the desk be 
considered as read for purposes of this request.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the order of 
amendments.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. HALL of Ohio, page 43, after line 9.
       The text of the amendment is as follows:
       At the end of title II (page 43, after line 9), insert the 
     following new subtitle:

   Subtitle E--Air Force Science and Technology for the 21st Century

     SEC. 251. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``Air Force Science and 
     Technology for the 21st Century Act''.

     SEC. 252. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT 
                   PLANNING.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the Secretary of the Air Force should carry out each of the 
     following:
       (1) Continue and improve efforts to ensure that--
       (A) the Air Force science and technology community is 
     represented, and the recommendations of that community are 
     considered, at all levels of program planning and budgetary 
     decisionmaking within the Air Force;
       (B) advocacy for science and technology development is 
     institutionalized across all levels of Air Force management 
     in a manner that is not dependent on individuals; and
       (C) the value of Air Force science and technology 
     development is made increasingly apparent to the warfighters, 
     by linking the needs of those warfighters with decisions on 
     science and technology development.
       (2) Complete and adopt a policy directive that provides for 
     changes in how the Air Force makes budgetary and nonbudgetary 
     decisions with respect to its science and technology 
     development programs and how it carries out those programs.
       (3) At least once every five years, conduct a review of the 
     long-term challenges and short-term objectives of the Air 
     Force science and technology programs that is consistent with 
     the review specified in section 252 of the Floyd D. Spence 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as 
     enacted into law by Public Law 106-398; 114 Stat. 1654A-46).
       (4) Ensure that development and science and technology 
     planning and investment activities are carried out for future 
     space warfighting systems and for future nonspace warfighting 
     systems in an integrated manner.
       (5) Elevate the position within the Office of the Secretary 
     of the Air Force that has primary responsibility for budget 
     and policy decisions for science and technology programs.
       (b) Reinstatement of Development Planning.--(1) The 
     Secretary of the Air Force shall reinstate and implement a 
     revised development planning process that provides for each 
     of the following:
       (A) Coordinating the needs of Air Force warfighters with 
     decisions on science and technology development.
       (B) Giving input into the establishment of priorities among 
     science and technology programs.
       (C) Analyzing Air Force capability options for the 
     allocation of Air Force resources.
       (D) Developing concepts for technology, warfighting 
     systems, and operations with which the Air Force can achieve 
     its critical future goals.
       (E) Evaluating concepts for systems and operations that 
     leverage technology across Air Force organizational 
     boundaries.
       (F) Ensuring that a ``system-of-systems'' approach is used 
     in carrying out the various Air Force capability planning 
     exercises.
       (G) Utilizing existing analysis capabilities within the Air 
     Force product centers in a collaborative and integrated 
     manner.
       (2) Not later than one year after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to 
     Congress a report on the implementation of the planning 
     process required by paragraph (1). The report shall include 
     the annual amount that the Secretary considers necessary to 
     carry out paragraph (1).

     SEC. 253. STUDY AND REPORT ON EFFECTIVENESS OF AIR FORCE 
                   SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM CHANGES.

       (a) Requirement.--The Secretary of the Air Force, in 
     cooperation with the National Research Council of the 
     National Academy of Sciences, shall carry out a study to 
     determine how the changes to the Air Force science and 
     technology program implemented during the past two years 
     affect the future capabilities of the Air Force.
       (b) Matters Studied.--(1) The study shall independently 
     review and assess whether such changes as a whole are 
     sufficient to ensure the following:
       (A) That the concerns about the management of the science 
     and technology program that have been raised by the Congress, 
     the Defense Science Board, the Air Force Science Advisory 
     Board, and the Air Force Association have been adequately 
     addressed.
       (B) That appropriate and sufficient technology is available 
     to ensure the military superiority of the United States and 
     counter future high-risk threats.
       (C) That the science and technology investments are 
     balanced to meet the near-, mid-, and long-term needs of the 
     Air Force.
       (D) That technologies are made available that can be used 
     to respond flexibly and quickly to a wide range of future 
     threats.
       (E) That the Air Force organizational structure provides 
     for a sufficiently senior level advocate of science and 
     technology to ensure an ongoing, effective presence of the 
     science and technology community during the budget and 
     planning process.
       (2) In addition, the study shall independently assess the 
     specific changes to the Air Force science and technology 
     program as follows:
       (A) Whether the biannual science and technology summits 
     provide sufficient visibility into, and understanding and 
     appreciation of, the value of the science and technology 
     program to the senior level of Air Force budget and policy 
     decisionmakers.
       (B) Whether the applied technology councils are effective 
     in contributing the input of all levels beneath the senior 
     leadership into the coordination, focus, and content of the 
     science and technology program.
       (C) Whether the designation of the commander of the Air 
     Force Materiel Command as the science and technology budget 
     advocate is effective to assure that an adequate budget top 
     line is set.
       (D) Whether the revised development planning process is 
     effective to aid in the coordination of the needs of the Air 
     Force warfighters with decisions on science and technology 
     investments and the establishment of priorities among 
     different science and technology programs.
       (E) Whether the implementation of section 252 of the Floyd 
     D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106-398; 114 Stat. 
     1654A-46) is effective to identify the basis for the 
     appropriate science and technology program top line and 
     investment portfolio.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date on which 
     the study required by subsection (a) is completed, the 
     Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to Congress the 
     results of the study.
       (d) Funding.--Of the amount made available pursuant to 
     section 201(3) for research, development, test, and 
     evaluation for the Air Force, $950,000 shall be available 
     only to carry out this section.
                                  ____

       Mr. Ose, page 64, beginning line 20.
       The text of the amendment is as follows:
       In section 341, relating to assistance to local educational 
     agencies that benefit dependents of members of the Armed 
     Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees (page 64, 
     beginning line 20), strike subsections (a) and (b) and insert 
     the following new subsections:

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       (a) Continuation of Department of Defense Program for 
     Fiscal Year 2002.--Of the amount authorized to be 
     appropriated pursuant to section 301(5) for operation and 
     maintenance for Defense-wide activities--
       (1) $30,000,000 shall be available only for the purpose of 
     providing educational agencies assistance to local 
     educational agencies; and
       (2) $1,000,000 shall be available only for the purpose of 
     making payments to local educational agencies to assist such 
     agencies in adjusting to reductions in the number of military 
     dependent students as a result of the closure or realignment 
     of military installations, as provided in section 386(d) of 
     the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 
     (Public Law 102-484; 20 U.S.C. 7703 note).
       (b) Notification.--Not later than June 30, 2002, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall notify each local educational 
     agency that is eligible for assistance or a payment under 
     subsection (a) for fiscal year 2002 of--
       (1) that agency's eligibility for the assistance or 
     payment; and
       (2) the amount of the assistance or payment for which that 
     agency is eligible.
                                  ____

       Mr. Bereuter, page 115, after line 18.
       The text of the amendment is as follows:
       At the end of subtitle B of title V (page 115, after line 
     18), insert the following new section:

     SEC. 520. PREPARATION FOR, PARTICIPATION IN, AND CONDUCT OF 
                   ATHLETIC COMPETITIONS BY THE NATIONAL GUARD AND 
                   MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD.

       (a) Athletic and Small Arms Competitions.--Section 504 of 
     title 32, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new subsection:
       ``(c) Conduct of and Participation in Certain 
     Competitions.--(1) Under regulations prescribed by the 
     Secretary of Defense, members and units of the National Guard 
     may conduct and compete in a qualifying athletic competition 
     or a small arms competition so long as--
       ``(A) the conduct of, or participation in, the competition 
     does not adversely affect the quality of training or 
     otherwise interfere with the ability of a member or unit of 
     the National Guard to perform the military functions of the 
     member or unit;
       ``(B) National Guard personnel will enhance their military 
     skills as a result of conducting or participating in the 
     competition; and
       ``(C) the conduct of or participation in the competition 
     will not result in a significant increase in National Guard 
     costs.
       ``(2) Facilities and equipment of the National Guard, 
     including military property and vehicles described in section 
     508(c) of this title, may be used in connection with the 
     conduct of or participation in a qualifying athletic 
     competition or a small arms competition under paragraph 
     (1).''.
       (b) Other Matters.--Such section is further amended by 
     adding after subsection (c), as added by subsection (a) of 
     this section, the following new subsections:
       ``(d) Availability of Funds.--(1) Subject to paragraph (2) 
     and such limitations as may be enacted in appropriations Acts 
     and such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may 
     prescribe, amounts appropriated for the National Guard may be 
     used to cover--
       ``(A) the costs of conducting or participating in a 
     qualifying athletic competition or a small arms competition 
     under subsection (c); and
       ``(B) the expenses of members of the National Guard under 
     subsection (a)(3), including expenses of attendance and 
     participation fees, travel, per diem, clothing, equipment, 
     and related expenses.
       ``(2) Not more than $2,500,000 may be obligated or expended 
     in any fiscal year under subsection (c).
       ``(e) Qualifying Athletic Competition Defined.--In this 
     section, the term `qualifying athletic competition' means a 
     competition in athletic events that require skills relevant 
     to military duties or involve aspects of physical fitness 
     that are evaluated by the armed forces in determining whether 
     a member of the National Guard is fit for military duty.''.
       (c) Stylistic Amendments.--Such section is further 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``Authorized 
     Activities.--'' after ``(a)''; and
       (2) in subsection (b), by inserting ``Authorized 
     Locations.--'' after ``(b)''.
       (d) Conforming and Clerical Amendments.--(1) Subsection (a) 
     of such section is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``and'' after the 
     semicolon;
       (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``; or'' and inserting a 
     period; and
       (C) by striking paragraph (3).
       (2) The heading of such section is amended to read as 
     follows:

     ``Sec. 504. National Guard schools; small arms competitions; 
       athletic competitions''.

       (3) The item relating to section 504 in the table of 
     sections at the beginning of chapter 5 of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended to read as follows:

``504. National Guard schools; small arms competitions; athletic 
              competitions.''.
                                  ____

       Mr. Underwood, page 166, after line 5.
       The text of the amendment is as follows:
       At the end of section 552 (page 166, after line 5), insert 
     the following new subsection:
       (f) State Defined.--In this section, the term ``State'' 
     includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
     Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.
                                  ____

       Mr. Gilchrest, page 187, after line 12.
       The text of the amendment is as follows:
       At the end of title V (page 187, after line 12), insert the 
     following new section:

     SEC. __. REPORT ON HEALTH AND DISABILITY BENEFITS FOR PRE-
                   ACCESSION TRAINING AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

       (a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a review 
     of the health and disability benefit programs available to 
     recruits and officer candidates engaged in training, 
     education, or other types of programs while not yet on active 
     duty and to cadets and midshipmen attending the service 
     academies. The review shall be conducted with the 
     participation of the Secretaries of the military departments.
       (b) Report.--Not later than March 1, 2002, the Secretary 
     shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate 
     and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives a report on the findings of the review. The 
     report shall include the following with respect to persons 
     described in subsection (a):
       (1) A statement of the process and detailed procedures 
     followed by each of the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction 
     of the Secretary of a military department to provide health 
     care and disability benefits to all such persons injured in 
     training, education, or other types of programs conducted by 
     the Secretary of a military department.
       (2) Information on the number of total cases of such 
     persons requiring health care and disability benefits and the 
     total number of cases and average value of health care and 
     disability benefits provided under the authority for each 
     source of benefits available to those persons.
       (3) A discussion of the issues regarding health and 
     disability benefits for such persons that are encountered by 
     the Secretary during the review, to include discussions with 
     individuals who have received those benefits.
       (4) A discussion of the necessity for legislative changes 
     and specific legislative proposals needed to improve the 
     benefits provided those persons.
                                  ____

       Mr. Strickland, page 187, after line 12.
       The text of the amendment is as follows:
       At the end of title V (page 187, after line 12), insert the 
     following new section:

     SEC. __. REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE ARTICLES OF 
                   CLOTHING AS A CIVILIAN UNIFORM FOR CIVILIANS 
                   PARTICIPATING IN FUNERAL HONOR DETAILS FOR 
                   VETERANS UPON SHOWING OF FINANCIAL NEED.

       Section 1491(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``To provide'';
       (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
     subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2)(A) Upon a showing of financial need and subject to 
     subparagraph (B), the Secretary of a military department 
     shall provide articles of clothing described in subparagraph 
     (C) to an organization referred to in subsection (b)(2) or to 
     members of such an organization who participate in funeral 
     honors details. Any such showing of financial need shall be 
     made in such manner as the Secretary may require.
       ``(B) The Secretary concerned may provide articles of 
     clothing to an organization (or members of an organization) 
     under this paragraph only if the Secretary determines that 
     participation of that organization or its members in the 
     funeral honors mission is advantageous to the performance of 
     that mission and meets the performance standards set by the 
     Secretary for that mission.
       ``(C) Articles of clothing covered by subparagraph (A) are 
     articles of clothing determined by the Secretary concerned to 
     be appropriate as a civilian uniform for persons 
     participating in a funeral honors detail who are not 
     authorized to wear the uniform of any of the armed forces.''.
                                  ____

       Mr. Manzullo, page 248, after line 9.
       The text of the amendment is as follows:
       At the end of subtitle A of title VIII (page 248, after 
     line 9), insert the following new section:

     SEC. 8__. INCREASE OF ASSISTANCE LIMITATION REGARDING 
                   PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

       Section 2414(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking ``$300,000'' and inserting ``$600,000''.
                                  ____

       Ms. Velazquez, page 248, after line 9.
       The text of the amendment is as follows:
       At the end of subtitle A of title VIII (page 248, after 
     line 9), insert the following new section:

     SEC. 8__. STUDY OF CONTRACT CONSOLIDATIONS.

       The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
     Comptroller General of the United States, shall develop a 
     database to track

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     contract consolidations which consolidate 2 or more contracts 
     previously awarded by the Department of Defense to small 
     business concerns. The database shall contain, at a minimum, 
     the names and addresses of the businesses to which the 
     contracts that were consolidated were previously awarded, the 
     rationale for consolidating the contracts, and the monetary 
     benefit projected to be realized by the contract 
     consolidation. Not later than December 1st of each year, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit a report regarding the 
     information contained in such database to the Committees on 
     Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate, the Committee on Small Business of the House of 
     Representatives, and the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship of the Senate.
                                  ____

       Mr. Lantos, page 281, beginning line 6.
       The text of the amendment is as follows:
       Strike section 1044 (page 281 beginning line 6), relating 
     to a sense of the Congress regarding Kwajalein Atoll.
                                  ____

       Mr. Spratt, page 307, after line 20.
       The text of the amendment is as follows:
       At the end of title X (page 307, after line 20), insert the 
     following new section:

     SEC. 10__. LEASING OF NAVY SHIPS FOR UNIVERSITY NATIONAL 
                   OCEANOGRAPHIC LABORATORY SYSTEM.

       Subsection (g) of section 2667 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(3) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a renewal or 
     extension of a lease by the Secretary of the Navy with a 
     selected institution for operation of a ship within the 
     University National Oceanographic Laboratory System if, under 
     the lease, each of the following applies:
       ``(A) Use of the ship is restricted to federally supported 
     research programs and to non-Federal uses under specific 
     conditions with approval by the Secretary of the Navy.
       ``(B) Because of the anticipated value to the Navy of the 
     oceanographic research and training that will result from the 
     ship's operation, no monetary lease payments are required 
     from the lessee under the initial lease or under any renewal 
     or extension.
       ``(C) The lessee is required to maintain the ship in a good 
     state of repair, readiness, and efficient operating 
     condition, conform to all applicable regulatory requirements, 
     and assume full responsibility for the safety of the ship, 
     its crew, and scientific personnel aboard.''.
                                  ____

       Mr. Stearns, No. 46, page 307, after line 20.
       The text of the amendment is as follows:
       At the end of subtitle E of title X (page 307, after line 
     20), insert the following new section:

     SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF FUEL 
                   EFFICIENCY REFORMS IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (1) The Federal Government is the largest single energy 
     user in the United States, and the Department of Defense is 
     the largest energy user among all Federal agencies.
       (2) The Department of Defense consumed 595,000,000,000,000 
     BTUs of petroleum in fiscal year 1999, while all other 
     Federal agencies combined consumed 56,000,000,000,000 BTUs of 
     petroleum.
       (3) The total cost of petroleum to the Department of 
     Defense amounted to $3,600,000,000 in fiscal year 2000.
       (4) Increased fuel efficiency would reduce the cost of 
     delivering fuel to military units during operations and 
     training and allow a corresponding percentage of defense 
     dollars to be reallocated to logistic shortages and other 
     readiness needs.
       (5) Increased fuel efficiency would decrease the time 
     needed to assemble military units, would increase unit 
     flexibility, and would allow units to remain in the field for 
     a longer period of time.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the Secretary of Defense should work to implement fuel 
     efficiency reforms, as recommended by the Defense Science 
     Board report, which allow for investment decisions based on 
     the true cost of delivered fuel, strengthen the linkage 
     between warfighting capability and fuel logistics 
     requirements, provide high-level leadership encouraging fuel 
     efficiency, target fuel efficiency improvements through 
     science and technology investment, and include fuel 
     efficiency in requirements and acquisition processes.
                                  ____

       Mr. Stearns, No. 50, page 307, after line 20.
       The text of the amendment is as follows:
       At the end of subtitle E of title X (page 307, after line 
     20), insert the following new section:

     SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CONTINUED UNITED STATES 
                   COMMITMENT TO RESTORING LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE 
                   MEMORIAL, MARNES LA-COGUETTE, FRANCE.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (1) The Lafayette Escadrille, an aviation squadron within 
     the French Lafayette Flying Corps, was formed April 16, 1916.
       (2) The Lafayette Escadrille consisted of aviators from the 
     United States who volunteered to fight for the people of 
     France during World War I.
       (3) 265 volunteers from the United States served in the 
     Lafayette Flying Corps, completing 3,000 combat sorties and 
     amassing nearly 200 victories.
       (4) The Lafayette Escadrille won 4 Legions of Honor, 7 
     Medailles Militaires, and 31 citations, each with a Croix de 
     Guerre.
       (5) In 1918, command of the Lafayette Escadrille was 
     transferred to the United States, where the Lafayette 
     Escadrille became the combat air force of the United States.
       (6) In 1921, a Franco-American committee was organized to 
     locate a final resting place for the 68 United States 
     aviators who lost their lives flying for France during World 
     War I.
       (7) The Lafayette Escadrille Memorial was dedicated on July 
     4, 1928, in honor of all United States aviators who flew for 
     France during World War I.
       (8) The Lafayette Escadrille Memorial Foundation, located 
     in the United States and in France, was founded by Nelson 
     Cromwell in 1930 and endowed with a $1,500,000 trust for the 
     maintenance and upkeep of the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial.
       (9) Environmental conditions have contributed to structural 
     damage to, and the overall degradation of, the Lafayette 
     Escadrille Memorial, preventing the holding of memorial 
     services inside the crypt.
       (10) The French Government has pledged funds to support a 
     restoration of the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial.
       (11) The Lafayette Escadrille Memorial should be restored 
     to its original beauty to honor all the United States 
     aviators who flew for France during World War I and to 
     demonstrate the respect of the United States for the 
     sacrifices made by all Americans who have served our Nation 
     and our allies.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the United States should continue to honor its commitment to 
     the United States aviators who lost their lives flying for 
     France during World War I by appropriating sufficient funds 
     to restore the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial in Marnes La-
     Coguette, France.
                                  ____

       Mrs. Tauscher, page 307, after line 20.
       The text of the amendment is as follows:
       At the end of title X (page 307, after line 20), insert the 
     following new section:

     SEC. 10__. PLAN FOR SECURING RUSSIA'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS, 
                   MATERIAL, AND EXPERTISE.

       (a) Plan for Nonproliferation Programs With Russia.--Not 
     later than June 15, 2002, the President shall submit to 
     Congress a plan--
       (1) for cooperation with Russia on disposition as soon as 
     practicable of nuclear weapons and weapons-usable nuclear 
     material in Russia that Russia does not retain in its nuclear 
     arsenal; and
       (2) to prevent the outflow from Russia of scientific 
     expertise that could be used for developing nuclear weapons 
     or other weapons of mass destruction, including delivery 
     systems.
       (b) Content of Plan.--The plan required by subsection (a) 
     shall include the following:
       (1) Specific goals and measurable objectives for the 
     programs that are designed to carry out the objectives 
     specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a).
       (2) Criteria for success for those programs and a strategy 
     for eventual termination of United States contributions to 
     those programs and assumption of the ongoing support of those 
     programs by Russia.
       (3) A description of any administrative and organizational 
     changes necessary to improve the coordination and 
     effectiveness of the programs to be implemented under the 
     plan.
       (4) An estimate of the cost of carrying out those programs.
       (c) Consultation With Russia.--In developing the plan 
     required by subsection (a), the President shall consult with 
     Russia regarding the practicality of various options.
       (d) Consultation With Congress.--In developing the plan 
     required by subsection (a), the President shall consult with 
     the majority and minority leadership of the appropriate 
     committees of Congress.
                                  ____

       Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, No. 70, page 307, after line 
     20.
       The text of the amendment is as follows:
       At the end of title X (page 307, after line 20), insert the 
     following new section:

     SEC. 1048. TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OF ADVISORY PANEL TO ASSESS 
                   DOMESTIC RESPONSE CAPABILITIES FOR TERRORISM 
                   INVOLVING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

       Section 1405 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (50 U.S.C. 2301 note) 
     is amended--
       (1) in subsection (h)(2), by striking ``2001'' and 
     inserting ``2003''; and
       (2) in subsection (l), by striking ``three years'' and 
     inserting ``five years''.
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       Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, No. 78, page 307, after line 
     20.
       The text of the amendment is as follows:
       At the end of title X (page 307, after line 20), insert the 
     following new section:

     SEC. 1048. ACTION TO PROMOTE NATIONAL DEFENSE FEATURES 
                   PROGRAM.

       (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:

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       (1) The National Defense Features program, which is funded 
     from the National Defense Sealift Fund established by section 
     2218 of title 10, United States Code, is a constituent 
     element of the defense policy of the United States intended 
     to provide essential sealift capacity in emergencies, 
     strengthen the national shipbuilding base, and maintain a 
     resource of highly trained merchant seamen.
       (2) Implementation of the National Defense Features program 
     would provide significant benefits both for the United States 
     and for allied nations during military contingencies.
       (3) For the United States and nations allied with the 
     United States to realize these benefits, it is essential that 
     vessels built under that program enjoy commercial 
     opportunities in peacetime on trade routes between the United 
     States and allied nations and that those vessels not be 
     excluded from such opportunities through restrictive trade 
     practices.
       (4) The failure of vessels built, or to be built, under the 
     National Defense Features program to obtain employment as 
     common carriers or contract carriers in the particular sector 
     of any trade route in the foreign commerce of the United 
     States for which they are designed to operate, together with 
     long-term domination of that sector of the trade route by 
     citizens of an allied nation, evidences the existence of 
     restrictive trade practices.
       (b) Action To Promote Program.--In any case in which the 
     Secretary of Defense finds the existence of the conditions 
     determined by subsection (a)(4) to prove the existence of 
     restrictive trade practices, the Secretary shall certify the 
     csae to the Federal Maritime Commission, which thereupon, in 
     consultation with the Secretary, shall take action to 
     counteract such practices, utilizing all remedies available 
     under section 10002(e)(1) of the Foreign Shipping Practices 
     Act of 1988 (46 U.S.C. App. 1710a).
                                  ____

       Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, No. 81, page 307, after line 
     20.
       The text of the amendment is as follows:
       At the end of title X (page 307, after line 20), insert the 
     following new section:

     SEC. __. DESIGNATION OF FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IN 
                   HONOR OF FLOYD D. SPENCE, A FORMER MEMBER OF 
                   THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND SENSE OF 
                   CONGRESS ON NEED TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM.

       (a) Designation.--Section 33(b)(2)(A) of the Federal Fire 
     Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229(b)(2)(A)) 
     is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``and designation'' after 
     ``Establishment''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``The 
     program of firefighter assistance administered by the Office 
     shall be known as the `Floyd D. Spence Memorial Domestic 
     Defenders Initiative'.''.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--The firefighters assistance grant 
     program authorized by section 33 of the Federal Fire 
     Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229) is 
     recognized as having served as an effective device in 
     Congress' ongoing effort to address the needs of America's 
     fire service, and it is the sense of Congress that the 
     program should be reauthorized for fiscal year 2003 and 
     subsequent fiscal years at a higher level of funding.
                                  ____

       Mr. Ehrlich, page 133, after line 15.
       The text of the amendment is as follows:
       At the end of title XII (page 331, after line 15), insert 
     the following new section:

     SEC. 12__. AUTHORITY FOR EMPLOYEES OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
                   CONTRACTORS TO ACCOMPANY CHEMICAL WEAPONS 
                   INSPECTION TEAMS AT GOVERNMENT-OWNED 
                   FACILITIES.

       (a) Authority To Conduct Inspections.--Section 303 of the 
     Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998 (as 
     contained in Public Law 105-277; 112 Stat. 2681-873; 22 
     U.S.C. 6723) is amended in subsection (b)(2) by inserting 
     ``(and in the case of inspection of Federal Government-owned 
     facilities, such designation may include employees of a 
     contractor with the Federal Government)'' after ``Federal 
     Government''.
       (b) Procedures For Inspections.--Section 304 of such Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 6724) is amended in subsection (c) by inserting 
     ``or contractor with the Federal Government'' after ``Federal 
     Government''.
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       Mr. Kirk, page 394, after line 20.
       The text of the amendment is as follows:
       At the end of subtitle B of title XXVIII (page 394, after 
     line 20), insert the following new section:

     SEC. __. USE OF BUILDINGS ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND 
                   RESERVE COMPONENT FACILITIES AS POLLING PLACES.

       (a) Use of Military Installations Authorized.--Section 2670 
     of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
     end the following new subsection:
       ``(b) Use as Polling Places.--(1) Notwithstanding chapter 
     29 of title 18 (including sections 592 and 593 of such 
     title), the Secretary of a military department may make a 
     building located on a military installation under the 
     jurisdiction of the Secretary available for use as a polling 
     place in any Federal, State, or local election for public 
     office.
       ``(2) Once a military installation is made available as the 
     site of a polling place with respect to a Federal, State, or 
     local election for public office, the Secretary shall 
     continue to make the site available for subsequent elections 
     for public office unless the Secretary provides to Congress 
     advance notice in a reasonable and timely manner of the 
     reasons why the site will no longer be made available as a 
     polling place.
       ``(3) In this subsection, the term `military installation' 
     has the meaning given the term in section 2687(e) of this 
     title.''.
       (b) Use of Reserve Component Facilities.--(1) Section 18235 
     of such title is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subsection:
       ``(c) Pursuant to a lease or other agreement under 
     subsection (a)(2), the Secretary may make a facility covered 
     by subsection (a) available for use as a polling place in any 
     Federal, State, or local election for public office 
     notwithstanding chapter 29 of title 18 (including sections 
     592 and 593 of such title). Once a facility is made available 
     as the site of a polling place with respect to an election 
     for public office, the Secretary shall continue to make the 
     facility available for subsequent elections for public office 
     unless the Secretary provides to Congress advance notice in a 
     reasonable and timely manner of the reasons why the facility 
     will no longer be made available as a polling place.''.
       (2) Section 18236 of such title is amended by adding at the 
     end the following new subsection:
       ``(e) Pursuant to a lease or other agreement under 
     subsection (c)(1), a State may make a facility covered by 
     subsection (c) available for use as a polling place in any 
     Federal, State, or local election for public office 
     notwithstanding chapter 29 of title 18 (including sections 
     592 and 593 of such title).''.
       (c) Conforming and Clerical Amendments.--(1) section 2670 
     of such title is further amended--
       (A) by striking ``Under'' and inserting ``(a) Use by Red 
     Cross.--Under''; and
       (B) by striking ``this section'' and inserting ``this 
     subsection''.
       (2) The heading of such section is amended to read as 
     follows:

     ``Sec. 2670. Buildings on military installations: use by 
       American National Red Cross and as polling places''.

       (3) The item relating to such section in the table of 
     sections at the beginning of chapter 159 of such title is 
     amended to read as follows:

``2670. Buildings on military installations: use by American National 
              Red Cross and as polling places.''.
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       Mr. Boyd, page 414, after line 7.
       The text of the amendment is as follows:
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       At the end of part III of subtitle D of title XXVIII (page 
     414, after line 7), insert the following new section:

     SEC. 285__. LAND CONVEYANCE, DEFENSE FUEL SUPPORT POINT, 
                   FLORIDA.

       (a) Conveyance Authorized.--The Secretary of the Air Force 
     may convey, without consideration, to Florida State 
     University, all right, title and interest of the United 
     States in and to a parcel of real property known as ``Defense 
     Fuel Support Point'', including any improvements thereon, 
     located in Lynn Haven, Florida, and consisting of 
     approximately 200 acres for the purpose of establishing a 
     National Coastal Research Center.
       (b) Description of Property.--The exact acreage and legal 
     description of the real property to be conveyed under 
     subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory 
     to the Secretary. The cost of the survey shall be borne by 
     the Secretary.
       (c) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary may 
     require such additional terms and conditions in connection 
     with the conveyance under subsection (a) as the Secretary 
     considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United 
     States.
                                  ____

       Mr. FARR of California, page 427, after line 7.
       The text of the amendment is as follows:
       At the end of title XXVIII (page 427, after line 7), insert 
     the following new section:

     SEC. 2866. ADDITIONAL EXTENSION OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR 
                   PURCHASE OF FIRE, SECURITY, POLICE, PUBLIC 
                   WORKS, AND UTILITY SERVICES FROM LOCAL 
                   GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.

       Section 816(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103-337; 108 Stat. 2820), as 
     added by section 2873 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 
     112 Stat. 2225), is amended by inserting before the period at 
     the end the following: ``, with regard to fire-fighting and 
     police services, and September 30, 2003, with regard to other 
     services described in under subsection (a)''.
                                  ____

       Mrs. Kelly, page 427, after line 7.
       The text of the amendment is as follows:
       At the end of title XXVIII (page 427, after line 7), insert 
     the following new section:

     SEC. 2866. REPORT ON OPTIONS TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 
                   IN COMMUNITY ADJACENT TO UNITED STATES MILITARY 
                   ACADEMY, NEW YORK.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than February 1, 2002, the 
     Secretary of the Army shall

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     submit to Congress a report evaluating various options by 
     which the Secretary may promote economic development in the 
     Village of Highland Falls, New York, which is located 
     adjacent to the United States Military Academy.
       (b) Specific Consideration of Certain Options.--Among the 
     options evaluated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
     specifically address the following:
       (1) The fee simple conveyance of real property under the 
     jurisdiction of the Secretary in the Town of Highlands, New 
     York, to the Village, without consideration, for the purpose 
     of permitting the Village to use the property to promote 
     economic development.
       (2) Use by the Secretary of the authority under section 
     2667 of title 10, United States Code, to make non-excess real 
     property under the jurisdiction of the Secretary available to 
     the Village for such purpose.
                                  ____

       Mr. LEWIS of California, page 427, after line 7.
       The text of the amendment is as follows:
       At the end of title XXVIII (page 427, after line 7), insert 
     the following new section:

     SEC. 2866. CONVEYANCE OF AVIGATION EASEMENTS, FORMER NORTON 
                   AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA.

       The Administrator of General Services shall convey, without 
     consideration, to the Inland Valley Development Agency (the 
     redevelopment authority for former Norton Air Force Base, 
     California) two avigation easements (identified as APN 289-
     231-08 and APN 289-232-08) held by the United States.

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