[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Pages 18535-18541]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 1276. Mr. DODD proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2658, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 120, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8124. (a) The Secretary of Defense--
       (1) shall review--
       (A) all contractual offset arrangements to which the policy 
     established under section 2532 of title 10, United States 
     Code, applies

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     that are in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act;
       (B) any memoranda of understanding and related agreements 
     to which the limitation in section 2531(c) of such title 
     applies that have been entered into with a country with 
     respect to which such contractual offset arrangements have 
     been entered into and are in effect on such date; and
       (C) any waivers granted with respect to a foreign country 
     under section 2534(d)(3) of title 10, United States Code, 
     that are in effect on such date; and
       (2) shall determine the effects of the use of such 
     arrangements, memoranda of understanding, and agreements on 
     the effectiveness of buy American requirements provided in 
     law.
       (b) The Secretary shall submit a report on the results of 
     the review under subsection (a) to Congress not later than 
     March 1, 2005. The report shall include a discussion of each 
     of the following:
       (1) The effects of the contractual offset arrangements on 
     specific subsectors of the industrial base of the United 
     States and what actions have been taken to prevent or 
     ameliorate any serious adverse effects on such subsectors.
       (2) The extent, if any, to which the contractual offset 
     arrangements and memoranda of understanding and related 
     agreements have provided for technology transfer that would 
     significantly and adversely affect the defense industrial 
     base of the United States and would result in substantial 
     financial loss to a United States firm.
       (3) The extent to which the use of such contractual offset 
     arrangements is consistent with--
       (A) the limitation in section 2531(c) of title 10, United 
     States Code, that prohibits implementation of a memorandum of 
     understanding and related agreements if the President, taking 
     into consideration the results of the interagency review, 
     determines that such memorandum of understanding or related 
     agreement has or is likely to have a significant adverse 
     effect on United States industry that outweighs the benefits 
     of entering into or implementing such memorandum or 
     agreement; and
       (B) the requirements under section 2534(d) of such title 
     that--
       (i) a waiver granted under such section not impede 
     cooperative programs entered into between the Department of 
     Defense and a foreign country and not impede the reciprocal 
     procurement of defense items that is entered into in 
     accordance with section 2531 of such title; and
       (ii) the country with respect to which the waiver is 
     granted not discriminate against defense items produced in 
     the United States to a greater degree than the United States 
     discriminates against defense items produced in that country.
       (c) The Secretary--
       (1) shall submit to the President any recommendations 
     regarding the use or administration of contractual offset 
     arrangements and memoranda of understanding and related 
     agreements referred to in subsection (a) that the Secretary 
     considers appropriate to strengthen the administration buy 
     American requirements in law; and
       (2) may modify memoranda of understanding or related 
     agreements entered into under section 2531 of title 10, 
     United States Code, or take other action with regard to such 
     memoranda or related agreements, as the Secretary considers 
     appropriate to strengthen the administration buy American 
     requirements in law in the case of procurements covered by 
     such memoranda or related agreements.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1277. Mr. DURBIN proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2658, 
making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as follows:

       Insert after section 8123 the following:
       Sec. 8124. (a) Limitation on Availability of Certain 
     Funds.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the 
     amount appropriated by title VII of the Act under the heading 
     ``Intelligence Community Management Account'', $50,000,000 
     may only be obligated after the President submits to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a report on the role of 
     Executive branch policymakers in the development and use of 
     intelligence relating to Iraq and Operation Iraqi Freedom, 
     including intelligence on--
       (1) the possession by Iraq of chemical, biological, and 
     nuclear weapons, and the locations of such weapons;
       (2) the links of the former Iraq regime to Al Qaeda;
       (3) the attempts of Iraq to acquire uranium from Africa;
       (4) the attempts of Iraq to procure aluminum tubes for the 
     development of nuclear weapons;
       (5) the possession by Iraq of mobile laboratories for the 
     production of weapons of mass destruction;
       (6) the possession by Iraq of delivery systems for weapons 
     of mass destruction; and
       (7) any other matters that bear on the imminence of the 
     threat from Iraq to the national security of the United 
     States.
       (b) Additional Matters on Uranium Claim.--The report on the 
     matters specified in subsection (a)(3) shall also include 
     information on which personnel of the Executive Office of the 
     President, including the staff of the National Security 
     Council, were involved in preparing, vetting, and approving, 
     in consultation with the intelligence community, the 
     statement contained in the 2003 State of the Union address of 
     the President on the efforts of Iraq to obtain uranium from 
     Africa, including the roles such personnel played in the 
     drafting and ultimate approval of the statement, the full 
     range of responses such personnel received from the 
     intelligence community, and which personnel ultimately 
     approved the statement.
       (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committees on Appropriations, Armed Services, and 
     Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
     the Senate; and
       (2) the Committees on Appropriations, Armed Services, and 
     International Relations and the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
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  SA 1278. Mr. COLEMAN (for himself, Mrs. Lincoln, and Mr. Nelson of 
Nebraska) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill H.R. 2658, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 120, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8124. Of the total amount appropriated by title VI 
     under the heading ``Defense Health Program'' for research, 
     development, test and evaluation, $10,000,000 shall be 
     available for the Muscular Dystrophy Research/Muscle Research 
     Consortium.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1279. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 2658, making appropriations for the Department 
of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       Insert after section 8123 the following:
       Sec. 8124. It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) the President should, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and the Director of 
     Central Intelligence and taking into account limitations 
     connected with ongoing legal proceedings, submit to Congress 
     a report on the circumstances surrounding the detention and 
     April 11, 2003, escape in Yemen of the suspects in the attack 
     on the U.S.S. Cole; and
       (2) the report should--
       (A) describe the efforts undertaken by the United States 
     Government to investigate security at the Yemen detention 
     facility holding individuals suspected of being involved in 
     the attack on the U.S.S. Cole, including information on when 
     such efforts were undertaken;
       (B) describe the efforts undertaken by the United States 
     Government to monitor the status of such individuals 
     throughout their detention and to question such individuals 
     about their relationship to al Qaeda and their involvement in 
     the attack on the U.S.S. Cole; and
       (C) describe the efforts undertaken by the United States to 
     determine how the escape occurred and to determine who was 
     involved in aiding and abetting the escape.
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  SA 1280. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Corzine, 
Mr. Durbin, Mr. Lautenberg, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
Lieberman, Mr. Feingold, and Mrs. Murray) proposed an amendment to the 
bill H.R. 2658, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       Beginning on page 46, strike line 24 and all that follows 
     through ``: Provided further, That the'' on page 47, line 23, 
     and insert the following:
       Sec. 8014. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     may be used for converting to contractor performance an 
     activity or function of the Department of Defense that, on or 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, is performed by 
     Department of Defense employees unless the conversion is 
     based on the results of a public-private competition process 
     that--
       (1) applies the most efficient organization process except 
     to the performance of an activity or function involving 10 or 
     fewer employees (but prohibits any modification, 
     reorganization, division, or other change that is done for 
     the purpose of qualifying the activity or function for such 
     exception);
       (2) requires a determination regarding whether the offers 
     submitted meet the needs of the Department of Defense with 
     respect to items other than costs, including quality and 
     reliability;
       (3) provides no advantage to an offeror for a proposal to 
     save costs for the Department of Defense by offering 
     employer-sponsored

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     health insurance benefits to workers to be employed under 
     contract for the performance of such activity or function 
     that are in any respect less beneficial to the workers than 
     the benefits provided for Federal employees under chapter 89 
     of title 5, United States Code; and
       (4) requires a determination regarding whether, over all 
     performance periods stated in the solicitation of offers for 
     performance of the activity or function, the cost of 
     performance of the activity or function by a contractor would 
     be less costly to the Department of Defense by an amount that 
     equals or exceeds the lesser of (A) 10 percent of the most 
     efficient organization's personnel-related costs for 
     performance of that activity or function by Federal 
     employees, or (B) $10,000,000.
       (b) The Secretary of Defense may, in the Secretary's 
     discretion, apply the tradeoff source selection public-
     private competition process under Office of Management and 
     Budget Circular A-76 to the performance of services related 
     to the design, installation, operation, or maintenance of 
     information technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 
     40, United States Code).
       (c)(1) This section does not apply to a conversion of an 
     activity or function of the Department of Defense to 
     contractor performance if the Secretary of Defense (A) 
     determines in writing that compliance would have a 
     substantial adverse impact on the ability of the Department 
     of Defense to perform its national security missions, and (B) 
     publishes such determination in the Federal Register.
       (2) This section and subsections (a), (b), and (c) of 
     section 2461 of title 10, United States Code, do not apply 
     with respect to the performance of a commercial or industrial 
     type activity or function that--
       (A) is on the procurement list established under section 2 
     of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (41 U.S.C. 47); or
       (B) is planned to be converted to performance by--
       (i) a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or a 
     qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handicapped (as 
     such terms are defined in section 5 of such Act (41 U.S.C. 
     48b); or
       (ii) a commercial business at least 51 percent of which is 
     owned by an Indian tribe (as defined in section 4(e) of the 
     Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
     U.S.C. 450b(e))) or a Native Hawaiian Organization (as 
     defined in section 8(a)(15) of the Small Business Act (15 
     U.S.C. 637(a)(15))).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1281. Mr. BYRD proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2658, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as follows:

       Insert after section 8123 the following:
       Sec. 8124. It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) any request for funds for a fiscal year for an ongoing 
     overseas military operation, including operations in 
     Afghanistan and Iraq, should be included in the annual budget 
     of the President for such fiscal year as submitted to 
     Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
     Code; and
       (2) any funds provided for such fiscal year for such a 
     military operation should be provided in appropriations Acts 
     for such fiscal year through appropriations to specific 
     accounts set forth in such Acts.
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  SA 1282. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Corzine, 
Mr. Durbin, Mr. Lautenberg, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Lieberman, 
and Mr. Harkin) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill H.R. 2658, making appropriations for the Department of 
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Beginning on page 46, strike line 24 and all that follows 
     through ``: Provided further, That the'' on page 47, line 23, 
     and insert the following:
       Sec. 8014. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     may be used for converting to contractor performance an 
     activity or function of the Department of Defense that, on or 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, is performed by 
     Department of Defense employees unless the conversion is 
     based on the results of a public-private competition process 
     that--
       (1) applies the most efficient organization process except 
     to the performance of an activity or function involving 10 or 
     fewer employees (but prohibits any modification, 
     reorganization, division, or other change that is done for 
     the purpose of qualifying the activity or function for such 
     exception);
       (2) provides no advantage to an offeror for a proposal to 
     save costs for the Department of Defense by offering 
     employer-sponsored health insurance benefits to workers to be 
     employed under contract for the performance of such activity 
     or function that are in any respect less beneficial to the 
     workers than the benefits provided for Federal employees 
     under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code; and
       (3) requires a determination regarding whether, over all 
     performance periods stated in the solicitation of offers for 
     performance of the activity or function, the cost of 
     performance of the activity or function by a contractor would 
     be less costly to the Department of Defense by an amount that 
     equals or exceeds the lesser of (A) 10 percent of the most 
     efficient organization's personnel-related costs for 
     performance of that activity or function by Federal 
     employees, or (B) $10,000,000.
       (b) The Secretary of Defense may, in the Secretary's 
     discretion, apply the tradeoff source selection public-
     private competition process under Office of Management and 
     Budget Circular A-76 to the performance of services related 
     to the design, installation, operation, or maintenance of 
     information technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 
     40, United States Code).
       (c)(1) This section does not apply to a conversion of an 
     activity or function of the Department of Defense to 
     contractor performance if the Secretary of Defense (A) 
     determines in writing that compliance would have a 
     substantial adverse impact on the ability of the Department 
     of Defense to perform its national security missions, and (B) 
     publishes such determination in the Federal Register.
       (2) This section and subsections (a), (b), and (c) of 
     section 2461 of title 10, United States Code, do not apply 
     with respect to the performance of a commercial or industrial 
     type activity or function that--
       (A) is on the procurement list established under section 2 
     of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (41 U.S.C. 47); or
       (B) is planned to be converted to performance by--
       (i) a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or a 
     qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handicapped (as 
     such terms are defined in section 5 of such Act (41 U.S.C. 
     48b); or
       (ii) a commercial business at least 51 percent of which is 
     owned by an Indian tribe (as defined in section 4(e) of the 
     Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
     U.S.C. 450b(e))) or a Native Hawaiian Organization (as 
     defined in section 8(a)(15) of the Small Business Act (15 
     U.S.C. 637(a)(15))).
       (d) Nothing in this Act shall affect depot contracts or 
     contracts for depot maintenance as provided in sections 2469 
     and 2474 of title 10, United States Code.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1283. Mr. BYRD (for himself, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Pryor, Mr. 
Lautenberg, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Harkin and Ms. 
Cantwell) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2658, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 120, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:


                         (rescission of funds)

       Sec. 8124. (a) Of the amounts appropriated under titles III 
     and IV of this Act, $1,100,000,000 is hereby rescinded. The 
     Secretary of Defense shall allocate the rescinded amount 
     proportionately by program, project, and activity.
       (b) In addition to other amounts appropriated or otherwise 
     made available under this Act, funds are hereby appropriated 
     to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2004 in the 
     total amount of $1,100,000,000.
       (c) Of the amount appropriated under subsection (b), the 
     Secretary shall transfer $750,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended, to the Coordinator of United States 
     Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally, for an 
     additional contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, 
     Tuberculosis and Malaria, which shall be expended at the 
     minimum rate necessary to make timely payment for projects 
     and activities.
       (d) Of the amount appropriated under subsection (b), the 
     Secretary shall transfer $350,000,000 to the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services for global HIV/AIDS programs of the 
     Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National 
     Institutes of Health.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1284. Mr. HATCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2658, making appropriations for the Department of 
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike the matter proposed to be inserted and insert the 
     following:
       Sec. 8014. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     may be used for converting to contractor performance an 
     activity or function of the Department of Defense that, on or 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, is performed by 
     Department of Defense employees unless the conversion is 
     based on the results of a public-private competition process 
     that--
       (1) applies the most efficient organization process except 
     to the performance of an activity or function involving 10 or 
     fewer employees (but prohibits any modification, 
     reorganization, division, or other change that is done for 
     the purpose of qualifying the activity or function for such 
     exception);
       (2) provides no advantage to an offeror for a proposal to 
     save costs for the Department of Defense by offering 
     employer-sponsored

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     health insurance benefits to workers to be employed under 
     contract for the performance of such activity or function 
     that are in any respect less beneficial to the workers than 
     the benefits provided for Federal employees under chapter 89 
     of title 5, United States Code; and
       (3) requires a determination regarding whether, over all 
     performance periods stated in the solicitation of offers for 
     performance of the activity or function, the cost of 
     performance of the activity or function by a contractor would 
     be less costly to the Department of Defense by an amount that 
     equals or exceeds the lesser of (A) 10 percent of the most 
     efficient organization's personnel-related costs for 
     performance of that activity or function by Federal 
     employees, or (B) $10,000,000.
       (b) The Secretary of Defense may, in the Secretary's 
     discretion, apply the tradeoff source selection public-
     private competition process under Office of Management and 
     Budget Circular A-76 to the performance of services related 
     to the design, installation, operation, or maintenance of 
     information technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 
     40, United States Code).
       (c)(1) This section does not apply to a conversion of an 
     activity or function of the Department of Defense to 
     contractor performance if the Secretary of Defense (A) 
     determines in writing that compliance would have a 
     substantial adverse impact on the ability of the Department 
     of Defense to perform its national security missions, and (B) 
     publishes such determination in the Federal Register.
       (2) This section and subsections (a), (b), and (c) of 
     section 2461 of title 10, United States Code, do not apply 
     with respect to the performance of a commercial or industrial 
     type activity or function that--
       (A) is on the procurement list established under section 2 
     of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (41 U.S.C. 47); or
       (B) is planned to be converted to performance by--
       (i) a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or a 
     qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handicapped (as 
     such terms are defined in section 5 of such Act (41 U.S.C. 
     48b); or
       (ii) a commercial business at least 51 percent of which is 
     owned by an Indian tribe (as defined in section 4(e) of the 
     Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
     U.S.C. 450b(e))) or a Native Hawaiian Organization (as 
     defined in section 8(a)(15) of the Small Business Act (15 
     U.S.C. 637(a)(15))).
       (d) Nothing in this action shall affect the authority or 
     procedure for entering into contracts under section 2469 or 
     2474 of title 10, United States Code.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1285. Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Santorum) proposed an amendment to the 
bill H.R. 2658, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       Insert after section 8123 the following:
       Sec. 8124. Of the amount appropriated by title II of this 
     Act under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Army 
     Reserve'', up to $2,000,000 may be available for a Software 
     Engineering Institute Information Assurance Initiative.
       SA 1286. Mr. STEVENS proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 
     2658, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
     the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other 
     purposes; as follows:

       On page 120, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8124. Of the amount appropriated by title II under the 
     heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', up to 
     $10,000,000 may be used for civil-military programs and the 
     Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) prgram.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1287. Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Allard (for himself, Mr. Nelson of 
Florida, Mr. Campbell, and Mr. Sessions)) proposed an amendment to the 
bill H.R. 2658, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       On page 120, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8124. Of the total amount appropriated by title III 
     under the heading ``Missile Procurement, Air Force'', up to 
     $10,000,000 may be used for assured access to space in 
     addition to the amount available under such heading for the 
     Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1288. Mr. STEVENS proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2658, 
making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 120, insert the following on line 18:

     ``SEC.  . STUDY REGARDING MAIL DELIVERY IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

       (a) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
     shall conduct a review of the delivery of mail to troops in 
     the Middle East and the study should:
       (1) Determine delivery times, reliability, and losses for 
     mail and parcels to and from troops stations in the Middle 
     East.
       (2) Identify and analyze mail and parcel delivery service 
     efficiency issue during Operations Desert Shield/Desert 
     Storm, comparted to such services which occurred during 
     Operations Iraqi Freedom.
       (3) Identify cost efficiencies and benefits of alternative 
     delivery systems or modifications to existing delivery 
     systems to improve the delivery times of mail and parcels.
       (b) Report.--later that 60 days after date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
     submit a report to the congressional defense committees on 
     the General Accounting Office's findings and recommendations.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1289. Mr. STEVENS proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2658, 
making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as follows:

       Strike section 8114, and insert the following:
       Sec. 8114. Funds available to the Department of Defense 
     under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and 
     Evaluation, Defense-Wide'' for the Missile Defense Agency may 
     be used for the development and fielding of an initial set of 
     missile defense capabilities.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1290. Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Kyl) proposed an amendment to the bill 
H.R. 2658, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       Insert after section 8123 the following:
       Sec. 8124. Of the amount appropriated by title IV of this 
     Act under the heading ``Research, Development, Test, and 
     Evaluation, Air Force'', up to $4,000,000 may be available 
     for adaptive optics research.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1291. Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Chafee) proposed an amendment to the 
bill H.R. 2658, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       Insert after section 8123 the following:
       Sec. 8124. Of the amount appropriated by title IV of this 
     Act under the heading ``Research, Development, Test, and 
     Evaluation, Navy'', up to $1,000,000 may be available for the 
     completion of the Rhode Island Disaster Initiative.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1292. Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Warner (for himself, Ms. Collins, and 
Mr. Sessions)) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2658, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as follows:

       Insert after section 8123 the following:
       Sec. 8124. Of the amount appropriated by title I of this 
     Act for military personnel, up to $8,000,000 may be available 
     for the costs during fiscal year 2004 of an increase in the 
     amount of the death gratuity payable with respect to members 
     of the Armed Forces under section 1478 of title 10, United 
     States Code, from $6,000 to $12,000.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1293. Mr. STEVENS (for Ms. Collins (for herself and Ms. Snowe)) 
proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2658, making appropriations for 
the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2004, and for other purposes; as follows:

       Insert after section 8123 the following:
       Sec. 8124. Of the amount appropriated by title II of this 
     Act under the heading ``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'', 
     up to $20,000,000 may be available for DDG-51 modernization 
     planning.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1294. Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Nickles) proposed an amendment to the 
bill H.R. 2658, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       On page 120, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8124. Of the total amount appropriated by Title II 
     under the heading ``operation and Maintenance, Army'', up to 
     $4,000,000 may be used for the Army Museum of the Southwest 
     at Ft. Still, Oklahoma.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1295. Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Roberts) proposed an amendment to the 
bill H.R. 2658, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       Insert after section 8123 the following:
       Sec. 8124. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be obligated or expended for the 
     purpose of privatizing, or transferring to another department 
     or agency of the Federal Government, any prison guard 
     function or position at the United States Disciplinary 
     Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, until 30 days

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     after the date on which the Secretary of the Army submits to 
     the congressional defense committees a plan for the 
     implementation of the privatization or transfer of such 
     function or position.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1296. Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Voinovich (for himself, Mr. DeWine, and 
Mr. Brownback)) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2658, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 120, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8124. Of the total amount appropriated by title II 
     under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Marine 
     Corps'', up to $6,000,000 may be used for the purchase of 
     HMMWV tires.
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  SA 1297. Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Burns (for himself, Mr. Conrad, and Mr. 
Craig)) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2658, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as follows:

       Insert after section 8123 the following:
       Sec. 8124. (a) Availability of Certain Personnel Amounts.--
     Of the amount appropriated by title I of this Act under the 
     heading ``National Guard Personnel, Army'', up to $2,500,000 
     may be available for Lewis and Clark Bicentennial 
     Commemoration Activities.
       (b) Availability of Certain Operation and Maintenance 
     Amounts.--Of the amount appropriated by title II of this Act 
     under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Army National 
     Guard'', up to $1,500,000 may be available for Lewis and 
     Clark Bicentennial Commemoration Activities.
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  SA 1298. Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Chambliss (for himself, Mr. Miller, and 
Mrs. Hutchison)) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2658, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as follows:

       Insert after section 8123 the following:
       Sec. 8124. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds.--Notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law, no funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this Act, may be obligated or 
     expended to decommission a Naval or Marine Corps Reserve 
     aviation squadron until the report required by subsection (b) 
     is submitted to the committee of Congress referred to in that 
     subsection.
       (b) Report on Navy and Marine Corps Tactical Aviation 
     Requirements.--(1) Not later than twelve months after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of 
     the United States shall submit to the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate a report on the requirements of 
     the Navy and the Marine Corps for tactical aviation, 
     including mission requirements, recapitalization 
     requirements, and the role of Naval and Marine Corps Reserve 
     assets in meeting such requirements.
       (2) The report shall include the recommendations of the 
     Comptroller General on an appropriate force structure for the 
     active and reserve aviation units of the Navy and the Marine 
     Corps, and related personnel requirements, for the 10-year 
     period beginning on the date of the report.
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  SA 1299. Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. Akaka, Mr. 
Byrd, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. 
Lieberman, Ms. Mikulski, and Mrs. Clinton)) proposed an amendment to 
the bill H.R. 2658, making appropriations for the Department of Defense 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; 
as follows:

       Beginning on page 46, strike line 24 and all that follows 
     through ``: Provided further, That the'' on page 47, line 23, 
     and insert the following:
       Sec. 8014. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     may be used for converting to contractor performance an 
     activity or function of the Department of Defense that, on or 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, is performed by 
     Department of Defense employees unless the conversion is 
     based on the results of a public-private competition process 
     that--
       (1) applies the most efficient organization process except 
     to the performance of an activity or function involving 10 or 
     fewer employees (but prohibits any modification, 
     reorganization, division, or other change that is done for 
     the purpose of qualifying the activity or function for such 
     exception);
       (2) provides no advantage to an offeror for a proposal to 
     save costs for the Department of Defense by offering 
     employer-sponsored health insurance benefits to workers to be 
     employed under contract for the performance of such activity 
     or function that are in any respect less beneficial to the 
     workers than the benefits provided for Federal employees 
     under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code; and
       (3) requires a determination regarding whether, over all 
     performance periods stated in the solicitation of offers for 
     performance of the activity or function, the cost of 
     performance of the activity or function by a contractor would 
     be less costly to the Department of Defense by an amount that 
     equals or exceeds the lesser of (A) 10 percent of the most 
     efficient organization's personnel-related costs for 
     performance of that activity or function by Federal 
     employees, or (B) $10,000,000.
       (b) The Secretary of Defense may, in the Secretary's 
     discretion, apply the tradeoff source selection public-
     private competition process under Office of Management and 
     Budget Circular A-76 to the performance of services related 
     to the design, installation, operation, or maintenance of 
     information technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 
     40, United States Code).
       (c)(1) This section does not apply to a conversion of an 
     activity or function of the Department of Defense to 
     contractor performance if the Secretary of Defense (A) 
     determines in writing that compliance would have a 
     substantial adverse impact on the ability of the Department 
     of Defense to perform its national security missions, and (B) 
     publishes such determination in the Federal Register.
       (2) This section and subsections (a), (b), and (c) of 
     section 2461 of title 10, United States Code, do not apply 
     with respect to the performance of a commercial or industrial 
     type activity or function that--
       (A) is on the procurement list established under section 2 
     of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (41 U.S.C. 47); or
       (B) is planned to be converted to performance by--
       (i) a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or a 
     qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handicapped (as 
     such terms are defined in section 5 of such Act (41 U.S.C. 
     48b); or
       (ii) a commercial business at least 51 percent of which is 
     owned by an Indian tribe (as defined in section 4(e) of the 
     Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
     U.S.C. 450b(e))) or a Native Hawaiian Organization (as 
     defined in section 8(a)(15) of the Small Business Act (15 
     U.S.C. 637(a)(15))).
       (d) Nothing in this Act shall affect depot contracts or 
     contracts for depot maintenance as provided in sections 2469 
     and 2474 of title 10, United States Code.
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  SA 1300. Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Hatch) proposed an amendment to the 
bill H.R. 2658, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       After section 8123, insert the following:

 TITLE IX--SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS FOR SLAVE LABOR FOR JAPANESE COMPANIES 
                          DURING WORLD WAR II

     SEC. 901. PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION TO FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR 
                   FOR FORCED OR SLAVE LABOR FOR JAPANESE 
                   COMPANIES DURING WORLD WAR II.

       (a) Payment of Compensation Required.--Subject to the 
     availability of appropriated funds, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall pay to each surviving former prisoner of war 
     compensation as provided in subsection (b).
       (b) Compensation.--The compensation to be paid under 
     subsection (a) is as follows:
       (1) In the case of a living former prisoner of war, to the 
     living former prisoner of war in the amount of $10,000.
       (c) Identification of Individuals as Former Prisoners of 
     War.--(1) An individual seeking compensation under this 
     section shall submit to the Secretary of Defense an 
     application therefor containing such information as the 
     Secretary shall require. Only one application shall be 
     submitted with respect to each individual seeking treatment 
     as a former prisoner of war for purposes of this section.
       (2) The Secretary shall take such actions as the Secretary 
     considers appropriate to identify and locate individuals 
     eligible for treatment as former prisoners of war for 
     purposes of this section.
       (d) Treatment as Former Prisoner of War.--(1) Subject to 
     paragraph (3), the Secretary of Defense shall treat an 
     individual as a former prisoner of war if--
       (A) the name of the individual appears on any official list 
     of the Imperial Government of Japan, or of the United States 
     Government, as having been imprisoned at any time during 
     World War II in a camp in Japan or territories occupied by 
     Japan where individuals were forced to provide labor; or
       (B) evidence otherwise demonstrates that the individual is 
     entitled to treatment as a former prisoner of war.
       (2) Any reasonable doubt under this subsection shall be 
     resolved in favor of the claimant.
       (3) The treatment of an individual as a former prisoner of 
     war under paragraph (1) shall be rebutted only by clear and 
     convincing evidence.
       (e) Timing of Payment.--The Secretary of Defense shall pay 
     compensation to a former prisoner of war, under subsection 
     (a) not later than 30 days after determining that 
     compensation is payable to or on behalf of the former 
     prisoner of war under this section.
       (f) Priority in Payments.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     complete the processing of

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     applications under this section in a manner that provides, to 
     the maximum extent practicable, for the payment of 
     compensation to former prisoners of war during their natural 
     lives, with payments prioritized based on age and health of 
     the claimant.
       (j) Funding.--(1) From funds available otherwise in this 
     Act up to $49,000,000 may be made available to carry out this 
     title.
       (2) The amount made available by paragraph (1) shall remain 
     available for obligation and expenditure during the two-year 
     period beginning on October 1, 2003.
       (3) Any amounts made available by paragraph (1) that have 
     not been obligated as of September 30, 2005, shall revert to 
     the Treasury as of that date.

     SEC. 903. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) Former prisoner of war.--The term ``former prisoner of 
     war'' means any individual who--
       (A) was a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, 
     a civilian employee of the United States, or an employee of a 
     contractor of the United States during World War II;
       (B) served in or with the United States combat forces 
     during World War II;
       (C) was captured and held as a prisoner of war or prisoner 
     by Japan in the course of such service; and
       (D) was required by one or more Japanese companies to 
     perform forced or slave labor during World War II.
       (2) Japanese company.--The term ``Japanese company'' 
     means--
       (A) any business enterprise, corporation, company, 
     association, partnership, or sole proprietorship having its 
     principal place of business within Japan or organized or 
     incorporated under the laws of Japan or any political 
     subdivision thereof; and
       (B) any subsidiary or affiliate of an entity in Japan, as 
     described in subparagraph (A), if controlled in fact by the 
     entity, whether currently incorporated or located in Japan or 
     elsewhere.
       (5) World war ii.--The term ``World War II'' means the 
     period beginning on December 7, 1941, and ending on August 8, 
     1945.
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  SA 1301. Mr. INOUYE (for Mrs. Feinstein (for herself, Mr. Stevens, 
and Mr. Inouye)) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2658, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as follows:

       Insert after section 8123 the following:
       Sec. 8124. Of the amount appropriated by title III of this 
     Act under the heading ``Procurement, Defense-Wide'', up to 
     $20,000,000 may be available for procurement of secure 
     cellular telephones for the Department of Defense and the 
     elements of the intelligence community.
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  SA 1302. Mr. INOUYE (for Mrs. Boxer) proposed an amendment to the 
bill H.R. 2658, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       Insert after section 8123 the following:
       Sec. 8124. Of the amount appropriated by title III of this 
     Act under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and 
     Evaluation, Army'', up to $5,000,000 may be available to 
     support Shortstop Electronic Protection Systems (SEPS) 
     research and development.
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  SA 1303. Mr. INOUYE (for Mr. Durbin) proposed an amendment to the 
bill H.R. 2658, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       On page 120, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8124. The Secretary of the Air Force, in consultation 
     with the Chief of Air Force Reserve, shall study the mission 
     of the 932nd Airlift Wing, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, 
     and evaluate whether it would be appropriate to substitute 
     for that mission a mixed mission of transporting patients, 
     passengers, and cargo that would increase the airlift 
     capability of the Air Force while continuing the use and 
     training of aeromedical evacuation personnel. The Secretary 
     shall submit a report on the results of the study and 
     evaluation to the congressional defense committees not later 
     than January 16, 2004.
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  SA 1304. Mr. INOUYE (for Ms. Mikulski) proposed an amendment to the 
bill H.R. 2658, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       On page 120, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8124. Of the total amount appropriated by title IV 
     under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and 
     Evaluation, Defense Wide'', up to $3,000,000 may be used for 
     Project Ancile.
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  SA 1305. Mr. INOUYE (for Ms. Mikulski) proposed an amendment to the 
bill H.R. 2658, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       On page 120, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8124. Of the total amount appropriated by title IV 
     under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and 
     Evaluation, Army'', up to $2,000,000 may be used for 
     Knowledge Management Fusion.
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  SA 1306. Mr. INOUYE (for Mr. Schumer (for himself and Mrs. Clinton) 
proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2658, making appropriations for 
the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2004, and for other purposes; as follows:

       Insert after section 8123 the following:
       Sec. 8124. Of the amount appropriated by title IV of this 
     Act under the heading ``Research, Development, Test, and 
     Evaluation, Army'', up to $3,000,000 may be available for the 
     Large Energy National Shock Tunnel (LENS).
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  SA 1307. Mr. INOUYE (for Mr. Dorgan) proposed an amendment to the 
bill H.R. 2658, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as 
follows;

       On page 120, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8124. In addition to amounts provided in this Act for 
     Ultra-low Power Battlefield Sensor System, up to an 
     additional $7,000,000 may be used from the total amount 
     appropriated by title IV ``Research, Development, Test and 
     Evaluation, Defense-Wide'', for Ultra-low Power Battlefield 
     Sensor System.
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  SA 1308. Mr. INOUYE (for Mr. Biden) proposed an amendment to the bill 
H.R. 2658, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       Insert after section 8123 the following:
       Sec. 8124. (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following 
     findings:
       (1) If a terrorist group were to acquire the necessary 
     fissile material for a nuclear explosive device, it would not 
     be difficult for the group to construct such a device, the 
     explosion of which could kill and injure thousands, or even 
     hundreds of thousands, of people and destroy a large area of 
     a city.
       (2) If a terrorist group were to acquire a complete nuclear 
     weapon from a nation which has constructed nuclear weapons, 
     it is likely that the group would be able to detonate the 
     device with similar results.
       (3) A nation supplying either complete nuclear weapons or 
     special nuclear material to terrorists might believe that it 
     could escape retaliation by the United States, as the United 
     States would not be able to determine the origin of either a 
     weapon or its fissile material.
       (4) It is possible, however, to determine the country of 
     origin of fissile material after a nuclear explosion, 
     provided that samples of the radioactive debris from the 
     explosion are collected promptly and analyzed in appropriate 
     laboratories.
       (5) If radioactive debris is collected soon enough after a 
     nuclear explosion, it is also possible to determine the 
     characteristics of the nuclear explosive device involved, 
     which information can assist in locating and dismantling 
     other nuclear devices that may threaten the United States.
       (6) If countries that might contemplate supplying nuclear 
     weapons or fissile material to terrorists know that their 
     assistance can be traced, they are much less likely to allow 
     terrorists access to either weapons or material.
       (7) It is in the interest of the United States to acquire a 
     capability to collect promptly the debris from a nuclear 
     explosion that might occur in any part of the Nation.
       (b) Sense of the Senate on Nuclear Debris Collection and 
     Analysis Capability.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) the Secretary of Defense should develop and deploy a 
     nuclear debris collection and analysis capability sufficient 
     to enable characterization of any nuclear device that might 
     be exploded in the United States;
       (2) the capability should incorporate airborne debris 
     collectors, either permanently installed on dedicated 
     aircraft or available for immediate use on a class of 
     aircraft, stationed so that a properly equipped and manned 
     aircraft is available to collect debris from a nuclear 
     explosion anywhere in the United States and transport such 
     debris to an appropriate laboratory in a timely fashion; and
       (3) to the maximum extent practicable, the capability 
     should be compatible with collection and analysis systems 
     used by the United States to characterize overseas nuclear 
     explosions.
       (c) Report.--Not later than March 31, 2004, the Secretary 
     of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
     committees a report on the feasibility of developing and 
     deploying the capability described in subsection (b)(1).
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  SA 1309. Mr. INOUYE (for Mr. Bayh (for himself and Mr. Lugar)) 
proposed

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an amendment to the bill H.R. 2658, making appropriations for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, 
and for other purposes; as follows:

       Insert after section 8123 the following:
       Sec. 8124. Of the amount appropriated by title II of this 
     Act under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'' up 
     to $15,000,000 may be made available for upgrades of M1A1 
     Abrams tank transmissions.
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  SA 1310. Mr. INOUYE proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2658, 
making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 120, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8124. Of the total amount appropriated by title II of 
     this Act under the heading ``Operations and Maintenance, 
     Army'', up to $2,000,000 may be used to promote civil rights 
     education and history in the Army.
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  SA 1311. Mr. INOUYE (for Mr. Harkin) proposed an amendment to the 
bill H.R. 2658, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       Insert after section 8123 the following:

     SEC. 8124. REPORTS ON SAFETY ISSUES DUE TO DEFECTIVE PARTS.

       (a) Report From the Secretary.--The Secretary shall by 
     March 31, 2004 examine and report back to the congressional 
     defense committees on:
       (1) how to implement a system for tracking safety-critical 
     parts so that parts discovered to be defective, including due 
     to faulty or fraudulent work by a contractor or 
     subcontractor, can be identified and found;
       (2) appropriate standards and procedures to ensure timely 
     notification of contracting agencies and contractors about 
     safety issues including parts that may be defective, and 
     whether the Government Industry Data Exchange Program should 
     be mandatory;
       (3) efforts to find and test airplane parts that have been 
     heat treated by companies alleged to have done so improperly; 
     and
       (4) whether contracting agencies and contractors have been 
     notified about alleged improper heat treatment of airplane 
     parts.
       (b) Report From the Comptroller General.--The Comptroller 
     General shall examine and report back to the congressional 
     defense committees on:
       (1) the oversight of subcontractors by prime contractors, 
     and testing and quality assurance of the work of the 
     subcontractors; and
       (2) the oversight of prime contractors by the Department, 
     the accountability of prime contractors for overseeing 
     subcontractors, and the use of enforcement mechanisms by the 
     Department.
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  SA 1312. Mr. INOUYE (for Mr. Wyden (for himself and Mr. Byrd)) 
proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2658, making appropriations for 
the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2004, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 120, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8124. Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
     to Congress, in writing, a report on contracts for 
     reconstruction and other services in Iraq that are funded in 
     whole or in part with funds available to the Department of 
     Defense. The report shall detail--
       (1) the process and standards for designing and awarding 
     such contracts, including assistance or consulting services 
     provided by contractors in that process;
       (2) the process and standards for awarding limited or sole-
     source contracts, including the criteria for justifying the 
     awarding of such contracts;
       (3) any policies that the Secretary has implemented or 
     plans to implement to provide for independent oversight of 
     the performance by a contractor of services in designing and 
     awarding such contracts;
       (4) any policies that the Secretary has implemented or 
     plans to implement to identify, assess, and prevent any 
     conflict of interest relating to such contracts for 
     reconstruction;
       (5) any policies that the Secretary has implemented or 
     plans to implement to ensure public accountability of 
     contractors and to identify any fraud, waste, or abuse 
     relating to such contracts for reconstruction;
       (6) the process and criteria used to determine the 
     percentage of profit allowed on cost-plus-a-fixed-fee 
     contracts for reconstruction or other services in Iraq; and
       (7) a good faith estimate of the expected costs and 
     duration of all contracts for reconstruction or other 
     services in Iraq.
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  SA 1313. Mr. INOUYE (for Mrs. Boxer) proposes an amendment to the 
bill H.R. 2658, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       At the end of section 8083, add the following:
       ``Not more than $1 million of the amount so credited may be 
     available to provide assistance to spouses and other 
     dependents of deployed members of the Armed Forces to defray 
     the travel expenses of such spouses and other dependents when 
     visiting family members.''
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  SA 1314. Mr. INOUYE (for Mr. Biden (for himself, Mr. Carper, Mr. 
Miller, and Mr. Chambliss)) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 
2658, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       Insert after section 8123 the following:
       Sec. 8124. Of the amount appropriated by title III of this 
     Act under the heading ``Aircraft Procurement, Air Force'', up 
     to $19,700,000 may be available for C-5 aircraft in-service 
     modifications for the procurement of additional C-5 aircraft 
     Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) kits.
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  SA 1315. Mr. INOUYE (for Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, and 
Mrs. Murray)) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2658, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as follows:

       Insert after section 8123 the following:
       Sec. 8124. (a) Report on Establishment of Police and 
     Military Forces in Iraq.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall, in coordination with the Secretary of State, submit to 
     the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the 
     establishment of police and military forces in all of the 18 
     provinces of Iraq, including--
       (1) the costs incurred by the United States in establishing 
     Iraqi police and military units;
       (2) a schedule for the completion of the establishment of 
     Iraqi police and military units;
       (3) an assessment of the effect of the ongoing creation and 
     final establishment of Iraqi police and military units on the 
     number of United States military personnel required to be 
     stationed in Iraq;
       (4) an assessment of the effect of the establishment of an 
     Iraqi police force on the safety of United States military 
     personnel stationed in Iraq; and
       (5) an assessment of the effectiveness of the Iraqi police 
     force, as so established, in preventing crime and insuring 
     the safety of the Iraq people.
       (b) Updates.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
     submittal of the report required by subsection (b), and every 
     120 days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of State, submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress an update of such report.
       (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committees on Appropriations, Armed Services, and 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committees on Appropriations, Armed Services, and 
     International Relations of the House of Representatives.
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  SA 1316. Mr. INOUYE (for Mr. Byrd (for himself and Mr. Grassley)) 
proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2658, making appropriations for 
the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2004, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 120, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 8124. Section 8149(b) of the Department of Defense 
     Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 107-248; 116 Stat. 1572) 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(3) This subsection shall remain in effect for fiscal 
     year 2004.''.

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